I ’ m grain-free, eat nutrient-dense food – why do I need nutritional supplements?
When you remove wheat and grains from your diet, you remove phytates that block gastrointestinal absorption of magnesium, iron, zinc, calcium, and other positively-charged minerals. You also remove the trigger for autoimmune destruction of stomach parietal cells that produce stomach acid and “intrinsic factor” necessary for vitamin B12 absorption. Wheat/grain elimination therefore preserve the stomach’s capacity to produce hydrochloric acid necessary for digestion and intrinsic factor for effective B12 absorption. So if you banish wheat and grains and thereby increase absorption of nutrients and make a ha...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 20, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle bowel flora fiber iodine magnesium microbiota prebiotics resistant starches Thyroid vitamin D Source Type: blogs
Thyroid Tune-Up
I am re-posting a classic Wheat Belly Blog post from a few years ago. Despite all our discussions about thyroid issues, there continues to be an enormous information gap: undiagnosed hypothyroidism, gross mismanagement sufficient to impair weight loss and increase cardiovascular risk, dismissing the importance of iodine, and ignorance among healthcare providers. This Thyroid Tune-up is therefore an updated version of the previous post.
Imagine that all the cars in your neighborhood run poorly because nobody bothers to tune-up their autos. I show you how to tune the cars and, lo and behold, 80% of the cars now run great. B...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 6, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates autoimmune gluten-free grain-free grains hypothyroid levothyroxine Synthroid Source Type: blogs
Nutritional Lipidology
The statin drug industry and their willing and eager servants, i.e., doctors, have managed to prop up a drug franchise that has reaped hundreds of billion of dollars over the years while providing little benefit but plenty of harm. Although I’ve discussed these issues many times here in the Wheat Belly Blog, the Wheat Belly books, and more recently in the Undoctored book and Blog, it bears exploring further. I keep on hoping that clarity, logic, evidence, truth and repetition overcome our lack of billions of dollars in marketing that Big Pharma controls, a genuine David-vs-Goliath situation.
I call all the varied c...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 17, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates cardiovascular cholesterol heart lipoproteins statin undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Why does the Wheat Belly lifestyle reduce blood pressure so effectively?
We’ve seen it over and over again: Embark on the Wheat Belly lifestyle, particularly our complete program, as detailed in the Wheat Belly Total Health, Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, and Undoctored books, and high blood pressure (BP) plummets sufficient to allow people to get off one, two, three, even four blood pressure medications.
The program is so quick and powerful that blood pressure medication(s) need to be reduced or eliminated immediately upon starting the program (one drug at a time), as we do not want to risk any low blood pressures (hypotension). And note that we achieve dramatic reductions in BP by NOT ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 28, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates blood pressure BP diabetes grain-free grains hypertension Inflammation reduce Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
University of Missouri Research Reactor Now Supplying Iodine-131 for Thyroid Treatment
Medical radioisotopes are widely used in cancer treatment, but their production has been hampered to the point that obtaining them has become a challenge. The lack of Technetium-99m is probably the most widely known, but there’s also a shortage of Iodine-131 (I-131), a radioisotope commonly used for diagnosing and treating thyroid conditions because the thyroid absorbs iodine naturally.
Things are now looking up as the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR), a 10 megawatt reactor, has just produced the first commercial batch of I-131. International Isotopes, Inc. is the buyer and distributor. This is t...
Source: Medgadget - November 12, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Nuclear Medicine Oncology Public Health Radiation Oncology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 512
Answer:Iodamoeba buetschliiI thought this was a fun example of a relatively common parasite seen with an uncommon preparation. It ' s nice to see that an alternative stain such as Papanicoloau still allows for morphologic identification of the intestinal amebae.The key morphologic features of this case are the small size of the organisms (primarily cysts, and possibly one trophozoite), nucleus with large karysome and lack of peripheral chromatin, and large cytoplasmic vacuole in the cytoplasm of the cyst form. As Florida Fan mentioned, the large glycogen-filled vacuole would be deeply stained with iodine if we had a wet mo...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - September 23, 2018 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Think you have an iodine allergy? You may want to reconsider.
Let’s begin with a quiz question:
Patients may be allergic to:
A. oxygen
B. carbon
C. iodine
D. none of the above
If you answered anything but “D,” better keep reading.
Consider this scenario: If a patient is allergic to penicillin, you would document “penicillin” in the medical records. It would never occur to you to list “antibiotics” as an allergy, and you certainly would not call it a “carbon” allergy for slang, just because penicillin contains carbon.
This not an exercise in semantics, but a patient care issue. Iodine is a mineral we all need, intentionally added to our salt supply, so that p...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/cullen-ruff" rel="tag" > Cullen Ruff, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Allergies & Immunology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Do you get brain fog with probiotics?
