Optimal Performance

Lots of exciting content in this episode of the OPP. We sit down with Natural Stacks co-founder Roy Krebs. Tons of exciting announcements and chances to win cool stuff!

We're really excited to give you a chance to win a Concept 2 Rower! We're always looking to hook you guys up stuff you'll love. Enter here.

CILTEP Studies coming soon

-2 large scale, double-bling placebo controls with two groups healthy adults, and healthy elderly. Of course, these are top notch University studies instead of a Contract Research Organization (which many other supplement companies use) which leave room for manipulation.

NEW PRODUCTS FOR 2018

-Ciltep to-go pack! Take it with you when you travel. No-brainer.

-This March we're releasing a drink! Won't say which product though (wink)

- Targeted probiotic products for memory, focus and sleep. Roy is developing a probiotic supplement which will be for specific optimization. Studies are showing that specific strains help specific areas and Roy is working to optimize probiotics. 

- Better Blue Blocker Glasses - along with an eye health supplement sold as a stack

NEW CONTENT FOR 2018

-We'll be looking at developing some online courses in collaboration with the NS Board of Directors - who are experts in nutrition, brain training and the body.

-OPP as a whole, will continue to evolve and focus on useable, accessible content that everyone can use. 

-We may be reaching out to you to hear your story and potentially have you on the podcast to share your journey with everyone. 

Roy is a master innovator as you probably already know, so it should come as no surprise that he's working on a dozen projects all at once. But the best part about it - everything Roy develops is done with transparency, high ethics and accountability to the absolute best possible ingredients. As Roy mentioned, every batch of every product is tested and results posted online for you to see. 

As always, we want to hear from you. We want your feedback, reviews, thoughts and concerns. If you have a cool show idea - we want to hear it. If you have a cool story to tell - let us know. If you want to be an affiliate, email [email protected]

Stay tuned folks, there's a lot more where this came from!

Sean

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I've done Ayahuasca around 25 times, but never with a shaman who was also a Western medical doctor.

Until recently.

Dr. Joe Tafur is a fascinating human being and author of a new book called The Fellowship of the River - A Medical Doctor's Exploration Into Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine. Dr. Tafur and I dive into a deep conversation surrounding the power of psychedelic shamanism.

Highlights:

• How we need to take care of our emotional bodies in order to #liveoptimal

• The interplay between western medicine an Amazonian Plant Medicine

• Spiritual states, flow states and how optimal performance depends on our "soul health"

• The emergence and importance of psychedelic research i.e. MAPS

• The importance of spiritual healing in modern health care i.e. Modern Spirit

• The difference between experimentation with psychedelics and entheogenic healing

• The power of plant medicine retreats like the ones at Nihue Rao in Peru

Lets take a step back though. What is Ayahuasca? Ayahuasca is a lot of things. It's a plant vine found in parts of Central and South America. It's sometimes called to the vine of souls, or spirit vine. It's one medicine in a vast array of plant medicines from the deep and ancient practice of traditional plant medicine.

Think about it this way. Most of the compounds we take in our supplements are derived from plant sources. These plants are powerful additives to our diets and allow us to live and perform at higher levels. Ayahuasca is the same, but instead of the value resting solely on the chemical components, it's the visionary, transformative properties of the plant that have the effect. That, coupled with the skill of an experienced shaman, healer, is the basis of the amazonian plant medicine. Of course...it goes deeper than that.

But what does all of this mean for you?

A lot of us deal with varying levels of emotional distress. Depression is now the number one mental illness on the planet and depression has a high co-morbidity rate with anxiety (meaning they usually come hand in hand). And that's why Serotonin Brainfood is such a popular supplement. I know I prefer a natural open source supplement for improved well-being over some pharmaceutical with WHO KNOWS in it. But, beyond supplements there is deeper work we can do in order to live more optimally.

Here are a few ways you can help nourish your emotional body

• Connect in nature. GO OUTSIDE, sit by a tree, or take a forest bath.

• Cultivate or connect with a community.

• Take time to do simple things that connect your inner-self, floatation therapy, meditation, walks etc.

And if you're in need of something stronger to get yourself back on track, take a look at a Traditional Amazonian Plant Medicine.

If anyone has questions about this work, or wants to pick my brain about it - email me - [email protected]

Optimally,

Sean McCormick

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OPP host Sean McCormick has a ranging conversation with Stem Cell expert and Integrated Health Specialist Regan Archibald. Regan has had 7 therapeutic sessions of stem cell therapy himself and is an expert in it's wide ranging uses.

OPP 96 Guest Dr. Christine Rosche returns to talk gut permeability, stool testing and how leaky gut can lead to leaky brain and have a drastic effect on your whole body.

OPP 96 Guest Dr. Christine Rosche returns to talk gut permeability, stool testing and how leaky gut can lead to leaky brain and have a drastic effect on your whole body. 

Craving The Truth author Chris Dufey

Craving The Truth author Chris Dufey

Perfect Keto founder Dr. Anthony Gustin on the integrative approach to Movement, Stress, Sleep and Nutrition for optimal health and performance. Dr. Gustin is a sports chiropractor who owns multiple businesses (Perfect Keto & Equip Foods) and can talk leadership and time management skills just as well as he can explain physiology and nutritional strategies. On this episode of the OPP, we talk about:

• The difference between a cyro and a sports cyro?
• Looking at things from a movement-based, integrated approach
• Fire-alarm going off in your house, you wouldn't ignore it
• Imagining does not equal intervention
• Foods that increase inflammation
• What you need to know about vegetable oils and food quality
• All tissue is made from the things you eat
• Problems he sees and how to scale his mission to the masses
• Have to let go of ego to grow
• As business owner you should be putting yourself out of business time and time again
• Purpose, vision, goal
• Transparency over all
• Educational company first
• Own your own health
• Keto is not a quality based diet
• If you look for average advice, you will be an average human
• Never use the exception to prove the rule
• Exogenous ketones, will they break your intermittent fast?
• Dr. Gustin's take on the Carnivore diet,
• Eat food that spoils