Tom Brady’s Paleo Diet Secret
I’m writing this letter to you from my home away from home in Kampala, Uganda. But even here, in the heart of Africa, there’s talk of NFL football and the Super Bowl.
If Tom Brady gets to the “big game” again, he’d become the only athlete to play in seven Super Bowls. At 38 years old, he’s already a four-time Super Bowl champion — a phenomenal accomplishment.
Brady’s got good DNA and talent. No question. But his success — and his supreme physical condition — is also the result of a powerful Paleo diet. He’s said as much himself.
Tom Brady’s food choices are aimed at reducing inflammation, allowi...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - February 8, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Nutrition coconut oil paleo primal nutrition Source Type: news
My Favorite Natural Heartburn Remedies
Every time I come back to Africa, I’m reminded just how natural the health care is here.
I recently watched one local herbalist cure a patient of chronic heartburn with a tea made from a popular root (more about that soon).
Heartburn is a common disorder of the stomach caused by the overproduction of stomach acid.
In America, mainstream medicine is likely throwing Big Pharma’s “treatments” at you — like proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), which block the production of stomach acid. You might know these better as Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid.
But these PPIs have some pretty BIG downsides you’re unlikely to hear abo...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - February 4, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Natural Cures heartburn Remedies stomach acid Source Type: news
Natural Remedies that Are Better Than a Flu Shot
Welcome to the flu season. You’re smack in the middle of it. You’ve probably seen the signs offering free flu shots outside your local pharmacies.
Between October and May each year, the myth about the effectiveness of the flu vaccine is hyped to a fevered pitch (pardon the pun).
I’ve never had a flu shot in my life.
Unlike many alternative health doctors, I’m not against vaccines as a rule. Vaccines have knocked out many of the ancient scourges — like bubonic plague, small pox and polio. But flu shots are different.
First of all, I don’t believe the flu vaccine is effective — given the risk you must take. An...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 27, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Natural Cures flu flu shot immune system vaccine Source Type: news
Your body’s “other” pulse
When I take a patient’s pulse, I’m really checking to make sure their heart is beating in rhythm and their blood is flowing regularly.
It wasn’t until much later that I learned your body has another pulse — your “dural pulse.”
In the 1970s, Dr. John Upledger discovered the dural pulse. He was studying dural tubes at the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University.
The dural tube is a membrane surrounding your spinal cord. It’s filled with cerebral spinal fluid. Dr. Upledger noticed that this spinal fluid moves with a set rhythm. In fact, this dural pulse beats at 6 to 12 cycles per minute.
Wh...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 27, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Craniosacral Therapy Dural Pulse Source Type: news
3 Overlooked Natural Treatments for Prostate Cancer
If you have prostate problems, your options for treatment are pretty limited — at least according to mainstream medicine.
The chances are if you have an enlarged prostate, your doctor will give you advice like… “go to the bathroom when you feel the urge”… or “don’t drink a lot at once.”
Or they’ll prescribe medication. But these synthetic drugs have a history of nightmarish side effects for someone already dealing with an unpredictable prostate.
Many of the drugs you’ll be prescribed also decrease sex drive and in many cases cause impotence.1
And if you have surgery, there’s a risk you’ll be saying ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 27, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Natural Cures carotenoids enlarged prostate Lycopene natural treatment prostate cancer Source Type: news
2016 Looks Great!
Happy New Year to you and your family.
It’s been an incredible 2015 for me, and 2016 promises to be even better. I hope it’s the same for you.
Aside from lecturing at anti-aging conferences around the globe and hosting my own anti-aging summit in beautiful Palm Beach, Florida, I’ve visited some of the world’s most remote regions in search of traditional, natural cures that have kept local populations healthy for generations.
I’m proud to say that you are among the very first in the “developed world” to hear about these natural cures.
And I must be doing something right. Not only do these traditional remedies ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 5, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
This Vitamin Can Save Your Brain
Your brain has amazing abilities. And it can heal itself.
That’s not something you’re likely to hear from mainstream medicine — especially if you or a loved one suffer from the effects of stroke, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or another form of dementia.
Here at the Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine, I’ve seen many people with brain damage. And, sadly, most have been deemed “hopeless” by so-called medical experts.
But I can tell you there is nothing hopeless about dementia — no matter what its cause. With the right nutrients, there are times when brain damage can be reversed.
And now recent research from...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 23, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Brain Health Alzheimer's dementia nutrients tocotrienol vitamin E Source Type: news
12 Minutes to a Younger You
When I first came up with the idea of PACE, people thought I was crazy. That was back in the 1980s, when I was a medical student.
At the time, I was focused on sports medicine and rehabilitation, and I was working with the University of South Florida gymnastics team. I was trying to improve their fitness levels — particularly their lung capacity.
