"A Happy Marriage Can Lower Your Mortality Risk More Than Quitting Smoking!"

Compared with men who had had sex just once a month, those who reported having it twice a week had only half the death rate. For the entire group, as an individual's sexual frequency increased, his risk of death decreased...

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Why would sex prolong life? There are several possible explanations:

• Frequent sex means an intimate relationship. Many studies show that close personal ties enhance health and extend longevity.

• Sex is exercise, and regular exercise is a cornerstone of health.

• Sex is relaxing. Many studies show that a regular stress-management regimen is good for health.

• Frequent sex improves immune function.

At Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, researchers surveyed 111 young adults about their frequency of partner sex, and then tested their saliva for a key component of the immune system, immunoglobulin A (IgA). Compared with participants who reported partner sex less than once a week, those who had sex once or twice a week had significantly higher IgA levels.

This research adds new spin to the slogan Nike uses to promote its sneakers: “Just do it.” Yes, do it. Sex is good for you—and it just might prolong your life.
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"Erections Are Back! Now What???"

Since May, 2020 I have been putting together and implementing my "Heart - ED Reversal Program" (ED = Erectile Dysfunction). Diet (whole food, mostly plant based), Exercise and Acoustic Wave Therapy (AWT) have really made the return or improvement in erections for almost for any man possible in 6-18 treatments of about a half-hour each. The treatment is relatively painless. Go to KwikerMedical.com Scroll down to ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

The sound (acoustic) waves when applied to the penis create a healing response by
1) Building new blood vessels (angiogenesis)
2) Stimulate stem cells and growth factors to rebuild tissue.
3) Having an anti-inflammatory effect
4) Having an anti-fibrotic effect (break up tissue like in Peyrone's disease)

This Aoucstic Wave Therapy (AWT) is a form of Regenerative Medicine.

"The reason I put up the title "Erections Are Back! Now What???" is that at first the goal was just to help the male patient go from where their erections were to an improved situation to where they could enjoy sexual relations without worry of "organ failure" so-to-speak :-)!

What I have quickly found out in the last 5 months of implementing this program is that for almost all of the men erections improve significantly with AWT. BUT that doesn't guarantee good sexual relations because now the partner's health, desire and fitness and the couples relationship comes into play. Those areas have to improve as well, or at least be functioning well for a successful sexual parntership and life to take place. I am working on a book called "ED - The Fastest Way to A Man's Heart" and one Chapter will be... "Erections Are Back! Now What?". It's going to be a fun, interesting and very important chapter.

The technology of acoustic wave therapy (AWT) has revolutionized ED treatment. Because AWT actually get's at two of the major causes of ED - poor blood flow and endothelial dysfunction in the penile arteries and unhealthy tissue, especially in the spongi parts of the penis that fill with blood called the corpora cavernosa.

My passion for prevention and reversing of heart disease with a plant based diet comes from the known effect of this diet improving endothelial functioning in the arteries of the heart. Well the same mechanism involved for building a healthy endothelium in a heart blood vessel is the same for building a healthy endothelium in the penile arteries. So working from "back to front" if I can help a man improve their erections with AWT and lifestyle, especially an improved diet, I hope to be reducing the risk to the number #1 killer of men and women, which is heart disease. And HOPEFULLY the partner will participate in improving their own cardiovascular risk while helping their parnter improve his ED through lifestyle...... Catch my logic!? Kind of a "Trojan Horse" approach to heart disease management. It is really a "Win Win" for everyone. Article 1 2 3 (video)

So if healthy sex later in life is good for your longevity the male (and the female) has to be able to function adequately to have good sex into those golden years. And for the female several solvable issues come up when the man "start's working" again. Vaginal moistness, vaginal stretching, pelvic floor muscles needing to be more toned, and sex drive or libido. Also fixable but may need to be "tuned-up" after their male partners erections are improved. And, of course relationship issues can come up as well.

I enjoy this aspect of medicine and am committed to the individual and couple in helping make their total relationship be more healthy and happy.

If you would like me to review your medical history and answer questions about your compatability with my "Heart - ED Reversal Program" you can make a FREE 15-30 minute office visit by PHONE or IN-OFFICE appointment to discuss it. Just tell the staff you want to make a 15 minute free Heart - ED visit with Kirk (916-489-4400).   I have three programs of 6, 12 and 18 sessions that include lab work and an office visits (initial and a result visit) that are be available.

