Tate Talks

The COVID pandemic has brought many health challenges, including those at the beginning of life. Join Jason Tate as he speaks with Dr. Aimee Chin about her fellowship in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Memphis, TN where she shares the current trends and challenges of COVID during and after pregnancy and childbirth. Also in this hour, Jason shares some valuable tips to getting back into life after quarantine as well as how to accept others and their levels of fear and understanding while standing your ground on your beliefs. As always, Jason closes his show with a beautiful meditation; this one focused on kindness and compassion.

This week on Tate Talks, Jason Tate is joined by the multi-award-winning and highly respected functional medicine physician Dr. Joseph Scherger, M.D., MPH where they discuss the main tenets of the functional medicine approach as well as what patients should know to ask their doctors so that they are getting the best advice towards healing versus living a life chained to medications. Jason also shares his thoughts and sentiments about teaching amidst a pandemic and shares stories from the classroom while ending the show with a beautiful mindful breathing technique that landed him a TEDx Talk on October 2nd, 2021.

During this hour, Jason shares the show with two remarkable doctors! Dr. Megan Baikie and Dr. Catherine Bianchi just have become friends and business partners after meeting each other in the Eisenhower Family Medicine Residency program and have recently opened “B and B Family Medicine” together where they offer an individualized functional medicine approach to healing their patients and treat patients of all ages. Jason rounds out this episode with valuable information on how to boost your immunity naturally and a functional medicine guide to better sleep. In the conclusion of this episode, Jason Tate provides you with a valuable meditation mantra to help relax your body so that you can get to sleep if you are struggling with quieting the mind and body. B and B Family Medicine can be found at www.desertfamilymedical.com

Jason Tate is joined by Dr. Jeff Smith, D.O., a pain management doctor and specialist who believes in specialized medicine and identifying the individual needs of each patient based on genetics, diet, lifestyle, and more. Listen in on the conversation that Jason has with Dr. Smith regarding the “homeruns” for living your best life free from chronic aches and pain. Jason also shares the notable differences between fruits and vegetables, the nutritional power of smoothies, and ends his show with a beautiful meditation focusing on gratitude. Dr. Smith can be found at www.desertortho.com

In the second hour of this episode Jason shares “Fitness Tips for Senior Adults” that are honestly good for everyone to hear <https://www.silversneakers.com/blog/25-best-fitness-tips-silversneakers/> as well as some philosophies and science as to why it’s remarkably healthy for us to stay active in this week’s “What Moves You” benchmark. The second hour is also where the weekly meditation brought to you by the “Empty Your Cup” benchmark and Jason even packs in the weekly recipe brought to you by “Here’s to Your Health” with a delicious soup recipe found on Minimalist Baker <https://minimalistbaker.com/curried-butternut-squash-soup/> 

Jason shares the chilling truth of the obesity statistics that are now gripping America based on results from the Centers for Disease Control <https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-02-27/us-obesity-rate-passes-40-percent>. In this episode, Jason shares key turning points in our history that led to the dramatic rise of sugar consumption and all of the chronic diseases <https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/index.htm> that follow, including type II diabetes and obesity related diseases. Sugar is said to be 8 times more addicting than cocaine. Listen to how a molecule evolved over 130 million years ago that led to the pandemic of today as Jason shares the evolutionary history of why and where fructose came from. 

In this episode, Jason Tate has guest Dr. Karen Antwiler (Instagram: kdantwiler | email: [email protected]) on the show to discuss a topic that affects nearly every family in America and around the world, addiction, and substance use disorder. Dr. Antwiler is a Primary Care Physician who specializes in addiction medicine and has the goal to destigmatize the “blame & shame” of addiction because addiction is a treatable chronic disease. Listen in as Jason and Karen share statistics, science, and support for those suffering from addictions to all forms of addictive substances from alcohol to opiates, to food. 

In this hour of Tate Talks, Jason shares the weekly motivational quotes in “A Thought to Digest” as he offers some vulnerability of his own health struggles during the pandemic and quarantine in sharing the thoughts around fault vs. responsibility. In the “What Moves You” Feature, Jason shares some great fitness tips for busy moms followed by the weekly meditation brought to you by the “Empty Your Cup” Feature. Jason wraps up this hour discussing the value of social, emotional, and occupational health in pursuing a career that feeds your soul and aligns with your skills and talents inspired by two remarkable videos found on Vimeo: “Success in The New Economy” https://vimeo.com/67277269 and “Flipping the College Decision” https://vimeo.com/174407736 

Jason interviews Coachella Valley native, Scout Lennon, upon her return to the Valley after she’s completed her Bachelor’s in Exercise Science and obtained her Functional Medicine Health Coaching Board Certification. Scout Lennon can be found at scoutwellnessla.com and on Instagram @scoutwellnessla - Jason and Scout talk about the work/life balance, self-care tips, and the dangers of excess screen time. Scout shares a delicious favorite recipe of hers in the “Here’s to Your Health” weekly feature found here: https://www.loveandlemons.com/butternut-squash-salad/   Scout and Jason wrap up talking about Mindset as well as how to start and end your days in healthy and mindful ways!

Coming to you in the second hour of Tate Talks, Jason dives into the research and etiology of the mythical 10,000 steps a day we keep hearing about. Jason shares tips on how to get extra steps here and there in your normal daily routine and how to grab those bonus steps to put yourself above and beyond your goals! This hour is also where Jason leads you through the week’s guided meditation to soothe the soul and bring you some inner peace followed by some facts on the benefits of meditation and tips on how to integrate mindful meditation into your daily life.