What if everything we've been told about Parkinson's disease and brain degeneration is wrong?

For decades we've been told that neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's are progressive, irreversible, and caused primarily by the loss of dopamine. But what if that's only part of the story?

In this fascinating conversation, Dr. Jannine Krause sits down with Dr. Greg Eckel, naturopathic physician, acupuncturist, neuroregeneration pioneer, founder of the Academy of Mind-Body Medicine (AGEMED), and author of Defying Parkinson's, to challenge conventional thinking about brain disease.

After losing his wife to a neurodegenerative illness, Dr. Eckel began questioning everything he believed about medicine. That journey led him to a revolutionary perspective:

The brain doesn't simply degenerate, it runs out of energy.

In this episode we'll explore how restoring mitochondrial function, reducing inflammation, supporting gut health, balancing the nervous system, and addressing environmental toxins may help create new possibilities for healing, not only for Parkinson's disease but also traumatic brain injuries, cognitive decline, and optimizing peak mental performance.

If you or someone you love has Parkinson's, memory loss, a traumatic brain injury, or simply wants to improve brain health, this episode will completely change the way you think about the brain.

00:00 Introduction to Dr. Greg Eckel

02:45 The diagnosis that changed Dr. Eckel's life forever

08:20 Why Parkinson's isn't just a dopamine deficiency

14:30 The biggest misconception about neurodegenerative disease

20:10 The brain doesn't degenerate—it loses energy

27:15 Mitochondria: the missing piece of brain health

33:40 Gut health, inflammation & environmental toxins

40:30 Why conventional medicine manages symptoms instead of restoring function

47:20 Regenerative medicine and the future of neurological care

54:10 Lifestyle strategies that support brain regeneration

59:15 Optimizing brain performance—even without disease

✔️ Why Parkinson's disease involves much more than dopamine loss

✔️ The hidden role of mitochondrial dysfunction in brain disorders

✔️ How brain energy influences cognition, movement, and recovery

✔️ The surprising connection between gut health and neurological disease

✔️ Why environmental toxins may contribute to neurodegeneration

✔️ Lifestyle habits that support neuroplasticity and brain regeneration

✔️ How movement, sleep, and stress influence healing

✔️ Emerging regenerative medicine therapies for Parkinson's and traumatic brain injury

✔️ Why optimizing brain health benefits everyone—not just those with neurological disease

✔️ What the future of neuroregeneration could look like

The traditional model of brain disease may be incomplete.

Rather than simply accepting degeneration, Dr. Greg Eckel encourages us to understand how the brain's energy systems influence function, healing, and resilience. By supporting mitochondrial health, reducing inflammation, improving gut health, and restoring nervous system balance, we may be able to shift what's possible for patients living with neurological conditions—and for anyone seeking better cognitive performance.

🌐 BrainRegen: https://brainregen.com

🌐 AGEMED: https://agemed.org

📚 Book: Defying Parkinson's

📱 Instagram: @brainregen

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The parasite behind this summer's growing Cyclospora outbreak is making headlines, yet one of the biggest misconceptions is how it should be treated.

In this episode, Dr. Jannine Krause interviews Dr. Michael Biamonte, founder of the Biamonte Center for Clinical Nutrition, author of The Candida Chronicles, and a clinician with more than 30 years of experience treating complex digestive disorders, explains why Cyclospora behaves differently than most parasites and why many popular antiparasitic medications, wormwood, and black walnut are ineffective against it.

We also explore the latest research on nano curcumin, nano silver, and nano copper, discuss why accurate testing is essential for identifying both Cyclospora and candida, and examine how gut health influences everything from hormone balance to chronic viral infections and immune function. Whether you're interested in gut health or someone struggling with chronic digestive symptoms, this episode offers practical, science-informed insights into identifying the the microbial imbalance that occur within the gut.