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Be well,

Kirk Hamilton PA-C
Health Assciates Medical Group
(916) 489-4400

PS: If you are not currently a patient but wanted to be this program will include the initial office vist. But I need to approve it first.... Thank you!

Foods and Diet to Boost Your Immune System

It's always important to boost your immune system whether it's in the Covid 19 era or not. Here is a great list from those at the "Blue Zones".

1. Beans—all kinds: black beans, pinto beans, garbanzo beans, blackeyed peas, lentils

2. Greens—spinach, kale, chards, beet tops, fennel tops

3. Sweet potatoes—don’t confuse with yams.

4. Nuts—all kinds: almonds, peanuts, walnuts, sunflower seeds, Brazil nuts, cashews

5. Olive oil—green, extra-virgin is usually the best. Note that olive oil decomposes quickly, so buy no more than a month’s supply at a time.

6. Oats—slow-cook or Irish steel-cut are best.

7. Barley—either in soups, as a hot cereal, or ground in bread

8. Fruits—all kinds

9. Green or herbal teas

10. Turmeric—as a spice or a tea

11. Garlic—sometimes eaten pickled on Okinawa, garlic is one of nature’s most powerful natural medicines

12. Shiitake mushrooms—in soups, sauces, or stir fries, they contain more than 100 different compounds with immune-protecting properties

13. Goat’s milk—consumed by Sardinian shepherds, used sparingly in pastas, soups, and grated over vegetables, it is rich in zinc and selenium, which are essential for optimal immune system activity

You can include this list from William W. Li, MD, The Angiogenesis Foundation he gave an excellent presentation on the cardiovascular side effects of Covid 19 and recommended a Whole Food Plant-based diet plus the addition of some of these foods if desired.

I highly recommend his book "Eat to Beat Disease"

Blueberries
Broccoli sprouts stalk and floret
Cranberries, blueberries
Fiber rich foods (plants - optimize your microbiome, which enhances immune function.
Green tea
Kombu
Mushrooms (white button, Summer Golden, Chanterelle)
Pecans

Then include the 40-50 years of research from T. Colin Campbell, PhD from the China Project and his work in the Philippines which showed increased cancer risk with increasing protein in general especially animal protein, while plant protein didn't increase cancer risk (Philippines). And in  rural China (China Project) there was greater antibody production and protection against viruses (hepatitis B) the more plant food the population ate.  His online course from Cornell

Dr. Campbell's Six Inflammation Fighting Foods

1. Spices
2. Dark green leafy vegetables
3. Fruits, berries
4. Tomatoes
5. Beans
6. Nuts

Be well Kirk

Kirk Hamilton PA-C
Prescription 2000, Inc.
Health Associates Medical Group
3301 Alta Arden, Suite 3
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 716-2295 (m) / (916) 489-4400 (w)
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Frequent Urination During Covid 19 "Stay-In-Place"? …Think Food?

As you know whenever a new symptom comes up I think "What am I eating? What is different in my diet since the new symptoms started?" I always ask my patients these questions and myself. You will save thousands of dollars in medical bills if you ask those questions and do the following.

I had a patient in her 50s, professional, fit come in and complain she is urinating more frequently, especially after she goes to sleep. Then she can't go back to sleep and lack of sleep is really stressing her out. She denied having any burning with urination, flank pain or fevers. I said I'd be happy to do a urinalysis but it doesn't sound like an infection.

"First, though, how long has this been going on?" For two or so weeks. She said her husband and she are both professionals, working at home with "Stay-In-Place" and getting a little stir crazy. I said, "Are you eating differently since you have had more time at home?" She said sheepishly "Yes. A lot more sweets and more alcohol." I said, "Humor me, let me take a diet history..."

The long and short is she was drinking more alcohol, more sugar rich foods, having her normal decaf coffee & teas, rye coffee, and chewing 3 pieces of gum after dinner.

Her urinalysis turns out to be normal.... So I said, "Do this simple experiment. Eliminate all processed carbs/wheat (sugars), stop alcohol, don't have any teas, coffees - decaffeinated or not, stop having the chewing gum and just eat whole, unprocessed foods of my elimination diet (page 2, BED Diet) for at least five days and see what happens to your urination." She said she would.

