Lyme Ninja Radio - Fight Lyme Disease Like A Ninja

Dr. Donna Embree is the Director of the International College of BioEnergetic Medicine and President of BioEnergetic Resources. Her 20 years of clinical experience helped her create a system for creating sustainable results in healing chronic illness. Other practitioner became aware of her success in treating patients, and her role as a teacher and mentor to these people inspired her to create the International College of BioEnergetic Medicine, as well as a wide and diverse curriculum that provides education to naturopaths, chiropractors, medical doctors, and practitioners of oriental medicine. She has spent the past nine years as a consultant to health care providers, where she focuses on assisting them to provide individualized solutions for their patients in the context of the inherent design and wisdom of the human body.

In 2009 Karen came down with a case of Bells 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. Nowadays Karen is working to help the people of Australia learn about Lyme disease and other invisible illnesses. She created the Lyme Australia: Recognition & Awareness website, a co-creator of the Global Lyme and invisible illness website, and the co-creator of Red Shoe day.

Katie Polk was a marine and extreme sport athlete. She became infected with Lyme Disease, and was sick for about 5 years. She says that having Lyme disease completely transformed her life. As she says on her blog “From the struggle, I have become a better mother, a better friend, a better listener, more observant, less judgmental, and I have total balance in my life. The gift I want to share with the world from my journey, is not about "Lyme disease" and it's not about disease itself; it's a message of hope and a reminder that prioritizing health and well being is a personal journey.“ Now she is an ambassador for positive thinking, visualization, health and wealth.

Jason Boritz is a Filmmaker, Writer, Empowerment Coach and Entrepreneur. You can find his recent book, "The Ultimate Transformation", on his journey through Lyme Disease on Amazon.

Dr Richard Horowitz is a board certified internist in private practice in Hyde Park, N.Y. He is medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, an integrative medical center which combines both classical and complementary approaches in the treatment of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne disorders. He has treated over 12,000 Chronic Lyme disease patients in the last 28 years, with patients coming from the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand to his clinic. Dr. Horowitz has presented at numerous scientific conferences on Lyme Disease, and has published on the role of co-infections and toxins in Lyme Borreliosis. He was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award by the Turn the Corner Foundation for his treatment of Lyme Disease, and has dedicated his life to helping those stricken with this devastating illness. His book “Why Can’t I Get Better? Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease” was was on the NY Times Science Best Seller list within the first month of its release.

Dr. Bush was studying to be an engineer when a time volunteering at the Philippines ignited his passion for medicine. Zach Bush completed pre-med training and his baccalaureate degree in Spanish at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1997 and completed medical school in 2002 at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Following medical school he and his family moved to Charlottesville, VA to complete internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia. In recognition of his clinical excellence and leadership, Dr Bush was selected to serve an additional year as Chief Resident in 2005-2006, which furthered his passion for teaching. During the course of his eight years of medical practice at UVA Dr Bush developed an increasingly skeptical view on pharmaceutical studies and their purported clinical outcomes, and realized that his patients were far more motivated to pursue real health and healing than the medical community was giving them credit for. Since 2009 Dr

Dan Wolff is the president and founder of TickEase, Inc., a products manufacturing company whose mission is to provide safe and effective tools for removing and repelling ticks, facilitating tick testing and educating the public for the prevention of tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease. TickEase is a proud preferred prevention partner of the University of Rhode Island’s TickEncounter Resource Center. Dan also founded Mass Deer Service, a suburban deer management program working closely with residents in the MetroWest area of Boston to control deer populations and help reduce the risk of exposure to tick-borne diseases. A dynamic speaker, Dan likes to spend his time talking to groups about ticks, their behavior and life-cycles and how they relate to the environment. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from Skidmore College and lives in Waltham, MA with his two sons and two dogs. (From his website Tickease.com)

