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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is like an electrical "brown out" that develops as energy production in certain brain cells begins to fail. Using nutritional tools makes it possible to resuscitate mitochondrial energy production and either stabilize or improve symptoms. Drugs are of known minimal value and they also have plenty of side effects. Lifestyle strategies such as mental and physical exercise can delay or prevent the onset of AD and should always be part of an AD treatment regimen. It is also important ot know that there are many prescription medications that are "anti-cholinergic" that are discussed in the video below that can aggravate symptoms and should be avoided.
Asthma is found across all age groups and it presents itself as wheezing but sometimes only as a cough. The prevalence of asthma is increasing and air pollution is probably part of the reason. Taking a careful history may identify what is new in the environment that could explain why it happened. Traffic pollution is an important factor, especially if one lives near a freeway. Lifestyle management is the key to success in managing the symptoms and cause of asthma. There are also a number of supplements that can help decrease the cause and symptoms of asthma.
Breast cancer risk is related to genetics about 10% of the time. Environmental and lifestyle factors have much more to do with getting cancer and they are modifiable. Estrogen is a big player in causing cancer and we all know now that HRT increases the risk for breast cancer. There is a lot we can do to prevent activating cancer genes and to protect us from developing breast cancer.
The body has to allow cancer to develop and certain factors are critical for this to happen. Maintaining an alkaline environment is important to supporting the optimal enzymatic function our cells need to process the food we consume. About 40% of all cancers is caused by bad diets that are loaded with pesticides, herbicides, unnecessary additives and preservatives, and other toxins found in contaminated soils. Plant-based, organic foods are the cornerstone of a healthy diet. Cruciferous veggies, heavily pigmented fruits, berries, certain spices such as turmeric are important.
Cholesterol management is a high priority in today's medical care, especially for secondary prevention (meaning you have had a heart attack, stroke, or other major arteriosclerotic event). Because of the extensive side effects of statin drugs, they are not recommended for primary prevention in today's mainstream protocols. While mainstream medicine relies mostly on drugs to manage cholesterol values, all of these drugs have side effects, many of which are serious and at times life-threatening. Dr. Saputo recommends lifestyle, dietary, and supplements as treatment for abnormal cholesterol values as strategies before using pharmaceutical drugs. He recommends the Lifestyle, Dietary, and Supplement protocols listed below as considerations for treatment for lowering cholesterol.
Type 2 diabetes is usually a preventable and reversible disease once it has come on. It develops largely because of poor lifestyle strategies related to diet, exercise, sleep, stress, weight, and toxic exposures (includes pharmaceutical drugs). While mainstream medicine relies mostly on drugs to manage blood sugar levels, all of these drugs have side effects, many of which are serious and even life-threatening. Dr. Saputo recommends lifestyle, dietary, and supplements as treatment for type 2 diabetes as strategies before using pharmaceutical drugs.
Modern medicine does not have very effective treatment for people suffering from the family of diseases that include fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS). Mainstream treatment remains entrenched in using a wide variety of drugs intended to relieve the gastrointestinal, endocrine, immune, psychological, and neurological symptoms of these debilitating illnesses, but does not address their cause.
We cannot be healthy if we don't live a healthy lifestyle. If all of our cells are healthy, infact, it is impossible to be sick! So, our job is to keep our cells healthy by living a healthy lifestyle that includes diet, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, proper weight, and having meaningful purpose in our lives. If we follow these principles, our chances of sustaining good health are the best we can do.
Hiatal hernias develop when the opening between the esophagus and stomach is too wide and cannot fully close. This allows food in the stomach to regurgitate into the lower end of the esophagus and, because it does not have the protective lining the stomach has, to burn it with stomach acids. This can lead to "intestinalization" (looks more line the small intestinal lining) of the lower esophagus and an increased potential to develop into esophageal cancer. There are many ways to support healing of the esophagus to improve and/or eliminate symptoms and possibly lower the risk for cancer.
Hypertension is caused most of the time by lifestyle habits that need improving. Mainstream medicine looks to the quick fix with an array of anti-hypertensive drugs that can work, but at the price of a multitude of known and as yet unknown side effects that can be lifethreatening. Most people with hypertension can get off of their drugs if they will adopt a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Saputo recommends getting started with lifestyle, dietary changes, and supplements to start the process of lowering your blood pressure.
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Insomnia Protocol
A good night's sleep is absolutely essential for good health and most of us need between 7-8 hours every night. Lack of sleep leads to a state of inflammation and high levels of stress hormones, which lead to a wide range of diseases that include type 2 diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, heart attacks, strokes, cancer, obesity and much more. It also aggravates any health care condition we might have. In our fast paced lives we don't get enough sleep and many of us resort to using sleeping aids that cannot solve the underlying problems.
Most cases of IBS are associated with an imbalance of the microbes in the gut. Correcting this imbalance with natural microbes can have a profound effect on symptoms and recovery. Probiotics (friendly microbes) are a cornerstone of effective treatment, but there are many essential nutrients that support the natural healing process of the intestinal tract that are also valuable. Dr. Saputo recommends the following lifestyle, dietary, and supplement approach to help improve IBS symptoms and restore normal intestinal function.
The intestinal lining has the paradoxical role of selectively letting into the body those chemicals, which it needs, and keeping out what is toxic. The permeability of this barrier is an especially important factor in maintaining the integrity of these critical functions. The leaky gut exists when some factor makes the spaces between the small intestinal epithelial cells wider than normal, and allows the transgression of macromolecules, bacteria and bacterial fragments, and other toxic substances, such as bacterial endotoxins, through these spaces and into the internal milieu. This surprisingly common problem occurs in a wide variety of clinical situations, and, as one would suspect, has profound negative consequences on the body.
