Re: Dr. Corsello: The Ageless Woman

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From: " Trudy Newman " <tnew@...>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I just picked up Dr. Corsello's book " The Ageless Woman " from my local

> bookstore and I was flipping through it and find that I am very pleased

> I have also received my copies of Dr. Sherry 's books " No More

> Pain " and " Detox or Die. " The only problem is that the place where I

> purchased them must have used incense and I find it so overpowering that

> I can't read my books. Does anyone have any suggestion for taking this

> smell out of the books? (I have tried baking soda and Nil Odor, but

> Kind regards,

> Trudy

Hi Trudy-

I am SO MCS that I have to put things out side and let them air out for a

long time. The record so far was around 3 months with some paperwork that

came from a place that was very heavily scented. It's hard with paper

products cause they can't be washed in powdered milk. I too would be

interested if anyone else has suggestions on this as one of my books from

Santa is sitting outside on the porch. That's where everything sits to

offgas that can't be washed.

I love Dr Corsellos Book and see why Rich so strongly recommends it. Of

particulary note to me personally is:

1. Support the adrenals before supplementing the thyroid.

2. When someone wakes up the next morning not hungry for hours, it's cause

the liver is working so hard to detox.

3. How to effectively deal with estrogen dominance and natural HRT.

4. Liver spots..a sign of things to come (dementia), why it happens and how

to treat the liver therefore they disappear.

5. The Bowel Programs

6. The fact the all the Corsello Center Supplements are to her

specifications without fillers

All of the above apply to me and I am really loving this book. I took it

with me to my natural healer the other day and she tested me on four

products in the book that I am interested in trying. Also, the Detox Tonic

Tea that she has on page 113...she tested me on that also. I tested

negative on the recipe as written so we then tested each individual herb.

We eliminated six of them and I am now sitting here drinking a tea made of

dandelion/fenugreek/milk thistle and burdock root. I must say that so far,

the dandelion tea she been having me drink for the past three weeks or so

seems to be helping with detoxing. I have noticed that it is a very common

herbal ingredient with quality detox supplements.

Boy, I don't know how I got off on that!.....Anyway, the Detox or Die book

is absolutely excellent and in my opinion is Dr best book so far. It

is the perfect compliment to a few of her other books. Hope you can read

your new ones soon!! Or maybe you can just bundle up and go outside to read

them for now!!....lol.....

Kathy

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From: " Yildiz " <ng2113@...>

> Kathy,

> kind of you.What does she recommend to support the adrenals?Also is there

> anything she recommends for the " wired feeling " other than Melatonin?

> Thanks.

> Nil

Hi Nil-

As far as adrenal support, she references it is several places in her book.

Page 151 and 152 offers this:

START

" The adrenals under certain circumstances contain large quantities of Vit C

and B5 (pantothenic acid)-important ingredients for the hormonal facotory.

Any supplement taken to support the adrenal must contain these two vitamins.

Make sure to also take a good multi-vitamin and mineral supplement. In

addition, take Vit C with bioflav to bowel tolerance, Vit E (at least 400

mgs) and 100 to 500 mgs of Vit B5 two times per day. It is also important

to replenish Vit B6 (100 to 200 mgs), Potassium (70 mgs) and Zinc (25 to 50

mgs), since their urinary excretion is accelerated during periods of

stress. Adding an adrenal extract supplement, such as CC (Corsello Centers)

Adreno Max or CC Adreno Support, provides addt'l support for the glands.

DHEA can also help help, but as it is a powerful hormones, it is prudent to

use it wisely and preferably under medical supervision " .

Digestive Support

Since stress breaks down protein to make sugar for the fight or flight

response, make sure you consume adequate amounts of easily digestible

proteins. I recommend the protein shake ( listed in another section of the

book).

