Holistic Health with Dr. Heather Heck

Send us Fan Mail I've been following Dr. Emily Heisey for years as I've raised my kids and it was such a pleasure to get to know her and her colleague, Dr. Matt Otteman. They have an amazing approach to serving families through their expertise in chiropractic care and physical therapy specifically for kids as they reach key growth and development milestones. Dr. Emily and Dr. Matt are co...

Send us Fan Mail The heartbeat of the BeeFree gluten-free company isn’t just their focus on real ingredients and delicious tasting food, but it’s their mission to support the autistic community.  Jennifer Weise is an entrepreneur and mother of four sons. One of her sons received an autism diagnosis when he was eight and her motherly instincts took over. We’ve all been there… Their whole family emb...

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual well-being is something we often don't talk about.  A lot happened for me this past fall… my husband had an accident that led to a life flight, we found out we were pregnant with our third (which was a complete surprise), and then I decided it was time to quit my job. I found myself searching spiritually and somehow this brought me to John Burke’s interview on the S...

Send us Fan Mail It’s no surprise that while we all love to treat our furry friends like family, in many cases they need and deserve the same healthy practices as humans in order to live their own good-better-best life! Today, I got to interview Dr. Daniel Beatty, founder of Biohacking for Dogs . Biohacking for dogs is the same as biohacking for humans.  The foundation of biohacking is removing un...

Send us Fan Mail My niece is starting medical school in a couple of weeks and she recently watched the Netflix documentary “Hack Your Gut Health: The Secrets of Your Gut”. She asked me to watch it and share my thoughts with her from a functional medicine and nutrition standpoint.  Though I do highly recommend checking the funding source of any documentary in order to spot an agenda, I was pleasant...

Send us Fan Mail I'm sharing my thoughts as I watch the Netflix original series, "You Are What You Eat: a Twin Study". This is absolutely the GOLD standard when it comes to collecting scientific data, so I applaud the effort. There were some statements I wholeheartedly agreed with and then some not so much... it's important to note how the study is being funded and I shed some...

Send us Fan Mail Top 5 of the Most Common Health Questions for Google - Why am I always tired? - Why do I snore? - How do I prevent influenza? - Why I am always bloated? - How do I manage hypertension?   I’m diving into five of the most Googled Health questions and offering my experience from practice on what has helped my patients through natural remedies or a holistic approach. Sometimes it’s ju...

Send us Fan Mail For our second Holistic Health Anonymous, I sent out a topic for all my followers to answer on an upcoming podcast episode:  What diet or nutrition plan has negatively or positively impacted you or a family member's health? This time, I had two similar responders. Interestingly, both of these perspectives included gluten. Maybe their experiences could help you with the sympto...

Send us Fan Mail "I thought that people would get healthier and that there’d be changes in our environment so that things would get cleaner and the opposite has happened… we’re seeing higher rates of toxins in our air, food, and water. Staying healthy is now a proactive part of life to prevent disease." Dr. Judith Thompson is a Naturopathic Doctor. She graduated from the National College...

Send us Fan Mail Glyphosates are the most common pesticides in agriculture. Developed in 1950 and commercialized in 1974, glyphosates were patented in 1964 to bind to minerals and clear them out of pipes…   Thanks to Round-up, glyphosates are now present in more than 90% of soybeans, corn, cotton, and sugar beets. Additionally, according to the National Library of Medicine's 2022 published st...

Send us Fan Mail Is there anything better than the refreshing sound of that 'click' of a tab on a hot summer day? Today, I'm sharing my taste test and my opinion on several non-alcoholic beverages on the market. I get many of them from Thrive and some you can find at your everyday grocery store. Honestly, by this point in my pregnancy, I am starting to crave my favorite bubbly, summ...

Send us Fan Mail I sent out a topic for all my followers to answer on an upcoming podcast episode:  Tell me about a time when alternative medicine helped you and maybe when traditional medicine did not.  I had several responders and two very different stories that surfaced. Interestingly, both of these perspectives are from the male point of view. But their situations happen without regard to gend...

