Tag: running

  • Podcast: Ferritin, Hyaluronic Acid and How They Might Affect Your Health

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Did you know you could get medical advice in the self checkout line in the grocery store? It is amazing where people seek advise and from whom they seek it.  With today’s lack of trust in the medical industry, I cannot blame them.  I hope to provide some truthful…

  • Podcast: Christopher McDougall of Born to Run

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening! You are too old not to run.  As my guest today, Christopher McDougall would add by the title of his book you are “Born To Run”.   You might ask why run? What are the benefits of running over other exercises? Is it better to run in groups or alone?…

  • Podcast: Why oh Why Do That

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Happy Earth Day! My mangos are growing.  My different varieties of tomatoes are flourishing on my tower garden.  Parsley and dill are thriving in the raised beds along with kale and swiss chard.  If you have not seen Kiss the Ground, check it out.  You will want to make…

  • Podcast: Dwight Eisenhower and Reversing Heart Disease. Are we doing a better job?

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   As they say, “You’ve come a long way baby”.  Or not.   Dwight Eisenhower died of a heart attack in 1969.  War on heart disease was declared by then Vice President Nixon.  It seems that the war on heart disease has been our longest war with many casualties.  About 650,000…

  • Podcast: Creating a Story of Health

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  We make thousands of decisions each day and have as many different events in our lives.  Some events we plan and some we react to.  How we react is our choice.  It is also our choice on how we weave the story of our lives from those events and…

  • Podcast: Is Your Nutrition on Autopilot?

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening!  Are you on nutrition autopilot?  Do you skip breakfast or grab a smoothie then graze your way into lunch? Is your desk drawer at work filled with snacks that don’t count in your nutrition log?  Have you planned dinner, or will you just grab something on the way home? …

  • Podcast: Covid Comeback!

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  I am a plant based cardiologist and endurance athlete.  However, I am currently on a healing journey from COVID.  I am getting better.  How did I get it?  Is it easy or hard to contract?  Asymptomatic or presymptomatic spread?  Outdoor spread?  We will discuss on all of that as…

  • Podcast: If Tootsie can, Why Can’t I?

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Will I live to be 100 if I am plant based?  I have good genes so perhaps I don’t need to worry.  I exercise a lot so, I can eat what I want.  Now and then, a little won’t hurt you.  These are all things that you hear people…

  • Podcast: Run Walk Run with Jeff Galloway!

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Plant based nutrition gives you a lot of energy.  The next step is upping your exercise.  The American Heart Association suggests 150 minutes of cardiovascular exercise each week.  This is a minimum.  In fact there is no amount of exercise that has been shown to decrease cardiac fitness.  …

  • Podcast: Dr Stuart McGill: Back Health

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Have you ever had back pain? Hip pain? Sciatica? Have you been told to do crunches and sit-ups to strengthen your core?  What is core stability? Spinal health?  Once a bad back always a bad back?  Is walking bad when you have back pain? Dr McGill and I discuss…