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Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health TopicsLyme Ninja Radio 8 - 31 - 2023Jordan's Health Coach Website - Hatch Path: https://app.hatchpath.io/
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DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are not your doctor. You are not our patient. Always consult with your actual medical provider before changing any aspect of...2023-08-3145 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#294 - Lyme Ninja Radio - August 9, 2023Lyme Ninja Radio
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Host: Mackay Rippey
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DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are not your doctor. You are not our patient. Always consult with your actual medical provider before changing any aspect of your mental or physical health care. Viewer discretion is advised.2023-08-1031 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#293 - Lyme Ninja Radio - July 11, 2023Special Guest Lyme Success Story - Vivienne
Lyme Ninja Radio
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Host: Mackay Rippey
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DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are not your doctor. You are not our patient. Always consult with your actual medical provider before changing any aspect of your mental or physical...2023-07-2031 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#291 - Lyme Ninja Radio - July 12, 2023Special Guest Lyme Success Story - Kellie Koedel
Lyme Ninja Radio
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Host: Mackay Rippey
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DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are not your doctor. You are not our patient. Always consult with your actual medical provider before changing any aspect of your mental or...2023-07-1221 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#290 - Lyme Ninja Radio - July 4, 2023Lyme Ninja Radio
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Hosts: Mackay Rippey and Lauren Lovejoy
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Twitter: @beyondprotocols2023-07-0414 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#288- Lyme Ninja Radio - May 3, 2023Lyme Ninja Radio
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DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are not your doctor...2023-05-051h 13Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#287 - Lyme Ninja Radio - April 12, 2023Lyme Ninja Radio
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Host: Mackay Rippey
Dr. Nicola's Socials:
Restore Medicine: https://restormedicine.com
info@restormedicine.com
928 Fort Stockton Drive Suite 213 San Diego, CA
(619) 546-4065 928
Lauren Lovejoy's Socials:
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DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are n...2023-04-1340 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#286 - Lyme Ninja Radio - March 29, 2023Lyme Ninja Radio
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Wednesdays at 8:00 PM ET | Visit https://lymeninjaradio.com
Host: Mackay Rippey
Dr. Nicola's Socials:
Restore Medicine: https://restormedicine.com
info@restormedicine.com
928 Fort Stockton Drive Suite 213 San Diego, CA
(619) 546-4065 928
Lauren Lovejoy's Socials:
Lyme Warrior: https://lymewarrior.us
Facebook: @LymeWarriorUS
Instagram: @lymewarriorus
Twitter: @lymewarriorus
Mackay's Socials:
Website: www.beyondprotocols.org
Website: www.thelymeacademy.com
Facebook: @beyondprotocols
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This podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms!
DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are n...2023-03-3038 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#285 - March 2023 Lyme Briefing - March 21, 2023Wednesdays at 8:00 PM ET | Visit: https://lymeninjaradio.com
Host: Mackay Rippey
Dr. Nicola's Socials:
Restore Medicine: https://restormedicine.com
info@restormedicine.com
928 Fort Stockton Drive Suite 213 San Diego, CA
(619) 546-4065 928
Lauren Lovejoy's Socials:
Lyme Warrior: https://lymewarrior.us
Facebook: @LymeWarriorUS
Instagram: @lymewarriorus
Twitter: @lymewarriorus
Mackay's Socials:
Website: www.beyondprotocols.org
Website: www.thelymeacademy.com
Facebook: @beyondprotocols
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DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are not your doctor. You are not our patient. A...2023-03-261h 01
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#284 - The Lyme Ninja Radio Show - March 14, 2023Wednesdays at 8:00 PM ET - visit https://lymeninjaradio.com
Host: Mackay Rippey
Dr. Nicola's Socials:
Restore Medicine: https://restormedicine.com
info@restormedicine.com
928 Fort Stockton Drive Suite 213 San Diego, CA
(619) 546-4065 928
Lauren Lovejoy's Socials:
Lyme Warrior: https://lymewarrior.us
Facebook: @LymeWarriorUS
Instagram: @lymewarriorus
Twitter: @lymewarriorus
Mackay's Socials:
Website: www.beyondprotocols.org
Website: www.thelymeacademy.com
Facebook: @beyondprotocols
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Twitter: @beyondprotocols
This podcast is now available on all major podcast platforms!
DISCLAIMER: This show contains the opinions of the hosts and guests and is meant for entertainment and education purposes only. We are not your doctor. You are not our p...2023-03-1746 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#283 - The Lyme Ninja Radio Show - March 14, 2023Host: Mackay Rippey
Dr. Nicola's Socials:
Restore Medicine: restormedicine.com
info@restormedicine.com
928 Fort Stockton Drive Suite 213 San Diego, CA
(619) 546-4065 928
Lauren Lovejoy's Socials:
Lyme Warrior: lymewarrior.us
Facebook: @LymeWarriorUS
Instagram: @lymewarriorus
Twitter: @lymewarriorus
Mackay's Socials:
Website: www.beyondprotocols.org
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Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#282 - The Lyme Ninja Radio Show - March 13, 2023Host: Mackay Rippey
Guest: Nikki DiSalvo
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Facebook: @LymeWarriorUS
Instagram: @lymewarriorus
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>>DISCLAIMER2023-03-1356 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health TopicsThe Relapse-Free RoadmapMackay gives the 20,000 foot overview of his roadmap for staying relapse-free, going from "better" to "bulletproof."2021-11-1523 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#276: Mandy Roome, PhD - Ecological Risk Of Tick - Borne PathogensMandy Roome is a Research Scientist at the Bassett Research Institute in Cooperstown, NY. She has performed extensive field and laboratory research on tick-borne diseases in New York state since 2012, and has recently begun expanding her research throughout the Northeast. Her research explores the ecological risk of Lyme and other tick-borne pathogens, risk factors associated with infection, quality of life changes resulting from acute or chronic Lyme infection, and the occupational hazards of tick-borne disease exposure.2020-05-2846 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#275: Somer DelSignore, Pediatric NP - Co-infectionsSomer is a veteran board certified pediatric nurse practitioner and member of ILADS. She currently practices as a Pediatric Lyme Specialist utilizing ILADS methodologies. Somer trained in some of the top pediatric hospitals in the country including Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Children's of Dallas, Texas, Penn State Children's in Hershey, PA and most recently Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, NC. Her passion is within Integrative pediatrics combining Eastern and Western medicine modalities. She completed a lyme disease internship with Richard Horowitz of Hyde Park, NY. She currently works with Ken Bock, an expert in Autism and PANS/PANDAS. Somer specializes...2020-05-2351 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#274: Jenn Gladysz - The Carnivore Diet For Lyme DiseaseIn 2009 Keith developed pain in his neck after a fall from a horse. He did all the usual things to heal a sore neck but didn't improve. The pain lingered and started to travel to other parts of his body. At this point we suspected there might be something else going on.
