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Dr. Eleanor Stein
Canada
Registrace 26. 11. 2021
Living with ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Environmental Sensitivities, Chronic Pain, or Long COVID? I offer education, empowerment, and hope through online learning, resources, and support.
I am a person with lived experience and a retired medical doctor who in 1989, became ill with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM), and Environmental Sensitivities (ES).
My career objective was to help patients in Canada with ME/CFS, FM, Environmental Sensitivities, and Long COVID, get a timely, accurate diagnosis and compassionate, evidence-based treatment within Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system.
Now, my passion is sharing what I’ve learned about these conditions over the past 33 years to make your journey to healing easier and faster. My online resources and courses are for anyone worldwide who wants to take charge of their health and improve their quality of life, as I have.
www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/
I am a person with lived experience and a retired medical doctor who in 1989, became ill with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM), and Environmental Sensitivities (ES).
My career objective was to help patients in Canada with ME/CFS, FM, Environmental Sensitivities, and Long COVID, get a timely, accurate diagnosis and compassionate, evidence-based treatment within Canada’s publicly funded healthcare system.
Now, my passion is sharing what I’ve learned about these conditions over the past 33 years to make your journey to healing easier and faster. My online resources and courses are for anyone worldwide who wants to take charge of their health and improve their quality of life, as I have.
www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/
Enjoy Living in the Present Moment
Learn how to live healthier and longer with complex chronic conditions.
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Dr. Stein reflects on the importance of being self-aware and living in the present moment. Being present minded is the key to staying healthy and happy. Don't waste time and energy worrying about something that you have no control over - either in the past or in the future.
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Dr. Stein retired from medical practice at the end of 2022 to bring everything that she learned, over 33 years, about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM) and Environmental Sensitivities (ES), Long COVID, and chronic pain to anyone worldwide wanting to take charge of their health and improve their quality of life.
She became ill with ME/CFS, FM, and ES in 1989. Since then, she learned that she has the full alphabet of related conditions including joint hypermobility, orthostatic dysfunction, and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Her passion is to help others with these conditions and to make their journey to healing easier and faster than hers was.
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For more information about and to register for Live! with Dr. Stein, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/live
Dr. Stein reflects on the importance of being self-aware and living in the present moment. Being present minded is the key to staying healthy and happy. Don't waste time and energy worrying about something that you have no control over - either in the past or in the future.
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Subscribe to her CZcams Channel
www.youtube.com/@Dr.EleanorStein
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Dr. Stein retired from medical practice at the end of 2022 to bring everything that she learned, over 33 years, about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM) and Environmental Sensitivities (ES), Long COVID, and chronic pain to anyone worldwide wanting to take charge of their health and improve their quality of life.
She became ill with ME/CFS, FM, and ES in 1989. Since then, she learned that she has the full alphabet of related conditions including joint hypermobility, orthostatic dysfunction, and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Her passion is to help others with these conditions and to make their journey to healing easier and faster than hers was.
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Access many free and paid resources on her website:
www.eleanorsteinmd.ca
Read her blogs:
www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/blog
For her guided education (online courses, webinars, books, manuals)
www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/store
Find her on social media:
Facebook DrEleanorStein
Instagram dreleanorstein
TikTok tiktok.com/@dreleanorstein
#livinginthepresent #selfawareness #mecfs #fibromyalgia #chronicpain #longcovidrecovery
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Healing vs Recovery
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To read Dr. Stein’s blog on this topic and find her blogs on other topics, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/blog/canmebecuredwithneuroplasticity. Dr. Stein discusses healing vs recovery in her health journey. Healing is an ongoing process of improving one's health. As she continues to learn and implement more new strategies, she sees even more steady improvement in her health. How...
Pacing Tips
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For the free Pacing Made Simple downloadable handout, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/pacing-wearable-trackers-youtube. To learn 5 simple yet successful strategies for long COVID recovery, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/covid-youtube. For more information and resources on fatigue and PEM, click on the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/symptom-fatigue. Dr. Stein...
