Expert Interview

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.

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.

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.

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.

ENCORE: Your Secret Weapon for Getting and Staying Healthy, Part 1
September 10, 2020
"Minerals—The Forgotten Nutrient: Your Secret Weapon for Getting and Staying Healthy." Health attorney Joy Stephenson-Laws is on a mission: to transform U.S. healthcare. To this end, she co-authored a consumer-friendly introduction to mineral nutrition. What are the key minerals? Why do traditional blood tests often fail to recognize deficiencies? How do mineral imbalances influence hypertension? Diabetes? Immunity? What commonly-used drugs interfere with mineral balance? When it comes to minerals, can you get too much of a good thing? What’s Stephenson-Laws’ problem with the current state of hospital nutrition? How to better communicate the benefits of good diet to communities and health professionals? Click HERE for part 2.

ENCORE: Your Secret Weapon for Getting and Staying Healthy, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Health Attorney Joy Stephenson-Laws, co-author of "Minerals - The Forgotten Nutrient: Your Secret Weapon for Getting and Staying Healthy." Click HERE for part 1.

ENCORE: Male and Female Sexuality, Part 1
September 8, 2020
"Integrative Sexual Health" co-editor Geo Espinosa ND talks about male and female sexuality. What’s getting in the way of our patients’ optimal sexual performance? What are the health benefits of sexual activity? Can endocrine-disrupting environmental pollutants diminish libido? How does exercise enhance sexual performance? Are there real aphrodisiac foods? Why is it said that erections are the “dipstick” of men’s metabolic health? What are the downsides of over-reliance on Viagra/Cialis/Levitra? Dr. Geo separates the facts from the hype about natural testosterone boosters and sexual performance enhancers. Are there supplements that support female sexual response? What role for adaptogens? Click HERE for part 2.

ENCORE: Male and Female Sexuality, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Geo Espinosa, co-editor of "Integrative Sexual Health." Click HERE for part 1.

ENCORE: Successfully Regulate Your Appetite, Part 1
September 3, 2020
Dr. Rachel Herz, author of “Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food," explains how our neuroanatomical wiring affects our eating behavior. How do various tastes—sweet, salty, sour and bitter—impact our moods and appetites? How does DWD—dining while distracted—increase our food intake? What makes foods like bacon and chocolate so enticing? How food is presented affects our choices—as do portion sizes. What are the implications for strategies to curb excess caloric intake? Dr. Herz believes in “empowerment via awareness”—moderation and variation are keys to successful appetite regulation. Click HERE for part 2.

ENCORE: Successfully Regulate Your Appetite, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Rachel Herz, author of “Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food." Click HERE for part 1.