Anne Kennard, DO, is a Board Certified OBGYN, Fellowship trained in Integrative Medicine, an herbalist, and a registered yoga instructor.
She completed a 2-year fellowship in integrative medicine through the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and has additional training in contemplative medicine, herbal medicine, and Ayurveda.
She is passionate about women’s health in the body, mind, and spirit. She authored an Amazon bestselling cookbook: “Nourish: An Integrative Medicine Cookbook”, and speaks nationally on topics including women’s integrative medicine, nutrition, and physician wellness.
In this episode, she discusses how integrative medicine believes your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs affect your health
What You’ll Learn
- What Integrative medicine is all about
- How we can use food and herbs to nourish — our mind, body, and soul and how each relies on the other and affect your entire well-being.
- How integrative medicine “integrate” lifestyle and complementary science-based approaches to achieve optimal health and healing
“What I love to do with food is try to feel nourished. It is not just the food per se, but something that works in my life, my kids, and my family. You have to name what matters in terms of what works well to nourish your life. And for me, I love fresh local food that is prepared well and tastes good and something that my kids would eat .” - Anne Kennard
Valuable Resource
Recipe for Making a Hibiscus Mocktail/Cocktail
- Dug the Hibiscus tea bags a hot cup, leave it on the counter for a couple of hours
- It will make this deep red beautiful syrup,
- You can add a tablespoon to a glass of sparkling water.
- Garnish it with a little mint, and it is summer perfection.
For more recipes check-out her book: Nourish: An Integrative Medicine Cookbook
Teas and Natural Supplement Brand Recommendations
- https://www.traditionalmedicinals.com/
- https://yogiproducts.com
- https://www.gaiaherbs.com/
- https://www.naturesway.com/
Key Takeaways
“We digest certain emotions, and we digest food, also with attention. More Western and conventional studies show that in a meal that is eaten while distracted, the stomach does not have as low of a pH, and the digestion is not as crisp, perhaps as it could be, as opposed to mindfully taking a moment before a meal and focusing on the meal.” - Anne Kennard
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