After seeing a number of different doctors over two years, Keith was finally tested for Lyme in 2011. He tested positive and was given the usual 3-week course of antibiotics. He improved for a short time but then his symptoms returned.
Several doctors denied he was still sick and...2020-05-2154 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics# 273: It's Lyme Time How A Tick Bite (Nearly) Ruined My LifeBob Kriva is a chronic Lyme disease patient who shares the story of his experience in his new book "It's Lyme Time: How A Tick Bite (Nearly) Ruined My Life." After noting a lack of first-hand accounts of Lyme disease written by non-celebrities, Bob decided to share his story of the frustrations involved in seeking a diagnosis, being taken seriously by the medical community, and seeking a cure. Bob is a Certified Medical Coder (CPC), as well as a Registered Radiologic Technologist RT(R) who currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin.2020-05-0542 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#272: Dave Korsunsky, CEO, Heads Up Health - Tracking Your Lyme JourneyDavid has fifteen years of experience working for industry leading technology firms and most recently served as Director of Technical Alliances at VMware (NYSE: VMW), Inc. where he led strategic partnerships with global EHR companies including EPIC, Cerner, McKesson, GE, Allscripts and many more. David went on to lead sales engineering at CloudPhysics, a big data firm collecting and analyzing over 80B data points per day. As an avid health enthusiast, he recognized an opportunity to build a software solution that makes it easier for anyone to take control over their health through better use of their data.2020-04-2435 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#271: Dr. Heidi Puc - Lyme Literate NeurofeedbackDr. Heidi Puc (Poots) is a hematologist and oncologist, recieved fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and practiced integrative medicine at The Stram Center. Dr. Heidi Puc has opened her own practice in her hometown outside Syracuse NY, and brings to that practice an integrative approach including nutrition, herbs, and “mind-body” therapies. You can learn more about her at her webiste imofcny.com2020-04-0935 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#265: Beth Ohara - Protecting Yourself When You Have Mast Cell Activation#265: Beth Ohara - Protecting Yourself When You Have Mast Cell Activation by Mackay Rippey. LAc & Aurora - Show Producer2020-04-0552 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#270: Greg Lee, Lyme Research and Healing Center - Essential Oils for COVID19Greg Lee is the driving force behind the Lyme Research & Healing Center, GoodbyeLyme.com, and the creator of the Essential Oils for Stopping Lyme Disease Training. He is a world expert on using Chinese herbs, essential oils and alternative medicines and treatments for healing incredibly persistent Lyme disease and multiple chronic infections.2020-03-2643 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#269 - Jennifer Platt, DrPH - Springtime Tick Bite PreventionJennifer Platt is a Doctor of Public Health and the CEO and Founder of TickWarriors which sells all-natural eco-friendly pest control that kills ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes, and other pests.
She is also the Co-Founder of Tick-borne Conditions United, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide reliable, accurate online education about tick-borne conditions such as Alpha Gal Syndrome.2020-03-2352 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#264: Tania Dempsey, MD - Mast Cells & Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) What Mast Cell Activation Syndrome is and what it does to your body
2) How it can exascerbate and interfere with treating Lyme Disease
3) What Dr. Tania Dempsey does to treat Lyme Disease
Dr. Tania Dempsey is an expert in chronic disease, autoimmune disorders and mast cell activation syndrome. Dr. Dempsey received her MD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and her BS degree from Cornell University.
Dr. Dempsey uses integrative medicine to get to the patient's root cause(s) of their illness. Her purpose is to understand why people get...2020-02-211h 02
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#263 - Holly Ahern, PhD - The State of Lyme Disease TestingIn this episode you will learn three things:
The dangers of using doxycycline as an antibiotic
The time limit before Lyme Disease becomes chronic.
The best tests for diagnosing different types of tick borne infections.
Holly Ahern is an associate professor of microbiology at SUNY Adirondack who runs an undergraduate research lab. When Holly Ahern found out several years ago that her daughter’s mysterious illness was Lyme disease, she quickly immersed herself in the subject.
Dr. Ahern has become an advocate for developing a broader understanding of Lyme disease – one aimed at treating the chronic symptoms commonly reported by pati...2020-02-1458 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#262: Beth Carrison - Alpha Gal Syndrome aka the Meat AllergyIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) What ticks carry Alpha - Gal
2) How this allergy is different from protein allergies
3)What Tick Borne Conditions United is doing to educate physicians
Beth Carrison was diagnosed with two tick-borne conditions, Lyme Disease and Alpha-gal Syndrome (aka the red meat allergy). She has been managing food allergies and Lyme disease, both her own and her families, since 1996. In 2018, Ms. Carrison co-founded Tick-Borne Conditions United (TBC United), with Dr. Jennifer Platt, and has been working with the federal Tick Borne Disease Working Group since 2019.
(From the Tick-borne United website. )2020-02-0645 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#261 - Evan Golub - The Wana App - New Lyme CommunityIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) What makes people with Lyme Disease want to help others.
2) Why setting up a support network is crucial to healing.
3) How sharing your experience and take years off of someone’s suffering.
Wana is a social media site that was created with the desire to help chronically ill people come together, find support, and share info on treatments and managing symptoms. Evan was inspired to create Wana after helping a friend get a Lyme diagnosis and realizing that he had sped her through 4 years of being sick and looking for an answer si...2020-01-3053 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#260 - Wendy Myers - Heavy Metal DetoxIn this episode you will learn three things.
1) How toxic heavy metals block healing.
2) Why blood tests for heavy metals are a waste of money.
3) The right way to detox so you don’t get sicker.
Wendy Meyers is a functional diagnostic nutritionist in Los Angeles, CA. Wendy’s interest in nutrition began with the death of her father from esophageal cancer.
She healed her own health issues through hair mineral analysis and developed a unique detox and supplement program. She is passionate about educating the public on the importance of long term detoxing considering our toxic world.2020-01-2346 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#259: Crystal Barnwell, MD - Lyme Disease Below the Mason Dixon LineIn this episode you will learn three things.
1) The difficulties of treating Lyme disease is the South.
2) Factors that keep Lyme disease and other tick borne disease under reported.
3) The holistic approach Dr. Barnwell advocates to treat Lyme disease.
