1. “Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside.”
Restoring Health What your doctor may not tell you about reversing chronic disease and restoring health
“Every patient carries his or her own doctor inside.”
- Albert Schweitzer
Marco De La Cruz M.D.

2. “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his (or her) patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison

3. Causes of Diseases
80-90% of chronic diseases have an inflammatory component
Chronic inflammation = chronic dz

4. Biggest causes of Inflammation
#1Stress
#2 Food: Sugar, Grains, Dairy. Trans fats
#3 Food allergies/sensitivities: gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, corn and peanuts.
#4 Infections: viruses, bacteria, yeast
#5 Toxins: Chemicals in foods, heavy metals, petrochemicals

5. The Fire Within
Inflammation is the cause of everything: heart disease, ALZ, diabetes and rapid aging.
Harvard cites inflammation as the cause of heart disease.
Take home point: if the brain is on fire > ALZ
Medications treat symptoms of inflammation, but do not cure it.
The power of our diet to trigger or cool off inflammation is immense.

6. Introduction The road to integrative medicine:
Thought would cure 90% of patients
Majority of chronic problems managed not cured; often with harmful medications
Stress, a major contributor to chronic illness, reveals the mind and body connection

7. Why do we get sick?

8. Symptoms and signs tell us the body is out of balance; moving towards illness, and dis-ease.

9. Cause of Disease How your genes and environment
interact determines illness and health

10. Lifestyle and environment turn genes on and off

11. The body is always trying to move towards balance and health.

12. Causes of Diseases (Energy Drainers)
Stress
Inflammation
Sugar intolerance
Malnutrition
Toxicity

13. Inflammation Causes of Diseases
The body trying to repair or defend itself
Something causing an immune response

14. Biggest causes of Inflammation
#1Stress
#2 Food: Sugar, Grains, Dairy. Trans fats
#3 Food allergies/sensitivities: gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, corn and peanuts.
#4 Infections: viruses, bacteria, yeast
#5 Toxins: Chemicals in foods, heavy metals, petrochemicals

16. Sugar Intolerance Causes of Diseases Insulin works too hard
Insulin is inflammatory
Insulin stores fat

17. Sugar Intolerance Causes of Diseses Sugar = Inflammation
Insulin = Inflammation
Fat = Inflammation

18. Malnutrition Causes of Diseases Lack of nutrients!!!!! Harmful foods
Non-foods
Chemicals/toxins

19. Toxicity-Body Causes of Diseases Toxins in food Toxins in environment
Toxins in the body

20. Toxicity- Mind/Spirit
Causes of Diseases
Toxicity- Mind/Spirit
Fear
Worry
Anger

21. Penicillin and Pneumonia
Restoring Health
Penicillin and Pneumonia
Medicine at its best: a pill that cures
The search for a cure in a pill
Doesn’t work for chronic diseases

22. Remove the causes Restoring Health Inflammation Sugar intolerance
Malnutrition
Toxicity

23. Restoring Health Testing for food allergies Anti-inflammatory diet
Elimination diet
Anti-inflammatory diet
Anti-inflammatory lifestyle

24. Sugar Intolerance Restoring Health Reduce/remove sugars
Grains are sugars

25. Restoring Health
Detoxing
Skin
Kidney
Liver
Intestinal

26. Restoring Health Paleo Diet No sugar/grains/dairy Anti-inflammatory
More greens
More low-sugar fruits

27. Restoring Health Paleo Diet Not a fad diet How our diet evolved
Adkins, South Beach
Sugar Busters

28. Restoring Health Paleo Diet Heart disease is inflammatory
Reversing heard disease
with diet and supplements

29. Restoring Health Paleo Diet Brain dysfunction from sugar and grains
Depression, ADD, autism
Bipolar, Schizophrenia

30. Restoring Health
Paleo Diet
Reversing MS
Not new
Calming Immune system

31. Dr. Terry Wahls’ story
You Tube:
Minding Your Mitochondria

32. Diagnosed with MS in 2000
By 2002 using a wheelchair
Went outside the box to learn

33. Paleo Principles: no grains, dairy or legumes
CHO’s and sugars  insulin  inflammation

34. Functional Medicine: How genes, diet, toxins, hormones,
infections and psychological factors
interact for health and disease

35. Lessons from:
Paleo diet: eliminate certain foods
Functional Med: supplements to restore health

36. Wahl’s Protocol Take out foods that are toxic and/or inflame
Put in foods that deliver nutrients needed to restore health

37. Cellular nutrition is the basis of health
Mitochondrial dysfunction is the basis of disease:
- lack of nutrients
- toxicity

38. Autoimmune and Chronic Diseases share:
strained mitochondria
excessive inflammation
hyperactive immune cells
toxin overload

39. Wahl’s Protocol Restore health by: repair and support mitochondria
reduce inflammation
reduce immune system reactivity
reduce toxins and increase detox

40. Wahl’s Protocol Wahls Diet: Put in good, take out bad
3 cups leafy greens
3 cups sulfur-rich vegetables
3 cups deeply colored fruits and vegetables
Gluten-free, dairy-free
Organic, grass-fed, wild-caught

41. Wahls’ Protocol A prescription for autoimmune and chronic diseases
Increase micronutrients, decrease inflammation and reduce toxicity
A mind-body-spirit approach to health

42. Restoring Health Optimal Personal Energy
Energy Gain +
Energy Drain -
Body
Greens
Exercise, Sleep
Grains
Fast-foods
Insomnia
Mind
Breath Awareness
Optimism
Worry
Pessimism
Spirit
Prayer, Love,
Gratitude
Grudge
Hopeless

43. Optimal Personal Energy
Implement
Energy Gainers +
Avoid
Energy Drainers -
Body
Spinach salad, 15 min
walk, in bed by 10pm,
Cut out sweets, No
alcohol during week, TV
news before bedtime
Mind
Practice Breath Awareness,
Optimism and positive self-talk
Worrying about finances,
negative self-talk/words
Spirit
Morning Meditation,
Gratitude exercises
Judging others

44. Restoring Health is a Balancing Act
Summary
Health is about Energy
Address the root causes
Take out the bad, bring in the good
Create a personal mind-body-spirit program for energy and health