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Dr. Berkson's Best Health Radio Podcast

244 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 149 ratings

Dr. Devaki Lindsey Berkson shares decades of experience as a hormone and nutrition expert so you can be a healthier, happier you.

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Women Don't Get No Respect Unless... & Alternative Home Health (#137)

June 20, 2019 13:10 - 49 minutes - 46 MB

In this show you will learn: How iconic female writers and directors get treated in Hollywood or shall we say Shallow-wood? Sally Wainwright is an English television writer, producer, and director from Yorkshire. Ms. Wainwright has single-handedly revitalized British TV and won many prestigious awards.  After wide European recognition, she journeyed to Hollywood to see how Yankees would receive her and collaborate with her talent. This turned out not to be the case. What is happening to ...

Dr. Berkson “Bits & Pieces”: Leaky Gut & Food (#136)

June 13, 2019 12:57 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB

Power packed one-hour show with Dr. Berkson. In this show you will learn: The controversies and science of leaky gut. Which conditions are definitively linked, and which are possibly linked? Nutrients and hormones that heal. Tight junctions and adhesive proteins. Protein that disassembles: zonulin. Endurance exercise, NSAIDs and pregnancy and leaky gut.   Food has been in the scientific journals this week, so you will hear about: Mediterranean-Style diet and its effects on b...

Alzheimer’s disease: treatment for reversal and prevention with Dr. Dale Bredesen (#135)

May 24, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

  A mind is like a parachute. It works best when open. But what if your mind is closing down? This show is about cognitive decline, one of the worst cases being Alzheimer’s disease, with an interview of the scientist and medical neurologist who is successfully reversing and preventing this brain disease and keeping parachutes open. In this extraordinary show you will hear from a doctor who has published 226 peer review articles on the brain and dementia: What are the 5 sub-types of Al...

Authenticity (#134)

May 17, 2019 15:17 - 58 minutes - 54.4 MB

This show deals with the lack of authenticity in humanity throughout time and up to today, especially in medicine, hormones and even peer review science. Listen and learn how doctor’s voting down FDA back of bioidentical hormones often choose bioidentical hormones for themselves. Why? They are safer and more effective. Their claim. No peer review trials. Are there any peer review trials on the synthetic hormones now available? No. The only randomized trial on hormones (Prempro – horse urin...

“Obesogens” Are Making Us Fat! with Dr. Bruce Blumberg (#133)

May 03, 2019 15:57 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB

In this show you will learn: Eating less and moving more aren’t working, in 2019, to lose weight. Partially because of obesogens Exactly what these are. How they are contributing to the ever growing obesity epidemic. How chemicals can make our fat cells nasty, unfair and non-responsive to life style changes. How obesogens are “transgenerational” (passed on to your offspring). How weight-inducing chemicals are ubiquitous. That obesogens lurk in food, furniture, plastic products...

Pomegranates - Unique Medical Food (#132)

April 25, 2019 08:14 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Pomegranates are as close to a miracle food as Mother Nature gets. Pomegranates protect your heart, safeguard your estrogens, “sensitize” insulin receptors better than many diabetic drugs without nasty side effects, slow down aging, and fight cancer.   Pomegranates fight against lots of bad stuff. Anti-inflammatory Anti-oxidant Anti-bad cholesterol Anti-heart disease Anti-kidney disease Anti-cognitive disease Anti-diabetic Anti-obesity Anti-carcinogenic   Pomegranates...

Regenerative Medicine with Dr. Zach Bush MD (#131)

April 09, 2019 18:50 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

Dr. Zach Bush is one of the few triple board-certified physicians in the country with expertise in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Hospice/Palliative care. Yet, besides medical science, Dr. Bush has now focused his research and spirit toward the planet and it’s link with the human gut. Dr. Bush started out designing chemotherapy drugs and now formulates nutraceuticals that can overcome ubiquitous toxins, such as his revolutionary liquid gut product: “Restore”. In this ...

Cardio-respiratory Fitness with Dr. Berkson (#130)

March 29, 2019 15:38 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Cardio and respiratory fitness has enormous impact on your heart health, and far-reaching implications for a host of other diseases and illnesses. In this show, Dr. Berkson takes a look at recent studies from Harvard and shares how exercise—and high interval intensity training (HIIT)—promotes biome diversity, helps fight cancer, and more. Your gut health isn’t determined by your food choices alone. When you “push” yourself physically, your whole being is rewarded. Learn how physical fitness ...

