HealthCast Now - The Intersection of Health, Wellness & Circadian Optimization

Dr. Brooke Kalanick 

Dr. Brooke Kalanick is a Naturopathic Doctor and a functional health practitioner. She says she’s a primary-care doctor with a specialty in alternative medicine. She and her co-practitioners aren’t like conventional doctors in that they treat patients based on history, diet, lifestyle, and lots of blood work. Her focus is towards helping women with hormonal issues, weight loss, and other issues most women experience on a day-to-day basis. 

Today, Brooke tells us what her and her practice is all about, how they differ from conventional doctors, and her own thoughts and opinions on conventional medicine and the healthcare system. 

"We mistake common for normal.” Dr. Brooke Kalanick 

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

• Conventional medicine is often all about treating the current symptom. What they don’t do very well is taking a look at the why of a patient’s health.  
• The body will downregulate anything that it makes once we give it a replacement. 
• Conventional practitioners aren’t trained to work the way naturopaths do. 
• Some doctors are working for insurance companies. They want to help patients but the system is broken and it doesn’t serve doctor nor the patient for them to do good medicine. It's not the conventional practitioner that doesn't want you healthy but just how the system works. 
• We think a lot of the things that happen to our bodies is normal because it’s common, because so many people do it or suffer for it, we mistake it as something that we shouldn’t be concerned about. 
• Iodine will increase autoimmune response in many people. Just because it's good for your thyroid doesn't mean it's good for the whole body. 
• Holistic doctors go more in depth when it comes to treating people's illnesses.  
• Nothing gets fixed without proper sleep. 
• Get back to doing things that nurture your body and help you and your body work together. 

Key Takeaways: 

• We have to think of our health insurance like we treat car insurance. You can have emergencies covered by health insurance but the small things aren’t; there must always be a certain level of maintenance. 
• There's no reason you should be miserable with your healthcare. Be your own advocate for getting proper care. Get to the root cause. 

• Make smarter decisions and take things seriously, don't have that "they will be time for me later" mindset. You're worth the time, attention, and finances to take care of yourself now. 

Connect with Dr. Brooke Kalanick: 

• Better by Dr. Brooke 
• Better Everyday Blog/Podcast 
• Twitter 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Girls Gone Strong 

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Health and wellness entrepreneur Alex Fergus has an interesting story to share about his journey to finding better health. Like many Americans, Alex grew up playing several sports throughout his childhood and college years – from competitive rowing to bodybuilding and weight-lifting. At an early age, Alex began suffering the effects of low testosterone and began his journey to transform his life, seek out better health choices, and learn more about healthy lifestyle changes including improving his circadian rhythms, eating healthier, and blocking blue light after sundown.

Glyphosate, the active chemical in the weed killer RoundUp, is the world's most used herbicide. First discovered in 1950, glyphosate's herbicidal properties were not identified until 1970. It was quickly patented by agrochemical and biotech company Monsanto.

Glyphosate is linked to a host of health maladies including Liver Disease, Kidney Disease, Antibiotic Resistance, Endocrine/Hormonal Disruption, Cancer, Mitochondrial Disease, etc

“Ingestion of Glyphosate via food or water sources puts one a risk for many health issues and one of the reasons I take such a hardline stance to buy Organic only.” – Alex Fergus

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What are PUFAs
• Why are PUFAs so unhealthy
• High Omega 6 Levels from PUFAs and Inflammation’
• Death by PUFAs - What they are the worst thing you ingest’
• PUFAs and Cancer
• PUFAs and Obesity

Mentioned in This Episode

• https://www.alexfergus.com/blog/glyphosate-the-weed-killer-found-in-our-food-water
• https://www.alexfergus.com/blog/glyphosate-why-you-need-to-eat-organic
• https://www.alexfergus.com/blog/how-to-protect-yourself-from-glyphosate

Key Takeaway:

Avoiding Glyphosate (from Roundup) takes diligence and effort. The benefits, however, are likely the most significant as far as impact on your overall health, wellness, and fitness.

Connect with Alex Fergus:

• Alex Fergus website

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Health and wellness entrepreneur Alex Fergus has an interesting story to share about his journey to finding better health. Like many Americans, Alex grew up playing several sports throughout his childhood and college years – from competitive rowing to bodybuilding and weight-lifting. At an early age, Alex began suffering the effects of low testosterone and began his journey to transform his life, seek out better health choices, and learn more about healthy lifestyle changes including improving his circadian rhythms, eating healthier, and blocking blue light after sundown.

We live in a time where is seems as if everything under the sun is bad for us. Some even claim the sun itself is harmful to our health! But there is one consumed food substance that deserves more attention. This substance is far more damaging than the commonly feared foods. Yet is still consumed in enormous quantities around the world on a daily basis. It's a substance that even many health conscious individuals are not even aware of. Meanwhile it's consumption is linked to heart disease, obesity and even cancer.

