Evolution of Medicine Podcast

At the December 2015 Functional Forum, Holistic Nutrition Lab's Andrea Nakayama referred to 2016 as 'The Year of Empathy'. It seemed to elicit a great response from the audience and so we asked her back in the studio to expand on her thoughts.

We have been a big fan of Andrea's work for a year now, one of the major reasons being that she has created a completely scalable education program to help an unlimited number of health professionals reach mastery in the field of Functional Nutrition. It is one thing to be able to deliver great care, but to reverse engineer the process so others can follow in her footsteps consistently.

What you will learn in this podcast:
  • Why empathy is having a comeback in medicine
  • Andrea's 8 Part Framework for delivering empathy in a clinical setting
  • The role of intuition in medicine and how to develop it

Andrea made one of her video trainings available free for all listeners and you can access the video training here: www.goevomed.com/empathy

Direct download: James20Maskell_Andrea20Nakayama.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 9:16am CDT

Evolution of Medicine Newscast #5
Welcome to our fifth video newscast for January 23rd 2016.

In this week's episode we cover

- Why BPS is the new BPA and what that says about marketing and plastic
- How Flint, Michigan's water became an international news story on toxicity
- The absurdity of the official emails released regarding Flint

Please send us your best news stories to news@goevomed.com and feel free to share this with colleagues

Thanks to our sponsor, Holistic Nutrition Lab. Find out more about their functional nutrition education at www.goevomed.com/HNL
Direct download: Jan202320News.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CDT

Social Genomics: The Science of Community

Last August, our Functional Forum came from the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Annual International Conference in Austin TX. Of all the amazing speakers, we chose to highlight the talk of George Slavich, PhD, a researcher from UCLA’s Stress Lab.

Check out the highlights from his talk here.

His field: Social Genomics: A new area of science that looks at the correlative and causative factors behind social stress, and their effects on gene expression. The answers they are uncovering are fascinating, as are the questions those answers lead us to.

This is a must listen for any health professional passionate about ‘root cause resolution’ and opens up a new paradigm in diagnosis and treatment of chronic disease. UCLA has also developed "STRAIN", an "X-Ray for Stress" that allows you to compare patients stress objectively. Check it out here.

 
 What you will learn in this podcast:
  • What is social genomics and what are they measuring?
  • Why the brain and the immune system are so intimately linked?
  • Social isolation vs. diet, exercise and smoking.. what’s worst?
Direct download: Social20Genomics20with20George20Slavich.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CDT

Evolution of Medicine Newscast #4
Welcome to our fourth video newscast for January 16th 2016.

In this week's episode we cover:

- The recent massive raising of drug prices and the implications
- What General Mills buying the epic bar says about future of nutrition
- What lead Detroit Public School teachers to a 'sick-out' 

Please send us your best news stories to news@goevomed.com and feel free to share this with colleagues

Thanks to our sponsor, Holistic Nutrition Lab. Find out more about their functional nutrition education at www.goevomed.com/HNL

Direct download: Jan_16_News.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CDT

The Paleovedic Diet
At first glance, the concepts behind 'paleo' and 'Ayurveda' might seem completely at odds. Ayurveda is all about eating vegan and 'typing' and paleo is all about dogma and eating meat, right?
 
Not according to, Dr. Akil Palanisamy, a Harvard trained physician and author of the new book 'The Paleovedic Diet', one that draws from the strengths of each to create something unique. By personalizing paleo concepts by type and emphasizing vegetables in a paleo framework, you can get the best of both worlds.
 
This diet has been particularly successful for the treating of autoimmune disease which is a particular focus for Evolution of Medicine in 2016. Dr Palanisamy is also the host of an upcoming event on Evolutionary Medicine at UCSF with other EvoMed favorites like Chris Kresser. Check it out here!
 

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • The rationale and proven success of the "Paleovedic Diet'
  • How much more nutrient dense a wild apple is than a 'regular apple'
  • What evolutionary medicine is and why it is important

Get your copy of: The Paleovedic Diet: A Complete Program to Burn Fat, Increase Energy, and Reverse Disease

Direct download: The20Paleovedic20Diet20Akil20Palanisamy.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CDT

Evolution of Medicine Newcast #3

Welcome to our third news videocast for January 9th 2016.

   
In this week's episode we cover:

  

- The Los Angeles gas leak that has doctors worried
- Patients need information at a 6th grade level
- Why you might not want to rely on Fitbit data

  

Please send us your best news stories to news@goevomed.com and feel free to share this with colleagues

  

Thanks to our sponsor, Holistic Nutrition Lab. Find out more about their functional nutrition

The Motivation Molecule
We wanted to start 2016 with something equally motivating and valuable. Over the last year we have been tracking Dr. Sachin Patel's work at the Living Proof Institute. If you haven't started following him on Facebook, I highly recommend it. 
 
If you were watching the December Functional Forum you saw this wisdom from him, which is typical! 
 
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In this week's podcast we hear from Dr Patel on a range of topics related to his upcoming book "The Motivation Molecule." Using the strategies you hear in today's podcast you can help even your most stubborn patients get motivated for a transformative 2016.

What you will learn in this podcast:

  • What is the motivation molecule?
  • How do we individualize our motivation strategy to engage every patient?
  • What is the most important question to ask each patient?
Direct download: The20Motivation20Molecule20with20Sachin20Patel.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CDT

Evolution of Medicine Newscast #1
 
Welcome to our second video newscast for January 2nd 2016.
 
In this week's episode we cover
 
- The surprising drinking dichotomy of older and younger Americans
- A Nobel Prize for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Harvard study on meditation and medical costs
 
Please share with a colleague!
 
James
Direct download: Jan_2_News.mp3
Category:health, alternative health -- posted at: 5:00am CDT

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