Functional Cardiology with Mark Houston, MD (#129)

March 21, 2019 10:30 - 1 hour - 58.4 MB

Dr. Mark Houston will take you on a journey of your heart health that will leave you spellbound. Dr. Houston lectures for A4M, the Anti-Aging Certification Coursefor MDs. Dr. Houston has been training medical doctors in functional cardiology for over 30 years. Dr. Houston and Dr. Berkson are colleagues, lecture together, are friends, and Dr. Mark is also Dr. Lindsey’s doc! Dr. Mark Houston is a renowned “iconic functional cardiologist”, looking deeper under the “hood” of your heart than ...

Functional Neurology - new ways to treat chronic pain, migraines and fatigue with Trupti Gokani, MD (#128)

March 14, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MB

Dr. Gokani and Dr. Berkson met at MindShare in San Diego and have become close colleagues and friends. You will learn fascinating information within the context of live dialogue and sisterhood. Dr. Gokani believes that chronic pain, especially migraines, as well as debilitating fatigue, manifest from humans becoming out of touch with Mother Earth and normal physical body/mind rhythms. Dr. Gokani heals “pain” and “fatigue” by identifying a patient’s unique “disconnect” between their mind,...

Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) with Dr. Felice Gersh (#127)

March 09, 2019 06:20 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome is an epidemic happening to teen and college age young women. It is a bit like having parts of menopause extremely prematurely. PCOS is a systemic illness that puts the body into an insulin resistant state. It is partially often treated with birth control pills, that are often part of the “perfect storm” cause. Dr. Felice Gersh, a double board certified OBGYN and Integrative physician, is passionate about spreading the word. Too many gynecologists, endocrinolog...

Mammograms, birth control and body rhythms with Dr. Felice Gersh (#126)

February 28, 2019 16:12 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

This exciting and factoid packed show is a true meeting of the minds and hearts of two docs that have spent their lives studying hormones every which way. You can’t help but hear loud and clear their passion for keeping women around the world safe. In this show Dr. Felice Gersh tackles mammograms and birth control pills. Dr. Gersh has a brick and mortar practice in Irvine, California. She writes, is an investigative researcher, forensic expert witness plus regularly sees patients. Dr. Ge...

Birth Control Pill's Shadow Side (#125)

February 21, 2019 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Birth control pills are used by approximately 100 million women world wide, yet few doctors and women understand the many potential dangerous side effects and complications well described many times over the scientific literature. In this show you learn that birth control pills (BPCs): Rinse multiple numbers of critical nutrients out of the body (and the baby’s body if the baby is conceived only weeks after a woman goes off the pill and hasn’t repleted her own natural stores). You will le...

Healthy Sweetener Alternative with Andress Blackwell (#124)

February 06, 2019 19:11 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB

We all love sweets but which sweets love us? Sugar is bad for us. Yet artificial sweeteners might be worse, especially for your microbiome integrity. Dr. Berkson interviews the President of Swerve Sweetener, Andress Blackwell. Andress used to be a radio host, so she is very savvy and dynamic on air.  You will learn multiple factoids, recipes and healthy chats to enlighten your meal capabilities and sweeten your food in healthy ways that don’t up your risk of metabolic disorder and obesit...

Thyroid and Iodine with Dr. David Brownstein (#123)

February 01, 2019 22:05 - 54 minutes - 37.9 MB

David Brownstein, M.D. is a board-certified family physician that combines conventional with alternative therapies.  He is the Medical Director for the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, MI.  Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally to physicians and the public about his success in using natural hormones and nutritional therapies in his practice. He and Dr. Berkson are graduates of the University of Michigan. In this show you’ll learn: Why regular medicine isn’t enough ...

Ozone with Dr. Frank Shallenberger and Dr. Berkson (#122)

January 24, 2019 15:58 - 1 hour - 44.6 MB

Dr. Shallenberger is known as the "Godfather" of Ozone. Dr. Shallenberger's certification Course on Ozone Therapy is the oldest and most comprehensive Ozone Therapy course in the Western world. Shallenberger has been giving this course every year since 1991 and has trained thousands of practitioners from all over the world.   In this show you will learn: What is ozone? What are the different ways it is safely delivered into the body? How ozone effects or reboots mitochondria. The ...

