http://globalmedicinereview.com Dedicated to exploring topics of interest in medicine, health, and healing. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:34:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2006-2009 globalmedicinereview@gmail.com (Kamau Kokayi) globalmedicinereview@gmail.com (Kamau Kokayi) 1440 http://globalmedicinereview.com/wp-content/uploads/gmr_circle_world_sm.jpg http://globalmedicinereview.com 144 144 Dedicated to exploring topics of interest in medicine, health, and healing. Kamau Kokayi Kamau Kokayi globalmedicinereview@gmail.com no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/02/24/plant-diet-recipes-and-rational-with-nathalie-thandiwe/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/02/24/plant-diet-recipes-and-rational-with-nathalie-thandiwe/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=372 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2010/02/24/plant-diet-recipes-and-rational-with-nathalie-thandiwe/feed/ 8 1:00:32 Guest: Nathalie Thandiwe Book: The Yummi Cookbook: Healthy, Delicious, Affordable Food without Meat, Dairy, Wheat or Soy & Nut Free I think during my third year of medical school I realized I could not be a mainstream doctor.  I watched the trea[...] Guest: Nathalie Thandiwe Book: The Yummi Cookbook: Healthy, Delicious, Affordable Food without Meat, Dairy, Wheat or Soy & Nut Free I think during my third year of medical school I realized I could not be a mainstream doctor.  I watched the treatment that people received in the hospital and not that it was bad but as a student we were required to take a history and physical from many patients on the wards.  I realized that the pharmaceutical prescriptions being given by well meaning doctors were not really going to address the problems that people had.  When I looked into psychiatry and spent my summer after my first year in medical school at a community health center I became alarmed at the drugs being prescribed.  I voiced this to the head psychiatrist at this clinic in New Haven who told me that I was a fool for not wanting to get on the drug bandwagon.  I don’t remember what my reaction was at the time but I guess you could say that I was more disturbed by what I saw happening in the clinic than his comments to me.  I was a vegan during my medical school years and many years after.  And of course through that filter all of my patients appeared to be suffering from the effects of meat eating and the toxic chemicals that were added to the food. I was a vegan for about 22 years.   Along the way I realized some things about my own diet that were problematic for both myself and my family.  My motivation to maintain this dietary approach had been sustained because most of what I was seeing in the hospital and private practice had to with bodies being destroyed by what was going in the mouth and indeed what was not coming out.   When I expanded this model to include spirit, mind, and mechanism I began to feel like I was on the right track although I had to go outside of modern medicine for diagnostic techniques and therapeutics.  While I was learning other healing arts the food industry was changing even more.  I began to lose my motivation for a vegan diet which truth be told was largely soy based.  I also had watched the American public shift to a largely carbohydrate based diet with an emphasis on low fat.  With this I have witnessed the devastating consequences with respect to the increasing incidence of obesity and diabetes.  I have witnessed a charade being carried on about cholesterol and became aware of the food and pharmaceutical industry’s role in coopting the medical profession to push an agenda that has more to do with profits and their products than the health of the American public.  I have witnessed a major transfer of wealth in this country with the American public left holding the bag and in dealing with my own finances finding that for a short period of time I a health professional could not afford health insurance. For years I left the dietary aspect to the able hands of other people in my practice because the information was like shifting sands.  While doctors are really the last source of information to be relied on for nutrition most other people involved in this industry seemed to be pushing products.  And then in 2005 I met my wife and partner who was attending a film lecture I was giving at the Open Center.  As we began to hang out I would compare what I was eating to what she was eating and realized  that even though she would eat meat her diet was much better than mine with respect to nutrient density and unwanted calories.    I know she was challenged to prepare food for me and my kids because of how vegetarian orientation.  Actually my teenagers were already flexing their free choice genes and were eating things that were not served at home.  As for myself  I am not a beast person.  I  have watched how fish have raised the level of  mercury in my system and the bodies of many of my patients.  My wife has also reminded me that older people on animal based diets do not fair that well.  Well with my wife’s cooking I have adjusted to more beans in my diet. We also do more raw food.  And with one[...] Toxins, Vegetarianism Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/09/good-calories-bad-calories-rebroadcast/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/09/good-calories-bad-calories-rebroadcast/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:51:16 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=291 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/12/09/good-calories-bad-calories-rebroadcast/feed/ 0 1:00:32 This week’s show is a rebroadcast of the show Good Calories Bad Calories that aired on 04/29/2009. This week’s show is a rebroadcast of the show Good Calories Bad Calories that aired on 04/29/2009. Health, Podcast Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/09/30/holistic-dentist-in-the-house/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/09/30/holistic-dentist-in-the-house/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:43:57 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=245 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/09/30/holistic-dentist-in-the-house/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi interviews Dr Victor Zeines, a holistic dental specialist. Dr Zeines shares his experience with peridontal disease and the role of nutritional non surgical approaches. The toxicity of silver amalgams is highlighted and Dr Zeines shares hi[...] Dr Kokayi interviews Dr Victor Zeines, a holistic dental specialist. Dr Zeines shares his experience with peridontal disease and the role of nutritional non surgical approaches. The toxicity of silver amalgams is highlighted and Dr Zeines shares his many years of experience in the arena of removing these mercury fillings from the mouth. Root canals are revisited and Dr Zeines speaks to the connection between different nerve roots and various parts of the body. Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/05/20/healing-cancer-from-the-inside-out/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/05/20/healing-cancer-from-the-inside-out/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 17:59:50 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=145 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/05/20/healing-cancer-from-the-inside-out/feed/ 0 1:00:32 This is a three hour fundraiser featuring the must see DVD Healing Cancer from the Inside Out and the Rave Diet Lifestyle book. Not only do these fundraiser premiums offer a real critique of current cancer care but they propose both in principle and[...] This is a three hour fundraiser featuring the must see DVD Healing Cancer from the Inside Out and the Rave Diet Lifestyle book. Not only do these fundraiser premiums offer a real critique of current cancer care but they propose both in principle and thru the examples of people who have successfully checked cancer a plant based diet focus as the main approach to healing their cancer problem. The DVD critiques the current methodology of statistical sharing with respect to cancer survival and chemotherapy. It becomes clear that in many instances people are being misinformed. The connection between cancer and animal protein is also established. The Rave Diet Book offers over two hundred plant based recipes to address cancer and overcome a number of chronic diseases. This was the highest earning premium for WBAI’s May fundraiser as of May 26th, 2009. Cancer, Podcast Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/04/29/good-calories-bad-calories/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/04/29/good-calories-bad-calories/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:09:23 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=137 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2009/04/29/good-calories-bad-calories/feed/ 1 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi has an opportunity to interview the award winning science writer Gary Taubes. This is a truly compelling interview highlighting Mr Taubes’ very well referenced Good Calories Bad Calories. Mr Taubes has provided excellent documentati[...] Dr Kokayi has an opportunity to interview the award winning science writer Gary Taubes. This is a truly compelling interview highlighting Mr Taubes’ very well referenced Good Calories Bad Calories. Mr Taubes has provided excellent documentation for the way that obesity has been dealt with throughout the last one hundred years in the Western world, starting with the emphasis on CHO to the latest craze around low fat diets. The myths and lack of real scientific documentation around the low fat approach to weight loss is highlighted and Mr Taubes shows the link between sugar, obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. Health, Podcast Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/08/27/the-truth-about-coconut/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/08/27/the-truth-about-coconut/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:14:46 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=100 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/08/27/the-truth-about-coconut/feed/ 1 1:00:32 This is a rebroadcast of a program from a few years ago with Bruce Fife, the author of Coconut Cures. Mr. Fife dispels the erroneous information concerning coconut oil as a harmful fat. He points out that the oils of tropical plants like the cocon[...] This is a rebroadcast of a program from a few years ago with Bruce Fife, the author of Coconut Cures. Mr. Fife dispels the erroneous information concerning coconut oil as a harmful fat. He points out that the oils of tropical plants like the coconut and palm tree can handle higher temperatures when cooking without denaturing . Much of the discrediting of coconut comes from the venders of polyunsaturated fats. Coconut oil can be helpful to the heart and many other organs. Its uses among indigenous peoples are also highlighted. cardiology, Health, Podcast Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/08/06/arthritic-treatments/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/08/06/arthritic-treatments/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:38:19 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=97 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/08/06/arthritic-treatments/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi discusses treatment approaches to the different types of arthritis.  Current treatment methods with NSAIDS are critiqued along with the discussion of herbal formulas that Dr Kokayi has used in his own practice.  Dr Kokayi reframes the un[...] Dr Kokayi discusses treatment approaches to the different types of arthritis.  Current treatment methods with NSAIDS are critiqued along with the discussion of herbal formulas that Dr Kokayi has used in his own practice.  Dr Kokayi reframes the understanding of what is happening in arthritis so that it is appreciated energetically as well as biochemically and biomechanically.  Acupuncture, Chinese medicine, and nutrition are discussed as they relate to this model.  Callers were taken.   Acupuncture, Arthritis, Podcast Kamau Kokayi no no http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/03/26/autism-a-fresh-look/ http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/03/26/autism-a-fresh-look/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:10:54 +0000 admin http://globalmedicinereview.com/?p=76 http://globalmedicinereview.com/2008/03/26/autism-a-fresh-look/feed/ 0 1:00:32 Dr Kokayi reviews the role that vaccinations may play in the increasing incidence of autism. His guest Julie Mathews is the author of Nourishing Hope: Nutrition Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her book is an excellent resource and looks [...] Dr Kokayi reviews the role that vaccinations may play in the increasing incidence of autism. His guest Julie Mathews is the author of Nourishing Hope: Nutrition Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her book is an excellent resource and looks at the role of various nutritional diets and supplements in the treatment of autism related neurological problems including ADD and ADHD. She is has an excellent section of the book that describes the biochemistry of some of the chemical abnormalities associated with autism. Dr Kokayi and his guest Julie Mathews have concluded that most cases of autism result from environmental toxins and nutritional deficiencies as opposed to bad genetics. Autism, Podcast Kamau Kokayi no no