GuerrillaZen Podcast

Ben Brown has a coaching business that helps highly driven men improve their energy and body composition and help them create a balance between work and home life. Ben is also the owner of Complete Essentials, an essential amino acid product which was born out of his own health issues. Ben talks to your host Blake Bowman about the connection between nutrition, lifestyle, and symptoms.

Episode Highlights:

• How Ben discovered what could heal his gastrointestinal inflammation naturally.
• The primary area of Ben's business is nutrition coaching.
• H. Pilori is the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers and a high percentage of people have it.
• The lining of the gut can be deteriorated through stress, food quality, and more.
• The process Ben goes through to help people define their optimal diet.
• The most impactful thing coaches can do is to help people be more in tune with their body.
• Why eating ancestrally makes a lot of sense and is a good jumping off point.
• Eating seasonally and locally is another great way to start.
• Why certain diets give your gut time to regenerate and repair.
• There's no one right way to eat, we have to understand biochemical individuality.
• If you're serious about taking control of your health then you'll have to consider big life changes.
• How to use things like hydrochloric acid effectively without becoming dependant on them.
• If you're just starting out, you need digestive support.
• The natural things people can do to improve their digestive enzymes:
• • Slow down and chew your food.
  • Drink a lot of water, but not while you're eating.
• There's a reason our stomach is such an acidic environment and it should be that way.
• Ben's thoughts on digestive bitters and bitter herbs.
• The role of ox bile in your health after having your gall bladder removed.
• About Ben's product Complete Essentials and why it's an all-in-one workout product.
• The body can function without carbohydrates but it cannot function for any period of time without essential amino acids.
• The best course of action is to be getting enough protein in throughout the day through real food.
• Many supplements are in pill form, but that's not very conducive to workouts.
• When you take the Complete Essentials powder it's instantly absorbed into the bloodstream.
• With essential amino acids, even people who have compromised digestion can benefit.
• Why it's easier to gain fat as you get older.
• Essential amino acids provide mineral support without any caffeine or artificial sweeteners.

3 Key Points:

1. Gut health and optimal digestion should be the primary focus when there is poor health.
2. Eating ancestrally, seasonally, and locally can be the best way to start figuring out what diet works best with your body.
3. Alkaline water is harmful to your production of hydrochloric acid, if you're drinking it you need to stop.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "You aren't what you eat, you are what you digest and assimilate." -Blake
• "Most of the general population has compromised gut integrity." -Ben
• "You have to go through trial and error to figure out what works best for you." -Ben
• "Everything we do on a daily basis lends itself to screwing up our digestion." -Ben
• "There's a reason our stomach is such an acidic environment and it should be that way." -Ben
• "The body can function without carbohydrates but it cannot function for any period of time without essential amino acids." -Ben

Resources Mentioned:

• GuerrillaZen.com
• Get Complete Essentials at BSLNutritionshop.com

Victor Pierentoni owner of Zen Stoic Mastery helps people create mental wellness and vitality in their personal and professional life. Victor has worked in the personal development industry for the last several years and has coached thousands of people. Victor talks with your host Blake Bowman about stoicism and Zen philosophy.

Episode Highlights:

• How Victor defines Zen Stoicism.
• How Victor defines Zen by itself and Stoicism by itself.
• Victor began studying the Stoics by reading The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
• Stoicism was giving Victor's clients better and more dramatic results.
• The type of coaching that Victor provides to his clients - mostly psychology and some strategy.
• The benefits of practicing the Zen Stoic program and what happens if you don't.
• The opposite of stoicism is acting on impulse only.
• A lot of great leaders think of things logically instead of emotionally.
• Remember that nothing is personal.
• You can't control what's happening in the world around you, you can control how you respond.
• Stoicism is not just living in the moment it's the acknowledgment of a potential future.
• How stress eating is a coping mechanism for some kind of pain.
• What are the tangible benefits of stoicism:
• • A better sense of inner peace.
  • Voluntary discomfort allows you to handle harder things.
  • Being more considerate of others.
  • You'll be more resilient and more comfortable with unexpected or negative things.
• Extremism is blindly following a narrative for the sake of having that narrative.
• Some steps people can take toward stoicism:
• • Cold showers.
  • • Ask yourself what is a fact, and what is an opinion - you only suffer from opinions, not facts.
  • Put yourself into any other kind of voluntary discomfort.
  • Journal and reflect on your day.
• Where people can connect with Victor:
• • Zen Stoic Mastery Facebook Page
  • The Zen Stoic Podcast
  • The Zen Stoic Dojo Facebook Group

