Jerry Negrotto - Will Harris
Teen suicide is the second leading cause of death for that age group. 1 in 5 young people suffer from a mental illness, that’s 20 percent of our population but yet only about 4 percent of the total health care budget is spent on mental health. Parents are usually left in a quandary as to what to do for their children. Honest talk to help parents deal with a teen who's having trouble. PLUS Beef production is under attack. We are told it's destroying the planet. But what if it's actually healing the planet? When done right, it may save mother earth.
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Show Notes
[4:45] Mental illness in teens is on the rise.
[5:20] Jerry’s reason for promoting awareness.
- His daughter took her own life from mental illness.
- Many behavioral problems that she had were diagnosed as treatment resistant in her case.
- An eating disorder compounded the problem.
- Jerry wishes to save other teens’ lives in memory of Bella Rose.
[7:30] Mental illness can show itself in several ways.
- 1/3 of teens with mental illness will have dual disorders.
[8:37] Symptoms usually appear around puberty.
- Average age of 13-15.
- The symptoms are easy to overlook
[14:26] SSRIs should not be viewed as the solution to the problem.
- An MD can prescribe them. SSRIs don’t have to be prescribed by a psychiatrist.
[17:16] Blood work and brain feedback.
-vitamin D deficiency can lead to depression.
[20:30] Anxiety, sweating, and tremor from blood sugar swings.
- Puberty means hormones should rise. When they don’t, blood sugar goes willy-nilly.
[22:00] TBI plays a role.
- The illness can arise several years after the trauma.
[23:37] TBI os the cessation of critical hormones due to trauma.
[32:20] The importance of parents acknowledging a mental health condition in their child.
[40:00] The importance of choosing the right approach of talking with your child.
[41:15] Bullying.
[42:40] What should parents look for in a physician to help their child?
[51:16] Vitamin D and MSH.
- SAD is a result of brain inflammation.
- Melanotan 2 may offer another tool to help the problem.
[1:03:12] Cattle farming is capable of being a regenerative practice.
- Restart the cycles of nature.
- Energy, carbon, water, etc.
[1:06:16] What methods set White Oak Pastures apart?
- The entire process is cyclical and not linear to change the genetics in the cattle over the long term.
- There is a lot of moving the cattle.
- The processing is also cyclical
- The farm was established in 1866.
[1:15:1i8] The stigma around pork.
- White Oak doesn’t feed their hogs the run of the mill garbage.
[1:21:00] Ruralization is very important to White Oak Pastures.

