TL’s publisher calls for action as FDA strives to increase its regulatory activities against compounding pharmacies and nutraceutical supplements. He also highlights the importance of Candida yeast as a contributor to poor physical and mental health.
Shorts
Jule Klotter
This month’s column looks at the possibility that acquired vitamin D resistance underlies autoimmunity and at research that shows the Wim Hof Method decreases inflammation.
Literature Review & Commentary
Alan R. Gaby, MD
Sourdough bread, Mediterranean diet benefits, magnesium for nocturnal leg cramps, suspected adverse reactions to alpha-lipoic acid, and more are among this month’s topics.
Joseph J. Burrascano Jr., MD
Oral hygiene measures and nutraceuticals can help control yeast overgrowth.
Integrating Functional and Naturopathic Medicine Concepts and Therapeutics into Medical Practice or Common Primary Care and Specialty Conditions: Key Concepts and Paradigm Shifts in Clinical Care from Inflammation Mastery: Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine
Alex Vasquez, DO, ND, DC
A simple mnemonic encourages practitioners to assess seven factors that can contribute to sustained inflammation in order to help patients suffering from autoimmunity and other inflammation-related conditions.
On the Cover
Still Missing Diagnosis of The Yeast Syndrome? – Part 1
John Parks Trowbridge, MD, FACAM
John Parks Trowbridge, MD, co-wrote The Yeast Syndrome thirty-six years ago; yet, yeast overgrowth and the many physical and mental symptoms it causes are still often ignored. Part 1 of this article gives the history of the yeast syndrome, its contribution to chronic illness, and a successful foundation treatment.
Chris Chlebowski, ND, DC
The liver does far more than detoxify the blood; it also has a role in hormone balance and the distribution of nutrients.
Bile Acids as Regulators of Inflammation
Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND, DHANP
Bile salts appear to have systemic inflammation-modulating effects and may eventually be used clinically to reduce inflammation, apoptosis, and necrosis in the liver, intestine, central nervous system, myocardium, and retina.
Reversing Chronic Kidney Disease with Niacin and Sodium Bicarbonate
Stephen McConnell and W. Todd Penberthy
A combination of niacin and sodium bicarbonate reduces phosphorus levels and decreases protein levels in the urine, thereby reversing kidney damage in some patients.
Klotho: The Super-Antioxidant You’ve Never Heard of
Jenna Henderson, ND
An antioxidant made by the kidneys has multiple anti-aging properties and may be helpful in many types of kidney disease.
Lifestyle, Inflammation, and Food Pain
Hal S. Blatman, MD
Common foods that trigger inflammation are a too-often overlooked cause of pain.
LDN: A Game Changer for Many Patients
Pamela W. Smith, MD, MPH, MS
Naltrexone, traditionally used to treat drug overdose, has anti-inflammatory, immune-modulating, and pain-relieving effects at low doses, making it a useful treatment for many illnesses.
Letters to the Editor
Allergy Management
Diego Saporta, MD
Too often, skin prick tests and RAST-like blood tests are negative in people with clearly allergic symptoms. Intradermal dilutional testing is the most accurate way to identify allergic disease.
Response to Orthomolecular COVID Protocol
Ronald Steriti, ND, PhD
The author adds a few more treatment options to the Gonzalez Covid-19 orthomolecular protocol.
News
- FDA’s Threat to cBHT Puts Millions of Patients at Risk
- No Deaths from Vitamins – Safety Confirmed by America’s Largest Database
Andrew W. Saul
Once again, the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ annual report shows no deaths from supplements.
List of Advertisers in this Issue
Guest Editorial
‘Ministry of Truth’ vs Nutritional Medicine
Damien Downing, MBBS, MRSB
Despite published studies that demonstrate the benefits of vitamins C and D during the Covid pandemic, UK’s National Health Service continues to ignore nutritional medicine.
Book Review
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
Steven Johnson | review by Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
A new book examines the consequences of the increase in human lifespan.
The Lobay Viewpoint
Douglas Lobay, BSc, ND
Peanuts and Poppycock: The Science Behind Magnesium Bioavailability
The author takes a deep dive into the magnesium compounds used in supplements and the differences in their absorption and bioavailability.
Healing with Homeopathy
Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman, ND, MSW
Homeopathy for Restless Legs Syndrome with Anxiety
Improved sleep, reduced anxiety, and much needed weight gain are among changes that occurred in a patient who resolved restless leg syndrome with a common remedy.
Curmudgeon’s Corner
Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO
Arming the Immune System
The necessity and benefits of a fever are the subject of a new, well-referenced book.
Women’s Health Update
Tori Hudson, ND
Desquamative Inflammatory Vaginitis
Identification and treatment of desquamative inflammatory vaginitis are the topics for this month’s column.
Editorial
Alan R. Gaby, MD
Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Hypothyroidism Need to Improve
Too many patients suffer with symptoms of hypothyroidism because mainstream medicine continues to adhere to levothyroxine (T4) treatment, despite published evidence that many do better with a combination T3 and T4 treatment.
ONLINE ONLY
A Hallmark of Covid-19: Cytokine Storm/Oxidative Stress and Its Integrative Mechanisms
Richard Z. Cheng, MD, PhD
Covid-19 and many other infections can induce a cytokine storm (severe oxidative stress) that may be prevented with the use of integrative antioxidant therapies.
Top Vitamin D Papers in 2021 – Benefits Ignored at a Time They Are Most Needed
William B. Grant, PhD
Studies published last year show that vitamin D reduces Covid-19 incidence, severity, and death rates as well as reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and autism.
