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TAKING THE HELM with Lynn McLaughlinEp 126: Dr. Anna Esparham | Calming Young Minds: Exploring Research Based Mind Body TherapiesDr. Anna Esparham, MD , founder of Health Is PowHer, Is a nationally-recognized physician who healed herself from multiple chronic conditions from women’s health issues to chronic pain and autoimmune disease. She is now a coach helping women learn how to heal themselves for good. The Health Is PowHer's Podcast serves women who want to learn about how to overcome all the Issues that come with life. She has conducted several research studies and Is published in several peer-reviewed medical journals. She has been featured In the New York Times, Shape Magazine, Healthy Children, and More! She knows that “the...2023-07-1256 min
Leap of HealthAll about Autoimmune Diseases with Dr Anna EsparhamDr. Anna Esparham, MD who is triple board-certified in integrative medicine, acupuncture, and pediatrics. She leads the charge of delving into tough topics to promote your well-being. Our goal is for every woman to take charge of their health because... Health is PowHer!Dr. Anna Esparham, MD , founder of Health Is PowHer, Is a nationally-recognized physician who healed herself from multiple chronic conditions from women’s health issues to chronic pain and autoimmune disease.She is now a coach helping women learn how to heal themselves for good. The Health Is PowHer's Podcast serves women who want to...2023-05-2454 min
Doctor Anna, MD53. Backyard chickens and homesteading with Dr. Anna Esparham-Evans, MDDr. Anna Esparham-Evans, our very own Health Is PowHer Founder and Podcast host, discusses everything you need to raise your own chickens! In this episode, we will cover... 1. What kind of coop/housing requirements you need for backyard chickens 2. What do you feed chickens? And how does that affect the nutritional value of the eggs? 3. What is the day in the life of one of Anna's chickens? 4. How chicken compost can benefit your home garden. 5. Considerations for safety and wellbeing of backyard chickens. Shownotes HERE2021-05-1043 min
Doctor Anna, MD44. Randy Evans, Master's Level Integrative Dietitian, and the Ketogenic Diet for WomenRandy Evans has been prescribing ketogenic diets for years. He follows nutrient, metabolic, and pH labs and progress for women closely, but not ALL women should be on the ketogenic diet. There isn't just one diet for all of us. But we do talk about "keto lite", "dirty keto" and some of the wrong and right ways to be eating on a higher fat diet. However, some women THRIVE on a Higher and Healthier Fat Intake with Less Carbohydrates. 1. To help PCOS, energy levels, balance hormones, or even just lose weight...2021-03-0836 min
Doctor Anna, MD35. The most effective relief for TMJ issues and jaw pain with Dr. Tim Herre, DDSDr. Tim Herre, DDS is a holistic, biologic dentist in the Kansas City area. He does a deep dive into jaw issues that many of us are struggling with and not even KNOW it!! As a pain and headache doctor myself, this podcast interview was ENLIGHTENING as so many of my patients are struggling with jaw pain and clicking/popping of their temporomandibular (TMJ) joint and subsequently develop chronic temporomandibular disorders (TMD). And Dr. Tim Herre with Holistic Dental KC tells us how to prevent and treat TMJ problems. Dr. Tim discusses his 4 p...2021-01-041h 05
Doctor Anna, MD33. Essential nutrients we can't live without? We don't get enough of these essential fats and proteins by Randy Evans, MS, RD, LDMaster's Level Integrative and Functional Dietitian, Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD lays out the essential nutrients that we're missing in most of our diets today! This is a must listen if you want to protect your health and body by giving it the nutrients it needs to perform, heal, and prevent illness. After years of working with NFL players, high performing athletes, women, and children with chronic illness, he finds that these healthy fats and proteins are what's missing in most of our meal plans. We'll answer questions on: 1. how to ge...2020-12-2129 min
Doctor Anna, MD32. Dietary Supplements that Decrease Cholesterol and Risk of Stroke, Diabetes, and Heart DiseaseSo just to recap last week’s episode, Randy Evans, our Master's Level Integrative Dietitian, discussed that it is tough to absorb that much cholesterol or saturated fats to influence serum lipids and heart disease risk. What’s more important at reducing risk is lowering refined carb intake such as sugars bread, processed foods. In addition, eating more healthy fats such as extra virgin olive oil and omega-3’s have a favorable effect on lipids. I highly encourage you to listen to both episode 8 and episode 31 as Randy just makes it so incredibly simple when he bre...2020-12-1414 min