Dr. Crystal Barnwell is an integrative physician, the clinical director of the Danio Medical Group in Atlanta Ga, and the Treasurer of ILADS. “She focuses her clinical expertise on the gut microbiome, autoimmune, neuro-degenerative and environmental challenges of clients with complex and chronic illnesses.”2020-01-1738 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#258: Jayakumar Rajadasm PhD - Is Disulfuram the Silver Bullet?In this episode you will learn three things.
1) How borrelia crosses the blood brain barrier
2) The efficacy of the Disulfuram
3) Current research investigating the clinical effect of disulfuram
Jayakumar Rajadas, PhD is the Director of the Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Rajadas is currently researching the molecular mechanism of protein-initiated neurodegenerative disorders involved in Alzheimer’s and Lyme disease development. His recent research, funded by Bay Area Lyme Foundation, identified 20 FDA-approved compounds that were more effective in inhibiting persistent Lyme bacteria than standard antibiotic treatment.2020-01-0922 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#257: LymeMind Conference - Drs. Andrew Peterson and Suruchi Chandra - Functional Medicine for LymeIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) The three main causes of disease according to Dr. Peterson
2) Why a good marker of health is resiliency in the face of stress
3)The benefits of an integrative and functional approach when treating Lyme Disease
Dr. Suruchi Chandra is a psychiatrist who specializes in integrative and holistic approaches. Dr. Chandra has been studying evidence-based, integrative approaches for brain-based conditions for the past 15 years.
Dr. Andrew Peterson is a DO and a fellow with the American Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. His integrative approach focuses on conditions that conventional medicine does not...2019-12-2033 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#256: Dr. Neil Spector - LymeMind 2019 ConferenceIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) How understanding the regulation of infection in the body is how HIV was brought under control, and will be how Lyme Disease is brought under control.
2) The ways Lyme disease interventions would benefit from the same precision drug engineering as they do in cancer research
3) The drug research Dr. Spector is involved in2019-12-1256 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#255: Drs. Leigner & Horowitz - Disulfuram, 2019 LymeMind ConferenceIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) How Disulfuram is being used to treat Lyme Disease.
2) Why Dr. Richard Horowitz is combining Dapsone and Disulfuram.
3) And How these treatments have lead to long term Lyme remission
Dr. Horowitz, the best-selling author of “Why Can’t I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease,” has presented at numerous scientific conferences on Lyme Disease and the role of co-infections and toxins in Lyme Borreliosis.
Dr. Leigner practices in Pawling, New York, and has been actively involved in diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and related disorders since 1988. His work h...2019-12-0755 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#254: Mackay Rippey - Toxins and Nitric Oxide's Role in Pain and InflammationIn this episode you will learn three things.
1) How toxins in your environment are causing inflammation.
2) What exactly is NOS uncoupling and how it sabotages your DNA
3) Lot’s of other really geeky stuff about how all this damages your heart
Mackay Rippey is an acupuncturist in Clinton, NY (www.mackayrippey.com)and the host of Lyme Ninja Radio.
He'll never forget the Sunday morning he dragged his sorry-feeling-self to the bathroom and found a perfectly formed bullseye on his left arm. He was lucky, able to return to his acupuncture practice after only few days.
It's possible to beat th...2019-11-2257 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#253: Mike Pachan - CEO, Mountain Made CBD - How to dose CBDIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) Why people beginning to experiment with CBD should start with just CBD.
2) How much CBD you really need to be therapeutic.
3) What to look out for when researching CBD products.
Michael Pachan is an entrepreneur who has been working in the hemp industry for five years, and the cannabis industry for nine. He founded Mountain Made to provide high quality CBD that can be relied on to produce consistent therapeutic effect.2019-11-1456 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#252: Diana Driscoll - Vagus Nerve DysfunctionIn this episode you will learn three things:
1) How the vagus nerve supports your health.
2) How infections can trigger pressure on the vagus nerve.
3) How pressure on the vagus nerve can create symptoms of chronic fatigue, GI issues, and panic attacks, among many others.
While on a mission trip in 2004, Dr. Diana Driscoll contracted a virus which left her disabled. She developed POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), gastroparesis, headaches, and a constellation of other symptoms. She was unresponsive to traditional treatment and worsened every year.
When her 8 year old son started developing the same symptoms after getting sick she made...2019-11-0759 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#251: Beth O'Hara - The Most Important Detox Pathway You've Never Heard OfIn this episode you will learn three things.
1) Why it’s important to start with elimination when starting to detox.
2) What glucaronidation is and why it’s the most important part of detoxification.
3) How toxicity activates your mast cells
Beth O’Hara is a Functional Naturopath, specializing in complex chronic health conditions related to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance, including Mold Toxicity, post-Lyme Mast Cell Activation, Chemical Sensitivities, Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
She is the founder and owner of Mast Cell 360, a Functional Naturopathy Practice designed to look at all factors surrounding health conditions – genetic, biochemi...2019-11-011h 12Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#250: Mackay's LymeMind 2019 Report Out - Disufiram, Borrelia DNA and moreThe LymeMIND conference is put on by The Institute for Next Generation Healthcare with the goal of building a multi-specialty network for Lyme Disease. This 4th annual conference showcases the latest in Lyme Disease research, prevention, diagnostics and treatment. It us funded by the Cohen Lyme & Tickborne Disease Initiative. This years speakers included Neil Spector, Annemarie Hirsch, Suruchi Chandra and Richard Horowitz.2019-10-2556 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#249: Savi Glowe - LymeMind Conference 2019In this episode you will learn three main things:
1) The Lyme Mind Conference, the featured speakers, and how to access it through facebook
2) How Lyme Disease Research has changed over the last 4 years and how it continues to change
3) How The Lyme Mind Conference is including insights from the global Lyme community
Savi Glowe is the Director of Operations for the Institute for Next Generation HeaIthcare (INGH) in the Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, and the Director of Strategy & Operations for the Precision Health Enterprise (PHE).
