The Enlightened Pharmacist

Welcome to The Enlightened Pharmacist podcast. Does what you eat affect your medicines? There have been awareness of drugs or medicines and how it affects the way we absorb micronutrients through our experience with statins, iron and thyroxine supplementation, This is because medicines and foods sometime get broken down by the same pathway and can interact. An example is grapefruit juice and some...

Welcome to the podcast! In today's episode, we have a special guest, Saalihah Sedat, who is a Consultant Pharmacist, My Health For Life facilitator, a Personal coach and Mentor. She was also a Finalist for the City Of Logan Citizen of the Year Finalist Australia Day Awards 2020. Together, we explore the importance of being part of a community, how it can help us build a successful business, improv...

Welcome to the show! Are you struggling with chronic pain, headaches, or other neurological symptoms? It may be time to take a closer look at what you're eating. Recent research has shown that our diet can have a significant impact on the chemical messengers and neurotransmitters in our brain, which can lead to a variety of disorders and conditions Brain health is so important and there's emerging...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Episode #11 of The Enlightened Pharmacist. Why your intake of glutamate can impact your mood? Today's topic is very close to my heart: mental illness and glutamate excitatoxicity. I lost a dear friend and colleague to suicide. The consequences of this leaves a tsunami of disbelief, guilt to those left behind. I was very excited when I heard about the work of Professor Grant...

Today we are on a journey to answer some questions on weight loss: How many of you have been on numerous diets and a couple of months later, end up in square one? Weight loss can be challenging; some people end up on a slippery slope of hope, despair and frustration. The hope, the despair and the frustration is real. What wouldn't you give to reverse the standard patterns-one that most people acce...

Hello you, Welcome to the show, I've got a special guest on my podcast, my own dentist, Dr David Cowhig. who will give us a deep dive into the windows of our health, your mouth and the links with chronic disease like heart disease, diabetes, infertility, and arthritis.   Dr David Cowhig has been practising holistic dentistry over 30 years and is the Founder of Dental Wellness Clinic in Brisbane, A...

Welcome to the show, The Enlightened Pharmacist. Today I have Catherine Saxelby, one of Australia's most trusted award-winning nutritionists, author, blogger and " foodologist" Catherine heads the nutrition consultancy Foodwatch Pty Ltd that works with food corporations, supermarkets and government health programs. She runs an educational website at www.foodwatch.com.au  where she shares her disco...

Hi everyone! Welcome to Episode 7 of The Enlightened Pharmacist Podcast. Today, we're going to be talking to Professor Garry Egger. He is a Professor of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University and an advisor to many corporate bodies in chronic disease prevention. He has qualifications in behavioural biology and epidemiology I share a similar passion for preventative medicine with Pr...

What is health coaching? How does it work? These were the questions that crossed my mind when I deliberated whether to enrol in the Accredited Health Coaching Course. I consulted my inner circle, Nah, you're a pharmacist and worked on the Phone Lines, you don't need it. However, when I conducted medicine reviews, I felt like I could dig deeper with patients and transform their health habits, long-...

Hi everyone! Welcome to The Enlightened Pharmacist Podcast. Today, we're going to be talking to South Australian Eye Surgeon, Dr James Muecke co-founder of the social impact organisation , Sight for all, who deliver sustainable eye health care projects free of charge to countries and communities in need. We know that diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness, one of the most-feared compli...

Welcome to The Enlightened Pharmacist podcast. If you've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, have risk factor for diabetes, today's episode will help you dig deep into the root cause of this condition and what you can do to control your diabetes. Our guest today is Dr Sandeep Gupta, Integrative Physician based in Queensland and Educator of health practitioners After transforming his...

Are you stressed? Do you have low-grade inflammation that manifests as low energy and not being able to fulfil your life's purpose? Stress lowers immune function and drives chronic inflammation, a common denominator to all chronic disease and the pitfalls of ageing. To have good health, we first must understand stress by identifying ALL stressors in our lives and work towards minimising them as be...

Hi everyone! Welcome to our show notes for Episode #2 of The Enlightened Pharmacist. Are you or anyone in your family being exposed to toxic chemicals? (hint yes). The toxic load is high in our food, water, and environment, and can cause sickness in us, our children, and future generations. In this podcast, my guest Nicole Bijlsma gives simple tips on how to reduce your toxic load by eating organi...

This podcast was developed to spread the word about the latest interventions, beyond the traditional approach and how best to tackle and reverse disease. I interview thought-leaders who at the cutting edge of their practice and passionate about improving health. How do you prepare for a pandemic, a crisis or the ultimate worse case scenario, an apocalypse? Our guest today, Prof Marc Cohen has been...

Welcome to The Enlightened Pharmacist podcast. Every fortnight, your host, Therese L'Seow will interview the brightest minds that have improved their health and clients using conventional and alternative medicine, diet, lifestyle, nutrition, science and technology. As a Consultant Pharmacist and Health & Wellness coach, Therese helps you personalise the information to achieve your health goals...