END of pg 151/152

2 scoop high quality protein powder (she recommends Metagenics Ultra Meal

Plus)

2 TBSP of Flax powder or oil

2 TBSP mixed fiber powder (soluble or insoluble)

1/4 cup mixed berries (low in sugar, high in anitoxidants)

8-12 oz purifiied water

Corsello Center Supplements are made to her specs and are filler free:

AdrenoMax Ingredients:

Raw Adrenal Concentrate 200 mgs

Vit C 50 mg

Vit B5 125 mgs

Adreno Support Ingredients:

Vit C 50 mgs

Vit B6 12.5 mgs

Vit B5 125 mgs

It's hard to answer what one should do specifically. She gives case

examples all over the book. One example:

One woman who had low progest, high metals which were interfering with the

tissue binding of the thyroid hormone. She has hypothy, anemia, elevated

cholest, adrenal function was marginal. Dr C explains that given her

overall understanding of the clinical hypothyrodism picture, thryoid

supplementation should be delayed as with her level of toxicity, the hormone

might not have been able to adequately bind to tissues anyhow and might have

caused heart palpitations.

So, first off was a bowel healing program, blood type diet, nutrient

infusions. At same time, natural progesterone cream and supported the

thryoid with homeopathics. Made sure enough zinc and selenium. In this

case, used Adreno Max and DHEA to support her adrenals. A few months later,

they added 30 mg of Armour. One month later her cholest returned to normal

and her anemia disappear.

That's the kind of example that she give all over the book. There are

several that are very, very close to my situation. Along with the book came

an order form for the supplements. She sells both CC exclusive only as well

as some others. For Adrenal Support, she sells the two CC products,

Standard Process Drenatrophin and Thytropin. There is also another product

listed that I am not familiar with called Ora-Adren-80.

The past few days have been pretty good for me...I just started to take the

Standard Process Drenamin after it was energy tested as something my body

needs. At the same time I am doing this new herbal tea. I am the example

above of hypo on Armour with palpitations and knew when I read this in her

books that the metals in my body must be doing the tissue binding and this

is why the Armour hasn't helped like to should. My healer tested me to both

the Corsello Center adrenal products and they tested as way to strong for my

body.

Nil- can you describe a little more what you mean about the " wired " feeling?

Do you mean can't get to sleep cause body and mind a racing type of wired?

Or some type of energy surges during the day? If I get a better

understanding of this, I will try and see what she says in the book on it.

She has about 20 pages referenced to Melatonin alone!

Kathy

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From: " Yildiz " <ng2113@...>

> Don't know how to thank you for the detailed info you have given.I will

> check the supplements.

> By " wired feeling " I mean being tired but not being able to relax and

rest.

> If it happens during daytime,you want to move and move and think and think

> no matter how tired your body is.If it happens during night you have

> difficulty to sleep.In more scientific words it is

> Hypothalamus-Pituitary-adrenal axis over-activation. Not all adrenal

> exhausted people have HPA axis overstimulation. This over-stimulation

seems

> to be important feature of CFS and I don't think it may be possible for

the

> adrenals to recover fully if the person can not find a way to stop this

over

> activation.I personally have moved back and forth between different stages

> of adrenal exhaustion couple of times because I could not keep this

> activation in control.I get proper rest and start recover.As soon as my

> adrenals start getting better I start moving around because of this over

> stimulation and deplete them again.

> Thanks again.

> Nil

Hi Nil-

You give a great description of the " wired thing " , I have never been able to

articulate it to people the way that you just did. Do I have your

permission to use this myself in the future?..lol...I have so little

original thoughts of my own anymore...too tiring.

Ok...after some digging, Dr C talks extensively about Melatonin. BTW, she

says it also helps to regulate estrogen dominance which I did not know.

Anyway, I know exactly the " wired thing " you describe and tried to find

where she may refer to something like that. Someone else who has the book

may have found something more appropriate but here's one reference that I

thought was interesting:

Page 188

Starts on page 187 under Sleep Disturbance and she is discussing

Melatonin...she prefers sublingual. Anyway, new paragraph on page 188 says:

" Since calcium is a natural tranquilizer, taking your calcium supplement at

bedtime will help relax you (see the section titles Osteoporosis later in

this chapter). For women who are very anxious or tend to ruminate once they

get into bed, I often recommend Stabilium (Garum armoricum). Garum

armoricum is a natural product, derived from fish viscera, which the Romans

gave to their battle fatigued veterans in their famous spas to speed their

recovery. It has been researched internationally and is currently widely

used in France and Japan. Recently, its effectiveness in relieving anxiety

was validated in an American study. Stabilium 200 decreases the production

of the stress hormone, ephinephrine. It works the same way as valium, but

without the side effects " .

