"What do I have to do to improve my sleep???" Well, you know the usuals... 1. Dark, cool room. 2. No electronics near your head; cell phone, IPad, electronic clock. Actually you shouldn't even have a TV in your bedroom. 3. Hot shower before bed or an Epsom salts bath (2 cups, 30 minutes) 4. Medicate, stretch for 5 minutes before going to bed. 5. Eating a protein-fat snack just before bed. No carbs 2-3 hours before bedtime. 6. Don't exercise before bed unless you are Type 0 blood. 7. And don't drink caffeine after 3PM Yeah, you knew all of that, right? There are a lot of supplements that you can take for sleep; melatonin, CBD, chamomille tea, etc. If you have tried all of these and nothing seems to be working well enough. I would suggest you try this. Phosphatidylserine (PS): 2 at bedtime plus OmegaGenics Neuro 1000: 1-2 at bedtime Many of you wake up at night because you spike your cortisol levels early in the morning. You do this because you rdiet is not perfekt and you do not have a life without stress. Phoshatidylserine supresses cortisol at night while you are trying to sleep. Remember, cortisol is like a weak adrenaline and when you spike your levels at night you wake up. PS also helps with your stress response during the day and has teh additional benefits...
Discounted link to Phosphatidylserine Discounted link to OmegaGenics Neuro 1000 Questions out there? Email us at: [email protected] For some of you it may be time or coming time to retest your labs. Some of you may be hesitant to go to Quest, come into the office, etc. to get your blood drawn right now.
(BTW Luis is in the office for blood draws by appointment only for patients that are not having symptoms of a viral infection) Here is an option for the short term... but remember, this is only for testing thyroid and Hormones: We can test your thyroid levels through ZRT Laboratory. Their blood spot test uses a finger stick that you would perform at home. Cost: Elite Thyroid Profile: $230 that you pay directly to the lab. ZRT can also test Hormone levels for men and women with a fingerstick: $160 ZRT does not take insurance. Female or Male hormone levels can also be tested via Genova Diagnostics via a urine sample or saliva. 1. Menopause Plus is a saliva test that tests cortisol as well. Max cost is $199 but they will bill your insurance. If you have basic Medicare it will cover (not Advantage programs). 2. Complete Hormones Urine test for Men or Women is a first morning urine test and runs the same price $199, again medicare will cover. If you want the office to drop ship you a kit, Email us if you need thyroid and/or hormones and if you want fingerstick, urine or saliva at: [email protected] or call 248 302 0473 and leave a message. ____________________________________________Follow us on social mediaInstagram Facebook Watch DR.T's YouTube Channel Award-winning webinars are available at LINK TO WEBINARS Know someone that would benefit from a free eBook on Functional Medicine? Send them Health Briefs & Holistic Hints on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo That photo on the left is what I juiced this morning. Think there's enough vitamin C there? Nope. I also downed an additional 5,000 mg. Are you taking 1,000 mg of vitamin C per day? 2,000? more? Great! But it's probably not enough if you're trying to be proactive and boost your immune system against viruses. BTW, here are a couple of articles that talk about how vitamin C kills viruses. 1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14787210.2020.1706483 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659258/ HOW MUCH VITAMIN C TO TAKE... The goal is to "titrate to bowel tolerance" What does that mean??? You take as much as you can without getting loose stools/diarrhea. Start out taking 10,000-15,000 mg in 4 divided doses over a 24 hour period. So, start out taking 3-4,000 mg three times per day. If you get loose stools, decrease. If you don't notice anything, increase until you do. Then you will know the dose you can handle. NIH article on Vitamin C to bowel tolerance https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7321921 Unfortunately, clean sources of vitamin C is becoming scarce. Below are some links. 1. Remember "Tang" as a kid? This vitamin C tastes just like it. http://mystoredrt.dfhealthestore.com/c-bio-fizz-effervescent-144g-powder.html# 2. Here is a good buffered vitamin C in capsules that will not rip up your stomach if you are sensitive to vitamin C https://www.purecapspro.com/drtpromo/pe/products/product_details.asp?ProductsID=1026 3. Here is another one of my favorite buffered vitamin C in tablet form but it's on backorder (will take 1-2 weeks to get) https://ktopouzian.metagenics.com/ultra-potent-c-1000 - It also comes in a powdered form https://ktopouzian.metagenics.com/ultra-potent-c-powder Remember, vitamin C should be cheap (or I should say inexpensive). Liposomal vitamin C is an excellent product but a little pricey considering the amount you will have to take. But if you have it, by all means take it. Questions out there? Email us at: [email protected] ____________________________________________Follow us on social mediaInstagram Facebook Award-winning webinars are available at LINK TO WEBINARS Know someone that would benefit from a free eBook on Functional Medicine? Send them Health Briefs & Holistic Hints on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo |
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