Wellness Wednesdays

Here are a few of my observations regarding treatment of Covid-19 “Omicron” variant patients:

Due to the sheer volume of patients, I am treating only Covid-19 positive patients.

Overall, the patients over the last 6 weeks are not as sick as the patients from 6 months ago.

The number of infections is going up exponentially higher.

About 50% of recent patients I am treating are “vaccinated.”

My Covid protocol is working for Omicron as well or better than the other variants.

Many people who had Covid previously are testing positive again with much milder symptoms.

Instead of being sick for an average of 5-10 days, most treated patients are now better in 3-7 days.

The symptoms have changed.

Six months ago, most patients complained of alteration of smell and taste. Now only around 10% of my patients have issues with smell and taste.

Six months ago, a few patients complained of a sore throat. Now, most patients complain of a sore throat.

Even with the dramatically increasing numbers, I am only aware of one patient I have treated who has been admitted to the hospital in the last three months.

My experience treating “Omicron” patients seems to support the prevailing wisdom that it is not as virulent as the previous variants. I hope that this means we are on the way to reaching “Herd Immunity” soon. This occurs when a significant portion of the population gains immunity to an infectious disease and normally includes people who have recovered from the infection, plus the people with immunity from vaccination. The problem is the Covid “Vaccines” do not protect anyone from spreading or catching the disease.

There is a small percentage of the population who have never had Covid nor received the “Vaccine,” but will not get Covid. I think this can occur through three main avenues. First, our immune system has memory from all previous infections and exposures. This primes our immune system to recognize Covid-19 as a foreign pathogen and thus prevent infection. Second, our immune responses are due to the genetic programming of our immune system. I have observed that some families tend to have a stronger immune response than others. Third, the innate immunity we all rely on, specifically the normal bacterial flora in our nose and upper airway, protects us from infections. Some people just will not get Covid no matter what and they add to Herd Immunity.

When we reach Herd Immunity, the cases should significantly decrease and the “Variants” should slow, ending the Pandemic.

I do have some nagging unanswered questions regarding “Omicron”:

How did “Delta” and the previous variants fall off the map in 24 hours?

Why are people with proven antibodies to Covid-19 nuclear antigen (natural immunity from having Covid-19) getting Covid symptoms with a positive Covid test when they did not with “Delta”?

If we are using the exact same unreliable PCR test from the beginning, how can we discern “Omicron” from any of the other variants?

If they are sequencing “Omicron” from the millions of tests being performed, would they not need the genetic code of the original virus as well as the other variants to compare and contrast to establish that they are seeing is “Omicron”? We are two years into the pandemic and the Covid genetic code has not been released. Shouldn’t the genetic code be available to everyone who wants to study it? Wait! That might violate Fauci’s patent on everything Covid-19 related.

DISCLAIMER:

The information provided next is not based on my experience. I am presenting it because it is plausible given all unanswered Covid-19 questions. I am not convinced it is true, but I consider it food for thought.

I recently watched an interview with Dr. Ricardo Delgado, a Spanish researcher affiliated with the group of dissident researchers known as La Quinta Columna (The Fifth Column). Dr. Delgado appeared on the Stew Peters Show, January 14^th, 2022, on Rumble.com. The position of Dr. Delgado is that there is not a Covid-19 virus. He believes that the Covid-19 illness is a result of the use of military-grade ionizing radiation. Dr. Delgado observed and confirmed that the “vaccinations” contain graphene oxide, which is toxic to human cells. Multiple researchers have identified abnormal structures while examining the contents of the “vaccine” vials. Dr. Delgado has observed what appears to be self-assembly coming from “ingredients” in the “vaccine.” As the solution dries on the slide of the abnormal structures, it morphs into more complex structures. Since graphene oxide is a conductor of electricity, the theory is the new structures are transducers, receivers, or microscopic computer chips. This could lead to the possibility that the “Vaccinated” will send vital information and receive information from the ionizing radiation or 5G signals to amplify the symptoms of the ionizing poisoning.

When asked why patients get better with the medications like hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin if Covid is not a viral infection, Dr. Delgado notes that the ionizing radiation sickness attacks the immune system cells, and the medications and supplements help support and heal the immune system. Dr. Delgado proposes that the graphene oxide promotes the cytokine storm and inflammation that makes the radiation sickness much worse,

The radiation can be transmitted via a Bluetooth technology from the 5G phones or from the 5G towers. The measurement of the frequency of the 5G signals shows they have been raised from gigahertz to terahertz range. It may be that if you change the frequency, the symptoms change, possibly immediately. Thus, the change from “Delta” to “Omicron” could represent a change in frequency rather than a new variant of the virus.

This may be false. I frequently feel that most information promoted now is not true. However, this information offers something to help explain some of the inconsistencies with the Covid narrative promoted by the Government, Big Tech, Big Pharma, and the New World Order. It also is terrifying to realize it may be a deliberate plan to destroy our country and freedom in the world.

We all must turn to God and cry out for His help with this evil plan. We will not prevail without Him as we are facing pure evil.

– David Jayne, M.D.

Edited by Ann Jayne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since this is the first article of 2022, I thought it would be a suitable time to discuss change in our lives. Sometimes change comes suddenly and we are faced with making choices or decisions with limited information and/or time to respond. When this occurs, we make the best choice under the constraints. At other times, like with New Year’s Resolutions, we attempt to make changes under what we think are our terms. The most common of the New Year’s Resolutions are the resolutions relating to lifestyle and health.

Most New Year’s resolutions are made on a whim without much forethought. As a result, most are short-lived, causing us to fall back into our rut and continue down the familiar path. I believe that the resolutions would have better staying power if we looked at them differently. When I counsel patients on trying to make healthy lifestyle changes, I find that the most frequent problem is that people tend to attempt too big of a change too quickly. When this happens, we feel like we have failed and give up.