She likes the Stabilium from ARG.

http://www.allergyresearchgroup.com/proddesc/category/brain.htm#71150

Obviously, she is relating this to nighttime trying to go to sleep although

I have this " wired thing " all the time, daytime as well. Boy, great

description she gives using the word ruminate. That's exactly what I

do...the head is going and going and the body won't go. It sounds like this

Stabilium is more like a suppressive therapy though.

I'll keep my eyes out for anything else on this. The book is so packed with

info I have to keep tackling sections of it at a time. Of course, with the

brain compromises, I have to re and re-read and re-read and ......!!!

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Interesting. I take a lot of melatonin to sleep, and around that same time

my night sweats got much better which I was told were probably related to

estrogen. Never imagined there might be a connection. Melatonin is a

powerful antioxidant so that makes me happy too.

Thanks,

Doris

----- Original Message ----- > Ok...after some digging, Dr C talks

extensively about Melatonin. BTW, she

> says it also helps to regulate estrogen dominance which I did not know.

> Anyway, I know exactly the " wired thing " you describe and tried to find

> where she may refer to something like that. Someone else who has the book

> may have found something more appropriate but here's one reference that I

> thought was interesting:

[Guest guest]

Yeah, that fits too. I never had the classic exhaustion until this past

year.

Thanks,

Doris

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> Having less night sweats may also mean that you have moved into later

stages

> of the illness.I had night sweats for about 10 years but I don't have them

> since 2000 which was the time I started feeling very exhausted.I also have

> no more immune system problems.

[Guest guest]

From: " Yildiz " <ng2113@...>

Would you please mention more about how she describes the action mechanism

if Melatonine,if you have time.

Hi Nil-

Some of the references to Melatonin in her book are as follows:

page 50

" Although most people don't think of sleep as a stress management tool, it

is one of the best ways for restoring both our body and soul after a day " in

the trenches " . As we sleep, particularly in the earlier part of the night,

our brains are very busy secreting serotonin, gh, melatonin and even DHEA.

DHEA, our most dominant cortical adrenal hormone, is also produced by our

brain when not enough is available from our adrenals (see chapter 12). The

last three hormones together interact to reduce oxidative stress all over

the body and modulate free radical production. At the same time, they

facilitate enzymatic repair processes that rebuild what was torn down during

the waking hours " .

page 167/168

" Sleep disturbances often accompanies moderate to severe forms of PMS. Poor

sleeping patterns aggrevate the syndrome adding more stress to an already

biologically-distressed. When sleeping is a problem, I recommend Melatonin,

a multi faceted pituatory hormone, which induces sleep and also reduces

estrogen dominance (see chapter 12). I recommend 1-3 milligrams (sublingual

for better absorption) 15 to 30 minutes before bedtime. I usually recommend

that it be used before or around ovulation until menstruation. For those

who suffer from more severe sleep disturbances and agressive behavior, I

also add gamma-aminobutiric acid (GABA). GABA is a neurotransmitter that

has finally entered the conciousness of mainstream medicine " .

page 187

section called Sleep Disturbance:

She's talking about insomnia in relation to decreased estradiol. Also

associates sleep disturbance to overall drop in estrogen. She then says

" Decreased melatonin, charactersitc of this transitional phase, also plays a

role in insomnia. One of the many functions of this pineal hormone is the

promotion of deep, restorative sleep (see chapter 12). Taking 3-6

milligrams of sublingual melatonin at bedtime, 4 - 5 times per week, is

extremely efficacious in managing menopausal insomnia. "

page 191

She is referencing a case example about what we discussed earlier:

" Sheila was also given melatonin and Stabilium 200 to regulate her sleeping

patterns and reduce her anxiety " . The case example has menopausal issues.

