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

Mariah MacDonald is a transformation coach who transformed over 1000 clients in the span of her career. Her determination to beat her personal struggles enabled her to become the best version of herself today.

In part 2 of our interview, she'll discuss how she transformed herself and her clients, the importance of creating ado or die situation, as well as the main reasons why some of her clients don't always get the results they paid for.

"When you hire a coach, shut up and listen to what they have to say for 12 weeks. Don't question (their advice) and see if it works for you." Mariah MacDonald

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why coaching for results is a better and more efficient approach than coaching for sessions.
• Why training rigorously for five days a week is ineffective.
• How Mariah manages to maintain a low body fat percentage while training for only two days a week.
• The difference between a typical trainer and a transformation coach.
• It's possible to sleep for up to 8 hours a night if you make the right choices.
• The things Mariah did to change her life as well as the choices she made to make over 1000 of her clients' life better.
• Why being ashamed of your body will lead you to a downward spiral.
• Why you should consult a professional when you binge instead of blaming yourself. Know why you end up binge eating from a scientific perspective.
• Why being close-minded will not make your lifestyle any better.

Key Takeaways:

• Don't rely on the scale. Instead, judge your hard work with a mirror.
• Celebrate the small gains you make along the way.
• Create a do or die situation to make your transformation work better.

Connect with Mariah MacDonald:

• Transform with Mariah
• Twitter
• Facebook

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Hunt for Red October (movie)
• Hunt for Red October (book)

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Free health, wellness and fitness tips, tricks and wellness advice from healthcastnow.com. Tune in to the latest health, wellness and fitness topics where we interview thought leaders and world class experts in exercise, health, medicine and wellness with a focus on demystifying and deconstructing overly complex topics in order to provide actionable health & fitness information that you can apply to your everyday lifestyle to move yourself closer to optimal health & wellness.

Go to healthcastnow.com for incredibly valuable show notes, links and resources for every episode in our archives. This podcast includes episodes covering longevity, diet, weight loss, healthy living, wellness, workout, exercise, muscle gain, fat loss, weight lifting, bodybuilding, Paleo, Primal, Crossfit, vegan, vegetarian, biohacking and circadian based health advice

In the last episode, we had the CEO of Bulletproof Exec Dave Asprey talk about mitochondria, how much our diet affects mitochondrial functions, and how a few lifestyle changes will boost not just mitochondrial efficiency but our overall health from a cellular point of view.

In Part of the interview, Dave will discuss different factors that may alter your mitochondrial functions in a negative way, more tips on how to further biohack your mitochondria, as well as provide general health advice.

"Instead of focusing on perfection, you can just learn to ask the question 'what is this going to do to my mitochondria?'" Dave Asprey

In this episode, you'll learn:

• What statins are how do they affect the mitochondria
• Why cholesterol really isn't bad
• Why your mitochondrial efficiency determines the effects of the food you eat on your health
• Why eating burned food is bad for your mitochondria
• The significance of knowing the optimal dose of any supplement
• How possessing Tribal Mentality is bad for your health
• Why you shouldn't let your health decisions be based on an "us or them" kind of thinking

Key Takeaways:

• Having a positive mindset is important when it comes to mitochondrial health
• It's important not to surround yourself with negativity
• Get a signal to the mitochondria. If they believe the signal, they will change the body to adapt to that signal.

Connect with Dave Asprey:

• Bulletproof Exec
• Bulletproof Radio
• Official Twitter account
• Official Facebook page

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Free health, wellness and fitness tips, tricks and wellness advice from healthcastnow.com. Tune in to the latest health, wellness and fitness topics where we interview thought leaders and world class experts in exercise, health, medicine and wellness with a focus on demystifying and deconstructing overly complex topics in order to provide actionable health & fitness information that you can apply to your everyday lifestyle to move yourself closer to optimal health & wellness.

Go to healthcastnow.com for incredibly valuable show notes, links and resources for every episode in our archives. This podcast includes episodes covering longevity, diet, weight loss, healthy living, wellness, workout, exercise, muscle gain, fat loss, weight lifting, bodybuilding, Paleo, Primal, Crossfit, vegan, vegetarian, biohacking and circadian based health advice.

Dave Asprey is a well-known blogger and media figure on health and human performance because of his "Bulletproof Executive" work behind Bulletproof Coffee and the Bulletproof Diet. He's been featured on ABC's Nightline, CNN, and in Vogue and Men's Health.