Prior to Mount Sinai, she managed clinical research operations for the Neurourology research...2019-10-1759 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#248: Elizabeth Shirley, Rph, CCN - The Nitric Oxide Connection to HealthIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) Why Nitric Oxide is important to your health
2) Where you can find Nitric Oxide in the body
3) The difference between Nitrates and Nitrites
Beth Shirley is the Executive Director of the Berkeley Life Scientific Advisory Board. She started her career as a pharmacist, but as she saw the people who came to her not get better, she was inspired to look beyond pharmaceuticals. She became known as the pharmacist to go to when you don't want a prescription. She discovered the science around nitric oxide and who fundemental it is to...2019-10-1042 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#247: Jen Nomi - Stem Cell TherapyIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) How stem cells can be used to speed up healing from Lyme
2) What stem cell therapy is like
3) Why it’s important to have a dream for what you will do when you get better
Jen’s Lyme journey began when she and her husband made the decision to start a family. After an unsuccessful attempt at western medicine fertility treatments, she went to an acupuncturist, who suggested she and her husband might have an infection. This lead to her getting diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease, treatment which included stem cell...2019-10-081h 06
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#246: Stephani Pheffer- Lyme Resources for MomsInthis episode you will learn three main things:
1) How to take care of yourself if you are a primary caretaker of someone with Lyme
2) How to deal with uncooperative and close-minded medical practitioners
3) Why it’s always a good idea to keep in touch with a lawyer when your child is sick with Lyme
4) Stephani's favorite mom resource https://aspire.care
Stephanie’s journey began when her son became ill. Within two months her son fell ill from severe psychological and neurological symptoms. Stephanie began her mission to help her son, with medical research, research into western and alternative medicine. Duri...2019-09-271h 03
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#245: Stephanie Silverberg, IMFT/ART - How to Survive When Your Entire Family Has LymeIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) Why you should consider a functional medicine doctor for your Lyme Journey
2) Why you should never accept a psychiatric diagnosis from an endocrinologist
3) How allowing “the bottom to fall out” gives you the opportunity to find out what is important in your life
Stephanie Silverberg got acutely sick about three years ago. Neurological symptoms progressed to the point where she was bed bound for three months. Consultations with specialists didn’t yield any results, and it wasn’t until she visited a functional medicine doctor that she was able to start to regai...2019-09-201h 05
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#244: Mark Young - CEO of Zona HealthIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) Why Lyme patients struggle with blood pressure regulation.
2) How Zona uses isometric muscle contractions to re-train your cardiovascular system.
2) Why Zona can help maintain a healthy blood pressure, even when you’re sick.
Mark Young has a wide-ranging background including teaching, higher education administration, business development, clinical mental health counseling, and now as the CEO of Zona Plus. The Zona device was almost lost before Mark became CEO and they decided to give it the proverbial, "One more try." I. for one, am glad they did.2019-09-0947 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#243: Best Of Lyme Ninja Radio - Dr. Neil NathanAurora and I are taking a short break to rest and rejuvenate. This is a rebroadcast of our interview with Dr. Nathan. Enjoy and see you soon!2019-08-1549 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#242: Michaela Herr, MA, ATR-BC, LPC - Overcoming SetbacksIn this episode you will learn three main things:
How to heal emotional damage from Lyme disease
How to identify your body’s warning signs before you relapse
Why you need a Plan B for your Lyme Journey
Michela Herr is an Art Therapist and teaches Art Therapy and Temple University.
Her Lyme journey started with knee pain, that eventually grew into almost total paralysis of her leg. After years of working with neurologists, and orthopedic doctors she still didn’t have any answers, and it wasn’t until an acupuncturist suggested Lyme Disease that she retested and finally got a posi...2019-08-0848 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#241: Gregg Kirk - The Healing Power of GratitudeIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) The importance of creating a mindset that will see you through your Lyme Journey
2) Why anger and healing don’t mix.
3) Why cultivating gratitude has a positive impact on your health
Gregg Kirk was sick with Lyme for 15 years. After not responding to Western medicine treatments he started exploring energy work and holistic health practices.
Since recovering from Lyme disease, he has focused his efforts on helping Lyme patients through organizations he has founded including Ticked Off Music Fest, Ticked Off Foundation non-profit patient fund, Lyme Recovery Clinic, and www.lymeknowledge.co2019-08-011h 05
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#240: Joseph Murphy, DC - Rife Technology for Lyme DiseaseIN this episode you will learn three main things:
1) The Science behind Rife Technology
2) What Rife machine Dr. Murphy uses for his Lyme patients
3) How many treatments you need for maximum effect
DR. JOSEPH A. MURPHY is the CLINIC DIRECTOR of Newport Mesa Wellness in Newport Beach California. After decades of dredging clams of the coast of Long Island, NY, Dr. Murphy moved to California to study chiropractic at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic where he received his Doctorate of Chiropractic in 1997. Today Dr. Murphy treats Lyme disease with Rife technology and other complementary modalities.2019-07-2551 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#239: Morley Robbins - The Right Vitamin C Matters: Here's Why.And in this episode you will learn three main things:
1)What cerruloplasmin is and how it helps your immune system.
2)What a certain kind of vitamin C called ascorbic acid does to disrupt your immune system
3)What role copper has in healing you body from inflammation
Morley had been a hospital executive and consultant for 32 years until he developed a frozen shoulder which opened his eyes to the power of natural medicine, and set him on his path of becoming an expert in the interplay between magnesium, copper and iron metabolism.
Through his Magnesium Advocacy Group (MAG), he is committed...2019-07-191h 16
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#238 - Nicola Ducharme, ND - Lyme-Ed Online Lyme EducationIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) How neural retraining can drastically improve your ability to heal
2) Which gene get turned on by Lyme disease
3) How addressing your subconscious directly is tied to recovery
Dr. Nicola is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, trained in both the United States and her native country of Australia. She is the founder and Medical Director of RestorMedicine. She practices holistic medicine specializing in Lyme disease, and is now recognized as an international Lyme expert. She has authored several books on Lyme Disease, including the best-selling The Lyme Diet, The Beginners Guide To Lyme...2019-07-121h 00
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#237: David G Harper, PhD - Author, The BioDietIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) Why changing your diet should be your first line of defense for getting lyme-free?
2) How long do you have to stick to a keto diet for it to work?
3) Simple blood tests to determine if a ketogenic diet is right for you.
David G Harper is an educator, researcher and health consultant, and has studied the effect of diet on health issues for many years. Dr. Harper has a PhD from the University of British Columbia, is on the Scientific Advisory board of the Canadian Clinicians for Therapeutic Nutrition and is...2019-06-271h 04
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#236: Dr. Rob Abbott - Enhanced Paleo Diet for LymeIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• The real effect of getting support with lifestyle changes.
• What effect those lifestyle changes can have on your quality of life
• And how much autoimmune issues can be managed with diet and lifestyle
Rob Abbott, MD is the medical director and functional medicine physician at Resilient Roots: Functional and Evolutionary Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2017.
He approaches medicine from an evolutionary and functional perspective and practices what he calls “spiritually focused and evolutionarily informed functional medicine."2019-06-221h 01
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#235: Julia Greenspan, ND - Author, Rising Above Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn three main things:
1) How much time should you wait for a new protocol to work before you give up.
2) Why developing a healthy mindset starts with setting boundaries.
3) How putting yourself first is the most unselfish thing you can do.
