Quercetin is a bioactive phytonutrient that has a lot of really cool properties and my hope is that you’ll walk away today knowing what quercetin is, what it can be used for to promote health, and some different ways that you can get quercetin in your diet and through science based supplementation. We used to think that the main reason apples were so good for us was because of the fiber they contain, which is very healthy for the body, but we’ve recently started to discover that one of the major benefits of apples is the phytonutrients, the polyphenols, and especially this really cool flavonoid called quercetin. This phytonutrient has been found to help improve cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and even improve symptoms of PCOS in women.

Immune health 3:32
Cholesterol 7:01
Blood pressure 8:42
PCOS 10:47
The root cause of all disease 15:54
Exercise performance 17:02
Taking quercetin 19:48

“What they found is that taking quercetin when we have a cold can reduce cold severity. We saw a 30% reduction in cold severity, they saw a 31% reduction in the total amount of days that the people were sick… So quercetin can help with upper respiratory tract infections like the common cold and it can help with lower respiratory tract infections like bronchitis and pneumonia.” 5:32

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Jessi Jean is a simple girl from Colorado who turned her decade long struggle with food and body into her mission. She has helped over one thousand women find food freedom through her signature program, The Food Freedom Online Program, and its mission to continue to help women around the world end the fight with food and find confidence in their skin so they can live in complete freedom. Jessi and I have a fascinating conversation about eating disorders, self image, and changes to be made in order to have a healthy view of yourself that focuses more on who you are in place of how you look, which has greatly affected people psychologically with the growth of social media.

Her health path and how she got into helping other women 1:13
Dispelling the stigma of eating disorders 4:07
Getting out of your diet cycle and questions to ask yourself 7:02
The broken concept of body image 10:47
How to go about helping a loved one 20:48
Is it more about the food we eat, or psychology? 29:33
How to begin the process of coping with and managing eating disorders 41:41
The thing that will really help you heal 48:44

“My self perception if I was being honest with myself was 95% made up of the way that I looked, and now when I think about who is Jessi, I think about a variety of different things. I value so much more in myself. The way that I look is just a fraction of my own perception of who I am.” 12:43

https://www.foodfreedomonlineprogram.com/ffm
https://risewithmeco.com/
@jessijeannn
@thedearbodypodcast

Today we’re continuing the conversation about women’s health with one of my previous guests, April Davis, an expert on all things women’s health, especially the vagina. There are a lot of stigmas women face that may prevent them from sharing and talking about things that would otherwise be healthy for them to talk about, and that’s why April Davis is here. Society has been set up to support the working man, but it often isn’t very convenient for the working woman, who deals with hormonal shifts, periods, and pregnancy. We’re all very different when you look at the science, and there’s no blanket fix or set of rules that will help someone improve their health, so understanding your own body individually is very important to achieving the highest state of well-being.

Becoming an advocate for women’s health 0:54
Some challenges that women face and PMS 3:08
Period shaming 7:45
Being vulnerable and swimming against the current 14:58
Is society adjusting to the needs of women? 20:21
Nutrition and supplementation with PMS 22:11
Part of why science is often only focused on the male body 28:46
Adaptogens 32:58
Things that are helpful with PCOS and self care 34:36
Stress and PCOS 40:21
Resources for women who feel alone in this journey 43:58

“It’s OK to lie down when you’re tired because what I have found is if you rest and you lie down when you’re tired, as soon as that follicular phase energy hits you, once you’re out of your bleed, which typically for me is on day 2 of my cycle. So I’ll even be still physically bleeding. All that energy returns beautifully, and I am well prepared to just kill it. I get all of my work for the month done in those two weeks, and then I’m able to rest more in the other two weeks.” 12:34

http://thevaginablog.com/
@thevaginablog
https://feelbrilliant.com/

Ebenezer Samuel is a fitness director of men’s health and certified trainer with more than 10 years of training experience. He’s logged training time with NFL athletes and track athletes, and his current training regimen includes weight training, HIIT conditioning, and yoga. He is the head of Training Innovation at Flexit and is part of the core team of the newly launched Men’s Health Muscle YouTube channel. We discuss building muscle and the benefits it will provide for your body, such as increased strength and weight loss as your body is outgassing calories. The way you lift will really impact how your muscles develop, but we also get into how the shape of your body also plays a role in how your muscles grow and develop, and that you can do the exact same workouts as someone else, but develop muscles that look different.