Alison Perch was very young when she contracted Lyme. As a child she started suffering from migraines and by the time she was in 7th grade her neurological symptoms forced her out of school. For years she had a laundry list of physical and neurological symptoms that kept getting worse throughout her teens and into her 20s. She was 27 when she was finally diagnosed with Lyme Disease. And spent years after that getting treatment, getting married, herxing, relapsing, and getting better again. After she had gotten married she wanted to start a family, but was worried about transmitting the disease to her child. A family member volunteered to be a surrogate, and she was able to have a baby girl. However her Lyme literate doctor wanted to test her child just in case, and 14 days after she was born, her daughter tested positive for Lyme. The news that her daughter had tested positive for lyme, the memory of what her mother had been through supporting her, and her experience with more general Lyme support groups i

Aaron's wife, Sarah had been suffering from undiagnosed Lyme disease for 18 years. They have experienced first hand the toll Lyme disease takes on families and relationships. Aaron was inspired by the Lyme Ninja Radio podcast, and has made his own called Lyme Voice. Dedicated to those who are suffering and living with Lyme Disease, they explore the often complex social and emotional aspects of Lyme that impact households across the country. Authors, MD's, patients, and other professionals will be joining them on air. Every podcast will be carefully structured to help you in your Lyme journey. Lyme Voice is currently on its ninth episode.

Alix Mayer earned an MBA at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern, and spent nearly a decade in research and strategy for Fortune 100 companies. She spent 18 years with undiagnosed Lyme Disease. Throughout the 1990s, Alix had been managing strange symptoms until a series of travel vaccinations left her severely disabled. She was sleeping for 15-16 hours a day, and suffered from neurological effects that greatly reduced her comprehension abilities. She was forced to leave her job as a global research manager for Apple, Inc in 1996 to focus on her health. In 1999, before she received her Lyme diagnosis, she switched over to a gluten free diet, which made a large portion of her symptoms vanish. From that point on, she says “I turned my research lens from corporate research to personal health, and launched Med Nauseam to stop bugging my friends and family with emails about natural health.” Today she is a health coach and writer, an editor for Med Nauseaum and SpiroChicks, and a non-profit d

Scott’s journey to becoming the 'better health guy’ began in 1997 when he became violently ill. He says on his website "Overnight, my body was ravaged by an unknown illness.” After many months of baffling doctors, he was diagnosed with parasitic infections, Candida, leaky gut syndrome and severe food allergies. Recovering took two years of working constantly with his doctor and by 2000 his symptoms were gone Everything seemed to be going well for him until 2004 when he regained his original symptoms as well as severe burning sensations in his limbs and muscle twitches throughout his body. Going to yet another doctor, who put him on the same course of treatment that had helped him previously. It had cyclical effects, after the treatment ended, his symptoms reappeared. In 2005, he found a treatment to help with his severe food allergies, and the practitioner recommended he get tested for Lyme disease. His Western Blot tested positive for Lyme Disease and shortly thereafter he went to a Lyme literate doctor a

Dr. Tim Jackson went to Wake Forest University with the full intention of following with medical school to become an MD. While he was an undergrad, he got involved with Strength Training and nutrition, and became interested in what would become known as functional medicine. Over extending himself as an undergrad, he became very sick; among his symptoms included fatigue, insomnia, stomach pain and joint pain among many others. He spent the last two years of his undergrad education trying to find someone to help him. Unsatisfied with with the hyper specialization in the doctors he went to, he decided to take his health into his own hands. After a childhood where, in his words, he was "prescribed antibiotics like candy,” he realized the first step he had to take was strengthening his digestive health and gut flora. he spent the next nine years figuring out and healing his gut; eliminating bad bacteria, restoring stomach PH, discovering mold indicators in his lab results, and overcoming his genetic difficult

Best of Lyme Ninja Radio - this is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes. Dr. Alan B. MacDonald is a pathologist who has participated in research activities related to tick-borne diseases since 1981. He was the first investigator to publish images of Borrelia spirochetes without regular corkscrew shape in 1987. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York City, and now works as a research associate at the University of New Haven. Currently he is investigating the link between Lyme Borreliosis and Alzheimer's disease. *information provided by University of New Haven and Dr. Alan MacDonald