The better approach, to steal a concept from the movie What About Bob?, is to make a plan using “Baby Steps.” I have seen that small incremental changes that may seem too small to be effective initially, add up to significant changes over time. This avoids the frustration seen when the change requires a big sacrifice. For instance, for weight loss, I recommend that you simply cut a single carbohydrate out of your daily consumption each day. If you were consuming 200 grams per day, then the goal for tomorrow would be 199, then 198 the next day, and so on. The net result is that you are down 30 grams per day after one month. You would not feel bad eliminating one gram of carbs each day, but if your goal is to get down to 100 per day and you tried to cut one hundred grams immediately, you would feel awful and be hungry to the point that you would become frustrated and quit. The “Baby Steps” approach would take 100 days to accomplish instead of one day but would be easier to achieve even though it takes more time.

This is what I call the “Turning the Titanic Approach.” A huge ship requires quite a bit of time and distance to complete a turn, but a speed boat does not. Most of the time, our lifestyles become engrained in our behavior and the speedboat approach may work for a brief time, but then it is also extremely easy to turn back. If we take the time and effort to make the gradual effort to “Turn the Titanic,” we hopefully stay the course and maintain the desired changes more readily than the speed boat.

A big part of the difficulty in making changes in our life stems from the lack of patience we have with making gradual life changes that produce gradual results. We have grown up in a society where immediate results are expected, and sacrifice and patience are not accepted. Most people expect a shot or a pill or a procedure to treat their issue but sometimes it requires making changes and being patient. Our culture has convinced us that the only importance in life is the “here and now” to the sacrifice of the past and future. It appears to me that previous generations put a much greater emphasis on their past and focused more on their future while understanding that the “here and now” was to be enjoyed, but it is not the main focus of life.

Change is hard, because in my experience, if it leads to something better, it probably requires sacrifice and patience. Change occurs much quicker and easier when it leads to something bad, such as the case when an addiction gets out of hand.

The key to making lasting change is to make the new behavior a habit. This requires time and repetition to the point of making something “second nature” to make it your new normal routine.

This also applies to our faith. If we try to dive into it and make radical changes quickly, we are much less likely to create the habit of reading the Bible daily or attending church or meeting God in prayer daily. If you start with a lesser frequency and move to a greater one, it will be easier and more lasting. God can help move things along faster and easier if it is part of His plan and we draw closer to Him.

As we look to the future and the appearance that we are headed into more uncertainty than we have experienced in the past, we need to rely on God much more than in the past. When we run into the events that change us without notice or warning, we need to establish the habit of turning to prayer and our fellow members in the Body to help us through these events and changes. For the things we want to change proactively, such as our health or lifestyle, I recommend setting a plan using baby steps, consistency, and patience to obtain the desired results.

Change is the one thing in life we can be sure is constant. How we decide to change, or how we deal with the change thrust upon us, goes to the essence of who we are and who we want to become. Change can be good, challenging, trying, exhilarating, rewarding, fulfilling, and frustrating. Most of all, it is hard. But without change, we do not grow or experience life. God gives us Free Will which we use to make decisions which in turn affect change. I pray that we use our Free Will to make the decisions that draw us closer to living in the Light so we can experience the life God desires for us.

Do not fear change. Embrace it and move toward the light. Our reward awaits us there.

– David Jayne, M.D.

Edited by Ann Jayne

As 2021 ends, I want to take the opportunity to reflect on the things I am thankful for and the things for which I am sorry.

The sorry list includes the following:

I am sorry for not having enough patience with others.

I am sorry for not having a stronger faith.

I am sorry for letting people down.

I am sorry I have not used my time as effectively as I could.

I am sorry for not being more Christ-like.

I am sorry for becoming angry when I should not.

I am sorry I am not more grateful every day for all the good in my life.

I am sorry that I have not been as good a friend as I could.

 

The thankful list includes the following:

I am thankful I am free to worship God.

I am thankful for the love of my family.

I am thankful for the love and support of my wife.

I am thankful that I have grown up and live in the greatest country that has ever existed in the history of our planet.

I am thankful that Bryan Armstrong and Ignite Liberty give me the opportunity to speak. (Editor’s note: we are THRILLED that Dr. Jayne said “Yes”!) 

I am thankful and amazed that anyone like you would have any interest in what I feel the need to say.

I am thankful for the trust my patients place in me.

I am thankful for my entire office staff that do the real work in my office. Diane Wright, Cristy McPherson, Gaola Christensen, and Colleen Robinson all deserve more than I can give them.

I am thankful for the other opportunities that arose this year that blessed my life.

I am especially thankful for our new church home. My faith is far from where it needs to be but would not be what it is today without the love and support from Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond.

I am thankful for all the materials blessings from God that have maintained my family for the last year.

I am thankful that I can continue to try to advance the human condition with God’s help.

I am thankful that through God we have hope for the future.

I am thankful for my friends’ love and support.

I am thankful for all the new people coming into my life.

I am sure my list is not very different from your list if you were to compile it. The purpose of my writing this is to encourage all of us to focus on the thankful items and develop more as we can. The sorry list is important as we should express our sorrow to the people we have hurt and ask for forgiveness. This is most important in our relationship with God.

Realizing the good in our lives and recognizing it is vital to giving us hope. Without hope, life loses it importance. Without hope we feel defeated. Where do we find the source of hope?

According to Bible.org:

What is hope? Is it a wishy washy maybe or a kind of unsure optimism? The modern idea of hope is “to wish for, to expect, but without certainty of the fulfillment; to desire very much, but with no real assurance of getting your desire.”

In Scripture, according to the Hebrew and Greek words translated by the word “hope” and according to the biblical usage, hope is an indication of certainty. “Hope” in Scripture means “a strong and confident expectation.” Though archaic today in modern terms, hope is akin to trust and a confident expectation.

Hope may refer to the activity of hoping, or to the object hoped for—the content of one’s hope. By its very nature, hope stresses two things: (a) futurity, and (b) invisibility. It deals with things we can’t see or haven’t received or both.

