Rewire & Thrive

We know that chronic stress causes inflammation in the brain as well as loss of neural connections. These changes, in some people, lead to depression and anxiety symptoms. In today's podcast, Dr. Dee interviews Bryan Brown, a firefighter in central Indiana. Bryan candidly shares his story about his mental health struggles, and how he had tried various treatments, some of which were helpful fo...

We have learned that gut health is so important to how our bodies function. When this organ is optimized mood can be improved, energy levels can rise, brain fog can decrease, and even skin rashes can improve! Dr. Dee shares 4 ways to start today to heal leaky gut. Consume a good diversity of food. Focus on all the colors of the rainbow, and be sure to get plenty of fiber and resistant starch.  Eli...

Anger can wreck relationships, reputations, and job security. Dr. Dee shares 4 steps you can take today to begin to get your anger under control. When this is managed well then every part of our lives can flourish. Here's how you start: Notice your emotional state. If you are in a state of high negative emotional arousal, then it’s time to pause the conversation.  Breathing can change the way...

In this podcast, Dr. Dee emphasizes the importance of getting adequate sleep.  So many times sleep gets relegated to an afterthought; it can easily have the least priority to us, but that can have significant health consequences. Four ways in which lack of sleep is impacting your health: 1. Sleep is important for the brain to detoxify from it's own waste products that are naturally produced....

In order to be well, all 6 pillars of health need to be operating well. Those foundational elements are nutrition, body movement, metabolic function, sleep, spiritual wellness, and healthy relationships. Yes, you must have great interaction and communication with the people around you if you want to live with energy, vitality, and delay the onset of aging. Dr. Dee and Megan discuss how to establis...

Moving your body goes beyond just exercising and weight loss.  All the comforts we enjoy in the developed world have resulted in LESS developed bodies. The detriments to health are not limited, though, just to our physical selves. Data reveals that global average IQ has actually begun to DECLINE for the first time. This is thought to be related to environmental factors and lifestyle, with sedentar...

What is the number one cause of chronic diseases and lack of wellness in the United States? By far poor health is the result of substances that we allow into our bodies that deteriorate how we function.  While some of these are chemicals and pollutants, many diseases result from the foods we consume. Often we have no idea how the symptoms with which we struggle daily are the result of a diet that...

Every wonder why you can't seem to stop shoveling the sweets into your mouth? Or maybe your hang up isn't the sweets, but it's the comfort food (biscuits and gravy anyone) you can't do without at the end of a long day.  As a country we are plagued by chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, hormone imbalances, dementia, and autoimmune illnesses. Thes...

You get a fever, congestion, cough. You have big plans this weekend. What to do??? Why not go to the urgent care and get an antibiotic to squash these symptoms from the get-go? Dr. Dee and Jessica discuss the downstream effects of this culture of antibiotic overuse, and they discuss why some doctors use antibiotics indiscriminately.  Learn how you can create a therapeutic alliance with your physic...

Welcome to the AlphaOmega Wellness Podcast! Dr. Dee and Jessica give you the background of why they are focusing on wellness at their central Indiana medical practice, and how quality healthcare needs a paradigm shift away from just treating sickness when it occurs to promoting wellness among patients, which leads to prevention of chronic medical conditions.  Jessica shares some of her own wellnes...

Semaglutide is a peptide that has demonstrated multiple health benefits, including achieving better control of blood sugar for individuals with insulin resistance and type II diabetes as well as assisting with weight loss. Dr. Dee and Jessica discuss how elevated blood sugar, even for people who have not yet developed diabetes, drives multiple metabolic disease and causes weight gain.  They discus...

Dr. Dee and Jessica discuss thyroid health.  There is a lot of misinformation, even in the medical community, about thyroid: what is normal, what is the cause of hypothyroidism (low thyroid), and how to create an environment for our thyroid to function optimally.  Often people have symptoms that can be attributed to low thyroid, but they get bloodwork that their physician interprets as "norma...