The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 06/11/12

Host, Dr. Eugene Zampieron, www.drznaturally.com, interviews  Will Johnson."Will Johnson, the author of several books, including Breathing Through the Whole Body, The Posture of Meditation, Yoga of the Mahamudra, The Sailfish and the Sacred Mountain, and the award-winning The Spiritual Practices of Rumi, is the founder and director of The Institute for Embodiment Training in British Columbia, Canada. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, in Art and Archaeology from PrincetonUniversity in 1968. After working for several years as an art critic in New York, he moved to the west coast of North Americawhere, in 1972 he became a Buddhist practitioner and, in 1976, was trained as a Rolfer. Embodiment Training is a path of awakening that views the body as the doorway, not the obstacle, to personal growth and spiritual transformation. Through combining the orientation of western somatic therapy with eastern meditational practices, the multiple practices of Embodiment Training lead you to the discovery of your natural, embodied state that, like the Dzogchen rigpaor the Buddhist sunyata, has been described as "like coming home at last." His website is www.embodiment.net.

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 06/04/12

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Holly Lucille, ND, RN. Dr Holly Lucille is a nationally recognized and licensed naturopathic doctor, an educator and a natural products consultant. She is the author of Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Women’s Guide to Safe, Natural, Hormone Health and serves on the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians Board of Directors. An acclaimed expert in the field of naturopathic medicine, Dr. Holly lectures nationally, and is regularly quoted as an expert in both consumer and peer journals. In 2007 Dr. Holly was listed in Time Magazine’s “Top 100 Most Influential People.”  On today’s show Dr Lucille will discuss the complex relationship between endocrine glands, with a focus on the thyroid and adrenals. She compares the endocrine glands to teenagers on smart phones, constantly texting one another with the latest updates. The adrenal and thyroid glands are particularly communicative with one another. Symptoms of dysfunction can be very similar—lethargy, brain fog, weight gain—and problems with one gland can worsen the function of the other. We'll discuss the natural solutions! Contact: www.drhollylucille.com

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 05/21/12

Host, Dr Eugene Zampieron, ND, MH, www.drznaturally.com ,  interviews Dr. Gaetano Morello. Dr. Morello is a board certified Naturopathic Physicians practicing at the Complement Health Centre in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia and received his Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from the Bastyr University of Natural Health Sciences in Seattle, Washington in 1991. For the last 20 years Dr. Morello has been training and educating, physicians, pharmacists, medical students and health food store personnel on the scientific use of natural medicines.  He sits on the Quality Assurance Committee for the College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia and is often featured as an expert guest on television, radio shows and print media. He is author of several best selling books including Whole Body Cleansing, Cleanse Ultimate Inside Out Approach as well as a contributing author to a “Textbook of Natural Medicine” a definitive text on natural medicine in the world.

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 05/14/12

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Dr. Julie T. Chen, M.D. Dr. Chen is an integrative medicine physician who is board-certified in internal medicine and is also fellowship-trained and board-certified in integrative medicine. She has her own medical practice in San Jose, CA, is the medical director of corporation wellness at several Silicon Valley-based corporations, is on several medical expert panels of websites as well as non-profit organizations, is a recurring monthly columnist for several national magazines, and has been featured in radio, TV, newspaper, and magazine interviews. She incorporates many types of healing modalities into her practice including medical acupuncture, Chinese scalp acupuncture, clinical hypnotherapy, strain-counterstrain osteopathic manipulations, and biofeedback. On today’s show Dr. Chen discusses the controversy surrounding the studies and recommendations about using aspirin:  Recent studies show that aspirin can help prevent cancers especially colon cancer and esophageal cancer and heart disease...but some studies suggest there is potential for increased bleeding risks...so what should we do? Take the daily aspirin or not? The truth vs myth of what to do with aspirin. Contact: www.makinghealthyez.com.

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 05/07/12

Host Ellen Kamhi, PHD RN, www.naturalnurse.com interviews Dr. David Gentile, DO, CAC, PC. Dr. Gentile is a board certified, integrative medicine physician, synthesizing a comprehensive approach that combines Osteopathic Musculoskeletal Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Pain Management, Age Management, Weight Management, Nutrition and Brain Wellness.  He empowers patients with his approach to “Lifestyle Medicine”. Dr. Gentile acted as the Associate Director of Medical Education at Northshore-LIJ at PlainviewHospital. He  has instructed courses at Stony Brook University Hospital, andTouro College, and was involved in published research at Stony Brook University Hospital. He is a Police Surgeon, and is actively treating 9/11 First Responders. As a Master Chef, Dr. Gentile deeply understands the connection between healthy eating and wellness. He leads workshops on culinary based nutritional cooking shows titled “the Good Life with Dr. Dave”, and also teaches Power Qi- a fusion of Tai Chi and Chi Gung. On today’s show, Dr. Dave discusses the importance of Glutathione as a therapeutic agent. www.DrDavesWeb.com