How To Get 4 Health Benefits in 10 Minutes
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To learn more about hormesis and get the free handout, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/hormesis-youtube. Dr. Stein shares a recent experience that helped improve her health in four different ways. She also reflects on the importance of finding ways to use nature to improve one's health. Dr. Stein retired from medical practice at the end of 2022 to bring everything that she learne...
The Importance of Mitochondria and How To Improve Mitochondrial Function for Better Health
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To read Dr. Stein’s blog on this topic and find her blogs on other topics, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/blog/how-to-improve-mitochondrial-function For other tips from previous months, go to www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/tipsofthemonth If you would like to stay up to date with new research and published articles, come join Live! with Dr. Stein. For more information about and to registe...
All Things Are Difficult Before They Are Easy
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To find more information about the International Grenfell Association, click the following link grenfellassociation.org/. For a webinar featuring registered physiotherapist and teacher Debbie Patterson on how to begin to rewire your brain to produce less pain, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/patterson-know-pain-registration. Start eliminating your chronic pain naturally with Dr. ...
Progress Not Perfection
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Learn how to live healthier and longer with complex chronic conditions. For more information about and to register for Live! with Dr. Stein, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/live Dr. Stein reflects on progress vs perfection and highlights three important things to remember: 1. There is no right way because everyone is different. 2. You don't have be perfect to get better. 3. Take ...
The Importance of Change for Better Health
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Learn how to live healthier and longer with complex chronic conditions. For more information about and to register for Live! with Dr. Stein, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/live To learn more about hormesis and get the free handout, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/hormesis-youtube Dr. Stein discusses the importance of hormesis and change to keep the brain, body, an...
Plus Ҫa Change
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Learn how to live healthier and longer with complex chronic conditions. For more information about and to register for Live! with Dr. Stein, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/live Dr. Stein talks about how her travel experience reminds her of the phrase "Plus ça change" and the importance of learning to accept life on life's terms. Dr. Stein retired from medical practice at the end...
Creating Uplifting Memories to HEAL
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Learn how to live healthier and longer with complex chronic conditions. For more information about and to register for Live! with Dr. Stein, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/live Dr. Stein talks about bringing positive experiences into awareness to create positive memories to use in neuroplasticity practice. Dr. Stein retired from medical practice at the end of 2022 to bring every...
Upcoming Expert Speakers Series Webinar With Theresa Dowell : Supplements for ME/CFS and Long COVID
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For more details and to register for the webinar, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/TeresaDowell For more information about and to register for Live! with Dr. Stein, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/live Join us on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 12 pm mountain to hear from Theresa Dowell, a nationally recognized clinician, researcher, and speaker in the field of ME/CFS a...
Using Wearable Trackers To Pace Better and Decrease PEM
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For the free Pacing Made Simple downloadable handout, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/pacing-wearable-trackers-youtube. For other tips from previous months, go to www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/tipsofthemonth Are you wondering if you have long COVID? Click the following link for the assessment www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/long-covid-assessment. If you would like to stay up to date with new resea...
Can Certain Types of Stress Help Healing?
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To learn more about hormesis and get the free handout, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/hormesis-youtube. While helpful in the short term, cocooning in safety can be detrimental for healing. Dr. Stein explains how a low level of stress can help the cells in our body become more resilient. 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Hormesis 01:58 Free Handout Dr. Stein retired from medical practice ...
Will Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) Help People With Long COVID? (Part 4 of 4)
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To read Dr. Stein’s blog on this topic and find her blogs on other topics, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/blog/untold-struggle-long-covid To learn 5 simple yet successful strategies for long COVID recovery, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/covid-youtube. Are you wondering if you have long COVID? Click the following link for the assessment www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/long...
Will Maraviroc and Atorvastatin Help People With Long COVID? (Part 3 of 4)
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To read Dr. Stein’s blog on this topic and find her blogs on other topics, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/blog/untold-struggle-long-covid To learn 5 simple yet successful strategies for long COVID recovery, click the following link www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/covid-youtube. Are you wondering if you have long COVID? Click the following link for the assessment www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/long...
Will Baricitinib Help People With Long COVID? (Part 2 of 4)
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Will Baricitinib Help People With Long COVID? (Part 2 of 4)
How Immune Modulators Might Help With Long COVID (Part 1 of 4)
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How Immune Modulators Might Help With Long COVID (Part 1 of 4)
Who Has the Upper Hand - You or Stress?
