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August 07, 2020Ep. 52 – How Megan Ramos of The Fasting Method is Using Intermittent Fasting and Heads Up’s Remote Monitoring Technology to Help Patients Worldwide Reach Their Health Goals
Megan Ramos is the co-founder of The Fasting Method Program based out of Toronto, Canada, developed with Dr. Jason Fung, author of books such as The Obesity Code and their latest book: Life in the Fasting Lane. Together, Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung have helped thousands of patients get their lives back through the use of intermittent fasting and data tracking.
Join Dave Korsunsky, founder of Heads Up and his co-host, TJ Anderson, as they talk all things intermittent and long-term fasting with Megan Ramos for both practitioners and patients.
Practitioners go through the Fasting Method Program for their own health to learn how to utilize fasting for their own patients. If you’re unsure of how to go about fasting, wonder if and when it’s safe, or how to implement it with your patients, then listen in to this episode that is jam-packed with all kinds of useful and exciting information. Megan Ramos shares a wealth of information and how you can find out more about joining in on this hot topic in health and wellness to be on the cutting edge with your patients. Learn how Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung are using their unique fasting approach, powered by Heads Up, to deliver remote monitoring, support, education, tracking and behaviorial coaching to help their patients obtain greater health outcomes.
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“People who track their own data make sustainable changes to their lifestyle. They modify their habits.” – Megan Ramos
In this podcast you’ll learn:
Megan Ramos talks about how easy it is to get started and how it’s simple because there is only one rule: Don’t eat. You’re asking your patients not to do more, but to do less [5:30]
Why patients with brain fog can really benefit from fasting because it takes less, not more – supplements, special foods, rules, etc. [7:50]
Fasting is like a muscle – the more you do it the easier it gets [8:40]
Examples of different types of intermittent fasting [9:50]
Megan Ramos talks about ways to quantify success and results with tests; i.e fasting insulin, C-peptides, ALT, GGT, HDL, ferritin, and more [11:50]
The importance of changes in body composition versus weight on the scale, etc. [14:30]
How to know if a patient is eligible for fasting and when they wouldn’t be a good candidate for fasting due to nutrient deficiencies or specific functional issues [16:40]
About fasting during pregnancy and breastfeeding [19:15]
Not to discount other disease processes that could be happening by writing off that the patient is just not eating enough [20:00]
How people with chronic conditions can fast too if they’re in a stable state [20:30]
Tracking fasting lab results – be mindful of uric acid levels – what to look for and how to navigate if they elevate while fasting [23:13]
About fasting, thyroid health and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and the swing that can happen from hypothyroid to hyperthyroid [26:00]
How Megan Ramos empowers her patients with laboratory data that they can overlay with other metrics in Heads Up to see that their diet and lifestyle changes are that are working or not working for them [27:50]
The top measurements that Megan Ramos uses – waist to hip ratio, why BMI is bullshit, why and when/when not to use DEXA scans and how organ fat affects the results [28:45]
TJ asks Megan Ramos about longer-term fasts and autophagy and learns how it has helped patients lose up to 160 pounds and not require loose skin tissue removal due to autophagy [35:30]
Considerations for a 3, 5, or 7-day fast right out of the gate – who benefits, who shouldn’t do it [38:00]
Long term fasts, diabetics and their meds, hypertensives and their meds and more [39:20]
In a long-term fast, you need to be mindful of electrolytes early on, and not wait until later in the fast [40:20]
Autophagy peaks around the 72-hour mark and stays relatively active for the first 5 days of a fast [42:00]
How Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung have systemized their process of intermittent fasting by remotely monitoring fasting patients with the use of data and teaching their patients to understand the data [44:15]
Their new program allows Dr. Jason Fung and Megan Ramos to help patients track their data and customize their approach all over the world through remote work [49:20]
That 28% of people in the program are healthcare professionals [55:39]
References
The Fasting Method – You can enroll with FSA or HSA
The Fasting Method Blog
Diet Doctor – Dr. Jason Fung
About Heads Up
Heads Up 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.
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57 min
July 22, 2020Ep 51 – Becoming a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach with Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy
Whether you’re a seasoned pro in the healthcare field or looking for a career change, if you have a passion for helping people with their health, and/or are interested in becoming a Certified Health Coach, you’ll want to listen in on this episode with Dr. Sandi Sheinbaum, Founder & CEO of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy.
Have you ever thought about becoming a Certified Health Coach but wondered if you have what it takes to become one? Or maybe you’re curious about adding Certified Health Coaching credentials to your existing career path? Have you had your own health crises and now want to help others after learning how to help yourself?
Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum, Founder & CEO of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, talks with Dave Korsunsky, CEO & Founder of Heads Up about the benefits, and what it takes, to becoming a Certified Health Coach. Learn about her unique coaching program that focuses on what is going right and how to help your client tell a more empowering health story.
