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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Psoriatic Arthritis Ankylosing Spondylitis

Using transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) for 2 minutes, 3 times per day reduces inflammation markers in the bloodstream and improves symptoms from psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. In addition to other studies showing benefits in rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease, this study provides additional evidence that tVNS may be an effective anti-inflammatory therapy for […]

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Final VNS vs. COVID-19 Data Demonstrates Low Mortality and Low Mechanical Ventilation Use in Hospitalized Patients

We are proud to present our final data of our study looking at benefit of vagus nerve stimulation in COVID-19 hospitalized patients performed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While the data has not been officially accepted for peer-reviewed publication yet, I felt it was important to release this data while the slow wheels of academia decide

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Interim Analysis Shows VNS is Safe and Potentially Beneficial in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients

I am proud to announce the acceptance of our paper entitled Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation is Associated with Lower Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: An Interim Safety Analysis in the Journal of Clinical & Experimental Immunology. Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia face a wide variety of physical damage which

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Dr. Nemechek is Awarded U.S. Patent for The Nemechek Protocol®

On July 2nd, 2019 Dr. Nemechek was granted U.S. Patent No. 10,335,396 for “Methods of Reversing Autonomic Nervous System Damage”. The patent application was submitted October 2016 and outlines the specific elements of The Nemechek Protocol® as well as additional therapeutic variations. The Nemechek Protocol® is able to achieve significant reductions in systemic and central

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Important Update about COOC-Certified Olive Oils

Dear Followers of The Nemechek Protocol®, The Nemechek Protocol requires the consumption of extra virgin olive oil as a key piece of medical therapy, and I believe the COOC-certification is essential in order to maintain the remarkable improvements in health many of you have experienced. The COOC-certification process is stricter than international standards and it

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Are you AGE-ing?

You might be aging too fast … from how you cook your food. The manner and the temperature in which we cook our food have a large impact on our brains and body.  Higher cooking temperatures form unnatural and unhealthy substances referred to as advanced glycation end products. These substances are ironically abbreviated as “AGEs”

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Triggering Autoimmune Disorders

Hashimoto’s, Crohn’s, Psoriasis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis are names of common conditions known as autoimmune disorders. Autoimmune disorders are the result of the dysregulation of the immune system, but why do some people get these disorders when others do not? We now understand how most autoimmune disorders are being triggered by inflammation and Autonomic Nervous System

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Are You Too Hungry?

Too many people are too hungry, and the result is a dangerous process called overnutrition. Overnutrition doesn’t mean just too much nutrition, it means damage to the body by eating too much of a nutrient or substance. Examples disease cause by nutrients are blindness from vitamin A toxicity, heart failure from vitamin E toxicity, hypothalamus

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Gluten Intolerance is All in Your Head (i.e., Brain)

For many of us, gluten intolerance is “all in our head”.  The key to the problem is silent Autonomic Nervous System dysfunction in our brain.   Gluten is a protein molecule found in wheat, barley, and rye.  Gluten gives dough elasticity, helping it rise and often gives food a chewy texture.  Some individuals become sick eating

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Are you “Pre-Diabetic”? If so, your house is on fire!

I meet people who tell me they are “just” pre-diabetic.  They aren’t too worried because they’ll “just” start pills or insulin shots to manage things when they “get” diabetes.  They don’t understand they are missing their opportunity for crisis management. Diabetes is diagnosed when the blood sugar hemoglobin A1C is 6.5 or greater.  “Pre-Diabetes” is

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What sweetener do you put in your coffee?

Are we making ourselves sick with the types of sweeteners that we drink? We understand that obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer is associated with high sugar consumption.  In response, many Americans are using various sugar-substitute products in their drinks as a way to cut sugar consumption.  Unfortunately, sugar substitutes have unique problems of their

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Deceptive Health: Are you really “healthy” on all those pills?

“Deceptive Health” is a big problem in medicine for adults and children.  I often ask patients if they are healthy and they say yes, because their lab tests are normal and they sleep OK. But when I ask if they take any pills, they reveal they are on medications that manipulate their blood pressure, diabetes,

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Put Diabetes In Remission

Put Diabetes In Remission – Introduction As we have all heard, more and more Americans are becoming obese which in turn is leading to increasing rates of Type II Diabetes Mellitus (high blood sugar).  In response to this epidemic, patients are told by their doctors, the newspaper, radio and TV shows, and public health campaigns

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Watch This Video If You Want Something to Smile About

I’ve been off grid for the last 2 months with various distractions and wanted to treat everyone to a refresshing reminder that “aging is in the mind of b-older”. This is world’s first senior citizen lip dub video.  It’s set to Michael Bublé’s “Feeling Good” and performed by the residents of Clark Retirement Community in East Grand

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Reverse Heartburn By Changing Your Diet

Heartburn is a very common problem that affects approximately 20% of the general public. It’s commonly associated with symptoms such as bloating after meals, belching, a burning sensation of the stomach or in the center of the chest, a bitter taste in the mouth and regurgitation of stomach acid. Most people assume heartburn (otherwise known

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Your Heartburn Is Actually A Neurological Problem

Heartburn is a very common problem that affects approximately 20% of the general public.  It is commonly associated with symptoms such as bloating after meals, belching, burning of the stomach or below the breastbone (sternum), bitter taste in the mouth and regurgitation of stomach acid. Most people assume heartburn (otherwise known as GERD or gastroesophageal

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Mobile Phone Apps

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Family History of Diabetes, High BP or Heart Attacks?

What Does A Family History of Diabetes, High Blood Pressure or Heart Attacks Really Mean? I’ve spoken with many patients who worry about their health and that of their children because there seems to be a strong family history of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or even heart attacks.   Their concerns are obvious but

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Lower Triglycerides

Excess Carbohydrates Cause Elevated Triglycerides Overweight patients commonly have elevations of their small LDL cholesterol and triglycerides as well as decreases of their HDL cholesterol; all of these changes  correlate with an increased risk of heart attacks.   This pattern is collectively known as atherogenic dyslipidemia and is associated with the narrowing of arteries called atherosclerosis.

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Excess Abdominal Fat

Excess Abdominal Fat – Your Body Maybe Abnormally Storing Fat If it does, don’t think you’re alone.  Many Americans are dealing with the same thing.  Patients complain about it to me all the time.  What you may be experiencing is an accumulation of fat within the abdominal cavity (called intra-abdominal fat).  And your body may be abnormally storing fat

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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common hormone disorder among women of reproductive age.  PCOS affects approximately 5-14% of women (depending on the definition used).  here is no significant difference between white and black women with regard to incidence of PCOS when controlling for BMI and age. PCOS is often associated

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Urinary Frequency & Incontinence

Urinary Frequency & Incontinence – Introduction Many patients commonly experience symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency or incontinence. They may wake 2-4 times at night to urinate, have a sensation of needing to urinate but produce only a small amount of urine, have frequent or even the surprisingly urgent need to urinate during the daytime. Does

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Do You Have Autonomic Dysfunction?