Have you or a loved one received  a terminal or other serious diagnosis? You're in the right place! After being told by doctors there was no hope after a terminal diagnosis, a functional health coach and her husband with stage 4 colon cancer find themselves  "Off the Medical Grid," meaning, they began to seek health-building and life-saving solutions outside of the medical model of care. Embarking on a journey to find answers, they discovered hope, stories of inspiration, proven therapies, and practitioners helping people heal from terminal and chronic conditions with drug-free, holistic solutions. Learn how people can recover and even thrive without drugs, surgery, chemo and radiation. Welcome Off the Medical Grid!

Welcome to the "official" introduction of Off the Medical Grid! I'll share a little about me, and why I created this podcast. We'll also go over what to expect from future episodes, including common themes about healing journeys & the 6 pillars of health. Thanks for tuning in!

links for this episode:
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition

www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com

Today's guest is Dr. Gene Sambataro, a comprehensive dental expert and leading-edge authority on biological dentistry and dental sleep medicine. He is on a mission to change the world of dentistry and vanquish our current epidemic of sleep deprivation, and more specifically, sleep apnea- a bigger problem than we realize!

If you have a serious diagnosis of cancer, autoimmune or other chronic illness, it's been said that the chronic inflammation from previous dental work can prevent true recovery. Get empowered with information about how you can improve your health with the most advanced dental technology. 

LINKS AND RESOURCES:
 

Get Dr. Sambataro's new book, Stop the Snore on Amazon. It will be available mid-September, 2017

To find Dr. Sambataro:

www.juliandentist.com

www.toxicfreedentistry.com

Hello, Friends!

Today’s episode is about an amazing healing journey with Tamy Anderson, Functional Health Coach and fellow Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner. 

In this episode, Tamy shares: 

-How chronic conditions often originate from stressors earlier in life, 

-Why the leading medical specialists couldn’t help her with a serious condition that kept her up at nights, worrying about her future, and

-How finding the ancestral approach to diet and exercise completely turned around her life time of serious, and debilitating chronic health issues. Using food as medicine.

-What to expect if you decide to work with a functional health coach

Join us on Face Book: Off the Medical Grid, to share comments and discuss this, or any of the other episodes!
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Resources:

Tamy’s website: www.thrivingprimallywellness.com

Autoimmune Connection Podcast

Instagram: Thriving_Primally

Facebook: Thriving Primally Wellness

Reed Davis is the founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN), the program that Dori used to help her husband, Martin, thrive despite a diagnosis of stage 4 colon cancer. In this episode, Reed shares his story how he created the FDN program, and why it succeeds when the medical model of care can't help. FDN  outpaces the medical model of care for conditions that are chronic, and even when diagnosed as terminal. 

For a limited time (until September 30t, 2017, you can sign up to become a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner for a discount of $500. Simply enter SAVE500 for the promo code at checkout.  

CLICK HERE for details about the FDN program

Hello, Friends!

If you’ve never heard of today’s guest, Dr. Nasha Winters, get ready to receive some life-changing information! Funny, how I met Dr. Nasha.  I was on this intense mission to find out how to reverse my husband’s cancer diagnosis, not caring that the prognosis was very bleak. I came across a testimonial by a woman who used mistletoe therapy as a part of her protocols to heal from stage 4 colon cancer, then started a search to find out where to get this therapy. As the Universe works it’s magic sometimes, I heard about a talk being given in San Francisco about Viscum Album Extract - which is the mistletoe. It turned out that the brilliant presenter for this presentation was Dr. Nasha Winters. Not only did I find an amazing wealth of information about the mistletoe, but also found out about an amazing track record for treating cancer with alternative therapies.  Then it got even better: Dr. Nasha was just about to do a book launch about her life’s work- she was giving us the benefit of her 26 years of working with people dealing with cancer.  Meeting her gave me a sense of empowerment and excitement to know that we are finding a better way to address this horrible disease, and confirmed that it is in our hands to be able to reverse the condition and even thrive!

Topics discussed in this episode:

Dr. Nasha’s story, and why she is passionate about empowering others to TEST, ASSESS and ADDRESS for their health. We have labs available to understand your biochemistry and know what steps to take to rebuild health.

Why we must focus on the 90-95% of cancers that are caused by the standard American Diet and exposure to environmental toxins. “We simply cannot shrug our shoulders when we, or our loved ones are diagnosed.”

What is cancer? It is part of us, a wound-healing process meant to protect us, but gone awry.

Why cancer is no longer a death sentence

Cancer is not just a genetic disease- it’s a metabolic disease, which can be managed by restoring metabolic flexibility. 

We discuss the ten hallmarks of cancer

Why doctors are doing harm when they tell cancer patients to reverse their drastic weight loss be eating as much as possible, or to drink Boost or Ensure.

Ketogenic diet versus a vegan/ Gerson Therapy. Which is the right way to eat when you have cancer? Why do some do well (initially) on something like the Gerson therapy?

How Dr. Nasha’s book, A Metabolic Approach to Cancer was meant to be read and applied to help people heal from cancer.

