Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Today we speak with ophthalmologist Dr. Travis Zigler regarding all things eye health.  Dr. Zigler details how dysbiosis in the eye and nutrient deficiencies impair eye health and cause everything from dry eye to vision problems. Please take a moment to help me better understand our audience and take this 30 second survey, https://www.drruscio.com/survey Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

I wanted to share with you today a recent interview I did with Dr. Ben Weitz on his podcast, the Rational Wellness Podcast, where we talked all about GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. I think you’ll like it. It’s a little bit longer than our normal videos, but we get pretty deep into GERD and there’s a lot to say here. We haven’t talked about it much in the past, so I’m hoping you’ll find the information both insightful, interesting, and above all else, hopefully useful. Please take a moment to help me better understand our audience and take this 30 second survey, https://www.drruscio.com/survey. Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

In another edition of health new updates, we will discuss: Red meat & ill health Probiotics for weight loss Thyroid autoimmunity and quality of life Low carb and leaky gut Elimination diets and dysbiosis in autism And more… Please take a moment to help me better understand our audience and take this 30 second survey, https://www.drruscio.com/survey. Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

A recent study has shown that probiotics can help reduce gas and improve constipation by decreasing levels of certain bacteria in the gut.  These bacteria include the organism responsible for methane SIBO (technically not a bacteria, it’s an archaea).  Was this a ‘special’ probiotic?  Not really.  Let’s discuss the details. Please take a moment to help me better understand our audience and take this 30 second survey, https://www.drruscio.com/survey. Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

Today I speak with one of the founding fathers of probiotic research, Professor Gregor Reid.  We talk about the current state of probiotic research, what probiotics have been shown most helpful for vaginal infection, how probiotics can help with environmental toxins, and more… Please take a moment to help me better understand our audience and take this 30 second survey, https://www.drruscio.com/survey. Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, how to buy his book, information on clinical training, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources/

A very exciting study was just published showing supplementation with vitamin K2 caused a 12% increase in cardiac output.  How does vitamin K2 improve cardiac output?  Well, vitamin K2 is needed for energy production via what’s known as the electron transport chain.  Let’s discuss what these results mean and if you should consider using vitamin K2. Please take a moment to help me better understand our audience and take this 30 second survey, https://www.drruscio.com/survey. Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

Today I speak with my good friend Chris Kresser.  We discuss his new book, Unconventional Medicine, which lays out a plan to reinvent healthcare and thus allow us to solve our healthcare crisis.  This was a great discussion and I am sure you will enjoy it! Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources/

Depending on what you read, and where you read it, you can get very different opinions on SIBO.  Some paint SIBO as a condition one can never recover from, while others call it a fad.  Let’s discuss a reasonable and evidence-based take on SIBO recovery. Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

Worm therapy might be the missing link for gut health. This is because most of our hunter-gatherer ancestors were colonized by worms, and these worms appear to have an anti-inflammatory effect. Modern day, we are missing these worms and their anti-inflammatory benefits. Today I speak with Duke researcher Dr. William Parker.  We discuss how worm therapy might be able to help IBS, IBD, depression, anxiety, allergy, and even autism.  Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

We’ve discussed two studies that have shown that vitamin D supplementation can lower thyroid antibodies, but a recent study found that vitamin D did not lower antibodies.  What does this mean and how to we interpret these finding?  Let’s discuss. Looking for more resources from Dr. Ruscio? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, a free gut health e-book, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources