Mindful Medicine

Inflammation in the body causes chronic pain and poor sleep habits. But, if you take away inflammatory foods, inflammation decreases, as does the pain. When pain doesn’t keep you up at night, you sleep better. 

By removing toxic foods from your diet, everything runs more smoothly. Dr. Lynn Lipskis shares tips for how to make healthier food choices to reduce pain and improve sleep. She explains how certain foods can cause inflammation in your airways, making it harder to breathe when sleeping. Eating too much before bed will increase your body temperature, making it hard to fall asleep. 

She also covers the five food groups that cause inflammation -- gluten, dairy, processed carbohydrates, alcohol (specifically red wine) and refined sugars -- and what to eat to get the best night's sleep. 

Listen as Dr. Lynn joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss what and how to eat for a good night’s sleep.

Our medical system is generally focused on the physical aspects of a health issue. If you visit a physician with complaints of depression, you’ll probably leave his office with a prescription for medication.

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This doesn’t address the emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of the condition. These tips can help.

Lab tests and symptoms should both be considered to find the diagnosis.

Listen as Dr. Christina Bjorndal joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share how other factors can contribute to depression.

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Chronic pain and anxiety are not diagnoses, but rather symptoms of stress.

When you feel physically or mentally threatened, your body produces stress chemicals to increase your chances of survival. When your stress levels remain elevated for extended periods of time, the result is anxiety. 

Long periods of stress and anxiety can result in chronic pain and discomfort that can include chronic ringing in your ears, back pain, insomnia, migraines, and foot pain. However, using pharmaceuticals to treat the pain will be ineffective; you need to fix the anxiety that’s causing it.

Dr. David Hanscom shares his story of working through his anxiety to relieve chronic pain. He offers up tools that reduce stress chemicals and rid the body of the physical symptoms of stress. By using mindfulness and meditation, you can work through the three steps of overcoming anxiety: awareness, separation, and redirection.

Listen as Dr. David Hanscom joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss anxiety.

Deuterium is a naturally-occurring stable isotope of hydrogen that has an extra neutron. It’s present in all water on the planet, but has steadily increased in concentration.

Most drinking water now has a deuterium concentration of 150 parts per million (ppm). When we ingest deuterium, the hydrogen molecules in our body are replaced by deuterium.

When deuterium levels in the body rise above 130 ppm, it causes metabolic crowding and mitochondria dysfunction. Roughly 80-95 percent of all chronic disease are caused by mitochondria dysfunction.

Dr. Petra Dorfsman explains the rise of deuterium, how it affects the body, and how to keep it in check. Listen in as Dr. Petra and Dr. Holly Lucille discuss deuterium depletion.

Though women have been experiencing menopause for thousands of years, there is still a lot of ambiguity and misinformation about what women can expect during this period of their life.

There are a number of misconceptions that exist partially because menopause affects every woman differently, and partially because there have been significant changes in research and information recently. 

Dr. Mache Seibel, one of the foremost leading experts on women’s wellness and menopause, notes that many women dread menopause, but shouldn’t. Menopause is simply a stage in life, and women can have vibrant, fulfilling lives well beyond their menopause years. For any symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia and brain fog, he explains that there are hormone treatments and prescription drugs available to treat those symptoms.

Listen in as Dr. Seibel joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share what women can really expect during menopause and download Dr. Seibel's free magazine, The Hot Years at hotyearsmag.com.  

You have to be your own primary care provider. No one is a better advocate for your health than you.

You have power over your choices. Learn about the medications that your provider prescribes. Make informed decisions about treatment.

With the ever-changing Affordable Care Act and increasing prices of health insurance, it’s important to ask your provider all the questions you can. Taking the reins of your own health can be very cost-effective.

Listen as Dr. Jade Wimberley joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share how you can take more control over your health.

As we age, our metabolism and cell production changes, as do the nutrients we need to support those systems.

We also develop food preferences, which we stick to, meaning that we’re probably not getting all the nutrients we need through our diet. For instance, as women age, they need more calcium, iron and Vitamin D, some of which can be difficult to find in food. These vitamin deficiencies can cause a variety of diseases and health issues, including a general sense of fatigue. 

By speaking with a specialist who can address your individual nutrition needs and taking supplements to help bridge the gap, women can lead overall healthier lives.  

Listen as Dr. Nicole Avena joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss how nutrition needs change as a woman ages.

No two people are the same which means that their cancer treatment shouldn’t be either. A person’s mind, microbiome, history and habits need to be considered when forming a cancer treatment plan.

It’s also important to treat the whole person when fighting cancer. While cancer cells fight the body, an emotional battle is taking place in the mind. Finding the light at the end of the tunnel can be a challenge for many cancer patients, but Dr. Tom Incledon shares the importance of maintaining the right mental state. 

With a background in exercise science, he draws a comparison to athletes. Those who say, “I’m going to win,” win far more often than those who say, “I’m going to try.” 

Listen as Dr. Incledon joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss the connection between the mind and cancer, and how your mental health plays into treatment plans.

The food you choose to eat—and the way that food is made—can have a huge impact on your overall health. Food can be your medicine or your poison. 

Dr. William Li has compiled scientific evidence about more than 200 health-boosting foods, which he shares on this episode of Mindful Medicine. He breaks down how foods like tomatoes, soy, kiwi, broccoli, coffee, and tree nuts can reduce your risk of developing certain types of cancer, slow down the aging process, and help your body beat diseases.

His book, Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself, is a guide to healing foods that support the body's defense systems.

Listen as Dr. Li joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss which foods to eat in order to live a longer, healthier life.

We often associate the word diet with short-term weight loss programs, but the dictionary defines diet as habitual nourishment.

This is the basis for Harvey Slater’s nutrition coaching practice. A diet is something you’re on for the entirety of your life, so Slater insists that you better like the foods you’re eating. 

A former chef and caterer, Slater became a Certified Nutrition Consultant, Applied Clinical Nutritionist, Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant and Certified Weight Management Specialist who focuses on helping people lose weight through delicious, healthy recipes. His program has no hard and fast rules nor does it eliminate any food groups. Instead, he helps clients create small, achievable goals and meal plans specific to their bodies’ needs. 

Listen as Harvey Slater joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss how to stop “dieting” and start thriving.