Dr. Berkson's Best Health Radio Podcast

COVID-19 has now been reported in every continent but Antarctica. We have no standard treatment nor time for randomized trials to test treatments in accepted scientific manner. In this show you learn about a team of 8 physicians throughout the country, including seasoned ER doctors, ICU physicians and critical care providers, who got together and created a protocol based on various published anti-viral interventions. In their facilities this protocol is saving lives. Their very ill COVID-19 patients given their specific protocol in the ER, in a specific manner of timing, are not progressing to need ventilators, are passing through the disease process faster with seemingly with less downstream permanent tissue damage. Dr. Berkson interviews one of these physicians, Dr. Keith Berkowitz. Dr. Berkowitz is an internist. Dr. Berkowitz was on the teaching faculty at North Shore University and New York University School of Medicine for many years. In addition, Dr. Berkowitz consulted with Island Peer Review Organizat

More and more people are drinking wine. But how healthy is your wine? Are there specific wines to avoid especially if we are ill or have vulnerabilities to gut issues? Turns out the answer is yes and in this show you will learn all the wine facts you ever need to know! Todd White, founder and owner of Dry Farm Wines explains the details of what’s in your wine, what the FDA allows, and what kinds of wine are the healthiest. Or not. In this show you will learn: The difference between “wet” and “dry” farming wines. What additives are allowed in wines no matter what the labels say. If you have a history of gut issues you should avoid this one additive. There’s ammonia in them there grapes. What’s the issue with some organic wines? What’s mega purple? And more. Did you know the FDA allows an incredible number of additives in wine, that are NOT legally required to be on the label. Want to know which ones? Go here https://www.ttb.gov/wine/treating-materials Guest Resources & Links Special Gift to you at Dry Fa

You know how the old saying that the “Two Inevitables” are taxes and aging? Well, what if aging, at least as we know it, wasn’t a given? This show, with one of the world’s experts on anti-aging. Dave Asprey,  is a super dynamic interview about extending your life. Dave is a genius, agile thinker and you get to hear his effective, distinctive array of science-based anti-aging tools. Dave Asprey has used specific nutrients and off-label use of medications, to pull himself back from being a 300 lb. extremely unhealthy younger male, to now being a middle-aged much more youthful dynamic incomparable male. He did this by “bio-hacking”. In fact, Dave helped put this term—“biohacking”—in Webster’s dictionary and on our human radar. Bio-hacking is using tools to hack our DNA so we can improve our genes, moving them toward living longer better. Dave shares with the world his idea that aging is plastic, that it’s encoded. “If something is encoded, you can crack the code.” “If you can crack the code, you can hack the cod

Dr. Leo Galland practices in the epicenter of the worst outbreak of Covid-19 in the US, in Manhattan. He is a board-certified internist and specialist in immunology and Integrative Medicine and has quickly become a medical spokesperson for COVID-19 in NY and the country. In addition, Dr. Galland has authored 40 scientific articles and written chapters for numerous textbooks including Integrative Gastroenterology and Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition.  In this show you will learn: How COVID-19 uses ACE2 receptors to enter the body. How “unhealthy” ACE2 receptors put us at increased risk of getting very ill once infected with COVID-19. Which nutrients support healthy ACE2 receptors. What diseases are linked with unhealthy ACE2 receptors. The role of enabling “furins”. Which dietary flavonoids are protective and what forms are the most absorbable. How social distancing may not only reduce rate of cases but also the virulence and infectivity of this virus. 80% of people that get COVID-19 will not get very ill. 20

We are at war with the virus that causes the new viral illness, COVID-19. In this show you hear Dr. Berkson’s theory on the “Gaia Principal” and taking a look at “root cause” of escalating pandemics. In this show you learn: Four portals of entry of the coronavirus. Suggested tools for prevention in high-risk and low-risk persons. Suggestions for once infected. What is a virus is. Discussion and controversy on this virus and NSAIDs. The main time-frame for human pandemics and how many have died. How pandemics are increasing. What this means for Mother Earth and for each one of us. Why we need to prioritize values of “humanity” and “future generations” more than money and power. Issues with kits, government response, fatality rates and why. And There Is More! You will hear exact steps to “flatten the curve” (todays COVID-19 mantra) with specific ways to maintain your immunity. You learn what sugar does to your immune system and for how long. We share specific dosages of anti-viral nutrients. You will hear the

