Podcast Episode Eighty-Nine: How Prescription Drugs Impact Your Body and Natural Alternatives

Do you truly understand the effects that prescription drugs have on your body? So frequently, when someone agrees to take a new drug, they give little to no thought to the way that the drug could deplete their body and negatively impact their health. 

When it comes to medical doctors, they are trained to prescribe drugs, not use vitamins, herbs, or diet to improve a health condition. So, in this episode, we are sharing what really happens to your body when you take these prescription drugs and some tips on natural alternatives that you could turn to instead. 

What’s in this episode:

  • The vitamins and nutrients that are depleted when you take medications
  • Natural ways to handle infections
  • The impact of antidepressants and blood pressure medications
  • The worst medications you can take
  • The things that deplete our B vitamins and fats
  • How hormonal replacement medications impact your health
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Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with nearly four decades of experience. Dr. Carling is a “Health Detective,” she looks beyond your symptom picture and investigates WHY you are experiencing your symptoms in the first place. Dr. Carling considers herself a “professional student” – she has attended more than 600 post-secondary education courses related to health and healing. Dr. Carling gives lectures here in the U.S. and internationally and has been noted as the “Doctor’s Doctor”. When other healthcare practitioners hit a roadblock when treating their patients nutritionally, Dr. Carling is who they call. Dr. Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’ Alene clinic.

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