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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File healthy_talk/1518ht3b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Raymond Francis, MSc
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- Book Title Never Fear Cancer Again
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Guest Bio
Raymond Francis was at the height of an international consulting career when his health began declining rapidly. What began as chemical sensitivities and allergic reactions to almost everything ended up as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, lupus, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Sjogren's syndrome, digestive problems, skin rashes, headaches, brain fog, dizziness, and ultimately liver failure.
At age 48, his imminent death was considered a medical certainty. "There is nothing more we can do for you," his doctors said.
Believing that the medical interventions had only made things worse, Raymond decided it was up to him to bring himself back to health. A chemist by training and a graduate of M.I.T., he began taking large doses of vitamin C, which revived him enough to conduct extensive research and direct his own care.
It took him two years to fully restore his health. During this period he developed his revolutionary Beyond Health Model, a theory of health and disease that is so simple it can be taught to a child, yet is so powerful that many have cured themselves of terminal cancer relying on its truths.
Now 78, Raymond enjoys an extraordinary level of health. In the 28 years since his recovery, he has not taken any medications or had any surgeries, and he has not been sick except for three minor colds.
He is on a mission to reach as many people as possible with the message that you don't have to get sick, that "health is a choice." He has written five books, Never Be Sick Again, Never Be Fat Again, Never Fear Cancer Again, Never Feel Old Again and his newest book The Great American Health Hoax. Raymond has addressed health conferences all over the U.S. and in eight other countries and has made over 2,000 television and radio appearances.
He is president of Beyond Health International, a supplier of health-supporting products and advanced health education. -
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RadioMD Presents: Healthy Talk | Original Air Date: April 29, 2015
Host: Michael Smith, MD
Healthy talk with Dr. Michael Smith MD and now, here's the country doctor with a city education, Dr. Mike.
DR MIKE: So, let's talk about the toxic pathway of cancer, and if we understand this toxic pathway, how that might help us to prevent and even reverse cancer. My guest is Raymond Francis. He's an MIT-trained scientist, and has been cited as one of the few scientists who has achieved a breakthrough understanding of health and disease. He's the author of four cutting-edge books on health, and his latest book is titled Never Fear Cancer Again.
Raymond, welcome to Healthy Talk.
RAYMOND: Well, thank you very much. Good to be here.
DR MIKE: So, I'm going to start with something here. I got your book and I'm going to open up to the very first page—the introduction—page one. I'm going to read something, ok? Right from the book, because I think it's interesting, and I want to hear really what your take is on this, okay, Raymond?
RAYMOND: Sure.
DR MIKE: It says here:
"We already know how to prevent and reverse cancer. This knowledge exists; all you have to do is learn it and apply it."
Now listen, that's a bold statement to write at the very, in the very first page of your book. Do you really believe that we have all the information we need to prevent and reverse cancer?
RAYMOND: Yes we do. Now cancer is a very complex disease, but, basically, we know what it is, we know why it happens, we know the chemistry. And knowing that puts you in the position to be able to prevent cancer from happening. And if it does happen, puts you in the position to be able to reverse what has happened. Now you might not be able to be successful a hundred percent of the time. Perhaps nothing is a hundred percent, but you can certainly be successful ninety percent of the time.
So, that's what it is. We can teach people to prevent cancer. We can teach people how to cure cancer. And indeed, people have read this book all over the world, and I was just up in Canada in few months back, and a man came up to me, after my talk, and he said "Thank you, thank you. God bless you." He said, "I had terminal melanoma. I had twenty-six rapidly growing lesions. The doctors told me there was nothing that could be done. I read your book. I cured the cancer. I'm in perfect health. Thank you, thank you. God Bless you."
DR MIKE: Nice. Awesome. Yes. So, here's the thing though, if we have the, the knowledge, and we, and we know...Granted, cancer's a very complex disease, but, ultimately, we know what's going within that cancer cell.
RAYMOND: Yes, we do.
DR MIKE: If, if we understand something like the toxic pathway, right? And that's something that you talk about in your book. One of the pathways is the toxic pathway of cancer. If we understand that, what you're saying, we can do things to reduce that toxic load, protect the cells, and that's going to help prevent, an even some cases, treat the cancer, right?
RAYMOND: Yeah. Absolutely.
DR MIKE: By the way, you're a cancer survivor, correct?
RAYMOND: No. I'm not a cancer survivor. I, I almost died of liver failure. I had chemical liver hepatitis.
DR MIKE: Oh, okay.
RAYMOND: I rebuilt my liver. Which is another thing. You see, you can rebuild your body, because your body is a self-repairing system. So, if you know how to do it, you can rebuild it. I've rebuilt my arteries. I'm seventy-eight years old. I have the arteries of a twenty-two year old; and I'm shooting for having the arteries of a teenager within the next few years. So, that's what you can do, if you know how to do it. But the cancer...
DRMIKE: Let's talk about the, toxic pathway then. What do you mean by that?
RAYMOND: What I've done is broken health down into simple things that people can understand. And one of them is the toxin pathway. Toxins affect our cell chemistry and affect our genes. And so, we need to learn how to prevent this from happening. We need to learn how to avoid toxins.
So, you need to know where they are and how to avoid them. Well the bad news is, the average American is a toxic waste site. In fact, I have a friend of mine who is toxicologist who says s that "If we were cannibals, we could not sell h an meat on the market. Because it's so contaminated, the FDA wouldn't allow it on the market. So [laughs] that's how bad it is.
DR MIKE: Wow. Yeah.
RAYMOND: Yeah. So, reduce your daily exposure. So, the bad news is we're contaminated—the good news is about eighty percent of that exposure is under our control. So, if we just learn how to exercise that control, you can reduce your toxic load by about eighty percent and that is very significant.
DR MIKE: Ok. So what, what are some of the things, so what are some of the things that we could do every day, you know, to, reduce that toxic burden?
RAYMOND: Well, simple things. For example, like toothpaste. Toothpaste is a deadly poison. But there are brands on the market that are very safe. So, buy a safe brand instead of a toxic brand. That simple. Buy organic food. That's simple. Don't put wall-to-wall carpet in the living room. That's simple. So you can learn to do simple things that will have a big impact in the long run. So, reduce your daily exposure.
DR MIKE: Now you mention specifically toothpaste and carpet and, this reminds me of a really good book out there, and I forget the name of it, Raymond. I think it's something...It was written about ten years ago. My House is Sick, or something like that, and they mention the carpet issues. So, what do you...So, what's in toothpaste? What is it about carpet that can be so dangerous?
RAYMOND: Well, carpet has hundreds of chemicals in it, and they all outgas. And we've done animal experiments with carpets. You can take a piece of new carpet, put it in a chamber with mice, and, come back the next morning; the mice will all be dead. There. We've actually taken carpet that's twelve years old and put mice in the chamber, and it caused neurological damage and they've done experiments with people, families that have had new carpet installed, and the disease rate in the family goes up precipitously—everything from the common cold, to flu, to all kinds of cancer. Whatever. After you have new carpet installed, the diseases go up. And cognitive problems, and emotional problems, all kinds of things.
DR MIKE: So, what? So we'd just be using wood floors? Or is there safer carpet?
