138: Dr. Deanna Minich - Re-Evaluate Your Relationship With Colour • The Power Of Your Thoughts • Chronic Stress = Immune Dysfunction
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2017
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Deanna Minich is an internationally-recognized teacher, author, scientist, speaker, and artist. Her Doctoral (Ph.D.) research focused on essential fatty acid absorption and metabolism, and her Master’s degree (M.S.) allowed her to explore the health benefits of the colourful, plant-based carotenoids.
Deanna has authored five books on health and wellness and over fifteen scientific publications. Currently, she is Faculty for the Institute for Functional Medicine and the University of Western States.
Deanna's passion is teaching a whole-self approach to nourishment and bridging the gaps between science, spirituality, and art in medicine.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Deanna's recent sabbatical and what she took away from her trip to Iceland
- Deanna, the early years and how her Mom brought her into the health world
- There is more to health besides food
- The power of a single thought
- The negative impact of horror movies and the news on your wellbeing
- Being pessimistic leads to inflammation in the body
- Chronic stress leads to immune dysfunction
- Be aware of the messages from our body and start listening to them
- This is the age of looking at the body as a unified whole
- Hormones, the connection between mind and body
- The relationship between colours and your health
- The healing power of creative expression
- The connection between blue/purple foods and your brain
- Most people aren't eating enough blue/purple foods
- The colours of your clothes and environment matter
- Other blue/purple foods besides blueberries
- Does blue-green algae count as a blue food?
- Colours in plants can be hidden under other colours
- Small, consistent changes toward your health goals is key
- Sleep without an alarm, if you can
- Re-evaluate your relationship with colour
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and Wasserman and we are here each and every week to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:24.6 | Today our featured guest is Dr. Deanna Minnick, an internationally recognized teacher, |
| 0:29.8 | author, scientist, speaker, and artist. Her doctoral PhD research focused on essential |
| 0:36.2 | fatty acid absorption and metabolism and her master's degree allowed her to |
| 0:40.5 | explore the health benefits of colorful plant-based carotenoids. |
| 0:44.6 | Deanna has authored five books on health and wellness and over 15 scientific publications. |
| 0:50.4 | Currently she is faculty for the Institute of Functional Medicine and the University of Western States. |
| 0:56.0 | Deanna's passion is teaching a whole self approach to nourishment and bridging the gaps between science, spirituality, and art in medicine. |
| 1:05.0 | As you can see, Deanna has done a whole lot in the health and wellness space, |
| 1:08.4 | and she's been around kicking butt for a long time. |
| 1:11.8 | She has so much great stuff to share with you guys. You're going to love it. |
| 1:15.0 | Speaking of loving it, I'm going to share with you guys an iTunes review. |
| 1:19.0 | And this one is by Martha Cernii and her title is Love It. Five-star review and Martha |
| 1:26.6 | writes they have become my go-to podcast every time I go for a walk with my dog or |
| 1:31.3 | when I go for a run. I've learned so much from them. I'm on |
| 1:35.2 | episode 20 listening one by one and so far I've made so many changes in my |
| 1:40.3 | routine and additions to my life such as my mushroom coffee in the morning in my |
| 1:43.0 | mushroom coffee in the morning and my Rishi tea at night. |
| 1:47.0 | Love them. |
| 1:48.0 | Thanks to a great podcast and so much valuable information. |
| 1:51.0 | Well, Martha, thank you so much for leaving these kind words. So |
| 1:54.8 | happy to hear you're making great changes in your healthy routine and so happy to |
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