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Orthodox Health

Dr. Michael Kuhn

How do we care for body, mind, & soul in Christ? Orthodox Health explores the patristic wisdom of the Eastern Orthodox Church for holistic well-being. Dive into Orthodox Christian theology & alternative health. We explore the biological & spiritual power of liturgical fasting, traditional nutrition, functional medicine, hesychastic prayer, & longevity, while exposing wellness counterfeits, New Age deceptions, & spiritual warfare. Break free from a consumer industry &

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01:09:45

Christ Is Born: Nativity at the Kitchen Table

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2025/12/22

From straw hidden under a tablecloth in a tiny Slavic house… to kids banging metal triangles in Greek stairwells… to families tearing injera around a shared platter in Ethiopia…The Nativity isn’t just about presents & photo ops. It’s about Christ showing up at the table.In this episode, Dr. Mike & John take you on a tour of global Orthodox (& other) Nativity traditions & then land it with three simple, kid-friendly menus you can actually pull off this year... without a babushka

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01:18:23

Beyond ‘Vegan’: Fake Meats, Food 2.0, & Technocratic...

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2025/12/15

Lab-grown “meat.” Cricket protein bars. Impossible burgers at the grocery store.The world is loudly preaching a new gospel of “ethical,” “sustainable,” plant-based everything... while the same foundations & corporations that built chemical agriculture now tell us the “Future of Food” is bugs, bioreactors, & patented pea protein.In this Nativity-season episode, Dr. Mike & John welcome back Nick Hillman (regenerative farmer & Orthodox Christian) to go beyond vegan "certified" & ask deeper

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01:08:18

Santa Vs. St. Nicholas & the Medicine of Almsgiving...

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2025/12/07

What if St. Nicholas wasn’t a jolly mascot for consumer Christmas… but a bishop whose hidden generosity literally healed people and communities?In episode 39 of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & co-host John sit down with Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff to rescue St. Nicholas from the Santa-Industrial-Complex & recover him as a true Orthodox saint, wonderworker, & icon of merciful giving.Together they explore how almsgiving functions as medicine… for the poor, for our own anxious hearts, &

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01:09:17

Puritans, Pilgrims, & the Price of Forgetting the...

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2025/12/01

Is your Thanksgiving plate quietly acting like a spiritual report card?In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John trace how the Thanksgiving Myth, Puritan productivity culture, & wellness legalism turned “Turkey Day” into a kind of substitute sacrament... & how the Eucharist, the true Thanksgiving, reclaims our tables, our bodies, & our nervous systems.They unpack the American liturgy of Thanksgiving (the curated Pilgrim myth) & contrast it with

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01:22:44

Blue Zones, Longevity, & the Myth of the Perfect Diet

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2025/11/24

Is “Blue Zone” longevity the new health religion?In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John audit Okinawa, Sardinia, Ikaria, Nicoya, & Loma Linda... & ask what actually survives scrutiny when you put the Blue Zones story under an Orthodox Christian lens.We tie this episode back through the whole Sacred Diets Arc & then we zoom in on modern longevity culture: Blue Zones branding, “magic water” in Nicoya, glossy documentaries like The Human Longevity

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01:10:43

Fasting Towards the Feast: An Orthodox Response to...

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2025/11/17

Fasting isn’t a diet challenge or a biohack... it’s ascetical medicine inside the life of the Church. In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John pull together everything we’ve been tracing through the "Sacred Diets" arc... from Adventist “health reform” & occult kitchen rituals to Zen minimalism & macro-tracking... & answer the real question: How do I actually fast toward the Feast without wrecking my body, my mood, or my family?We lay out

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01:01:25

The Occult Kitchen: Food as Magic, Diet as Ritual

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2025/11/10

Food can train love... or it can train control. In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John follow the threads from ancient hearths & local household idols through the Renaissance’s “cookbook of correspondences” & into today’s wellness culture & #WitchTok. Why do so many modern routines feel like liturgy... complete with initiation, penance, confession, & excommunication... yet leave us restless?Along the way, they define the “occult kitchen,”

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00:58:46

Zen & the Art of Dietary Maintenance: Eastern Imports...

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2025/11/03

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & co-host John explore the intersection of Eastern dietary techniques and Western wellness culture. They discuss how these practices have evolved over time, the influence of Theosophy, & the moral implications of modern dietary practices. They put the wellness world’s calm-eating gospel under a brighter light & trace how Zen, yoga, Theosophy, & the UN/WHO era shaped America’s diet imagination... from the 1893 Parliament of

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00:56:06

The Covenant Kitchen: Judaism, Islam, & The Politics...

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2025/10/27

From Levitical purity laws to global halal certification, The Covenant Kitchen traces how food became both a boundary & a battleground.In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John explore how kosher & halal codes shaped identity, power, & perception... & how modern “clean eating” & “ethical” brands echo those same ancient impulses.Along the way, they tackle the evolution of sacrifice, the loss of the Temple, the rise of Talmudic law, Kabbalah’s

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01:00:41

The Temperance Table: Mormonism, Methodism & the...