Send us Fan Mail It’s a root to treat the root cause…Tabernanthe iboga (iboga) is an evergreen rainforest shrub native to Central Africa and Trevor Millar has utilized its healing properties to treat folks like you and me who are addicts or recovering addicts, veterans or suffering from PTSD, battling traumatic brain injuries, struggling with anxiety or depression, and even Parkinson's diseas...

Send us Fan Mail My guest today is Karin G. Reiter. Her nutrition journey started when she was diagnosed at the age of 18 with her first autoimmune disease (Hashimoto’s thyroid disease). She then doubled down after being diagnosed with celiac disease following the birth of her second child. She did not see much improvement in her symptoms or antibody levels following a conventional medicinal appro...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Alicia Barnes has seen an increase in knee, elbow, and shoulder surgeries in student-athletes in her practice alone. These injuries and general strain have increased risks of degenerative joint disease.  The American Psychological Association recommends 2-3 months off a sport each year. We need to ask ourselves whether the physical, mental, and emotional toll youth athletics a...

Send us Fan Mail Where do you take someone on a first date when they tell you that they’re gluten-free and vegan?  When Colin Logan first met Heather, he would usually choose to eat something like Taco Bell and maybe have a beer to unwind since he got out of work late. As the Owner/Operator of Logan’s Irish Pub in Findlay, Ohio, this was commonplace and probably sounds familiar if you work or run...

Send us Fan Mail What affects your hormones, especially your estrogen levels? Well, high-intensity exercises, stress, lack of sleep, certain foods, mineral deficiencies, eating estrogen-generating foods, and allowing toxins to be absorbed from beauty products... in other words, so many things!  Anti-nutrients from things like genetically modified 'Frankenfoods' like monosodium glutamate...

Send us Fan Mail I don't know about you, but I've found it challenging to find a lot of clean anti-aging products on the market. That may be an entirely separate episode, so today we're focused on looking through our makeup bags and uncovering our good-better-best options in clean cosmetics.  When I was having fertility issues, I immediately started looking through my makeup bag. If...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Peter Nickless, is currently the Dean of Online Education for Northeast College of Health Sciences. He has a master's degree in human nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern New Hampshire, a master's degree in operations and project management from the University of Southern New Hampshire, and a...

Send us Fan Mail Our lifestyle choices greatly impact who we are, how we age, and how we function. In most things, I realize we all still have to live our lives and we can drive ourselves crazy reducing our chemical load and constantly refining our diets. Hence the good, better, best mentality. But when it comes to seed oils, I am a stickler! DYK: It takes 680 days to rid seed oils from our bodies...

Send us Fan Mail Who has ever been on an antibiotic for a UTI and then had to get on something else for a yeast infection? Today, we’re going deeper into urinary tract health and the common signs and symptoms of UTIs. This isn’t just for us women, this also applies to our guys who maybe have been struggling with enlarged prostates, too. There’s truly so much more we can do holistically and natural...

Send us Fan Mail This was such a fun opportunity to get to interview Shira Page, RN, NP, CLC who’s the medical team lead for Bobbi + Baby’s Only formula. Her own feeding journey as well as her work as a nurse practitioner and certified lactation consultant has completely reshaped the way she sees healthy feeding.  “5 years ago if you would have told me I’d be working at an infant formula company,...

Send us Fan Mail When your doctor prescribes a medication, do they also spend time telling you all of the side effects and how you can also combat those? My guess is no... Today, we’re spending time discussing various over the counter and prescribed medications - which do have a time and place - and how they can deplete the body of various nutrients. For examples, Prilosec or Omeprazole deplete th...

Send us Fan Mail The great awaited pantry overhaul and refrigerator clean-up I've been promising is finally here! I will go item-by-item and explain the good, better, and best options we use in our every day life. I have littles and a husband, and we all have our preferences, but it's not impossible to have yummy, holistic options locally and shipped to us. We're investing in our to...

Send us Fan Mail "You are what you eat. Don't be fast, cheap, easy, or fake." We're continuing the conversation about anti-aging and specifically focusing on inflammation and how it relates to what we consume. Like anything, the quality of what you put into your body is what you'll get out of your body.  We look a little closer at healthy fats, supplements, and herbs.  I a...