Rational Wellness Podcast
416 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsRational Wellness Podcast hosted by Dr. Ben Weitz
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Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 016 The Microbiome with Dr. Mark Kaye
July 18, 2017 04:30 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBDr. Mark Kaye is interviewed by Dr. Ben Weitz about the microbiome, which is the healthy bacteria in our gastrointestinal tracts and other parts of our body that is crucial for our health. But this microbiome is under assault from the prevalent use of antibiotics, NSAIDs, pesticides sprayed on the foods, disinfectants used to clean […]
Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 015: Flouride Dangers with Dr. Paul Connett
July 12, 2017 01:10 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBDr. Ben Weitz interviews Dr. Paul Connett, a former chemistry and toxicology professor, on the possible dangers of flouride toxicity. To begin with, there is no need in the human body for flouride and there is no disease associated with a lack of flouride. Second, biochemists have known for a long time that flouride is […]
Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 014: Improving Psychological Health with Dr. Hyla Cass
July 03, 2017 01:10 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBDr. Ben Weitz interviews Dr. Hyla Cass on how to improve psychological health and help patients with psychiatric disorders with a Functional Medicine approach. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a positive review on Itunes, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast] Podcast Details Dr. Cass said it was natural […]
Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 013: Optimal Fitness with Mike Mutzel
June 26, 2017 20:41 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBDr. Weitz inteviews Mike Mutzel on some of the newest strategies to help you lose weight and get into great shape. Mike and Dr. Ben both agree that it is best if you can not only teach others how to be more fit and healthy, but also to lead your life that way. They both […]
Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 012: Brain Health
June 21, 2017 14:46 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBDr. Ben Weitz discusses new research on brain health revealed at the June 2017 Institute of Functional Medicine Annual meeting in Los Angeles. He discusses the plasticity of the brain and Dr. Dale Bredesen’s findings on reversing Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Weitz is available for nutritional consultations to help you improve your brain health and to […]
Rational Wellness Episode 011: Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Dr. Ben Weitz
May 22, 2017 02:15 - 13 minutes - 12 MBDr. Ben Weitz answers a question from a listener who was told by her doctor that because she had a negative blood test that her Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) was caused by stress. Just because the IBS Chek Test is negative does not mean that you don’t have Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). Not that […]
Circadian Rhythm with Dr. Corey Schuler: Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 010
April 28, 2017 01:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBDr. Corey Schuler discusses the circadian rhythm, the body’s internal time clock, with Dr. Ben Weitz. Both the central clock and peripheral time clocks control the metabolism of the body, our sleep, alertness, body temperature, and even our gene expression. Our modern lifestyle, lack of sleep, exposure to artificial and blue light, caffeine consumption, etc. […]
Rational Wellness Episode 009: The Ketogenic Diet with Dr. Que Collins
April 03, 2017 01:13 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBDr. Que Collins gives a fascinating interview with Dr. Ben Weitz about how the Ketogenic diet and other nutritional and lifestyle factors promote health. Hydrogen atoms are contained in water molecules in the body and for every 1,000,000 atoms there are 156 heavy hydrogen molecules, aka, deuterium atoms. Higher levels of deuterium are associated with […]
Prostate Cancer with Dr. Geo Espinosa: Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 008
March 27, 2017 00:53 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBDr. Ben Weitz has a fascinating conversation with Dr. Geo Espinosa, the Functional Medicine world’s leading expert in Urology and Prostate health. Dr. Espinosa is the Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University Langone Medical Center in the Department of Urology, where he is the director of the Integrative and Functional Urology Center. Dr. Espinosa […]
Diabetes with Dr. Jeffrey James: Rational Wellness Episode 007
March 08, 2017 03:41 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBDr. Jeffrey James discusses the diabetes epidemic with Dr. Ben Weitz. 01:08 Dr. Ben Weitz provides an introduction on the Diabetes epidemic in the United States 01:25 Diabetics have a 50% increased risk of dying. 01:45 Obesity and Diabetes are both caused by insulin resistance. 05:42 I asked Dr. James what […]
Autoimmune Disease with Dr. Arland Hill: Rational Wellness Episode 006
March 04, 2017 08:16 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBDr. Arland Hill is a Functional Medicine Clinician for fifteen years and Author of “Platform Food, Function, Freedom.com.” has an in depth conversation with Dr. Ben Weitz about Autoimmune Diseases. Dr. Arland Hill explains the primary reasons why there has been an increase in the rate of autoimmune diseases in the United States. The mass […]
Allergies with Dr. Susanne Bennett: Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 005
February 15, 2017 04:56 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBDr. Susanne Bennett discusses a natural approach to Allergies with Dr. Ben Weitz. Dr. Bennett is a Chiropractor and Functional Medicine doctor with over 27 years of experience and author of such notable publications as Mighty Mito and The Seven Day Allergy Makeover. In addition to her practice and her books, Dr. Bennett, hosts a […]
Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 004: Acid Reflux with Jeanette Ryan
January 25, 2017 02:59 - 23 minutes - 54.1 MB VideoDr. Ben Weitz and Dr. Jeanette Ryan discuss Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder and digestive health and treatments using herbal and nutritional strategies. Dr. Ryan sees quite a number of patients with some GERD symptoms such as spasmotic cough, frequent clearing of the throat, belching, and usually there is fatigue involved. Fatigue occurs, according to Dr. Ryan […]
Liver Detoxification with Dr. Robert Silverman: Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 003
January 16, 2017 00:17 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBDr. Robert Silverman discusses toxins and how to rid them from your body using a science based metabolic detoxification formula with Dr. Ben Weitz.
Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 002: Fertility with Denise Wiesner
January 11, 2017 04:03 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBAcupuncturist and Fertility specialist, Denise Wiesner discusses some of the main challenges to fertility and which diet and lifestyle factors can adversely affect fertility.
Preventing Heart Disease with Dr. Howard Elkin: Rational Wellness Podcast Episode 001
January 09, 2017 04:40 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBDr. Howard Elkin discusses how to reduce heart disease with Dr. Ben Weitz. What You’ll Hear In This Episode 02:40 A Functional Medicine approach looks at why the body would lay down plaque as a rational response to coat the artery wall against inflammation or oxidation or glycation reactions. 06:08 I asked Dr. […]