Dr. Neal Insights

Ep. 42 The Microbiome: By All Accounts, We’re Bugs

We’re talking microbiomes today. They exist not just in your gut, but all throughout your body! To explore how they work, Neal welcomes Dr. Rodney Dietert to today’s podcast.

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FDA Spanks CBD Companies. NY Spanks Back.

You may have read the headline on social media article about the FDA’s recent action against numerous CBD companies. If you did, good. If not, let’s dish. I’ve got some more inside baseball around CBD that is juicy…

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Ep. 41 A Consumer’s BS-Free Guide To Scientific Research

Neal’s absolute favorite thing to do is research, so to get into the minutiae of reliable scientific studies he is joined by Dr. James Heathers. James and Neal discuss the basics of how to find reliable research. They…

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Can Cranberry Juice or Pills Help With A UTI? Urine Luck!

Cranberry is a very popular dietary supplement used by millions to support a healthy urinary tract. That’s what everyone’s supposed to say, legally, but the truth is that people want to use cranberry to treat or prevent…

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Ep. 40 Cancer Hope Coach

To say that Tara Ryan is a cancer survivor is an understatement. She is a champion who has survived multiple diagnoses and surgeries – experiences that have brought her to counseling newly diagnosed cancer patients.

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Ep. 39 Collagen Deep Dive

Collagen is having its 15 minutes of fame, so Neal and Daena are talking about it! In this podcast, Neal discusses the structure of this unique protein, and what it does for the body.

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Melatonin – The Supplement That Shouldn’t Be

A few months back I had the pleasure of interviewing lifelong sleep researcher and awesome first-named Dr. Neil Stanley’s How to Sleep Well is one of our most downloaded podcasts

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Top 5 Tips To Stay Healthy For The Holidays

We know listicles are kind of cliché. We don’t like all the clickbait-y stuff that floods our Facebook feeds. We also know that the points that are on this list will make people go, “Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it before.”

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Ep. 38 The Gritty Truth About Charcoal

Toothpaste with activated charcoal has swept the nation, so Neal is joined today by Dr. John Brooks to explore the pros and cons. Dr. Brooks and colleagues conducted a study to examine the effects of brushing with…

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Ep. 37 The Currant Situation

The idea of superfoods has been buzzing for years, but one berry truly deserves that title: the currant. Neal chats with local farmer and restaurateur, Greg Quinn, who tells us all about the surprising history of this…

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Ep. 36 Halloween Special: Medical Horror Stories

In the spirit of Halloween, today Neal is joined by Dr. Randy Rissman, founder of Maverick Family Health here in Woodstock. Randy is recently retired but he treated darn near everyone in this town for 36 years and he is…

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Saw Palmetto Quality Update 2019

This article is part of a series that discuss, in depth, quality-related issues around a specific ingredient. Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) is a berry grown predominantly in the southeastern United States, mostly in…

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