Dr. Rollins Articles
Understanding the FODMAP Diet
Digestive health issues, such as bloating, gas, and abdominal discomfort, are increasingly common. Many individuals suffer from these symptoms...
NAD Intravenous Infusions
For IV infusion, the preferred form is NAD⁺ (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide in its oxidized form). Why is NAD⁺ Used for IV Therapy? Direct...
NAD Chemistry
NAD, NAD⁺, and NADH are essential molecules in cellular metabolism, particularly in energy production and redox reactions. Here’s a breakdown of...
Revolutionizing Cannabinoids: The Benefits of Intravenous Infusions
Cannabinoids are a diverse group of chemical compounds that interact with the body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS), and they are generally classified...
Carbohydrates: The Body’s Primary Energy Source
Carbohydrates are one of the three main macronutrients, alongside proteins and fats, that provide energy and are essential for the body’s proper...
Anti-Aging Strategies
The goal of anti-aging is to slow, stop, or even reverse many of the changes associated with aging. This means staying healthy, active, and vibrant...
Get Super Fit
Wellness is quite more than the absence of disease. Similarly, to be “well” does not automatically mean one is fit. Rather, there is a spectrum that...
Adrenomend
A Multi-Adaptogen HPA Axis Modulation Formula Adrenomend is best understood not as an “adrenal stimulant,” but as a stress-response regulatory...
The Ancient Practice of Yoga: A Modern Path to Wellness
Yoga, an ancient practice dating back thousands of years, has experienced a remarkable surge in popularity across the globe. While its roots lie in...
Chelation Affinity with EDTA
In chelation chemistry, a stability constant (often written as K or log K) quantifies how tightly a ligand (the chelator) binds a metal ion at...
Why Antibodies Can Rise After Lyme & Chronic Infection Treatment
One of the most confusing and anxiety-provoking findings after treatment for Lyme disease and other chronic infections is a rise in antibody levels...
Hormones That Take Off the Pounds
The frustration of not losing weight despite eating right and exercising is often related to hormone imbalances. Last week I wrote about hormones...
Preventing Cognitive Decline – A 12 Week Course to a Better Brain
This is an upcoming 12-week course to learn the underlying causes of cognitive decline and the practical lifestyle steps to ensure optimal brain health at any age. Hosted by Western Slope Memory Care and taught by Judith Olesen, Certified Nutrition and Memory Coach,...
Weight Loss the Integrative Medicine Way
If losing weight seems impossible then rest assured for there is an answer to the weight loss equation and it lies at the heart of integrative medicine. By taking a holistic functional medicine approach, integrating behavioral coaching with medical science, everyone...
Mistletoe Therapy
Mistletoe (viscus album) is a unique plant that grows from the bark of trees. The most commonly used forms are from apple, oak, pine and fir trees. Mistletoe medicinal products are made from the berries, leaves, stems and roots. Used as a medicinal plant for...
Get to the Root Cause with Functional Medicine
Each disease has a cause and a treatment, or so we are taught in medical school. Identify the disease then prescribe the drug or perform the surgery. This approach works well for many things, such as an acute infection or appendicitis, and indeed Western medicine has...
The End of Alzheimer’s notes
My notes from reading "The End of Alzheimer's" by Dr Bredesen - Most have ApoE 3/3 = 9% AD risk - 25% have a single ApoE4 = 30% risk - 2% have two ApoE4 = 50% risk - 2/3 of AD patients are ApoE4 positive - ApoE4 positive = inflammatory state – devoted to...
Estrogen Dominance
Estrogen dominance is a very common condition with women, and may include symptoms such as PMS, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, breast tenderness, water retention, mid-cycle bleeding or heavy painful menstrual cycles. Conditions such as uterine fibroids,...
Semaglutide and Tirzepatide for Weight Loss
Semaglutide and tirzepatide are drugs normally used for treating type 2 diabetes. However, they have also been found to promote significant weight loss in non-diabetics. A recent study from the New England Journal of Medicine showed patients treated with Semaglutide...
