The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - Real Food for the Whole Family - 11/12/13

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, intermviews Tracee Yablon-Brenner, RD. Tracy is a registered dietitian nutritionist; board-certified holistic health counselor who co-authored two comprehensive and practical guides for family nutrition, Great Expectations: Best Food for Your Baby and Toddler and Simple Food for Busy Families. She is the Co-host on The Family Food Experts Talk Radio Show. She launched Cook Once, Eat Twice E-Book to easily help families get a nourishing meal on the table. Real Food Moms Recommendations App is free on I-tunes. Contact:

 Real Food Moms , www.realfoodmoms.com, - a site dedicated to educating parents about family nutrition and whole foods cooking.

 

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - FlorWalking Healthy Walking Technique - 11/05/13

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com interviews Dr. Michael Nirenberg.  Dr Nirenberg is a an award-winning podiatric physician, surgeon, researcher, educator, and inventor. He is also the developer of the FloWalking method of healthy walking. FloWalking allows you to use simple changes to your walking to burn more fat, improve energy and lessen muscle-skeletal pain throughout your entire body. 
Dr. Nirenberg is one of a handful of practicing forensic podiatrists in the world. As a forensic podiatrist, he is called upon to assist law enforcement in analyzing foot and walking related evidence at crime scenes, including homicides. He has delivered lectures to law enforcement, forensic scientists, podiatrists, the Department of Homeland Security, and others. (He also assisted the writers of the hit TV show Bones when they were writing an exciting episode involving forensic podiatry.) His scientific paper “Forensic Methods and the Podiatric Physician,” published in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, won the prestigious Distinguished Podiatric Writing Award. On today’s show, we will discuss the natural walking method called FloWalking. Contact: www.FloWalking.com

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - The Sacred Herbs of Samhain - 10/29/13

Hosts Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com and Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, MH, www.drznaturally.com, discuss the ancient healing herbal traditions of Samhain. Now called Halloween, Samhain  is one of the oldest holidays with origins dating back to an ancient Celtic festival, which heralded  summer’s end on October 31st. – and brought in the New Year on November 1st. The Celtic people believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living. In addition to many sacred traditions, herbal medicine was part of the milieu, which led to modern practices, such as bobbing for apples, and beliefs about garlic warding off evil, Lavender dispelling negativity, and St. John’s wort casting out devils. We will explore these and other ancient Druid traditions , on todays show. Contact: www.naturalnurse.com     www.drznaturally.com

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - Adrenal Fatigue - 10/22/13

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com , interviews Dr. Garry D’Brant. Dr D’Brant is an award-winning alternative healthcare provider who is deeply committed to providing compassionate and knowledgeable care to his patients. He has been practicing for over 30 years and maintains a private practice in chiropractic, body centered psychotherapy, nutrition, anti-aging therapies, naturopathic medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine. Dr. D’Brant has focused on balancing the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of each individual. He specializes in detoxification, treating fatigue and adrenal burnout, and improving people’s lives by helping them lose weight. Dr. D’Brant uses a “whole person approach”.  His holistic approach to wellness means looking for underlying causes of any disturbance or disruption (which may or may not be causing symptoms at the time) and make whatever interventions and lifestyle adjustments that would optimize the conditions for normal function and a happy and healthy life.  Contact:  www.drdbrant.com 

The Natural Nurse And Dr. Z - Aboriginal Healing - 10/08/13

Multiple award-winning Secrets of Aboriginal Healing is the inspirational true story of Dr. Gary Holz’s healing journey with a remote aboriginal tribe in the Australian Outback. Co-authored by Robbie and her husband Gary, a prominent physicist and alternative healer, the book was written at the Aborigines’ request to reveal their healing secrets to help others. It has been received as delightful to read and often miraculously helpful to its readers. It has won the prestigious Nautilus Silver Medal Award and been shortlisted for the distinguished ForeWord Review Book of the Year Award as well as the USA Book News Best Book of the Year Award. Portions of the book proceeds are donated to non-profit Australian aboriginal organizations.
After contracting Hepatitis C through a blood transfusion, Robbie healed herself using Australian aboriginal healing principles. Subsequent to the passing of her husband Gary, Robbie journeyed to stay with an Outback aboriginal tribe, experiencing the power of their 60,000-year-old ceremonies for herself. Contact:  www.holzwellness.com

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