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“Have you worked through your own health issues and now feel the calling to serve others?” – Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum
In this podcast you’ll learn:
About Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum’s journey. From teaching children with learning disabilities and getting her doctorate in clinical psychology to where she is today [2:20]
That as she began focusing on what was right with individuals, rather than what was wrong with them, she saw that they could control things with their own mindset, seeing just how the mind and body were connected. (Note: Dr. Sandi was doing this back in the 1970s!) [4:00]
How her own experience in training with IFM led her to approach integrating what she already knew about psychology and the mind-body connection to create a health coaching program at the age of 65 (after practicing for 40-years in private practice) [5:00]
How Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum has utilized her own experiences (around food, education and teaching those with learning disabilities) in creating the coaching program [7:30]
The importance of starting before you feel like you’re ready [10:45]
How you can use your own personal experience, that may have felt like a setback in your own life, to help others [11:50]
Who is a good fit for this program? And what can students expect? [12:30]
Dr. Scheinbaum talks about the students that come to the program. How they’ve had their own health crises and now want to help others after helping themselves [13:05]
Why health coaches are intuitive and have a calling to bring hope, compassion, and passion to support their clients. And why you don’t need a formal education or background in healthcare to become a coach [14:30]
“Your value is your story. Nobody has your own story.” [16:50]
About Functional Medicine and the IFM and the difference between the Coaching program and the IFM programs for medical providers [19:00]
How the coaching program emphasizes the behavior change process and how to help people hold themselves accountable [21:50]
Why the coaching program is 100% online, extending their reach to support the functional medicine model, which can be more affordable [23:00]
The different ways IFM coaches are connected to IFM healthcare providers and how they can run their own businesses or work under medical providers in clinics [23:50]
The scope of practice for certified health coaches vs. licensed medical providers [24:40]
About the role of technology in health coaching and how it can provide a deeper correlation for clients and coaches, helping to support clients towards their best health [25:45]
About the future of remote client coaching [28:40]
A real-life example of how health coaching can support a client [29:30]
How this coaching program approaches the whole person to support the person’s whole health — their lifetime events, exposures, traumas, triggers, etc.[31:55]
About the unique layer that IFM Coaches are trained to overlay onto the timeline of how the person got to where they are. How that includes what went right along the way, to retell their stories with a new interpretation of their life events, showcasing their strengths [34:35]
Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum walks us through the twelve-month online program – what it entails, as well as who the demographic is that signs up for coaching classes [37:35]
About becoming a nationally certified health coach and what certification means. Also: eligibility for insurance reimbursement [40:00]
About the role of health coaches and how they are so needed right now, and moving forward in the world we now live in [41:00]
About the current and future landscape of reimbursement for certified health coaches [44:15]
Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum on how to turn adversity to advantage by retraining to be a certified health coach [46:00]
References
Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)
Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Inc. (FMCA)
National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches (NBHWC)
Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum – Instagram
Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Inc. (FMCA) Facebook
About Heads Up
Heads Up 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.
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52 min
June 26, 2020Ep. 50 – How ThreeHealth is Helping Their Clients with Sustainable Weight Loss Using Telehealth and Technology
Do you want to help your clients with sustainable weight loss and optimized outcomes using technology and telehealth? Then you’re in for a treat! ThreeHealth, a unique medical group, offers a weight loss solution like you’ve never experienced before. Rather than focusing on just the number on the scale, prepackaged food or an emphasis on dropping pounds quickly, ThreeHealth offers their clients sustainable weight loss with well-rounded support. Both in-person and/or via telehealth. Recognizing that metabolic and emotional issues go hand in hand, ThreeHealth combines behavioral and medical support along with advanced technologies to help modify behaviors and make sustainable weight loss changes. All without judgement and with utmost compassion.
Brad Butterfield, LMHCA, Brandy Wiltermuth, ARNP and Marlene Sexton, LMFT, all licensed medical professionals, make up the foundation of the ThreeHealth team. What makes ThreeHealth stand out is how they utilize advanced technology such as the Oura ring and Biosense breath testing, helping their clients track relevant biometrics and monitor progress, including medical records. All of this is tracked through Heads Up’s practitioner portal, creating customization within their patients’ protocols for healthy and sustainable weight loss.
Join Heads Up Founder, Dave Korsunsky, and (NEW) Co-host, TJ Anderson, as they discuss ThreeHealth’s unique approach to sustainable weight loss with Brad and Brandy in this episode. You’ll learn more about the history and evolution of their weight loss approach, as well as what metrics they track, how they run their insurance-friendly cash-based practice, and why health coaches and practitioners also need to remember to use a bit of patience when helping clients with weight loss.
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“By the time they get to me, they’re ready to talk about the numbers and be curious about the data. And that’s what I love about Heads Up, the ability to show them trends that they can’t see. It’s been extremely helpful!”