Alex is referring to Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Also known as PUFA's. In particular Omega 6 PUFAs.

”PUFAs are the most common toxin ingested daily - often completely unknowingly.” – Alex Fergus

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What are PUFAs
• Why are PUFAs so unhealthy
• High Omega 6 Levels from PUFAs and Inflammation’
• Death by PUFAs - What they are the worst thing you ingest’
• PUFAs and Cancer
• PUFAs and Obesity

Mentioned in This Episode

• Alex Fergus - PUFAs The Worst Thing You Eat Everyday

Key Takeaway:

Avoiding PUFAs (Omega 6) in favor of Healthy Saturated Fats (Omega 3) can make a significant impact on your overall health, wellness, and fitness.

Connect with Alex Fergus:

• Alex Fergus website

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Nick Wernimont is the CEO and founder of Factor 75, a quality meal delivery service that caters towards individuals who want to eat healthy but too busy to actually do it. Before he became an entrepreneur, he was first a professional MMA fighter and this can be traced back to him growing up in a “wrestling family.”

In today’s episode, Nick tells us all about what it means to actually eat healthy, the difference it made when it came to performance both in and outside the ring, as well as advice on how to avoid unhealthy eating.

“The biggest factor that impacted my performance, my quality of life, my enjoyment of life, was food.” Nick Wernimont

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Nick, a top level athlete, was ultimately drained by what he thought was “healthy eating”
• Why he says an expert nutritionist changed his life and why this person became the very inspiration for Factor 75.
• What your body goes through when it receives not just the right kind of food but the correct form of nutrition.
• How to make healthy eating “doable” on a daily basis
• How to give yourself the kind of mental clarity that gets you in the zone
• Why execution is the biggest hurdle to nutrition and how Nick was able to solve that problem
• 75% of how you feel, look, and perform comes from what you eat
• Why it was important to reengineer common food to be healthier in his business
• How Factor 75 works and how they make sure the food you eat is healthy for you.

Key Takeaways:

• If you can't stay on track, if you have a busy schedule, you need to figure out a solution for meal planning.
• Every major health issue can be traced back to a change in how we source our food.
• Look ahead. Understand when you're most likely to make the bad nutrition decisions and plan ahead of those times.

Connect with Nick Wernimont:

• Factor 75
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter
• Facebook

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Dan Gable

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Jason is a health practitioner whose life revolves around getting people maximized performance, enhanced longevity, and educated on new research about health and wellness. He is also a speaker and host of the You, Optimized. Radio podcast geared towards improving people’s health through lifestyle changes.

Today, Jason will talk about melatonin and why he says it’s more than just a sleep hormone. He’ll also provide tips regarding melatonin supplementation as well as how to improve sleep hygiene.

" Melatonin supplementation is not something you want to use because you have crappy sleep.” Jason Prall

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Melatonin does so much more than put us to sleep. It’s involved in a lot of complex processes necessary for humans to function optimally.
• Melatonin is able to increase glutathione production, a powerful antioxidant in the body.
• It’s imperative for your body to produce adequate amounts of melatonin without supplementation. We get better results with what our body produces naturally than supplementation.
• Supplementing melatonin will reduce the body's natural melatonin production.
• You can protect your mitochondria much better with melatonin than any other vitamin, better when you produce it yourself than exogenous supplementation.
• The electron transport chain allows you to produce ATP, the currency of energy. Melatonin shrink protein to increase the efficiency of ATP production.
• Melatonin supplementation is only used when someone's chronically dysfunctional but then only in small doses of up to 2 mg.
• Interaction with natural light and avoidance of artificial light will maximize melatonin production.
• Artificial light especially blue light will shut down melatonin production, even Wi-Fi signals and EM signals also shuts down melatonin production.

Key Takeaways:

• Supplementing is all about inducing health and not treating disease, it's the last resort.
• Whether you get good or bad sleep, if you take sleep hygiene seriously you will benefit from your body's ability to produce melatonin specially when you're into improving brain, sex, and exercise performance.
• Lifestyles are changing and we have to understand how it's affecting our physiology.

Connect with Jason Prall:

• Jason Prall Official
• Podcast

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Truth About Aging Docuseries

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Circadian Rhythms and Weight Loss Challenges with Jason Prall 

Jason Prall is one of the leading experts in circadian biology and wellness. He is a longevity and optimal health practitioner that specializes in helping clients remotely to help them transform their lives through simple, practical, and helpful lifestyle solutions and changes. Jason is a nationally recognized speaker and expert in the area of lifestyle, longevity, and circadian rhythm and is one of Kevin’s “go-to” experts in this niche. Jason is currently working on a project called The Truth Behind Aging. 

