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Take Charge of Your Health with Corinne and Carol
Carol has partnered with Corinne Furnari, nutritional practitioner and physician assistant since 2013. Take Charge of Your Health is a long running radio program at www.WBAI.org in the Pacifica network serving the greater New York City area and also appears at Progressive Radio Network www.prn.fm.
We strive to bring the latest information to our listeners. We pull information from conferences, thought leaders, medical and popular literature and discuss how this information can translate into practical tips.
We believe that knowledge is power and that each of us can and should empower ourselves to make the best decisions for extraordinary health and successful aging. Take advantage of the shows archived here.
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Take Charge of Your Health Radio Shows
- by takechargeofyourhealthDr. Chris Shade describes the role of the hormone AMPK and it's rapid effect to achieve ketosis while doing diet modifications. Progesterone is an amazing hormone with multiple functions and applications. Learn what you can do.
- by takechargeofyourhealthCarol and Corinne take a deeper dive into the complex subject of low thyroid activity. We discuss what lab testing does and does not show and what tests to ask for
- by takechargeofyourhealthIt's confusing. Low thyroid symptoms may be present and causing significant quality of life issue but often testing is incomplete or lacks the sensitivity to confirm. With practitioners spending less and less time with physical exams and more time with computer templates, hypothyroid patients have a hard time finding any relief.
- by takechargeofyourhealthUrinary incontinent products are the top sellers in the pharmacies. It is the biggest driver to entering a nursing hormone facility. However, you can spot it early and take steps to avoid this outcome.
- by takechargeofyourhealthCarol discusses the classes of drugs involved in treating hypertension, how they work and what natural substances do the same thing. Corinne adds herbs that have potential for blood pressure management. Corinnehealth.com Thewellnessbydesignproject.com
- by takechargeofyourhealthWe are told that hypertension needs to be treated with drugs for a lifetime. Is that really true? Most of the hypertensive drugs are designed to block or mitigate adrenaline. Can we do that naturally?
- by takechargeofyourhealthCholesterol builds our cells, creates all of our sex and adrenal hormones, vitamin D, and bile for digestions. Levels less that 160 are associated with increases in all cause mortality. Extremely low levels occur in autism and in AIDS. We discuss what we can do to restore cholesterol levels and what a very high cholesterol […]
- by takechargeofyourhealthCarol and Corinne review a podcast interview with Dr. Peter Atilla and Dr. Andrew Huberman from May 2022. This podcast has well over a million views, lots of praise in the comments and cited by other social media sites. The trouble is that it contains misinformation. For example, Dr. Atilla proclaims that there is a […]
- by takechargeofyourhealthDr. Ellen Cutler joins Corinne and Carol to show us how supplemental digestive enzymes can help with candida, food sensitivities, autoimmune issues, weakened immune systems, long covid and more.
- by takechargeofyourhealthCarol and Corinne discuss what can be done to naturally bring up testosterone levels in both men and women. These tips came from a lecture by Dr. William Clearfield
- by takechargeofyourhealthCarol and Corinne do a deep dive into one of our most important hormones. Testosterone is in charge of all protein synthesis in our bodies- both men and women
- by takechargeofyourhealthTony Bates fills in the background on the discovery of nitric oxide leading to a Nobel prize. Learn the fascinating history then join with Carol, Corinne and Beth Shirley to flesh out the clinical applications.
- by takechargeofyourhealthThe gut microbiome is receiving more and more attention these days but many practitioners ignore the ravages of Candida (fungus) overgrowth. We discuss signs and symptoms, treatments, causes to heighten awareness.
- by takechargeofyourhealthAt the beginning of the year many of us reflect on our "last year me" and determine to set resolutions and goals for the new year. However, these are often very soon discarded. What makes us stick to a plan and achieve our goals?
- by takechargeofyourhealthWe chose nattokinase, a proteolytic enzyme as the nutrient of the year. Nattokinase, along with lumbrokinase, serrapeptase are powerful proteolytic enzymes. Some have characterized aging – as inflamaging- an accumulation of inflammation. Enzymes can help the body break down inflammatory immune complexes.
- by takechargeofyourhealthCoorinne and Carol continued on the theme of stopping the 8 pounds more during the holiday season. We took time to review the last year's pearls. A hero in the hormone world, Dr. Ray Peat passed away in November. He will be sorely missed as all through his lifetime he challenged conventional and baseless ideas. […]
- by takechargeofyourhealthDr. Warshowsky is the author of "Healing Fibroids". There are many contributing issues leading to excess estrogen stimulation including toxins and emotions that are usually not addressed. Surgery is the routine and sometimes fibroids return after multiple myomectomies. There are other solutions which Dr. Warshowsky offers in his practice.
- by takechargeofyourhealthYoung men and women also face challenges of imbalanced hormones. Poly-cystic Ovary Syndrome, metabolic disorder, PMS, skipped cycles, low thyroid issues abound. Conventional medicine slaps on band aids such as birth control pills but fails to dig into the real problems. We cover this information to hopefully empower young people to learn to take charge […]
- by takechargeofyourhealthEstrogen Dominance was coined by Dr. John Lee to identify the relationship between estrogen and progesterone. In really, there is much more involved in this relationship and a failure to identify and correct many other issues can lead to complex and difficult to treat chronic issues.
- by takechargeofyourhealthDuring the holiday seasons, digestive problems may be magnified. Corinne and Dr. Z talk about the herbs that may help as they describe the digestive process