– Brandy Wiltermuth
In this podcast you’ll learn:
About Brandy Wiltermuth’s history working in a weight loss clinic 6-7 years ago getting great weight loss results, and frustration with the missing piece of the behavioral health aspect of dietary change [3:30]
How ThreeHealth’s program evolved, and the way telehealth is used due to the ability to track many different metrics that integrate into Heads Up where they can easily monitor their patient’s data remotely through their practitioner portal [6:00]
Brad Butterfield’s career path to the health industry after retiring in 2006 from an architectural firm to study behavioral health [7:25]
In 2018 Brandy Wiltermuth, Brad Butterfield and Marlene Sexton left the weight loss surgery practice they worked in and went to build their own weight loss practice [9:30]
More about the ThreeHealth program and how it works, including behavioral and medical health, tracking, and why they require patients to use them all in tandem [10:45]
In the program they built, the first three months they just work on three things: time, planning and tracking. Because it takes time to build a system for change, rather than just giving their clients weight loss advice right away [12:30]
Why Brandy’s focus throughout the entire program is on lean muscle mass while losing fat, which is more unique to their program, reminding people that they need to eat to lose weight [13:20]
More about the lean body mass that Brandy tracks and why she doesn’t just focus on the weight loss number alone [14:10]
That they do blood labs every 3 months and they’ve had patients come off of medications due to the significant improvements with their program [16:15]
How they offer both in-person and telehealth to support patient compliance [18:35]
Why Brad doesn’t believe in willpower to lose weight and why he utilizes strategies to help patients have sustainable weight loss and stay on track [19:30]
How 80-85% of patients they see are significantly addicted to sugar and there is a grieving process when it’s gone [20:20]
Why this method is not a diet. There is no start or end; its a lifestyle [22:55]
When it comes to sustainable weight loss, we have to go through, and not around, the issues that are holding people back physically and emotionally [24:55]
How ThreeHealth uses a cash/insurance/HSA hybrid approach and about their very low no-show rate with this business model [25:30]
About the integration of Oura and Biosense into their program and how and why sleep tracking helps with sustainable weight loss [30:55]
About the HRV that Oura tracks and how Brandy helps patients to see how their diet and lifestyle choices affect their overall wellness [34:40]
How seeing the data motivates patients to change and how patients are more compliant with the tracking because they know it helps their practitioner navigate what strategies to use to help them reach their goals [35:45]
Why treating tracking as a science project helps clients feel more empowered, rather than feeling oppressed by it (“It’s not judgmental, it’s curiosity.”) [37:15]
How ThreeHealth’s patients are navigating the on-boarding process of utilizing the tracking devices and Heads Up’s dashboard [39:35]
How they navigate the tracking for people who are too focused on scale numbers etc., and how they emphasize they just need to gather the data and their practitioners will interpret it, giving them the feedback they can understand [40:40]
Top tips for other coaches or doctors who want to support their patients with tracking from Brad and Brandy [42:10]
How Brandy used Heads Up to figure out why one patient’s weight loss was stalling, even though activity had gone up. Because she was able to remote-monitor, she could see that her protein consumption had decreased. “When in doubt, eat more protein” was how she as able to get her patient’s weight loss moving again [42:35]
Brad’s advice to health coaches: “Don’t be filled with anxiety about the number and results…the weight loss will come. Take your time if you want good sustainable weight loss, as they didn’t gain it overnight. It takes time, but with education, behavioral habit work, and tracking, the patients really start to see how effective it is, several months in. Rapid weight loss is not sustainable.” [45:21]
References
ThreeHealth Website: www.three.health
ThreeHealth Email: [email protected]
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51 min
May 31, 2020Ep 49 – Jim Howard – Biosense releases breakthrough ketone testing technology
Biosense releases an at-home breath ketone testing device for both consumers and clinical settings after three years of extensive lab development and clinical trial. This device allows clients to self monitor their breath ketones at home, which in conjunction with food journaling, or other metrics can provide invaluable insight into what is contributing to weight gain, high blood sugar, metabolic syndrome, and more while utilizing a ketogenic diet.

The Biosense testing device is non-invasive allowing clients to test without poking their fingers for a blood sample, increasing testing compliance. Increased compliance provides your client and you with better data to evaluate and customize a plan for their goals. It’s also incredibly small so that you can take it with you anywhere, and requires no calibration before use.

Measuring deep lung air and eliminates contamination from ambient air, providing the user with highly accurate, dependable results, requiring no testing strips to purchase or worry about running out of.

Join Heads Up founder Dave Korsunsky as he discusses the Biosense meter with Jim Howard, and how it’s use can revolutionize your keto compliance and results with your clients, especially when combined with other data tracking through Heads Up.