We may now have an explanation for the people who experience brain fog with probiotic use.
We already know that intolerance to prebiotic fibers within the first 60 minutes of ingestion have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, SIBO. If you experience excessive gas, bloating, abdominal discomfort, or diarrhea within the first hour of consuming, say, inulin, a raw white potato, or legumes, it is virtually certain that you have SIBO that must be addressed if you desire full recovery of health. Recall that uncorrected SIBO can account for fibromyalgia, IBS, restless leg syndrome, psoriasis, and marked long-term potential for...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - August 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates Source Type: blogs
The Best iPhone App for the Wheat Belly Lifestyle
The Wheat Belly lifestyle is powerful for not only losing weight but for healing many, many chronic health conditions. But it can sometimes be overwhelming to begin a new style of eating.
Luckily, there is now an app that can help you on your journey with my Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox called Suggestic.
If you have struggled to adopt a grain-free lifestyle or are brand new to the Wheat Belly lifestyle, Suggestic can be a massive help in guiding you through the ups and downs of this new and healthy lifestyle. Let me explain what Suggestic is and the advantages of using it.
Going Grain-Free
I’ve seen many begin this ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 24, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates app Detox gluten-free grain-free grains menu recipes shopping list suggestic wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Case of the Week 496
Welcome to the first Monday of June 2018, and our case from Idzi Potters and theInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.The patient is a 65-year-old owner of a camel farm who presents to his primary care provider for a yearly check-up. As he has mild intestinal complaints, he submits a fecal sample to be checked for parasites. The following structures were observed, and measure approximately 85 x 45 microns. Diagnosis please?Concentrated wet preparation, 400xConcentrated wet preparation, 400x with Lugol ' s iodine (Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites)
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - June 4, 2018 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
Ticked off: America ’s quiet epidemic of tickborne diseases
For most of us, springtime marks the return of life to a dreary landscape, bringing birdsong, trees in bud, and daffodils in bloom. But if you work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the coming of spring means the return of nasty diseases spread by ticks and mosquitoes.
The killjoys at CDC celebrated the end of winter with a bummer of a paper showing that infections spread by ticks doubled in the United States from 2004 to 2016. (Tick populations have exploded in recent decades, perhaps due to climate change and loss of biodiversity.)
Lyme disease
The most common infection spread by ticks in the US i...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Health Infectious diseases Source Type: blogs
Siemens SOMATOM Edge Plus CT Uses AI and 3D Camera to Auto Position Patients
The FDA has given clearance to the Siemens SOMATOM Edge Plus CT scanner. The device sports the company’s FAST (Fully Assisting Scanner Technologies) Integrated Workflow that features a 3D camera positioned above the patient bed that allows the system to recognize the head, torso, and other parts of the body. This helps the system to automate scan preparation, helping to get patients in and out of the scanning room quickly without sacrificing imaging quality.
The infrared camera is combined with artificial intelligence methods to recognize various anatomical points. The table moves accordingly, making sure to positi...
Source: Medgadget - April 6, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Isagenix. – Diet Review
Conclusion – Does Isagenix Work?
Isagenix Isalean’s shake is marketed well, but it’s loaded with sugar and calories. There’s also a lot of protein added, but once you research what kinds of ingredients are included, you realize it’s not a quality meal replacement. The protein added is cheap and can be found for a reduced price elsewhere. Many customers have also complained about the taste, lack of weight loss, and the hard to drink consistency.
There are better options which have only 1 gram of sugar, no added fructose, only high quality whey protein, and great reviews to back up their weight loss claims. T...
Source: Nursing Comments - March 30, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Isagenix. – Diet Review
Conclusion – Does Isagenix Work?
Isagenix Isalean’s shake is marketed well, but it’s loaded with sugar and calories. There’s also a lot of protein added, but once you research what kinds of ingredients are included, you realize it’s not a quality meal replacement. The protein added is cheap and can be found for a reduced price elsewhere. Many customers have also complained about the taste, lack of weight loss, and the hard to drink consistency.
There are better options which have only 1 gram of sugar, no added fructose, only high quality whey protein, and great reviews to back up their weight loss claims. T...
Source: Nursing Comments - March 30, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
MR Aortogram
MR Aortogram
MR Aortogram (Magnetic resonance aortogram) is imaging of the aorta using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI can be done with out without contrast enhancement. Gadolinium based contrasts are used for enhancement in case of MRI, whereas iodine based contrasts are used in conventional angiography. MRI can image blood vessels without injection of any contrast and the technique is often called as dyeless angiography. The changes in hydrogen nuclei in response to a magnetic field forms the basis of MR imaging. Since hydrogen nuclei are plentiful in blood which has a high water content, it can be imaged well i...
Source: Cardiophile MD - February 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance imaging Source Type: blogs
