The Edge

About the episode:

In the final episode of Season 1 of The Edge, Dr. Marcus Ranney and Prof. Tim Noakes round up all the subjects that were spoken about in the previous episodes. From a low carbohydrate diet to exercise physiology, this episode features everything. Tune in to understand your body better and how to fuel it correctly for longevity, wellbeing and optimum performance. 

About the guest:

Professor Tim Noakes is an emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town and the Chairman of The Noakes Foundation. The Noakes Foundation is a Non-Profit Corporation founded for the public benefit which aims to advance medical science’s understanding of the benefits of a low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diet by providing evidence-based information on optimum nutrition. He has authored several books like The Real Meal Revolution, Raising Superheroes, Lore of Nutrition, Diabetes Unpacked, Superfood for Super children and Waterlogged to name a few. He has also been rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for a second five-year term. He has a passion for running and is still active, running half marathons when he can. In 2002, Prof Noakes was awarded the International Cannes Grand Prix Award for Research in Medicine and Water for his work on exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH). This work is considered one of the 40 most important “persons or events'' in the sport of running in the past four decades. In 2008, he was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (UK).  In 2015 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Research Foundation for his contribution to sports science research in the year 2012. His most recent work is the foundation that he has developed 'The Nutrition Network', which is a certification and training program for doctors who want to prescribe a high-fat, low-carb diet to their patients.

About the episode:

In the final episode of Season 1 of The Edge, Dr. Marcus Ranney and Prof. Tim Noakes round up all the subjects that were spoken about in the previous episodes. From a low carbohydrate diet to exercise physiology, this episode features everything. Tune in to understand your body better and how to fuel it correctly for longevity, wellbeing and optimum performance. 

About the guest:

Professor Tim Noakes is an emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town and the Chairman of The Noakes Foundation. The Noakes Foundation is a Non-Profit Corporation founded for the public benefit which aims to advance medical science’s understanding of the benefits of a low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diet by providing evidence-based information on optimum nutrition. He has authored several books like The Real Meal Revolution, Raising Superheroes, Lore of Nutrition, Diabetes Unpacked, Superfood for Super children and Waterlogged to name a few. He has also been rated an A1 scientist by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for a second five-year term. He has a passion for running and is still active, running half marathons when he can. In 2002, Prof Noakes was awarded the International Cannes Grand Prix Award for Research in Medicine and Water for his work on exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH). This work is considered one of the 40 most important “persons or events'' in the sport of running in the past four decades. In 2008, he was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (UK).  In 2015 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Research Foundation for his contribution to sports science research in the year 2012. His most recent work is the foundation that he has developed 'The Nutrition Network', which is a certification and training program for doctors who want to prescribe a high-fat, low-carb diet to their patients.

Our diets have changed drastically since the time of our ancestors. This change in diet has been the harbinger of various lifestyle disorders which has deteriorated the health status of the current population. Tune in to understand how to get back to a daily diet for optimum health and how the Proper Human Diet or PHD can help achieve your longevity goals.

About Ken Berry: 

Dr Ken D Berry is a family physician in Camden, Tennessee and is affiliated with Henry County Medical Center. He is also a Board Certified Family Physician and Fellow in The American Academy of Family Physicians. He is the author of the bestseller “Lies My Doctor Told Me” which exposes myths and misleading health advice from well-meaning doctors, such as avoiding fat. The way Dr. Berry’s using the term “lies”, it’s not about consciously telling untruths. It’s about spreading myths about important things that doctors should be better informed about. He dealt with obesity and insulin resistance via dietary changes and following a ketogenic diet. Dr Berry has been in practice since the past 20 years.

Our diets have changed drastically since the time of our ancestors. This change in diet has been the harbinger of various lifestyle disorders which has deteriorated the health status of the current population. Tune in to understand how to get back to a daily diet for optimum health and how the Proper Human Diet or PHD can help achieve your longevity goals.

