Gab With The Gurus With Connie Bennett

Renowned neurologist David Perlmutter, M.D., author of the fabulous book, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar -- Your Brain's Silent Killers, will blow the lid off a topic that’s been buried in medical literature for far too long -- carbs are destroying your brain. And not just unhealthy carbs, but even healthy ones like whole grains can cause dementia, ADHD, anxiety, chronic headaches, depression, and much more. Dr. Perlmutter will tell Gab with the Gurus listeners what happens when the brain encounters common ingredients in your daily bread and fruit bowls, why your brain thrives on fat and cholesterol, and how you can spur the growth of new brain cells at any age. He will give you hope about how you can take control of our “smart genes” through specific dietary choices and lifestyle habits, demonstrating how to remedy our most feared maladies without drugs. David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He rece

Jacqueline Marcell, author of the bestselling book, Elder Rage, or Take My Father,... Please! How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents, is today's guest on Gab with the Gurus. A former television executive, Jacqueline became a caregiver to both her once-adoring, difficult father and sweet mother, both of whom got Alzheimer’s. After caring for her parents for four years and depleting their life savings and much of her own, she then survived invasive breast cancer herself and conquered her own sugar addiction. In this Gab with the Gurus Show, Jacqueline Marcell will discuss: How to handle or avoid caregiver stress and illness.How 78 million Baby Boomers are -- or soon will be -- caring for their aging parents, yet most are unprepared in every way.How by being overweight or obese, millions are at risk for type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.By age 65, 1 in 8 is afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease, and by age 85 (fastest growing population), nearly 1 in every 2.5.4 million Americans have AD, but millions go und

Today, Nick Ortner, author of the exciting new book, The Tapping Solution, will tell you about tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT), which is a powerful tool that can help you deal seemingly impossible situations and improve your life on multiple levels: mental, emotional, and physical. Many thought leaders and top doctors rave about this cutting-edge technique, including Dr. Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay, Cheryl Richardson, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Mark Hyman, and Dr. Christiane Northrup.   Nick will tell you how tapping, combined with spoken word, calms the nervous system to restore the balance of energy in the body and rewire the brain to respond in healthy ways.  You'll also discover how tapping -- which is very easy to learn -- can help you overcome such challenges as chronic pain, addiction, excess weight, stress, financial woes, etc.   Nick Ortner is creator and executive producer of the best-selling documentary film, “The Tapping Solution." As you'll learn here, tapping is healing tool based on ancien

Sugar addiicts and carb junkies, this show is designed to help you. That's because this month, I'm celebrating 15 years of being mostly off sugar (what I call mostly sugar-free-iversary. As you'll discover, I haven't been perfect, which is one of the keys to my success.) In this show, I'll reveal -- along with my sugar-free mentor Roberta Ruggiero -- Secrets to Go Sugar-Free. (I also share many more secrets in my new book, Beyond Sugar Shock.) Roberta is the wonderful, caring, compassionate person, without whom I wouldn't have triumphed. Roberta was my life boat back in 1998. Roberta -- who has the most remarkable story -- which I'm sharing on my Sugar Shock Blog -- is founder and president of the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation, a fabulous organization she founded in 1980. The Hypoglycemia Support Foundation informs, supports and encourages hypoglycemics and the public about this too often misunderstood and misdiagnosed disease. It's a good idea to listen if you eat a lot of sugar and/or if you're having suc

Today, for the first show of the new year, it's my honor to present Becki Hawkins, R.N., a kind, compassionate oncology nurse, who also is a hospice chaplain. Becki, author of Transitions: A Nurse's Education about Life and Death, will entertain you with poignant, humorous, and heartbreaking stories about patients she helped during her 30-year career as a nurse. I've been wanting to interview Becki for more than a year. I first had the pleasure of "meeting" her over the phone after her book came out a year ago. Intrigued, I immediately booked Becki on this Gab with the Gurus Radio Show but then had to cancel our interview, because I was going through my own painful family emergency--my mom was terminally ill, and I wanted to be there for her. At last, I'm interviewing Becki, who has been a very supportive, wonderful friend during my trying time. You're sure to be entertained and inspired during our interview.