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Who Has the Upper Hand - You or Stress?
Recommendations for the use of LDN in complex chronic conditions (Part 3 of 4)
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Recommendations for the use of LDN in complex chronic conditions (Part 3 of 4)
Is there evidence that LDN is beneficial for fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, and long COVID? (Part 2 of 4)
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Is there evidence that LDN is beneficial for fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, and long COVID? (Part 2 of 4)
What is Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) and How Does It Work? (Part 1 of 4)
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What is Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) and How Does It Work? (Part 1 of 4)
Why Women Get Autoimmune Diseases More Than Men
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Why Women Get Autoimmune Diseases More Than Men
Dr. Stein's clinical approach to patients with chronic complex diseases
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Dr. Stein's clinical approach to patients with chronic complex diseases
What Are the Benefits of Red and Infrared Lights?
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What Are the Benefits of Red and Infrared Lights?
What Is an Example of Hormesis Effect?
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What Is an Example of Hormesis Effect?
What Is an Example of Human Biological Plasticity?
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What Is an Example of Human Biological Plasticity?
Pacing Stratagies for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain
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Pacing Stratagies for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain
This is COMPLETELY off-topic, but I’d love to have your curly hair! How’s that for focusing on something over which you have no control! 🙃😊🙃
thank you, as I travel my hair is getting longer and more out of control. I'm considering a haircut with some hair stylist I've never met - that will take some meditation.
Pacing has always been difficult for me. It is something I am constantly working on, trying to conserve my energy. Always great advice, Ellie.
Absolutely! The easier my awareness practice gets the greater my joy, even when the symptoms are strong.
the more we practice anything the easier it gets.
I do it all the time, Ellie. I'm trying to learn that when I realize I'm doing it I tell myself, "This isn't real, right now." Then I try to focus on things around me that are real in the moment. Don't know if that's the right way to do it, but I'm doing it. :-)
I'm no expert but any practice that brings us back to the present moment and out of past regrets or future worries is calming.
I consider myself recovered from the “chronic” part of my symptoms. The acute symptoms will come & go dependent on what is happening in my life
that is a great reframe. We can each create our own definition of healing - mine is that it is a never ending process. There is always more learning and improvement possible.
For me, healing is on different levels - and I am learning every day. It is healing on emotional and physical level, but also for me spiritually. To be whole, all things put together. I can not say that I have recovered physically, but on an emotional level I am much better than I have been in my entire life….I hope this will affect my body over time.
Great point that there are different types of healing.Luckily they all interact with each other.And if you make progress in one aspect it may assist in other areas you are hoping.
Can’t wait to hear what you’re learning about and how it’s been helping you! I’ve been on the ME healing journey for 4 years. I relate a lot to your story, I also have hypermobility and orthostatic intolerance. I currently rate myself as 40-50%, but I’m also stubborn and will keep trying until something clicks. Thanks for posting
stubbornness worked for me!
This is incredible! Thank you! almost 2 years long covid here
thanks for the feedback. Trackers were my go to for years to learn how to pace and I still use one to stay on top of how I'm doing.
About a year ago, I quit thinking of myself as trying to recover and shifted into how much healing will happen? I’ve reached a new plateau of healing, but I have a long way to go. Your work gives me great hope.
Thank you!
you are welcome. the path of healing is different for each of us. Best of luck with yours.
Thank you Dr Stein. Such a clear and well put together presentation. Very helpful
thanks for the positive feedback. It is appreciated.
This is so true! And I need to start using it right now. Thank you, Ellie!
You are welcome - it's such a tough one to implement. But when you realize the things you thought were stressful are transient it helps.
☠☠☠ This is the kind of super-vague "just listen to your body!" pacing advice that got me from mild to very severe and bedbound. You CANNOT "just listen to your body" when PEM symptoms don't hit until 24-48 hours later. You're going to feel fine, even great the day-of, and only the next day will your body go into red-alert shutdown. Heart rate needs to stay between 90-110, and physical exertion needs to be no more than 8% of your daily activity, 5% if you are severe or very severe (e.g. if you are moderately severe and can do 8 hours of activity a day, you can do 38 minutes of exercise between 90-110bpm, BUT that includes things like showering and moving from one room to another if that raises your heart rate above 90).