Doctor Anna, MD31. High Cholesterol? Master's Integrative Dietitian, Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD highlights the right way to stay healthy using nutrition and diet to prevent heart disease, stroke, and high cholesterolDon't forget to download your free Healthy Fats Guide Here! By doing so, you'll subscribe to our email newsletter as well for free with weekly insights and goodies and sneak peeks and discounts for our email members ONLY! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Randy Evans, MS, RD, LD-- (stands for the first and one of maybe 6 Master's Level Integrative Dietitians in the entire COUNTRY - possibly the entire world)-- reveals what the latest evidence says about high cholesterol and why medicine isn't really going to help prevent heart disease and risk of death. 2020-12-0733 min
Doctor Anna, MDHow to Heal From Chronic Pain: Lessons from my pain journey as a pain-trained physicianThis episode delves into my personal journey dealing with MEGA chronic pain and all the therapies I tried, some more evidence-based and others not as much. I discuss the therapies: nutrition, acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, massage, myofascial release, movement, physical therapy, and supplements! But we go into the one therapy that truly can release the chronic pain (and is well studied)! And that is understanding how our emotional pain works with our physical pain pathways. It's about making the big decisions and making big changes to ultimately recover from pain. It's hard work, but necessary work. Al...2020-08-3127 min
Doctor Anna, MDMy Journey Healing From Chronic IllnessI think it’s important I start sharing why I built Health Is PowHer in order to build a community and that healing is possible, and it’s not just about medicine, supplements, nutrition, and exercise (even though those are all necessary components for wellness). There’s so much more to it including the emotional pain, the disconnect from our own spiritual needs, and the incredible power we have at truly healing ourselves. I also wanted to let you that even though this episode is super personal and vulnerable, we need to share our story because...2020-08-0315 min
Doctor Anna, MD12. Exercise: What is Too Much? What is Enough?Join HIP hosts Dr. Anna Esparham-Evans and Anne Clark, registered nurse and certified personal trainer for a conversation about sustainable exercise that helps and does not hinder health. So often, us women find ourselves on one end of the spectrum. We either feel like we don't work out enough and want to be in better shape, or we are over-exercising and running ourselves into the ground. Dr. Anna and Anne have both been through this themselves and shed light onto how you can find balance between these two extremes. They will also share share some practical tips a...2020-07-2745 min
Doctor Anna, MD10. Review of the Evidence for Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseIf you haven't yet listened to HIP's Episode 9 with Dr. Andi Roths, Pharm. D., she gives you a great overview of Low Dose Naltrexone. In this episode, we discuss why LDN works and has been studied for clinical use in fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, cancer, Hailey-Hailey disease (a skin condition), and complex regional pain syndrome or amplified pain. And today we are going to talk about some of the evidence in which LDN has helped chronic inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease! 30% of individuals with IBD are refractory to current drugs or relapse meaning th...2020-07-1312 min
Doctor Anna, MDEating Healthy Has Never Been So Easy with Randy Evans, Master's Level Dietitian and Performance NutritionistMeet one of the very few in the country with a Master's Level Integrative Dietetics certification and sports performance nutritionist taking care of NFL players and high performing athletes: Randy Evans, MS, RD, and husband/love of my life. He is going to break down real evidence-based nutrition into a simple healthy meal plan. It will completely clear away all the complexities and confusion about salt, low fat, and carbs. Calories in does not equal calories out. He is going to discuss "metabolic optimization" for women and how what we put into our bo...2020-06-2942 min
Doctor Anna, MDPolycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)According the CDC, PCOS affects an estimated 5 million women in the US and is one of the leading causes of infertility. Listen to Dr. Anna Esparham-Evans to learn about this syndrome and what conventional medicine isn't telling you. Dr. Anna will give some special insights on natural methods of helping PCOS symptoms through lifestyle and diet. Subscribe now for more Health is PowHer episodes and check out our website for the show transcript! www.healthispowher.com2020-05-2218 min
Doctor Anna, MDWelcome to Health is PowHer Podcast Are you a woman struggling with a chronic condition, not getting answers through conventional medicine? Do you feel that your health isn’t quite right, but you don’t know why? Are you wanting to improve your overall health mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually? Want answers to questions you’ve always had about natural medicine such as acupuncture, aromatherapy and essential oils, meditation, and hypnosis? Health is PowHer is the resource for all women. Our host, Dr. Anna Esparham-Evans is triple board certified in acupuncture, integrative medicine and pediatrics and is here to answer your women's health questions! She will de...2020-05-2209 min