3 Key Points:

1. You have to focus on what you can control and not be controlled by your emotions.
2. Protecting yourself from your own emotions could contribute to your overall health in a radical way.
3. Challenging yourself with voluntary discomfort can push you toward stoicism.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "In order to have full health, vitality, and longevity you have to have the mindset right." -Blake
• "The Zen Stoic philosophy is better in action than in conversation" -Victor
• "It's very difficult to be healthy when you're constantly in an angry state." -Victor

Resources Mentioned:

• GuerrillaZen.com
• Book Recommendation: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
• Join The Zen Stoic Dojo on Facebook
• Listen to The Zen Stoic Podcast
• Join the Zen Stoic Mastery Facebook Group

Dr. Lisa Fortin currently practices at a regenerative medicine clinic. She has a biotechnology degree for her undergrad where she learned about how cells functioned, she learned about more advanced technologies and medicine. Dr. Fortin went to Harvard and served as Chief of Radiology at a local hospital.

Episode Highlights:

• What regenerative medicine is and why it's important to your cellular health.
• • Regenerative medicine concentrates the healing efforts of the body and amplifies them.
• The most popular types of regenerative medicine and how it could benefit you.
• What stem cells actually are, where they come from, and how they work.
• Who benefits from regenerative medicine and stem cell treatments.
• A more affordable technique Dr. Fortin offers as an alternative for stem cell treatment.
• Dr. Fortin's take on prolotherapy and comparable treatments she offers.
• What cellular health is, what it means, and how it relates to aging, health, and longevity.
• Why you should pay attention to your cellular health.
• You don't need to know everything about cellular health, you just need to find someone who does.
• Chronic inflammation underlies a lot of diseases.
• When inflammation disrupts the inside of the blood cell it leads to coronary artery disease.
• What the mitochondria do and what improves mitochondrial function.
• What Dr. Fortin thinks about people who try to exist on light only and not food.
• It's easier to set and follow your circadian rhythm in the summer.
• Some things you can do to boost mitochondrial function.
• Our membranes are very fluid and trans fats make them more rigid.
• Sleep is an important part of your life and health.
• The difference between the chronological age and the biological age.

3 Key Points:

1. Stem cells are important to regenerative medicine and do not come from ethically questionable sources.
2. Cells are the building blocks of life and protecting them can expand our health.
3. Mitochondria are the energy currency of the cell.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "Aging begins on the inside, on the cellular level, so it's important to look at your cellular health." -Dr. Fortin
• "You can't use bandaid techniques on disease, you need a solution." -Dr. Fortin
• "Mitochondria get their energy from food or the sun, you need to mind your light exposure." -Dr. Fortin

Resources Mentioned:

• GuerrillaZen.com
• Visit Dr. Fortin at ReYouVenate

Dr. Nasha Winters is a naturopathic doctor with a FABNO and a doctorate in oriental medicine and acupuncture. Dr. Winters studied ayurvedic medicine for 13 years and is a life learner who loves everything integrative medicine, natural wellness, epigenetics, and the esoteric aspects of healing that you can't explain with science. Dr. Winters talks to your host Blake Bowman about managing chronic illness and cancer by understanding and improving your "terrain" and the role your mitochondria play in keeping you healthy.

