Radical Vitality

If you are tired of the nutrition wars, mindless bickering among so called health experts and diet debates and are looking for REAL solutions for optimal brain and overall health, this conversation is for you.

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If you are ready to go from feeling effing tired to effing fantastic, this episode with the wise and inspiring Dr. Amy Shah is a must listen.

Dr. Ana-Maria Temple has been practicing medicine since 1995 and has treated over 36,000 patients. In her revolutionary new book The Rule of 5, Dr Temple shares her blueprint to transform our kids' (and families') health so we can live long, vibrant, disease-free lives.

Anna Yusim went to the best colleges in America, got her medical degree from Yale University and did a Psychiatry residency at NYU. On paper, everything looked perfect, but somehow, despite all the external accomplishments, Dr. Yusim felt unfulfilled. In her journey to find personal fulfilment and happiness beyond that which is promised by the material world, she discovered the science of spirituality and began to integrate her discoveries into her own life and the lives of her patients, affecting their mental and overall health in profound ways.

Jennifer Anderson, MSPH, RDN is a social media sensation with her Instagram account kids.eat.in.color now at over a million followers and her pragmatic, inclusive, empathetic and knowledgable advice on how to feed kids with minimal stress often going viral (for good reason)!

I had the good fortune of being able to sit down with Jennifer to chat about the inspiration for her platform, her powerful and down-to-earth approach to nourish our kids (and ourselves as moms!), her own health struggles and how she overcame them, and all her incredible programs, offerings and free resources to help more parents raise adventurous eaters without the stress and anxiety that is all too common these days. 

This chat was honest, refreshing and packed with insight. You can follow Jennifer on instagram @kids.eat.in.color or visit her website at www.kidseatincolor.com

This episode is sponsored by MegaFood but all opinions and discussion points are my own.

When it comes to recommendations on nutrition and health, the unique needs of women are often overlooked. In this episode, packed with information and insight, Dr. Erin Stokes, the Medical Director at MegaFood guides us through specific micronutrients and other aspects of health that women need to pay attention to for optimal vitality. If you are a woman looking to access your deepest health and radiance of body AND mind, this is a conversation you do not want to miss.

More about Dr. Erin Stokes

Erin received her Naturopathic Doctor degree from Bastyr University in 2001. Shortly afterwards she pursued her passion for education by becoming an instructor at Southwest Acupuncture College.

Erin combines her experience in private practice as a Naturopathic Doctor with an extensive background in the natural products industry. In her role as Medical Director at MegaFood, she has the opportunity to educate on health and wellness topics via webinars, podcasts, and radio shows. She is a registered Naturopathic Doctor in the state of Colorado, and lives with her family in Boulder, Colorado.

More about MegaFood

MegaFood is a leader in the natural supplements industry and the first company to have harnessed the nutritional power of farm fresh foods to make vitamins and supplements from scratch. They are a certified B corp, joining together with some of the world’s best brands to not just be the best in the world, but to be the best for the world by being committed to meeting rigorous standards for social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. You can learn more about MegaFood and their top quality supplements and products here.

What we eat doesn't just impact our physical health but also has powerful implications for our mental health. In fact, the body and the mind are intimately connected and to help us understand how we can optimize our brain health with food, I sat down with Dr. Uma Naidoo, a rare kind of medical doctor who is not just a Harvard trained psychiatrist but also a nutrition expert AND a chef!!!! Dr. Naidoo recently released the bestseller, THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON FOOD and shares potent tips to help us improve our brain health with delicious food starting right now. You can learn more about Dr Uma Naidoo here and follow her on Instagram @drumanaidoo

Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food and medicine space: a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef graduating with her culinary schools’ most coveted award, and a trained Nutrition Specialist. Her nexus of interests have found their niche in Nutritional Psychiatry.

Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School.

She was considered Harvard’s Mood-Food expert, has been featured in the Wall Street Journal.

When it comes to chemicals in our food supply, homes and environment, ignorance is sadly, not bliss. Mounting research continues to suggest that these chemicals, all too rampant in our modern world, are wreaking havoc on our health.

In this actionable and insightful episode, Dr. Aly Cohen, author of the newly released Non-Toxic and founder of www.thesmarthuman.com helps us understand WHY we should care about chemicals and what to do about them without feeling the need to be perfect or paranoid. 

If you want to take your health or the health of your families seriously, this episode is an invaluable resource to detoxifying your life in an approachable, practical and accessible way.

More about Dr. Aly Cohen

Dr. Aly Cohen is tripled board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology, and integrative medicine, and she is also a trained specialist in environmental health. She specializes in a variety of rheumatologist ailments as well as mental health issues, migraines, dementia prevention, diabetes, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, obesity, and women’s health.

Dr. Cohen received her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania. She went on to medical training at Hahnemann University Hospital School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Cohen continued her specialist training in rheumatology and autoimmune diseases at Montefiore Hospital/Albert Einstein University Hospital in the Bronx, New York. Dr. Cohen is currently in private practice in Princeton, New Jersey. Her practice, that she founded in 2011, Integrative Rheumatology Associates P.C., focuses on both traditional western medical management of rheumatologic ailments, as well as integrative options for total “wellness”, such as biofeedback, acupuncture, cognitive therapy, diet and exercise counseling, environmental toxin counseling, smoking cessation, stress management and sleep evaluations.

Learn more at www.thesmarthuman.com and follow Dr. Aly Cohen on Instagram @thesmarthuman

Intermittent fasting is an ancestral practice that has become ultra trendy in the modern day. But is all fasting created equal? And how can we leverage the science of circadian biology and fasting to properly implement these age old practices in our modern lives?

In this conversation, Amy shares incredibly valuable, nuanced strategies to practice intermittent fasting correctly for both short term gains and longer term health and vitality. Amy also points out the most common mistakes people, especially women, make when beginning a fasting protocol. 

If you are interested in how to leverage the power of fasting to live your best life, this conversation is a must listen. 

You can learn more about Amy's work and mission on instagram @fastingmd or at https://amymdwellness.com/

In this episode, we dive deep into the magic of herbs for health with Rachelle Robinett, an Herbalist & Holistic Health Practitioner combining plant-based and natural medicine with practical lifestyle habit reshaping to help people find balanced, lasting health.