Health is Wealth: Dietary Vitamin Deficiencies: Are Supplements Needed?

  Nutrition and diet advice tends to focus a lot on macronutrients like fat, carbohydrates, and protein, but it is important to consider your daily dietary intake of micronutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids to be sure you are providing your body with essential nutrients. When you do not obtain enough of these nutrients over an extended period o…

Thyroid: Hormonal And Metabolic Disorders

  The thyroid is a small gland, measuring about 2 inches (5 centimeters) across, that lies just under the skin below the Adam’s apple in the neck. Dr. Supna Sandhu, an endocrinologist, talks with Harjinder Thind during Health is Wealth segment and answers some questions RedFM listeners have.…

Health is Wealth: Women’s Health

  A woman’s health affects many aspects of her life. Like many cultures, ethnicity, cultural background, and gender roles coincide to inform the ways that South Asian women think about their bodies and their health. Harjinder Thind talks with gynecologist Dr. Jagdeep Ubhi about common issues women face and what can be done about them.…

Health is Wealth: Laughing as a Medicine

  Sure, it’s fun to share a good laugh. But did you know it can actually improve your health? It’s true: laughter is strong medicine. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes pain, and protects you from the damaging effects of stress. Harjinder Thind tal…

Kids and their stomachs

  Keeping your child healthy is a big job! Harjinder Thind talks to Dr. Vishal Avinashi, BC Children’s Hospital, about the most common diseases and conditions that affect children, and how you can deal with them.…

Hot Tea and Cancer?

Harjinder Singh Thind talks with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji about several medical news which were being talked about this week including male birth control, epilepsy, one issue at a time, and the relation between hot tea and esophageal cancer.

Liver Health: Check Your Engine

  The liver is the largest internal and most metabolically complex organ in humans. This organ performs over 500 different functions including fighting off infection, neutralizing toxins, manufacturing proteins and hormones, controlling blood sugar and helping to clot the blood. The truth is that there are over 100 forms of liver disease that affect men, women and child…

Vaccination: The Myth and The Truth

  Vancouver’s measles outbreak — like most Canadian measles outbreaks — was started by a traveler bringing the virus from overseas. With just 17 confirmed cases as of Friday, this outbreak is relatively small. Other countries aren’t so lucky. According to the World Health Organization, around 110,000 people worldwide died from the vaccine-preventable disease in 2017. T…

Health is Wealth: Weight Training: the hows, the whys, and the whats

  Weight training is not the same as body building. Weight training is about improving muscle strength and muscle tone. For men, who have naturally higher levels of testosterone, it usually does mean an increase in muscle size, called hypertrophy. On the other hand, women tend to increase the tone without significantly increasing the muscle size. Personal Trainer Harman S…

Health is Wealth: Heart, Love, Emotions, Heartbreak

When you think of a broken heart, you may picture a cartoon drawing with a jagged line through it. But a real-life broken heart can actually lead to cardiac consequences. There are established ties between depression, mental health and heart disease. Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji talks about how to keep your heart healthy.

Health is Wealth with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji

The Canadian study tracked the early childhood development of 2,441 children and found that higher levels of screen time at ages 2 and 3 can affect development at 3 and 5

Diabetes and South Asian Community

  South Asians are at higher risk for Type 2 diabetes, up to four times higher than other ethnic groups probably due to a combination of genetics and environment. Recent studies have shown that South Asian diets high in refined carbohydrates are associated with diabetes risk factors. Dr. Tom Elliott and Dr. Bobby Sidhu of BCDiabetes talk to Harjinder Thind regarding diabete…

Breast Cancer Talks with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji

  Some researchers suggest that by doing a root canal and sealing the microscopic bacteria within the dentinal tubules of the dead tooth, it can lead to the bacteria becoming extremely concentrated and leaking into the bloodstream through the lymphatic system. And if your immune system is not strong enough, they suggest that this toxic overload could lead to breast cancer.…

Health is Wealth: Harjinder Thind talks with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji

Canadians are dealing with several health issues right now such as Swine flu, the lack of certain vaccinations, and severe allergies. Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji talks with Harjinder Singh Thind about these issues among several others.

The epidemic of diabetes and obesity in South-Asian community

  New Canadian research suggests putting on weight could present potentially more serious problems for people of South Asian origin compared with other populations. The findings may help explain why South Asians, Canada’s largest visible minority population, are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than white populations, even if they have similar bo…

Health is Wealth: Gary Mangat

  There are several diseases that we can simply avoid getting by eating right and keeping ourselves healthy. Registered Orthomolecular Health Practitioner Gary Mangat talks with Harjinder Thind about what to eat to keep ourselves away from diseases, but also how to keep our liver healthy.…

Health is Wealth: Sleep

Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Sleep disorders affect 40% of Canadians and pose serious health risks. RedFM host Harjinder Thind talks to Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji about sleep disorders among other health issues that might not be considered serious by many Canadians but pose a great health risk.

Health is Wealth with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji

Diseases like E-Coli have everyone worried, and news like Gene Editing have everyone confused. Harjinder Thind talks with Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji about these recent health related news among other health concerns many Canadians have.

How to improve your kids’ health

  Keeping your child healthy is a big job! Harjinder Thind talks to Dr. Vishal Avinashi, BC Children’s Hospital, about the most common diseases and conditions that affect children, and how you can deal with them.…

Dr. Tom Elliott and Dr. Bobby Sidhu talk to Harjinder Thind about diabetes and how it could be prevented, and managed

  People of South Asian descent are one of the populations at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Harjinder Thind talks to specialists from BC Diabetes about prevention and management of this disease.…