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Renegade Remission: Holistic Healing and Nutrition for Chronic and Terminal Illness, Cancer, ALS, MS, Dementia, Heart Disease
Renegade Remission: Holistic Healing and Nutrition for Chronic and Terminal Illness, Cancer, ALS, MS, Dementia, Heart Disease
Renegade Remission is a podcast for people facing chronic or terminal illnesses such as cancer, ALS, MS, dementia, and heart disease, offering hope and practical healing strategies. Hosted by licensed nutritionist and documentary filmmaker Elanie Welch, the show explores why some people defy their diagnosis and the physical, mental, and emotional breakthroughs behind real remission. Each episode covers root-cause strategies from functional and integrative medicine, holistic nutrition, and the mind-body connection, with natural and alternative approaches to recovery. New episodes release every Monday and Thursday, and listeners are encouraged to start from the beginning for a complete blueprint to transformation.
Episodes
119. Can Exercise Change the Course of Disease? How Movement Improves the Odds of Healing
What if exercise does more than keep you strong during illness—what if it actually changes your body's ability to heal?In this episode, we look at remarkable research showing what can happen when movement becomes part of a healing plan. You’ll learn what happens inside your body when you move, from changes in glucose metabolism and immune signaling to BDNF, neuroplasticity, cardiovascular functio
118. Finding Your Root Cause: What Bloodwork to Order and What to Look For
If you’ve been treating symptoms but want to understand what may actually be driving your illness, your health history and bloodwork can contain important clues.In this episode, we’re going beyond the idea of one single “root cause” and building a practical investigation map for chronic illness. You’ll learn how to look for patterns involving nutrition and metabolism, infections, gut health, envir
117. It’s Not Too Late to Start Healing: What Can Change Even After Years of Illness
If you’ve been sick for years and are afraid you waited too long to start trying to heal, this episode is for you.Chronic illness can leave you looking backward—wishing you had changed your nutrition sooner, managed stress differently, found another treatment, or known then what you know now. But having a disease for a long time does not necessarily mean your biology has stopped responding to chan
116. Healing From MS: How Parasites, Nutrition, and the Mind-Body Connection Affect Recovery in Multiple Sclerosis
If you’re living with MS and wondering what you can do beyond simply managing symptoms, this episode is a powerful place to start.Pam Bartha was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at just 28 after losing vision in one eye and developing neurological symptoms. She was told MS was incurable and that progressive disability was likely. Instead, she began investigating what might be contributing to illn
115. The Top 5 Supplements I’d Consider After a Serious Diagnosis
If a serious diagnosis has left you staring at dozens of supplements with no idea what you actually need, where should you start?It’s easy to end up with a cabinet full of expensive supplements without knowing why you’re taking half of them. In this episode, I simplify the process by sharing the five foundational areas I consider first.You’ll learn why whole-food nutrients can behave differently f
114. From Fight-or-Flight to Healing Mode: 3 Ways to Help Your Body Recover from Stress
You may not be able to eliminate every stressful thing in your life—but you can help your body spend less time in fight or flight and more time in rest and repair.In this episode, we explore what chronic fight-or-flight changes inside the body and why repeated stress can interfere with sleep, digestion, immune regulation, inflammation, and even physical repair. You’ll hear the remarkable story of
113. Can Purpose Help You Heal? Why Having Something to Live For Matters
You know you want to get better—but what are you getting better for?Having something meaningful to live for may affect far more than your outlook. In this episode, we explore new research involving nearly half a million people, studies of breast cancer survivors, and fascinating Alzheimer’s research suggesting that purpose is connected to longevity, stress, physical activity, cognitive resilience,
112. The 5 Things That Increase Your Chances of Healing
If you could do anything within your control to give your body the best possible chance to heal, what would actually matter most?In this episode, we look at remarkable recovery stories alongside research to identify five areas I would personally focus on during a serious illness: giving the body the resources it needs to repair, reducing unnecessary biological strain, becoming deeply engaged in yo
111. Does Alternative Medicine Actually Work? The Science Behind Holistic Healing
What if some of the healing approaches you’ve been told are “unproven” are actually backed by far more science than you realize?Alternative medicine and holistic healing are often treated as either miracle cures or pseudoscience. But what happens when we actually look at the research?In this episode, we explore remarkable recovery stories alongside studies showing measurable changes in heart disea
