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WE'RE ALL UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, NOT STATISTICS.
As a national award-winning pharmacy that's been helping people be proactive about their health since 1964, we know a thing or two about people.
Here's what we believe in and share on our show:
✔️ An "individualized approach"...not "one-size-fits all"
✔️ Facts AND opinions! And we'll tell you which is which!
✔️ Practical advice you can apply every day
✔️ Our perspective on health as qualified professionals
✔️ Our perspective as humans
Join the conversation and take ownership of your health!
BTC LIVE: HEALTHCARE HOT TOPICS
Episodes filmed third Thursday of every month at 12pm Eastern Time. To join live, please like HB Pharmacy on Facebook or follow Gaspar's Best on Instagram. For original seasons, keep scrollin!
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Is Detoxing Legit?
Detoxing is a common buzzword in the health and wellness space these days. With many conflicting products and opinions, like in much of the industry, sometimes it's difficult to determine what's legit and what's not legit.
On this episode, John Preckshot RPh, CCN, FAARM, a former pharmacy owner, functional pharmacist, and the Director of Nutrition at Wellness Works*, discusses what detoxing actually entails and how it can be important on your journey to being healthier. As always, please consult a licensed practitioner when making any dietary changes or trying new nutritional products.
*Wellness Works manufactures and distributes Gaspar's Best products
Supplement Shop: https://gasparsbest.com
Compounding Pharmacy: https://hbpharmacy.com
Hosted by personal trainer / nutrition coach Vince Bellitti (NASM-CPT, WLS, Pn1) and Pharmacist James Park (RPh, PharmD). Both with Gaspar's Best and HB Pharmacy.
* This episode was pre-recorded. To catch us live, follow @HB Pharmacy on Facebook or @GasparsBest on Instagram! We go live the 3rd Thursday of every month *
New Study Relating CBD and Pain Management
This isn't a live episode, but we wanted to share this information all the same!
Ananda Professional, the professional grade CBD product we carry on gasparsbest.com and at HB Pharmacy, recently released a study titled "Evaluation of the effects of CBD hemp extract on opioid use and quality of life indicators in chronic pain patients: a prospective cohort study"
Here is a link to the peer-reviewed opioid reduction study conducted with Ananda Professional: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00325481.2019.1685298
More information from Ananda Professional here: https://help.anandaprofessional.com/knowledge/opioid-reduction-study
As always, it's important to consult your physician before making changes to your medication regimen. Your pharmacist can also coordinate with you and your physician.
Though high-quality CBD is not a "miracle product", our anecdotal experience with our patients through Gaspar's Best and at HB Pharmacy coincides with the findings in this study. Like with all over the counter products, it's important to discuss with a qualified practitioner to determine 1) if the product is right for you and 2) your proper dosing. We help patients with these things daily at Gaspar's Best and HB Pharmacy, and can even speak with your physician as well to make sure your entire healthcare team is on the same page.
Visit our online shop or schedule a consultation here: https://gasparsbest.com
Or our compounding and retail pharmacy site here: https://hbpharmacy.com
Holiday Indulgence Recovery Tips
This recorded live video will NOT contain the typical advice you're expecting!
We've all heard the standard "indulgence" tips. Drink more water. Load up on veggies first. Etc.
That's great advice, too, but what happens when you DO indulge too much anyway? What do I take for indigestion? Or if I'm bloated? Or hung over? At the pharmacy, we get the same questions after every holiday season as it relates to over the counter remedies. So, we put them in this video to share!
We also covered over the counter and prescription medication and which you should NOT take if you are indulging, particularly if your indulgences include alcoholic beverages.
Plus, open Q&A at the end!
To catch us live, please LIKE https://facebook.com/hbpharmacy or follow https://instagram.com/gasparsbest and join us at 12pm Eastern Time on the third Thursday of every month.
Retail / Compounding Pharmacy website: https://hbpharmacy.com
Functional Pharmacy / Supplement Shop: https://gasparsbest.com
SEASON TWO: HORMONES AND SEX HEALTH
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Season Two Wrap Up
The. Most. HILARIOUS. Moment in show history to start the episode.
Vince's Grandma, Jackie, left him with some amazing final words of advice that you HAVE to hear.
Hope you enjoyed this season 🙂 Thanks for listening! See you next season!
Hosted by personal trainer / nutrition coach Vince Bellitti (NASM-CPT, WLS, Pn1) and pharmacist James Park (RPh, PharmD). Both with Gaspar's Best and HB Pharmacy.
Introduction featuring Vince's grandma, Jackie Bellitti. Jackie is Gaspar's wife.
This episode was filmed at HB Pharmacy in North Arlington, NJ.
Safe And Pleasurable Sex As We Age
We ask uncomfortable questions on this show. Why? Because it's important that we have the answers to these questions, even if we're too afraid or uncomfortable to ask. So, we figured we'd ask for you!
Especially since we make hormone replacement therapy medication in our compounding lab, we get these questions pretty frequently and are here to help you. Please reach out directly if you have any specific questions!
Hosted by personal trainer / nutrition coach Vince Bellitti (NASM-CPT, WLS, Pn1) and pharmacist James Park (RPh, PharmD). Both with Gaspar's Best and HB Pharmacy. Featuring Janelle Ricigliano from HB Pharmacy.
This episode was filmed at HB Pharmacy in North Arlington, NJ.
