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How to remain resilient during these challenging times.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns901.mp3
- Featured Speaker Myra Giberovitch, MSW
- Book Title Mom Hacks: 100+ Science-Backed Shortcuts to Reclaim Your Body, Raise Awesome Kids, and Be Unstoppable
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Guest Bio
Myra Giberovitch is an educator, social worker, consultant, author and professional speaker. She is an adjunct professor at the McGill University School of Social and author of "Recovering from Genocidal Trauma." Growing up Myra's mother used to say, “In life we never know what lies ahead. What’s important is to adapt to circumstances you can’t change, no matter how difficult.” She made everyday choices to control her environment. One of them was choosing to have a positive attitude and taking action when responding to situations. She persevered and never gave up.
Myra is filled with hope and positive regard for her fellow human beings. She chooses to focus on our common humanity, resilience, and kindness and all the goodness that is out there. - Length (mins) 23:00
- Waiver Received No
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis, MPH
Learn how to prioritize daily tasks into red (critical), yellow (moderate) and green (light).
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns900.mp3
- Featured Speaker Darria Long Gillespie, MD
- Book Title Mom Hacks: 100+ Science-Backed Shortcuts to Reclaim Your Body, Raise Awesome Kids, and Be Unstoppable
- Guest Website Dr. Darria
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/DrDarria/
- Guest Twitter Account @DrDarria
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Guest Bio
Dr. Darria Long Gillespie is a Yale- and Harvard-trained emergency physician, author of national bestselling book Mom Hacks (Hachette), regular TV contributor on Headline News, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, and other network shows, and a TEDx speaker.
A mom of two herself, Dr. Darria has become the national "go-to" doctor for combining the best science with the highest-yield shortcuts to make your life healthier, better, and EASIER. She helps audiences everywhere learn the value of tiny, incremental changes, get rid of the constant feeling of “Crazy Busy” and find their feeling of “I’ve GOT this!” again.
Dr. Darria is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School, MD, from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and residency training from Yale School of Medicine. - Length (mins) 21:09
- Waiver Received No
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis, MPH
Are we simply passive participants in our own aging fate?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns899.mp3
- Featured Speaker Suzanne Somers
- Book Title A New Way to Age: The Most Cutting-Edge Advances in Antiaging
- Guest Website Suzanne Somers
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/suzannesomers
- Guest Twitter Account @SuzanneSomers
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Guest Bio
Suzanne Somers is one of America’s most popular and beloved personalities. In a multifaceted career that has spanned more than three decades, she has achieved extraordinary success as an actress, singer, comedienne, New York Times bestselling author, Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year, entrepreneur, and lecturer.
She is the voice and face of alternative medicine. She received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Host for “The SUZANNE Show,” her weekly Lifetime Network talk show, which provides a thought-provoking morning show alternative with in-depth information on health and wellness in a casual, entertaining format. Suzanne’s fun, smart, empowering talk show, “Suzanne Somers’ Breaking Through,” airs online on the CafeMom Studios YouTube channel. - Length (mins) 36:37
- Waiver Received No
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis, MPH
Dialogue is often lacking around perimenopause and menopause. Naturally Savvy hosts Andrea and Lisa want to expand the conversation.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns898.mp3
- Length (mins) 43:51
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
The symptoms of celiac disease can be wide and varied, which makes it such a difficult disease to properly diagnose and treat.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns897.mp3
- Featured Speaker Jennifer Esposito, actress
- Book Title Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease--What Doctors Don’t Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again
- Guest Website Jennifer's Way
- Guest Twitter Account @JennifersWayJE
- Guest Bio Jennifer Esposito is an accomplished actress, celiac activist, bakery owner and founder of Jennifer's Way Bakery.
