Herbworks - Stress & Brain Essentials With Doc Alchemy

Stress relief is often misunderstood and needs to be incorporated into your health program, just like exercise. Laura and Roger Drummer discuss stress manifesting as fear and how to build the tools to overcome it. We take a look at PTSD, cancer, heart attacks, and adaptogenic herbs - with some personal experience thrown into the mix.   

Stress, obesity, and diabetes all have a major impact on your body's health...but there is hope.  We discuss the mistake of following standard government and medical advice on food, such as the low fat/high carb diet that ruined the nations health - and what you can do to make a positive change in your life.  SHOW NOTES 00:00  How stress plays a role in obesity 03:44  Regulating stress and blood sugar 07:00 What is metabolic syndrome? 08:30  Diabesity syndrome 09:35  Abandoning the low fat, high carb diet 15:30  Controlling dopamine for weight loss 19:15  The high fat diet 21:45  TianChi and weight loss

Nutritional deficiencies can actually trick you into thinking you have a medical problem or memory issue. We need to look at forgetfulness as a warning sign of brain starvation - just like feeling thirsty or hungry lets us know to replenish food and fluids.  Proper sleep, nutrition, and stress relief are all brain essentials that become even more important as we age. SHOW NOTES 00:00   O.L.D. syndrome 02:30   Lack of nutrition and the aging brain 06:15   How inflammation destroys your hippocampus 09:40   What are your deficiencies? 25:10   Stress can cause you to be sick 28:00  Moving toxins out of your brain and shutting off your stress response   30:00  How adaptogenic herbs help shut off your stress response  

Do you realize that our government is lying to you? Decades of public health initiatives were based on flimsy information that caused diseases, rather than helping cure them. Roger Drummer discusses the misinformation put out by the government and nutritional institutions that shape and ruin our lives. Learn how to eat clean and stop worrying about cholesterol - the biggest lie ever told by modern medicine.   LINKS Government Revised Diet Guidelines https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/07/government-revises-dietary-guidelines-for-americans-go-ahead-and-have-some-eggs/?utm_term=.5e097933699b   Re-evaluation of the Traditional Diet-Heart Hypothesis https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1246

The ketogenic diet is a fascinating concept that can be used to achieve many different goals. In this episode, Roger Drummer discusses the particulars of the ketogenic diet he used to cure himself of cancer. Roger gets into the specifics of the ketogenic diet and explains fasting, food types, and the timing involved in eating for medical ketosis. Being in the health field for decades helped prepare him for this journey. However, today the resources are available for anyone to find the help they need.

Diets used to be solely for losing weight, but now are often used to establish an identity. People join group or tribe associated dietary protocols for a variety of reasons. Roger Drummer discusses the Shen, or spirit of dieting, and how eating for spirit identifies some of the reasons special diets were used to enhance meditation and prayer. Unless you have special medical reasons or health issues - the best part of every diet should be a focus on eating clean. SHOW NOTES 00:30  My personal obesity story and why it’s now hard for me to actually gain weight 05:05  Food Tribes - What are they? 08:40  Are you getting all of the energy out of the food you are eating? 12:55  Why do animals live longer? 15:00  Benefits of autophagy 16:30  Paleo and Mediterranean diet 18:00  Don’t make the gluten free mistake 25:15  Eating for your spirit 36:10  Feeling the best you possibly can 41:30  How to Eat like a monk...Live like a warrior

Do you know about the impact that food has on your mood and memory? Roger takes a look at how cholesterol, serotonin, stress, nutrition, and sleep all contribute to mood and memory issues. We also discuss how herbs and nutrition each impact the way you feel, as well as the Three Treasures and how herbs can help you climb out of chronic fatigue. SHOW NOTES 01:05   How your brain is affected by cholesterol, serotonin, stress, nutrition, and sleep 04:30   Cholesterol is actually good for you 07:45   Serotonin and your brain 09:00   Why a natural food diet is good for depression 12:30   How stress affects your mood and brain 14:50   Stress affects your digestion 17:45   The impact of nutrition on your mood 21:30   Adaptogens and your brain 23:30   Detoxing your brain with sleep 27:20   Chinese herbololgy's concept of Three Treasures and sleep 33:00   Restoring your body's energy

The ketogenic diet has a major role in regulating blood sugar. Stress is the worst disruption of the body’s ability to regulate itself, especially regulating sugar. Since regulating sugar is the key to both ketosis and avoiding chronic illness, adaptogens can play a major role in helping you attain success in keeping on the ketogenic diet and staying healthy. SHOW NOTES 01:05  What is the Ketogenic diet? 02:50  The perfect way to fix your metabolism 03:15  Cancer and Ketosis 05:05  Switching your metabolism to run off of fat 06:15  Intermittent fasting 13:15  Too much protein is not good either 14:50  What about diabetes and the ketogenic diet? 18:10  Change the way you feel instantly 20:00  Reducing stress with adaptogenic herbs    23:30  Are adaptogenic herbs safe for everyone? 25:00  Regulating your HPA-axis 26:50  When to drink TianChi while you are intermittent fasting 27:40  Insomnia and blood sugar