If you've recently lost a loved one, you want to feel your grief rather than hide out from your feelings. On today's show, Louis E. LaGrand, Ph.D., a recognized bereavement counselor will discuss his helpful book, Healing Grief, Finding Peace: 101 Ways to Cope with the Death of Your Loved One. Of course, we won't talk about all 101 ways, but Dr. La Grand will discuss some of the most powerful coping strategies that you can use to help you manage your stress, effectively manage your loss, achieve calm, and get on with your life.  Now, it's time for me to reveal something personal. This is my  Welcome Back, Connie show. For those of you who follow me, you'll know I've taken off a lot of time in the past year, except for in June, when my book, Beyond Sugar Shock, was published, because my mother was terminally ill and she passed away recently. Naturally, given that I'm still mourning the loss of my mom, I was inspired to do this show to help those of you, who also are going through your own grieving. By the way,

Do you beat up on your yourself for looking "too fat" in that dress? Do you berate youirself for overeating last night? Do you get angry at yourself for caving into those tempting candies? Today's Gab with the Gurus Radio Show features Jean Fain, a Harvard  Medical School-affiliated psychotherapist, specializing in food and body issues (binge eating,  In this show, you will learn: That self-compassion is the missing ingredient in every diet. About exciting studies, which reveal that dieters, who fell off the diet wagon but gave themselves compassion got back on track more quickly.  How  to use the loving-kindness meditation to lose weight. How self-compassion is a simple way to lose weight. How to be your own Compassionate Advisor.How to put on Compassionate Glasses.How to do a Compassionate Note to Self. Spread the word about this exciting show. 

Christiane Northrup, M.D., is my guest today. Dr. Northrup is a visionary pioneer and the world’s leading authority in the field of women’s health and wellness. A board-certified OB/GYN physician, Dr. Northrup recognizes the unity of body, mind, and spirit. In this show, you'll discover how Dr. Northrup helps empower women to tune into their innate inner wisdom to transform their health and truly flourish. Dr. Northrup is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause. In her books, The Secret Pleasures of Menopause and The Secret Pleasures of Menopause Playbook, Dr. Northrup outlines the crucial link between health and pleasure. Her books, which have been translated into 20 languages, have taught women worldwide how  to create joyous and vibrant health throughout their lives. Dr. Northrup has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, The View, the Rachael Ray Show, Good Morning America, and ABC’s 20/20. Dr. Nort

Dr. Eric Pearl is the author of the international bestseller The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself, now published in more than 36 languages. He travels the globe teaching Reconnective Healing, an extraordinary way to heal others, yourself and your loved ones by engaging with scientifically measurable new frequencies that researchers are calling the forefront of “Information Medicine. Dr. Pearl teaches people how to activate and utilize this new, all-inclusive spectrum of healing frequencies that allows them to transcend “energy healing” and access a level of healing that's allegedy beyond anything anyone has been able to access prior to now. To date, Dr. Pearl has taught this new level of healing to over 70,000 people in more than 70 countries, bringing about a spontaneous generation of healers worldwide. The new frequencies of Reconnective Healing often "correct" emotional, spiritual and physical inbalances--many of which can be the underlying reasons why people are driven to ingest sugar or do other

Lately, people have been talking about the fact that too much sugar can be toxic, as Dr. Sanjay Gupta pointed out on a recent "60 Minutes." But just ask anyone why they eat so many sweets and refined carbs, and they'll tell you that they feel downright addicted. On today's show, the first in a series about how sugar is toxic or addictive, you'll have a chance to hear directly from Dr. Nicole Avena, who has done groundbreaking research that explores how sugar can be addictive. Dr. Avena is a research neuroscientist and expert in the  fields of nutrition, diet and addiction. She received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Psychology from Princeton University, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular biology at The Rockefeller University in New York City.   You'll be fascinated to learn directly from Dr. Avena about   fascinating research. In later shows, you'll also learn about research, which connects sugar over-use (I call it "abuse") to developing what I call "The Big Preventable Killers" -- specifically

