For the last 10 years we’ve been covering the booming field of integrative health and natural approaches to optimum well-being. This special edition of Healing Quest spotlights some of the most powerful discoveries we’ve made about the journey to better health.
We focus on pioneers in the field of integrative medicine and other beacons of healing
who have wisdom to share.
Act One focuses on nutrition and healthy cooking
Act Two addresses emotional fitness, and
Act Three on some of the most remarkable people we’ve met.
Our goal is to give viewers helpful, useful information they can immediately start using. Healing Quest: your trusted guide on your journey to better health.
Featured Guests:
Act One - Nutrition
 Alan Greene, M.D., FAAP
Dr. Greene is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, the President of the Society for Participatory Medicine, on the board of directors of Healthy Child Healthy World and the Organic Center. He is the author of many popular health and parenting books including Raising Baby Green and Feeding Baby Green. read more..
 Mark Hyman, M.D.
Mark Hyman, MD is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and was awarded the 2009 Linus Paul Award for leadership in Functional Medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington DC, and on the Board of Advisors and faculty for the Food as Medicine training program, and Memhet Oz’s HealthCorps. He is a family physician, four times New York Times bestselling author and a lecturer. read more..
 Connie M. Weaver, Ph.D
Connie M. Weaver, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Foods & Nutrition at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. In 2000, she also became Director of a National Institutes of Health funded Botanical Center to study dietary supplements containing polyphenolics for age-related diseases. Her research interests include mineral bioavailability, calcium metabolism, and bone health. read more..
 Jesse Cool
Dedicated to sustainable agriculture and cuisine for 33 years, Jesse is an advocate for local, sustainable, organic food production and these farmers, to whom she warmly refers as her heroes, she considers to be the first real environmental pioneers. read more..
 Tom Newmark
Tom Newmark is CEO of New Chapter, Inc. of Brattleboro, Vermont and a co-owner of Luna Nueva Farm in Costa Rica. Both New Chapter and Luna Nueva are certified organic to NOP standards, and Luna Nueva also holds the distinction of being a Demeter-certified Biodynamic® spice estate. It is at Luna Nueva that New Chapter has perfected the cultivation of organic turmeric and ginger, which are prized components of many of New Chapter’s formulations. read more..
Act Two - Emotional Fitness
 Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Dr. Deepak Chopra is the Founder of Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California and Manhattan, New York. Chopra’s Wellness Radio airs weekly on Sirius/XM Stars, Channels 102 and 55, which focuses on the areas - success, love, sexuality and relationships, well being, and spirituality. Time Magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century, and credits him as “the poet-prophet of alternative medicine.” (Time Magazine, June 1999.) read more...
 Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
This distinguished pioneer in integrative medicine is a world-renowned expert in the mind/body connection. Her work has been foundational in an international health-care revolution that recognizes the role of meaning, and the spiritual dimensions of life, as an integral part of health and healing. read more...
 Isha
Internationally renowned as an ambassador for peace, Isha is originally from Australia. She has lived in South America since 2000, where she has built a large following as a writer and teacher, and an NGO devoted to sharing her work throughout the world. Her programs have been introduced to children, businesspeople, politicians, and others from all over the world. read more...
 Candace Pert, Ph.D.
Candace Pert, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized pharmacologist who has published over 300 scientific articles on peptides and their receptors and the role of these neuropeptides in the immune system. Her earliest work as a researcher involved the discovery of opiate receptors and the actions of receptors. She has an international reputation in the field of receptor pharmacology and chemical neuroanatomy. read more...
Act Three - Beacons of Healing
 Andrew Weil, M.D.
AndrewWeil, M.D., has devoted the past three decades to developing, practicing, and teaching others about the principles of integrative medicine. The founder of Wei I Lifestyle, LLC, the leading resource for integrative medicine education, information, products, and services, Dr. Weil combines a Harvard education and a lifetime of investigating natural and preventive medicine to provide a unique approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit. read more...
Gary Small, M.D.
Dr. Gary Small is a professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute and directs the Memory and Aging Research Center and the UCLA Center on Aging. He is one of the world's leading experts on brain science and has published numerous books and articles. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world's top innovators in science and technology, and he frequently appears on The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20 and CNN. read more...
 Memhet Oz, M.D.
Host of daytime syndicated talk show “The Dr. OZ Show,” Dr. Memhet Oz was previously a featured health expert on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for over five seasons, spanning 55 episodes. Dr. Oz co-authored five New York Times Best Sellers including the “YOU” book series and is a regular columnist for Esquire magazine and O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine. He is the host of a daily talk show on Sirius XM Radio’s “Oprah Radio.” read more..
Mark Hyman, M.D.
Mark Hyman, MD is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and was awarded the 2009 Linus Paul Award for leadership in Functional Medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington DC, and on the Board of Advisors and faculty for the Food as Medicine training program, and Memhet Oz’s HealthCorps. read more..
 Mark Blumenthal
Mark Blumenthal is the Founder and Executive Director of the American Botanical Council (ABC); an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to disseminating accurate, reliable, and responsible information on herbs and medicinal plants. He is the Editor/Publisher of HerbalGram, an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal, the contents of which reflect the educational goals of ABC. read more..
 Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey
Back in 1978 when Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey represented Hawai'i in the Miss America pageant, contestants didn’t need favorite causes or "platforms" like they do today. But deep in her heart burned the desire to share the story of the Hawaiian people with the world. read more..
 David Simon, M.D.
David Simon, M.D. is a world-renowned authority in the field of mind-body medicine. As a practicing physician, innovative researcher, and insightful teacher, David continues to expand his vision for an effective and compassionate healthcare system. More than three decades ago as an anthropology student exploring humanity’s earliest communities and cultures, he was drawn to the understanding that the role of the doctor was much more than a disease technician; a true healer had to be a diagnostician, medicine man, psychotherapist, and priest – an expert navigator of the mind and spirit as well as the physical body. read more..
 Howard B. Schiffer
Howard is well known throughout the natural foods marketplace for developing quality new products and turning them into best sellers through innovative marketing and promotions.
He founded Vitamin Angels in 1994. Often called the “humanitarian arm” of the natural products industry, Vitamin Angels has distributed more than one hundred million vitamins and other supplements (wholesale value over $14 million), in the past three years alone, to people in need in 40 countries around the world. read more..
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