Dr. Berkson's Best Health Radio Podcast
244 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 149 ratingsDr. Devaki Lindsey Berkson shares decades of experience as a hormone and nutrition expert so you can be a healthier, happier you.
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Dr. Walter Crinnion Pt. 2 - Environmental Illness Detox (#38)
December 29, 2016 06:31 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBAre you environmentally ill or hormonally castrated by our toxic planet, and exactly what to do about it. Dr Crinnion is an internationally acclaimed physician and scientist on what our toxic planet is doing to our health. Dr. C goes in-depth on the exact symptoms of toxic exposure. Learn how to tell if environmental issues in our everyday air, food and water, and in your home and mattress, are causing your chronic issues from asthma, autoimmune diseases, brain fog, and on and on. The CDC ha...
Dr. Walter Crinnion - neuroinflammation, your brain on fire. What are the symptoms, the cause, the treatment. (#37)
December 28, 2016 06:38 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBBrain on fire is linked to ADHD, depression, autoimmune diseases, cognitive diseases, eye diseases and more. What is the one thing a pregnant mom can do to reduce the risk of her child's brain on fire (ADHD) and how can you do this yourself in your home? Dr. Walter Crinnion is known as the physician that put environmental medicine on the map. Barbara Walters had him on The View. He's been a reviewer for the prestigious New England J of Medicine. And He trains physicians around the world in h...
Intermittent Fasting (#36)
December 23, 2016 18:54 - 24 minutes - 17.4 MBIntermittent fasting for weight loss, high blood pressure, cognitive decline and even fighting some cancers. Learn what it is, how you do it, who should do it, and how it helps stop specific cancers. And boost autophagy, which is linked to longevity and overcoming diverse illnesses.
Progesterone to protect breasts (#35)
December 20, 2016 17:00 - 36 minutes - 25.6 MBWhy breast cancer survivors and other women may benefit from this 'controversial' hormone found to protect breast and brain health. The ins and outs of progesterone that most doctors don't know. What is progesterone, where do we get it, what threatens it, how does it fight inflammation especially in the brain, how do foreword thinking neurologists use it to treat chronic severe infections like Lyme and Epstein Barr. How does progesterone work in consort with vitamin D. How did it get a bad r...
Melatonin - not just a sleep hormone, and who should NOT take it (#34)
December 16, 2016 05:27 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBMelatonin is one of the most powerful antioxidants. Learn why and which food is highest in it. It merges with essential oils while we sleep to fight cancer. Which foods have all of this? As your sleep, so does your pancreas. Normally, melatonin helps a sleeping pancreas be a healthy player (secrete less insulin), but some of us have melatonin genetic glitches that make us at-risk when taking it. Learn who you are and what to do about it. Melatonin. Like Nancy Meyer's movie -- "It's Complicat...
Sleep Apnea (#33)
December 14, 2016 23:33 - 23 minutes - 16.7 MBSleep apnea is a growing problem even in children. It's linked not only to heart disease, but many other issues such as osteoporosis, liver disease, resistant weight loss, depression, eye diseases and more. Why sleep apnea should be part of a differential diagnosis in every person with a serious illness. Sleep is 1/3rd of our lives and if our brain is not getting adequate oxygen then many adverse downstream issues can occur. Many doctors are not aware of the link between sleep apnea and vari...
Brownstein MD Show 2: Thyroid (#32)
December 12, 2016 06:24 - 34 minutes - 24.4 MBWhy thyroid disease is undiagnosed, why you might go to your doctor yet not get the right care, why the epidemic of thyroid disease, the pros and cons of taking iodine replacement, the correct dosages, the organs involved, the link of iodine deficiency with both types of diabetes and cancers, hormone fear and misunderstanding, why you should know about this information for issues from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. With family practice physician, author and integrative doctor Dr. David...
