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Probiotics have taken center stage, rising to popularity quickly in the past decade largely due to how probiotics make people feel.George Parakevakos, executive director of the International Probiotics Association says it’s not easy being one of the most popular consumed dietary supplements, and here’s why: Probiotics have taken center stage, rising to popularity quickly in the past decade largely due to how probiotics make people feel - but do they work?
This is a question that has been raised more recently as skeptics of probiotics appeal to the probiotics industry for in-depth answers. Parakevakos’ nonprofit organization has been leading the charge on the science and safety of probiotics for the past two decades.
He joins Dr. Friedman in this encore episode from February 2021 to share what science says when it comes to probiotic efficacy and safety, and address misconceptions on how and when to use them. -
CBD is everywhere these days, from specialty markets to your local grocery storeCBD is everywhere these days, from specialty markets to your local grocery store.
Research shows it may be an effective treatment for inflammation, pain, anxiety, insomnia, depression, post-traumatic stress, and even autoimmune disease. But, not all CBD is created equal. Due to a lack of regulations, many CBD products on the market contain an undisclosed amount of THC, pesticides, metals, and other toxic additives.
Matt Lombardi and Kevin Moran, two professional athletes, join Dr. Friedman to share their stories on how CBD changed their lives and how getting the right quality product can change yours in this encore episode from October 2019.
Matt and Kevin break through all the confusion on CBD and answer your questions about the difference between CBD & cannabis, the legality of CBD, and the most effective ways to use it (tincture, cream, pills, infusers), and more. -
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Do you eat because you are really hungry or because your brain tells you to?Do you eat because you are really hungry or because your brain tells you to? Well, Dr. Will Cole is back on the show to share how we can tune into our body's natural hunger signals instead of just eating on autopilot.
10 years ago, Dr. Cole started the first functional medicine telehealth center in the world and has gone on to become a sought-after functional medicine expert consulting with people around the globe. He's been named one of the top 50 functional integrative doctors in the nation, helping people suffering from thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorders, and more.
Today, he joins us to talk all about inflammation, fasting, and his latest book, the New York Times bestselling Intuitive Fasting: The Flexible Four-Week Intermittent Fasting Plan to Recharge Your Metabolism and Renew Your Health. -
We've covered a LOT of diets on this show.We've covered a LOT of diets on this show. From fasting to keto, vegan to paleo, each diet has one common focus: longevity!
Science journalist Marta Zaraska says it's not just diet and exercise that helps with our longevity, it's a support network of family and friends.
Join Dr. Friedman as he explores how the secret to living a longer life may not be on your plate or fork, but rather through empathy and kindness in this encore episode from July 2020. -
Nearly half of the population is considered obese.Nearly half of the population is considered obese. 88 million American adults are pre-diabetic and 100 million have high blood pressure. People continue to try fad diets, cut fat, reduce carbs and eliminate sugar, but it's not making a dent.
In his new book, The End of Craving, Mark Schatzker takes a deep dive into food and its purpose. He believes that by restoring the relationship between nutrition and the essential joy of eating, we can live longer and happier lives.
Mark Schatzker is an award-winning writer based in Toronto. He is a writer-in-residence at the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center at Yale University, and a frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Condé Nast Traveler, and Bloomberg Pursuits. He is also the author of The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor and Steak: One Man’s Search for the World’s Tastiest Piece of Beef. -
Bestselling author Jack Canfield has spent decades helping people go from where they are to where they want to be.Most people desire to live a healthier, happier, and more prosperous life. Yet as the years go by, many of us end up at the same place.
A ship at sea won't develop barnacles, but a stagnant ship will. Has your life become stagnant, with mental barnacles?
Jack Canfield has spent decades helping people go from where they are to where they want to be. If you want to increase your confidence, overcome obstacles, and live life with passion and purpose, you don't want to miss this episode from December 2020. -
Wouldn't it be great to be able to recognize if somebody was telling you the truth?Wouldn't it be great to be able to recognize if somebody was telling you the truth? Or what if you could decode the hidden messages while dating? Or if you're a public speaker, the skills of knowing if your message was well-received? Then there are those of you that simply want to be able to watch celebrity interviews or depositions, and know if that person is being truthful.