Dr. Julia Greenspan is a Naturopath who graduated from the University of Natural Medicine in 2006. She founded her practice in New Hampshire and quickly started treating Lyme Disease. She contracted Lyme herself, and now is a top rated and Lyme Literate doctor in New Hampshire. In March she published a book, ‘Rising Above Lyme Di...2019-06-141h 14
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#234: Heather Szerlong PhD, CEO Ticknology - Affordable tick testingIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• Why getting the tick that bit you tested is easier than getting yourself tested
• The 3 ‘Lyme Like’ diseases that aren’t going to be picked up by a standard Lyme Test.
• Why even knowing what type of tick bit you can help narrow down what you are sick with2019-05-3043 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#233: Gregg Kirk - Author, The Gratitude CurveIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• When to put antibiotics aside
• Why ‘symptom retracing,’ or experiencing the symptoms you had when you first got sick - could mean the treatment you are on is working
• How you need to stop asking ‘whats the best treatment’ and start asking ‘whats the best treatment for me?’
Gregg Kirk was sick with Lyme for 15 years. After not responding to Western medicine treatments he started exploring energy work and holistic health practices.
Since recovering from Lyme disease, he has focused his efforts on helping Lyme patients through organizations he has founded including Ticked Off...2019-05-2356 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#232: Mackay & Aurora - 2019 MLDSE Conference Report - Empowering the PatientIn this episode you lear three main things:
• Signs you might have the meat allergy Alpha Gal
• How to advocate for children with Lyme at school
• How the naturopathic approach to Lyme is helping many chronic Lyme patients
Join Aurora and Mackay as the break down the 2019 Midcoast Lyme Support and Education conference held in Augusta, Maine.2019-05-1642 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#231: Todd Watts, DC - Parasites, Flukes, and Worms in Lyme DiseaseAnd in this episode you will learn three main things:
• How parasites might be stalling your Lyme recovery
• Why sudden onset of allergies could be a sign of parasites
• How going through cycles of Lyme symptoms could be a sign of parasites
Dr. Todd A. Watts is a national board certified Chiropractic Physician in Idaho, a Functional Wellness Practitioner and is licensed with the Pastoral Medical Association.
At 28 he was diagnosed with Epstein Barr, and following a series of catastrophic stressors in his 40s he struggles with chronic headaches, chronic fatigue, allergies, Lyme and Babesia. In working to cure himself he dis...2019-05-031h 00
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#230: Jay Davidson, DC - Liver Detox: How to unblock your liver.In this episode you will learn three main things:
• How prepping before starting antibiotics will help you get healthy faster
• Why you are more likely to have a relapse after something bad happens
• When you should take time to take care of your bodies “drainage”
Dr. Jay is a chiropractor and holistic health coach who focuses on functional, natural medicine. In his quest to cure his wife from Lyme Disease, he developed a protocol which he then turned into 2 books “5 Steps to Restoring Health Protocol,” and “How to Fix Lyme Disease: 3 Secrets to Improve Any Lyme Disease Treatment.”2019-04-251h 03
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#229: Beth O'Hara - Mast Cell Activation: Is this why you are not getting better?In this episode you will learn three main things:
• Why your Lyme symptoms might really be Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
• An easy at home test to see if you have Mast Cell Activation
• The three common causes that trigger your mast cell
Beth O’Hara is a Functional Naturopath and Functional Genetic Analyst, she has been in practice for 10 years. After years of struggling with debilitating symptoms with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, she discovered a three part approach that helped her get well. Her passion is working with people with MCAS to find their root causes and support their healing.2019-04-181h 02
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#228: Kiran Krishnan - Microbiome Labs, Gut Restoration ProtocolIn this episode you will learn three main things:
* How thoroughly chewing your food helps your immune system
* Why you should consider adding spore based probiotics to your Lyme Protocol
* All about Megaspore’s New Gut Restore Protocol
Kiran Krishnan is a Research Microbiologist and has been involved in the dietary supplement and nutrition market for the past 16 years. He comes from a strict research background having spent several years with hands-on R&D in the fields of molecular medicine and microbiology at the University of Iowa.
Kiran earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology at the University of Io...2019-04-1149 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#227: 2019 Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education Conference - Paula Jackson Jones & Angele RiceWe want to welcome you to our 5th Annual Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education conference. When we first created MLDSE, we thought it would be a place for people to gather, to listen to others, share their own personal journeys and validate their struggles. It quickly became apparent that support has many layers beyond just listening.
For us, this has been a journey of not only listening but sharing, educating and connecting, nurturing and networking, encouraging, laughing, crying and celebrating. From the trenches, we take our own personal experiences, the good and the bad, and use them to empower others.
...2019-04-0533 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#226: Aurora & Mackay - The Lyme-Free RoadmapIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• The three phases in recovering from Lyme disease
• Nine steps you must take on your Lyme Journey
• How this one simple tool can help you get Lyme-Free2019-03-2246 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#225: Dr. Lari Young - The four essential lab tests that every Lyme patient needsIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• What histamine is and how it deals with more than your allergies
• How your blood type influences your health problems
• Why its important to have flexibility in your immune system
Dr Lari Young has a post-doctoral fellowship in Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University, Dr. Young trained in medical acupuncture and functional medicine through the Helms Medical Institute and the Institute of Functional Medicine. Her passion for holistic healing and bridging the gap between conventional and alternative wellness therapies led her to open THRIVE Integrated Health in 2012.
Dr. Young utilizes a functiona...2019-03-151h 02
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#224: Lyn Delmastro-Thompson, Author & MA in Somatic Psychology - "You Are Not Your Diagnosis"In this episode you will learn three main things:
• Why transforming your mindset from helpless to hero is crucial to your Lyme Journey
• How much time does it really take to adjust to having a chronic condition
• Non-meditation techniques to help you reconnect with your body
Lyn works as a certified BodyTalk practitioner at her Heart Fire Healing practice. In her new book “You Are Not Your Diagnosis” she tells the story of her chronic illness, misdiagnosis, and how she became empowered to take control of her healing journey.2019-03-0752 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#223: Adrienne Nolan-Smith, Founder of WellBe - The importance of having a plan B protocolIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• Why getting your diet right is your ultimate preventative medicine
• How alternative medicine can give you a new insights
• Why you must have an advocate on your Lyme Journey
Adrienne Nolan-Smith suffered from lyme disease from ages 11 – 13, she was able to enter successful remission from a combination of antibiotics and integrative therapies. This lead to a lifelong interest in alternative and integrative medicine and discovering the root cause of medical problems.
