Life Enhancing Products

This session prepares you for patient visits and covers key information about herbal medicine properties, whole food constituents, orthomolecular, and compounded products.

1. A review of herbal medicine tenents, identifying the essential parts of the plant, components with healing properties, and how to choose quality products.
2. An overview of various receptors and mechanisms of action for whole food and animal tissue supplements.
3. Guidance on implementing the symptom systems survey.
4. Key questions to ask about patient history, including endocrine and autonomic nervous system symptoms, diet, bowel habits, and prior testing.
5. Recommendations for the most effective types of labs to order.
6. How to create specialized diets.
7. Includes patient surveys, diets, grocery lists, and recipes to provide to patients.

This session reviews the nervous system, neurotransmitters, and related diseases, with a focus on toxins and toxic loads. Dr. Harrower, the father of endocrinology, wrote extensively on organotherapy and its effectiveness in balancing hormones and neurotransmitters. We will review the pharmacology and mechanisms of action of protomorphogens, cytosol extracts, and desiccated animal tissues. Additionally, the session examines how to identify toxins and the products that can reverse their effects and remove them from the body.
1. Physiological review of the nervous system.
2. How to identify and detoxify poisons, including products that may remove toxins and repair damage.
3. Identify research that may help resolve difficult conditions.
4. The cardiac connection in nervous system dysfunction, particularly in relation to atrial fibrillation.
5. Explore how research and supplements can help manage seemingly “incurable” conditions.

This session emphasizes the importance of examining patients' mouths and reviews the connection between oral diseases and both local and systemic health issues. It explores products that promote bone growth and gum repair. As digestive drugs are the top-selling products in the U.S., we will also discuss the many prescription digestive enzymes and products that have transitioned into supplements, with a focus on those that support the upper GI tract.
1. Identify toxicities and mineral deficiencies in the mouth.
2. Understand the impact of oral and gut microbes on systemic diseases.
3. Review products for burning mouth syndrome, gum repair, bone and gland health.
4. Explore antimicrobials for mouth organisms, H. pylori, and other pathogens.
5. Assess products for ulcers, pain, digestion, and rebuilding the mucosal lining.
6. Review key questions to ask when recommending the correct digestive enzymes.

In this session, we explore the wisdom held by naturopaths and ancient doctors: that the GI system is central to health. Approximately 80% of the immune system resides in the GI tract, and there is a very strong correlation between autoimmune diseases and gut bacteria. We will also examine the gut-brain connection, including how mental health is influenced by diet.
1. Implement products that support immune function.
2. Recognize the importance of pH balance for good health, and the products that maintain an acidic pH.
3. Explore the various functions of the gut and the actions of different probiotics.
4. Review literature on autoimmune diseases linked to microbial causes and natural antibiotics.
5. Explore the connection between gut health and mental health.

In this session, you will learn about the liver, the body's major factory. The liver produces over 500 enzymes required for various bodily systems, contains the primary detoxification pathways, converts vitamins into their active forms, synthesizes blood factors, plays a role in diabetes, and much more. The gallbladder, on the other hand, is essential for fat absorption and cholesterol release, among other functions.
1. Review liver detoxification pathways and key herbal and whole food remedies that enhance detoxification.
2. Examine the role of genetics and epigenetics, including the MTHFR pathway and others.
3. Review liver function tests and determine which supplements to use for specific dysfunctions.
4. Implement bile salts for gallbladder removal, constipation relief, and prevention of cholecystectomy.
5. Differentiate between choleretics and understand when to use them.
6. Explore the connection between gallbladder removal and Parkinson’s disease, and what steps to take.

The great medical philosophers during Hippocrates' time understood that the adrenal glands are the center of power and energy in the body. This session examines the vital role of the adrenal glands, which produce cortisol—the body's most potent anti-inflammatory—along with aldosterone, which balances sodium and potassium, as well as other hormones and neurotransmitters. The kidneys, which are often compromised by heavy metals and toxins, are also explored, with a focus on strategies to rebuild and restore these organs.
1. Rebalancing the circadian rhythm: from sleep to depression with various supplements.
2. Understand the adrenal-sugar handling-heart connection.
3. Implement supplements for cases of hyper or hypo adrenal output.
4. Explore the adrenal glands’ role in immune function.
5. Recognize kidney issues such as failure, detoxification, and infection, and addressing them with supplements.

In this session, we will explore the biochemistry behind insulin production and sugar metabolism in the body. We will also examine the various functions of digestive enzymes and review key vitamins and minerals that support heart health in different conditions.
1. Review the biochemistry of the pancreas and supplements that can re-build its function.
2. Implement diets designed to help regulate blood sugar.
3. Explore the role of arginine in pancreatic cancer.
4. Recognize the importance of digestive enzymes and their role in overall health.

This class explores the endocrine system and the brain, focusing on their relationship with mental health and novel approaches for optimization.
1. Review the brain and various functional balancing supplements.
2. Evaluate endocrine dysfunction and the supplements necessary for optimal performance.
3. Study the vitamins and minerals needed for optimal brain and endocrine function.
4. Assess how diets, supplements, and balancing the gut, endocrine system, and brain can address mental health issues.

This class examines the immune system and its role in causing inflammation that leads to musculoskeletal issues. We will review the essential vitamins and minerals for these systems.
1. Review the musculoskeletal system and the supplements necessary for maintaining its health.
2. Examine the immune system and the antigens that may cause inflammation, along with strategies to resolve it.
3. Identify immune boosters and understand how they work.

This class covers the nutrients and dysfunctions related to the skin, eyes, and bones.
1. Review the vitamins and minerals essential for the health of the skin, bones, and eyes.Implement Protomorphagens for renewal.
2. Examine diseases affecting the skin, eyes, and bones, and explore how diet and supplements may provide relief.

These two sessions, scheduled for the middle and end of the course, provide an opportunity for you to present cases, conduct real-time research, and ask questions.