Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on January 4 and 5, 2025 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in The Tonic Newsletter and on the Tonic Website. We’ll discuss how to aid your liver health with Dr. Gordon Chang PhD, supporting your health while taking semaglutide for weight loss with the Tonic round table of experts, Shauna Lindzon, Sender Deutsch and David Nelson, how Wegovy can reduce heart disease risk with Dr. Subodh Verma MD, and how to deal with a diagnosis of heart disease with author Joelle Kaufman

We specifically discuss:

Aiding Your Liver Health

  • What does the liver do?
  • What can we accomplish by supporting liver health?
  • Bile production
  • Antioxidants
  • Fibre and toxin excretion
  • Which fibre is best?
  • Water
  • Fasting
  • Probiotics
  • Herbs for liver health

 

Supporting Your Health While Taking Semaglutide for Weight Loss

  • Weight training to prevent muscle mass loss
  • Bone density
  • Nutrition when you’re eating 40% less
  • Protein
  • Other nutrients
  • Mindful eating
  • Support of friends and family
  • Side effects

 

Wegovy Reduces Heart Disease Risk

  • Why are the chronic conditions of obesity and overweight so prominent?
  • The obesigenic environment
  • Obesity and cardio-metabolic disease
  • Risk factors of heart disease
  • Wegovy
  • New research shows a 20% reduction in cardio-vascular events
  • Lifestyle modifications
  • Obesity is a chronic disease

 

How To Deal With a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

  • Diagnosis is not a death sentence
  • First steps after diagnosis
  • Give voice to your needs and feelings
  • Psycho-oncologists
  • The power of mental outlook
  • “Happiness tripwires”
  • Self-advocacy

 

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Learn more about the round table, David Nelson, Shauna Lindzon and Sender Deutsch

To learn more about Dr. Subodh Verma MD go here

To learn more about Joelle Kaufman go here