The Informed Health Initiative

Today, we will be talking to Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, one of the stalwarts of the medical freedom movement that developed during COVID. Dr. Bowden completed her residency at Stanford University and is board-certified in both Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. In 2003, she moved to Houston, where she specializes in sinus, sleep, and allergy disorders and treats both children and adults. She is also the founder of Americans for Health Freedom, a 501(c)4 that encourages and educates the public and our representatives to champion medical freedom for every individual.In this episode, Dr. Bowden shares her firsthand experiences and insights on the COVID pandemic, treatments, and the fight against vaccine mandates. She discusses the political and medical challenges faced, the potential harms of COVID vaccines, and the importance of public awareness.Key Topics

• Dr. Bowden's experience with COVID treatments
• The political and medical challenges faced by doctors
• Harms and controversies of COVID vaccines
• Efforts to pull COVID vaccines off the market
• The role of medical censorship and social media

For further information, please see the following links:

BREATHEmd | Optimal Airway Health.

| Empower Healthcare Choices - Learn More

Choice requires informed consent — Americans for Health Freedom

Today we will be talking to Dr. Henry Barham. Dr. Barham is a trailblazer in rhinology, dedicated to providing cutting-edge care for sinus, nasal, and allergy-related conditions. As a board-certified specialist at Sinus and Nasal Specialists of Louisiana, he combines advanced surgical expertise with a deep commitment to research and education, helping patients find real, lasting relief.

After earning his medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Dr. Barham honed his skills in otolaryngology at the University of Colorado before pursuing elite fellowship training in Sydney, Australia. Under world-renowned experts Prof. Richard Harvey, Prof. Raymond Sacks, and Dr. George Marcells, he gained specialized expertise in rhinology, rhinoplasty, and skull base surgery—bringing a global perspective to the care he provides in Louisiana.

Now back in his home state, Dr. Barham is one of the few dedicated rhinologists in the Southeast. Whether performing complex surgeries, advancing medical knowledge, or speaking at leading conferences worldwide, Dr. Barham’s mission remains the same: to help patients breathe better, feel better, and live better.

In this episode, we discuss the fascinating role of taste receptors beyond the tongue, their influence on immunity, and how understanding these mechanisms can lead to innovative health solutions. This conversation bridges science and practical health applications, offering insights into how our body's sensory systems impact overall health. We'll alsoexplore the fascinating intersections of biophotonics, taste receptors, and the future of health science as well as discuss how natural light, diet, and sensory inputs influence brain health and disease prevention. Finally, we explore how taste receptor genetics influence health, immunity, and dietary choices, and Dr. Barham discusses a pioneering phenotypic test that helps individuals understand their taste receptor expression and how it impacts their immune response and disease susceptibility.

Key Topics

• Taste receptors beyond the tongue, including in the nasal and other organs
• The role of bitter taste receptors in innate immunity and infection defense
• Genetic and phenotypic testing of taste receptor expression
• Impact of diet and lifestyle on taste receptor expression and immune function
• Potential therapies including nose sprays and oral droplets to stimulate receptors
• The connection between smell, taste, and neurodegenerative diseases
• Public health implications of personalized immune testing and education

Further information can be found at Dr. Barham's websites:

Sinus and Nasal Specialists | Louisiana ENT

Phenomune

The Pituitary & Skull Base Institute

Today we will be talking to Dr. Suzanne Humphries, co-author with Roam Bystrianyk of the best-selling book, Dissolving Illusions.

Dissolving Illusions is a groundbreaking exploration of Western health history, challenging the belief that medical interventions alone eradicated infectious diseases. Drawing from historical records and data, it highlights how improved living conditions played the primary role in reducing mortality.

Dr Humphries is a conventionally educated medical doctor who was a participant in conventional hospital systems from 1989 until 2011 as an internist and nephrologist.  She left her conventional hospital position in good standing, of her own volition in 2011. Since then, she’s been furthering her research into the medical literature on vaccines, immunity, history, and functional medicine.

She has lectured in various parts of the world on infant immunity, vitamin C, aluminum, and vaccination.

