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Welcome back to the Doc May Diet Podcast! This episode of the podcast is all about inflammation. You’ve heard me mention inflammation and how important inflammation is multiple times by now. The first thing to point out when it comes to the topic of inflammation is that not all inflammation is bad. Inflammation is a necessary process of the body and without it, we would never be able to heal. However, there are two types of inflammation.

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Ok, guys thanks for listening, this is a really important podcast, and I hope you got some value out of It!

This week’s topic is something I’ve touched upon before in previous podcasts as it’s come up multiple times; in particular with regards to fat loss and stress reduction. But, sleep goes way beyond that in terms of how paramount proper sleep is to optimal health. And since 45% of the country is still chronically sleep deprived, it’s an even more relevant topic of conversation.

Today’s podcast we’re going to be talking about the top 5 reasons sleep is so important. But before we get into those reasons, let’s discuss why we sleep to begin with.

The question of why we sleep has been something scientists have pondered for centuries. There are a very small number of things that we cannot live without. Oxygen, food, water, and then there is sleep. That’s a small list, so sleep must be pretty important. If you forcibly keep an animal awake for a long enough time, it will die.

To be honest, we still don’t know the exact reasons why we sleep, because from an evolutionary perspective it makes absolutely zero sense. You’re way more likely to be killed or robbed while you’re asleep, so it creates a huge disadvantage to have to sleep. All we have at this point are a number of theories, and they’re all true to some degree but there isn’t really just one definitive answer on how sleep came to be wired into our systems.

One of the earliest theories of sleep was just that we fell asleep after we had eaten and taken care of all our duties and there was just nothing else to do. Another was that it was to conserve energy because the food was scarce and if we were awake too long we’d run out of food. Obviously, those theories aren’t very popular now and we’ve moved on to better theories backed by science.

The restorative theory of sleep posits that sleep serves to “restore” what is lost in the body while we are awake. A lot of the restorative functions like muscle growth, tissue repair, protein synthesis, and growth hormone release occur mostly or sometimes exclusively while we’re asleep. In addition to that, while we’re awake the brain builds up what’s known as adenosine, which is a by-product of brain cell activity. When we have a big buildup of adenosine, that leads to us feeling tired. Side note, caffeine consumption counter-acts the tired-inducing feeling of adenosine and keeps us alert. But, the only time we can clear this adenosine from our system is when we sleep.

So, we still don’t have a definitive answer as to WHY we sleep but at this point it’s an unanswerable question. We’re never going to be able to answer exactly why, but we know what happens when we don’t sleep and from that we can easily see why it’s so important that we do. So, after discussing some of those theories, let’s get into the top 5 science-based reasons of why sleep is so important.

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Welcome back to the Doc May Diet Podcast. This is Episode 14 featuring Sean Lowery. This episode has been archived due to a technical error, where we lost the footage from Sean's angle.

Nonetheless, we covered a great amount of information in this episode as we spoke on topics such as mindset, diet, stress, etc.

I think you guys will get a lot of value from this one and I hope you enjoy!

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1:53-7:18 mindset

7:18-13:28 stress

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27:22-34:59 diet

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In this week's podcast, we talk about the top 5 reasons that meditation is beneficial for your mind and body. This podcast is a tangent to last week's episode, "How Stress Impacts Your Body." Be sure to drop a like and comment and I will see you all next week!

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The purpose of this podcast is to illustrate how important the role

of stress is in our day-to-day lives and our health. The truth of the matter is, stress and stressful

periods of our lives will bring to the surface any underlying issues we have. Many of us can have

underlying health issues that are basically lying dormant, and when we’re under periods of

great stress, our body can no longer adapt and that health issue, whatever it may be, is now

allowed to rise to the surface like a volcano.

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death in this country such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney failure, all have stress as

the common denominator.

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Top 5 Reasons the Microbiome is so Important

So, you may have heard this before, but what exactly are we talking about when we hear people mention “the microbiome?” The microbiome, which is also referred to commonly just as the “gut,” consists of trillions of microorganisms that live throughout our small and large intestines. In fact, there are more of these microorganisms than there are of our own cells, so technically speaking, we are more bacteria than human! These microorganisms, or microbes, consist of different bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses. Now normally, all these different populations of microbes, or bugs, live peacefully inside of the microbiome. (Insert clip of something harmonious, like the scene from bug’s life where they’re all lined up making contributions to the harvest)

Everyone walking the planet has a microbiome that is unique to them. A lot of it is determined at birth, and then a good portion of it is altered and changed depending on a person's diet and lifestyle. We all have good bugs, and we all have bad bugs that are either symbiotic or pathogenic. Usually, the good bugs and the bad bugs coexist without issues in a delicate balance. However, when that balance is destroyed, either due to illness, poor diet, or overuse of antibiotics, stress, poor sleep, the gut is now in dysbiosis, and we are more susceptible to disease.

So, let’s get in to the top 5 reasons that the microbiome aka the gut is so important to our health

Helps control our immune system. Without these microbes that we start getting the moment we are born; adaptive immunity would not exist. When we’re born and we pass through the birthing canal, we’re immediately exposed to beneficial bacteria that help develop our immune system. We continue to receive beneficial bacteria when we’re fed breastmilk. That’s why the health and diet of pregnant and breast-feeding mother’s is so important because that determines the set point of that child’s gut health and immune system.

Now obviously a lot is determined as well by the environment as we grow up, but this all sets the foundation. That’s why it’s important to be exposed to number of different microbes at a young age, that way we can developed a quicker and more effective response to disease causing organisms. So, in summary a large part of our immune system lives in our gut and that’s why we need to treat it properly.

Helps control brain health. Researchers have demonstrated links between the gut microbiome and psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety. This is because gut bacteria produce large amounts of neurotransmitters like serotonin and interact in the neural pathways that are involved in anxiety and depression and help form the gut-brain axis.

For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, the carnivore diet consists of strictly eating animal products and nothing else. That means beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, eggs, deer, elk, and some dairy. The basic idea is that animal products contain all the essential nutrients in terms of fats and proteins that we as humans need to be healthy.

IF you are going to try it, make sure you heavily supplement to fill in the gaps and try to eat nose to tail. Overall, I don’t think the diet is as crazy as most people think, it can be done correctly and safely but it requires a ton of willpower and discipline.

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Hello everyone, welcome back to episode 9 of the docmaydiet podcast. Last week we talked about the top 5 things you need to watch out for when choosing a chiropractor and in this week’s podcast we’ll be going over the top 5 reasons as to why I believe chiropractic is great. Obviously, I am biased due to the fact that I’m a chiropractor but I wanted to point out the fact that just last week I did a podcast bashing chiropractors so I am not blind in my bias. Ok without further ado here are the top reasons to see a chiropractor.

Hello everyone, welcome back to episode 9 of the docmaydiet podcast. Last week we talked about the top 5 things you need to watch out for when choosing a chiropractor and in this week’s podcast we’ll be going over the top 5 reasons as to why I believe chiropractic is great. Obviously, I am biased due to the fact that I’m a chiropractor but I wanted to point out the fact that just last week I did a podcast bashing chiropractors so I am not blind in my bias. Ok without further ado here are the top reasons to see a chiropractor.

Are you skeptical about chiropractic doctors? If so, you're in the right place. My name is Dr. Brian May, and I have been a chiropractor for the past 5 years. During my tenure, I have seen both the good and bad sides of different chiropractors. In this podcast, I talk about 5 things to look out for when choosing a chiropractor.