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 Yes, Your Cat is Controlling Your Mind
By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Environmental Health, Mental & Emotional Health, Pregnancy
Posted September 5, 2022

Yes, Your Cat is Controlling Your Mind

The science behind “Crazy Cat Ladies”   Are you a cat or dog person? This question is more than just a conversational icebreaker. Your answer may determine whether you’re more or less likely to [...]

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 Pot & Mushrooms are Illegal Because of Racism
By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Medical-Industrial Complex, Mental & Emotional Health, Psychedelics
Posted July 22, 2022

Pot & Mushrooms are Illegal Because of Racism

As more research emerges on cannabis and psychedelic substances like psilocybin, it’s becoming nearly impossible to ignore their medical merits. And as we look back on the history of these [...]

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 Video: Combining Psilocybin and Antidepressants (SSRIs, etc.)
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By EricaZelfand
In Mental & Emotional Health, Pharmaceuticals, Psychedelics, Stress
Posted May 17, 2022

Video: Combining Psilocybin and Antidepressants (SSRIs, etc.)

What does psilocybin-assisted therapy look like when clients enter the clinic on antidepressant medication? Common practice is to tell patients on SSRIs and other prescription drugs that they [...]

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 Nursing Moms May Have Healthier Brains
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By EricaZelfand
In Mental & Emotional Health, Nursing, Women
Posted January 16, 2022

Nursing Moms May Have Healthier Brains

Moms who breastfed may be protected against cognitive decline later in life. Data suggests that breastfeeding a child may protect a woman against cognitive decline later in life. Specifically, a [...]

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 Calming Inflammation, Soothing Depression
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health
Posted August 17, 2021

Calming Inflammation, Soothing Depression

Smart choices for a happy brain In last week’s post I explored the ways in which inflammation can cause depression. The science shows that we cannot blame genetics alone for depression, and [...]

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 Inflammation Drives Depression
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Stress
Posted August 10, 2021

Inflammation Drives Depression

Move over serotonin, inflammation is the new target of depression treatment   Is inflammation a bad thing? Not necessarily: Inflammation helps the cells of the immune system fight infections [...]

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 How Niacin May Help Treat Alcoholism
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Mental & Emotional Health
Posted July 15, 2021

How Niacin May Help Treat Alcoholism

What vitamin B3 has to do with addiction   Taking a vitamin B3 (niacin) supplement may help treat alcohol use disorder and ease the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. Alcohol use disorder (AUD, [...]

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 How it Works: Vitamin C for Addiction
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Immune Support, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Pain, Vitamins
Posted June 20, 2021

How it Works: Vitamin C for Addiction

The versatile vitamin’s mechanisms of action   This article serves as Part 3 in my series on vitamin C, pain, and opioid use disorder. Check out Part 1 to learn about the vitamin’s use in [...]

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 Vitamin C for Opioid Addiction
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Mental & Emotional Health, Vitamins
Posted June 17, 2021

Vitamin C for Opioid Addiction

What we know about ascorbate for withdrawal and cravings Part 2 in my three-part series on vitamin C, pain, and opioid use disorder.   I first heard that vitamin C could help with opioid use [...]

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 Video: Balancing Mood with Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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By EricaZelfand
In Mental & Emotional Health, Pain, Sleep, Stress, Video
Posted November 17, 2020

Video: Balancing Mood with Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Through simple body hacks, we positively affect our mood, focus, and productivity. In this video, explain the gist of how the nervous system reacts to stress, and I introduce the concept of vagus [...]

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 Just Move One Piece
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Inspiration, Mental & Emotional Health
Posted May 18, 2020

Just Move One Piece

Sew a button back onto an old shirt, donate a box of old clothes you never wear, trim your fingernails, tune the guitar. These are the little things we can do to start waking ourselves up, to [...]

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 Video: Psilocybin 101, An Introduction to Magic Mushrooms (Webinar)
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Cancer, Inspiration, Mental & Emotional Health, Psychedelics, Video
Posted April 23, 2020

Video: Psilocybin 101, An Introduction to Magic Mushrooms (Webinar)

In this webinar recording, Dr. Erica Zelfand covers a broad range of topics including what psilocybin is, how it works, and who might potentially benefit from having access to psilocybin therapy. [...]

