adrenal dysfunction
Leaky Gut Syndrome
Gut Program
Leaky Gut Syndrome is becoming a popular topic in the mainstream. It has been known about and utilized by holistic practitioners for almost 20 years. While it is helpful to treat leaky gut, the pitfall is that almost everyone these days has a certain degree of “leakiness” due to modern lifestyle. Antibiotics, certain vaccines, pesticides, and other toxins directly and indirectly (by changing gut ecology) cause leakiness. There is no direct or reliable way to measure leaky gut, other than by its clinical features, reviewed in the article (click on image).
References
The Intestinal Barrier and Current Techniques for the Assessment of Gut Permeability.2020
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What is Holistic Medicine, Optimal Health & Physiatry?
Holistic Medicine or “Integrative Medicine” combines the best of conventional modern medicine with traditional ancient medicine, emphasizing education and lifestyle for natural healing. At at least 80% of current disease is related to stress and lifestyle, deficiencies and toxicities, while genes only account for 20% of disease, at most*.
Dr. Cheikin uses a unique multi-dimensional evaluation and treatment to search for and solve the root causes of illness. Our Comprehensive Evaluation includes traditional history, physical exam and diagnostic tests coupled with detailed exploration of family and medical history, metabolic/nutritional, psycho-spiritual and energetic realms. For more details about our holistic medical program, click here.
Optimal Health refers to a condition of wellness or fitness, with the capacity to handle stressors (such as infections and traumas) and to live a long, creative, loving, energetic life without medications or disability. Physiatry, also called “Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation” or “Rehabilitation Medicine” is a specialty of medicine that works with the whole person, his/her family, employer and others to restore and improve functioning.
* Identical twins can have opposite health profiles based on lifestyle and epigenes. Epigenes are molecules that modulate gene expression and are passed from generation to generation; if the genes are the hardware, the epigenes are the software. The health and stressors of a parent affects their child, grandchild and later generations apart from the genes themselves.
Videos
These videos were created by Dr. Cheikin to help you understand the holistic process, including the science and how the protocols work. Here is a sampler: