Integrative Medicine and Cancer Care with Dr. Malathi Acharya

Welcome to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay Podcast with Dr. Kerry Reller! This week I am joined by Dr. Malathi Acharya to delve into how integrative medicine combines traditional Western medicine with holistic approaches like traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda, especially in supporting cancer patients. This discussion covers personalized treatment plans, the role of diet and supplements in cancer care, and the importance of boosting immune health. Dr. Acharya also shares insights on her unique approach, blending acupuncture and hypnosis in her practice.

Dr. Malathi Acharya is an integrative medicine physician and founder of Ayur Integrative Medicine. She is passionate about all elements of integrative medicine, including nutrition, lifestyle, supplements, botanicals, mind-body treatments, and treatments from alternate medical systems. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Integrative Medicine, and board certified in Internal Medicine as well as Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She is also certified in clinical hypnosis and trained in medical acupuncture as well as Heart Math
biofeedback technique. 

Dr. Malathi was born in Chennai, India, and graduated from Madras Medical College. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at San Joaquin General Hospital in Stockton, California. She worked as an Internal Medicine  physician for over 20 years, initially as a hospital based physician and later as a primary care  Physician. She then went on to complete a fellowship in integrative medicine at the Andrew  Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.

Dr. Malathi is an advocate of whole-person care, which means addressing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. She believes that finding our meaning and purpose in anything we do is essential for taking care of our whole selves. Dr. Malathi is excited to be a guest on your podcast and share her knowledge and experience with your listeners. She believes that everyone has the power to take control of their health by making small, positive choices every day.

00:00  Welcome back! Guest Intro
01:40 What is Integrative Medicine? 
02:48 Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care
04:00 Journey to Integrative Medicine
06:28 Personalized Treatment Plans in Integrative Medicine
07:11 Diet and Supplements in Cancer Care
10:03 Supporting Immune System Health
12:02 Acupuncture in Cancer Treatment 
14:23 Personalizing Cancer Treatment Approaches
16:38 Integrative Medicine and Mental Health in Cancer Care
20:04 Role of Hypnosis in Integrative Medicine
28:45 Where to find Dr. Acharya 

Connect with Dr. Acharya 
Website:  www.ayur.today
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Transcript

Kerry: 0:29

All right. Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the Get Healthy Tampa Bay podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kerry Reller. And today we have a very special guest, Dr. Malathi Acharya, who is coming all the way from the San Francisco Bay area to tell us all about her expertise. Dr. Malathi, why don't you introduce yourself and tell us who you are and what you do.

Malathi: 0:50

Thank you, Dr. Reller I'm super excited to be with you here today chatting. My name is Dr. Malathi Acharya. I'm an integrative medicine specialist. I started off as an internal medicine doctor, so I'm board certified in internal medicine as well as hospice and palliative medicine. And I've also done a fellowship training in integrative medicine. I'm the founder of I use integrative medicine and I offer integrative medicine expertise and services in the Bay Area. I help people diagnosed with cancer navigate their cancer treatment journey. I give them the hope that, they can lead a full and satisfying life during and after treatment and help them take back control of their health.

Kerry: 1:40

I love that. That's a beautiful way to put it. And I know we were chatting before, but in case our listeners don't know, what is integrative medicine?

Malathi: 1:51

Integrative medicine or holistic medicine brings together treatments from the traditional western allopathic system of medicine as well as from other systems, be it ancient systems like traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurveda or homeopathy or naturopathy or complementary treatments like manual treatments, osteopathic manipulation, massage, all of those treatments. It brings blends them together in a very intelligent as well as evidence informed, science informed way. So its not a mis match of this and that, but these are all brought together in an intelligent way tailor made for the person we are seeing so that is what integrative or holistic medicine is. So we get to use the best things of all the systems of medicine and to help our body heal

Kerry: 2:48

That's a

Malathi: 2:48

and stay healthy.

Kerry: 2:49

yeah, and stay healthy. You had an entire fellowship on that and more than one year. So I mean, clearly there's a lot to learn and to be offered. And you are saying that some of that. Or a lot of most of it is all evidence based as well, but it's to be combined with the traditional medicine that medical doctors and DOs you learn in the Western world. Okay.