Today, he's here with us to discuss how to important the mitochondria are and how to biohack it with just a few simple lifestyle changes.

"The Mitochondria decides whether cells live, die, or divide. They run things, not us." Dave Asprey

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How mitochondria are similar to a frame of the house
• Just how much your diet affects the mitochondria
• Why mitochondrial dysfunction is the primary cause of just about every chronic disease there is
• Why Dave compared the mitochondria to playing a reverse Jenga
• The significance of knowing just enough of the Krebs Cycle
• Why Mitochondria is practically ancient bacteria
• Dave's three changes that people should start focusing on right now

Key Takeaways:

• Ketones play a major role when it comes to mitochondrial health
• Just changing our light bulb or indoor lighting will greatly enhance mitochondrial efficiency
• Sunlight is still the best source of vitamin D and boosts mitochondrial functions

Connect with Dave Asprey:

• Bulletproof Exec
• Bulletproof Radio
• Official Twitter account
• Official Facebook page

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Free health, wellness and fitness tips, tricks and wellness advice from healthcastnow.com. Tune in to the latest health, wellness and fitness topics where we interview thought leaders and world class experts in exercise, health, medicine and wellness with a focus on demystifying and deconstructing overly complex topics in order to provide actionable health & fitness information that you can apply to your everyday lifestyle to move yourself closer to optimal health & wellness.

Go to healthcastnow.com for incredibly valuable show notes, links and resources for every episode in our archives. This podcast includes episodes covering longevity, diet, weight loss, healthy living, wellness, workout, exercise, muscle gain, fat loss, weight lifting, bodybuilding, Paleo, Primal, Crossfit, vegan, vegetarian, biohacking and circadian based health advice.

Ben Greenfield is one of the country's most well-known personal trainers, not only due to his numerous certifications and popularity, but also due to his passion for biohacking - a concept of increasing our body's efficiency by means of taking supplements, adjusting our diet and exercise, or making use of technology without losing focus on health and longevity.

Today, Ben tells us his thoughts on testosterone decline, the tips and tools he uses to keep his testosterone in check without injections, as well as the different ways he maintains his body, especially when it comes to getting quality sleep.

"You want to make sure everything's unplugged. Make sure your eyes can't see anything and make sure your skin can't see anything." Ben Greenfield

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Once you reach 30 years of age, testosterone is said to decline at a rate of 1% a year.
• Aside from proper nutrition, one of the most recent methods you can do to biohack your testosterone is by shining low-level laser light or infrared light on your testicles.
• Ben says it's better to eat buffalo or bison meat than tuna or nuts for testosterone production.
• An herb called Cistanche acts like Viagra. It results in an increase in blood flow and libido.
• Not wearing tight underwear (or no underwear at all) might boost testosterone due to a cooler temperature as a result of going commando.
• PEMF or Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy is able to negate the deleterious effects of waves from continuous smartphone use.
• Chronic cardio or excess workouts may crash testosterone. Some exercises done in moderation are capable of increasing testosterone include sprinting, weight lifting particularly those largely involving legs, and HIIT or high intensity interval training.
• For cardio, try to limit endurance training such as marathon running to once a week to preserve testosterone.
• Sleep is also an important factor when it comes to testosterone production. Ben recommends a lot of tools you can use to get quality sleep. Some of them include essential oil diffusers, a full/wrap-around face mask, and even a few sleep supplements.

Key Takeaways:

• To get the best quality of sleep, you must have what we call sleep hygiene. The room must be dark, quiet, cold, and definitely not stressful.

Connect with Ben Greenfield:

• Ben Greenfield Fitness
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Facebook

Mentioned in this episode:

• Olli Sovijarvi
• Nature CBD
• Sleep Remedy
• OURA Ring
• NatureBeat app
• Lighting Science
• Breathe Safe Plasma Air Purifier

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Free health, wellness and fitness tips, tricks and wellness advice from healthcastnow.com. Tune in to the latest health, wellness and fitness topics where we interview thought leaders and world class experts in exercise, health, medicine and wellness with a focus on demystifying and deconstructing overly complex topics in order to provide actionable health & fitness information that you can apply to your everyday lifestyle to move yourself closer to optimal health & wellness.