She called me this morning and said she had been on the diet for about 20 hours and I laughed (:-)) because she wanted a referral to her urologist which I was happy to

do. But she said she would still stay on the diet for the 5-7 days. I hope she does. People don't believe that food can be that powerful. Any food can cause any symptom if you are sensitive to it.

My own personal example was a year ago Fall I started noticing I was urinating all the time. Like it was hard to hold it for a one hour plane flight to LA that I was doing weekly. I checked by urine and there was no infections. To make a long story short I knew in the back of my mind that the one cup of coffee daily played a roll. I stopped caffeinated coffee for a week and there was a dramatic reduction in urination within a day. Normal! Added back decaffeinated coffee which "I hate" no increase in urination. If couple of beers was consumed on the same day as coffee more urination and urgency.

I just got done with the 5 day Prolon - Fasting Mimicking diet. I think it's my 7 time doing it. The first three days I had a small cup of coffee just to break the monotony. The last two I didn't have any coffee. Last night slept through the night. Didn't have to urinate my usual 1-2 times at night. I am not saying coffee is the culprit in every incidence of frequent urination....But I am saying you have to look at the food you are eating.

Figure it out by an elimination diet (BED, page 2) or a water fast, or limited food fast like the Fasting Mimicking Diet (available at Health Associates Office discounted). Or simple elimination and challenge of frequently eaten foods.... But I would always start eliminating caffeine containing foods, sweets/processed carbs, alcohol and dairy products (i.e. like bed wetting in young children from dairy - a classic).

I am a HUGE fan of any kind of lower allergy fast for 5 Days or more like Prolon FMD because of what you learn when you REINTRODUCE food. Notice how you feel when you get off the foods, BUT REALLY NOTICE what you feel when you reintroduce food. We all get used to food reactions when they are at a low level and just live with them. Or, if we get a severe reaction you go to the doctor who will give a pharmaceutical treatment which usually masks symptoms and really doesn't cure the problem. Some type of low allergy, modified fast periodically - (every 1-3 months) if done with "Awareness" will save you thousands of dollars and hours of annoying suffering.

Be well,

Kirk

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Reversing Your Heart Disease Also Reduces Your Chances Considerably of Dying From Covid 19

As if preventing and reversing "Heart Disease" being the leading cause of death in both men and women in the U.S and around the world isn't important enough, one of the top co-morbidities for the Corona Virus is heart disease (and diabetes, obesity, hypertension, respiratory diseases like COPD, asthma, age).

While occasionally a younger person dies, the vast majority of people who die from this virus (and the flu) have the above conditions. So preventing and reversing heart disease should be on everyone's top health agenda. The leading cause of death in women is heart disease. 7-10 times more women die of of heart disease than breast cancer. Not as much attention given to heart disease as breast cancer in women. Also heart disease is reversible by diet, breast cancer not so easily reversed if at all. Also if you care about minority women stop the heart disease epidemic in African American women not by throwing more money at them or government "death food" being given to them, teach them how to eat at any discount grocery store. I could teach poor minority people how to shop at the 99 Cent Only Store and they could reverse their heart disease, diabetes and obesity all in one fell swoop. It's about education, desire and making good choices. Not about more handouts and subsidies supporting unhealthy behaviors that hurt the very people you say you are trying to help.

The worse thing people can do during this "pandemic" is sit at home and eat comfort food and get no exercise. Should eating pristine to reverse your disease and moving anywhere in your house or around it several times per day. Exercise and improved lung capacity reduce your risk of death from Covid 19 and any flue.

So once a month I do a chronic disease reversal talk in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Was suppose to be on "Reversing Your Heart Disease Now" April 8 & 10. So I did the talk on my computer with my voice recorded and my slide show being taped. EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS IN THIS PRESENTATION TO EDUCATE YOURSELF TO REVERSE ANY BLOOD VESSEL DISEASE (AND THE ABOVE ONES). SLIDES, VIDEOS, DIETS, LINKS TO REFERENCES, LIST OF SUPPLEMENTS (SHOULD REALLY ONLY NEED TO BE USED RARELY - DIET THERAPY IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT.

Reverse Your Heart Disease Now! (FREE Online Seminar)

Audio and Slide Show & Powerpoint with Links – PDF/open links in New Tab

Heart Disease Reversal Handout

Feel free to share with family and friends.

Kirk Hamilton PA-C
Prescription 2000, Inc.
Research Clinician, Lundquist Institute
Health Associates Medical Group
3301 Alta Arden, Suite 3
Sacramento, CA 95825
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Reversing the Diabetes Epidemic - The Science, The Evidence and How to Do It!