Malathi: 3:09

That's the key of this specialty, right? It's not it's not patients or people, clients don't have to choose between this or that. Often when we hear of holistic treatment centers, there's often, it puts the client in a position where they have to choose one over the other. The great thing about integrative medicine is it blends everything. So, you know, in something like cancer, we know that the traditional treatments, namely surgery, chemotherapy, and radio, radiotherapy. are the standard of care. So what we have to offer just gives extra tools for the client or the patient to navigate their journey.

Kerry: 3:46

yeah. And what a more important time in someone's life when they're suffering with cancer to need these extra kind of, you know, holistic treatments and therapies. So how did you get into this in the first place? If you don't mind me asking.

Malathi: 4:00

I love to, share this story. So I started off as an internal medicine physician. I actually worked in the hospital for the first nine years of my career as a hospitalist, and then I transitioned to the primary care setting. And when I transitioned, when I was practicing as a primary care physician, I had a younger panel of patients and many of my patients were more from Asia or Southeast Asia and they would always keep asking me you know, doctor, what can we do naturally to get better or feel better? What can we change in our diet? What other natural things can we do? And they would ask me, you know, if someone had acute back pain and I would prescribe the NSAIDs to them, they would say, no, no, no, what can I do naturally? What can I take in my diet that will help? And I would, you know, I would give them answers, but I wouldn't, in my opinion, I felt those answers were not satisfactory to me. So as I kept hearing it, I started looking for what I can learn to enhance my knowledge along those lines, you know, what are the natural things we can do? I'm sure there are a lot we can do. So I started looking and I also felt that as I was practicing as a primary care physician, the Western system was very disease based paradigm. Like the patient had a few symptoms, you know, if those symptoms don't fall into a specific disease paradigm, often I would have nothing to help them or treat them. You know, we do tests and we say, okay, all the tests came back negative. Here's a patient left with these symptoms, I felt that I didn't offer any, anything for them satisfactory way of helping them with their symptoms. So these were the two things that made me start looking for other things. And that's how I came up, came upon this fellowship at the Andrew Will Center for Integrative Medicine. And I joined it.

Kerry: 5:50

Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense. I mean, as you know, medical doctors, especially in primary care, you know, the way that we learned was, you know, diagnose the disease and here's how you treat it. Here's the medication. And part of that, you know, may be because maybe our education was funded by pharmacy or everybody can have their own opinion on it, but there's definitely things that have kind of been left out. So I think that there's all these new little niche specialties, if you will, like your integrative medicine and other things that can pick up some of these things that we really didn't have the time or, you know, the training for it. Maybe it's just cause med school should be longer. Maybe we need to learn more, you know, but I don't know. So we're left

Malathi: 6:28

is a lot to learn. There's a lot to learn and it's true, but what I learned in this fellowship bridged a lot of gaps for me, you know, in knowledge. You know, our training is by no means short, but there's a lot more to learn. And if I have to look back, I wish we had more nutrition training in med school, because while I would give, you know, I would give advice to my patients, you know, giving advice coming from a position of really deep understanding and knowledge is different from, giving the, you know, the tip of the iceberg advice. So that's how I felt the difference was.

Kerry: 7:04

Absolutely. So, so how does integrative medicine kind of complement traditional cancer treatment?

Malathi: 7:11

Absolutely.

Kerry: 7:11

do you do in your practice?

