Expert Interview

ENCORE: Why avoid GMOs? Part 1
May 24, 2022
Dr. Michelle Perro is an award-winning pediatrician and integrative physician, co-author of "What’s Making Our Children Sick: How Industrial Food is Causing an Epidemic of Illness." She explains how the advent of genetically-modified foods can undermine health—via diverse pathways. First, there are the unforeseen consequences on the human body of consuming novel foreign proteins; then, there are the adverse effects of herbicides like glyphosate that GMO crops facilitate. Of particular concern is the effect of GMOs on the microbiome which a key determinant of metabolic, neurotransmitter, and immune status. Newer technologies like CRISPR are touted as breakthroughs but they may have inadvertent downsides. Dr. Perro is an advocate of the precautionary principle when it comes to food innovations; she offers tips on how consumers can avoid consumption of GMOs. She calls for a revolution in food production and distribution, and a return to safer and more sustainable models of regenerative agriculture. Click HERE for part 2.

ENCORE: Why avoid GMOs? Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Michelle Perro, an award-winning pediatrician and integrative physician, and co-author of "What’s Making Our Children Sick: How Industrial Food is Causing an Epidemic of Illness." Click HERE for part 1.

The Estrobolome’s Role in Hormone Balance, Part 1
May 19, 2022
More and more consumers are aware of probiotics, but most of them think of their importance as being only for digestive health. Some have made the connection between probiotics, a healthy gut, and immune health, but there are other health areas that they positively affect as well. We now have research that points to the importance of a healthy gut microbiome for optimal function throughout the body, including hormone balance. There is an aspect of the microbiome called the ‘estrobolome’ that is uniquely in charge of managing hormone production and detoxification; without a healthy gut, hormone health will not be optimal. Naturopathic physician and integrative practitioner Dr. Aimée Shunney details the estrobolome’s role in managing hormone production and detoxification. She describes the estrobolome as a collection of bacteria in the gut which is capable of metabolizing and modulating the body's circulating estrogen. It is the bacteria in the gut, and the estrobolome, that affect estrogen levels. Click HERE for part 2.

The Estrobolome’s Role in Hormone Balance, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Aimée Shunney, naturopathic physician and integrative practitioner, on the estrobolome’s role in managing hormone production and detoxification. Click HERE for part 1.

The “Swedish Experiment” During Covid, Part 1
May 17, 2022
Investigative journalist Johan Anderberg has written an account of Sweden’s response to Covid, "The Herd, How Sweden Chose Its Own Path Through the Worst Pandemic in 100 Years." The insights he gained have profound implications for our own public health strategies going forward. Sweden was heavily criticized for taking a relatively lax approach to school and business closures, compulsory masking and social distancing. Their health officials weighed the evidence, and decided on less stringent measures. After initial alarm at their high death rates, cases leveled off, and now Sweden boasts one of the lowest excess mortality statistics in Europe. Is allowing herd immunity to take effect the key to their success? Is there something about the Swedish lifestyle—adherence to a Nordic diet and lots of physical activity—that renders their population less vulnerable? Additionally, the Swedish economy took less of a hit, and their mental health—especially of young people—has been less impaired. According to Anderberg, Swedes wonder, after all the Sweden-bashing that took place in the U.S. and U.K. media early in the pandemic, why health journalists in those countries haven’t taken the time to re-examine their staunch advocacy for strict lockdown, distancing, and masking strategies. Click HERE for part 2.

The “Swedish Experiment” During Covid, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with investigative journalist Johan Anderberg, author of "The Herd: How Sweden Chose Its Own Path Through the Worst Pandemic in 100 Years." Click HERE for part 1.

Dietary Supplements and Healthy Aging, Part 1
May 12, 2022
Anti-aging is a hot topic on Intelligent Medicine. Here, health educator and frequent podcast contributor Neil Levin provides a detailed explanation of how a suite of nutrients from our friends at Protocol for Life Balance, Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), glutathione, and alpha-lipoic acid, can provide a bulwark against cellular decline. Click HERE for part 2.

Dietary Supplements and Healthy Aging, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Neil Edward Levin, the Senior Nutrition Education Manager and a product formulator for NOW(r) Foods and Protocol for Life Balance. Neil is an award-winning board-certified clinical nutritionist, a co-founder and former officer of the American Nutrition Association, a Director of the Mid-American Health Organization (MAHO), and serves on the International & American Association of Clinical Nutritionists' Clinical Nutrition Certification Board. Click HERE for part 1.

ACTION ALERT: The Feds Are Coming For Your Supplements, Part 1
May 10, 2022
Access to supplements is once again under threat. A new Congressional initiative calls for “registration” of all nutritional supplements, a burdensome requirement that is likely to enable FDA to prohibit certain dosages and ingredients. Gretchen Dubeau, Executive Director of the Alliance for Natural Health briefs us on the implications. Large supplement makers owned by pharmaceutical companies are on board, as they’re already equipped to deal with the FDA’s bureaucracy; smaller nimble companies that produce innovative products will be driven to raise prices or go under. You say it can’t happen here? Think again, as U.S. regulators seek to “harmonize” with Europe which already outlaws many supplements, or limits their potency to meaningless levels. Learn more here via this ACTION ALERT, and register your protest to Congress to kill the bills! Click HERE for part 2.

ACTION ALERT: The Feds Are Coming For Your Supplements, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Gretchen Dubeau, Executive Director of the Alliance for Natural Health. Click HERE for part 1.