- Length (mins) 12:00
- Waiver Received Yes
- Internal Notes repeat guest
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
Lisa M. Schab, LCSW, discusses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an offshoot of cognitive behavioral therapy that targets emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns896.mp3
- Featured Speaker Lisa M. Schab, LCSW
- Book Title Put Your Worries Here: A Creative Journal for Teens with Anxiety
- Guest Website Lisa M. Schab, LCSW
- Guest Bio Lisa M. Schab, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with a private counseling practice in the greater Chicago, IL, area. She has authored seventeen self-help books and workbooks for children, teens, and adults, including The Anxiety Workbook for Teens and The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens. Schab teaches self-help workshops and professional training courses on both anxiety and journaling, and is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
- Length (mins) 26:35
- Waiver Received No
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis, MPH
On a roller-coaster ride of emotions? Perhaps feeling bitchy and cranky and fatigued more often than you should?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns895.mp3
- Featured Speaker Suzanne Somers
- Book Title I'm Too Young for This! The Natural Hormone Solution to Enjoy Perimenopause
- Guest Website Suzanne Somers
- Guest Bio Suzanne Somers is one of America's most popular and beloved personalities. In a multifaceted career that has spanned more than three decades, she has achieved extraordinary success as an actress, singer, comedienne, New York Times bestselling author, Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year, entrepreneur, and lecturer. She is the voice and face of alternative medicine. Her latest book, I'm Too Young for This!: The Natural Hormone Solution to Enjoy Perimenopause (Crown Archetype; 2013) was an instant New York Times bestseller. She received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Host for The Suzanne Show, her weekly Lifetime Network talk show, which provides a thought-provoking morning show alternative with in-depth information on health and wellness in a casual, entertaining format. Suzanne's fun, smart, empowering talk show, Suzanne Somers' Breaking Through, airs online on the CafeMom Studios YouTube channel.
- Length (mins) 11:48
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes No waiver - OK'd by management
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
Liz Weiss, MS, RDN, discusses simple ways to reduce your kitchen carbon footprint.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns894.mp3
- Featured Speaker Liz Weiss, MS, RDN
- Book Title The Moms’ Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time
- Guest Website Liz's Healthy Table
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/LizsHealthyTable/
- Guest Twitter Account @LizWeiss
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Guest Bio
Liz Weiss is a registered dietitian nutritionist and has been passionate about healthy food and family nutrition for over 20 years. Helping families discover the joy of wholesome and delicious food is not just her job—it’s her mission.
Liz is the author of five cookbooks, and her new podcast, Liz’s Healthy Table, has picked up where Cooking with the Moms left off with exciting family-themed food and nutrition episodes including the benefits of omega-3 fats, the Instant Pot craze, and tips for cooking with kids of all ages.
Before she became a blogger and podcaster, Liz spent years reporting on nutrition and health for CNN, and after she left the network, she created a series of 50 Meal Makeovers cooking videos for their Accent Health channel.
Liz has done a lot of live television too, including NBC’s Today show, CNN Headline News, the Food Network, and ABC-Boston, and she loves cooking with parents and kids and speaking to fellow health professionals about food blogging, food photography, and tips for creating winning recipes. - Length (mins) 28:01
- Waiver Received No
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis, MPH
"If I can make my health better, YOU can make your health better." -Carol Alt
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns893.mp3
- Featured Speaker Carol Alt
- Book Title The Raw 50: 10 Amazing Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Drinks for Your Raw Food Lifestyle
- Guest Website Carol Alt
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/modelcarolalt
- Guest Twitter Account @ModelCarolAlt
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Guest Bio
Carol Alt is the ultimate pioneer and chameleon; constantly on the lookout for new ideas and new frontiers. Since her days as the world's most renowned Supermodel, Carol Alt has gone on to be multi-award winning actress, bestselling author on Raw Food Nutrition and hosting her own show, A Healthy You, on Fox News. Having twice graced the cover of the coveted Sports Illustrated Magazine's Swimsuit Edition and in February 2014 Alt was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit franchise. Alt's other activities include hosting various TV and radio morning shows and newscasts, including Good Day Live, GMA, Access Hollywood, and E! Entertainment. Forever touted as "the model that started the Supermodel trend" by John Casablanca, the owner of Elite Models – made Carol the first ever "Super Elite Model in the Supeer Elite Division." The press therefore dubbed her the first "Supermodel."
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Transcription
RadioMD Presents: Naturally Savvy | Original Air Date: March 11, 2015
Hosts: Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis
Guest: Carol Alt
Whether you are new to the living healthy lifestyle or a healthy living veteran, this is the place for the honest answers to your questions. Naturally Savvy with registered holistic nutritionist, Andrea Donsky and health journalist, Lisa Davis, on RadioMD.com
LISA: Here on Naturally Savvy, we are huge fans of Carol Alt and we are so glad that she joins us twice a month on the show. Well, she is back today to talk about her new book, A Healthy You.
Hi, Carol. So glad to have you back.
CAROL: Hi. Yes. Thank you for having me back.
