Susan Downs, MD

Occupy Health

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Occupy Health provides leading edge health information to allow you to take proactive steps towards optimal health. We help you look under the hood to find the underlying contributing causes to illness. We also interview health and functional medicine experts to provide answers to questions and to arm you with questions for your health provider. Tune in to Occupy Health, broadcasting every Friday at 11 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel.

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Susan Downs, MD

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Health

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Jul 10, 2026

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Health Info censorship: a conspiracy? 09.08.2019

Health Information is being censored at a rapid rate. Many health documentaries were removed from Amazon Prime reportedly at the request of California Congressman Adam Schiff. Facebook executives are telling Congress that they will censor health information as is desired. Google is burying health information making it extremely difficult to find. They indicate that they will bury information on GM...

Weston Price Foundation: Healthy Living 02.08.2019

Sally Fallon Morell discusses the Weston A Price Foundation which is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price, whose studies of isolated non-industrialized peoples established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that humans achieve perfect...

Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory 12.07.2019

Have you ever walked into a room and forgot why you walked into the room? Have you forgotten the name of a person? Are these normal? When do we need to worry about our memory? Some of the above are considered normal and can be explained by distraction. Dr. Budson has evaluate thousands of persons concerned with their memory and shares his expertise. Tune in and learn about memory, when to be conce...

animal inner nutritional wisdom: have humans lost it? 07.06.2019

Provenza presents discusses the wisdom body, a wisdom that links flavor-feedback relationships at a cellular level with biochemically rich foods to meet the body's nutritional and medicinal needs. What can we learn from animals' inner nutritional wisdom? Animals, including humans, develop nutritional and medicinal memories in utero and early in life. This takes place at a cellular level as evidenc...

The Hormone Fix 10.05.2019

"I don't feel like myself " is a common complaint from women suffering a hormone balance in Dr. Cabeca's office. They suffer wild mood swings: Irritable and snappy in the morning, depressed when the workday ends, and then anxious as bedtime approaches. Happiness rarely comes, and they can't recall the last time they felt exuberant joy or bliss. But when it comes to your mood, willpower and determi...

The Infection Game 03.05.2019

People used to believe that infection is a killer of the past. This is incorrect because research shows that our big killers from cancers, diabetes, heart disease and dementia are largely infection driven. It is difficult to find a pathology that does not have an associated infection. Many viral infections can be stealth, hidden from our awareness and create immunological havoc. Microbes in the fe...

Toxins - Health Risks 15.03.2019

Modern life exposes us to chemicals that may be subtly or profoundly impacting our health. We absorb toxins in what we eat and drink, the products we put on our skin, and what we surround ourselves with in our homes. Learn about the toxins we put in us in our food, the toxins we put on use, and the chemicals that surround us. The cumulative effect of these toxins, which include glyphosate, EMF, an...

Bioregulatory Medicine 08.03.2019

Sick has become the new normal as the numbers of chronically ill adults and children is increasing. Bioregulatory Medicine offers an introduction to the most comprehensive medical model for personalized medicine and the prevention and treatment of chronic and degenerative illness. In direct contrast to the mainstream allopathic medical approaches in the US, bioregulatory medicine, which is well-es...

The GAPs diet 08.02.2019

Why are there epidemics of degenerative diseases in the Western World? Diet, nutrition and life style choices play a large part in degenerative diseases and in our health Dr. Campbell-McBride developed the GAPs diet which has helped in many chronic diseases. She discusses different diets including vegetarian, GAPs, low fat diets. Studies indicate that eating animal fat is not related to heart atta...

Health: Simple Solutions 25.01.2019

It is often said that naturopathy is the medicine that doctors have forgotten, by remembering a time when identified condition could not be treated with a complex drug cocktail (because that cocktail did not exist) we can look in the light of modern anatomy physiology biochemistry and haematology at what the physicians at that point did do and interpret this into a more modern context. There seems...

GMO: Secret Ingredients 14.12.2018

Jeffrey Smith, the leading consumer advocate promoting healthier non-GMO choices, discusses the health risks and politics behind genetically modified foods and the herbicide, glyphosate which is found in round-up. He discusses his latest film, Secret Ingredients, which include compelling stories of improved health when a person switches to an organic diet. In this episode you will learn about gene...

Embrace the Sun: Are You Dying in the Dark? 07.12.2018

The new book, Embrace the Sun, recommends non-burning sun exposure, citing research on sun exposure, vitamin D, and disease risk. Dr. Grant and his co-author claim that sun avoidance may be nearly as hazardous to health as cigarette smoking! Will there soon be a Surgeon General's warning about staying indoors or putting on too much sunscreen? Dr. Grant discusses the evidence that sunlight can prom...

