Dr. Beth John

03/26/2026

If you saw my recent post about improving cholesterol naturally, here’s an update…

A woman came to me who had been on statins for 7 years for high cholesterol. She wanted to know if there was anything she could do nutritionally to reduce her need for medication.

Her medical doctor agreed to take her off her medication and after 3 months on a structured nutritional program (while continuing to work with her doctor), her results were:

✔ Total cholesterol ↓ 35 points
✔ LDL ↓ 32 points
✔ Non-HDL ↓ 41 points
✔ Triglycerides ↓ 43 points
✔ Liver enzymes: ALT/SGPT dropped 51 points, AST/SGOT dropped 25 points

We recently repeated her labs again a month later.

Her liver enzymes have now improved even further — both are now fully within normal range. (dropped another 8 points).

This is something I see often:

When you support the body properly, the changes don’t just happen once — they continue.

Her care remains coordinated with her physicians, and her labs are being monitored. But this is what’s possible when physiology is supported in a structured way.

If you’ve been told your numbers are “borderline,” “creeping up,” or heading in the wrong direction, there may be more you can do than you’ve been told.

Curious what your numbers might look like with a targeted approach? Comment below or send me a private message.

— Dr. Beth John
631-414-7575
Functional Nutrition Practitioner

03/18/2025

Vitamins for Memory and Brain Health

More and more people are looking for vitamins for brain function and vitamins for memory. There has been a lot of study around this hot topic. I recently had a patient that received great benefits from using vitamins to help improve his brain function. Here is his story.

Tom is 82 years old and was diagnosed with both Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. When his wife passed his brother, David, helped him move into assisted living. During conversation Tom would put his head in his hands and stop talking. His speech was hesitant and he would say things that didn’t make sense and sometimes things that were inappropriate. He could not handle his own finances or other personal matters. At night he was found wandering the halls and walking into the wrong room.

It was around this time that David came to me asking if there were vitamins for brain health that could help his brother. After reviewing his records, I put together a personalized program using specific brain vitamins that would help support the health of his nervous system.

After about 5 weeks David sent me a video that he had received from an aide of his brother dancing at an event at the assisted living facility. What was remarkable was to see this man get up out of his wheel chair so quickly and easily. His dancing was well coordinated, flexible and you could see he was enjoying himself. His face looked alert and present. That far off look was gone.

After three months of being on the program David came for a follow up visit to discuss his brother’s case. The first words David said were “WOW!”. He went on to explain he had just seen his brother before coming to our meeting and was amazed at his transformation. David had gone to pick up Tom’s tax papers to bring to his accountant for him. Tom had a notebook ready where he kept all his papers and notes organized. Everything was in there and Tom explained it all to David in a completely coherent manner. Tom even noted that they were doing this a little late demonstrating he was clearly aware of time and dates.

Their sister joined them and together they reminisced about their youth. David said Tom was coherent and clearly spoke about his memories as a child. David was amazed that the hesitancy in his speech was gone and he didn’t once put his head in his hands.
David shared that periodically he would still search for words but the improvement was startling.

David reported that even the aide was amazed. She had told him that something was working because she saw a big difference in Tom with the vitamins and memory issues. She also noticed he was more coherent, spoke more clearly, and hadn’t been getting up to wander the halls at night.

A few days after this meeting I was sent a picture of Tom (see below) sitting at his old drafting table he worked at as an architect, working on a new drawing. When Tom had retired he had taken up painting and drawing as an art form. When the symptoms of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's began to set in he no longer had the mind, dexterity, or desire to create and paint. David was thrilled to see Tom's creativity coming through again and see him mentally able to create an image and have the dexterity and ambition to execute it into a drawing and painting.

Periodically Tom still searches for a word but his symptoms are much improved. The supplements have significantly improved his life. It is the difference between being able to live in Assisted Living versus being moved into a memory care unit. It is the difference between being able to have a conversation with your family and holding your head in your hands. It's the difference between getting up to dance and sitting aside not talking to anyone. It's the difference between being able to create, draw, and paint versus sitting and staring blankly at a TV. It's the difference between being "here" versus in a state of confusion. That is worth the cost of vitamins!

Before taking the supplement program the Assisted Living administrators were pressuring the family to have Tom moved to a memory unit due to his wandering the halls and into others rooms at night. Now they are fine keeping him at the Assisted Living place.

Vitamins for brain function can be an easy start to help improve ones memory. Call 631-414-7575 today for a consult to see if your loved one could benefit. Check out our website for more information at www.drbethjohn.com

02/27/2025

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06/26/2024

Research Shows Vitamins Can Help Prevent Skin Cancer and Sun Damage.

Love the beach and sun but worried about premature aging, lines, and worse yet, skin cancer? An article published by the Skin Cancer Foundation in 2022 stated “Growing evidence shows that food high in certain nutrients may indeed help prevent skin cancer.”

The sun wreaks havoc on skin by creating free radicals that produce inflammation and damage cell function and your skin’s DNA. This DNA damage can cause changes in your genes called mutations that lead to skin cancer. It can also lead to pre-mature aging, lines, and wrinkles.

Studies show that antioxidants, vitamins and other nutrients, help fight off free radicals and prevent damage that can result in skin cancer. Therefore, it makes sense that replacing these protective substances could bolster the weakened defenses.

Sun exposure converts skin oil to Vitamin D. When a person has too much vitamin D in their skin but lacks essential fatty acids, then calcium will move out of the skin and into the blood. This leaves the skin with too much vitamin D and not enough calcium. This can cause itchy skin, hives, welts, cold sores, a shingle outbreak, prone to sunburn, fatigue and ultimately skin cancer.

Studies show skin cancer patients have an increase in vitamin D levels in their skin. The problem is actually not enough essential fatty acids and calcium to balance the excess vitamin D.

A 45-year-old woman came for a nutritional consult complaining that every time she went in the sun, she would get terribly itchy. I developed a program for her of tissue calcium and an essential fatty acid supplement. She took them and went to the beach for a long weekend of sun bathing. When she returned, she said she did not get itchy once. She was amazed at how quickly it worked and hasn’t had a problem since.

A 35-year-old male life guard came to me complaining of fatigue whenever he is in the sun. He said he often doesn’t move from the life guard chair all day yet he comes home exhausted. If he works inside, he doesn’t tire. I recommended tissue calcium and essential fatty acids and two weeks later he reported that the fatigue was gone. He also said he didn’t burn as easily and his skin healed much faster when he did get burned.

The body is much like a symphony in that it not only needs vitamins and minerals but they need to be in a proper balance, just like a symphony needs instruments but needs them all playing their part in a balanced harmonious way. The proper balance and orchestration of vitamins is as important as the vitamins themselves.

Call now if you would like to know how to protect your skin from aging and the damaging effects of the sun.

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The products mentioned are not intended to take the place of medical care that you can get from a licensed medical physician. These products are to help support the structure and function of your body. None of this information has been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Nutrition is an individual process and each person is unique.