GWIM Podcast Season 4

Today we’re talking with Alison Warren, DAOM, MSHS, who teaches students in the health professions – including here at GW – about the practical applications of Integrative Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture.

An adjunct assistant professor in our Integrative Medicine Programs, Dr. Warren received her Clinical Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Bastyr University in Washington state.  She earned a Master’s of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in Chicago.  During her training in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dr. Warren also traveled to China to train at prestigious hospitals in both Shung-Hai and Chung-Du. 

Dr. Warren also holds a Master of Science in Health Sciences in Integrative Medicine from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.  She recently completed a Neuroscience Certification from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Related Content

What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/traditional-chinese-medicine-what-you-need-to-know

Acupuncture: In Depth
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/acupuncture-in-depth

Wellness and Health: Acupuncture
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/acupuncture

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
https://www.nccaom.org/

Developing Traditional Chinese Medicine in the era of evidence-based medicine: current evidences and challenges
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25949261/

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Transcript
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript-traditional-chinese-medicine-gw-office-of

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

GW Integrative Medicine

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Welcome to GW Integrative Medicine – the podcast about disease prevention and health promotion – from the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.  Listen in on the conversation Misha Kogan, MD, an Associate Professor of Medicine here at GW and Medical Director of the GW Center for Integrative Medicine, had with Aly Cohen, MD, FACR, one of the world’s leading experts on environmental health and the co-author of Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World.  

Part of the Oxford University Press Weil Integrative Medicine Library, the book is a practical guide to living healthier in our modern environment. Dr. Cohen has collaborated with the Environmental Working Group, Cancer Schmancer, and other disease-prevention organizations, and is coeditor of the textbook, Integrative Environmental Medicine.

Dr. Cohen is tripled board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology, and integrative medicine. She helped create a CME on endocrine disrupting chemicals and their relationship to human health. She lectures nationally on this topic to communities, academic institutions and medical schools.

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Related Content

Dr. Aly Cohen's website
https://www.alycohenmd.com/

TEDx Talk | How to Protect Your Kids from Toxic Chemicals | Aly Cohen, MD 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSCeP0hyuTI

The Smart Human
https://thesmarthuman.com/

Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World (Dr Weil's Healthy Living Guides) by Aly Cohen &  Frederick vom Saal
https://thesmarthuman.com/dr-aly-cohen-and-dr-fred-vom-saals-new-book-available-now/

Environmental Working Group
https://www.ewg.org/

Natural Resources Defense Fund
https://www.nrdc.org/

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Transcript

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript-living-healthy-chemical-world-gw-office-of/?published=t

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

Living Healthy in a Chemical World

Today we’re going talk about cancer and nutrition with Dr. Emily Ho, Director of the Linus Pauling Institute and a professor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University.  GW and LPI is doing a series of podcasts on nutrition topics that will be featured in it's Diet and Optimum Health Conference, a free event offering the latest in nutrition research. Register today: https://lpiconference.org/

Dr. Ho’s research focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which nutrient status and healthy foods affect the initiation and/or progression of chronic diseases, such as cancer.  Her work has also helped drive dietary requirements and recommendations for micronutrients such as zinc for communities with susceptibility to poor nutrition. She has also helped redefine the health benefits of cruciferous vegetables, especially the anticancer roles of compounds like sulforaphane.

As faculty and leader at Oregon State University, she has a strong commitment to engaging and facilitating multi-directional translational research projects with basic scientists, clinicians, policy-makers and communities, and involving experiential learning with students and postdoctoral researchers. 

LPI is a world leader in the study of micronutrients, phytochemicals, and other dietary factors, and the role these compounds can play in promoting optimum health or preventing and treating disease. Major areas of research include approaches to combat aging, metabolic dysfunction, and neurodegenerative disease.

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Related Links

Linus Pauling Institute website
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/

Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic

Follow the Linus Pauling Institute on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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Transcript
https://bit.ly/3sMb3QA

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

BONUS EPISODE | Cancer, Cruciferous Vegetables, and Research—Oh My!

The 2020-2025 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans dropped over GW's winter break.  

