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Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Ray Drury. Dr. Ray is one of the foremost experts in Upper Cervical Care, a specialty in chiropractic. His latest book, The Best-Kept Secret in Health Care, details the methods he has been practicing and teaching for over 20 years. Having helped patients from all over the world suffering from a variety of conditions, he brings hope and healing by addressing the cause of the problem, instead of just treating the symptoms. As a second-generation upper cervical doctor, Dr. Ray Drury is one of a small but distinguished group of doctors who practice upper cervical care as their chosen area of expertise. Dr. Drury has been in private practice for over 20 years and has received numerous awards and recognition for his continued devotion to the upper cervical profession. Having earned a reputation as a leader in the field of upper cervical doctors, Dr. Drury specializes in helping people who have been told there is no hope. His ability to help the worst of the worst cases has attracted patients from near and far to his Charlotte, NC office.Contact: http://www.drraydrury.com/

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Perry Frankel, MD. Dr. Perry Frankel is a Board Certified Cardiologist and Lipidologist. Dr. Frankel has been in practice since 1991 and he has served as the Director of a major Echocardiogram Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory since 1996. He is a recognized national speaker on topics including hyperlipidemia and hypertension. He is also a multi-state diagnostician. Dr. Frankel is a graduate of the Sackler School of Medicine, where he was valedictorian of his graduating class. He was Chief Medical Resident at Long Island Jewish Hospital before going into private practice in He founded Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics in 2008. Dr. Frankel is affiliated with St. Francis Hospital (Roslyn, NY), Long Island Jewish/North Shore Health Systems (New Hyde Park, NY) and Jupiter Medical Center (Jupiter, FL). He is Director of Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound at ACD and Heart2Heart. Dr. Frankel specializes in using low risk, non invasive cost effective techniques, to assess and treat cardiovascular and overall health issues.   Contact: http://www.advancedcardiodiag.com/#!dr-perry-frankel/c14rd 

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Mr. Tony Martinez. Tony is a Food Drug and International Trade Attorney.   He was directly involved with the passage of the landmark Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 and other FDA related measures.  He is a patient advocate.  In international trade, Tony has been involved in improving trade relations with Latin American countries including Cuba.  On his health, Tony is a Type 2 Diabetic that has successfully put his condition in reverse and remission through the use of a Ketogenic diet, a High Fat Low Carbohydrate Diet and improved his cardiovascular profile.  He joins us today to discuss what is happening in the world of health care and share his own experiences with us. Contact: www.acmartinez2.com

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Carri Drzyzga. Dr Carri is known as ‘The Functional Medicine Doc’ – the go-to expert on finding the root causes of health problems so you can feel normal again. She is a chiropractor and naturopathic doctor, host of the popular podcast “The Functional Medicine Radio Show”, and author of the hit book Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again! Fixing the Root Cause of Your Fatigue with Natural Treatments. Dr. Carri’s newest program is a home study course calledEntrepreneurial Fatigue: How to Fuel Your Brain Body for Entrepreneurial Success. Dr. Carri supports revered Naturopathic advise: Find the cause. Fix the cause. Feel normal again. That’s Functional Medicine in a nutshell! Contact: www.DrCarri.com

Host Ellen Kamhi PHD RN, www.naturalnurse.com interviews Dr. Christopher Vasey. Christopher Vasey is a naturopath and author living in Chamby-Montreux, Switzerland.He studied naturopathy in Paris, and started his private practice in 1979. Alongside his therapeutic work, he continued his formation by studying the works of famous naturopaths such as Dr. Paul Carton, Herbert Shelton, Robert Masson, R. Jackson, Kneipp, and others. From 1988 onwards, he started to author an ever growing collection of books, including "The Acid alkaline Diet", "The Naturopathic Way", and "Optimal Detox". Christopher Vasey lectures regularly in Europe (Switzerland, France, Scandinavia, Iceland …), in the USA and Canada. On today’s show, we focus on his book, Natural Remedies for Inflammation.In this practical guide he explores 18 anti-inflammatory herbs, such as bay laurel, basil, turmeric, and devil’s claw, as well as 15 other natural substances, such as propolis and fish oil. He explains which conditions each addresses most effectively, proper dosage, and the best methods of ingestion.Contact: http://www.christophervasey.ch

Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Lise Alschuler. Lise Alschuler is a naturopathic doctor with board certification in naturopathic oncology and has been practicing since 1994. She received her bachelor’s degree from Brown University in medical anthropology and her doctorate of naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University, where she also completed her residency. She maintains a naturopathic oncology practice out of Naturopathic Specialists, based in Scottsdale AZ. Dr. Alschuler works as an independent consultant in the area of practitioner and consumer health education. She is the Executive Director of TAP Integrative, a nonprofit educational resource for integrative practitioners. Dr. Alschuler is the co-author of The Definitive Guide to Cancer and The Definitive Guide to Thriving After Cancer.  She co-created http://www.FiveToThrivePlan.com, and co-hosts a radio show, Five To Thrive Live! on the Cancer Support Network about living more healthfully in the face of cancer.  She is the current president of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians. contact:  www.fivetothriveplan.com and www.drlise.net