RAYMOND: Well, you can use wool. What I have is I have wood floors. And I have very nice wool carpet, area carpets, area rugs that you put on top of the wood floor. But, you can have tile, you can have wood, but don't have the wall-to-wall made out of synthetic fibers. Don't bring in that many synthetic fibers. I mean, look at how many pounds that weighs, and this is all outgassing chemicals. And so you're, you're outgassing a tremendous number of chemicals, and it continues for years.
DR MIKE: Well, I guess the issue though, unfortunately, Raymond, a lot of people are in a situation where they can't do anything about that, right? You know, there are a lot of people who rent homes, rent apartments.
RAYMOND: Right.
DR MIKE: So, if they can't do much about the carpet, is there a way, to...Do we clean the carpet?
RAYMOND: Sure. Air filters. Have air filters. Have an air filter in that room to help absorb the toxic fumes coming off of the carpet.
DR MIKE: What's in the toothpaste?
RAYMND: Oh, my Lord. Artificial colors, artificial flavors, artificial, detergents. And all of these go through the mucus membranes, into the bloodstream, and poison you. And then the artificial, detergents, for example, bio accumulate in fatty tissue, such as the eye. And then, a few years down the road you get macular degeneration, and you say, "Oh, my gosh! I've got a problem with my eye." But you don't say, "Why did I brush my teeth with that brand of toothpaste?" So, yes. It bio accumulates in the fatty tissues and poisons them.
DR MIKE: With only about a minute left here Raymond, so, what exactly is the toxin doing to the cell that causes it to become cancerous?
RAYMOND: Well, there are a number of things. One, the toxin can give false signals to genes. And there are genes that are very protective against cancer, and there are genes that are not protective—that are pro-cancer. If you give false signals to the genes, you can shut down the cancer protective genes and then there are other problems. Cancer is an oxygen deficiency disease. It's a deficiency of oxygen metabolism, and toxins can shut down that machinery.
DR MIKE: I'll tell you what, Raymond—let's, let's leave that there for a sec. We're going to have to take a break. The book is Never Fear Cancer Again. The author is Raymond Francis.
This Healthy Talk on RadioMD. I'm Dr. Mike. Stay well. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Mike Smith, MD
With double the protein and carbohydrates of regular milk, chocolate milk should be your go-to workout drink to replenish tired muscles.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File healthy_talk/1518ht3a.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
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Transcription
RadioMD Presents: Healthy Talk | Original Air Date: April 29, 2015
Host: Michael Smith, MD
Anti-aging and disease prevention radio is right here on Radio MD. Here is the author, blogger, lecturer and national medical media personality, Dr. Michael Smith MD with Healthy Talk.
Dr. MIKE: Is chocolate milk really the best post-workout regimen? Now, as I think about this, literally seconds before starting live on the show today, I decided I really didn't like that word the "best". I think we use that too much in the health industry – best diet, best food, best workout, best supplement, you know, whatever. I think we all have to just admit that we're different. We're different people. We have different goals.
So, let me restate the question .
"Is chocolate milk really a good post workout regimen?"
And when you say it like that, yes, it is. I was in New York recently doing some lectures and stuff and I saw a local news channel, you know, they have the morning shows, Good Morning New York or something like that, and they had a health segment about chocolate milk and the benefits and one of the parts of that was as a post workout regimen. I thought, "You know, I have heard that before." I may have even answered a listener's question about this before just real briefly like, "Yes, it is a good post workout regimen." But I thought, "Why don't I looking in to this little bit more? What does the science really say?" I mean, I can't help it. I am a scientist, I am a data nerd. I've said that before. So, I thought, "What does the research really say about chocolate milk?"
So, I started looking at it and just to summarize, it is good. It has a good amount of protein; the chocolate part of it brings some needed carbs for tired muscles. Yes, I mean, overall the research shows that it is good for muscle recovery. Not necessarily muscle pain. That's different. I am going to talk about that if I have time. So, the research is pretty good. Using chocolate milk post workout, it does seem to be a good thing to do for your muscles. The best summary of all these came from a Dr. Charles Smith. He's from the University of Arkansas. He is the director of the fitness and science center there. He is a family physician.
He says, "Recent studies have shown that drinking chocolate milk after exercising is advantageous because of its protein content. Every cup of chocolate milk contains between 8 and 11 grams of protein." He goes on to say that, "This is ideal and you'll want to consume between 15 grams and 25 grams of protein after workout which equals between 500 mls and 750 mls of chocolate milk."
So, when I read that and I started thinking about this even when I was looking at the research, why chocolate milk? Why not just milk?
I mean, milk alone by itself just regular whole milk now has some good fat and some good protein in it. It even has little bit of sugar. Why does it have to be chocolate? Why do I have to add chocolate to this? So, I went on and did some further digging in to Dr. Smith's research and found a little statement he made about," compared to plain milk or most sports drinks, chocolate milk contains double the carbohydrate content, ideal for tired muscles." So, it does seem like adding the chocolate is really about the carbs.
The milk itself is the base and it's about the good fats and the good protein. Chocolate milk has a nice, high water content that replaces fluids lost from sweating and assists in preventing dehydration. In addition, it gives the body calcium, vitamin D; sodium and sugar which help you retain water and regain energy. Milk also contains key nutrients that sports drinks cannot match. So, yes, chocolate milk is pretty good.
I think Dr. Smith goes on to say something interesting here. He says that "before you make the switch to chocolate, examine your workout routine."
Listen. If you are walking 30 minutes a day--which is good. There are a lot of benefits to just walking 30 minutes a day. I don't think you have to end that up with a 500 ml or 750 ml of chocolate milk. That's you don't need to. What we are really talking about here is chocolate milk is a good post workout drink for people who are really working out pretty hard.
You know, we are talking about hitting the gym, lifting those weights; the calories, the carbohydrates; the proteins are going to really help to maintain a high level for athletes. You know, people who are serious about this. I'm active every day. Yes, I am going to talk about my dog. It's my show and I can talk about my dog all I want--Edie. She is so awesome. She is a border collie. So, my exercise is just taking her out every day.
And that's what I do. I am sorry. I'm not a gym guy. But I'm out, active with her, running around. We walk, we run, we play catch. She loves the tennis balls, the sticks, she is a big lizard hunter. Anyway, so I am active with her at good hour but I don't need it. It's not technically a workout. I don't need to be drinking chocolate milk after an hour outside with Edie. So, this is really about people who are serious in the gym.
Other things, though, again, I'm going to ask this question, does it have to be chocolate milk after a workout? What about sweetened almond milk? Listen.
Almond milk has a lot of protein, a lot of calcium, lot of Vitamin D, has the calories, has the carbs, has some fat. I mean why not that? Why not some sweetened almond milk? That might be something too. When we say chocolate milk, what kind of chocolate milk are we talking about here? When I was a kid, maybe this is why I like this topic so much because I did. I remember drinking a lot of chocolate milk. It was just whole milk. We didn't really have 1% or 2%. I don't remember any of that. If it was in the stores, my mom never bought it. It was always whole milk and it was the Hershey syrup which, really, technically doesn't even look like chocolate. It's a darker color and I don't know. Is that what we are talking about here? Just using Hershey syrup?