Eb’s personal health journey 3:03
Why do we have this fundamental need for muscle? 7:31
Building muscle for longevity 15:27
Finding your why 24:10
Where to get started 26:28
Covid and how things have changed with fitness and movement 31:18
About Flexit and what they’re doing with these challenges 34:45
How much does training influence how we lift weights? 46:21

“I can lie on a bench to bench press and I can kind of, especially if I’m not paying attention or if I’m not really into it, I can be a little bit lazy with my abs and glutes, right? If I’m gonna do a pull up or a chin up, or even a mountain climber, my abs and glutes have to be involved, so I think having some level of body weight, understanding how to manage that is just as important, if not more so sometimes, than picking up the dumbbells.” 14:55

Instagram:
@ebenezersamuel23
Twitter:
@ebenezersamuel
https://feelbrilliant.com/

Today we talk about the fruit of the date palm and its amazing health benefits. Studies have shown the date palm can have a positive impact on the sexual function and infertility of couples, which is estimated to affect 15% of all couples during child bearing years. Dates have been found to help increase the amount of breast milk women produce, and can even help induce labor. A study showed that eating one date before your meal could help restore taste in people who lost taste after having Covid-19.

The chemical composition 0:47
Peer reviewed science 1:39
Breast milk quality 3:58
Inducing labor 6:11
The effect of loss in taste with Covid 9:31
Anemia and cholesterol 10:28

“The takeaway from this is when you’re in your third trimester and you are coming towards the end here, taking 10 dates per day might actually be a really good thing to help limit the need for being induced with oxytocin or prostaglandins.” 7:47

https://feelbrilliant.com/

Dr. Shawn Talbott is a psycho nutritionist who integrates nutrition, biochemistry, and psychology to help people feel, look, and perform better. As a scientist, PhD in nutritional biochemistry from Rutgers, and entrepreneur, he has his EMP in entrepreneurship from MIT, his recent projects include two academic textbooks, an award winning documentary film, several bestselling books translated into multiple different languages, and numerous top selling nutraceuticals and functional foods. Today we talk about the microbiome and what we know about it and how it affects the body, and then how much we still don’t know and are coming to discover.

Shawn’s personal health journey 1:38
Mental fitness 10:10
Best strains for Depression and Anxiety 15:07
Producing serotonin 22:48
Post biotics 25:41
Actionable items you can do to improve your mental fitness 30:45
Fecal matter transplants (FMTs) 35:38

“The science has finally progressed to a point where it’s applicable, where we can grab onto it and harness it and transfer that into someone’s life, where we could say, ‘All right, here’s the fiber you need to eat in order to nourish your microbiome, in order to the neurotransmitters that are gonna make you feel better. Or here’s a specific strain we can put into a probiotic supplement, and that can help you with your overall mood or your overall resilience.’ The science is finally getting to a point where people can use it, and that’s what gets me really excited.” 14:23

https://doctalbott.com/
https://bestfutureyou.com/
@doctalbott
https://feelbrilliant.com/

Today we’re gonna talk about Rhodiola rosea and the common name for this plant is either Arctic Root, or Golden Root. The root is the part of the plant that has the most medicinal value and up to this point it’s what’s been studied and used the most in traditional medicine. There are various benefits this plant can provide, such as reduced stress and fatigue, which helps improve cognitive function and brain power. Studies have shown Rhodiola extract can have really positive effects on endurance sport performance and has proven to be quite useful for athletes.