Jeff O'Connell, author of Sugar Nation: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Deadliest Habit and the Simple Way to Beat It, is my guest on today's Gab with the Gurus. First, I will interview Jeff, who will share how he was once the picture of health and even a health expert (writing for Men’s Health), but he was headed for Type 2 diabetes. He then went on an 18 month-long quest to improve his health through exercise and a low-carb diet. Next, Jeff -- now editor-in-chief at Bodybuilding.com, the Internet’s largest fitness site -- will ask me a couple of questions about my new book, Beyond Sugar Shock. One listener will win a copy of a copy of Beyond Sugar Shock, and another listener will win admission for 1 to my upcoming "Sugar Freedom Now Course."

Hay House authors Julie Daniluk, Steve Taylor, Laura Leigh Clarke, David Hamilton, Allison Mitchell, Glen Matten and Aidan Goggins, Simon Middleton, Jonathan Reggio, Marcio Amaral, and Bill Milliken will all have books published in the first two weeks in June 2012. My book, Beyond Sugar Shock: The 6-Week Plan to Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction & Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter, also was just released by Hay House. Today it's my pleasure to bring on one Hay House author, Julie Daniluik, R.H.N. Julie is author of Meals that Heal Inflammation: Embrace Healthy Living and Eliminate Pain, One Meal at a Time). Join us for valuable tiips so that you can learn to eat healthy foods and feel great. 

Nutrition experts Dr. Marion Nestle and Dr. Malden Nesheim will tell you on this provocative Gab with the Gurus Show that calories do, in fact, count. Drs. Nestle and Nesheim -- authors of Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics -- will tell listeners how to evaluate diet claims, formulate strategies to lose, gain, or maintain weight, and learn how to make healthy food choices.   Calories—too few or too many—are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today’s globalized world, Drs. Nestle and Nesheim will explain.  Drs. Nestle and Nesheim will reveal some of the misinformation put forth by food manufacturers and diet program promoters. On this Gab with the Gurus Show, they also will political stakes and show how federal and corporate policies have come together to create an “eat more” environment.   Dr. Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University. She is the author of Wh

  Health and fitness guru Tony Horton needs no introduction to millions. The charismatic Tony Horton is the master behind the best selling fitness program in America P90X®. To put it simply, Tony has a gift for helping millions get fit and feel their best. On this Gab with the Gurus Show, Tony -- author of Bring It!: The Revolutionary Fitness Plan for All Levels That Burns Fat,  Builds Muscle, and Shreds Inches -- will help you as he has professional athletes, sports teams, television and major movie stars, and recording artists. You'll learn valuable information about such activities as post-rehabilitation training, advanced stretching, yoga, weight/resistance training, cardiovascular/aerobic training, boxing and kickboxing, plus circuit, cross and interval training. You'll also find out about the fitness camps, where Tony personally helps scores of people meet their goals. And you'll discover what you can do -- as do140 members of Congress --- to get into shape. His training techniques have produced amazing

FlyLady Marla Cilley is here on the Gab with the Gurus Radio Show to help those of you living in CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome).   Marla also talks about her prediabetes and her new low-carb lifestyle and her weight loss, and she shares juicy, low-carb tips to have more fun and better health.    It's time to get excited! Marla--who runs the wildly popular  FlyLady group--is here on this show to give goodies galore to those of you, who feel overwhelmed, overextended, and overdrawn.   On this Gab with the Gurus Show, the entertaining, generous FlyLady will give you some wonderful housecleaning and organizing tips--all with her homespun humor.   FlyLady will also share valuable pointers that are part of her Sidetracked Home Executives (SHE) system.   And she has some tools to help those of you going through a crisis.   Our next guest is Donna Smith, founder of Sugar-Free Summer, which kicked off June 1.   FYI, this show is part of Book Launch Week for my new book, Beyond Sugar Shock. This book -- which

