Global Medicine Review is a talk show program hosted by Dr. Kamau Kokayi and Faybiene Miranda dedicated to exploring topics of interest in medicine, health, culture and healing. The show airs on WBAI every Wednesday from noon - 1PM. You can download individual shows below or from iTunes. You can also subscribe to our iTunes feed and get the show automatically downloaded to iTunes or to your mp3 player.

Archive for the ‘Detoxification’ Category

Queen Afua in the House

Dr Kokayi has a chance to share the airwaves with health activist , author, and live foodist Queen Afua. Queen Afua is joined by Dr Bernadette Sheridan a local Brooklyn family practitioner who has worked with Queen Afua and has been helping her to document the impact of diet on disease states. Queen Afua also shares with the listening audience the upcoming kick off a her week of wellness culminating with opening of her institute in Bklyn with her guest Erica Badou. She also speaks about her City of Wellness shut in where people will dedicate themselves to a detoxification process over the course of a day. Queen Afua speaks about the different levels of vegetarianism.

 

Conversation with Dr. Parris Kidd

Dr. Kokayi talks to Dr. Parris Kidd, international recognized nutrition educator, about the connection between the lack of functioning within a cell membrane and how it affects the body.  The conversation moves from environmental toxicity and it’s affects to the autism-add spectrum along with powerful steps to take to lead children who suffer from it to wellness.  With an outlined plan, it is best to have a pen in hand for this one.  You can also read the articles spoken about at Dr. Kidd’s website.

 

Power Living with Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy

Dr. Kokayi has the opportunity to interview the motivational and life transforming Power Living specialist Dr Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy. Dr Kennedy, a former Vice President at Viacom, found herself in need of reclaiming her own health and bathing in the wisdom of her mother who introduced her to yoga and health living. Dr Kennedy redirected her life and has built a transformational knowledge and experience base that she uses to assist others who wish to optimize their living and improve their health. Dr Kennedy now teaches and inspires on the corporate and community levels and in this interview shares some of her ideas featured in her two books 40 Days to Power Living and Seven-Day PWR Detox.

 

Coconut Water Detoxification

Dr Kokayi is joined by Khepra Anu a veteran faster with plenty of experience in running groups for detoxification, thru his internet based Mojo Juice club. Khepra has a raw food lifestyle and central to his detoxification regimen is the use of green coconut water. Green coconut water is nature’s breast milk; filtered sea water that is pulled up thru the roots of the coconut tree. Khepra has fasted up to 27 days just on coconut water. Dr Kokayi reviews the reasons for detoxification and callers share their questions.

 

Detoxification – Dr. Heather Pearman

Global Medicine Review’s guest Dr. Heather Pearman talks about removing unwanted toxins from the body and how it leads to better health. Specific foods are mentioned that are to be avoided (ie: “the whites”: sugar, starch, rice, potatoes, grits). Dr. Pearman also mentions toxins that come from plastics,  styrofoam, etc and how they  permeate our foods.

They go on to discuss how detoxification isn’t just a physical effort – it is a mental and emotional effort as well, and support is necessary for a person to completely detoxify.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: How are you going to build your mind?