The Real Health Podcast

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, two of Riordan Clinic’s integrative oncologists – Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, and Dr. Kirsten West, ND, LAc, FABNO – discuss ways to prevent or control breast cancer. In this episode they discuss various lifestyle and other patterns such as stress, toxins, and metabolic and hormonal imbalances and how they contribute to cancer. They also discuss other factors that can be key to a potential breast cancer diagnosis and encourage women to feel empowered by the things in their lives that they can control.

In this episode of the Real Health Podcast, host Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, is joined by Dr. Dan Rubin, ND, FABNO, Founding President of the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians (OncAP) and Founder of Naturopathic Specialists, LLC, and Dr. Lucas Tims, ND, FABNO, of the Riordan Clinic. They discuss the role that naturopathic medicine can play in oncology, credentialing for naturopathic practitioners, and Dr. Rubin’s connection to the Riordan Clinic.

In this episode of the Real Health Podcast, Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, discusses radical remission with cancer researcher Dr. Kelly Turner, PhD. Her first book is also titled “Radical Remission” and features stories of individuals who have survived cancer without conventional therapies or when conventional therapies failed. They discuss lifestyle changes that were consistent and why addressing emotions and practicing spirituality play a key role in achieving remission.

In this episode of the Real Health Podcast, Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, welcomes Dr. Stephanie Seneff, PhD, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss the health and environmental dangers of the common weed killer glyphosate. Dr. Seneff discusses her new book “The Toxic Legacy: How Glyphosate is Destroying Our Health and Environment.” She also discusses some health conditions possibly linked to the chemical and ways to potentially reduce exposure.

Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, welcomes cancer coach and author Glenn Sabin, who in 1991 at the age of 28, was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which doctors called “uniformly fatal.” Dr. Ron and Glenn talk about his commitment to his own health and lifestyle changes and his book “N of 1,” which is the account of his use of natural methods to achieve remission.

Steve Spencer shares his journey of treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer at the Riordan Clinic. He arrived after attempts at traditional care that had also left him with kidney problems and MRSA. Unable to walk into his first visit, he completed a 5K this spring.

Dr. Lucas Tims, ND, FABNO, and Dr. Kirsten West, ND, LAc, FABNO, discuss ways that lifestyle and environment contribute to cancer more than genetics. Modifiable lifestyle factors include stress, immune function, dietary intake, toxic burden, and inflammation which can lead to a diagnosis of cancer. Comprehensive testing can help guide patients and providers to personalized treatment plans.

Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, welcomes Dr. Tereza Hubkova, MD, to discuss the whole-body approach to the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune diseases as well as some potential causes for the conditions. They also discuss how patients can use diet, lifestyle choices, and environmental changes to help ease symptoms and prevent or delay autoimmune diagnosis.

Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, Riordan Clinic Chief Medical Officer, welcomes Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO, to the Real Health Podcast. In this episode, Dr. Winters explains her roots at the Riordan Clinic and her own experience with a stage 4 ovarian cancer diagnosis when she was in college. She beat the odds of survival and co-founded the Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health and now trains other providers who want to more deeply understand metabolic and integrative approaches to cancer care for the whole person.

Dr. Ron Hunninghake, MD, Chief Medical Officer, and Dr. Lucas Tims, ND, FABNO, end their discussion about the terrain approach to integrative oncology in this bonus episode of the Real Health Podcast. Today’s episode features the final three of the 10 terrains: circadian, stress, and emotions and their impacts on cancer. Dr. Ron and Dr. Lucas explain how genetics are only part of the equation when it comes to treating cancer and caring for the whole person.