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  • Episode 3 – Advocating for Keto: Cancer Survivor Derek Green’s Mission

    What does one do when first diagnosed with cancer? Learn why Derek Green is advocating for keto. 

    After his cancer diagnosis, Derek Green, sought answers as he waited six grueling weeks to be seen by his surgeon. Like a detective, he found resource after resource until eventually discovering low-carb, keto, and fasting. When these powerful dietary tools were added to conventional treatment, he was delighted to discover he was cancer-free.

    Now Derek’s on a mission to help people newly diagnosed with cancer find resources and options to learn more about metabolic therapies in cancer treatments, and why he’s advocating for keto. Because anyone could go to Google, with all the confusion out there, and land on the wrong person, Derek wants to empower people by connecting them with primary research and options into a digestible form. A self-described data junkie, Derek used his glucometer for biofeedback as he tracked his ketones, fasting glucose, and glucose ketones index (GKI). He also collected data on macros, isolated foods with anti-cancer properties that were also low-carb, and built a diet around that. With his forthcoming website, he wants to help others newly diagnosed with cancer navigate the confusion that comes with knowing what to eat.

    We’re excited to chat with Derek Green, who was generous enough to share so much wisdom around everything he learned during his battle with cancer, and his plans to empower people with cancer to optimize their health.

    Derek Green can be found on Twitter and Facebook.  

    Stay tuned for his forthcoming website! 

    Listen in iTunes.

    This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up Health, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health!

    Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode!

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    In this episode, you’ll learn:
    • Why Derek is advocating for keto and using the ketogenic diet, along with fasting, as a powerful adjunct to conventional treatments during his cancer
    • How cancer led Derek to switch careers, finding a new passion for advocacy and awareness for metabolic therapies in cancer management
    • Why Derek continues to eat keto, in ketosis, and is never looking back
    • How simply switching to a low-carb diet eliminated Derek’s symptoms within two weeks
    • The book that led Derek to discover an integrative cancer clinic
    • Why having resources for recently diagnosed cancer patients is critical
    • How Dr. Jason Fung and Megan Ramos at IDM helped Derek switch from low-carb to keto
    • Why Dr. Ralph Moss and the Moss Reports were invaluable 
    • How Derek built his ketogenic diet around low-carb foods with anti-cancer properties
    • What Derek’s routine looks like: meal-timing, fasts–intermittent and extended
    • Why a three-dimensional approach to cancer is important
    • How Derek used an integrative oncologist as part of his care team
    • The treatments Derek used during his cancer
    • His love for data and the health biomarkers tracked during and after cancer
    • Why Derek tracks his GKI (glucose ketones index)–“all the time”–to stay in therapeutic ketosis
    • How Derek’s meal building tool on his website will help cancer patients eat keto
    • How Heads Up Health can collaborate with Derek’s work: the potential in collecting this data at scale, giving people the ability to anonymously opt in to share for research studies

      • Watch on YouTube

      Check out the interview on YouTube where Dave deep dives with Derek about his journey and mission with keto and cancer:

      References:
      1. Cancer Killers by Charles Majors
      2. Clinic of Biomedicine in Toronto
      3. Cancer Decisions (Moss Reports)
      4. Dr. Dugald Seely, ND, M.Sc.
      5. Intensive Dietary Management (Dr. Jason Fung and Megan Ramos)
      6. Marsden Centre
      7. Dietary Therapies (Miriam Kalamian)
      8. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management and Prevention of Cancer Dr. Thomas N. Seyfried
      9. Tripping Over the Truth: How the Metabolic Theory of Cancer is Overturning One of Medicine’s Most Entrenched Paradigms by Travis Christofferson, M.S.
        10. Our Partners:

        Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL.

        You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura.

        Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo.

        All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up Health.

        They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways.

        Thank you to our partners!

        About Heads Up Health

        Heads Up Health is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health.

        Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now!

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        45 min
      10. Episode 2 – Mastering Your Macros with Jason Loewy

        Why should you track your macros and how can it improve your health?

        We’re excited to chat with Jason Loewy, the founder and CEO of My Macros+, a diet tracking app that integrates with Heads Up Health. This integration empowers people to take control of their health, giving people the ability to trend their health data over time.

        A bodybuilder with a computer science degree, Jason built a nutrition tracking app after being frustrated by the lack of in-depth data about what he was eating. Wanting it to be customizable and not overwhelming, he created an app that a super-user, as well as a beginner, could use.

        Find out more about My Macros+ here.

        Listen in iTunes.

        This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up Health, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health!

        Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode!

