The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z

Rob Verkerk PhD is a multi-disciplinary scientist, researcher, educator, regulatory expert and campaigner with 40 years’ experience in the non-profit sector, academia and as a consultant to the regenerative agriculture and natural products sectors. He holds Masters and PhD degrees from Imperial College London where he continued as a postdoctoral researcher for a further 7 years, working in Eastern and Southern Africa, as well as Central and South East Asia. 

In 2002, Dr Verkerk founded the non-profit Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) that has been at the forefront of protecting and promoting natural and regenerative health approaches and health freedom internationally. He has acted as ANH’s executive and scientific director since its inception, and in April 2023, after being ANH-USA’s scientific director for 15 years, Dr Verkerk also became the organization’s executive and scientific director. 

The Alliance for Natural Health 

CONTACT: 

www.anh-usa.org

Swathi Varanasi-Diaz, Pharm.D.,  is an award-winning healthcare professional recognized for her trailblazing work at the forefront of personalized medicine and healthcare innovation. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from the Medical University of South Carolina and became the first pharmacist in the U.S. to complete a postdoctoral residency in integrative medicine and preventive health. Following this achievement, she co-founded the Integrative Health Pharmacy Residency Program. Her credentials also include a postdoctoral fellowship in biotech and nutrition from Cornell University.

Contact:

Instagram: @doctorswathi

Susan Marks, MSN, FNP-C, PHN, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in cannabis medicine. She is a native Californian, currently living in Nevada, and has clinical experience in adult Medical/Surgical; pediatric Oncology/Hematology; home care; case management; disease management; quality improvement; and, risk management.

Nurse Susan has been a cannabis nurse and a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association for close to a decade. She educates health professionals on how to use cannabis therapeutics in their practice, and she works with medical patients who want to include cannabis in their health management program.

Topic: Cannabis as Medicine

Contacts: Susan Marks, MSN, FNP-C, PHN

LinkedIn: Susan Edith Marks

Cannabis Consulting for Healthcare Professionals: https://nursesusaneducation.thinkific.com/courses/cannabis-consulting-for-health-professionals

Website: www.dearnursesusan.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram:  CBDbyNurseSusan

Facebook:  Dear Nurse Susan

YouTube: CBDbyNurseSusan

Psychologist Glenn Livingston helps people towards healthy eating habits for a living. Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own patients AND a  research program with more than 40,000 participants. Most important, however, was his own personal journey out of obesity and food prison to a normal, healthy weight and a much more lighthearted relationship with life.

He Will Discuss:  Eight Simple Steps to Permanently Control Food Cravings from an Author Who’s Helped Almost 2,000 Clients Stop Overeating

Contact:  https://defeatyourcravings.com/

FREE book https://www.defeatyourcravings.com/BlogMePlease/download-the-free-reader-bonuses/

Psychologist Glenn Livingston helps people towards healthy eating habits for a living. Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own patients AND a  research program with more than 40,000 participants. Most important, however, was his own personal journey out of obesity and food prison to a normal, healthy weight and a much more lighthearted relationship with life.

He Will Discuss:  Eight Simple Steps to Permanently Control Food Cravings from an Author Who’s Helped Almost 2,000 Clients Stop Overeating

Contact:  https://defeatyourcravings.com/

FREE book https://www.defeatyourcravings.com/BlogMePlease/download-the-free-reader-bonuses/

Katherine Reid, PhD ,  a biochemist, and Barbara Price, a seasoned science writer, delve into the hidden dangers of MSG, revealing how this additive, prevalent in processed foods, is linked to conditions such as obesity, diabetes, autism, addiction, depression, and cancer. Their research not only sheds light on how MSG is produced during food manufacturing but also provides practical dietary solutions to combat its harmful effects. 

Contact:   unblindmymind.org 

YouTube: @katiereidSC 

(Twitter): @UnblindMyMind

 Instagram: @unblindmymind 

TikTok: unblindmymind

 LinkedIn: Katherine Reid 

Facebook: UnblindMyMind 

Join hosts , The Natural Nurse & DrZ, as they explore some of the most powerful natural  treatments for digestive ailments.

Digestive concerns are one of the top issues that initiate both in office calls to physicians and over-the-counter sales of self-help medicines.

In fact, heartburn, GERD, gas ,bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and even more serious conditions such as colitis and Crohn's disease are so common in the western developed world, that many  mainstream prescription medicines have become Over the counter [ OTC] and are used by millions of people at their peril, as they have a litany of side effects and drug nutrient depletions.

