Pursuit of Health

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is our heart’s ability to change the rate at which it pumps blood based on our constantly changing state of being. It significantly impacts how our body can react to and recover from stressful situations. HRV is a non-invasive measurement of our Autonomic Nervous System. So whether our body enters a “fight or flight” response during a high-stress situation, or it begins to “rest and digest” when the threat has disappeared, these changes are reflected i...

At 25 y.o. he established one of Denver's largest healing centers. Since then Dr. Golman has now taken his expertise to a virtual weight loss company combining natural health methods with uplifting psychological principles. His latest venture, the 4 Secrets To Weight Loss book, has helped countless individuals shed unwanted fat without resorting to drugs or surgeries. Driven by a deep desire to inspire and empower others, Dr. Golman is on a mission to help people unlock their full poten...

When was the last time you gave your feet serious consideration? Maybe when you stepped on a Lego or stubbed your toe? Or maybe it was when you pulled out the clippers and got your talons under control. But would you be surprised to learn that feet and feet care play a critical role in chronic pain, mobility and overall movement freedom? Physiotherapist Greg Stern, the self-proclaimed 'food nerd', breaks it all down for us as he brings attention to the role our feet have in health AND h...

Did you know that back in medieval France, King Henry II’s wife, Princess Catherine, believed that if she ate chicken combs, she would become beautiful? Even before that (in the 700s) Yang Guifei, one of the four beauties of ancient China, also ate chicken combs. Chicken combs, as it turns out, contain a lot of a substance known as hyaluronic acid. Recent clinical studies show that ingesting hyaluronic acid actually can increase the moisture content of the skin. This shows up as m...

Chances are, you’ve never heard of astaxanthin, and that’s OK. It certainly hasn’t had the popularity of other compounds such as lycopene, alpha and beta carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, or the ever-touted polyphenols. But like other superstar nutrients that come from the ocean such as omega-3 fats, astaxanthin is one you’ll want to learn more about. In this podcast, I will cover it all for you; what astaxanthin is, where it’s found in food, and if there are any health-promoting or therapeuti...

ALL living things on our planet, whether that’s a single-cell organisms like bacteria to complex multicellular ones like primates, are made of cells. While cells come in various shapes, sizes, and functions, whether those cells come from animals, plants, or bacteria, they have QUITE a few fundamental characteristics in common one of which is that they all contain an important molecule called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or…..NAD for short. NAD is an essential co-factor, involved in fund...

Apigenin is a very common, naturally-occurring polyphenol found in the plant kingdom with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Polyphenols are a category of compounds found naturally in plant foods, such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, tea, dark chocolate, and wine for example. We’ll further explore some of apigenin’s unique properties including the evidence for its role in helping insomnia, anxiety, and depression, reducing inflammation AND why apigenin is one of the darlings ...

Many people dread the thought of getting old. Perhaps it’s because having more km on the odometer means their youth is fading. Perhaps it has nothing to do with the idea of quote ‘getting old’ but maybe it’s because they fear - or dread - the seemingly inevitable age-related diseases that come with added years. Amazingly, there are several species of plants and animals that seem to defy aging as we know it – this of course begs the question, ‘do we have to age?’In this podcast, I’ll rev...

More and more health professionals, including doctors, are challenging conventionalwisdom when to comes to long-standing advice on healthy eating. Through their ownexperiences of becoming over-weight and prediabetic, many have turned to low-carb-high-fat, keto and lower carb diets to effectively lose weight, and reverse the abnormal labindices that they and their peers normally prescribe medications for. Once considered faddiets, low/lower-carb, high-fat diets are taking their rightful place ...

Gut health continues to be a hot topic and we’ve only started to scratch the surface. One area of interest is the role of gut micro-organisms, a.k.a. microbiota or the microbiome and their role on gut inflammation, and on how diet impacts the composition and function of gut bacteria. Natasha’s area of research focuses on how dietary fat impacts the gut microbiome, inflammation and disease activity in patients living with Ulcerative Colitis.Doug Cook RD: www.dougcookrd.comTwitter: https:...