The Biohack Your Pets Podcast

Dr. Kendra Pope

Today we have Dr. Kendra Pope! She began her career at Virginia Tech and went on to complete DVM at the University of Florida (Go Gaters!) in 2011. While in vet school she completed certifications for acupuncture, herbalism, and others! After that, she completed a rotating surgery and animal medicine internship and then an oncology residency at the University of Pennsylvania.  She obtained her board certification in oncology in 2015.  She then became a registered herbalist in 2018 after going through a rigorous program and that's the highest accreditation for human herbalism.  She serves on the American Board of Vetinary Botanical Medicine.  She has founded the integrated veterinary oncology wellness center in Red Bank, New Jersey where she helps pets every day!

Topics in this week's episode include:

• 70% of cancer is caused by lifestyle in people
• In pets, its mostly genetic but, how much does the epigenetic modification plays a role?
• Hear some good news about bad cancer!
• What does Dr. Kendra say about dog food? Whole food!
• Why? Convenience is not convenient if it leads to issues.
• Let Food be thy medicine -Hypocrites
• 26 chemicals that are banned in Europe that are allowed in the US.
• Studies on Flea/Tick/HW prevention and their link to cancer and how to decide to use them or not? 28
• Florida’s ants! Fleas, Mosquitos oh my!
• Her integrative approach to flea and tick medication.
• 36 Talks about herbs and how complex the treatment plans are. And why she loves plants so much.
• Not all herbs are adaptogens
• David Winston’s book defines which herbs are adaptogens
• Milk Thistle is great for the liver we all know, but, is also great for the kidneys and pancreas.
• Kinesiology? Energetic and spiritual aspects of herbal medicine.
• Stem cell therapy for cancer in pets?? Is chemotherapy an outdated or even cruel treatment? How we will no longer kill our patients trying to kill cancer.
• U Penn, immunotherapy, and targeted therapies.
• #1 thing to change for your pet to help prevent cancer. FOOD of course!

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