Discover with Dr. Dan | Proactive Health

Today we talk about honey and its amazing health benefits, and we’re going to show that it’s a lot more than just sugar. I talk about the background and history of honey and how it was used throughout the ages, health benefits as seen in scientific literature, key components of what to look for in honey when we go to the store, and then looking toward the future with honey. It has been found that honey is a great remedy for herpes simplex virus and the wound healing properties are tremendous. Studies show that honey can greatly improve athletic performance and overall physical health and healing. Using honey in place of other sugars lowers the risk of diabetes or other glucose related issues with health.

Honey origins and compounds 1:03
Human food and medicinal uses 3:07
Scientific literature 5:22
Honey and sport performance 10:39
Blood pressure 14:22
The microbiome 15:12
A cough suppressant and allergy prevention 18:01
What to look for in a honey 20:04

“Many studies, like one recently published in 2017 on Malaysian honey, show that daily consumption of honey caused a reduction in weight and also controlled the same metabolic parameters mentioned above, meaning blood glucose levels, cholesterol levels, body weight, which are all symptoms of metabolic syndrome. So honey is really good for metabolic health.” 15:03

Matteo Franceschetti has always been obsessed with performance; athletic performance, business performance, and now sleep performance. An athlete from a young age, he was a competitive ski racer in his native Italy and played tennis, and raced cars on the European stage. Matteo has always been focused on winning and on winning in record time. That drive to succeed propelled him from the sports podiums to the top tier of the international legal world and to start two clean tech companies on two continents, all before age 30. Not surprisingly, sleepless nights were a way of life. It was Matteo’s quest for more restorative sleep that led him to quit his previous life and launch Eight Sleep, a New York company dedicated to fueling human potential to optimal sleep, and to turning the bed into a seamless health platform for improved health, performance, and longevity. The path he took to becoming the CEO of Eight Sleep, however, is as circuitous as the tracks he raced in his youth.

His journey to founding Eight Sleep 2:07
Can we cheat the typical 8 hours of sleep? 5:56
How they determine temperature for sleep 9:27
How will sleep devices change? 14:13
Sleep deprivation and getting more sleep 17:53
Sleep fitness 21:30
Where will new technologies lead us in sleep? 23:39
Hyperbaric sleep chambers 26:46

“We don’t think of sleep like a lazy moment, or like a lazy Sunday in bed, we think of that moment exactly like with the same attitude that you have to go to the gym. You need to invest the 6, 7, 8 hours every single day to be sleep fit.” 22:13

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Today we will be talking all about Reishi Mushroom, its origins, health benefits, what need states to use it for, and what things to look for when trying to find high quality material. We’ll also talk about why I think Reishi is one of the best nutritional sources on the planet and why you should take it each day. There have been studies that found Reishi can boost the immune system response, which helps cancer patients who deal with a weakened immune system. Researchers have found that prostate issues are significantly reduced when men use Reishi extract, and then they’ve also discovered that plaque buildup in the heart is greatly reduced and it can also regulate and improve the microbiome.

Where it comes from 1:00
How it’s obtained 3:19
Health benefits 4:57
Cognitive function 9:14
Fibromyalgia 11:31
Inhibiting the ability of tumors to migrate 16:06
Prostate health 17:25
Heart health 18:26

“When you look at the scientific literature and the health benefits of Reishi Mushroom, the first category that we’ll talk about is immune health. There’s been a lot of research on the ability of Reishi Mushroom to stimulate and support health of the immune system.” 6:04

Founder Sarah McDevitt, sought out to create Core after realizing the amount of anxiety she’s never experienced before after playing basketball in college and starting her career with Microsoft. She found personal relief in meditation, but discovered it was challenging to make it a regular long term habit and wanted to better understand the science behind it. We talk about the benefits and science of meditation and how your mental health can be in a better state when you regularly exercise the “meditation muscle.” We discuss the Core device and what it can do, syncing up with your rhythm and why it’s useful in meditation.