The only hope we can be certain about is what we receive from God through the Word. All good we experience in life is due to God’s blessings upon us and the qualities He has placed in us. The love and compassion we feel from our friends and family are the result of all the human traits God has instilled in us. When we all grow closer to God, these qualities improve in each of us, which improves our relationships. This can become a repeating cycle that will give us more hope and joy each day.

We are living in unusually stressful times. The future seems scary and overwhelming. Life really has always been like that. It did not seem that way because our future seemed more certain, and we felt that whatever we were suffering was certain to be short-lived and we would return to our course. Now we are adrift in uncharted waters and it is uncertain if we can make it back to our previous course.

It may well be time to set a new course. If we follow God, our final destination will be certain. The course of our lives that we follow to get there will be full of twists, turns, accomplishments, failures, successes, setbacks, elation, joy, sorrow, loss, and everything in between. It also allows us to GROW in Him. This is how our lives should be.

I hope this reflection was not boring or self-absorbed. We do have Hope.

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. Lord willing (and Bryan Armstrong), I plan on continuing writing for you next year.

David Jayne, M.D.

Edited by Ann Jayne

Editor’s Note: Dr. Jayne will be contributing to our Wellness Wednesdays series for as long as he wants to. He is a blessing and an invaluable member of our team. We are deeply grateful for him!

According to American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition, 2016, the definition of Metamorphosis is as follows:

1. A transformation, as by magic or sorcery.
2. A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Biology Change in the form and often habits of an animal during normal development after the embryonic stage. Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog.
4. A usually degenerative change in the structure of a particular body tissue.

My feeling is that metamorphosis represents radical changes that are not fully understood and happen by theorized mechanisms in order to attempt to make sense of the process. I believe that the changes may occur on a cellular level all the way up to and including societal, cultural, national, and worldwide governance level.

Radical changes generally occur either towards good or bad results. The example of a move towards a good result is the caterpillar. The benefit is that the butterfly has the freedom of flight and movement, sometimes over great distances during migration. It does not hurt that I find butterflies beautiful compared to caterpillars. God designed the transition of the caterpillar to help achieve His overall plan. I do not claim to understand the exact role a butterfly plays in the world. I trust that it is God’s plan, and it is necessary.

A change I interpret as bad is the metamorphosis of normal cells into cancerous cells or cells leading to serious disease. (Only God knows for sure in each case if it is bad, but I have seen tremendous pain, suffering, and loss from this change. God does work in mysterious ways, especially in enabling us to cope with tragedy.)

We humans like to think that we have control over these radical changes. Unfortunately, we do not control as much as we would like. In the case of the cellular changes, we can modify our lifestyles by eating better, exercising, sleeping better, and creating time for relaxation. We also should limit the drugs and toxins we ingest that we know are toxic.

We cannot control the genes we inherited from our parents. Some of the changes that can be good or bad are genetically determined. The caterpillar does not have a choice to change course or change behavior (as far as we know) and unless it dies prematurely, it is destined to become a butterfly.

On the macroscopic level we are experiencing a different level of metamorphosis. Our culture, society, traditions, and government are radically changing. This is by design to alter the world. It is presented as a response to Covid-19 under the guise that it will create a “Build Back Better opportunity” under The Great Reset put in motion by The World Economic Forum and Klaus Schwab. The Build Back Better program is being rapidly adopted by most of the nations in the world, including the Biden Administration. The program is the transition from freedom to a system of control not seen in America since the Revolutionary War. Lockdowns, masking, social distancing, and vaccine mandates enable government and corporations to exert stifling control over us in the name of safety. This form of metamorphosis is insidious and appears to be progressing rapidly.

Our life is constantly changing but what we have experienced the last two years is extraordinary. We have a normalcy bias which makes recognizing the significance of the results difficult. According to Wikipedia the definition of Normalcy bias is:

Normalcy bias, or normality bias, is a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings. Consequently, individuals underestimate the likelihood of a disaster, when it might affect them, and its potential adverse effects. The normalcy bias causes many people to not adequately prepare for natural disasters, market crashes, and calamities caused by human error. About 70% of people reportedly display normalcy bias during a disaster.”

People believe that since no one in America alive today (other than possibly immigrants from communist countries) has ever experienced the evolving tyranny, so our bias is that “it cannot happen here” and we deny or ignore that it is happening. This is enabling the rapid progression of the plan.

The answer to slowing and possibly stopping or reversing the tyranny requires unity. Every person needs to realize that since we are part of “the human race,” your way of life is at risk. If everyone unifies, and together we tell the globalists, “No, we will not comply,” they lose power. It is impossible to comply your way out of tyranny. The orders to comply do not stop until there is mass civil disobedience.

The hard part is figuring out how we can “wake people up” to this fact. How do we help them understand that when we are divided by race, nationality, economic status, political beliefs, or religion we do not have the power to overcome the globalist tyrannical movement? Data and facts do not seem at this point, to be effective in overcoming the denial from our normalcy bias.

I know that God can work miracles. My prayer is that God will intervene on our behalf if we all unify and cry out to Him for His help and turn back to Him. God can surely help us by using the Holy Spirit to strengthen us, giving us the courage to stand up for what is right.

We were all born for this moment. Trying times mold us for the future. We must remember God will not desert us. If we strive to do what is right, resist tyranny and honor God, good things are still possible for the human race. I would love for my families’ future generations to have the opportunity to live and thrive in a free society. That will more than compensate for any suffering I may endure for my actions.

– David Jayne, M.D.

Edited by Ann Jayne

Why?

This three-letter question is the most difficult question I face. In my practice I can seldom answer the question when asked by a patient why they are suffering from a particular disease or condition. Most of the time I attempt to answer based on my experience, training and knowledge, but often that is inadequate. I end up admitting I don’t know. Sometimes that is the best answer, even if it is totally disappointing to the patient. I often refer the patient to a specialist who I hope can give a better answer.

Currently, I have questions based on my review of the available information (from multiple sources) regarding Covid-19, the jab, and the government wanting to mandate the jab and require “passports” to travel and purchase goods. I will present them for your review in the hope that you arrive at a different answer that I have concluded.

