Episodes

Having a child is supposed to be great joy for a parent. However up to 11% of women and 2% of men, experience postpartum depression; a unique mental health condition that is often downplayed, overlooked, and under-treated. It has significant implications on child and parent alike. My colleague Dr. Iyer of Eastside Natural Medicine of Kenmore, Washington joined me in this most thoughtful discussion of this topic. Dr. Iyer has been someone I have respected for many years. She is compassionate, cle...

Dr. Kabran Chapek is on the cutting edge of early detection and early treatment of Dementia and Alzheimer's disease. As a clinician at the Amen Clinics in Bellevue, Washington he specializes in integrative approaches to neuropsychiatry . In this episode he talks about early warning signs of memory loss compared to attention issues. In addition, he dives into the some key early markers of the potential of Alzheimer's Disease such as Apolipoprotein E4 and Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP). He talks ...

What is the best diet? This question remains the million (probably billion) dollar question in health, nutrition and medicine. The winner will likely be the healthy diet is one that prevents the most disease and weight gain. Now there seems to be an approach that has caught the attention of patients and providers internationally and that looking at individualized post-meal glucose response as a guide to one’s individualized diet. And guess what? The researchers say that the post meal glucose res...

We speak with Geoff Lecovin, DC, ND, LaC, MS, CSCS (Yes thats a lot of initials!). Dr. Lecovin is a Kirkland, Washington based physician who specializes in performance. He is very involved with researching the latest on metabolism and sports medicine. We talk about metabolic flexibility and the different trendy diets that are directed at changing our metabolism. So many people feel like their metabolism is stuck in place. If they avoid carbohydrates, they don't feel right and if they eat carbohy...