Episode 304 – Dr. Will Bulsiewicz – Gut Health, Gut Check

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Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

This week we interview “Dr. B,” Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. Dr. B is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and gastroenterology at The University of North Carolina Hospitals. He also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) from Northwestern University and a certificate in nutrition from Cornell University. Dr. Bulsiewicz is board-certified in both internal medicine and gastroenterology.

To find out more about Dr. B, head to https://theguthealthmd.com.

We discuss:

  • Why does bacteria matter so much?
  • What bacteria is considered ‘bad’ bacteria? How do remove those?
  • What are the thoughts around testing for food sensitivities?

Studies mentioned in the episode:

How diet impacts gut microbiome: 
Benefits of substituting whole grains for processed grains:
Gluten free diet reduces short chain fatty acids and damages gut microbiome:

Episode 298 – Dr. Elizabeth Boham – Functional Medicine, Breast Cancer, and Chronic Illness

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Dr. Elizabeth Boham

Dr. Elizabeth Boham, ‘Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer’

This week we interview Dr. Elizabeth Boham. Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center is Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness.

Her DVD, Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.

We discuss:

  • How does functional medicine deal with chronic disease and how does that differ from traditional western medicine?
  • How did Elizabeth’s battle with breast cancer lead her to specialize in functional medicine?
  • How can you learn more about your genes and how they impact your health?
  • What is a food intolerance and do you even know if you have them?
Learn more about Dr. Boham at her website http://www.drboham.com/. If you purchase Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer, use the discount code Breast30wellness to get 30% off!!!

Episode 279 – Dr. Allen Frances – Trump, Mental Illness, and the End of Reason

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Dr. Allen Frances

Dr. Allen Frances, author of, ‘Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump’

“Calling Trump crazy allows us to avoid confronting the craziness in our society—if we want to get sane, we must first gain insight about ourselves. Simply put: Trump isn’t crazy, but our society is.” – Dr. Allen Frances

This week on the show we interview one of the men who literally wrote the book on mental illness as we answer the question – Is Trump crazy? And what does it say about America that he was elected to the highest office in the land? Psychiatrist Dr. Allen Frances analyzes the national psyche, viewing the rise of Donald J. Trump as darkly symptomatic of a deeper societal distress. Drawing on his vast experience, Dr. Frances explains American society’s collective slide away from sanity and offers an urgently needed prescription for reclaiming our bearings.

Dr. Allen Frances chaired the task force that produced the fourth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders, which is is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.  He then became critical of later versions, and he warned that we are currently “over-treating” mental disorders and finding problems where there are none. Dr. Frances is professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University School of Medicine.