Our guest today is behavior and body language expert Scott Rouse, and he has critiqued the body language of politicians, celebrities, criminals, and serial killers. In addition, he's been recently creating the patient engagement loop, where he helps healthcare professionals with nonverbal keys to make patients happier and attain a better treatment outcome.
Scott holds multiple certificates and advanced interrogation skills, and he's been trained alongside the FBI, Secret Service, US Military Intelligence, and the Department of Defense. His advanced skills and nonverbal communication have made him the go-to expert for many Fortune 500 CEOs, doctors, attorneys, and executives.
He talks with Dr. Friedman about watching out for single shoulder shrug, analyzing body language and responses, and the patient engagement loop. -
Healthcare in the US has become a touchy, politicized topic.
Healthcare in the US has become a touchy, politicized topic. Our guest says it's a broken system and is here to tell us why.
In fact, Dr. Reagan Anderson wrote a book on the issue, Universal Deathcare: A Solution for Healthcare in the Age of Entitlement.
Dr. Reagan Anderson is a former Combat Doctor with two deployments to Iraq who is now attacking the healthcare crisis with an informed and comprehensive strategy borne from being a successful Dermatologist, business owner, professor, speaker, author, and entrepreneur.
Listen to this encore episode from April 2021 as he talks about the importance of prevention in modern healthcare, getting people to take control of their own health, and how we got to such fragmented and political views of healthcare. -
Are you struggling with conditions like brain fog, depression, anxiety, or OCD?
Are you struggling with conditions like brain fog, depression, anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, or OCD? If so, what you're eating could be to blame! Your food fuels your brain, and your brain needs the best fuel possible.
Dr. Uma Naidoo is a nutritional psychiatrist, and serves as the director of nutritional & lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Naidoo is a nationally and international pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry, having founded the first US hospital-based clinical service in this area. She is the author of the book, "This Is Your Brain on Food."
She talks in this encore episode from April 2021 about the ideal brain diet, managing stress with the food we eat, and the top foods to stop eating altogether (or at least cut back on). -
In this episode of "Ask the Doctor", Dr. Friedman answers some of his listeners' most pressing questions. Listen in for all the details.
In this episode of "Ask the Doctor", Dr. Friedman answers some of his listeners' most pressing questions. Listen in for all the details.
This inflation is unbearable. With food prices on the rise, are there any money-saving strategies that you can share?
Nancy Meadows - Schaumburg, IL
I drink 1-2 glasses of red wine with dinner. Is there a specific type of red wine that's healthier or does it not matter?
Eileen Mitchells - Valdosta, GA
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Are some healthier than others, and what about the sugar content in apples?
Brenda O'Brien - Casper, WY
I want organic pasture-raised eggs, but always doubt the ones in the grocery store are actually pasture-raised. Do I need to go to a farmers market?
Kristin McCarthy - Springhill, TN
I have a food intolerance to several things I used to be able to eat with no problem. Why all of a sudden am I not able to eat foods I used to love?
Dolores Cohen, Tennessee
I love to salt my food. Is salt really as bad as we've been led to believe?
Mark Evans - Tampa, FL
I suffer from candida and try all of the supplements but it always returns. Any suggestions?
Ann Burkus, Sarasota, FL
I'm drinking a lot of lemon water but I'm worried all of the acidity is bad for my stomach. Do you concur?
Pat Richards - Raleigh, NC
Are meal replacement shakes & bars ok to use instead of eating food if I want to lose weight?
Fran Denison - Albuquerque, NM
I suffer from migraines. Is there a supplement I can take that might help?
Anna Edwards, Asheville, NC
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The sands of time come with extra candles on the birthday cake: wrinkles, weight gain, memory loss, aches, and pains.