110. What to Eat After a Serious Diagnosis: The First 3 Nutrition Changes I'd Make
If a serious diagnosis has suddenly made you question everything you eat, you’re not alone. Vegan or keto? Fruit or no fruit? Beans or meat? With so much conflicting advice, food can quickly become another source of stress.In this episode, I’ll simplify where to start. You’ll learn the three nutritional foundations I believe matter most after a serious diagnosis, but you’ll also discover why there
109. Just Diagnosed with Cancer? Start Here
If you’ve just been diagnosed with cancer—or you’re further into your journey and still overwhelmed by what to do next—you don’t have to figure out everything at once.In this episode, you’ll hear the remarkable story of Heidi Bright, who faced stage IV endometrial sarcoma and was eventually told to prepare for hospice, yet has now gone 14 years with no evidence of cancer. You’ll learn how to move
108. Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening? Why Intuition Matters for Healing
What if your body is conveying important information that you need to heal, long before your conscious mind has figured it out?When you're facing serious illness, everyone seems to have an opinion about what you should do. Doctors, family members, books, podcasts, online communities, and other survivors may offer completely different advice, and sometimes the approaches that helped one person seem
107. Are Your Relationships Helping You Heal—or Draining You? How to Tell the Difference
What if the people closest to you are changing how much stress your body has to recover from each day?When you’re facing serious illness, support can make an enormous difference—but simply having people around you isn't necessarily the same as being supported.Some people leave you calmer, clearer, stronger, and more capable of facing what comes next. Others may leave you anxious, defensive, exhaus
106. Are You Resting Enough to Heal? How to Give Your Body the Recovery It Needs
What if you’re sleeping enough, but still not giving your body the kind of rest it needs to heal?When you’re facing serious illness, it’s easy to turn healing into a full-time job: researching treatments, changing your diet, exercising, attending appointments, taking supplements, managing symptoms, and constantly trying to figure out what you should do next.But your body also needs time when you s
105. How Stepping Outside Helps You Heal: The Unexpected Power of Nature for Recovery
What if one of the simplest ways to support your healing is waiting right outside your door?Serious illness can shrink your world. Between fatigue, pain, treatments, appointments, hospital rooms, and long stretches spent resting indoors, it can become surprisingly easy to go days without meaningful exposure to daylight, fresh air, trees, open sky, or the natural world.But stepping outside may affe
104. Feel It to Heal It: What to Do With Fear, Anger, and Grief
When you're facing a serious illness, the pressure to "stay positive" can become one more thing to worry about. You may already be frightened about your diagnosis, angry about what has happened, or grieving everything illness has changed, only to wonder whether feeling those emotions could somehow interfere with your recovery.But healing emotionally does not require you to be happy all the time.In
103. Why Joy Belongs in Your Healing Plan: What Just 5 Minutes a Day Can Do
What if just five minutes of genuine joy each day could change what is happening inside your body while you heal?When you're facing a serious or chronic illness, being told to "stay positive" can feel dismissive—or downright impossible. But making room for positive emotion isn't the same as pretending everything is okay. You can be frightened, angry, grieving, or uncertain and still give your body
102. A 5-Minute Forgiveness Meditation to Release Past Hurts and Heal
Can just five minutes a day help you begin releasing anger, resentment, and emotional pain you've carried for years?In this guided meditation from Renegade Remission, you'll practice a simple forgiveness visualization inspired by the Hawaiian tradition of hoʻoponopono, designed to help you gently release old hurts without excusing what happened or reconnecting with those who caused the pain.Using
101. Can Forgiveness Help Your Body Heal? What Releasing Old Hurts Does to Recovery
What if an old hurt can continue triggering a physical stress response long after the actual danger has passed?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore what happens when anger, resentment, and painful memories are repeatedly relived in the body—and whether forgiveness can help create a different internal environment for healing.You’ll hear the extraordinary story of Evy McDonald, who was
100. The Mindset Shift That Helps You Fight Against The Odds
What do you do when the prognosis is devastating, the obstacles keep multiplying, and part of you is beginning to wonder whether there is any point in trying?In this 100th episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the decision to keep moving toward life even when you cannot control the outcome. For such a monumental episode milestone, I decided to do something a little different, drawing lessons f
99. Is Emotional Suppression Affecting Your Healing? The Hidden Cost of Holding Everything In
