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Shane is the founder and CEO of MUD/WTR, a company that creates products and experiences to optimize one’s mind, body, and ritual. Their flagship product is an elixir consisting of masala chai, cacao, turmeric, cinnamon, seasalt, and 4 mushrooms, chaga, reishi, lion's mane, and cordyceps. With one 7th the caffeine of coffee, when combined you get energy focused and immune benefits without the jitters, crash, and dependency. Since launching in May of 2018, MUD/WTR has reached tens of thousands of customers across every state in the US, garnered capital from high profile angel investors and surpassed $1 million in revenue in their first year of business. We discuss his amazing product, functional mushrooms, habits/routines, disruption, and innovation.

How he got into what he’s doing now 1:40
Sleep and mental health 10:39
Going to India 14:33
Mushrooms 21:23
Routine and being creative 28:37
Functional mushrooms are powerhouses for bringing the body back into balance 35:11

“I think a lot of people are understanding that what they really value in this world is creativity, and having this daily dose of ambient stress and poor sleep is just not conducive to that. And so if people had the alternative or the information and maybe the culture started to shift to accommodate that, people would simply just start feeling better.” 7:31

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Today we’re going to be talking about foods and the bioactive phytonutrients in these foods that can help to lower blood sugar levels, which is one of the vital things for supporting metabolic health. Higher blood sugar levels are at the root of heart health, obviously type 2 diabetes, and there has been really interesting research showing that neurodegenerative diseases are actually now known as type 3 diabetes. I give multiple examples of foods, such as pomegranate, strawberries, oranges, and other healthy options that will help regulate your blood sugar levels and keep you in a healthier state.

Different drinks and rooibos tea 1:59
Fruits that regulate blood sugar and help with PCOS 2:51
Honey and its ability to regulate 8:24
Vegetables for regulation 11:21
Spices 13:04
Olives 14:54
Buckwheat 17:45
Apples 19:43

“You might say, ‘Well, when we eat fruit, fruit has sugar, and so that’s going to spike my blood sugar in general.’ The answer to that is actually no. These phytonutrients in these fruits actually are amazing at opening the floodgates in each cell to move the sugar from the bloodstream into the cell. So it doesn’t matter if a fruit has sugar. That’s actually good because it provides a quick fuel, a quick hit to the cells in the body to give us energy, the energy we need. The important thing is we don’t want the sugar staying in the bloodstream.” 2:57

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Dr. Cori Cooper is a pharmacist, diabetes care and education specialist, integrative nutrition and nutritious life certified health coach and founder and creative director of Prescriptive Nutrition LLC Do Diabetes Differently, and Diabetes International. She is also a registered yoga teacher and public health expert, with an emphasis in health and behavior change. For 17 plus years Dr. Cori has practiced pharmacy, specializing in chronic disease prevention and management. With a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and a Master of Public Health degree, she has extensive experience across diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

How she came to do what she does today 1:33
The importance of insulin resistance 8:36
Accurately educating people through this process 10:19
Chronic stressors vs diet 17:11
What to do and figure out where you’re at 22:36
Why alternate treatments aren’t talked about 35:50

“We confuse the body all the time because we’re so used to just feeding it, and so if you just constantly feed it and you never actually pay attention to what it really needs, then you have to learn that before you can even change what types of foods you feed the body.” 21:30

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Dr. Joel Warsh is a board-certified pediatrician in Los Angeles, California who specializes in Integrative Medicine. He grew up in Toronto, Canada and completed a Master’s Degree in Epidemiology and Community Health before earning his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson Medical College. He completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and has worked in private medicine in Beverly Hills before founding his current practice, Integrative Pediatrics and Medicine in 2018. Dr. Gator has published research and journals on topics including childhood injuries, obesity, and physical activity. He has been featured in numerous documentaries, films, podcasts, and articles, including Broken Brain, The Dr. Nandi Show, CBS, LA Parent, Mind Body Green, and many others. He is also the owner of integrativepediatrics.com and the host of the Raising Amazing Podcast. He is the author of the children’s book, Love Dad, featuring multiple celebrities, which is currently in press with Penguin Publishing and set to release in 2024. Dr. Warsh is a consultant for high profile brands in the Health and Wellness space.