Here is a link to my Powerpoint, narrated by myself, with slide show and interspersed with short videos entitled “Eat More Good Carbs and Less Fat! And Reverse Your Diabetes and Insulin Resistance”. Since I wasn’t able to do my normal presentation in Los Angeles and then here in the office in March due to the Corona Virus I decided to record my talk so you could have everything at your finger tips and time you want.

In this talk you will….
(Click Here to Watch and Listen on How to Reverse Your Diabetes and Insulin Resistance)
- See the President of the Brooklyn Borough, Eric Adams, former NYPD officer reverse his diabetes in 3 months going from a HgA1C of 17.5 to 5.7.
- See how two type 1 diabetics Robby Barbaro, MPH and Cyrus Khambatta, PhD reduce their insulin need while increasing their carbohydrate intake!
- See medical papers from the 1930s showing fat in cells is the cause of insulin resistance not carbs…
- You will learn about the right kind of diet that allows insulin to work better so you need less of it and your blood sugar comes down!
- How almost all cultures traditionally ate high UNPROCESSED carbohydrate rich diets and yet had no diabetes!
- You will see overwhelming evidence that type 2 diabetes is a reversible condition!
- How do design a high “Good Carb Diet” to reverse your diabetes and insulin resistance!

And lot more. In the comfort of your own home and at no cost to you!

LASTLY. YOU WILL BE REVERSING ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE CORONA VIRUS KILLS - DIABETES! THE BEAUTY OF THIS DIETARY APPROACH IS THAT NOT ONLY DOES IT REVERSES DIABETES BUT IT ALSO REVERSES HEART DISEASE, OBESITY AND MANY RESPIRATORY ILLNESS THAT MAKE COVID 19 SO DEADLY. WE NEED TO REVERSE CHRONIC DISEASES MORE THAN EVER! START TODAY! WATCH/LISTEN!

Take your time. Enjoy and Reverse Your Diabetes Starting Now!

CALL BETWEEN 8-9 Mon-Fri if you have any questions OR Make an Appointment Today with Me to “Reverse Your Diabetes” 916-489-4400!

Be Well,

Kirk

Kirk Hamilton PA-C
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White Rice Didn't Cause the Asian Diabetes Epidemic! Too Much Meat, Fat, Dairy and Sugar Calories Did!

I was reading about the original Okinawan diet in the 1940s which lead to the Okinawan people from that generation becoming the longest lived in the world (that has changed for men). The original Okinawan "longevity" diet (1949) was 97% plus plant-based; 1785 cal; 6% total fat; 85% carbohydrates; 9% protein; 23 gms fiber; 12% rice; 38% whole grains; <1% nuts/seeds; <1% sugars; 2% oils; 6% legumes; 1% fish; <1% meat; 1% eggs;<1% dairy; 69% sweet potatoes; <1% potatoes; < 3% vegetables; <1% fruit; <1% seaweed; 0% pickled vegetables; <1% flavors & alcohol. FULL ARTICLES ABSTRACT

........LOOK at these key figures - 85% of their calories was from carbohydrate, 6% fat, 9% protein. That is an extremely HIGH CARB and LOW FAT, LOW PROTEIN DIET. Most of those carbs came from the Okinawa sweet potato which was almost 70% of their total calories. YOU CAN THRIVE AND WIPE OUT DIABETES with this type of high unprocessed carb, low fat, low protein diet. In fact, it is the diet of choice.

The video below is about the "bad wrap" given to white rice. White rice DOESN'T cause diabetes any more than sweet juicy fruits do or sweet or plain potatoes. BUT if you eat any high carb diet with a high fat diet, especially if you have too much fat in your muscle, liver and/or pancreatic cells that block insulin's ability to bind to the cell receptor to "unlock" the door allowing sugar to go into the cell and be converted to energy. White rice is not the reason for the Asian diabetes explosion. How could it be it was a staple for hundreds/thousands of years when Asians were thin. It's the obesity from high calories, high fat and high carbs. Watch this video if you haven't. Then if you haven't already you should watch the entirety of my diabetes talk and this concept of excess intracellular fat in the muscle, liver and pancreas as being the cause of the world-wide diabetes epidemic is explained (great short videos). Go particularly to the 25:56 min mark and listen to the 28:22 min mark to see my graph on rice, meat, fat and their relationship to the Chinese diabetesepidemic.