Why would our government deliberately help develop and fund Gain of Function in order to weaponize a virus to infect and kill humans?

Why isn’t the government investigating the release of the weapon from the Wuhan lab?

Why are known effective and cheap treatments for Covid-19 suppressed by Big Tech, government, and organized medicine?

Why is the government forcing us to take an unproven, experimental, gene-modifying treatment for a disease that, at worst, has a death rate of one patient per 2500 infections (that is all age groups combined)?

Why are they experimenting with pregnant women and our children by requiring the shot?

Why is the Government requiring masks for a viral respiratory infection when they are useless?

Why lockdown everyone when the standard has always been to quarantine the sick and possibly isolate the high-risk population?

Why suppress all information contrary to the government and organized medicine’s narrative regarding all things Covid?

Why does the government, Big Tech and organized medicine refuse to acknowledge the horrendous adverse effects of the shots?

Why shut down the entire world economy for a virus that has a lower true death rate than the flu?

Why insist the population who have had Covid and recovered have inferior and temporary immunity compared with the “vaccinated,” who are now required to get the latest booster due to “waning” immunity?

Why build FEMA camps in the United States unless the plan is to put the unvaccinated in them?

Why legalize looting, shoplifting, destruction of property, and bodily injury while demonizing and defunding the police?

Why hold United States citizens for up to 11 months for exercising their right to assemble without even a bail hearing when none have been charged with a serious felony?

Why establish nationwide offices for the Capital Police when they do not have jurisdiction beyond the Capital grounds?

Why lie about the “Approval” of the Covid-19 shot when the actual shot that is “Tentatively Approved” won’t be on the market until at least 2024, and the truth is that the Emergency Use Authorization (which does not mean it has been approved by the FDA) was extended on the current shot?

Why change the definition of a vaccination to remove the verbiage “to cause immunity to a specific disease” and change it to “cause an immune response?”

Why threaten doctors who speak out about the lack of safety and research on the Covid shots and the huge numbers of complications related to their use?

Why try to control the populations of the world via vaccine passports and social credit scores?

Why mandate the use of a Federal Reserve cryptocurrency called “Fed Coin” while doing away with cash?

Why ignore blatant election fraud that allows a U.S. Presidential election to be stolen from the legitimate winner?

Why would the U.S. Supreme Court refuse to hear a legitimate case between the states of Texas and Pennsylvania when they are the only court in the land that could hear it?

Why ignore the trial of the second most notorious pedophile trafficker in favor of a TV personality accused of helping his brother who has been charged with sexual harassment?

Why flood the U.S. with illegal aliens and subvert the immigration laws?

Why shutdown oil and natural gas pipelines, crippling our energy industry, and then begging our enemies to produce more oil to solve the crisis created by shutting them down?

Why push trillions of fiat dollars into the economy sparking uncontrolled inflation?

Why raise taxes in a failing economy?

Why, with a straight face, declare that there are 57 or more gender identities?

Why insist that a five-year old child has the capacity to determine what sex they are?

Why think Drag Queen story time is something to be promoted and celebrated?

Why believe anything Dr. Fauci says?

Why believe Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum when he is discussing The Great Reset and states that “You will own nothing and be happy?”

These questions do not have any answers that I can think of that show these are good for us as individuals or a country. I believe they show an evolving breakdown of civilized society, which I have had the pleasure of experiencing until now. When you boil it down, none of it makes sense on any rational level.

My interpretation is that the people behind this elaborate, well-executed plan must be EVIL. It appears to me that their goal is the destruction of The United States of America so that they can take control of the entire world under the New World Order via The Great Reset. Individual liberty and freedom will be destroyed with total control of the populace. Bill Gates has said that the world needs to reduce the number of people on the planet by a significant amount. This would make total control easier.

There is only one race that matters: The Human Race. If you are human, you are under attack.

We must hold on to the truth that the EVIL behind this WILL BE DEFEATED BY GOD! God will never leave us. He loves us more than we can comprehend. I believe that if we stand a chance of pushing back this EVIL while we are on this earth, it will require that ALL PEOPLE learn to unify, turn their hearts to God, cry out for His favor, and tell the EVIL pushing this agenda in a loud voice “NO! WE WILL NOT COMPLY!”

We are only here for a blink of an eye. The here and now seems to consume us, which keeps us from focusing on Eternity in Heaven. This is tragic. Eternity in Heaven needs to be everyone’s number one priority. I desire that my children and the future generations live in freedom as I have until now.

We have hit the iceberg and are taking on water. Re-arranging the deck chairs is not important. It is time to get people in the lifeboats to have the chance to spend Eternity in Heaven. If they do not get in the boat in time, an Eternity in the Lake of Fire awaits.

I strongly recommend that you read Pineapples on Mars, written by Dr. Amy Cerato and Dr. Eric Snyder, as they cite much of the data that formulate my questions. I also implore you to make sure you take the steps to assure your place in the Book of Life. Make sure you have a fantastic church home, read the Bible daily, pray to God and accept Jesus as your Savior.

Edited by Ann Jayne

David Jayne, M.D.

I have helped patients with weight loss goals for many years. Over the years, it has become obvious that the major problem with weight control is the consumption of carbohydrates. I realize that this is the most challenging time of year to try to control consumption, but if you start now, you will find January easier to handle. Most people gain 5-10 pounds during the holiday season as food becomes the focus of most celebrations.

The underlying problem is that we are all addicted to carbohydrates. They are cheap, convenient, taste great, and are in everything. The addiction is promoted by the government via guidelines (The Food Pyramid, Heart Healthy Diet) that promote a low fat, high carbohydrate diet as the healthy way to eat. These guidelines benefit the food industry as carbohydrates provide the highest profit margin for them as fat and protein are expensive to produce. They also benefit the Federal Government as the cheapest way for the government to feed the masses is with carbohydrates.

If I offer you your favorite protein, you will eat until you are full and then stop. If I offer you your favorite high fat food, you will eat until you feel like you will be sick if you continue and then you will stop. The only time we will overeat is with carbs, as our “stop” button is broken due to our addiction.

