Holistic Health Heroes
The Holistic Health Heroes Podcast is for health seekers who know it’s time to become your own health advocate!
Together, we will strive to answer the question, “How will you maintain your health in an increasingly toxic world?”
From superfoods and supplements to gadgets and lifestyle hacks, we’ll explore a full spectrum of holistic health modalities.
Sharing stories from natural product founders, and service providers, we aim to find and research holistic methods to help you save time in finding real solutions that may help you feel better naturally.
Host, Kery Knutson is certified as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Wellcoach and Yoga Teacher. She's worked in marketing for most of her career, so she loves storytelling. As co-owner of her family’s health food store, Nature’s Garden of Naples, creating a podcast to have conversations on all-things holistic health is a perfect fit!
Episodes
75 episodes
75: Mercury Toxicity: Symptoms, Avoiding Exposure, True Cellular Detox and the Trick on Testing
Despite some fairly famous figures suffering with mercury toxicity there still seems to be controversy over the topic. Some people in conventional medicine will argue against the existence of such ailments or say that certain therap...
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Episode 75
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74: Cloves: Spice with Medicinal Might
My interest in cloves came to me after seeing Dr. Berg talk about the power of clove water at night. I tried it and really liked it... so I wanted to share a bit more about this mighty little spice used for centuries in a medicinal way. Enjoy! ...
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Episode 74
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73: Meeting Barbara O'Neill and Learning her Philosophy on liver detoxification and hormone balance
Barbara O'Neill is a health educator, author and speaker renowned for her expertise in natural therapies. She has been at it for more than five decades and dedicated her career to promoting holistic health principles, emphasizing the importance...
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Episode 73
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72: Nora Gedgaudas on Living with Wolves and going beyond Paleo and Keto to The Primalgenic® Diet and Lifestyle
Nora Gedgaudas is a board-certified nutritional consultant and clinical neurofeedback specialist with more than 20-years of highly successful clinical experience. She is also an internationally acclaimed ketogenic and ancestrally-b...
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Episode 72
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71: Need-to-know info on Uterine Fibroids and Estrogen Dominance including: diet, conventional vs holistic treatments, supplements to consider and more
I'm often inspired by the stories I hear in my life. So, when a friend told me she suffered with uterine fibroids I wanted to look into the subject and share what I learned. While I conducted loads of research here and there, there ...
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Episode 71
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70: Denise Skinner at Vibrant Mobile Health on Detoxification with the multi-modality technology of the HOCATT
I've been focused on cellular detox for myself so it's only fair to share what I'm doing... right?! After all, as Dr. Pompa says, "get to the cell, to get well." In this episode, I talk with owner of Vibrant Mobile Health, Denise Sk...
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Episode 70
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69: The Pain of Kidney Stones: Overcoming and Preventing Kidney Stones, a Holistic Approach
Kidney stones can be so painful! And for anyone who has suffered with this ailment, my heart goes out to you. Now, how do you prevent and cope with the potential pain of kidney stones? This episode will help get you started with some real-w...
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Episode 69
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68: Lance Schuttler, CEO of Ascent Nutrition: From Trauma to Nutraceuticals Including Pine Needle Extract, Agarikon Mushrooms, DHA and More!
It's time to lift the veil... and Lance Schuttler, CEO of Ascent Nutrition, is here to help us do just that! Lance is the Owner and CEO of Ascent Nutrition. For many years he worked in the nutraceutical industry and that experience made him...
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Episode 68
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67: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Symptoms, Controversy, Holistic Approaches and Why I say Ditch Your Fragrances! (BONUS episode)
Did you know the products you use in your daily life could be contributing to your downfall? Or cause others around you to experience some serious health symptoms? Things like perfume/cologne, laundry detergent, air fresheners, cleaning...
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Episode 67
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66: The Impact of Dentistry on Your Overall Health with Dr. John Light, Biological, Holistic Dentist
I'm so pleased to be sitting down with my own dentist, Dr. John Light of Lake Worth, Florida. As I mention in this episode, this topic is deeply personal to me as my mom has gone through a whole lot with her teeth. Before we met Dr. Li...
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Episode 66
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65: Breast Health and What An Integrative Oncologist Says to Do Instead of Mammography
When health recommendations are one-size-fits-all, it raises a red flag for me. So when I saw the title of this book, "No Ma'am Ograms!" I just had to read it. And the next step, of course, was to share it with you... The author is a MD...