Maybe it would be better, too. So, I found a recipe. Take dark chocolate chips. Slowly melt them. Remember, I'm not a chef guy, so I don't know all the words, but double boiling system, where you have water in one pot and then you put a smaller pot on top of that. They do that on the Food Channel. I watch the Food Channel.
That's how you melt the chocolate and most of the time when I watch them, when I watch real chefs do this: they add some butter to it. That's probably fine. There's nothing wrong with some saturated fat. But I also saw a recipe we can add coconut oil to that. And that sounds good! That would be awesome chocolate milk. I should try that. So, dark chocolate chips, a little bit of coconut oil or butter and then add that to a whole milk. I think that would be helpful.
By the way, talking about this as a post-workout regimen, it is whole milk. You want the fat, you want the protein, your 1% - 2% doesn't just strip fat but also strips some of the protein components as well. So, you are going to make sure that it's whole milk.
What are some other things that athletes like to do that you might be interested in post- workout if drinking chocolate milk is not your thing or maybe you want to do it in combination with stuff. A lot of good research for branched chain amino acids after workout. That's leucine, isoleucine and valine. There are whole protein powders out there that include the BCA's (the branched chain amino acids) or you can actually do powders that are just the BCA's—the leucine, isoleucine and valine. I saw an interesting study using pea protein--pea as in P-E-A, the green peas. A lot of good protein in green peas. So, there are pea protein supplements and that also seems to be really good post-workout.
If you've got sore muscles, what are you going to do for that? Probably the best thing is glutamine, a glutamine powder. A good friend of mine who is a marathon runner--he actually does what are called "super marathons", like 50 miles or something. He's crazy. Anyway, he does glutamine at night after a workout and that helps. Tart cherry extract is good for the muscle pain and curcumin or curcumin and ginger combination for reducing inflammation in the muscles. There you go.
This is Healthy Talk on RadioMD. I'm Dr. Mike. Stay well. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
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- Host Mike Smith, MD
Did you know that only five percent of toddlers get the recommended amount of green vegetables in their daily diet?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File naturally_savvy/1518ns3b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Shazi Visram
- Guest Website Happy Family Brands
- Guest Twitter Account @HappyFamily
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Guest Bio
Considered by President Obama as “not only an outstanding businesswoman, but also a leader that all of us can emulate,” Shazi Visram is a daughter of immigrants who took life-changing risks in order to create a better world for their children. For as long as she can remember, she has wanted to be a part of something bigger than herself. Shazi has always sought to create abundance and pay it forward—the question was: how?
Her journey took her to Columbia Business School, where she had an “Aha!" moment while listening with a compassionate ear to a friend’s anguish about the difficulty of finding the time to make her own baby food, and the lack of healthy options in the traditional baby food aisle. In that moment in 2003, Happy Family was born. Shazi made it her mission to create a progressive business that could positively impact the health of our children while giving back to those in need and also support sustainable agriculture. -
Transcription
RadioMD Presents: Naturally Savvy | Original Air Date: April 29, 2015
Hosts: Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis
Guest: Shazi Visram
Your organic search is over. Here's Naturally Savvy with health experts, Andrea Donsky and Lisa Davis.
ANDREA: Hello everyone. I am hosting solo today. Lisa is away but she will be back next time.
Our next guest is a powerhouse woman who made it her mission to create a better world for our children by feeding them healthy organic food. Shazi Visram is considered by President Obama as not only an outstanding businesswoman, but also a leader that all of us can emulate.
Wow. Welcome to the show, Shazi.
SHAZI: Hi. Thank you so much for having me. I'm happy to be here.
ANDREA: I'm really excited to speak with you because I want to hear a little bit about your story and what inspired you to launch “Happy Family” brands.
SHAZI: Sure. So it's been a long, crazy ride but about ten years ago I was struggling to think about what am I going to do to fulfill my personal mission and also try to kind of figure out a way to create abundance in my life and I recognized that the best way for me to do that and change the world was through organic baby food. And I was inspired because I saw that we have so many challenges for our children and our country and while there are a number of topics out there, like peace in the Middle East or global warming, that might be hard for a few people to get together in a room and figure out, for me there is a clear answer to solving a lot of the challenges that our children are facing with their health. That's to start them in a toxin-free environment with all the right food. And so, I made it my mission to kind of change the way children are fed from that day and started dreaming up ways to improve baby food and make it delicious and amazing and real and super nutrient dense and so “Happy Family” was born.
ANDREA: That's amazing. That's also what I love about “Happy Family”. It's also very convenient and as a mom--I have three kids myself--I know how hard it is sometimes to be able to feed our kid healthy foods. Our kids are on the run or we are doing things, so I love the fact that the food that you do make available is so portable and convenient. Was that part of your initial strategy when you launched the company?
SHAZI: Well, initially, what I wanted to do was create a premium alternative to the jar of baby food. So, nowadays the baby food landscape has changed dramatically, but when it all started, it was all jars and we launched actually with a frozen line of baby food because for us it's the very next best thing to homemade and we're all about supporting a lifestyle of homemade food and getting moms in the kitchen and dads and like making, preparing food, being a part of life. So, we launched this line of frozen and it was like little ice cube trays of different flavors so it would be black bean, bananas and quinoa or, you know, adai or something and it just did not have the market traction because we were launching a baby food in the freezer and people did not know it was there. And so initially the strategy was to create a premium alternative to the jar and we couldn't make it work with frozen even though it was such a beautiful product. So, we started innovating in the dry set and they approached innovation with how do we create an enlightened alternative to these items that are selling to parents in mass that are not organic and they don't have supreme nutritional benefits and they are not using nature's best nutrition to its highest advantage for our children. So, we started innovating there and it was really making progress and then around 2009 we kind of stumbled on that next best alternative to the jar and it's the pouch. And that was part of the Holy Grail because for today's consumers, it's like we, as moms, we need not only something that is convenient but something that we feel really, really good about. So, now you can buy a pouch of , you know, one of our flavors and it's coconut milk, and butternut squash, and raspberries and sweet potatoes with salvachia and feel really good that it's also, you know, something aspirational that you might make at also really convenient in a pouch and you can feel really good about it. So, it's definitely part of the equation.
ANDREA: What I love, too, is that, like you said, it tastes delicious and I know my four-year-old loves it. She went crazy for it and especially your new line, your “Love My Veggies” pouches. Tell me a little bit about that. What inspired you to launch that?
SHAZI: Yes. So, you know, toddlers in America really aren't getting enough vegetables. It's only 5% of toddlers get enough green vegetables in their daily diets and the number one consumed vegetable which we may all know is potatoes and it's in the form of french fries, so we really wanted to make that problem, make it an easier problem to solve for moms. And a big piece of it, as you said, it's convenience. And so the pouches are really great and what you will find is they're an awesome way to create a higher quality product than jars but it's still what you put into it and not all brands are the same. So, at Happy Family, we try to focus on putting the absolute most nutrition in each product that we create and make them sing and the “Love my Veggies” line, what is great is they are primarily vegetables. So, each pouch has a full serving of vegetables whether it's beets, or sweet potatoes, or carrots and they taste utterly delicious. So, when you are shopping for pouches, primarily there are a lot of fruit-based pouches and these are phenomenal because they taste great but it's primarily veggies. So, it's a nice way to get a lot of organic vegetables into your kids and in a fun format, too.
