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Jeremy Hendon and I share many of the same passions and interests, specifically those in the area of nutrition and human performance. Although everyone understands the “common sense” aspects of health (eat more vegetables, move more, drink water, etc.), there are some massive gaps in our health (sick) care system.

One of these “gaps” that we discuss is stress. Typically, we view stress as a purely psychological state. However, our entire biochemistry distorts when stressors are present. Stressors can include toxins, poor food choices, thoughts, traumas, and electromagnetic fields. But one stress that is less commonly discussed is our need for a community. Historically, humans lived in tribes. But with the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and now the technological revolution, this changed. Although we may be constantly tweeting/snapchatting/instagramming, we are more alienated than ever. This is a massive source of stress.

Another “gap” is the biomarkers that mainstream medicine is looking to for measures of health and/or disease. Unfortunately, most doctors are still running the wrong tests and looking at the wrong data to access a person’s physical well-being. The true biomarkers of health can be obtained through functional lab tests, but these are being run by only a select group of practitioners, and are rarely financially covered by insurance companies. True biomarkers of health give a more accurate assessment of health, and can be used to prevent disease all together. This is why both Jeremy and I are so passionate about sharing this information, as it could the lives of hundreds, nay thousands of people. 

In this episode…

• Stress is more than a psychological.
• Food, toxins, heavy metals, electromagnetic fields are all stressors to the body.
• The Primal Connection Book and the hectic pace of high-tech, modern life.
• How our individualized society is a massive source of stress on the body.
• Constant “doing” makes it difficult to wind down, leading to burnout.
• Importance of having a sense of community for our psychological and physical well-being.
• Stress Management Techniques, including meditation.
• Lab testing for food sensitivities and nutrient deficiencies
• CardioMetabolic Test, the most accurate test to evaluate heart health.
• Mainstream medicine and insurance companies are NOT running or paying for the right lab tests. (Get the RIGHT tests here.)
• The best solution for changing the state of health in our nation.
• Doing isn’t necessarily growing.
• Common sense is not always common practice.
• Pain should never be the factor determining if you’re healthy (and what the true biomarkers are).
• Investing money, time, and energy into our health can save us thousands of dollars and add years to our lives in the future.

To find out more about what Jeremy is up to:
http://jeremyhendon.com
http://paleomagazine.com

Food is an investment in your health and your future. Alon Ozery’s philosophy of using quality ingredients and crafting them with heart has allowed him to grow his business idea into a successful corporation, while delivering good quality and good tasting food to people across the continent.

In this episode, I talk with Alon Ozery, owner of Ozery Bakery. With heaps of passion and heart, Ozery has taken an idea and turned it into a household name. You may have purchased a few of his products from Whole Foods, Trader Joes or Costco.  We personally love his Organic Morning Rounds…mm!!

In a traditional rags to riches type of story, Alon was the first entrepreneur in his family. With a clever business plan that he wrote while attending Ryerson University in Toronto, he approached his father with his idea to start a bakery selling. His father gave Alon his life savings and together they approached a bank for a loan to open a bakery. Alon opened his first business Ozery Bakery, which was a brand new business venture that he had little to no experience in.

He respected his heritage, and westernized pita breads with good quality ingredients, making and selling fresh sandwiches. Keeping family traditions and values at the core of their mission they grew to sell to breads to local natural health food stores. What started as a small (but profitable) business transformed into a 5,000 square foot commercial bakery with approximately 200 employees.

Part of their philosophy at Ozery Bakery is to imagine and come up with new products that are interesting, taste good, and are good for you. Sensitive to many foods himself, Ozery avoids the use of common toxic chemicals found in many baked breads in commercial grocery stores. This is why their products contain natural and organic ingredients.

But like every entrepreneur, there was a massive learning curve. Paving the way to open the bakery, open the commercial shop, and learn to bake commercially, Alon had to be on the ground and learn each and every aspect of his company. As every truly successful entrepreneur will tell you, you have to put your time in to understand all the processes of the company. “If you don’t do it, you won’t get it, “ says Ozery. The pattern he has seen in entrepreneurs is this: those who want to know it all, who don’t shy away from the hard work, those are the ones that will succeed.

