On 28 May 2016, I coined and defined the terms "edfuscate" and "edfuscation" to denote a type of education (formal information transmittal) that is contaminated with the intent to confuse, generally for the sake of creating some type of dependency, whether that is subjugating the reader/attendee/student to the pseudoknowledge of the writer/teacher, maintaining the status quo via use of thought-terminating clichés, or artificially creating a need for a service or product. Education: 1.the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university. 2. an enlightening experience. Traditionally, the goal of education has been to liberate people, to empower them.

Textbooks and video tutorials: Inflammation Mastery, 4th Edition contains the updated version of most of the main protocols, bound together in a single volume of nearly 1200 pages. The work is also available as a two-volume set titled Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine; Volume 1 contains Chapters 1-4 and Volume 2 contains Chapter 5. One can get oriented to the work by viewing the PDF excerpt, a large file of approximately 50 pages including the Table of Contents, page and photo samples, and the Index. All of the large books mentioned above provide access to video presentations and tutorials. These books are not simply compilations of information; they are organized system

Title: Functional Medicine for Inflammatory Disorders and the Foundational Diet-Nutrition Protocol: Introduction to Dr Vasquez's "Functional Inflammology Protocol" and Supplemented Paleo-Mediterranean Diet Description: This ebook excerpt provides an introduction --via text, illustrations, and video presentations-- to the structured and integrated "intellectual structure" of functional medicine, which allows for a complete comprehension of disease, thereby facilitating better patient care. This version of the ebook (previously published* as ASIN B01BA0PVIE) includes hyperlinks to the full-text of Dr Vasquez's publication on mitochondrial nutrition ("Mitochondrial Medicine Arrives to Prime Tim

Dr Vasquez: "Headlines and soundbites allow us to select and reinforce the ideas we want to see and hear. Articles provide information; essays provide perspectives and ideas. Textbooks can simply provide organized information, as an assemblage of articles, or --if structured-- can provide complete systems of thought, allowing not simply for the transmission of information but for the transferal of intellectual structure, an integrated system of thought." Emerson: "It is remarkable, the character of the pleasure we derive from the best books. They impress us with the conviction, that one nature wrote and the same reads. We read the verses of one of the great English poets, of Chaucer, of Marv

Summary: Most of the time and effort and money invested in traveling to a conference has nothing to do with learning; we should consider the lack of learning efficiency, or learning inefficiency, and the massive costs in transportation, plus the residual carbon footprint Air-travel leaves a huge carbon footprint Article: Specific Climate Impact of Passenger and Freight Transport Environ. Sci. Technol., 2010 Calculator: carbonfootprint.com/ What time-money costs are involved in "going to a conference"? Trip planning: flight, hotel, car. Flight costs $750, car/taxi/shuttle $100, hotel at $150 per night for 3 nights Travel: packing clothes/computer/toiletries (.5-1), to airport parking (.5-1),

Poisoning Our Brains with Pesticides: autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia Quote: "Boston, MA – Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children—such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia—according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The researchers say a new global prevention strategy to control the use of these substances is urgently needed." Growing number of chemicals linked with brain disorders in children. Harvard School of Public Health 2014 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/chemicals-linked-with

Original CME publication and validation in 2008: Monograph commissioned and accredited for continuing medical education (CME) by the Institute for Functional Medicine, titled "Musculoskeletal Pain: Expanded Clinical Strategies." Updated in 2011 as "Fibromyalgia in a Nutshell" and then completely revised in early 2016: Now available in beautiful full-color as Pain Revolution for Migraine and Fibromyalgia: The Paradigm-Shifting Guide for Doctors and Patients Dealing with Chronic Pain and also in discounted black-and-white printing as Brain Inflammation in Chronic Pain, Migraine and Fibromyalgia; both books are available via the free Kindle platform for reading on phone, iPad, and computer, the

Quote: "Case reports have described Parkinson disease in individuals exposed to OPs; to herbicides including glyphosate, paraquat, and diquat; and to fungicides including maneb and other dithiocarbamates. Higher concentrations of organochlorines, particularly dieldrin, have been found in postmortem brains of Parkinson disease patients compared to patients with other neurologic diseases.", from Kamel and Hoppin Association of Pesticide Exposure with Neurologic Dysfunction and Disease. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 Jun Mechanism of toxicity: Mitochondrial damage and free-radical (ROS) toxicity Poisoning Our Brains with Pesticides: autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia

Article being reviewed: Norelle R. Reilly, MD. The Gluten-Free Diet: Recognizing Fact, Fiction, and Fad. Journal of Pediatrics 2016 in press May Importance: This article was widely distributed in the media via press releases and television coverage; therefore its accuracy/falsity is of potential high importance based on wide distribution and the fact that it was published in a presumably important journal, which has revealed itself to be unreliable by virtue of this publication. Pleasure: Reading the article was difficult and at times painful due to the lack of logic, inaccuracies, and overall use of "bullshit" per Frankfurt; writing this review will not be enjoyable except as an exercise in

I was right in 2008 and 2011: In 2008, I published the first (to my knowledge) integrated model of fibromyalgia in a CME monograph commissioned by the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2011 I created the video immediately below based on the book I had just published titled Migraine Headaches, Hypothyroidism, and Fibromyalgia which has now been replaced by the full-color Pain Revolution in Migraine and Fibromyalgia (digital ebook available) and the cheaper grayscale excerpt Brain Inflammation in Chronic Pain (same digital ebook); that information is excerpted from the much larger Inflammation Mastery 4th Edition (complete work, Chapters 1-5) and Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Function

2016: Inflammation Mastery, 4th Edition contains the entire antiviral protocol, plus additional sections in mitochondrial nutrition and the entire (anti)dysbiosis protocol. Included in Chapter 4 of Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine, Vol. 1 (full color). Ebook for computer, iPad, and phone: Mastering MTOR

Comment on: "Association of Environmental Toxins With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" by Su et al in JAMA Neurolology May 09, 2016 Environmental toxins: Generally this term is and should be used to describe naturally-occurring substances that have major toxic effects, such as lead (neurotoxin), mercury (neurotoxin, nephrotoxin, immunotoxin), arsenic, uranium; we could perhaps also include natural poisons such as from plants such as poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans. These are all natural substances with toxic effects. Corporate chemicals and pollution: These include substances such as those specifically listed in the JAMA article discussed below: "organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorin

Availability—exact same material: 2016: Inflammation Mastery, 4th Edition contains the entire antiviral protocol, plus additional sections in mitochondrial nutrition and the entire (anti)dysbiosis protocol. Included in Chapter 4 of Textbook of Clinical Nutrition and Functional Medicine, Vol. 1 (full color). 2014 Antiviral Strategies and Immune Nutrition: paper-printed book and ebook for phones, tablet/iPad, and computers via the free Kindle app. VIDEO 1-hour introduction with full 4-hour video provided within the printed/ebooks: Functional Medicine & Immune Nutrition for Viral Infections: Part 1 Introduction and Contextualization VIDEO 22 minutes: Functional Medicine, Mitochondrial Dysfuncti