Can the emotions you avoid influence your body's ability to heal?Many of us are taught to stay strong, push through, or keep difficult feelings to ourselves. But growing research suggests that our emotional lives are deeply connected to our nervous system, immune function, and overall health.In this episode, you'll hear the remarkable story of Daniel, whose journey through terminal cancer led him
98. The Truth About Fasting and Healing
Can changing when you eat influence inflammation, immune function, and your body's ability to repair itself?Fasting is one of the most talked-about topics in health—and one of the most misunderstood. Some people see it as a miracle. Others believe it's dangerous. So what does the science actually say?In this episode, we explore how fasting affects the body during serious illness, what researchers
97. The Healing Power of Small Movement: Why You Don't Need a Workout to Heal
What if one walk to the mailbox, a few minutes of stretching, or simply standing outside could be doing far more for your body than you realize?When you're living with a serious illness, the word exercise can feel overwhelming—or even impossible. But healing movement doesn't have to look like a workout. In this episode, you'll discover why small, consistent movement can support your body in powerf
96. One Relationship Can Change Your Healing Journey: Why Who You Surround Yourself With Matters
What if one relationship could change not only how supported you feel—but how your body responds to illness?When you're facing a serious diagnosis, it's easy to withdraw or assume you have to carry the burden alone. Others may feel they already have plenty of support and don't realize that the quality of their relationships—and how they use them—can profoundly influence stress, hope, practical dec
95. Overwhelmed by Conflicting Health Advice? Ask These 5 Questions Before You Decide
How do you know who to trust when every expert seems to say something different?After a serious diagnosis, you're often flooded with advice—from doctors, friends, social media, books, podcasts, and well-meaning strangers. One person tells you to go keto. Another says to go vegan. Someone insists supplements are the answer, while someone else warns they'll do more harm than good. It's no wonder so
94. Can Food Really Help You Heal?
Can changing what you eat really influence your healing journey, or is nutrition just another source of confusion after a serious diagnosis?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why nutrition appears so often in remarkable recovery stories as one of the most practical ways to support the body’s ability to repair, regulate, and remain resilient during illness.You’ll hear the remarkable
93. What People Who Heal Against the Odds Change First
When people hear stories of remarkable recovery, it can feel inspiring but also overwhelming. Do you change your diet, take supplements, meditate, rest, move, pray, research, find another doctor, or overhaul everything at once?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore what many people who heal against the odds seem to change first: they become active participants in their own healing. Thro
92. Can the Body Still Heal Even When Doctors Say It Can't?
What do you do when you've been told there are no treatment options left? Is a terminal diagnosis truly the end of the story—or is there still room for hope?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore one of the most difficult questions anyone facing serious illness can ask: Can the body still heal, even when doctors say it can't?Using a remarkable documented case of spontaneous remission, w
91. Could Your Daily Routine Be Sabotaging Your Healing?
Have you ever wondered why staying up a little later, skipping a meal, or having one stressful day can leave you feeling wiped out for days?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore one of the most overlooked foundations of healing: rhythm. Your body runs on an internal clock that influences everything from hormones and digestion to blood sugar, immune function, inflammation, and sleep. Wh
90. What Your Cravings Are Really Trying to Tell You
If cravings have made you feel guilty, frustrated, or like your discipline disappears when you need it most, this episode will help you understand what may actually be happening beneath the surface.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why cravings are not simply a failure of willpower. They are often signals from a body trying to meet a need, whether that need is steadier blood sugar,
89. The Fiber Paradox: Why More Fiber Can Make Some People Feel Worse
Some of the foods most often recommended for gut health can actually make certain people feel worse before they feel better. If you've added vegetables, beans, fermented foods, prebiotics, or other "gut-healing" foods only to end up feeling bloated, uncomfortable, foggy, or more reactive, this episode will help you understand why.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the surprising rel
88. Why Preserving Muscle Matters So Much During Illness
If everyday tasks feel harder than they used to, standing takes more effort, stairs feel steeper, or recovery takes longer, this episode will help you understand why preserving muscle during illness matters far more than most people realize.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why muscle is not just about movement or strength. Muscle acts as one of the body’s most important reserves,
