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In This Episode This week, Neal sits down with his actual therapist, Dr. Lawrence Dresdale to discuss the benefits of meditation and to define exactly what mindfulness is. Dr. Dresdale explains how to push past the stigma of therapy and the defeatist thoughts in your head in the effort to recondition yourself not to be …
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In This Episode With so many fly-by-night companies trying to cash in on wellness, how do you find a real expert? Neal is back this week to give you the questions to ask when it comes to finding the right specialist, supplement, or medication for you. What differentiates this person or product? How transparent is …
There is no time like the present to address one of the biggest areas families waste money on in the natural products realm: multivitamins for specific groups – women, men, seniors, teens… cartoon characters, you name it, they have a vitamin for it. I’ve identified 4 big reasons you don’t need a multivitamin for women, …
In This Episode Neal has a formula for living your healthiest life that he calls the wellness pyramid. It can be applied to each facet of a person’s life to avoid getting mired in whatever new health craze has taken over. He has his producer, Daena, chime in with some anecdotes from her life to …
In This Episode Welcome to the pilot episode of The Big Mouth Pharmacist! Today, Neal introduces himself to you and gets into one of the biggest conflicts in modern wellness- medication vs. supplements. He has strong opinions about both and they might surprise you. Plus, he answers some questions submitted to his website. Topics Discussed …
In the news this week: “Eggs are bad and if you eat them you’re a jerk.” Then comes the blog articles from all the food babes and company: “THEY say eggs are bad but we’re smarter than scientists so we disagree,” or “See, we told you eggs were bad duuuuuhhhhh.” Fair and balanced reporting, America style. …
Supplement regulations are not what we think they are. There is no one group or organization that checks products before they hit the market. The FDA requires voluntary compliance – meaning a registered company needs to act in good faith. For the consumer, this means for each type of product, you’ll have lots of variance. …
Digestive enzymes are compounds secreted by our bodies to help us break down all the num num stuff we eat. They’re released at different points of the luge we call our GI tracts by many different organs and cells. In the end, digestive enzymes ensure the foods we eat actually go into our bloodstream to do …
The natural products industry doesn’t have enough oversight. The FDA expects voluntary compliance with the rules and regulations, but there is no organization tasked with checking supplement quality or reviewing marketing materials. They took action recently against supplement companies making false claims and spreading misinformation around Alzheimer’s disease products. I think that “practitioners”, pseudo-experts, and …
Exciting news for people like us who love supplements but hate the misinformation and poor quality products that saturate the market… The FDA announced actions against supplement brands that are making false claims about their products. One such claim, in great interest to me, is supplements that are claimed to treat or cure Alzheimer’s. I’m …
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