Charlie Arnott joins me to discuss one of the most important topics relating to the health of our planet and our own health - regenerative agriculture. We discuss holistic land management and the important role it plays in our environment. We know that nutrient-dense food is important for our health, but so too is the way it is grown.

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Dr Jonathan Latham joins me today to discuss agriculture and how it affects almost everything on the planet, including our own health, drinking water and biodiversity. We discuss chemicals and how they're regulated, something that definitely affects all of us and our health.

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Dr Jonathan Latham's website Science Writings

The Bioscience Resource Project

Independent Science News

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Hello and welcome to Unstress, I'm Dr Ron Ehrlich. Now today's show is a particularly interesting one because it covers so many areas that we've touched on in previous shows and brings them together in a really interesting way. One of those subjects, of course, is agriculture. Another is food, from soil to plate, another is the role of the chemical, food and pharmaceutical industry, particularly the chemical industry, in healthcare and another subject we touch on is the fact that regulatory bodies aren't always doing what we assume they should and that protects the public interest and that means to protect public health rather than ensure corporate sales are maintained.

There are so many examples in the last 100 years of that happening, most notably lead in petrol. Now it was known in the 1920s that there was a problem, ethanol could've been used to stop engines knocking, because that was the problem, but the problem was that was it was available to everybody and if they patented lead in the petrol, they could charge an extra three cents a litre as it was then in the 1920s. They knew it was toxic. They knew lead was toxic. Eventually, some 70 or so years later, lead was banned in the 1990s but we're still feeling the effects of that one today. Tobacco was another one, known to be bad for health many many years ago in the 1940s or '50s but it was only just after the year 2000 that the FDA and the US Congress eventually labelled tobacco addictive. That was called the tobacco playbook.

We see the same thing happening today with glyphosate, electromagnetic radiation, perhaps we could argue about climate change as well, but anyway, I digress. My guest today is Dr Jonathan Latham. Now Jonathan is the co-founder and executive director of the Bioscience Research Project and editor of the Independent Science News, what a novel idea. A science that's independent of industry and profit, just interested in science and its effects on public health. Jonathan holds a master's degree in crop genetics and a PhD in virology. He was subsequently a post-doctoral research associate in the department of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before heading the Bioscience Research Project, he has published scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, plant virology, genetics and the very topical, genetic engineering.

He regularly presents at scientific conferences on papers published by the Bioscience Research Project. We cover some interesting territory and as if we needed reminding, why should we all be interested in agriculture? Well, it affects almost everything on the planet and that includes our health, the drinking water, biodiversity. Remember, the more diverse, the more resilient. The more resilient, the healthier we are and so is the planet. It also affects the climate, food safety, livelihoods, coral reefs, culture, rivers, lakes, all affected by agriculture.

I think this whole discussion today on the chemicals and how they're regulated and how they found their way in is a particularly interesting one and I think it makes good sense that we should all be interested in this. It's one of the reasons why I focus on regenerative agriculture so much on this show. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Dr Jonathan Latham.

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Welcome to the show, Jonathan.

Dr Jonathan Latham:            Hi there Ron, thanks for having me.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Jonathan,

Dr Jonathan Latham joins me today to discuss agriculture and how it affects almost everything on the planet, including our own health, drinking water and biodiversity. We discuss chemicals and how they're regulated, something that definitely affects all of us and our health.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit Dr Jonathan Latham's website Science Writings.

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Dr Jonathan Latham joins me today to discuss agriculture and how it affects almost everything on the planet, including our own health, drinking water and biodiversity. We discuss chemicals and how they're regulated, something that definitely affects all of us and our health.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit Dr Jonathan Latham's website Science Writings.

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Holistic dentist, colleague and friend, Dr David Cowhig joins me to discuss holistic dentistry and his model called Oral FITNESS. Oral health is integral to our general health, yet something that is often forgotten about or neglected. Through his model, David explains the impact of oral health and the approach of a holistic dentist.

Selected Links from the Episode

Dr David Cowhig website

Unstress episode with Dr Lewis Ehrlich on oral health

Unstress episode with Dr Steven Lin on the Dental Diet

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Hello and welcome to Unstress. I'm Dr Ron Ehrlich. It's time for another dental checkup and this week my guest is holistic dentist, colleague and friend, Dr David Cowhig, originally from the UK, but for the last 20 years or so, residing in Brisbane, Australia.

David has a great acronym to explain what holistic dentistry is all about and some of the things to consider when it comes to your oral health. David calls it Oral FITNESS, F-I-T-N-E-S-S. I'll let him explain it.

When I first heard this, I loved it. I thought it was terrific. I wanted to share it with you and as I said, I'm going to let him explain what oral fitness stands for. I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Dr David Cowhig.

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Welcome to the show, David.

Dr David Cowhig:               Hello Ron. Good to be on the show.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Thanks, David. David, you are a holistic dentist just like me. I'm just interested today because it wasn't part of our training. Firstly, how do you describe a holistic dentist and how did you get there?

Dr David Cowhig:               I think a holistic dentist accepts the fact that the health of your mouth has an impact on the health of the body and vice versa. There's a link between a lot of chronic diseases and dental health. As holistic dentists, we take it very seriously. We try to create a safer, healthy, beautiful smile. For about 20 years I've been a holistic dentist. It's been a journey of continual learning and it continues to be a journey of learning, which is the most exciting thing about this aspect of dentistry.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    You've been in practice now for how long?

