Dr. Shebani Sethi

so severe and he had you know really terrible inflammatory symptoms as well asthma and allergies and gut issues and migraines and you know of course the doctor who was treating him the psychiatrist just treated add with the stimulant and ignored the other things because of course they're not related but i treated it i just cleaned up his diet i gave him some vitamins i cleaned up his gut i you know very simple things and the mother brought home his homework and we'll post in the show notes because it's pretty impressive

about his homework before and after two months just of changing these few things. And these kids often have what we call dysgraphia. They're handwriting. You can't read it. He's 12 years old. It looks like somebody who's got some kind of severe disorder with writing or something. I don't know. And it went from severe dysgraphia to perfect penmanship in two months. And I'm like,

about his homework before and after two months just of changing these few things. And these kids often have what we call dysgraphia. They're handwriting. You can't read it. He's 12 years old. It looks like somebody who's got some kind of severe disorder with writing or something. I don't know. And it went from severe dysgraphia to perfect penmanship in two months. And I'm like,

about his homework before and after two months just of changing these few things. And these kids often have what we call dysgraphia. They're handwriting. You can't read it. He's 12 years old. It looks like somebody who's got some kind of severe disorder with writing or something. I don't know. And it went from severe dysgraphia to perfect penmanship in two months. And I'm like,

Holy crap, what is going on in the brain? How does it go from being chaotic and disorganized and asynchronous, to being completely coherent? And it was really a mind-blowing concept for me, and that's where it gave me the idea of the book. I don't know if you know this, Chris, but the origin of functional medicine was in psychiatry from Abraham Hoffer.

Holy crap, what is going on in the brain? How does it go from being chaotic and disorganized and asynchronous, to being completely coherent? And it was really a mind-blowing concept for me, and that's where it gave me the idea of the book. I don't know if you know this, Chris, but the origin of functional medicine was in psychiatry from Abraham Hoffer.

Holy crap, what is going on in the brain? How does it go from being chaotic and disorganized and asynchronous, to being completely coherent? And it was really a mind-blowing concept for me, and that's where it gave me the idea of the book. I don't know if you know this, Chris, but the origin of functional medicine was in psychiatry from Abraham Hoffer.

Yeah. So I'm going to tell you this quick story. I don't want to dive into some more of your work. I don't want to take too much of a sidetrack. But it's fascinating. Abraham Hoffer was a Canadian psychiatrist who treated schizophrenia. And he sort of somehow got the idea that there was some abnormal molecules going on in the brain and that it was related to some kind of nutrient problem.

Yeah. So I'm going to tell you this quick story. I don't want to dive into some more of your work. I don't want to take too much of a sidetrack. But it's fascinating. Abraham Hoffer was a Canadian psychiatrist who treated schizophrenia. And he sort of somehow got the idea that there was some abnormal molecules going on in the brain and that it was related to some kind of nutrient problem.

Yeah. So I'm going to tell you this quick story. I don't want to dive into some more of your work. I don't want to take too much of a sidetrack. But it's fascinating. Abraham Hoffer was a Canadian psychiatrist who treated schizophrenia. And he sort of somehow got the idea that there was some abnormal molecules going on in the brain and that it was related to some kind of nutrient problem.

So he gave high dose of niacin and zinc and B6 and magnesium. And many of these patients would improve or get better. And so he began to write about this, talk about this, and then he was friends with Linus Pauling. And Linus Pauling is a two-time Nobel Prize winner.

So he gave high dose of niacin and zinc and B6 and magnesium. And many of these patients would improve or get better. And so he began to write about this, talk about this, and then he was friends with Linus Pauling. And Linus Pauling is a two-time Nobel Prize winner.

So he gave high dose of niacin and zinc and B6 and magnesium. And many of these patients would improve or get better. And so he began to write about this, talk about this, and then he was friends with Linus Pauling. And Linus Pauling is a two-time Nobel Prize winner.

He discovered the structure of proteins and he almost discovered the – well, he kind of did discover the double helix of the DNA and he told his son about it. But then they went – his son went to London and hang out with Watson and Crick and they kind of took it. That's a whole other story. And then he wrote an article in Science magazine.

He discovered the structure of proteins and he almost discovered the – well, he kind of did discover the double helix of the DNA and he told his son about it. But then they went – his son went to London and hang out with Watson and Crick and they kind of took it. That's a whole other story. And then he wrote an article in Science magazine.

He discovered the structure of proteins and he almost discovered the – well, he kind of did discover the double helix of the DNA and he told his son about it. But then they went – his son went to London and hang out with Watson and Crick and they kind of took it. That's a whole other story. And then he wrote an article in Science magazine.

I mean, Science, which is a very prominent medical journal, which I don't know if you've actually seen. It's called Orthomolecular Psychiatry written by Linus Pauling. Have you seen that?

I mean, Science, which is a very prominent medical journal, which I don't know if you've actually seen. It's called Orthomolecular Psychiatry written by Linus Pauling. Have you seen that?

I mean, Science, which is a very prominent medical journal, which I don't know if you've actually seen. It's called Orthomolecular Psychiatry written by Linus Pauling. Have you seen that?

Yeah, well, that was the genesis of that. And essentially, the idea was that we could correct ortho means to straighten, and molecular means molecules, to straighten the molecules of the brain by using high doses of nutrients to move chemical reactions to their completion. Now, it was a very simple idea, and it was super complicated paper, very scientific, but it sort of started this process.