The Human Condition

How does Depression affect Brain & Behavior? We provide an answer to the question from our viewers.

Understanding short term memory loss. We provide this explanation per our viewers request.

What are your Iron Levels? Ferritin and Hemochromatosis. We provide this explanation per our viewers request.

Basics of Hemorrhoids and Natural Remedies. We provide this explanation per our viewers request.

We provide this explanation per our viewers request.

Can depression be cured? We provide an answer to the question from our viewers.

Are Depression and Anxiety the same thing? We provide an answer to the question from our viewers.

Will brain damage show on MRI? We provide a 5-minute answer to the question from our viewers.

What are the gluten effects on gut and brain? We provide an answer to the question from our viewers.

Most people can be assessed and treated easily, but for those who slip through the cracks we need to be careful to discipline our thinking and processes and order of operations when chronic illness presents. Prioritization of types of care are presented for difficult cases.

In this video we discuss what the basal ganglia does for the cortex of the brain, and how it has and excitatory role and an inhibitory role, and these function somewhat separately on each side of the brain. We discuss the difference between the BG, the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum functionally. The BG is several linked relays that yearn to help the brain either fire up or be quiet, and these have symptoms that can be understood.

Doctors don't know everything, and patients need to know how the sausage is really made, so to speak, in everyday healing. The things we learn in school are half wrong, and we do not know which half when we are in school. So you need to realize that you and your doctor are both learning along the way, and there are smarter ways and more foolish ways to do this, as we describe.

This video goes over the skin color changes from juicing carrots, as opposed to liver jaundice coloration signs and symptoms. We discuss danger levels of vitamin A, cooked vs raw carrots, fiber vs filtered juice, and fruit vs vegetable juice and fiber and sugar considerations and a few risks of juicing.

Veganism and vegetarianism are honorable endeavors, and they represent challenges of discipline and nutrient tracking that can be more difficult than food from animal sources. There is a lot of work and we explore issues and options in health and disease. Vegan keto is possible too.

This video is about a controversial dental topic in holistic or biological dentistry that crosses over into functional neurology. Teeth sometimes conduct direct current from metals, and dissimilar metals in the mouth can generate even more significant currents for some people. There is not enough research in this area, and sometimes the current does not matter, but for those who develop brain stem symptoms associated with oral galvanism, this can change their suffering once they are identified.

Basics of measurements in EEG are made with signal summation at the core. How the signal is generated and collected and analyzed. FFT fast Fourier transform is presented as a method of signal separation. The process of oddball ERP collection is explained, as well as what the brain is doing during the task. The symphony of brain waves is presented as a choir in the head, while coherence and phase is presented as a marching band analogy or swimming dolphins. S-LORETA fundamentals of source density are made simple. Resolution of image quality is explained.

Here we divide the QEEG and ERP as passive and active tests. The nuts and bolts of testing are discussed and the medical difference between the medical EEG versus outpatient QEEG. Gamma rays versus gamma brain waves are differentiated.

Analysis of results of brain waves goes beyond brain waves. It takes a village of provider disciplines to come together to correlate the history, counseling, examination, lab testing, brain imaging, QEEG, ERP and diet factors. Weighing these variables for each patient in chronic illness is vital for success. Testable hypotheses are required especially in alternative medicine and supportive care models.

Orthodox and alternative medicine bring different perspectives and emphasize different priorities. They sometimes align and sometimes contradict each other, and prioritization depends on different disciplines and the patient or patient advocate being present and communicating. Biopsychosocial and quality of life factors may be more important to the patient than whatever pathology is present, and orthodox medicine can be tone deaf at times. Likewise, alternative providers can fail to catch relevant pathology that is underlying, urgently relevant or emerging and new. Blending functional chiropractic neurological rehab and metabolic lab testing with QEEG, neurofeedback and counseling can be game changing for chronic patients. SNPs or single nucleotide polymorphisms affect brain waves, metabolism, and mental health and wellness although they are not diagnostic. You cannot manage what you don't measure.

Some brain reporting systems use ratios to compare low versus high frequencies and amplitudes, or regions of the brain side to side. Spectral charts show the alpha peak frequency which has much supporting literature on it. Concepts of alpha wavefunction and their interpretation options are presented.

A brief survey of the B-vitamins and their benefits and pitfalls are presented. Common conditions are cross correlated with this category of vitamins.

This discussion of SNPs is different from genetic disease testing and drug tolerance gene testing. It explores the single nucleotide mutations that are not specific for any disease but affect metabolism greatly in some people and can make their outcomes unpredictable to many natural and medical therapies. Knowing your unique mutations and combinations can set you free.

Antibody testing for food, self and environment is available and can be hard to interpret. We introduce the topic and begin to explain the various types and how to use them intelligently. We discuss the types of antibodies and where they are made in response to invading organisms.

This is a quick public service announcement describing the 3 major things to look for if you think someone maybe having a stroke and you have no medical training. We quickly explore speech, arm and finger movements on both sides, and facial movements on both sides. Even if a person is responsive and conscious, if you see asymmetries and impairments, by acting quickly you could get them to the blood thinners they need before permanent damage occurs.

It may not be surprising to discover that doctors think about symptoms and complaints differently than the average person. This video explains how skilled doctors think about your story, and how this might differ from your ideas about your illness. We also talk about less skilled methods that rely too much on technology, imaging and lab tests instead of skilled history, observation, and physical examination and how much more these could help you sometimes.