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Dr. Russell Blaylock, M.D.
Dr. Russell Blaylock, M.D., is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, lecturer, and editor of The Blaylock Wellness Report.
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WEEKLY TIP: 8 Easy Heart-Saving Diet Tricks
Your good health depends on you, and this goes double when it comes to taking care of your heart. Here are tips from Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of the Blaylock Wellness Report, for the "care and feeding" of this vital organ.
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What Do You Think About Hormone Replacement?
In general, replacement therapy is necessary only if a documented deficiency exists. This can be accomplished by laboratory testing.
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WEEKLY TIP: Rejuvenate Aging Joints
Aching, stiff joints don't have to come with more candles on your birthday cake. Follow the advice of Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of the Blaylock Wellness Report, to avoid the debilitating pain of arthritis.
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WEEKLY TIP: Eat Fish—But Choose Carefully
Fish is an important part of a healthy diet. Its omega-3 oils fight many diseases, especially those that come with aging. But while some types of fish can enhance your health, other varieties contain deadly contaminants.
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Is the Supplement Magnesium Aspartate Beneficial?
I do not like magnesium aspartate, because aspartate is an excitotoxin. There are safer forms of magnesium — such as a magnesium malate and magnesium citrate/malate.
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WEEKLY TIP: Drink Tea to Prevent Cancer
A hot cup of tea can offer a soothing break in the day, and new research says that it can also prevent and even kill cancer. Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of the Blaylock Wellness Report, shares his insider's knowledge on tea's disease-fighting properties.
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How Can I Reduce Elevated Iron Levels?
A great many flavonoids from vegetables bind iron and either prevent its absorption, or they prevent it from being toxic if absorbed. These include curcumin, quercetin, ellagic acid, hesperidin, and
resveratrol.
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WEEKLY TIP: Three Heart-Saving Powerhouses
The rate of heart attacks has stabilized over the past ten years, but new cases of heart failure have skyrocketed. When conventional treatments are used, about 50 percent of heart failure victims die within five years, but Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of the Blaylock Wellness Report says that nutritional therapies can beat the odds.
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Are Cysts on the Liver Cause for Concern?
Most liver cysts are harmless, and only 5 percent ever cause symptoms.
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WEEKLY TIP: Prevent and Control Asthma
There are currently more than 23 million cases of asthma in the United States, and 1 in 7 children develop the condition. The incidence has doubled over the past 25 years, and part of the rise has been linked to vaccines.
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How Can I Get More of the Fat Burner Leptin?
Lowering your triglycerides and avoiding a starvation diet will improve leptin function. This also reduces your risk of having a heart attack and stroke.
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WEEKLY TIP: Your New Diet Could Be Damaging Your Brain
If you're one of the millions of Americans who started off 2010 by beginning a high-protein diet, you may want to reconsider. While your waistline might be shrinking, so may your brain.
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What Causes Tourette’s Syndrome?
We do not fully understand the cause, even though it is related to the same neuropathology that causes obsessive-compulsive disorders — the same brain regions appear to be involved and they share many of the same symptoms.
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WEEKLY TIP: 6 Ways to Boost Your Immune System and Live Longer
A healthy immune system is the key to preventing disease and leading a long, healthy life. A bad diet can wreck havoc on the immune system, and a deficiency in a single nutrient can cause devastating problems says Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of The Blaylock Wellness Report.
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Advice for Treating Chronic Constipation
One of the best ways to correct chronic constipation is to increase your intake of magnesium. Most people find that as they increase their intake of magnesium their stool becomes softer.
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WEEKLY TIP: Anxiety Can Kill — Conquer It Naturally
Numerous pharmaceutical drugs are used to control anxiety disorders, but not all are successful and many produce unwanted side effects, including neurological damage, impotence, and profound weakness. There are proven tips, though, for reducing anxiety safely and naturally, says Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of The Blaylock Wellness Report.
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Can Supplements Help Torn Cartilages Heal?
Vitamin C (buffered) in a dose of 2,000 mg three times a day taken on an empty stomach will promote healing. Hyaluronidase also will help.
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Are There Preventatives Other than Cranberry for Bladder Infections?
Recurrent infections can be associated with poor immunity, and certain supplements, such as beta 1,3/1,6 glucan, can boost cell-mediated immunity, which fights bacteria. Olive leaf extract has significant antibacterial activity against selected bacteria and also boosts immunity.
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WEEKLY TIP: Postpone Aging in 2010
The secret to staying young may not come from bottling the fabled Fountain of Youth water, but may instead be found in bottles of nutritional supplements. In this week's health tip, Dr. Russell L. Blaylock offers 10 ways to stop aging naturally.