ANDREA: I love that and I think for kids, especially, and like you said, they really don't get enough green vegetables or they don't get enough vegetables and I think making it fun and tasty. You've got a winner there, just for those two alone. I mean, obviously, the kids want to have a fun factor and they want to be able to love what they are eating because they are so picky with their taste buds so....
SHAZI: It's definitely hard to please everyone at the table--mom, dad and the kids, but we work really hard and I think with “Love my Veggies” we definitely have a winner. It's a phenomenal product. I will get your family some so you guys can try them.
ANDREA: You know what's interesting is I'm very much about nutrient dense foods and especially when it comes to our kids because they don't eat a lot and when they do, you want it to really pack some nutrition. And I know in my house we've got my older kids are very picky and it's one of those things, like you said, that at least you know what they are eating--anything from Happy Family--that you're getting something that is nutrient dense and they're feeding their bodies with the vitamins and minerals they need. Tell me a little bit about your nutrition shake because I thought that was really interesting, too.
SHAZI: So, a lot of the items we have, we want to be a complete line of nutrition for parents to turn to and we felt like there was a real gap in the marketplace when, you know, you've got a child that needs the extra nutrition and the extra calories and, you know, there is PediaSure which has been on the shelf for quite a while and we wanted to create a really enlightened version of a PediaSure type of beverage that moms could feel good about in terms of the ingredient deck. And so, the nutrition shake is a phenomenal way....My son has a lot of nutritional deficiencies. Actually, he has a number of challenges that we're working on and, unfortunately, he cannot drink it now because he is off of dairy, so Lisa and I talked about making a vegan version.
ANDREA: Yes, definitely.
SHAZI: The nutrition shake has the vitamins and minerals that our children need on a daily basis. It's got the right balance of calories and protein and fat and, again, they are phenomenally delicious. It's like the chocolate one tastes like a really yummy chocolate milk so we're really proud of the way that we've been able to formulate and get that one right. It's a great, great item and a lot of moms email us saying thank you because they felt like they didn't have a great alternative and now they do.
ANDREA: Well, I would definitely look forward to a vegan one because I do think that there are so many kids that have allergies to dairy so, I mean, you'll have both options so when you do launch it, let us know and we're going to help you get the word out there because I think it's...
SHAZI: Thank you.
ANDREA: …fantastic. So...
SHAZI: Yes. Our products are...I'm sorry. Go ahead.
ANDREA: I was just going to say we have about thirty seconds left. Unfortunately, this goes by so quickly but we want to have you back on because I think what you are doing is so important. In just like ten seconds left, if you were going to give advice to moms who are trying to make a difference in their kids when it comes to what they are eating, what kind of advice can we leave them with?
SHAZI: My top piece of advice is to make sure they have safe, clean food and that you really focus on not just giving them nutritious food but giving them the nutrients they need based on their age and stage of development.
ANDREA: Definitely words of wisdom. Thank you so much for being on our show today, Shazi. You can learn more about Shazi at happyfamily.com. You can also follow them on Twitter at Happy Family. I am Andrea Donsky along with Lisa Davis who's usually here, but not today.
This is Naturally Savvy radio on RadioMD. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We have a Happy Family's contest going right now on Facebook if you go to Naturally Savvy. Have a great day everyone. Thanks for listening and stay well. - Length (mins) 10
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"The older I got, the better I got, simply because of the food I was eating." -Carol Alt
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File naturally_savvy/1518ns3a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Carol Alt
- Book Title A Healthy You: Boost Your Energy, Live Cleaner, and Look and Feel Younger Every Day
- 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: April 29, 2015
Hosts: Andrea Donsky, RHN & Lisa Davis
Guest: Carol Alt
She’s not here to judge, she’s here to report the honest news on healthy living. She’s Andrea Donsky along with Lisa Davis. It's time for Naturally Savvy.
ANDREA: Hello, everybody. Lisa is off today, so I will be hosting the show solo. I had the opportunity to meet today's guest last week when I was in New York and I have to say, I absolutely adore her. Carol Alt is the ultimate pioneer and chameleon who is always looking for new ideas and frontiers. Dubbed as the first super model, Carol has written many books on healthy living and her newest one, which I got to see last week, A Health You, is now available.
Carol, I’m so happy to have you on the show today.
CAROL: Andrea, and I’m so sorry I didn’t give you the book, but I was sitting there with you in my office. How silly! We’re going to send it to you, though. So, you’re not just going to see it. You’ll have one.
ANDREA: Well, thank you. Well, I did receive the galley and I had a chance to read it and, Carol, I…I mean, really. I love what you wrote and I know we talked a little bit about it last time you were on the show, but, you know, really, you’re such an inspiration for all of us who are trying to live a healthy lifestyle because for those of you who are listening, I mean, Carol, really lives the lifestyle. And, you know, Carol, I’ve spoken to so many people and people who, they talk, but they may not necessarily walk their talk and you, really, you do it all. So, hands down to what you’re doing and how you’re really helping everybody.
CAROL: Well, you know the thing is, is that I got such great results from it. I mean, that’s really the simple, bottom line. If I didn’t get results, I wouldn’t keep doing it either. So, when people don’t walk the walk that they talk, it’s probably because whatever they’re talking about doesn’t really work.
ANDREA: You know what? That’s very true. So, tell everybody just a little bit about what it is that you do that helps keep you so beautiful and so vibrant.
CAROL: Well, you know, for me, Andrea, it all goes back to the food we eat. It really, really does and when you’re eating great food, the body just responds. It’s amazing the things I was able to turn around. I mean, heartburn and headaches and colds and flu and all these things that were starting to happen when you’re 34. I mean, it’s been almost 17 years and, well, it actually has been 17 years, come to think of it, and I don’t have any of those issues now. So, when people say, “Oh, it’s just you’re getting old and you have to put up with that happening to you because you’re getting older,” it’s not the truth. The older I got, the better I got and that simply was because of my food.
ANDREA: You know, one of the things that really resonated with me when I was with you last week is for much of my life, people would say, “Oh, you’re so crazy. Oh, I can’t believe you do that. You’re such an extremist,” and when I was with you, I literally felt like I was with…I was like, “Oh, my god. I love it!” because you are like me and you really take your health seriously and you do things to make sure that you’re always surrounded and you’re always eating healthy food or surrounded by healthy things. So, one of the things I loved that you showed me was the net around your room—the net for the EMF’s. Tell me a little bit about that and also where people can look into that because I’m telling you, I have to buy one. I absolutely loved it and I’ve never heard of it. So, I want you to tell our listeners a little bit about what you showed me.