If you have some time you can see (video) me in 2016 when I went to Okinawa (and Honolulu) and interviewed the Willcox (Brad & Craig) brothers on their work on longevity and the Okinawan Centenarians.

Okinawan Foods and the Heart
Longevity Foods of Okinawa
The History of the Original Okinawan Diet

Be Well Stay Safe.
Kirk - Call 8-9 a.m. each morning with any health questions.

PS: Most of the Co-Morbidities that make the Covid 19 virus so dangers are wiped out by the traditioanal Okinawan Diet - Heart Disease, Diabetes, Lung Diseases, Asthma,Obesity. Don't just go home and eat junk food and drink beer to keep your self "safe" from the Corona Virus - because you are actually increasing your risk to dying from it. You should be eating a pristine, whole food mostly plant based diet to optimize your immune system. Diabetes Reversal at HealthyLivingforBusyPeople.com

Important Covid 19 Information…

I know you are all overloaded with Covid 19 info from good sources and from hype (and political bias). It is hard for me to know the difference at times. But the things I share with you I am 95% plus I am sure off.

- The peak in California will probably occur in the next 2-4 weeks. It will go up and so will the deaths. BUT...

- Watch the first 4:30 min of this interview with in-the-trenches New York physician Dr. Davis Price at Weil Cornell Medical Center which he says is essentially an "all Covid 19" Hospital. His advice is very encouraging about the spread and how to protect yourself and loved ones....

DON'T' PUT YOUR HANDS TO YOUR FACE unless you have washed them - not your mouth, nose or eyes!..... Watch this short 4:30 min video. It is totally worth it. He is the real deal on the front lines

If we do a good job with distancing ourselves (6 feet, no groups) and hygiene (hand-washing) for the next 30 days we may be able to keep the deaths to 100,000-200,000. As terrible as that sounds if we did nothing some estimates are 2.5 million. But for right now Americans are doing good. Stay the course, even if you feel like you are in a "calm" area. Infection rates go up exponentially.

1000 plus patients in New York are on hydroxychloroquine and zithromax so we are going to find out if this life saving therapy with 2 common drugs works sooner than later.

THE ONE THING THAT YOU HERE OVER AND OVER AGAIN - THE PEOPLE THAT DIE "GENERALLY" HAVE OTHER RISK FACTORS LIKE - HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, COPD, ASTHMA, OBESITY, CANCER...

SO THE LAST THINK YOU SHOULD GO DO IS GO HOME AND EAT HIGH FAT, HIGH INFLAMMATORY, ESPECIALLY TO THE LUNGS, AND SUGAR-RICH "COMFORT FOODS".

Like a lot of cheese, baked products and processed carbohydrates and a lot of creamy stuff. Comfort foods or not. They can make your upper airway more congestion.

YOU SHOULD BE EATING CLEAN AS A WHISTLE LIKE "YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!!... AND IT DOES FOR SOME OF YOU" - NO DAIRY, WHEAT, PROCESSED CARBS, EAT LOTS OFF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. LAY OFF THE ALCOHOL.

YOU WANT TO REVERSE YOUR HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, ASTHMA OR BREATHING ISSUES, LOSE WEIGHT, ETC….NOW! FOLLOW MY 12 STEP - 21 DAY HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAM HERE.

Be Well,

Kirk

Kirk Hamilton PA-C
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Headaches? Pain? Arthritis? Think Food First! Save Thousands of Dollars With BED Diet!

Have Headaches (Pain) Think "Food First". In May of 1983 - yep almost 37 years ago, I was working at my first job in a wholistic medical practice in Marina Del Rey for Dr. Rob Krakovitz, MD. He put everyone on a two week "detox" which was a vegetable puree, some vitamins and some psyllium seed husks. What I observed was all kinds of pain syndromes improve during this two week vegetable puree. Not only headaches, but also joint pain, abdominal pain, about any kind of "itis" you can think of.

