17.5) Stories of the Backwards Medical System

 

Today, we have another Dr. Gary Rants where we get an inside look at the world of healthcare through his first hand experience. We're all in the same boat with regards to the pandemic, but what does our future look like? Here are our thoughts as of February 2021!

 

We discuss:

• The media right now
• Social isolation and lack of information
• No public support for lifestyle & diet interventions?
• Is the pandemic here to stay?
• Inconsistent public policies
• “Normal” lab and testing values
• Losing trust in the system
• Thinking for yourself

 

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

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We sat down with Dr. Ashley and Sarah Armstrong, the Strong Sistas, to talk about their health journey and their most recent venture into regenerative agriculture. Their health journey has taken them from a predominantly plant-based diet to one that is based around animal foods. In the process, they’ve healed from eating disorders and autoimmune conditions.

 

Ashley received her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Illinois and Sarah received her bachelors in Health Sciences & post grad studies in Integrative Nutrition. Recently, they’ve decided to drop their career plans, move out to a farm, and become first generation, regenerative, female farmers. Their mission is to improve human health and the health of the planet by changing the way food is grown & raised.

 

We cover:

• What’s going on in their life right now?
• Their health journey
• Nutrient Dense Foods
• Modern foods are nutrient depleted
• The relationship between your health and soil health
• An individualized approach to nutrition
• Nose to tail eating
• Ray Peat inspired nutrition & stress
• Regenerative agriculture

 

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Visit their website: https://www.armstrongsisters.com

Support Angel Acres: https://www.gofundme.com/f/strong-sistas-farm?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet

 

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

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This is a fun one with Dr. Gary where we rant on cholesterol, one of the most misunderstood things in modern health science. We get fired up because we’ve got this one so wrong for so many decades and it’s caused innumerable problems with the health of the world.

What you’ll get from this episode:

• An easy to understand high level look at how we got cholesterol wrong
• An understanding of the different types of cholesterol and what they mean
• What is a triglyceride to HDL ratio and what does it show?
• Simple tips on reading your lipid panel 
• The reason why we got cholesterol so wrong
• What to do if your doctor is worried about your cholesterol
• When is high LDL actually bad
• How to eat for true health

 

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

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Today, we have a fun episode with our good friend Dr. Matthew Bloom who attended UCLA with Dr. Gary and Brian. He practices physical regenerative medicine and covers a lot of new information that we normally don’t hear about on the nutrition side of things or the on the internal medicine side that Dr. Gary focuses on. 

 

Dr. Bloom is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist who focuses on diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of various musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. He regularly treats his patients using Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound as well as Regenerative Medicine such as Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) and Stem Cell Therapy.

 

Catch Dr. Bloom on Instagram @DrBloomDO

Or visit his website: http://DrBloomDO.com

 

What you’ll get from this episode:

 

- What is regenerative medicine?

- How to avoid arthritic pain and chronic back pain

- A modern and preventative approach to health care

- Platelet-rich plasma injections and stem cell injections as well as other new treatment options

- Importance of lifestyle including diet and exercise to help heal the body

- How to navigate the complicated medical system 

- How both patients and doctors best leverage this complex system

 

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

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We had a talk with Sapien Tribe member Martin O’Toole calling in from Tasmania with a life-changing story of healing with diet & lifestyle. 

 

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

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Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health and science journalist and the author of the New York Times best-seller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, published in 8 languages around the globe. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes health podcast The Genius Life. He has also recently just written his new book The Genius Life.

 

Lugavere appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show, the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. He has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, CNN, and the Daily Beast, has been featured on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and in The New York Times and People Magazine. He is an internationally sought-after speaker and has given talks at South by Southwest, TEDx, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm, Sweden, and many others.