But traditional aerobic and cardio exercise just wasn’t working.
I was stunned to discover that all that endurance work was making their heart and lungs LESS powerful.
So I shifted the team’s training focus from “how long” they worked out to how intensely they exerted th...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 21, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Fitness Anti-Aging exercise high-intensity workouts PACE Source Type: news
Shortcut to Better Brain Power
Natural caffeine is one of the oldest stimulants in the world. And it’s loaded with health benefits.
It can enhance your mental clarity and focus, and it’s a potent antioxidant… as long as you take it in moderation and it comes from natural sources.
But the problem with most energy drinks these days is the caffeine itself. It’s unnatural and synthetic.
We’ve known for a long time that the antioxidant power of caffeine cuts the risk of dying from heart disease or developing Alzheimer’s.
But now a study from the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, researchers looked at 30 years of data...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 15, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Brain Health caffeine coffee guarana Source Type: news
The Fruit that Naturally Reverses Diabetes
Mainstream medicine wants you to believe the only thing you can do about diabetes is take Big Pharma’s pills or insulin shots for the rest of your life.
Even if you’re not diabetic, all those carbs in your diet — cereal, pasta, potatoes, bread and sugary drinks — means your body is getting a dangerous overload of sugar. And it may be just a matter of time, before you become a statistic in America’s fastest growing health epidemic.
For decades, I’ve been helping my patients not just manage their diabetes symptoms, also to reverse it for good.
And I’ve also been helping them to prevent diabetes in the first pla...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 7, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Natural Cures diabetes guava Source Type: news
The Most Important Test Your Doctor Won’t Order
I’ve been getting a lot of mail from readers asking a similar question. Most are like this one from MK in Philadelphia: “I’m going for an annual checkup with my doctor soon. I want to make sure I’m getting the right tests. What’s the number one anti-aging test I should ask my doctor for?”
It’s a great question. The problem is your local doctor has probably never even heard of the top anti-aging test I recommend.
You see, I want to know what’s going on with you at the cellular level. And that’s why I think it’s essential to measure your telomeres.
Telomeres are an important part of human cells that af...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 7, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging biological age DNA telomeres Source Type: news
Stimulate Your “Energy Power Plants”
It may seem almost counterintuitive, but the best way to boost your energy levels is by doing short bursts of intense exercise.
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll know this is the driving force behind my PACE (Progressively Accelerating Cardiopulmonary Exercise) program.
Without question, short bursts of intense exercise are the fastest way to spark your mitochondria, the tiny “power plants” inside each of your cells.
Mitochondria generate all of the energy you use to get through your day. And if you have a lot of them in each cell, and they’re all running at full speed, you feel like you can do anything… just...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 1, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Fitness energy mitochondria PACE Source Type: news
How to Take Control of Your DNA
Modern medicine likes to tell you that chronic diseases are in your genes. Maybe you’re worried about inheriting your mother’s cancer, or your father’s heart disease, or your grandmother’s arthritis.
I never bought into that.
I tell my patients that they aren’t “destined” to get any modern diseases. These are the results of your primal body coming up against a hostile environment.
Genes are only part of the equation. External influences like diet and environment affect how your genes express themselves.
I have seen it many times with my own patients. And the scientific area of “epigenetics” proves what I...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 23, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging DNA gene therapy Source Type: news
The “organic” Way to Younger Skin
What do you think when you hear about stem cells?
Perhaps you think they are “experimental” or you’re concerned about what you’ve read or heard in the news media about stem cells from embryos.
But there is a better way to view this therapy. Stem cells are part of your body and its own natural healing mechanism. In my view, they are probably the ultimate natural healer.
We began offering stem cell treatments last month at the Sears Institute of Anti-Aging Medicine — and the results have been just amazing.
I now use stem cells right across the anti-aging medical spectrum — from cosmetic procedures to treating chr...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 19, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging anti-aging treatment fat transfer linoleic fats omega 3 omega diet organic skin stem cells Source Type: news
Miraculous Comeback After Stem Cell and PRP Therapy
Are you a baseball fan? Even if you’re not, you have to admire New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon.
His comeback has been nothing short of miraculous — thanks to the amazing healing power of stem cells and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy.
PRP utilizes platelets from an athletes’ own blood to rebuild a damaged tendon or cartilage.
I began offering PRP therapy at my Sears Institute for Anti-Aging Medicine a few weeks ago and the results I’ve seen from this therapy have just been incredible.
Five years ago, Colon was considered washed-up at age 37. His pitching arm was shot. He had severe ligament damage and a tor...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - November 18, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Men's Health baseball growth factors natural platelet-rich plasma therapy PRP Therapy stem cells Source Type: news
