Maximal Being with Doc Mok

Today's topic is something some may find extremely important and very interesting. We're going to talk about sleep. So pay attention, because we know everyone out there is probably not sleeping the way they should be or could be. Joining us today at Maximal Being Fitness, Nutrition and Gut Health, is Dr. G, an expert in the field who worked as a hospitalist for several years. Then pursued Sleep Medicine after seeing patients in the hospital and what ramifications that had.
 
Topics
-What does your body do when you actually go to sleep?
-Sleep needs
-What is the circadian rhythm?
-Stages of sleep
-Is there any danger in using something that helps you sleep better?

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health, and cancer. Joining him is the podcast’s layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guest Dr. Navjot Grewal, an expert in the field who worked as a hospitalist for several years. Then pursued Sleep Medicine after seeing patients in the hospital and what ramifications that had.

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It's really neat to see doctors that venture outside of conventional Western practices. There are all of these wonderful tools at our disposal that we learn nothing about, and I think acupuncture is one of those, so today we are going to talk about what it is and how it can benefit our health. Joining us today at Maximal Being Fitness, Nutrition and Gut Health, is Dr. David Miller, the medical director for pediatric integrative medicine with the UH Connor Integrative Health Network and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital.
 
Topics
-What is acupuncture?
-The history of acupuncture.
-What is qi?
-Acupuncture for chronic pain
-Risk and downsides of acupuncture

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health, and cancer. Joining him is the podcast’s layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guest Doctor David Miller is the medical director for pediatric integrative medicine with the UH Connor Integrative Health Network and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. He did his conventional training in pediatrics, and then went back to school and did a four year program in Chinese medicine, which included acupuncture and herbal medicine, bodywork, mind body therapies.

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I didn't learn this until I was a gastroenterologist, but men can have babies too. And I'm not talking about birthing another human being, I'm talking about food babies. Today we're talking about one of the relative alphabet soups of GI that's IBS, much different than inflammatory bowel disease or IBD. We're going to be talking about such a widespread topic, which affects so many of you out there. And joining me today, coming back to the show is GI doctor Dr. Susan Kais and we have Ms. Katie Regan, a dietitian at Modify Health.
 
Topics
- The difference of IBD and IBS
- IBS Symptoms
- Diagnosing IBS
- FODMAPS
- Going on the low FODMAP protocol
- Functional medicine approach versus low FODMAP approach

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health, and cancer. Joining him is the podcast’s layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guests are Dr. Susan Kais, a GI doctor and Ms. Katie Regan, a dietitian at Modify Health.

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We're going to be unpacking that dreaded C-word that people toss around the workplace. It’s not what you think. But the word, cancer. Cancer remains a leading cause of death here in America.  So we're going to talk about some of the things that you can do to prevent cancer from happening, what cancer is, and then we'll also get into the weeds about things that you can do that are a little more bio-hacky on how to improve your risk or if you do have cancer, how to adjunct your chemotherapy. Joining us today at Maximal Being Fitness, Nutrition, and Gut Health, is Doctor Douglas Beach, a medical oncologist at Pennsylvania hospital where he is currently practicing as part of the University of Pennsylvania health system.
 
Topics
-What is cancer and how did I get it?
-Diets for your health
-Different types of cancer
-Three main modalities of cancer treatment
-Why processed food sugar bad
-Vitamins for cancer

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health, and cancer. Joining him is the podcast’s layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guest Douglas Beach is a medical oncologist at Pennsylvania hospital.

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Meditation is a practice where individuals use techniques such as mindfulness and others. You can do this in a number of other activities, where you focus the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity. Mindfulness is something that's often looked over when it comes to almost everything, mental health, being happy, pain management. We meditate and practice mindfulness to train the attention and awareness to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm, stable state. Joining us today at Maximal Being Fitness, Nutrition and Gut Health, is Chris Shrope & Elle Mok-Taylor.

Topics
-Mindfulness and meditation
-Looking at things non judgmentally
-Mindfulness and meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy
-How to start with mindfulness and meditation
-Studies about mindfulness in controlling symptoms or illnesses

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health, and cancer. Joining him is the podcast’s layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guests are Chris Shrope, an amazing leader in the field of mindfulness and meditation and Elle Mok-Taylor a licensed clinical counselor.