Dr David Cowhig:               This December is my 30th year of being a dentist.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    So the first 10 years were... Listen, we both know and maybe not everybody does, but it's pretty intense being a dentist and very focused in the mouth, and very finicky kind of work. It's pretty easy to get lost in that and forget, isn't it, that those things are much bigger than what we see. What was the change for you?

Dr David Cowhig:               I was working in England and I had the opportunity to work in one of the holistic dentists in a small town called [Crowbra 00:02:41] in the top of the South Downs. That opened my eyes to the nutritional aspect that was incorporating when an amalgam was being removed, for example.

Dr David Cowhig:               It was just at the time I was leaving England to move to Australia with my wife and young son. I was able to do a fellowship in nutritional and environmental medicine with ACNEM within the first year of arriving here.

Dr David Cowhig:               I was also buying a practice at the same time and I decided I'd start, from day one, incorporating these aspects into the way that I treated patients and I've gone from there. Every year there's something new to learn, whether it be epigenetics, airways, sleep or a whole range of things that are all incorporated in what we do.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Yeah. The more you learn, the more you realize you don't know. Although there's a certain comfort in thinking that you know everything.

Dr David Cowhig:               Yes. Look, I wouldn't say-

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Not that you do. I'm not saying you do.

Holistic dentist, colleague and friend, Dr David Cowhig joins me to discuss holistic dentistry and his model called Oral FITNESS. Oral health is integral to our general health, yet something that is often forgotten about or neglected. Through his model, David explains the impact of oral health and the approach of a holistic dentist.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

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Holistic dentist, colleague and friend, Dr David Cowhig joins me to discuss holistic dentistry and his model called Oral FITNESS. Oral health is integral to our general health, yet something that is often forgotten about or neglected. Through his model, David explains the impact of oral health and the approach of a holistic dentist.

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Cyndi O'Meara is this week's guest. She is a Nutritionist, filmmaker, best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and founder of Changing Habits. Cyndi is passionate about teaching people how they can make better choices in their lives in order to enjoy greater health throughout their life. In this episode, we talk about her documentary 'What's With Wheat?', where she shares some fascinating information about wheat.

Selected Links from the Episode

Changing Habits website

What's With Wheat? website

Unstress episode with Charles Massy on glyphosate

Unstress episode with Professor Fred Provenza on nutritional wisdom

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Hello, and welcome to Unstress. I'm Dr Ron Ehrlich. Now, wheat. It has come in for a lot of attention in recent years. And let's face it, it's everywhere. Artisan bread, muffins, cakes, certainly in many processed foods. My guest today is Cyndi O'Meara. Cyndi is a nutritionist, a filmmaker, a best-selling author, a TEDx speaker, and founder of Changing Habits, more about that later. Essentially, her greatest love is to teach people so that they can make better choices in their lives in order to enjoy greater health throughout their life. And she has also done a documentary called What's with Wheat? There's a lot more we discuss, but some of the information about wheat was new to me. I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Cyndi O'Meara.

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Welcome to the show, Cyndi.

Cyndi O'Meara:                   Thank you.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Cyndi, there are so many things you are in involved in and you're doing, and I wondered if you could just give us a little bit of background about your journey here into healthcare?

Cyndi O'Meara:                   Well, I was brought up in a family that was very much into health, but a very different type of health. My dad had been a pharmacist in his early career, but by the time I was born, he was a chiropractor.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Wow.

Cyndi O'Meara:                   So, yeah.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Quite a transition.

Cyndi O'Meara:                   Well, definitely because they're two very different paradigms of thinking. And one is very mechanistic and the other one is very vitalistic. My dad swang from giving drugs for a disease to adjusting people for disease. And he was very staunch and very strong and very opinionated about medications, vaccines, things like that. This was back in the '60s. I was brought up without a drug in sight. If I had an infection, he said, "Your body can deal with it." If I had a fever, he said, "Your body can deal with it." In anything, he made sure that our body was given the right resources. So, we were always outside. He was a hiker and a camper. We lived with stunning food. My mom was an amazing cook. We had chiropractic care for our whole life. And so I'm 59 this year and I've never had an antibiotic. I've never had a Panadol.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Wow.

Cyndi O'Meara:                   I've never had an anti-inflammatory. The only medication that I've had is dental, which is interesting. And that is just injections whenever they think it's going to hurt me. So, that's it. That's all I've ever had. And I-

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    So, he was a chiropractor by the time you were born?

Cyndi O'Meara:                   ... Yes.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Okay.

Cyndi O'Meara:                   He became a chiropractor in '59 and I was born in 1960.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:                    Wow. Yeah. He learned firsthand that pharmaceuticals may not be all they're cracked up to be.

Cyndi O'Meara:                   Well, his first insight was, he ... Two things happened that completely changed him. One, he had this older lady that was very healthy come in for a prescription at the age of 75, her very first.

Cyndi O'Meara is a nutritionist, filmmaker, best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and founder of Changing Habits. Cyndi is passionate about teaching people how they can make better choices in their lives in order to enjoy greater health throughout their life. In this episode, we talk about her documentary 'What's With Wheat?', where she shares some fascinating information about wheat.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit Changing Habits website

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Cyndi O'Meara is a nutritionist, filmmaker, best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and founder of Changing Habits. Cyndi is passionate about teaching people how they can make better choices in their lives in order to enjoy greater health throughout their life. In this episode, we talk about her documentary 'What's With Wheat?', where she shares some fascinating information about wheat.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit Changing Habits website

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