Testosterone therapy for breast cancer survivors – the science and mechanisms (#121)

January 16, 2019 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MB

In this show Dr. Berkson reviews the science and safety of testosterone therapy in some breast cancer survivors. Dr. Berkson walks you through the studies. You hear how and why testosterone (T) might be a safe answer for some breast cancer patients to improve quality of life and reduce rate of recurrence.  In this show you’ll learn: How maleness protects femaleness (how T protects breast tissue). The differences between estrogen receptor alpha and beta. All about 3β-Adiol. In both gen...

Happiness - how and why to get your "happy" on (#120)

January 10, 2019 13:05 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

People want to be happy. Why? Science is showing that happy people live longer and have better health.  But getting your “happy on” leans on your physical, emotional and cognitive habits.  In this show Dr. Berkson discusses: How to cultivate happy. Why peace is more sustainable and desirable than happy. Dr. Berkson’s explores the science showing that happiness and optimism effect health issues like breast cancer and high blood pressure. Did you know there is World Happiness Report 20...

Can Breast Cancer Survivors Take Hormones? Learn About Testosterone Therapy (#119)

January 03, 2019 11:30 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

In the introduction, you will learn one of the new uses for oxytocin as well as a huge meta-analysis review study demonstrating that the most commonly used drugs for Alzheimer’s disease not only don’t work, but make dementia worse. The major part of this show discusses the science on how “maleness” protects “femaleness” — how Mother Nature designed breasts to be protected by male sex steroid hormone signals. Dr. Berkson dives into the peer review literature from 2010 to the present. We e...

Flaxseeds - good or bad for your breasts and hormones (#118)

December 09, 2018 12:09 - 48 minutes - 34 MB

A fan wrote Dr. Berkson a note stating that certain health gurus on the Internet were warning against flaxseeds, especially for high-risk women. Could we do a show on flaxseeds?  This show is the answer. Dr. Berkson tackles the science and safety of flaxseeds head on, and gives you a complete picture of the question: To flax or not to flax?” And you also learn what flaxseeds offer for those of us carrying a little extra weight.

Healing When It Seems Impossible with Dr. Shiroko Sokitch, MD (#117)

November 29, 2018 05:18 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

Shiroko Sokitch MD is a medical physician who blends Chinese and Western techniques with a deeply spiritual and emotional bent to help complex medical patients finally get well. Especially if they have been struggling for a very long time. While Dr. Sokitch worked as an emergency room doc, she went to acupuncture college. She realized that allopathic medicine was just one path, and needed to be combined with more tools to help complicated people finally achieve brilliant wellness. Dr. ...

Biohacking – molecules that “drive disease” and “natural answers” to beat them (#116)

November 20, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MB

Why do we get ill? What molecules lurk beneath the surface that act as the “molecules of mass destruction" that put your tissues at risk? If we could identify these molecules, and, if elevated, bring them down to optimal levels, would we reverse disease, pain and even resistant obesity? This show takes an in-depth look at two main molecules that help initiate and propel diseases such as heart, kidney, diabetes, obesity and even cognitive decline. Research on these molecules comes from resp...

Vertigo - How to Get Out of Your Dizzy Hell and How I Got Out of Mine (#115)

November 13, 2018 11:00 - 56 minutes - 39.4 MB

Vertigo is life changing. It makes you out of sync with your world. Your balance is off. You get nauseated. Sometimes you get brain fog and can’t think. It’s scary, like an existential crisis. Sometimes even your taste buds change. What are the best action steps to take when you have a severe acute attack of nausea, dizziness which is sometimes accompanied by sudden hearing loss in one ear? This show takes you through personal experiences, debunks the myths, and gives action steps, intervent...

Sleep - Everything You Wanted to Know (#114)

October 25, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB

In contemporary life, there are a growing number of assaults on restorative sleep. But insomnia can be very difficult to fix. Sleeping pills are linked to dying earlier from diverse causes and many natural solutions lose their effectiveness over time. Thus, it’s critical to have a large tool bag of natural answers. Plus, nothing works for everyone. And sometimes, sleep issues aren’t the issue, but rather a flashing red light suggesting a hidden underlying disease. Sleep is complex. In ...

Weight Loss - A Radical Effective Way with Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman (#113)

September 27, 2018 09:30 - 43 minutes - 30.5 MB

Dr. Ann is a best-selling author that has yet another best-selling book. It's her 35th book, called Radical Metabolism: A Powerful New Plan to Blast Fat and Reignite Your Energy in Just 21 Days Hardcover. You will hear about the “good” omega 6 fatty acids, what the gallbladder has to do with your thyroid, why bitters are better, what is omega-7 fatty acid and why should you care, and a new 21-day program to get difficult losers shedding pounds fast and safely. Don’t miss learning cutting...

