I Never Went to the Doctor Growing Up | My Mom Explains Why

<p>My guest is my mom, Rosebud, a mother of four who spent fifty years building a life around preventative medicine. <br /><br />In this episode she tells her whole story: growing up with no money in Ozone Park, Queens; losing her father at three, her brother at thirty-two, and her first husband at twenty-five; and how that grief turned into a set of convictions about how she wanted to raise her children. We talk about the plant-based, vegetable-heavy way we ate growing up, the natural births, the years she spent learning from John Galamaga, and the pushback she took for doing things differently. <br /></p><p>Newsletter: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jonathanjarecki.substack.com/" target="_blank">https://jonathanjarecki.substack.com/</a></p><p><br />Full Show Notes: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ISCy3tLwVzrfEq-lR3jvp6qdYoZCOqB3GheuYJqC4s/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/11ISCy3tLwVzrfEq-lR3jvp6qdYoZCOqB3GheuYJqC4s/edit?usp=sharing</a> <br /><br />*Disclaimer: This episode is a personal and family history, offered for educational and general-interest purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not be used to diagnose or treat any condition. Neither the host nor the guest is a licensed medical professional. Nothing here is a recommendation for how you should care for yourself or your children — please consult a qualified physician about your own health decisions.<br /><br />Timestamps: <br />00:00 Intro<br />03:08 Mom<br />04:53 Mom's childhood, family situation, &amp; diet<br />09:28 Relationship with the doctor growing up, health habits<br />10:43 Mom's mom (grandma)<br />13:14 First daughter<br />14:38 Vaccines, mom worked as a medical assistant<br />15:41 How my mom thought about health growing up; diet, medications, vaccines, sunshine<br />18:49 First husband passed away, life changed, breastfeeding<br />21:32 Meeting my dad, second child, Grandma's first heart attack<br />23:12 Finding John Galamaga; Dad having seizures, dad's health transformation<br />29:54 Natural Childbirths<br />32:59 Grandma's heart attack, heart health, health transformation<br />36:03 Experience raising her children, no meltdowns, vaccine exemptions<br />36:55 Dad being a chriopractor<br />38:24 Dairy, juicing, diet, healthy snacks<br />41:18 Surprise baby (Jonathan), limited doctor visits, high risk child, childbirth<br />44:22 Pregnancy with Jonathan, lifestyle,