How Sarah got into meditation 1:11
Some of the science behind meditation 7:33
Cortisol 15:35
How meditation has been branded in society 16:39
Some of the things she felt she could improve 20:38
How the device works 24:22
Quantitation/results 30:00
How mental training is analogous to physical fitness 34:18
Where meditation lies with western research 36:59

“One thing that’s cool is just about being able to see the change in a session, over the course of the session is you can see which types of exercises help you calm down the most, for example there are some breathing techniques that are really intended to calm you down quickly and you can practice those so they calm you down faster each time.” 26:37

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As a licensed clinical psychologist with advanced degrees in psychology, education, and nutrition, Dr. Nicole Beurkens is a leading holistic child psychologist. She has dedicated her 25 year career to providing parents with researched based strategies that get to the root of children’s attention, anxiety, mood, and behavior challenges so they can reach their highest potential. She runs a multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment clinic and is a best selling author, published researcher, award winning therapist, media expert, and experienced mother of 4. We talk about how kids and teens have been affected by the pandemic and what state their mental health is in with everything that has happened recently, and then how we address this issue and the solutions we ought to use.

Covid-19 and mental health relating to children 1:19
Mental health and adolescents 7:19
The effects of social media and pornography 12:05
Having open conversations with children 23:31
Eating together is often healthier 27:40
Nutrients for mental health 31:22

“We’ve gotta be able to not take their reactions at face value and not take them personally. That’s such an issue I see parents fall into, whether it’s toddlers or teens, with so many things that come up is when we let our own emotions get involved and when our kid says something mean to us, “I don’t wanna talk to you!” or “Get away from me!” or whatever, we take it really personally and in fact it’s not personal. Their response has to do with what’s going on with them at the time.” 24:28

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Dr. Drew Ramsey is a psychiatrist, author, and mental health advocate. His work focuses on nutritional psychiatry, male mental health, and optimizing mental fitness. He founded and leads The Brain Food Clinic, which offers consultation and integrative treatment regarding depression, anxiety, and emotional wellness concerns. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of physicians and surgeons and inactive clinical practice based in New York City and Jackson Wyoming. His work has been featured by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Lancet Psychiatry, the Today Show, BBC, and NPR, and he has given 3 TEDx talks. He is the co-author of the Antidepressant Food Scale and his E-courses on nutritional psychiatry education for the public and clinicians. His award winning books, Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety, Eat Complete, 50 Shades of Kale, and The Happiness Diet explore the connections between mental health and nutrition. He is on the advisory board at Men’s Health and on the editorial board at Medscape Psychiatry.

Why people are hesitant to share their mental health 2:33
Most people struggle with mental health 13:49
The world of nutritional psychiatry 16:29
Some nutrients that are key to improving brain health 21:05
Foods for mental health 24:39

“The overall idea I think is we’re trying to fight inflammation, we’ve had links to the inflammation clearly in the brain to things like depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, and cognitive fog, and we’re trying to enhance neuroplastic processes. How does your brain repair and heal? So those molecules you mentioned are kind of one set of molecules that we know are really good at healing the brain and keeping the brain fit, and keeping the brain growing. But there are a lot of other molecules in the brain that do that as well.” 26:21

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Today we’re going to talk about a new technology and innovation in the collagen field that can help our skin look radiant and glowing above and beyond the current collagen science. Collagen is all the rage right now. Whenever you go to any store or big box store, or otherwise, you see collagen products. It’s a fast growing industry and the market size is $8.67 billion right now with a compound annual growth rate to CAGR of 9%. Collagen is hard to accumulate when taking supplements by mouth. You have to take a lot in order to experience any benefits, but through our research we have discovered that there are small plant molecules that can improve how the body takes in collagen.