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In this podcast you’ll learn:
About the consistency of measurement with Biosense, which provides a 24-hour graph in-app to see your progression throughout the day [8:00]
How the Biosense device is providing agency to allow people to decide for themselves by seeing feedback throughout the day to know what the consequences of their actions are and act accordingly for their goals [8:25]
Jim Howard educates how Biosense technology testing differs from acetone testing due to Biosense using a deep lung air sample with a closed flow cell so it’s not sampling ambient air [9:18]
This device can fit in your pocket and only weighs a couple of ounces so it can be utilized anywhere and is the only device out there backed by a clinical trial [10:15]
Biosense can be purchased as a consumer or clinic use and is involved in 4 upcoming trials as a non-invasive testing device [11:00]
How much higher compliance is for use due to the non-invasive testing [12:20]
How clinics and coaches can see the data from their patients throughout the day and correlate it with the food, insulin and other metrics they have to see how compliant patients are and how effective their protocol is [12:30]
That testing can show more visibility of how compliant a client is throughout the day, rather than just once a day testing [13:10]
About a clinic in Washington State that was able to adapt to virtual visits early and roll out the program seamlessly while having patients track their breath ketones at home easily as well as other metrics that is using Biosense technology [14:13]
Looking at adherence to the program as the patients are able to give feedback, knowing that they are going to test throughout the day [15:25]
About the coach-client compliance and improved results as clients can start to make their own connections between diet, sleep, exercise and ketones [17:00]
About the effects of being home due to COVID-19 and how rebuilding your immune system and metabolic health will be key to returning to the world and how to utilize Heads Up and Biosense as a strategy[18:20]
How COVID is shifting health responsibility back to the patient or client and that can be empowering if they choose [19:10]
That half of the population will be obese in the US by 2030 if we do not course correct with our diets and metabolic health [21:30]
How we may see more health plans and other organizations utilize these tools [24:50]
Biosense works with clinics for Alzheimer’s, diabetes, obesity, and oncology that are utilizing their device for ketogenic diet support [25:50]
How the device can easily be utilized while out running errands or at home increasing compliance [26:50]
The device is firmware updatable [27:20]
The device is available in the USA currently, just released in Canada, and coming to Europe estimated by the end of the year. [28:10]
The Biosense device gives you feedback that the test was performed correctly, with consistent accurate readings, and does not require calibration. [28:25]
Biosense offers a much more accurate reading as it’s measuring deep lung air, rather than just providing a red yellow green reading for example. [29:30]
Biosense is targeted to the consumer to use on a regular basis and expected to last at least 2 years before estimating that it will need to be recalibrated or tuned up. [30:30]
About Heads Up

Heads Up 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.
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33 min
May 09, 2020Improving HRV, the Stress Response and PTSD with Apollo Neuro – Dr. Dave Rabin
Dr. Dave Rabin of Apollo Neuro is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist specializing in disorders of chronic stress, who has utilized MDMA and ketamine in the treatment of PTSD and depression to calm the nervous systems stress response. After running clinical trials at the University of Pittsburgh and finding that the fight or flight system could also be calmed through the use of a wearable device, he set out to bring a device to the market that helps towards improving HRV. This allows individuals suffering from PTSD, ADD, anxiety, and even high-level executives and elite athletes with high stress response, to use the sensation of touch to recreate a feeling of safety, changing the response the body creates to a stimulus.
Measuring HRV can give a quantifiable measure of how effective the device is in altering the stress response and allows individuals to improve conditions they’ve been told they must just live with. Dr. Dave Rabin gives a great explanation of HRV and how it differs from Heart Rate and why HRV is an important indicator of recovery and the ability to slow down the nervous system from stimuli.
Listen in as Heads Up Founder Dave Korsunsky talks with Dr. Dave Rabin of Apollo Neuroscience on his own experience with the Apollo wearable device and how it actually feels to use it. It is Dr. Dave Rabin’s belief that as recovery is enhanced, improving HRV, people will begin to understand and reach their fullest potentials.
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In this podcast you’ll learn:
How stress makes chronic disease and mental health worse, especially chronic stress that happens multiple times a day [3:05]
Dr. Dave Rabin works with high-level executives with high stress, as well as people with PTSD, chronic depression/anxiety and substance abuse disorders and notices that commonality between these disorders [3:55]
That Apollo Neuro came out of his work at the University of Pittsburgh, where they were trying to develop new strategies to help improve recovery and balance in the nervous system [6:00]
How Dr. Dave Rabin looks at stress holistically, as a clinical psychotherapist and psychiatric neuroscientist, to help modulate the central nervous system from high-performance athletes to people with mental health disorders [6:15]
That Dr. Dave Rabin is trained to use MDMA for PTSD which is in phase 3 trials with the FDA and ketamine for the treatment of depression which can induce dramatic radical change within a single session that is likely to be measurable with things like HRV [7:20]
That metrics that can be tracked while utilizing alternative therapies such as MDMA and ketamine, as people with these chronic conditions of stress have chronically low HRV [8:40]
That those with PTSD will have some of the lowest HRV as they are always in a state of hypervigilance – high fight or flight, low recovery state, but when they are shown compassion or touch from loved ones, meditation, etc, they feel better and HRV goes up [10:03]
Apollo was created to allow people to recreate the feeling of safety allowing the body to come out of the fight or flight pattern and into a recovery pattern at home and not just while in therapy [11:30]
Apollo is not a substitution for meditation, but it can be used more as a tool to guide people through the stressors and understand that you can do it on your own and people seem to be able to train to it over time [14:10]
What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV) vs Heart Rate (HR) [15:35]
About how the Apollo wrist or ankle worn device brings awareness to the body when the heart rate changes to allow the brain to evaluate if the perceived stress is useful or not [19:10]
Apollo was tested in double-blind randomized placebo clinical trial studies at the University of Pittsburgh and found that Apollo was improving HRV within 3 minutes under stress [20:15]
Dave describes the sensation of what it feels like to wear the Apollo device [21:00]
Why Dr. Dave Rabin started Apollo Neuro to bring the technology to the market himself [24:16]
Dave Korsunsky’s seal of approval on the Apollo device and where you can find and purchase the device [28:40]
References
www.apolloneuro.com
Follow Dr. Dave Rabin on Twitter
Follow Apollo Neuro on Instagram
Apollo Blog Post Together All The Time, How to Make it Work
Apollo Blog Post Strengthening Your Immune System
Apollo Neuro Blog
About Heads Up
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32 min
April 08, 2020Functional Medicine for Corporate Wellness with Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov
Growing up, Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov knew that she wanted to help people. After working in conventional medicine, she had her own health crisis, and this began her research into other ways of healing and supporting her body. She trained to become a functional medicine doctor and now works with individuals to improve their health, as well as with corporate wellness programs.