Malathi: 7:13

So the way that integrative medicine helps a person diagnosed with cancer, their cancer journey are many fold. One is that it helps. There's a lot of anxiety, sadness, grief, despair when someone is diagnosed with cancer and a lot of These feelings they kind of trigger stress in our body. And we know this, there is enough ample evidence that such a stress, you know, being in such a state of stress does not make it conducive for someone to receive the treatment and heal from cancer. So one of the biggest applications would be to help the patient with symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, sleep disturbances, et cetera, and prepare them for cancer treatment. Also, you know, the diagnosis of cancer triggers feeling of hopelessness, helplessness, anger, and people also have their own views of a particular cancer based on their previous experience, someone or someone, a family member, a friend, or what they've heard. They often, there are preconceived notions that can interfere with our ability to receive and heal from treatment. So treatments like Hypnosis, clinical hypnosis specifically tailored for this, coming to play where it helps the calm that mindset and helps the person receive the treatment and increases the efficacy of those treatments by helping the body, you know, also kick in with its innate healing potential. A lot of nutrition you know, exercise, physical activity interventions are known to help improve outcome, improve survival and reduce recurrence, especially in breast cancer and many, many other cancers. So that's one application. Acupuncture, acupuncture from the traditional Chinese medicine helps to deal with the side effects of cancer treatment like chemotherapy, induced nausea, vomiting. Or you know, general cancer pain or neuropathy, you know, from peripheral neuropathy as which is often a side effect of cancer treatment, as well as arthralgias from aromatase inhibitors. So acupuncture is one. You know, ayurvedic with the principles of ayurvedic medicine can be used again in manipulating the diet and activity of the patient to optimize healing. So there are these wonderful modalities that we can bring in from different systems that will help the person. You know, help them heal better, receive the treatment better and stay healthy. Once the treatment is completed,

Kerry: 9:50

And when you say you're treating anxiety and depression, you're not meaning, okay, you're going to give like a medication for it. You're meaning you're using these integrative principles that are going to help with that instead. Correct.

Malathi: 10:03

there are different ways to do that. Yes, some patients may need medications. I'm not taking that away at all, but there are others that benefit from other interventions like mindfulness practices, yoga, tai chi physical activity, time in nature, you know, exploring one's spirituality, what gives joy, meaning, purpose. These are all what make up you know, integrative medicine. So yes, medicines have their place, but there are some many people who may not need medicines, but they need these other tools that are well within their own control that can help them on the path of healing and recovery.

Kerry: 10:40

Just going back to our training, like I remember maybe one afternoon of acupuncture, one afternoon of tai chi and things like that. And that was it. Right. So yeah, this is really important. And you, you didn't mention it, but you did some work in palliative care as well. Right.

Malathi: 10:58

Yes. Yes.

Kerry: 10:59

So is that also how you led maybe to what you're doing now?

Malathi: 11:04

So a lot of principles of integrative medicine is very applicable in palliative medicine also. I feel that in palliative medicine, a lot of them were applied you know, where they would, you know, the social connections, a lot of integrated holistic treatments were already there in place, but at a different time along the the life and journey of a patient, but I think bringing it out and applying it to everybody in every phase of their life and not just someone in the end of their life journey is what I feel is integrative medicine. There's a lot of similarity between the two. So I definitely, what I did as a palliative certified physician, especially in my inpatient hospital, will definitely help shape my experiences. You know, as I've now come out to be an integrative physician.

Kerry: 11:54

So you mentioned acupuncture and I think you were trying to say it's good for peripheral neuropathy. Is that correct? After,

Malathi: 12:02

acupuncture helps with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy, right.

Kerry: 12:06

Yeah, so I have a patient who had, you know, probably I think chemo for, I can't remember what kind of cancer, but she's definitely experiencing peripheral neuropathy. Now, how do I go around navigating? Trying to refer her to acupuncture and it says that's something that might be covered and and in your practice Do you do the acupuncture or refer that out?

Malathi: 12:29

So I'm certified in medical acupuncture. It's a course that physicians can do to get certified. So I'm certified in medical acupuncture. There are, you know, the key thing about who to refer the patient to is Finding a provider who has been trained in acupuncture. So there are these certifications best boards, National Board of, you know, acupuncture, Chinese medicine, where you can look up certified acupuncture professionals and refer them out. Question of whether it's covered by insurance or not. That's really highly variable. Some of them do, some of them don't. Some insurance policies includes acupuncture services that is very variable.

Kerry: 13:10

And so do you know exactly like how that works? Like how does it help with the peripheral neuropathy?

