Brittany Scurto PAC

10/15/2026

10/13/2026

Coincidentally this morning I got a voice message from Ivo who was our brilliant, scientist and all things Sardinia/Blue Zones specialist with the recipe for sourdough bread that we made on our trip. So for those who are interested, here it is! Additionally, if you are interested in meeting him and going on one of his tours or staying at his boutique hotel you can find him at https://www.lacasamediterranea.com/ and if you are a healthcare provider interested in one of the longevity tours that I took, go to Immersive Explorations ❤️❤️❤️

10/13/2026

Things I learned about longevity in Sardinia's Blue Zones part 2:
BREAD IS LIFE!!! 🥖
Bread is not evil and it should not be bad for you. People have sustained their lives via bread for over 14,000 years. Sadly, due to agricultural changes, ultra processing, additions of synthetic chemicals, preservatives, emulsifiers, pesticides, artificial and "natural" flavors, etc, bread is no longer what is meant to nourish us and sustain us. (Don't believe me, check the ingredients on your sourdough at Whole Foods, it's not even real sourdough 😢)
Additionally, in the United States we have enriched wheat which contains synthetic vitamins that are meant to replace the natural vitamins that were removed from the wheat grain. Humans cannot appropriately break down and absorb the synthetic vitamins which ultimately cause more harm than good. 🤢
True Bread should truly be nothing more than natural heirloom wheat grain 🌾 ground to contain the germ, bran and flour, yeast or starter, water and salt.
And when it's made from those ingredients, fresh and by hand, is the most comforting, filling and nutritious base for our diet.
Due to severe autoimmune disease and MTHFR mutations (another post for another day,) I have been gluten free for over 16 years. This is quite devastating for a fully-blooded Italian who grew up on pasta and bread. However on my integrative journey, I learned that I could have true sourdough because the lactobacillus breaks up the gluten. And so I do. And it's incredible.
So in Italy, I decided to test the differences between American wheat and European wheat. What I found was that I could eat every single bread and pasta and I didn't feel sick once. No ultra processed, highly genetically modified grain, no enriching and no glyphosate are allowed in Italy. And it shows. I never felt healthier than I did the last two weeks eating real bread. 🥖❤️ Immersive Explorations

10/11/2026

Things I learned about longevity in Sardinia's Blue Zone PART 1:
Over the past two weeks, I took an adventure with a group of medical professionals to the blue zones of Sardinia to study longevity. Afterwards I visited a small town in Sicily where my grandfather's family was from. This was a beyond incredible trip and I learned so much that I would love to share.
First in the majority of Sardinia, I noted that people still use wood burning ovens and usually have them in and outside their home. They work together as a community to cook meals and everything that they eat comes from the land. They also have a relationship with the plants around them, something we've lost. They know which plants they can eat, which are healing and which are good for them. They actually collect their own wood and bring it back to their homes. Additionally, they make their own w**e and even delicacies like snails and bottarga, which is preserved gray mallet pregnant fish ovaries. Sardinians are unique people genetically as the land originally broke off from France and Spain but has been conquered multiple times, eventually becoming part of Italy but always isolated since its inception. These people mostly live in rural areas which up until the 1950s and '60s still functioned at very basic levels with oxen and no indoor plumbing or running water. Even now, in 2026, while they do have modern conveniences life is very simple and consists of hard work for basic needs. But this also brings an incredible beauty and peace and oneness with their land and community which I think is a huge factor to their longevity. Immersive Explorations

09/10/2026

IT'S HERE!!
So for those of you who don't know me, I have struggled with autoimmune diseases and pre-cancers/cancer throughout most of my life. Unfortunately that has led to multiple bouts of extreme hair loss. In the last three to four months, I lost about 50% of my hair and had to cut off about 5 in. As a Dermatology PA, obviously, I know many treatment options for hair regrowth. As an integrative practitioner, I also know that certain red lights have shown statistically significant results for hair regrowth. So I finally decided to give it a try! This is a brand that one of my colleagues who is a hair loss specialist recommends. As previously noted if you suffer from male pattern or female pattern hair loss, this may be an option for you as well. And it's something you can obtain through my practice. Their studies show results at about 16 weeks however typically full results are at 6 months to a year. So let's be patient and I'll keep you posted on my results!

09/01/2026

After our gig, a gentleman came up to me twice in the evening and told me he wished we were still playing/I was still singing (no offense to the other bands, you guys were awesome) and proceeded to go on about how powerful of a song Messy is. With which I completely agree. I think we all feel this song on some level at some point in our lives. And that's why music is so important because we can touch one another's souls with it and come together with common understanding and a connection that is truly human. 💞
And a shout out to the rest of Ground Level for being such wonderful musicians to play with every week. It is such a special feeling to share our music with the crowd and absorb their energy. 🌟
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08/31/2026

Some songs really get the crowd up and moving! This is our third gig in a row where fans danced to Cranberries' Dreams (and No diggity -- see our previous reel!) 🕺💃
AND at Jimmy D's not only did we have an amazing crowd dancing to our music (including the other bands) but the cherry on top was that I got serenaded with this sing along! 👄🎶🎵
"laaah laa la la la la la la la laaahaah laaahaah la laa
laaah laa la la la la la la la laaahaah laaahaah la laa
laaah laa la la la la la la la laaahaah laaahaah la laa"
Thank you again to everyone who came out to listen to our music! ❤️❤️❤️
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08/30/2026

We had a BLAST playing at Jimmy D's tonight!
As usually No Diggity was one of the crowds favorites! Ground Level