In this episode, I talk with Krisna Hanks, who was a professional dancer for decades and is now a health coach. We talk about:

• Her journey through dancing and into health coaching
• How Krisna realised that her plant-based diet wasn’t working
• Low carb and keto
• How sunshine s good for sleep
• That exercise is not for weight loss
• And more..

Find Coach Krisna here:

• https://www.square1wellness.com/
• https://twitter.com/Square1Wellness
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisnahanks/
• https://www.facebook.com/Square1Wellness
• https://www.instagram.com/square_1_wellness/

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Episode timing:

(00:00) Introduction

(05:12 )Learning from dancing

(09:37) Why did a plant-based diet not work for Krisna?

(20:34) Complexity in nutrition and changing your diet

(28:26) What is low carb and keto?

(36:51) Switching from burning glucose to burning fat

(40:10) How much protein do you need?

(46:06) Intermittent fasting

(48:25) Exercise is not for weight loss

(52:14) Sunlight and sleep

(55:44) The difference between a health coach and a doctor

(58:32) How to get enough sunlight in the Netherlands?

(01:02:31) Outro and disclaimer

In this episode, I talk with Coach Friso, who is a personal coach that helps people to lose weight and achieve their best performance and health. We talk about:

• Strength training
• Recovery
• Personal coaching
• How social media is bad for us
• And more...

 

• Find Coach Friso on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCoachFriso 

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Episode timing:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:43) Why did Friso get into exercise and coaching?

(07:25) Why is weight loss comlicated?

(15:05) What is the right amount of protein?

(18:19) Does it matter when you eat

(20:24) What exercise does Friso advise?

(24:15) Let's talk about resistance training

(29:01) Is it nescesarry to stretch?

(30:36) Is long time-under-tension beneficial?

(32:49) Can you exercise too much?

(35:13) What are good ways to recover?

(41:13) Stress management

(45:29) How social media is bad for social skills

(53:36) Practical tips to improve your health now

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Stephan van Vliet, who is an assistant professor at the Center for Human Nutrition Studies at Utah State University. We talk about:

• Nutrition research and how it is funded
• A comparison of plant-based meat and grass-fed meat
• Phytonutrients in meat and plants
• RDA (recommended dietary allowance)
• And more...

 

• Find Stephan's research papers on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L5KcySQAAAAJ
• Stephan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanvlietphd
• The beef nutrient density project: https://www.bionutrientinstitute.org/beef

 

• Studies that we discussed:
• Health-Promoting Phytonutrients Are Higher in Grass-Fed Meat and Milk: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.555426/full
• A metabolomics comparison of plant-based meat and grass-fed meat indicates large nutritional differences despite comparable Nutrition Facts panels: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93100-3 

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Episode timing:   (00:00) Introduction (02:57) What is Stephan's job and how did he get into nutrition research (07:12) Who funds research? (13:16) A comparison of plant-based meat and grass-fed meat (19:30) Stephan's thoughts on lab-grown meat (23:03) Let's talk about phytonutrients (31:08) The beef nutrient density project (38:04) A closer look at RDA - recommended dietary allowance (45:08) Are nutrition facts panels missing information? (49:39) What is the optimal amount of protein? (52:16) Does the timing of consuming protein matter? (56:22) Can you go without protein, minerals and vitamins for a few days? (01:02:18) Can you take in too much protein? (01:08:19) Some practical tips to improve health (01:13:43) Outro and disclaimer

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Philip Ovadia about measuring and improving metabolic health. We talk about:

• Philip’s own health journey
• The current state of the medical system
• Cholesterol isn’t the primary cause of heart disease
• How to measure your metabolic health
• Steps to improve your metabolic health
• And more.

 

• Find Philip on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ifixhearts
• Philip's website: https://ovadiahearthealth.com/
• Philips IFixHearts website: https://ifixhearts.co/
• The “Stay off my operating table book”: https://www.amazon.com/Stay-off-Operating-Table-Metabolic/dp/1737818205/ 

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Episode timing:

(00:00) Introduction 

(01:55) Philip's metabolic health journey 

(05:43) The sad state of the medical system 

(13:23) Myths that the medical system tells us 

(21:31) Defining and measuring m  etabolic health 

(31:56) Improving your metabolic health 

(34:44) Eat whole real food 

(41:04) Moving more 

(42:29) More ways to improve your metabolic health 

(47:23) Where to find Dr. Philip and his book 

(51:02) Outro and disclaimer

In this episode, I talk with Govert Viergever about his health and biohacking journey. We talk about:

• Training for the Olympics
• Recovery tools and protocols
• The role of protein in performance and health
• How individualized nutrition and supplementation helps
• What goes on in the Olympic village
• And more...

