Expert Interview

The Elimination Diet: Everything you ever wanted to know, Part 1
March 17, 2015
In his new book, The Elimination Diet, Tom Malterre explains how food intolerances may be responsible for a bewildering array of symptoms and medical conditions. What are the major food culprits? How about chemicals and additives? What's the relationship between food intolerances and weight gain? What is a FODMAPS elimination diet? What are hidden sources of common food allergens? How can you implement your own personal elimination diet? Is there a comeback trail from multiple food intolerances? Click HERE for part 2.

The Elimination Diet: Everything you ever wanted to know, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Tom Malterre, who explains how food intolerances may be responsible for a bewildering array of symptoms and medical conditions. Click HERE for part 1.

Airway Health—a new medical paradigm, Part 1
March 5, 2015
Dr. Howard Hindin, founder of the Foundation for Airway Health calls upon health professionals to include an airway evaluation as an integral part of a comprehensive, integrative workup. How you breathe--whether or not your mouth structure or jaw position impedes your airway—impacts your nervous system function, potentially bathing us in stress hormones. This goes way beyond just ordinary sleep apnea, which is surprisingly common. Even without obvious snoring, sleep problems related to suboptimal breathing may affect up to 50% of the population and may be related to chronic fatigue, hypertension, insulin resistance, heart disease, obesity, carbohydrate craving, low testosterone, pain syndromes, GERD, anxiety, dementia. childhood ADD and ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, and many other challenging medical conditions. Click HERE for part 2.

Airway Health—a new medical paradigm, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Howard Hindin, founder of the Foundation for Airway Health, who calls upon health professionals to include an airway evaluation as an integral part of a comprehensive, integrative workup. Click HERE for part 1.

Vaccine Safety, Part 1
March 3, 2015
In the wake of the recent measles outbreak, Dr. Jared Skowron, Vice President of the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians and author of 100 Natural Remedies for Your Child, weighs in on the current vaccine controversy: Are "anti-vaxxers” putting the health of vulnerable Americans at risk? Should routine vaccines be mandatory for all healthy children? What are potential hazards of vaccines? Does over-reliance on vaccines undermine immunity? Does nutrition provide at least a partial bulwark against serious complications of infectious diseases? Should vaccine administration be staggered or delayed in certain vulnerable kids? Do harmful ingredients lurk in some vaccines? Are there warning signs that a child might have an adverse reaction to immunization? Is there a middle ground between vaccine refusal and selective use of vaccines? Why was this year’s flu vaccine such an epic-fail? Click HERE for part 2.

Vaccine Safety, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Jared Skowron, Vice President of the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians and author of 100 Natural Remedies for Your Child. Click HERE for part 1.

Beat Heart Disease, Part 1
February 24, 2015
What percentage of heart problems could be averted with lifestyle measures? You’d be amazed! Listen to this podcast with James Beckerman, M.D., author of “Heart to Start: The Eight-Week Exercise Prescription to Live Longer, Beat Heart Disease, and Run Your Best Race." Dr. Beckerman details how you can assess your fitness status, and custom-design your pathway to fitness. Think you can’t do it? Think again! You CAN run your first 5K race, regardless of previous fitness levels. Develop your own training strategy to attain your goals. Proceeds from Dr. Beckerman’s book go to Play Smart Youth Heart Screenings, a program devoted to early intervention for high school and college athletes at risk for tragic sudden cardiac death. Click HERE for part 2.

Beat Heart Disease, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with James Beckerman, M.D., author of “Heart to Start: The Eight-Week Exercise Prescription to Live Longer, Beat Heart Disease, and Run Your Best Race." Click HERE for part 1.

Protecting Your Access to Natural Therapies, Part 1
February 19, 2015
The Alliance for Natural Health is a Washington, DC-based advocacy organization that is devoted to protecting natural medicine consumers’ access to therapies and products of their choice. Today we speak to their Communications Director, Tim Reihm, who brings us up to date on efforts to preserve natural medicine compounding pharmacies which are instrumental in preparing custom medications, bio-identical hormones, and intravenous ingredients used by patients of integrative practitioners, details of which can be found at http://www.savecompounding.org. Tim also dishes on ANH’s campaign to promote full disclosure of GMO ingredients in foods, particularly in light of the impending approval of a new, non-browning GMO apple. We also discuss New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s recent misguided efforts to tarnish the supplement industry. ANH-USA provides a reliable counterbalance to often misleading mainstream media coverage of issues relating to natural medicine. Click HERE for part 2.

Protecting Your Access to Natural Therapies, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Tim Reihm of the Alliance for Natural Health, who brings us up to date on efforts to preserve natural medicine compounding pharmacies. Click HERE for part 1.