Author Archives: Theforbiddendoctor

155: What To Do When You’re Really, Really Sick

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This week Dr. Jack and Mary have some shocking stories from real-life patients in their clinic. We know most physicians out there are well-intentioned, but with a medical system fraught with conflicts of interest, limited to managing their symptoms, and under the direct influence of the pharmaceutical industry, patients often find themselves with little recourse […]

154: Inflammation – Curse or Savior?

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This week Dr. Jack and Mary take on the myth of inflammation. Everywhere you turn, doctors and patients are panicking about any inflammatory reaction. But there is a big difference between acute inflammation, which is critical and healthy, and chronic inflammation, which is a disaster. What are those differences, and why does one beget the […]

153: Asthma and Bronchitis – Heartless Killers

Asthma & Bronchitis

This week Dr. Jack and Mary take on the common wisdom of the medical establishment when treating two serious respiratory maladies.  The rate at which asthma events and bronchial infections have grown over the last 70 years is an astonishing, hidden tragedy in our national discourse. Dr. Jack and Mary review early, terrible treatment options […]

152: Depression and the Brain – A 100-Year-Old Forbidden Remedy

Depression and the Brain

Have we been kidding ourselves and misinterpreting the data regarding magnesium and it’s role in depression? This week Dr. Jack and Mary take a look at century-old research into magnesium and depressive disorders on their journey to a fateful study in 1985, that may have changed everything. For many years, magnesium’s proven effects on the […]

151: Autoimmune Diseases and Forbidden Cures

Autoimmune Science

This week Dr. Jack and Mary delve into autoimmune function and dysfunction. With an 80-year scandal in the making, researchers are actually starting to come around to the role specific organ and glandular extracts might play in a myriad of specific conditions.   Once again, nearly 80 years after Dr. Royal Lee first reported precisely […]

150: GAPS Quick & Easy

GAPS - Quick and Easy

This week Mary and Dr. Jack celebrate 150 podcasts! Thinking through the best topics for this milestone, the Stockwells decided they need to talk GAPS. Not just any GAPS (we’ve covered this topic of bone broth in several terrific podcasts over the last two years) but specifically how to realistically heal with a GAPS diet, […]

149: Strokes – Prevention & Recovery

Strokes - Prevention & Recovery

This week Dr. Jack and Mary talk through the science of strokes, including the different kinds of strokes and variations on the nutritional implications of each kind. From the terrible advice given to nearly every single aging patient, to our malnourished systems struggling on their own as we age, we are creating a perfect storm […]

148: Bringing Ageless Thyroid To The World

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In this podcast, Dr. Jack & Mary are announcing the birth of something that has been in the works for over two years! Finally! Everyone is going to be introduced to this amazing product! This week Dr. Jack and Mary are unleashing their perfect thyroid supplement to the entire world. What has been celebrated and […]

147: Dr. Jack Is On A Roll, or The Gut Flora / Health Connection

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This week Dr. Jack takes us into the gut. Imagine a place in your body where an infectious onslaught is constantly introduced, day-in, and day out, and you are imagining your own digestive system. No wonder as we age, we all seem to have gut-related issues, at least after meals, if not chronically.   Anywhere […]

146: Fatty Liver Disease

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This week Dr. Jack and Mary talk about fatty liver disease. The liver is an amazing organ, responsible for numerous critical functions in the body. But one of the downsides is how much of the toxins and sugars we consume every day have to be processed, filtered and eliminated by this workhorse organ. What was […]

145: Hysterectomy – Should I? What If I Did?

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This week Dr. Jack and Mary talk about an all too common topic in their clinic. What can we do nutritionally, for women who are considering a hysterectomy as well as those who have undergone hysterectomies and are now suffering from numerous related symptoms? What type of care can we offer for a woman facing […]

144: Vitamin K2 Controversy and Chlorophyll

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This week Dr. Jack explores the vitamin K2 controversy with Mary, and digs into the oft misunderstood molecule: chlorophyll. As usual, there is a money-driven dis-information campaign, and a synthetic, bogus version being passed off as chlorophyll that isn’t doing any of the heavy lifting one would expect from this marvelous compound. What do we […]

143: Forbidden Musings – Plus Forbidden Sex Knowledge

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This week Dr. Jack and Mary look through their notes for emerging trends and recent questions from patients and recent research they’ve been doing. Mary’s book and Dr. Jack’s recent caseload have brought up some critical topics that can never really be over-emphasized. From the absurdity of anti-oxidant supplements, to the very real tragedies that […]

142: Forbidden Gems – B4 – The Stolen Vitamin

anthopomorphized cube representing vitamin b4 with his hands up as if to say, "hey, what about me?"

