This is part 2 in our series on understanding what you blood test is telling you.

In this part we talk in depth about liver, cholesterol and a whole bunch of things

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Everyone should know what is going on with their blood work. Standard blood test can give you a wealth of data on your health if you know how to interpret it.

Eric and Scott are Chiropractors, not medical doctors.

In todays Podcast we have Dr Scott Wustenberg from Optimal life Chiropractic in to discuss what happens physiologically to your body when you have pain.

You nervous system is constantly adapting to do what ever you tell it to do better. If you work on your times table, that will get better because the neuronal networks responsible for maths will activate making the connections stronger and signalling more efficient. This process is called neuroplasticity and its a double edge sword.

Your nerves dont know they are sending pain signals, they are just trying to send signals better. Chronic pain often has a peripheral nervous system (PNS) and brain based component to it where the pain is being amplified by your nerves and neurons who have become very efficient at carrying and sending signals. Only problem is that they are pain signals.

In this podcast we talk about a great was to find out if your pain has a brain or PNS component to it. Knowing is half the battle and if we can identify what is going on then tailored therapy has a higher chance of being effective at providing relief.

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Episode 5 - Gluten, Gluten and more Gluten.

Today Dr Scott Wustenberg and I  talk through the how and why Gluten is an issue for so many people and some of the common misconceptions about Gluten sensitivity. A lot of people assume that the only symptoms of gluten intolerance is bloating, research is now showing that people can have neurological symptoms after eating wheat and not have any bloating, or experience symptoms days after eating gluten.

There is a great book called Grain Brain that covers this topic in depth.

Grain Brain by David Perlmutter, MD

Scott and I also talk through the time frame it takes for your immune system to stop reacting to Gluten (or any inflammatory trigger) which is a lot longer than most people think.

We also go over gut bacteria and how different species can work together as a whole and not just individual cells through a process called quorum sensing

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11544353

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Episode 4 - A New Hope...for boosting brain function.

In today's podcast we go over the 4 big neurotransmitters (Dopamine, Serotonin, GABA and Acetylcholine) and what they do as well as what happens to you if they levels get too low. *hint* nothing good.

There are some interesting mechanisms that can occur in chronic stress that drive your brain away from producing dopamine and serotonin (which are your happy and content neurotransmitters) and towards producing more cortisol.

https://compoundinglab.com.au/hormone-cortisol-the-cortisol-stress-connection-and-pregnenolone-steel.html

Fortunately there are several avenues for lowering stress and promoting normal neurotransmitter levels.

Cold exposure is showing some good result

Freeze Away Inflammation with Cryotherapy

and so is vagal activation;

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4087206/

Fortunately, Dr Scott Wustenberg has developed 2 supplements that can help with normalising neurotransmitter levels. Speaking from personal experience, I just started taking Scott's Brain down formula and have been sleeping deeper than I can remember and waking up with more energy.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969718306636

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29097220/

This was a big episode. Scott and I talk about mold and the effect it can have on brains. I'll give you a hint, its not good.

We talk about what happens to brains from a chemical point of view when it is exposed to inflammation and what needs to be done to help recover.

There are a cascade of problems that occur from the increased permeability of your blood brain barrier making it easier for bad guys to cross over into your brain and start lighting fires. Unfortunately your brain has a system for controlling inflammation in the brain that is a bit like Bruce Bana. Ask him to get to work once, he stays Bana, ask him too many times and Bruce turns into the incredible hulk and starts breaking things (those things being your neurons, not good).

Fortunately there are some great supplements out there that can help calm the hulk back down to Bruce again and to help put out the fires that the mold or what ever is causing inflammatory reactions in you to started in the first place. The biggest key is to identify your inflammatory triggers and stay away from them for a long, long time.

Brain Inflammation May Be the Cause of Your Depression

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This episode I am with Cal and Kyle from Gladesville f45

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We talk about the merits of different types of fasting and what some of the benefits are. 3 day fasts have been shown to reboot the immune system, be effective in the treatment of epilepsy, aid in improving control of blood sugar levels, reduce inflammation and (obviously) help with fat loss.

https://www.yogicwayoflife.com/three-day-water-fast-and-its-benefits/

Intermittant fasting vs 24 vs 3day+ fasting all have their pros and cons. Longer fasts raise the risk of the body eating itself for calories where as intermittant fasts are safer but wont let you get deep into the ketogenic zone.

We also talk about training and the difference between crossfit and f45 and the difference between bodybuilding and functional training.

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=2361171

 

Ep 1 fasting gluten and cryotherapy.

In this episode we cover a whole range of topics starting with cryotherapy. Over the last decade there has been more and more research about the benefits of cold exposure being released. The last 3 years has seen a huge increase with the everyday use of cryotherapy with more and more clinics purchasing the equipment necessary to run cryotherapy sessions. Dr Scott Wustenberg from optimal life chiropractic in qld has recently added cryotherapy to his practice and seen great results in everything from stress/anxiety through to anti inflammatory and much much more.

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Weight Loss and General Wellbeing – Can Cryotherapy Help?

Cryotherapy for Rehabilitation

We also talk about the pros and cons of intermittent fasting and long term fasting and what to watch out for to know if what you are doing is safe or not. The idea behind fasting is to get your body use to using fat as fuel instead of glucose/carbs. There is a long list of benefits ranging from anti-inflammatory and fat loss through to anti-aging.

7 Benefits of Fasting + the Best Types of Fasting

In this podcast we go over what to watch out for to know if you are staying in the safe zone for fasting or if your body is going in to crisis energy mode and eating itself.

Finally we have a brief chat about Gluten and how some people can get addicted to it. Essentially as you break down gluten there is a peptide that looks similar to morphine, and your brain treats it as morphine by activating your opioid receptors.

The Gluten-Morphine Connection: What you Need to Know about Gluteomorphins