This podcast was developed to spread the word about the latest interventions, beyond the traditional approach and how best to tackle and reverse disease. I interview thought-leaders who at the cutting edge of their practice and passionate about improving health.
How do you prepare for a pandemic, a crisis or the ultimate worse case scenario, an apocalypse?
Our guest today, Prof Marc Cohen has been pondering that since primary school.
He decided to spend his life studying and researching holistic health and wellness in the hope that it would lead to the most fun and fulfilling life and help tip the scales in the right direction when crisis came.
Dr Marc is a medical doctor, university professor, author, poet, entrepreneur, wellness trailblazer and perpetual student of life, trying to coax the world towards worldwide wellness.
In addition to a medical degree, Dr Marc has an Honours degree in physiology and psychological medicine and PhDs in both Chinese Medicine and biomedical engineering. His research expertise includes all aspects of wellness including health retreats, detoxification, yoga, meditation, acupuncture, nutrition, herbal medicine, elite athletic performance, bathing, saunas, hot springs and flow states.
He has spent more than 30 years practicing and researching holistic health and published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books and technical texts on wellness and natural medicine.
In this episode, you will discover:
- How to lead the most fun and fulfilling life and eventually tip the scales in the right direction when crisis occurs
- 2 things you can do now to improve your health (hint: think gut and shut-eye)
- Why it’s beneficial to raise body heat and what to do if you don’t have a bath-tub
To teach himself and students to remember complex medical concepts, he uses mnemonics and poetry. This is his Recipe for Wellness and Antidote to Fear:
THE RECIPE FOR WELLNESS
Bathe in beautiful water
Prepare delicious food
Make the most of every breath
Dance through every mood
Tend the soil beneath your feet
Feel sunshine from above
Share your gifts with all the world
Fill your life with love
ANTIDOTE TO FEAR
Foster Love of Poetry
Express yourself through dance
Fill your life with fun and joy
Friendship and Romance
Focus on the world you want
Be the change you want to see
Spread goodwill to all you meetLive fearless and free
What I took home from this podcast:
- Try heat therapy (steam inhalation) early on when I suspect a viral infection is coming. See Prof Marc Cohen’s paper on this.
- Raise your body temperature with a hot soak and if you don’t have a bath-tub, try soaking your feet in a bucket instead
- Commit to memory at least 1 of Prof Cohen’s poems as the mind follows what you focus on!
Resources:
- Book ~ Herbs and Natural Supplements: An evidenced-based guide, Vol 1, Vol 2
- Prof Marc Cohen’s website
- Marc is generously giving a 10% discount off kombucha products for listeners if you put “drmarc” in the coupon code here
- Prof Cohen’s collection of poems
- 50 activities with supporting evidence to boost immunity/Whirl of Wellness
Other episodes you’ll enjoy:
Introduction to The Enlightened Pharmacist
Nicole Bijlsma – Environmental Toxins Impacting Health & What You Can Do
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I absolutely loved this podcast. It is interesting how current research is confirming now what Chinese medicine, Ayurveda and herbalists have intuitively known for thousands of years. But this knowledge is slow to be integrated in mainstream medicine. One reason might be that not many researchers are willing to study alternative medicine. But there is hope with people like Therese, who is passionate about finding and bringing this information to us and Dr. Mark who is passionate about putting it all together, traditional medicine knowledge, research evidence, including his own research, quantum physics, and in simple language, so anyone can understand, and even in verse so we can remember it with a smile on the face.
Thanks Mihaela- I’m so glad you’re enjoying the podcast.
As you’ve highlighted, it’s very easy to slip into one camp, either mainstream vs alternative medicine.
You’re on the money: health and wellness is not so black and white.
We don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to ancient wisdom while we want to innovate with technology (diagnostics, emergency medicine). Research is crucial and Dr Marc is bridging this gap with his findings https://drmarc.co/leading-edge-research/
More importantly, we really need to support health at to an individual level: manage the root cause of the condition with all therapies.
Kindest, Therese