About Ken Berry: 

Dr Ken D Berry is a family physician in Camden, Tennessee and is affiliated with Henry County Medical Center. He is also a Board Certified Family Physician and Fellow in The American Academy of Family Physicians. He is the author of the bestseller “Lies My Doctor Told Me” which exposes myths and misleading health advice from well-meaning doctors, such as avoiding fat. The way Dr. Berry’s using the term “lies”, it’s not about consciously telling untruths. It’s about spreading myths about important things that doctors should be better informed about. He dealt with obesity and insulin resistance via dietary changes and following a ketogenic diet. Dr Berry has been in practice since the past 20 years.

About the episode: Micronutrients are important for all kinds of physical and mental functions. Without their proper intake, the digestion, absorption and metabolism of macronutrients are also affected. It is essential that we include foods that provide us with the entire range of micronutrients. In this episode, Julia Rucklidge talks about the utmost importance of consuming micronutrients and how to do it effectively and efficiently so we can enjoy the maximum health benefits.

About the guest:

Julia Rucklidge is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab. She is well known for her research investigating the interface between nutrition and mental health, and has published over a hundred empirical papers. 

The research interests of Professor Julia Rucklidge are centred on the role of nutrition in the expression and treatment of mental illness, from ADHD to depression to stress following natural disasters. She won the Erskine Fellowship ( 2007 and 2011 ) and the Erskine Grant ( 1997 - 2002). Julia is the co-author of the book - The Better Brain Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition. Having witnessed conventional treatments failing so many people, Julia is passionate about helping people find alternative treatments for their psychiatric symptoms. Through her focus on translating research into practice, she hopes to help make nutritional interventions mainstream.

About the episode: Micronutrients are important for all kinds of physical and mental functions. Without their proper intake, the digestion, absorption and metabolism of macronutrients are also affected. It is essential that we include foods that provide us with the entire range of micronutrients. In this episode, Julia Rucklidge talks about the utmost importance of consuming micronutrients and how to do it effectively and efficiently so we can enjoy the maximum health benefits.

About the guest:

Julia Rucklidge is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab. She is well known for her research investigating the interface between nutrition and mental health, and has published over a hundred empirical papers. 

The research interests of Professor Julia Rucklidge are centred on the role of nutrition in the expression and treatment of mental illness, from ADHD to depression to stress following natural disasters. She won the Erskine Fellowship ( 2007 and 2011 ) and the Erskine Grant ( 1997 - 2002). Julia is the co-author of the book - The Better Brain Overcome Anxiety, Combat Depression, and Reduce ADHD and Stress with Nutrition. Having witnessed conventional treatments failing so many people, Julia is passionate about helping people find alternative treatments for their psychiatric symptoms. Through her focus on translating research into practice, she hopes to help make nutritional interventions mainstream.

About the episode:

We are only 1% human. The remaining 99% is made up of the microbes that inhabit us. The functions and roles of these microbes go above and beyond just regulating and keeping the gut healthy. This episode talks about the need to keep a healthy microbial balance and how it helps in long term and short term maintenance of health. 

About the guest:

Emeran Mayer is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Executive Director of the Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Co-director of the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center at UCLA and Founding Director of the UCLA Brain Gut Microbiome Center. He is a world-renowned gastroenterologist and neuroscientist with 30 years of experience. His main area of research is studying how the relationship between the digestive system and the nervous system plays out in health and disease. He is currently investigating the sex differences in brain-gut interactions; pelvic pain syndrome; the effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy on brain signatures in IBS; brain-gut microbiome interactions in inflammatory and functional GI disorders. He has also authored four books - The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health; The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health; Functional Pain syndromes: Presentation and Pathophysiology; The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding Why we are Sick can Help us Regain our Health. He loves mountaineering and is also a documentary filmmaker.

About the episode:

We are only 1% human. The remaining 99% is made up of the microbes that inhabit us. The functions and roles of these microbes go above and beyond just regulating and keeping the gut healthy. This episode talks about the need to keep a healthy microbial balance and how it helps in long term and short term maintenance of health. 