More information about Dr. Humphries can be found at her website, Suzanne Humphries, MD

More information about Dissolving Illusions, including how to purchase a copy can be found at Dissolving Illusions | Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History - Dissolving Illusions details facts and figures from long-overlooked medical journals, books, newspapers, and other sources. Using myth-shattering graphs, this book shows that vaccines, antibiotics, and other medical interventions are not responsible for the increase in lifespan and the decline in mortality from infectious diseases.

Today we will be talking to Megan Mansell, who served as a rare voice of reason and common sense concerning masking during the worst days of the COVID hysteria.

Megan is a former district education director over special populations integration, serving students who are profoundly disabled, immunocompromised, undocumented, autistic, and behaviorally challenged; she also has a background in hazardous environs PPE applications. She is experienced in writing and monitoring protocol implementation for immunocompromised public sector access under full ADA/OSHA/IDEA compliance. She is the author of the book Accommodating Chaos, and a contributor at Brownstone Institute and Rational Ground publications.

I today's show, we will address the following:

• PPE is highly regulated and hazard specific. There is an entire field — Industrial Hygiene — dedicated to making sure that PPE meets specific thresholds to be deemed mitigating. 

• Aerosol mitigation in medical settings is not under the purview of medical practitioners.
• Many people complied not out of personal fear but because they thought they were being helpful, but instilling a false sense of security for the truly medically vulnerable is antithetical to the efforts made. 
• We’re stuck. New pathogens require us to look at transmission method, particle size, minimum infective dose, terms of viability, and specific mitigation measures for each hazard or pathogen. This is not one size fits all. We skipped these critical steps and continue to do so. 

Megan's book can be found at Accommodating Chaos: Correcting course on a plague of misinformation: Mansell, Megan Kristen: 9798765561461: Amazon.com: BooksHer writings can be found at Megan Mansell, Brownstone Institute

Rational Ground by Justin Hart | SubstackFollow her on X at: Megan Mansell@mamasaurusMeg

In this episode, we will be talking to Dr. Jack Kruse, retired neurosurgeon, bout his unique perspectives on health and healthcare. We will focus on his evolving ideas about quantum biology and biophysics, with a particular focus on light, water and magnetism, and their relationship to evolution of species. We will also address the seminal work of Dr. Robert Becker concerning the role of electric current in biologic systems, and hos this can relate to mitochondrial function. We will also discuss his concerns about the effect of environmental factors, particularly technology, on health.

Further information can be found at his website:

Dr. Jack Kruse – Neurosurgeon & optimal health educator

Books mentioned in today's podcast:

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism And The Foundation Of Life: Becker, Robert, Selden, Gary: 9780688069711: Amazon.com: Books

Epi-paleo Rx: The Prescription for Disease Reversal and Optimal Health: Kruse, Dr. Jack: 9780989057738: Amazon.com: Books

Going Somewhere: Truth about a Life in Science: Marino, Andrew A: 9780981854915: Amazon.com: Books

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny: Sharma, Robin: 9780062515674: Amazon.com: Books

Today we will be talking to Dr. Sarah Duhon, ND, BSN, about the role of naturopathic medicine in the evolution of our present health care paradigm.

Dr. Sarah Duhon has her doctorate in naturopathic medicine and bachelors in the science of nursing. She earned her doctorate from Bastyr University of California and bachelor's in nursing from Southern University of Louisiana. She has successfully passed part I and II of the Naturopathic Physician Board Licensing Examination and is licensed in the state of Kansas.

Dr. Sarah’s passion is to bring an abundance of education to help empower the community to take control of their health, so they may learn to “doctor themselves”. Her passions in natural medicine encompass Ayurvedic, functional neurology, and Naturopathic approaches to treat infertility, preconception, pregnancy and postpartum wellness, autoimmune disease, pediatric neurological developmental disorders, Lyme disease, and mold toxicity among other environmental toxicity conditions. She has the knowledge of and ability to apply healing modalities such as nutrition, lifestyle counseling, botanical medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, craniosacral therapy, aromatherapy, and functional neurology, among others to assist in the most appropriate, individualized healing path for optimal well-being.

