HouseCall: “Crunchy” Feeling on Face, Essiac Tea & Soursop, Blood in Urine, Surgery & Erectile Dysfunction, Detox & Binging

Welcome back to our weekend Cabral HouseCall shows!

This is where we answer our community’s wellness, weight loss, and anti-aging questions to help people get back on track!

Check out today’s questions:

Sarah: Hey doc! Ive been regularly gua sha’ing my face and I noticed that my face feels ‘crunchy’ especially at my jawline and at my lymph nodes by my ear. It doesnt seem to be improving despite regular use, is this normal or anything to be concerned? I feel it more in my left side which I seem to get more breakouts on my cheek/jawline/neck. Thank you!

Margie: I just read all your cancer information because of a recent diagnosis. I have a Naturopathic doctor in addition to conventional oncologist. I’m curious your take on Esaic tea and or soursop? I told not to take it during treatment because it’s a detox and we want the targeted chemo and immunotherapy to work… this is from my ND, however, research on both suggest otherwise. I’m very curious your thoughts. Thank you!

Alicja: Hello Dr.Cabral, I recently run by blood work and urine test. I have pretty good results from my blood work (except high cholesterol) but I am concern about results from my urine test. It shows I have trace amount of blood in my urine and also albumin in my urine was detected (slightly above the optimal cut-off) My urine albumin is 0.3 mg/dL What can I do about this? Does that indicate early kidney damage? (BTW test was done on day 16th of my cycle) Thank you for answering my question. I appreciate all you do.

Tyler: I’m a 37 year old male and I was diagnosed with a pilocytic astrocytoma brain tumor in my hypothalamus in December 2022. It was a benign tumor the size of a large egg, and I had a 15 hour surgery to remove 90% of it. 3 years later, I still have erectile dysfunction and low libido. Why is that and what can I do to fix it? I’m on Clomid for my testosterone, which is now around 500. I was on testosterone gel for a couple months but quit because of sperm impact. I test my sodium level every other week because it was low at times after my surgeries. I have a programmable shunt to help drain CSF. I don’t have morning erections. Could this be from damage during the brain surgeries? Is it hormonal-related even though I’m on Clomid? Is it psychological? Please help. I listen to your podcast daily.

Trish: Hi Dr C. – hoping to get some advice on your 7-day detox. I’m in my 50’s and most of my life my weight has gone up and down by 30lbs. I have a problem with binging. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned how to control it and my triggers. I’ve tried the detox 3 times and I have found that it causes me to binge. Becoming too strict it throws me for a loop. I don’t do the two fasting days. I fast 20 hours. I avoid all the inflammatory foods gluten, dairy, corns, eggs & nuts as I do this on a daily basis so that isn’t hard for me. Giving up berries/fruit in my smoothie & some quinoa or brown rice is what starts to create me wanting to binge. I usually eat 1 sq a day 90% cacao choc too. Any advice on making the detox beneficial without following the guidelines 100%? Hope this makes sense

Thank you for tuning into today’s Cabral HouseCall and be sure to check back tomorrow where we answer more of our community’s questions!