Some examples:

Low mercury, eat often: Wild Salmon, Herring, Anchovies, Sardines, Rainbow trout
High mercury, eat only occasionally: Mackerel

 

To purchase high quality mercury-free fish visit my clinic online store and choose the on the Vital Choice Seafood link. Or visit your local health food source and ask for mercury free fish.

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Referenced on Page 94: Health Benefits from Garlic

Contact me for a Download of Potential Health Benefits of Garlic (Allium Sativum): A Narrative Review by Peter B. Bongiorno, Patrick M. Fratellone, and Pina LoGuidice

 

Abstract

A member of the Liliaceae family, garlic (Allium sativum) is highly regarded throughout the world for both its medicinal and culinary value. Early men of medicine such as Hippocrates, Pliny and Aristotle encouraged a number of therapeutic uses for this botanical. Today, it is commonly used in many cultures as a seasoning or spice. Garlic also stands as the second most utilized supplement. With its sulfur containing compounds, high trace mineral content, and enzymes, garlic has shown anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and antioxidant abilities. Diseases that may be helped or prevented by garlic's medicinal actions include Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease (including atherosclerosis, strokes, hypertension, thrombosis and hyperlipidemias) children's conditions, dermatologic applications, stress, and infections. Some research points to possible benefits in diabetes, drug toxicity, and osteoporosis.

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Reprinted from the Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, 2008.

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Referenced on Page 147: Positivity Reading and Audio Recommendations

To help move forward with healing, I often read books with my patients, or have them listen to lectures that we will discuss together. I have found the works at the link above to be excellent to help the process of reframing negative messages and creating positive out of negative messages.

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Referenced on Page 204: Natural Hormone Symptom Guide

Once your doctor has taken the appropriate blood, urine and/or saliva tests and taken your case carefully, you may be prescribed hormones in the form of a cream, patches, liquid, gel caps, or even suppository.

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My strong advice is already used other natural treatments, and still believe hormones are needed ask the doctor for the lowest doses of the hormones possible and then retest your levels in one to two months while monitoring how you feel. While natural hormones are 'natural', there are no adequate tests to know whether they are truly a safer option. We known conventional hormones raise risk of certain cancers, so we will have to assume that natural hormones may also.

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If you start taking the hormones, and your mood does not improve, then you can slowly increase one or more of the hormones as indicated by your symptoms, while monitoring with blood tests. Use the list below as a general guide to help decide to adjust the hormones:

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Low estrogen symptoms and signs: depression, panic attacks, night sweats, bone loss, vaginal dryness, dry skin

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Low progesterone symptoms: migraine attacks, symptoms that resemble PMS, unexplained anxiety, fatigue, poor sleep patterns, vaginal dryness, low libido, accelerate wrinkling of skin, water retention. Also, symptoms of estrogen dominance (see 'excess estrogen symptoms below) can be caused by low progesterone.

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Low testosterone symptoms: low mood and depression, weight gain, bone loss, low libido

 

Low DHEA symptoms: low mood and depression, bone loss, low libido, auto-immune disease processes

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Excess estrogen symptoms: tender breasts, bloating, weight gain, mood swings, night sweats, restless sleep, irritability, uterine fibroids, low thyroid symptoms, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)

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Excess progesterone symptoms: muscle weakness, vaginal dryness, high temperature, mood swings, anxiety and depression, greasy skin, headaches

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Excess testosterone symptoms: excess hair growth both on face and midline of abdomen, deepening of the voice, body shape changes, acne and skin problems, mood swings

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Excess DHEA symptoms: acne, increased facial hair and decreased hair on the top of the head, increased perspiration, increased sweating, nausea and abdominal discomfort

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Please remember the above is merely a guide and you need to work with a qualified physician to monitor properly for you

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As I mentioned in my book, no one fully understands the ins and outs of hormones in a woman's body. I am never surprised anymore when I see the exact opposite of what I expect when it comes to hormones.

 

The key is to keep up the naturopathic suggestions outlined in the other parts of How Come They're Happy and I'm Not? and work closely with your doctor, starting slowly using the lowest doses possible. Have your doctor test your levels regularly, and, most importantly, monitor how you feel.

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Referenced on Page 223: References

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Thank you for your interest in the references for my book. It is important to me that you are able to seek the original sources of the information contained in How Come They're Happy and I'm Not? if you wish.

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My original intent was to keep superscript reference numbers for each citation in the book, but it seems that there were way too many references for a book of this size.

As such, I decided to reprint the reference list here for download. These are divided by chapters for your convenience.

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I am indebted to each name given in these references, for each citation represents countless hours of time a researcher or clinician put in so that we could all learn and benefit. Enjoy

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– Dr. Peter Bongiorno