Intelligent Medicine with Dr. Ronald Hoffman | The Best of High Tech Medicine and Alternative Modalities

Tick-borne disease specialist Dr. Richard Horowitz details his book, “Ending Chronic Illness,” which proposes that chronic conditions are driven by multiple overlapping inflammatory factors rather than a single cause. Horowitz describes his 16-point MSIDS (Multiple Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome) map and “six rivers of inflammation,” including infections (Lyme, Bartonella, Babesia, viruses), toxins (mold, heavy metals), microbiome/leaky gut issues, deficiencies, sleep and hormonal dysfunction, and psychological stress/trauma. He explains Lyme as a biofilm “persister” infection and outlines development of Dapsone Combination Therapy, addressing Herxheimer reactions and mitochondrial recovery, citing published studies and a case report showing reduced Alzheimer’s biomarker p-tau217 after treating chronic Lyme. The discussion covers long COVID, vaccine-related illness with Bartonella reactivation, immune dysfunction, antivirals for EBV, Lyme testing pitfalls, natural biofilm agents, and medical-politics controversies around chronic Lyme.

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with tick-borne disease specialist Dr. Richard Horowitz, author of “Ending Chronic Illness.”

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Creatine Benefits Muscle and Cognition Even Without Exercise, Study Suggests: Nutritionist Leyla Muedin discusses a 12-week Texas A&M study of 73 sedentary, generally healthy adults ages 45–65 (64 completed) examining creatine monohydrate (5 g twice daily) with and without a supervised exercise program during a calorie-deficit American Heart Association-style diet. Four arms compared creatine vs maltodextrin placebo and exercise vs no exercise. Creatine plus exercise produced the largest improvements in lean mass, strength, and body fat reduction, but creatine alone also significantly improved lean tissue mass, body composition, muscular performance, and selected cognitive and memory measures. The study used 10 g/day partly to target cognition, noting limited creatine crossing the blood-brain barrier. Creatine was well tolerated; urinary creatinine and estimated kidney filtration changes stayed within normal ranges, with cautions for those with renal impairment. Limitations included short duration, small sample, and self-selected exercise participation; longer-term and frailer-population studies are needed.