On today’s show, Jason and Kevin discuss the importance of adequate, restful sleep, exercise, meditation, and technology disruptors that can significantly affect the quality of your sleep. He shares valuable insight and information about why sleep is critical to your overall health – especially for people active in intensive exercise regimes, chronic fatigue sufferers, and people with weight loss challenges and other chronic health conditions. 

“There is no universal aspect other than how our bodies work.” – Jason Prall 

In This Episode You Will Learn: 

• The number one contributing factor to resolving chronic fatigue is adequate, functional sleep. 
• How physical, emotional, and mental stress affects your body and contributes to chronic fatigue and weight loss challenges. 
• How meditation can improve your overall health – mentally and physically. 
• Why Jason advises people to “look at the top level athletes” and see what they are doing in their daily routines to regenerate and recover. 
• How technology is disrupting your sleep. 
• Why Jason believes that the more changes you make to your lifestyle, the less “hacking” and supplementation you will need. 
• Jason explains how a constant state of anxiety and stress is mostly due to the lifestyle choices we make. 
• Jason explains why he believes “the focus is in the wrong area” for many people struggling with health challenges. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Focus on Sleep. 
• Get morning sunlight. 
• Reduce technology at night. 

Connect with Jason: 

• JasonPrall.com 
• Jason’s podcast: You, Optimized. Radio 

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Georgi Dinkov Part 2 

Georgi Dinkov is definitely an expert in biohacking and it’s amazing how he knows all this despite having a degree in IT instead of a degree related to medicine and biochemistry. Talking to him is like asking more than a few experts at once and he’ll make sure to quench your thirst for biochemical information. 

In part 2 of our series, Georgi will discuss the effects of lactic acid build up on our mitochondria, recommend us a few supplements to take for mitochondrial health, and give biohack advice with regards to getting the most out of your supplements. 

“Let your food be your drug and your drug be your food.” Georgi Dinkov 

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

• Lower lactic acid levels allow your body’s cellular respiration to perform much better. 
• No matter how healthy you are, there's always a section of your cells in your body that's not respiring properly, not getting nutrition, and not producing ATP. Supplementing with something like methylene blue covers for those secluded areas. 
• Over exertion causes cortisol rises. Weight lifting is only beneficial for you if after the exercise the levels of testosterone is higher than cortisol. 
• Cortisol prevents testosterone synthesis by suppressing the gonads, the testicles. If you don’t stop, the body eventually adapts and stop producing testosterone. 
• Backup source of testosterone = DHEA. 
• Aging and chronic stresses atrophies the layer that produces DHEA and you're left with nothing. 
• If you see cortisol and estrogen rising, and your testosterone and cholesterol aren't going up too, you're probably not in a good state. 
• You want to be away from a catabolic state but don't go overboard with anabolism since it promotes cancer. 
• The goal of supplementation is to get a chemical in your circulation. When it comes to oral supplements, nothing gets to your blood stream without going through your liver first. Liver decides if it keeps it for itself, get it excreted, or let it pass the bloodstream. 
• Topical supplements allow your tissues to get the most out of your supplements since the supplement doesn’t pass through the liver first. 
• If you don't get enough protein both your muscle mass and brain function won't be optimal. 
• FDA no longer considers dietary cholesterol nor dietary saturated fat to be dangerous for your health.  

• The body needs a bit of carbs for glucose. Long term ketone use is good for epilepsy but people who don’t cycle between ketosis suffers from cognitive decline. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Raise your levels of cholesterol. It's not good to have low levels of cholesterol. People with low cholesterol have high chances of getting and dying from cancer. Low cholesterol by itself is actually not a good sign. 
• You will not grow muscle if you're cholesterol levels are low since you won't have testosterone. 

Connect with Georgi Dinkov: 

• Ray Peat Forum 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Protein Information Resource 

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Georgi Dinkov Part 1 

When it comes to biohacking, our go-to guy is Georgi Dinkov. Georgi is probably one of the few people who is always ready to give you a whole world of answers. The interesting thing about Georgi is how he doesn’t have a formal education with regards to what constitutes biohacking specially biochemistry and has only his interest and a few conferences under his belt to prove his merit. Still, he can hold a good conversation with an actual biochemist as you’ll realize in this episode. 

Today Georgi will discuss a plethora of information regarding biohacking. The topics would revolve around mitochondrial health, cellular respiration, and Georgi’s thoughts on the medical industry.  

