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Do you ever leave a patient on adaptogens or the adrenal support supplements long term to support with the immense amount of stress our lifestyles have? I know we work on lifestyle changes as well, but there’s some circumstances that could be difficult to change.

Chris Kresser: So, yeah, in the case of the adaptogens, it’s a similar answer to what I just gave. Ideally...

This is a participant that has recently gone through a very traumatic experience, and I’m sorry to hear that. And this traumatic experience has provoked a severe episode of insomnia, waking very early in the morning and not being able to fall back asleep and total disruption of energy, of course, because of that and health and emotions. And just wondering I think overall, how to deal with this kind of situation.

Chris Kresser: So, yeah, the more I do this work, the more I am in awe of the impact of...

When you use Doc Parsley’s Sleep Cocktail, I know in several of the case studies you use it in addition to 5-HTP and melatonin. I also was wondering when it would be advised for any sleep disturbance. Also, in one of the case studies you mentioned 5-HTP even though the patient had normal melatonin levels. Is this common for you to use if melatonin is normal if they have sleep disturbance?

Chris Kresser: Okay, for the Sleep Cocktail, the reason I like it is it has a really low dose of...

I’d like to ask about sun exposure versus skin cancer. Personally, I have a history of melanoma in my family, and I’ve been avoiding sun because of it for a long time.

Chris Kresser: We’re going to talk about it in detail when we cover vitamin D in the blood chemistry unit....

I mentioned that music lowers cholesterol compared to DHEA. Is this a certain type of music or any music?

Chris Kresser: The therapeutic effects of music, the studies vary. Some studies suggest that only certain types of music...

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