The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - 10/01/13

Green Sustainable Living- avoiding toxins in food and the environment

Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Beth Fiteni. Beth is Sustainability Coordinator for the Community Development Corporation of Long Island, representing NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) . She also was the Program Director at Renewable Energy Long Island, Program Director for the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College, and Program Director of the Neighborhood Network. For 6 years she coordinated the Clean Energy Leadership Task Force, which facilitates local municipalities’ implementation of clean energy initiatives. She has served on the Town of Huntington’s Renewable Energy Task Force and as a core leader of the LI Climate Action Network. She was an adjunct professor of Environmental Ethics and Environmental Policy at Molloy College, and was trained by Al Gore and the Climate Reality Project in 2012. On todays show, Beth will discuss ways to reduce harmful toxins in our homes and businesses, and make the best choices regarding: plastics that may leach hormone-disrupting chemicals, body products, cleaners and dry cleaners, pesticides, lowering your diet’s carbon footprint, where to find greener, safer products.
Contact: Blog: ecobeth.com  ,     web  www.greeninsideandout.com

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - 09/24/13

Guest:Pauli Halstead

Topic: Primal Cuisine, Cooking for the Paleo Diet

Pauli began her professional culinary career in 1975, opening Pauli’s Café in San Francisco.  Pauli brings many years of experience in fine California cuisine into her cookbook, Primal Cuisine, Cooking for The Paleo Diet. Her focus on fine food, lovingly prepared, is coupled with the paleo diet and the knowledge that the foods of our ancestors, which included wild meat and fish, foraged plants, nuts, seeds and berries, were the foods we humans evolved on and are the still basic building blocks of optimum physical and mental health.  In Primal Cuisine, Pauli discusses how adopting the paleo diet has helped her overcome many years of debilitating health issues.  Pauli further educates on the topics of what modern foods best replicate the paleo diet, the dangers of GMO’s, gluten and casein intolerance, and how our food choices impact the environment. Contact: www.theprimalcuisine.com

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - Chemicals in the Home- Safe Alternatives - 09/17/13

Annie is the best-selling author of five healthy/green living books, including Better Basics for the Home (Three Rivers Press, 1999), Home Enlightenment, Clean & Green (1990), and most recently True Food (National Geographic, 2010 and winner of Gourmand Awards Best Health and Nutrition Cookbook in the World). She has authored literally thousands of articles and was named “the foremost expert on green living” by Body & Soul magazine (2009). Others call her the “godmother of green.” She brings over 20 years of experience as a writer and editor about the connections between the environment, personal health and well-being. She has been the editor of a number of publications, including the award-winning “The Green Guide.” Contact: www.anniebond.com

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - THE GIFT OF ADVERSITY: The Unexpected Benefits of Life’s Difficulties - 09/03/13

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Norman Rosenthal. As the psychiatrist who first diagnosed seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and a veteran researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Norman Rosenthal is all-too-familiar with the ways that adversity can shape a person’s life. In his New York Times bestseller, Transcendence, Dr. Rosenthal explored a method being used by many—from war veterans to children—to cope with adversity. Now, in THE GIFT OF ADVERSITY: The Unexpected Benefits of Life’s Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections, he tackles the topic of adversity head on, drawing on his own unique upbringing in apartheid South Africa as well as on case studies and discussions with well-known figures like Viktor Frankl and David Lynch, to show readers how they can learn from adversity to become better, stronger and more resilient. Contact: http://www.normanrosenthal.com/

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - Natural Psychiatry - 08/27/13

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - Pandora’s Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal - 08/20/13

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews author Melanie Warner. Melanie is the author of Pandora’s Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal, and is a freelance writer for various publications, including The New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune Magazine and CBSnews.com.   Processed food represents an entirely new way of eating for human beings. Our diets have changed more in the last 100 years than they have in the last 10,000, and so much of what we now eat is deeply out of synch with our biology. While the enormous amounts of technology applied to food over the last century have been a boon to manufacturing efficiency, product innovation and lowered food costs, most of it has been disastrous for our health. Melanie has spent the past fifteen years writing about business. Contact:www.melaniewarner.com

 

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - 07/30/13

Host Dr. Eugene Zampieron, www.drznaturally.com, interviews Stephen Harrod Buhner.  Stephen Buhner is the award-winning author of fifteen books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment, and herbal medicine. He comes from a long line of healers including Leroy Burney, Surgeon General of the United States under Eisenhower and Kennedy, and Elizabeth Lusterheide, a midwife and herbalist who worked in rural Indiana in the early nineteenth century. The greatest influence on his work, however, has been his great-grandfather C.G. Harrod who primarily used botanical medicines, also in rural Indiana, when he began his work as a physician in 1911. Stephen's work has appeared in publications throughout North America and Europe including Common Boundary, Apotheosis, Shaman's Drum, The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning America. Stephen lectures yearly throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth. On todays show, we will discuss his book Healing Lyme Coinfections: Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Bartonella and Mycoplasma, Inner Tradtitions, April 15, 2013. Contact:http://www.gaianstudies.org

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The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 07/23/13

Host, Dr. Eugene Zampierion, ND, MH, www.drznaturally.com, interviews author Dave DeWitt. DAVE DEWITT is a food historian and expert on chile peppers, spices, and spicy foods. He has authored more than forty books about food and gardening. DeWitt has appeared on CNN, Today, CBS Sunday Morning, The Martha Stewart Show, and has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Smithsonian, and more than 200 newspapers across the country. On todays show, we will feature Dave’s Book, Growing Medical Marijuana. Outlining the ins and outs of marijuana cultivation in the states in which it’s legal, this guide also presents easy-to-master approaches to fertilizing, pruning, controlling pests, maximizing flower production, cloning, producing your own seeds, and more. Contact: http://www.dave-dewitt.com or daved@fiery-foods.com.

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - 07/16/13

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - 07/09/13

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Christine Horner, MD. Christine Horner, MD is a nationally known surgeon, professional speaker and author of Waking the Warrior Goddess: Dr. Christine Horner’s Program to Protect Against and Fight Breast Cancer-- She holds two board certifications: the National Board of Surgery, and the National Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Horner was recognized as a leader in her field shortly after starting her plastic and reconstructive surgery practice because she successfully ran a national campaign to pass laws requiring insurance companies to pay for breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy. Her campaign involves several meetings with President Clinton and other political figures. On today’s show, Dr Horner discusses the option of mastectomy for women with genetic markers for the possibility of developing breast cancer. Dr. Horner will also discuss three essential supplements and three essential vitamins that should be incorporated in anyone’s cancer-prevention diet. She will also fill in the information gaps when it comes to dietary supplements and highlight the important guidelines recently issued by the American Cancer Society. www.drchristinehorner.com