MANopause — Male Hormones After 40 (#112)

August 30, 2018 08:53 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MB

There is a documented epidemic of low testosterone (T) in males, even young males. Insufficient T is not only linked to erectile dysfunction, it is being reproducibly linked to dying prematurely (losing a few years off your life) from diverse causes, referred to as all-cause mortality. Sufficient levels of T, often higher than the lower end of most lab reference ranges, prevents a long list of serious illnesses such as cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and Type-2 Diab...

Hormones after 50 with Gynecologist Jack Monaco (#111)

August 03, 2018 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40.8 MB

Dr. Jack Monaco is a board certified OB/GYN, anti-aging functional medicine MD along with a masters in nutrition. Dr. Berkson and Dr. Monaco were lecturing together at PCCA, sponsor of symposiums for pharmacists, MDs and NPs. It was a meeting of the minds immediately. This is a must-not miss show that will arm you with knowledge and hormone power. You get “in on” a masterful dialogue on hormones that will answers many of your questions! PS: Dr. Jack is known for downloading complex inf...

Microbiomes, Breast Milk Biomes, Breast Cancer Biomes & Biome Cross-Talk (#110)

July 26, 2018 07:49 - 58 minutes - 40.6 MB

Today’s show explores your microbiomes, the different biomes between breast cancer and healthy breasts, and even how pollution can attack these microbes. You’ll also learn how Pollution Attacks Your Biomes and what you can do about it.  Inside the human body are nooks and crannies, called biomes, teeming with microbial life that includes viruses, bacteria and fungi.  We have “biomes” throughout our entire body. We have biomes in our eyes (the ocular biome), mouth (oral biome), in our e...

Dame Judy Collins on Conquering Food Addiction (#109)

July 19, 2018 09:30 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

Grammy winning musician, activist and author Judy Collins shares how she conquered her “food addiction” and maintains a stellar figure and career at age 79! Judy Collins has influenced the world through her music.  If you’re a boomer you might remember Judy’s rendition of  “Both Sides Now” from her album, Wildflowers. That recording resides in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Her version of “Send in the Clowns” also won "Song of the Year” at the Grammies. That was 1975.  Judy is still going stro...

Insurance alternatives with Jeff Kanter (#108)

July 10, 2018 22:19 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB

Unless you're Bill Gates you're just one serious illness away from bankruptcy. The paradox is that the US has the costliest health system in the world, yet it performs so poorly compared to many other countries. In today’s episode, Jeff Kanter and Dr. Berkson delve into this growing health care crisis surrounding health insurance. Health insurance is supposed to protect against possible “future risks” —but today’s systems are not offering all Americans adequate protection. Jeff Kanter i...

Secrets and Science to Be Your Healthiest with Dr. Ron Hoffman MD (#107)

July 02, 2018 09:30 - 57 minutes - 40.1 MB

Dr. Ronald Hoffman is one of New York's pioneering Integrative Medicine practitioners. Dr. Hoffman received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and has been practicing for 34 years. His radio program, Intelligent Medicine, is the longest-running physician-hosted health program on the air. Dr. Berkson and Dr. Hoffman have been colleagues for the last 30 years. In this show, Dr. Hoffman tackles a variety of issues including: Intermittent fasting How much calcium is good vs. d...

Menopause & Estrogen—10 issues & 10 natural answers (#106)

June 25, 2018 16:09 - 1 hour - 50.3 MB

There are ten common issues patients identify with menopause:  1.     Resistant Weight Gain 2.     Insomnia 3.     Hot flashes 4.     Fatigue 5.     Brain mood cognition perception of life 6.     Brand new issues including skin problems 7.     Gut issues 8.     Genitourinary issues – leaking, dryness of vaginal and painful intercourse 9.     Libido 10. Joint pain In this episode, you will learn: What estrogen has to do with fat cell genes and mass and weight loss. Low...

Suicide & Pain - Making Sense Out of It (#105)

June 15, 2018 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

This week we heard about two shocking celebrity suicides from people the public dearly loves and who are considered epitomes of American success stories. Add to these the 123 suicides that stunningly occur every day within the United States, and we have to know that something is very wrong with our culture. We prioritize success. Over peace. And tools for peace. Instead, we customize ourselves and our children to reflex to  anger, pain, judgment, medications and law suits.  We do not teach...