It’s not all sunshine and rainbows though. Some entrepreneurs like to put their best foot forward and aren’t honest about the struggles that they endured along the way. Not Alon! He talks about failure as a healthy part of the process. “You can’t succeed all the time and stay humble” he says. Alon is real and raw in this interview, talking about how 30% of the time, there is failure. But through the failure, he asks questions, learns from it, and pushes his company to a higher level. Fear of failure drives him, which is a common theme amongst entrepreneurs.

Another topic we inevitably dive into is the topic of food. His choice to found Ozery Bakery on the values of quality food was due to his personal food sensitivities and health struggles. Dr. Zyrowski elaborates on the difference between food allergies and food sensitivities, and how to distinguish if your body is reacting negatively to a certain food. Even healthy foods can be unhealthy for a specific person who has a sensitivity.

Alon Ozery and I discuss:

• How he took an idea and transformed it into a large corporation
• Pioneering a new project
• Being motivated by fear and passion
• Personality patterns of successful entrepreneurs
• Food as an investment in your health

Brendan Riding’s passion is to teach people how to easily reverse chronic pain and correct their posture using simple biomechanics and exercise. Through is passion, he invented a back support device called Posture PT. This back support can be attached to any chair (office, home, or car), helping to maintain proper spinal posture, and therefore maximize overall function of the body.

Brendan has a wildly high success rate when working with potential surgery candidates. In fact, he’s helps 19 out of every 20 people avoid surgery through the lifestyle changes he recommends, including posture, dietary changes, exercises, stretches, and meditation. He makes a really important point: it’s not inevitable that you will age and deteriorate, needing medications and/or surgery. Surgery makes a lot of money. Proactive measures do not. So answers go in that direction.

Through talking with Brendan, I found out that poor posture (sitting in particular) has a stronger correlation to lowered life expectancy than smoking!

I’ve written about proper posture while using technology before, but this new information is staggering.

During our interview, he dives in to just how detrimental our sedentary lifestyle is to our health as a whole, causing hormone irregularities and structural aches and pains, all while aging us prematurely.

Ridings uses a great analogy about a car and how we must fundamentally fix the alignment of our body so we don’t wear down.

In addition to the lack of motion in our lives, our diets also play a significant role in aging our bodies by increasing inflammation and therefore the risk of illnesses like diabetes, cancer and heart disease. These “big killers” are rampant in our society, making the simple strategies that Brendan suggests in this podcast almost brainless.

Furthermore, he utilizes a meditation technique called Shambhavi Meditation, which he claims activates 20% of your brain, as opposed to the average 10%. Meditation, along with exercise, is one of the actions that stimulates the “feel good” neurochemical dopamine, while opening the receptors it acts upon. Besides being naturally more joyful, it helps those practicing this meditation to be less reactive to situations around them. This is a important, because keeping emotions in check allow you to make appropriate (business) decisions.

In this episode, Brendan and I discuss:

• How our food choices affect our bodies and our brains
• Three simple steps to shopping for and choosing better foods
• Food sensitivities and how to identify them through lab testing
• Why sitting has more of an affect on our mortality than smoking
• How sitting changes our biomechanics, hormones, breathing, and more
• The ultimate secrets to aging gracefully
• The appropriate way to sit at your desk and support proper structure: 5 Ways to Protect Your Spine at Your Desk
• Brendan’s Posture Support Tool, PosturePT: confidentposture.com
• Brendan’s new podcast: preventativepodcast.com
• Book: The Obstacle is the Way, by Ryan Holiday
• Text Neck: Your Phone is Destroying Your Posture
• Daily Posture Exercises
• Shambhavi Meditation, the 21 minute meditation that activates 20% of the b

