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In this episode I have Dr. Scott Watier and Tommy Welling from Fasting for Life to discuss the topic of intermittent fasting. Most people aren’t sure how best to approach fasting, such as how long, what to eat when practicing, or the benefits that it provides. We learn that when you’re eating just one meal a day, you typically only eat enough calories to make up for 12-14 hours of the day that you missed, so overall you will experience a deficit in caloric intake. A common fear people have about fasting is they think they will binge eat after a long fasting period, such as 24 hours, and it will undo the time they went without food, but in reality it’s really hard to actually eat enough in one sitting to gain back what you lost. Most people try fasting to lose weight, but there are many other benefits people don’t realize they will receive that we learn and discuss here in this episode.

What is intermittent fasting? 2:51
Different types of intermittent fasting 7:01
Breaking the fast 9:31
Does it encourage binge eating? 13:05
The benefits of extending your fasting window 18:13
When breaking a fast/what to eat 21:38
How long should you do this? 28:13
What regiment to follow for losing weight 29:43
Final tips 33:21

“As long as your intention with fasting is right for you, right for the individual, and you have the confidence and the knowledge to know that you’re not doing anything wrong, or you’re not going to hurt your metabolism, or you’re not going to potentially increase the chance for binging, it’s really hard to undo a 24 hour fast in a 2 hour window.” 16:17

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Today I am speaking with the founder of The Natural Health Podcast who works with ambitious and high performing business individuals, who want to work with their biochemistry to achieve success and optimal health, Mihaela Raguz. We talk about the circadian rhythm and a simple trick to help maintain a good rhythm, such as going outside and taking in the sun in the morning each day. There are various factors that play into the energy a person has during the day and what we eat, when we go to bed and arise in the morning, and even how much sunlight we get are all things we discuss in this episode.

Why Mihaela has chosen to work with business professionals 1:47
A simple circadian trick 6:59
Circadian rhythm at night 8:13
What role does caffeine play in business professionals? 11:11
What we should eat 14:46
Lunch and dinner 16:36
Exercise 19:12
If you’re about to give a big presentation 30:16
What employers should do 34:31

“We’re not made to sit, us humans. We’re made to walk, or lay, and do things like that. We’re not supposed to sit for long periods of time. Essentially, I believe research came out that sitting is the new smoking. That’s how dangerous it is for us.” 20:45

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Elderberry is a hot ingredient right now, doing about a hundred million in sales, so today we’re going to be myth-busting and talking about the science behind Elderberry, seeing if it has good properties for immune health or not. There are many different beliefs about what this ingredient does for the body and today I talk about the various studies performed to find out what the actual results of this substance are. These studies have shown that those who are taking Elderberry tend to have the flu and the common cold for much less time than those who do not take it.

What is Elderberry? 1:20
How it’s traditionally used 2:22
Anthocyanin polyphenols 3:42
The science behind Elderberry 4:59
A study on the common cold 7:16
Elderberry and Covid-19 9:52
Stimulating properties 11:34

“Researchers have been looking at different nutritional supplement ingredients to see if these ingredients can help with Covid-19. Some research has been done, Elderberry has been shown not to be effective in decreasing the duration, the severity, or even after the fact for Covid-19.” 9:58

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In this episode we have Harvard trained nutritional scientist, professional chef, and nutrition specialist, Dr. Uma Naidoo to discuss nutritional psychiatry. Our mental health is greatly influenced by what we decide to put into our bodies and we discuss how it can directly be affected. There is good bacteria in your gut as well as bad bacteria and we discuss what kind of foods or nutrients the different bacteria will eat, giving them more power to dominate the other depending on your diet. Eating for better health is a slow and steady process and you won’t start feeling better right away. We talk about the various different foods and things you can eat to either improve your mental health or make it worse.

What is nutritional psychiatry? 3:00
What do good and bad bacteria eat? 8:07
What types of food should we eat for good mental health? 10:15
Psychobiotics 12:48
Frozen foods vs food that hasn’t been frozen 15:01
Organic vs inorganic foods 16:14
What foods should we not eat? 18:11
Are there different types of food for different mental issues? 19:43
Quick and easy healthy meals 23:32
Chocolate 26:48
Coffee 28:05
How can one make it affordable? 28:55

“Really eating for better mental health is a slow and steady process. So any step away from sort of what we often call the standard American diet is going to be good for our mental health and our physical health, so you can start with something super simple. Things like adding a ton of plant based vegetables and fruit to your diet.” 10:28

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Today we’re going to talk about how to choose the best supplement. The supplement industry is a 50 billion dollar industry, and it’s growing exponentially each year. Supplementation is vital for human health, but it’s really hard to choose the right supplement, so we’re going to give you 11 tips on how to choose the best supplement.

Tip 1: Choose a supplement with clinical studies 1:02
Tip 2: Patents and intellectual property 2:10
Tip 3: Certifications 3:17
Tip 4: The ingredients of supplements need to be easy to find 3:53
Tip 5: Transparency 4:51
Tip 6: Use and take supplements that have standardized ingredients in them 6:00
Tip 7: Proprietary blends 7:17
Tip 8: One exception to proprietary blends 8:31
Tip 9: FDA or FTC warning letters 9:04
Tip 10: Avoid supplements that are making crazy medical claims 9:43
Tip 11: Choose supplements made by companies with a scientific team behind it 10:52

“Now most supplements when they say they have clinical studies, really what they have is a clinical study on an ingredient that they are using in the formulation, but not on the entire product itself. And when you’re using a clinical study just on one ingredient, you’re not sure–all bets are off if the actual formulated supplement is doing what it should.” 1:21

On today’s episode I discuss the health benefits of Crossfit with Dr. Julie Foucher on the show, a board certified family physician who completed her medical school and residency training at the Cleveland Clinic. She holds a Masters in nutrition from Case Western Reserve University and has completed the integrative medicine and residency curriculum through the University of Arizona. She currently serves as a director of content for Wild Health, a genomics based personalized medicine practice, and consistently placed in the top 5 of the Crossfit Games and had 2 podium finishes.