LISA: Alright, Carol. Tell us all about A Healthy You.
CAROL: You know, first, if you don't mind, I just wanted to interject a little bit because I know both of you girls wrote books and, Lisa, I had you on the show about your book, which was a very interesting segment. But, Andrea just sent me a book called Unjunk Your Junk Food. I have to tell you this is like a very cute little book, but I wanted to just say to your listeners is, what's great about this book is it's kind of a bridge to raw because what Andrea's trying to do is teach people how, if you're going to eat junk food, to find the least junky junk food, if that's possible. You know what I'm saying?
ANDREA: Yes. Exactly.
CAROL: And what I try to do when I teach people to go raw is, I try to give them the junky food to transition from first and then to take the next step, so that you're doing things in steps and it's not overwhelming. So, you know, this is a nice little adjunct to what I do because if you can, from here, once you start being aware of what's in your food, you can become more and more aware and then possibly, add more and more raw as you go along. So, it's a cute little book, Andrea. Thank you for sending it to me.
ANDREA: Well, thanks, Carol. I appreciate that. Well, I'm very excited about your new book. Tell us a little bit about what inspired you to write it.
CAROL: Well, I think what happened was, is there were a lot of people asking questions for the "Ask Carol" segment of the show and then there were people who would write in after the show was over and say, "Oh, this was a great segment, but I didn't catch the lower third on the bottom of the TV with this person's website, so could you send it to me or how do I get it?" And, even though we were doing a lot of stuff on CarolAlt.com, I was re-running segments and doing recaps of the show and trying to give the information and everything. I just realized that sometimes people miss it, because they're listening to the show, but they might not be watching, which is cool, too, because as long as you get the information, I don't care how you get it.
ANDREA: Right.
CAROL: So, I was talking with the people up at Fox and I was like, "You know, the best way to get all of the best of the best information on my show to people is to put it down. Write it somewhere." And they went, why don't we just put this in a book?
ANDREA: I love that.
CAROL: I was like, "You know what? That's a really good idea because in a book, what I get to talk about, "Now, this isn't every exercise out there, it's the best of the exercises we had on the show for my watchers, you know? It's the best of the best nutritional information." That goes across the board because, you know, I'm heavy into nutrition because without good nutrition, everything else is just not worthwhile, really. If you don't feel good, you can't work out. If you don't feel good, you don't look good in those new jeans you bought. If you don't feel good, you're not nice to the people around you. So, if you don't feel good, you're not going to age well, either. So, for me, nutrition is the lynchpin which is where we start in the book. So, the best of the best doctors who came on the show and this is also things that I have been doing for 17 years and, you know, I like to hold myself out as an example, not because, "Oh, you know, I'm so proud of what I did." No. It's because I've had such health issues and I have come back from the brink several times and I just want to teach people that if I can do it, you can do it. If I can make my health better, you can make your health better. These are the things that I did and here's a doctor who backs up what I did because, you know, I'm just a model. I get it. But there are certain things that just really, really work. You go out there in the marketplace and you have all these people marketing all this garbage to you. Things that don't work; they didn't try; they wouldn't even put their face on the product because they're like 90 years old and they look terrible. They put some 20-year-olds on there to sell you wrinkle cream. So, this is just…Sorry. But it's true. I mean, you know, I was that 20-year-old and I was like in a studio with 50-60 year old people who were pushing a wrinkle cream and I'm like, "Man, do you use this because, you know, I don't want to be 60 and look like you."
ANDREA: Seriously.
CAROL: So, you know, I see them selling with these 20-year-olds. You know, a 20-year-old doesn't need wrinkle cream, but you want to look like that 20-year-old, so you buy that wrinkle cream. I'm going, "You know what? It starts from the inside." So, it's nutrition. The best of the best nutrition. It's fitness. It's anti-aging. We do some great home remedies so you don't have to spend a fortune because beauty shouldn't be just for the rich. You know, stuff like that. Of course, I put a lot of anecdotes and things that I've learned over the course of the years to help guide you through this. It's a labyrinth of garbage out there. When someone is sitting there and saying, "Listen, this is tried and true. I did this. I'm 54 years old. I did this. It helped me. I would be dead right now if I didn't do some of these things."
ANDREA: Wow.
CAROL: A lot of people, unfortunately, they wait until something happens instead of saying, "Hey, this is so easy to do every day." It's just so easy to do, girls. It really is.