Cold therapy, icing, cold exposure, cold thermogenesis, cold dieting, and cold stress are just a few of the terms used to describe this health strategy. Eric Grove, creator of the ice vest company Cool Fat Burner, joins the show to share why cold thermogenesis works and just how it affects the body at a hormonal and cellular level. He explains how it is beneficial for athletes and muscle recovery, weight loss (boosting your metabolism to over 300%), balancing your insulin and glucose levels, getting in the moment, better rest and relaxation, and increasing your brown fat (AKA good fat). We discuss the ground-breaking anti-aging and cancer research surrounding the topic of controlled cold exposure. Finally, we give you step-by-step ways on how to begin to become cold adapted, from beginner to advanced state. This is a strategy Dr. Nick Zyrowski been practicing on and off for over 15 years, and it’s one that he’s recently began incorporating into his daily life, thanks to these ice vests. 

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Want the most power-packed foods in your diet to skyrocket your brain function, health and performance? Then you need to fuel your body with superfoods to become superhuman. Superfoods are the most nutrient-dense in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and probiotics. Learn what they are and how to get the most bang for your buck during your meals. We include practical uses for each of the 20 superfoods discussed, along with how they transform your body.

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HIIT for fat loss, hacking your brain, how to sleep smarter, prepping a week of meals in under 60 minutes, entrepreneurial success tips, igniting your passion, strategies for de-stressing, smart drugs, bulletproof coffee, expectation hangovers, changing your habits, raising healthy kids, all day energy, and so much more! That's what we cover in this episode of Excel Radio podcast.

With over 50,000 downloads, it's easy to see why this podcast has become one of the fastest growing health podcasts on iTunes and Stitcher. Are you new to Excel Radio? This would be the perfect episode to clue you in on what our top episodes were, and help you identify which episodes will be the most interesting to you.

Things are changing so quickly in our world. If you don’t change and adapt, you’ll fall behind. It’s absolutely essential (both personally and professionally) to use innovative thinking and create implementable strategies to make your goals a reality.  This is why I want you to meet Mitch Matthews.  Mitch is a success coach, keynote speaker, the best-selling author of Ignite, and the host of the wildly successful podcast Dream. Think. Do. Mitch works with individuals, teams, and organizations, helping them to redirect their thinking and therefore maximize their creativity and progress.  In this episode, we discuss how to ask yourself better questions, giving yourself permission to dream, retraining your brain, promoting a spirit of hopefulness, and crushing worry and stress. 

Listen to Mitch Matthew’s Podcast: Dream. Think. Do.

Get Mitch’s book Ignite: http://mitchmatthews.com

Mitch mentions the app Evernote for note taking

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We are living in a high-stress world. We expect ourselves to be superhuman and rarely give ourselves time to relax and feel safe in our own bodies. Our hormones and nervous system are turned on high, affecting our health and gene expression. That’s why positive psychology and wellness coach, Kayleigh Pleas, makes it her mission to help busy, stressed out individuals in both private, group, and corporate settings. In this episode, Kayleigh discusses how stress affects our health, sleep and mental status. She’s reviews practical tips to gain mindfulness, de-stress, and find peace and happiness in a demanding society.

Apps that Kayleigh mentions:

Buddhify

Stop Breathe Think

Insight Timer

Other practices Kayleigh suggests:

Regular Massages

Embodied Movement Practice (Yoga, Ti-Chi, etc.)

Gratitude Journal (like the 5 Minute Journal)

Listening to guided meditation

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Meet MMA Hall of Famer, Adam Singer. Adam and his brother Rory, or the “Singer Brothers” as they are collectively known throughout the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) community, have been training together for a quarter century. Adam, coach of the most famous MMA Fighter Forrest Griffin, has been voted Coach of the Year three times. Adam's reputation as one the top coaches in the United States has contributed to The Hardcore Gym’s enormous success. In this episode, he discussed what it takes to be the best, in both the fighting world and business world.

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Checkout the Critics Choice Gym of the Year: The Hardcore Gym

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