Jane Velez-Mitchell -- the endearing TV personality, who takaes a stand on the biggest topics of the day on her show on CNN -- will share her views on addiction on today's Gab with the Gurus Radio Show, which is held in honor of my Beyond Sugar Shock Book Launch. Jane is author of Addict Nation: An Intervention for America, and she'll give you insights about sugar addiction, which plagues millions of Americans.  In Part 2 of this special show, i'll interview several people, whose Sweet Success Stories are featured in my book, Beyond Sugar Shock. While this show airs, join the chat area and on my Facebook fan page so you can ask questions of our guests. Listen live to win a prize. We'll offfer 1 copies of my book, Beyond Sugar Shock; 1 Energy Up "Fit, Fabulous & Fierce"  T-shirt, and 1 complimentary admission to my upcoming six-week, empowering "Sugar Freedom Now Course," which begins July 17.

Meatless Monday is an international campaign that encourages you to skip meat on Mondays to improve your health and the health of the planet. Since Monday is Day 1 of my official Beyond Sugar Shock Book Launch Week, you'll learn how going meatless once a week may reduce your risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, as well as reduce your carbon footprint and save precious resources. Today, you'll hear from a Meatless Monday representative and from vegetarian proponents Alex Jamieson and Judy Kingsbury. Alex is a healthy gourmet chef, certified health coach, and author of Living Vegan for Dummies,Vegan Cooking for Dummies, and The Great American Detox Diet. She appeared in the award-winning documentary, "Super Size Me." Judith runs the popular SavvyVegetarian.com blog, which offers recipes, vegetarian advice, cooking tips, articles, and more.  Since this is Book Launch Week for Beyond Sugar Shock, I invite you to purchase 1 or more copies and then get bo

    Caroline Sutherland is a medical intuitive, author, radio host, teacher and innovative leader in the fields of nutrition and energy medicine.   Like me, Caroline is very anti-sugar. Not only that, but her book , The Body Knows (and other books), are published by Hay House, which is also my publisher.   That's why I invited Caroline to join us on the Gab with the Gurus Radio Show on this show on June 1, the day that my book,Beyond Sugar Shock, is officially released.    On this special show, Caroline -- who is Louise Hay's personal health coach -- will share tiips to age well, feel your best, balance your hormones and weight, and control your Candida and food allergies.   Time permitting, Caroline will take time to answer your questions. 

Dr. William Davis, author of Wheat Belly, will explain to you how eliminating wheat from your diet can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems. Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William Davis calls “wheat bellies.”   According to Davis, that excess fat has nothing to do with gluttony, sloth, or too much butter: It’s due to the whole grain wraps we eat for lunch.   Dr. Davis also will give you valuable tips to cutting out wheat. Share the link to this show with your friends on Facebook, Twitter followers, etc.

Donna Gates has helped thousands of people around the world to overcome candidiasis and other immune system disorders. Donna's book, The Body Ecology Diet, was written after years of research to find a cure for her own candida-related health problems. On today's Gab with the Gurus Radio Show, I have the pleasure of introducing you to Donna, who will help you to reclaim your health (assuming you have some issues). Among other things, Donna will discuss her journey -- how after being frustrated with conventional medicine, she embarked on a long course of study into many different healing concepts, including ancient Chinese medicine, macrobiotics, natural hygiene, raw foods and mega-supplement therapy. She then developed her own system of health and healing, and her success inspired her to share it with others. In addition, you'll get some valuable tips. Donna has received awesome endorsements from such Mind-Body-Spirit pioneer Louise L. Hay, the New York Times best-selling author of You Can Heal Your Life, as w