Dr. Berkson's "Bits & Pieces" Patient Tales (#104)

May 25, 2018 09:30 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

Dr. Berkson shares examples of cases in which patients lives were improved and changed by looking at their condition with a new set of functional medicine eyes. You will learn about a rare cause of insomnia, called “nocturnal hypertension.”  You will be amazed that one cause of idiopathic infertility may be subclinical hypothyroidism, even if your TSH thyroid blood test is still within normal range. Did you know that sperm count and shape can “say” a lot about a man’s heath, even his r...

Self Compassion & Integrative Psychiatry with Qazi Javed, MD (#103)

May 18, 2018 16:32 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MB

How many of us really know ourselves? What runs us that we don’t realize runs us? Have we worked out our demons and learned not to abandon ourselves? Is our inner gut calm or in a state of secret chronic terror? This interview is a delicious and incredibly “calming conversation” about the mysteries of finding livable peace in today’s crazy, cacophonous world. Want to feel calm. Want an antidote to stress? This interview between Dr. Berkson and Dr. Javed, is YOUR answer. Dr. Qazi Javed is...

JJ Virgin - Warrior Mom Heals Head Trauma (#102)

May 11, 2018 12:52 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB

This is a perfect Mother’s Day podcast. This show is about a “never-giving-up mom on rhoids”—JJ Virgin. JJ Virgin’s son was in a serious accident and endured an extremely severe head trauma. Her son Grant was literally fighting for his life. The doctors declared there was hardly any chance of surviving let alone his ever being “normal” again. JJ does not give-up. She dug deep and in this riveting interview you hear how she did that. JJ describes how she creates hope inside herself, when ...

Dr. Norm Shealy. Neurosurgery, energy medicine, nutrition, hormones and spirituality (#101)

May 04, 2018 10:34 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB

Today’s show is more outside of “traditional” science than usual, but it is an area where more and more research is being done. Neurosurgeon Dr. Norm Shealy takes this episode from the beginning of classical methods of treating pain, depression, and diseases to atypical but contemporized methods that include energy medicine, nutrition, hormones and even mysticism! When Dr. Shealy first graduated Duke University School of Medicine, pain management wasentirely surgical. If you had back pain ...

Gender Differences in Medicine (#100)

April 24, 2018 20:23 - 51 minutes - 36 MB

In today's show, Sellma Vllasi, NP and Dr. Berkson explore the gender differences in medicine:   - Which diseases women and men get more often and why. - Why women are more prone to auto-immune diseases. - Biases in treatment. - Biases in insurance reimbursement. - The conundrum of birth control with the burden on the woman, especially the fall-out of adverse side-effects of oral contraceptive. You also learn how to stand up for yourself in medicine to get the best care you c...

Back Pain, New Therapies. Dr. Warren J. Bleiweiss, MD (#99)

April 10, 2018 21:37 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

Some people say no pain no gain but is that true for severe physical pain? Why be in horrific physical pain if healthy natural answers exist to set you free? Surgery options? Many fusions cause downstream pain and dysfunction issues. The fused area looses motion, which, within months or years after surgery, puts increased movement demands on the joints areas above and below to pick up some of the motion slack. Pain? If you develop severe back or leg pain after a back surgery, this ofte...

Death by Regulation with Dr. Mary Ruwart PhD (#98)

April 05, 2018 21:41 - 52 minutes - 36.7 MB

Most Americans think that FDA regulations protect them from harm. Sadly, this is rarely— if ever—the case. Dr. Mary Ruwart explains that more FDA regulation has actually caused more expensive drugs and increased premature deaths. Our FDA system is shockingly set up to keep drugs at higher costs while preventing citizens from learning about safer, natural answers. How did this happen? Dr. Ruwart shares exactly how the “1962 Amendments to the Food & Drug Act”—that were supposed to protec...

Probiotics - Facts and Fiction with a Microbiologist (#97)

March 25, 2018 21:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

In this show you will hear probiotics myths explored and busted with microbiologist Kiran Krishnan. You will discover the “mucosal system” and what this has to do with protecting your health. Kiran and Berkson discuss: Probiotic myths — explored and busted. Differences between “live” and “dead” probiotics. What are “spores”, Do you need to refrigerate probiotics? What are “gut model studies” and why are they critical? How esophageal reflux is linked to downstream intestinal gase...

