Happy Bones, Happy Life

“All of the supplements we have, you will see a difference in 7-14 days. If you don’t, we need to adjust your dosage.”

-Steven Wright

Steven Wright is a Medical Engineer, Kalish Functional Medicine Institute Graduate, and gut health specialist.  He’s spent close to $400,000 overcoming his own health challenges using everything from western medicine to shamans.  Steven is the founder of healthygut.com and he lives in Boulder, CO with his finance Shay and their 2 dogs. In today’s talk, Steven and I delve into postbiotics and how short chain fatty acids, stomach acid, and digestive enzymes play a role in bone health. Steven explains these concepts, the research, and how you can use this information to improve your gut, bone, and overall health. Steven is a wealth of information and offers solutions to issues many of us may be suffering from.

*Links

Use code HAPPYBONES15 to save $15 + get free shipping at checkout! https://healthygut.com/shop/

For low stomach acid, get HCL Guard!    Healthygut.com/HBHCL  

Get these digestive enzymes: Holozyme Healthygut.com/HBHolozyme

Postbiotic with butyrate - Tributyrin-X    Healthygut.com/HBTX

Timestamps

[02:45] Why did Steven choose postbiotics as a career path?

[05:40] How the gut affects bone health

[11:42] What is butyrate and what does a deficiency show us?

[20:32] Who needs these supplements? Why don’t we need supplements forever?

[31:13] How long before you will see a difference? Who should avoid these?

[41:52] What is research showing about these supplements from pilot studies?

[51:14] What makes these supplements special?

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“We are committed to bringing products that are needed to the market.”

-Tina Anderson, CEO of Just Thrive®

Tina Anderson is the CEO of Just Thrive®, a supplement company. Tina’s journey into the world of health had a unique start and some unusual turns. She began her career as a trial lawyer in-house counsel for a family pharmaceutical company. But what Tina saw there made her change direction again. Tina turned toward the field of natural health, and found her life’s work. She channeled her energy into learning all she could about disease prevention and good health maintenance. That led her to discover the importance of gut health and then to other vitamins that were missing in everyday life.

Through her company, Just Thrive® she is able to promote gut health, probiotics , K2 and other products.

Tina shares her passion for wellness, helping others live their best physical and emotional lives. In today’s talk we delve into K2 and why it is essential for our bones, heart, and overall health. At the end of our conversation Tina discusses the benefits of spore based probiotics. You don’t want to miss the important information in this interview.

*Links

www.justthrivehealth.com - Use coupon code Happy for 15% discount on all products!

[02:47] Introduction to Tina Andersson

[05:48] Vitamin K2: Why is it so important, especially if you’re taking vitamin D?

[11:50] What is Natto-K?

[18:50] Supplement recommendations

[20:14] What are MK4 and MK7?

[24:10] Just Thrive testing offered

[31:52] The benefits of starting K2 early in life

“I believe that every human being has the right to live without the pain of the past.”

Margie Bissinger, MS, PT, CHC is a physical therapist, integrative health coach, and happiness trainer.  Margie has over 25 years of experience helping people with osteoporosis and osteopenia improve their bone health through an integrative comprehensive approach

Margie believes that happiness plays an integral role in our bone and overall health. She has been teaching her patients happiness habits for over 35 years and seen the powerful effects happiness has on chronic pain and recovery. Margie created The Happy Me, Happy Life 8-week online program to help people increase their energy, happiness level, and improve their overall health. In today’s podcast Margie talks about the negative health consequences of holding onto hatred, anger, and resentment. She shares life-changing forgiveness practices that you can easily put into your life. 

Margie has lectured to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, hospitals, and women’s groups throughout the country. She has been featured in the New York Times, Menopause Management, OB GYN News and contributed to numerous health and fitness books.

Link 

• Margie’s next live Happiness Class! 

Timestamps:

02:02 Forgiveness =/= Condonement

04:10 How not forgiving ultimately hurts you

04:42 How the best day of my life turned into the worst day- two days later!

05:20 A lesson in forgiveness, from me

06:59 Some of my favorite forgiveness practices that you can apply, starting today!

“We are addressing a problem that affects 50 million Americans, half of all women will have a fracture due to low bone density.”

-Laura Yecies

Laura Yecies is the CEO of Bone Health Technologies. This company created OsteoBoost, a vibration belt designed to prevent osteoporosis. Laura’s goal is to be involved with innovations to improve health outcomes. She is a serial entrepreneur, formerly CEO at SyncThink, Catch (acq. Apple), and SugarSync (acq. J2). She has led multiple successful brands at Check Point, Netscape, and Yahoo.  Laura received her MBA from Harvard, has an MSFS from Georgetown and her AB in Government from Dartmouth.

In today’s interview we discuss how OsteoBoost works, who it is intended for, the research, and how it can be part of a comprehensive program for optimal bone health. This is cutting edge information that you don’t want to miss!

Links:

• OsteoBoost Device Updates List 
• Bone Health Technologies
• Find your fracture risk!
• Get Margie’s posture exercises and stay updated on OsteoBoost and new developments in osteoporosis and more!

