The extracellular matrix – it could lead one to think of Neo in the popular trilogy The Matrix - however, it is actually a real and important system in your body. The Extracellular matrix is a network of connective tissue, collagen fibers, the lymphatic vessels, and all of the tributaries in the lymphatic system. The extracellular matrix is integral to the function and behavior of the cells in many different important ways. It controls the lifecycle, modulates, and influences the behavior of the cell, modulates and influences how growth factors are utilized.

So, what does that mean to your health and wellbeing?

This week, I am interviewing Michael McEvoy, a clinician, writer, educator, has created diverse health-related and functional medicine curriculum and has founded Metabolic Healing. Today, we will talk about the extracellular matrix and why it is a potential contributor to disease and fatigue.

 

In this podcast, you’ll learn

• What the extracellular matrix is and how it works
• How the extracellular matrix is linked to certain autoimmune conditions
• How hypermobility can be a symptom of extracellular matrix dysfunction and how to lessen hypermobility
• The most beneficial therapies to heal and strengthen our extracellular matrix
• The common pesticide that can trigger dysfunction in the extracellular matrix

The extracellular matrix – it could lead one to think of Neo in the popular trilogy The Matrix - however, it is actually a real and important system in your body. The Extracellular matrix is a network of connective tissue, collagen fibers, the lymphatic vessels, and all of the tributaries in the lymphatic system.

We have all, at some point in our lives, experienced a viral infection (such as the flu or common cold) which left us bedridden for a few days. The body gives us fever and fatigue in order to ensure that it has the best circumstances to heal. However, sometimes the virus is a bit more aggressive (Lyme or Epstein-Barr) and harder to get rid of. In recent years, it has become apparent that these common viruses can trigger chronic fatigue (also known as CFS or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) if left untreated. That leaves the question can these viruses be treated if they have been ”hiding” for many years? If so, what is the best viral infection treatment approach.

This week, I am talking to Dr. J. E. Williams, OMD. He has spent the last 35 years treating more than 150,000 patients, many of them suffering from chronic fatigue (CFS). Furthermore, Dr. Williams himself, once suffered from chronic fatigue after he was infected with Dengue fever. Listen in, as he shares how he helps his patients recover from chronic fatigue (CFS) that is triggered by viral infections, and how you can treat it.

In this podcast, you’ll learn

• Why you are feeling fatigued when you have a virus infection (and why that is important)
• The most common viruses that trigger chronic fatigue (CFS), and why they become chronic.
• The top lifestyle strategies to prevent viral infections.
• The most accurate ways to test for viruses (and why it can be difficult)

In recent years, multiple studies have emerged unveiling the immense role mitochondria play in everything from stress resilience, to health to energy levels. It turns out that mitochondria basically function as small batteries and detect threats (toxins, stress, and poor lifestyle choices) at a cellular level. So, how do mitochondria work? Is there a direct connection between the health of your mitochondria and fatigue? And what can you do to optimize your mitochondria and live to 100?

This week, I have a very special guest, whom I have been wanting to interview for a very long time. His name is Dr. Ted Achacoso and he is an expert on mitochondria and health. We are going to be talking about the function of mitochondria in our bodies and how they influence everything from disease, chronic inflammation, stress resistance, and aging.  

This is a very special episode and there is so much to discuss with regards to mitochondrial health that we ended up talking for almost 2 hours. I am super excited about this episode, and I hope you will appreciate it too. 😊

In this podcast, you’ll learn

• Why mitochondria are essential for vitamin D production
• How environmental changes affect your mitochondria
• The main reason why you age and how you can slow down aging
• How overeating cause breakdown of the mitochondria and how fasting improves their health
• One of the most common things people do to be healthy that damages their mitochondria (and how you can avoid it)
• Why avoiding blue light at night keeps your mitochondria healthy
• The 4 major keys to optimizing mitochondrial health and live to 100
• How relationships affect your mitochondria
• The best type of exercise for healthy strong mitochondria

Food allergies and intolerances have become a worldwide epidemic. It is highly likely that you know someone who is suffering from food intolerance. When talking to most health professionals about your reaction to foods, they will likely tell you that you need to get some sort of food sensitivity testing done. These are not only very expensive, they are also highly inaccurate (you are basically throwing money out your window).

Does that mean that it is impossible to find out exactly what food you react negatively to? No. It is very possible, and it is actually much easier and cheaper than you think.

This week, I am with Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby, who is a pioneer in the field holistic medicine and an expert on food allergies and food intolerance. He has spent many decades transforming the lives of patients who visit his clinic with complaints of fatigue, migraines, and depression. Dr. Mumby has devised a simple, yet powerful, food intolerance test that will help you identify if you have a food intolerance within days.

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In this podcast, you’ll learn

• The (huge) difference between food intolerance and food allergy.
• How you can identify if you have a food intolerance within 4 days
• The easy way to identify what food you are intolerant to
• How food allergies and addiction go hand-in-hand
• Why elimination diets are a short-term solution (and why staying on them for longer periods of time can make you sick.)
• The ways food intolerance symptoms show up (some of them might surprise you)
• How food intolerance influences chronic disease

Do you identify with either of these types of mothers?