After the death of her mother Adrienne dedicated herself to transforming the healthcare system and founded WellBe. She holds a BA from Jo...2019-03-011h 03
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#222 - Sharon Meglathery - RCCX Theory, making sense of chronic illnessIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• Learn about Sharon’s RCXX theory and how these genes contribute to chronic illness
• When ‘adrenal fatigue’ is not the correct diagnosis
• How all these different symptoms suggest a greater susceptibility to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Sharon Meglathery is a board certified Psychiatrist who has practiced in Arizona since 2005. She was also board certified in Internal Medicine, and completed residencies for both at Drexel University, as well as interning at Duke University Medical Center.
In 2009 Sharon fell ill with mast cell activation (MCAS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS, and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS...2019-02-151h 07
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#221: Connie Stasheim - Author, Healthy Happy & FreeIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• Learn about Connie’s new book Healthy, Happy and Free: Spirit-Soul-Body Solutions for Healing from Depression
• How recovering your mental health is a big part of recovering from Lyme
• Why you need Lyme-friends and non-lyme friends on your healing Journey
Connie Strasheim is the author, co-author or ghostwriter of 10 wellness books, including four on Lyme disease, two on cancer and one on spiritual wellness. In addition to authoring books, Connie is a copywriter and editor for the Alternative Cancer Research Institute and ProHealth's Lyme disease website, as well as a healing prayer min2019-02-081h 13
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#220: Ross Anderson - Cure the CDC, Lyme Disease Class Action LawsuitIn this episode you will learn three main things:
• The three North America Lyme lawsuits that are fighting for you
• Why you can’t sue CDC, even though you want to
• How to join Ross’ effort to start a new Lyme Patient class action lawsuit
Ross Anderson was infected with Lyme Disease years ago. Upon experiencing the quality of treatment he was provided, and seeing other people in the Lyme Community misdiagnosed and mistreated, he was inspired to put together a class action lawsuit.2019-01-3136 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#219: Erin Murphy & Monique Attinger - Oxalates and Lyme Disease, the hidden poisonIn this episode you will learn three main things:
* What Oxalates are and how they poison the body
* Why magnesium oxalates are preferable to Calcium Oxalates
* What the first step is for reducing oxalates in your diet
Monique Attinger’s life completely changed after switching to a low oxalate diet. She now shares her expertise as the Low Ox coach and helps people safely lower their oxalates.
Erin Murphy uses herbs nutrition to treat her Lyme symptoms and recently discovered oxalates were a major roadblock on her road to recovery. Erin has a Master’s Degree in Nutrition.2019-01-251h 11
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#218 : Morley Robbins - Copper and Lyme Disease, the missing nutrient.In this episode you will learn:
1) How copper masterminds your red blood cells and what that means for your health
2) What copper does to create energy and clear exhaustion
3) And the basic nutrition you need to keep your copper working
Morley had been a hospital executive and consultant for 32 years until he developed a condition called “frozen shoulder.” Which opened his eyes to the power of natural medicine, and set him on his path of becoming an expert in the interplay between magnesium, copper and iron metabolism.
Through his Magnesium Advocacy Group (MAG), he is committed to educating as many peop...2019-01-181h 12
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#217: Bob Miller - Lyme Study VI: genetic factors influencing chronic LymeIn this episode you will learn:
1) When inflammation and free radicals are the good guys
2) How your blood is affecting your health
3) And how sulfites make you sick
Bob has served as a traditional naturopath for 20 years, and earned his naturopathic degree from Trinity School of Natural Health. Recognizing that there was not a nutritional supplement line on the market comprehensive enough to address all of the possible genetic variants, he began working with a national company, Professional Health Products, to formulate an epigenetic line of products.2019-01-111h 22
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#216 - Best Of Lyme Ninja Radio - Clinical Keto with Dr. Adam NallyThis episode is from our archives.
Adam S. Nally, is a Doctor of Osteropathic medicine and practices community-based medicine providing practical general medical health through a ketogenic, low-carbohydrate life style.
In this episode you will learn:
1) Why Dr. Nally prescribes a ketogenic for many of his patients
2) What macronutrients you must have to heal from any chronic disease.
3) Why stress robs you of your energy.
4) Which genetic SNIP caused Dr. Nally to create his own multivitamin for his patients.
Dr. Nally is an International Obesity & Weight Management Speaker and Writer, and is a health pod-caster with Jimmy Moore on KetoTalk...2018-12-2752 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#215 - Best Of Lyme Ninja Radio - Cooking for Lyme with Maria EmmerichThis episode is from our archives:
Maria Emmerich is a wellness expert in nutrition and exercise physiology. She shares a passion for helping others reach their goals of optimal health. She struggled with her weight throughout childhood and decided enough was enough and decided to study health and wellness so she could help others stop wasting their time.
In this episode you will learn:
• How her book, the “Ketogenic Cookbook.” came to be
• How to go about doing a ketogenic diet and not drive yourself crazy
She is a International Best Selling author of “The Ketogenic Cookbook“. She also authored 8 other books...2018-12-2059 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#214: Best Of Lyme Ninja Radio - Jimmy Moore, How to start your ketogenic dietThis is The Best of Lyme Ninja Radio from our archives.
Jimmy Moore is a blogger and author who is best known for his "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog and podcast, and more recently for his books on nutrition.
What you will learn in this episode:
1) The impact of glucose on the body
2) The impact a ketogenic diet can have on your health
3) The right tools you need to start a ketogenic diet
Jimmy has appeared on television and radio programs[1] promoting a high-fat, moderate protein, low carb diet plan. His popular weekly podcast, "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb", has run...2018-12-1339 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#213: Best Of Lyme Ninja Radio - Keto 101: the science behind the dietThis is the Best of Lyme Ninja Radio from our archives.
In this episode you will learn:
* Why some lyme disease patients eat go completely carnivore
* What a ketogenic diet can do to keep lyme pain under control
* How to recover after falling off the keto wagon.
Craig Emmerich graduated in Electrical Engineering and has always had a systems approach to his work. He followed his wife Maria into the nutrition field and has since dedicated his time researching and looking at nutrition and biology from a systems perspective. Over the last 8 years he has worked with hundreds of clients...2018-12-0643 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#212 - Best Of Lyme Ninja Radio - The Ketogenic Diet for Lyme DiseaseThis is a best of episode about the ketogenic diet.2018-11-2948 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#211: Jason Moore - Founder, Elite HRV - Heart Rate Variability - Measure your recovery from LymeIn this episode you will learn:
• Why a varying heart rate is a good thing
• What heart rate varialbility means for your health
• And what happens when HRV drops
Jason Moore is the Co-Founder and CEO of Elite HRV. He graduated from Texas A&M university, and worked for several years as a personal trainer before founding Elite HRV in 2014. His goal is to create mental and physical awareness for olympians, coaches, athletes, doctors and patients.2018-11-2655 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#210: Dana Walsh - Surviving the Holidays, Lyme Less, Live More's Autumn sessionIn this episode you will learn:
• Why Dana does a parasite cleanse every year
• How to protect yourself from emotional parasites during the holiday season
• And how grief is a necessary part of the cleansing and healing process
Dana Walsh, a northern California native, is the co-founder, author and executive director of Lyme Less Live More. Featured in the award-winning documentary, UNDER OUR SKIN, Dana has inspired countless on their road to health when she shared her journey from rock-n-roll event producer to full time Lyme patient.