Timestamps:

[02:00] Laura’s introduction: why bones?

[05:40] What is OsteoBoost and what does it do?

[15:31] How does this tie into the health of not just our bones- but the rest of our body?

[17:32] What is Virtuost? What is the future of OsteoBoost?

[22:19] More on OsteoBoost: who is suffering from osteopenia?

[27:37] Testing for osteoporosis and osteopenia

"Symptoms are never normal, its an indicator of something going wrong”

-Dr. Tiffany Caplan

Dr. Tiffany Caplan is an international speaker and best-selling author of The Lupus Solution: Your Step-by-Step Functional Medicine Guide to Understanding Lupus, Avoiding Flares and Achieving Long-Term Remission.

Dr. Tiffany is a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner and Board Certified in Integrative Medicine by the American Association of Integrative Medicine. She is an active member and Certified Practitioner of the prestigious Institute for Functional Medicine. She is the co-owner of Caplan Health Institute and Central Coast Center for Integrative Health, two healthcare practices seeing patients from around with world with chronic health conditions and helping them regain their health naturally and sustainably. She is passionate about her work as she started out as a patient herself dealing with her own health issues and is thankful to be able to use her first hand experience to help others regain hope, health and resilience! In this episode we talk about food sensitivities and how they can negatively impact your bones and overall health. We discuss stomach acid, leaky gut, and Tiffany goes through her step by step approach to treating patients with food sensitivities.

Timestamps:

[01:35] Dr. Tiffany Introduction

[06:25] How does Dr. Tiffany start with eliminating food sensitivities?

[15:07] What kind of sensitivities can we test for?

[18:00] The most common sensitivity Margie sees in her practice

[23:06] What medications could be ruining your gut?

[30:19] Healing Leaky Gut

*Links:

• Food Sensitivities and Autoimmunity Summit
• Dr. Tiffany’s Website 

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“Our American iodine intake has roughly tripled, and globally iodine deficiency is gone, but now many areas are at iodine excess.”

-Dr. Alan Christianson 

Bio

Dr. Alan Christianson is a Board Certified Naturopathic Endocrinologist who focuses on Thyroid care. He is a New York Times bestselling author whose recent titles include The Thyroid Reset Diet.

Dr. Christianson has been featured on countless media appearances including Dr. Oz, The Doctors, and The Today Show. He is the founding president behind the American College of Thyroidology and the Endocrine Association of Naturopathic Physicians.

In this episode, Dr. C explains his Thyroid Reset Diet plan and how lowering iodine can prevent thyroid disease and even keep existing disease from progressing. This talk is filled with lots of information we can all put into our lives.

Links:

• The Thyroid Reset Diet (claim your FREE bonuses!)
• Get a second opinion on your thyroid with Dr. C!

Timestamps:

[03:23] How Dr. C became interested in thyroid health, and how Iodine deficiency has become iodine excess

[08:30] Older perspectives on thyroid health, and what we know now

[13:17] Finding iodine-free salt

[17:12] Looking into TSH scores: which values are actually ideal?

[20:31] What if I’m on thyroid medication? Why do I need constant adjustments?

[30:32] Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: An Overview

[38:55] What are some underrated thyroid tests, besides TSH?

“Find what takes you out of your thinking, find something that is going to keep your cortisol levels low”

-Marcelle Pick, NP, OB/GYN

Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN, NP, is passionate about transforming the way women experience healthcare through an integrative approach. She co-founded the world renowned Women to Women Clinic in 1983 with the vision to not only treat illness, but also help support her patients in pro-actively making healthier choices to prevent disease. She has successfully treated thousands of individuals through her unique approach to wellness.

In 2001, Marcelle created MarcellePick.com with a goal to be able to reach, inspire, and educate even more women worldwide – her website offers informative articles on women’s health issues and at-home solutions to some of the most troublesome symptoms they experience today.

Marcelle discovered Functional Medicine early on in her career and was honored to be among the first to be certified as a Functional Medicine Practitioner. She is certified as an OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Marcelle is currently a faculty member of The Institute of Functional Medicine and has served as a Medical Advisor to Healthy Living Magazine, writes a weekly newsletter for MarcellePick.com, and lectures on a variety of topics including weight loss resistance, infertility, stress & illness, and adrenal dysfunction. She is the author of The Core Balance Diet, Is It Me or My Adrenals? and Is It Me or My Hormones?

She has appeared on Dr. Oz, FOX, and ABC and has been featured in Glamour Magazine, ELLE Magazine and Women’s World Magazine. Marcelle’s PBS show, Is It Me or My Hormones? is a favorite among viewers. In today’s episode we delve into your adrenal glands and how they can affect your bones and overall health. Marcelle gives us great information and strategies on what we can do to heal and support our adrenals.

*Links:

• The Adrenals Solution Summit Starts Monday, February 1st!
• Marcelle’s website marcellepick.com

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If I post an affiliate link to a product, it is something that I personally use, support and would recommend. I personally vet each and every product. My first priority is providing valuable information and resources to help you create positive changes in your health and bring more happiness into your life.