The unique problem we have is that it is not realistic to never eat another carbohydrate due to the prevalence of carbs in most foods. We could survive and thrive without ever eating another carb because our body can readily convert fat into carbs and can also convert protein to carbs, but not as efficiently.

When your total daily carb consumption is 20 grams per day or less, you are in a state of Ketosis. Ketosis means your energy is supplied by fat. Most people who start the Keto Diet try to get to less than 20 grams quickly, but this causes the “Keto flu” with fatigue, headache and even flu- like symptoms, which are manifestations of the carb withdrawal. We would all be healthier if we were in a constant state of Ketosis as ketones (the result of the breakdown of fat for energy) are our preferred source of energy. The Keto Diet crowd believes that if you eat more than 20 grams of carbs per day and are not in the state of ketosis 24 hours a day, then you are a failure. The problem is that the number of people that can remain under 20 grams per day rapidly approaches zero.

Just as a gasoline engine is meant to run on gasoline, our bodies are meant to run on fat. We would not wonder why the gasoline engine does not run well on diesel, but we think our bodies should run on carbs. This does not make sense.

In the American Heart Journal, July 2009, by Koon Teo, et al, results of the observational PURE Study (Perspective Urban Rural Epidemiology) show the correlation between high carb consumption and increased incidence of heart disease, while high fat (including the dreaded unsaturated fat) was correlated to a lower risk of heart disease. It was a large study, taking place over five continents with diverse populations in relation to economic status, age, occupation, and education. The study cannot show causation, but when the correlation is strong it may cast doubt on many of the assumptions that have been accepted as fact for too many years. The bottom line is that the consumption of carbs in considerable amounts is harmful and the consumption of high amounts of fat is not harmful and tends toward protection from the risk of heart disease.

My experience has shown that if we can gain control of carbohydrate consumption, and then gradually lower it as we increase fat consumption, our metabolic status dramatically improves, and we lose body fat. Additionally, as we decrease carb intake while increasing intake of fat, the symptoms of inflammation decrease, including joint pains, tendinitis, bursitis, etc. Lowering carb intake also improves energy levels.

The problem is how to gain control of carb consumption and then lower it. I recommend downloading an app called Carb Manager. You will need to enter everything you eat, before it goes in your mouth, every day for the rest of your life, making you aware of the carbs you are going to eat and deciding whether to eat them. Along with making you aware of the carbs you eat, it makes you accountable to yourself for the carbs you eat. You will be amazed at how many carbs you have been eating once you start using the app. You do not have to keep track of protein or fat as you will not overeat them.

Everyone wants to know how many carbs they should eat daily. The answer is that it is different for each patient. I recommend putting an average day’s food intake into the app to see what the total carb count totals. Then the goal each day is to cut one gram per day. This would be equivalent to tearing off a small piece of a slice of bread and that would be the total reduction for the day and will not cause any withdrawal symptoms from the carbohydrate addiction. This does not sound like anything significant but in a month, you are down 30 grams per day, in two months it is 60 grams, etc. When the patient likes their look in the mirror, they make a note of their percentage body fat (they need a scale that measures percentage body fat because weight and BMI are misleading the closer they get to their goal) and check to see how many carbs they are averaging to keep them looking good in the mirror. This sets the bar for maintaining the desired results.

The day they stop counting the carbs is the day they start gaining all the fat back. The key to keeping the desired result is to eat more healthy fat, which will keep you from being hungry, and keep counting everything you eat. I tell patients that the average number of trips through rehab for addicts is three times before they achieve success. The health benefits of gaining control and keeping it are huge and worth the effort. We need to give ourselves permission to eat more fat and have the discipline to enter the carbs in the app. God created a phenomenal system; we just need to provide it the correct fuel.

Edited by Ann Jayne

– David Jayne M.D.

 

 

 

Men experience the highest testosterone levels of their life around age 20. The levels decrease from 1 to 3% per year after the peak. If you are fortunate, you are closer to the 1% instead than the 3%. Many men start having low testosterone or “Low T” symptoms around age 40 to age 50. The symptoms commonly include the following:

Fatigue

Poor sleep

Irritability

Mood swings

Low libido

Loss of interest in enjoyable activities

Erectile dysfunction

Loss of physical strength and stamina

Weight gain

Fortunately, most of the above symptoms respond favorably to replacement with natural or Bio-identical testosterone. Natural testosterone can be prescribed to help lessen the symptoms of Low T and is administered in two ways.

The first is a dissolving tablet or troche that you place under your tongue. After about five minutes, it is fully absorbed by your oral mucosa, which is considered a transdermal absorption. Each dose peaks in about an hour and is broken down in about four hours. This helps to mimic the normal physiology of testosterone production. Using the troche twice a day follows the normal diurnal (twice daily) production by healthy testicles. The drawback to the sublingual delivery is that a small amount may be swallowed, and in some men, will cause or worsen acid reflux.

The second way to deliver natural testosterone is a topical cream applied to the skin twice daily. The difference from the troche is that the cream will peak in approximately three hours and is broken down in about six hours. The drawback to the cream delivery is that it will not be completely absorbed for about two hours and if you sweat, swim, or shower during that time you may not get the full dose.

Another method to supplement testosterone is to use a weekly injection therapy, which involves an injection into a large muscle. The problem, aside from giving yourself an injection into your muscle which causes soreness or pain, is that it is not natural testosterone. Injection therapy uses testosterone cypionate, testosterone enanthate, or testosterone proprionate. These are not identical to the natural testosterone produced by the testicles. The second part of each molecule is cleaved by the liver to supply just the testosterone molecule. In my experience, injectable testosterone leads to more side effects than the topical or sublingual natural testosterone. The topical or sublingual natural testosterone is immediately available when it is absorbed across the skin or oral mucosa and does not require processing in the liver.

Pellet therapy has gained quite a bit of attention as it is very convenient. It involves making a small incision in the buttocks and inserting testosterone pellets that slowly breakdown over four to six months. The problem with injection or pellet therapy is that they do not mimic the twice daily up and down levels with the normal diurnal production of testosterone.