Having a bigger vision, after working at both Apple and Facebook as an onsite doctor, Dr Mona decided to bring functional medicine to corporate health and is now creating onsite programs to improve employee health and outlook.
Listen as Dave Korsunsky talks with Mona Ezzat Velinov about her life’s work and vision for the future.
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In this podcast you’ll learn:
About Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov’s background as a locum tenens doctor that exposed her to a lot of different types of practices and cultures all over the world [2:20]
What is psychoneuroimmunology? [6:45]
About the in-depth intake that functional medicine practitioners utilize when starting work with a new patient [8:10]
Why understanding your family history helps to understand epigenetic changes [9:45]
About Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov’s transition from traditional to functional medicine [10:45]
How Dr. Mona’s experience with thyroid cancer led her to functional medicine [11:15]
The effects of chemotherapy/radiation’s effects on the microbiome [12:05]
About Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov’s private practice and specialty in thyroid health, gut health, menopausal transitions, and autoimmune disease [13:45]
How Dr. Mona uses techniques like monitoring breathwork, meditation, HRV tracking to support her patients [14:40]
Elite HRV, Oura, Biostrap and their tracking of HRV and other biometrics and how they connect to environment and biology [16:40]
About the environmental toxins and thyroid/endocrine disruption that can lead to Hashimoto’s [17:55]
EWG – tapwater reports and the Cosmetic Database [18:45]
About microbiome disruptors such as infections like traveler’s diarrhea, parasites, and how important tracking your bowel movements are [19:45]
Why you need to look in the toilet bowl daily and an interesting idea about Smart Toilets [22:40]
That Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov worked at Apple and Facebook as a doctor and saw how helpful it was to have a doctor on-site. Why she wants to bring functional medicine to the workplace for preventative health support [23:00]
Why group support in the workplace from functional medicine can support creating a healthier work environment [24:10]

References

Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov
Bristol Stool Chart
Environmental Working Group
EWG – National Tapwater Database
EWG – Cosmetic Database
A4M Conference
About Heads Up

Heads Up 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.
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27 min
April 03, 2020Bio-individual Coaching with Carl Hardwick of OPEX
Carl Hardwick has spent his life dedicated to athletics, served his country, and opened up several OPEX gyms of his own before stepping into the role of COO at OPEX. Currently, Carl oversees the Coach Certification Program at OPEX where he trains coaches to work with clients in bio-individual fitness and nutrition coaching.
OPEX Fitness has several program offerings including coaching for individuals wanting to improve their strength and health, Big Dawgs Athlete training programs and a Coach Certification Program teaching coaches how to utilize their signature program of fitness, meeting their clients where they are.
Learn more about OPEX training and what it can offer you as Dave Korsunsky sits down with Carl Hardwick to learn more about the metrics that OPEX uses with clients, including how they customize protocols for their clients and athletes.
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In this podcast you’ll learn:
What OPEX is/does and their history of coaching education with fitness coaches and gym licensing [2:00]
Why OPEX has a natural connection with CrossFit. However, they are not CrossFit, but based on human function [6:31]
The health continuum that they utilize to show clients where they are and where they want to go with their fitness and health [7:20]
OPEX has a very holistic approach to training and nutrition but utilizes a bio-individual coaching approach for each client and their needs/desires [8:30]
“We’re known as the energy system coaches, but we’re way more than that.” [9:45]
About cortisol junkies and how overtraining can be harmful when we don’t recognize the stresses on the body [11:08]
“We have to respect biology and we have to respect exercise principles that are out there. There is a way to get your fix, in a way that you can still get that fix in 10 years. We see far too often in this market that we call fitness, that people fiend that fix so bad, day after day, and they get it in the same way and we see it a lot in unsustainable activities.”