I agree with you that just listening to the body will not be enough if you have delayed PEM. However not paying attention to the body is a recipe for disaster. Have you watched my video about how to use wearable trackers as an additional tool? czcams.com/video/sZeSVNgbIuQ/video.html
Thank you for sharing! The hardest part for me has been to accept that I can’t go on the “hardest” trail like I used to, but that I’m not less of a person because of it. I’ve been learning to see other paths in my life which are more adapted to what my body can do and can be equally enjoyable. This was a very good example. I’m saving your video for when I need a reminder. ❤
I didn't share the depth of the inner struggle not to take the hardest path but it was there. So difficult to admit we are better off doing the easier path.
The sun makes me break out in a burned flush after 30 seconds of exposure. What to do?
Start withv10 seconds and build up. We all have biological tools necessary to benefit from the Sun. Or are ancestors wouldn't have survived. If thirty seconds is too much start with ten And see how you go. As we expose ourselves To the sun we create melanin which helps protect us.
Thank you for any and all effort on this terrible disease. Millions of us are fighting to stay alive and live until a cure is found.
Thank you
Don't delay start today ... thank you. 😊
you are welcome
I’m a morning person so it’s easy to get outside until it gets really frigid cold and then I struggle to find a way to do that. I’ve been practicing walking barefoot in the grass during the summer for a few minutes a day. My feet need regular support so I can’t do this much, but even a few minutes helps. Every other day or so I take a shower in the hottest water I can stand and then rinse in the coldest water I can stand for two minutes.
good for you - doing what you can. I've been barefoot walking way more since reading about this and loving it.
I have cfs/me. That can be proven to be mitos failure by doing the mitochondria failure blood test,inspired by Dr Sarah Myhill and invented by biochemist John Mclaren Howard. The man once voted best doctor in Europe (by other doctors) Dr Dietrich Klinghardt said "nine times out of ten cfs/me is undiagnosed lyme disease". The blood test is only 70% accurate for lyme. The problem is a lyme bacteria called ehrlichia which stops the mitos from working properly.One has to do a parasite cleanse first before going after the lyme bacteria because parasites act as little reservoirs for bacteria and heavy metals-so use binders to mop up heavy metals if you are doing parasite cleanses. Good luck.
That is a challenge to find out what is impairing the mitochondria. Good luck on your Lyme journey,
Thanks for your answer. I listen a lot to recovery stories and many is back in life again without medicine. Not only brain retraining but with meditation, yoga, diet, mm
I agree these can all be helpful tools.
So this means that you can’t get healed from long Covid without medicin. I thought (and wish)the way was brain retraining
Katarina, I thought I replied already but don't see it - so here goes again. You ask an important question. My take is that long COVID and ME are complex and variable so it is unlikely that any one medicine will work in all. This is why clinical trials haven't been successful yet. There are likely some medications that will help some people and hopefully the trials will point us in a direction. Brain retraining is a tool, not a cure. It can help some people with some symptoms, especially pain and sensitivity symptoms but in my experience doesn't cure the underlying energy pathology of ME or long COVID. So some people can benefit but few recover with brain training alone.
I’ve got long Covid. I’m housebound. I feel so bad in the sun. Do you have benefit of being outside but not in the sun?
Katrina, I'm so sorry for your profound disability. My suggestion for anyone severely ill is to start with the tiniest dose, eg. just sit next to a window when the sun is in that direction and open it for 1 minute. See how you do and then slowly build up. If even this feels scary, you could start by picturing yourself in the sunlight in your imagination to get your brain more comfortable with the idea. This is a successful neuroplastic strategy for people who are highly sensitive. You might want to pause going outside for real until you are pretty comfortable with imaginary and window exposure. According to what I'm learning, glass blocks almost all infrared light and this is what our mitochondria need. But if you go too hard too fast, you might overshoot the body's ability to adapt.
@@DrEleanorStein
Thanks a lot for your answer!