• Why the current Cyclospora outbreak is making national headlines & how it differs from other parasites
• How Cyclospora spreads and why washing fruits and vegetables may not completely remove it
• Why anti-parasitic medications, wormwood, and black walnut are ineffective against Cyclospora
• The only conventional anti-bacterial treatment option that's working for it
• The emerging research behind nano curcumin, nano silver, and nano copper for Cyclospora support
• Why comprehensive stool testing is critical for identifying hidden parasites and candida
• Common symptoms associated with Cyclospora infection
• The connection between candida overgrowth, hormones, chronic inflammation, and immune dysfunction
• How antibiotics alter the microbiome and contribute to fungal overgrowth
• Why candida can rapidly mutate and develop resistance to treatment
• Holistic strategies for supporting the microbiome and recovering from chronic infections

• The Biamonte Center for Clinical Nutrition
• Dr. Biamonte's Book "The Candida Chronicles"
• Dr. Jannine Krause

What if true wellness wasn't about finding the perfect supplement or the newest biohack and instead discovering exactly what your body needs?

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause sits down with Dr. Anna Marie Frank, founder of Happy Whole You and known as The Mindset Doctor, to discuss how personalized, holistic medicine is changing the future of healthcare.

With more than 20 years of experience in natural medicine, brain health, and mindset transformation, Dr. Anna Marie explains why individualized health plans outperform generic protocols and how biofeedback, muscle testing, Chinese medicine, and epigenetics can uncover hidden root causes of illness.

The conversation also explores affordable wellness travel, creating family-friendly wellness experiences, and why emotional health plays a critical role in physical healing, especially during midlife.

Whether you're interested in biohacking, holistic health, wellness retreats, or optimizing your health naturally, this episode offers practical strategies you can begin using today.

• Why personalized medicine produces better long-term results
• How biofeedback and muscle testing can reveal hidden health imbalances
• The role emotions play in chronic illness and physical symptoms
• How epigenetics influences healing and resilience
• Affordable alternatives to luxury wellness retreats
• Creating wellness experiences the whole family can enjoy
• Why community and connection improve health outcomes
• Integrating holistic wellness into everyday life
• How Chinese medicine complements modern health optimization
• Practical strategies for improving mindset and brain health

• Happy Whole You
• The Padre Hotel Bakersfield, California

Dr. Anna Marie Frank is a visionary leader in holistic wellness with over two decades of experience in human health, mindset transformation, and natural medicine.

Holding a Ph.D. in Natural Medicine, she is a certified expert in Brain Health and Traditional Naturopathy. As the founder of Happy Whole You, she has pioneered innovative approaches that combine mindset rewiring, brain nutraceuticals, epigenetics, and holistic healing to help individuals optimize both mental and physical health.

She sees clients at her wellness clinic in Bakersfield, California, and virtually with clients worldwide.

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00:00 Introduction

02:10 Meet Dr. Anna Marie Frank

06:15 Why Personalized Medicine Matters

12:40 Biofeedback & Muscle Testing Explained

20:05 Epigenetics and Brain Health

28:10 The Emotional Connection to Physical Healing

36:20 Creating Affordable Wellness Retreats

43:15 Family-Friendly Wellness Programs

49:30 Wellness Travel Without Breaking the Bank

55:00 Practical Daily Wellness Habits

59:45 Final Thoughts

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause sits down with Kristine Courville, founder of Sahale Botanicals, bioregional herbalist, and Cornell University Medicinal Plants Certificate graduate, to explore the powerful world of herbal medicine, wildcrafting, plant energetics, and natural skincare.

Kristine shares how questioning conventional healthcare led her to rediscover the wisdom of traditional herbalism and the healing power of plants. Together, we discuss how herbal energetics can help you understand your body's patterns, why fresh herbs often create more potent remedies, and how sustainable wildcrafting protects both our health and the environment.

Whether you're curious about making herbal teas, tinctures, infused oils, or creating toxin-free skincare, this conversation offers practical insights for beginners and seasoned herbal enthusiasts alike.

If you're looking for natural ways to support your health, reduce your toxic burden, and deepen your connection with nature, this episode is for you.