Episode 31: Brownstein MD Show 1: Ozone
December 07, 2016 06:47 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBOzone. What is it? What conditions does it treat? Why doesn't your doctor tell you about it? How to do it, the pros and cons, the supplement conundrum (how you might be taking too many supplements), oxidation versus anti-oxidation (what you must know to protect yourself) and more with Dr. David Brownstein and his new book on a natural therapy you should know about - ozone. drbrownstein.com
Episode 31: Brownstein MD Show 1: Ozone
December 07, 2016 06:47Ozone. What is it? What conditions does it treat? Why doesn't your doctor tell you about it? How to do it, the pros and cons, the supplement conundrum (how you might be taking too many supplements), oxidation versus anti-oxidation (what you must know to protect yourself) and more with Dr. David Brownstein and his new book on a natural therapy you should know about - ozone. drbrownstein.com
Episode 31: Brownstein MD Show 1: Ozone
December 07, 2016 06:47Ozone. What is it? What conditions does it treat? Why doesn't your doctor tell you about it? How to do it, the pros and cons, the supplement conundrum (how you might be taking too many supplements), oxidation versus anti-oxidation (what you must know to protect yourself) and more with Dr. David Brownstein and his new book on a natural therapy you should know about - ozone. drbrownstein.com
Episode 31: Brownstein MD Show 1: Ozone
December 07, 2016 06:47Ozone. What is it? What conditions does it treat? Why doesn't your doctor tell you about it? How to do it, the pros and cons, the supplement conundrum (how you might be taking too many supplements), oxidation versus anti-oxidation (what you must know to protect yourself) and more with Dr. David Brownstein and his new book on a natural therapy you should know about - ozone. drbrownstein.com
Episode 31: Brownstein MD Show 1: Ozone
December 07, 2016 06:45Ozone. What is it? What conditions does it treat? Why doesn't your doctor tell you about it? How to do it, the pros and cons, the supplement conundrum (how you might be taking too many supplements), oxidation versus anti-oxidation (what you must know to protect yourself) and more with Dr. David Brownstein and his new book on a natural therapy you should know about - ozone. drbrownstein.com
Episode 31: Brownstein MD Show 1: Ozone
December 07, 2016 06:45Ozone. What is it? What conditions does it treat? Why doesn't your doctor tell you about it? How to do it, the pros and cons, the supplement conundrum (how you might be taking too many supplements), oxidation versus anti-oxidation (what you must know to protect yourself) and more with Dr. David Brownstein and his new book on a natural therapy you should know about - ozone. drbrownstein.com
Episode 31: Brownstein MD Show 1: Ozone
December 07, 2016 06:44Ozone. What is it? What conditions does it treat? Why doesn't your doctor tell you about it? How to do it, the pros and cons, the supplement conundrum (how you might be taking too many supplements), oxidation versus anti-oxidation (what you must know to protect yourself) and more with Dr. David Brownstein and his new book on a natural therapy you should know about - ozone. drbrownstein.com
Your microbiome is the middle man between your food and your genes (#30)
December 01, 2016 16:06 - 26 minutes - 18.7 MBResearch from the University of Sydney and the University of Wisconsin at Madison excitingly show exactly which foods ruin your microbiome and which ones fluff it up. Your microbiome is part of your epigenome. But it can work for good or bad, all depending on what you eat, and how you live. The power of food is enormous. You make about 200 fork-in-the-road food decisions each day, all that impact your microbiome and thus your genes, too. Learn how to care take your microbiome with food, bril...
How to not get fat over the holidays (#29)
November 29, 2016 17:09 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBMost people gain weight over the holidays. This podcast reviews a study in the NEJMedicine that demonstrates this is a global issue. But there are steps to take to not fall into this fatty trap. This podcast is filled with practical steps as well as some raucous humor. Plus you can download for free 5 foodgasm recipes and a bonus: Dr. Berkson's Chocolate Pudding - low-carb, high in taste, and everything that helps you stay healthy while feeling like you are sinning. Visit Drlindseyberkson.co...
Dr. Tom O'Bryan (#28)
November 24, 2016 14:52 - 38 minutes - 26.9 MBWhat is autoimmune disease? How and why to test for it? What many doctors don't know about it and how that might be leaving you in a place where you are not healing. How to have hope and really get well at last. The old paradigm of a drug for an issue, a nutrient for an issue or a detox for an issue is gone. There is a long list you must check off to really get well in this very toxic world where in the last 46 years we have lost over 57% of our wildlife. It is much harder to be healthy toda...
Dr. Raphael d'Angelo (#27)
November 22, 2016 06:22 - 44 minutes - 31.3 MBHow parasties might be ruining your health, the difference between the test your regular doc might order and an in-depth comprehensive stool analysis, how you can order this test on your own. Learn how you can protect yourself and your family, especially if you have pets. Regular stool comprehensive analysis should become like physicals to keep you extremely well. Gut issues can cause fatigue, brain fog, gut disorders, and more.
7 steps to protect your developing baby. A call for green pregnancies. What they are, and why you must know about them. (#26)
November 17, 2016 07:34 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBThe health of mom and dad (and their eggs and sperm) before conception affect their baby’s health far into adulthood. What a pregnant mom eats influences her child’s adult health and her grandchildren. Learn some simple dos and don’ts to keep your family healthy for generations to come. Share with anyone looking to create a young family or presently with one.
Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman (#25)
November 15, 2016 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.8 MBDr. Ann Gittleman on how our toxic enviroment is making it hard to loose weight, and exact steps to combat it. Plus, introducing omega 7 fatty acid.
Secrets to eating less without starving or going postal (#24)
November 03, 2016 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBAppetite control has a number of unappreciated factors. Learn how to eat less more easily. Learn which digestive enzymes, hormones and foods help you accomplish your healthy eating goals. It is more difficult in 2016 to keep a healthy weight than it was in the 1980’s. But armed with this smart information you can be a healthy, and leaner, winner.
Why you must become a medical cynic (#23)
November 01, 2016 04:00 - 18 minutes - 13.4 MBNew information has come to light about how the sugar and peer-review medical industries have given the American public wrong information for decades. This translated into the low-fat, high carb nightmare. Based on this wrong information, millions of Americans went on to develop diabetes, cancer and obesity, and all while trying to eat healthier. We all, docs included, must become realistic medical cynics.
The 8 benefits of fermented foods, and how to eat them in a delicious way (#22)
October 27, 2016 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.6 MBFermented foods give very specific benefits that many people don’t know about. They reduce food to a state that is very cancer protective. They can even reduce a food, for some allergic people, to a form that no longer causes an allergic reaction. Learn benefits of fermented foods, and easy--tasty ways to make them part of your daily delicious diet.
6 Ways to keep your brain younger (#21)
October 25, 2016 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MBBrains file factoids into cranial files. Younger brains get info in and out faster, but older brains can adapt by being better at “attention” and “intention”. Learn exact steps to keep these adaptation systems flowing so your brain keeps up with you.
3 Secrets to having gorgeous skin (#20)
October 20, 2016 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.5 MBWe all feel better when we look better, but how do we achieve gorgeous skin? Time outside is precious, but can be damaging to skin health and appearance. Learn about the two isomers (types) of metabolite equol that protect your skin along with an inexpensive nutritional secret that acts like a healthy daily microbrasion.
Hormone mimics damage your gut micro biome & 7 steps to protect yourself (#19)
October 18, 2016 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.7 MBOur toxic soup is attacking our gut bugs, and thus our overall health. Intestinal gut bugs (microbial flora) are in constant communication with our immune system, hormones and brain. If we are toxic, flush with endocrine disrupting pollutants, many of our systems can go south. Take action.
The Flaxseed Controversy (#18)
October 13, 2016 08:07 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBTo flax, or not to flax? Especially if you have had a hormonally driven cancer. Learn the science-based facts that even a lot of oncologists don’t know. Flax and other seeds are protective against incidence of first time cancers (primary cancers) and recurrence (secondary cancers). Learn how seeds protect men and women both and in what exact amounts.
Epigenetics, hormones, and hope (#17)
October 11, 2016 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBEnjoy a highly inspirational audio blog on the power of your choices. You learn that moment-by-moment, your foods, thoughts, actions and decisions, have the ability and power to morph your genes to act better… or worse. Genes are not set in stone. They are highly influenced by your daily actions through the power of epigenetics. Even women with serious breast cancer genes can take strategic and positive actions that morph their fate toward better protection. This is a blog you will want to ...
What happens when we eat a parasite? (#16)
October 06, 2016 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MBLearn the exact processes of how your amazing gut immune system, microbiome and digestive enzymes try to fight off any lurking pathogens that may be hiding in foods such as those in a typical salad bar. You will gain a deeper understanding of how and why 80% of your immune system lives inside your gut. You’ll never look at food the same way again.
Watch Your Physiologic Back (#15)
October 04, 2016 04:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBAs we age, we need resilience to meet what shows up in our lives, and this podcast gives you exact steps for developing physiologic grit and resilience to be the best that you can be.
Kids in Pharmaceutical Danger and The Shadow Side of Anti-Histamines (#14)
September 29, 2016 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MBContemporary children are being prescribed excessive drugs, which often cause side effects that then result in even more prescriptions. Our children are caught in a dangerous pharmaceutical loop. Learn the shadow sides of common drugs and exact steps to protect your children. For example, did you know that anti-histamines for allergies rinse magnesium out of the body and can shrink brain volume in your child’s developing brain? Be smart, and learn from Berkson.