Dr. Berkson interviews Lisa Tamati about the incredible story told in her new book, “Relentless,” of never giving up and healing from brain injury. Lisa’s mom had a stroke and aneurysm both within 3 days and was given a few weeks to live. But Lisa would not take “no” for an answer. In ingenious manners, Lisa had her mother go on  hyperbaric oxygen treatments, nutrients and medications. All these boost brain function to return after devastating injury. Lisa kindly put together a list for our show notes (thanks Lisa!) with all kinds of action-steps, nutrients and even off-label use of meds to help brain trauma patients: Lisa feels that, “Everyone who has had a brain injury would benefit from:” A sleep apnea assessment.  Hyperbaric oxygen tank treatments Exercise to increase BDNF, preferably high intensity interval training Get Pituitary gland checked - hormone production can be impaired by brain injury which can lead to many secondary problems  Brain exercises - challenging the brain all the time  Get thyroid

Be master of your mind rather than having your mind be master of you! As our culture and world gets more stimuli, more screen time, more job demands, our mindfulness and peace can suffer.  In this show you learn: What is mindfulness. How mindfulness is like “falling in love” with the details that make up your life, rather than be overwhelmed by them. Exact steps to practice it within minutes.  How mindfulness can help you deal successfully with physical pain and negative emotions. How negative emotions “lube” a groove into your survival brain while shutting down your higher executive brain.  What breathing has to do with it. Generation stress. Recipe for peace: pay attention, say thank you, breathe. And more. Dr. Race started the Mindful Life Schools program which has helped over 50,000 children and many teachers learn mindfulness and create more happiness. Kristen Race, Ph.D. is a parent of two young children, as well as an expert in child, family and school psychology. Dr. Race is the author of Mindful Pa

Astrology is a system that looks at cycles of life using the language of planets. It’s about planetary energies that influence our personal personalities, temperament, challenges and strengths. The practice of astrology has been around in various forms for thousands of years. The New Age movement of the 1960s and ’70s launched the New Age as the “Age of Aquarius”—the 2,000-year period after the Earth is said to move into the Aquarius sign. People especially turn to spirituality and astrology during stress. Millennials and Gen Xers have been significantly more stressed than previous generations since 2012 and are embracing astrology with a huge hug. Dr. Berkson met Alan Oken at a Holy Man Jam, where spiritual leaders converged to discuss the consciousness of planet earth. Alan Oken was the Director of The Wisdom School (Santa Fe, NM), is co-founder of the Australian Institute for the Development of Consciousness and was Director of Esoteric Studies in Lisbon. Alan is the author of a dozen titles, including Sou

Many of us want love. But most of us have never learned the skills to get love, keep love and make love sustainable. Relationships are more complex today than ever before. In this warm and easy-listening interview you will hear how to approach love effectively and sanely and get the tools you need to enjoy love for years to come. Maya Diamond is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and holds a master’s degree in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, Maya was named one of the best life coaches in San Francisco by Expertise.com. In 2014, she was named one of the Best Relationship Experts in California by DatingAdvice.com.  Maya’s dating advice has been featured on mindbodygreen.com and elephant journal.com, and she’s been a regular guest expert on the Brian Copeland Show on KGO-860 Radio in San Francisco. Maya began “Empower Love” - a 4-month online course about attracting and sustaining healthy relational love.  In this show, BOTH Men and women

