Elaine’s transformation started with the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox
Elaine was one of around 20 people who came to New York City in 2015 to start the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, the initial test panel of volunteers described in the book. A year has now passed since that experience. Here is Elaine’s update:
“Here it is: 1 year wheat-, grain-, and sugar-free. I never took actual ‘before’ pics, mostly because I really didn’t think that giving up all the low fat, fat-free, ‘healthy whole grains’ would make a difference, and that this lifestyle was something that I was going to stick with. Well, I was certainly wrong.
“The weight loss is curre...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux anxiety diabetes facial change pre-diabetes sinus sinusitis Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Louisiana Mother Knows 8 Vaccine Doses Killed Her 2 Month-Old Son
Two month-old Reid Thomas Englehart was vaccinated on May 20, 2015. He was given eight vaccine doses, which included the DTaP, Hib, polio, pneumococcal, hepatitis B and the oral rotavirus vaccines. These are the routine vaccines given to two month-old babies, even premature babies, in the United States and elsewhere. [1]
At the time of his appointment, Reid was still wheezing from a previous infection and still had a residual cough, but his doctor insisted it was fine to vaccinate him, after a test came back that Reid was negative for pertussis.
Nine days later, without a struggle and without any obstruction of his airways...
Source: vactruth.com - March 7, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Augustina Ursino Tags: Augustina Ursino Case Reports on Vaccine Injury Human DTaP vaccine Hepatitis B vaccine HiB Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7) Polio Vaccine Reid Thomas Englehart Rotavirus Vaccine Vaccine Death Source Type: blogs
The psychiatric secrets that harm physicians
I know your secrets. I keep secrets for a living.
I know about the eye opener before your shift; the Adderall prescribed for your son that you take in the morning; the Xanax a colleague gave you for upcoming air travel that that you take at night; the near DUI that you got out of by showing your hospital badge, the letters “Dr.” prominent on the left side; your wife who tells white lies about why you can’t attend the retirement party of a colleague’s (“Patient emergency. He has to go to the hospital. I do know you understand.”); or why you didn’t show up for your last appointment w...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 20, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Melanie Watkins, MD Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
When will we start taking mental health seriously?
As a fourth-year medical student in a sub-internship in internal medicine, I have something that no doctor in America has. I have as much time as I want to spend with my patients. Don’t get me wrong, I am still a student. I’m still paying hospitals to let me be there, and I only have a maximum of four patients per day, but I inevitably end up spending more time with each patient than the average resident.
Today, I spent my time with one patient in particular. She was a Caucasian woman who was a previous intravenous drug abuser who has been sober for fifteen years. She is on methadone and takes Xanax for anxiety. She pr...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Marc N. Katz Tags: Conditions Hospital Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
The surprising reason behind an early refill of alprazolam
Theresa arrived in a cloud of noise and commotion.
She had called after four o’clock the day before, but I hadn’t noticed the new message in my electronic inbox before I left the clinic.
Her almost brand new alprazolam bottle and her pain pills were missing, and Theresa was reeling. As she walked down the hall to the exam room, I heard her explain to Autumn how she had been to Walmart and a couple of other stores, slinging her big handbag over her shoulder, opening it to pull out her wallet, stuff receipts, and her reading glasses away and fumble for her asthma inhaler.
In my exam room she repeated her story and demons...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 2, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: A Country Doctor, MD Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
Elaine freed of anxiety, heartburn, sinusitis, prescriptions, and 37 pounds
“Before and after photo: wheat, grain and sugar free 5 months, down 37 lbs and off all meds: Xanax for anxiety, Dexilant and Prilosec for heartburn and indigestion, a steroid spray for chronic sinus infections. Feels good!
Elaine lost the 37 pounds put there by national advice to eat more “healthy whole grains.” But, even more, she reversed anxiety and inflammatory conditions.
By removing wheat and grains, she is no longer exposed to gliadin-derived opiates with their peculiar mind effects. She is no longer exposed to the gliadin that remains undigested and intact and initiates autoimmune phenomena. She ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 4, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories acid reflux anxiety gluten grains indigestion sinusitis Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Of PCPs and THC
By ROB LAMBERTS, MD
The drug test came back abnormal. There was THC present. I walked back to Mrs. Johnson and raised my eyebrows.
“What’s wrong?” she asked, not used to whatever kind of look I was giving her.
“Uh, you forgot to mention to me that you smoke weed.”
She blushed and then smirked. “Well, yes, I guess I forgot to put that down on the sheet. I don’t do it real often, but sometimes it takes mind off of things. I just get real anxious about my kids, my husband…and my heart problems. I only smoke one or two a night”
She’s not your usual picture...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Source Type: blogs
Why I Disagree With The Government And Use Antipsychotics Anyway. It's Good Palliative Care!