87. Is Your Body Getting Enough Protein to Heal?
You can be eating a healthy diet and still be undernourished. In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore one of the most overlooked reasons people with chronic or serious illness may feel weak, depleted, shaky, slow to recover, or like their body is not rebuilding the way it should: not getting enough protein.Protein is not just for athletes or muscle building. It provides the amino acids y
86. Why Your Body Can’t Handle What It Used To (And What It’s Trying to Tell You)
Have you ever wondered why things that used to feel easy now feel impossible? A grocery trip wipes you out. A stressful phone call throws off your entire day. A supplement that should help makes you feel worse. Even small changes seem to demand more energy than you have available.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore one of the most common yet least understood experiences in chronic il
85. Feeling Dismissed by Doctors? How to Advocate for Yourself With Confidence
If you've ever left a medical appointment feeling unheard, overwhelmed, dismissed, or unsure how to explain what you're experiencing, this episode will help you communicate more clearly, ask better questions, and become a more confident participant in your own care.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why self-advocacy can feel so difficult during illness and what makes medical conver
84. The Fear of Being a Burden: Why Accepting Help Is So Hard
If you've ever needed support but struggled to ask for it, worried about burdening the people you love, or felt like you should be able to handle everything on your own, this episode will help you understand why receiving help can feel so difficult, and why learning to accept it may be one of the most important parts of healing.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the hidden emotional
83. Why Your Body Doesn’t Heal When You’re Chronically Stressed
If you feel like you are doing everything “right” but your body still is not improving the way you hoped it would, this episode will help you understand how chronic stress changes the body in ways that can directly interfere with healing and recovery.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore what happens biologically when the body remains in a prolonged stress response and why healing beco
82. The Truth About Supplements: What Helps, What Doesn’t, and What Matters Most
If you’ve spent money on supplements, tried all the “right” things, and still wondered why your body is not responding the way you hoped it would, this episode will help you understand what supplements can realistically do, and what actually determines whether they help.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore how supplements work biologically, why some people experience major improvement
81. Five Choices that Change the Course of Illness
If you’ve been wondering why some people seem to experience major shifts in their health while others stay stuck in the same cycle for years, this episode explores five decisions that repeatedly appear in stories of remission, recovery, and unexpected improvement.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we look at the turning points that often happen before symptoms improve. Across documented recove
80. Sleeping More But Still Exhausted? Here’s Why
If you’re sleeping more, resting constantly, and still feeling exhausted, this episode will help you understand why fatigue in chronic illness often has very little to do with sleep alone.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the deeper biological drivers of fatigue and why so many people continue feeling depleted even when they’re doing everything they can to rest. You’ll hear the sto
79. Why Your Gut Health Might Be Controlling Your Symptoms
If your symptoms seem to affect multiple parts of your body, causing issues like fatigue, brain fog, inflammation, immune issues, digestive problems, or neurological symptoms, this episode will help you understand why the gut may be influencing far more than you realize.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the growing science behind the role of the gut in immune regulation, inflammati
78. Fats and Healing - What You Need to Know About Seed Oils
If you’ve ever wondered whether the oils you cook with—or eat every day—could be affecting your healing potential, this episode will help you understand what to look for and what to change.In this episode of Renegade Remission, I sit down with nutrition expert and author Cherie Calbom to unpack the growing conversation around seed oils, inflammation, and chronic disease. We explore how these oils
77. Are “Incurable” Diseases More Curable Than We've Been Told? | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
If you’ve ever been told your condition is “incurable” or that your disease will only move in one direction, this episode will help you understand what research actually shows about how the body responds to illness, and why outcomes may be less fixed than they seem.In this episode of Renegade Remission, you’ll hear two powerful examples: Dr. Dean Ornish’s clinical research demonstrating measurable
76. Can’t Stop Anxiety and Overthinking? Here’s What Helps
If your diagnosis has left your mind racing and replaying worst-case scenarios, waking you up at night, or pulling you into endless “what if” thoughts, this episode will help you understand why your brain is reacting this way and how to begin calming the fear.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why anxiety, panic, and rumination often intensify after a life-changing diagnosis. You’ll
75. Why Some Days Feel So Much Worse - And What It Actually Means
If you’ve ever had a day where your symptoms suddenly intensify, and it makes you wonder if everything is getting worse, this episode will help you understand why those days happen and how to move through them without losing hope.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the biology behind “bad days” and why your body can feel dramatically different from one day to the next. You’ll hear th
