Evolution of Medicine in America

Conventional medicine: good for acute illness and trauma, but symptomatic medications leads to  “managed”  care and an epidemic of chronic disease (currently 60% of Americans).

Functional, or, integrative medicine:  restores function, or promotes health, often leading to reversal of chronic disease.

Mindbody medicine:  uncovering the cause of disease within conscious and unconscious mind empowers the healing process often leading to recovery, personal growth and self-knowledge, thereby fulfilling the purpose of disease, which is healing.

Cardiologists are trained in the technology of angiograms, stents and coronary artery bypass procedures, all of which are symptomatic treatments and do not treat the cause of coronary artery blockage. The cause of the disease is the high fat, high protein American diet combined with a stressful mind style.

The research is now clear. You can reverse the disease by reducing stress and adopting a low fat, whole food, plant based diet. Contrary to what we hear on TV ads for Lipitor, diet is enough.

Modern cancer research is moving away from the magic bullet, “military attack” approach of chemotherapy to “kill the enemy” and into an understanding the terrain, or microenvironment, of the body and how it has deteriorated over the years so as to allow renegade cancer cells to grow.

Cancer is a symptom of a toxic internal terrain which includes low oxygen levels, increased blood viscosity, poor cellular nutrient intake, impaired repair and regulatory systems, toxin buildup, and chronic psychological and physiological stresses that result in gradual immune deterioration.

10 days of intravenous NAD and amino acids restores depleted neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, dopamine, adrenaline and GABA. Withdrawal symptoms are reduced by 60 to 70% when compared to “cold turkey” withdrawal.  After three to five days withdrawal symptoms disappear, craving subsides and clarity of thinking is restored.

Next, we treat the biological basis for anxiety, depression, reduced pain tolerance, poor focus, fatigue and more, thereby reducing the chances of relapse.

Psychiatric drugs reduce the symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavior disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and other common brain imbalances, but they do not treat the cause.

Methylation defects, high or low histamine, copper and zinc ratio disturbances, pyroluria, toxin accumulation, increased oxidative stress, nutrient malabsorption, adrenal insufficiency, gluten intolerance, and epigenetic or genetic gene variants are some of the biological issues contributing to these common problems.  Chronic stress is the biggest toxin of all.

Reversing insulin resistance through diet and finding the cause within consciousness produces great improvement in blood sugar regulation. Curiously, few people understand insulin resistance, which is the core issue for weight gain, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and a host of other medical problems.

After more than 30 years of intensive research into the molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s and clinical experience caring for thousands of patients, Dr. Dale Bredesen

uses the tools of integrative medicine to restore memory even in advanced cases.