Straight-Up Wellness

In this episode, Ben Azadi talks about using keto and intermittent fasting for long term health:

* Ben's personal journey

* Addictions and Toxic Fat

* Mental Health

* "Books saved my life"

* "I am responsible"

* Weight loss vs. health gain

* Going vegan

* Vegan Crossfit

* Transitioning to keto

* Eating pork for the first time

* Raw dairy

* Transitioning from vegan to keto

* "Keto-flexing"

* What Ben eats now

* Diet evolution

* The problem with the popularity of keto

* Keto is not a diet

* Mimicking ancestral eating

* Keto and fasting as a muscle

* Toxic fuel sources

* Transitioning into keto

* Eating bitters

* Importance of bile

* Bitter-rich foods

* Keto after gallbladder surgery

* Using MCT oil and other supplements

* Release of toxins

* PPARY pathology

* Bio-chemical individuals

* Keto Kamp's mission

* Keto Kamp Academy

* Importance of Mindset

* Self-love, loving others, gratitude

* Ben's mindset practice

* The significance of the number 150,000

In this episode, Manny Weintraub talks about getting your financial life on track:

* Relationship with money

* Talking about money

* Making choices around money

* The wealthiest client

* Debt & investing

* Mindful debt

* Misconceptions around money

* The penny that doubles each day

* Working with Financial Advisors

* Getting a second opinion

* Feeling good about money

* Investing based on values

* The future vs. now

* The Time Horizon

* Industry of money fear

* Permission to feel like an investor

* 401K structure

* Asset allocation

* When to start investing

* Meditation - practice, not perfection

* The only constant is change

* Deal with the present

* Creating a meditation practice

* Meditation for overcoming financial stress

* Where to start in a money practice

In this episode, Janice King talks about superior oral health between dentist visits:

* Damaging your gums with daily actions

* Proper flossing techniques

* Death due to gum damage

* Danger of current dental hygiene recommendations

* Gram negative Bacteria

* Keeping bacteria in the mouth

* Chronic inflammation cytotoxins

* Systemic health begins in the mouth

* Bacteria causing inflammatory disease

* Sharing bacteria and the gut microbiome

* Changes in saliva at age 40

* How medications change saliva

* Saliva as the gatekeeper for gum health

* Stress as a key factor for poor oral health

* Maternal age and child oral health

* Oral bacteria during pregnancy and infant mortality

* The importance of oral health during pregnancy

* Oral bacteria overgrowth and strokes

* Oral bacteria and brain health

* Avoiding oral hygiene products with man-made chemicals

* Water flossing

* Baby toothbrushes

* Managing stress for oral health

* Supplementing saliva for systemic health

* How the body absorbs synthetic substances

* Formulation of Tri-Ology products

* Oral wound-healing agent

* Dental appointment preparation

* Killing cells when killing bacteria

* % of Americans with periodontal disease

* Oral disease and reproductive health

In this episode, Dr. Heather L. Cardin talks about why and how to use exogenous ketones:

* Multi-disciplined treatments

* Therapeutic ketones

* How the body makes its own ketones

* Definition of ketosis

* Developing ketones for Navy SEALS

* Why and how to use exogenous ketones

* Why some people have trouble getting into ketosis

* Ketones as a bridge to ketogenesis

* The Carb Flu

* How long energy lasts after taking ketones

* Testing for ketones

* When to take ketones

* Ketones for sleep

* Therapeutic ketones for brain health

* Sleep as a secret weapon for overall health

* Slipping out of ketosis when stressed

* Higher level of ketones for extra healing

* "Operation Torrent" documentary

* "Broken brains"

* Suicide and brain health

* Changing your DNA

* Clean nutrition

* Ketones post-diagnosis

* Ketones vs. Glucose as an energy source

* Developing a tolerance to ketones and MCT oil

* Determining how much ketones and MCT oil to take

* Keeping calories down with quality MCT oil

* Eating vegetables on a ketogenic diet

* Ketones are not a substitute for diet

* Choosing ketones the body can absorb

* Autoimmune keto

In this episode, Dr. David Jockers shares strategies for making keto work for you:

* Keto-friendly recipes

* Difference in flours

* Transitioning from the Standard American Diet

* Having 10-12 go-to recipes

* Importance of taking good images of recipes

* Palmini Noodles

* Hearts of Palm

* Troubleshooting keto

* Importance of food quality

* Minimizing toxins

* Keto as anti-inflammatory diet

* High-quality diet choices

* Drivers of inflammation

* Avoiding refined vegetable oils

* 3 big changes to make immediately

* Where to find the best meats

* Making keto work for your family

* Why butter is so healthy

* Fasting benefits with keto

* Keto for women

* Feast/famine cycles

* Controlling insulin

* Using carbs strategically

* Nutrient-dense carb sources

* Mastering our own physiology

* Carbing up or carb-cutting to break a plateau

* Are you really in ketosis?

