“Good stressors are the most powerful medicine we have,” explains Sharon Horesh Bergquist, M.D.

Bergquist, an award-winning physician, innovative healthcare leader, and researcher, joins us today to explain why stress is actually a good thing, how to optimize our exercise routines, plus so much more: 

- The difference between good & bad stress (~2:20)

- Exercise as a stressor (~3:15)

- Zone 2 & HIIT (~4:45)

- The 80/20 rule (~6:20)

- Vigorous exercise (~11:10)

- The power of intervals (~13:40)

- Mitochondrial health (~15:00)

- The balance between too much & not enough stress (~21:15)

- The benefits of plant toxins (~24:28)

- Hot/cold therapy (~30:10)

- Temp & timing for cold exposure (~34:50)

- Heat exposure (~43:10)

- Temp & timing for heat exposure (~46:40)

- Gender differences in stress exposure (~48:50)

- Circadian fasting (~51:00)

- Impactful takeaways (~54:45)

- How to instill growth mindset in younger generations (~56:05)

Referenced in the episode: 

- Follow Bergquist on Instagram (@thegoodstressdoctor)

- Check out her website (https://drsharonbergquist.com/) 

- Pick up her book, The Stress Paradox

- Research on vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02100-x) 

- Research on interval-walking training (DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.22.14263-5) 

- Global Burden of Disease Study (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32279-7) 

- Research on stress & biological age (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10522-022-09985-8) 

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