We have visited Dr Rob Verkerk and Mel Aldridge at Alliance for Natural Health - International on previous episodes of the Art and Soul of Healing. Today we continue exploring the vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and finish with how each of us may take charge of our health and immune system. The link to the health dietary booklet follows: https://www.anhinternational.org/news/the-great-food-reset/

We have visited Dr Rob Verkerk and Mel Aldridge at Alliance for Natural Health - International on previous episodes of the Art and Soul of Healing. Today we are exploring the vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. https://www.anhinternational.org/videos/an-uncensored-covi-sation-with-mccullough-vanden-bossche-verkerk/ and https://www.anhinternational.org/news/could-we-be-the-losers-in-the-vaccine-race/

Integrative cardiology has become an important practice and largely developed by Mark Houston, MD, an expert in integrative approaches to cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Dr Houston is the Director of the Hypertension Institute and Vascular Biology, Medical Director of the Division of Human Nutrition and Medical Director of Clinical Research at the Hypertension Institute in Nashville, TN. You may find Dr Houston at https://hypertensioninstitute.com/doctor/dr-mark-houston/

Today we will be learning about the importance of lipids or fats in the diet.

Just in time to kick off the eating season, we will turn our attention to the recently most vilified macronutrient, carbohydrates. Currently, carbohydrates provide 40% to 60% of energy in the American diet and usually come from processed packaged foods or foods of convenience as more than 80% of Americans get their meals outside the home. This disordered eating balance has led to many lifestyle diseases such as obesity, heart disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and others. We will discuss why this is so.

Today on the Art And Soul of Healing we are traveling down under to visit with a wonderful naturopathic physician. She is a leader and a visionary in women’s health and infertility.

Welcome back Sharon Norling, MD! Dr. Norling is a nationally known and highly respected medical doctor specializing in integrative medicine and practicing advanced functional medicine in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Sharon has a special interest in integrative brain health by regulating the gut microbiome.

Hi, this is Jeanne Drisko bringing you an episode of the Art and Soul of Healing from the archives. Today, on the wings of Alliance for Natural Health USA we will be visiting The Lotus Center in Los Angeles to speak with an accomplished traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and licensed acupuncturist, Brandon Horn. Brandon is a lecturer, researcher, and clinician in the fields of Chinese and functional medicine. He has a bit of a unusual background and that he received his law degree from Ohio State University before transitioning into traditional Chinese medicine. He received his PhD in classical Chinese medicine From the American University of Complementary Medicine.

We will be exploring what the Mediterranean Diet is and is not.

Please see https://oldwayspt.org/traditional-diets/mediterranean-diet AND https://www.anhinternational.org/resources/documents/180531-food4health-adultplate-rev22/

The Art and Soul of Healing travels to the great state of Michigan to visit with a leader in integrative and functional nutrition, Coco Newton. Coco authored the chapter Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): The Application of Integrative and Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy.