#40 Busting Joint Health Myths, Mindfulness and Sex, Losing Weight Around Your Middle and Blood Maintenance In Our Medical System

Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on August 11 2018 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in Tonic Magazine. This week we bust joint health myths with Dr. Gordon Chang, discuss mindfulness and sex with Tonic Sex Expert Carlyle Jansen, how to lose weight around your middle with Kathleen Trotter and blood maintenance with Dr. Stuart McLuskey Also….the Soul Segment with Lisa Marvin and Pure Beauty with Dr. Kristen Ma ND We specifically discuss: Busting Joint Health Myths supplements: glucosamine, B Vitamins, enzymes, collagen, Vitamin C, minerals chondroitin and/or glucosamine joint pain – inflammation herbal anti-inflammatory joint pain and age foods affecting joint pain – night shade, tomatoes excess weight and joint pain exercise exacerbates joint pain ease off if arthritis flares up rain, damp weather – arthritis Sex and Mindfulness multi-tasking vs. living in the moment minds are like wandering puppies mindfulness and pain – as it pertains to sex mindfulness helping with sex mindfulness and the beginner’s mind facilitating mindfulness THE SOUL SEGMENT: Financial Losing Weight From Around Your Middle losing weight vs. being healthy fat loss interval training and strength training nutrition what is interval training? interval training and injuries strength training PURE BEAUTY: Neem Blood Maintenance in the Medical System: Blood maintenance and conservation addressing preoperative anemia iron deficiencies cost of blood products anesthesiologist’s role in blood management patient advocating for blood maintenance