Positive Health Podcast

I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the support of listeners and the contribution of our esteemed guests on Positive Health Podcast. The conversations will continue on the Nutritional Medicine Podcast. The Nutritional Medicine Podcast is the official podcast of the Nutritional Medicine Institute (NMI), an educational, advocacy and research group committed to advancing the science and practi...

Ciara Wright, PhD is Director of the Glenville Clinic, Dublin, Ireland and specialises in male and female fertility and women's hormonal balance. Ciara has a special interest in immune-related subfertility which can result in difficulty conceiving or recurrent miscarriage. She has a PhD in molecular biology from the Institute of Immunology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, experienc...

Ron Hunninghake is Chief Medical Officer at the Riordan Clinic, an internationally recognized pioneer of Intravenous Vitamin C (IVC) therapy, and co-author of three books and several research papers on integrative medicine. In addition to his full-time practice as a holistic medical doctor at the Riordan Clinic, Dr. Ron has made multiple trips to Japan, Spain, Ecuador, Columbia, New Zealand, Canad...

William B. Grant, Ph. D. is founder and president, Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, San Francisco, California and a leading expert on vitamin with over 275 publications listed at pubmed.gov. His primary research interests are identifying and quantifying the risk-modifying factors for chronic and infectious diseases, with a particular interest in ultraviolet irradiance and vitamin D...

Professor Julia Rucklidge PhD is director of the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Group at the University of Canterbury and a pioneer of research on mental health and nutrition. Her research has explored the impact of nutritional interventions in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and adults, anxiety and stress in adults and children following catastrophe, insomnia, premenstr...

William S. Harris, PhD, FAHA is an internationally recognized expert on omega-3 fatty acids with more than 300 publications relating to fatty acids in medical literature and author on two American Heart Association scientific statements on fatty acids. Kristina Harris Jackson, PhD, RD has contributed important publications to the omega-3 field specifically related to maternal health in addition to...

In this remarkable interview Dr Robert Verkerk shares a blueprint for a sustainable healthcare system that incorporates factors such as patient empowerment, nutrition, lifestyle medicine, societal change and environmental ecology. Dr Robert Verkerk BSc MSc DIC PhD FACN, is Founder, Executive & Scientific Director of the Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH-Intl) and has been instrumental...

Brad Leech is a Clinical Nutritionist, Ayurvedic Herbalist, lecturer, clinic supervisor and research supervisor at  Endeavour College of Natural Health . Brad is currently undertaking his PhD at the  Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine,  University of Technology Sydney   where his research involves developing a clinical practice guideline for the assessment and man...

Dr. Samuel Yanuk is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and creator of Cogence Immunology, a widely acclaimed online functional immunology course for clinicians. Dr Yanuk is also in private practice focusing primarily on immunology and the application of natural methods in cases involving im...

Justine Bold is a researcher and clinician whose remarkable work has improved our understanding of food sensitivities, in particular non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, and how it may contribute to a diverse range of issues, from infertility to mental illness. Justine is Senior lecturer in Nutritional Therapy at the School of Allied Health and Community, University of Worcester, Program Director of Co...

Dr Jonathan Prousky has been instrumental in the advancement of nutrition and integrative medicine in mental health care for over two decades. He is author of over 70 research papers, 7 books (including Integrative Clinical Nutrition, and Anxiety; Orthomolecular Diagnosis and Treatment), and several book chapters.  Dr Prousky is Professor at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Lead Supe...

Dr Glenn Gibson is one of the world's leading experts on expert in gut health and prebiotics, having originally coined the term "prebiotic." Dr Gibson was responsible for the initiation of the whole prebiotic concept for gut microbiota management through diet. He has published over 450 research papers and is currently researching acute and chronic gut disease, autism, obesity and probiotic/prebiot...

Dr Ames is a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. His research has been fundamental in developing our understanding of how suboptimal micronutrient intakes contribute to accelerated aging and chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune dysfunc...

Dr Gonzalez is Professor at the Nutrition Program, School of Public Health in the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico and Adjunct faculty at the University of Western States. The author over 200 scientific publications, Dr Gonzalez has developed a model for therapeutic intervention based on pioneering experimental science, innovative theories of disease development, and clinical res...

Dr. Felice Gersh is Board Certified in OB/GYN, completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine, and is Director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine. As physician teacher Dr Gersh served as Assistant Clinical Professor of OB/GYN at Keck USC School of Medicine for 12 years. An internationally recognized pioneer in integrative women's health, Dr G...

Ray Griffiths obtained his Masters in Personalised Nutrition from Middlesex University where his work focused on the role that mitochondria play in Parkinson's disease. Ray is author of the reference text; Mitochondria in Health and Disease: Personalized Nutrition for Healthcare Practitioners. As a Registered Nutritionist and Lecturer, Ray has been researching and practicing nutrition for over 20...

Dr. Alan Gaby received his M.D. from the University of Maryland, was in private practice for 19 years, specializing in nutritional medicine, professor of nutrition at Bastyr University, and is author of several books and publications, including his remarkable and essential textbook Nutritional Medicine . In this interview we dive deep into the science and explore controversies surrounding the use,...

Dr. Chevalier is a core faculty member and former director of research at the California Institute for Human Science in Encinitas, California, and Director of the Earthing Institute. His  background in physics led him to studying the effects of bioelectrical changes generated by Earthing or Grounding on human physiology. In this spectacular interview we explore the remarkable science of earthing,...

Dr. Haines Ely, MD is a board-certified dermatologist, researcher, clinician and Clinical Professor UC Davis University of California Davis School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology. In this remarkable interview, Dr. Ely takes us on a journey that connects dots between nutrition, gastroenterology, microbiology, cardiology, hepatology, immunology and dermatology. His extensive experience and no...

Dr. James Greenblatt is a leading expert in eating and mood disorders and a pioneer of nutritional medicine for mental health. For the last three decades, Dr. Greenblatt has devoted his career to educating clinicians and patients in the role of integrative medicine and nutrition in the treatment mental illness. Dr. Greenblatt has published several books, including recently The Breakthrough Depress...

Lucille Leader is an expert on the personalized nutritional management of Parkinson's disease and a pioneer of true integrative care for neurodegenerative illness. She is the Nutrition Director of the London Pain Relief and Nutritional Support Clinic at The Highgate Hospital, Special Section for Parkinson's Disease, co-author and editor of several books, recipient of numerous awards, council membe...

Angela Walker has specialized in the management of chronic fatigue working at the award-winning Optimum Health Clinic. Angela delivers workshops and coaching in sustainable high performance to leaders all over the world, has taught at BSc level, and trained other practitioners on the use of functional laboratory testing. More recently, her focus is on applying a systems biology and functional medi...

Angelique Panagos is author of The Balance Plan: Six Steps to Optimize your Hormonal Health and specialises in nutritional and lifestyle based approaches to women's health. We explore how diet can have a profound influence on hormonal balance and lead to the development of a wide range of symptoms and illnesses, such as emotional, reproductive, fertility and other issues. Also, we cover some of th...

Eleanor Rogan has been involved in ground breaking research that has helped uncover a preventable cause of cancer development related to unbalanced estrogen metabolism. Her early work on tumor initiation by catechol quinones of estrogens established a unified mechanism for the development of breast, prostate and other human cancers. This work has recently resulted in tests that will help with earl...

Dr. Nalini Chilkov is a leading authority and pioneer in the field of Integrative Cancer Care, cancer prevention, and immune enhancement and Founder of the American Institute of Integrative Oncology Research & Education. In this remarkable interview, we explore the "tumour microenvironment" and how environmental, lifestyle, nutritional and physiological factors influence cancer development from a...