Professor Ian Brighthope is back on the show today talking about nutritional medicine in medical schools and post-graduate programs and some of the issues that we face at a government level. We also talk about the role our listeners can play in helping educate their doctors about nutritional medicine and to help promote the health of Australia as a whole.
In this episode
02:20 Healthcare System Crisis (Chronic Disease Management System)
05:40 ACNEM (Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine)
07:30 Crisis Therapy
08:20 Nutritional Medicine/Science
10:40 Imminent/Eminent/So-called Medical Experts
11:30 NICM versus ACNEM
14:02 Friends of Science (What about Nutritional Medicine?)
15:30 Science Medicine
17:15 Factors Responsible for Illnesses
18:25 Medical Practitioner Curriculum
20:00 Discussion recap
Tweetables from the episode
We don't have a healthcare system, we have a chronic disease management system. - [Click here to Tweet]
It is time for every doctor to understand what nutrition is, what Nutritional Medicine is and how it operates. - [Click here to Tweet]
About Professor Ian Brighthope
Professor Ian Brighthope has been closely involved in the establishment of Integrative Medicine in Australia. And the founding member/president of Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. He is the author of 5 books and many scientific articles and reviews. His books have been endorsed by Linus Pauling – the only person to have ever been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. Professor Brighthope is also listed in the International Authors and Writers “Who’s Who”.
For more information on Professor Ian Brighthope, please read here.
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