What is the nocebo effect? Just the opposite of the placebo effect: a negative effect caused by a sham treatment based on a patient’s expectations- not just a psychological effect but a real biochemical and physiological process, involving pain and stress pathways in the brain. Mounting evidence suggests that the nocebo effect is having a substantial negative impact on clinical …
Important Heart Health Nutrition to know
Roughly 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year, about one in every four deaths, according to a recent study. Heart disease remains the single leading cause of death in America, resulting in over 40% of all healthcare investments. With healthy nutrition and moderate exercise, however, it is possible to promote or restore healthy heart function …
Vitamin C and Kidney Stones
I always refer to Vitamin C (ascorbate) as the mother of all antioxidants; it heals, repairs and detoxifies the body of extraneous elements among numerous other uses. Since we all have different physiological needs, I usually recommend intakes based on the C-Cleanse Protocol rather than just what is required to prevent scurvy. (https://www.holisticprimarycare.net/topics/topics-o-z/prevention-practice-pearls/1558-inflammation-revealed-tamed-and-resolved.html ). This C-Cleanse Protocol that I developed …
Vital Nutrients for a Healthy Heart
About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. It remains the single leading cause of death in America today, accounting for over 40% of all healthcare expenditures. (1) While these statistics are sobering, it is important to know that there are steps we can take to promote or restore healthy heart function. Healthy …
Vitamins E: Tocopherols and Tocotrienols
Benefits of all eight forms of vitamin E have been included since 1987 in PERQUE™ products such as PERQUE Life Guard™ tabsule™ family of more complete daily supplements and more recently PERQUE Mito Guard Plus and PERQUE Liva Guard Forté family of micellized softgels We are pleased to report that complete, natural vitamins E including the four tocopherols and the …
“Choosy” Smoothie! Your Choice. Your Way. All Delicious!
Choose one or more items from each bulleted section to create your own smooth, tasty, and detoxifying PERQUE Plant Powered Protein Guard™ smoothie. For Protein: 2 scoops PERQUE Plant Powered Protein Guard (Vanilla or chocolate) For smooth mouth feel, add 4-6 oz of any of these fruits: Banana, Apple, Mango, Pineapple, Peach, Plum, Cantaloupe, Honeydew melon, Crenshaw melon For more yummy taste, add 4-6 …
Rethinking Inflammation as Repair Deficit
A physiology before pharmacology discussion with Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN, Sponsored by PERQUE Integrative Health By Natural Medicine Journal Chronic health issues can precipitate from a myriad of origins including inflammation. On this episode, integrative medical physician Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, explains his physiology first approach to restorative healing. In addition to recommended testing, Jaffe will describe a comprehensive strategy that …
Self-Renewal in 72 minutes daily
Add life to years and years to life by… self-care in 5% of your day, starting in the evening… 30 minute transition to restorative sleep including Epsom Salt & Baking Soda soak ± cold pressed aromatic oil during which you engage 5 minutes of abdominal breathing + 15 minutes of active mindfulness practice; dry off including dry brushing of skin …
It’s Raining Men!
By Melissa Crispell CNS, CNHP Alright guys, it’s time to take control of your health and well-being. If you take better care of your yard, golf clubs, car (fill in the blank) than your health please read this! Men are lucky they don’t face monthly PMS or Menopause, but they do have their share of things to keep track of. More …
Doc Talk: COVID-19 and Cytokine Storm
On this edition of “Doc Talk” with Dr. Russell Jaffe and Dr. Susan Brown: The Docs are talking about COVID-19 and Cytokine Storms. How do they go together? What exactly are they? Should you hunker down in the basement? Tune in to find out the answers to all of those questions and more!