Herbworks - Stress & Brain Essentials With Doc Alchemy

Adaptogens are quickly gaining popularity due to modern stress and other chronic health issues. Time Magazine recently published an article on  adaptogens, but missed some key points about these amazing herbs.  Roger Drummer and co-host Laura Shakti discuss how adaptogens have the ability to balance the body’s energy centers and allow it to have a proper response to regain vitality. SHOW NOTES 0:00  Adaptogens are gaining popularity for stress relief and other health issues  4:00  Why pharmaceutical companies aren’t interested in marketing herbs  7:20  Real results with adaptogenic herbs  9:20  Benefits of ginseng , rhodiola and schizandra 10:50 Why the Russians kept rhodiola a secret for years 16:05 How schizandra helped Roger's chronic fatigue 20:30  Benefits of reishi - regulating your immune system 22:05  Why adaptogens are misunderstood 23:45  Understanding extraction of adaptogens 24:45  Are adaptogens dangerous? 29:30  What makes a good adaptogenic herbal formula that is not just “pixie dust” 31:00  Th

Have you ever wondered about how the food you eat impacts your sex life? Roger Drummer and co-host Laura Shakti discuss how stress and cholesterol can affect your sex life, how fat increases testosterone, and why “horny goat weed” is so effective. SHOW NOTES 0:00 Why does more fat equal more sex? 4:05 Nutrients needed to produce ATP - CoQ10 5:55 How cholesterol medication impacts your libido 9:23 Why I intentionally raised my cholesterol 12:30 How increasing fats increases testosterone and sex drive 19:49 Cholesterol is good when used to repair cellular damage and inflammation 21:45 Cholesterol drugs have their place 24:45 Importance of “horny goat weed” 25:50 How Chinese herbs balance all of your energy centers to increase your sexual energy

Have you heard about the ketogenic diet? It's more than just a buzz word - this low-carb diet has many proven benefits to improve your health. Co-host Laura Shakti and Roger Drummer discuss how the ketogenic diet can be beneficial to your health for weight loss, as well as battling cancer.  Roger also discusses how he used ketosis to keep cancer from spreading and developing in his body. SHOW NOTES 1:04 Introduction to the ketogenic diet/ketosis 4:55  Flipping your metabolism from being glucose dominant to ketone dominant 8:47  Defining the ketogenic diet 12:33 Levels of ketosis - nutritional ketosis vs medical ketosis 18:38  Medical ketosis for chronic illness 26:30  How Roger Drummer used the Ketogenic diet to beat bladder cancer 35:40  Glucose Ketone Index

In order to have a healthy brain, you must be proactive and take the necessary steps to feed your brain what it needs to perform at its best. Roger Drummer and co-host Laura Shakti discuss how to balance your brain with high protein foods, natural supplements, and adaptogenic herbs.   SHOW NOTES 0:00  How to increase dopamine with a brainy breakfast 3:26  Get your brain back in just 7 days 4:34  Sugar cravings put you in a position to lose control of your brain 8:29  Supplements and herbs for peak brain performance 11:21 Did you ever feel dumb? 15:28 Toxicity causes inflammation and rapid aging of your brain 16:55 Reducing stress with adaptogenic herbs to optimize your brain 23:24 Healthy fat, diabetes, and your brain    28:23 A better brain means a better life

Lack of sleep is a problem that most people face in today’s modern world. This causes your body to lose its ability to adapt to daily stress as well as lose energy. Co-host Laura Shakti speaks with Roger Drummer about how a good night's sleep can help to repair your adrenals, regulate hormones, and detoxify your brain - setting up your next day for success. SHOW NOTES 0:00 Your body is meant to recover when you sleep. 2:01 Insomnia ruins your health 5:03 Adrenal repair and sleep 6:45 Regulating hormones  8:40 Brain detoxification through sleep 10:59 Herbs that help you relax prior sleep 12:55 Homeostasis - your internal regulating energy 16:24 Tips to fall asleep 18:20 Melatonin - a powerful antioxidant for your brain 29:10 Tonifying your nervous system with herbs

Co-host Laura Shakti speaks with Roger Drummer about the effects of eating gluten. Roger also discusses gluten sensitivity and why it might be making you sick.   SHOW NOTES:  02:12 The effects of gluten on your digestive system 03:20 Autoimmune disease and gluten 05:43 Why I don’t eat gluten and how it eliminated my inflammation 11:23 Gluten sensitivity shows up different for everyone 14:35 Don’t be dependent on gluten free foods - options to gluten 16:45 Gluten, pre-diabetes, and inflammation 21:38 Modern civilization and harmful grains

Roger Drummer discusses why it is important to keep your immune system healthy and optimized with the use of medicinal mushrooms. Stress, poor diet and environmental exposures create a toxic environment that weakens your immune system. It is important that you take daily protective measures to maintain overall immune health. Medicinal mushrooms give your body the best chance to stay healthy and strengthen your immune system. SHOW NOTES 0:00 Boosting your immune system 5:00 Fu Zheng therapy - supporting the body’s “life force”     6:00 How stress directly impacts your immune system  8:18 Why Mushroom Complex is effective in boosting your immune system 10:50 Your body is intuitively programmed to create homeostasis  13:45 The most effective mushrooms for your immune system 16:34 Clearing infection with anti-viral herbs 23:00 Quality is the key for an effective mushroom formula 