We are energy beings with an energetic homeostasis that coincides with the western medical term of homeostasis. By becoming balanced energetically we allow for our own innate healing to occur. Roger and Laura discuss energy medicine, how it affects homeostasis, and how to balance your energy centers with the use of adaptogens. SHOW NOTES 00:30  Manipulation and flow of energy - massage acupuncture, prayer, chi gong, homeopathy, Ayurvedic medicine, etc 14:15  Food grade tonic herbs 18:00 Why Inner Peace works so well to balance all your energy centers 19:15  How Chinese herbs work on different organs and glands in your body 31:00  Energy follows thought   34:00 Are you an energy being?

There is a memory epidemic sweeping the world. Roger and Laura discuss the 3 main types of Alzheimer’s, recent studies related to it, and solutions for preventing or slowing it down. Contrary to popular belief, we are in the driver’s seat of our own brain health - and not the victim of our genetics. SHOW NOTES 1:45  Alzheimer’s is becoming a leading killer 3:50  Stress destroys memory centers in your brain    6:30  It’s a lie that most people are eating better 8:15  Memory loss due to toxic overload 11:00  The end of Alzheimer’s 12:10  Why good nutrition is important to reduce inflammation in the brain 19:20  Pharmaceutical drugs disrupt mitochondrial function 28:00  Starting your day with a successful brain 39:15  Pay attention to your memory

The world is a toxic place for our children. Roger and Laura discuss nutrition for expecting mothers, small children, and even teenagers. In this modern world, our children are the ones who need the most protection as they progress from the womb into adulthood. SHOW NOTES 1:45  Why protein is important for an unborn baby 3:10  Toxicity in a developing brain - why it’s important to eat clean during pregnancy 4:30  Why not to drink tap water when you are pregnant 6:10  Food quality is important 7:30  Why DHA is so important for the developing brain 13:00  Organic food does make a difference 14:55  Folic acid deficiency can cause birth defects 22:00  Adaptogenic herbs during pregnancy

Everyday toxins are slowly killing you. Neurotoxins and other chemicals in your food & water are disrupting your brain function. In this episode, Roger and Laura discuss how to protect yourself from exposure to MSG, aspartame, fluoride, lead, and pesticides. Since it’s not enough to just take supplements for brain health, you must be aware of how to avoid these everyday neurotoxins that are slowly killing your brain and memory. SHOW NOTES 0:55  Slowly killing your memory 1:25  Preventing premature aging of your brain 4:40  Why to avoid MSG and Aspartame 12:15  Fluoride IS a neurotoxin along with lead 13:50  Neurotoxins linked to Alzheimer's 15:00  Pesticides on your food 19:55  Don’t always believe what you read 21:15  Pesticides and fertility 25:50  Nutrients to keep your brain healthy

Almost like a separate organism, the bacteria in your gut has more control over you than you think.  Roger Drummer and Laura discuss how gut microbes may not only be making you fat, but they also may be creating chronic disease in your body. SHOW NOTES 1:15  Is your gut full of bacteria?   3:30  Bacteria controls your metabolism, regulates your blood sugar…and even produces chemicals for your brain. 5:45  Bacteria that makes you fat vs. bacteria that makes you skinny 8:10  Beyond fiber, beyond calories   9:05  Antibiotics and chemicals in your food supply change your internal environment and can make you fat 13:50  Fermented foods and your gut 19:15  GMO’s disrupt beneficial bacteria - buy organic! 22:15  Autoimmune disease and GMO’s 28:10  Change your genetic expression by changing the foods that you eat 29:00  Protect yourself from chronic disease with a healthy gut

Is the water you're drinking safe? Laura Shakti and Roger Drummer discuss the world of drinking water - tap water, bottled water, chemicals and BPA, home units, as well as the new study on plastic particles in water causing autoimmune disease. In reality few people drink enough water which may be a contributing factor in chronic disease. The Japanese seem to think so, and have a unique program for eliminating chronic conditions with water.  SHOW NOTES 0:30  Why tap water is not fit to drink 3:30  Brain toxins in your water 7:00  Carbon filters work well to filter tap water 8:55  Don’t think bottled water is always good for you 12:45  Chronic dehydration caused by soda and other drinks 13:35  Spinning water can make a difference 16:50  Plastic in your water causing autoimmune disease 22:30  What is the right amount of water to drink? 28:00  What is the color of your urine? 30:35  The alkaline water craze 35:25  Why drinking water in between meals is important  

