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Susan Allport, author of The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed From The Western Diet and What We Can Do To Replace Them.

Airs at: Sun, 10/26/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Today, Host Dr. David Naimon interviews Susan Allport, the author of "The Queen of Fats: Why Omega-3s Were Removed From the Western Diet and What We Can Do to Replace Them." Michael Pollan calls this book a "fascinating nutritional detective story." Dr. David Naimon     Read more

Dr. Iris Bell and Getting Whole, Getting Well: Healing Holistically From Chronic Illness

Airs at: Sun, 10/05/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Dr. David Naimon conducts an interview with Dr. Iris Bell, board-certified psychiatrist, alternative medicine researcher,  award-winning author and university professor.  She will discuss her new book "Getting Whole, Getting Well:  Healing Holistically From Chronic Illness... Read more

Marion Nestle and Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine

Airs at: Sun, 09/28/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 Dr. David Naimon interviews Marion Nestle, author of of Food Politics and What to Eat, uncovers unexpected connections among the food supplies for pets, for farm animals and ultimately for humans, identifying huge gaps in the global oversight of food safety. Marion Nestle ... Read more

HIV in Portland African-American Communities

Airs at: Sun, 09/21/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
 HIV in Portland African and African-American CommunitiesHost Dr. David Naimon talks with Catherine Azouyangui, case manager of the Minority AIDS Initiative. She will talk about the challenges and barriers towards getting medical care to Portland's HIV positive African and ... Read more

Strategies for Preventing Colds and Boosting Immunity

Airs at: Sun, 09/07/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
Host Dr. David Naimon interviews Dr. Randall Neustaedter, author of Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, and The Vaccine Guide, about strategies for preventing colds and boosting immunity in adults and children.Dr. David Naimon Read more

Disappearing Rice Paddies

Airs at: Sun, 08/31/2008 at 5:00pm
Special Labor Day Documentary: Disappearing Rice PaddiesHalf the world's population depends on rice for their staple food, and it is one of the most politically sensitive of agricultural commodities. In South-East Asia, where people have farmed rice paddies for thousands of... Read more

Health At Every Size

Airs at: Sun, 08/24/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Healthwatch
  Today, Host Dr. David Naimon and Holistic Health proponent Dr. Jonathan Robison discusses his new paradigm for helping people with eating and weight-related concerns, called Health at Every Size.Dr. David Naimon Read more

American Human Development Project

Airs at: Thu, 08/14/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Interview with New York based writer and researcher Kristen Lewis, co-director of the American Human Development Project.  The project is a non-partisan, non-profit initiative to apply a well established international approach to measuring human well-being in the US. The hu... Read more

Preview: Raw & Living Spirit Retreat-Aug 26-29

Airs at: Wed, 08/20/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
On the Thursday, August 21, Radiozine, producer Mel Reslor offers a program on raw foods and a preview of the 3rd Annual Raw and Living Spirit Retreat at Camp Adams in Molalla, which is in Clackamas County, Oregon, and takes place August 26-29, 2008.   Program guests includ... Read more

Summer Vacation & Child Nutrition, Absinthe, Pickles and Krout

Airs at: Sun, 08/17/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Food Show
 Today, hosts Mark Bitterman and Marlese Franklin bring us a four-part show, starting with Annie Kirschner, Child Nutrition Coordinator at the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force, talking about summer nutrition for kids when school lunch programs are on vacation.  Next up is th... Read more