Mental and emotional wellbeing: Cultivating the most powerful medicine of all

Personality C- personality traits that tend to lead to cancer

We have to rethink the approach we have taken for many decades of “fighting” “battling” and killing cancer, becausewe are fighting ourselves

RESOURCES:

Dr. Nasha's consulting company:

www.optimalterrainconsulting.com

Jess Higgins Kelly's website:

www.remissionnutrition.com

Dr Nasha's book:

A Metabolic Approach to Cancer

Book Recommendations:

The Best Last Cure

Cancer as A Turning Point

Please also join Dr Nasha's Facebook page:

A Metabolic Approach to Cancer to keep up with upcoming events and talks

Also, Facebook for Dr Nasha's consulting company: Optimal Terrain Consulting, and

Jess Higgins Kelly, MNT's Facebook page: Nutrition Remission

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Are you being told to give your child medication for ADHD?

Adam Johns, a future FDN Practitioner, shares his experience as a young child exposed to adderall for a diagnosis of ADHD, and how it ultimately served as a gateway to street drugs and the heavy use of pharmaceuticals purchased off the street. He then suffered serious and tragic losses in quick succession that spiraled him down a path of self-destruction with an escalation into the use of heroin. Beating the odds, Adam finds the support and motivation he needs to manage his drug addiction. He finds ways to replace his addiction to drugs with a lifestyle that involves being out in nature, skiing, and finding someone to love. He gets significantly uncomfortable to regain health, and find happiness again, when the doctors were convinced that Adam was a hopeless case. Now, Adam is on a mission to help others who are suffering, manage their condition and learn to thrive.

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Thanks for listening!

To connect with Adam, send an email to jajfdn@gmail.com

Dental sleep expert and comprehensive dentist, Dr. Gene Sambataro, talks about his excellent new book, Stop the Snore. He shares how sleep is the missing link that is quietly perpetuating, and perhaps, even the cause of our major chronic health conditions. Heart disease, diabetes, depression, chronic fatigue, obesity.... A snore is the body's danger signal, telling you that your body is suffering from lack of oxygen. Addressing the many factors causing oxygen deprivation and sleep disturbances can help you reverse and even avoid serious health conditions, and even sudden death from a heart attack.

Thanks for listening in!

Resources:

Julian Dentist

Stop the Snore: Dental Solutions for Healthy Sleep

Finding Conner Deagan (ADHD and Sleep)

Nose Cones (breathing devices)

Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health

Laptop blue light dimmer:  f.lux

This episode is a milestone for the show because we have reached episode number 10! I appreciate each of you for being on this journey with me, and I'm also so grateful for the opportunity to chat with the guests that have so generously shared their time and knowledge with us over these first 10 episodes.

Today's guest is Christa Biegler, who I met through our podcasting community, Power Up Podcasting, created by our mentor, and one of my favorite podcasters of all time, Pat Flynn. Christa and I immediately hit it off, when we noticed common interests in building health through with food as medicine, geeking out on food intolerances and lab testing, and also,musings about the importance of mindset. Youll find in this interview, great examples of those amazing coincidences and synchronicities that show up in life, As Christa likes to say, there are no coincidences, and things often happen for a reason.

In this interview, Christa also shares a bit about her health journey and how she started helping clients rebuild health, even through they were considered complex or incurable cases.

Here's Christa's official bio: she is an integrative dietitian nutritionist that specializes in food sensitivities and reversing symptoms of IBS, migraines, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune issues. She loves tough cases, and is host of The Less Stressed Life podcast. Here's a fun fact: she coordinates the local unicycle club with her husband and 3 kiddos!

Thanks for listening!

To Find Christa: 

Listen to her podcast, The Less Stressed Life Podcast

Visit Christa's website: https://www.christabiegler.com

Hello, Friends!

A question for you: do you know what to say when something bad happens to a friend? People often don't know what to say, and may say the wrong thing or feel super awkward. Grief counselor, coach, and author, Laura Jack, gives us great advice about how to handle a devastating diagnosis, what to do if someone you love receives a diagnosis, and how to be compassionate and say the right things when someone you know gets bad news. Thanks for listening!

Resources:

http://www.laurajack.com

Laura's Best-Selling Book: The Compassion Code: How to Say the Right Thing When the Wrong Thing Happens

https://www.amazon.com/Compassion-Code-Right-Thing-Happens-ebook/dp/B0744LR9Q7/ref=sr_1_1?tag=geolinker-20&ie=UTF8

Know Your Audience Blog post:
http://www.laurajack.com/knowyouraudience/

Deanna Won is the Founder of Keynotes to Life. She is a Speaker, Leadership Consultant, Author, and Holistic Health Coach who inspires people to reach their highest potential through integrating leadership principles with purposeful and healthy living.

A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Deanna served as a physicist in the Air Force for over 26 years. Deanna was a Colonel when diagnosed with ovarian cancer and admitted into hospice with 4 weeks to live. Against all odds, she miraculously survived through an integrative medical and holistic approach. Being given a second chance at life is what fuels her passion to inspire and empower others, so she became a Certified Holistic Health Coach and graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Today, she helps people from around the world to recover their health, using a mind, body, and spirit approach.

Deanna’s leadership scenarios are featured at the Stanford Graduate School of Business’ Leadership in Focus Training. She received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ First Place Award in Public Policy, and was honored as Woman of the Year 2015-2016 by the National Association of Professional Women.