Since the first edition was published in 1980, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans have provided science-based advice on what to eat and drink to promote health, reduce risk of chronic disease, and meet nutrient needs.  Jointly published by U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and of
Health and Human Services (HHS), the guidelines are updated at least every 5 years.   

The questions that immediately come to mind are what's new, what changed, and what do we really need to know?  So let’s get into it with our resident nutrition scientist and GWIM podcast co-host Dr. Leigh Frame!

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Related content

Dietary Guidelines for Americans: 
http://bit.ly/3nRZwL8

Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
http://bit.ly/3qxz9MB

Dr. Frame's breakdown
http://bit.ly/3c7GyfO

Resources for Health Professionals & Consumers: 
http://bit.ly/3oRG5ng

USDA-HHS Response to the Scientific Report
http://bit.ly/3ivvT1v

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Transcript

http://bit.ly/3bMbtQ7

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

Updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans: The Breakdown

Today we’re talking skin care, natural vs. synthetic ingredients, and COVID-19 with Dahlia Kelada, founder and formulator at SALVE NATURALS, a national all-natural and organic topical medicine company that was the first to make 100% natural, plant-based topical medicines that are registered with the FDA as OTCs.

SALVE’s mission is to promote healthier and sustainable living by creating clean and cruelty-free plant-based topicals that actually work. SALVE also provides community education on disease prevention. She encourages you to be kind to yourself and listen to your body—it's trying to tell you what it needs.  

Dahlia is a graduate of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she earned a  Master of Science in Health Science with a focus in Integrative Medicine.

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Related Content

Integrative Skin Care: Dermatology and Traditional and Complementary Medicine
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28410445/

Integrative dermatology
https://www.mdedge.com/dermatology/article/188975/aesthetic-dermatology/integrative-dermatology?sso=true

Evidence-Based Integrative Dermatology
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657212/

SALVE NATURALS
https://salvenaturals.com/

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Transcript
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gwoimh_we-talk-to-the-head-of-an-all-natural-and-activity-6762062570959450112-BZo7

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

Botanical Skin Care & COVID-19

Today we’re talking nutrition science with Chef Eric Adjepong, MPH. A finalist on Season 16 of Bravo's Top Chef, he delighted viewers with his passion for the culinary arts and nutrition.

Chef Eric has bachelor’s degrees in Culinary Arts and Culinary Nutrition from Johnson & Wales, one of the country's premiere culinary universities, and Master of Public Health in International Public Health Nutrition from the University of Westminster in London.

Prior to launching Pinch & Plate with his wife Janelle, Chef Eric cooked in several Michelin-starred restaurants in New York.  He has two cookbooks from Penguin Random House coming out in the 2022.  The first, "Sankofa," is a cookbook that details the effects of the slave trade on food in the Southern United States, the Caribbean, and South America. The second one is aimed towards children to teach them about the food of the African diaspora.

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Related Content

Chef Eric Adjepong's website
http://www.chefadjepong.com/

Food & Wine: Top Chef’s Eric Adjepong Is Writing Not One, But Two Books
https://www.foodandwine.com/news/eric-adjepong-two-books-sankofa

U.S. Department of Agriculture's My Plate website
https://www.myplate.gov/

Oldways African Heritage Diet
https://oldwayspt.org/traditional-diets/african-heritage-diet

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Transcript

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript-talking-nutrition-science-chef-eric-gw-office-of/?published=t

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Disclaimer: The content and information shared in GW Integrative Medicine is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. The views and opinions expressed in GW Integrative Medicine represent the opinions of the host(s) and their guest(s). For medical advice, diagnosis, and/or treatment, please consult a medical professional.

GW Integrative Medicine 

Talking Nutrition Science with Chef Eric Adjepong

Welcome to GW Integrative Medicine, a podcast about using an integrative approach to disease prevention and health promotion. We look forward to sharing the latest news and research on Integrative Medicine – where the best practices of conventional medicine and evidence-based complementary medicine meet. This podcast is brought to you by the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health, the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences,  in collaboration with the university's Integrative Medicine Programs and the IMPACT Initiative.