The outcry over antipsychotics has ranged far and wide. Every one from governmental agencies to senior advocacy organizations have pointed to the abysmal data. Antipsychotics have a negative impact on morbidity and mortality. They say we are chemically restraining those who are too fragile to stick up for themselves. They say we are sedating instead of treating.And I disagree wholeheartedly. I manage a large group of moderately to severely demented nursing home patients. They are agitated and delirious on a regular basis. Often searches for infections, pain, constipation, depression, and...
Source: In My Humble Opinion - June 13, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jordan Grumet Source Type: blogs
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The urine drug screen commonly utilized in the emergency department is an immunoassay that uses antibodies to detect specific drugs or their metabolites. This allows for rapid screening for drugs of abuse, but it has many limitations.
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is the confirmatory test, but it is more costly, time-consuming, and generally can only be performed by outside laboratories. This confirmatory test is generally not useful in the emergency department, but has a role in cases of pediatric exposures, research, or occupational drug testing.
One of the limitations of a urine drug s...
Source: The Tox Cave - June 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The urine drug screen commonly utilized in the emergency department is an immunoassay that uses antibodies to detect specific drugs or their metabolites. This allows for rapid screening for drugs of abuse, but it has many limitations.
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is the confirmatory test, but it is more costly, time-consuming, and generally can only be performed by outside laboratories. This confirmatory test is generally not useful in the emergency department, but has a role in cases of pediatric exposures, research, or occupational drug testing.
One of the limitations of a urine drug screen a...
Source: The Tox Cave - June 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Please forgive us for prescribing controlled drugs to just about everybody
Lately I’ve had the opportunity to work in an outpatient clinic where the regular doctor is out sick for a prolonged period of time. It is a breathtakingly beautiful little community, with green hills and a crystal clear river. It is also troubled by methamphetamine and prescription drug abuse.
The little clinic in town is unwittingly a partner in this crime. Like the U.S. itself, this small community clinic has been generous with prescribing controlled substances for those who appear to need them. Sedatives in the benzodiazepine (Valium, Ativan and Xanax are brand name examples) family are prescribed for those with ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 25, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Janice Boughton, MD Tags: Meds Pain management Source Type: blogs
Executions, Doctors, The U.S. Supreme Court, And The Breath Of Kings
This report concluded that even though prison officials decided to inject the drugs into Lockett’s femoral vein (which is a more difficult and risky procedure), Lockett’s surface and deep veins had “excellent integrity.” Another execution that was scheduled to occur that same night has now been stayed for six months, pending an investigation into Mr. Lockett’s execution.
On July 23, 2014, Arizona encountered a problem with the same drug in the execution of Joseph Wood, wherein the condemned inmate allegedly gasped for almost two hours before dying.
The executions have prompted two important but different kinds of...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - March 26, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: I. Glenn Cohen Tags: All Categories Health Law Policy Politics Public Opinion States Source Type: blogs
Amy’s Wheat Belly life transformation
Amy shared her amazing Wheat Belly experience with me. I believe that, like me, you will be astounded as how much misery she endured before she found this simple, inexpensive, powerful solution to health.
Dear Dr. Davis, Thank you for saving my life. I mean this in a literal sense, truly – I thank you.My name is Amy. I am a culinary artist (chef) and own a restaurant, A. Renee, in Bloomington, IL.My story is very complex so I’ll share the most condensed version I can. I lead a hectic lifestyle, as do most. Owning a demanding business in a field with the highest failure rate while raising two children...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 18, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Success Stories gluten IBS inflamation ulcerative colitis Source Type: blogs
In Memoriam: Lost to Addiction and Mental Illness
As 2014 comes to a close, we’d like to remember the following actors and musicians whom we lost to drug addiction or related mental illness this past year.
Philip Seymour Hoffman—Widely considered one of the best dramatic actors of all time, Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment on February 2 from a heroin overdose. The 46-year-old Academy Award-winning actor was in recovery from substance abuse for 23 years before relapsing. He was known for his roles in The Hunger Games, Almost Famous, Moneyball, The Big Lebowski, and Twister. He is survived by a son and two daughters.
Peaches Geldof—Geldof was a Briti...
Source: NIDA Drugs and Health Blog - December 20, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: The NIDA Blog Team Source Type: blogs
It’s Holiday Party Time: Are You and Your Guests Safe?
This month many of us will enjoy festive holiday parties. Maybe you will be the one hosting the party. You’ve probably got an image in your head about what the party looks like, who is there and what you will serve. Perhaps champagne toasts or eggnog will be involved. Maybe you know that some of your guests will even share a couple of joints. Have you thought about how people will get home safely after your party? In addition to all of the holiday events in December, there will also be nearly 30 deaths due to alcohol or drug related car crashes every day.
While you may not be the one driving home from you...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - December 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Publc Health Source Type: blogs
