The Optimal Health Hour

This week’s episode will focus on the personal journey of patients to optimal health, how they found answers and overcame health challenges. Listen as they talk about frustration with conventional medicine and how it failed them. They took control of their health and found answers through Naturopathic Medicine. The life changing stories are inspirational. There is a revolution in health care coming, please join us to find out more. Don’t miss out and be with us for the next Optimal Health Hour episode.

We all know what it is like to shamelessly stare at ourselves wondering how time flew by so fast. We are left trying to overcome skin issues and grasp onto our youthful appearance as long as possible. We are our hardest critic and become more aware of our imperfections like age spots, wrinkles, fine lines, or even overall poor complexion. There is no need to worry, our treatments will help you achieve ageless looks without surgery or down time. We will sit down with you during our free consultation and recommend the best reverse aging treatments designed to reduce flaws to help you look your best. Our treatments also help you boost your collagen, tighten skin, eliminate wrinkles, and more. These treatments leave you feeling energized, youthful, and even more gorgeous. These treatments safely give you an appearance that matches your inner vitality. Join us for an exciting episode and learn how you can rewind time with our one-of-a-kind regime and learn all our best anti-aging secrets

As the modern Western lifestyle spreads around the globe, so too does metabolic syndrome — a cluster of symptoms that increases the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other conditions. “Our typical diet might be the modern-day equivalent of a Trojan horse,” writes Pankaj Vij, MD. “It’s as if an enemy wants to conquer us, and so they have encouraged our addiction to a diet of processed food loaded with sugar, fat, and salt and stripped of protective, natural disease-fighting super foods (the ‘good stuff’ found in plants that provides information and intelligence, not just calories). In this way, they are incapacitating a large proportion of our population with chronic disability and disease.” The good news is that metabolic syndrome can be tamed by a sensible program of exercise, natural foods, stress management, and quality sleep. says, Dr. Vij Join us for a in-depth look at how to avoid “man-made” illnesses caused by poor diet.

Rico Caveglia has a chronological age of 76 with a fitness age of 35. When Rico tells you that aging is natural and growing old is not, you figure he’s got something up his sleeve. Caveglia defines old as “deteriorated, worn out, useless.” His message: You don’t have to go there. Your “fitness age” is rooted in your body's cardiovascular fitness, and is a massive indicator of your long-term health and longevity. New research shows “fitness age” is a better predictor of how long you’ll live, more so than actual age can. The lower your fitness age is from your actual age, the higher your chances of living a long life. Up your exercise—your fitness age can decrease over time. Rico Caveglia is a La Jolla-based personal fitness trainer, author and speaker. Caveglia champions what he calls an “ageless living” lifestyle designed not so much to reverse gravity as to painlessly accommodate it. Join us for an intriguing episode and find out if there really is a fountain of youth!

In this episode we are excited to have Michael T. Murray, N.D., who is regarded as a pioneer of, and one of the world’s leading authorities on, natural medicine. He is a former faculty member and serves on the Board of Regents of Bastyr University in Seattle, the nation’s first accredited naturopathic college, where he received his doctorate in naturopathic medicine in 1985. Dr. Michael T. Murray co-authored the best-selling “The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine” and “Textbook of Natural Medicine.” In this episode we will put a spotlight on the education and training of a N.D. , Naturopathic Doctor, and why a N.D. is better equipped , than a M.D. to find and treat the root cause of illness and disease. We will also talk about why M.D.’s are adopting naturopath protocols to treat patients and how M.D.’s and N.D.’s are working together to bring better medicine to people all over the world. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!

It’s true, Sex, Omega-3, Vitamin C and other vital nutrients can help you win the battle against belly fat. You might not be obese or overweight, but you may be part of the 76 percent of the world’s population who are now being labeled “overfat” according to a recent report in Frontiers in Public Health. It’s a new term being used by doctors to describe patients that may have normal BMIs but have an excess of body fat around the abdominal region that could put them at higher risk for diabetes, stroke, cancer, heart disease and inflammation. “Nearly 100,000 cancer cases are linked to an increase in body fat each year, in the United States alone, and at least 50 other illnesses have direct ties to carrying too much weight around your midsection,” said Dr. Christine Horner, our guest on this episode of The Optimal Health Hour. Join us for an in-depth look at how to win the battle against excess body fat.