Malathi: 13:16

so the acupuncture works along the traditional Chinese medicine principles. So Energy or chi in the body flows along certain specified energy channels called the meridians. That's the belief in traditional Chinese medicine. And when there is a disturbance to the flow of energy along these meridians in our body, whether the disturbance can be whether the excessive energy or depleted energy or blockage of energy, then the various symptoms are caused, you know, the whether it be pain or neuropathy so manipulating the energy along these energy channels using the needles, the acupuncture needles brings back the balance and restores the energy flow and offers symptom relief. That is the belief, that's what TCM acupuncture is based on. Right. Traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture is based on, you

Kerry: 14:10

Okay. That makes sense. So switching gears a little bit. You mentioned personalized treatment plans and like a personalized approach. How does that work with working with the patients who are diagnosed with cancer in your case?

Malathi: 14:23

there are different tools and modalities we can use. So starting from anything as dietary interventions, right, we know that including certain foods, avoiding certain foods, they're all beneficial. So starting from dietary interventions, taking into account a person's culinary and cultural preferences to food, which is very important to determine compliance, right? So this is not something where we are going to give a one set of, this is what you'll have. These are the things we'll have a breakfast, lunch, and dinner it's working with the plain client, working with the patient, finding out what their culinary and cultural preferences are. Okay. Here is the, you know, the Mediterranean diet pattern is very inclusive in that way because it's just a formula, a pattern of diet. So here you include whole grains. So what whole grains do you like? What have you used in your culture? So what are your taste preferences? So, so starting from that very point, you know, including you know, the vegetables, the whole grains and spices that To the liking stuff, even one little thing as nutrition and food starting from where the person is and taking into consideration what they like and what they don't like, you know, physical activity. Again, what, what do you prefer? What gives you pleasure? Because Something that we don't enjoy doing, nobody's going to do it on a long term basis. And again, anxiety, stress management, mindfulness, there are several tools that help us. Mindfulness, breath work, meditation, yoga, tai chi. It's picking out, working with them to pick out which one resonates the most with them. So that's, that's what I mean by whole, you know. personalized care based on what you like and what you would like to do. And this integrative or holistic medicine addresses not just the physical body and the physical symptoms, but also the mental, emotional, and spiritual well being.

Kerry: 16:12

Yeah, absolutely. So you said mindfulness, meditation, breath work, yoga, tai chi are all different things that can help with like that mind body connection and they can help promote like a better emotional wellbeing, right? And you mentioned whole grains and things, but are there any other particular foods or supplements that have demonstrated kind of positive effects in these kind of patients?

Malathi: 16:38

So a Mediterranean pattern of diet, which includes whole grains, A range of color range, meaning a range along all the color spectrum of vegetables, rainbow color vegetables and fruits, because the color in each of them indicates a particular phyto plant nutrient that they have. So including a wide range of vegetables and foods in our diet is definitely, definitely beneficial because especially cruciferous family vegetables belonging to the cruciferous, you know, the cabbage, cauliflower, kale, broccoli, they have nutrients like sulforaphones and glucosinolates that actually help fight cancer. So that's one big thing. Fats from healthy sources, polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats. like olive oil, canola oil. So fats are not bad. It's just what type of fat we consume and what source is important. So including healthy fats, nuts and seeds, because they again bring in the variety of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are anti inflammatory by their nature. A variety of beans and legumes and proteins predominantly from plant based because we know that plant based foods help us fight that inflammation, which is also an element in cancer keep that inflammation minimal and low. Fish, you know, fish is containing omega 3 fatty acids. Again, omega 3 fatty acids are a key vital component to fight inflammation in our body. So they're also included. Red meat is minimized, you know, two to three servings a week is what is recommended. Fiber, which is a very, very important part of a diet because of How it helps our microbiome to regulate our microbiome in there, and it determines the type of bacteria, good or the bad bacteria that predominate in our, you know, body microbiome system. So these are all and restricting the carbohydrates. So restricting and the type of carbohydrates are very, very important. So whole grains are more preferred than processed grains because a processed grain, the processing of the grains removes the nutrients and exposes just the bare carbohydrates, which then spike in our body, increase the, you know, glucose level. It perpetuates insulin resistance. So, whole grains, where the grain has the cover and the bran and everything covering it, prevents that when we process the whole grains in our body, when we digest it, I should not use the word process, when we digest and absorb it, what happens is not a spike in the level of sugars, but rather a slow increase and maintenance. So we don't get into the insulin resistance mode. So the type of carbohydrates and restricting the carbohydrate, these are all the important things. The other fascinating finding is that the timing of our meals is also important. So keeping up with the circadian rhythm and Overnight fasting of at least 13 hours where we are not eating any food. We are not exposing our body to the absorbing food and the digestion process is quietened and there is no strain on the body from blood sugars increasing. So overnight fasting of 13 hours has improved you know, outcomes in cancer treatments. So it's basically the type of food and also the timing of food are two key things that helps improve our health and outcomes.