Today, Dana uses her wisdom from decades of personal study and experience to coach pa...2018-11-151h 06
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#209 - Stephen Lewis, DC - Holistic healing for Lyme disease and other and other tick-borne diseasesIn this episode you will learn:
• Why you are more than the sum of your parts
• Why collaboration amongst your health professionals is vital
• The importance of connecting with your healthcare providers
Dr. Stephen Lewis is a chiropractor and his wife Janet is a Certified Natural Health Consultant. Together they run Green Wisdom Health in Longview Texas, where they provide nutrition services, lab services and chiropractic services. They founded Green Wisdom Health “After seeing a growing public need... to offer … blood work to determine the most appropriate nutritional products that are only available through a doctor’s office.”
Green Wisdom has been featured...2018-11-0847 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#208: Brendon Lundberg - A new non-drug technology for chronic pain in Lyme diseaseIn this episode you will learn:
• What Scrambler therapy is
• Why chronic pain is like credit card debt
• How it can cause as much as an 80% reduction in pain
Brendon Lundberg is the President of Radiant Pain Relief. He co-founded Radiant Pain relief with the vision to build «the safest, most consistently effective » pain relief tool. Radiant Pain Relief first opened in 2014 and now they plan to continue growing and bring pain relief all across the country.2018-11-0144 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#207: Dr. Rob Abbott - How to get the most from your doctor visitIn this episode you will learn:
• How to get the most out of your time with a doctor
• The best way to get a doctor to listen to you
• And how the order you explain your symptoms matter
Rob Abbott graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2017. He approaches medicine from an evolutionary and functional perspective and practices what he calls “spiritually focused and evolutionarily informed functional medicine. » he has opened a practice in Charlottesville, VA2018-10-2552 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#206: Emily Givler - Oxalates, hidden cause of pain and inflammationIn this episode you will learn:
• What is an oxalate and why its bad for you
• The best way to test at home if you have an oxalate sensitivity
• How Lyme Disease can increase your chances of having an oxalate sensitivity
Emily Givler, DSC is a Functional/Genetic Nutrition Consultant and Dietary Supplements Counselor with the NutriGenetic Research Institute and Tree of Life.
She specializes in food sensitivities, utilizing genetically influenced dietary protocols designed to maximize health outcomes. She holds degrees from the Holt Institute of Medicine and Pan-American Institute.
From the Tree of Life website2018-10-1856 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#205: Dr. Neil Nathan - Author, Toxic: Heal your body from mold toxicity & Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn:
• How secondary porpheria can impact your lyme journey
• What carbon Monoxide poisoning has to do with your lyme symptoms
• Why mast cells don't deserve the bad rap they get
Dr. Nathan Neil is a family physician who graduated from University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. From the beginning he has been drawn to helping people with complex medical problems. He now primarily works with people with chronic illnesses like Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Lyme disease. And has written several books on how to help people with complex chronic illnesses.2018-10-1152 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#204: Mari Thuen - Neuroplasticity for Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn:
• How something called neuroplasticity can help relieve lyme symptoms
• When a Lyme Diagnosis stops being helpful
• How fifteen minutes of mindfulness can heal you
Mari doesn’t know when or where she contracted Lyme disease. To make matters worse, she is terrified of bugs and screams when she sees one. Her main symptoms are overwhelming fatigue that has forced her to withdrawal from university to focus on on her health.2018-10-0448 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#203: Dr. Kelly Halderman - Incomplete Detox: the missing piece in your protocol.In this episode you will learn:
• The missing step in your detox protocol
• Why glyphospate is a dangerous and essential part of modern agriculture
• What your sweat means for your health
Dr. Kelly's Lyme journey started with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. This began her journey into naturopathic medicine and looking at genetics and other foundational aspects of health.
She is a physician who lives in Florida, and collaborates with Naturopath Bob Miller on understanding the genetic and nutritional components of chronic disease.2018-09-2759 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#202: Savi Glowe - 2018 Lyme Mind Conference in NYCIn this episode you will learn:
• Savi's revolutionary work using data to define what makes us healthy, and how her group is using that data to help people with Lyme Disease
• How the INGH Conference was created to break down the ‘silos’ within the Lyme community.
ª Her efforts to make sure the research presented is available and accessible to everyone, including laypeople.
Savi Glowe is the Director of Operations for the Institute for Next Generation HeaIthcare (INGH) in the Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, and the Director of Strategy & Operations for the Precision Health Enterprise (PHE).
Prior to Mount Sinai, she...2018-09-1356 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#201: Daniel Lynch - President, Medical Bill GurusIn this episode you will learn:
• The biggest mistake people with Lyme make when choosing an insurance company
• How you can best use your health insurance, even for chronic conditions like Lyme
• How his family’s medical bankruptcy inspired him to help people with medical billing
Daniel Lynch’s family experienced financial difficulties as they tried to help his sister manage a chronic condition. What his family faced inspired him to pursue a career in medical reimbursements. He founded medical bill gurus in order to help people get the most out of their insurance and make sure others don’t have to go th...2018-09-0642 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#200: Heather Perretta, MS - Lyme + Mast Cells: Treating beyond the Lyme diagnosisIn this episode you will learn:
• What an elemental diet is and how it can help you
• How attributing every symptom to Lyme Disease can distract from other underlying issues
• What is mast cell activation disorder
Heather Perretta is an interpretive naturalist with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental and Forest Biology from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She also holds a master’s degree in Information Design and Technology from the State University of New York Institute of Technology.
Heather is a New York State certified biology teacher and is passionate about build...2018-08-3053 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#199: Karen Smith - Escaping to the Outback to heal from Lyme.In this episode you will learn:
• Why Karen moved out of the city and into the Australian outback
• About her tick awareness campaign for Australian kids
• Potential progress of lyme disease treatment in Australia
Karen Smith has a Bachelor of Psychology degree, with her fourth year thesis examining Cannabinoids and the Brain. In 2009 Karen came down with a case of Bell's Palsy, after months of ineffective treatment and trips to specialists, a suggestion that her symptoms might be due to an underlying autoimmune disorder inspired her to do more research and the discovery of Lyme and Lyme symptoms in July 2010.
