I became ill with a high fever in May of this year and was treated with injections of a strong antibiotic. The next few days I still felt very weak and a lot of muscle pain. I was diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and put on Prednisone. I have been able to reduce the dosage gradually [...]

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Dr. Gardner,
I have irritable bowel syndrome and a constant problem with constipation. The things I do to try to solve the constipation problem seem to make the irritable bowel syndrome act up more, and the things I do to keep the irritable bowel syndrome under control seem to make the constipation problem worse. Could you [...]

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I want to eat healthy and everybody says eat oats and wheat but when i eat a lot of these products I find that I am more tired and feel down
Whole wheat and oats are very healthy, although they are high in carbohydrates. However, many people are sensitive to the gluten in wheat, and if [...]

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I am a 46 year old mother of 11 and am in the best health of my life, or so I thought until I was diagnosed with breast cancer last week. Over the last year I have been on several cleanses and limit intake of sugar and white flour in my diet to once or [...]

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Back in June, Dr. Gardner mentioned macuna pruriens for Parkinson’s Disease. How much and how often? Is there a recommended brand? Thanks.
Macuna pruriens has levodopa as a natural ingredient. This is the immediate precursor for dopamine, which is deficient or non-functional in Parkinsons.
I’ve used the product from Neuroscience called Balance D, which is available on [...]

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I, too, took several statins - and then rheumatism symptoms caused an internist and my regular doc to put their heads together and decide it might be the statins.  It was; took quite a few months but slowly as the statins dissipated and left my body, the aches went away, the rheumatism factor went down, [...]

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I am new to the website and have read about the short bursts of exercise and the “Ease on Down” but cannot find what these short bursts are. Where can I read more? Do you run or walk fast for a minute? Jump up and down? What are the movements?
Spurts is my term for High [...]

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I read your article about Alternative Therapies in Neurologic Disease on your site and wonder if Vital Primivia supplements you have on your site would be applicable to me.  I’ve had a discectomy, and I’m asking specifically about phosphatidylserine, and its dosage.
Here are some thoughts: A discectomy is a partial removal of the disc [...]

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