Best of Lyme Ninja Radio - this is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes. Episode #37 features Eva Sapi, Ph.D. an associate professor of Biology and Environmental Science at New Haven University. She joined the University of New Haven faculty in 2001. Sapi grew up in Hungary and earned her Ph.D. in genetics at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest before coming to the United States for postdoctoral training in molecular biology at the Yale University’s School of Medicine. Now, as an Associate Professor and University Research Scholar at the Department of Biology and Environmental Science where she teaches undergraduate and graduate biology courses, she researches Lyme Disease, Pathogenic Biofilm, Antibiotics Resistance, and Different Morphology of Borrelia burgdorferi.

Best of Lyme Ninja Radio - this is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes. Peter Aquilina is the owner and founder of Deer Defence located in Seymour, CT. In 1998, Peter got interested in Lyme and other tick borne diseases and has been a pioneer in the deer abatement. Peter understands the psychology of deer, what attracts them to your neighborhood and why they feel safe and protected from their predators the closer they are to your home. Peter has see the horrors of what these innocent looking creatures can bring to a family and has had Lyme disease himself. He considers his business more of a calling than a career and as you listen to his interview his passion comes through.

Six years ago Josh Cutler had to leave his job working as a senior network engineer for the federal government due to the disabling symptoms of Lyme disease. Over the next several years, besides concentrating on his own recovery, he became a dedicated activist for those suffering with chronic Lyme. He and a group of chronic Lyme Disease sufferers founded the Mayday Project, which Josh now works as executive director. The Mayday project was founded to promote awareness of Lyme Disease and advocate change to the current IDSA guidelines and treatment options. Over the past few years they have organized several successful protests which garnered media attention, and are working to gain national attention for Lyme Disease. The Mayday Project is now a registered Non-Profit organization working to get Lyme disease recognized as a chronic illness, as well as advocating research and patient rights.

Gabriella Schneider believes she was bitten as a child, though it wasn’t until five years ago that she started feeling the effects of Lyme disease. In 2011 she says her body “completely deteriorated,” which led to doctors visits and an eventual Lyme Diagnosis. Even before her diagnosis of chronic neurological Lyme, she knew food was a big factor in overall health. She follows paleo, ketogenic diet by choice, but also part of her IV and diet medical protocol. Inspired learn more after Lyme disease incited many food allergies, she taught herself knowledge about the body and how food effects it. She has used this knowledge to heal herself from all the damage the lyme spirochetes created. Gabriella is a Primal Blueprint Certified Expert, and has been featured on blogs such as “The Paleo Mom,” “The Primal Palate,” and “Nourish Balance Thrive.” She is healing through a personalized Autoimmune-Keto approach to eating, a combination of Ketogenic and Dr. Sarah Ballantyne’s Autoimmune Paleo Protocol. She also has a bl

This 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.

Alexander J Michels holds a PhD in Biochemistry & Biophysics from Oregon State University and is currently a Research Associate at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State. Researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute investigate the role that vitamins, essential minerals and compounds from plants play in human aging, immune function, and chronic diseases. A major emphasis is to understand the role of oxidative stress and inflammation in disease etiology, and the preventive effects of dietary constituents with antioxidant or anti-inflammatory properties. Dr. Michel has written on molecular and cell biology, Biochemistry, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, and clinical biochemistry among other topics. He has been researching vitamin C since 2007.

Izzy Doroski was born and raised on Long Island After receiving his bachelor’s of science in biology at State University of New York at Cortland, Izzy attained certification as a wastewater treatment operator. His early employment included a job as a research scientist in neurophysiology. Izzy spent most of his career as a senior environmental health scientist. Izzy contracted Lyme disease, and spent several years combating the neurological symptoms before being properly diagnosed. Izzy has always had a deep passion for science and continues to study the hidden mysteries of this unique universe. His passion for science, as well as the beauty of eastern Long Island and the Catskills, were inspirational in the writing of this book.