Precisione: The Healthcast - Thrive State

Thrive State

06/18/21 • 36 min

Guest Name and Bio: KienVuu, MD

KienVuu, MD— popularly known as Doctor V—is an assistant professor of Health Sciences at UCLA, speaker, media expert, and founder of VuuMD Performance and Longevity. Dr. V has been practicing medicine for over 14 years, and combines his knowledge as a doctor with his personal experiences overcoming chronic disease. Dr. V has survived remarkable odds to be here today. As an infant refugee, he survived dysentery, living on a boat for eight months when his penniless parents traveled to America. As an adult, he struggled with diabetes and high blood pressure, until an encounter with a patient changed his life and set him on a new course. Dr. V was first trained in Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, and became an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of disease using state-of-the-art medical imaging and non-invasive surgery. Dissatisfied with the disease-based model of modern medicine, Dr V sought out additional training with world experts in nutrition, personal development, spirituality, as well as performance and longevity medicine. He also pursued fellowship training and board certification by the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine.

Today, Dr. V directs a concierge practice to help his clients optimize their health and rediscover their unique contributions to the world through time-tested, science-driven protocols that combine ancestral wisdom and modern medicine. Dr. V’s clientele includes corporate and professional athletes, physicians, c-suite executives, as well as known celebrities and TV personalities.

When not working with clients, Dr. V is a health media expert and speaker, sharing knowledge to raise health consciousness on various platforms, including ABC News, TEDx, The Doctors, and Access Hollywood. What you will learn from this episode: 1) How to get into the “Thrive State” 2) How to optimize hormone levels and improve your libido 3) How the BioEnergetic Model for health and disease can help you optimize your health and longevity 4) What role emotions, thoughts, and mindset play in our physical health 5) What kind of eating style is most ideal for optimal health, to reduce chronic disease

How to learn more about our guest: thrivestatebook.com thriveto105.com (free e-book on epigenetics) IG/Facebook/YouTube/LinkedIn/Tiktok/Twitter: @kienvuumd Website: kienvuu.com Please enjoy, share, rate and review our podcast and help us bring the message about precision health care to the world!

Guest Name and Bio: KienVuu, MD

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Understanding Endometriosis

Guest Name and Bio: Jessica Drummond

Dr. Jessica Drummond is the CEO of The Integrative Women’s Health Institute and author of Outsmart Endometriosis. She holds licenses in physical therapy and clinical nutrition and is a board certified health coach. She has 20 years of experience working with women with chronic pelvic pain, facilitates educational programs for women’s health professionals in more than 60 countries globally, and leads virtual wellness programs for people with endometriosis. Dr. Drummond lives and works with her husband and daughters between Houston, Texas, and Fairfield, Connecticut. Dr. Drummond was educated at the University of Virginia, Emory University, Duke Integrative Medicine, and Maryland University of Integrative Health.

What you will learn from this episode:

1) What endometriosis is and how it can impact women’s health 2) How diet and nutrition can influence pelvic pain 3) What to do about gut symptoms that accompany pelvic pain and endometriosis 4) What the best approach is to chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis 5) What are good resources for those who need help with managing pelvic pain and endometriosis

How to learn more about our guest: Links and information • Website: https://iwhi.wpengine.com/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessrdrummond • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/integrativepelvichealth • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativewomenshealth/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicarobilottodrummond/

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Integrative Approaches to Mental Health

Guest Name and Bio: Dr. Noshene Ranjbar

Born and raised in Tehran, Iran until immigrating to the US in adolescence, Dr. Noshene Ranjbar developed a passion for a holistic view of medicine and healing from early on in her life. Throughout her studies and life experiences, including her own illness as well as caring for her mom who suffered from several autoimmune illnesses and cancer, to fostering children with PTSD and volunteering on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and in refugee communities, she developed a keen interest in approaches to healing trauma and advocating for holistic mental health in culturally appropriate ways. Harvard trained and board certified in General Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and Integrative Medicine, she is currently Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and Division Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Program at the UA and now serves as Training Director of the Integrative Psychiatry Fellowship and Track, as well as Medical Director of the Integrative Psychiatry Clinic at Banner-University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson. In collaboration with The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, and as a Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Leader, she continues to expand her work in integrative mental health and in working with the underserved, particularly with American Indian communities as well as those seeking asylum.

What you will learn from this episode: 1) What is integrative psychiatry 2) What are the best mind-body therapies 3) What natural therapies can be useful for mental health 4) The role of diet and nutrition in mental health 5) How we can learn from and use indigenous practices in modern times to help us with our mental health

How to learn more about our guest: Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noshene-ranjbar-2039949/ Twitter: @NosheneMD Web: https://psychiatry.arizona.edu/profile/noshene-e-ranjbar-md https://samehereglobal.org/expert-profile-noshene-ranjbar/ https://cmbm.org/faculty-member/noshene-ranjbar-md/

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