* How to test your thyroid at home

* Carb cycling for thyroid

* Adding stress to break a plateau

* Hormetic stressors

* Being intentional about adding stress to the body

* Being intentional about calming the body

* "Cold and flu season"

* Training the body for resilience

* The maintenance phase of keto

* Mind Body Spirit

* Tracking what you need with wearable devices

* Tracking carbs - net vs. total

* Tracking macros

* Gentle approach to transitioning into keto

* Worse thing you can do for fat-burning

* Carbs in the evening

In this episode, Jeannette Bessinger talks about women’s health and wellness beyond the childbearing years:

* When the hormonal shift starts to happen

* When doing what has "always worked" suddenly stops working

* Lack of research for women's health over 40

* The difference in aging in men vs. women

* HRT therapy risks

* Environmental contributions to menopause experience

* Xeno-estrogens

* Accepted levels of stress and the effect on our health

* Understanding cortisol levels

* The cortisol and progesterone relationship

* The cultural fight against menopause

* Stepping into power to age gracefully

* Tips for reducing cortisol

* Elimination diet

* Walking and restorative exercise

* Walking post-workout for decompression

* "Forest bathing"

* "Natural Solutions for Digestive Health" book

* Rest-based HIIT training

* Reconnecting with your body from the inside out

* Making the mental shift to allowing yourself to rest

* Vegucation

* Increasing fiber content as we age to flush out the liver

* Swap out comfort foods for veggie-forward ones

* Women taking care of themselves while taking care of their families

* Finding staple dishes that families love and that are good for their aging bodies

* Vegucating over time

* Importance of making food taste good

* A freebie for Straight-Up Wellness listeners!

In this episode, Jessica Ederer talks about the gut-healing benefits of Pique Teas:

* Jessica's health journey

* Misdiagnosed with juvenile arthritis

* Food poisoning and its effect on the gut biome

* "Chicken and egg" theory with stress and the gut

* Headaches, sleeping, weight, and skin issues as an effect of poor gut health

* Plant-based diet to assist in a healing journey

* Gut microbiome as a garden

* Tea is a prebiotic food

* Tea for Intermittent Fasting

* When tea may break a fast

* Difference in health benefits between tea crystals and tea leaves

* Cold brew tea

* Phytonutrient extraction to support bodily functions

* Polyphenols are key to health benefits of tea

* Quantity of tea consumption for most health benefits

* How tea is flavored

* Goal of Pique Teas for consumers

* Sustainable approach to wellness

* Difference between coffee and tea

* Polyphenols and heat

* Caffeine in coffee vs tea

* L-thyronine benefits

* Difference between pre and probiotics

* Black or herbal teas instead of green tea if you have a sensitive stomach

* Favorite tea recipes

* 3 types of Fasting Teas developed with Dr. Jason Fung

* Cinnamon for healthy blood sugar regulation

* Friday 5 weekly newsletter

* Soothing effect of ginger

In this episode, Josh Trent talks about cultivating physical and emotional wellness:

* Josh's personal story

* Two driving forces: pain and pleasure

* Connecting to a Higher Power

* Gaining and losing 90 lbs

* Gathering vs. applying information

* Default mode network

* Wired for ancestral life

* The balancing act

* Breathing - 6 seconds of stillness

* Recurring stressors

* Age of transformation

* 4 major channels in our timelines

* Defining emotional intelligence

* Physical intelligence

* Electronic signals from the muscles to the brain

* Storing and accessing information

* Your body keeps score

* Healing as an end game

* Recommendations for movement

* M21 System

* Womb squat with overhead reach

* Fingerprint on the outside AND inside

* List: "Not of Service" and "Service"

* Cultivating the power to change

* Gratitude mantra

* Reach out

* Hell YES vs Hell NO

* Core components of wellness

* BTFA loop

* Tools for healing

* Eating, moving, sleeping

* Danger of listening to your gut

* Fighting for the act of self-care and self-love

* Josh's biggest "aha" moment

* How a partner mirrors you in a relationship

* The last thing the ego wants

* Stop, breathe, ask for support

In this episode, Jonathan Posey talks about the measures he’s taking to protect the practice of holistic health:

* What is "holistic health"

* Non-disease based model

* The whole person - the whole body

* Healing the whole body

* Protecting holistic health

* Delaying going to the doctor

* Competition from dietician lobbyists

* Licenses to talk about food and nutrition

* Red states

* Dietetics Industrial Complex

* Holistic Practitioners - what we do/do not do

* States with no nutrition laws

* Health as a team effort

* In-fighting among holistic educators

* Policies for supplement and direct sales companies

* Coaching on how to take supplements

* Laws for lab testing and results

* Direct access testing

* Working together for a common concern

* Bio-individuality

* Ongoing education and networking for holistic health educators

* The Health Coach in Florida who was sued

* Florida nutritional assessment

* Institute for Justice

* District Courts

* Friend of the Court

* Getting schools involved in the Council

* Reading every state's nutrition law to keep yourself and your practice safe

In this episode, Dr. Sherry Zhang talks about finding food freedom by eating according to your DNA:

* Molecular biology and food research

* Unique combination of biomarkers

* Why GenoPalate was founded

* Avoiding obesity by eating for your DNA

* Biomarker panels

* Finding food freedom

* Determining vitamins and minerals your body needs

* Genetic baselines

* Taking the guesswork out of knowing what to eat

* Ancestry

* Finding ways to eat foods you are sensitive to

* Early intervention for quality of life

* Genetic mutations

* Integrating with genetics testing

* GenoPalate home testing

* Geometrics and Nutrigenomics

* Neurobiology markers

* Food maps

* Sequencing the bugs in your gut

* Genetic SNPs (“Snips”)

* Continued updates to clients' reports

* Favorite case studies