Heart Doc VIP with Dr. Joel Kahn

This week Dr. Kahn talks to Tony Selvaggio, owner, and Jarred Gild, natural food manager, of Western Market in Ferndale, Michigan. They are the experts that decide what ends up on the shelves of your fresh market. Is it gluten free, vegan, organic, or Snackwells? This is fascinating and wait to you hear what food has exploded to the top 10 groceries in their store in this interesting discussion.

Recorded live at GreenSpace Cafe in Ferndale, Michigan, Dr. Kahn talks to Aparna Khanolkar. She is a practitioner and teacher of aryuvedic nutrition and lifestyle. Growing up in Mumbai, she has been teaching a healing of the Mind and Body in Santa Barbara and now in Detroit. Aparna is currently working on a cookbook with Sadhguru and has amazing online courses. Dr. Kahn has learned a lot from Aparna and you will too.

Dr. Michael Walker, ND, has the rare and sought after combination of having his ND from a premier training program and an integrative oncology residency. In this fascinating interview he describes cancer prevention, how he supports patients getting medical and surgical cancer therapy and how he works with them lifelong to prevent recurrent. Dr. Michael and Dr. Kahn will also discuss medical marijuana and mistletoe. There is much to learn and share with others from this discussion.

Dr. Kahn and musician Neal Haber discuss his journey to becoming a health hero. Neal was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and then heart disease requiring open heart surgery 10 years ago. In early 2014 he learned after more than a decade of "managing" diabetes that reversal was possible with a whole food plant based diet. In 2 months Neal lost 30 pounds and was off of medications including insulin. He has lost over 50 pounds and feels better than ever in 2 decades. Listen to the tips he gives to get his results. A plant based health hero.

In the city of Detroit no one works harder in the natural health restaurant world than our guest Amber Poupore. Her spirit, passion and excellent food is legendary at her 2 restaurants and thriving catering business. We talk about how she got to this point and how she is helping the Native American Indian population live healthier lives.

Dr. Kahn sits down with Julie James, one of 4 James sisters famous in Detroit for starting up DROUGHT, the only retail chain of USDA certified organic cold pressed juice in the area. Julie talks about the decision to pursue this business as a family effort, the struggles and successes, and the future with HPP and national growth. The James sisters embody the entrepreneurial spirit spreading into the natural health sector.

Sarah Goodenough of Rochester, NY, has emerged as an international health hero. She was an RN but ate poorly in college and hit 300 lbs. Her health suffered. She read The China Study and watched Forks Over Knives and committed to a whole food plant diet for 3 weeks. She felt so good she kept going and is now over 150 lbs lighter, owns a thriving health business called Kitchen Verde, and is a People magazine feature article. Listen to her tips on losing weight in a healthy manner on this edition of Heart Doc VIP on Empower Radio.

This episode of Heart Doc VIP provides and exciting view into the future of preventive medicine as Dr. Kahn visits the most advanced health clinic in the world in San Diego. He goes through the testing and interviews the Chief Medical Officer at Human Longevity, Inc. Would you go through this testing to know your risk of chronic diseases. Listen as Dr. Kahn addresses that topic.

Paul Chatlin was faced with a health crisis in 2013 and at the last minute was offered the option of a major dietary change. He took that option and more than 4 years later has avoided the surgery everyone thought he had to have. He has gone on to give back to others by establishing the Plant Based Nutrition Support Group with over 4,000 members and an active social media presence. Paul is health hero and a health transformer who demonstrates that food is really medicine.

This is the inaugural episode of this unique, hard hitting and practical discussion of your health and your life centered on the fascinating. Why Heart Doc VIP? After 30 years of seeing thousands of patients, teaching hundreds of doctors, and lecturing at universities around the world, Dr. Joel Kahn has a head full of skills, tips and information that can be the path to reach a goal you both share: your energy, health and very lifespan. What is VIP? Vegan, because Dr. Kahn has been for over 40 years, integrative, because he is certified in that and trained to combine east and west approaches, and preventive, because it is absolutely possible to never have heart disease as a life plan. In this show the four rotating topics that will be covered were outlined including interviews of transformative health heroes like Paul Chatlin and his battle for his heart health. Interviews with leaders in nutrition, food industry and the restaurant world that cover both plant-based and other approaches to health that are backed by strong science. Heart disease reversal using standard and integrative approaches and the knowledge from world experts. And finally, Dr. Kahn's review of recent and important science. In this inaugural episode, Dr. Kahn reviews important data on new information from the Harvard School of Public Health on plant based diets, the good, the bad and the ugly. It is all about the quality of the food chosen. There is information that you can use immediately to power your health. Namaste.