I do feel that any testosterone replacement is better than none. I strongly favor the use of natural testosterone, but I do prescribe injection therapy if the patient chooses. I do not perform the pellet insertion, but I can refer interested patients to another provider.

The process begins with a patient interview, examination, previous history, and baseline blood work to evaluate pertinent data to decide if therapy is indicated. If therapy is indicated and the patient chooses to begin treatment, supplemental testosterone is prescribed. In six to eight weeks the lab is repeated. Then the patient comes in for a visit to see whether their testosterone level has improved and how the patient is doing with the therapy.

Many men will be in the lower portion of the “normal” testosterone range, but are having symptoms of Low T. If treated, and their level increases to a higher level within the “normal” testosterone range, their symptoms normally improve. This means the higher level is associated with the “optimal” testosterone level even though it is still within the “normal” range. Response is variable among patients regarding the timing and magnitude of improvement.

The real benefits of testosterone replacement include the reduction in the risk of heart disease, stroke, mental decline, and increased lifespan. Testosterone raises good cholesterol (HDL) while lowering CRP (a measure of inflammation) as well as helping normalize blood clotting.

Women need testosterone therapy, too. The difference is that women need their estrogen levels to be much higher than their testosterone levels. Otherwise, they are subject to developing masculine side effects. This does not negate the fact that they may need testosterone supplementation; they just need a much smaller dose. Since the range for testosterone levels in women is lower than for men, their dosing is much lower. Instead of twice daily, I normally dose once a day. Methods for administration are the same as for men. Improvements in women are like that seen in men, including improvements in energy, libido, body fat, workouts, and skin.

I do not think it is a coincidence that the highest natural hormone levels of our life correlate to the healthiest time in most of our lives. Around age 20, we have survived the childhood illnesses and do not have the chronic illnesses of adulthood. It appears that as we lose our natural production of hormones, the chances of contracting many chronic illnesses, including the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and high blood pressure, increase. This logically is an inverse relationship, not a direct one. The better hypothesis is that the loss of our natural hormone levels is related to development of chronic disease, therefore replacement should benefit us. The current thinking by most physicians is that natural hormone replacement is harmful. My 13 years of natural hormone replacement therapy experience does not support this thinking. One of the most rewarding aspects of my career is the use of natural hormone replacement in my patients.

It is difficult for me to believe that replacing your hormones with the identical molecule God designed could be harmful. In fact, I am convinced that natural hormone replacement can be an asset in living a happier, healthier, more productive life. I also believe that reading God’s word, praying daily, and being involved in a church home are vital to living the best life here, and more importantly, in Heaven for eternity.

– David Jayne M.D.

Edited by Ann Jayne

The common misperception promulgated by the mainstream media, big pharma and organized medicine is that estrogen will cause heart attacks, strokes, and cancer. The data clearly shows that that is hyperbole and only applies to the synthetic version of estrogen called Premarin which is derived from horse urine. It contains ten equine versions of estrogen that do not occur in the human body. I do not find it surprising that those compounds would cause problems in humans.

There are three forms of estrogen that God designed for humans (yes that includes females and males): estrone, estriol and estradiol. Estradiol is the form most people associate with treating the symptoms of menopause in women. Estradiol has been shown to be effective in treating the symptoms of menopause, which include hot flashes, anxiety, insomnia, vaginal dryness, brain fog and bladder issues. The data also shows that estradiol is effective at improving the health and well-being of women. It reduces the risk of heart disease, strokes, Alzheimer’s disease and other memory issues, and breast cancer.

Estriol is a weaker form of estrogen that has more specific effects on the bladder issues and vaginal atrophy seen during menopause, when the natural production of all sources of estrogen plummet. Estriol does not exhibit the same beneficial effects on the heart or brain as seen with estradiol.

Estrone is a form of estrogen produced during the production and breakdown of estrogen as it is an intermediary form. It also has a more inflammatory effect and plays a role in the symptoms of estrogen dominance. It is also much weaker than estradiol.

Estrogen Dominance occurs in women when estrogen is higher than progesterone (see last week’s article for the scoop on natural progesterone). This occurs at the time of women’s menstrual cycles as the progesterone drops to initial the sloughing of the uterine lining and is responsible for all of the adverse symptoms during the cycle. The levels of progesterone rise after the cycle and the symptoms abate under normal progesterone levels.

Unfortunately, when women enter perimenopause (also known as the Valley of the Shadow of Death), progesterone and testosterone levels drop. The problem with estrogen production during perimenopause is that one day the production may be 30 to 50 times higher than normal and the very next day it is barely measurable. Replacement of progesterone and testosterone during perimenopause helps to alleviate some of the issues associated with these wild fluctuations in estrogen production. Tragically, perimenopause may last up to 5-10 years in some women. Estrogen replacement cannot begin in earnest until the ovaries are retired.

Estrogen may be given by multiple routes, including oral tablets or capsules, sublingual or vaginal troches (dissolving tablets), topical gel or patches and creams, or by pellets or injections. The advantage to injections (given every 1-4 weeks) or pellets (implanted in your buttocks every 4-6 months) is convenience as the other choices require more frequent treatment, usually daily or twice a day. The natural topical, oral, or vaginal therapies may either be compounded at a compounding pharmacy or generic formulations produced by generic manufacturers. The compounded versions are usually sourced with countries other than China. The largest supplier of generic drugs in the world is China and I cannot trust the CCP, so I prefer the compounding pharmacies.

The process of estrogen replacement begins with interviewing the patient and then obtaining a medical history, social history, family history and their current symptoms. Risks and benefits as well as alternatives to treatment are then discussed. Bloodwork is obtained and sent to the lab for baseline levels to establish which therapies might be indicated. Therapies are discussed and if treatment is appropriate for the patient, it is initiated. Follow-up labs and visits are usually scheduled in 6-8 weeks to evaluate the therapy. It is especially important for women to continue their monitoring for breast cancer and cervical/uterine cancer while they are using natural hormone therapy.