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 04/30/12

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews, Jennifer Landa, MD. Dr Jen completed her internship and residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC, where she was distinguished as the Administrative Chief Resident in obstetrics and gynecology. She is a wife, mother and physician whose friendly, humorous, accessible style has made her a favorite with women seeking solutions for health issues from PMS, baby blues and low libido, to hot flashes, weight gain and menopausal mood swings. After a decade working as a conventional OB/GYN, Dr. Jen realized she wanted more—for her patients and herself. She spent additional years becoming board certified in regenerative medicine, with an emphasis on bio-identical hormones and nutrition. She specializes in helping women and men restore their energy, their sex lives and improve health and lifestyle issues related to weight management, nutrition and exercise. Dr. Jen often prescribes nutritional supplements and bio-identical hormones, as well as teaching her patients how to embrace a new sexual paradigm. Dr. Jen is the Chief Medical Officer of BodyLogicMD . On today’s show Dr. Landa discusses her inspiring book, The Sex Drive Solution, where she outlines the what, the why and the how of losing libido and shares some creative ways to get it back. Contact: www.bodylogicmd.com

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 04/23/12

Host Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, www.drznaturally.com, interviews Don McCown and Marc Micozzi, co-authors of . New WorldMindfulness: From the Founding Fathers, Emerson, and Thoreau to Your Personal Practice. Donald McCown is assistant professor of integrative health at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and the former director of the Mindfulness at Work program at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine.  Marc S. Micozzi, M.D., Ph.D., is adjunct professor of physiology and biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine and the founding director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine in Washington, D.C. and The author and editor of Fundamentals of Complementary & Alternative Medicine. We are all busy--and we all long for quiet and connection. Yet despite the growing body of evidence supporting the benefits of mindfulness, the hectic pace of modern life leaves little time to devote to meditation, relaxation, and contemplation. In today’s show,mindfulness teacher and therapist Donald McCown and physician Marc Micozzi provide techniques to successfully integrate mindfulness into real life so we can rise above the stress of work, family, and community that can easily pull us out of the moment and into states of tension, anxiety, or depression. Contact: http://store.innertraditions.com/isbn/978-1-59477-424-9

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 04/16/12

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com interviews Andrew Heineman. Andrew graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine with a Master's of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine. He apprenticed with Dr. Wen-Chiang Pai who was the chair of the acupuncture department at the ChineseMedicalHospital in Taiwan. He has studied many different energy modalities including qi gong, Taoist internal practices, Buddhist internal practices, jin shen, and reiki tummo. He has been teaching Nutripuncture throughout the US, and assisted with the English translation of the book Nutripuncture: stimulating the meridians of the body without needles.  Contact: www.andrewheimann.com and www.Nutripuncture.com

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 04/09/12

Host, Dr. Eugene Zampieron, ND, AHG, www.drznaturally.com interviews today's guest David Green. David is a 1978 graduate from the New England School of Acupuncture and practiced  at the CambridgeCenter for Holistic Health. From 1990-1993 he was a residential home energy conservation advisor with the utility company Mass Save. He also spent two years working as the "Local Forager" for the Bedford MA Whole Foods, working with local farmers, food producers and vendors to help them bring their products to market.

Throughout the past 26 years, David has been involved with Multi-Pure Water Filters and is recognized as a national leader in water filtration. He has been a guest on numerous radio and talk shows and regularly presents  at local and national conferences on the topic of health and water. Contact: www.BetterWaterChoice.com

The Natural Nurse and Dr. Z - 04/02/12

Host Ellen Kamhi, PhD RN, www.naturalnurse.com, interviews Mr. Max Popov. Max is a fitness trainer and scholar of modern yoga. He developed weight-resistance yoga in the late 1980s by applying the teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar to the strength-training teachings of famed 1920s Indian bodybuilder K. V. Iyer. Applying the wisdom of hatha yoga to weight-lifting exercises, Max Popov's Weight-Resistance Yoga: Practicing Embodied Spirituality reveals the path to transforming strength-training sessions into a mindful, calm, and meditative yoga practice. Fully illustrated instructions for 26 weight-resistance exercises offer tips for safely, effectively, and efficiently strengthening the neck, shoulders, arms, torso, hips, knees, and ankles using machines, free weights, and the body itself as resistance. Guidelines for becoming fully absorbed in the body's movements against resistance movements made within stillness and stability and coordinated with rhythmic breathing point the way to performing the exercises with tranquility. To support the contemplative state of this practice, Popov includes 20 themed meditations on the embodied experience of performing the exercises.   Contact: www.weight-resistanceyoga.com