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Pioneering complementary medicine practitioner Dr. Ronald Hoffman takes a cutting-edge approach to health, wellness, and aging. He covers both conventional and alternative modalities, as well as nutrition, exercise, and supplements.

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United States

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Pioneering complementary medicine practitioner Dr. Ronald Hoffman takes a cutting-edge approach to health, wellness, and aging. He covers both conventional and alternative modalities, as well as nutrition, exercise, and supplements.

Language:

English

Contact:

(212) 779-1744


Episodes
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Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 25, Part 1: The Best Hedge Against Alzheimer’s

1/27/2025
US dementia cases set to double by 2060; Study claims red meat a culprit in cognitive decline—but a close read reveals it’s a lot of baloney; Aerobic exercise is best hedge against Alzheimer’s; Prevagen ordered to drop memory claims; When a blood pressure cuff is too tight, can it throw off readings? An 80-year-old who takes DHEA wants to add pregnenolone; Oregon hospital patient awarded $900,000 after face catches fire during surgery; LA residents may suffer health consequences of pollutants long after wildfires quenched.

Duration:00:42:09

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Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 25, Part 2: High Fructose Corn Syrup Fuels Tumor Growth

1/27/2025
Intermittent fasting with early (9:00-5:00) eating window works best for weight loss, blood sugar control; Beleaguered California Governor Newsom at least gets it right with initiative to curb ultra-processed food, dyes, sugar; Can supplements still be used after their expiration dates? Long-term use of acid-blockers hikes heart risks in women; Quality of patient care threatened by private equity takeovers of hospitals; A tiny camera that you swallow reveals problems lurking deep within the small intestine; High fructose corn syrup fuels tumor growth; RFK Jr. faces congressional grilling next week.

Duration:00:42:20

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Leyla Weighs In: Foods to Lower Blood Pressure

1/24/2025
Foods and Lifestyle Changes to Manage High Blood Pressure: Nutritionist Leyla Muedin discusses effective ways to manage high blood pressure through simple lifestyle changes and dietary choices. She highlights the importance of achieving a healthy weight and outlines how foods like beets, celery, pistachios, asparagus, sweet potatoes, and salmon can support healthy blood pressure levels. Leyla also emphasizes the need to avoid processed foods, excess sodium, and alcohol, presenting a comprehensive approach to improving cardiovascular health.

Duration:00:23:02

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Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Shingles Vaccine

1/23/2025

Duration:00:32:09

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Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Demodex Mite Infestation

1/23/2025

Duration:00:37:28

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Vaccine Injuries: Exploring Vaccine Side Effects and Survivors, Part 1

1/22/2025
Exploring Vaccine Injuries and Their Implications: Caroline Pover is an award-winning author and public speaker based in the UK. She discusses the highly relevant and timely topic of vaccine injuries, focusing on Caroline's personal experiences and the story of Breanne Dressen, a clinical trial participant who has suffered significant adverse reactions after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Caroline shares insights from her new book, "Worth a Shot?," which chronicles Dressen's journey and the hidden challenges faced by those experiencing vaccine side effects. They delve into the complexities of vaccine injury reporting, the implications of vaccine mandates, and how social media censorship affects the vaccine-injured community. The discussion also touches on potential lifestyle and medical approaches for managing vaccine injuries, emphasizing a compassionate and comprehensive perspective on the issue.

Duration:00:26:12

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Vaccine Injuries: Exploring Vaccine Side Effects and Survivors, Part 2

1/22/2025
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Caroline Pover, author of "Worth a Shot?: Secrets of the Clinical Trial Participant Who Inspired a Global Movement―Brianne Dressen's Story."

Duration:00:42:56

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ENCORE: Removing the Stigma Around Psychedelics, Part 1

1/21/2025
Self-professed “psychonaut” Matt Zemon discusses his book “Psychedelics for Everyone: A Beginner’s Guide to these Powerful Medicines for Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Expanding Consciousness." Removing the stigma around psychedelics—emerging science is demonstrating their utility for a variety of psychiatric conditions. Psilocybin, ayahuasca, ketamine, ibogaine, peyote and others are regaining currency among innovative health professionals. Zemon describes how these might work—by opening new avenues of consciousness and rejiggering neurotransmitters. We discuss safety and optimal guidelines for use. Unfortunately, prescribing is limited by draconian and antiquated drug laws. Zemon maintains what’s needed are legal avenues for obtaining properly regulated medications delivered in ideal settings.

Duration:00:29:33

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ENCORE: Removing the Stigma Around Psychedelics, Part 2

1/21/2025
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Matt Zemon, author of “Psychedelics for Everyone: A Beginner’s Guide to these Powerful Medicines for Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Expanding Consciousness."