Kerry: 20:04

So what I'm hearing is the same thing that I tell my patients to prevent cancer and chronic diseases is pretty much the same diet that you're not, you know, diet pattern of eating, whatever we're going to call it to treat cancer as well.

Malathi: 20:18

to

Kerry: 20:19

mentioned the phytochemicals and antioxidants getting in the rainbow of foods, limiting the saturated fats and red meats and more fish and things. So the Mediterranean pattern of eating is like Always winning. I feel like so. Yeah. What about like supplements or like the red wine thing? What about that with related to cancer treatment?

Malathi: 20:42

You know, with respect to wine there is no safe level of alcohol intake is what, you know, we integrative physicians believe in. So avoiding alcohol intake is what is most beneficial. I know there was a lot of back and forth on this, but in terms of cancer prevention, no, no amount of alcohol is a safe amount of alcohol. So alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages are the two things we recommend avoiding.

Kerry: 21:08

What about a patient you mentioned like preventing insulin resistance or leading to it? What about if the patient already has, you know, diabetes or insulin resistance and cancer?

Malathi: 21:19

So it's important to address the insulin resistance because being in an insulin resistant state where the level of insulin is high, the level of blood sugars are high, the level of insulin like growth factor is high is a state where the body is primed to make more cancer or primed for more cell division, you know, so that's not a state we want to be in, in someone with cancer or in someone who has been treated and we are working towards minimizing the chances of recurrence. So insulin resistance is something that needs to be addressed and it, you know, it's addressed in a very multifactorial way. One is important is. What type of food? Again, the same way, addressing what type of food is very important for insulin resistance. Physical activity is very important to break out of that state of insulin resistance. Also, there are other things. Stress management is very important to break out of the state of insulin resistance. So addressing stress management, that's important. Focusing on sleep. So there, you know, addressing insulin resistance is again, you know, we have to, different facets we have to address and attack, attack, you know, look at it from all directions and you know, treat everything that's contributing to that.

Kerry: 22:37

And then I think I asked before, but is there any supplements that you kind of recommend for treating?

Malathi: 22:43

So the supplements is not one thing fits all you know, some of the most significant things I want to supplements of important things I want to mention in cancer protectiveness are one is vitamin D. It's very important that I know that there is a lot of research now that tell us that low levels of vitamin D predisposes to cancer, not only that, in someone diagnosed with cancer, someone with a lower vitamin D level has, does not respond as much to treatment and has a higher chance of recurrence and death. So maintaining the vitamin D levels, so checking the levels to make sure the level is normal. If it is low to replace and then maintain the levels is very, very important, even, you know, in everybody and specifically in patients diagnosed with cancer. That's one thing. Another white supplement that is very important, I would say very vital is omega three fatty acids because they play a key role in reducing the inflammation. So the omega six fatty acids are pro inflammatory. They support inflammation. The omega 3 are they opposing the good guys. So omega 3 fatty acids for those of them who consume fish as part of their diet from oily fish or as supplements, that's one of the important supplements I would say. And I, and the other third one I would mention is curcumin, you know, the active ingredient from turmeric. So again, if there is one supplement that I would, I would across the board caution and recommend and call out for everybody to make sure it's checked and it's appropriately maintained at level of 20 to 30 is vitamin D. It's universal. I mean, we can't go wrong with that.

Kerry: 24:28

What do you think? Why insurance doesn't like paying for that one?

Malathi: 24:32

I actually don't know. I have no idea why. I know that, you know, initially there's a lot of back and forth on that. When I was a primary care physician, there was always this question, who do you test and

Kerry: 24:42

Mm hmm.

Malathi: 24:43

But, you know, as I delved into my integrative career, you know, Curriculum and as I emerged as an integrative physician, the evidence is very clear and now I know that, you know, I would test everybody and make sure the levels.

