Get help using this information to become healthier. Get your personalized plan for optimizing your gut health with my new book. Healthcare providers looking to sharpen their clinical skills, check out the Future of Functional Medicine Review Clinical Newsletter. In Case You Missed It On Monday, we discussed if probiotics can cause SIBO. On Wednesday's podcast release, we answered … [Read more...]
How Irritable Bowel Syndrome Could Be Causing Your Fatigue
In the clinic I often see problems in the gut as the true underlying cause of fatigue and/or adrenal fatigue. Let’s review a recent study that found IBS was associated with fatigue, depression and brain fog. The good news here is if you can improve your gut health you can overcome many cases of fatigue, brain fog and/or depression. Dr. R's Fast Facts Fatigue: a distressing symptom for … [Read more...]
Vitamin D Does Not Improve Thyroid Autoimmunity
We’ve discussed two studies that have shown that vitamin D supplementation can lower thyroid antibodies, but a recent study found that vitamin D did not lower antibodies. What does this mean and how to we interpret these finding? Let’s discuss. Dr. R's Fast Facts Recent Study Effect of Vitamin D deficiency treatment on thyroid function and autoimmunity markers in Hashimoto's thyroiditis: … [Read more...]
Dr. Ruscio’s Wrap Up #104
If you need help using this information to become healthier, click here. To be notified when my print book becomes available & get a free gut health eBook, click here. If you are a healthcare provider looking to sharpen your clinical skills, click here. In Case You Missed It On Monday, we discussed success with thyroid autoimmunity, joint pain, fatigue, insomnia, and weight … [Read more...]
Uncovering the Cause to Your Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety, depression, and other mood disorders are one of the most common conditions we see today, and anti-depressants are one of the most prescribed medications. Anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications are frequently being prescribed to patients without asking the question of why the patient is depressed in the first place. As with any imbalance in the body, it’s important to get to the … [Read more...]
Depression, Anxiety, and Mood Disorders
There are a few things that are really commonly overlooked but are very, very important to look at with regard to mood disorders—inflammation, hormones, toxins, nutrient deficiencies, and prior head trauma. These causes can be treated, thus allowing the brain chemistry to balance itself back out and someone to function normally without the need of any kind of medication. If you need help with … [Read more...]
Female Hormone Balancing
Deidre shares her experience working with Dr. Ruscio to address her symptoms of depression through hormone balancing. If you need help with hormone balancing, click here. Female Hormone Balancing Hi, my name is Deidre. I started working with Michael Ruscio, Dr. Ruscio, probably about four months ago. And my symptoms before were that of depression. I was moody all the time, low energy … [Read more...]
Is depression causing damage to your brain?
Depression could be more serious than previously thought. This is because a new study has shown some cases of depression may involve damage to the brain. This study showed that 54.1% of people with depression had autoimmunity against their brain tissue (serotonin receptors) while only 5.7% of non-depressed had autoimmunity against their brain tissue. Again,the damage occurs in the form of an … [Read more...]