Positive Health Podcast

By Benjamin Brown

Fitness & Nutrition

What's Positive Health Podcast about?

Positive Health Podcast is an interview series for health professionals and features leading clinicians, scientists and health advocates in integrative, functional and nutritional medicine. We share what various experts are pioneering in their respective fields, and empower you the latest science and clinical insights. The podcast is hosted by Benjamin Brown, ND.

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Dr Ciara Wright, PhD: Ferti...

08.24.2020

Ciara Wright, PhD is Director of the Glenville Clinic, Dublin, Ireland and specialises in male and female fertility and women’s hormonal balance. Ciara has a special interest in immune-related subfertility which can result in difficulty conceiving or recurrent miscarriage. She ...

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08.24.2020 Dr Ciara Wright, PhD: Fertility, Female Health and Personalised Nutrition Ciara Wright, PhD is Director of the Glenville Clinic, Dublin, Ireland and specialises in male and female fertility and women’s hormonal balance. Ciara has a special interest in immune-related subfertility which can result in difficulty conceiving or recurrent miscarriage. She ...
07.31.2020 Ron Hunninghake, MD: Vitamin C Therapy, Energy Metabolism and the Future of Medicine Ron Hunninghake is Chief Medical Officer at the Riordan Clinic, an internationally recognized pioneer of Intravenous Vitamin C (IVC) therapy, and co-author of three books and several research papers on integrative medicine. In addition to his full-time practice as a ...
06.23.2020 William B. Grant, PhD: Vitamin D Supplementation and COVID-19; From Evidence to Action William B. Grant, Ph.D. is founder and president, Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, California and a leading expert on vitamin with over 275 publications listed at pubmed.gov. His primary research interests are identifying and quantifying the risk-modifying ...
06.09.2020 Professor Julia Rucklidge, PhD: Revolutionising the Treatment of Mental Health with Nutrition Professor Julia Rucklidge PhD is director of the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group at the University of Canterbury and a pioneer of research on mental health and nutrition. Her research has explored the impact of nutritional interventions in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity ...
01.16.2020 William Harris, PhD & Kristina Harris Jackson, PhD: Omega-3 Science from Assessment to Personalized Nutrition William S. Harris, PhD, FAHA is an internationally recognized expert on omega-3 fatty acids with more than 300 publications relating to fatty acids in medical literature and author on two American Heart Association scientific statements on fatty acids. Kristina Harris ...
12.02.2019 Dr Robert Verkerk, PhD: Reimagining Healthcare and a Blueprint for Sustainable Health In this remarkable interview Dr Robert Verkerk shares a blueprint for a sustainable healthcare system that incorporates factors such as patient empowerment, nutrition, lifestyle medicine, societal change and environmental ecology. Dr Robert Verkerk BSc MSc DIC PhD FACN, is Founder, ...
11.05.2019 Brad Leech, Clinical Nutritionist, PhD Candidate: Translating Intestinal Permeability Science to Clinical Practice Brad Leech is a Clinical Nutritionist, Ayurvedic Herbalist, lecturer, clinic supervisor and research supervisor at Endeavour College of Natural Health. Brad is currently undertaking his PhD at the Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney ...
10.22.2019 Dr. Samuel F. Yanuck: Functional Immunology; Unravelling Inflammatory and Autoimmune Dysfunction Dr. Samuel Yanuk is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and creator of Cogence Immunology, a widely acclaimed online functional immunology course for clinicians. Dr ...
08.01.2019 Justine Bold, BA Hons, Dip BCNH: Non-celiac gluten sensitivity; from infertility to mental health. Justine Bold is a researcher and clinician whose remarkable work has improved our understanding of food sensitivities, in particular non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, and how it may contribute to a diverse range of issues, from infertility to mental illness. Justine is ...
06.28.2019 Dr. Jonathan Prousky, ND, MSc, MA: Rethinking Mental Health; Nutrition and Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Dr Jonathan Prousky has been instrumental in the advancement of nutrition and integrative medicine in mental health care for over two decades. He is author of over 70 research papers, 7 books (including Integrative Clinical Nutrition, and Anxiety; Orthomolecular Diagnosis ...
