Health Paradigm

Dr Robert Lefever is regarded as the pioneer of addiction treatment methods and rehabilitation centres in the UK. Dr Robert is a retired GP and now focuses on his passion for addiction work. Over the last twenty six years he has worked with over 5000 patients suffering from stress, depression and various other addictive behaviours.

In this episode you will learn:

• The meaning of addictive behaviour
• Most common type of addiction is Nicotine addiction
• Why do people develop addictive behaviours? What causes addiction?
• Dr Robert had an addiction problem (eating disorder) himself and how he overcame it
• Addictive prescriptive drugs e.g. anti-depressants
• Doctors are taught to prescribe drugs and are not trained to counsel or to treat addictions
• Addiction versus normal behaviour, there is a fine line between having a passion for something and being addicted to it - e.g. shopping, retail therapy etc.
• Children and the younger generation have modern technology addictions such as facebook, mobile phones, computer games etc.
• New book: 'Notes of a Private Doctor': 3 key areas - BETRAYAL, CRISIS, BEREAVEMENT

Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD is the UK’s leading nutritionist specialising in women’s health. For over twenty five years Dr Glenville has studied and practiced nutritional therapy both in the UK and the USA, specialising in natural approaches to female hormones problems. She is also a popular international speaker and is the author of six internationally best-selling books. Her book: ‘Fat Around the Middle’ is the subject for this episode in the Radio Lifestyle podcast series.

In this episode Dr Glenville talks about the fat around the middle of your body being the most dangerous area to store fat and what you can do to help yourself, she discusses:

• The obesity crisis, coming up from the younger generations, especially children
• Dangers of fat being deposited prominently around your middle
• The importance of the Body Mass Index (BMI)
• The 80/20 rule of eating
• Muscle is metabolically active and therefore burns fat
• The importance of Vitamin D
• Dr Glenville’s top health tips
• The importance of checking food labels for hidden sugars in foods e.g. salad dressings, fruit yogurts, pasta sauces, children’s breakfast cereals etc.

Richard Bandler is the co-creator of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), a methodology to understand and change human behaviour patterns. Dr Bandler conducts NLP seminars, NLP workshops and NLP training seminars internationally. Richard is an author and co-author of numerous other books on NLP and its applications, including Frogs Into Princes (1979), and his latest book The Secrets of Being Happy (2011).

In this episode you will learn:

• What Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is
• How NLP can help you overcome fears, phobias and addictions such as smoking etc.
• How NLP can help overcome post-traumatic stress
• NLP can teach you better ways to think, such as focusing on what you are doing right as opposed to dwelling on what is wrong
• The benefits of thinking better so you can learn faster and accomplish more in your life

Annie Jubb is a pioneer in bio-based nutrition and the use of food as natural medicine. She is widely recognised as an authority on detoxifying the body and cell rejuvenation. She has been influential in the raw food movement and the ‘Lifefood’ lifestyle across the world. Annie is the co-author of LifeFood Recipe Book: Living on Life Force and Secrets of an Alkaline Body: The New Science of Colloidal Biology.

In this episode Annie discusses:

• What is Lifefood and why it is so beneficial for the body
• The food choices you make have an effect on your emotions and behaviour
• The Lifeforce in living foods proven by kirlean photography
• The sudden growth of artificial and chemical flavourings that entice you to eat more processed foods
• Annie’s top tips to improve your vitality and energy levels
• How you can help heal your body using the 14 day signature nutritional fast

Aajonus Vonderplanitz was a well renowned nutritional consultant, lecturer, speaker and activist promoting the raw diet. He was an author of two books, the most popular being: ‘We Want to Live’ (1997). Sadly Aajonus is no longer with us and passed away in August 2013 from an accidental fall.

In this controversial episode of Radio Lifestyle Podcasts, we talk to Aajonus Vonderplanitz as he shares his journey of exploration from battling debilitating diseases, terminal cancer, diabetes, autism to healing himself by experimenting with raw foods such as raw meat, raw dairy and raw fats.

Aajonus’s story brings new hope for anyone suffering from any kind of disease or illness. By sharing his revolutionary story we learn:

• How Aajonus healed his son Jeff from life threatening injuries
• Aajonus’s knowledge came from personal experience with experimenting with different kinds of foods, health regimens and food combinations
• How Aajonus cured himself from supposedly ‘incurable diseases’ using raw foods such as raw dairy, raw meat, raw honey, raw juice and other raw foods
• The truth about how ‘natural’ vitamins and supplements are made
• This powerful story can bring hope and inspiration to anyone suffering from a disease, a life threatening illness or simply someone who wishes to increase their physical and mental vitality

Billy Schwer is a former professional boxer from Luton, England. He is a former British, Commonwealth and European lightweight and the IBO World Light Welter-weight title Champion. He has since moved on from professional boxing and now is a personal performance coach.

In this episode Billy Schwer reflects on his professional boxing career, the highs and the low points. Billy talks about:

• There are so many life lessons in boxing, such as discipline, it builds your character and helps you get stronger mentally
• The courage and strength you gain from going in the boxing ring
• Life is what it is and he has no regrets, the past has made Billy who he is
• Went through a dark period of depression, divorce and bankruptcy but came out stronger the other side. Attending The Landmark Forum was the catalyst for changing Billy’s life and he now recommends it to others
• Now an inspirational and motivational speaker, using boxing as a metaphor for life
• The Billy Schwer Foundation working with young people helping them to live and create their dreams. Inspiring them to make changes by training them how to think
• Mental boxing book: The Science of Success