5G Wireless: Depopulation of the Planet 16.11.2018

Research shows that wireless radiation such as from cell phone can result in brain cancer (Hardell), brain changed in the brain (hippocampus) of the offspring (Kaplan Suleyman). Wi fi disrupts inter-cellular communication, opens the blood brain barrier and the intestinal lining) leading to every disease imaginable. It affects human ovaries and sperm so some predict that human reproduction will sto...

Healing, Weight Loss and Chocolate 02.11.2018

Join Luis Arrondo, DC, as he discusses the hidden connections between health, illness, and well-being as revealed in his book "Wolves, Gardens, and Chocolate." Through a deep understanding of the interconnection between our tissues, organs, mind and life experiences, we can break through obesity issues, and many chronic illnesses, Based on over 20 years of clinical experiences with patients and as...

You Can Fix Your Brain 12.10.2018

We've all experienced brain fog?misplaced keys, forgotten facts, a general feeling of just feeling off. Many of us will experience that fog manifesting as something more permanent?either in ourselves or our loved ones. Cognitive decline can be caused by many contributing factors including toxins, inflammation, autoimmune conditions, food sensitivities, EMF, diet, and foods as simple as gluten, dai...

Poison Spring: Environmental Protection Agency Compromised 05.10.2018

Dr. Vallianatos will discuss his book Poison Spring which documents in detail the EPA's corruption and misuses of science and public trust. In its half century of existence, the EPA has repeatedly reinforced the chemical industrial complex by endorsing deadly chemicals, botching field investigations and turning a blind eye to toxic disasters and swallowing the claims of the industry. Come find out...

How To End Autism 07.09.2018

Since the early 1980s, the number of vaccines given to children has nearly quadrupled, and the autism rate has gone up more than 30,000 percent during the same period. For American children, the current autism rate is 1 in 36. JB Handley challenges the common framing that vaccines are "safe and effective" and that the "science is settled. He discusses the emerging scientific evidence linking vacci...

SIBO: Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth 24.08.2018

SIBO is a common GI problem throughout the world. Many of us have it but don't know they have it. Symptoms can include bloating, diarrhea, constipation pain, burping, flatulance, fatigue, food sensitivities, depression, anxiety, and it can result in a leaky gut. SIBO is caused by bacteria that are normally in the large intestine to be dislocated in the small intestine. There are many causes includ...

Vaccines, Autoimmunity and Childhood Health 17.08.2018

Over the past 50 years, rates of chronic illness, learning disabilities, and allergies in children have exploded--1 in 6 children has a diagnosed learning disorder, 1 in 50 has autism attributes these rising numbers to the US current vaccination policy. In his new book, Vaccines, Auto-Immunity, and the Assault on Childhood, Dr. Cowan shows how childhood illnesses, which help children to develop a...

How To Feed A Brain 27.07.2018

Cavin's approach to repairing his brain is relevant for us all. Most of us unknowingly have brain damage either from unrecognized traumatic injuries or from the onslaught of toxins from the environment some of which open the protective blood brain barrier which protects us from toxin induced brain injuries. His recommendations for brain health include -focusing on gut health -an organic diet, -hea...

Tips to undo chronic diseases 29.06.2018

Sarah Myhill, MD gives tips on how to reverse chronic diseases and to maintain optimal health. The simplicity of her advice is advice we can all follow with or without a primary provider. She has helped many people with her approach to address the factors that lead to chronic disease. As the gut is instrumental in the rotation of chronic ideates, she recommends a ketogenic diet along with vitamin...

Health Benefits of the Ketogenic Diet 25.05.2018

Dr. D'Agostino discusses mechanics and benefits of the ketogenic diet. Ketosis has many health benefits including increasing insulin sensitivity, enhancing brain metabolism, decreasing reactive oxygen species, spurring on mitochondrial biogenesis, and improvement of many health conditions. Ketosis is not to be confused with the Atkins Diet as the ketogenic diet does not recommend a high amount of...

Mitochondria: The Key to Longevity 27.04.2018

Mitochondria are essential for health and longevity. They are the place where energy is generated and they control the elimination of damaged cells in a process called apoptosis. When energy is not produced, function of organs and body systems slows until they break down. IF damaged cells are not eliminated, then the remnant damaged cells get in the way of body functions and cause inflammation and...

Dental infections: Cause of Chronic Disease 30.03.2018

Most people have cult dental infections which they are not aware of. Dr. Levy describes how these infections cause many chronic diseases including strokes, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease and arthritis. Root canals, implants and tooth extraction are typically sources of infections Other toxins which causes disease are fluoride and mercury both of which dentists gleefully put into our mou...

Hormones and Health 23.03.2018

The endocrine system is like a symphony coordinating health. Dr. Dale will discuss her the keys to health and hormone balance. She will discuss the causes for a breakdown in the endocrine system including a weakened immunity, dental conditions, an imbalanced nervous system, neurotransmitter imbalances, diet and life style and scar conditions. She will discuss how these imbalances can be restored t...

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