Ellen Kamhi PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Mr. Ken Snyder. Ken is an Occupational Therapist, Massage Therapist and Medical and Healthcare Advocate. He has worked with people having a wide variety of healthcare needs including, in-patient psychiatry and substance abuse, adults with developmental delays and multiple physical handicaps in residential and day program settings, children with learning challenges in public schools and on the Reservation, and with physical challenges in the rehabilitation clinic. He has provided presentations, trainings, and play-shops on topics ranging from on-site massage, stress, task, and mind management (Therapeutic Management Systems), and the Evolution of Consciousness, to NVC( Non Violent Communication), and optimizing the satisfaction we derive from our activities of daily living. He presently offers Quality of Life Extension services to those considering end of life issues. Most recently, when he's not walking across the United States to inspire action on the climate crisis or contemplate our complicity with it, he's busy meeting with government representatives working to draft resolutions to oppose the fast tracking of dubious international trade agreements. For More Information on Trade Agreements and Other Topics discussed on today’s show: http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/pdf/20150307afdtpptafta.pdfhttp://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/pdf/richmondCAtpp.pdfContact: kensnyder2@hotmail.com

The Truth About Beauty, “Breaking the Rules……Why Being a Health Rebel is Key to Achieving Successful Transformation”Joining us today is Kat James, the award-winning author and renowned transformation expert of “The Truth About Beauty.” Before becoming the natural health world’s premiere beauty-oriented health expert, —and, before that, one of the most quoted celebrity makeup experts of the nineties—Kat had a far deeper transformation that involved overcoming a 12-year, heroin-like addiction to food and a slew of other serious diseases. After healing herself of one issue after the other while dropping ten dress sizes and dramatically transforming her skin in the process, Kat spent nearly a decade gathering the science to validate the unusual approach she pieced together for her own health vitality. Since then, she’s gone on to help thousands dramatically transform their lives and their looks as she did through her bestselling book, her national health columns, talk radio show, PBS special, and her acclaimed Total Transformation programs. You can learn more about her at www.InformedBeauty.com.  

Ellen Kamhi PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com interviews Dr. Victoria Sweet, MD. Dr. Sweet is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and History at the University of California, San Francisco, and a prize-winning historian with a Ph.D. in medical history. She practiced medicine for twenty years at Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco. In her prize-winning book, God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine (Riverhead, 2012), she lays out her evidence ”in stories of her patients and her hospital. ” , for some radically new ideas about medicine and healthcare. In our attempts to get control of healthcare costs by privileging “efficiency,” she suggests, we’ve been headed down the wrong path. Medicine works best—that is, arrives at the right diagnosis and the right treatment for the least amount of money—when it is personal and face-to-face; when the doctor has enough time to do a good job, and pays attention not only to the patient but to what’s around the patient.  Dr. Sweet calls this approach Slow Medicine, and she believes that, put into wider practice, it would be not only more satisfying and beneficial for patient and doctor, but also less expensive for everyone. Her Ecomedicine Project is designed to prove this. The New York Times calls her ideas “hard-core subversion”; Vanity Fair judges the book to be a “radical and compassionate alternative to modern healthcare,” andHealth Affairs describes Dr. Sweet as a “visionary” and “subversive in all the best ways.” She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (2014) for her next project, tentatively entitled, Slow Medicine, Fast Medicine: Healing in an Age of Technology.Contact: www.victoriasweet.com

Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Ibrahim Karim. Dr. Karim is a graduate of the prestigious Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. Founder of the qualitative science of BioGeometry; the new Architectureand industrial design school that uses the subtle energyeffect of geometrical shapes to induce harmony to our moderntechnological or natural environments. He currentlyteaches at several universities and supervises numerouspostgraduate studies on the applications of the science ofBioGeometry. Dr. Karim was recognized and honored byseveral institutes for his environmental work and was chosenas man of the year by the Swiss magazine “Anzeiger” in2005 for his success in reducing the effect of ‘electrosmog’in several regions in Switzerland. Dr. Karim held several advisorypositions in Egypt to the Ministers of: Health, Culture, and Tourism.On today's show, we will discuss his book, Back to the Future for MankindContact: http://www.biogeometry.com/