Dr. Berkson interviews Dr. Veronique Desaulniers who specializes in guiding women through breast cancer. Up to 30% of cancers are not found by mammogram, but by self-palpation (do it yourself breast exams). Dr. V—as she is respectfully known as—has a new product (Your Breast Friend) to help train women how to do effective and safe “self-breast exams”. In this show you learn: Current days statistics for breast cancer. For women with breast cancer, 89.7 percent survive for five years after diagnosis. This survival rate includes all women with breast cancer regardless of the stage or subtype The average 10-year survival rate is 83%. If the cancer is located only in the breast, the 5-year survival rate of women with breast cancer is 99%. Sixty-two percent (62%) of people with breast cancer are diagnosed with this stage. V’s personal journey with breast cancer twice. The Breast Cancer Conqueror movement The 7 Essentials System™ for healing and preventing Breast Cancer? How to do coffee enemas effectively. How

Health food tends to run in trends. At the moment coconut is king. But just as we live in a material world with two sides to everything, it appears there may be a “shadow side” to coconut oil—for some patients. You will learn Dr. Berkson’s conclusions from first hearing this at an A4M Anti-aging Gastroenterology module she was both a professor and student at, along with “sleuthing’ the science. In this show you will learn: What is intestinal permeability and why is “Goldilocks” just right permeability critical. What is coconut fat and how is this saturated fat very different from animal saturated fat. What is LPS and endotoxins. How to test for LPS and which labs do it. How different oils effect this. How different oils effect how we absorb sugar from food. Who should be very moderate if not avoid coconut oil and who doesn’t need to. What might coconut oil do to the gut wall and what are the studies suggesting this. What might coconut oil to the colonic microbiome and what are the studies suggesting this. Wh

Judith Fein has traveled all over the world. She has written and spoken about her travels in blogs, books, Tedx Talks and keynotes. Now, Judy writes about traveling between life and death. In Judith’s newest book, How to Communicate With The Dead…and How It’s Done Around The World, you learn that death is not the end. Judith shares with us how to safely and satisfyingly communicate across what is perceived as a curtain between life and death.   In this show you learn: How Judith first started communicating with her past mother and father How people around the world communicate with the dead What Judith thinks of life, death and spirituality How you can use these tools in your own life What this means for your sense of peace in you’re here and “now” Judith Fein has contributed to 110 publications including the Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, Afar, Hemispheres, Dallas Morning News, and AARP.  She’s the co-founder and Executive Editor of the award-winning group travel blog yourlifeisatrip.com, She

This show is in honor of two amazing scientists that helped the world recognize the human threat of endocrine disrupting environmental chemicals. Dr. Elizabeth (Buzzy) A. Guillet PhD and Dr. Louis Joseph Guillet PhD—lovers, married for decades, visionaries, scientists—and amazing! Both have been Dr. Berkson’s heroes and colleagues for many years. Dr. “Buzzy” Guillett was the anthropologist who first took a look at what endocrine disruptors (environmental pollutants that mimic hormones) were doing to our children’s brains and our daughters breasts. Dr. Guillet and her husband, Dr. Lou Guillett, were instrumental in putting endocrine disruption on the scientific world’s radar. They were the definition of the original power couple. This show honors both and is an amazing interview with Dr. Buzzy Guillet about their work. Dr. Berkson worked with them at the Center For Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and interviewed them for Hormone Deception (available on Amazon second edition) over 25 years ago. Dr. Lou sadl

David Brownstein, M.D. is a Board-Certified family physician and one of the foremost practitioners and speakers of holistic medicine. Dr. Brownstein has practiced holistic medicine for 25 years, has 16 books out, many of them best-sellers. In this dynamic and personal dialogue between two colleagues and dear friends,  you will learn: What are the most accurate ways to assess cholesterol. What are ideal cholesterol levels. Why do cardiologists recommend statins when the statistical science is so poor. Statins include atorvastatin (Lipitor), fluvastatin (Lescol XL), lovastatin (Altoprev), pitavastatin (Livalo), pravastatin (Pravachol), rosuvastatin (Crestor, Ezallor) and simvastatin (Zocor, FloLipid). Learn the most common side effects and the underlying mechanisms. Statins increase calcium score numbers: what this is and why you should care. Relative versus accurate statistical significance. The role of thyroid and hormones in heart health. Thyroid resistance, what it is, what labs look like and how you treat

