HouseCall: Exercise While Sick, Milk Thistle Benefits, Epstein-Barr Virus, Tinnitus & Stress, Idiopathic Guttate Hypomelanosis

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:

Ryan: First off, I would like to say thanks for all that you do in supporting a healthy community, it’s greatly appreciated. My question has to do with what and how much physical activity should you do while you are sick, along with what additional health modalities would you suggest. When you are sick or feeling like you’re getting sick, do you continue hitting your 10,000 steps per day? Weight lift? Cardio? HIIT? Continue working out but at a reduced intensity? Should you substitute some activity for red light? Sauna? Yoga? And how would this differ from a cold to a fever? Thanks again!

Ann: Hi Dr. Cabral and as always thank you for being such a champion for us out here 🙂 A friend swears that Milk Thistle helped her when she was battling liver cancer. I have NAFLD and am working to reduce it, and besides the ways you have outlined to help (episode 3017), I’m wondering if milk thistle could be a good addition? Thank you so much – have a blessed day:)

Dawn Marie: Hi, Dr. Cabral. I had mono as a child, and again in 2023 when I was 48 years of age. In 2023, I was on day 17 of the detox when the mono re-emerged and I was quite sick, almost requiring hospitalization–liver enzymes quite high, thickening of gallbladder walls, and enlarged spleen. My doctor actually wrote me a referral to a surgeon to likely have my gall bladder removed! Thank goodness, after years of listening to your podcasts, I knew to do some research and discovered that after I recovered from the mono, all would return to normal and they did. My understanding is that Epstein-Barr “lives” in the liver and is difficult to fully heal from. I’d like to “kick it out” for good. Is there a way to fully heal from EBV? Is there any risk of it re-emerging if I try to do another 21-day detox?

Dylaini: Hi Dr Cabral! Thanks for all you do, you’re a wealth of knowledge! I am working with a lot of tinnitus clients and some claim it’s from being in the military and being exposed to loud noises, do you think this is simply a “stress” on the body and isn’t necessarily a permeant issue from being exposed to loud noises? Thanks again!

Josephine: Hi Dr Cabral, you’ve been an amazing ing help to me over the years, thank you. I’m a 44year old woman living in Australia. I have idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) on my legs and arms. I get this much more so than brown pigment spots. I understand sun protection is the best way to prevent this, however I’m wondering if you have any tips for how to treat it (most sources say pigment won’t come back) and also what supplements or topical treatments (excluding sunscreen) might make the skin less susceptible. Thanks!

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!