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I first met Dr Sadasivan while out walking my dog, enjoying the outdoors and decompressing from our busy schedules. I've always loved hearing people's stories and discovered Dr Sadasivan is a Psychiatrist with a passion for holistic health. We eventually got on to the topic of gut health and I knew that I had to have her on the Biohackher podcast as a guest.

Dr Sadasivan trained in Psychiatry in the United Kingdom, Mersey deanery rotational training scheme before obtaining membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK). She then moved to Australia where she completed her Fellowship in Psychiatry with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

Dr Sadasivan worked in Psychiatry at the Gold Coast University Hospital for eight years before moving completely to private practice. She was an Associate Professor with Bond University of Medical Sciences where she held the position of Clinical Lead, in charge of medical student clinical posting and training in Psychiatry until 2015.

With over 20 years of clinical experience, Dr Sadasivan specialises in general adult psychiatry. She uses a holistic approach to treat conditions.

In this podcast we discuss the link between gut health and mental disorders, with a particular focus on:

· The gut-brain axis

· The role the gut microbiome plays in mental disorders

· Dr Sadasivan's personal realisation of the importance of gut health

· How inflammation contributes to chronic disease and the function of the vagus nerve

· How food informs, and is medicine, for the body

· The simple changes you can make in your nutrition to improve your mental health

· The connection between genes and mental health

· The role supplementation plays in supporting gut health

· Why social connection helps improve mental health

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Living well longer starts at conception. That's what Integrative Naturopath Dagmar Ganser discusses with host Azra Alagic in today's podcast. If you're struggling to conceive, are thinking about starting a family, or wanting to ensure you can give your kids the healthiest start possible to their lives then listen up!

Azra and Dagmar chat about:

• How you should start preparing your body to conceive one year beforehand
• How the choices you make about your body now, will impact your ability to conceive and the health of your unborn child well after they are born
• How you can help break the sickness continuum
• The key factors that may be impacting your ability to conceive
• The importance of good nutrition to manintain fertility for longer
• Toxins you need to be aware of that may impact your fertility
• What you can do now to improvbe your chances of conceiving
• How genetics play a key role in ensuring your child's health

And sooo much more!

Dagmar is an accredited naturopath registered with the Australian Traditional Medicine Society. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Complementary Medicine from Charles Sturt University; Certificate of Integrative Medicine from the University of Queensland; Advanced Diplomas in Naturopathy, Nutrition and Western Herbal Medicine from the Australian Institute of Applied Sciences.

She is also a kinesiologist and internationally certified BioResonance practitioner with over twenty years' clinical experience. During that time Dagmar has seen thousands of patients helping people fulfill their dream of starting a family. She received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in Naturopathy for graduating top of her year by Eagle Pharmaceuticals and the Excellence in Naturopathic Clinical Application Award by Natural Remedies Group in 2005.

Having worked in multi-disciplinary clinics, Dagmar opened her own practice, True Medicine, in 2009 located on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. And she has just recently published her first book, Conversations with my Daughter – How to have a Healthy Baby.

You can purchase Dagmar's book at:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0C9HFSZVL/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=how+to+have+a+healthy+baby&qid=1687909693&s=books&sr=1-2

Balboa: https://www.balboapress.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/849831-how-to-have-a-healthy-baby

Her website - https://truemedicine.com.au/product/how-to-have-a-healthy-baby/

Frequency device discussed in the podcast can be purchased at www.ryfemax.com.au

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In today's podcast Azra takes a deep dive into the benefits of cryotherapy, otherwise know as cold therapy. She discusses:

• The history of cryotherapy
• Her personal experience with cryotherapy
• How cryotherapy impacts the body
• How cryotherapy impacts longevity
• Why studies have shown that cryotherapy benefits women more than men
• How cryotherapy can help with weight loss

Hosted by Azra Alagic, the Biohackher Podcast will introduce you to Azra's biohacking techniques, and interviews from leading health experts that will help you optimise your health to live well longer.