What numbers Carl Hardwick tracks for an individual as core metrics in the OPEX program – The initial assessment history, OPEX BODY composition analysis (BMR, Bodyweight, Body Fat Percentage, lean mass), OPEX MOVE – a movement screen to see what they are capable of doing, OPEX Work – a 10 minute Assault bike test, and program design [13:40]
Every client goes through the OPEX Assessment and is given a weekly program with a monthly check-in [18:45]
About genetic profiling and how epigenetic changes can be more important than just having a gene. But genes can still be useful to know if someone is highly unlikely to tolerate dairy, for example, or if they just can’t train well in a certain way. And the flip side of that about how they can utilize it to help them train better, but it’s still in its infancy in terms of how we use the data [19:20]
About HRV and the coefficient variation and how it relates to resilience with tracking trends in different training phases [26:30]
How tracking trends can be important for the coach to look at, but it’s important to not be assessing it if you’re not understanding the metric and focusing too much on it, attached to the number while not listening to your body [30:45]
Why Carl Hardwick has clients self-assess before looking at the data [33:35]
Nutrition prescriptions with OPEX are broken into three section: LIFE – i.e. Bristol chart tracking, water intake, nightly waking to urinate related to hormones, FUEL – i.e. food quality, quantity, macros if it applies, PERSON – i.e. cleanses, protein de-loading [34:00]
OPEX Coaching is about meeting clients where they are [41:20]
References
Become an OPEX Coach online
OPEX Coaching
Big Dawgs Athlete Coaching
Follow OPEX Fitness on Instagram
Follow Carl Hardwick on Instagram
Follow OPEX founder James FitzGerald on Instagram
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46 min
March 21, 2020Alex Fergus – Bodybuilding and being your own health advocate
Alex Fergus is an Australian National Natural Bodybuilding Champion, health and fitness coach, researcher and author. After finding his health declining at the age of 23 and feeling a lack of support from his doctors, who dismissed his concerns, he took his health into his own hands. By being his own health advocate in researching, testing, and biohacking, he found his way back to optimal health and found a new passion for helping others to improve their life and health from a foundational perspective.
In this episode of Data-Driven Health Radio, Dave Korsunsky interviews Alex Fergus about his personal and professional journey of turning his own health, as well as his clients,’ around from struggling to thriving.
Listen as Alex Fergus sheds some positivity on empowering your own health. By creating optimal health through foundational supports, your body will be in a much stronger and resilient state.
You can find Alex Fergus on his website and blog at www.alexfergus.com
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In this podcast you’ll learn:
Alex Fergus’s story of finding his health struggling as a bodybuilding athlete at the age of 23, and having doctors tell him he must just have a virus or need testosterone to feel better leaving him feeling dismissed [1:40]
After doing his own research and asking for lab testing he wanted to explore, he was dismissed by his doctor which lead him to find a doctor that would look deeper. [3:50]
Always playing by the rules in bodybuilding and sports, he was disappointed when his doctor alluded to the fact that she thought it was all the supplements he was taking that was causing his health issues [4:45]
About the differences between lab testing options for your health in Australia vs. the USA [7:10]
Why you shouldn’t consult Dr. Google and why getting feedback through health markers is important in navigating your health by having a trusted provider to consult with the results of your specialized testing [8:50]
The role of HRV in the everyday person and how they can utilize that to see how their diet and lifestyle is working for them [14:30]
What biomarkers Alex Fergus monitors for himself and how the amount of feedback needed varies as your health progresses [15:25]
How people can use medicinal cannabis or think they sleep better after a few drinks. However, tracking with the Oura ring or other device can help you to see the real effects on your body that you may not have noticed otherwise [20:50]
Lab testing that Alex Fergus tracks now and why [23:16]
How to monitor your thyroid and stress response with basal body temperature [25:15]
How to use basal body temperature to change your macros [27:50]
About Alex Fergus’s protocol, he developed for clients focusing on the fundamentals of health – gut health, resetting baseline hormonal markers, dietary changes, meal timing, education, etc.[29:05]
The benefits of reducing and over-adding in training, etc. to be able to move forward in a healthier way [34:00]
The importance of slowing down your exercise, which can show you a much more accurate reaction of what your body is ready to do – energetically and otherwise. [35:00]
How to know when you’re ready to go back to exercising after taking a break to allow your body to recover [39:45[
About blue light – how it affects health and how to navigate it in the modern world [41:45]
How to hack our way back to optimal health in a modern world [42:55]
References
www.alexfergus.com
About Heads Up
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53 min
March 06, 2020Keith Norris from Paleo f(x) on Biohacking, Business and Burning Man
If you’ve been around the health and wellness world for a minute, then surely you’ve heard of Paleo f(x) and its co-founder, Keith Norris. Paleo f(x) is the premier health and wellness event in Austin, Texas every year, gathering health and wellness industry leaders, as well as companies creating biohacking products, to bring the paleo lifestyle to the 21st century. Interestingly, there is also a beautiful overlap with the Burning Man community.

