Doctors+ Episode 2: Integrative Medicine with Dr. E. Konigsberg Part 2
Episode 2: Integrative Medicine with Dr. E. Konigsberg Part 2
Listen to “Integrative Medicine with Dr. Konigsberg Part 2” on Spreaker.
Episode 2
The Role of Food in Integrative Medicine
This is Part II of AFN’s interview with Dr. Esther Konigsberg, MD CCFP, where she discusses the role of food and nutrition in integrative medicine versus western medicine. While food and nutrition are often discussed in the context of maintaining general good health, what about food as medicine? Do students in medical school learn about nutrition? Diet changes to help with pain, inflammation and digestive problems are just a few of the topics discussed in this podcast. In this podcast you’ll hear:
1:50 – The large role of food and nutrition in integrative medicine
3:20 – Inflammation and diet
5:30 – Gluten-free diet
6:55 – Is diet and nutrition being taught in medical school?
11:50 – Dr. Konigsberg’s recommendations for educating current and future MD’s about nutrition
16:05 – Listen to your body
17:50 – The misinformation about soy
20:13 – Nutrition in the media
Doctors+ Episode I: Integrative Medicine with Dr. E. Konigsberg Part I
Episode I: Integrative Medicine with Dr. E. Konigsberg Part I
Listen to “Integrative Medicine with Dr. E. Konigsberg Part I” on Spreaker.
Episode 1
What is Integrative Medicine?
This is Part I of AFN’s interview with integrative medicine consultant Dr. Esther Konigsberg, MD CCFP. Dr. Konigsberg, whose teachers and mentors include Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Andrew Weil, explains what integrative medicine is, why patients seek it out and how it fits in with an overall treatment plan. The podcast also explores whether western and alternative healthcare practitioners are really on opposite sides or is the landscape changing? This episode leads into Part II of the interview with Dr. Konigsberg which delves into the role of food and nutrition in integrative medicine. In this podcast you’ll hear:
2:15 – Why Dr. Konigsberg wanted to go to medical school and become a doctor
3:05 – Dr. Konigsberg’s experience in medical school
4:30 – Dr. Konigsberg’s pursuit of further education and her mentors
8:00 – Dr. Konigsberg’s views on evidenced-based medicine
10:00 – Benefits of Integrative Medicine
14:10 – Are western and alternative/complementary medicine practitioners still on ‘opposite sides’?
16:25 – What to look for in an alternative healthcare practitioner
18:10 – Integrative medicine in the U.S. v. Canada
Episode 1 – The Plant Based Diet: What Is It and How To Start
Listen to “Plant-Based Diet” on Spreaker.
Curious about what plant-based eating is all about? AFN’s latest podcast about plant-based eating is published! Whether you’re vegetarian, vegan or a meat eater interested in integrating more plant-based foods into your diet, there’s no question that plant-based has gone mainstream. But it’s more than just fruits and vegetables. A plant-based diet can include nuts, seeds, oils, whole grains, legumes and beans also. And it is not synonymous with being a vegan. Technically, a plant-based diet contains proportionately more foods from plant sources.
The stories and health struggles of Fay Knights and Ashley Swanson MPH, RDN, LDN are revealed in the podcast. After consulting with healthcare professionals and doing their own research on plant-based eating, they each decided to incorporate more plant-based foods into their diet and achieved positive results.
What you’ll hear:
- Fay’s story: Her mitochondrial disorder and why she changed to a more plant-based diet
- Ashley’s story: Her struggles with GI issues in her youth and being raised on an Indiana cattle farm, becoming a dietician but only later learning how to use food to heal herself
- How Fay and Ashley educated themselves
- How long did it take to start to see results?
- The good and the bad when introducing plant-based foods
- Is plant-based eating expensive?
- Kids and plant-based eating
- Recipes
- Food as medicine
- Baby steps to plant-based eating