How to Fight No-Fair Fat (#13)
September 27, 2016 04:00 - 28 minutes - 20.1 MBOne of the number one complaints of many people today is that they can’t shed unwanted FAT. This podcast gives you an understanding of how to “break out of your fat cell,” and exact steps to win this common battle.
The New OM - Oral Biome Care-Taking (#12)
September 22, 2016 04:00 - 31 minutes - 22.4 MBToday there is much discussion about probiotics and gut bugs. But did you know that your gut bugs really begin in your mouth? Learn about the oral biome and its link to your gut micro biome, and how to protect your mouth and gut at the very same time.
Does all this anti-aging stuff work? (#11)
September 20, 2016 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.8 MBToday, many are living longer, but doing it with more disease and disability. At the same time, there are proven technologies to slow down the Mack Truck of Time and have a better, longer life. Learn about modern technologies to help you live younger, longer.
Food to Fight Cancer and Protect Your Hippocampus (#10)
September 15, 2016 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.6 MBLearn about delicious foods that are easy to prepare and consume but offer huge protection for your gut wall, your cancer fighting capabilities, and the physical soul in your brain: your hippocampus. Learn which foods keep you sharp and making more memories while you easily remember your old ones.
5 Steps to Protect Against Early Colon Cancer (#9)
September 14, 2016 02:49 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBColon cancer is the 3rd leading cause of death, and it's happening in younger people - even before age 50, which is when screening starts. Learn how to protect your colon, which is the mother of your health. Learn how even your oral hygiene plays a role in colon-cancer protection.
How to get the best results from your medical visits (#8)
September 01, 2016 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MBHow to be a good patient is critical information so you can get the most of the shorter and shorter times your doctors give you. Learn from scientific surveys the kind of patients that doctors have a more effective time in helping. Learn how to be the best patient to get your best care.
Alcohol (#7)
August 30, 2016 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.7 MBLearn how and when to drink so it’s good for you, not deleterious. So many more people are drinking so much more and not realizing the consequences. Alcohol is great in diligently small amounts, but the minute you drink too much, risks of colon cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and methylation issues soar. Learn the truth about that wine you sip after dinner at night.
Receptor Detox - what is endocrine disruption, and how to protect your family (#5)
August 25, 2016 14:18 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MBWe live in a toxic world, and these toxins can assault your children’s brains, your fertility and your risk of diseases like cancer, diabetes and even cognitive decline. Learn some simple measures to protect yourself and your family.
Oxytocin (#6)
August 25, 2016 14:12 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBThe love hormone is all about the most important Vitamin C – connection. But it also holds promise for much more: weight loss, buffed muscles, and as a real tool to heal leaky guts and keep guts healthy and free from nasty inflammation.
The Unappreciated Stomach Cell And Why You Should Care (#4)
August 04, 2016 05:44 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBNature put more mitochondria--energy production factories--inside parietal cells than most other cells in the body. This is because the actions of the parietal cells for digestion, as well as hormone health and detox, are critical to achieve unstoppable health. Learn how and why to take care of these important health players.
Why Men And Women Are Biologically Hardwired to Need Each Other (#3)
August 04, 2016 04:58 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBHot off the press. Be the first to learn unpublished, brand new science about how the very first female and male signals on the planet evolved and needed each other right from the get go. This is mesmerizing info on how maleness and femaleness have always needed each other, but it’s been confusing and challenging right from the start. This info will help you come together more in harmony than in cacophony.
Sexy Brain (#2)
July 25, 2016 12:48 - 23 minutes - 16.7 MBLearn how great intimacy promotes sizzling cognition. Learn the hormone language of love. Learn how males and females are absolutely hard wired at the atomic level and then get your mind blown as Berkson translates these factoids into your bedrooms and living rooms. Learn how to keep your hormones happy.
Hormones Run Our Body's Internet (#1)
July 25, 2016 12:36 - 24 minutes - 17.5 MBThe body has an internet system, and life unfolds inside the body by emails that this internet system sends to cells. What delivers these emails? Hormones! Veggies, exercise, and good thoughts all play a role in hormone signal delivery. Your health is where the rubber of your hormonal signals hits your physiological highways!