Regular contributor on Late Night Health, Greg Celaya, DC, joins us to talk about autoimmune diseases and actually what is autoimmune disease.

Some of the symptoms of autoimmune disease are fatigue, muscle weakness, memory problems, low grade fevers, allergies, swollen glands, inflammation, headaches, digestive problems and many more.

What is an autoimmune disease? Autoimmune diseases is when your body has a weakness that is letting certain proteins into your system that shouldn't be there. Your body then becomes hyper sensitive to those proteins in the future. Your body sees these protein and sends out antibodies against it and your immune system attacks it. These proteins look a lot like the healthy tissue in your body and so when those antibodies attack the protein they sometimes attack the normal tissues in your body as well.

A lot of people are misdiagnosed when they go to the doctor with symptoms. Most doctors do not do the tests needed to isolate an autoimmune disease. There are specific tests that need to be done to properly identify a specific autoimmune disease. Most of the time health insurances companies won't cover these tests, this is why most doctors don't order these tests.

70% of people who have autoimmune disease usually have more than one disease they are dealing with. People who live with un-diagnosed autoimmune disease have a very low quality of life.

Regular contributor on Late Night Health, Greg Celaya, DC, joins us to talk about autoimmune diseases and actually what is autoimmune disease.

Some of the symptoms of autoimmune disease are fatigue, muscle weakness, memory problems, low grade fevers, allergies, swollen glands, inflammation, headaches, digestive problems and many more.

What is an autoimmune disease? Autoimmune diseases is when your body has a weakness that is letting certain proteins into your system that shouldn't be there. Your body then becomes hyper sensitive to those proteins in the future. Your body sees these protein and sends out antibodies against it and your immune system attacks it. These proteins look a lot like the healthy tissue in your body and so when those antibodies attack the protein they sometimes attack the normal tissues in your body as well.

A lot of people are misdiagnosed when they go to the doctor with symptoms. Most doctors do not do the tests needed to isolate an autoimmune disease. There are specific tests that need to be done to properly identify a specific autoimmune disease. Most of the time health insurances companies won't cover these tests, this is why most doctors don't order these tests.

70% of people who have autoimmune disease usually have more than one disease they are dealing with. People who live with un-diagnosed autoimmune disease have a very low quality of life.

John Poothullil, MD, FRCP, author of Eat, Chew, Live joins Mark Alyn to talk about one of the biggest epidemics in America, diabetes.

Dr. Poothullil talks about a new approach to diabetes, an epidemic that is rapidly expanding around the world. One in 4 adults over 65 in the US being a Type 2 diabetic and 1 in 3 people over age 20 is pre-diabetic. He discusses how diabetes is a serious medical condition that can cause damage to body cells and lead to neuropathy, erectile dysfunction in men, blindness, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and a premature death.

Medical science commonly blames diabetes on insulin resistance, but Dr. Poothullil believes this theory is incorrect. He explains how insulin resistance claims that only three types of body cells become resistant to the hormone insulin, produced in the pancreas. Insulin tells cells to let glucose into them, but if cells are resistant, it causes the glucose to remain in the bloodstream, leading to high blood sugar and diabetes.

Dr. Poothulli shares his findings based on the 20 years of research he's done. He has concluded that insulin resistance cannot be accurate. There is another body metabolism that can explain more logically how high blood sugar develop. Dr. Poothullil explains how the over consumption of grains causes a normal body metabolism to go haywire, creating high blood sugar. This is why diabetes is spreading throughout the world in every country where grain products become a major portion of the diet. This new theory explains why even thin people are getting the disease , why teenagers getting it and why some pregnant women develop gestational diabetes and then shed it after giving birth.

With this information, Dr. Poothulli shares with the Late Night Health audience how they can prevent and even reverse high blood sugar and diabetes. Specific changes in diet can help people avoid the risks rather than taking drugs or injecting insulin for a lifetime.

John Poothullil, MD, FRCP, author of Eat, Chew, Live joins Mark Alyn to talk about one of the biggest epidemics in America, diabetes.

Dr. Poothullil talks about a new approach to diabetes, an epidemic that is rapidly expanding around the world. One in 4 adults over 65 in the US being a Type 2 diabetic and 1 in 3 people over age 20 is pre-diabetic. He discusses how diabetes is a serious medical condition that can cause damage to body cells and lead to neuropathy, erectile dysfunction in men, blindness, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and a premature death.

Medical science commonly blames diabetes on insulin resistance, but Dr. Poothullil believes this theory is incorrect. He explains how insulin resistance claims that only three types of body cells become resistant to the hormone insulin, produced in the pancreas. Insulin tells cells to let glucose into them, but if cells are resistant, it causes the glucose to remain in the bloodstream, leading to high blood sugar and diabetes.

Dr. Poothulli shares his findings based on the 20 years of research he's done. He has concluded that insulin resistance cannot be accurate. There is another body metabolism that can explain more logically how high blood sugar develop. Dr. Poothullil explains how the over consumption of grains causes a normal body metabolism to go haywire, creating high blood sugar. This is why diabetes is spreading throughout the world in every country where grain products become a major portion of the diet. This new theory explains why even thin people are getting the disease , why teenagers getting it and why some pregnant women develop gestational diabetes and then shed it after giving birth.

With this information, Dr. Poothulli shares with the Late Night Health audience how they can prevent and even reverse high blood sugar and diabetes. Specific changes in diet can help people avoid the risks rather than taking drugs or injecting insulin for a lifetime.

