The Art and Soul of Healing

Rob has developed the 10-point guide for vaccine transparency and applies it to the current vaccines for emergency use. See the description of the guide:https://www.anhinternational.org/news/could-we-be-the-losers-in-the-vaccine-race/ Rob discusses how the current vaccine candidates stack up to the 10-point guide.To conclude Mel discusses the benefits of immune support by healthy lifestyle options. She points the way to healthy eating patterns as a way to support immunity against chronic disease and infections like SARS-CoV-2. Visit Alliance for Natural Health - International for more in-depth discussion and lifestyle guides.  https://www.anhinternational.org/ 

This episode is not an anti-vax screed but simply a request for data so we can approach vaccination for SARS-CoV-2  with full informed consent. Informed consent is the foundation of medical practice. The American Medical Association Code of Medical Ethics Opinion 2.1.1 states, "Informed consent to medical treatment is fundamental in both ethics and law.  Patients have the right to receive information and ask questions about recommended  treatments so they can make well-informed decisions about care." Informed consent also includes the role of conflicts of interest. How does the group promoting the medical treatment stand to financially benefit?Vaccine data transparency will enable all of us as human citizens of the world to exercise our rights to give informed consent when the time comes to receive the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

Mark Houston, MD graduated phi beta kappa and summa cum laude from Rhodes College, with a BA in chemistry and math. He graduated with highest honors and the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society distinction from Vanderbilt Medical School. He completed his medical training at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) then return to serve as Chief Resident in Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center where he received the Hillman Award of the Best Teacher.  He has four board certifications by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) (FASH-Fellow), the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (ABAARM, FAARM) and American Board of Cardiology (ABC) Certification in Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease (DABC). He holds two Masters of Science degrees in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, CT (MS) and another in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine (University of South Florida School of Medicine-Tampa (MSc). Dr. Houston has presented over 10,000 lectures, nationally and internationally and published over 250 medical articles, scientific abstracts in peer reviewed medical journals, books and book chapters. He is an author, teacher, clinician, and researcher.

In my clinical practice there were people who followed low fat diets or ate highly processed food full of fake fat. This led to skin changes, brain changes, dull hair, low vitamin D, and low sex steroid hormones like testosterone. These are just a few changes that can occur from following low fat diets or eating damaged plastic fats in processed food. Fat is critical to keep the human body held together and running properly. It's time to embrace real food  that has generous portions of good fats like olive oil, fish, organic vegetables, and meat sources from pastured raised  or free range raised animals. It's time to turn our backs on processed fake plastic fats that gum up our metabolism and make us sick.

Carbohydrates are the most abundant organic components in most fruits, vegetables, legumes, and cereal grains, and they are added as simple sugars to many processed foods to provide texture and flavor. The fundamental basic carbohydrate currency is glucose. Glucose serves as a precursor for synthesis of all other carbohydrates that are important components of body fluids, structural matrix, membranes, and cell surfaces.  Carbohydrates are critical for human life but not in the overabundant destructive form of simple sugars we are awash in when eating the Standard American Diet. Let's take a tour of the science, where we are, and the path away from chronic disease.

Our guest is Leah Hechtman, a naturopathic physician in private practice in Australia. Leah is an expert in fertility, pregnancy, and reproductive medicine. She is the director of The Natural Health and Fertility Center in Sydney Australia where she has helped thousands of couples conceive often in very difficult situations where they have been told there was no hope left. Leah is currently completing her PhD Through the School of Women And Children’s Health at the University of New South Wales. Her research focus is on identifying important ovarian biomarkers in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome and premature ovarian failure. Today we will explore with Leah her understanding of the role of environmental toxicity to the infertility epidemic.

Dr. Norling graduated from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and has trained at USC and UCLA. She received her MBA from St. Thomas University. Dr. Norling's expertise is based on her years of clinical experience, being an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School in the Department of OB/GYN, and her own personal research. She is national board-certified in OB/GYN, Integrative Medicine and Medical Acupuncture. Hormonal and neurotransmitter balancing are her specialties.

