Episode 12: Dr. Payam Hakimi And Shiva Hakimi: The Shift To Functional Medicine For A Body Of Harmony

Welcome to Health Interrupted hosted by Celebrity Personal Trainer, Gina Lombardi and Former Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler.

Today’s guests are Dr. Payam Hakimi and Shiva Hakimi.

A Board Certified, award winning, Family Physician, Dr. Payam Hakimi has had diverse medical training and has combined his knowledge of medicine with specialized alternative medical modalities to create an integrative and comprehensive medical practice. He is currently the Medical Director of Body of Harmony in Beverly Hills, CA. as well as in Miami, Florida. Body of Harmony offers Integrative Medicine, Functional Medicine, Anti-Aging Medicine, Clinical Homeopathy, Osteopathic Manipulation and Cranial Osteopathy, IV Nutrition and Heavy Metal Chelation, Bone Marrow Aspiration Transplantation and Stem Cell Therapy, Peptide Therapy, and a wide variety of testing.

 

Dr. Hakimi has been part of the teaching faculty at multiple Medical Schools.  While finishing his residency at USC with the Department of Family Medicine, he was elected Chief Resident and Assistant Clinical Professor at the USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Hakimi says, “To learn something thoroughly you need to be able to teach it perfectly” 

 

In addition to earning a master’s degree in architecture & a degree in Business Management, Shiva is Managing Partner at Body Of Harmony. She’s had a long journey into spiritual discovery and has devoted much of her time furthering her knowledge of poetry from Rumi and Hafiz. This has been a steppingstone for Shiva to train for consciousness expansion meditations.

 

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4:51 Gina welcomes the Dr. & Shiva Hakimi

5:10 Dr Hakimi defines functional medicine and osteopathy

9:27 Dr Hakimi explains how structure equals function and that chiropractic came after osteopathy.

10:59 Dr Hakimi reveals the top health interruptions he sees in his practice.

12:36 Gina asks Dr Hakimi to focus on what protocols and testing he uses for Gut Health and the effect of taking antibiotics on the gut microbiome. Leaky Gut Syndrome.

17:04 Dr Hakimi explains that by using probiotics & removing certain foods from your diet you can help balance out the gut

17:58 Gina gets upset when Dr Hakimi says to cut out coffee and pleads to keep her cup of Joe.

20:14 Laura brings up Gina’s Adrenal Insufficiency & Dr Hakimi explains the difference between insufficiency and burnout and the function of Cortisol

27:07 Laura brings in Shiva to discuss her practice of the awakening process and consciousness expansion

29:19 Gina asks Shiva what a reasonable amount of time is to spend on meditation and the awakening process to get a result

31:30 What you do every day is part of your consciousness expansion

35:11 Gina asks Dr Hakimi why people come to him as a last resort instead of first

41:00 The Hakimi’s give tips and bio hacks. Use Adrenal Supplement & Adrenal Support, Buffered Vitamin C, Immune Stamina on www.bodyofharmony.com

44:50 Shiva says to eat sardines for the high amount of B12 & calcium

46:58 Dr Hakimi gives his fitness tip by correcting our form while spinning and not doing one sided sports unless you train the other side equally

50:50 Dr Hakimi says read Eckhart Tolle and Rumi 10 mins a day for spiritual enhancement

52:45  Take care of your digestive system to ensure beauty on the outside

 

Connect with our guests:

Dr Payam Hakimi & Shiva Hakimi

Instagram: @BodyofHarmony  @shivaahakimi  [phone]

 

Connect with the Hosts of Health Interrupted: 

Gina Lombardi https://www.instagram.com/coachlombardi 

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