In this episode, Roger Drummer explains why he became an herbalist and how this led him to make it his life’s mission to help others through his discoveries. During his many years as a formulator using adaptogenic herbs, Roger has helped thousands of people to understand the benefits of these amazing tonic herbs. He shares how they have personally experienced the balancing effects of these herbs on their energy centers, bringing the return of youth and vitality. SHOW NOTES 00:00 Correcting your imbalances with Chinese herbalism 04:10 Homeostasis and superior herbs 07:05 Stress and modern day living 09:24 Stress, aging  and tonic herbs – regulating your organs and glands 10:40 Roger’s flagship formula TianChi (Heavenly Energy) and how it controls stress levels 13:35 Increasing your energy  with TianChi 15:20 Regenerating the body and the brain 21:23 Retraining your nervous system response to stress 32:05 Anti-aging, rejuvenation with Chinese adaptogenic herbs

Autoimmune conditions are on the rise and in the next decade, most of what we classify as chronic disease will be put into the autoimmune category. Diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, thyroid issues, and osteoporosis will all be traced back to an immune system that has gone awry. So what’s the common link? Stress and digestion. Roger Drummer (NCCAOM Diplomate of Chinese Herbology and Formulator of TianChi & Inner Peace) along with Josiah Smith (Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner) discuss autoimmunity and functional medicine.

Josiah Smith, Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner and Roger Drummer, NCCAOM Diplomate of Chinese Herbology and Formulator of TianChi and Inner Peace discuss adaptogens, stress, adrenal fatigue, and more!

The Ketogenic Diet may be the most important diet you will ever learn about because it can stop cancer in its tracks. Almost 1 out of every 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime, yet there is no consensus on the actual diet you should follow once you leave the doctors office.     Switching your metabolism from the normal sugar/carbohydrate heavy diet to one of fat metabolism can shut off the supply chain to cancer cells, essentially starving them. The body then begins to transform fat into ketones for energy - thus the name Ketogenic diet. Learn the basics of how this diet works and begin the process of integrating it into your own life!

Chronic stress has an extensive negative impact on health and well being, including disastrous effects on the immune system. From infections to cancer, the protective aspects of your immune system are diminished while inflammation and autoimmune activity are amplified. Learning how to reduce stress and build immunity may be the answer to quick recovery and even survival. Nothing has a greater impact on stress and rejuvenating the human immune system than the natural plants used in herbology around the world.

Are you one of 2.4 million Americans who suffer from anxiety?  Do panic attacks affect your life?  Have you begun to realize that medication may not be the answer? Anxiety, panic, and depression are usually something modern medicine throws a pill at without getting to the root of the problem. All of these are symptoms of some imbalance that medicine doesn't address. As with all health conditions, there are powerful techniques you can do yourself to help combat these issues.  You may even be able to eliminate them by applying the right approach!

Too often we break down all foods as being good or bad without going into too much detail. What if you could eat a diet that cut the circulation off to cancer - or made your insulin shots unnecessary? Most people eat three times a day. Learn how to turn those three meals into three treatments a day of delicious food that starve cancer cells and regulate your blood sugar.

Are you someone who has been scared away from coconut oil because of cholesterol issues? Perhaps you're wondering what this whole craze is about? Get the "skinny" on coconut oil, cholesterol and heart health!

Did you know that nervous system disorders are on the rise, with over 10% of the population being classified as having ADD or ADHD? Although ADD/ADHD is a real medical condition involving an under active frontal lobe of the brain, advanced coping techniques may point you in the right direction for yourself and your family. Awareness of the full range of causes is the best prevention, as numerous nervous system disorders are environmentally caused and can start in the womb. Existing methods of treatment usually include powerful drugs associated with unwanted long-term side effects. In fact, many of the prescribed drugs currently in use have been shown to work exactly like street drugs, and may be just as addictive. There are much safer protocols, provided you learn about therm. As with many alternative methods, few people are aware that they exist. Training the brain and utilizing nutritional formulas can change the brain, creating balance and a healthy communication between all parts of the brain.

You may be wondering what fatty liver disease has to do with you? Maybe everything! If you have trouble losing weight, a slow metabolism, or carry a few extra pounds around your middle, you probably have NAFLD or "Non Alcholoic Fatty Liver Disease." NAFLD lowers good cholesterol and raises bad cholesterol.  In addition, it creates high triglycerides, insulin resistance and triggers heart attacks.  It's the next great epidemic.  NAFLD affects 90 million Americans including 17% of our children. So what is the cause of most of this?  It's excess sugar and lack of good nutrition.  Discover how you can make a difference in your health.

Alzheimer's is being called Type-3 Diabetes.  By 2050 it is estimated that 105 million people will have Alzheimer's. We've all heard of pre-diabetes, but few people realize this is not much different from pre-dementia. Don't fall into the trap of thinking drugs will take care of it.  Be proactive and save your brain.

Heart disease is the #1 killer in America, and the least understood. Eat fat - don't eat fat. Watch your cholesterol - don't watch your cholesterol. Drink alcohol - don't drink alcohol The mixed messages just add to the confusion.  However, the key to a healthy cardiovascular system may be easier than you think. 

It's hard to imagine but it's true. Most people diagnosed with diabetes don't actually have it. What they actually may have is insulin resistance, a reversible condition.  Your body is simply reacting to your diet.  Change your diet and you'll change your body's reaction.