Beyond The Basics Health Academy Podcast

Podcast 083: B Vitamins What You Should Know

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy discuss the role of B vitamins in diet and supplementation support. The B vitamins are composed of a group of vitamins that work in numerous processes in the body.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN:

Which vitamins make up the B vitamins
What role do the B vitamins play in health and wellness
How does stress affect B vitamin levels
What is MTHFR
How should you supplement if you have an MTHFR mutation

PODCAST 082: THE POWER OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy talk about the power of Apple Cider Vinegar. Unfiltered, organic apple cider vinegar has many powerful health benefits when it comes from the mother.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE WILL SHARE WHAT WE LEARNED:

What is Apple Cider Vinegar ACV
What kind of Apple Cider Vinegar should you take
What is acetic acid and what are the health benefits
Research out of Japan that shows that acetic acid may help to control blood pressure and fat accumulation
How Apple Cider Vinegar is antimicrobial in nature
How it can help to improve indigestion and problems digesting food
Interesting research suggesting that it can shrink certain growths and possible cancers

Podcast 081: BTBHA Visits Vegas for Integrative Conference

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy ventured to the (semi) sunny land of Las Vegas to escape the cold of the Midwest and learn more about Integrative Wellness through the Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland Clinic is paving the way for major hospitals to incorporate research-based Integrative practices into their system. They are incorporating natural ways to promote healing and decrease stress to optimize both health and wellness and the healing process.

The conference discussed everything from gut health to the benefits of a plant-based diet. It was information dense with great research. Dr. Meaghan and Wendy are excited to take this education and incorporate into many different podcasts so that the listeners can learn what they can do to control their health better.

Education is empowering. Many topics were addressed that can help us all make better lifestyle choices. Stay tuned as we share this education and relate it to what we all can do to make better choices.

Cleveland Clinic is on the cutting edge of integrating health and wellness. They incorporate yoga, acupuncture, and stress reduction techniques with traditional medicine.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE WILL SHARE WHAT WE LEARNED INCLUDING:

Dr. Esselstyn has written a book on Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease through a low-fat plant-based diet. We share what he has seen clinically by implementing this diet with his patients

The benefits of taking two (2) aspirin a day and taking it with warm water to decrease side effects

The benefits of a plant-based diet

How important stress reduction plays with health and wellness

Thank you to the Cleveland Clinic for putting on a great weekend and thank you to our listeners for continuing to tune into our podcast each week.

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy tackle the second part of Suzanne Somers’ book Tox-Sick: From Toxic to Not Sick The Toxins in Your Body The Diseases They Cause The Doctors Who Can Help.

For this part of the book, we will talk about:

· Chapter 3: The Gut

· Chapter 4: The Brain

· Chapter 5: The Heart

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy discuss their takeaways from the book including

· The power of coffee enemas

· How to heal the gut

· How to support the brain and what you should do to detoxify the brain

· That there are two causes of diseases: nutrients going down and toxicity going up

Podcast 079: Oxidative Stress

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy discuss what oxidative stress is and how it affects and ages the body. Oxidative stress is the term used to describe the production of free radicals in the body due to the process of building up byproducts of cellular function faster than your body can manage the byproducts. This leads to DNA damage and mitochondria damage that leads to increased aging and cell breakdown. Oxidation occurs in some processes including using glucose for energy, immune system fighting off infections, and the body detoxifying. This leads to numerous signs and symptoms.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
• What is oxidative stress
• What causes it
• What effect oxidative stress has on the body and aging
• What we can do to combat oxidative stress
• The role of oxidative stress in overall health and wellness

Podcast 078: Living Longer Through Chemistry: The Science Behind Metformin

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy discuss an interesting article published about the positive effects of Metformin and how it is being studied to increase lifespan.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

· Why is insulin and blood sugar so important for overall health

· What is the mechanism of action for Metformin

· What does Metformin do and why is it beneficial to health

· Why longevity of life can be altered by controlling insulin and blood sugar levels

· How Metformin might be able to increase life by decreasing oxidative stress and preserving telomeres

Podcast 077: Seven (7) Tips To Manage Holiday Stress

With the holidays coming, Dr. Meaghan and Wendy want to address ways to combat stress. In this podcast, we will look at several techniques you can utilize to help manage stressful times

1. Meditate/Set intentions

2. Keep Control. Eat right, Move right, Sleep right, Prioritize Relationships

3. Relaxation

4. Breathing exercises

5. Gratitude List/Journaling

6. Support adrenals

7. Find support system

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

· Techniques to decrease stress in your life

· Ways to manage stress

· Benefits of managing daily stress and making sure that you are not sweating the small stuff

· Why does stress have such a toll on health and wellness

Podcast 076: Book Club- Tox-Sick by Suzanne Somers Part 1

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy discuss Part 1: Totally Tox-Sick in the book.  The first two chapters in this book discuss information about how we have become toxic and the different toxins in the environment.  Suzanne Somers does a great job of integrating personal experience with clinical and scientific information. 

Next week, we will go over Chapter 3, 4, and 5 as we start to go over an action plan of how we can heal our bodies and chemistry.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

·      The New Toxic Threats

·      The 6 Major Toxic Threats to our Health

·      How our bodies protect themselves

·      What happens when things go wrong in our body

Podcast 075: Happiness

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy tackle the topic of mood and happiness. We discuss various research articles and what is known about different things that affect happiness.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

Podcast 074: The Truth About the Organic Farming Process

Dr. Meaghan and Wendy welcome to the program Ro Elgas. Ro is the co-creator and co-owner of A Bee Organic, a USDA Accredited Certifying Agent. She has a wealth of knowledge about organic production, methods, cultivation and the inner workings of the industry as a whole. Ro and Sarah Costin co-created A Bee Organic with a mission to treat organic producers humanely through the process. She shares with our listeners lots of great inside information about organic products.