 

• Find Govert on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Govertviergever
• Govert's website: http://www.govertviergever.com/
• Govert's coaching company: https://humanupgrade.nl/

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Episode timing:  

(00:00) Introduction

(01:30) Training for an olympic event 

(05:41) VO2 max and training motivation 

(12:22) It's all about recovery and protein is king 

(21:53) Biohacking for recovery  

(26:57) Using cold and heat for recovery 

(27:55) Using supplements and mushrooms for recovery 

(34:03) How Govert helps people through his biohacking business 

(39:47) The difference between biohacking and functional medicine 

(44:31) What does a coaching program with Govert look like 

(49:39) Common things that go wrong in health 

(52:43) Dealing with trauma and limiting beliefs 

(59:57) Practical tips for improving your health 

(01:06:57) Outro and disclaimer

In this episode, I talk with Iris Schrijver about her new book: On the Path to Health, Wellbeing, and Fulfilment: To Your Health. We talk about: 

• Why Iris wrote this book 
• What lifestyle medicine is 
• How to cut through the vast amount of health information 
• The contribution of genes to our health 
• Practical tips for a healthier life 
• And more...  

 

• Find Iris and her book here: https://lifestyleforhealthandwellness.com

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Episode timing:  

(00:00) Introduction 

(02:18 )Iris's background 

(03:47) Why Iris wrote her new book 

(08:23) The Standard American Diet goes global 

(10:06) What is lifestyle medicine? 

(12:57) How to cut through the vast amount of health information 

(24:19) Does it matter to work on your health? 

(27:46) The contribution of genes to our longevity 

(31:30) The difficulty of changing your lifestyle 

(37:30) The six pillars of lifestyle medicine 

(42:51) Eat real food 

(46:19) The role of supplements 

(48:57) The exercise pillar of lifestyle medicine 

(51:56) More practical tips for a healthier life 

(56:40) Outro and disclaimer

In this episode I talk with Kris Cambie, my chiropractor. We talk about: 

• What chiropractic therapy is
• Who should use chiropractic therapy 
• What kind of symptoms he treats 
• We also talk about his interest in functional neurology 
• How Kris uses functional neurology to treat ADHD and other disorders
• And more...

Go to https://www.improvingbarry.com for the full transcript. You can also watch the video on Youtube. 

Kris has a practice in Breda and Nijmegen in the Netherlands and performs chiropractic therapy, functional neurology, and much more. If you are in the Netherlands or Belgium, book an appointment at his practice: https://www.chiropractorcambie.nl/

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Episode timing:  

(00:00) - Introduction 

(01:26) - Why I went to a chiropractor 

(03:05) - What is chiropractic therapy? 

(05:58) - Why Kris changed his field 

(06:44) - What is a hernia? 

(11:01) - How Kris got into continuous learning 

(12:28) - What type of patients does Kris treat? 

(15:05) - Type of complains that Kris treats 

(17:15) - The weirdest thing Kris treated 

(20:37) - Myth - chiropractic is not science-based 

(23:01) - Myth - chiropractic therapy is dangerous 

(27:32) - Myth - cracking joints damages them 

(29:06) - Myth - nerves cannot stretch 

(30:00) - Myth - cartilage doesn't grow back 

(32:50) - What are chiropractic manipulations? 

(36:26) - Muscles and ligaments 

(37:13) - Chiropractic loosening of tissues 

(41:53) - Dry needling 

(45:47) - The Cox technique 

(48:26) - Functional neurology 

(51:48) - How our body is represented in our mind 

(53:58) - Teaching the brain to move the body 

(56:57) - What are neurodevelopment disorders? 

(01:03:49) - ADHD 

(01:07:31) - Causes of neurodevelopment issues 

(01:13:32) - The influence of screen-time  

(01:17:15) - Education is part of the solution 

(01:20:10) - Using nutrition as a tool 

(01:22:44) - Movement heals 

(01:29:46) - An example of awareness of a problem 

(01:33:33) - Habits and willpower 

(01:39:27) - Does everybody need a chiropractor? 