Background 1:06
Stress 3:45
Fatigue 6:08
Sport performance 9:27

“There’ve been a lot of other studies showing that taking anywhere from 500 mg of a standardized Rhodiola extract, standardized to 3% rosavins, or about 1500 mg of just Rhodiola extract not standardized had really good anti fatigue effects in sport performance athletes.” 11:02

https://feelbrilliant.com/

Dr. Ana-Maria Temple is a holistic pediatrician, best selling author, mother of 3, and award winning speaker at Harvard Club of Boston, and has over 100 TV news and podcast appearances. From 2016-2017 she lived and worked in the New Zealand medical system where she started putting functional medicine into practice. In her 22 year career she has treated over 26,000 patients in person and hundreds via online courses. Her passion is to inspire, educate, and empower mamas to revamp their family’s health and prevent children from developing chronic disease. We discuss sugar and big studies that have shown the huge impact sugar has had on individuals across the board, causing disease and sickness to develop in large numbers of the world’s population.

Ana-Maria’s path and understanding junk food 1:20
The sugar glut and why it’s so damaging 8:18
Our kids and picky eating 18:12
When kids are making things difficult 27:28
Electrolytes 33:04
Sunscreen, insect repellent, and skin 40:43

“When you have added sugar, like SUGAR, I’m sorry it’s gonna be honey and maple syrup, and all the other stuff. That goes into the hippocampus and it shrinks the hippocampus and it decreases your memory, it increases anxiety, it decreases your focus. The amount of studies on humans and rats is mind boggling on this phenomenon.” 10:12

@dranamariatemple
https://www.dranamaria.com/
https://www.familywellnesstips.com/
https://feelbrilliant.com/

Felice Ramallo is a Rochester, New York based registered dietitian nutritionist and lead dietitian at Allara health. She earned her Bachelor’s of Nutrition at Syracuse University and went on to University at Buffalo for her MS in Clinical Nutrition and dietetic internship with a concentration in culinary medicine. She also completed her graduate thesis on nutrition for polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS. Felice appreciates the implications that PCOS has on one’s dietary patterns, sleep, exercise movement, and all the relationships with food and one’s body. She is committed to a holistic approach that considers all of these factors to produce targeted and personalized results. Her nutrition philosophy is grounded in mindful or intuitive eating, and reducing the burden of weight stigma through a pledge to health at every size. In short, she aims to help patients eat what makes them happy with the goal of teaching not only what to eat, but how to eat in ways that promote health for a lifetime.

Her journey into PCOS and what it is 2:13
Insulin resistance and infertility 7:02
Nutrition 13:49
Soy 19:18
Sleep, stress, and mental health 22:13
Allara 27:12
Mental health and diet 31:35
The “what-the-hell effect” 39:35

“I always recommend taking some time regularly throughout your week, ideally every single day, to destress, take a few deep breaths, do whatever you need to take care of your brain, take care of your mind, and to really prioritize connection and trust in your body in all things, even any recommendations that I’m gonna give you. I could tell you how to exercise, or how to eat, or what to eat, but if it doesn’t feel good in your body and you don’t have that trust and connection built, then it’s not going to work for you, I can promise you that.” 23:55

https://www.flavorsoffelice.com/
https://allarahealth.com/
@flavorsoffelice

Jake Steiner is a semi-retired stock trader and investor. His personal passion is understanding human eye sight and has spent the past 20 years in vision biology science, exploring nearsightedness prevention, and reversal methods. Jake hosts the largest vision improvement community with many tens of thousands of participants and has written over 1,200 articles on vision biology and myopia control. We have an interesting conversation about what is causing myopia in society and how myopia is treated, but there isn’t much out there in regards to reversing the effects of and curing myopia. Jake tells me how Lasik became approved and the big risks that come with laser eye surgery that may end up affecting you for the rest of your life.

How Jake got into studying vision 1:13
Myopia 5:49
Modern technology and lifestyle is causing myopia 12:04
Your eye is a fluid football and how to correct nearsightedness 16:05
Lasik, Dr. Morris Waxler, and how it became approved 21:28
Screen time, retina issues, and addiction 28:19
Wearing glasses affects everything 32:19
Blue light 39:14
The future of the eye industry 41:05
Where to go to find the resources to improve your vision 44:18
Measure your vision 45:16

“The fact that there’s no prevention or alternatives, or conversation, like Mcdonald’s you know is bad. There’s no question about it, but you go there, it’s a choice. Myopia is still in this weird category where you’re just being denied actual science and information.” 11:30

https://endmyopia.org/