We think you’ll enjoy this engaging interview with Keith Norris and Dave Korsunsky about Paleo f(x), holistic entrepreneurship, MDMA and psilocybin therapies, biohacking, Burning Man and more. It’s also about finding yourself at a place in life where you feel you have nothing to lose and building a dream to change the world.

Whether you’re someone who just enjoys biohacking your own health, or you’re a practitioner working to help people change their health and their lives, there is something in here for all of you.

This year, the Paleo f(x) event will be held on July 14-16, 2020. The Health Entrepreneur f(x) event will take place on July 13, 2020. And it sounds like there are some after-parties that you won’t want to miss!

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In this podcast you’ll learn:
About the interesting connection that Keith Norris made when Paleo f(x) partnered with the Health Optimisation Summit in the UK last year, which revealed a greater desire there for biohacking to optimize health. Is this focus higher due to their healthcare system vs. the U.S. where we are more focused on just regaining our health? [1:50]
That having achieved the “American dream” and feeling hollow inside, Keith Norris left the pharmaceutical job he’d worked his way up the ladder to, and along with his wife Michelle — and co-founder of Paleo f(x) — they shifted gears to create something that helps contribute toward healing the world [6:25]
More about the exact moment Keith knew he was done working for a pharmaceutical company [8:30]
After losing their daughter in 2009 and most of their money in the Great Recession of 2008, Michelle and Keith Norris felt they had nothing to lose and dreamt big [10:25]
About Keith and Michelle’s start in the paleo world running gyms and a paleo catering business in Austin, TX [11:22]
That Paleo f(x) was born sitting on the tarmac at LAX on the flight back to Austin. By the time they were back home, they had a business plan and 6 months later, the first Paleo F(x) show took place in 2012 [11:50]
About bankruptcy and the side of entrepreneurship that you don’t see [13:30]
About the contrast of what Paleo f(x) began as and what it is now with paleo principles layered with technology [14:10]
In the 2020 Paleo f(x) show, a whole section of the hall will be dedicated to biohacking [17:30]
How the only way to know if changes are working is to use a platform like Heads Up to layer the metrics and see what is causing the changes – good or bad [18:25]
Why tracking the effects of sleep, alcohol, and inflammatory foods, etc. and the impact on your recovery ability and overall wellness helps you to learn what specific inputs are most important to your wellness [20:05]
The top two lifestyle/dietary choices that have the biggest effect on Keith Norris personally [22:00]
“Paleo is much more than diet and exercise. It’s 7 pillars. It’s mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, financial, relational and tribal. That is paleo.” [23:30]
In 2016 Michelle and Keith Norris were massive proponents of plant medicine for use in PTSD, depression and other conditions, and utilized a shaman to roll it out on stage at Paleo F(x), uncertain if it would be well received. It turned out to be the most highly attended panel with the highest ratings to date and has been a huge part of the event since then. [28:25]
Discussion around the use of psilocybin, cannabis, and microdosing and more vs. socially acceptable forms of mind-altering substances like alcohol [30:24]
Mental health and pharmaceuticals vs diet, nutrition, and nutrient depletion as well as the effect of MDMA on PTSD [32:40]
About plant based ceremonies for healing like Ayahuasca and Huachuma that works and is cheap relative to pharmaceuticals [34:00]
The Millennial generation is getting hammered financially – struggling with an average of 40k in student debt (which can’t be wiped clean with bankruptcy) and can affect overall health. The paleo lifestyle and biohacking can help to support them as they navigate the working world [35:50]
The Health Entrepreneur f(x) came about because they saw a need to provide motivated health driven business owners that were lacking the business tools for successful holistic entrepreneurship [37:50]
Paleo f(x) is the wrecking ball to challenge the old paradigm. Keith Norris wants an army of heart-driven entrepreneurs to fill that void after breaking the old paradigm [38:25]
The beautiful overlap between Paleo f(x) and Burning Man communities [40:05]
“The healthier a person is, the harder they party because that is a natural expression of joy.” [40:55]

References

Health Entrepreneur F(x)
Paleo f(x)
FDA Grants Psilocybin Second Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Resistant Depression
The Health Optimisation Summit 2020
Burn for a Cause Event
MAPS

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43 min
February 21, 2020How to Lose Stubborn Body Fat with Hormone Imbalance and Weight Loss Expert, Karen Martel
Have you tried every diet under the sun yet still have trouble losing stubborn body fat? Even when you fit in regular exercise? Meet Karen Martel, a Transformational Nutrition Coach and Hormone Imbalance and Weight Loss expert from Canada. Despite following mainstream dietary strategies, including plenty of exercise, Karen wasn’t able to lose weight after her pregnancy. She soon figured out the connection to hormone health and quickly rebounded to lose the stubborn weight.
Using strategic testing methods and tracking, Karen Martel now helps her clients to achieve weight loss and lose stubborn body fat when all other methods and diets have failed. With a focus on hormone imbalance, she includes not only the sex hormones — estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone — but also cortisol, as a major indicator of stress intolerance and why the body won’t release excess weight.