Judie Henninger is a breast cancer survivor and joins us to talk about her journey using a combination of traditional and alternative health practices. Two years ago Judie went in for a routine mammogram and check up, which she did every year. After the mammogram the doctor asked her to come back for an ultrasound because they saw something. After the ultrasound they did a biopsy and she was diagnosed with breast cancer on her left side.

The waiting process between the mammogram and the ultrasound and the biopsy and then eventually the results was awful emotionally. The results were breast cancer and it was in one node. They asked her that day if she wanted to consult with a surgeon which she did. The treatment recommended as a mastectomy on the left side and chemotherapy.

Judie chose both an alternative health and an traditional health approach to treatment. She chose a surgeon, a plastic surgeon and an oncologist. She used acupuncture, meditation, teas, and various other things during her chemotherapy to help with the side-effects. She actually managed to avoid nausea during the chemotherapy treatment.

Now Judie spends her time mentoring and encouraging other women who are facing the same thing she had to face with breast cancer.

Judie Henninger is a breast cancer survivor and joins us to talk about her journey using a combination of traditional and alternative health practices. Two years ago Judie went in for a routine mammogram and check up, which she did every year. After the mammogram the doctor asked her to come back for an ultrasound because they saw something. After the ultrasound they did a biopsy and she was diagnosed with breast cancer on her left side.

The waiting process between the mammogram and the ultrasound and the biopsy and then eventually the results was awful emotionally. The results were breast cancer and it was in one node. They asked her that day if she wanted to consult with a surgeon which she did. The treatment recommended as a mastectomy on the left side and chemotherapy.

Judie chose both an alternative health and an traditional health approach to treatment. She chose a surgeon, a plastic surgeon and an oncologist. She used acupuncture, meditation, teas, and various other things during her chemotherapy to help with the side-effects. She actually managed to avoid nausea during the chemotherapy treatment.

Now Judie spends her time mentoring and encouraging other women who are facing the same thing she had to face with breast cancer.

Simone Ravicz, PhD is a Brain Coach and author of Brain Boosters: 7 ways to improve your brain. Dr Simone joins us to talk about how we can change our brain and therefore change our thoughts and behaviors. You can actually physically and structurally change your brain. With age your brain actually begins to shrink around the age of 40. Through various exercises you can increase the size of your brain which makes it function much better by improving clarity for example. Diet also plays a part in brain health and mental clarity. These brain exercises also help with memory and people who implement these exercises have actually regained 4 years of memory function.

Through Dr Simone's book Brain Boosters you can learn what exercises to do to help the many different functions of the brain. Your body can grow new neurons at any age, the neurons don't just simply die off as you age. Some of the techniques in the book help to prevent dementia and Alzheimer's.

Diet is one of the keys to brain health. Dr Simone encourages people to follow a Mediterranean diet because the foods on this particular diet are instrumental in brain health and awareness as we age. Staying away from saturated fats and certain foods can help as well especially with memory.

Have you ever wondered how science is used in real-life spy games? How accurately is science and medicine being portrayed in movies, books, and other forms of pop culture? Dr. Curtis Harris, a world-renowned cancer scientist and chief of the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis at the NIH National Cancer Institute and author of the new spy thriller, HIGH HAND, joins us to discuss how science is used in real-life spy games.

We’ll learn about the kinds of technology being used to make people reveal information, the kinds of lethal poisons that are used in espionage, and how beloved characters like James Bond have influenced the science of spying.

Dr. Harris serves as editor in chief of the scientific journal Carcinogenesis. His novel, High Hand, written with co-authors James Rosen (an award-winning Pentagon journalist) and James Ellenberger (a former senior official of a national labor federation), using the pseudonym Curtis J. James, takes on hot-button issues and opens up the covert worlds of the CIA and SVR

Have you ever wondered how science is used in real-life spy games? How accurately is science and medicine being portrayed in movies, books, and other forms of pop culture? Dr. Curtis Harris, a world-renowned cancer scientist and chief of the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis at the NIH National Cancer Institute and author of the new spy thriller, HIGH HAND, joins us to discuss how science is used in real-life spy games.

We’ll learn about the kinds of technology being used to make people reveal information, the kinds of lethal poisons that are used in espionage, and how beloved characters like James Bond have influenced the science of spying.

Dr. Harris serves as editor in chief of the scientific journal Carcinogenesis. His novel, High Hand, written with co-authors James Rosen (an award-winning Pentagon journalist) and James Ellenberger (a former senior official of a national labor federation), using the pseudonym Curtis J. James, takes on hot-button issues and opens up the covert worlds of the CIA and SVR.

Nicole Cuda and Isabella Cuda, joins Mark this week. Isabella Cuda is a child actress and her mother Nicole Cuda has walked through alot with her daughters health since birth. Born with Spinal Bifida and a tethered spinal cord, actress Isabella Cuda was never supposed to be able to walk. After Dr. Ben Carson performed two major spinal cord surgeries on her, she was completely healed.

Late-Night-Health-Nicole-CudaNicole talks with us about how she coped with the diagnosis and surgeries. This is the real life health story behind Eternal Salvation, in which Isabella plays Megan. It debuted in March 2016. Jonathan Wright (Bradley Snedeker) has it all, a prestigious job, incredibly beautiful wife, Amy (Jessica Morris), gorgeous 7-year-old daughter, Megan (Isabella), and countless friends. Having recently been appointed to Sr. Vice President of business relations for a well-established investment banking firm, Jonathan believes he is on the fast-track to reaching the apex of his career. He and his team have been assigned a new client’s billion dollar account.

In the prime of his life, Jonathan suffers a life threatening brain aneurysm that leaves him comatose. After regaining consciousness, he begins the grueling task of rebuilding his life.