Dr. Heather Sandison

I came to this as a skeptic. I had heard, like most clinicians, I was trained that there was nothing you could do. And as you mentioned, to suggest there was something we could do for someone struggling with cognitive decline on their way towards Alzheimer's, it would be to give them false hope.

I came to this as a skeptic. I had heard, like most clinicians, I was trained that there was nothing you could do. And as you mentioned, to suggest there was something we could do for someone struggling with cognitive decline on their way towards Alzheimer's, it would be to give them false hope.

I came to this as a skeptic. I had heard, like most clinicians, I was trained that there was nothing you could do. And as you mentioned, to suggest there was something we could do for someone struggling with cognitive decline on their way towards Alzheimer's, it would be to give them false hope.

The conventional model and the incentive structure of sort of the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry, the way that healthcare is set up is that what we want to find is a single molecule intervention, right? That can be patented. that is very simple to dispense from a pharmacy. There's simple instructions. Just take this one pill once a day and you'll feel better.

The conventional model and the incentive structure of sort of the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry, the way that healthcare is set up is that what we want to find is a single molecule intervention, right? That can be patented. that is very simple to dispense from a pharmacy. There's simple instructions. Just take this one pill once a day and you'll feel better.

The conventional model and the incentive structure of sort of the pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry, the way that healthcare is set up is that what we want to find is a single molecule intervention, right? That can be patented. that is very simple to dispense from a pharmacy. There's simple instructions. Just take this one pill once a day and you'll feel better.

And that works if you've got a UTI, right? And we can get a cure. And that can be in the past. Take antibiotics for seven days. Don't have to think about it again, hopefully. Now, when we're talking about Alzheimer's, this is very complex. And our friend, Daniel Schmottenberger, he really taught me to think. And I feel very privileged to have spent a lot of time discussing.

And that works if you've got a UTI, right? And we can get a cure. And that can be in the past. Take antibiotics for seven days. Don't have to think about it again, hopefully. Now, when we're talking about Alzheimer's, this is very complex. And our friend, Daniel Schmottenberger, he really taught me to think. And I feel very privileged to have spent a lot of time discussing.

And that works if you've got a UTI, right? And we can get a cure. And that can be in the past. Take antibiotics for seven days. Don't have to think about it again, hopefully. Now, when we're talking about Alzheimer's, this is very complex. And our friend, Daniel Schmottenberger, he really taught me to think. And I feel very privileged to have spent a lot of time discussing.

We would meet every Tuesday afternoon for four, five, six hours on these marathons, just kind of reprogramming my brain about how to think through diagnosis of complex disease. And put simply... When you think of any complex system, whether it's a houseplant or a financial system or government systems or the brain, what you're looking for is balance, right?

We would meet every Tuesday afternoon for four, five, six hours on these marathons, just kind of reprogramming my brain about how to think through diagnosis of complex disease. And put simply... When you think of any complex system, whether it's a houseplant or a financial system or government systems or the brain, what you're looking for is balance, right?

We would meet every Tuesday afternoon for four, five, six hours on these marathons, just kind of reprogramming my brain about how to think through diagnosis of complex disease. And put simply... When you think of any complex system, whether it's a houseplant or a financial system or government systems or the brain, what you're looking for is balance, right?

And imbalance is going to create dysfunction in that complex system. And so imbalance is going to be too much or too little or at the wrong time or in the wrong place. And when we think of the brain, this leads to disease when we have imbalance, especially over time. And so we can say, okay, imbalance that this is helpful. We'll simplify.

And imbalance is going to create dysfunction in that complex system. And so imbalance is going to be too much or too little or at the wrong time or in the wrong place. And when we think of the brain, this leads to disease when we have imbalance, especially over time. And so we can say, okay, imbalance that this is helpful. We'll simplify.

And imbalance is going to create dysfunction in that complex system. And so imbalance is going to be too much or too little or at the wrong time or in the wrong place. And when we think of the brain, this leads to disease when we have imbalance, especially over time. And so we can say, okay, imbalance that this is helpful. We'll simplify.

And then we want to systematize imbalance of what, what are the causal level factors? And I would argue that they are, there's six of them. It's toxins. And so imbalances of toxins in the wrong place at the wrong time, too much, too little. nutrients, right? You mentioned insulin resistance and blood sugar becoming so high that it becomes toxic. That can be a problem.

And then we want to systematize imbalance of what, what are the causal level factors? And I would argue that they are, there's six of them. It's toxins. And so imbalances of toxins in the wrong place at the wrong time, too much, too little. nutrients, right? You mentioned insulin resistance and blood sugar becoming so high that it becomes toxic. That can be a problem.

And then we want to systematize imbalance of what, what are the causal level factors? And I would argue that they are, there's six of them. It's toxins. And so imbalances of toxins in the wrong place at the wrong time, too much, too little. nutrients, right? You mentioned insulin resistance and blood sugar becoming so high that it becomes toxic. That can be a problem.

But also you mentioned B12 and having too little B12 associated with genetics. And maybe for your neighbor, they need more B12 than you do. So we have these individualized needs and requirements where we're going to get that functional requirement met, not just the RDA, not just that recommended daily allowance. So we have toxins, nutrients, stressors.

But also you mentioned B12 and having too little B12 associated with genetics. And maybe for your neighbor, they need more B12 than you do. So we have these individualized needs and requirements where we're going to get that functional requirement met, not just the RDA, not just that recommended daily allowance. So we have toxins, nutrients, stressors.