This week Dr. Jack and Mary talk about the missing vitamin: B4. It’s not missing because it’s not all around us in whole foods. It’s missing because it’s been grossly mis-categorized and then synthesized for the sake of cost and storage. Sound familiar? B4 slowly disappeared from the Lexicon and is now mysteriously absent. And […]

141: Infertility, Miscarriage, & Heart Muscle Weakness

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This week Dr. Jack pulls back the veil on one of the more infuriating tragedies of modern nutrition. Nearly a century ago, as researchers including Dr. Royal Lee identified amazing health benefits from Vitamin E complex, including direct impacts on human fertility, the machine of industry sought to produce a cheaper version, and the synthetic […]

140: The Deadly Vitamin D Hysteria

The Deadly Vitamin D Hysteria

This week Dr. Jack takes us through the unfounded hysteria related to Vitamin D deficiency. Besides missing the larger nutritional picture, and instead getting hung up on the numbers, doctors blithely prescribing Vitamin D can actually be doing their patient real harm, without even knowing it. To understand this better, we need to understand the […]

139 – Ditch The Diet

Ditch the Diet

This week Dr. Jack and Mary tackle the diet fads that have been taking our money for decades. It’s not just that many diets are not effective (they’re not!) but it’s the lack of real food science, sometimes touted by real doctors, that is harming us as we attempt to lose weight. Who signs up […]

137: Higher Cholesterol = A Longer, Healthier Life

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Doctor Jack and Mary are back with an amazing collection of peer reviewed data that they will be using to show us how statins and the myth of cholesterol is far worse than a health scam; it’s going to create an unprecedented crisis in our health care in the US. Big Pharma and the US […]

Ask Dr. Jack & Mary – Synthetic Vitamins Revisited, and Unbearable Vascular Problems

Ask Dr. Jack and Mary

Ask Doctor Jack & Mary is a periodic feature where we round up the best questions we’ve been asked, and turn them into consumable information for our readers and listeners. Have a question for Dr. Jack & Mary? Ask Here Hello, I’m a big fan of your podcast and I as well as many others […]

136: What To Do BEFORE The Flu, DURING The Flu, and AFTER The Flu.

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We are right in the middle of one the deadliest influenza outbreaks in recent memory. The normally dubious flu vaccine has shown to be even more worthless than normal this year. So what do we do instead? We have terrified people showing up to our clinic wanting solutions, which made us realize we have information […]

135: GAPS Soup – Saving Your Life in 2018

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This week Dr. Jack and Mary explore the science of the much renowned GAPS Soup. Known for impacting all aspects of digestion from acid-alkaline balance to nutrient absorption. But that’s just the start. The rich, nutrient-dense broth can nourish and impact every major system. In the nervous system is helps with pain management and anxiety. […]

134: Forbidden Pearls of Wisdom

Forbidden Pearls of Wisdom

This week Dr. Jack and Mary are back with one of our more popular formats: the Forbidden Pearls. Here we tackle glandular health, sciatica, methods of cooking meat that are unhealthy, antibiotics, migraines, constipation and more. With more than 25 years of clinical experience, the Stockwells have learned a thing or two about nutritional health. […]

133: The Only Vaccine Guide A New Parent Will Ever Need

Vaccine Guide for New Parents

Are all vaccines bad? Believe it or not, the jury is still out on so many different types of vaccines, it may be safer to avoid them. But what is less controversial is the emerging studies that continue to cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of so many vaccines, on so young a patient. […]

132: Arthritis – Osteo and Rheumatoid

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In this podcast, Dr. Jack and Mary uncover the scientific foundations of our modern understanding of arthritis. In the clinic the Stockwells have helped people who couldn’t walk – even with drugs – because of their debilitating arthritis pain. The drugs, in fact, can make matters worse while masking symptoms. It’s a heart-breaking and disruptive […]

131: Forbidden VIP Membership

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Today we are very excited to introduce the next chapter at Forbidden Doctor, with our very own take on the so-called Direct Primary Care phenomenon underway in the US health care system. Let’s face it, doctors are well-intentioned, but ill-equipped to do much beyond diagnosis and treatment of symptoms. In many cases, the foundational reason […]

130: What’s Worse, The Flu or The Vaccine? Pt2 (Revisited)

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Dr. Jack and Mary continue this week with our deep dive into the flu vaccine taken from an episode last year. They explain the differences and cooperation between cell-mediated immunity and humoral immunity, and more importantly, the way vaccinations bypass the natural, cell-mediated part of the process, undermining the normal immune response with a synthetic […]

129: What’s Worse, The Flu or The Vaccine? (Revisited)

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This week we revisit that most-popular, seasonal topic, the influenza virus. We all hate it, but wait until you learn more about how crazily we behave when it comes to flu vaccines. We have a culture of seasonal flu shots, despite the fact that the effectiveness varies so wildly as to be almost completely ineffective […]

128: What DOES Cause Heart Attacks

What DOES Cause Heart Attacks

This week Dr. Jack and Mary finish their deep dive of heart health and heart attack lore. In our last episode, we showed why the common “low-fat” wisdom of heart health and heart attack survival is killing more and more of us every year, but then what is the answer? What should we focus on […]

127: What DOESN’T Cause Heart Attacks

Heart Attack Myths

This week Dr. Jack and Mary take a look at heart health and heart attack lore. Widely publicized research is bringing into question the entire protocol for treating heart attack patients. From the ongoing myth of no-fat, vegetarian or vegan dietary recommendations, to completely ignoring collateral arteries and their role in survival of heart attacks, […]