CAROL: Well, the thing is, is that like if you’re in a city environment like where my office is, and that’s where you work, you get bombarded constantly by all the WiFi’s, the hot spots, everything. And, you know, the body is not meant to take that assault 24/7. So, at my home, it’ s a little bit less because we have really no neighbors, but if you’ve got neighbors, just turning on your cell phone. You can see how many WiFi’s your phone pics up that are in the local area and one of the things I’ve always spoken to Dr. Gonzalez about and, you know, he wrote the forward of my three raw books, Eating Raw and Easy, Sexy, Raw and Raw 50, is that some people get sick and they don’t know why they’re sick and they can’t find the source of the sickness. I always say the first thing to try is changing your food because you get such amazing results, but sometimes there are still residual effects and they can’t figure out what the residual effects are coming from. Many times, it’s from EMF’s because they’re just not a radio frequency that the body needs. You know, we’re all electricity and we’re all frequencies so when all these different radio frequencies and WiFi frequencies hit our body, it just screws things up, basically. So, what I bought is, you know, it’s really kind of funny because a lot of people think it’s a mosquito netting, like you need mosquito netting in New York, but it’s and EMF tent and it goes over the bed and between the sheets, I put a little bit of copper sheeting and I had my friend, Camilla Reef, who had been on my show, A Healthy You with Carol Alt, on Fox News, and she put her meter underneath the tent. She only got a zero under here. And I said, “You know what the weird thing is? It’s the minute I put the tent up, I slept like a lot.” I slept unbelievably well. Now, I even put the tent over if I’m in bed watching TV. I watch TV right through the tent. I don’t care because it makes me feel so good. So, that’s what I did.
ANDREA: That’s amazing.
CAROL: I went around the apartment trying to like, you know, lessen the EMFs is what I tried to do and I got it from the EMF Superstore.
ANDREA: And, for those of you who are listening who aren’t sure what an EMF is, it’s an electromagnetic field and what Carol is saying that her friend measured it with was a Gauss meter. By the way, I mean, you can buy Gauss meters online. I mean, they’re not that expensive.
CAROL: Oh, yes. Absolutely.
ANDREA: So, if you’re curious…Right. And, I’m guessing the EMF Superstore carries that as well. I mean, you could check the Gauss…
CAROL: They carry everything.
ANDREA: Yes. See, that’s amazing. So, I’m definitely going to get one of those tents and for those of…You know, because a lot of us feel that we’re powerless when it comes to the electromagnetic fields around us, so I think that’s such a great tool and tip for people to be able to take with them, literally, anywhere they go, but also put it in their home—in their safe environment. So, I thought that was amazing.
Carol, I want to open up a little bit because…
CAROL: Oh.
ANDREA: Oh, go ahead. No, go ahead.
CAROL: You know what else is really cool is because they put cell towers on a lot of the buildings in the city and the cell tower draws dirty electricity. So, I also got some dirty electricity filters which really helped a lot, too, especially around my bed. But you know, you can’t go too crazy with it because like what are you going to do? It comes in through walls; it comes in through windows; it comes in through everywhere. But, at least while you’re sleeping, the tent and keeping your sleeping area clean is really, really important so you can heal while you sleep.
ANDREA: See? And I love that. I think we’re taking away simple little tips and that’s such an easy one to do, so that’s why I just loved that you had that.
CAROL: Yes.
ANDREA: I want to talk a little bit. We have about two and a half minutes left. I want to talk about your doctorate. I heard you have an honorary doctorate and I want to congratulate you. That’s really exciting.
CAROL: Isn’t that awesome? I mean, you know, a little girl from Long Island. Yes. I’m going to get a doctorate—an honorary doctorate—from the New York College of Health Professions because I’m going to be their commencement speaker. And, you know, the great thing about the New York College of Health Professions is that they do amazing non-profit work. So, they are turning out fabulous massage therapists, acupuncturists, people who are trained in oriental medicine and it’s really nice because they’re turning out trained people. You know, many times you go into these crazy places and they look so alternative and you’re not sure about the person putting their hands on you and if they’ve got a doctorate from the College of Health Professions, at least you know they’re trained. They know what they’re doing and so they’ve asked me to do their commencement speech this weekend, so it’ll be my first time doing a commencement speech. This should be interesting.
ANDREA: Oh, I’m sure you’re going to do amazing. That is so exciting and I’m really happy for you, Carol. You know what? You so deserve it because the work that you’ve done with everything that you do: with your books and your show and all the things that you’re doing. I think that you deserve it. So, I’m really happy for you.
CAROL: Thank you, Andrea. It’s very sweet of you. The thing is, I don’t know who deserves what these days. All I know is that I need to pay it forward for all the people that helped me with my health; for all the people that are suffering. You know, for me this is a mission. This isn’t about doctorates; it’s not about selling books; it’s not about making money because this is a labor of love that I do. I made my money doing movies and modeling and I hurt myself severely with all the stress and eating crappy. This, for me, really is my life’s calling. This is really what I feel I was meant to do. And that’s why I stay on this walk because I really feel it’s important. If I’m out there preaching that I’m doing what I preach because it shows other people that it can be done. I do it without chefs or without trainers and all this. I mean, I do it, literally, on my own. So, know it can be done and it’s really, really important to do and it’s people like you and Lisa who get the word out and give people like me a voice that is so amazing. You guys do such a good job.
ANDREA: Well, thank you, Carol. Well, unfortunately, we’re out of time for today, but if you want it, Carol, where can people find your book? Is it on Amazon?
CAROL: It’s on Amazon and pre-sales right now and we hit May 12. You can go to CarolAlt.com because we’re doing a little giveaway, so sign up for the giveaway
ANDREA: Awesome. And, you can also follow Carol on Twitter @ModelAlt. I know I do. Thank you for being on the show today, Carol.
I’m Andrew Donsky and, usually with Lisa Davis, but she’s not here today. This is Naturally Savvy radio on RadioMD.
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @ YourRadioMD.s - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 5
- Audio File healthy_talk/1518ht2e.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
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Transcription
RadioMD Presents: Healthy Talk | Original Air Date: April 28, 2015
Host: Michael Smith, MD
You are listening to RadioMD. It's time to ask Dr. Mike on Healthy Talk. Call or email to ask your questions now. Email AskDrMikeSmith@RadioMD.com or call 877-711-5211. The lines are open.
DR. MIKE: Kahlil Sharif, a listener of Healthy Talk sent an email to AskDrMikeSmith@RadioMD.com and you can do the same thing. Send me your questions and I enjoy doing this and reading them on air. You can be as detailed as you want or as vague as you want. You can put your name, or not put your name. It's all up to you. You can even ask me to read it on a certain day and I'll do my best to do that.
So here is the question from Kahlil:
"Hi Dr. Mike. I have been listening to your podcast for around 8 months now. I am British and based in...", and then my ink kind of smeared, so I'm not sure what he says there. He says that he works for a multinational pharmacy company. "I really enjoy the topics you cover and the practical advice you give." And he said a couple of other lines that I can't read and then it skips down to the questions. So, he has two questions here.
The first question is:
"What is your take on green supplements like Amazing Grass and Green Vibrance? Is there any substantial literature out there? They have been growing rapidly in popularity over here." I'm assuming he means in Britain.
Okay. I am not sure if I am familiar with, I think I have heard of Green Vibrance. I don't know if I have ever heard of Amazing Grass but the green supplement industry or products have been around for quite some time now. Normally, Kahlil, they are based on whole food philosophy. These green drinks are usually not necessarily standardized to any specific compounds in the plants.