Having the body you want is not as hard as you might think. In fact with small adjustments to your lifestyle and diet you can have and keep that awesome body forever. One component to having the body you want is maintaining muscle mass according to our guest this week, metabolic expert James LaValle. He says that muscle mass is the new currency of aging and professional athletes aren’t the only ones who need to build muscle. The more muscle mass you maintain as you age, the better you will look and feel as muscles help with weight management, injury prevention and chronic disease protection. Starting at age 30, muscle mass begins to decline by 1 percent each year with muscle loss accelerating after age 40. While you can’t prevent aging you can prevent these four common conditions that can contribute to loss of muscle: stress, lack of sleep, irritable bowel syndrome and hormone failure. Join us for a fascinating episode on how to get and keep the body you want.

There have been more than two and a half times more flu cases reported to Australia's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System this year compared with the same period last year, according to Australia's Department of Health. The United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says America usually gets the same hit of flu as the Southern Hemisphere gets. Our encore guest in this episode, Dr. Ken Redcross, says the most effective things you can do to decrease the odds you will get the flu is to practice preventative measures which are simple to do and need consistency! Learn three seasonal solutions to help beat the odds of getting the flu. No the flu shot is NOT one of those. Discover what do to if you do come down with the flu. Learn how to tell the difference between the symptoms of a cold, flu or winter sore throats and when to consult a doctor. Join us and find out how to beat the odds this flu season!

Botanical supplements have been used by medical practitioners for thousands of years. Botanicals are a natural powerful medicine. Plants protect themselves through compounds they make from the air, soil, and water because they lack the flight response. These same compounds that have enabled plants to survive are the medicine that support the health of humans. Naturopathic Doctors (ND) have deeper knowledge of biochemistry as it applies to physiology and patient care drug-herb interaction as compared to an (MD). NDs’ education focuses on root cause; our philosophy embraces prevention, utilizes a wide range of therapies, honors the interconnectedness of bodily systems, and the human body’s amazing ability to heal. NDs are board certified primary care physicians trained to be prevention and chronic care specialists. Don't miss this episode for myth busting about supplement use.

We spend about 90% of our time indoors and indoor air is generally considered 2-5 times more polluted than outside air. Indoor air quality is a major concern for all health and wellness practitioners. Taking your shoes off is much more than a feng shui thing keeping bad energy out of your home, it will make sure that you don’t bring in toxic bacteria, like Enterobacter found in soil and E. coli excreted from mammals, pesticides, herbicides, mold toxins and chemicals. There are dozens of things in your home that can cause anything from simple allergic reactions to serious upper respiratory illness and more. In this episode you will discover what dangers lurk in your home and things that you can do, that do not cost a dime , which will have a huge impact on your home environment and air quality. Don't miss this episode for a shocking look at how unhealthy your home can be.

Alessio Fasano, MD is a world renowned expert in gluten and celiac research and is known as the “Godfather of Gluten Free". Author of “Gluten Freedom”, published in seven languages is an engaging story of the past, present, and future of gluten-related disease. There is an explosion of gluten-related health problems today. Two components coming together creating a perfect storm. First, the grains we’re eating have changed dramatically - genetically. In our great-grandparents era, wheat contained very low amounts of gluten and it was harvested once a year. Now we’ve engineered our grains to substantially increase yields and dependencies. We are all susceptible to the consequences of these extremely rich, gluten-containing grains. Second, is celiac disease that’s increased 4-fold in the last 40 years, and autoimmune diseases, like the epidemic of Thyroid disease. We’re changing our environment faster than our bodies can adapt to it. Join us for a controversial episode about gluten.