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This week on the Biohackher Podcast, Azra sits down with intimacy expert to millions Susan Bratton, a champion and advocate for all those who desire passion their whole life long, to talk about how to maintain longevity in your relationships regardless of how old you are.

Susan stands firm in the conviction that passion is ageless. However, few things bring lovemaking to a screeching halt faster than the inability to…show up, shall we say.

In this episode, Azra and Susan dive into:

• What the difference is between biohacking and regenerative therapies in the intimate wellness space.
• What the five horsemen of the apocalypse for the male and female body are.
• How we can continue having great "us" time as we age and our bodies get older.
• Why a healthy love life is critical to our overall wellness, especially as it relates to our longevity.
• Extending "sex span," and not just life or health span.
• How libido reflects overall health, but that many people misunderstand the role of hormones for intimacy.
• Why blood flow is even more important than hormones.
• Everyday factors in our lives that are affecting our performance in the bedroom.
• Easy tips and tricks to turn things around behind closed doors.
• And soooo much more!

To learn more from Susan Bratton, follow her on:

The Susan Bratton Show® at BetterLover.com

Instagram @susanbratton

Facebook Susan Bratton

Twitter @susanbratton

And her lust-for-life supplements, FLOW and DESIRE are available at The20store.com.

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Living with an auto immune condition isn't easy. It impacts not just your body, mind, and spirit but your whole life. Today Rhea Fawole joins host Azra Alagic to chat about living well with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Rhea Fawole is the CEO & Founder of SOLVi Migration – an Immigration Law headquartered on the Gold Coast.

Her passion to create SOLVi Migration came from 12 years of working in senior roles at the Australian Immigration Department, and seeing the challenges faced migrating to Australia.

When Rhea was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2010 at the age of 32, she felt grief for the life she thought was all but over as she learned to navigate changes in her body, mind and spirit. But like the Phoenix that she is, she has risen to self-educate, embrace, and thrive living with this condition.

Rhea discusses:

• What her symptoms were before she was diagnosed with MS
• How long it took to get diagnosed and how she grieved about her condition
• What causes MS it's like to live with
• How mindset and surrounding herself with a postive network helps manage her condition
• The treatments that worked and didn't work for her
• How nutritious food and exercise is critical for managing her condition
• Her top tips for living well with MS

To ensure she managed her health well, Rhea has built a remote legal practice that operates four days per week; a successful operating model she says never would have been borne without her learning how to balance a rewarding career with a chronic health condition. Her vision for SOLVi is to make navigating the migration process to Australia more fun and simple for clients, and the benefit of her remote 4-day structure means that she has been able to attract a team who all value being able to work to help businesses and overseas workers plan their migration pathway to Australia, and have the space to prioritise their own health and wellbeing too.

To find out more about SOLVi Visit Here

Or tune into to Rhea's Podcast – Making Australian Migration Easy – Listen Here – Watch Here

Hosted by Azra Alagic, the Biohackher Podcast will introduce you to Azra's biohacking techniques, and interviews from leading health experts and every day people that will help you optimise your health to live well longer.

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Nafiye Erdogan is one of those rare souls who lead by example. After experiencing significant childhood trauma she chose to find a way to turn it into something positive by not ony healing herself, but also becoming a life coach to help others.

Nafiye shares her journey to healing and how it transformed her life. We discuss:

• how trauma impacts health
• generational trauma
• breaking the cycle of generational trauma
• ways to heal from trauma
• the importance of positive self talk
• her top steps for starting to heal your trauma.

Connect with Nafiye

Website - https://www.thejournie.com/

Instagram - @thejournie.official

Nafiye's book recommendations:

Journey of Souls

You Can Heal Your Life

Hosted by Azra Alagic, the Biohackher Podcast will introduce you to Azra's biohacking techniques, and interviews from leading health experts that will help you optimise your health to live well longer.