Stress causes 90% of all disease...how is this possible? Laura and Roger dive into all of the different ways that stress destroys your physical body and brain, how to avoid it, and how it turns ugly. You'll also learn the difference between good and bad stress - as well as how the use of adaptogens, yoga, and a change to your diet & lifestyle can help balance your stress response.  SHOW NOTES 0:45  90% of illness is stress related 3:38  Why is stress bad? 6:15  Chronic stress can kill you 9:22  How stress can cause plaque in your arteries causing high blood pressure 16:15  Adaptogens, yoga, diet and lifestyle to balance your stress response 21:10  Regulating your blood sugar to reduce stress and stress eating 25:20  Diabetes epidemic due to stress 27:00  How stress contributes to chronic illness 29:00  How alternate breathing can change your eating habits 32:40  Stress ages you quickly   33:30  The brain is affected by stress 38:15  Your brain CAN recover

Is nutritional deficiency the root cause of your chronic disease? Roger Drummer touches on chronic fatigue, brain health, and high blood pressure as examples of major health issues that respond well to increases in targeted nutrition. SHOW NOTES 0:30  The BIG gap between Western medicine and Western nutrition. 1:00  Specific nutrients are needed for optimum health   2:30  Adrenal weakness and the inability for your organs & glands to make energy out of your food 7:05  Is your brain lacking proper nutrition? 13:20  Senior moments and an aging brain 17:30  Is your brain locked into fight-or-flight?   21:45  The magic of adaptogenic herbs in TianChi 25:00  Inflammation in your body due to poor nutrition

Roger Drummer takes a trip through the basics of food quality and answer some of the questions that are confusing the public about salt, bread, and butter.   Noting that everyone tends to get caught up in finding complex issues to discuss, we often forget that it’s the basics that form the foundation of everything that we do. SHOW NOTES 1:30  What's the deal with iodine in salt? 4:00  Trace minerals in salt 9:05  Cleansing your energy with salt baths 12:30  Using salt for leg cramps 14:03  Why is there corn syrup in my bread? 16:12  How to buy healthy bread 19:30  Bread can be harming your thyroid 24:36  What is the difference in the quality of butter? 27:45  Why you need to own your own cow 28:40  Cooking with ghee - clarified butter 31:30  Importance of food quality

Do you realize that the food you eat regulates the internal temperature of your body? Find out what foods are best for you and your lifestyle in order to stay healthy. Moving beyond the normal ideas of nutrition, Roger Drummer and Laura Shakti discuss the energetics of herbs and food. Roger delves into the properties of hot and cold foods, as well as detoxing and energy foods. Learning about the energetic properties of food and herbs deepens your knowledge of self-care. SHOW NOTES 0:00  Energetics of food and herbs 2:35  Yin and yang of food 3:40  How certain foods warm or cool you 6:45  Cooling off your digestive fire 10:00  If it doesn’t make you feel good…don't eat it! 19:15  The difference of warming, neutral, and cooling foods 23:00  Raw foods are addicting 24:15  Detoxing with food 26:00  Listen to your body to determine what foods are better for you 28:15  Just because it's nutritious doesn’t always mean it's good for you 29:30  Balanced herbal formulas may be the answer 34:25  Broaden your awareness

Discover a fascinating look into how the food you eat affects your health. Roger Drummer and Laura Shakti discuss sugar cravings, what they mean to your brain, how to eliminate them, and how all cravings are related. If you really want to make the effort to change, listen to this episode to learn how you can change your breakfast, change your brain, and even change your life! SHOW NOTES 0:00  Sugar and your health 2:00  Inflammation and the level of sugar in your diet 5:15  Are you addicted to sugar? 7:00  Dealing with sugar and weight loss 8:05  What it takes to correct sugar cravings 10:25  Can sugar be as addictive as cocaine? 12:30  Sugar imbalance and dopamine in the brain 15:20  Changing the state of your brain to eliminate sugar 23:13  Retraining your brain to control cravings

Diabetes and obesity are two of the biggest health crises of our time. Roger Drummer and Laura Shakti discuss diabetes, obesity, and how they relate to blood sugar issues. Learn about dietary tips to start back on the road to wellness, how using herbs and certain foods can control blood sugar naturally, and how to lay the foundation for avoiding chronic disease. SHOW NOTES 0:00  Obesity and diabetes in America 2:40  Genetic or autoimmune disorder? 3:30  Type-2 diabetes, inflammation, and kidney issues 6:15  Can type-2 diabetes be changed by diet and lifestyle? 10:25  Low glycemic foods 13:10  Diabetes and brain issues 20:45  Adaptogens and diabetes 25:00  Is there any truth to cinnamon and diabetes? 29:30  Taking control of chronic disease by regulating blood sugar