(01:41:52) - Practical tips to stay healthy & mobile 

(01:45:52) - How much and what kind of movement? 

(01:50:00) - Outro and disclaimer

In this episode, I talk with Jayne Rees Buxton about her book, the great plant-based con. We talk about: 

• Why Jayne wrote this book 
• How a plant-based diet might not be good for your health 
• Why a plant-based diet isn't the silver bullet to solve climate change 
• Who is behind the global push towards a plant-based diet 
• And more...  

 

• Find Jayne at Twitter: https://twitter.com/JayneReesBuxton 
• Find the book at: https://thegreatplantbasedcon.com  

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Episode timing: 

(00:00) Introduction 

(01:07) Why did Jayne write this book? 

(07:24) Should we stop eating meat to solve climate change? 

(24:26) Can you get all of your protein from plants?  

(30:03) Can you get all of your vitamins and minerals from plants?   

(36:42) Does eating saturated fat from meat cause cardiovascular disease? 

(44:59) Does eating meat cause cancer? 

(51:16) Who wants us to eat plant-based? 

(01:00:31) The role of religion in promoting a plant-based diet 

(01:05:54) Will we still be able to choose our diet in the future? 

(01:10:13) How should we eat? 

(01:17:34) Outro and disclaimer

In this episode, I talk with Eduard de Wilde who is a biohacker and also runs the company Live Helfi, which is a supplement company in Europe. We talk about:

• Eduard's journey into biohacking and why he does what he does
• We also talk about supplements and how to choose the right ones
• We talk about the healthcare system 
• We talk about the difference between healthspan and lifespan and how to extend those
• And more..

 

• The Live Helfi website: https://livehelfi.com
• Find Eduard here: https://dewilde.com

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Episode timing:

(00:00) Introduction 

(03:18) What is biohacking? 

(08:16) Why do it yourself and not go to the doctor? 

(12:31) How Eduard started his health journey 

(27:12) Why Eduard continues to biohack after he was healed 

(32:14) Eduard coaches people to improve their health 

(37:50) How willpower is finite 

(42:19) The changing food industry 

(48:17) Does Eduarqd want to live forever? 

(56:03) What does Eduard eat? 

(01:03:31) Eduard's 90/10 system 

(01:07:13) What health metrics does Eduard measure?  

(01:15:00) Finding the relationship between lifestyle and health 

(01:19:46) Saturated fat doesn't work for Eduard 

(01:22:52) How Eduard started his company Live Helfi 

(01:26:14) How to pick quality supplements 

(01:29:54) Eduard created his own brand of supplements 

(01:40:33) Should everybody take supplements?  

(01:42:48) What health gadgets doe Eduard use? 

(01:51:38) Practical tips to improve your health

In this episode I'm talking with Sonia Hunt, who is the number one best selling author of the book, Nut Job, and also a TedEx speaker with over a million views. We talk about: 

• Sonia's journey from being allergic to things like nuts, to not being allergic to them anymore, which is incredible 
• Sonia talks about how she actually got rid of her allergies 
• We talk about mindset
• About the healthcare system 
• And much more...

I apologise for my audio quality in this episode. I found out after the recording that my microphone was dying. I've replaced it and will do better next time. Luckily, Sonia does most of the talking.  

• Find Sonia here: https://soniahunt.com/
• Sonia's book Nut Job: https://www.amazon.com/NUT-JOB-Crushed-Allergies-Thrive/dp/1737107627/  

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Episode timing: 

(00:00) Introduction 

(04:49) How Sonia's health story started 

(09:03) Food intolerances and allergies 

(11:36) Reading food labels 

(15:41) What was the cause of Sonia's allergies? 

(22:44) Sonia's relationship with food 

(26:14) The stigma around food allergies 

(28:19) Starting the journey to heal from allergies 

(30:35) Changing your mindset 

(34:45) Expanding awareness to alternative modality  

(38:53) Was this journey covered by insurance? 

(43:10) Structured healing with tests and planning 

(50:25) Recognizing the relationship between lifestyle and health outcome 

(52:13) Are you afraid of dying? 

(56:10) Outro and disclaimer