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Chiropractors are what we call portal of entry providers, and some people would consider them primary care. A lot of people do not, but either way they are taking patients in without necessarily a referral for neuromusculoskeletal conditions, primarily those of the spine, and they are using conservative treatment methods, mainly those with hands on application or manual therapies, and that's where we'd consider back cracking or popping of joints, and more technically, spinal manipulation or adjustments and as well as soft tissue techniques, and there's a whole variety of different manual therapies out there stretching, exercises. Joining us today at Maximal Being Fitness, Nutrition and Gut Health, is Dr. Robert Trager, a chiropractic physician at University Hospitals to discuss Chiropractic Health.
 
Topics
-What is chiropractics
-History of the theories of chiropractic medicine
-Spinal manipulation
-The process of chiropractic visits
-The role of having proper posture in preventing lower back pain

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health and cancer. Joining him is the podcast’s layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guest Dr. Robert Trager is a chiropractic physician at University Hospitals and a budding researcher.

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A lot of people have been sitting at home, bored, trying to find things to fill their time. So a lot of people are picking up some bad vices, whether that be alcohol, drugs, or even just that evening chocolate. Today's podcast we're going to key into the concept of addiction. Joining me today is my amazing co host, Jacky P. and a longtime friend, Chris Dorian. Chris Dorian is a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor and certified clinical supervisor. He is also the founder of Know Your Why Recovery.

Topics
-What is addiction?
-Stigma of mental health
-Different types of treatment
-Things to do at home to work on addiction
-Supplements that can help with addiction

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health and cancer. Joining him is the podcast’s layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast.  Their guest Chris Dorian is a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor and certified clinical supervisor, Chris is also the founder of www.knowyourwhyrecovery.com

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Celiac disease and gluten, it's a staple in the American diet. Corn and wheat comprise 80% of dietary sources whether it be fed to another animal, but we're noticing more and more that people are developing these sensitivities to gluten and developing things like celiac disease. Joining us today at Maximal Being Fitness, Nutrition and Gut Health, are general gastroenterologists Paurush Shah and Jeff Constanzo.
 
Topics
-Who typically gets problems with gluten and celiac disease
-Symptoms of gluten intolerance
-Ancient grains versus modern processed grains
-Does bleaching food versus sprouting or fermenting food do anything to break down gluten?
-Diagnostic workup when thinking about a gluten intolerance or celiac disease
-Eliminating gluten from your diet

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health and cancer smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. His guests Paurush Shah and Jeff Constanzo are general gastroenterologists.

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It's colon cancer awareness month! Colon cancer remains the number three cause of cancer death in America. I really think that a lot of people are getting it younger because of what is happening to our food system. So unpacking the concept of colon cancer today, and joining us today at Maximal Being Fitness, Nutrition and Gut Health, is GI Jeff and of course my wonderful co host Jacky P.

Topics
-How do we get colon cancer?
-What to do to prevent colon cancer?
-The process for preparing for a colonoscopy
-Foods to help your colon
-Foods that are bad for your colon

Doc Mok an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health and cancer. RN Graham is an ICU nurse and ex-physique competitor, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guest Jeff Costanzo is a gastroenterologist in a private practice at Eastern Pennsylvania.

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Imagine this, you're a normal 20-18 something year old, you're going to soccer practice, you're going on dates, and you have the urgency to run to the bathroom, all of a sudden, you run in there and the toilet is just, SCARY. It looks like a horror movie. This is the everyday reality for people that suffer from inflammatory bowel disease. This is a very unique patient population and that they're very young. They're very scared and they're very sick. And as gastroenterologist, this is one of the main conditions that we deal with.

Topics
-What is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and how is it different than irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
-The impact of different dietary factors on IBD
-The ideal carbohydrate for somebody with IBD to have
-How omega-3 helps with IBD
-What is the role of glutamine in IBD
-Using VSL#3 on pouchitis patients

Doc Mok is an advanced GI doctor specializing in nutrition, gut health, and cancer. Joining him is everyone’s favorite layman, Jacky P, smashing the broscience on this week’s podcast. Their guests include two amazing gastroenterologists, Dr. Mo Naem and Dr. Susan Kais.

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