74. Healing Feels Slow? Here’s What’s Actually Happening
If you’ve been doing everything you can to support your body but aren’t seeing or feeling much change yet, this episode will help you understand what’s actually happening beneath the surface, and why healing often takes longer to show up than we expect.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we walk through the biological sequence of healing and why it rarely begins at the level of symptoms. You’ll
73. Why Your Diet Might Be Increasing Inflammation - Even If It’s “Healthy”
If you’re eating well but still dealing with fatigue, pain, brain fog, or lingering symptoms, this episode will help you understand why a “healthy” diet doesn’t always lead to healing, and what might actually be happening inside your body.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why inflammation doesn’t respond to food in the same way for everyone. You’ll hear the story of Sarah Ballantyn
72. Why Sugar Feels So Hard to Quit During Illness (It’s Not Just Willpower)
If you feel like you “know better” but still find yourself reaching for sugar (especially when you’re tired, stressed, or overwhelmed) this episode will help you understand why those cravings feel so strong and what your body is actually trying to communicate.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the biology behind sugar cravings during illness and why they are not simply a matter of d
71. The Hidden Role of Sugar in Inflammation, Fatigue, and Chronic Disease Progression | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
If you feel like you’re doing everything right but your energy is still low, your symptoms aren’t improving, or something just feels off, this episode will show you one often-overlooked factor that could be working against you.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the hidden role sugar plays in fatigue, immune function, and overall healing. You’ll learn how sugar affects your body at a
70. How to Sleep Better With Any Diagnosis - The Science of Healing Rest | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
If you feel exhausted but can’t seem to fall asleep—or you wake up feeling tired still—this episode will help you understand why illness disrupts sleep so deeply and what can actually help your body rest again.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why sleep can be so hard to come by during chronic and serious illness and why it’s not just about “trying harder” to rest. You’ll hear a po
69. Why You’re So Exhausted During Illness And How to Get Your Energy Back
If you feel like even simple things leave you completely drained, and rest doesn’t seem to fix it, this episode will help you understand why illness fatigue feels so intense and what can actually help.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we break down why fatigue during illness is so different from normal tiredness and why pushing through it often makes things worse. We explore the key biologica
68. How Chronic Stress Disrupts Healing And What Helps Your Body Recover
If you’ve tried treatments, changed your diet, done all the “right” things but you still aren't feeling better, this episode will help you understand what may be preventing your healing.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore a pattern seen across countless recovery stories: meaningful healing often begins when the body moves out of survival mode and into a state of safety. You’ll hear a
67. How to Release Fear After a Diagnosis And Accelerate Healing
If your mind keeps jumping to worst-case scenarios after your diagnosis and you can’t seem to turn it off, this episode will show you why that’s happening in your body and how to begin calming it.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the role fear plays in chronic and terminal illness and examine how it can influence inflammation, immune coordination, sleep, and the body’s ability to r
66. The Mindset Shifts Seen in People Who Actually Heal
If your healing feels stuck and you’re not sure why, this episode reveals a pattern researchers and clinicians often notice: meaningful change in the body is frequently preceded by subtle shifts in how people think about their illness.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the mindset shifts that commonly appear in people who begin to stabilize or improve across a wide range of conditio
65. Why Purpose Changes How Your Body Heals — And How to Rebuild It During Illness
If your healing feels stalled and you can’t figure out why, this episode explores one factor most people overlook: your sense of purpose.If you’re living with chronic or serious illness, you may have noticed how easily your sense of the future can shrink. Plans become uncertain. Motivation fades. And over time, it can feel like you’re just getting through each day.In this episode of Renegade Remis
64. The Healing Power of Hope: How Belief Changes Immunity and Inflammation
If you’ve ever had days where everything suddenly feels heavier, harder, or more overwhelming, this episode will show you why that happens in your body, and how hope can start shifting it in noticeable ways.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore something often dismissed as emotional or intangible: hope.You’ll hear a real survivor story from clinical observations in which reconnecting w
63. Your Daily Healing Visualization: A Guided Meditation to Reset Your Body and Mind in 10 Minutes
What if you had one simple practice you could return to every day — one that helps your body release what it’s carrying and gently move back toward healing?In this guided meditation from Renegade Remission, you’ll be led through a short, calming visualization designed to help you reconnect with your body, release emotional and physical tension, and create an internal environment that supports heal
62. Can Your Mind Influence Remission? What Science Says About Expectation and Healing