✔️ Kristine Courville's journey into herbal medicine and founding Sahale Botanicals

✔️ Why herbal medicine was pushed aside in modern healthcare

✔️ The impact of the Flexner Report on traditional healing practices

✔️ What plant energetics and tissue states reveal about your health

✔️ How to safely and sustainably wildcraft medicinal plants

✔️ Why fresh herbs often make stronger herbal remedies

✔️ Best practices for harvesting herbs throughout the seasons

✔️ The truth about "clean" skincare ingredients

✔️ How to make herbal teas, tinctures, infused oils, and bath infusions

✔️ Herbal support for midlife wellness and healthy aging

✔️ Building a lifelong relationship with nature through folk herbalism

00:00 – The Birth of Sahale Botanicals

02:53 – Rediscovering Plant Medicine

06:02 – The Power of Potency in Herbal Skincare

08:50 – Understanding Herbal Energetics

11:45 – Creating Effective Herbal Skincare

14:38 – Clean Beauty vs Truly Healthy Skincare

17:19 – Wildcrafting & Seasonal Harvesting

20:24 – Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants

23:28 – Herbal Elixirs for Midlife Wellness

25:12 – Crafting Herbal Tinctures

29:35 – The Art of Folk Herbalism

34:21 – How to Identify & Harvest Wild Herbs

39:17 – Firesider, Herbal Remedies & Home Apothecaries

44:19 – Sustainable Harvesting Practices

49:07 – Herbal Bath Teas & Self-Care Rituals

Kristine Courville is the founder of Sahale Botanicals, a Pacific Northwest herbal skincare and wellness company dedicated to ethical wildcrafting and sustainable plant medicine.

Inspired by traditional herbal wisdom and backed by modern education—including a Medicinal Plants Certificate from Cornell University and an apprenticeship in herbalism—Kristine creates toxin-free skincare and herbal wellness products using responsibly harvested botanicals native to the Pacific Northwest.

Her work blends folk herbalism, plant energetics, sustainability, and modern science to help people reconnect with nature and support their health naturally.

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• Cornell University Medicinal Plants Certificate

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Have you achieved success on paper but still feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or like something is missing?

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause sits down with Alicia Ayala, Transformational Life & Leadership Coach, former Senior Director in Technology, speaker, and founder of the Inner Leadership Method, to explore how reconnecting with your authentic self can transform your health, career, and relationships.

After spending 22 years climbing the corporate ladder and preparing for a VP role, Alicia realized that external success wasn't creating the fulfillment she expected. She left corporate leadership to help ambitious women, entrepreneurs, and working moms build lives rooted in alignment, self-trust, and purpose.

If you've ever struggled with balancing your career, your health, and your family while wondering why success doesn't feel satisfying, this conversation is for you.

• Why inner leadership is the foundation for lasting confidence and fulfillment
• How to build genuine self-trust and make decisions with confidence
• Why identifying your core values changes every area of life
• Practical strategies for balancing career, family, and personal health
• How fear keeps high achievers stuck—and how to move through it
• Why authenticity creates greater success than perfection
• The power of visioning and intentional goal setting
• Simple journaling exercises to reconnect with your true self
• How to stop living on autopilot and start living in alignment
• Why success feels different when it reflects who you truly are

Alicia Ayala is a Transformational Life & Leadership Coach, speaker, and mother of two. Following a successful 22-year corporate career leading technology teams and founding Women in Technology (WIT), Alicia transitioned into coaching women who want to thrive in both their careers and personal lives without sacrificing themselves in the process.

Through her signature Inner Leadership Method, she helps ambitious women release limiting beliefs, strengthen self-trust, reduce overwhelm, and create lives aligned with their deepest values.

• Alicia Ayala's Website
• Alicia's Her Alchemy 12 Week Program Discovery Call
• Instagram, Linked In
• Dr. Jannine Krause

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Waking up between 2-5 AM every night? Your sleep struggles may not actually start at bedtime.

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause dives into the neurological, energetic, and Chinese Medicine perspective of insomnia and why what you do during the day may be the biggest factor impacting your nights.

After years of battling insomnia herself and surviving on just 2-4 hours of sleep Dr. Jannine shares her journey through endless sleep solutions including melatonin, herbs, L-theanine, ashwagandha, 5-HTP, progesterone, magnesium, and more.

But eventually, the supplements stopped working.

The missing piece?

Looking beyond the nighttime routine and understanding how your daily habits, digestion, hydration, circulation, stress, hormones, and organ rhythms influence your sleep.

In this episode, you'll learn how the Chinese Medicine Organ Clock may provide clues about why you wake up at specific times and what your body could be communicating.