They are basically just whole plant based. They're awesome. You are going to get proteins out of it; you are going to get good fats out of it; you are going to get some fiber out of it; you are going to get vitamins and minerals and antioxidants out of it. The question often becomes, though, at what level are you getting those things? Because unless you actually standardize for the fibers, standardize for the polyphenols which are the plant-based antioxidants. If you don't standardize for those things, we don't really know what you are actually getting in terms of dose and that's why, if you look in to the label for a lot of the green supplements or a lot of the green drinks, it's just a proprietary blend. It will list everything that's in there but often not giving you any specific doses and that's fine.
I mean, they're great products. I think it's a great way to get some of the basic vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibers you need every day. I don't have any problem with them. Sometime I just maybe question the dosing. That's all. So, I like them. I don't do them personally. I'm more of a standardization extract type guy. But I think they're good. I think the need to work on the taste a little bit to be honest with you. And to overcome that some of them will put some sugar. Hopefully, they don't put any artificial stuff in it.
So, just make sure and double check that kind of stuff. Make sure there's no artificial gunk in there but I think most of them don't do that. But they do sweeten it up. I think lot of them is using Stevia now which is a good alternative. But just make sure there is no gunk, no coloring stuff, like that and other than that I think they are fine. It's just a dosing thing for me.
The second question that Kahlil ad was:
"The importance of stretching your muscles and keeping them limber for overall health whether you are active or sedentary, particularly for sedentary individuals."
So, it's not really a question. I think he just wants me to comment on the importance of staying limber. I think it's incredibly important. Keeping your muscles, especially in your legs or what we might call the major muscle groups--arms, biceps, triceps, chest, stomach, legs, and calves--keeping those muscle fibers nice and long and limber is very important.
It just helps you to feel better, stay active and if your muscles are limber, and you can stretch and touch your toes, for instance. Listen, that often is associated with longer, healthier life. There was, I don't remember the year, but a couple of years ago, Kahlil, at Life Extension, we wrote a whole article on just being frail and not staying limber--exactly what you are talking about. And there are studies showing that as we get older, like, if you can't touch our toes, just as an example, that's a good sign that there are some issues and that has an impact on more morbidity and more mortality across the board.
So, yes. Here is another thing to think about, too. When your muscles are stretched every day, nice long muscle fibers, those fibers tend to be more metabolically active, which means they are going to bring sugar in and they are going to burn that sugar more efficiently. That's going to help something called insulin sensitivity down the line. So, keeping your muscles working, keeping them limber, can also impact how you manage sugar throughout your life, which is extremely important.
Thanks. I appreciate you sending me your email question. Let's go on to some other ones here. I've got some quick ones. I save these ones for trying to get through the last couple of minutes here. I love the email questions, by the way, but sometimes they are really long and I know it's going to take a while to get through them but I have some quick short ones here that I reserve for the last couple of minutes.
So, here is one:
"Is it okay to give supplements to my kids? I have a 5 and 7-year-old boys and what are the essential considerations in giving supplements to my boys?"
Yes. Okay. Sure, you can give supplements to kids, without a doubt. But you just have to remember that the essential consideration, as you're asking here, is in dose. So, there are pediatric formulations of multivitamins and omega oils and so you just have to make sure you stick with those pediatric formulations, unless your doctor tells you something different.
You can always verify with the pediatrician what the appropriate dose of things should be. But let's not forget, too, that at age 5 and 7, although a multivitamin is not bad...Now listen, let me back up, though. Be careful about some of those very popular children's multies that they can eat and that are usually based on some sort of dinosaur or some cartoon characters. Those are usually loaded with sugars and artificial colors and stuff like that.
So, I don't like those. I think there are better ones out there. But don't miss this opportunity, kids, boys and girls, around 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are the prime years to teach them about eating healthy introducing vegetables. This has been shown: the earlier you introduce vegetables to your child, the more they like it later on in life, right?
I remember when I was that age. Unfortunately, I grew up in the TV dinner age. This is when canned foods and TV dinners became very popular. This was like in the 70's and we didn't eat that many fresh fruits and vegetables, especially the vegetables. Most of them were canned, they taste horrible and it took me a long time to overcome that. I do enjoy fresh vegetables now. So, yes, a multivitamin for a child is fine; some omega oil is fine, just with the pediatric dosing formulations but this is the opportunity to really start introducing fresh foods and cooking vegetables.
Oh, I mentioned before, I say all time that I am not a chef, but I love to eat and I watch a lot of the food channels, like Food Network. They have a great website by the way, I think it's Foodnetwork.com. They have a whole section about how to turn vegetables into something that kids like. Oh! Go check that out. That's the opportunity that I think that you have right now. So, check with your pediatrician about dosing. Don't do those cartoon based ones, full of sugars and colors, and teach your kid about healthy fresh foods right now. That's your opportunity.
This is Healthy Talk on RadioMD. I'm Dr. Mike. Stay well! - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File healthy_talk/1518ht2d.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
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Transcription
RadioMD Presents: Healthy Talk | Original Air Date: April 28, 2015
Host: Michael Smith, MD
It's time for you to be a part of the show. Email or call with questions for Dr. Mike now. Email: AskDrMikeSmith@RadioMD.com or call: 877-711-5211. What are you waiting for? The doctor is in.
DR MIKE: Alright. This This first question comes from a gentleman named Scott. He says, "Hi Dr. Mike. I love your show."
Thanks. I appreciate that, Scott.
He says, "I came across the headline on Fox Hews Health: 'Supplements may raise, not lower cancer risk' Do you know anything about this? Thanks, Scott."
Scott, I do. You know working at Life Extension we are often leading the industry in writing the rebuttals to these types of reports and reviews and presentations and studies. We have a whole department. Our scientific affairs department here led by Dr. Luke Huber, who is just an amazing guy and I have the rebuttal right here to what you are talking about.
So, let me just pull this out. There's a lot here but I've summarized it for us, Scott.
First of all, I think, Scott, you are right. It wasn't just on Fox News, by the way. I think this was played in many different media outlets but the same basic headline – 'Supplements May Actually Raise Cancer Risk'. So, what's interesting about this, Scott, is this didn't come from research. It actually came from a presentation by guy Dr. Tim Byers of the University of Colorado. And he was speaking at the American Association for Cancer Research, which, I think, was may be like a couple of weeks ago. Something like that. He reviewed in this presentation old studies with known flaws. Flaws that we've already brought out in several of Life Extension's publications.
So, no new evidence, nothing new, was presented by Dr. Byers in his lecture. And Dr. Byers reviewed findings from previous studies. I'm reading this from some of that rebuttal we wrote. One from nearly 20 years ago--so, this wasn't anything new--in which specific dietary supplements were linked with small increases in risk of certain types of cancer and select populations. Now, what's really amazing is how the media picks this up and describes that as a new study and then implicates all dietary supplements. When it really was old studies about very specific nutrients and, of course, these studies have all kind of flaws as well.
And here is something interesting you should know, Scott. In Dr. Byers' presentation, he didn't present any of the studies that showed multivitamins and specific nutrients actually reduce cancer risk. He didn't present any of that. He only presented the old studies showing potential problems with specific nutrients. And again, those studies have a lot of flaws.
