hol+ with Dr. Taz MD | The Future of Medicine is Holistic

Kelly LeVeque shares how her four-step Food Freedom program will help you lose weight, lose fat, increase lean muscle mass, and drop at least one size.Kelly LeVeque has studied the science behind familiar diets to understand how they trigger the body to lose pounds, and why they aren’t sustainable. Instead, she offers a better choice: her four-step Food Freedom program that helps you find your wellness balance between eating enough and deciding how you feel. Once you find your balance, you will lose weight, lose fat, increase lean muscle mass, and drop at least one size. You’ll also enjoy thicker, shinier hair; clear, glowing skin; a remarkable improvement in your overall appearance; reduced joint pain and other inflammations; increased energy; and better sleep. The Pillars of Kelly’s Philosophy 1) Eat For Satiety with the Fab Four and Fab Four Smoothie 2) Elongate Your Blood Sugar 3) Be Hormone Aware 4) Ditch Perfection Kelly's “Fab Four" 1) Protein: Signals to your brain, “you’re full!” Provides B vitamins, essential minerals, and amino acids, which are the building blocks of cells and collagen. 2) Fiber: Provides food for bacteria, removes toxins, and slows absorption of glucose. 3) Fat: Provides healthy fat (not stored by your body), increases satiety, slows digestion and curbs cravings, maximizes loss of stored body fat, and hydrates cells. 4) Greens: Provides antioxidants; anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and detox agents; medicinal properties for healing; and provides essential vitamins and minerals. Listen as Kelly joins Dr. Taz to share insights from her book, as well as how you can get on the path to overall health and wellness.

Project HEAL, co-founded by Liana Rosenman, is the largest nonprofit in the U.S. that delivers prevention, treatment financing, and recovery support for people suffering from eating disorders.In 2008, after recovering from anorexia nervosa, Liana Rosenman co-founded Project HEAL. Project HEAL is the largest nonprofit in the U.S., delivering prevention, treatment financing, and recovery support for people suffering from eating disorders. Since its founding in 2008, Project HEAL has sent 72 applicants to treatment, opened over 40 chapters across the United States, Canada, England, and Australia, and developed partnerships with 30 recognized eating disorder centers across the country. Listen as Liana joins Dr. Taz to share the personal struggles of her journey, as well as the work she's doing with HEAL.

Your skin is your body's largest organ, but it's often neglected to focus on other areas of health and wellness.Your skin is your body's largest organ, but it's often neglected to focus on other areas of health and wellness. In addition, undesirable skin symptoms can actually be manifestations of other, underlying health problems.  Mamina Turegano, MD, is a triple board-certified dermatologist, internist, and dermatopathologist. She joins Dr. Taz to discuss the following: what foods to eat/avoid for youthful skin basic skin care regimen for youthful skin mentality/lifestyle and youthful skin random tricks for facial youthfulness what foods and supplements to consume/avoid for acne vitamin D's impact on psoriasis (and other rashes)

The body is magnificent but it doesn't come with a lifetime warranty, or an operating manual.The body is magnificent but it doesn't come with a lifetime warranty, or an operating manual. You're the result of millions of years of evolution, but many of the adaptations that helped your ancestors survive are now working overtime to accelerate the aging process. The assumption here is that we are our genes and therefore trapped by the past. The good news is that your genetic code -- the DNA sequence that is the biochemical basis of heredity -- can play a minor role in the way you age. The scientific reality is that 90 percent of the signs of aging and disease are caused by lifestyle choices, not your genes. In other words, you have the capability to overcome and transform your genetic history and tendencies. Harvard/MIT-trained physician Sara Gottfried, MD, has created a revolutionary seven-week program that empowers you to make the critical choices necessary to not just look young, but also feel young. Dr. Gottfried joins Dr. Taz to share more information about the concept of inflammaging and the top factors that are stealing your youth.

We have seen an explosive deterioration of America's health in the past 50 years. One of the primary reasons for our collective failing health is poor nutrition.We have seen an explosive deterioration of America's health in the past 50 years. Seventy million people suffer from metabolic syndrome, 700,000 individuals die annually from heart disease, untold numbers are affected by cancers. We have seen an epidemic of esophageal reflux, fatty liver disease, gout, kidney failure, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases and vitamin D deficiency. Why? One of the primary reasons for our failing health is our nutrition. We have been following guidelines that are deeply flawed and now nearly all of us is affected by one or several of these maladies. M. Frank Lyons II, MD, has written The Lyons Lifestyle: The Seven Hardest (And Easiest) Steps to a Healthy Body in order to enlighten you about those flaws and the remedies for you to correct them. True health care reform starts with your own nutritional health, and this book guides you through the steps needed to improve your nutritional health and perhaps even reverse some disease processes presently affecting you. Dr. Lyons joins Dr. Taz to share insights from his many years of expertise in this area, as well as tips for ensuring a healthy existence.