In my own life I can trigger a headaches starting behind my right eye with a combination of chocolate, alcohol, green or black tea, or black coffee or a moderate excess of one of these. I am allergic to aspirin so in the past if I "jumped" on a headache quickly with an espresso and 2 500 mg Tylenols it would go away. But that stopped working. Now a bubbly/sugary old fashion coke with 2 Tylenol’s usually does it. It happens about two times per month. Usually when I have had a single cup of black coffee daily for several days then I add one of the 3 other triggers (tea green or black, chocolate or alcohol). The other thing to note about headaches/pain is that your sensitivities can change with life and age. Green tea never use to do this too me until about 2-3 years ago. My load is low now. As long as I skip a day or two of my black coffee per week and do a little of one of the other three.... no headaches. But occasionally I slip. But I know what it is when it happens. If I catch it early I catch it. If not. Oh well there is a gradually occurring, nauseating pain behind my right eye. But because I know what foods affect me then I don't have to go to a doctor or take some chronic medication for it.

So going on more of a whole food plant-based diet gets you off of some classic triggers...dairy foods, processed wheat products/baked goods, eggs, some plant-based people give up caffeine as well.... Remember if you hurt anywhere think food first.

"Key Point: Anytime you go on a fast, modified fast, detox, elimination diet for more that 4-5 days you can learn a lot and save THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS if you pay attention to how you feel while you are on the "diet-fast-detox" and then how you feel when you re-introduce foods that you have eliminated. PAY ATTENTION AND SAFE MONEY AND REDUCE YOUR PAIN AND DOCTOR VISITS!

Watch this video about "Food and Headaches." But the truth is any food can cause any chronic or repetitive pain (joints, belly, muscles, nerves, etc.). This video is excellent! Some of you will get rid of headaches and a few other if you really go Whole Food Plant Based or eat off my basic elimination diet.

That is why the first time I see someone I put them on my "Basic Elimination Diet" for two weeks (Watch).
Be Well,

Kirk

Kirk Hamilton PA-C
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Immune Boosting Tips to Help With Any Virus (Influenza A & B, Covid 19, Corona, Epsteine Barr Virus)

Here are some practical tips that will work with any virus...

Simple Help For Your Immune System -
Covid 19, Flu, Bacterial or Viral Infections
Sinus, Throat or Upper Respiratory Infections

Supplements
High Potency Multivitamin and Mineral

and….
Maintenance/Prevention Acute Illness for 1-2 Weeks

Vitamin A 10,000 units/d – can increase up to 100,000 U for 1-2 weeks
Vitamin C 1000-4000 mg/d - can increase “to bowel tolerance” indefinitely (gas, bloating, loose stools, back off) and maintain at the highest dose as long as you don’t get lose stools or diarrhea. Example 1 - take 1000 mg every half hour. After let’s say 3 hours getting gas, bloating. Then you might skip an hour and try 1000 mg later. Maximum does will very from person to person and illness to illness. Example 2 – when I was 28 I had adult chicken pox. Sickest I have ever been. Took 40,000 mg of vitamin C daily orally (10 teaspoons) and IV 80-90 grams (80,000-90,000) no diarrhea. Three weeks later couldn’t take 5000 mg of vitamin C orally would get loose stools
Vitamin D 5000 – 10,000 IU/d – can increase up to 50,000 IU daily for 1-2 weeks
Zinc 25-50 mg/d – can increase up to 50-100 mg

These higher doses are if you are beginning to feel sick or are sick. They can be maintained for 1-2 weeks at these higher levels and can be tested to see what levels you are at (Vit C, A, D, zinc) then.

Note: I routinely find with blood testing, especially in those over 65, classic deficiencies of vitamins A, C, D and the mineral zinc. I am very suspicious that the common deficiency of 2 or more of these vitamins and mineral set the elderly up for a shingles outbreak, flu and pneumonia susceptibility, and frequent urinary tract infections.
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Facial Dip and Sinus Flush

For any nasal or sinus congestion from allergies, colds, flu or any upper respiratory infection – bacterial or viral – works better than nasal washes, Neti pot, etc.
1. Plug the sink
2. Put in 2-3 tablespoons of salt (any kind)
3. Fill the sink up with hot water
4. Test hot water with your chin before sticking your whole face in
5. If you must add a bit of cold water to get your face in do so
6. Goal - the hotter the water the better --- but don’t burn yourself
7. Immerse your chin, mouth, nose, eyes in the water (ears out of the water)
8. Hold for 5 seconds
9. Lift your face out of the water and blow your nose. Then put your face back in the water
10. Do this a total of 5 times
11. Times 3-5 you can allow water to seep up your nostril if you like. Don’t have to snort it.
12. Do this morning and evening

