The body has a lifelong power to heal and regenerate with natural methods. However, that sometimes raises a few eyebrows because some people simply don’t believe in holistic approaches. On today’s show, Carrie Miller interviews Dr. Richa Joy Gundlapalli, an expert on brain health and a board-certified integrative practitioner, certified biological medicine practitioner expert on bioenergetics. Dr. Gundlapalli addresses some brain health issues and shares useful knowledge on regulating healthy brain activity and body function. She also discusses the pros and cons of allopathic medications versus prescription drugs, as well as what foods to avoid or take more of to help your own body heal itself.
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Addressing Brain Health With Dr. Richa Joy Gundlapalli
I have got a special guest. She is a board-certified integrative practitioner, certified biological medicine practitioner expert on bioenergetics. She’s acquired her AFMCP certification from the Institute of Functional Medicine and received Advanced Nutrient Therapy training for brain health under Dr. William Walsh. She studied family medicine in pediatrics in the US and furthered her specialized training overseas in Switzerland and Germany. She’s an internationally sought-after speaker and thought leader. Welcome to the show, Dr. Richa Joy Gundlapalli. We’re thrilled you could join us to talk about the incredible movement of integrative medicine that is sweeping our nation.
Thank you, Carrie. I’m super excited to be the guest for the show. Thanks for the opportunity and giving me a platform to voice out my interest, my passion in the field of brain and behavioral health to the community especially in Texas.
Let’s start with the fact that the body has a lifelong power to heal and regenerate with natural methods. That sometimes raises a few little eyebrows here in the United States. Some people simply don’t believe in holistic approaches because they believe that without a prescription drug, their body can’t heal properly. Could you please shed some light on that subject?
Looking back into history, mankind has been there for a long time. Use of the allopathic medications or modern chemical drugs especially after the Industrial Revolution after the World Wars. Going back into the ancient cultures and throughout the world, there’s a lot of usage of herbal medicine that supports the innate healing capacity of the body. Grandmothers have used the ancient healing medicine, different herbs or different minerals or doing some fasting and some detoxification to support the innate healing capacity of the body. We have been living for a long time. We have this exciting new, quick result, quick improvement medication that came in which swept us. We have to take into consideration that we were built when God also made what is important for the healing capacity of our body. We have to reconnect back into that healing capacity using natural approaches, which didn’t come easily. It’s been there for a long time.
Talking about prescription drugs, I know there’s a time and place to administer, but they are toxic. They can be long-term.
Medications are good for acute conditions. There are a time and place for that but you should not take medications forever. That’s one of the most common causes of toxic overload on our patients. I see my patients taking lots of medications and which will affect the organ health, especially the liver. If your liver is not able to detoxify and taking Tylenol or Motrin or any medication for a long time, it puts a lot of stress on the liver. It eventually gets stored up in different organs of the body making the organs dysfunctional,