My guest is my mom, Rosebud, a mother of four who spent fifty years building a life around preventative medicine.
In this episode she tells her whole story: growing up with no money in Ozone Park, Queens; losing her father at three, her brother at thirty-two, and her first husband at twenty-five; and how that grief turned into a set of convictions about how she wanted to raise her children. We talk about the plant-based, vegetable-heavy way we ate growing up, the natural births, the years she spent learning from John Galamaga, and the pushback she took for doing things differently.
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Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ISCy3tLwVzrfEq-lR3jvp6qdYoZCOqB3GheuYJqC4s/edit?usp=sharing
*Disclaimer: This episode is a personal and family history, offered for educational and general-interest purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not be used to diagnose or treat any condition. Neither the host nor the guest is a licensed medical professional. Nothing here is a recommendation for how you should care for yourself or your children — please consult a qualified physician about your own health decisions.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:08 Mom
04:53 Mom's childhood, family situation, & diet
09:28 Relationship with the doctor growing up, health habits
10:43 Mom's mom (grandma)
13:14 First daughter
14:38 Vaccines, mom worked as a medical assistant
15:41 How my mom thought about health growing up; diet, medications, vaccines, sunshine
18:49 First husband passed away, life changed, breastfeeding
21:32 Meeting my dad, second child, Grandma's first heart attack
23:12 Finding John Galamaga; Dad having seizures, dad's health transformation
29:54 Natural Childbirths
32:59 Grandma's heart attack, heart health, health transformation
36:03 Experience raising her children, no meltdowns, vaccine exemptions
36:55 Dad being a chriopractor
38:24 Dairy, juicing, diet, healthy snacks
41:18 Surprise baby (Jonathan), limited doctor visits, high risk child, childbirth
44:22 Pregnancy with Jonathan, lifestyle, diet, doctor visits
48:48 Master Lowe, qigong, pregnancy
52:59 Delivering Jonathan in the hospital
57:42 Refusing childhood medical interventions; Vaccines, PKU, Vitamin K, hospital stay time
01:01:31 Leaving the hospital, home environment
01:03:46 Infrared sauna protocol, walking, magnet therapy, hydrogen water, epsom salt bath,
01:05:34 Family dynamic while raising children
01:06:26 The divorce
01:09:37 No medications; Tylenol, Advil, cough syrup... oh my!
01:10:22 Symptoms when I got sick
01:12:03 Diet, Hippocrates
01:16:53 Menopause, bone density, bioidentical hormones
01:21:32 The sacrifice of raising children
01:22:48 Tofu on hormones; testosterone, estrogen...
01:29:16 Restrictive diets on menopause
01:30:10 Food when we were sick; diet, resting, immune system
01:31:38 Gerson Therapy, white potatoes, cancer, low protein
01:36:46 Feeling energized throughout the day
01:38:43 Specifics on the diet
01:39:55 Importance of self education; Book recommendations
01:49:42 Audience Questions:
01:50:02 How did your kids go to school without vaccines?
01:52:11 Essential oils
01:54:38 Did we have any allergies growing up?
01:56:30 Daycare; navigating different environments
01:59:34 What to do when you catch the flu?
02:00:15 Bentonite and Psyllium cleanse protocol
02:02:29 My mom's personal health
02:05:54 Jaundice remedy
02:06:41 Replacements for Tylenol
02:07:34 Did you get any pushback for raising your children vegan?