“If you want to cure all these diseases, you better restore mitochondrial function.” Georgi Dinkov 

  In this episode, you’ll learn: 

• The mitochondria are responsible for 80% of our body’s ATP. 
• The three steps to cellular respiration are Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, and Electro Transport Chain. The Mitochondria is responsible for the second and third step. 
• Our lifestyle can cause and cure metabolic disease. 
• More money is now being used to fund studies regarding the Warburg effect. Some even say the Warburg effect is not just an effect but also the cause of cancer. 
• Any activity, fun and not strenuous, is healthy for you and your mitochondria.  
• If you run and you can't hold a conversation, you're overexerting yourself. Overexertion is dangerous and can backfire against your mitochondrial health. 
• Hardcore Endurance enthusiasts are dried up and considered good but the truth is they might have cardiomyopathy or enlargement of the heart and eventually lead to chronic heart failure by their 40s. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Activity is good but it should be stimulating, not be strenuous and exhausting or make you collapse. 
• You will not grow muscle if you're cholesterol levels are low since you won't have testosterone. 

Connect with Georgi Dinkov: 

• Ray Peat Forum 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Protein Information Resource 
• Cancer Surpasses Heart Disease as Leading Cause of Death for All But the Very Elderly 
• Common Food Additive Promotes Colon Cancer In Mice 

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New York Times bestselling author Jay Papasan has had his fair share of health and wellness challenges throughout his life. Like many of us, he grew up understanding that working out and staying active was an important part of achieving optimal health, but he didn’t pay much attention to the other fundamentally important factors: diet and sleep quality, healthy habits and willpower.

That is, until he got older and began suffering from back problems. Today, on FitFluential Radio, Jay shares his transformation story with us as well as his actionable advice on how anyone can begin their journey toward optimal health and what inspired him to co-author the New York Times bestselling book, The One Thing.

“If you want to achieve great things, you need energy to do it.” Jay Papasan

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• Jay’s health journey and transformation story.
• What inspired him to co-author the book The One Thing
• What is the “Domino Effect” in health and fitness.
• Why Jay believes that if you align things properly, you can make systematic gains and achieve optimal health better and faster than you would by going about it haphazardly.
• How mindset and habits impact your health and decisions.
• The research behind forming (and breaking) habits.
• The difference between discipline and willpower.
• What dangers can destroy your willpower?
• How distractions and multitasking can negatively impact your willpower and overall health
• How social media and other modern distractors can actually train your brain to become more susceptible to distractions.
• How the simple act of setting an appointment with yourself to do something for your health can make you three times more likely to actually do it.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Sleep Smarter book by Shawn Stevenson
• Factor 75

Connect with Jay Papasan:

• The One Thing book by Jay Papasan and Gary Keller

The Takeaway:

Set your phone aside. Don’t let that be the first thing you do in the morning. Instead, have a healthy breakfast, meditate, read, do something simple that will positively impact your health. Let that be your morning ritual and see if that doesn’t set the dominoes down a different run.

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Brian and Carrie Grasso are personal trainers who puts emphasis on proper mindset training.

Brian has been in the fitness industry for 20 years and works with professional athletes. Along the way, he realized the bulk of his work had a lot more to do with emotional and mental stability. Carrie, on the other hand, was a clinical counselor also for 20 years. She got disenchanted with the work and decided to become a personal trainer 15 years ago. After just three weeks in her new career, she found out the irony of her work: Personal training had more to do with counselling than actual training.

Both of them are now what you call mindset specialists. They decided to be in this business because mindset training is the largest void in the fitness industry and that there are very few who understand the intricacies of mindsets.

Today, Brian and Carrie share their experience in their line of work, their various strategies on how to get your mindset focused and ready for the task at hand, as well as their daily mindset training routine.

"You cannot out goal-set, outhustle, or out-hardwork an unsuccessful mindset.” Brian Grasso

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• People self-sabotage their mindsets endlessly and they don't realize it.
• Our minds are more programmed towards the negative than the positive.
• We are chronically comparing other people's highlight reels to our editing room floor.
• We have to be prepared to wrap our minds towards what a fitness journey means.
• People overestimate what they can accomplish in a short time and underestimate what they can accomplish in a long time.
• They teach us the exercises that help rewire the brain and renovate the unconscious language people use.
• Count your wins. Every single day you are achieving. Don't lose sight of those forward steps.
• We are conditioned to pay attention to the big moments, not the small ones. The little wins add up. We have to look at the incremental changes we do every day
• Don't eliminate the negative thoughts, but acknowledge them and flip the language. It's called owning the perspective.
• Even injuries shouldn't be an excuse to allow negativity to govern your thoughts.

Key Takeaways:

• We have gravitational pulls toward negativity and failure. The last thing those people need is a fitness professional telling them they need more ambition, willpower, and motivation because it is subtly telling them they're not good enough.
• Simplicity + consistency = success

Connect with Brian and Carrie Grasso:

• Brian and Carrie Live
• Facebook

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