Episode Highlights:

• Dr. Winters talks about her cancer diagnosis at a young age that led her on her natural wellness journey.
• Dr. Winter's made the shifts from clinical practice to consulting to direct patient care.
• An overview of cancer and other chronic illness statistics.
• Dr. Winters looks at cancer more like a chronic illness that can be managed and less like a death sentence.
• Dr. Winters explains what she means by "terrain" and "optimal terrain" to mitigate risks when it comes to cancer.
• The ten major life events that impact your terrain:
• • Your epigenetics - your blueprint with dynamic expression.
  • Your glycemic status
  • Your microbiome
  • Your immune system
  • Angiogenesis and blood circulation
  • Hormone balance
  • Stress
  • Circadian rhythm
  • Emotional Response
  • Toxin exposure
• We've gotten comfortable with our bodies functioning at sub-par levels.
• Health is not the absence of disease, it's vitality and protection that makes you resilient.
• How to avoid aging and embody the fountain of youth.
• The testing that's possible to understand how your choices are affecting your biological expressions.
• How mitochondrial dysfunction is linked to every chronic illness.
• What Apoptosis is and what it means to our cells.
• Top five mitochondrial hacks:
• • Find a way to intermittent fast and fast for 3-5 days.
  • HIIT Training/Exercise.
  • Get your eyes exposed to sunlight at the beginning and end of the day and avoid blue light exposure.
  • Get outdoors and get into nature.
  • Get in sync with your thoughts.

3 Key Points:

1. One in two men and one in 2.4 women will have cancer at some point and 1,600 people die each day of cancer - these rates are expected to increase.
2. We don't have control over our genetics, but we do have control over our terrain and how friendly it is toward cancer.
3. Mitochondrial dysfunction is linked to every chronic illness.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "We're not doing enough to help prevent cancer or to help people who've had it from getting it again." -Dr. Winters
• "There's no way someone can be healthy and have cancer, that's how I created the concept of the terrain." -Dr. Winters
• "The only cure for cancer is prevention." -Dr. Winters
• "The number one symptom of mitochondrial dysfunction is fatigue." -Dr. Winters
• "A lot of things we take over the counter are extremely detrimental to our mitochondrial health." -Dr. Winters

Resources Mentioned:

• GuerrillaZen.com
• Dr. Winters book: The Metabolic Approach to Cancer
• Connect with Dr. Winters and get resources at drnasha.com

Adam Haritan, owner of Learn Your Land takes people into the forest to teach them about plants and mushrooms and trees. Learn Your Land educates people about water, movement, diet, and nutrition and more. Adam also does indoor programs and online classes and events. Adam talks to your host Blake Bowman about what to look for when foraging for mushrooms, mushroom supplements, and learning more about your environment.

Bryan Hardy, an integrated health coach who does a mix of coaching, product development and sales, and content creation on his own podcast joins your host Blake Bowman to talk about the Keto diet and liver detoxification and health.

Chris Storey of Primal Alchemy UK joins your host Blake Bowman to talk about marrying your physical and spiritual sides. Find out how Chris built his brand and learn some practical ways to bio-hack and achieve deep meditative states.

Dr. Perry Nickelston of Stop Chasing Pain joins your host Blake Bowman to talk about the lymphatic system of the body. Dr. Nicholson knows that there is much more to pain than just treating the symptoms. He's on a never-ending quest to discover why people are not as healthy as they could be.

How much do you know about red light therapy? Scott Nelson, co-founder of Juve, one of the first companies to manufacture full-body red light therapy devices talks about how it affects the body in a profound way. Learn about the robust amount of peer-reviewed literature about red-light therapy and how our bodies can benefit from this new treatment.

Sam Visnic and I talk about the experience of pain. Defining pain as the inflammation of our body's tissues, pain has a tremendous effect on our life. Pain and stress are unavoidably intertwined, and today, we talk about how we can rid our bodies of both stress and pain.