LISA: Yes, it makes a huge difference and exactly, if you have somebody who's done it and it's worked for them and we look at you and you're such a perfect model, no pun intended, of perfect health. But, I have to say something about those wrinkle creams. When I was a kid, and this is true, I would watch those commercials and I would think, "Those girls are so young. What? Like, this is totally false advertising. They don't have any wrinkles." So, I was on the ball. I'm just telling you.
CAROL: Right. And, as you get old, you go, "Geeze. I'd really like to look like that. Let me try that cream." You forget that little voice in your head when you were a kid looking at television going, "Hmmm. That's silly. Why does she need wrinkle cream?"
ANDREA: Yes. You know, it's very true. Listening to this and then laughing because, you know, as we age, most of us, I mean, I only started to care about wrinkles, as I started to get older, like you're saying, Carol, and I think the key is like you're saying, it's not so much on the outside, it's from the inside and we really have to nourish ourselves to make it inside out. Having the experience that you've had and interviewing the people that you've interviewed, you've really got the best of the best information so I think it's amazing that you've compiled it.
CAROL: Yes, it's a resource book. We compiled it and took the best of the things; the things that I know work and I compiled and I think that I know that everybody can do. You know, but you just said something that was really quite interested, however. You said to me, I didn't really care about wrinkles. But, you know, that's the problem. You know, that statement I always think of as the older I get that, "Youth is wasted on the young." I didn't think about wrinkles when I was a kid. I didn't think about getting sick or having health issues. In fact, when I turned raw, it wasn't about health issues at that moment. It was minor health issues. It was heartburn, etc., I just thought if I could feel a little better, great, but it really was about vanity when I first did this.
ANDREA: Right.
CAROL: I'm the first to admit it. It was, "I'm starting to look old." If I had done this when I was 20 or 30, I would have saved myself so many issues: the fear, the waste of time going to doctors and all this stuff that just interferes with your life and the lack of joy because you're not feeling good and maybe they don't even know what's wrong with you. The truth of the matter is, I don't ever wish that on my worst enemy. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy because it's a horrible way to live. So, I do these things exactly because of what you said. Not because of, "Oh, you're going to get old and wrinkly." But, because you forget or you don't want to face the fact that you're going to get old and wrinkly. This is like, do this every day and keep yourself from getting into that moment where you go like, "Oh, shoot. I need to do something." But now, you've got to dig yourself out of a hole.
LISA: Yes. And then you've got to do something bigger. Cosmetic procedures or surgery. It is. So, if you can start young and, even you can't, any age you can make a difference is huge.
Carol, this is so fantastic. Tell us where we can pre-order your wonderful book, A Heathy You.
CAROL: For sure on Amazon.com. Those guys are amazing over there. Amazon.com has our book pre-ordered. Or, you could go to your bookstore and ask them to bring it in. I even say, "You know what, go to your library and ask them to bring it in." Then, you could borrow it. You know?
LISA: Oh, that's a great idea.
ANDREA: That's a great idea.
CAROL: For me, these things aren't about raising money. This stuff is about me getting this information out there. You guys do such a good job in helping me do that. Thank you so much, always, for having me on your show.
LISA: Oh, Carol, it is our pleasure. I want to thank everyone for listening. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @YourRadioMD and @Naturally Savvy.
Have a great day and stay well. - Length (mins) 11:24
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
Dietitian and health coach Jessica Cording shares her simple, no-nonsense advice to help individuals improve eating habits, sleep, energy levels, mentality, and exercise routines.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns892.mp3
- Featured Speaker Jessica Cording, MS, RD, CDN
- Book Title The Little Book of Game-Changers: 50 Healthy Habits for Managing Stress & Anxiety
- Guest Website Jessica Cording Nutrition
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/JessicaCordingNutrition/
- Guest Twitter Account @JessCording
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Guest Bio
Jessica Cording, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian, health coach, and writer with a passion for helping people streamline their wellness routine and establish a balanced relationship with food and exercise. She received her Masters of Science in Clinical Nutrition from New York University, and a dietetic internship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Her writing has been featured in Forbes and Shape. Her upcoming book, The Little Book of Game-Changers: 50 Healthy Habits for Managing Stress & Anxiety, offers hacks that help her clients reach their goals, even when life becomes hectic. - Length (mins) 22:43
- Waiver Received No
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis, MPH