James B. LaValle, R.Ph., C.C.N., is an internationally recognized clinical pharmacist, author, and board certified clinical nutritionist, naturopathic doctorate, with more than 30 years of clinical experience. LaValle is best known for his expertise in metabolic and integrative medicine, with extensive background in natural products, lifestyle drug/nutrient depletion, and uncovering the underlying metabolic issues that keep people from feeling healthy and vital. He has developed health programs for the fitness industry, professional sports teams and healthcare companies.LaValle gained national recognition as Clinician of the Year in 2012 by the Natural Products Association for his pioneering work in furthering the professional standards of integrative care. He is an appointed faculty member and course director for the Integrative Medicine postgraduate program at George Washington University School of Medicine. He has trained thousands of healthcare professionals on the value of predictive health and modeling healthcare practices to incorporate lifestyle, diet and natural therapies as part of the health equation for Americans.LaValle is author of more than 20 books including, “Cracking the Metabolic Code,” “Nutritional Cost of Drugs,” and his latest book, “Your Blood Never Lies.” He was named one of the “50 Most Influential Pharmacists” by American Druggist magazine and was one of nine Americans selected to participate in the inaugural Dietary Supplement Education Alliance Dietary Supplement Information Bureau. Previously he was a correspondent on ESPN2’s No. 1 rated “BodyShaping” fitness program.Contact: Jim LaValle at: http://jimlavalle.com/. Follow him on Twitter: @JimLaValle or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jim-LaValle/169566756447190. 

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Nikolas Hedberg. Dr. Hedberg is a board certified naturopathic physician, chiropractic physician and he is board certified in nutrition by the american clinical board of nutrition. He is the founder of the Immune Restoration Center in Asheville, NC where he helps patients worldwide with thyroid disorders, autoimmune diseases and a variety of chronic illnesses. Through his large telemedicine practice he is able to help patients regardless of their location. Dr. Hedberg is a regular speaker at integrative medicine conferences, author and practitioners of all types consult with him on their most difficult cases.Dr. Hedberg is the author of the book The Thyroid Alternative and the upcoming book The Complete Thyroid Health and Diet Guide which will be published in the Spring of 2015. His website is www.drhedberg.com

Host: Dr. Eugene ZampieronDavid W. Dahlberg has lived many lives -- From talking to Mickey Mouse at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair to his modern-day role as a school teacher, sports and music addict, and as a father. Mr. Dahlberg suffered through a childhood of anxieties that morphed into OCD from the age of about 14 into his forties. Much of his own youth was spent living with an untreatable, unnamed condition which is now known as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Hiding the condition, as OCD sufferers do, he lived a partially functional life. Mr. Dahlberg's high academic aptitudes and exceptional memory allowed him to function as a reasonably normal person, but not the highly-functional one locked behind the bars of OCD. His perseverance to function and be normal drove him to fight his OCD every day, and, when finally curable, decades after its onset, this OCD was finally defeated. Now cognizant of the early symptoms of OCD, he was able to recognize such symptoms in his younger daughter, and get her the treatment he had been denied. Today, Mr. Dahlberg lives in Snohomish with his successful wife and daughters, who sing, ski race, and, although busy, have a lot of fun. On this show, David discusses his book, "Life in a Whirlwind of Numbers,"Contact: daviddahlberg@mac.com 

Host, Eugene Zampieron, ND, www.drznaturally.com, interviews Dr. Michael Posner. Dr. Michael Posner is director of the Wholistic Wellness Center in Huntington Village NY, where he has maintained a successful practice for over 30 years. Well known as a gifted healer, Dr. Posner has helped thousands of people restore their health and vitality through his synergistic approach to chiropractic, combined with massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition, meditation, infra-Red, LED healing light therapy and effective weight loss programs. An internationally certified Healing Tao instructor since 1983, Dr. Posner is passionate about teaching Tai Chi, Chi Kung, The Inner Smile and Microcosmic orbit meditations as taught by Grand Master Mantak Chia’s Universal Healing Tao system. Dr. Posner is dedicated to sharing his vast knowledge and repertoire of practices which harmonize emotions, quiet the mind and return attunement to the sacred spaces within. This helps to generate vibrant health and wellbeing with minimal effort. Along with his wife Lois, Dr. Posner wrote “Well Adjusted, A Journey of Transformation for Body, Mind and Spirit.” In this book, he weaves the story of his personal journey to regain health, and supports you to be a creator and not a victim. It is a must read blueprint for anyone who wants practical, easy and effective ways to reduce stress and to take control of their lives. Dr. Posner is always available for complimentary consultations to discuss your health concerns.Contact: www.HuntingtonChiropractor.com

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Mel Borins. Dr. Borins is a family physician, public speaker, author and musician. He is an Associate Professor, in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and on staff at St. Joseph's Health Centre. Author of the books “Go Away Just for the Health of It” and "An Apple a Day- a Holistic Health Primer",Dr. Borins has lectured in Canada, U.S.A., India, Japan, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and New Zealand on health and healing. His newest book A Physician’s Guide to Alternative Medicine- What Works, What Doesn’t and Why, published by Globe Press is available for order at your favourite bookstores. Visit www.MelBorinscreative.com