If you’re struggling with losing stubborn body fat and need some help or inspiration, listen to this cutting-edge interview with Karen Martel. Learn the most common reasons you might have hormone imbalances and what you can do about it. Become empowered to learn just how to take back your hormone health and get the answers and body you desire!
You can find Karen Martel at www.karenmartel.com where you can book a complimentary 15-minute call, book a session, enroll in group coaching, live coaching, online courses – hormone healthy keto, or order a hormone kit and receive a complimentary 20-minute session with Karen. Be sure to check out her free hormone quiz on her website too!
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In this podcast you’ll learn:
How to tell if you have a hormone imbalance is happening to you. If you eat well, exercise, and do all the right things but the stubborn body fat won’t budge you likely have a hormone imbalance [8:45]
If you’re doing keto, low carb, low calorie, and/or fasting and you’re already experiencing some hormonal imbalance, you’re adding fuel to the fire by going too low carb for too long. It’s too much of a stressor when cortisol is already dysregulated to restrict food intake [9:10]
About Dave’s experience with taking a step back from the day-to-day stress, giving his body time to heal so he could come back and train to regain his strength [10:00]
Why while running her own business as a single mom, Karen Martel, had to quit Bootcamp and do yoga to allow her body time to heal [11:45]
Go to www.karenmartel.com to take the screening quiz to see if hormone testing would be warranted for you [13:00]
How doctors only test blood hormones which only reveal bound hormones that are not what is available for the body to be used. Unbound hormones can only be tested through saliva or urine for metabolite testing. If you can test all three, that would be optimal [14:50]
If you can only pick one form of testing, choose this one [16:00]
More about cortisol regulation and testing [16:30]
Why disrupted cortisol rhythm can lead to insomnia and add to weight gain through dysregulation of ghrelin and other hormones [17:45]
About the ZRT saliva testing – the Female Comprehensive 3 panel tests estradiol, estrogen, progesterone, the ratio of estrogen and progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, and 4-point cortisol test [19:00]
How suspected thyroid hormone imbalances can be tested at home with a blood spot kit [21:35]
Even if you can’t afford to do the specialized tests, go to your doctor and have them run these blood tests for screening [23:00]
Most common reasons you might have a hormone imbalance and what you can do about it. (Environmental exposures and dietary sources of hormonal imbalance contributors.) [23:45]
Diet – check this first
Check estrogens – look for xenoestrogens, in our food, pesticides, plastics, grains, etc.
Remove scented products from laundry detergent to aftershave and shampoo
Check water sources
Opt for at least hormone-free meats
Remove as many processed foods as possible
How you can clean your home with natural products very inexpensively [27:45]
About the quarterly cleanse that Karen Martel runs with her women to support the liver and gallbladder and other detox organs [28:50]
How fat cells produce estrogen, so the more extra stubborn body fat you carry on your body, the more estrogen you will produce [30:00]
Why lifting heavy things (strength training) can help you become more healthy and strong, create healthy bones and lower blood sugar [30:45]
Reasons why regularly doing Crossfit and marathon running can be more stressful on your body. Also, how yoga and lifting weights can be much more beneficial to your hormonal health and weight balance [32:05]
As women age, we need to work on balancing the body’s stress and bringing our system down like yoga, meditation, tai chi, massage, etc. rather than adding stimulation [33:40]
As we age, the ovaries begin to shut down production of estrogen and the adrenals take over that task. However, if the adrenals are having to make lots of cortisol, it will favor that task over other hormones. Perimenopausal symptoms will become worse [34:40]
Hormones go in a 3-month cycle – it’s not a quick fix. Recheck hormones every 3-6 months at least with yourself and your symptoms if you’re unable to do testing [35:10]
How tracking with Heads Up while working with bioidentical hormones or lifestyle changes can help you keep track of how things are working [36:05]
HRV and sleep metric tracking can be one of the best metrics to monitor for stress markers – Biostrap, Oura ring, FitBit, etc [36:40]
How tracking fasting blood sugar is an affordable way to help you lose stubborn body fat. High cortisol will raise blood sugar, especially when it’s high in the morning and comes down later in the day. Even when you’re eating well. This can be an indicator of too much stress on the body [38:00]
How to use an affordable Gera Thermometer to determine where your metabolism is at. And also to find out if you have indicators for hypothyroidism. Take your temperature for 10 minutes before you get out of bed in the morning (98.6 in AM) and again in the afternoon (98 or 97.9 in the PM). [39:10]
Track your basal body temperature as mentioned above with the Gera thermometer in Heads Up. An indicator of thyroid issues, as well as adrenal issues depending on the pattern, this can be revealed through tracking [40:32]
How it’s possible to eat like a normal person again. Once you have in check your blood sugar, hormone imbalances and exercise levels you can enjoy life with occasional indulgences [30:50]
References
https://karenmartel.com/
https://www.zrtlab.com/
www.ewg.org
https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/
https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
Geratherm Thermometer
About Heads Up
Heads Up 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.
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