How he got into what he’s doing 1:57
Parents can pass on their illnesses 12:04
Get kids involved in the preparation process 21:32
Is it OK for kids to go hungry sometimes? 26:14
Worrying about percentiles 29:08
When should a parent be worried? 36:51
It’s OK to experience sadness from time to time 44:37

“You buy the food. Don’t buy the crappy food. If you have options that are healthier, they will eat it. They’re not gonna be happy for like 2 weeks or whatever, but they’ll get over it and they’ll eat a clementine and they’ll eat a celery stick, and they’ll eat whatever if they’re hungry, but they’re gonna grab the sugary snack if that’s what’s there because you’re addicted to it.” 25:36

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Dr. Erik Won is the President and Chief Medical Officer of Wave Neuroscience, a biotechnology company developing innovative solutions like mental disorders like PTSD. Dr. Won served as a US Navy flight surgeon for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 and became CTO of Medical at Boeing, a fortune 50 company for nearly a decade before joining Wave Neuroscience. He holds an MBA from USC Marshall School at Business and an MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan, School of Public Health. Dr. Won has been published in numerous peer reviewed journals. We discuss the science behind an innovative therapy for treating PTSD called magnetic e-resonance therapy (MeRT), a non-invasive type of transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure to stimulate specific areas of the brain for therapeutic purposes.

How Erik got into studying brain health 1:33
Magnetic e-resonance therapy 3:40
After you have the quantitative EEG 12:36
Some people are worried this will change their personality or characteristics 19:34
Can this have similar benefits to smart drugs (like Adderall)? 21:49
Can reaction times be improved? 27:11
Sleep quality 30:23
Nutrition 37:33

“I still remember famously or infamously, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher talked about, ‘I don’t need sleep. I’ll sleep when I die.’ and sadly they passed from Alzheimer's disease. So yeah we’re starting to learn more and more about this. I guess the exciting part is we’re learning exponentially, every day, every week, the different facets and importance of sleep.” 36:48

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Today we’re going to be talking about the health benefits of nuts and we’re going to dispel some things here. A lot of people think that because nuts have fat, they make you fat, or that nuts are bad because they contain mycotoxins and defense compounds that can damage your health, and that’s absolutely not true. Nuts are one of Nature’s gifts to us. They contain amazing amounts of bioactive compounds and they’re really good for health.

Pine nuts 1:11
Cashew 2:26
Pecans 4:28
Macadamia nuts 5:25
Hazel nuts 6:39
Almonds 8:57
Brazil nut 9:44
Walnuts and the antidiabetic properties of honey 11:44
Pistachios 14:14

“The chemical structure of phytosterols are a little more soluble in the bloodstream, and so they’re preferentially taken up. It’s like standing in a line and you have the fast pass and the normal line. Phytosterols are in the fast pass line, and so when we eat phytosterols and we have them in our gut, phytosterols continually move in the bloodstream and cholesterol stays put. That’s one reason why nuts are really good at lowering cholesterol.” 3:41

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Dr. Mindy Pelz is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, nutrition, and functional health expert who has spent over two decades helping thousands of people successfully reclaim their health. She is a recognized leader in the alternative health field and a pioneer in the fasting movement, teaching the principles of a fasting lifestyle, diet variation, detox hormones, and more. Her popular YouTube channel, which just celebrated 20 million lifetime views, regularly updates followers on the latest science backed tools and techniques to help them reset their health. She is a host of one of the leading science podcasts, the resetter podcast, and the author of 3 bestselling books: The Menopause Reset, The Reset Factor, and The Reset Kitchen. Dr. Mindy has appeared on national shows like Extra TV and The Doctors, and has been featured in Muscle and Fitness, Well and Good, She Knows, Health Line, and more. For more information, visit: www.drmindypelz.com “Don’t eat less. Eat less often.”