If you’ve ever wondered whether your mindset could influence whether your illness stabilizes, improves, or progresses, this episode will show you what research actually says about expectation, belief, and healing biology.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore a question that is often misunderstood and sometimes avoided: can what you expect or believe influence how your body responds to
61. Why You Still Feel Stuck (Even When You’re Doing Everything Right): The Hidden Role of Trauma and Stress
If you’ve tried everything but still feel stuck in symptoms, this episode will help you understand how long-standing stress and trauma patterns in the body can influence inflammation, immune function, and your ability to heal.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore how trauma and chronic stress are not just psychological experiences, but biological patterns that shape how the body functi
60. The Mind-Body Connection: How Your Thoughts and Emotions Affect Healing
If you’ve ever wondered whether your thoughts and emotions affect your illness, this episode will clarify what science shows about how the brain communicates with your immune and healing systems.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the biological foundation of the mind-body connection.You’ll hear a real survivor testimonial from someone living with multiple sclerosis who described mea
59. Your Diagnosis Is Information, Not Destiny: Here's What Actually Shapes Your Outcome
If you’ve been told your diagnosis determines what happens next, this episode will help you understand what actually shapes outcomes, and where your biology may still be more responsive than you’ve been led to believe.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the difference between a medical label and living, adaptive biology.You’ll hear a real survival story from someone who chose to see
58. The Gut Microbiome's Hidden Role in Fatigue, Brain Fog, and Immune Disruption | Nutrition for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
If you are dealing with fatigue that won’t lift, brain fog that clouds your thinking, or immune symptoms that flare unpredictably, this episode will help you understand why your gut may be influencing all of them.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore how the microbiome regulates immune balance, neurological function, and systemic signaling far beyond digestion.You’ll hear a real clinic
57. The Simple Daily Habits That Support Healing — No Matter Your Diagnosis | Nutrition for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
If you feel like your diagnosis has taken control of your future, this episode will show you the specific lifestyle shifts that research consistently links to lower inflammation, stronger resilience, and better recovery outcomes, no matter where you’re starting.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the lifestyle domains that repeatedly show up in people who stabilize or improve despite
56. The Top 7 Root Causes That Drive Illness, And How to Address Them | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if your diagnosis isn’t the whole story?Across illnesses that look completely different on the surface, researchers continue to find many of the same upstream biological pressures shaping how disease behaves. When you understand those shared drivers, you begin to see places where your body may still have room to respond.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we step beneath the label of a dia
55. Inflammation: The Silent Factor Behind Disease Progression (and How to Reduce It) | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
If inflammation is quietly accelerating damage in your body, how would you know? And what can you do about it?Across conditions as different as ALS, cancer, dementia, autoimmune disease, and heart failure, researchers keep finding the same thread: chronic inflammatory burden shapes how illness progresses.Fortunately, inflammatory load can often be influenced, and in this episode of Renegade Remiss
54. Building a Highly Effective Healing Supplement Routine (Without Overwhelm or Burnout) | Nutrition for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if one targeted supplement could do more for your healing than twenty random ones?When you’re navigating chronic or serious illness, it’s easy to accumulate bottles, protocols, and conflicting advice. But more supplements do not necessarily equal more healing. If you’re facing cancer, autoimmune disease, neurological illness, heart disease, or another chronic diagnosis, this episode will help
53. Can Supplements Actually Help You Heal? The 10 Most Studied Options | Nutrition for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
When you’re facing a chronic or life-altering diagnosis, it’s almost inevitable: someone suggests supplements.But do they actually make a difference?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we examine what supplements truly do inside the body, based on biological mechanisms and clinical research.If you are navigating cancer, autoimmune disease, neurological illness, heart disease, or another chronic
52. Detox: Helpful or Hype? How to Truly Reduce Toxic Load and Support Healing | Nutrition for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
Your body is detoxifying every second of every day. The real question is: are you helping that process… or overloading it?If you’re navigating chronic or serious illness, your body is carrying a heavy load — medications, inflammation, environmental exposures, metabolic waste - so it's essential you understand how to support detox properly.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore how detox
51. Can Fasting Help the Body Heal? | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
Can something as simple as changing when you eat actually influence inflammation, immune function, and cellular repair?Fasting is often portrayed as either a miracle cure or a dangerous trend. But what does it really do inside the body, especially if you’re facing a chronic or serious illness?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the real science behind fasting and metabolic therapy.Yo
