HealthFormation Katie Trotta, Marcus Mize

Episode Notes
This week's guest is registered dietician and creator of Tips with Toni, Toni Marinucci. Toni brings us all of her nutrition knowledge. We talk:


your relationship with food versus dieting
the importance of selecting an eating pattern that will work throughout your life
some easy tips/swaps if you are looking to improve your eating pattern
how your relationship with food mirrors your romantic relationships/choice in partner

Find Toni's blog and more information on how to work with her here: https://tipswithtoni.com/
And check out the Tips with Toni Podcast

New mini-series!
We are excited to present to you the first episode in our new mini-series we are calling the Supplement Series. Each episode will be a deep dive into one specific supplement, the different types, what it is used for, and the data surrounding the use of the supplement.

For week one, we start with a 10,000 foot overview of supplementation, the importance of high-quality supplements, and why supplementation is not the cure-all you may be hoping for.

Regarding zinc, we discuss:


it's general function in the body
how it impacts the immune system
zinc + diabetes or insulin resistance
zinc oxide sunscreen

Let us know what supplements you are interested in for our Supplement Series! Next up: magnesium.

Contact info: Healthformation.Podcast@gmail.com

Episode Notes
We have another pharmacy-focused episode perfect for anyone working to improve efficiency in their CV vaccine rollout. Our guest this week is Dr. Neal Smoller, independent community pharmacy owner and COVID vaccine champion.

Neal + I discuss how he and his volunteer army were given a week to administer 3200 vaccines, and they did it in 3 days. He shares about the systems he put in place to increase the efficiency of his process, from FAQs, to sign-ups, to billing. He also shares these resources for anyone who is interested.

And, of course, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to rant about all things pharmacy that bother us, from the reimbursement models to the woes of PBMs.

Neal's resources:
https://drnealsmoller.com/vax/
https://drnealsmoller.com/courses/
Email Neal for information on his app and Wordpress plugin: neal@drnealsmoller.com

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Episode Notes
This week, we talk with Davon Howell, a pharmacist and mom about her wellness journey. Before getting pregnant, Davon lost around 40 lb, but the stressors of life as a working new mom made focusing on herself difficult, and she found herself not feeling her best. We talk with Davon about her wellness journey and how her physical and mental health has completely changed since reshaping her relationship with food.

If you are interested in connecting with Davon, you can do so on her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davon.townsend.71 or via Instagram @dr_howell1027.

And of course connect with us on IG @healthformation__

In this week's podcast episode, we cover all things COVID vaccine. We do the best we can to present the information in the most unbiased, objective way simply giving you the information you need to make your own decision on the vaccine.

Topics covered include:


overview of the EUA
informed consent
when will I get my vaccine?
how did the vaccine get developed so quickly?
what an mRNA is vaccine and it works
overview of the data from the Pfizer trials
adverse effects to expect
vaccine in pregnancy
how the AstraZeneca vaccine is different

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Our guest this week is antibiotic stewardship expert Dr. Richard Drew. We talk about the role of antibiotics over time and how this evolved over his career, superbugs and what this means for the future of medicine, and delve in on the impact of antibiotics and the gut. We conclude with ways to support the gut after a necessary round of antibiotics.

A few of the articles we discussed:


CDC information on antibiotic resistance: https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/index.html
White paper on the future of antibiotic resistance: https://amr-review.org/sites/default/files/160525_Final%20paper_with%20cover.pdf
Article on the association between antibiotic use in children and future allergic conditions/food allergies Association Between Use of Multiple Classes of Antibiotic in Infancy and Allergic Disease in Childhood