About the guest:

Emeran Mayer is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Executive Director of the Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Co-director of the CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center at UCLA and Founding Director of the UCLA Brain Gut Microbiome Center. He is a world-renowned gastroenterologist and neuroscientist with 30 years of experience. His main area of research is studying how the relationship between the digestive system and the nervous system plays out in health and disease. He is currently investigating the sex differences in brain-gut interactions; pelvic pain syndrome; the effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy on brain signatures in IBS; brain-gut microbiome interactions in inflammatory and functional GI disorders. He has also authored four books - The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health; The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health; Functional Pain syndromes: Presentation and Pathophysiology; The Gut-Immune Connection: How Understanding Why we are Sick can Help us Regain our Health. He loves mountaineering and is also a documentary filmmaker.

How can technology help you track real time data about your health and wellbeing? And why should you track anyway? In this episode, Michael Snyder talks about how tracking can help you gain deeper understanding of what is going on in your body at a physiological level. Often, illnesses begin developing in our bodies quietly, before any symptoms begin to show up. Snyder’s research shows that by tracking on a regular basis, we can pre-empt diseases. Health data collection using wearable tech can help us take a proactive approach toward prevention of disease. And like they say, prevention is better than cure.

About Michael Snyder: 

Michael Snyder is a pioneer in the field of functional genomics and proteomics, and one of the major participants of the ENCODE project. Snyder Lab was the first to perform a large-scale functional genomics project in any organism and has developed many technologies in genomics and proteomics. These include the development of proteome chips, high resolution tiling arrays for the entire human genome, paired end sequencing for mapping of structural variation in eukaryotes, de novo genome sequencing of genomes using high throughput technologies and RNA-Seq. He has combined different "omics" technologies to perform the first longitudinal detailed integrative personal omics profile (iPOP) of a person and used this to assess disease risk and monitor disease states for personalized medicine. He is also the author of the book: 'Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know' and the cofounder of Personalis, SensOmics, Qbio, January AI, Filtricine, Mirvie, Protos, Protometrix and Affomix. Michael Snyder, PhD, of Stanford University is the recipient of the 2019 Genetics Society of America (GSA) George W. Beadle Award for developing and disseminating widely-used technology for the simultaneous analysis of thousands of genes, RNA molecules, and proteins. Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine and Director at Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine.

How can technology help you track real time data about your health and wellbeing? And why should you track anyway? In this episode, Michael Snyder talks about how tracking can help you gain deeper understanding of what is going on in your body at a physiological level. Often, illnesses begin developing in our bodies quietly, before any symptoms begin to show up. Snyder’s research shows that by tracking on a regular basis, we can pre-empt diseases. Health data collection using wearable tech can help us take a proactive approach toward prevention of disease. And like they say, prevention is better than cure.

About Michael Snyder: 

Michael Snyder is a pioneer in the field of functional genomics and proteomics, and one of the major participants of the ENCODE project. Snyder Lab was the first to perform a large-scale functional genomics project in any organism and has developed many technologies in genomics and proteomics. These include the development of proteome chips, high resolution tiling arrays for the entire human genome, paired end sequencing for mapping of structural variation in eukaryotes, de novo genome sequencing of genomes using high throughput technologies and RNA-Seq. He has combined different "omics" technologies to perform the first longitudinal detailed integrative personal omics profile (iPOP) of a person and used this to assess disease risk and monitor disease states for personalized medicine. He is also the author of the book: 'Genomics and Personalized Medicine: What Everyone Needs to Know' and the cofounder of Personalis, SensOmics, Qbio, January AI, Filtricine, Mirvie, Protos, Protometrix and Affomix. Michael Snyder, PhD, of Stanford University is the recipient of the 2019 Genetics Society of America (GSA) George W. Beadle Award for developing and disseminating widely-used technology for the simultaneous analysis of thousands of genes, RNA molecules, and proteins. Currently he is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine and Director at Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine.