Your Way Back
Steady wisdom for healing your body, mind, and spirit
Hosted by Mary Beth Gonzalez
"There Is No Alternative Medicine" with Dr. Colin Ross, MD
Donate to the Nicholas Gonzalez Foundation so we can fund the research needed to advance this work: https://thegonzalezprotocol.com/donate/ Apply to work with one of our Certified Gonzalez Doctors here: https://thegonzalezprotocol.com/how-to-apply-to-meet-a-gonzalez-certified-doctor/. We always hear the term “alternative” medicine… but alternative to what? The 1899 Merck Manual listed herbs, plant compounds, cannabis, and nutritional therapies as accepted medical treatments, and almost none of them disappeared because they stopped working. My guest is Dr. Colin A. Ross, MD, a psychiatrist, researcher, and founding board member of the Nicholas Gonzalez Foundation, who has published scientific articles on the Gonzalez Protocol® and the trophoblast model of cancer. My late husband, Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, used to say there is no alternative medicine, only medicine that hasn't been accepted yet. That line sits at the center of this conversation. We get into the history of how the word "alternative" became code for flaky, who benefits from that framing, and why nutrition got pushed to the margins of medical training. Dr. Ross shares what he was actually taught about nutrition in medical school, what the data on statins and vitamin D really show, and how patented "natural" drugs reveal the financial logic underlying it all. This isn't a rejection of modern medicine. It's a closer look at the labels, the language, and the economics shaping what patients are even allowed to consider. You'll Learn: [0:00] Introduction [3:19] Why "alternative" really means flaky, fringe, and unscientific in mainstream medical culture [5:01] How the Flexner Report and big pharma money rewrote what counts as real medicine [7:18] The American diet is driving disease, and what public health actually fixed [9:15] The 20-minute nutrition lecture that defined an entire generation of doctors [12:44] The St. John's wort study that matched Zoloft and why nobody talked about it [18:09] How the big lie works and what the pandemic revealed about medical propaganda [22:35] Why doctors chase your LDL while ignoring the vitamin D deficiency in two-thirds of Americans [27:49] Behind the scenes of the Nicholas Gonzalez Foundation and the funding it still needs Resources Mentioned: The Trophoblast and the Origins of Cancer: One Solution to the Medical Enigma of our Times by Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez | https://thegonzalezprotocol.com/trophoblast/ Collection of Books by Our Patients | https://thegonzalezprotocol.com/books-by-patients-on-the-gonzalez-protocol/ Find more from Dr. Ross: The Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma | https://www.rossinst.com/ Colin A. Ross, MD | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-colin-ross/ | https://amzn.to/44nlw8t Find more from Mary Beth: The Gonzalez Protocol® | https://thegonzalezprotocol.com/ The Gonzalez Protocol® | https://www.instagram.com/thegonzalezprotocol/ Join the Truly Thrive Membership (https://thegonzalezprotocol.com/truly-thrive-membership-program/) for just $60 annually, and get full access to exclusive members-only content, including bonus content and product coupons. You'll experience how The Gonzalez Protocol® is helping people understand the root causes of disease and live their lives to the fullest. Step into a new paradigm of medicine where ancient nutritional wisdom and modern science converge. If you want to go deeper into Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez’s work, you can get Conquering Cancer: Volume One here: https://thegonzalezprotocol.com/conquering-cancer-volume-one/ Disclaimer: The information shared on Your Way Back is for education, not medical advice. Please work with your physician or healthcare provider when making decisions about your health.
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Your Way Back is for people who sense there is more they can do to support their healing. If you’re facing illness, chronic stress, or simply don’t feel like your body is working the way it used to, this show offers calm, trustworthy guidance in a noisy health world.
Each episode helps you understand how the body is designed to repair and rebalance — and what may be getting in the way.
Rooted in decades of clinical experience and the work of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, Mary Beth Gonzalez will share whole-body wisdom, nourishment principles, faith-informed perspective, and practical ways to reduce burden and support the body’s natural capacity to heal.
Your Way Back is about clear understanding, steady support, and giving your body what it needs to recover— so you can participate in your healing journey with intention instead of overwhelm.
You are not broken. You are finding your way back to your health.
