Healthwatch With Dr. David Naimon: Interviews With Experts In Natural Medicine, Nutrition, And The Politics Of Health

Farm and food policy analyst Linley Dixon discusses the Cornucopia Institute’s latest report “Culture Wars: How the Food Giants turned Yogurt, a Health Food, into Junk Food.”  Learn why the “live and active cultures” label is not a good signifier … Continue reading →

Better than Before presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits—and to change them for good. Infused with Gretchen Rubin’s compelling voice, rigorous research, and easy humor, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better … Continue reading →

Most people don’t think about hormones. But when you develop resistance to your seven major metabolic hormones—cortisol, thyroid, testosterone, growth hormone, leptin, insulin, and estrogen—your body adjusts by ultimately slowing down your metabolism. And a slower metabolism leads to weight … Continue reading →

Most of us know nothing about vitamins. What’s more, what we think we know is harming both our personal nutrition and our national health. By focusing on vitamins at the expense of everything else, we’ve become blind to the bigger … Continue reading →

Watch Your Back!  How the back pain industry is costing us more and giving us less–and what you can do to inform and empower yourself in seeking treatment.  Dr. Richard Deyo, professor of internal medicine, family medicine and public health … Continue reading →

Sally Fallon Morell, founding president of the Weston A. Price foundation, and author of the classic Nourishing Traditions, discusses her new book, Nourishing Broth, co-authored with nutritionist Kaayla T. Daniel. Explore the science behind broth’s health benefits, the difference between … Continue reading →

For centuries it was believed that the brain’s complexity prevented recovery from damage or disease. The Brain’s Way of Healing shows that this very sophistication is the source of a unique kind of healing. Dr. Norman Doidge explores the latest science … Continue reading →

More than 180 million Americans have a problem with their vision. Most believe there’s not much they can do on their own to change how much (or how little) they see. Now there is hope. In the past decade, an … Continue reading →

Take control of your health! Emerging viruses are becoming more virile and aggressive, and traditional medications are becoming less effective against them. In this companion to the best-selling Herbal Antibiotics, Stephen Harrod Buhner offers in-depth instructions on how to prepare … Continue reading →

Bestselling novelist, Jonathan Safran Foer, discusses his first book of nonfiction, Eating Animals. Learn why eating eggs is crueler than eating beef, how eating meat contributes to global warming far more than driving your car, how Safran Foer differs with … Continue reading →

In 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace. Over the four decades since, Ebola has emerged sporadically, each time to devastating effect. It can kill up to 90 … Continue reading →

What’s Really Going on in Hashimoto’s? Hashimoto’s is more than just hypothyroidism. Most patients with Hashimoto’s will present with acid reflux, nutrient deficiencies, anemia, intestinal permeability, food sensitivities, gum disorders and hypoglycemia in addition to the “typical” hypothyroid symptoms such … Continue reading →

Our oral health is intimately linked with our overall health and well-being. In this practical guide to herbal dental care, medical herbalist Leslie Alexander and registered dental hygienist Linda Straub-Bruce detail how to use 41 safe and effective herbs for … Continue reading →

Antibiotic-resistant infections are alarmingly on the rise, and many people are looking for sound information on herbal alternatives to standard antibiotics. In this indispensable reference, herbal expert Stephen Harrod Buhner explains the roots of antibiotic resistance, explores the value of … Continue reading →

Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the … Continue reading →

Women Healers of the World shares with readers an extraordinary variety of healing plants from around the world that have inspired today’s “alternative” medicine, as well as the stories, challenges, and triumphs of remarkable women healers from past and present—all … Continue reading →

In The Stress Remedy Dr. Doni Wilson reveals how stress of all types from skipping breakfast and exposure to toxins, to coping with a major crisis disrupts the body’s synergy and leads to three common conditions of chronic stress: adrenal … Continue reading →

In Total Recovery, Dr. Gary Kaplan argues that we’ve been thinking about disease all wrong. Drawing on dramatic patient stories and cutting-edge research, the book reveals that chronic physical and emotional pain are two sides of the same coin. New … Continue reading →

Host Dr. David Naimon interviews Dr. James S. Gordon about his book “Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression” Heralded by holistic doctors from Andrew Weil to Dean Ornish to Christine Northrup, Unstuck is a practical guide … Continue reading →

Dr. Lani Simpson, a chiropractic doctor and certified clinical bone densitometrist, has practiced women’s health care for 25 years, treating thousands of patients with a holistic approach.  Dr. Simpson is an expert in bone density analysis, osteoporosis and hormone balancing … Continue reading →