Episode #30: Food Fables: Unraveling the Truth Behind Popular Diets

2025-05-02

Episode #30: Food Fables: Unraveling the Truth Behind Popular Diets Dr. Cindy chats with Dr. Holly Lucille, a naturopathic doctor, author, and holistic health expert, about everything from bone broth injuries to the healing power of comfrey. With a career spanning from traditional healthcare to alternative healing, Holly shares her journey through medicine and life, including her philosophy on whole-person health and the importance of food quality. Along the way, we dive into myths about popular diets, how to approach cancer from a holistic angle, and why it’s okay to straddle life’s many adv...

Episode #30: Food Fables: Unraveling the Truth Behind Popular Diets

Dr. Cindy chats with Dr. Holly Lucille, a naturopathic doctor, author, and holistic health expert, about everything from bone broth injuries to the healing power of comfrey. With a career spanning from traditional healthcare to alternative healing, Holly shares her journey through medicine and life, including her philosophy on whole-person health and the importance of food quality. Along the way, we dive into myths about popular diets, how to approach cancer from a holistic angle, and why it’s okay to straddle life’s many adventures—literally and figuratively! Tune in for a fun, enlightening conversation packed with practical advice and laughs!

In this episode, we cover:

(7:14) What is a naturopathic doctor?
(10:32) Learning how to treat the whole body when working towards a healthier lifestyle.
(13:36) Should “doctor’s orders” be viewed as strict guidelines or recommendations?
(17:15) Patients and doctors should research where data sources originate.
(20:50) What Dr. Lucille does differently after walking through her cancer journey.
(23:33) What are some myths that people are buying into that they need to stop?
(27:38) A good place to start when you want to make positive changes with your health.
(31:53) Book talk with Dr. Lucille.
(35:29) When Dr. Lucille isn’t writing or healing, she’s rocking out in her band.
(39:34) Rapid-fire questions

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About Dr. Holly Lucille

Dr. Holly Lucille, ND, RN, is a nationally recognized and licensed naturopathic doctor, educator, natural products consultant, and television and radio host.

She is also the author of several books, including Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman’s Guide to Safe, Natural, Hormone Health and The Healing Power of Trauma Comfrey.

An acclaimed expert in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Lucille lectures on a variety of natural health topics. Her appearances include national media programs and networks such as Dr. Oz and The Doctors.

She is regularly quoted in both consumer and peer journals and was listed in Time magazine’s “Alt List” as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People.”

In 2012 she launched her own talk show, “Myth-Defying with Dr. Holly” and is now the host of the podcast “Mindful Medicine” on RadioMD and ITunes as well as the chair of the Institute for Natural Medicine.

Dr. Lucille believes in the science, art, and mystery of healing and has a heartfelt passion for the individual wellness of all people. Her private practice in Los Angeles focuses on comprehensive naturopathic medicine and individualized care.

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