Mindy’s path 1:56
Insulin and fasting 4:45
How to fast 10:02
Caloric restriction, protein, and fat 11:42
Does fasting help the microbiome to settle down? 18:58
How to break your fast 22:46
What does the science say about intermittent fasting for women? 30:35
Fast mimicking diet 39:23

“When you feed these bacteria, there is a bacterial connection from the small intestine to the liver, via the hepatic arteries and veins that actually will send these bacteria up into the liver and make sure that the liver functions normally. While the liver is your number one fat burning organ, it’s the number one organ that breaks down estrogen for women, and you just need to add in some more of these bitter foods so you can feed those bacteria, so they can go to the liver and do what the liver is meant to do.” 18:06

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Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner, CEO, and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project, and international speaker with over 10 million views for her 2nd TEDx talk Intermittent Fasting Transformational Technique. With over 20 years of experience in health and wellness, Cynthia is a globally recognized expert in intermittent fasting and nutritional health, and has been featured on ABC, Fox 5, ATLA, CW, Medium Entrepreneur, and the Megyn Kelly Show. She was listed in Yahoo Finance as one of the 21 founders changing the way we do business. Cynthia hosts the Everyday Wellness podcast, considered one of the 21 podcasts to expand your mind in 2021 by Business Insider. Her mission is to educate women on the benefits of intermittent fasting and overall holistic health and wellness, so they feel empowered to live their most optimal lives.

How she got into intermittent fasting 1:51
What is considered as intermittent fasting 6:54
Eating less vs eating less frequently 12:15
The gut microbiome 22:02
Insulin resistance and its importance 26:44
Doing the hard thing to be healthy 35:32
The driver for disease 41:29
How to start on the path to change and be healthy 46:11

“It is not normal to be middle aged and to have to be on 15 medications, but that became the norm in clinic. So you think about the fact that that’s cardiology, so most of the time by the time I saw people they had already established risk factors for cardiovascular disease or already had cardiovascular disease, and the patients were getting younger, and younger, and younger. So I said, ‘What is wrong with this paradigm? We’re waiting for people to get sick instead of being really prevention focused.’” 33:21

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Today I will talk about phytonutrients and that if we can understand them, their importance, and learn how to get them in our food, it’s going to make a world of difference in our health. No one is focused on phytonutrients, but tend to discuss mainly macronutrients, but I think focusing on phytonutrients is one of the number one things that we can do to take our health to the next level. In this episode I talk about what they are, the basic premise, how they work in the body, why plants use them, and then I mention a few case studies and pick out certain phytonutrients from certain foods that can really help take our health to the next level.

The basic components of plants and what phytonutrients are used for 1:39
One of the biggest reasons for the breakdown of human health 6:58
What to eat 9:12
Certain phytonutrients: grains 12:22
Soy 16:06
Pumpkin and squash 20:21
Nuts 22:58
Spices 27:14

“For us, for humans, phytonutrients are the medicinal components of plants. We’ve heard that good food is medicine and we’re not referring to macro or micronutrients, we are referring to phytonutrients. 60% of all pharma drugs are phytonutrients from plants.” 4:18

Dr. Lauryn helps people who have done it all to get to the root cause and finally work with their body so they can reach their highest potential. As a former TV news journalist gone health detective and functional medicine expert, Dr. Lauryn brings over 25 years of clinical and personal experience to the table. Her death to life story on overcoming chronic eating disorders and complex illness has been featured on CBS, ABC, Good Morning America, and USA Today. And today as a gut health, mindset transformation, and food freedom specialist, Dr. Lauryn empowers clients worldwide to upgrade how they look, move, feel, and think. You can find out more about her work by reading one of her 8 books, tuning into the Health Detective podcast, or checking out her Total Gut Reset program.

About her health journey 2:07
The mindset change 9:50
The microbiome and total gut reset 11:00
What is causing the imbalance in the microbiome? 16:13
What types of food we should focus on 18:33
Prioritizing fiber and what foods to go for 26:17
Some other things to do to improve the microbiome 34:22
Lifestyle plays a huge role 39:54

“If you have a local farmer’s market, a fun way to just once a month, once a week, I love to go weekly, just try one or two things there and there is a different energy that comes from eating as local and as seasonal as possible in the foods and just the nutrients that you can get from your foods that way.” 28:57

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