It costs nothing, everyone wants more of it, but finding time to get it seems impossible. Sleep. It’s one of our most basic survival mechanisms that reboots the body’s motherboard each night. Without it we can’t survive. In fact, studies show that sleep deprivation is linked to many diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, depression and Alzheimer’s disease. Discover four ‘sleep cheats’ that will not only improve quality of sleep but help the body ward off serious illnesses and diseases that can result from lack of sleep. Join us for an exciting episode and immediately start using four specific sleep hacks which will improve your quality of sleep.

Drinking plain water alone to restore the proper biochemistry in your body is many times not effective. Lifestyle, diet, sleep and level of exercise (or lack of) can cause an acid imbalance in your body. There has been a lot of buzz in the last few years about the benefits of drinking alkaline water and its ability to buffer acid in the body and thus restore proper biochemical balance. We will clear up alot of misinformation in the alkaline water community in reference to the physical properties of water and what pH means. Recently a new breed of alkaline water, AQUA OH, has been introduced that can reduce inflammation and has been found to be beneficial in substance abuse and mental illness therapy. This new breed of alkaline water actually removes acidity from the body and not just buffer it which is all a typical alkaline water can do. Join us for an exciting episode about the scientific advances in water technology that go way beyond simple hydration.

So you say you want to have baby? Yay! So now is your time to really fall in love; and stay there. But how do new parents go about it. Here’s a huge clue. What if you knew, really got it, that your baby was actually interviewing you! Parenting is a job. In fact, it’s the toughest job you’ll ever love. How lucky can you get! Great, now you need some guidance and support tools. Dr. Reese will have special guest Leslie Hendrickson-Baral Neurotherapist, master educator and parenting expert for over 20 years share her secrets to “get the job” with your child and be the best parent possible.

Love is a fundamental concern for all of us. Indeed, most people would list love as the most important element in a happy life. Yet our knowledge of how love evolves, how we can have love, and how it helps us attain happiness is surprisingly scant. However, traditional medicine rarely if ever takes into consideration the profound effect of love or lack of love and how it affects someone who is suffering from something like cardiac disease. Our special guest today, Dr. Zadeh , puts a spot light on “The Forgotten Art of Love“. As a cardiologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Zadeh, is primarily focused on patients with heart problems. He believes a physician cannot afford to take too narrow a view of cardiac diseases when helping patients,” Furthermore he states, “To understand a person’s suffering, we need to understand the person. To understand the person, we must look at the human condition. Be sure to share this episode with those you love!

Christine Horner, M.D., FACS, is a nationally known surgeon, author and professional speaker and today she will share with us the four mistakes women over 40 make that all but guarantee stereotypical decline into “old age”. Listen as Dr. Horner and Dr. Reese explore how to manage the aging process to gracefully attain ageless beauty. There are four specific areas to focus on to maintain radiant health as a woman moves into her 40’s and beyond. Don’t miss this episode and be sure to share with those you love. Join us for an exciting episode and learn the simple steps to attain ageless beauty at 40 and beyond!

ENCORE:REVOLUTION! SOUL is the CURE for our sick school system!

The Optimal Health Hour Tuesday, October 17, 2017

This week’s episode will focus on the personal journeys of 3 patients to optimal health and how they found answers and overcame health challenges. Listen as they talk about frustration with conventional medicine and how it failed them. They took control of their health and found answers through Naturopathic Medicine. The life changing stories are inspirational. There is a revolution in health care coming, please join us to find out more. Don’t miss out and be with us for the next Optimal Health Hour episode.

Today’s episode keeps with that theme, we will taking about the on going campaign by corporations marketing to Americans to eat a supposedly heart healthy diet, but has completely failed to lower heart disease statistics largely because marketers continue to disguise unhealthy foods as healthy. Breaking up can be hard to do, especially when it comes to your favorite foods. David Foreman aka “The Herbal Pharmacist” will break the myths that you have been sold. For two decades certain foods have been touted as heart healthy, like salmon, red wine, oatmeal and granola. The reality is these foods may not be as heart healthy or sustainable as labels lead you to believe. Dr. Reese and David Foreman will share with us four so-called “heart healthy” foods that you should stop eating now and the nutrients to SWITCH TO that can supercharge the benefits for your heart.