Ask Dr. Ernst

Ask Dr. Ernst Providing functional, integrative and regenetative therapies to anyone looking to 360 their health through self healing. Ask Dr. Ernst

We educate and empower people to become their own physicians and heal themselves.

05/31/2026

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05/31/2026

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🔥 WHAT DOES THE SOURCE OF LIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR HEALTH? 🔥

For thousands of years, humans woke with the sunrise and wound down by firelight, candles, and the setting sun. Our brains evolved under natural light cycles that signaled when to be alert, when to rest, when to heal, and when to produce critical hormones.

Fast forward to today.

We’re surrounded by ultra-bright LED lights, computer screens, televisions, smartphones, and artificial lighting from before sunrise until long after sunset. The problem? Your brain doesn’t always know the difference between noon and midnight.

Natural firelight and candlelight emit warm wavelengths of light with very little blue light. These warm frequencies send signals to the brain that it’s time to relax, recover, and prepare for sleep. They help support the body’s natural production of melatonin—the hormone responsible for sleep, repair, detoxification, and recovery.

Modern LEDs are a different story.

Many LED lights produce large amounts of blue light, which tells your brain it’s daytime. Exposure to bright blue-rich light at night can suppress melatonin production, disrupt circadian rhythms, increase stress hormones, interfere with sleep quality, and leave you feeling tired, foggy, and inflamed the next day.

This may be one reason so many people struggle with insomnia, fatigue, hormone imbalances, weight gain, anxiety, and poor recovery despite trying everything else.

One simple step? After sunset, dim the lights. Use lamps instead of overhead LEDs. Light a candle. Sit by a fireplace. Reduce screen exposure. Let your brain receive the same healing signals our ancestors received for generations.

Sometimes the most powerful health upgrades aren’t found in a bottle or a prescription.

Sometimes they’re found in returning to the rhythms that built the human body in the first place.

🔥 Tonight, try this: Turn off the bright lights for one hour before bed and use only candlelight or warm ambient lighting. Pay attention to how your body feels.

Your brain may thank you.

05/31/2026

🧀 Skip the Toxic Snacks — Try This Crunchy Upgrade Instead! 🥑

Walk down any grocery store snack aisle and you’ll find shelves packed with chips, crackers, pretzels, and puffs loaded with refined seed oils, artificial flavors, preservatives, food dyes, and inflammatory ingredients. While they may satisfy a craving in the moment, many of these highly processed snacks can contribute to blood sugar swings, inflammation, brain fog, fatigue, and unwanted weight gain.

If you’re looking for a cleaner, healthier alternative that actually nourishes your body, give these Cheese Crisps with Herb Avocado Oil Dip a try!

The cheese crisps provide satisfying crunch, healthy fats, and protein without the grains, gluten, or seed oils found in most conventional snacks. The avocado oil dip delivers heart-healthy monounsaturated fats while fresh herbs add flavor and antioxidants.

Cheese Crisps
✅ 1 cup shredded cheddar or parmesan cheese

Bake small mounds of cheese at 400°F for 5–7 minutes until golden and crispy. Let cool.

Herb Avocado Oil Dip
✅ ¼ cup avocado oil mayonnaise
✅ 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
✅ 1 teaspoon fresh dill
✅ 1 teaspoon lemon juice
✅ Pinch of sea salt and black pepper

Mix together and serve alongside the crisps.

Instead of feeding inflammation with ultra-processed snacks, choose foods that provide real nutrition and support your body’s natural healing processes.

Your body wasn’t designed to run on chemicals, dyes, and industrial oils. It was designed to thrive on real food.

What’s your favorite healthy snack swap? Tell us below! ⬇️

05/31/2026

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05/29/2026

🚗 WHY I NEVER DRIVE STRAIGHT AHEAD 🚗

If you’ve listened to me for any length of time, you know that the last thing I want to do is stay on the highway of conventional medicine.

Why?

Because the road straight ahead often leads to more medications, more procedures, more specialists, and unfortunately, more frustration for people who still don’t have answers.

When someone comes into my office exhausted, overweight, inflamed, dealing with thyroid issues, digestive problems, chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, brain fog, or low energy, I don’t ask, “What drug matches your symptom?”

I ask, “Why is this happening in the first place?”

That’s the off-ramp.

The off-ramp is looking for the root cause instead of covering up the warning signs.

The off-ramp is testing instead of guessing.

The off-ramp is identifying nutrient deficiencies, toxic exposures, chronic inflammation, gut dysfunction, hormone imbalances, hidden infections, and nervous system interference.

