Everyday we bump into someone who has tried a new vitamin or diet supplement -- and it's changing his or her life!
According to Drs. Walt Larimore and Donal O'Mathuna, others’ experiences and recommendations can play an important role in evaluating the latest alternative medical treatment, but they are definitely not enough. We also need sound medical advice to assure us that the treatment is not only effective, but reasonably safe.
CCN invites your entire community to benefit from the combined medical wisdom of Dr. Walt Larimore and Dr. Donal O'Mathuna, when they return to help you and your congregation navigate a vast sea of Alternative Medicines: Popular Herbs, Vitamins and Supplements.
It's easy to get lost in the waves of debate between conventional medicine and alternative medicine proponents: How much is needed? Are some vitamins or herbs dangerous? What's beneficial and what's bogus?
Here's a crash course on what's helpful, what's harmful and what's hype!
Drs. Larimore and O'Mathuna bring a solid biblical foundation to their research and information:
"We must also evaluate remedies from an investment, or stewardship, perspective. We are all limited in the amount of time and money available to us. We should not squander our resources. Christians especially are called to be accountable stewards of these resources," say Larimore and O'Mathuna.
In this highly practical broadcast, Dr. Larimore and Dr. O'Mathuna will lead a fast-paced tour, highlighting the risks and benefits of some of the most popular vitamins and herbs:
- Antioxidants
- Multivitamins
- Black Cohosh
- Creatine
- Echinacea
- Garlic
- Ginkgo Biloba
- Ginseng
- Glucosamine sulphate and Chondroitin Sulfate
- Mangosteen (Xango Juice) and Morinda (Tahitian Noni)
- St John’s wort
- Shark Cartilage
Here's medically sound, biblically reliable advice everyone could use!
Walter L. Larimore, M.D., educator, teacher, best selling/award-winning author and medical journalist, is America's best known family physician. He hosted over 850 live daily episodes of the daily National Cable TV Show Ask the Family Doctor (1995-2000) on America's Health Network and later on Fox's Health Network. From 2001 to 2004, Dr. Larimore hosted the nationally syndicated Focus on Your Family's Health. Dr. Larimore practiced small-town family medicine for over 20 years (delivering over 1,500 babies) prior to moving to Colorado Springs in February 2001 to become Vice President and Family Physician in Residence at Focus on the Family until November 2004. His books include, The Highly Healthy Child, Supersized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat, and Alternative Medicine (co-authored).
Dr. Donal O'Mathuna is Professor of Bioethics & Chemistry at the
Mount Carmel College of Nursing in
Columbus, Ohio. Donal is originally from Dublin, Ireland where he received a BS in Pharmacy at Trinity College, followed by his PhD in Medininal Chemistry at Ohio State University and an MA in Theology at Ashland Seminary, where his studies were focused on Medical Ethics. Dr. O'Mathuna delivers numerous lectures and papers on the topic of medical ethics including: alternative medicine, assisted suicide, and genetics. He faithfully applies the Bible to these issues, and in 1997 he was named a Fellow of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity in Chicago, a Christian bioethics center. Dr. O'Mathuna is the author of The BioBasics Series which offers concise answers to troubling medical ethical questions and with Dr. Walt Larimore, co-author of Alternative Medicine: The Christian Handbook.
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