Dr. Jannine also explores why detox pathways, lymphatic flow, gallbladder function, liver health, and lung function may influence insomnia patterns.

If you've tried "all the things" for sleep and nothing seems to work, this episode offers a different perspective.

Your body isn't broken it's asking for a different approach to sleep.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Why waking between 1-3 AM may connect to liver function, stress, detox pathways, and emotional processing
• The connection between 3-5 AM wake ups and lung health, oxygen delivery, circulation, and stress
• How digestion during the day impacts nighttime sleep
• Why hydration between 3-5p matters for detox and sleep quality
• How your afternoon habits may be sabotaging your nights
• Why your sleep hygiene starts at 1p
• How HRV tracking helped identify the habits improving Dr. Jannine's own sleep

9 PM - 11 PM: Lymphatic + endocrine reset Trouble falling asleep may indicate stress, lymph stagnation, or nervous system imbalance.

11 PM - 1 AM: Gallbladder Possible connection with digestion, fat metabolism, and unresolved decisions.

1 AM - 3 AM: Liver Associated with detoxification, hormones, blood processing, stress, anger, and frustration.

3 AM - 5 AM: Lung Connected with breathing, oxygen, grief, immune function, allergies, and circulation.

• Vibrant Blue Oils
• Deanna Hansen's Workshop with Dr. Krause for diaphragm release and relieving shoulder pain
• HRV tracking with the Elonga device
• Chinese Medicine Organ Clock from Radiant Shenti

Have you ever felt trapped in the cycle of dieting, restricting, overeating, and promising yourself you'll "start again Monday"?

You are not alone.

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause sits down with Belinda Jean Whittle (BJ) — Mindset Coach and Food Peace Specialist — to talk about the deeper reasons women struggle with food, weight, and cravings, especially in midlife.

Belinda shares her powerful story of surviving ovarian cancer at age 29, developing an eating disorder afterward, and spending years learning that her relationship with food was never actually about food.

After losing 85 pounds without hunger, extreme dieting, or GLP medications, Belinda explains how true transformation came from healing emotional eating, understanding food noise, and learning how to nourish her body instead of fighting it.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• Why cutting off symptoms doesn't fix the root problem
• How stress, fear, and emotions can drive overeating
• Why food cravings are often about what food is doing FOR you
• How to break free from the diet mentality
• What food freedom actually looks like 20 years later
• How midlife women can create sustainable habits for energy, health, and vitality

Belinda reminds us that the problem is not that you lack willpower — the missing piece is understanding the relationship you have with food and yourself.

If you've tried every diet, feel exhausted by constant food thoughts, or feel like your weight is controlling your life, this conversation will give you a completely different perspective.

Belinda Jean Whittle is a Food Peace Specialist and Mindset Coach who helps midlife women break free from dieting, emotional eating, and the exhausting cycle of restriction and guilt.

After surviving ovarian cancer and struggling with an eating disorder, Belinda spent over 20 years researching, healing, and developing a deeper understanding of food relationships and behavior change.

Today, she helps women reduce food noise, overcome emotional eating patterns, and build a peaceful relationship with food.

Her work focuses on:

• Healing the diet mentality • Understanding emotional eating • Reducing cravings and food obsession • Creating sustainable behavior change • Supporting women in binge eating recovery alongside appropriate professional care

Learn more about Belinda's Food Peace approach and upcoming workshops:

Embracing Food Freedom Workshop Learn why diets don't work, how emotional eating develops, and how to begin rebuilding trust with food.

12-Week Food Peace Experience

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What if your cravings, mood swings, brain fog, and emotional overwhelm were signs of a nutrient deficiency rather than a lack of willpower?

As we age, hormonal shifts, chronic stress, poor sleep, and nutrient depletion can significantly impact brain chemistry. Many people over 40 experience increased anxiety, brain fog, sugar cravings, and emotional volatility without realizing that amino acid deficiencies may be contributing.

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Laurie Hammer shares her powerful personal journey with amino acid therapy and how it transformed her mental health, cravings, emotional resilience, and overall brain function. We dive into the science behind amino acids as the building blocks of neurotransmitters and why they can be especially supportive for adults over 40 navigating stress, detoxification, and hormonal changes.