@@katarinalidman2156 you are welcome
Thanks you are great teacher but please be direct focused make points short. Don’t forget self to talk lateral talks and don’t advise . Leave it to listeners to choose. Thanks for reminding me to do what I do since childhood, learned from maternal grandmother ( my mitochondria are from her)in Babylon the cradle of human civilisation. I congratulate you for your efforts to help others and I don’t know how old are you? To see the effects of your healthy lifestyle.God bless you.
Dr. Samiera, thanks for the suggestion not to advise. So hard to do after 35 years of medical practice but very important. I agree with you. Ancestral health practices are exactly what our ancestors did naturally - sounds like your grandmother was a mentor in this. I'm 60.
Bare feet, in water, cold exposure,sunlight,set biological clocks.
Bare feet, in water, cold exposure,sunlight,set biological clocks.
Interesting. I'll be thinking of ways to implement these in my life. Didn't realize I should be exposing my eyes to natural blue light. That's do-able. Thank you, Ellie! 🙂
I know right. We have been advised to avoid natural blue light because it is so close to UVB but apparently we really need all wavelengths, they each play important health roles.
I get up often with the daylight (in summer often very early) walk outside on my balcony barefoot and do one minute qi gong standing (since I can not stand for longer…), and then sit down in the doorway to drink my first electrolyte shot - and get 10 min of daylight. In the wintertime I get some clothes on and sit outside for 10-15 minutes when the light comes a bit later in the morning. Since I am not able to walk in nature, the garden around the house is very important to me, just to sit by the flowerbed and do som weeding is very calming, especially if I have done a bit stressful activity and need to wind down before resting. It must be great to see the Unesco place! I have seen documentarys of it, with the norwegian archeologist Ingstad. Enjoy!
I forgot to mention that I start my meditation in the doorway with breathing exercices, before I get inside and sit up for my 30-40 mins daily meditation practice. And before all of this I do oilpulling…so it is quite busy really in the morning for me 😂
such a great example doing what you can rather than doing nothing because of limitations.
Apparently if were diagnosed with chronic migraine we cant be diagnosed with cfs fybromyalgia? but i am i dont get conventional migraines anymore my pain is in upper body chronic migraine.
Hmmm not sure about that. It is very common in this community to have multiple diagnoses. It is also possible (and this is pretty new to me) that if we lived in sync with nature more, some of our symptoms might improve. For chronic pain in general neuroplasticity based strategies can be very helpful. I've got a bunch of free videos on my webpage introducing how this works. www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/interviews
@@DrEleanorStein Dr n silver says this in his CZcams channel criteria but ime diagnosed with it all now diagnosed autism ADHD heds so this seams the causation
Is it helpful to get light through a closed window, that is through glass, or do you have to have direct exposure in the air itself?
The window has to be open. Regular glass allows most UVA light through but almost no UVB, or UVC. Glass is designed to let visible light through (>80%) but blocks 90% of more of infrared light. It is designed this way to prevent rooms from heating up too much.
Very much like learning to play a musical instrument
Exactly! you practice and practice and then one day you play the piece with ease - because the brain rewired.
@@DrEleanorStein I write a blog on substack called the Haven: solace and sustenance as life winds down. Would it be all right if I used this for a prompt sometime?
@@kathryntimpany1447 yes it would, please introduce me to substack and let me know how to find your work. If you refer to my work please cite it and add a link to the video in question. Thanks for your interest
@@DrEleanorStein I responded to this comment earlier, but it’s not showing on my feed now. If my earlier response didn’t come through about how to connect with Substack please let me know and I’ll try again. Or give me another way to send it to you.
@@kathryntimpany1447 sure the best way to connect with me is by email espc@eleanorsteinmd.ca
Thanks Ellie. Simple though difficult to do for this night hawk though I'll work on it. Would this amount of light be sufficient in our Canadian winters? I'm glad you said "open windows" as our newer energy efficient windows now block UV light, Will go for a walk now. Are there specific glasses you'd recommend for blocking screen light?
Rose my understanding, and I am still on a steep learning curve with this so i'm open to other people's opinions is that fifty percent of the sun's rays are in the red and infrared range that activate our mitochondria. Given that most of us get virtually none of these wavelengths because we're inside and glass blocks These wavelengths entirely Any amount of time spent outside Would be beneficial. If you try it please report back how it works for you.