Get the Lead Out
‘In THAT direction,’ the Cat said, waving its right paw round, ‘lives a Hatter - and in THAT direction,’ waving the other paw, ‘lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they're both mad.’ Thus, Lewis Carroll immortalized the term “Mad Hatter” in his 19th century...
Calorie Restriction Mimetics
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to improve your health, lose weight, and extend your maximum lifespan? For over 80 years scientific studies have consistently shown that we can, as “calorie restriction” will do all these things! It seems that by routinely reducing...
Why am I dog tired – Could it be Low Thyroid?
If you suffer from fatigue, sluggishness, or trouble losing weight then you might be low on your thyroid hormone. Other symptoms could include intolerance of cold or cold body temperature, brittle thinning hair, dry skin, constipation or indigestion. You might even be...
Spirits of good health
Can the mind really exert a significant influence on your health, and how does spirituality or religiosity play a role? Does faith in and of its self confer health benefits, and if so, does it matter if you go to church? It is becoming clear that a high level of...
Controversy in Prostate Cancer Screening
The US Preventive Services Task Force ignited a firestorm of controversy within the medical community by announcing that the PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test should no longer be recommended as a routine screening tool for detection of prostate cancer. ...
Bone Health
How Bones are Made Thought of only as the rigid framework that supports the body, bones actually do much more and are a big player in many metabolic and hormonal systems. Bone is a complex and constantly remodeling organ that requires far more than just calcium for...
Xenoestrogens
Is estrogen good or bad? Should you take it or avoid it? Are estrogens a concern for men as well as women? The answer depends in part on the type of estrogen. Estrogen is the main female hormone, causing breast development, monthly menstrual cycles, the shape of a...
The Glycemic Index
Not all carbohydrate foods are created equal - in fact they behave quite differently in our bodies. The glycemic index (GI) describes this difference by ranking carbohydrates according to their effect on our blood glucose levels. Choosing low GI carbs - the ones...
IV Therapies
Intravenous infusions, or IVs, offer the ability to get much higher blood levels of certain nutrients, antioxidants, or other compounds than is possible by oral supplementation. This allows the various substances to penetrate into the body's cellular tissues at a...
Visiting Grand Junction
Thank you to all of our patients who travel from out of town or even from out of state for consultation and treatment. I'm often sharing information about eating venues or sight seeing recommendations, so here's a list of some of our favorite places to eat, stay and...
Avoid these Chemicals and Save Your Thyroid
The main symptoms of low thyroid include fatigue, difficulty concentrating, depression, trouble losing weight, cold intolerance or low body temperature, brittle and thinning hair, slow-growing nails and dry skin. If you have “normal” thyroid blood tests yet suffer...
Wine Tasting Notes
See, swirl, sniff, sip, savor. A 20 point scoring system for judging wine. Wine Tasting Chart 2024 Wine Tasting Chemistry Wine Folly Aroma Finder Appearance, see and swirl (3) Clarity - bright, dull, bitty, hazy, cloudy, sediment Intensity - Colorless, pale, medium,...
Arthritis Relief
Suffering from arthritis is very common and the conventional treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) such as ibuprofen is fraught with side effects and risks. I’ve written before about the dangers of NSAIDS, including ulcers, kidney toxicity,...
Repurposed Drugs for Cancer
Many drugs have "pleotropic" properties, meaning they have actions other than those for which the agent was specifically developed. While the quest for better treatments for cancer is ongoing, there is still a large unmet need and increasing interest in the potential...
Childhood Exanthems
The six childhood exanthems, also known as the "sixth diseases" or "sixth exanthems," are a group of viral infections that commonly affect children. An exanthem refers to a widespread rash that occurs on the skin as a symptom of an underlying medical condition,...
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a widely used screening tool designed to assess various cognitive domains, including attention and concentration, executive functions, memory, language, visual constructional skills, conceptual thinking, calculations, and...
IV Therapy Resources
IV therapies may include infusion of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, ozone, chelating / detoxifying agents, or other natural substances. General IV Resources Advance IV Therapies, AAEM, 2017 Chelation Therapy Training, ACAM 2009 Chelation Therapy...