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Does getting old freak you out? Have you experienced a mid-life crisis? Are you in denial about getting old? That pretty much sums up what I went through! In episode 7 I dive into why I started biohacking. I cover:

• When I realised mortality was closer than I thought
• My mid-life meltdown/renewal
• What I will and won't tolerate about ageing
• How ageing chips away at you
• How biohacking gave me hope for living a full and healthy life longer
• What I'm willing to do to live well longer
• The importance of self-love

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Note: there are some expletives in this episode, so you might want to ensure the kids aren't around.

In this episode I discuss how exercise is your number one biohack to help you turn back the clock. There's been a heap of research on how exercise is beneficial to your health, but we now also understand that it helps slow down ageing and keeps you young for longer.

I cover:

1. What is ageing
2. Why exercise keeps you young longer
3. What types of exercise you should be doing and for how long
4. How exercise helps at a cellular level
5. How to break those barriers that are preventing you from exercising

Want to know more about biohacking? Check us out on www.biohack-her.com

Show research links:

The role of senescent cells in ageing

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4214092/

Is exercise a senolytic medicine?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33378138/

Effects of exercise on cellular and tissue aging

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8202894/

Can you lengthen your life?

https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2016/06/can-you-lengthen-your-life

Renee Grandi (BHSc. Nat, Adv. Dip. Nut Med, Adv. Dip Nat, BSc.) is a Naturopath and Nutritionist passionate about women's health.

She's a dedicated health professional, who understands that imbalances are multifactorial and require thorough investigation. Renee has worked in Australian clinics and a world-renowned health resort based in Thailand where she consulted with high-end clients from around the globe and completed regular in-person and online health lectures. She will be commencing her Master's in neuroscience to help bridge the link between mental health and women's health.

Putting together the pieces of the biochemical puzzle is Renee's forte. Renee dive's deeply into your health to determine underlying imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, and the root cause for your signs and symptoms. She's a positive, encouraging, and holistic health educator, who inspires people to understand their body's to move forward in their healing journey without judgement.

Renee has struggled with PCOS, PMDD, infertility, and acne and has dedicated her life to understanding and treating hormonal conditions.

Reproductive health, endometriosis, PCOS, fertility, menopause, mood disorders, weight-management, thyroid, chronic pain, immunity/autoimmunity, mental and digestive health are Renee's key areas of expertise, however, she is enthusiastically abundant with knowledge in all areas of health.

Join Biohackher host, Azra, for Episode 5 as she chats to Renee to unravell the mystery of menopause exploring:

• Why it's important for us all to be talking about menopause
• What symptoms a woman can expect in peri-menopause and menopause and why
• What you should do and who you should see when you become symptomatic
• What tests you should be asking your medical practitioner to run
• What's happens to a woman's hormones and her body during the transition of menopause
• What options there are for managing menopause
• Why Hormone Replacement Therapy is only delaying the inevitable
• What role diet plays in helping you transition through menopause
• How to use positive mindset to cope with menopause
• How to maintain your youth post menopause
• How does menopause impact sex from dry vagina to discomfort during sex and what you can do to manage this
• How alcohol impacts menopause
• The products, herbs and supplements she recommends to support you through menopause

Renee's book recommendations:

The Wisdom of Menopause

Age of Miracles - embracing the new midlife

Renee's socials:

https://instagram.com/womens_health_specialist?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk=

Hosted by Azra Alagic, the Biohackher Podcast will introduce you to Azra's biohacking techniques, and interviews from leading health experts that will help you optimise your health to live well longer.

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Most of us enjoy an alcoholic beverage or two but we put little thought into whether that occasional drink with our friends is doing us any harm. In this episode, I take a look at the latest research on the health impacts of consuming moderate amounts of alcohol. I discuss how the body processes alcohol, and what it does to the brain and body, from neurodegeneration to hormonal imbalances and impacts in women, and cancers.

References

Associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes in the UK Biobank

The effects of moderate alcohol consumption on female hormone levels and reproductive function

Estrogen-related acetaldehyde elevation in women during alcohol intoxication

World Health Organization - Alcohol