The accepted perception by most people as well as some doctors is that estrogen is the female hormone and for women only. This is not true. The male brain and heart respond to estrogen the same as women. It reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease the same as women.

The best evidence of this is how estrogen plays a role in prostate cancer. This explanation involves a short diversion into testosterone therapy. Prostate cancer in men has been thought to be worsened by testosterone for many years. The evidence proves that the prostate gland has a certain number of receptors for testosterone and that all of those are fully stimulated at an incredibly low level. This means it does not matter if the level is extremely high because the maximal effect of testosterone on the prostate occurs at the low level. What this means is if you want to prevent any effect of testosterone on the prostate you would need to stop all testosterone production. When you castrate males to stop the effects of testosterone it causes profound symptoms similar to menopause symptoms in women. This is called andropause and the symptoms are depression, anxiety, impotence, increased risks of heart disease and strokes. Castrated males also do not have any significant source of estrogen because the main source is from conversion of testosterone to estradiol. When you castrate males with metastatic prostate cancer, it slows the cancer but does not stop it.

A revealing study was conducted to look at treatment of metastatic prostate cancer in castrated males. The first group was castrated and given a placebo. The second group was castrated and given oral estradiol. The first group had the expected response with the symptoms of andropause and low quality of life as well as slowing of the cancer progression. The second group had total resolution of the symptoms of andropause, including resolution of impotence and lowering of the risk of heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease. The prostate cancer did not slow, it regressed in the presence of estrogen treatment. This shows that the bulk of the benefit in treating males is from the concomitant rise in estradiol. The difference is men also need a higher testosterone level than women. If males have a satisfactory level of testosterone but not a good estradiol level, they are candidates for estradiol supplementation and they will not feminize. If males only have high estradiol levels with low or no testosterone, they will feminize.

Quite a few male patients come to me on estrogen-blocking agents that other doctors have prescribed. I do not agree with that as it is canceling out the benefits of estrogen. It is obvious to me that estrogen is vital to men and women, with the difference being the level of testosterone needed. Men and women were created by God and although we differ in some respects, we are still created in His image. I know replacing the same hormones that God designed as they decrease will improve our time here on earth.

Edited by Ann Jayne

– David Jayne M.D.

 

I have been prescribing bio-identical hormones for men and women for about 13 years. The premise is that when a deficiency in a hormone is identified, I prescribe a replacement or supplementation from a plant-produced hormone identical to your own hormones. These bio-identical hormones use the exact molecule that your body would produce in the same amount you require. By using this method, the risk of replacement is less than using a synthetic version of the hormone.

Most of the negative press that hormone replacement therapy receives is from the use of synthetic hormones, which are different from the molecule your body produces. This is because the pharmaceutical industry cannot patent a naturally occurring agent because God has the patent on natural progesterone. In the case of progesterone therapy, synthetic agents, called progestins, are used. The main synthetic agent used is Provera (brand name) or medroxyprogesterone (generic name). The progestins (synthetic progesterone compounds) do not normally occur in the human body and have many undesirable effects leading to potentially dangerous side effects. These include blood clots, strokes and breast cancer.

Progesterone is produced by the ovaries and plays a role in balancing the estrogen effects on the body. Symptoms of low progesterone include:

• Abnormal menstrual cycles with pain and bleeding
• Headaches
• Cramping
• Bloating
• Breast pain
• Moodiness
• Insomnia and sleep problems
• Brain fog
• Weight gain

Disease processes associated with low progesterone include osteoporosis and heart disease.

Natural progesterone replacement has been shown to reduce the risk of breast and uterine cancer. It has been shown to be more effective than Tamoxifen in preventing breast cancer. Progesterone therapy raises good cholesterol while lowering total cholesterol. It helps to decrease all the above symptoms and disease processes providing women with a significant improvement in quality of life.

Progesterone levels rise in pregnancy and are many times higher than during normal menstrual cycles. These levels go up during the first trimester and remain elevated, then drop abruptly after delivery. This sudden drop is what causes post-partum depression and could easily be treated with natural progesterone but is most frequently treated with antidepressants. Sorry, but this does not make sense to me. But then, quite a bit of what is done in the name of medicine does not make sense today.

As I noted at the beginning of this article, I have been prescribing natural or Bio-identical hormone replacement for about 13 years. During this time, I have treated women with natural progesterone that were teenagers after they had menarche (first period) up to women who are post- menopause and have had significant success. My opinion is that women can take natural progesterone every day of their life from their first menses all the way up to their last day on earth and have a higher quality of life at most any age.

I have seen tremendous positive effects in three main areas for women:

• Menstruation usually becomes more regular with fewer adverse symptoms and less bleeding.
• Mood improves dramatically in most women.
• Sleep improves and rest comes easily.

Most doctors either don’t know or understand the potential of using natural progesterone to alleviate suffering, improve quality of life, and improve women’s health. Treatment also reduces their risk of cancer and heart disease. I view it as being a straightforward solution to many issues affecting women. My prescriptions for antidepressants, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety medications now approach zero as I recommend trying natural progesterone first.

I also use natural progesterone to treat acne in young women. I have found it to be very useful in lessening the severity and frequency of outbreaks. I do need to mention that natural progesterone is NOT a contraceptive. It helps prevent miscarriage when bleeding starts in early pregnancy. I recommend that women who become pregnant while on natural progesterone consider taking progesterone throughout the first trimester of pregnancy to help prevent a miscarriage and then take it with them to the hospital to start again after delivery. This should reduce the risk of post-partum depression.

There are three ways to take natural progesterone therapy. The first is oral tablets or capsules. These can be compounded or pharmaceutically- produced. The compounded version provides more dosing flexibility as I can specify the exact dosage for the pharmacy to provide. The pharmaceutical version (brand name Prometrium) is patented even though it is natural progesterone because the sustained delivery system is protected. Oral progesterone will cause drowsiness within an hour or two in one out of four women. If it does not cause drowsiness, it still helps with sleep. If it does cause drowsiness, then I have the patient take the whole dose at night. Twice a day sometimes works better for the patients who do not become drowsy.