This technique seems simple, but it is very effective. Again, the hotter water the
better but don’t burn yourself.
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Nasal Flush in Shower
1) In the shower you can just cup your hands to catch the water then snort it and spit it out. But this stings quite a bit.
2) Fill small Tupperware container with “tepid” water and 2 tablespoons of salt. Get blue bulbed syringe and cut tip off so it fits without going too far up your nose. Draw up salt water. Tilt head forward and put bulb in one nostril and squirt water in one nostril. Will come out on other side. Spit into shower.
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Environment
1. You want to be in the cleanest environment/air possible
2. Avoid pets in your bedroom or on your bed
3. Ideally hard wood floors and no hanging drapes (blinds)
4. HEPA air filter in bedroom (Austin Air Healthmate Plus)
5. ERMI test if suspicious of mold - Envirobiomics
6. Pure Maintenance Golden State for mold air testing/inspection then “Fogging”
with patented hydrogen peroxide and vinegar product
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Diet
1. Whole foods – no processed foods – no added oils or sugars, minimally processed
grains – whole grain products is best. High in fiber per serving.
2. Low Allergy – See BED Diet handout of allowed foods to shop for (eliminate dairy,
wheat and egg products at least) https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/educationalhandouts/Kirks-21-Day-Healthy-Living-Busy-People-Program+6+page+handout.pdf
3. Plant-Based mostly – 90% or more should be plant-based. Less than a palmful
of animal food per day
4. Mostly fruits and vegetables – the more color the more range of antioxidant
compounds. And the more inflammation reducing the diet is (less swollen glands,
mucous in lungs and sinuses)
5. Only eat whole, unprocessed complexed carbohydrates (whole grains, beans,
lentils, peas, yams, sweet potatoes, potatoes, squash, root vegetables).
6. Raw nuts and seeds 1-2 palmfuls per day.
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Comments and Thoughts on Covid 19 Risk Factors
Those who are over 70 year of age and who have heart disease, diabetes, respiratory diseases and cancers have increased risk of dying from Covid 19 infection. These are the chronic diseases that a whole food plant-based diet is so effective in treating. It is also an anti-inflammatory diet that can reduce inflammation in the lungs (no dairy, processed wheat products, eggs, meats…) reducing the risk to respiratory distress. Fruit and vegetable consumption are linked to lower respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD. Also, vegetables and fruits are the sources of powerful antioxidants and plant phytochemicals that help reduce inflammation, protect your airways and lead to their dilating.

Be Well,

Kirk

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Lessons from the "Original" Okinawan Longevity Diet! Vegetabes. Vegetables!!

This video is an "oldie but goodie" about the high vegetable diet of the Okinawan's when they were the longest living culture in the world. The real traditional diet of the longest living Okinawans was mostly vegetables with very high consumption of sweet potato as their "good" or starchy carbohydrate. Just Watch!

This is why their diet and health has fallen off. It's not their genes it was the change in their lifestyle... More fast foods, more animal products, more processed carbs, less physical activity, etc. Watch!...."It’s Your Lifestyle Not Your Genes That Protect You From Chronic Diseases (Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Alzheimer’s, etc.)

– The Okinawan Paradox" (3:44)

This is how it could be...our longevity and healthy aging! "Healthy Lifestyle and Diet (mostly plants) and Okinawan Longevity" (3:00 min)

My interview with Craig Willcox, PhD at Okinawa International University (2016) on: "Heart Protective Foods of Okinawa and the Fox03 Gene" – An Interview with Craig Willcox, PhD

and

The “Longevity” Foods of the Okinawan Centenarians – An Interview with Craig Willcox, PhD Vegetables are king! And eat mainly whole, unprocessed carbs and you will be fine!

...and here my interview with Dr. Willcox's twin brother Bradley Willcox, MD a geriatric specialist at Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. "The Okinawan Centenarians – A Model of Healthy Aging to Study and Learn From" – An Interview with Bradley Willcox, MD

P.S. You will hear continually that the Covid-19 virus is most deadly in those who are compromised...The elderly and those who have heart disease, diabetes, etc. Well, I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but heart disease and diabetics are "reversible" with a whole-food plant based diet. That would be the best way to optimize your immune system and stay well. Get rid of all the high risk diseases that cause you to be more susceptible to Covid-19 by eating an unprocessed plant-based diet.

Be Well,

Kirk

Kirk Hamilton PA-C

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