11. The Placebo Effect - How Belief and Mindset Shape Healing | Hope for Chronic + Terminal Disease, Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease

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Renegade Remission: Holistic Healing and Nutrition for Chronic and Terminal Illness, Cancer, ALS, MS, Dementia, Heart Disease

Elanie Welch

213 episodes

2 days ago

Are you or someone you love facing a terminal or chronic illness and searching for hope and healing? You’ve found your podcast. Renegade Remission helps you face chronic and terminal illness, cancer, ALS, MS, dementia, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease with practical tools and science-backed stories of recovery. Hosted by licensed nutritionist and documentary filmmaker Elanie Welch, who’s spent years exploring why some people defy their diagnosis, and uncovering the physical, mental, and emotional breakthroughs that lead to healing and remission. Each episode uncovers the root-cause strategies behind real remission and natural healing, blending functional and integrative medicine and lifestyle changes to improve both quality and quantity of life. Every Monday and Thursday you’ll discover how to: • Rebuild your health through holistic nutrition and the mind-body connection • Apply natural and alternative medicine for remission and recovery • Regain hope and energy to keep beating the odds Each episode builds on the one before it, so start with Episode 2: How Releasing Repressed Emotions Supports Remission, then listen in order for your full blueprint to transformation.

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Nutrition

Health & Fitness,

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11. The Placebo Effect - How Belief and Mindset Shape Healing | Hope for Chronic + Terminal Disease, Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease

Renegade Remission: Holistic Healing and Nutrition for Chronic and Terminal Illness, Cancer, ALS, MS, Dementia, Heart Disease

10 minutes 2 seconds

2 months ago

11. The Placebo Effect - How Belief and Mindset Shape Healing | Hope for Chronic + Terminal Disease, Cancer, Dementia, Alzheimer's, MS, ALS, Heart Disease

What if your expectations alone could shrink tumors, cause blisters, or even relieve chronic pain—without a single pill or surgery?

In this episode of Renegade Remission, Elanie explores the mysterious—and sometimes controversial—world of the placebo and nocebo effects. From a man whose cancer melted away with a fake drug, to patients who lost their hair after receiving nothing but saline, these stories reveal how profoundly belief shapes biology. And it’s not just stories—brain imaging and molecular studies show these effects are rooted in real, measurable neurochemistry.
By listening, you’ll discover:

How placebo can trigger healing and why nocebo can worsen disease.
Astonishing cases of sham surgeries, hypnosis, and suggestion that changed patients’ health outcomes.
The science behind how belief signals the brain to release chemicals that affect immunity, pain, and healing.

Press play to learn how expectation can profoundly shape recovery—and how to harness the positive side of this effect without falling into denial or false hope.

This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not offer medical advice. Consult your licensed healthcare provider before making any changes to your treatment or health regimen. Reliance on any information provided is solely at your own risk.

This podcast explores stories and science around ALS, dementia, MS, cancer, mind body recovery, healing, functional medicine, heart disease, regression, remission, integrative medicine, autoimmune conditions, chronic illness, terminal disease, terminal illness, holistic health, quality of life, alternative medicine, natural healing, lifestyle medicine, and remission from cancer, offering hope and insights for those seeking resilience and renewal.