Indian spices can have health benefits for those who suffer from prediabetes or diabetes.Indian spices can have health benefits for those who suffer from prediabetes or diabetes.  And, Indian dishes that are packed with flavor and fiber-rich ingredients are simpler than you think. The quick, easy-to-make meals in May Abraham Fridel's book, Indian Cuisine Diabetes Cookbook: Savory Spices and Bold Flavors of South Asia, have all been adapted to meet the guidelines of the American Diabetes Association. Emphasizing a healthy eating philosophy, the cookbook helps you create non-processed meals from scratch in no time at all. Each recipe has been carefully crafted to deliver authentic and bold Indian flavors, while using practical techniques and tips for the modern cook who doesn't have the time nor the complicated tools used in traditional Indian cooking. May joins Dr. Taz to explain the Ayurvedic properties of Indian spices and to share some of her favorite recipes from the book.

Nicole Granato took a natural approach to her polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and was able to heal herself in just four short months.Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine system disorder among women of reproductive age. Symptoms can include irregular periods, unexplained fluctuations in weight, acne, excess hair growth, depression, and pain. The typical treatment includes a massive shift in hormones using synthetic methods. Nicole Granato, Health & Wellness Coach, did not want to go that route upon her own diagnosis of PCOS. While she was recommended to get on medication and birth control as the first part of her therapy, Nicole decided she wanted to go a more holistic route to healing her body by changing her diet, lifestyle and exercise routine while also implementing supplements and herbs into her everyday diet. Nicole started seeing a dramatic difference in her body, energy and mood. After only four short months, she cleared her PCOS, and she did it naturally.  While Nicole believes and respects other methods available for women she also believes that everybody deserves to be given all their options. "What might work for one may not for another" is something Nicole makes clear to her clients.  Listen as Nicole joins Dr. Taz to share her journey in overcoming PCOS, as well as some of the specific herbs she utilized to heal her body.

Fats satiate, help you absorb certain vitamins, prevent inflammation, and can even help you burn bad fat and decrease unhealthy cholesterol in your body.Over her many years in practice, Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN, has learned the importance of fat and the role it plays in health and wellness.  It's been a long journey, especially after the health industry -- and thus the food industry -- jumped on the low-fat craze based on an interpretation of research on cholesterol.  Fats satiate, help you absorb certain vitamins, prevent inflammation, and can even help you burn bad fat and decrease unhealthy cholesterol in your body.  The key is to choose the right fats and the best quality fats.  Aim for a little bit of fat at every meal to make up approximately 30% of your daily calories. Because you feel more satisfied when eating fats, your total caloric load may decrease.  Keri joins Dr. Taz to discuss the new attitude on fats, which foods you should be incorporating into your daily diet, and her thoughts on the buzzed-about ketogenic diet.

The approach to brain health oftentimes is very scientific, but Jay Lombard, MD, believes it needs to go deeper.Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to regenerate. This is particularly important for individuals who have experienced a brain injury. While those injuries can be devastating, the brain can create new synapses and wiring to compensate and recover. The approach to brain health oftentimes is very scientific, but Jay Lombard, MD, believes it needs to go deeper. The first thing he tells patients of brain injury is to hold hope. Many sufferers feel hopeless and that the effects of injury are irreversible. It's important to overcome skepticism and doubt and allow for a future of promise and healing.  Can this positivity truly have an impact? Thoughts are incredibly powerful. Think of your brain pathways being affected by a traffic jam. You're familiar with the area enough to find alternative routes in order to avoid the jam. This concept is being implemented clinically in the practice of neurorplasticity, where doctors and scientists are seeing both behavioral and chemical changes.  It's also essential for victims of brain injury have the full support of loved ones. There is almost always a structural basis for psychiatric symptoms. Based on an individual's unique injury, treatment options are available; from pharmaceutical methods to diet and lifestyle modifications.  Dr. Lombard also discusses the concept of connecting with a higher power as included in his new book, The Mind of God: Neuroscience, Faith, and a Search for the Soul.

Lifestyle choices do in fact contribute to dementia, Alzheimer's and other brain-related diseases.According to acclaimed physician and researcher, Dr. David Perlmutter, one of the most compelling ideas that has evolved over the past decade is that Alzheimer's is by and large preventable.  Unfortunately, the current model for addressing Alzheimer's is reactive, not proactive. As Dr. Perlmutter says, it's a "diagnose and adios" situation. Dr. Perlmutter has spent the past many years looking at various bio-markers related to Alzheimer's risk. What he found to be most problematic is lack of exercise, elevated blood sugar, and obesity. The lesson is that lifestyle choices do in fact contribute to dementia, Alzheimer's and other brain-related diseases. Research has shown that diabetes increases your risk for Alzheimer's by up to four times. The problem is, the common person doesn't get this information. Instead, the solution often comes in the form of a pharmaceutical advertisement.  The risk factors that are most modifiable are: Keep blood sugar at an even keel, even within the womb. Exercise, exercise, exercise. Aerobic exercise has a profound impact on brain health (as much as 50% reduced risk for dementia). Dr. Perlmutter also has done extensive research on how the brain and microbiome are connected, particularly in terms of childhood conditions such as ADHD, autism, celiac disease, type-2 diabetes, and health concerns that appear later in life. Listen as Dr. Perlmutter joins Dr. Taz to share viable ways you can change your brain to prevent a number of diseases.