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EP 022 Elissa Goodman, Holistic Nutritionist & Lifestyle Cleanse Expert Apr 07, 2021

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Elissa Goodman is a Holistic Nutritionist and Lifestyle Cleanse Expert. She started her health journey after her own battle with cancer in her 30s. Her husband lost his battle with cancer in his 40s, leaving Elissa with two young children.

Elissa left a high-stress job at Vogue in NYC for a healthier lifestyle in L.A. She knew that stress and a lack of self-love contributed to her health issues. Elissa shares her health care journey in her bestselling book, Cancer Hacks and is currently working on her second book, Autoimmune Hacks.

Elissa has helped thousands of clients manage their own health issues. She has also created several successful cleanses, including her own delivered S.O.U.P cleanse in Los Angeles and her digital 7-Day RESET cleanse.

In our conversation we discussed:

· The body’s ability to heal itself.

· Using food as medicine.

· Working with a medical medium.

· Micronutrient testing.

· Quick body resets.

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Website: https://elissagoodman.com/

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EP 021 Dr. Melanie Keller, ND, The Intuitive Edge Doctor Mar 31, 2021

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Dr. Melanie Keller, ND, is known as the Intuitive Edge Doctor. Dr. Melanie helps people understand their lives and bodies better, so they receive the precise care they need. After having gut health problems over half her life, Dr. Melanie uses her expertise in gut health, and epigenetic intuition to get results. Many of the people she’s worked with have often been seeking treatment for years and at major hospitals around the world.

In our conversation, Dr. Keller shared with me information on probiotics that some might think to be controversial. Dr. Keller also gave insights on:

· How being a raw foodist helped her lose 70 pounds.

· The difference between small and large intestine gut health.

· The role of epigenetics.

· Don’t assume and be careful of probiotics.

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EP 020 Dr. Melina Roberts: Founder of Advanced Naturopathic Medical Centre Feb 17, 2021

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Dr. Melina Roberts is a Naturopathic Doctor, Author of Building a Healthy Child and Founder of Advanced Naturopathic Medical Centre in Calgary. She is recognized as one of the top Biological Medicine practitioners in North America and is a lecturer for the Paracelsus Academy. She is a leading authority in the field of naturopathic medicine specializing in Biological Medicine effectively treating digestive issues, chronic disease and cancer.

Dr. Roberts is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. She did a 2-year post-graduate study in Biological Medicine with Parcelsus Klinik in Switzerland. She was selected to be a TEDx speaker for 2021.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Dr. Melina Roberts about biological medicine.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● Why people’s cells need a healthy environment for them to be healthy too.

● How the body needs to adapt and self-regulate to properly heal.

● Why people are more subject to cancer when their immune system is run down.

● How bodies need to a way to detoxify to remain healthy.

● How there are six stressors that weaken people’s immune systems.

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advancednaturpathic.com

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@drmelinaroberts

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@drmelinaroberts

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EP 019 Dr. Chris Lee: Founder & CEO of Elemental Shift Consulting Feb 10, 2021

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Dr. Chris Lee is founder and CEO of Elemental Shift Consulting, a neuroscience based consulting company educating on brain based creativity, motivation, productivity and research based strategy for a healthier mindset. Dr. Chris has consulted with 8 figure stock brokers on Wall Street to technology companies in California on using custom biometric and neurofeedback data to build more resilient companies from the inside out. He has proudly served over 1,500 individuals and is currently working to get his neuroscience backed mindfulness technique into the United States prison systems. Dr. Chris uses the latest research and personal case studies to personalize specific brain training strategies based on each individual and company’s needs so they can become anti-fragile to external changes and activate more neurologically sound problem solving ability’s at will. Extremely proud father to his extraordinary Daughter Phoenix who is the greatest thing that has ever been gifted into his life.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Dr. Chris Lee about researched based strategies that build healthier mindsets.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How people’s brains are both programmable and processable.