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2025/10/20

Why did America learn to fear the feast?In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John continue the story of how 19th-century revivalism, temperance preachers, & eventually Mormonism redefined food & drink as moral tests instead of gifts of grace. From Joseph Smith’s “caffeine-free gospel” to the Methodist crusade against alcohol, we uncover how Protestant (& post-Prostestant) restraint replaced the sacramental joy of the table.You’ll hear how

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02:01:47

Feminism, Food & the Fall: Diet, Control & the Occult...

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2025/10/13

In the finale of our Women’s Health Arc, Dr. Michael Christian & John sit down with Rachel Wilson, Orthodox Christian & author of Occult Feminism: The Secret History of Women’s Liberation, to expose how feminism, the occult, & modern wellness culture reshaped the female body, diet, & family.From yoga & the birth control pill to the Rockefeller-funded feminist revolution, Rachel traces how spiritual deception entered the kitchen & the clinic... redefining womanhood in the

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00:54:27

The Gospel of Grains: Revivalism, Guilt, & The USDA...

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2025/10/06

When America lost throne & altar, it found a cereal bowl.In the 19th century, revival preachers turned purity into a health plan.Ellen G. White’s visions warned that meat led to lust.John Harvey Kellogg tried to purify the body with cereal, shock therapy, & ice baths...By the 20th century, their strange theology had hardened into the USDA Food Pyramid: a gospel of grains preached with government approval.In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John trace

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01:21:51

PCOS, Prayer, & Practical Healing w/ Brennan Straka &...

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2025/09/29

In this episode of The Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & co-host John are joined by return guest, certified nurse midwife Brennan Straka, & Dr. Michael's own wife, Casey, to discuss the complexities of women's health, with a particular focus on PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). They explore fasting, dietary changes, & the importance of faith in navigating health challenges. Casey shares her personal journey with PCOS, highlighting the emotional & physical

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01:06:06

Sanctified Cycles: Femininity & Functional Health w/...

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2025/09/22

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Presbytera Marina Thornburg (Orthodox True Femininity) joins hosts Dr. Michael Christian & John to explore the multifaceted aspects of femininity within the Orthodox tradition.They discuss the significance of women's roles in the Church, personal conversion stories, & the challenges women face regarding health, particularly PCOS. The conversation delves into the concept of cycle syncing, emphasizing how aligning health practices with

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00:55:51

New Motherhood & Conversion: Finding Christ in the...

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2025/09/15

In this heartfelt episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian and co-host John sit down with new mother & recent Orthodox convert, Gwynne Hoffmaster, to talk about the beautiful chaos of entering the Church while navigating motherhood.From midnight feedings to toddler wrangling in the nave, Gwynne shares her honest experiences of finding Christ in exhaustion, messiness, & motion.Together, we explore fasting during breastfeeding, prayer in the midst of interruptions, &

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00:59:36

Faith, Flourishing, Femininity, & Public Health w/...

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2025/09/08

In this opening episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast Women’s Health & Femininity arc, Dr. Michael Christian & co-host John welcome Katherine Phillips, host of the Faithful Flourish Podcast. With a background in public health & daily work as a health insurance broker, Katherine brings both clarity & conviction to the challenges women face in today’s medicalized, performance-driven world.Together, we explore the deep intersections of Orthodox faith, prevention, & the feminine

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01:00:02

Fighting the Good Fight: Orthodoxy & BJJ w/ Special...

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2025/09/01

In this long-awaited episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & co-host John are joined by Jeff Messina: 4th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Judo black belt, owner of the Revolution Dojo, paratrooper & infantryman, theology graduate, & newly-illumined Orthodox Christian.Jeff shares his powerful journey from the mat to the Church, weaving together themes of discipline, humility, struggle, & faith. With decades of experience training & teaching, he

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00:53:11

The School of the Body: How Movement & Suffering Form...

Orthodox Health ·

2025/08/25

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & co-host John explore how the body itself is a school of formation. Building from last week’s conversation with Fr. Zechariah Lynch on the war against the Incarnation, this discussion goes deeper into the theology of movement, the sanctifying role of suffering, & the communal power of training together.From the Desert Fathers swinging axes & weaving baskets, to modern men carrying barbells & practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the

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01:07:27

From Dust to Data: The War on the Incarnation w/...

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2025/08/18

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John welcome Fr. Zechariah Lynch to close out a four-part arc on the future of man. Together, they explore the rising ideology of transhumanism, the cult of fitness, AI-driven medicine, & how these movements represent not mere “progress,” but a new worldview that wages war on the Incarnation itself.The conversation dives into wearables, implants, predictive diagnostics, & the seductive promises of algorithmic

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00:46:46

The Gospel According to the Algorithm: AI, Medicine,...

Orthodox Health ·

2025/08/11

In this episode of the Orthodox Health Podcast, Dr. Michael Christian & John explore the intersection of AI, medicine, and Orthodox theology. They discuss the ethical implications of AI in healthcare, the allure of transhumanism, & the importance of community & communion in true healing. The conversation emphasizes the need for a return to the Orthodox understanding of the person, which transcends mere data & optimization, advocating for a holistic approach to health that includes

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