Go to healthcastnow.com for incredibly valuable show notes, links and resources for every episode in our archives. This podcast includes episodes covering longevity, diet, weight loss, healthy living, wellness, workout, exercise, muscle gain, fat loss, weight lifting, bodybuilding, Paleo, Primal, Crossfit, vegan, vegetarian, biohacking and circadian based health advice

Dr. Amy Myers - The Thyroid Connection - Tired, Brain Fogged and Overweight? Get your life back - Part 2

Thyroid health expert Dr. Amy Myers joins Kevin on the show today to discuss the importance of thyroid health and what simple things you can do to improve your thyroid health and get your life back on track. Amy is a renowned leader in functional medicine, a New York Times bestselling author, and has helped thousands of people around the world recover from chronic illnesses through her dietary-based program – The Myer's Way.

Amy received her doctorate degree in medicine at the LSU Health Science Center and has spent five years working in emergency medicine before training at the Institute for Functional Medicine. Moreover, she has personally experienced thyroid dysfunction issues, and understands the thyroid epidemic from the patients point of view as well as the medical professional. Today, she shares her story and describes in detail about the small changes you can make in your diet and lifestyle that can significantly – and positively – impact your health and well-being.

"Your thyroid can't grow back, but your adrenals can recover. There are things you can do to get your life back." – Dr. Amy Myers

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• Why 60% of the estimated 27-million Americans suffering from thyroid dysfunction are unaware of the problem.
• How thyroid problems can manifest.
• What is Graves' Disease and Hashimoto Disease?
• Why Amy believes so many conventional doctors overlook or misdiagnose thyroid problems.
• What nutrients your thyroid needs in order to function at optimal levels.
• What you can do to get your thyroid tested.
• Amy's opinion on taking iodine supplements for thyroid health.
• What are the risks or side effects of taking too much iodine?
• How stress can affect thyroid function and health.
• What is a "leaky gut?"
• Amy's perspective on the importance of air quality.
• Amy's perspective on drinking water quality, water with chloride, and plastic bottled water.
• What are BPA's and how do they affect the thyroid?
• Why morning and evening sunlight is important to your health and how it contributes to your overall health.
• What areas in your body and health does your circadian rhythm affect?

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Amy Myer's book: The Auto-Immune Solution
• Amy Myer's book: The Thyroid Connection
• My Labs for Life
• Amy Myer's website
• The Myer's Way Multi
• The Iodine Crisis book by Dr. David Brownstein
• F.lux software

Key Takeaway:

There are natural ways to approach thyroid dysfunction problems. There is hope and there are things you can do to get to the root of the cause and get your life back!

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Thyroid health expert Dr. Amy Myers joins Kevin on the show today to discuss the importance of thyroid health and what simple things you can do to improve your thyroid health and get your life back on track. Amy is a renowned leader in functional medicine, a New York Times bestselling author, and has helped thousands of people around the world recover from chronic illnesses through her dietary-based program – The Myer's Way.

Amy received her doctorate degree in medicine at the LSU Health Science Center and has spent five years working in emergency medicine before training at the Institute for Functional Medicine. Moreover, she has personally experienced thyroid dysfunction issues, and understands the thyroid epidemic from the patients point of view as well as the medical professional. Today, she shares her story and describes in detail about the small changes you can make in your diet and lifestyle that can significantly – and positively – impact your health and well-being.

"Your thyroid can't grow back, but your adrenals can recover. There are things you can do to get your life back." – Dr. Amy Myers

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• Why 60% of the estimated 27-million Americans suffering from thyroid dysfunction are unaware of the problem.
• How thyroid problems can manifest.
• What is Graves' Disease and Hashimoto Disease?
• Why Amy believes so many conventional doctors overlook or misdiagnose thyroid problems.
• What nutrients your thyroid needs in order to function at optimal levels.
• What you can do to get your thyroid tested.
• Amy's opinion on taking iodine supplements for thyroid health.
• What are the risks or side effects of taking too much iodine?
• How stress can affect thyroid function and health.
• What is a "leaky gut?"
• Amy's perspective on the importance of air quality.
• Amy's perspective on drinking water quality, water with chloride, and plastic bottled water.
• What are BPA's and how do they affect the thyroid?
• Why morning and evening sunlight is important to your health and how it contributes to your overall health.
• What areas in your body and health does your circadian rhythm affect?

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Amy Myer's book: The Auto-Immune Solution
• Amy Myer's book: The Thyroid Connection
• My Labs for Life
• Amy Myer's website
• The Myer's Way Multi
• The Iodine Crisis book by Dr. David Brownstein
• F.lux software

Key Takeaway:

There are natural ways to approach thyroid dysfunction problems. There is hope and there are things you can do to get to the root of the cause and get your life back!