In 2009 K...2018-08-2357 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#198: Jenna Luche - Thayer - International Advocate for Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn:
• How Jenna brings her experience from working with the UN to Lyme Advocacy
• Why she believes the treatment of Lyme Disease patients is a Human Rights Violation
• Actions we can take today to change the conversation about Lyme
Jenna Luche - Thayer is a Consulting Senior Advisor for the United Nations on Human Rights abuses, and has been working at the United Nations for 33 years.
She recognized the patterns of behavior surrounding Lyme Disease from her work at the UN as an abuse of patient rights. In response she founded the Global Response to Borrelio...2018-08-161h 04
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#197: Shona Curley - Meditation for Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn:
• How Shona Curley used her background in body work to figure out what parts of her body lyme was effecting
• How figuring out how to sleep was key to her recovery
• And how the meditations she created to help her sleep turned into Red Kite Meditations.
Shona Curley was sick for years with what she thought was a chronic cold and exhaustion before being diagnosed with lyme disease.
She discovered mediation as a tool to help heal from lyme disease. Which lead to the creation of Red Kites Meditation.2018-08-0952 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#196: Katherine Stasia Kinlin - Author, Teacher in Space: ...the Lunacy of Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn:
• The importance of finding a support group
• How to protect your spirit from wearing down from being sick
• How She made peace with who she was as a person while she was sick with Lyme Disease
Katherine Stasia Kinlin is the Author of Teacher in Space: One Teacher's Orbit Around the Lunacy of Lyme Disease.
After turning 23, Katherine fell ill with symptoms that left her bed-ridden. After multiple trips to the ER, exhaustive research, and the help of a lyme disease support group. She was finally diagnosed with Lyme Disease.2018-08-0257 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#195: Joey Thomas - Infra Red Saunas for Lyme DiseaseIn this episode you will learn:
• What kind of infrared light is the best therapy for lyme disease
• Why you shouldn’t jump in a shower right after getting out of an infrared sauna
• What doctors are using infrared therapy for
Joey Thomas is the medical account manager at Sunlighten. She has been with the company for 12 years and became fascinated with saunas and their health benefits after living in Finland.2018-07-2654 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#194 - Sharon Whiteman - CEO, Lyme Disease Association of AustraliaIn this episode you will learn:
• The protocol Sharon Whiteman used to control her Lyme Disease
• Why adhering to the 1970s definition of Lyme disease is hurting Australians
• What the most common misdiagnosis of Lyme Disease is in Australia
• Why Lyme Disease should be considered as an emerging disease
Sharon Whiteman is the CEO of Lyme Disease Association of Australia, and a triple certificate clinical nurse. Sharon has worked in the field of health and wellness for almost 40 years. She was an Intensive Care Unit nurse for 20 years.
She has been part of the Lyme Disease Association of Australia since it was foun...2018-07-191h 11
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#193: Christina Tsai, Head of Research and Development - Thryve Gut HealthIn this episode you will learn:
• The top three most important gut bacteria
• What genetics influence what bacteria grow in the microbiome
• And a surprising way to increase gut bacteria diversity
Christina Tsai is the head of research and development at Thryve. She earned a Ph.D in Biological Chemistry from Texas A&M University, and a post-doctoral fellowship in Bioengineering from Stanford University.
Before joining Thryve she was the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of a company called Epibiome. At Thryve she develops microbiome profiling tests, and formulated Thryve’s probiotic blends.2018-07-1243 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#147: Mackay Rippey - Healing From a Neurological Lyme FlareI this episode you will learn:
• The three most effective interventions that kick started Mackay's recovery.
• The role nitric oxide plays in Lyme disease recovery.
• The cheapest diet intervention for healing.
Mackay Rippey, LAc trained to become an acupuncturist at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in 1992.
As a five-element acupuncturist he is carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony.
About 4 years a ago he realized that there were not many resources for the increasing number of people with lyme...2017-08-0450 min
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#118: Mackay Rippey LAc, Adding Acupuncture to Your Lyme ProtocolIn this episode you will learn:
• How an arrow created acupuncture
• How to find a good acupuncturist
• What an acupuncturist can do for lyme disease patients
Mackay started his acupuncture training in 1989 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in acupuncture in 1992. As a 5-element acupuncturist he is carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony.
By restoring internal harmony of body, mind and spirit, your body is able to cure the deep cause of the disease and not just sil...2016-12-271h 01
Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#70: Expert - Amy Berger - The Alzheimer AntidoteSometimes it seems like you need Ninja skills to defeat Lyme disease. Join acupuncturist Mackay Rippey as he brings you interviews with interesting and informative people who are using their unique skills to deal with Lyme and other tick born diseases.2015-12-2652 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#32: Expert - Mackay Rippey, L.Ac - EpigeneticsThis is a recording of an informal talk given at the Central New York Lyme Support Group.
Mackay Rippey, LAc, MAc started his acupuncture training in 1989 at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute and graduated with a master’s degree in acupuncture in 1992.
As a 5-element acupuncturist he is carefully trained to understand the laws of nature, to diagnose in accordance with those laws and to work therapeutically to restore balance and harmony.
By restoring internal harmony of body, mind and spirit, your body is able to cure the deep cause of the disease and not just silence the symptoms.2015-11-221h 01Lyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#2: Lyme Ninja - Debi Collins - Central New YorkEpisode 2 Features Debi Collins a Chittenango, NY resident who became a Lyme patient advocate after being infected with Lyme disease and Bartonella. She co-founded CNY Lyme Support in January 2011 along with three others whose lives had been affected by Lyme disease. They meet on the first Sunday of the month at Sullivan Free Library in Chittenango.
Sometimes it seems like you need Ninja skills to defeat Lyme disease. Join acupuncturist Mackay Rippey as he brings you interviews with interesting and informative people who are using their unique skills to deal with Lyme and other tick born diseases.2015-11-2058 minLyme Ninja Radio - Lyme Disease & Related Health Topics#1: Lyme Ninja - Heather Perretta - Mohawk Valley, New YorkEpisode 1 Features Heather Perretta. Author of The Backyard Naturalist blog, she talks about her struggles with Lyme Disease and her road to recovery.
Sometimes it seems like you need Ninja skills to defeat Lyme disease. Join acupuncturist Mackay Rippey as he brings you interviews with interesting and informative people who are using their unique skills to deal with Lyme and other tick born diseases.2015-11-2042 min