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Are Any Wines Free of Fluoride?
There are no American wines that are fluoride-free, unless they are from smaller wineries away from the West Coast.
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WEEKLY TIP: Fight Winter Infections Naturally
Old Man Winter has come early this year, causing temperatures to plummet and dumping record amounts of snowfall in many parts of the country. Along with this wicked weather comes cold viruses and other infections. Can you protect yourself? And if you're a victim, can you minimize the virus' effect? Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of The Blaylock Wellness Report," has the answers.
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Is Red Yeast Rice Safe?
Red yeast rice inhibits the very same enzyme as statin cholesterol-lowering drugs and has many of the same complications including lowering essential CoQ10 levels. It is just a natural statin.
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WEEKLY TIP: Conquer Migraine Headaches
If you suffer from migraine headaches, you might take cold comfort in knowing that they are on the rise—more than 28 million Americans endure them. You can find genuine comfort and relief, though, by avoiding certain foods and by making use of natural remedies.
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Supplements for Polymyalgia
This is often a self-limiting condition, that is, it can disappear within one to four years. Because of its inflammatory link, a curcumin/quercetin mix would be very beneficial.
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What is the Truth About Mammogram Screenings?
When the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force announced that women no longer needed to have mammograms before age 50, a firestorm was unleashed. But a new study looks at the possibility that the mammogram radiation exposure might actually cause an increased risk of developing breast cancer.
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WEEKLY TIP: Beat Holiday Depression
For most people, the holidays are full of happiness and joy. But for others, they only bring sadness and stress that may trigger overwhelming depression. Few people realize, however, that depression can be brought on by physical as well as psychological circumstances. Fortunately, there are natural ways to fight depression regardless of the cause.
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What Is Your Opinion of Olive Leaf Extract?
Many studies found it to inhibit virus replication, viral cell fusion, and special enzyme replication, needed by retroviruses to replicate. It has also been shown to have significant antifungal activity.
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WEEKLY TIP: Sleep Your Way to Better Health
In their never-ending search for expanding drug markets, pharmaceutical companies may have hit the jackpot with problematical drugs created to treat sleep disorders. You can use natural sleep aids in combination with a few simple steps before bedtime to end those restless nights.
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Antioxidants for Dry Macular Degeneration
A number of studies have shown that antioxidants and anti-inflammatories help. There are also supplements of plant extracts that help protect the retina and promote healing.
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Obesity Secret Ignored
One of the leading causes of obesity is being totally ignored by both by public officials and the media, despite the fact that there is tremendous scientific evidence confirming its role.
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WEEKLY TIP: Beat Diabetes Naturally and Safely
The bad news is that you could become one of the 24 million Americans suffering from deadly Type 2 diabetes. The good news is that readily available nutritional supplements can help lower your blood sugar safely and naturally.
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Which Supplements Treat Lupus?
In my experience, the most dramatic response has been with a combination of omega-3 oils (high in EPA and DHA, such as Carlson’s Norwegian Fish Oil from www.vitacost.com), magnesium, and some special supplements that specifically suppress
autoimmunity.
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WEEKLY TIP: Control High Blood Pressure Naturally
Your chances of developing high blood pressure, and thereby increasing your risk of stroke, are 50 percent. Unfortunately, medication prescribed to combat high blood pressure and potential strokes have extremely undesirable side effects, ranging from impotence to insomnia. Fortunately, there are natural supplements that lower blood pressure.
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Lowering Elevated Glucose Levels
Regular exercise, a low sugar intake, avoiding HFCS, avoiding glutamate food additives, and eating at least 5 to 10 servings of fruits and especially vegetables a day will go a long way to accomplishing your goals.
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Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
There is evidence that in some cases OCD is triggered by an infection, usually a streptococcus organism — a common skin microbe. In some individuals, such infections trigger immunoexcitotoxic lesions in a particular part of the brain that leads to OCD
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Is Organic Meat Safe?
It is certainly safer than meat from animals raised in unsanitary, crowded conditions and fed contaminated grains. Grass feeding has many advantages, including adding omega-3 and conjugated alpha-linoleic acid to the animal’s flesh.
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Preventing Ear Infections in Infants
In my research, vitamin D3 has been shown to be an effective treatment for ear infections. I would advise 1,000 IU to 2,000 IU a day.
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Curcumin and Healing
The growing of new blood vessels, called neovascularization, is essential for wound healing. Ironically, even though curcumin inhibits this process, several studies have shown that it is actually a potent aid in the healing of surgical wounds.