The sands of time come with extra candles on the birthday cake: wrinkles, weight gain, memory loss, aches, and pains. We're told these are just a normal part of getting older. But focusing on something called our telomeres, we may be able to turn back the clock.
Telomeres are the caps at the end of each strand of DNA that protect our chromosomes. Our guest today is Dr. Daryl Mysek is a holistic physician and leading anti-aging expert who has done extensive research on how our telomeres may hold the secret to changing how we age and extending our lifespan.
Dr. Misak is a regular contributing writer for the Naturopathic Doctor News and Review and does regular radio interviews and lectures focused on a natural approach to good health.
In this encore episode from July 2020, Dr. Misak shares more on this secret to longevity, the right supplements to take, and DNA testing to find out more about your own telomere length. -
So many aspects of our health are influenced by the vast array of microscopic organisms living within us known collectively as the microbiome.So many aspects of our health are influenced by the vast array of microscopic organisms living within us known collectively as the microbiome. These trillions of cells in our gut help to control everything from our immunity nervous system and hormones.
Our gut regulates our brain health, how we age, how we think sleep, and even how much we weigh. Returning guest Dr. William Davis is here today to discuss his new book Super Gut, and to share how we can reboot our digestive system and maintain long-term health and wellbeing. It's not a bird. It's not a plane. It's Super Gut!
Dr. Davis is a preventative cardiologist and author of several books, which include multiple New York Times bestsellers. His latest book is Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight.
Listen as Dr. Davis shares with us how to find the right gluten-free and fermented foods in the store, his thoughts on intermittent fasting, and the problems with overthinking our diets. -
Between Coronavirus and the political landscape right now, leaving it all to live a remote life in the mountains sounds pretty good right now, doesn't it?Between Coronavirus and the political landscape right now, leaving it all to live a remote life in the mountains sounds pretty good right now, doesn't it?
Well, that's what Gary Collins did almost a decade ago. With a background in the military, Gary now lives off-the-grid part of the year in a remote area of NE Washington State and spends the rest of the year exploring in his travel trailer with his trusty black lab Barney.
In this encore episode from August 2020, Gary talks about how he ended up living this life, what he's learned off the grid and how you can build a remote life for yourself if you choose. He also covers how you can simplify and uncluttered your current life.
Find out more about Gary and his life off the grid at www.thesimplelifenow.com. -
Shemane Nugent and her rockstar husband, Ted built the house of their dreams. What they didn't know was their sanctuary was killing them.Shemane Nugent and her rockstar husband, Ted built the house of their dreams. It was featured on the popular show, MTV cribs. What they didn't know was their sanctuary was killing them. Eventually, they would discover the culprit that was taking a toll on their emotional and physical health was life-threatening toxic mold.
She was eventually able to heal herself and her family from natural remedies and functional medicine, and she shares her story in the new documentary Killer House. If you're experiencing unresolved fatigue, headaches, brain fog, chronic sinus, or stomach issues, your house could be to blame.
Shemane is a New York Times bestselling author and an international fitness presenter and instructor for more than 40 years as a program developer for Zumba training instructors worldwide. She's the author of "Married To A Rockstar", "Four Minutes to Happy," and co-author of the New York Times bestselling book "Kill It and Grill It" with her husband, legendary rocker, Ted Nugent. -
Bill Protzmann, an accomplished musician who has spent decades studying the healing power of music, shares how to use music functionally in everyday situations.Music is something most people enjoy but research shows it also has therapeutic and healing properties.
Music can help decrease chronic pain and lower depression. The right song can stimulate serotonin and dopamine levels, the body’s neurotransmitters that regulate emotional well-being. It can help lower heart rate, blood pressure, and reduce the stress hormone called cortisol.
Joining Dr. Friedman is Bill Protzmann, an accomplished musician who has spent decades studying the healing power of music.
He is a successful IT entrepreneur who holds magna cum laude degrees in piano performance and creative writing. He’s an Associate Member of the American Music Therapy Association and a member of the Healing Music Organization.
