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Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction

Danielle Belardo

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Join Dr. Danielle Belardo and her expert of the week, TikTok’s favorite board certified OB/GYN and women’s health mastermind, Dr. Heather Irobunda. Get ready to be blown away by this incredibly educating and empowering conversation surrounding women’s healthcare and the role racism plays in maternal health. Heather explains the impacts of implicit bias, tiers of care, weathering, and redlining on minority groups and how systemic and overt racism leads to chronic stress health issues, specifically in women of color. Danielle and Heather also respond to your burning questions about women’s sexual health and weigh in on the pros and cons of the various contraceptive methods. This episode debunks misinformation left, right and center in the women's health space and nothing is off limits! Dr. Heather Irobunda is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist currently practicing at NYC Health and Hospitals. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a Post Baccalaureate Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. She went on to complete her Doctorate of Medicine from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and joined the Guthrie Ambulatory Care Center as an attending physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, helping soldiers, spouses and veterans. Myths and misconceptions in regards to: Tampons and toxic shock syndrome Periods, pregnancy and menstrual tracking HPV vaccine age limits and who should get it OB/GYN procedures and the pain discussion on social media Thank you so much for taking the time to contribute to a generation that values fact over fiction! Be sure to rate, review, and follow on your favorite podcast app and let us know which not-so-wellness trend you’d like to hear debunked. Follow your host on Instagram @daniellebelardomd and the podcast @wellnessfactvsfiction. Follow Heather @drheatherirobundamd. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: POLICYGENIUS - Head to policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes HELLOFRESH - Go to hellofresh.com/drdanielle16 and use code drdanielle16 for up to 16 free meals AND 3 free gifts! TALKSPACE - visit talkspace.com and get $100 off your first month when you use promo code drdanielle at sign-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by PodcastNation.
0:07.0	If you understand what somebody's telling you in a healthcare situation,
0:11.0	you're more likely to adhere to it, right?
0:13.0	If you understand how your body works, what the words mean,
0:17.0	and all that, you're more likely to thrive.
0:20.0	And when we have education systems that are not equal
0:25.0	and don't teach these things,
0:27.0	then people don't feel empowered when they go into these situations,
0:31.0	and we know for a fact that that affects healthcare
0:34.0	and affects the health of these people.
0:42.0	Welcome to Wellness Fact versus Fiction.
0:45.0	I'm Dr. Danielle Valardo, and I'm a cardiologist
0:47.0	who loves evidence-based medicine and nutrition science.
0:50.0	But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness fads
0:53.0	take over social media.
0:55.0	It's my mission to get to the bottom of things
0:57.0	by bringing on the top expert physicians and scientists
1:00.0	to help us determine what is fact versus fiction
1:03.0	when it comes to your health.
1:05.0	It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind
1:07.0	and become empowered when it comes to our wellness.
1:18.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to Wellness Fact versus Fiction.
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