 

From 2005-2011, Lugavere was a journalist for Al Gore’s Current TV. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles. Go check out his website to learn more: https://www.maxlugavere.com/

 

What you’ll get from this episode:

 

• His background and story of how he got into the industry. 
• Some of the dietary principles that he believes in.
• Plants in a nose-to-tail diet
• Buying organic vs conventional 
• High sugar fruits. 
• Jogging for exercise vs resistance training. 
• Leverage stressors to fight your own stress.
• Nasal breathing.
• Hot therapy.
• Cold immersion therapy.
• The importance of not coddling the elderly. 
• Use of diet/exercise to prevent mild cognitive impairment or progression.

 

SAPIEN TRIBE http://tribe.sapien.org

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

Follow along:

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We’re back for another episode of Dr. Gary Rants where we get an inside look at the world of healthcare through a doctor’s first hand experience. 

 

Today we cover:

 

• What’s happening in Dr. Gary’s medical clinic
• How bad LA is these days
• The status of hospitals this winter
• Promoting diet & lifestyle while also promoting standard safety protocols (which nobody is doing)
• Having an advantage by looking at both sides of things
• Our take on why LA is having a surge in cases
• Fear and anxiety suppressing the immune system
• Building immune health

 

SAPIEN TRIBE http://tribe.sapien.org

SAPIEN PROGRAM http://SapienProgram.com

MAIN SITE http://Sapien.org

 

Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

Follow along:

http://twitter.com/sapien

http://instagram.com/sapien.health

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Brent Pella is a great guy and neighbor to Brian and Dr. Gary in West Los Angeles. We really loved having him on the show to lighten things up and talk about how comedy can 

Brent Pella is a stand-up comedian whose comedy sketches, celebrity impressions and parody music videos have gained more than 50 million views online and have been featured on MTV, Funny or Die, BroBible, Worldstar HipHop and more. A graduate of both the UCB and Groundlings improv/sketch programs in LA, Brent is best known for his impressions of Eminem, The Rock, and 'Young Jamie' from the Joe Rogan podcast, in addition to viral comedy shorts "How the Grinch Took Mushrooms," and "Why You Shouldn't Fly Spirit Airlines," which gained 3 million views in the first day of release and took the #1 trending spot on both Reddit and Youtube the same day. 

Brent's live show is a mixture of stand-up and original characters in a high-energy format that's inspired by experiences of growing up with a single mother, the audacity of adulthood, and attempts at becoming a "conscious bro."  Brent currently lives in Los Angeles and headlines comedy clubs and colleges around the US, while continuing to produce his own content for release on Instagram (@BrentPella) and at YouTube.com/BrentPella as well as his weekly podcast The Brent Pella Show.

 

What you’ll get from this episode:

• We talk about low carbohydrate diet and how to apply it to your daily life
• How the SAPIEN lifestyle can help with performance especially for athletes, Brent is a basketball player and has noticed improvement in his performance
• Cognitive benefits of SAPIEN lifestyle specifically More clarity and less brain fog
• Learn about Brent's journey through his own health and wellness story
• How important comedy is to open people's minds and looking at all sides Of an argument to better understand complicated topics like nutrition
• Comedy and it’s vital Role in helping educate people

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

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Got another Saturday decompression episode with Dr. Gary for ya to follow up with the full in-studio episode on lockdown fallout. This was recorded Dec 1.

 

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Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

 

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

Follow along:

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http://instagram.com/sapien.health

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A message from Dr. Gary: We recorded this episode to share some of our thoughts about the current pandemic. Please do not take any of this as medical advice. These are the opinions of Dr. Gary Shlifer and Mr. Brian Sanders. These opinions are current to the date of the recording of this podcast 11/5/2020. We share ideas about how we can do better and what experiences we have already had during the pandemic. Thank you for listening and let us know what you think.

SAPIEN TRIBE http://tribe.sapien.org

SAPIEN PROGRAM http://SapienProgram.com

MAIN SITE http://Sapien.org

 

Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.

Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to Tail

 

Follow along: http://twitter.com/sapien http://instagram.com/sapien.health http://facebook.com/sapienlife