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Maria is a health and wellness expert and author of several books. She was always active in sports, even when she was a kid, but was still always on the heavy side. She thought it must've just been how her body's was meant to be. It wasn't until she studied science and nutrition that she began questioning the "standard" diet that promotes dietary grains and milk. She has since leaned towards a low-carb diet and now a ketogenic diet from which her books were now based on.

Today Maria talks about how the ketogenic diet changed her life, her tips for people who want to start with a ketogenic diet, her thoughts on the vilification of fat, and how ice cold water can help boost mitochondrial health.

" People underestimate the power of just being outside." Maria Emmerich

In this episode, you'll learn:

• In a ketogenic diet, always count total carb and not net.
• She calls the ketogenic diet the happy diet due to how it improves the overall mood of the person.
• Sugar is inflammatory and complex carbs, what many call "healthy carbs", become sugar in your blood stream. To lower inflammation, lower sugar intake even those from complex carbs.
• You can't store protein in your body. Too much will turn into sugar too especially if you're not active.
• Ketogenic diet will have you losing water weight and electrolytes. When you're depressed or moody, sometimes you just have low electrolytes. One quick way to remedy that is to drink water with salt but don't make it too salty.
• Maria says a when it comes to macros for losing weight, your diet should be around 5% carbs, 20% protein, and 75% fat – healthy saturated fats. This will trigger ketosis.
• The best cure for adrenal fatigue is 10 hours of sleep.
• The ketogenic diet will keep your blood sugar levels stable. No spiking, no crashing. No crashing means no sudden hunger. Ketones will get you a natural high which is like sugar but won't crash you.
• Mitochondria are mostly made up of water cells which you can negatively and positively charge. She advocates "EZ" water therapy which involves drinking ice cold water first thing in the morning.

Key Takeaways:

• People would be healthier if their practitioners just asked them what they were eating.
• Pick new goals all the time, don't do everything overnight.

Connect with Maria Emmerich:

• Maria Mind Body Health
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Fourth Phase of the Water book by Gerald H. Pollack
• The 30 Day Ketogenic Cleanse book by Maria Emmerich

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Free health, wellness and fitness tips, tricks and wellness advice from healthcastnow.com. Tune in to the latest health, wellness and fitness topics where we interview thought leaders and world class experts in exercise, health, medicine and wellness with a focus on demystifying and deconstructing overly complex topics in order to provide actionable health & fitness information that you can apply to your everyday lifestyle to move yourself closer to optimal health & wellness.

Go to healthcastnow.com for incredibly valuable show notes, links and resources for every episode in our archives. This podcast includes episodes covering longevity, diet, weight loss, healthy living, wellness, workout, exercise, muscle gain, fat loss, weight lifting, bodybuilding, Paleo, Primal, Crossfit, vegan, vegetarian, biohacking and circadian based health advice

Sarah Fragoso is the founder of Everyday Paleo and has coached a lot of unhealthy clients into lean and mean fitness machines in the span of her career. In part 1 of our interview, she talked about how to slowly but surely make your family adopts the kind of healthy lifestyle you want them to have while maintaining a healthy and holistic relationship at the dinner table and outside of it.

In part 2 of our interview, she talks about the many reasons why many people fail to get stronger or healthier despite following the Paleo way as rigidly as possible.

"In order to achieve your goals, you actually have to have rest and recovery." Sarah Fragoso

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The importance of teaching yourself to ease into a healthy lifestyle than to follow a 30-day program.
• Why it's important to make more time for yourself and how being everything to everybody is bad for your health.
• How stress affects the way your body reacts to exercise and diet programs.
• Stressing yourself out to be healthy is not healthy.
• Why it's important to focus on other lifestyle factors before you start beating yourself up in the gym.
• Even a spotless diet won't mean anything if your lifestyle is a wreck.
• A few tips on how to reset your circadian rhythm.

Key Takeaways:

• You cannot exercise your way out of a bad lifestyle. If your sleep is a train wreck, the workout is not the area you need to focus on.
• Guard your sleep like a lion.
• Extreme exercising, the likes people see on TV, is not the only way to get fit.
• Investigate any underlying problems that may be contributing to why you're unhealthy instead of trying to "Paleo" better.

Connect with Sarah Fragoso:

• Sarah Fragoso
• Sarah Fragoso Facebook
• Sarah Fragoso Twitter
• Podcasts
• Books
• Recipes

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