Mindful Medicine

Are your digestive fixes harming or helping you?One hundred million Americans suffer from some kind of gut problem. The problem is that few people know how to address common digestive complaints and they rarely visit the doctor. Antacids and probiotics aren’t a cure-all. Today’s research on digestive health is enlightening. Many of today’s drugs treat symptoms, but extended use can be detrimental. Don’t shorten your life expectancy by reaching for medications for long-term digestive problems. The underlying cause has to be treated. These natural treatments may help you. For constant burping, take your time while eating. Be more mindful and chew your food. For acid reflux, drink alkaline water after meals. Add lemon to letter water to save even more money Look to natural digestive aids instead of popping an antacid. Probiotics are great for overall health but they don’t digest food for you. Enzymes break down food particles that your body can absorb, reducing gas, bloating, heartburn and chronic indigestion. Listen as Dr. Michael Murray joins Dr. Holly Lucille to dispel some myths about digestive health and advise on some simple fixes.

Spiritual healing has taken a back burner to physical treatment in Western medicine.Medical doctors don’t typically focus on the spiritual side of healing. Their concern is healing the body. Sometimes the spirit needs mending so the physical aspects improve. Physicians in olden days provided treatment of the body and soul. Treatment was more holistic than what’s taught in medical school today. Compassion is needed in patient treatment. However, it can burn out a provider. Listen as Dr. Rajeev Kurapati joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss the connection between mind and body in healing.

Find inner peace and harness your healing power.There is a connection between internal peace and overall health. We always want to feel complete. There is a universal sense of lacking something. That sense drives us. The secret is that we are already complete but don’t realize it. Vedanta is the Hindu philosophy that translates as “the end of knowledge.” This is where who you think you are in relation to external factors ends and the internal exploration of self begins. Shifting your viewpoint may affect your healing. Listen as Dr. Kavitha Chinnaiyan joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share how the heart of wellness resides inside you.

Improve your health to ward off and recover from cancer and other chronic illnesses.It’s important to empower cancer patients with ways to improve their own health. In fact, nutritional techniques can be applied to any chronic illness. Diet and lifestyle can impact resilience and recovery. Your Terrain Your body must have some damage that made it susceptible to cancer or chronic illness. Looking at the terrain of your life can help find areas to heal. Epigenetics determine your genetic qualities before you are born. It is the blueprint for the “tree” you become in life. You can manipulate parts of your blueprint. The microbiome is like the soil for your tree. It helps your tree grow so you need to feed it well. The mental and emotional aspects compose your trunk.  The trunk connects you to the soil. Traumas and adverse childhood events can impact your health in adulthood. Branches are comprised of blood sugar, metabolism, hormones, circulation, toxic exposure, circadian rhythm, stress response and overall immune function. Ketogenic Diet The ketogenic diet is high in fat and low in carbohydrates. Our bodies switch from burning glucose for fuel to producing and burning ketones. Cancer cells don’t have the same metabolic flexibility to run off ketones. Healthy fats like nuts, fish and avocados are staples of the ketogenic diet. Cancer treatments like chemotherapy seem to be more successful when one follows the ketogenic diet. Listen as Dr. Nasha Winters and Jess Kelly, MNT, join Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss how you can improve your health to ward off and recover from cancer and other chronic illnesses.

You know you need to make a change but your attempts are met with failure. Are you sabotaging yourself?You know you need to make a change but your attempts are met with failure. Are you sabotaging yourself? There are many resources available at your fingertips to help you achieve your goals.  You probably have a good idea of what you should be doing. You also likely have an idea of what you shouldn’t be doing. But, you’re not making things happen for yourself. What gives? You have to get out of your own way. Self sabotage is the drive toward negative things. You have to come to terms with that knowledge in order to overcome it. While there are conscious things you’re doing to sabotage yourself, some acts are happening on an unconscious level. You don’t recognize those factors until after the fact. Develop self awareness. Know that you want it. Notice what drives you toward negative behavior and away from your goals. You have to be aware of it to gain control over it. See if your behavior consistently leads to negative results. Ending Self Sabotage First, stop being frustrated with yourself. Don’t ask why you keep doing this. There’s no reason to marvel at it like it’s a surprise that you’re sabotaging yourself. To solve the problem of self sabotage, just look at what you’re doing. Second, recognize you’re doing it. Find the part of yourself that wants to move toward the pro-survival goal. Finally, work through the sabotaging behavior. Once you recognize what you do, it’s easier to spot. Listen as Mike Bundrant joins Dr. Holly Lucille to help you end your self sabotage.

