Today we have a returning guest, Dr. Joseph Feuerstein, who joins us to dive deeply into gut health, the microbiome. How does the microbiome relate to general and psychological health? Dr. Feuerstein talks about the importance of the microbiome and how our bodies need the bacteria for brain function. Join the conversation today to learn why the microbiome is our body’s friend.

Link to Dr. Feuerstein's first episode: Getting Balanced, Stimulating Your Endocannabinoid System

Dr. Joseph Feuerstein

Dr Feuerstein was born in England and studied medicine at the University of London and Business Management at Cambridge University. He completed a rotating internship in general and trauma surgery at Tel Aviv University Tel Hashomer Teaching Hospital before serving as a combat physician in two elite units of the Israeli Navy, where he is still a reserve officer with the rank of Captain.

In 2002 Dr. Feuerstein moved to the U.S. and completed an internship and residency in Family Medicine at the Columbia University/Stamford Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year. He then spent two years studying with Dr. Andrew Weil as part of his Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona’s School of Medicine.

For 14 years Dr. Feuerstein served as the director of Integrative Medicine at Stamford Hospital where he ran an insurance-based consultation service using nutrition, hypnosis, acupuncture, botanicals, and stress management to help treat chronic medical problems such as obesity, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, hypertension, coronary heart disease, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, depression, and anxiety, seeing over 40,000 integrative medicine patients

Dr Feuerstein works as a medical professor and attending physician at Greenwich Hospital and is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University in New York City. He received certification in Medical Acupuncture from SUNY Downstate and is also certified in clinical hypnosis, having completed a two-year training under the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis. He also holds a license as a homeopathic physician from the State of Connecticut

At this time Dr. Feuerstein has published over 30 peer-reviewed studies, articles, and poster presentations, has won multiple awards for medical research and education, and is a Castle Connelly, New York, magazine and Connecticut magazine Top Doctor.  He is the co-host of the Internet show "Condition Kitchen on Everyday Health'' (Site gets 60 million views monthly).

In addition, Dr. Feuerstein is the author of "Dr Joe’s Man Diet," Page Street / Macmillan 2015 and now the co-author of "The Cannabinoid Cookbook," Mango Publishing, 2022.

Dr. Feuerstein Book: The Cannabinoid Cookbook- Amazon's #6 Best Seller in Herb, Spice & Condiment Cooking

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