Lifestyle that includes a healthy diet, exercise, low stress, adequate sleep, and weight management are keys to managing menopause. For PMS black cohosh, essential fatty acids, and neurotransmitter management with 5-HTP, St. John's wort, natural estrogens and progesterone can all help the symptoms of menpause. PMS and menopause are conditions caused in part by imbalances of hormones. Of course, an anti-inflammatory diet that includes foods with phytoestrogens and herbs and spices that help reduce inflammation can are also a good approach to managing symptoms fo menopause.
There many, many causes of neuropathy. The most common neuropathies are caused by diabetes, chemotherapy, lumbar disc disease, heavy metal poisoning, and environmental toxins. While infrared light therapy is by far the most effective and best tolerated treatment, there are many nutritional factors that support healing the nerves involved in neuropathy that should be used in combination with light therapy. Conventional treatment with multiple drugs that include anti-seizure medications, antidepressants, and narcotics should be reserved only for when infrared light therapy has failed.
Few of us are free of chronic pain and inflammation. We tend to rely on pharmaceutical drugs to relieve our symptoms, but this does little in the long run, and inhibits the healing process in the short term. Lifestyle medicine is the key to resolving inflammation and pain. Dr. Saputo recommends the lifestyle, dietary, and supplements listed below to support the body's natural and innate healing process.
Peptic Ulcers affect up to 10% of us over our lifetime. Symptoms generally include burning in the upper abdomen, dull aching pain, and sometimes nausea and vomiting, especially if they are complicated by hemorrhaging or perforation of the intestinal wall. Peptic ulcers occur in the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. H. pylori is believed to cause about 50% of all peptic ulcers, and 50% of the population carry H.pylori. NSAIDS including aspirin are also common causes of ulcers.
Once you have had a heart attack it is important to work with a qualified cardiologist to assess the complications of heart disease that include angina, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, and factors related to disease progression. Dr. Saputo also recommends a complete integrative program that includes lifestyle, diet, and supplements to support optimal cardiac function. Mainstream medicine deals primarily with the acute defects in cardiac function very well, but could do much more to support the cellular biochemistry of heart tissue with these strategies.
The cause of most strokes is the result of interrupted blood flow to the brain from plaque, clots, and bleeding. Transient ischemic attacks are often the warning of an impending stroke and they are a medical emergency. It is critical to maintain a normal blood pressure. The best treatment to prevent a stroke is a healthy lifestyle. There are a number of supplements that support healthy brain function and can restore circulation and normal blood thickness (hypercoagulation).
While is is very important to consume the raw materials in our diet to produce sufficient energy (ATP) to be able to exercise, there are also particular nutrients that are important in enhancing athletic performance that can be obtained in special diets or with supplemetation. For optimal performance in sport it is important to prepare physically, biochemically, mentally and emotionally.
Stress in the short term boosts our ability to cope with stress, but when it becomes longterm it creates major problems with our health. When we're stressed and don't have the tools to deal with it, we repress the situation but it remains in our bag of problems. This can lead to PTSD. It is possible to identify and re-address ...
Alcohol withdrawal is best accomplished with a team of healthcare practitioners who can support the physical, biochemical, emotional and spiritual needs of the person going through the process. The lifestyle, dietary, and supplement programs below are a good start to begin an alcohol withdrawal program. But remember, Dr. Saputo strongly recommends you seek professional advice from a qualified health care practitioner to supervise the detoxification program involved with alcohol withdrawl.
Drug withdrawal, particlarly with pharmaceutical drug addiction, is best accomplished with a team of healthcare practitioners who can support the physical, biochemical, emotional and spiritual needs of the person going through the process. The lifestyle, dietary, and supplement programs below are a good start to begin a withdrawal program. But remember, Dr. Saputo strongly recommends you seek professional advice from a qualified health care practitioner to supervise the detoxification program involved with drug withdrawl.
Weight loss takes much more than will power. There are many reasons why people become overweight that must be dealt with in order to lose and sustain weight loss. There are endocrine causes such as thyroid, adrenal, and ovarian causes as well as diet, exercise, PTSD, insomnia, environmental toxins, many drugs, and quitting smoking that are involved in weight gain and loss. Many eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia, are binge eating make weight management far more difficult to deal with as well.
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ALZHEIMER'S: Nutritional Support Protocol
ASTHMA: Nutritional Support Protocol
BREAST CANCER RISK REDUCTION: Nutritional Support Protocol
Cancer Support Protocol
Cholesterol Reduction: Nutritional Support Protocol
Diabetes: Nutritional Support Protocol
Fibromyalgia Nutritional Support Protocol
General Wellness and Prevention Protocol
Hiatal Hernias: Nutritional Support Protocol
Hypertension: Nutritional Support Protocol
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Nutritional Support Protocol
MENOPAUSE: Nutritional Support Protocol
NEUROPATHY: Nutritional Support Protocol
PAIN AND INFLAMMATION - CHRONIC: Nutritional Support Protocol
PEPTIC ULCERS: Nutritional Support Protocol
POST STROKE: Nutritional Support Protocol
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Stress: Nutritional Support Protocol
SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL (ALCOHOL) Nutritional Support Protocol
Weight Loss: Nutritional Support Protocol