You'll learn how amino acid testing works, the signs of deficiency, and practical ways to integrate amino acid support into a holistic health plan.

Being a mom and business owner isn't easy. Juggling responsibilities, sleepless nights, and constant demands can feel overwhelming and Laurie knows this struggle firsthand.

Before becoming a mother, Laurie battled an eating disorder, anxiety, and depression, challenges that affected her health, relationships, and overall well-being. Discovering Amino Acid Therapy changed everything, helping her reclaim her life and igniting a passion for health and wellness.

With a degree in psychology and certification in nutritional therapy, Laurie created the Calm Mom Method®, a proven approach designed to help moms reduce anxiety, restore energy, and live with greater purpose and resilience.

✅ Laurie's personal journey with amino acid therapy and what led her to explore this approach for mental and emotional health.

✅ How amino acids influence neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and GABA—and why that matters for mood, sleep, focus, and cravings.

✅ The different ways to test amino acid levels and assess deficiencies, including how the body's responses can provide important clues.

✅ Why cravings and emotional eating may be rooted in brain chemistry rather than willpower alone.

✅ How targeted amino acid support can help with emotional regulation, stress resilience, and mental clarity.

✅ The role of amino acids in detoxification and brain health, including support for neuroprotection and recovery from chronic stress.

✅ How to integrate amino acids with functional medicine, nutrition, lifestyle habits, and other holistic health practices for a personalized approach to healing.

• Check out Laurie Hammer's Website
• Listen in to Laurie's Podcast - Take Back My Brain
• Dr. Jannine Krause's Website

Why do so many smart, motivated people struggle with binge eating, emotional eating, and losing weight despite knowing exactly what they should be doing?

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause sits down with naturopathic doctor, master hypnotherapist, mindset coach, and author Dr. Andrea Maxim to uncover the deeper psychological and emotional roots of weight loss resistance, emotional eating, and self-sabotaging behaviors.

Andrea shares her personal journey into naturopathic medicine and discusses how her own weight loss transformation revealed the powerful connection between identity, self-worth, and health. Together, they explore how the unconscious mind drives many of our daily choices and why lasting weight loss requires more than diet and exercise alone.

You'll learn how hypnotherapy can help reprogram limiting beliefs, why emotional eating patterns become automatic, and practical strategies to regain control of your relationship with food.

Whether you're struggling with binge eating, emotional eating, weight loss plateaus, or simply want to understand how your mindset influences your health, this episode provides actionable tools to help you create lasting change.

✔ Why weight gain is often rooted in emotional and psychological factors

✔ How the unconscious mind influences eating behaviors

✔ The connection between identity, self-worth, and health

✔ How hypnotherapy can help break emotional eating patterns

✔ Why "the oldest program your brain is running will win" unless beliefs are consciously reprogrammed

✔ How social media and your environment affect your mindset

✔ Practical strategies for dismantling automated eating habits

✔ How to identify emotional triggers around food

✔ Why conscious choices create lasting transformation

✔ The importance of embracing the messy, human side of personal growth

• Connect with Dr. Andrea Maxim
• Dr. Andrea on Youtube
• Dr. Andrea's The Maxim Movement on Instagram
• Dr. Jannine Krause

In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause, explores the complex concept of root causes in health, emphasizing how multiple factors, including emotions, circulation, and vibrational energy, contribute to health issues. She dives into Chinese medicine principles as it pertains to how someone develops a health condition, the pros and cons of modern diagnostic labs, and practical strategies for wholistic health optimization and restoration. Dr. Krause brings over 19 years of experience as a naturopathic doctor to this podcast by sharing trends in alternative health over the last 2 decades and why she's rethinking the idea of the root cause and what could be a better way to approach health optimization and restoration.

What You'll Learn In This Episode:

• The case for multiple root causes of health conditions
• How Chinese medicine looks at qi and blood as the foundations of health
• The impact of emotions on physical health
• Why circulation and lymphatic flow are crucial to address in every health protocol
• The effect of grounding and the impact of electromagnetic frequencies on your total body health

Resources From The Show:

• Dr. Krause's Website: https://doctorjkrausend.com/
• Notes and Frequencies of the body with research - http://greatdreams.com/hertz.htm