Fenbendazole
Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways "The results, in conjunction with our earlier data, suggest that FZ is a new microtubule interfering agent that displays...
Prostate Cancer Supplements
In addition to noting the benefits of natural supplements, this study highlights the power of synergy, whereupon combinations of compounds may provide more benefit than the same compounds taken individually. It also reinforces the idea that eating plant based whole...
First Aid Kit Medications
FIRST AID / WILDERNESS KIT Over the counter - ibuprofen - tylenol - loperamide - laxative - eg dulcolax - zyrtec or claritin more optional otc - monistat vaginal - opcon et al allergy eye drops - nasal decongestant spray - dentemp From commercial pharmacy - written rx...
Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Prostate Cancer
Updated Review of Testosterone Replacement Therapy in the Setting of Prostate Cancer
Niclosamide used for many different diseases
The magic bullet: Niclosamide "Intriguingly, niclosamide, an FDA-approved drug for treating tapeworm infections with an excellent safety profile, displays broad anti-cancer activity in a variety of contexts... Inspired by the promising results from the...
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Testing
Screening Tests Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be subtle and hard to quantify. Sometimes it's hard to know what is concerning or just normal aging. Early changes are often missed until one has obvious, severe dysfunction. By identifying early cognitive changes...
Wired for Healing by Annie Hopper
Wired for Healing, by Annie Hopper https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25501198-wired-for-healing The author has an online program. I've had a few patients do this and tell me "it was the best thing they ever did" for their health....
Prodrome Scan Interpretation
ProdromeScan Practitioner Resource Plasmalogens With sufficiency, plasmalogens contribute to: Neurogenesis, neuroplasticity, myelination, and neurotransmission (‘fusogenic’ in regards to synapse connectivity). Endogenous antioxidant activity and free radical...
Ozone Water
Ozone is held intact as a gas in water. Use distilled water. The addition of salt increases the absorption of ozone in water. Infuse ozone at 78 mcgm/ml for 20 minutes. This results in a 25 mcgm/ml concentration. Must be used immediately. May be drank or used...
Babesia
Babesia is a protozoan from the phylum Apicomplexa. It differs from other parasites in not having flagella or cilia for movement, instead adhering and "gliding". They differ from bacteria in being more complex, e.g. being "eukaryotic" and having DNA in a nucleus....
RGCC (the Greek) Test for Circulating Tumor Cells
How Cancer Starts Video Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) Circulating tumor cells are cancer cells which have broken away from the primary tumor and...
Not Milk?
We had whole milk delivered to the house in glass bottles when I was a kid. My dad spent many years as a veterinarian specializing in work for one of the largest milk processors in the Midwest, and the herds of dairy cattle that supplied it. I always marveled at the...
Avoid These Common Food Additives
A “food additive” is any substance added to food in order to improve the safety, freshness, taste, texture, appearance, or nutritional value. Throughout human history we’ve augmented foods, adding salt to cure meats, sugar to preserve fruits, and vinegar to pickle a...
Covid19 Management, The FLCCC Protocols
The following Covid19 management protocols were developed by Paul Marik, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and others, as members of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC). ...
Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain
With the holidays upon us many of you may find the New Year brings with it the dread of gaining weight. Yet it can be confusing just what to eat to avoid the seemingly inevitable holiday bulge. The headlines are full of tips on “this diet” or “that diet”. The...
The Connection Between Gut Health & the Mind
“What does your gut tell you?” Hmmm … “I’ve got a gut feeling” this is going to be a great column. Do you get “butterflies in your stomach” when you are nervous or upset? Then you’d better “go with your gut” and read on! These colloquialisms are truer than simple...
Sports Nutrition Part 3: Making Nutrition Work for Your Workout
Get more from your workout by adding the right nutrients at the right time. In part 1 and 2 of this series I reviewed which hormones increase muscle strength, speed and power, how muscles develop, and which nutrients are necessary for this process. Now let’s tie it...