So, I wanted to just kind of review some of this with you. One of the studies that Dr. Byers described was from a 1996 study that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in which synthetic beta-carotene along with Vitamin A increased lung cancer risk in some people. He presented this information. Here's what was interesting about this. The study subjects and the study that Dr. Byers presented, that eventually the media picked up and said, "All supplements have a problem"? The study subjects Scott, were smokers and asbestos workers only. As a matter of fact, this study that Dr. Byers described, the conclusion of the study actually says: "After an average of 4 years of supplementation, the combination of beta carotene and Vitamin A may have an adverse effect on the incidence of lung cancer and on the risk of death from lung cancer, cardiovascular disease at any cause in smokers and workers exposed to asbestos."
And somehow that becomes extrapolated to the general population. You can't do that in science. As a matter of fact, Scott, in this same study—the same study that Dr. Byers is presenting, again, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1996--in that same study they reported-- the original investigators, researchers-- reported former smokers in the beta-carotene and Vitamin A supplement group actually showed a trend towards less cancer. Less. But he did not mention that. Many of the studies that Dr. Byers used in his presentation, many of the stats that he used never reached what we call "statistical significance". To know if a difference between two groups, like a control group and a test group, to know if the difference you are seeing in the study is real, and something you can trust, the difference has to be at a certain level and that's called statistical significance. Most of the data that Dr. Byers presented did not reach that kind of statistical significance. There are other problems, you know, in that same study.
We already know that synthetic beta-carotene is probably not the best thing to use. Also, synthetic beta-carotene has a toxic interaction with alcohol. And that was never teased out in this study. Of course, Dr. Byers never read that as a caveat during his presentation. And by the way, Scott, another different New England Journal of Medicine study published the same issue, 1996, found no risk for long term beta-carotene supplementation. This was a larger and longer study; there was no association between beta-carotene supplementation and cancer, heart disease or mortality.
In fact, in the beta-carotene group, there were slightly fewer cases of almost all cancers, including lung cancer and fewer heart attacks or strokes. These results were confirmed later on in 1999 in a study of nearly 40,000 women that found no increase in risk of cancer or heart disease from beta-carotene supplementation. Dr. Byers decided not to present that data. Another study that Dr. Byers talked about was published in 2009 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study found and increased risk of prostate cancer among users of folic acid supplements. But, of course, this study definitely has some flaws in it, some design flaws. First of all, in the study that Dr. Byers presented, Scott, no attempts were made to detect cancer at baseline through systematic screening of study participants. So, men with pre-existing prostate cancer at baseline, they were never identified.
So, that just adds some credibility issues when you look at the final results. Plasma folate was actually associated with decrease risk of prostate cancer. A 44% reduction in the risk for prostate cancer was seen for the people with the highest levels of plasma folate. So again, there are some issues with design, initial baseline reporting of the patients that were involved follow up and, of course, none of those types of potential problems were brought up in Dr. Byers' presentation.
Just to kind of sum up, there is a whole bunch more here that I could go through. Let me just tell you this real quick, Scott. I have here evidence supporting dietary supplements and vitamins. I have 14 large prospective clinical trials showing benefits for heart disease, cancer, brain health with all kinds of different supplements. But here is the thing that happened.
Dr. Byers presented a very biased presentation against supplements. It wasn't really against supplements. It was about specific nutrients like synthetic beta-carotene. He did not present positive studies, and there are plenty and the media picked this up and kind of grouped this to become all supplements have some issues with cancer.
Not just like, say, the beta-carotene. And that's what we are dealing with. That's what we are fighting against, Scott, is the type of science bias, media bias against supplements and I think it's just something we have to be diligent in counteracting. So this wasn't even a study, nothing new. It was simply a presentation and it was very biased.
This is Healthy Talk on Radio MD. I am Dr. Mike. Stay well. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
If you don't have any confidence in your doctor, it might be time to find a new one.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File healthy_talk/1518ht2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Neal Spector, MD
- Organization Duke University School of Medicine
- Book Title Gone in a Heartbeat: A Physician's Search for True Healing
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Guest Bio
Neil Spector is the co-director of the developmental therapeutics program at the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center. He is a Komen Scholar (one of 50 global leaders in breast cancer research) and a Sandra P. Coates Associate Professor in Breast Cancer Research.
He has been published in over 60 publications and journals, including the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Oncogene, Cancer Research, and The Journal of Clinical Oncology.
He has won multiple awards, including the Wayne Rundles Award (excellence in cancer research, Duke University Medical Center), the Wendell Rosse Excellence in Teaching Award (awarded to the best faculty mentor as voted by the Duke medical oncology fellows), and the Claudia Adams Barr Award in Cancer Research (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School).
He resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, daughter, and two dogs, where he enjoys running, playing tennis, traveling, and is an avid reader of books related to the mind-body connection. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Mike Smith, MD
Remember, you have to be your own health advocate and ask the questions you may be hesitant to bring up.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File healthy_talk/1518ht2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Neil Spector, MD
- Organization Duke University School of Medicine
- Book Title Gone in a Heartbeat: A Physician's Search for True Healing
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Guest Bio
Neil Spector is the co-director of the developmental therapeutics program at the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center. He is a Komen Scholar (one of 50 global leaders in breast cancer research) and a Sandra P. Coates Associate Professor in Breast Cancer Research.
He has been published in over 60 publications and journals, including the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Oncogene, Cancer Research, and The Journal of Clinical Oncology.
He has won multiple awards, including the Wayne Rundles Award (excellence in cancer research, Duke University Medical Center), the Wendell Rosse Excellence in Teaching Award (awarded to the best faculty mentor as voted by the Duke medical oncology fellows), and the Claudia Adams Barr Award in Cancer Research (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School).
He resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, daughter, and two dogs, where he enjoys running, playing tennis, traveling, and is an avid reader of books related to the mind-body connection. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Mike Smith, MD
If you have one of these medications, is there anything you can do?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File healthy_talk/1518ht2a.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
Butter is back and bacon is being heralded. Well, not so fast.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File eat_right/1518nd1b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Sonya Angelone, MS, RDN
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Sonya Angelone, MS, RDN, is the owner of a nutrition consulting firm, providing individual consultations, group programs and corporate workshops. She is a certified LEAP therapist and certified lifestyle counselor. Her clients include food and biotechnology companies. An expert in the management of people with cardiovascular diseases, Angelone specializes in the clinical management of inflammatory conditions related to non-IgE food sensitivities such as IBS, migraine, fibromyalgia and arthritis. Angelone is a member of several Academy dietetic practice groups, including Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition; Dietitians in Functional Medicine; Dietitians in Business and Communications; Nutrition Entrepreneurs; and Women's Health. Angelone chaired the nutrition committee of the American Heart Association (San Francisco Division) and was a spokesperson for the organization as well. She earned bachelor’s and master's degrees in Clinical Nutrition from California State University, San Jose.
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Transcription
Melanie Cole (Host): Well, you’ve heard there’s so much controversy lately and in the media. Butter is back. You can have as much bacon as you want. Well, not so fast, because there’ve been some flawed studies that get a lot of media attention but they don’t change most of the science behind nutrition recommendations. What are some of the facts behind fats in particular? Is butter okay to have now? What about cholesterol and saturated fats? It can be a very confusing world. My guest is Sonia Angelone. She is the owner of a nutrition consulting firm providing individual consultations, group programs, and corporate workshops. Welcome to the show, Sonia. Tell us a little bit about the fat controversy, cholesterol, saturated fat. What’s going on in the world of nutrition today?