Is Venus Worth Less Than Mars in Medicine? (#96)

March 16, 2018 20:34 - 1 hour - 44.8 MB

How might women get a bad rap in medicine and what you might do about it?  Dr. Berkson and Sellma Vllasi, FNP-C, practiced in the same family medicine clinic for 6 years and still share many patients. Vllasi is an integrative and functional medicine nurse practitioner, team leader of the Wiseman Family Practice (in charge of provider education) and previously was a labor and delivery nurse for eight years. Today’s show explores: Gender bias and differences in medicine (from diagnosis to...

Love, Your Brain, and Life (#95)

March 07, 2018 15:17 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MB

Romantic love—we can’t live with it and we can’t live without it. As humans we are very open both to great love and to great sorrow. We are built for monogamous love as well as for cheating. How we straddle the enormous divide between the drive to mate and the drive for independence varies with each of us, influenced by societal norms and even public health issues, like the hormone-altering-chemicals found in plastics and heavy metals. Is the drive to love so deeply wired that it’s safe fr...

Guns & Anger. Is hormone disruption part of America’s problem? (#94)

February 27, 2018 21:05 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

Berkson tackles the rise of anger and violence in America: the debates, the second amendment controversies, the consensus, why we haven’t heard from the CDC and the surgeon general, and what might junk food and ‘hormone altering chemicals' have to do with it? This is a riveting and heartfelt dialogue that needs to be heard, pondered and shared.

David Perlmutter, MD - World Renowned Functional Neurologist (#93)

February 12, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MB

Dr. Perlmutter is a Board-Certified Neurologist and four-time New York Times bestselling author. He serves as a medical advisor for The Dr. Oz Show and is known as the leading integrative medical neurologist in North America today. On this show Dr. Perlmutter defines functional neurology and discusses why he went down this “rogue” route.   Dr. Perlmutter and Dr. B. discuss why functional approaches require multiple interventions, doing away with the “one magic bullet” concept of pharmaceut...

Mindful Weight Loss & Body Image with Michelle Melendez (#92)

January 21, 2018 20:18 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

Michelle Melendez is founder of Women Being Fit. She is a fitness expert with over 12 certifications in fitness, and 20 years of experience under her belt. She has been inspiring women to effectively yet gently lose weight and feel better inside themselves. This show ​shares: 4 Key points to tell if you are addicted to the struggle to loose weight Why we self sabotage and what to do about it How to get your mind and body on the same page 5 life-changing insights most trainers and ...

Dr. M. Accad, MD. - How Did Medicine Go Wrong? (#91)

January 19, 2018 22:20 - 1 hour - 54.4 MB

In this episode, Dr. Berkson and Dr. Michel Accad discuss the history of medicine, where it came from and how it came to be what it is today. You'll learn the best answers to try to get the best health care, even in the face of how things have evolved. Michel Accad, MD, is a cardiologist and internal medicine specialist in private practice in San Francisco.  He also holds a clinical faculty appointment at the University of California San Francisco.  Dr. Accad has published extensively ...

Sugars, Stats & Shockers (#90)

January 12, 2018 16:10 - 1 hour - 98.7 MB

Sugars, Stats & Shockers.  Why you should make this one “New Year’s Resolution” and stick to it!  You will learn the differences between sugars, how to read labels like never before, and about the Harvard & New England Journal of Medicine “Sugar Scam” on the public that is still happening in variations on a theme. You’ll get angry and for a good reason! You will learn the peer-review based sugar-links with leaky gut, post-prandial (after meals) bacterial translocation, fatty liver diseas...

Dare to hope (and have the balls for it) in 2018 (#89)

January 08, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MB

Dr. Berkson gives her inspiring never-give-up personal story of being diagnosed with going blind—and now she can see. Go to drlindseyberkson.com to learn more.

Funky Food with Sarica Cernohous (#88)

December 22, 2017 12:47 - 1 hour - 44.8 MB

Funky Food; fermented & predigested options with healthy food strategies with Sarica Cernohous. She is a Traditional Chinese Medical Doctor, Wellness Strategist and best selling author of The Funky Kitchen, and its accompanying online course, “Fresh, Fun and Flavorful in The Funky Kitchen.”   Sarica guides people toward developing an enhanced and individualized understanding of how to eat in harmony with their constitution (body/mind/spiritual makeup) and to stay well or get well from dise...

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