This episode of the WholisticMatters Podcast Series was recorded live at the Florida Chiropractic Association (FCA) annual event The National featuring Sherry McCallister, DC, MS (ED), CCSP.

Michelle Simon, PhD, ND, describes naturopathic medicine as the "engineering of healthcare." Dr. Simon, who began her career with an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering before obtained her PhD in biomedical engineering and becoming a naturopathic physician, is the president and CEO of the Institute for Natural Medicine (INM). In this podcast, John P. Troup, PhD, and Dr. Simon discuss delivery of education and content, effective and evolving delivery formats, and the importance of free and open-access education.

Ryan Lazarus, DC, MS, is a practicing chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner in California near the Napa Valley. He was also one of the speakers at the 2019 Florida Chiropractic Association (FCA) annual event The National, where the WholisticMatters Podcast Series recorded live episodes. Dr. Lazarus discussed implementing therapeutic lifestyle changes, gamifying therapeutic intervention, and the importance of personalizing wellness plans.

Maurice Werness, ND, was one of the founding board members of the Institute for Natural Medicine when it was established almost 30 years ago in 1992. Now, Dr. Werness is a practicing naturopathic doctor in Durham, North Carolina. We found him at the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) annual conference where the WholisticMatters Podcast Series with host John P. Troup was recording live.

Dr. Werness, the author of several books, was a competitive tennis player before he got into medicine, but he didn't know anything about health. "I was asking my body to perform like a Ferrari, but I was putting diesel fuel in the tank," he described. Now as a physician, he remarks that most people are "sick and tired of being sick and tired." Dr. Werness is passionate about revolutionizing medicine, especially in Durham.

Meghan Hamrock, MS, MPH, is a public health specialist in North Carolina attending the American Association for Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) annual conference and exhibition for the first time. At AANP 2019, the WholisticMatters Podcast Series with John P. Troup, PhD, was live, and during the discussion with Hamrock, we gained valuable insights into the importance of public health in medicine.

Hamrock has experience working in community health clinics assessing an individual's readiness to truly make a healthy change in their life. She is passionate about adjusting the mindset that produce is too expensive or that no one wants to buy it. Recently she spent some time analyzing the cost of purchasing fruits and vegetables in comparison to popular fast food sources, dispelling the rumor that healthy food is more expensive than non-healthy food. Hamrock practices making healthy choices and educating others on healthy living in her own home, as she teaches her three year-old son to cook. Noah has been known to munch on bell peppers like most other young children munch on apples.

Live from the Florida Chiropractic Association's The National, the world's largest event for chiropractic, the WholisticMatters Podcast Series with host John P. Troup, PhD, joins Richard Brown, DC, Secretary-General of the World Federation for Chiropractic (WFC) to discuss the future of the chiropractic industry.

The WFC represents the national associations of 94 countries around the world and is currently promoting the "Be EPIC" campaign (Evidence-based, People-entered, Inter-professional care, and Collaborative). Dr. Brown says "there has never been a better time to be a chiropractor."

Heidi Haavik, DC, PhD, is a chiropractor from New Zealand who got her doctoral degree in human neurophysiology to understand more about how and why chiropractic works. Recorded live at the Florida Chiropractic Association (FCA) annual event The National in Orlando, Florida, WholisticMatters Podcast Series host John P. Troup, PhD, talks with Dr. Haavik, who is an award-winning author, scientist, and clinician. Interestingly, Dr. Haavik's great grandfather on her mother's side was one of the first one thousand chiropractors to graduate from the Palmer College for Chiropractic. She is also the author of New York Times best seller "The Reality Check" that discusses the benefits of chiropractic.

Christopher Bump, DC, MS, has used nutrition in his practice for his long time. In this podcast episode, the WholisticMatters Podcast Series with John P. Troup, PhD, is recording live at the Florida Chiropractic Association (FCA) annual event The National, where Dr. Bump is back as a speaker. Dr. Troup and Dr. Bump discuss stress, inflammation, and modern-day stressors like politics and watching the news.

Slavko Komarnytsky, PhD, from the N.C. State University Plants for Human Health Institute, returns to the WholisticMatters podcast series with host John Troup, PhD, to discuss mechanisms involved in the control and balance of glucose appearance in the body. Komarnytsky, a leading expert in phytonutrients and the underlying mechanisms of metabolic processes, explains that modern humans include too many carbohydrates in the diet and that the body does not know how to manage the consequences.

Phytochemicals – unique compounds found in plants that are associated with various health benefits - are bitter as they present naturally in plants. But modern humans do not like bitter flavors; over time, food technologists removed bitter components to make food more palatable, more enjoyable. This led to a loss of bitter signaling in plant-based food that interacts with carbohydrate processing.

John Troup, PhD, talks to Bassem El-Khodor, PhD, a prominent thought leader on detox. El-Khodor discusses the different terms used for detox – what they really mean and what implications these differences have on selecting the right program for the right patient. Additionally, Troup and El-Khodor describe the differences between "detox," "purification," and "cleansing."