Life's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Christine Trimpe is an author, speaker, and weight loss coach. 48 years old and 100+ pounds overweight, Christine’s health was in a precarious position. She had also been battling fatty liver disease, pre-diabetes, sleep apnea, and painful ovarian cysts. Today, her body has been set free from decades of obesity and a plethora of related health issues. How did she do it? How did she reclaim her health? It was part spiritual transformation, part mental renewal, and part nutritional understanding. In this conversation, Dr....
info_outline Episode 234: Aging on Your Terms Conference w/Dr. Ben BocchicchioLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Ben Bocchicchio is the author of 15 Minutes to FITNESS: Dr. Ben's SMaRT Plan for Diet and Total Health and has been an innovator and leader in the fields of fitness, exercise, and health since the 1970s. He was awarded degrees in the fields of Health and Exercise at the undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels. He was called upon as an expert by professional and college teams, TV, radio, screen, and stage personalities, medical institutions, and corporate entities. Dr. Ben owned and supervised a number...
info_outline Episode 233: Tammy FrostLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Tammy Frost is a highly experienced PA with a laundry list of awards, honors, certificates, and degrees. She practices medicine at her own private practice, Grace Direct Primary Care, where she helps patients to heal by taking a holistic approach to health and well being. Specifically, at her practice they practice a Glorified, functional Approach to Celestial Eudaimonia. Eudaimonia is a Greek word that is difficult to translate into English, but the rough translation is “good spirit” in other words “happiness”....
info_outline Episode 232: Doug ReynoldsLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Doug Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of LowCarbUSA®. The organization was founded in the beginning of 2016 with the initial intention of providing a platform, through an annual conference, for internationally renowned scientists and medical practitioners to present the ever-increasing body of evidence on the benefits of reducing carbohydrates in the diet (and adding in healthy fats). In this conversation, Dr. Brian and Doug talk about… (00:00) Intro (01:27) Doug’s new book, The Road to Metabolic Health, about...
info_outline Episode 231: Andy SchoonoverLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Andy Schoonover is the CEO and founder of CrowdHealth, a company that deploys a crowdfunding model to pay its users' medical bills. CrowdHealth, which is currently operating in all 50 states, can even help people when they're overseas. The idea for CrowdHealth was born shortly after Andy moved to Austin, TX. His insurance refused to cover a 15 minute, $8,000 procedure for his daughter who had to get tubes in her ears because she had a hole in her eardrum. The insurance company claimed the procedure was ’not essential’...
info_outline Episode 230: Dr. Adam NallyLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Adam Nally is (popularly known as ), is the go-to no-nonsense community-based physician providing practical weight management & general medical health through a distinctly individualized ketogenic, low-carbohydrate, ketogenic and/or carnivorous lifestyle combined with a cutting edge medical approach. He has over fifteen years of practical, in-the-trenches, medical experience and an enchantingly passionate, articulate, & genuine approach to the treatment of the “diseases of civilization.” In this...
info_outline Episode 229: Brooke MillerLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Brooke Miller is a therapist and life coach with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health and personal development. She founded Brooke Miller Coaching, Counseling and Therapy where she helps her clients improve self regulation, relationships and work/life balance using an integrated approach to emotional wellbeing. She earned her Master of Social Work (MSW) from California State University, Long Beach. Among other certifications and achievements, she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a...
info_outline Episode 228: Dr. Roshani SanghaniLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Roshani Sanghani is American board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. She is a super specialist in hormone imbalance and her practice style is all about helping patients achieve maximum hormone balance through lifestyle changes, so that they can have better health with less medication. She is the founder of Reisaan Health—a health practice dedicated to teaching patients how to reclaim their health through science-backed lifestyle modifications. She is also a speaker and the author of, Turn Around...
info_outline Episode 227: Dr. Andrew KoutnikLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Andrew Koutnik Ph.D. is a scientist specializing in the role of nutrition, exercise, and stress on metabolic health across populations, from metabolic disease (diabetes) to elite performers. Dr. Koutnik has trained in top-laboratories and held research positions at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, and Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, with significant contributions to the field of nutrition, diabetes management, and human performance. Dr....
info_outline Episode 226: Dr. Bonnie KaplanLife's Best Medicine Podcast
Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Bonnie Kaplan is a Professor Emerita in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally from Ohio, she did all her training in the US (University of Chicago and Brandeis University). Her interest in the biological basis of behavior led to postdoctoral training and then faculty research in neurophysiology at Yale University Department of Neurology and the West Haven (CT) Veterans Administration Neuropsychology Laboratory until she moved to Canada in 1979. She has...
info_outlineThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Drs. David and Jen Unwin are a husband and wife team who work to help people recover their metabolic health with their psychological and nutritional expertise.
Dr. David Unwin is a practicing GP based in Southport in the United Kingdom and is a recognized international expert on the topic of carbohydrates and Type 2 diabetes. He is the RCGP National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes. In 2015 he won the North West NHS ‘Innovator of the Year Award’ and in 2016 he won the National NHS ‘Innovator of the Year Award’ for his work in treating diabetes with a low carb.
Dr. Jen is a consultant clinical health psychologist who has worked in the NHS for over 30 years, helping people with chronic illnesses to improve their lives. She is also former chair of the UK Association for Solution Focused Practice.
In their conversation, Brian, Jen, and David talk about the horrible internal and external effects of addiction, Jen and David’s journey together as a couple and as partners in teaching people about metabolic health, the mental aspects of metabolic health, the value of hope and giving people hope, listening to patients and helping them define their goals, the importance of maintaining our relationships with loved ones, remote medical monitoring devices, the impacts of stress and how to reduce it, the process of empowering a patient to activate in the achievement of their own health goals, why focusing on patients rather than on money makes you more successful.
Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy!
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