● Why increasing heart rate coherence changes people’s genetic expression.

● How emotional pain and physical pain are processed in similar locations.

● Why emotional pain begins to mirror physical pain.

● How ignoring your emotions just makes them larger and harder to handle.

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@drchrislee

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EP 018 Dr. Sveta Silverman, MD FRCPC Jan 27, 2021

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Dr. Sveta Silverman is former pediatric surgeon from the USSR and breast pathologist. She received her degree from the University of Alberta medical school and residency. In 2004, after losing her mother to multiple myeloma, Dr. Silverman started learning holistic medicine that included nutritional dense foods, mind health, the power of exercise, and essential supplementation. She is a teacher of proactive health and is on a mission to teach healthy choices to thousands and of people. She wants people to move from healthy life choices to healthy cells.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Dr. Sveta Silverman about the important role cells play in people’s health.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How nutrition is foundational to powering our cells.

● How the pathways in a cell need commands to work properly.

● Why cells wouldn’t exist without mitochondria.

● How the mitochondria need glutathione to work correctly.

● How people’s DNA is epigenetic, not genetic.

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@svetaSilverman

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EP 017 Dr. Darrell Misak, ND, RPh at Pituitary Network Association Jan 20, 2021

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Dr. Darrell Misak, ND, RPh is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, Licensed Pharmacist, and a father of five healthy children. After receiving his degree in Pharmacy, he gained years of university hospital clinical pharmacy experience at Duke University Medical Center with a primary focus in Oncology and General Medicine.

As Dr. Misak began to realize the pitfalls of traditional medicine and pharmacy, he started his continued search for truth in health which directed him to naturopathic medicine. He then moved his family across the country to Oregon, where he received his Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2000, while learning compounding pharmacy at Lloyd Center Pharmacy during medical school.

Dr. Misak now runs a private naturopathic practice in Pittsburgh, does regular YouTube shows teaching quantum bio-electric health concepts, has been published multiple times in Naturopathic Doctor News and Review (NDNR), and does regular radio or talks teaching an analytical natural approach to health. His pharmacy and naturopathic background with understanding quantum bio-electric concepts lead to the creation of Vi-Telometry.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Dr. Darrell Misak about naturopathic medicine.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How body function comes down to excess and deficiency.

● Why the analytical approach is better than the diagnostic approach.

● How perfect health occurs when energy efficiency is maximized.

● Why people have to generate more energy than their body consumes.

● How the shortening of people’s telomere’s leads to aging.

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docmisak.com

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@vitelometry

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EP 016 Dr. Brett Brimhall, BA, BS, DC, FIAMA, DIBAK, and Author at Brimhall Wellness Jan 13, 2021

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Dr. Brett Brimhall has been married to Holly for 23 years and they have 4 children ranging from 20-12. He has been in clinical practice for 19 years and has been training health care providers all over the world since 1995. He and his father have pioneered the 6 Steps to Wellness. He has been part of teaching and creating nutritional supplements and chiropractor tools and techniques. His passion of helping people achieve their full potential in health and now been expanded to helping people with their wealth. In 2014 he had a paradigm shift when he saw changes in patient that he had worked with over a year with new a breakthrough technology. He is on science advisory board with a public traded company and sharing this life changing science and opportunity with the world.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Dr. Brett Brimhall about the six steps to wellness.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● Why it’s important to work with both physical and emotional wellness.

● How people changing their limiting beliefs, changes how they see the world.

● Why feeling pain means there is something wrong with someone’s body.

● How people improving their functions improves their experience as people.

● Why the traditional model of medicine doesn’t benefit from healthy people.