50. The Nutrition Shift That Helped One Woman Heal Against the Odds and How to Start It Today
What if healing does not begin with restriction, discipline, or a perfect diet, but with a simple nutritional shift that makes change feel possible instead of overwhelming?In this powerful and grounded conversation, I sit down with Adrienne Scharli, who was told she had an incurable neurological condition and went on to recover by addressing the root imbalances in her body through nutrition, lifes
49. Common Foods That Are Keeping You Sick (and What Happens When You Remove Them) | Nutrition for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer’s, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if healing doesn’t always begin with adding the “right” foods, but by removing the ones that quietly keep your body inflamed and stuck?In this grounded, science-based episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the foods most consistently linked to chronic inflammation and disease progression across cancer, autoimmune illness, neurological disease, and heart disease.Drawing from remission stori
48. Is There an Anti-Disease Diet? 7 Nutrition Patterns Shared by People Who Heal | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What do people who recover from cancer, autoimmune disease, and neurological illness all have in common at the table?In this episode of Renegade Remission, we explore the universal food themes that show up again and again in real remission and long-term healing stories, regardless of diagnosis. From spontaneous remission literature to functional medicine case reports to survivor testimonies, the d
47. How Purpose and Connection Change the Course of Illness | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
Some people are told they’re terminal, and then something inside them changes. Before the scans show progress, before symptoms shift, their bodies stop fighting and start responding. Today, you’ll hear what survivors say changed first.In this deeply human episode of Renegade Remission, we explore a pattern that appears again and again in real survivor stories. Long before scans change or symptoms
46. When Healing Happens Anyway: Real Stories of People Who Defied Terminal Diagnoses | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
Some people are told they’re terminal… and their bodies heal anyway. Today, I want to show you how that actually happens.In this deeply human episode of Renegade Remission, we explore three true stories of people who healed or stabilized from illnesses considered terminal. These stories come from different worlds. One is a memoir-based Radical Remission account. One is a peer-reviewed medical case
45. Why Doctors Get Prognosis Wrong and What Unexpected Survivors Teach Us About What’s Possible | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if the timeline you were given isn’t a prediction of your future but simply a rough guess based on other people’s outcomes?In this powerful episode of Renegade Remission, we explore why medical prognoses so often miss the mark, not because doctors are careless, but because human biology is far more adaptive and unpredictable than survival statistics can capture.You’ll learn how prognoses are
44. Can the Body Heal Without Treatment? What Real Spontaneous Remissions Reveal About Your Own Healing Potential | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if the body is capable of healing in ways medicine doesn’t fully understand, even after a terminal or “incurable” diagnosis?In this eye-opening episode of Renegade Remission, we explore one of the most misunderstood — and hopeful — phenomena in medicine: spontaneous remission.Contrary to what most patients are told, spontaneous remission is not myth, magic, or wishful thinking. It is medicall
43. The 7 Patterns Shared by People Who Beat Terminal Diagnoses | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if people who beat terminal diagnoses aren’t lucky outliers, but individuals who tapped into the same repeatable healing patterns?In this powerful episode of Renegade Remission, we explore seven consistent patterns that appear again and again in people who defied terminal or “incurable” diagnoses — across cancer, autoimmune disease, neurological conditions, heart disease, and more.These patte
42. Do People Ever Heal From “Incurable” Illnesses? What 3,500+ Documented Remissions Reveal
If you’ve ever asked, ‘Has anyone actually healed from something like my diagnosis?’ — this episode is for you.In this episode of Renegade Remission, we step away from averages and statistics and look directly at the evidence. You’ll explore medically verified cases of unexpected recovery across cancer, autoimmune disease, neurological illness, and more, and what peer-reviewed science reveals abou
41. What This Family Did Differently After a Terminal Diagnosis — And Why It Matters for YOUR Healing Journey | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if a diagnosis — even a terminal one — wasn’t the end of your options, but the beginning of a more intentional healing journey?In this powerful episode of Renegade Remission, I sit down with Ryan Sternagel, founder of The Stern Method, to explore how his family navigated a life-threatening diagnosis, and why the principles they discovered apply far beyond cancer.While Ryan’s story centers on
40. Your Post-Holiday Reset: 4 Gentle Steps to Rebalance Your Body and Optimize Healing | Hope for Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease
What if the best post-holiday reset isn’t a detox, a diet, or discipline, but simply coming back into a trusting relationship with your body?In this compassionate episode of Renegade Remission, we explore a post-holiday reset rooted in biology, nervous system regulation, and self-trust instead of guilt and restriction.If the holidays left you feeling depleted, inflamed, disconnected, or “off,” thi
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