Duration:00:30:33

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ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 18, Part 1: Rethinking Fluoridation

1/20/2025
Rethinking fluoridation; Riboflavin improves cognitive performance in older adults; Podiatrists highlight foot problems associated with Crocs; Mom’s pregnancy diet impacts brain size, intelligence of offspring; This year’s flu shot underperforms (why I’m a flu shot agnostic); Are there alternatives to Eloquis?

Duration:00:42:06

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ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 18, Part 2: Curbing Back Pain

1/20/2025
The tricky business of boosting vitamin D; New doubts over prospect of extending lifespan to 150; Reduced sitting time found to curb back pain; GSK settles Zantac lawsuits for $2.2 billion; Incorrect arm position may lead to false elevation in blood pressure readings.

Duration:00:42:05

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Leyla Weighs In: The Surprising Benefits of Good Cholesterol for Brain Health

1/17/2025
The cholesterol conundrum: Nutritionist Leyla Muedin discusses recent research suggesting that HDL, or 'good' cholesterol, may protect against brain atrophy and dementia. The study from UT Southwestern Medical Center, published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, found that higher concentrations of small particle HDL are linked to better cognitive function and greater gray matter volume. Leyla emphasizes the importance of understanding cholesterol's role beyond just heart health and challenges common misconceptions. She also highlights the benefits of dietary fats and criticizes outdated medical advice that promotes low-fat diets. This episode encourages a more nuanced view of cholesterol and its significant impact on overall health.

Duration:00:23:53

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ENCORE: Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Life Expectancy

1/16/2025

Duration:00:29:38

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ENCORE: Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: The Choline in Eggs

1/16/2025

Duration:00:29:53

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ENCORE: Natural Ways of Managing Menopause, Part 1

1/15/2025
Menopause can pose severe challenges to women: hot flashes, cognitive impairment, sleep problems, and sexual difficulties, often compounded by weight gain. ObGyn Dr. Anna Cabeca is schooled in mainstream medicine but has added a natural medicine repertoire to her practice. She recounts how she learned to overcome her own devastating symptoms of early menopause. She believes that diets need to be individualized for menopausal women. Find her quiz to determine your menopause type at www.DrAnna.com/mpquiz. We discuss the role of supplements and bio-identical hormone replacement to augment tailored diets. Her book, "MenuPause: Five Unique Eating Plans to Break Through Your Weight Loss Plateau and Improve Mood, Sleep, and Hot Flashes," highlights the role variations on the keto diet and intermittent fasting can play in alleviating menopause symptoms and reversing mid-life weight gain.

Duration:00:23:27

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ENCORE: Natural Ways of Managing Menopause, Part 2

1/15/2025
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with ObGyn Dr. Anna Cabeca, author of "MenuPause: Five Unique Eating Plans to Break Through Your Weight Loss Plateau and Improve Mood, Sleep, and Hot Flashes."

Duration:00:25:40

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Achieving Metabolic Health, Part 1

1/14/2025
Guest Dr. Stephen Hussey, a chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner, discusses the importance and impact of a metabolic revolution. Dr. Hussey shares his personal journey of overcoming inflammatory conditions and managing type 1 diabetes through lifestyle changes, focusing on diet and functional medicine principles. The discussion highlights the flaws in conventional medical approaches to chronic diseases and the need for a holistic view of health. Emphasizing the benefits of a low-carb diet and the potential detrimental effects of excessive insulin, the episode explores the benefits of metabolic flexibility. The conversation also introduces the initiative MetabolicRevolution.org, which aims to demand better health guidelines from government agencies, urging a focus on research-based recommendations and reducing industry influence. Dr. Hussey's insights underscore the potential for personal health transformations and advocate for systemic changes to improve public health.

Duration:00:28:38

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Achieving Metabolic Health, Part 2

1/14/2025
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Stephen Hussey MS, DC, from MetabolicRevolution.org.

Duration:00:28:12

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Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 11, Part 1: Does toasting bread make it carcinogenic?

1/13/2025
Announcing the return of Intelligent Medicine to WOR 710 AM in New York City—its original home where the show debuted in 1988! Which is better—being thin or being fit? Why you shouldn’t succumb to pitches for “free” medical devices from Medicare; Does toasting bread make it carcinogenic? Belgium takes lead in protecting the “Anxious Generation” by banning cell phones in schools; The remarkable health benefits of urolithin A (Mitopure®️).

Duration:00:42:22

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Intelligent Medicine Radio for January 11, Part 2: Why 70 is the New 60

1/13/2025
“Active holistic therapy” for prostate cancer with diet and fish oil helps defer need for surgery, hormone blockade, radiation; Why 70 is the new 60; Long-term harmful effects of acid-blockers; Do memory supplements pass the blood-brain barrier? Fish oil, krill oil, olive oil for cardiovascular prevention; Paxlovid aggressively promoted but overprescribed for otherwise healthy patients.

Duration:00:42:18