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"Comparison of Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine" and daily health secrets.
"Comparison of Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine" and daily health secrets.
Stan M. Gardner, MD, was trained in traditional Western medicine. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Utah State University, attended medical school in the Philippines (where he learned firsthand about alternative methods of healing), did a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and practiced conventional medicine for 15 years. He has practiced alternative and energy medicine for over 10 years.
I suffered from cold sores throughout my life. Stress and environmental factors would cause my mouth to blister painfully. After my divorce, the flare-ups became continuous. Dr. Gardner prescribed a simple nutritional solution. I have been completely cold-sore free since that time. This is what medicine should be. Thanks Dr. Gardner.
— David
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My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing:
There is a difference between prevention of disease and being truly healthy, and much of that has to do with ingesting adequate nutrients. Unfortunately, we all have different requirements, and the nutrition from our food is not as good as it was 50 years ago. We also have greater exposure to toxins, which places an additional load on the body for detoxification. Stress also increases the need for extra vitamins.
I strongly believe that we cannot be optimally healthy without a good basic vitamin regimen with essential fatty acids. On top of that, most of us have other needs that can be addressed with supplements instead of medications.
Allopathic medicine now supports giving folic acid for pregnant women, vitamin D and calcium for osteoporosis, and I recently had a patient tell me her ophthalmologist prescribed lutein and other antioxidants for macular degeneration. There is now an omega 3 fish oil by prescription for heart support and inflammation.
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1 Linda // Aug 24, 2010 at 1:09 pm
I’ve been on lovoxyl for years and now am being told by a nutritionist that my thyroid is dying. I’m losing hair, have dry skin, brittle and ridged nails and am sensitive to the least change in temperature. I have extreme fatigue, also. I had been told in the past I was allergic to iodine since sea-food made me ill. What can I do, now that I am in my 60’s to change things and be healthier?
2 Dr. Stan Gardner // Aug 28, 2010 at 10:06 am
Linda, You are certainly describing the symptoms of low thyroid. To find out if the T4 (Levoxyl) thyroid hormone is enough for you, you need to get lab work, including a free T3, free T4 and TSH. If the T3 or T4 are in the lower 1/2 of the reference range, you are hypothyroid, and you just need to take more thyroid hormone. If the T4 is in the upper 1/2 and the T3 is in the lower 1/2 of the ranges, the inactive T4 hormone is not converting into the active T3 hormone, which is the most important. I use the crude thyroid extract like Armour Thyroid, Naturthroid, Westhroid instead of the synthesized forms. I also put women on iodine, about 12.5 mg per day. You could be muscle tested to see if you are sensitive to it before starting an oral form.
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