I participated in an interview with Jonathan Willbanks from the New Mind-Body Spirit Summit which begins on Friday, March 22, 2013. This conference is free to register and listen to the talks. I covered many topics including:
- What is wrong with health in America right now?
- Demystifying unrefined salt
- Problems with processed foods (devitalized empty calories)
- Pitfalls of “white foods” offenders (refined sugar, flour, salt)
- The necessity of educating oneself about health
- Deceptive food marketing (fat free, sugar free, now with omega-3s!, etc.)
- How to shop consciously and healthily at the grocery store
- The importance of eating “real food”
- Nutrient depletion and supplementation
- Importance of water, and clean water sources
- Reservations about “Kangen” or alkaline/ionized water
- Iodine deficiency
- Iodine and thyroid health
- Optimal/safe iodine intake
- Purity problems with green superfood and iodine products
- Dr. Brownstein’s perspective on alternative energy-based healing modalities (acupuncture, homeopathy, Reiki, etc.)
You can access this conference by clicking here: http://www.mcssl.com/app/?af=1526710
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I have been going to Dr. Brownstein’s practice (I see Dr. Nusbaum) for about a year and a half. I must tell you that my life has changed! Cynthia, I think you should look at heavy metal testing and vitamin deficiencies in your patients. My PCP wanted to put me on Xanax for what was considered peri-menopausal symtoms. Dr. Nus did a full history and blood chemistry on me and found that I was very defiicient in several vitamins and minerals. I wasn’t sleeping, I was having panic attacks, my thinking was foggy.
With the supplementation that I began taking, I can say that I am a changed woman, who is going through the ‘change’, unchanged! If you’re interested, I have a couple of blog posts about my experience.
http://pauseunchanged.blogspot.com/
I’m a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) with a fairly holistic approach to Well Woman care. I’m a GYN midwife, in that my practice is in Well Woman care, not in pregnancy/delivery. I find Dr. Brownstein’s health proposals sound, but need to do more investigation. In medicine/nursing we rely on “evidence based practice” meaning the research needs to support the health proposals, and once the research is ethically completed, shown that it was done properly (with as little bias as possible), and peer reviewed and published, it can be considered as a proper model of care. There are certain things I always prescribe for my patients: diet of organic fresh fruits and vegetables, drinking water, getting exercise with a good dose of sunshine (not sunburn). Because of Dr. Brownstein’s suggestions, I will probably consider testing for toxic metals and vitamin sufficiency in my practice. I typically test for Vitamin D, but not the others. I’m not wholly convinced of everything since I’m naturally suspicious of anyone that profits from sharing health information (I don’t like cholesterol reducing drugs and think good diet and exercise are the best treatments) but I do understand that Dr. Brownstein also needs to make a living and doing the work/newsletters he’s doing takes time, research and his time is valuable. I’m going to be interested in looking at the research, digging into this and if I find the rationale and practices sound I may change my practice even more in the future.
I have a neighbor who goes to Dr. Brownstein, and swears that her health has improved since beginning to do so. I’m not persuaded. I believe the truth is very difficult to find. There are so many claims today about diets and exercise regimes that will improve one’s health. I have yet to see anything that I believe to be conclusive. There is likely a middle ground between conventional medicine and holistic medicine. Perhaps, Dr. Brownstein has found it. I remain to be convinced.