Dr Brandon Horn is well-regarded in the Los Angeles area where he has been tapped to give lectures at Columbia University UCLA and USC. He also has lectured at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. What I am most thankful for is his recent contribution to The Textbook Integrative and Functional Medicine Nutrition Therapies where he contributed a chapter on reproductive medicine.Brandon has had positions at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles as the clinical supervisor and deputy director of the acupuncture program. Brandon was also a professor at Yosan University where he taught reproductive medicine in their doctoral program.I’d like to thank Brandon for joining us today and sharing some of his insights and reproductive health. Welcome Brandon!

The traditional Mediterranean Diet is characterized by a high intake of vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, and mainly unrefined, minimally processed grains like rice and oats; an abundant fat intake from virgin olive oil, through salads, traditionally cooked vegetables, and legumes; a moderate consumption of fish and shellfish, a low consumption of meat and meat products; with the consumption of wine during meals. Fermented dairy products (cheese and yogurt) are allowed in moderate amounts. The Mediterranean Diet is NOT the Standard American Diet. We will see why that is and why you should make the switch today.

Thank you, Coco Newton, for your tenacity and accomplishments in treating ALS! As promised, I will place the website information that Coco mentioned including https://healingalsconference.org/http://www.alsuntangled.com/ associated with Duke University, and the links to the products LEAP and HEAL on the Art and Soul of Healing website. Coco would like me to tell you she has no financial ties to these organizations. She also would like listeners to know that if they have ALS they should be tested for Lyme disease or other tickborne illnesses.  Coco can be found at www.coconewton.com.Coco Newton received her Bachelors of Science degree in dietetics from the University of California, Davis and her Masters of Public Health in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota. She completed her dietetic internship at the University of California, San Diego and is a registered dietitian through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Coco is a Certified Nutrition Specialist through the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists. She is currently in private practice with expertise in functional medicine nutrition therapy for prevention and treatment of chronic disease and syndromes.Coco co-founded and served on the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Nutrition Advisory Board from 2007 to 2010. In 2010, she co-founded the University of Kansas Integrative Nutrition Fellowship program, a collaborative program through the University’s Department of Integrative Medicine and Dietetics and Nutrition.Coco served on the State of Michigan Board of Dietetics and Nutrition from 2007 to 2013 and championed the successful repeal of the anti-competitive and discriminatory Dietetics/Nutrition Licensure law which occurred on July 1, 2014. This was the first repeal of its kind in the United States with other states successfully following Michigan’s lead.

FILOMENA TRINDADE, MD, MPH obtained her BA degree in biology and went on to finish a Master’s in Public Health in the area of environmental health and epidemiology before starting medical school. She graduated first in her class in family practice from the University of California Davis School of Medicine and did her residency training in family practice at the U.C. San Francisco/Santa Rosa Program. Filomena has been in clinical practice for over 23 years. She is faculty at the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) and in the fellowship program in Metabolic Medicine at Metabolic Medical Institute (MMI).

Stefan Leichtle, MD is an Acute Care Surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. His clinical practice focuses on trauma surgery and surgical critical care. Dr. Leichtle received his medical education in Germany at the Technical University Munich, completed his General Surgery residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI, and underwent fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Surgery at the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.Dr. Leichtle’s academic interests are in the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in clinical practice, multi-disciplinary research in critical care including traumatic brain injury, and development of novel strategies for the resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock. He is the Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at VCU and Medical Director of the Trauma Intensive Care Unit.

Michael Bauerschmidt, MD is a rare physician indeed! Dr Mike brings a unique approach and immeasurable wisdom to the fortunate patients who seek out his care. Dr Mike received his medical degree from Ohio State University followed by a residency in family medicine and board certified in emergency medicine. His medical training expanded after a personal illness and he became an expert in integrative, functional, and environmental medicine. Dr. Mike states, “ I’m thankful for the journey, rough though it has been at times, that brought me here. It has allowed me to discover that being healthy is not merely living without illness; it is a wellness of body, mind, and spirit that allows us to add life to our years and not just years to our life.”Today we learn about Dr Mike's approach to reversing chronic mold and mycotoxin chronic illness.

Michael Bauerschmidt, MD is a rare physician indeed! Dr Mike brings a unique approach and immeasurable wisdom to the fortunate patients who seek out his care. Dr Mike received his medical degree from Ohio State University followed by a residency in family medicine and board certified in emergency medicine. His medical training expanded after a personal illness and he became an expert in integrative, functional, and environmental medicine. Dr. Mike states, “ I’m thankful for the journey, rough though it has been at times, that brought me here. It has allowed me to discover that being healthy is not merely living without illness; it is a wellness of body, mind, and spirit that allows us to add life to our years and not just years to our life.”

