Preventative Options for Dementia and Alzheimer’s with Dr. Romi Fung, ND on The Healers Café with Manon Bolliger

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger, FCAH, RBHT (facilitator and retired naturopath with 30+ years of practice) chats with Dr. Romi, ND, about the preventative measures available for brain health in the prevention of Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Highlights from today’s episode include:

Dr. Romi Fung, ND

I’m trying to tell everyone else because right now, the evidence, at least in the written literature, it says that about a third of all dementias is preventable. But I believe that that is underestimated. I believe at least 60% If not 90% of dementia can potentially be prevented through a lot of our nutritional means dietary as well as lifestyle.

Dr. Romi Fung, ND

And there’s one gene now that’s isolated called bace-one, B A C E -1, and by eliciting it, that we actually start making and producing more of the beta amyloid plaque. And there are many things, I’m going to give you one example right now that induces this plaque, the number one I find is something called hypoxia, or lack of oxygen.

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Dr. Romi Fung, ND

And iron is what we need to make hemoglobin in our blood. If we don’t have enough hemoglobin in our blood, our ability to carry oxygen throughout the body and thus throughout the brain is impacted.

ABOUT DR. ROMI FUNG, ND:

Dr. Romi Fung is a naturopathic physician practicing in Richmond, BC, Canada with a special focus in dementia and cognitive health. Dr. Romi works with patients living with cognitive decline and dementia by augmenting their brain’s environment. He believes there is more to dementia than just working primarily with the brain; several metabolic and biochemical factors affecting our brain emerge from the body. Dr. Romi takes a comprehensive approach in working with his patients, from screening for inflammation, insulin resistance, and imbalanced hormones – all of which contribute significantly to our brain health, to interventions, including lifestyle coaching and clinical nutrition.

Dr. Romi completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from Simon Fraser University followed by graduating from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine with a Doctor in Naturopathy. While building his practice, Dr. Romi went on to complete a Master of Science in Aging and Health from Queen’s University and is now pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Aging and Health, also from Queen’s University.

On top of his practice, Dr. Romi is an instructor teaching Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture to future naturopathic physicians and clinic supervisor at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine – Boucher Campus. 

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ABOUT MANON BOLLIGER, FCAH, RBHT

As a recently De-Registered board-certified naturopathic physician & in practice since 1992, I’ve seen an average of 150 patients per week and have helped people ranging from rural farmers in Nova Scotia to stressed out CEOs in Toronto to tri-athletes here in Vancouver.

My resolve to educate, empower and engage people to take charge of their own health is evident in my best-selling books:  ‘What Patients Don’t Say if Doctors Don’t Ask: The Mindful Patient-Doctor Relationship’ and ‘A Healer in Every Household: Simple Solutions for Stress’.  I also teach BowenFirst™ Therapy through Bowen College and hold transformational workshops to achieve these goals.

So, when I share with you that LISTENING to Your body is a game changer in the healing process, I am speaking from expertise and direct experience”.

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TRANSCRIPT

Introduction 00:04

Welcome to the Healers Café. Conversations on health and healing with Manon Bolliger. A retired and deregistered naturopathic physician with 30 plus years of experience. Here, you will discover engaging and informative conversations between experienced healers, covering all aspects of healing, the personal journey, the journey of the practitioner, and the amazing possibilities for our own body, and spirit.

Manon Bolliger  00:41

So, welcome to the Healers Café and today I have a second visit with Dr. Romi Fung. And he’s a naturopathic physician practicing in Richmond BC, Canada, with a special focus in dementia and cognitive health. Dr. Romi works with patients living with cognitive decline and dementia by augmenting their brains and environment. He believes that there is more to dementia than just working primarily with the brain, several metabolic and biochemical factors affecting our brain emerge from the body. So, Dr. Romi takes a comprehensive approach in working with his patients from screening for inflammation, insulin resistance and imbalanced hormones, all of which contribute significantly to our brain health. To interventions including lifestyle coaching and clinical nutrition. Now he has completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from Simon Fraser University, followed by graduating from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine with a doctorate in naturopathy. And while building his practice, Dr. Romi went on to complete a Master of Science in aging and health from Queen’s University and is now pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in aging and health, also from Queen’s University. If you can believe on top of that, on top of his practice and his study, Dr. Romi is a professor teaching traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture to future naturopathic physicians, also a clinic supervisor at the Canadian College of Natural Medicine called Bouche over here, and also at Bowen College. And we’re getting together because he has been invited to give a TED talk that he has named Beyond the Brain in Dementia. So, Romi welcome. I’m sure there’s something I’ve missed in all of that.

 

Dr. Romi Fung, ND 03:08

No, that was amazing. That was great. And that was quite a mouthful, I’m sure.

 

Manon Bolliger  03:14

Yes, I managed to get it out. Now, I know, I’m really thrilled. And I think you know; from everything I know about you. So, I’m not going to pretend I don’t know you somewhat anyways, is that, you know, it’s possible to prevent dementia. And I think that is something that you want to scream from the rooftops so that people don’t wait until they so called get their die-agnosis. It’s almost like the end you kind of want to get in before it’s that’d be part of your health-nosis as I say.

 

Dr. Romi Fung, ND 03:55

Absolutely.

 

Manon Bolliger  03:57

So why don’t we talk a little bit about that, your findings, you know, and maybe educate us a little bit on that preventative aspect. What do we look for? Who are candidates? And what’s this whole-body thing that you’re talking about?

 

Dr. Romi Fung, ND 04:15

No, absolutely. And I really want to thank you again for having me. And, you know, it’s always a joy just to chat with you Manon. We always get these jelly jokes out. But absolutely, when it comes to our brain health, just like with any other chronic illness prevention, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And that’s no different when it comes to dementia. When it comes to the brain health, there’s so many aspects about, and elements about the brain that we don’t really …

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