Compounding Pharmacy: https://hbpharmacy.com
Functional Medicine: https://gasparsbest.com
Things You May Not Know About STI’s
TOP RATED EPISODE ALERT! This episode was informative, fun, and even included a prank!
In this episode, Nurse Danielle Choinski joined Vince and James to talk about STIs. We'll do a little time traveling back to your high school health class days to discuss the more common STIs, what you should do if you think you have one, different options and treatments, and much more! Watch until the end to see the hilarious prank Danielle plays on Vince!
Episode intro featuring Vince's Grandma, Jackie Bellitti.
Hosted by personal trainer / nutrition coach Vince Bellitti (NASM-CPT, WLS, Pn1) and pharmacist James Park (RPh, PharmD). Both with Gaspar's Best and HB Pharmacy. Featuring Nurse Danielle Choinski.
This episode was filmed at HB Pharmacy in North Arlington, NJ.
Compounding Pharmacy Website: https://hbpharmacy.com
Functional Medicine Website: https://gasparsbest.com
SEASON ONE: PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR MANAGING STRESS AND ANXIETY
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Season One Wrapup
Here's a quick summary of everything we've covered in Season One of Behind The Counter!
We talked about stress and anxiety myths, medication related to stress and anxiety, alcohol, and even different products like dietary supplements and CBD that often claim to have benefits related to stress and anxiety.
We'll see you in Season Two...coming February 2020!
Visit our websites:
Compounding Pharmacy - https://hbpharmacy.com
Functional Medicine - https://gasparsbest.com
My Grandma's Take On Health And Wellness
We have an extra special guest today! For those of you who don't know, "Gaspar's Best" is named after Gaspar Bellitti, who started HB Pharmacy in 1964. Gaspar's legacy and values are still prevalent in the pharmacy today. We created Gaspar's Best to continue his legacy, but also to add an element of proactive health to the pharmacy.
Gaspar passed in 2009. However, Gaspar's wife (and Vince's Grandma), Jackie, is alive and kicking it at 93 years young.
We thought it would be fun to share the health and wellness perspective of someone who's literally been on earth almost 94 years and still going strong!
Hosted by personal trainer / nutrition coach Vince Bellitti (NASM-CPT, WLS, Pn1) and featuring his grandma, Jackie Bellitti (Gaspar's wife). Both are with Gaspar's Best and HB Pharmacy.
This episode was filmed at HB Pharmacy in North Arlington, NJ.
Visit our websites:
Compounding Pharmacy - https://hbpharmacy.com
Functional Medicine - https://gasparsbest.com
CBD Myths, Questions, and Answers
We get A TON of questions about CBD every day at the pharmacy. Side note...that's awesome! You should always talk to a qualified professional who can work with your physician before trying anything new like CBD.
We've done seminars about CBD. Webinars. Live videos. Individual consultations. You name it, we've talked about it. So, we decided to take the most common questions we get and answer them on this episode of Behind the Counter!
Hosted by personal trainer / nutrition coach Vince Bellitti (NASM-CPT, WLS, Pn1). Featuring pharmacist James Park (RPh, PharmD). Both are with Gaspar's Best and HB Pharmacy.
This episode was filmed at HB Pharmacy in North Arlington, NJ.
Visit our websites:
Compounding Pharmacy - https://hbpharmacy.com
Functional Medicine - https://gasparsbest.com
Want to listen to Behind the Counter on the go? Check out the mp3 files below, find our podcast on Spotify, or find our podcast in the Apple Podcast App, or find our podcast on Google Podcasts.
13 Responses
Enjoyed Behind the Counter
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Thanks so much Kathleen!
Thank You Guys for “Behind the Counter”. Just figured I’d let you know how I usually fall asleep. I listen to either the
news or a talk show on the radio at a very low volume. This usually quiets my brain down and allows me to doze off.
Thanks Again, Kurt
Thanks for the comment, Kurt! Glad to hear it 🙂 and that’s a great idea! Similar to what I try to do as well, but with the radio you don’t have a TV or phone screen, which is ideal. Great suggestion! Thanks for sharing!
I really enjoy the webcams and find them very informative. The interaction between between Vince and his grandmother was nice. Thank You,
Kurt H. Mathews
Thanks so much! That was a fun one to film 🙂
Thank you for putting together these sessions. I found them very helpful and I’m looking forward to year two. My method of clearing my thoughts in order to sleep is to replace them with silent prayers.
Thank you also for letting us know that, if we have questions, we can turn to the professionals at HB Pharmacy.
Thanks so much for the feedback, Norma! Glad you feel that way. Our whole mission is to empower people to be an advocate for themselves as patients and not be afraid to ask necessary questions!
I really enjoyed Season 1 and look forward to #2. How about a future show about when someone should decide to go
to the doctor/ER rather than self treat? I would find that very helpful and relevant for I recently fell and injured my
shoulder. Then, after an ambulance ride, doctor check, and x-rays, I was told to wear a sling and rest. I had told my
wife that was what I wanted to do in the first place. When is something serious enough that it requires professional
care? Thanks, Kurt H. Mathews
Great idea! That’s definitely a common question. We’ll see if we can find someone to include in an episode to discuss that topic!
Thank you for the very informative and entertaining episodes! I look forward to the next season. Thank you for including different guests as well.
You’re welcome! We have a few new guests coming up for season two!
I just listened for the first time after John told me that my Godmother was part of a few shows. You both were great. As an added plus – I now have my aunt recorded to treasure her wisdom forever. Best of luck with future seasons! I will be listening!