Skin health 1:15
The importance of collagen 3:37
The collagen we ingest 6:20
Increasing collagen production 9:52
Scurvy 11:49
Heat treated probiotics 15:40
Turmeric/curcumin 16:37

“After screening hundreds of different molecules, it was discovered that there are small molecules from plants that can do these 3 things. They can increase collagen production, number 1, they can, number 2, decrease collagen breakdown, and number 3, they can increase the rate at which collagen building blocks are shuttled and absorbed into the skin.” 9:25

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A Virginia native and Army veteran, Chase is a Virginia Commonwealth University alum, graduating from their Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science undergraduate program in 2013. Having completed his MS in Health Promotion from American University in Washington, DC he also holds the following credentials: ACE Certified Health Coach and TRX Certified Suspension Trainer. Living a life of wellness has always been a part of him - since growing up eating fresh food from his grandparents' garden, playing baseball throughout school and enjoying time in the mountains surrounding his family's southwest VA home. After six years of active duty, Chase was medically discharged from the military due a string of injuries that ultimately required him to have bilateral reconstructive hip surgeries. After learning how to walk again, twice, exercise as medicine and healthy lifestyle modifications became his passion.


His health journey 1:45
Some tools he learned to use 6:21
Advice on finding that “Why” in your health and wellness 17:32
Plant medicine in health and wellness 24:00
Most effective bioactive compounds for Chase 29:49
Managing mental health disorders such as PTSD 39:51

“If you stop always trying to chase somebody else’s ‘Why’ or somebody else’s ‘Shoulds’ and just spend even just a few moments thinking about what you want to do, and then why you want to do it, there’s your recipe for success. And I would have the best adherence rates with clients who we would go down that kind of rabbit hole together versus somebody that just kept coming back to me for, ‘What’s the next program, what’s the next this, the next that?’” 20:35

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@chase_chewning
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CBD and other cannabinoids are really hot right now and according to Google health trends, mentions and prominence of CBD are up 2500% in the past 5 years. It’s gone from an unknown entity, kind of a fringe sort of thing, to one of the hottest ingredients on Earth when it comes to human health. Many of us know someone who has taken it and seen great results. Cannabis cells are estimated to be 30.6 billion dollars in 2021 and to increase by 41% to 62.1 billion by 2026 with a compound annual growth rate of 15%. CBD is likely not going away and I will talk about the legal status, the basics of what CBD is, what some of the properties are, what its mechanism of action is, health benefits, legal status, safety, and some key takeaways.

The cannabis sativa plant 1:42
Cannabinoids 3:16
Health benefits 7:27
THC 12:56
Legal status 15:34
Some issues 23:22

“So there was a clinical study published in Lancet Neurology in 2015 on 214 patients and they showed a significant drop in seizures in 36% of these patients who had treatment resistant epilepsy. Sam was one of those from Berkeley, California and he was the first patient to try Epidiolex. Before, and on all sorts of anti-epileptic drugs, he was having 100 seizures a day. After one day on Epidiolex, Sam’s seizures were down to 30. 2 days, he was down to 10 seizures a day, and on day 3 he had one seizure and there were no side effects for Sam. ” 9:39

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Jeff Later is a husband to his gorgeous wife, father of 3, and one of the nation’s top fitness and nutrition experts. He has over 20 years of experience and has worked with thousands of individuals from all walks of life. Jeff is an accomplished IFBB professional bodybuilder and has won dozens of competitions. He has a true passion for fitness and for helping others find a sustainable long term solution. He and his wife founded Later Lifestyle in 2010 with the mission of helping others take their health and fitness to the next level in a healthy and sustainable way. Through their methods they have helped over 6,000 people make positive changes in their lives and create new, fit lifestyles.

Jeff’s fitness journey 1:21
Getting started on your own fitness journey 6:33
Working with macros 10:35
Cleanses 16:23
Losing weight and bulking 23:20
Intermittent fasting 30:06
Helping people find their why 37:52
What it means to be fit 44:16

“If our food choices are, for the most part if we’re getting nutrient dense foods in the majority of our intake, then the gut microbiome should be where it’s supposed to be. I mean I think a lot of times people will have a poor dietary intake, and then they’ll take a probiotic and they think they’re good. Obviously probiotics can certainly help and I’m all for them, but if your base and what you’re eating is terrible, a probiotic probably isn’t gonna do much for you.” 18:20

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