For example, allopathic treatment of GERD/ heartburn requires patients to be put on a cocktail of proton pump inhibitors and Histamine blocking pharmaceuticals for lengthy periods to block excess acid when in fact, patients have an overproduction of too weak acid, and  have chronic hiatal hernias. The Standard American diet,{SAD}  is devoid of many nutrients, and the use of these pharmaceuticals leads to gastroparesis, or the food remaining in the stomach for too long…. fermenting, causing gas and bloating, and feeding negative stomach intestinal flora.

 Natural medicines and TCM [the ancient Chinese system of medicine] have developed effective, non-toxic treatments that get to the root cause of these conditions. For instance, a naturopathic physician Fletcher (1800s ) had his patients simply take bitter herbs,  chew their food to liquid, take time with their  meals,  and cured 90% of these all digestive conditions!!

In addition, there are a host of other effective treatments that will be discussed in the program  such as digestive tonic herbs,carminatives, aperitifs, homeopathics, traditional Chinese medicine, enzymes,and other supplements  which can Aid patients in the treatment of  these acute and chronic digestive concerns.

Contact:    Ellen Kamhi PhD, RN, AHN-BC, RH(AHG)

                 www.naturalnurse.com

                 Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, AHG

Join Hosts, Ellen Kamhi PhD RN, The Natural Nurse® and Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, AHG , as  they discuss herbal formulas have been used for hundreds if not thousands of years to help people keep their immune system strong , and either prevent or shortened an upper respiratory infection ,cold or flu.

In modern times, we call it our greater defensive system, which includes The lymph, spleen, white blood cells of the immune system, and even the vast GI system, including stomach acids, M cells of the GI Tract, the Liver and kupffer cells, and the Gut microbiome.

Contact:    Ellen Kamhi PHD, RN, AHN-BC, RH(AHG)

                  Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, AHG

Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, MD PHD

Phone: 1-617-823-1610

Martin Moore-Ede MD PhD is a world-leading expert on circadian clocks and how light impacts human health. As a professor at Harvard Medical School, he led the team that located the human circadian clock, and showed how it was synchronized by light.  He founded the Circadian Light Research Center which identified the key blue wavelengths that control the circadian clock, and patented & developed the first evidence-based healthy circadian lights. His new book THE LIGHT DOCTOR Using Light to Boost Health, Improve Sleep and Live Longer

is available at :

 https://www.amazon.com/Light-Doctor-Martin-Moore-Ede/dp/B0D54SHWS4

Topic:

Dr Moore-Ede makes the compelling case that the light you see is as important to your health as the food you drink, the water you drink, and the air you breathe. He provides conclusive evidence that too many LED lights on store shelves produce cheap and bright "junk light" which can be as unhealthy for your body as junk food. THE LIGHT DOCTOR clarifies the science, describes the evidence-based healthy lights that are now available, and provides the essential practical guide for everyone who uses electric light.

Contact:

Book: https://thelightdoctor.com/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Light-Doctor-Martin-Moore-Ede/dp/B0D54SHWS4

Website: https://circadianlight.org/

Substack: lightdoctormartinmooreede.substack.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-ede-80630a12/

Forest Magic with Plant and Fungi Allies

Phone  207-670-5363  

Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue is a clinical herbalist, writer, and teacher who weaves together the insights of traditional Western herbalism and contemporary science. A columnist for Plant Healer Magazine and founder of the Otherworld Well Hedge School, he lives in western Maine. On todays show, we discuss Sean’s new book, The Silver Branch and the Otherworld- Forest Magic with Plant and Fungi Allies.

Contact:

Website: http://www.otherworldwell.com

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/greenmansean/

David Hoffmann B.Sc., F.N.I.M.H., RH (AHG)

A Fellow of Britain’s National Institute of Medical Herbalists, David Hoffmann has been a phytotherapist for 45 years.

Graduating in Biological Science from Sussex University in 1973, and after clinical training  became a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists 1978. He was ‘elevated’ to fellowship of the Institute in 1995.

After moving to the US in 1986 he joined the faculty of the California School of Herbal Studies. He was one of the 12 founding members and a past president of the American Herbalist Guild.

The author of 14 books, translated into 9 languages, such as The Holistic Herbal and Medical Herbalism. A peripatetic teacher to herb schools, as well as academic institutions, and frequent presenter at conferences throughout the English speaking world. In 2004 he joined Traditional Medicinals as formulator and Principal Scientist, retiring in 2020,

An activist his whole life, he ran for parliament in the UK for the Green Party in 1983. So, after being a clinical phytotherapist forever, he now has finally discovered the garden and that he is actually an herbalist!