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        In this episode, you’ll learn:
        • Tracking tips and tricks you may not be aware of
        • Why tracking and weighing your food is worth the effort
        • What motivated Jason to build this diet app and the technology used
        • How My Macros+ integrates with Heads Up Health
        • How the Heads Up Health integration can help you trend your health data over time, comparing metrics (e.g., carbohydrate intake to fasting blood sugar or ketones), and help you to see how what you’re eating affects markers of disease (e.g., inflammation levels)
        • My Macros+ newest coaching feature
        • Tips for entrepreneurs
        • Jason’s best practices for staying healthy
        • And much more!

          • Watch on YouTube

          Check out the interview on YouTube where Dave and Jason share screens to show the integration between Heads Up Health and My Macros+, where you can track your macros along other health data (e.g., weight, blood sugar, ketones) that matter to you:

          References
          1. MyMacros+ website
          2. MyWorkout+ website
          3. Jason’s Coaching Program
          4. Food scale
          5. KetoSavage (Robert Sikes)
            6. Our Partners:

            Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL.

            You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura.

            Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo.

            All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up Health.

            They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways.

            Thank you to our partners!

            About Heads Up Health

            Heads Up Health is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health.

            Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now!

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            36 min
          6. Episode 1 – Talkin’ Shit with Dr. Grace Liu (aka The Poo Princess)

            We are honored to kick off our inaugural show with the lovely and uber-talented Dr. Grace Liu. Also known as “The Gut Goddess,” and sometimes, “The Poo Princess,” Dr. Grace is a Functional Medicine Practioner, Gut Health Educator, and the founder of The Gut Institute.

            She uses Heads Up Health with her clients, many who are top-tier athletes, busy executives, and multi-tasking moms. We’re lucky to have her join us to talk about the gut microbiome, which is one of the most important, yet often overlooked, elements of our health.

            Dr. Grace’s training includes four years in plant biology, bachelor in nutritional science and food science, a doctorate in pharmacy, and Crossfit Nutrition Certified by Robb Wolf (and Nicki Violetti). She’s also very data-driven in her approach to working with her clients.

            Check out her website and listen to Dr. Grace Liu’s podcast here.

            Listen in iTunes.

            This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up Health, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health!

            Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode!

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            In this episode, you’ll learn:
            • Gut microbiome 101: What are the functions of the gut and why it’s important
            • Gut damage: From antibiotics to environment, a look at what causes damage to our gut microbiome
            • Tools for assessing gut health
              • Bristol Stool Chart – and best scores
              • Conventional lab testing: White blood cell (WBC), Iron, Ferritin, CBC, Vitamin D, Liver (ALT, AST)
              • Functional testing: The Organic Acids Test
              • Best practices for supporting and maintaining a healthy microbiome
              • Why Dr. Grace loves using Heads Up Health with her clients to track metrics
              • How Dave added, at Dr. Grace’s request, the Bristol Stool Test as a metric into Heads Up Health for clients to track
                • Dr. Grace’s biomarkers for assessing gut health
                Biomarker
                Dr. Grace’s

                Reference Range

                Notes
                Iron
                60-120
                Ferritin
                70-120
                WBC
                5-7
                hs-CRP
                < 1.0
                TSH
                0.5-1.5
                Reverse T3
                <15
                Goes up w/stress
                Free T3
                Upper 1/3rd of lab ranges
                Unless history of thyroid cancer
                Free T4
                  Upper 1/3rd of lab ranges
                AST
                        Male
                <15
                            Female
                <12
                ALT
                     Male
                <15
                        Female
                <12
                Hemoglobin a1c
                <= 4.9%
                Unless anemia or iron overload present because these shorten lifespan of the RBC and lab underestimates glycation; conversely in super healthy individuals the RBCs have longer life spans and overestimates glycation. Fructosamine is far more reliable
                and sensitive
                Fructosamine
                <=200
                Watch on YouTube

                Check out the interview on YouTube where you can watch Dave and Dr. Grace dive deeper into the data:

                References
                1. Robb Wolf’s book: Wired to Eat
                2. Israel study on blood sugar
                3. Bristol Stool Chart – What Your Poop Is Telling You
                4. Eighty percent of French sport winners in Olympic, World and Europeans competitions have mutations in the hemochromatosis HFE gene
                5. AHS 2017: The Dirt on Cancer (featuring Dr. Grace Liu and Dr. Nasha Winters)
                6. Dr. Grace’s Probiotic mentioned
                7. The Human Longevity Project (Film featuring experts, including Dr. Grace Liu)
                  8. Our Partners:

                  Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL.

                  You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura.

                  Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo.

                  All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up Health.

                  They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways.

                  Thank you to our partners!

                  About Heads Up Health

                  Heads Up Health is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health.

                  Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now!

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                  The post Episode 1 – Talkin’ Shit with Dr. Grace Liu (aka The Poo Princess) appeared first on Heads Up Health.

                  1 hr 1 min

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