Trace Minerals and Electrolytes for Neurodegenerative Disease

How Kratom Works to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases Naturally: Mitragynine vs. Salvinorin A for MS, ALS, Parkinson's, Lewy Body Dementia, and Alzheimer's

Neurodegeneration Treatment and Prevention Kratom is so controversial that some countries have outlawed it completely, but if you’ve become privy to its potential benefits for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis / MS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / ALS, Lewy Body Dementia, or Parkinson’s disease, then it’s important that you understand the political forces at work that have made this amazing medicine into a controversy. Kratom deserves some attention in regard to dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. So let’s talk a bit about that before we discuss the medicinal benefits of kratom in patients who are trying to prevent or treat neurodegenerative diseases.  Let me start by saying that the countries that produce kratom, like Thailand, Malaysia,...

Dental Problems, Heart Problems, and Bone Problems: Low Level Infections Can Cause All Three

Cold Exposure, Brown Fat: Chronic Fever, Dental Problems, Bone Health, and Heart Health Brown adipose tissue activation also plays an important role in bone health and bone density. This makes sense given that brown fat activation seems to promote the movement of calcium from the blood into bones and teeth, to treat diseases like atherosclerosis and also osteoporosis. This movement of calcium out of the blood (where it can cause atherosclerosis) into bones and teeth (where the calcium strengthens bone tissues) happens when vitamin K2, a fat-soluble vitamin, is released from white fat tissues during their conversion from white to brown fat. Vitamin K2 is stored in white fat as a fat-soluble vitamin and when released, it promotes the movement of calcium from the blood supply and soft tissue...

Mitragyna speciosa / Kratom: Cardiovascular Effects

Cardiovascular Effects / Antihypertensive / Blood Pressure Lowering Effects Unfortunately, Big Pharma wants to keep kratom carefully hidden from as many people as possible. This means that, even while they’re doing research on this herb to produce synthetic drugs that mimic kratom (because kratom has so many important and valuable medicinal effects), they are also doing research that “proves” that kratom is bad. If you’re new to the idea of healthcare propaganda, let me expand on this idea briefly. When there’s a plant or a natural substance that’s widely available to people that’s known to cure a major disease, Big Pharma is always there, trying to create a synthetic molecule that mimics its effects such that they can produce a patentable drug that makes a lot of money. This is tri...

Fever and Insulin Sensitivity: Should you force a feverish child to eat?

Insulin Sensitivity and Brown Fat Activation During a fever, insulin sensitivity decreases significantly. In other words, the body becomes more insulin-resistant during a fever. Cellular membranes stop interacting with insulin to admit glucose and other nutrients into the cell. This is an important thing to consider because it impacts how you approach administration of food and water in children (or adults) who are refusing to eat or drink.  When you’re fighting an infection, the body releases stress hormones like cortisol. This raises blood sugar levels to provide energy to fight the infection. As a result, people who are sick tend to have higher-than-usual blood sugar levels and a need for more insulin even though food intake has been reduced. This is part of the logic behind the Fre...