Sonia Angelone (Guest): Well, good morning. There is always a lot going on in the world of nutrition, especially in the world of saturated fats. We’ve gotten, it seems, mixed messages. I want to clarify it a little because what’s often confusing is really not explained. We can explain why it’s confusing. I think what we need to do is go back to the mid ‘80s when it was looking like the research was suggesting that very low-fat diets were best for heart health. Now, low-fat diet can be good for heart health, especially for some people. There’s certainly research that supports that. But what happened was the food industry sort of grabbed hold of that information and turned it into low-fat treats, like low-fat, high-sugar foods are good for you, and that really wasn’t the message that was intended to be conveyed at all. What happened is everybody sort of gleaned on to as long as it’s low-fat, then it’s good for me, it’s healthy. So people started eating about 300 calories more of sugar a day, and what happened was that we started saying, “Hey, people on this low-fat diets aren’t doing better. It looks like their LDL and possibly their risk for heart disease is going up. It looks like low-fat diets aren’t good after all. What got translated from just the low-fat, heart-healthy diet of fruits and vegetables and beans and whole grains got translated to well, just low-fat in general of being a high-sugar diet. What happened was we abandoned the low-fat mantra to, well, now fat is good and if low fat is bad, then high fat must be good. Bottom line is you have to look at not only what you’re eating, but if you’re going to compare population and groups of people, you have to look at what you’re substituting. If you have people that are eating fat and then you put them on a low-fat diet, if you’re substituting that fat with sugar, they’re not going to do better. But if you’re substituting it with heart-healthy fat and fiber and protein, then most likely they will be better. But everybody is individual and unique, and the best diet for one person isn’t necessarily the best diet for the next person.
Melanie: Well, there’s been so much talk. For a while, there was the Atkins diet and that was all fat and no sugars at all, not even the healthy good carbohydrates. A tomato was off limit. A carrot was off limit. Nobody ever got fatty in those things. There was that. Then we’ve come to the point where some people are saying, “You know, it might not be quite as bad for you as we originally thought.” People have been eating eggs for a thousand years. What is the deal now, Sonia, with inflammation being the predictor of heart disease versus cholesterol levels? Are we still concerned with that?
Sonia: Well, in terms of cholesterol levels, there are years and years of good data that suggest that if your cholesterol level goes up, your risk for heart disease goes up. But it all depends on where you start. I think the assumption was made long ago that cholesterol in your blood was directly related to cholesterol in your diet. The more cholesterol you ate in your diet, the more cholesterol went up in your blood. Then what we learned, as technology advanced and science advanced, we realized that it’s not an equal increase, that your body has about a liter’s worth of cholesterol. If you eat a half a liter, your liver will make the other half a liter. Because cholesterol is important. It’s important for nerve transmission and conduction. It’s important to make hormones. What we know is that if you increase your dietary cholesterol that your liver will make a little less to compensate. Not everybody does that, but most people do. The newest dietary guidelines that will be coming out in 2015, it looks like they’re abandoning the recommendation to just decrease cholesterol, because for the average person, eating cholesterol is really not a factor that’s going to increase their risk for heart disease. Really, it’s more about what they’re eating and not just what they’re not eating.
Melanie: We can have the occasional egg. I love eggs. I feed my kids egg. Now, what about even things like shrimp? It’s very healthy. It’s a lean fish, but it does have cholesterol in it.
Sonia: Shrimp does have cholesterol. I’m not concerned about shrimp, first of all. We’re not eating shrimp on a regular basis, but the only thing is shrimp is really low in saturated fats. The problem with saturated fat is still an issue. But it decreases your LDL receptors, and what happen is the more saturated fat you have, it decreases LDL receptors, which means the LDL can’t be cleared from your blood. And the longer it stays in there, the more likely it is to get oxidized, and oxidized cholesterol leads to inflammation, which goes back to your question. What we’re learning is that inflammation seems to be at the root of so many diseases—heart disease, even osteoporosis, possibly cancer, diabetes. Really, the goal of eating a healthy diet is to really eat a diet that will decrease inflammation.
Melanie: What does decrease inflammation, Sonia? People ask me that question all the time. If someone were to come right to you and say, “What foods can I eat to decrease inflammation?” We’re not just talking about arthritis. We’re talking about inflammation inside your body—plaques in arteries. Yes, what foods are you talking about? Give us some foods.
Sonia: Well, in general, we’re looking at kind of a Mediterranean-style diet. Although there are some guidelines that pertain to everybody, we can’t say that everybody should eat higher fat, Mediterranean-style diet because there are some people that have a particular genetic predisposition if they’re APOE genotype. But they have to have a lower fat diet. But the average person probably would do very well, would decrease their inflammation if they eat a Mediterranean-style diet, which is really based on eating fresh fruits and vegetables that are minimally processed, eating wholesome foods in general—eggs, lean dairy, lean meats, poultry, and plenty of fish. If you look at how we eat in general in this country, we’re going more towards processed foods. We’re not eating much fish. If we do, it’s fish sticks that don’t really have the benefit. In general, everybody can benefit from eating more produce, and I do recommend eating fish, especially fatty fish, at least twice a week.
Melanie: Are there certain foods that you just say, yeah, beets, pineapple, something, those are really great. So you said fish, for sure, they’ve got those omega-3s. That’s really great for us. What other foods?
Sonia: I would start with produce, because in general, we’re edging out produce partly because we think it needs to be prepared, it needs to be cooked. As you mentioned before, carrot, I don’t know anybody who’s gotten sick or increased their inflammation or gotten overweight because of eating carrots. I do recommend carrots. Ideally, I like getting from the farmers’ market. They’re easy. They’re not very big. They’re really flavorful. Again, people eat because food needs to taste good, and if you get real wholesome, fresh foods, they taste good, you’re going to eat them. Just have produce front and center, at least half your plate of produce, whether it be snap peas, carrots, broccoli, steamed or raw, any kind. Go for colors because we know that colors are really healthy. Sweet potatoes, the starchy vegetable. It gives you good energy for your exercise. It’s not something that’s going to get converted to sugar right away in your bloodstream. I recommend eating nuts, especially almonds and walnuts. Walnuts are certainly anti-inflammatory. They have good alpha-linolenic acid, which is a type of omega-3 fat, which is found in fish. Almonds are really high in calcium. There are so many studies that show that people who eat about an ounce or ounce and a half of nuts per day certainly get anti-inflammatory benefits and they don’t gain weight. We don’t know exactly that’s because nuts are satisfying because of the higher fat content and maybe they’re not snacking as often, we’re not sure why, but we know that nuts and seeds are a good thing to add.
Melanie: Well, these are all great foods. Nuts and seeds, produce. Fill your plate with the colors and the wonderful green leafy and carrots and produce and fish and lean meats, and yes, you can even eat eggs again. You’re listening to Eat Right Radio with our good friends from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. For more information, you can go to eatright.org. That’s eatright.org. This is Melanie Cole. Thanks for listening, and stay well. - Length (mins) 10
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- Host Melanie Cole, MS