So this is a high link with autism adhd cfs fybromyalgia heds lost my mum last year to severe msnmy father has cfs to though milder now goid work though ime out most days in lounger
yes, my read of the research (and my learning is still very much in process) is that poor mitochondrial function is at the root of most mental and physical health conditions. then one could ask OK what causes the mitochondria to function poorly. In addition to some of the causes mentioned in this video and in my blogpost www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/blog/how-to-improve-mitochondrial-function, I'm learning more about some of the root causes of poor mitochondrial function that I will share in future.
I so appreciate the videos you put out. Intelligent, understandable, and researched based. Thank you!
thank you :)
Thank you Dr. Stein! That is a very good and easy to understand summery of the latest scientific findings! And it is very important to understand this and know about the possible benefits!😊
You are welcome
Beautiful place, good insights
Thanks
Ah! It makes perfect sense. We have to keep challenging ourselves, even if what we can do is limited, there's always something we can change. Happy trails!
You got it.
bullsh$t lady! and you know it!
I really like the point that your body will tell you if your strategies are helping. It reminds if one of my favourite quotes from Rilke: 'Live your way into the answers'.
thanks for that affirming quotation.
Nerve damage from surgeries. Heart surgery From taking veins , cutting chest area to do Heart ,replacing veins with Veins from leg or arm. How long takes to heal. Servers healing is a slow process What to do for pain ?????
That is a lot for your body to heal from. Good luck on your journey to comfort. Improvement is possible.
Have you heard about the Pareto princip; 20% effort and 80% resault? I have also read the book microhabits. It gives the perspective that small change of habits over time can push us foreward as long as we are consistently doing them daily. I think it is important as many of us got into the fatigue by trying to do everything perfect. So great reminder!
I have not heard of the Pareto principle. And I have been using the concept of baby steps before I read Microhabits. But having others write about it gives confidence that baby steps can get us there - as opposed to the boot camp approach which will cause crashes and is to be avoided.
The pareto princip is a mathematic princip - that I heard some functional medicine doctors talk about in a podcast - to make people calm the «harder better stronger faster» drive in society. Microhabits are a bit fun because it set numbers on how effective it can be to be consistent over time I think. And my brain often likes that :-)
Thank you. Sometimes it is hard to keep moving forward and go for progress and not keep berating myself for not doing wellness perfectly.
Berating is never good. It activates the fight/flight/freeze system and your brain feeling unsafe generates more symptoms to get your attention. The science behind this is detailed in Neff and Germer's book The Mindful Self Compassion Workbook. that book is what convinced me that being hard on myself is not helpful.
Yes! Félicitations Ellie! Following your passion and taking risks is what keeps us alive.
Amen to this. On good days when you can do something, anything, but do something. On bad days when you can't, feed the brain with good, only good uplifting stuff, avoid toxic news like the plague ... cos that's exactly what it is, a plague!
I agree, since I have been traveling I don't listen to any news and I find more joy creeping into my life.
Im male and have long covid ME/CFS and dysautonomia. I put this down to being very stressed for 6 months before getting covid and physical stress through excercise after COVID.
both sexes can get autoimmune diseases for sure. But until recently we have not understood why there are more common in women. Infection is a common trigger for AI diseases.
Over the long weekend, I went paddleboarding in a very cold mountain lake on what ended up being a bit of a stormy day. I ended up dunked in the lake after a bit of a choppy ride 🥶and spent all day out of the house. It was a lot of firsts, made possible by a friend, and although I was quite sore afterward, I wouldn't trade the memories, the laughter, or the experience for anything. Definitely decided I'm a fairweather paddler though. 🤣
Wow that sounds amazing! way to go.
Beautiful out there!
It really is!
My mother used to always say, "This too shall pass." 🙂
and though it doesn't feel like it will, it always does .
Notre monde est aussi impermanent que les nuages d'automne 😊
💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is so good! Thank you! 😍
you are welcome. the even better part is that it is all true and research supported.
@@DrEleanorSteinexactly! It’s so empowering 😊