Today on Health and Longevity, Dr. John Westerdahl’s special guest is environmental nutritionist Irana Hawkins, PhD, MPH, RDN. Dr. Hawkins is one of the nation’s leading Registered Dietitian Nutritionists specializing in the fields of environmental nutrition and sustainability. Dr. Hawkins discusses how our food choice can either have a negative or a positive effect on our natural environment and the health of our planet. On Sunday, November 13th, 5:00 pm PST_8:00 pm EST, Dr. Westerdahl invites you to attend her free online webinar NUTRITION FOR NATURE: ACTION FOR PLANETARY HEALTH, to learn more on this vitally important environmental topic. To register for this FREE webinar, visit www.AdventistDietetics.org.

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Today on Health & Longevity, Dr. John Westerdahl features guest, Michael A. Smith, M.D. – Physician and author of ‘The Supplement Pyramid: How to Build Your Personalized Nutritional Regimen’. Dr. Michael A. Smith, also known as ‘Dr. Mike’, is heard on numerous syndicated national health television and radio shows and hosts Healthy Talk on www.RadioMD.com. On this program, Dr. Smith discusses nutritional supplementation and its role in health and longevity. He shares the latest scientific information on how to design a personalized nutritional regimen for optimal health.

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Today on Health & Longevity, Dr. John Westerdahl features guest, Lorraine Day, M.D. – Physician, Cancer Survivor, Author and Lecturer. Dr. Lorraine Day is an internationally acclaimed orthopedic trauma surgeon and bestselling author who was on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine as Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics. She also served as Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Day was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. She reversed her severe, advanced cancer by rebuilding her immune system by natural therapies, so her body could heal itself. Dr. Day discusses her journey through cancer and eventual healing of the disease.

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Irana W. Hawkins, PhD discusses biodiversity in the food system._ Dr. Hawkins is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), environmental nutritionist, a Native Plant Steward, and a Master Recycler-Composter. She discusses the importance of eating a healthy plant-based diet and explains why the healthiest foods should come from and contribute to the healthiest ecosystem._ Dr. Hawkins is the editor of the new professional book published by CRC Press, Promoting Biodiversity in Food Systems._ She discusses this new important professional book which is a major scientific contribution that offers practical solutions to improving our natural environment.

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In this week’s episode, Dr. Stephen Sinatra discusses heart disease prevention and the use of coenzyme-Q10 as a supplement for preventing and treating heart disease. Dr. David Jenkins developed the concept of the Glycemic Index of foods. He discusses how the Glycemic Index can be used as a way to determine dietary carbohydrate and its impact on blood glucose. Dr. Jenkins also shares his thoughts about the optimal diet for health and wellness.

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Today on Health and Longevity, Dr. Westerdahl introduces his daughter Jasmine Westerdahl, who will be the co-host and the featured guest interview on the program. Jasmine Westerdahl is a Nutrition and Dietetics student at Loma Linda University School of Allied Health Professions. She will discuss vegan (also called total vegetarian) diets for teenagers. Today there is a growing number of teenagers who are adopting vegan diets for health, animal welfare, and environmental reasons. Are vegan diets healthy and nutritionally sound for teenagers? Are there any health concerns for teenagers adopting vegan diets? Jasmine Westerdahl will answer these and other questions regarding the vegan total vegetarian diet for teenagers. To participate in the survey, below are the links to the pre and post test surveys. We hope you can join us in offering your own feedback on the knowledge you have gained. Pretest Survey Click Here (before listening to episode) Post-test Survey Click Here (after listening to episode)

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On today’s show, Dr. Gary Ross, Thyroid Medical Specialist and his wife, Medical Journalist, Kathleen Anderson Ross, discuss thyroid health and the role the thyroid in health and wellness. Dr. Ross is the coauthor of the book, Depression and Your Thyroid: What You Need To Know.

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Today on Health & Longevity, Dr. John Westerdahl features guest, Carol Johnston, Ph.D., R.D. – Professor of Nutrition and Associate Director of the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion at Arizona State University. Can the food we eat affect our mental health? Dr. Carol Johnston discusses her new study that shows that vegetarians have better moods, are happier and enjoy less stress than those who eat meat. Dr. Johnston discusses the health benefits and advantages of eating a vegetarian diet.

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Dr. Milton Mills, a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine and physician with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, challenges the_ assumption that mankind was designed to eat meat. Dr. Mills shares both scientific evidence and Biblical support for the fact that humans were indeed designed to be vegetarians and not originally designed to_ eat meat. From studying human anatomy, physiology, health and medicine to the study of the Scriptures, including the Genesis 1_29 diet and the diet of heaven, there is strong support that the vegetarian diet is the optimal diet for humans.

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The Best of Health and Longevity continues with today’s guest, Dr. John McDougall and the discussion on how a health-supporting, all plant food diet, that is starched based, can contribute to health, disease prevention and longevity. He talks about the important dietary principles described in his new book, The Starch Solution. Dr. McDougall dispels the myths about starch being a “bad” food. He discusses the important role that starch foods play in human health and nutrition.

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