Family - Staying Healthy

February 7, 2012

Interview with Nina Shapiro, M.D., author of the book Take a Deep Breath: Clear the Air for the Health of Your Child

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Mike Carruthers:
Breathing problems in children are common and one of the things that concerns parents the most is snoring.

Dr. Nina Shapiro:
A little bit of snoring is normal most kids do have some snoring at night that comes and goes and certainly if they’re sick it becomes a little bit worse.
 

January 24, 2012

Interview with Dr. David Agus, author of the book The End of Illness

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Mike Carruthers:
Millions of people take vitamins every day to protect their health – but maybe they shouldn’t.

Dr. David Agus:
If you look at the studies of vitamins they cause problems. If a man takes a vitamin E a day for 3 years his rate of prostate cancer is 17% elevated and it lasts for years after stopping the vitamin E.
 

January 23, 2012

Interview with Dr. David Agus, author of the book The End of Illness

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Mike Carruthers:
We can all do a lot to prevent of postpone serious illness.

Dr. David Agus:
My hope is, and what I really believe can happen is, we can delay illness to the 9th or 10th decade. You know the 1950tys were the last years in the United States you can die of old age on a death certificate – I want to bring that back.
 

January 2, 2012

Interview with John La Puma, author of ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to: Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, Getting Really Healthy

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Mike Carruthers:
Some scientific research has been done on the food we eat and how we cook it and how that impacts our health - the results are really interesting.

John La Puma:
If you marinate meats or chicken or fish and then grill it (at high temperature) you actually reduce the cancer-causing chemicals by 77% just with that marinade.
 

December 29, 2011

Interview with Joe Graedon, author of the book Best Choices from the People's Pharmacy

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Mike Carruthers:
Some old home remedies have been tested and really seem to work. For example; for dandruff…

Joe Graedon:
It's a fungal infection and we now know that we can control fungal infections a couple of different ways - one just by changing the pH of your scalp.
 

December 20, 2011

Interview with Vincent D’Amore, author of the book Common Sense Care: A Parent's Guide to a Harmless ER Visit

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Mike Carruthers:
Did you know that most emergency room visits are unnecessary?

Vincent D’Amore:
A good fact is that 95% of children who go to an ER go home. So that tells us for children - 95% of them aren’t critically ill.
 

October 20, 2011

Interview with Kathleen Flinn, author of the book The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks

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Mike Carruthers:
Whether you cook a lot or a little everyone can use some help in the kitchen to save time and money. And one thing every cook needs is a sharp knife.

Kathleen Flinn:
A sharp knife is the number 1 tool you can have in terms of prompting you to cook more because it goes so much faster – it just doesn’t take as long to cut stuff up.
 

September 21, 2011

Interview with Dr. Meg Meeker, author of the book The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity

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Mike Carruthers:
Parents are different today than in previous generations and not necessarily for the better. One consequence of this change is childhood obesity.

Dr. Meg Meeker:
There is one reason that children are overweight in our country because mothers are afraid to say no to their children.
 

 August 11, 2011

Interview with Dr. David Servan Schreiber, author of the book Anticancer, A New Way of Life, New Edition

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Mike Carruthers:
Did you know that we all have cancer cells in our bodies?

Dr. David Servan Schreiber:
There's no question about this - 100% of people have cancer cells in their bodies. The key determinate as to whether you get cancer or not is how healthy your anti-cancer defenses are.
 

August 8, 2011

Interview with Jeff Knott, author of the book Navigating the Healthcare Maze: What You Need to Know

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Mike Carruthers:
Want to get more out of a doctor visit? Then first understand who's running the show at the doctor's office.

Jeff Knott:
The woman behind the sliding-glass window controls the whole office. So wear your best, smart, casual clothes - first impressions mean a lot.