The off-ramp is understanding that symptoms are messages, not mistakes.

Too many people spend years driving straight ahead, hoping the next prescription, procedure, or diagnosis will finally solve the problem.

Meanwhile, their body keeps sending signals that something deeper needs attention.

Health isn’t found by ignoring those signals.

Health is found by listening to them.

That’s why every day I choose the off-ramp.

I choose functional medicine.

I choose chiropractic.

I choose nutrition.

I choose detoxification.

I choose helping people uncover WHY their body is struggling instead of simply managing the consequences.

The question is…

Are you still driving straight ahead, or are you ready to take the off-ramp and discover what’s really standing between you and your health?

👇 Let me know in the comments: What health challenge are you currently looking for answers to?

05/29/2026

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05/29/2026

A Disc Bulge Isn’t Always the Real Problem

Many people believe that surgically removing a disc bulge automatically removes the pressure from a nerve. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.

A disc bulge is often a symptom of an underlying alignment problem in the spine. If the vertebrae remain misaligned, abnormal stress and pressure can continue to affect the nerve—even after part of the disc has been removed.

Think of it like a tire wearing unevenly because the car is out of alignment. Replacing the tire helps temporarily, but if the alignment isn’t corrected, the new tire will wear out too.

Your spine works much the same way. When spinal alignment is restored, pressure on discs and nerves can often be reduced naturally, helping the body function the way it was designed to.

Before assuming surgery is the only answer, make sure the root cause is being addressed—not just the symptom.

Find out if you’re a candidate for non surgical spinal structural decompression: www.askdrernst.com/consultation

05/28/2026

Watching RFK Jr. pause a MAHA Zoom call to calmly walk outside and remove a rattlesnake from his driveway bare-handed with nothing but a net and a bucket was honestly symbolic of what leadership should look like in America right now.

Most people panic. Most people freeze. Most people wait for someone else to handle the problem.

Instead, he handled it himself calmly, confidently, and got right back to work fighting for the health of America.

That mindset matters.

We desperately need more leaders in government who are courageous, self-reliant, resilient, and willing to confront difficult problems head-on instead of avoiding them. Especially when it comes to the health crisis in this country.

America is sick. Chronic disease is exploding. Obesity, diabetes, autoimmune conditions, infertility, anxiety, cancer, and neurological disorders are becoming normalized while the system keeps pushing more drugs instead of asking WHY people are getting sick in the first place.

The MAHA movement is waking people up to the fact that true health does not come from managing symptoms forever. It comes from addressing root causes, restoring the body naturally, improving food quality, reducing toxins, supporting the nervous system, and empowering people to take responsibility for their own health.

Leadership is not about polished speeches and scripted talking points. Leadership is about courage under pressure, taking action when others hesitate, and being willing to do what’s uncomfortable for the greater good.

Whether it’s a rattlesnake in the driveway or the chronic disease epidemic destroying America, we need more people in government willing to step up and actually handle the problem.

That’s the kind of energy America needs more of - comment YES if you agree.

05/27/2026

HIGH CORTISOL MAY BE THE REASON YOU FEEL EXHAUSTED… EVEN WHEN YOU SLEEP 😴

Most people think cortisol is simply the “stress hormone,” but chronically elevated cortisol can quietly disrupt nearly every system in the body.

When cortisol stays high for too long, it can:

Increase belly fat
Raise blood sugar
Slow thyroid function
Disrupt sleep
Increase anxiety
Break down muscle
Increase inflammation
Suppress healing
Drain energy reserves

Many people are told they are simply “getting older,” but functional medicine looks deeper into WHY the body is stuck in stress mode.

Common hidden causes of high cortisol include:
✔ Chronic emotional stress
✔ Poor sleep
✔ Blood sugar swings
✔ Overtraining
✔ Excess caffeine
✔ Hidden inflammation
✔ Gut dysfunction
✔ Toxicity exposure
✔ Chronic pain

One of the biggest mistakes people make is trying to “push through” fatigue with more coffee, energy drinks, or sugar. That only forces the adrenal system to work harder.

The goal is not just lowering stress…
The goal is helping the nervous system feel SAFE enough to heal.

Some natural ways to support healthy cortisol balance:
• Morning sunlight
• Stable blood sugar
• Resistance training (without overtraining)
• Magnesium
• Deep sleep
• Reducing inflammatory foods
• Proper protein intake
• Chiropractic care to calm the nervous system
• Strategic fasting
• Adaptogenic support

Your body was designed to heal.
Sometimes it just needs the stress chemistry turned down first.

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