Your Lifestyle Is Your Medicine

Can we create health after 50?  My guest this week, Gregory Anne Cox, talks about the importance of mindset in our question about health and wellness. She addresses the importance of finding what works for each individual and doesn't let the values and beliefs of others determine your actions and how you feel about yourself. Greg is a Certified Life Coach, Weight Loss Coach and has a Certific...

Functional medicine is a term that is largely unfamiliar to the general public, although it was how doctors used to treat patients in the past. Functional medicine can be difficult to define, so comparing it to allopathic medicine can give us a broad understanding of this approach.   In conventional medicine, doctors diagnose a disease and then match it to a specific treatment. This approach works...

The nervous system is the body’s command center. Originating from the brain, it controls movements, thoughts, and automatic responses to the world around us. It also controls other body systems and processes, such as digestion, breathing, sleep, healing, stress response, and aging. Thousands of disorders and conditions can affect this complex system. An injured nerve has trouble sending a message....

Mold is a natural part of the environment and plays an integral role in nature by breaking down dead organic matter, such as fallen leaves and dead trees. Mold reproduces through tiny spores, which are like seeds but invisible to the naked eye, that float through the air and deposit on surfaces. When the temperature, moisture, and available nutrient conditions are correct, the spores can form new...

Thousands of years of exposure to the natural environment have molded the way our bodies adapt and respond to stress. With the advances in modern technology, we rarely need to challenge ourselves physically. This means most of us have no idea of what we are truly capable of. The feats of endurance that our ancestors took for granted now seem impossible in an age where comfort is literally handed t...

Movement is one of the pillars of increasing one's healthspan, which ultimately will secure happiness and longevity in a lifespan. There are several ways to become healthier through movement, like going to the gym, lifting weights, playing a sport,  doing yoga, etc. Yet, not everybody knows the functionality exercise brings to our bodies; sure, we can lose weight and build muscle, but the rea...

A good night's sleep is vital for every human being to survive. We all know that doctors recommend between 6-8 hours in a day; this means an average of 229,961 sleeping hours or one-third in a lifetime. Given this fact, a good mattress is essential to get the necessary rest our body needs. Getting a quality mattress can turn into a true quest; there are so many options in terms of materials,...

Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work. These changes are reversible and do not change your DNA sequence, but they can modify how your body reads a DNA sequence. During development, the DNA that makes up our genes accumulates chemical marks that determine how much or little of the genes are expressed. Every environmental...

What do you do when you are sick and don't know the cause of your illness? Well, like any regular person, you would go to your doctor's appointment, and in that 10-minute appointment, the doctor might come up with a diagnosis or send you for tests. This can be part of the process, but many people have to wait until they are really sick to fit into a diagnosis. Then they are given medicin...

In this episode, I explore how conventional farming affects the quality of the nutrients in our food and the benefits of transforming traditional agriculture into Regenerative Agriculture. Regenerative Agriculture is a system of farming principles and practices that seeks to rehabilitate and enhance the entire ecosystem of conventional farms. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiver...

Autoimmune disease happens when the body's natural defense system can't tell the difference between your own cells and foreign cells, causing the body to attack itself mistakenly. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of 80 types of autoimmune diseases that affect a wide range of body parts.   In this episode, I talk to Dr. Terry Wahls who is a clinical professor of medicine at the University o...

One of the pillars of a long and healthy life is nutrition. Holistic nutrition is the process of sourcing good quality food and preparing it properly in order for the body to absorb as many of the nutrients as possible. Holistic nutrition requires a whole-life approach— one’s health is an expression of the complex interplay between the physical and chemical, mental and emotional, as well as spirit...

Welcome to "Your lifestyle is your medicine" This is the podcast where we're going to get into the true mind, body, spirit or as I like to say Matter, Mindset and Mojo. I will cover a huge breadth of material which we can call lifestyle medicine and I’ll do this by interviewing experts in their fields. If you can take away just a little bit of the information I share, I hope it empo...