Dr. Berkson speaks on the “re-analysis” of the Women’s Health Initiative—a 19-year follow-up— presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 13, 2019. (* See abstract below for details). In this show, estrogen gets a “reframe”. You learn: How estrogen protects against breast cancer incidence How estrogen protects against all-cause mortality (death from all causes). How estrogen protects many tissues, especially our energy organelles: mitochondria. You learn how best to take estrogen therapy, optimal timing of initiation, benefits, and theories as to why estrogen is breast cancer protective more than breast cancer dangerous.   Did you know estrogen has been historically used to treat breast cancer! Dr. Rowan T. Chlebowski is the principal investigator in this new re-analysis. Asked if this new data should influence current guidelines on menopausal hormone therapy? Dr. Chlebowski says, "Yes, I would hope so!” Dr. Berkson will be writing a blog on “Estrogen Vindicated” that you can soon find at

Dr. Stephen Weiss is a regular family practice physician along with being fully trained as a classical homeopath. Dr. Weiss practices holistic/integrative medicine at Medicine 360 in Santa Fe NM.  Dr. Weiss has a special interest in spirituality- waking up and discovering the truth of who we are. This is a gentle, calm show that enlightens you to: •What is homeopathy? •How does it work? •How it is prescribed. •Case reports that will amaze. •How functional medicine merges with homeopathy. •How functional medicine merges with a spiritual perspective.

Go to https://drlindseyberkson.com/bigger-belly-fat-smaller-brain-size-shocking-link-mindfulness-15-sophisticated-action-steps/ for an in-depth article on this topic. When it’s fat or real estate, it’s all about location, location, location! Where your fat is located on your body, affects your overall health, your brain structure and function, and even your ability to be mindful… or not.   In this show you learn plenty of facts and fiction about fat cells.   Fat has more functions than we thought. Fat stores excess calories so you can mobilize the fat stores for energy when you need them. Fat releases hormones that control metabolism (metabolism refers to how you burn calories as energy, or store calories as fat). Fat protects organs. Fat acts like Jekyll and Hyde depending on where it lives, what type of fat it is and how many of them are there. Hormone altering chemicals love fat.  Pollutants that mascaraed as hormones, can hide inside fats cells making them act physiologically nasty. Dr. Bruce Blumberg h

This is a show with a lot of pearls to help keep you well. In this solo show by Dr. Berkson you will learn: ·      How part of getting well is making sure your environment isn’t making you ill. ·      The bigger picture of health. ·      Not to sell your house when it might be your duvet cover: “Feather lung inflammation syndrome” caused by a feather duvet and reversed by ditching the duvet. ·      “The bigger the poop the smaller the hospital bill.” ·      Why your brain hormones need zinc. ·      Why you need to “train for your remission" based on information from astronauts! ·      Reversal of 16 years of stage 2 kidney disease within 10 months of getting to “root cause”. A real Thanksgiving! ·      Chronic illness can cause brain inflammation.  

Dr. Christine Green has been treating tick-borne disease for many decades and lectures world-wide to physicians about testing and treating. This is a must hear show. You will never hear all this science-based and nuanced information on Tick-Borne diseases in one place. Dr. Green is an internationally renowned Tick-Borne “Medical Sleuth”! In this show you will learn: • What is Tick-Borne disease? • Where is it and why is it traveling? • How to avoid it? • Why all the mystery around diagnosing it? • What is Lyme? • What are co-infections? • What are effective tools to address this illness? • Which antibiotics and which herbs work for which conditions. • What does POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) have to do with Tick-Borne illness? • What pathogens must you test for in POTS that are often missed? • Buhner protocols and books for Lyme. • And much more! Dr. Green’s amazing links to help YOU! PATIENT INFORMATION STRATEGY 1: AVOID TICKS • Pest notes is a useful publication for how to avoid getting b

Debra Atkinson is in amazing buffed shape at 55 years of age. She has trained half a million women, who are part of her community, how to exercise for less time with bigger benefits. Debra has designed specific exercise techniques that are very easy to follow, to “treat” bad estrogen dominance, elevated androgens, and more! Debra is called the Hormone Balancing Fitness Expert —specializing in exercise, foods and mindfulness to help women over 50 be their very best.