Douglas Hopper, MD
2221 Lincoln Blvd. #200
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: 310.581.8585
Fax: 320.215.4650

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  1. Body Ultra-Sound Scan
    We strive to discover signals and markers of disease before the disease even develops. The next best thing is to discover disease in its earliest stage. Many professionals recommend total body CT scans to discover hidden tumors and blood vessel disease. This is the Cadillac approach, but it costs approximately $1200 for the test. In my office we do ultrasound screening. This technique is not as accurate as CT, but it is very good for a Chevrolet price of $150. We explore the carotid arteries in the neck, looking for arteriosclerosis, the precursor of strokes to come. We look for growths in the liver, pancreas, kidneys, ovaries, and prostate. We look at the abdominal aorta. A silent aneurysm of the aorta can burst and kill a person within hours. We had a 72 year old man who had an asymptomatic abdominal aneurysm discovered on ultrasound scanning. We operated on him within a week, repaired the aneurysm and he never knew he was "sick." Without this test his fate had been to await the pain of the rupturing aneurysm as his first awareness of the disease.
  2. Metabolic Typing
    Every person has a unique biochemistry. That is why it is so hard to lose weight on reasonable diets, why people feel chronically fatigued, bloated, and lacking energy. Your food is your fuel. Each person is made up of 80 trillion cells, all of which have to perform in harmony. If your Indy race care does not get the correct fuel, it will sputter and gasp. There is no ideal diet. That is why we hear that a particular diet is just great for some people, but others try it and get no results. Some other people actually get worse on the same diet. The same story applies to research on supplements. One popular press article reports glowingly regarding a nutrient and another article states the nutrient is of no value. The answer is in the metabolic typing. Depending upon your biochemical individuality you will respond differently to micro and macronutrients. Primitive cultures do not get sick. That is because they evolved a genetically correct biochemical control mechanism for the available food supply. Eskimos originally did not have access to vegetables, grains, and fruits. They evolved fundamental control mechanisms to metabolize red meat and fats. Polynesians evolved to utilize sugars like poi and papaya, pineapples and sugar cane. Our control mechanism is determined by our autonomic nervous system, the carbo-oxidative system, the lipo-oxidative system, the blood type system, the endocrine system, acid-base and electrolyte systems. If you feed fat free grains and vegetables to a dense protein type you will make that person sick over time. Some people need vegetables, grains, and fruits. Others need high density red meats, butter and fats. When you eat right for your metabolic type, your cholesterol comes down, your diseases abate, your body composition sets itself, your energy and thinking up regulate. Efficient cells are clean cells. When you eat right for your type, your cells clean out the lead, mercury, cadmium, uranium, etc. stored in your tissues. We have all left our primary tribal roots, but we can still determine our metabolic type by entering data from a personal questionnaire into a computer program. The program will determine a person's metabolic type. We then counsel regarding the correct 'fuel' for that person.

  3. Tissue Analysis for toxic and nutritional metals
    One needs to know their toxic load and nutritional status of minerals in order to balance one's metabolism and detoxify the toxic metals.

  4. When you feel good about yourself, good hormones flow from your brain to your pituitary and to your glands, like your gonads, pancreas, adrenals and thyroid.
    Bad chemicals flow when you feel lousy. There are biochemical consequences for all of our feelings. So, we promote loving skin and nail care to increase the flow of the good chemicals. We do gentle alpha hydroxy face peels to promote a plump glowing skin, to minimize and reduce wrinkles. We use a great nail maintenance system to restore cracking, peeling nails. Many clients stop using acrylic nails when they discover how smooth and strong their nails can be.

  5. We train brain relaxation with recommended positive mental 'games,'
    focused relaxation, and soothing music.

  6. We have a very exciting clinical trial in process
    I have treated 8 patients with narrowing of their carotid arteries (the big arteries to the brain) with a dense recipe of many micronutrients (click here for background about arteriosclerosis and treament with Plaqsol) . Over the past two years we have seen this arteriosclerotic plaque shrink and disappear. We have reduced the arterial blockage by 25% to 100%. This has been documented by ultra-sound scans. This is an exciting possibility that we may be able to halt and even reverse narrowing of the carotid and coronary arteries. The regime requires taking up to 22 pills twice per day. The cost is between $182 and $284 per month, depending on whether one takes the maximum or minimum recommended amount. I am very interested in enrolling clients in this on-going study. I think the process works, but we are interested in trying this on more people. We are happy to work with your doctor in your home town while taking the recipe. We can provide it to you or your health care professional. We have noticed results in as little time as six months.

  7. We measure functional micronutrients in clients' cells
    Many people wonder what supplements they should and in what amounts they should take the supplements. Many health conscious people take supplements on an empirical basis, never knowing what is the right amount or the right mix for themselves. The SpectreCell test reveals the micronutrient status inside your cells, e.g. are your supplements actually getting to the cells where they can work. This test reveals sufficiencies and insufficiencies of multiple supplements. We can then rationally correct the insufficiencies. When combined with metabolic typing, we can advise our clients of the supplements they need and the amounts and ratios of supplements. Remember biochemical individuality - each person needs a different mix and ratio of supplements. Metabolic typing and SpectraCell analysis will determine your micronutrient needs.

  8. We are just starting to do genetic screening
    Disease and aging are determined by the interaction between your genes and your environment and life style. In other words, your health is determined by what you think, what you eat, and how you move, playing across your genes to determine your genetic expression. By analyzing your genetic makeup we can determine your risk of developing disease and beat the genes to the punch by altering your life style which can then alter the expressivity of your genetic potential.