I will only ever link to products or resources (affiliate or otherwise) that fit within this purpose.

"The pelvic floor muscles are very interconnected with how we feel about ourselves every day."

-Isa Herrera

Isa Herrera MSPT, CSCS is the founder and CEO of PelvicPainRelief.com and a licensed physical therapist, as well as an expert in integrative pelvic floor therapies. She developed her expertise in diagnosing and treating incontinence; pelvic pain and pelvic organ prolapse by personally helping over 15,000 women since 2005 at her NYC healing center Renew PT. 

Isa's online school on pelvic pain relief brings her expertise to a global audience. After suffering from pelvic floor dysfunction herself after the birth of her daughter, Isa has made it her life’s mission to help 1 million women overcome pelvic floor disorders. To this end, Isa created the Female Pelvic Alchemy online program, which empowers women to take back their pelvic health and awaken their inner doctor. 

She is also the author of five books on the topic of pelvic floor dysfunction, leaking, and pelvic pain including the recent international bestseller, Female Pelvic Alchemy. In today’s talk we discuss what women can do to both protect and improve their pelvic floor to reduce pelvic pain, leaking, prolapse, and so much more. Isa is so much fun and this interview is full of life-changing information.

*Links: 

• Isa’s Free Masterclass in February to heal pelvic and bladder issues

• Lady Parts First Aid Toolkit

Timestamps:

[00:31] Introduction to Isa Herrera

[05:55] What is your pelvic floor?

[11:38] Treating kegels as medicine

[20:34] Importance of pelvic health after C-Sections

[28:18] How can you protect your pelvic floor?

[36:43] What is diastasis recti?

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If I post an affiliate link to a product, it is something that I personally use, support and would recommend. I personally vet each and every product. My first priority is providing valuable information and resources to help you create positive changes in your health and bring more happiness into your life.

I will only ever link to products or resources (affiliate or otherwise) that fit within this purpose.

"If we look at the definition of addiction, sugar has every trait that regular addiction has. " -Michael Collins

Michael Collins believes sugar addiction is very real and not to be taken lightly. As a person in long-term recovery from substance use disorder for over thirty-five years, he took a very keen interest in what sugar was doing to him and his friends in early recovery. After much research and experimentation - he quit sugar with the help of amazing mentors. He then raised two children sugar-free from the womb to six years old and as they grew he rewrote the rules for sugar and kids in childhood. He takes very seriously his stewardship of SugarAddiction.com and aims to provide information and community for anyone wanting to curb or quit sugar.

After a successful business career online selling software and information he decided that what really made him happy was helping people with their addictions. He has written a book on sugar detox and addiction and developed an intensive, online 30-Day Sugar Freedom Challenge. A firm believer in community support, to help with any issue, he has included membership in his private recovery forum with the challenge.

Michael is the founder of both SugarAddiction.com and QuitSugarSummit.com His book “The Last Resort Sugar Detox” has been read by hundreds of thousands of people and his online 30-Day Challenge Sugar Freedom Challenge has been successfully completed by thousands. In today’s talk we delve into the dangers of sugar and ways to stop the addiction.

*Links:

• Michael's Quit Sugar Summit: HAPPENING NOW, it's not too late!

Timestamps:

[00:24] Introduction to Michael Collins

[03:51] Why is sugar considered addictive?

[11:04] Comparing sugar intake through ancestry

[14:37] Various ways you can quit sugar

[25:55] What will sugar look like in the future?

[34:16] The worst types of sugar for you

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If I post an affiliate link to a product, it is something that I personally use, support and would recommend. I personally vet each and every product. My first priority is providing valuable information and resources to help you create positive changes in your health and bring more happiness into your life.

I will only ever link to products or resources (affiliate or otherwise) that fit within this purpose.

In October 2016, Richard Jacobs started the Future Tech Podcast, which has now become the Finding Genius Podcast – the goal was to learn about ‘round-the-corner’ new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, stem cells, regenerative medicine, and more.

Due to a major health crisis in 2017, Richard decided to focus more on health, medicine and bioscience issues that affect all of us as human beings. Richard has done over 2700 podcast interviews. In today’s episode Richard shares some of the most powerful insights and lessons he has learned from these interviews including great tips for a better night’s sleep.

Links  

• The Finding Genius Podcast- https://www.findinggeniuspodcast.com/
• Richard’s custom pillow - https://www.goodnightssleepproject.com/

Timestamps:

[01:36] Richard Jacobs Introduction

[05:23] Imparting wisdom from 2,700 health podcast interviews

[08:23] Looking at the latest health trends

[11:52] Lessons learned about sleep

[18:12] Relief from snoring

[22:16] Products to make your life easier

DISCLAIMER – The information presented on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. It is not intended to replace consultation with your physician or healthcare provider. The ideas shared on this podcast are the expressed opinions of the guests and do not always reflect those of Margie Bissinger and the Happy Bones, Happy Life program.