Further information about Dr. Duhon and her clinic, Illuminate Natural Health, can be found at:

Dr. Sarah Duhon N.D.

Illuminate Natural Health

Today we will be talking to Anthony Luczak, APRN, about the use of supplements/nutraceutical in various pediatric neurocognitive disorders, and more specifically, the potential role of leucovorin in the treatment of autism. We will discuss the pathophysiology behind this effect and will also touch on the utility of other supplements for therapy.

Further information can be obtained from his Substack,

Anthony Luczak, APRN | Substack

Vitamin B9 (Leucovorin) Overview. - by Anthony Luczak, APRN

Anthony APRN's: Approach to Leucovorin and Autism

Additional information:

Clinical Implications of Folate Transport in the Central Nervous System: Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Inborn Errors of Metabolism Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Approaches to Intervention - PubMed

From Wake-Up Call to Action Plan with Dr. Richard Bartlett

Today we will be talking to Sally K. Norton. MPH, Ivy-league nutritionist & author of the book, "Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick-and How to Get Better".

Sally K. Norton, MPH holds a nutrition degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree in public health. Her path to becoming a leading expert on dietary oxalate includes a prior career working at major medical schools in medical education and public health research. Her personal healing experience inspired years of research that led to her book, Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick-and How to Get Better which was released in January 2023 from Rodale Press and is available everywhere books are sold. Our topics for today will include:

• Functional Medicine and Oxalates 

• How Sally recovered from her chronic health issues by lowering her oxalate intake! 
• Sally's NEW COOKBOOK 

 Sally K. Norton's book, “Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick-and How to Get Better” is available everywhere books are sold., The Data Companion to Toxic Superfoods is available at https://sallyknorton.com/toxic_superfoods/data_companion. Sally’s latest project, the long awaited cookbook, Sally’s Recipe Collection, is filled with amazing recipes; it can be found at Shop.SallyKNorton.com. For more information, visit SallyKNorton.com or follow Sally on YouTube and social media. She’s @sknorton and @toxicsuperfoods_oxalate_book (on Instagram), @BeFreeToThrive  (on Facebook), and @BetterLowOx (on X)   

LINKS:

• Website: https://sallyknorton.com 
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/sknorton 
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/toxicsuperfoods_oxalate_book  
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/BeFreetoThrive 
• X: https://twitter.com/BetterLowOx  
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpmJtV19QCyjzaC5U691-A 
• "Toxic Superfoods" Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593139585?tag=randohouseinc7986-20 
• "Data Companion" Book: https://sallyknorton.com/toxic_superfoods/data_companion 
• Sally's Recipe Collection: https://shop.sallyknorton.com/products/low-oxalate-recipe-book-pdf-only 

In today's episode, we continue our previous discussion about supplements. We will talk about their uses, as well as their misuse in certain situations. In particular, we will talk about:

1) Magnesium (again)

2) Probiotics: Do They Really Work?

3) The Role of Antioxidants in Health

4) Vitamin C

5) Thiamine: The Overlooked Nutrient for Brain Health

-Exploring Thiamine for brain health

6) The Role of Trace Elements in Health

-Zinc

-Copper

7) Understanding Selenium and Zinc Balance

8) Phytonutrients: Benefits and Considerations

Today we will be talking to Christi Oden, a local physical therapist, about a variety of subjects, primarily focusing on aspects of exercise prescription in older adults, and the importance of exercise in maintaining good health as we age.

Some of the areas we will talk about include:

1.  Fall statistics

 2.  PT fall risk assessment 

3.  Risk factors for falling

4.  Tips to lower fall risk

5.  Strength, core, balance and reaction time exercises to lower the incidence of falls

We will also touch on:

 1. Backward walking: why is that so helpful?

2. How can more elderly pts adjust exercises for their own homes?

3. Why should elderly patients lift weights?

4. Is motion truly lotion (aka exercise is youth promoting anti-aging)?