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Stress Lecture
Intro
Background
Conventional vs Holistic Medicine
What is Stress? Its Characteristics?
What Causes Stress?
How Is Stress Treated Conventionally?
What Are the Alternative Treatments?
Next steps-Resources
Stress Levels
Definitions
Mind, body and spirit
Pain and Suffering
Emotions vs Feelings vs Affect vs Mood
Anxiety–nervous, worrysome, obsessive, stressed, tense
Depression–hopeless/helpless, sadness
Situational vs Disorder
Panic
Psychosis: Delusions, Hallucinations
Types of Anxiety: Generalized, Social, PTSD, Phobias, Other
Related Conditions: Anhedonia, OCD, ODD
Physiology
Fight, Flight, Freeze
Adrenal Glands
Autonomic Nervous System
Adrenal Glands
Autonomic Nervous System
Causes
Genetic
Traumatic
Biochemical/Metabolic–Food, Deficiencies and Toxicities
Secondary
Evaluation
Physician
Psychologist
Social Worker
Counselor
Spiritual Leaders
 Therapists
Testing, Scales
Adrenal Phases
Adrenal Phases
Conventional Treatment
Psychotherapies: Talk Therapies
Cognitive-Behavioral
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reeducation (Shapiro)
Other
Medications
SSRIs Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Prozac, Lexapro, Zoloft…
Benzodiazepams (Valium and family)
Hormones
Other
Alternative Testing
Metabolic Testing: Vitamins, Minerals, Aminos, Hormones, Inflammatory Markers
Gut-Brain, Leaky-Gut
Vagus Nerve and the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Alternative Treatments: Non-chemical
Education: Information is power
Sleep : quality, quantity, blue light,
Breath & Mouth Taping: Nestor book **
Yoga
Heartrate
Neural
Oura Ring, other.
Alternative Treatments: Metabolic
Core Nutrients: Food, Air, Water, Sun, Sleep, Movement, Connection
Food = sun, air, water and soil
Running a car at 70 mph vs 50 mph: more gas, more exhaust
Omega-3’s
B’s
Minerals including Iodine and Lithium
Aminos
Gut: Probiotics, Acids, Enzymes
Hormone Balancing: Adrenals, Sex, Thyroid, other
Alkalinization
Detoxification
Alternative Treatments: Psycho-Spiritual
Gratitude
Purpose
Serving Others
Take Home Summary Points
- Sleep as well as possible, no EMFs, no blue light, tape mouth
- Gratitude, purpose, services are healthy emotional states
- Eat well, take “core” supplements
- Get measured if issues persist or you seek more
- Yoga, nature, music, connection
- cohlife.org/stress **
- cohlife.org/stress-management **
- Register for more info at cohlife.org/register **
Next Steps
cohlife.org/stress-management **
Register for more info at cohlife.org/register **
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Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs)
Gut Program
Proton-Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are a class of medications that turn off stomach acid. For more information, see the stomach-acid page.
References from PubMed.gov
acid suppressive drugs and pneumonia.2011
Proton pump inhibitors_ Risks of long-term use.2017
Barretts Esophagitis
Proton Pump Inhibitors–The Culprit for Barrett’s Esophagus
Holistic Medicine
Gut-Lung Connection
Gut Program
Stomach Acid Article
Stomach Acid Video
GI Strategies Video