The second way to take progesterone is by using a compounded dissolving tab under the tongue. By using this method, the liver is bypassed and there is no drowsiness. Absorption is better via the sublingual route. Taste can be an issue.

The third method is a topical cream. I have never seen a good blood level in a patient using a topical cream and rarely prescribe the cream.

Before starting therapy, I interview the patient, get any relevant medical history, obtain a review of symptoms, perform a pertinent exam and obtain a baseline progesterone blood level. The blood test is repeated in 6-8 weeks and if the patient is feeling better and the level is good, it is repeated yearly.

In summary natural progesterone provides a solution created by God for quite a few of the issues that affect the women we love. I feel compelled to offer it to all the women suffering who fit the criteria for treatment.

Edited by Ann Jayne

– David Jayne M.D.

Thyroid hormone is responsible for modulating your metabolism, growth and other functions. The system for controlling the production of thyroid hormone begins in a small area of the brain called the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus produces a hormone called thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) which travels down a dedicated pathway to the anterior pituitary gland, which is then stimulated to produce thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). When TSH is released into the bloodstream, it stimulates the thyroid gland to produce tetraiodothyronine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). The ratio produced is 80% T4 and 20% T3.

T4 and T3 travel throughout the body. The major effects on the cell are seen with T3 as it performs the vital intracellular functions. Most of the T4 becomes active only as it is converted to T3 by removal of an iodine molecule. T4 has four iodine molecules and T3 has three.

My testing for thyroid function focuses on three tests: TSH, Free T4 and Free T3. Many physicians will only test the TSH and if it is in the normal range, they will tell the patient that they are normal. This ignores the fact that many patients will have a normal TSH but will be deficient in Free T4 and/or Free T3. I feel all three need to be tested in order to get a clearer picture of what is going on with the thyroid regulation.

I break down thyroid problems by whether there is an overproduction of thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism) or underproduction (hypothyroidism) and whether it is subclinical (abnormal TSH without abnormal Free T4 and no symptoms) or clinical (symptoms and abnormal TSH or Free T4 or Free T3 values). The feedback system to balance production of thyroid hormone is dependent upon the hypothalamus sensing the correct amount of Free T4 in the bloodstream and altering the TRH levels to influence the TSH production up or down as needed.

Thyroid hormone is not only depending on the above hormones for regulation as the system requires iodine and several other minerals for efficient production including selenium, zinc, molybdenum, boron, copper, chromium, manganese and magnesium. There are several commercially-prepared supplements that contain these minerals because many people are not eating foods with sufficient amounts of these minerals.

In the case of iodine, as I previously noted in my last article, for 80 years or so, all salt was iodized and all bread and cereal products were fortified with iodine because the soil in North America does not contain enough iodine to supply our bodies’ requirement. This regulation was removed when thyroid disease was controlled and the food industry successfully lobbied about 10 years ago to remove it due to the cost. Because of that change, we are seeing a resurgence of thyroid disease due to lack of iodine in our diet.

As time goes on, the efficiency of conversion of T4 to T3 decreases and the symptoms of hypothyroidism may occur with a normal TSH and a low T3 level with a normal T4. This is because the feedback system does not take low Free T3 into account but it certainly may cause symptoms. That is why I feel it is necessary to check all three measurements rather than just the TSH.

The symptoms of hypothyroidism include: fatigue, swelling of the legs, cold intolerance, weight gain, depression, brain fog, muscle cramps and weakness, and a slow heart rate. The mainstay of treatment of hypothyroidism is supplying the required minerals and iodine to support production and replacement therapy with thyroid hormone.

Thyroid hormone is given by most physicians as T4 only or levothyroxine. The thought is that it will lower the elevated TSH seen in hypothyroidism and thereby correct the problem. This is not true in a lot of my patients. As noted, the conversion of T4 to T3 becomes less efficient with time and only giving T4 may not correct this lack of T3. I normally give natural thyroid hormone which contains T4 and T3 in ratios similar to the 80/20 % noted earlier. This ensures that an adequate amount of T3 is immediately available to the cells. The common forms of natural thyroid hormone include Armour Thyroid, NP Thyroid, Westthroid, and Naturethroid. These are all derived from pig thyroid because humans actually share similar thyroid physiology with pigs. If there are religious or dietary reasons to avoid the natural pig thyroid hormones, there are synthetic versions of T3 and T4 that can be combined as necessary. I find that the combination is much better at treating hypothyroidism with much happier patients.

Too much thyroid hormone production is known as hyperthyroidism. The symptoms associated with too much production are weight loss, heat intolerance, muscle weakness, tremors, palpitations, rapid heart rate, and insomnia. Hyperthyroidism is more difficult to treat and requires more testing to determine the cause and decide on the best treatment. However, lack of treatment for either hypo- or hyperthyroidism can lead to devastating consequences, including death.

The downside in giving everyone thyroid medication is that some people will become hyperthyroid from the treatment with thyroid hormone, called iatrogenic hyperthyroidism. This is avoidable in most cases. I believe in treating the patient, not just the piece of paper that might place the lab results in the “Normal” range. I have learned over the years that “Optimal” and what is in the normal range on the paper are not necessarily the same. Sometimes going from the bottom of the “Normal” range to the top of the “Normal” range may markedly improve the patients functioning, even though both are “Normal”. This may be the way to optimize outcomes in some people.

It is amazing that all of our bodily functions perform so well for so long. I give credit to our Creator for the temple He allows us to inhabit for the blink of an eye. I am looking forward to experiencing my immortal body in heaven where we won’t have any more disease, suffering or pain. In the meantime, I will do my best to help ease the suffering and pain where I can. I know that everything beyond my reach is within the cradle of His arms. I recommend drawing closer to Him every day. If you don’t have a church home, please find one. Please pray and read the bible daily.

– Dr. David Jayne, M.D.

Edited by Ann Jayne