Body Chat Podcast

It’s hard enough to be a kid these days without having to fight the peer pressure to use drugs.  Drugs that are so much more dangerous and deadly than the drugs their parents might have tried in the 60s and 70s.  How can we help our kids fight the peer pressure, protecting them from the...

Not only is Top Gun a great movie, but it also has some interesting stunts involving G-force.  So what is G-force and how can it affect jet pilots.  This is one of three altitude or speed-related effects on the body that we cover this week.   In this episode, Dr. Nedd covers: What Dr. Nedd...

We’ve covered the best-known parts of the nervous system, but what about the parts that keep your body’s functions going without you having to think about them.  This is the ‘automatic’ nervous system – aka, the Autonomic nervous system.   In this episode, Dr. Nedd covers: What the autonomic nervous system is and how it differs...

If you need more oxygen, you could always get an oxygen tank and mask.  But what about when the oxygen need is more serious?  That’s when hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be useful.  It’s also great for athletes who want to improve their performance or have a faster recovery.   In this episode, Dr. Nedd covers: What...

Is there any way to check on the function of your heart, rather than just finding out if it has already been damaged in the past?  Wouldn’t it be better to see where the function is suboptimal and have a way to improve that with nutrition?  In this episode, Dr. Nedd covers: Why there was...

Just like with health-related issues these days, ‘climate’ and ‘climate change’ has become so politicized it’s hard to get accurate info.  A scientist who has worked in this field thinks this is ridiculous and wrote a book to discuss this problem and then goes over what the true info is.  In this episode, Dr. Nedd...

With food prices skyrocketing, it isn’t a bad idea to grow some of your own.  Most people think it’s too difficult or that they don’t have enough land but neither of those has to stop you, if really you want to get started.  Expert gardener, Jai McFall, explains how even a beginner living in an...

A lot of people think that CBD is basically a different form of marijuana.  But they don’t realize that CBD is part of a category of chemicals that the body actually makes that actually. have a lot of health benefits.  To cover this in-depth and further clarify the difference between CBD and marijuana, special guest...

Going to the hospital can be scary.  And the reports coming out over the past couple of years makes going an even scarier thought than before.  But sometimes you need to go to the hospital.  What can you do to give yourself the best chance of surviving a hospital visit or stay?  In this episode,...

Why do people feel tired during the day (when they shouldn’t)?  And why don’t we have abundant levels of energy all the time?  In his book ‘The Energy Paradox’, Dr. Gundry goes over what his research found about your body’s power plants and what is causing them to give you less get up and go. ...

Last week we talked about blood tests and urine tests and nasal swabs.  This week we’re covering the other category of diagnostic tests – imaging studies.  Why do we need CT scans and MRIs in addition to xrays?  Why are some imaging studies done with contrast media?  We’ll answer those questions and more.  In this...

When you think of lab tests at this point in time, you think about COVID tests.  But there are many more types of lab tests performed every day.  The NY Times reported that there were as many as 90% false-positive tests for COVID.  Which brings up the question, how reliable are these tests really?  In...

September 23, 2020 we recorded our first episode about the coronavirus and COVID.  There have been several since then.  We’re now at the 2 year mark since we recorded that episode and a LOT has happened since then in relation to this topic.  A lot of new information has come out.  This week we’re going...

You may have heard the terms ‘free radicals’ or ‘anti-oxidants’.  But how much do you really know about them?  One can cause all sorts of mischief in your body and is linked to the decline in your body as you age.  The other helps protect your body from the damages the other can cause.  Which...

It’s time again to get rid of that holiday weight that creeps up on you in November and December, somehow.  This week we’ll cover all the types of fat in the body and how to get rid of the bad fat that you don’t need or want.  In this episode, Dr. Nedd covers: What the...

Dr. Alf Garbutt joins us again, this time to discuss another area of his expertise – traumatic brain injuries.  These are most commonly seen in athletes and from auto accidents and are very often missed.  In this episode, Dr. Garbutt covers: What a traumatic brain injuries and the most common causes. Traumatic brain injuries in...

This is the final of four episodes where we discuss what was covered at the Pinellas County “A Day with the Experts: Community COVID-19 Conference”.  This week is about Dr. Robert Malone, who developed the m-RNA technology, and Jeff Childers – an attorney who has successful argued cases regarding people’s rights during the pandemic.  In...

This is the third of four episodes where we discuss what was covered at the Pinellas County “A Day with the Experts: Community COVID-19 Conference”.  This week is about Dr. Peter McCullough, who has some of the most difficult-to-achieve credentials in his fields.  He also isn’t a theoretical doctor, he actually treats patients.  In addition,...

This is the second of four episodes where we discuss what was covered at the Pinellas County “A Day with the Experts: Community COVID-19 Conference”.  This week is about Dr. Larry Palevsky, respected pediatrician, who discusses children and COVID and the shot.  Plus, he goes into great depth about what a vaccine does and whether...

This is the first of four episodes where we discuss what was covered at the Pinellas County “A Day with the Experts: Community COVID-19 Conference”.  First up is Dr. Kevin Stillwagon who goes into great depth about how the immune system functions and his concerns about the COVID shots based on statistical findings.   In...