Kerry: 24:56

Yeah, it seems like to be related to so many different things. And just because I feel like the evidence that treating it doesn't change the outcome sometimes is what some of the studies show. But you just

Malathi: 25:11

what the studies used to show.

Kerry: 25:13

to. Yeah. You just said the opposite.

Malathi: 25:14

what they. used to show, but there are recent studies that clearly show an improved outcomes

Kerry: 25:20

hmm. Mm hmm. Mm

Malathi: 25:21

It

Kerry: 25:21

I still, yeah, I still get it denied. So I just basically say, Hey, I'm going to order this and I'm going to call you a vitamin D deficient. So it gets paid for, and then we'll assess whether you actually are or not.

Malathi: 25:33

And we know that, you know, as you know, we know that vitamin D adequate levels are important for asthma control in someone who has uncontrolled asthma. We know that ulcerative colitis. So we knew these isolated pockets. So the underlying theme is that vitamin D helps are immune cells to function better. So I think that when I understand and think of all of these things, vitamin D has an effect on how our immune cells function. And we need to make sure that it's adequate for us to be, so immune cells have to function not only in preventing infection, but also in, in the cancer prevention pathway for us, because we are exposed to so many stimuli that are cancer causing and our body is actually working hard every single day to, you know, neutralize the stimuli and, you know, keep us on the healthy balance and, you know, we need our immune cells to function at their best efficacy for that. And that's how vitamins

Kerry: 26:31

Absolutely. Yeah. Are there any other things that kind of boost and support the immune system that you would recommend?

Malathi: 26:38

adequate sleep again, you know, it's the same things that you're going to hear me say again and again, right? It's diet, physical activity, stress management, stress management is very key

Kerry: 26:49

Mm hmm.

Malathi: 26:49

You know, chronic stress, anxiety, depression, causes cortisol stimulation, serum cortisol and all, you know, it dampens the function of our immune system. So that is why. And the other, the key thing to remember is feeling negative emotions like feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, which often happens with a cancer diagnosis. They also negatively affect our immune cells. And they suppress our body, the capacity of our immune cells, to work against the cancer and help our body heal. So addressing those emotions is very important. You know, whether therapy other mind, body tools, especially hypnosis is very powerful from that perspective. Sleep, adequate sleep is important for our immune system to function.

Kerry: 27:39

Yeah. I saw you had some extra training in hypnosis and do you work that into your current practice model?

Malathi: 27:46

Yes I'm level one and level two certified in hypnosis and the hypnosis and acupuncture I use them more for my clients, rather than I don't offer a la carte acupuncture or hypnosis, I just work them into what I do.

Kerry: 28:00

So, is there anything else you'd like to share with our listeners today?

Malathi: 28:04

You know, our body has that innate capacity to heal, but we can do so many things to help and augment that innate capacity to heal along with, you know, proven evidence based treatments from Western medicine as well. So, A true integrative physician would never put anyone at crossroads of what to choose because you know, we have to have the ability to choose the best from all the worlds. And that is what integrative medicine is all about. And it's just not about treating a disease or a condition. These principles apply very well for someone to remain healthy also.

Kerry: 28:38

like

Malathi: 28:38

and age with Vitality.

Kerry: 28:41

I like that. Very good. And where can people find you?

Malathi: 28:45

Absolutely. You can find me on my website at www do ayur ayu r today. I'm also on Facebook. My profile is Malathi Acharya. I'm on Instagram. My Instagram handle is Dr. Malathi 2023. I'm on LinkedIn as well as Dr. Malathi

Kerry: 29:06

and can you tell me why you picked the name of the practice that you have?

Malathi: 29:11

Ayur in Sanskrit means life, it's all about life and healthy living and

Kerry: 29:18

I love

Malathi: 29:18

our lives, so,

Kerry: 29:20

I love it. Well, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast today and I hope everybody enjoyed this talk. I thought it was awesome. And please tune in next week. And if you're looking for a primary care provider or obesity medicine, doctor allergist in Clearwater, Florida, look up Clearwater family medicine and allergy in Clearwater and Palm Harbor. All right. Tune in next week. Bye everybody.