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 ‘Food and Nutrition’ Category

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.

 

Dr Clements of Hippocrates Institute

Dr Kokayi has the opportunity to speak with Dr Brian Clements who has carried on the work of Anne Wigmore, of the Hippocrates Center, for over the last twenty years. Their discussion focuses on the role that live food plays in the healing of illness and the shortcomings of not addressing disease and illness at a fundamental level. Questions were field from the listening audience and Faybiene contributed her weekly poem.

 

Breast Cancer Commentary and Cancer Treatments


Dr Kokayi focuses on Breast cancer with the understanding that the central issue in dealing with prevention and in many cases treatment is estrogen dominance. He looks at the different ways woman get into an estrogen dominant situation; from nutrient deficiencies to xenohormones, estrogens in the environment. With his guest Dr Anne Jeffres they discuss the role Chinese medicine can play in the treatment and prevention of breast cancer, looking at different diagnostic patterns that can lead to breast cancer and how to treat them with acupuncture and Chinese herbs.

 

The Health of NYC Public School Lunches

Dr Kokayi looks at the state of NYC school lunches and the impact this has on children, especially those suffering with allergens. Joining him is the author of Food to Some and Poison to Others, Terry Traub, R.D.H. B.S. Her book looks at ways to diagnose food allergies using elimination diets that revolve around restricted food menus of healthy, delicious foods. Also in this program is a brief discussion with a representative from the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches. The desire for our children to have health meals served to them is an issue that has been taking up by many groups and organizations. Some of these sites are shared. Faybiene shares her weekly poem on food this week.

 

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.

 

Food & Detoxifying in the New Year

Queen Afua starts the New Year off discussing food and detoxification and her yearly “shut in” to begin the New Year. During this ” shut in” participants fast, do yoga, and are exposed to information and guidance to help them start the new year on the good foot. Queen Afua is the Queen of self care and shares some of her secrets as well as her vision for the City of Wellness.

 

Live Food for Diabetes

Dr Kokayi takes a look at live food diets along with the premier live food physician in the country, Dr Gabrielle Cousens. Dr Cousens discusses his curative work with type 1 and type 11 diabetes. His 21 day diabetic reversal program at his Tree of life Center is highlighted along with Mark Perlmutter’s documentary movie which highlights the healing journey of six diabetics under Dr Cousen’s care. Dr Cousens has a new book, “There is a Cure for Diabetes” which outlines a curative path for diabetics.