Dr Ron has been medical director of Integrated Listening System since its founding in 2007 and with its predecessor, Dynamic Listening Systems, since 2001. In 1989, Dr. Ron was originally trained by the grandfather of neurologic healing through listening, Dr. Tomatis, and opened a center the following year. Dr Ron has dedicated his professional life to the practice of sound therapy in clinical practice with children and adults who have complex neurologic disorders. He now devotes his time supervising tough cases that cause many to scratch their heads, assisting with updating and editing clinical training manuals, writing and educating about his experience in this field. Dr Ron shares his valuable insights into brain healing through sound therapy.Dr Ron shares this thought about himself: If you had a super power, what would it be and why? The power to dissolve all dissention, greed, hatred, abuse of power and to end world hunger.

Dr Stephen Porges  served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, space medicine, and substance abuse. The polyvagal theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders. He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017) and co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018).  He is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) , which currently is used by more than 4,000 therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, to reduce hearing sensitivities, and to improve language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.

Dr Stephen Porges  served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, space medicine, and substance abuse. The polyvagal theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders. He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017) and co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018).  He is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) , which currently is used by more than 4,000 therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, to reduce hearing sensitivities, and to improve language processing, state regulation, and spontaneous social engagement.

Ralph W. Moss, PhD, has written or edited fourteen books and collaborated on four film documentaries on cancer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Moss is an honors graduate of New York University and Stanford University. In the 1970s, he was assistant director of public affairs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, which gave Ralph the beginning and intimate understanding of the cancer industry. His most recent book, Cancer, Incorporated, is available through bookstores and online and is a disturbing behind-the-scenes exposé of how cancer therapy decisions are made by oncologists and policymakers. Anyone who is facing decisions about cancer care or has family or friends making choices in cancer treatment must read this book!For over forty years Ralph has been evaluating cancer treatments. He writes the Moss Reports, which are up-to-date book-length reports on the most common cancers, for laypeople. He has also written the chapter on complementary and alternative medicine for the Encyclopedia Britannica and for a legal series, Courtroom Medicine: Cancer. He co-edited the first medical textbook on Complementary Oncology. Ralph has made 18 separate tours of cancer clinics in Germany, as well as in Austria, Mexico, Turkey, Holland, Israel, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Russia, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Bahamas, Honduras, Great Britain, and most states of the U.S. and provinces of Canada. He and his team continue to tour clinics around the U.S. and the world looking for advanced cancer treatments. Ralph uses this information in his written reports to help advise patients about their cancer treatment choices.

Alpha Fowler III, MD helped define the cellular and molecular inflammatory events that evolve in the pulmonary microvascular and pulmonary alveolar space as humans develop acute lung injury. During his faculty years at Virginia Commonwealth University, his laboratory has been active modeling acute lung injury, carefully defining the molecular phenomena that produce injury while at the same time focusing on interventional therapies to attenuate acute lung injury following the onset of bacterial sepsis. His laboratory has expertise in understanding and modeling cellular and molecular mechanisms that produce acute lung injury. He continues to be involved in clinical critical care medicine as an attending physician where he cares for many patients with acute lung injury. He and his colleagues at academic medical centers recently completed an NIH-funded randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial the examined the extent to which high dose intravenous vitamin C attenuates multiple organ failure and lung injury following onset of sepsis. 

Alpha Fowler III, MD helped define the cellular and molecular inflammatory events that evolve in the pulmonary microvascular and pulmonary alveolar space as humans develop acute lung injury. During his faculty years at Virginia Commonwealth University, his laboratory has been active modeling acute lung injury, carefully defining the molecular phenomena that produce injury while at the same time focusing on interventional therapies to attenuate acute lung injury following the onset of bacterial sepsis. His laboratory has expertise in understanding and modeling cellular and molecular mechanisms that produce acute lung injury. He continues to be involved in clinical critical care medicine as an attending physician where he cares for many patients with acute lung injury. He and his colleagues at academic medical centers recently completed an NIH-funded randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial the examined the extent to which high dose intravenous vitamin C attenuates multiple organ failure and lung injury following onset of sepsis.