05.01.2019 Professor Glenn Gibson, PhD: Prebiotics and Gut Microbiota-Targeted Strategies to Improve Health Dr Glenn Gibson is one of the world’s leading experts on expert in gut health and prebiotics, having originally coined the term “prebiotic.” Dr Gibson was responsible for the initiation of the whole prebiotic concept for gut microbiota management through ...
04.03.2019 Professor Bruce Ames, PhD: Prolonging Healthy Aging: Longevity Vitamins and Proteins Dr Ames is a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. His research has been fundamental in developing our understanding of how suboptimal micronutrient ...
03.27.2019 Professor Michael J. Gonzalez, PhD: Metabolic Correction; A Functional Biochemical Therapeutic Approach Dr Gonzalez is Professor at the Nutrition Program, School of Public Health in the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico and Adjunct faculty at the University of Western States. The author over 200 scientific publications, Dr Gonzalez has developed ...
12.30.2018 Dr. Felice Gersh, MD: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; New Perspectives, The Microbiome and Circadian Rhythm Dr. Felice Gersh is Board Certified in OB/GYN, completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine, and is Director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine. As physician teacher Dr Gersh served as Assistant ...
12.20.2018 Ray Griffiths, MSc: Mitochondrial Medicine; An Opportunity for Personalised Nutrition Ray Griffiths obtained his Masters in Personalised Nutrition from Middlesex University where his work focused on the role that mitochondria play in Parkinson’s disease. Ray is author of the reference text; Mitochondria in Health and Disease: Personalized Nutrition for Healthcare ...
12.04.2018 Dr. Alan R. Gaby, MD: Controversies in Nutritional Medicine; Folate and Vitamin D Dr. Alan Gaby received his M.D. from the University of Maryland, was in private practice for 19 years, specializing in nutritional medicine, professor of nutrition at Bastyr University, and is author of several books and publications, including his remarkable and ...
11.15.2018 Gaétan Chevalier, PhD : Electric Nutrition, The Science and Benefits of Earthing Dr. Chevalier is a core faculty member and former director of research at the California Institute for Human Science in Encinitas, California, and Director of the Earthing Institute. His background in physics led him to studying the effects of bioelectrical ...
07.30.2018 Dr. Haines Ely, MD: Is Psoriasis a Bowel Disease? Dr. Haines Ely, MD is a board-certified dermatologist, researcher, clinician and Clinical Professor UC Davis University of California Davis School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology. In this remarkable interview, Dr. Ely takes us on a journey that connects dots between ...
05.21.2018 Dr. James M. Greenblatt, MD: Integrative Psychiatry, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Nutritional Lithium Dr. James Greenblatt is a leading expert in eating and mood disorders and a pioneer of nutritional medicine for mental health. For the last three decades, Dr. Greenblatt has devoted his career to educating clinicians and patients in the role ...
04.06.2018 Lucille Leader, Nutritional Therapist: Parkinson’s Disease, Nutritional Management, and Collaborative Care Lucille Leader is an expert on the personalized nutritional management of Parkinson’s disease and a pioneer of true integrative care for neurodegenerative illness. She is the Nutrition Director of the London Pain Relief and Nutritional Support Clinic at The Highgate ...
03.08.2018 Angela Walker, MSc Nutritional Medicine: Systems Biology, Patient-Centered Care and Integrative Practice Angela Walker has specialized in the management of chronic fatigue working at the award-winning Optimum Health Clinic. Angela delivers workshops and coaching in sustainable high performance to leaders all over the world, has taught at BSc level, and trained other ...
01.25.2018 Angelique Panagos, Nutritional Therapist: Female Hormonal Balance, Food and Lifestyle Angelique Panagos is author of The Balance Plan: Six Steps to Optimize your Hormonal Health and specialises in nutritional and lifestyle based approaches to women’s health. We explore how diet can have a profound influence on hormonal balance and lead ...
11.23.2017 Eleanor G. Rogan, PhD: Estrogen Metabolism, Tumor Initiation and Cancer Eleanor Rogan has been involved in ground breaking research that has helped uncover a preventable cause of cancer development related to unbalanced estrogen metabolism. Her early work on tumor initiation by catechol quinones of estrogens established a unified mechanism for ...
