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ENCORE: How Healing Works, Part 2
September 24, 2020
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Wayne Jonas, author of "How Healing Works: Get Well and Stay Well Using Your Hidden Power to Heal." Click HERE for part 1.
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Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Loneliness and Diabetes
September 23, 2020
Study: Loneliness in older adults and new-onset diabetes; Deaths from Alzheimer's have spiked in the time of COVID; I have fibromyalgia and hypothyroidism. What can I do about my aches and pains?; Which anticholinergic drugs are "Brainrobbers"?; I've never gotten the flu vaccine but am considering it now with COVID still around. What are your thoughts? Click HERE for part 2.
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Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Fruit & Veggie Pills’ Outrageous Claims
My 76-year-old brother lost 20 pounds in the last few months and after many tests has been given antibiotics to kill any parasite(s). Is anything being overlooked?; What are your thoughts on a 70-year-old woman taking bioidentical hormones for 10 plus years?; With studies linking strontium to blood clots and heart attacks, is there cause for concern?; Why are the makers of those fruit and veggies pills allowed to make such outlandish claims? Click HERE for part 1.
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Immune Support for Fall, Part 1
September 22, 2020
What you need to fend off the changing weather. Neil Levin, Senior Nutrition Education Manager for Now Foods and Protocol for Life Balance addresses the need for a suite of nutrients to buttress defenses: Vitamin D, zinc, and C, along with companion antioxidants. Additionally, mushroom extracts have shown immune-supportive capabilities. He offers some surprising insights on how they might work. Astragalus is also considered a plausible candidate for reducing vulnerability to the stress of seasonal change. As a product developer, Levin discusses the ways manufacturers assure the ingredients they source are potent and free of harmful contaminants. Click HERE for part 2.
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Immune Support for Fall, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Neil Levin, Senior Nutrition Education Manager for Now Foods and Protocol for Life Balance. Click HERE for part 1.
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ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for September 19, Part 1
September 21, 2020
2020 diet buzzwords: Intermittent Fasting (IF) and Time-Restricted Feeding (TRF); Americans eat non-stop, consume 1/3 of calories as snacks, drink their calories; The “protein leverage hypothesis” may explain why you overeat; Hot chili peppers cut death risk; All those new hospital mergers don’t boost efficiency, patient satisfaction; Drugs hastily approved at year-end deadline more often withdrawn or given black box warnings; “Borderline creatinine”—does it matter? What to do for elusive abdominal pain? Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.
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ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for September 19, Part 2
Collagen supplements—hype or hope for skin health? Personal care products hasten puberty in young girls; A rancher defends responsible use of antibiotics in livestock; Heartburn drugs found to prompt allergies; Moon landing pioneer Neil Armstrong survived space travel, Korean War jet combat, experimental supersonic rocket plane trials—yet newly-released records show he succumbed to avoidable heart surgery errors; Children who drank whole—not reduced-fat—milk 40% less likely to suffer obesity; Your aromatherapy oil diffuser may be making your pet sick; Fish oil supplements found not to increase of surgical bleeding. Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.
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Leyla Weighs In: Coffee
September 18, 2020
Increased coffee intake could avert deaths from liver disease; Detox - supporting liver function with nutrition.
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ENCORE: Kids’ Exposure to Electronic Media, Part 1
September 17, 2020
A conversation with the “Mediatrician”, Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician whose practice and research center around kids’ exposure to electronic media. He recently supported a stockholder initiative to persuade Apple to offer more options for parents to shape their children’s media exposure. Are the big social media companies compromising our children’s well-being for the sake of more ad clicks? What are the health consequences—physical and mental—of kids’ heavy use of social media? How does it contribute to obesity? To depression and suicidality? To poor school performance? To sleep deprivation? Why prohibition is not the answer; Is there such a thing as “internet addiction”? Should kids below a certain age have zero screen time? Dr. Rich offers tips to parents and grandparents via his column “Ask the Mediatrician” at the website of his Center on Media and Child Health at http://cmch.tv/parents/askthemediatrician/. Click HERE for part 2.
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ENCORE: Kids’ Exposure to Electronic Media, Part 2
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with the “Mediatrician”, Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician whose practice and research center around kids’ exposure to electronic media. Click HERE for part 1.
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