Chapter 12 page 203

" When most people hear the term " anti aging hormones " they most often think

of DHEA, melatonin and GH. These three hormones-one from the adrenals, two

from the brain-are multi-faceted, interactive, powerful tools for turning

back the biological clock and are the subject of this

chapter...../..../......As you have seen in the last few chapters, when the

hormonal secretions of the female vitality triad-the thyroid, adrenals and

ovaries-decline, interventions often involve the repair and support of all

three by natural hormones supplementation. You may have already noticed

that, when needed, DHEA, melatonin and GH are included as components of my

comprehensive rejuventation approach " .

page 209/210/211/212

section called Melatonin

She says the pineal gland in the brain above the pituatory is extremely

important.. It ... " can perceive subtle energies, such as ELF and transform

them into psyiological signals that influence the nervoous, edocrine and

immune systems. The pineal glands primary hormone, melatonin, has wide

ranging effects on the entire body. It is produced from the

neurotransmitter, seratonin, which is derived from the amino acid

tryptophan. Melatonin synthesis is regulated by light/dark cycles, with

it's production beginning to rise at nightfall and peaking between midnight

and 3am. By sunrise it returns to baseline levels " . She says it peaks in

adolesence, stable in healthy adults and declines with aging. " This is due

mostly to a decline in the enzyme, n-acetyl-transferase which is necessary

for the transformation of seratonin into melatonin. Inadequate levels of

dietary tryptophan can also hinder malatonin levels " . She says with age,

the gland become calcified. In women, levels decline slower than men till

menopause and stabilizes after age 60. Age, biological clock, air

travel...all can disrupt melatonin. " Melatonin modulates the secretion of

GnRH. It therefore has antiestrogenic properties and its use can be one way

to reducing overwhelming estrogen dominance, such as found in sever PMS.

Intergrative physcians in Italy use large amounts of melatonin as a

componenet of breat cancer treatment " . Paragraph on insomnia says

" melatonin, in fact, not only induces the physiological response that

promotes prompt sleep, but also increases the beneficial, deeply restorative

REM stage. I consider melatonin to be one of the most effective remedies

for perimenopausal and post menopausal insomnia. Sinc emalatonin is

sunergestic with DHEA, when we use both, less of both hormones are required

once the body has reached a level of physiological equilibrium. In my

experience, it takes between 3 - 6 months to reach this desirbale state, at

which point a gradual reduction is attempted " .

New section called Improves Immune Function

" Like DHEA, melatonin plays an important role in immune function. Melatonin

stimulates T-helper lymphocytes to release cytokines, and a number of animal

studies have documented its ability to counteract the immune-supressive

effects on corticosteroids. As you may recall from Chapter 6, a number of

researchers have found an association between breat cancer, low melatonin

levels and ELF fields. ELF exposure is known to supress melatonin,

something very harmful form women with breat cancer, who already have

diminished melatonin levels compared to healthy women. Low DHEA levels also

predispose women to breat cancer. It stands to reason that a combination of

low DHEA and low melatonin increases the risk of breat cancer even

more " .........

New Section called AntiAging Actions

" Accroding to renowned aging and endocrinology researcher Dr Vladimir Dilma,

malatonin , like DHEA is another substance that can restore hypothalamic

sensitivity to feedback regulation-the failure of which is one of the major

causes of aging. Both DHEA and melatonin have long been important tools in

my patients' rejuvenation and the reversal of hypothalmic castration.

Melatonin, like DHEA, opposes the damaging effects of corticosteroids. In

doing so, it prevents suppression of immune functions, excessive tissue

wasting and blood glucoe metabolism problems-all symptoms of high cortisol

and aging. Melatonin is also a powerful antioxidant. It has the capacity

effectively neutralize hydroxy radicals-the most damaging of all free

redicals, especially to fat rich tissue like the brain " .

Her next section is on supplementation, pretty much duplication of what's

already mentioned above.

All above may conatain mistakes and typos, please keep that in mind.

If I may suggest, another really good book on all these hormones is The

Superhormone Promise by Regelson.

Kathy