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Beta-Glucan Supplements and Omega-3s
Beta-glucan supplements and omega-3s have two separate modes of action and are not related. Beta-glucan is an immune stimulant that selectively activates cellular immunity, the arm of the immune system that kills viruses, bacteria, and fungi.
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Adding Magnesium to Water
I recommend adding magnesium citrate/malate, which I remove from the capsule, to water. You can use magnesium citrate as well. I use a fourth of a capsule to each gallon of water.
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Synthetic and Natural CLA
The scientific literature demonstrates both good and bad effects of CLA supplementation. High doses decrease brain and heart DHA levels, which is harmful.
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Chronic Allergies
There are a number of supplements and nutraceuticals that can reduce allergic reactions. Most important are quercetin, curcumin, vitamin D3, omega-3 oils (especially DHA), vitamin C and magnesium.
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Iodine and Fibrocystic Breast Disease
There is some evidence that iodine can reduce fibrocystic breast disease, but no carefully controlled studies. Since clinicians all over the world are independently reporting a positive effect and we know that since iodine is utilized by breast tissue, it is certainly plausible.
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Benign Essential Tremor
Benign essential tremor is a growing problem in this country. In the past, it was indeed considered benign, but newer studies are suggesting that it can lead to more serious neurodegeneration over time—such as Parkinson’s disease.
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Seborrheic Dermatitis
Many cases of seborrheic dermatitis respond positively to higher doses of B vitamins. Also, avoiding foods high in sugar will help most cases.
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Peanut Butter and Inflammation
Peanut butter contains peanut oil. I advise organic peanut butter. You will notice that the oil separates. To reduce the inflammatory effect, drain off the oil and replace it with extra virgin olive oil.
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Supplements and Sciatica
There is evidence that many supplements can reduce nerve pain. Modern research indicates that nerve pain is ultimately caused by chronic inflammation, and reducing inflammation will reduce the pain.
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Supplements for Chronic Hives
You should first look for the source of the problem. One cause physicians often overlook or intolerances. Eliminating the offending foods may cure the problem.
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Eliminating Gall Stones Naturally
Gallstones can be caused by certain bacteria in the gall bladder or bilary ducts within the liver. They act as a point of accumulation for cholesterol or calcium-carbonate crystals. A majority of such stones are composed of cholesterol, yet trials of cholesterol-lowering statins were shown to be ineffective. Improving bile flow, however, will help prevent stagnation within the gallbladder.
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Treating Restless Leg Syndrome
My review of this disorder finds a number of contributing factors, such as a deficiency of calcium, magnesium, and potassium. It is considered to be a deficiency of a brain neurotransmitter called dopamine. Some have considered it an early sign of Parkinson's syndrome risk, or a dopamine deficiency disease.
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Relieving the Pain of Sciatica
Sciatica is caused by several things, the most common being viral infections, compression by ligamentous bands in the buttocks, and of course the most common — ruptured disc. Studies have shown that in all these instances, the cause of the pain is inflammation of the nerve root and not merely compression of the nerve.
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Stopping Migraine Headaches
There is a good remedy based on the central causes of migraines that stop attacks within a couple of minutes. Mix the contents of four capsules of magnesium citrate/malate and one capsule of calcium pyruvate (1,000 milligrams) with four ounces of water and mix well.
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Treating Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is linked to abdominal obesity by chronic inflammation. A combination of losing the fat and an anti-inflammatory diet, plus supplements, will reduce the inflammation.
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Non-Surgical Ways of Opening Blocked Arteries
If the artery is completely blocked, then the answer is yes. In most cases the blockage is from 50 percent to 70 percent, and in that case there are non-surgical treatments that can be applied to reduce the risk of a stroke. An increase of magnesium is of the utmost importance.
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Nutrients for Eye Health
While it is accepted that glaucoma is associated with a buildup of pressure within the eyes, newer research indicates that the actual damage to the retina is caused by inflammation/excitotoxic reactions within the retina itself. Medications can be used to lower the intraocular pressure, but protection of the retina requires the use of anti-inflammatories and blocking of
the excitotoxic reaction.
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Are Cell Phones Dangerous?
There is considerable evidence that cell phones damage the brain as well as other tissues and organs. Many studies have shown that the microwave radiation from cell phones damages tissues and especially DNA.
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Relieving the Symptoms of Shingles
Shingles (herpes zoster) is caused by the reactivation of a dormant chickenpox virus, and affects a number of nerves in the face, chest, abdomen, or extremities. It is caused by a loss of immune function.
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