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Episode 64
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64: Allison Waguespack on Being Mindful of Your Mindset, Pain vs. Suffering and Setting Yourself Up for Success
What do you want to change this year? Part of becoming a new and improved version of yourself involves change. And I'm a big believer that all change starts in your mind...In this episode, my guest is mindfulness coach Allison Waguespac...
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Episode 64
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63: Preparing to Become the BEST Version of Yourself in the New Year? Yeah, me too! Let's Set Goals and Crush them together! (BONUS episode)
As the alleged-Ben Franklin quote says, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail" and I don't want that to me be in this New Year!I'm aiming to be the best version of myself and to do that... I need to set some goals. But I want to...
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Episode 63
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62: Signs of Insulin Resistance and a Holistic Approach to Help Reverse it
Insulin Resistance is much more than the signal that you are likely to get type 2 diabetes. It’s a danger all on its own... In this episode, we explore the fascinating world of insulin resistance, delving into how it’s linked to metabol...
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Episode 62
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61: Reed Davis, Testing for Discovery and Disfunction Identification, Not Another Diagnosis. The Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Method.
Reed Davis is a double-board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT) and a globally recognized expert in functional lab testing. He founded Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN), after working...
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Episode 61
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60: Jen Donovan: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome is on the rise! Learn what it is and how to heal
This condition is on the rise! What an eye-opening conversation... have you heard of MCAS or Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? I'd bet most would say ‘no.’ Be sure to listen in for yourself or someone you love because as Jen says, this co...
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Episode 60
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59: Deanna Hansen, Founder of Block Therapy: Reverse chronic structural and emotional issues with fascia-release techniques
Deanna Hansen is a pioneer in the field of fascia decompression for physical and emotional transformation. She is a best-selling author and has more than 20 years of hands-on clinical experience. Deanna created Fluid Isometrics™ and Block Thera...
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Episode 59
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58: Chef James Barry, Founder of PLUCK: A Long-Forgotten and Highly Nutrient Dense Food that will have them asking for seconds!
Quality is everything when eating any part of an animal. And at Pluck, quality means grass-fed, grass-finished, humanely treated, pasture-raised animals raised with no GMOs or hormones. Chef James Barry has been a private chef for some...
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Episode 58
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57: Ben Azadi: The Code to Sustainable Weight Loss with the Biological Process, Ketosis
Ben Azadi is a 4-time best selling author, national keynote speaker and host of the “Metabolic Freedom” podcast. On his own health journey he's experienced significant weight loss as well as multiple autoimmune diagnoses. Now he...
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Episode 57
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56: Why do you get sick? Germ Theory vs. Terrain Theory - is it a matter of right and wrong?
When people sneeze around you, do you get worried? Are you a big fan of hand sanitizer? What if I told you it was doing you more harm than good? This episode dives into why we think the way we do about germs. Where did it come...
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Episode 56
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55: Weight Loss: Is Berberine really Nature's Ozempic?
Weight loss is a popular topic. It always has been and likely, always will be. And it's especially popular right now with an estimated 74% of Americans being categorized as obese.I'm not talking about beauty standards when I mention wei...
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Episode 55
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54: Decentralizing our Fragile Food Systems with AJ Richards of FromtheFarm.org
What if there was no grocery store? Where would you get your food? Our lives are so busy, it can be easy to take things like food and water for granted. But it's time we figure out how to function because farms are under attack! Since ...
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Episode 54
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53: Chocolate: Health Benefits of Raw Cacao, Lead in Commercial Chocolate Brands and My favorite Nutrient-Rich, Guilt-Free Chocolate Candy Recipe
Eat chocolate! Well, the healthy kind anyway ;) Tune in for my top 10 reasons why raw cacao supports health. I don't know about you, but for me, life is too short not to enjoy some kind of chocolate. Turns out there is a guilt-free way to gain ...
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Episode 53
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52: Courage and Health, Historic Times and the book: Good Energy by Casey Means MD and Calley Means
We are living in historic times. There is a movement going on that's been going on for many years actually. But only now is it making some headlines. The challenge is, it takes courage to speak up about all that is wrong with our food and h...
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Episode 52
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51: Kava that Tastes Great! Reduce Anxiety, Calm the Nervous System, Improve Sleep and More with Kava PLUS Updated Research on so-called Side Effects
Kava Kava the drink that some say stinks has gotten a makeover! Today kava drinks taste good! I've tried a few so far and I'm really excited to tell you all about the things I've recently learned about this amazing herb. K...
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Episode 51
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