10.27.2017 Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Integrative Cancer Care, The Tumor Microenvironment & Personalized Prevention Dr. Nalini Chilkov is a leading authority and pioneer in the field of Integrative Cancer Care, cancer prevention, and immune enhancement and Founder of the American Institute of Integrative Oncology Research & Education. In this remarkable interview, we explore the ...
10.03.2017 Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos: Traditional Diets, Omega 3 & 6 Fatty Acid Balance, and Nutrigenomics Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos is responsible for some of the most innovative and unique research on evolutionary aspects of diet and essential fatty acids, including historical changes in the omega-3/ omega-6 ratio and its influence on our physiology and disease ...
09.13.2017 Professor Richard G. Stevens: Electric Light at Night, Circadian Disruption and Human Health Professor Richard G. Stevens pioneered the link between electric light at night, circadian disruption and breast cancer. Since this discovery his work has focused on the electric light pollution in modern environments and its influence on our sleep/wake cycle and ...
08.22.2017 Angela Heap, Nutritional Therapist: Fertility, Hormones, Functional Medicine and Nutrition Angela specialises in fertility, hormones and pregnancy care viewing the dynamic interplay of genes, physiology and environment from a very personalized, humanistic perspective. In this podcast, we explore how approaching fertility and hormonal issues such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) ...
06.20.2017 Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD: Turmeric, Absorption, Multi-Targeted Effects and Healing Spice Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD is one of the early pioneers of research into turmeric and curcumin and has published over 500 peer-reviewed original research papers. He provides remarkable insights into the clinical use of turmeric including controversies around absorption, metabolism ...
05.26.2017 Professor Stig Bengmark: Gut Microbiotia, Chronic Inflammation, and Nutritional Strategies Professor Stig Bengmark is a world leading surgeon whose early observations on the gut microbiota led him to ground breaking work on pre and probiotics. His research more recently focuses on the ability of traditional diets, periodic fasting, phytonutrients and ...
05.05.2017 Professor Helene McNulty: B Vitamins, Cardiovascular Health and Personalized Medicine Professor Helene McNulty is a world-leading scientist pioneering personalised nutrition, particularly related to folate, metabolically related B vitamins, nutrient-gene interactions and disease risk. She discusses her ground-breaking work on MTHFR 677TT genotype, riboflavin and blood pressure and the wider implications ...
04.26.2017 Doctor Rupy Aujla: The Doctors Kitchen and Nutrition in Medical Practice and the Community Doctor Rupy Aujla from The Doctors Kitchen shares his personal journey into nutrition and lifestyle medicine and how he is using grass-roots initiatives to inspire patients, the community, and medical professionals to bring nutrition to the forefront of healthcare.
04.07.2017 Deborah Colson, Nutritional Therapist: Nutritional Psychiatry, Mental Health and Integrative Care Deborah Colson, Nutritional Therapist and specialist in nutritional support for mental health and well-being explores the evolution of nutritional psychiatry, the clinical practice of nutrition for mental health, and the role of nutritional therapy in integrative healthcare today.
03.22.2017 Deanna Minich, PhD: Phytonutrients, Personalized Nutrition and Mind-Body Vitality Explore the science and art of colour, phytonutrients and healing through the unique view of Dr Deanna Minich. The health enhancing power of phytonutrients can be harnessed through practical, individualised strategies that bridge divides between traditional healing, modern science and ...
03.19.2017 Robyn Puglia, Clinical Nutritionist: Autoimmunity, Viral Infection and Functional Medicine Viral infections may underlie otherwise "unexplained illness" and autoimmune diseases. Understanding the features of viral infection, functional testing and management approaches could provide a unique opportunity for personalized nutritional and lifestyle interventions.
03.17.2017 Karen Ward, Nutritional Therapist: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, SIBO and Nutritional Therapy Nutritional therapy and functional medicine provide an opportunity to help manage people with gastrointestinal disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease, in a way that is personalised and gets to the root cause of the problem.