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 Getting the Most out of Ketamine
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Mental & Emotional Health, Pharmaceuticals
Posted December 17, 2019

Getting the Most out of Ketamine

Although the ideal way to use ketamine in the treatment of depression and mood disorders likely entails receiving the treatment in a safe and comfortable setting, in an unrushed atmosphere, with [...]

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 Can Psychedelics Trigger Psychosis?
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By EricaZelfand
In Mental & Emotional Health, Psychedelics
Posted May 29, 2019

Can Psychedelics Trigger Psychosis?

Chaos consciousness isn’t for everyone. Dan is beaming as he declares, “Dang, you’re so beautiful! It’s such a coincidence – but there are no coincidences! – that I should [...]

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 Video: Spirit+Science, Mechanisms of Psychedelic Medicine
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Mental & Emotional Health, Psychedelics, Video
Posted December 11, 2018

Video: Spirit+Science, Mechanisms of Psychedelic Medicine

Unlike conventional pharmaceuticals, psychedelic medicines offer both brain chemistry-altering science and mystical experiences. The nuances and proposed mechanisms of these synergistic [...]

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 MTHFR: A Genetic Mutation to Watch
By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Autism, Autoimmune Disease, Babies, Cancer, Environmental Health, Fertility, Genetics, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Women
Posted February 8, 2018

MTHFR: A Genetic Mutation to Watch

MTHF-Huh? MTHFR stands for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, a gene that codes for an enzyme of the same name. However, if the MTHFR gene is mutated, the enzyme produced is imperfectly [...]

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 Detox without Gimmicks, Pills, or Potions
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By EricaZelfand
In Environmental Health, Holidays, Immune Support, Inflammation, Mental & Emotional Health, Nutrition, Recipe, Recipes, Vitamins, Weight
Posted January 1, 2018

Detox without Gimmicks, Pills, or Potions

“Detox” is one of those edgy yet deceptively vague terms used to market anything from supplements to fragrances to yoni steam baths. (Yes, that really is a thing.) But do you really need to drop [...]

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 Video: Put Down the Hammer
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By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Compassion, Immune Support, Inspiration, Mental & Emotional Health, Video
Posted November 22, 2017

Video: Put Down the Hammer

In this video, I discuss the importance of overcoming obstacles in order to bring about the deepest healing possible. If a patient came in with a sore finger and I gave them anti-inflammatory [...]

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 Video: Forgiveness
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By EricaZelfand
In Addiction, Compassion, Inspiration, Life-Threatening & Terminal Illness, Mental & Emotional Health, Stress, Video
Posted October 16, 2017

Video: Forgiveness

In this video, I discuss some of the challenges to forgiving others that have hurt us and explore creative ways to heal our hearts anyway. I draw on personal experiences from my own life, my [...]

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 9 Ways Checking Your E-mail is Trashing Your Health
By EricaZelfand
In Autoimmune Disease, Cancer, Mental & Emotional Health, Sexual Health, Sleep
Posted April 18, 2016

9 Ways Checking Your E-mail is Trashing Your Health

E-mail hyper-vigilance and compulsive smartphone use is frying your nervous system, wrecking your sleep, causing anxiety, ruining your sex life, and compromising your productivity at work. . [...]

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 Video: 3 Types of Hypogonadism (“Low T”)
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By EricaZelfand
In Fertility, Hormones, Men, Mental & Emotional Health, Video, Weight
Posted February 29, 2016

Video: 3 Types of Hypogonadism (“Low T”)

In this video, Dr. Erica Zelfand explains the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary hypogonadism – the three different kinds of “Low T” (low testosterone). We [...]

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 Low Testosterone Linked with Depression
By EricaZelfand
In Hormones, Men, Mental & Emotional Health, Pharmaceuticals, Testosterone
Posted May 4, 2015

Low Testosterone Linked with Depression

A recent study reveals that even borderline low testosterone levels can cause depression in men. The study, which was presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in 2015, followed [...]

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 Walking, Crawling, & Emotions
By EricaZelfand
In Mental & Emotional Health
Posted November 15, 2013

Walking, Crawling, & Emotions

A 50 year old woman remembers the time she tried out for the cheerleading team in high school and didn’t make the cut. Scenario one: She says it broke her heart and she cried for a week straight [...]

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