In this encore episode from December 2019, Dr. Friedman chats with Bill on how to use music functionally in everyday situations including improving performance at work, strengthening communication and relationship skills, and combatting depression. -
We've all heard the saying that our genes determine our destiny.We've all heard the saying that our genes determine our destiny. If your parents died in their early seventies, that means you are more likely to die in your seventies. A family history of chronic disease means you're more likely to get it.
Even obesity is blamed on our family tree. Well, our guest today, Dr. Kara Fitzgerald says it's not genetics that determines our age and level of health, it's our epigenetics. Research shows by using diet and lifestyle modification, we have the innate ability to reverse our biological age.
Dr. Fitzgerald is a doctor of naturopathic medicine and an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner.
She's the lead author and editor of case studies and integrative and functional medicine and became the first-ever recipient of the Emerging Leadership Award from the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute, as a leading voice in the intersection of nutrition epigenetics and aging. Her new book is called "Younger You: Reduce Your Bio Age and Live Longer and Better." -
Learn more about the science of hope theory and how it relates to health.Do you know the difference between false hope and true hope?
Libby Gill has spent years studying the science of hope theory, which is "the interconnection between beliefs and behaviors." In her book, The Hope-Driven Leader, she set out to explore how this theory can shift mindsets from siloed to collaborative and productivity levels from sluggish to robust.
She also applies this theory to one's health and the ability to aid in addressing a range of diseases, even cancer, in this encore episode from 2018. -
It's commonly said the most powerful position on the planet is the President of the United States. Actually, that title should go to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President.It's commonly said the most powerful position on the planet is the President of the United States. Actually, that title should go to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President. He's the highest-paid federal employee and holds the key to our health care. He advises the Pentagon, foreign governments, and the WHO. Dr. Fauci together with his friend Bill Gates controls the media, scientific journals, government agencies, influential doctors, and scientists. They flooded the public with fearful propaganda and they sensor anyone opposing them.
Joining us today is returning guest Robert F. Kennedy Jr. His #1bestselling book The Real Anthony Fauci pulls back the curtain and exposes some ulterior motives behind mask mandates, quarantines, mandatory vaccinations, and the boosters. It's profits before people.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an attorney as well as an environmental and humanitarian activist. As a trial lawyer, he's taken on the world's most powerful corporations and held them accountable for harming the environment. He was named one of Time Magazine's Heroes For The Planet as the founder of the Children's Health Defense. -
"Poop" is often a taboo topic, but the truth is, it's a critically important biological function that should be talked about."Poop" is often a taboo topic, but the truth is, it's a critically important biological function that should be talked about.
The color, shape, size, and frequency of your bowel movements may provide clues about how healthy (or unhealthy) you are.
In his book, What's Your Poo Telling You?, Dr. Anish Sheth covers a number of issues you can identify by paying attention to what lands in the toilet bowl.
Dr. Sheth joins Dr. Friedman in this encore episode from 2018 to discuss what indicators characterize healthy and unhealthy stools, what a "normal" schedule is, why you shouldn't necessarily panic if you see blood, and how you can improve your overall health by changes to your diet. -
Over 2000 years ago, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine said all disease begins in the gut.Over 2000 years ago, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine said all disease begins in the gut. Fast forward to today and science is proving this to be true. Our gut health might be to blame for many chronic diseases, such as depression, obesity, autoimmune disease, autism, and even cancer.
This is the foundation of Dr. Peter Kozlowski's practice as well. He is a family medicine residency graduate who has devoted his career to helping uncover the underlying cause of chronic disease through functional medicine. He trained with leaders in his field, including Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Deepak Chopra, and Susan Bluhm. He now serves patients in person and online at his Montana and Chicago-based practices and is also an author.
If you want to boost your immune system, heal your gut and reach your optimal health, stay tuned! We have a gut feeling you're going to enjoy this episode. - Show more