What is Crossfit? 2:17
How Crossfit came about 6:40
How many people compete 11:33
Some of the health benefits of Crossfit 16:36
Does Crossfit help you lose weight? 22:16
Will this make you more prone to injury? 25:46
Nutrition regimen 37:22

“I think why most of us really do it is so that we can be better at life. So that we can be better at all the things we do outside the gym, whether that’s playing a sport, whether that’s playing with our grandkids, whether that’s at work, and it’s the physical demands of it, but it’s also the mental emotional demands too. It’s getting really good at doing things that are uncomfortable. Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. Facing adversity and working through it, and building your confidence. Learning how to do things that you didn’t think you were capable of doing. That transitions to every area of life.” 3:57

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Today we have on the show Dr. Jillian Stansbury, the Medical Director of Battleground Healing Arts located in Battleground Washington. She has served as a professor of botanical medicine and natural products chemistry at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland Oregon for over 30 years, and was granted the prestigious Order of the University Award for her academic achievements in 2019. We discuss the different biochemical compounds taken from plants and put into modern pharmaceutical drugs and that the whole idea is to find that compound which is just right to patent and insert into medicine. There are various herbs that can help with metabolic syndrome and we talk about what those are and how they can help you. We discuss the pros and cons of coffee and tea, coffee’s pros being that it can help you break up fats in the liver, but cons being that it has acids which can negatively affect your stomach, it can make your blood pressure go up, and it's diuretic.

The importance of bioactive compounds in medicine 1:57
50% of all pharmaceutical drugs come from natural products 6:16
The importance of heart health 7:38
Metabolic syndrome 12:55
Herbs that can help metabolic syndrome 17:12
Coffee and Tea for heart and liver health 22:17
Examples of a metabolic regimen diet 24:30

“Once you’ve lost your elasticity, there’s no known cure for that. People have heart transplants and something extreme and heroic like that, but there’s no pharmaceuticals, there’s no known remedies to reverse hardening ‘of the arteries’ or reverse heart disease once it’s full blown.” 15:22

I have with me in this episode Alex Dorr, the founder and CEO of Mushroom Revival Inc and host of The Mushroom Revival Podcast. We talk about the origin of mushrooms and Alex explains that mushroom spores are constantly around us, but are so small that we never notice them. The fear of mushrooms in society has steadily decreased over the years and we’re seeing more and more people who want to use them for health reasons including supplementation. We discuss the magic mushroom, what it is, and why people have been showing such an interest recently.

Differences between fungi and mushroom 1:52
Mushroom uses and their origin 5:31
Mycophobia shift 13:21
Why supplement with mushrooms 15:03
Cordyceps Militaris 19:24
Magic mushrooms 29:51
Where Alex sees the future of mushrooms going 33:48

“Cordyceps Militaris grows on moth larvae and it grows all around the world, and it’s bright orange. They look like Cheetos, they’re really crazy, and a lot of athletes have used them for thousands of years for supporting energy and endurance and stamina, and things of that nature.” 20:10

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I have with me today a special guest and university distinguished professor from Virginia Tech and well known expert in the field of natural products, David Kingston. We discuss the compounds found in natural products that have been used and still are used often in our world today, such as for Malaria and even the Coronavirus. There is a lot of potential still for the advancement of natural products in medicine going forward, which David and I touch on. We end the episode talking about the pandemic and how natural products are being used today to fight the virus.

David’s background 1:03
History of the compounds from natural products 5:52
The most interesting place for David to study natural products 8:42
What is the future of finding natural products for medicine? 16:34
David’s thoughts on natural products related to the pandemic 19:18

“Natural products have a built in advantage as drugs compared with flat molecules which are the sort of things that synthetic chemists can make by the hundreds, but they may not be that good as compounds, taking a lot of development to turn those into drugs. So natural products have a built in advantage, and I’m a great fan.” 18:52

Today I’m accompanied by Brittany Ford, biohacking expert and health coach, who after experiencing some seemingly incurable health issues was later able to heal herself through natural mediums, which has led her on a path to helping many others as well. Instead of focusing on one way to improve someone’s health, she looks at the whole picture through holistic health, which focuses on all aspects of a person’s health to gather information, collectively leading to the root of what is causing such health problems. Many people will disregard simple things such as sleep or bowel movement frequency, but don’t realize the impact ignoring this aspect of health is having on things they don’t think are related.

About Brittany 1:03
Her health journey 2:22
What is biohacking? 4:21
What gave her the power to change her health 10:54
Importance of gut health 15:39
Challenges of Covid-19 and biohacking 18:09

“The way that I define [biohacking] is holistic self-care for optimal health. And so when you break it down, holistic self-care, that basically means that instead of only looking at one aspect of your health, such as nutrition or fitness, we really look at you as a whole. So we look at your sleep, we look at your stress, we look at your relationships, we look at everything that makes you you, and then we say, ‘OK, where are you now, and how can we get you to a more optimal place? For optimal health.’” 4:24

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