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ALZHEIMER'S: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 05/12/2015

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...

ARTHRITIS: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 06/22/2015

There are many different types of arthritis but all of them are caused and worsened by inflammation. It is important that we live a healthy lifestyle to reduce inflammation by insuring we eat a healthy diet, get plenty of exercise, sleep enough, manage our stress, control our weight and have a meaningful purpose in our lives. In addition...

ASTHMA: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/27/2013

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...

BREAST CANCER RISK REDUCTION: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 12/02/2013

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...

Cholesterol Reduction: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 04/18/2015

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...

Diabetes: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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...

Diabetic Neuropathy

submitted by: admin on 04/27/2016

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...

Fibromyalgia Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 04/19/2015

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,...

Hiatal Hernias: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/27/2013

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...

Hypertension: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Constipation (IBS-ÂC) Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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...

LEAKY GUT: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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 syndrome exists when some factor makes the spaces between...

MENOPAUSE: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/27/2013

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...

Nutritional Support Protocols by Dr. Saputo

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

Dr. Saputo's Nutritional Support Protocols have been thoughtfully created to provide you with simple, effective, and safe approaches that can support your health care needs. Our goal at DoctorSaputo.com is to offer you the products that you need, rather than selling you a lot of products. Because we feel it is important to select only those...

POST STROKE: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/26/2013

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...

SPORTS PERFORMANCE: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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...

Stress: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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 these...

SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL (ALCOHOL) Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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...

SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL (PAIN/OXYCONTIN ADDICTION) Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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....

Weight Loss: Nutritional Support Protocol

submitted by: admin on 11/22/2024

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...

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