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brimhall.com

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@DrBrimhall

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facebook.com/BrimhallSeminars

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thebeardedphilosopher.com

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EP 015 Dr. Thomas S. Cowan, M.D. and Author Jan 06, 2021

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Thomas S. Cowan, M.D., attended Duke University, graduating in 1977 Summa Cum Laud with a degree in biology. He then served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland, Africa, from 1977-1980, teaching gardening in a secondary school. It was in Swaziland where he encountered the work of Weston Price and Rudolf Steiner, two of the greatest influences on his career. After the Peace Corps he attended medical school in his home state of Michigan at the Michigan State College of Human Medicine. After graduating in 1984, he did an internship in family practice in Johnson City, New York.

From 1985 until the present. Dr. Cowan has had a general medical practice, first in upstate New York, then for 17 years in Peterborough, N.H., and finally for the last 17 years in San Francisco. During these years he served as vice president of the Physicians Association for Anthroposophical Medicine. He was a founding board member of the Weston A Price Foundation and currently serves as vice president.

Dr. Cowan has given countless lectures and workshops throughout the U.S. about a variety of subjects in health and medicine. He is the author of five books. Four of these books spent time on the Amazon bestseller lists, and each was ranked No. 1 in their respective categories, often for many months.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Dr. Tom Cowan about the shortcomings of conventional medicine.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● Why people used to be a lot healthier than we are today.

● How bacteria and viruses don’t cause disease.

● How there is no evidence of plaque in 80% of heart attacks.

● How doctors don’t know the cause of any disease.

● Why wireless devices can make people sick.

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drtomcowan.com

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EP 014 Dr. Piper Gibson, Board-Certified Doctor of Natural Medicine at Regenerating Health Dec 30, 2020

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Dr. Piper Gibson is a Board-Certified Doctor of Natural Medicine and is also a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner®, where she specializes in children's neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD, Tics/Tourette's, Anxiety, SPD, and ASD. She uses a natural, integrative approach to help her clients finally focus, function, and flourish. She is the founder of Regenerating Health and the creator of Foundations to Flourish, a nine-week program that teaches parents holistic methods that will restore their child's health in the face of a potentially confusing and worrying diagnosis.

After being told “there is nothing you can do, just ignore it,” Piper refused to write off her son’s health and navigated him through a neurological tic diagnosis. Dr. Piper went from stay at home mom to children’s holistic health expert. By using food, functional lab testing, and natural approaches, Dr. Piper has helped hundreds of clients all over the world regain control of their endless list of symptoms. She recently spoke about Nutrigenomics at the Functional Health Coaching Conference and has been featured on KFOX News.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Dr. Piper Gibson about neurodevelopment disorders in children.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● Why it’s vital to look at the body as a whole instead of focusing on one symptom.

● How the gut can show why the brain, or the body is acting in a certain way.

● How most children with neurodevelopmental disorders have systemic inflammation.

● How people can optimize their nutrition by knowing their genetic status.

● Why following an anti-inflammatory diet is one of the best things people can do for their genes.

Connect with Dr. Piper Gibson:

Website: regeneratinghealth.com

Instagram: @regeneratinghealth

Facebook: facebook.com/RegeneratingHealth

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EP 013 Dr. Sarah Rahal, MD & Founder of ARMRA Dec 23, 2020

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Sarah Rahal, MD is the founder of ARMRA, a bioscience company that leverages natural bioactives to strengthen the body's innate immune barriers. Dr. Rahal is a double board-certified pediatric neurologist with expertise in functional medicine and environmental health.

She completed her medical training at Columbia University in NY and was formerly assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. As a recognized expert, Dr. Rahal sat on the board of the National Headache Foundation and is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Headache Society, and the Child Neurology Society.

Listen to this informative Nutrigenomic Nation episode with Sarah Rahal about functional and environmental medicine.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

● How people have more control over their health than they’ve been led to believe.

● Why people suffer more from chronic diseases today than they did 50 years ago.

● How people’s DNA doesn’t change but the way it expresses itself can.

● Why it’s important to eat a whole food diet pack with dense nutrients.

● How 80% of our immune system lives in the mucosal barrier.

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Links Mentioned:

tryarmra.com

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