How can you reduce your exposure to toxins?The average person encounters environmental toxins in every day life. It’s impossible to completely avoid them. Our bodies are enzyme machines. We need vitamins and minerals for the enzymes to work properly. The nutritional quality of our food supply has decreased in the past 50 years due to modern agricultural procedures. Toxins poison the body’s enzymes so they don’t function properly. There is a correlation between chronic illnesses and toxin exposure. The majority of the population has been exposed to enough toxins to double the chance for disease. Seventy percent of our toxic load comes from food. Some toxins come from the food production process. Other toxins come from the packaging process. Consider how toxins can accumulate in your body over time. Try to reduce your toxic exposure. Stick with organic foods and grow as much food as you can. Look for foods packaged in glass. Avoid fragrances in health and beauty aids. Listen as Dr. Joe Pizzorno joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss environmental toxins.

Stop getting in the way of your own joy with complaints!Guess who is standing in the way of your happiness? Yep. It’s you. Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote. - sponsor You can stop being a powerless complainer and start actively taking control over your own life. Complainers continuously fuss about a situation without doing something to solve the problem. You might love complaining in the moment, but people aren’t going to love listening to you over time. Complaining might feel good in the moment but it isn’t great for your health. It raises your cortisol levels, increases anxiety, makes you feel stressed or depressed.  Besting What Annoys You Discover your triggers. Figure out what sparks your inner complainer. Interrupt the pattern of habitual and unconscious complaining. Do you complain as small talk or have gripe sessions with a certain group of people? Determine how to have the relationships you want without the complaining. Recognize it’s a lifelong habit. The world will give you plenty of frustrations. Build your own personal, emotional resilience so you can recover more quickly when things go off the rails. Complaints often stand in for other emotions. Think about what is prompting those complaints. Listen as Cianna Stewart joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share how to stop complaining and get out of your own way. Sponsor: Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote.

How can you use rejection to your advantage?Healthy minds support a resilient habit. In the face of rejection, you have to become resilient. Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote. - sponsor When barriers present themselves, you must develop the habits necessary to follow-through. Every person has a resilience zone inside. It widens when you’re confronted with a challenge or negative situation as you overcome the problem. Suffering comes from rejecting yourself in the face of rejection. It’s powerful for you to take responsibility for the things that happen in your life. Just be sure you’re compassionate with yourself. Rejection in life is just part of the package. Acceptance will happen eventually. Listen as Bryan Robinson joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share his tips for resilience in the face of rejection.  Sponsor: Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote.

How is medicinal marijuana manufactured?In the changing landscape of cannabis legality, the growth of marijuana has become more industrialized. Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote. - sponsor There are over 100 different active chemical properties present in the cannabis plant. THC is the psychoactive chemical that can get people high. CBD is the chemical that can do wonders for physical conditions. Different parts of the plants are used for different conditions. Facilities for marijuana manufacture are regulated by restrictive ordinances so cannabis isn’t grown on every street corner. Cannabis efficiency experts control quality and test for pollutants and pests. Growing cannabis isn’t the same as growing food, so cultivation conditions must be precise. Listen as Bob Selan joins Dr. Holly Lucille to discuss the manufacture of medicinal marijuana. Sponsor: Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote.

Yoga may help your addiction recovery.Addiction is an unnatural relationship to a substance or process. It includes not being able to cease that substance or behavior when you want. It also has a negative impact on your life. Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote. - sponsor To say working through addiction is tough is an understatement. It helps to have additional tools available when challenged with healing. When you’ve settled into a routine life in recovery, the mental processes are no longer sufficient for complete healing. Breath, meditation and postures aid the healing. Self-reflectiveness during yoga can help you find your truth. People with addiction are missing internal connections. Yoga aids in making those connections.  Listen as Kyczy Hawk joins Dr. Holly Lucille to share how yoga can aid in your recovery process. Sponsor: Now you can save money on your life insurance just for being healthy. HealthIQ helps physically active people save up to 33% on their life insurance. Go to HealthIQ.com/mindful to get a free quote.