• The busy mom - who is busy juggling work and family and is always on the go
• The stressed-out mom - who at times feel at her wit's end because of all the demands that are put on her and can’t find the time to recharge her batteries
• The balanced mom – who has all her ducks in a row and manages to make everything seem so easy

Regardless of which of these you identify yourself with, I want to let you know that you are doing a great job. Being a mom is a huge privilege. You are raising this small wonder who, one day, will grow up and contribute to the world. But, being a parent has a lot of challenges that contribute to many mothers feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. I was personally surprised when I found out how much demand there is on a parent.

How do those mothers who seem to have everything under control manage to do it all? How do you change your daily routines so you no longer identify yourself as the busy or stressed out mom?

Today, I am talking to Katie Wells, owner and founder of the popular health/parenting blog Wellness Mama. She will share how she manages to run a business, homeschool her 6 children, and find time in her day to recharge and mitigate stress.

 In this podcast, you’ll learn

• The only thing nutrition experts can agree on
• How Katie manages to cook healthy while being a busy mom of 6
• How the stressed out mom can give herself time to destress
• Why Katie and her husband chose to homeschool their children
• How to help your kids develop healthy eating habits
• The shocking truth about how often we eat throughout the day
• The unique and powerful breakfast routine Katie has with her family every morning

It can be very frustrating when you are having low energy. Especially when you think back on what exercises you were able to do before the fatigue set in. It makes you sit and wonder whether you will be able to get enough energy to do those things you enjoyed.

Fortunately, it is possible to do so.

This week, I am talking to Heather and Damian Dubé. Heather will share her story about how she learned that she had Chronic Fatigue and Hashimoto’s, and how this led her and Damian on a path to help people get der life and health back.

In this podcast, you’ll learn

• Why performance-enhancing drugs should be avoided.
• The simple lifestyle changes that can help you get your energy back
• Why Hashimoto’s is often misdiagnosed
• What Damian and Heather say health looks like
• How high levels of toxins affect health and energy levels (and how to get rid of toxins)
• The factors you should consider when you are going to do a detox

Many of us today, are walking around with one or more of the most common eye problems (cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma, myopia ”near-sightedness” and hyperopia ”far-sightedness”). When we go see a doctor, we are either told that we have to get a surgery or use prescription drugs or glasses for the rest of our lives and that our eyesight cannot be reversed. One of the main reasons why people end up taking these types of treatment is that most are unaware of some of the main causes of poor eye health and that it, in fact, can be reversed.

So, what are the most common causes for poor eye health? And more importantly, how can we improve our eyesight naturally?

This week, I am talking to holistic optometrist Dr. Sam Berne. He, having been diagnosed with an eye condition in early childhood, wanted to know how to improve his vision. This brought him on a journey where he learned how to naturally improve eyesight and heal the most common eye problems without the need for surgery. He will share four of his natural eye care tips to improve your eye health and how he has helped thousands of people improve their eyesight.

In this podcast, you’ll learn

• What types of foods you should eat regularly for optimal eyehealth
• The creative (and counter-intuitive)way to improve your eyesight 
• Why conventional treatment can harm your vision
• Why digital devices are harmfulto your eyesight (and how to counteract it)
• The importance of colors and light for eye health
• The most common causes of eye problem
• How exposure to certain types of discomfortis improving eyesight

A good hormone balance is essential to function well. I am sure most of my female readers can agree that even a minor change in hormones (such as the one they experience while going through their cycle) can affect everything, from mood, to cravings, to impurities. If you find that uncomfortable, then imagine some of the side effects of a constant hormone imbalance (acne, Hashimoto’s fibroids in the breasts, cancer, and signs of menopause). The most incredible thing is that many women (up to 70-80%) are walking around with too much estrogen. And they don’t even know it. Luckily, most hormone imbalances can be balanced simply by changing the diet.

This week, I am talking to Magdalena Wszelaki, who is an expert on hormone imbalances. She has just published her new book, ”Cooking For Hormone Balance”. An amazing book that reveals the effect of hormone imbalance on your health, and 125 amazing recipes that will teach you how to balance hormones with foods.

Good nutrition is important for everything in our lives. Health, energy, and a long lifespan.

If you would ask random people on the street what foods they should eat for health, you would quickly find out that most people already know the difference between healthy nutrition and processed junk. So, why do we choose to eat the foods we know that are bad for us? As it turns out, there are multiple factors to this. One of them is availability. It is easier (and cheaper) to get your hands on the foods that are bad for your health.

How can we change it? How can we revolutionize the food industry and make it easier for everyone to get access to healthy and good foods?

This week, I am with Ocean Robbins, who has made it his life’s work to reform public policies with regards to health and nutrition. He is the CEO and co-founder of the Food Revolution Network. He is here today to tell you about how healthy nutrition factors into health and why current policies are making it difficult for many to live a healthy life.

In this podcast, you’ll learn

• The main reason why you cannot rely on your doctor for nutritional advice
• Why we need a food revolution
• The current prognosis on how our health will develop (why that is scary and how we can stop it)
• The main reason why Coca-Cola is not GMO-free in the US
• Why it is cheaper to purchase processed junk foods than whole fruits and vegetables
• Why it is super expensive to purchase organic foods
• Why conventional health foods can impact negatively on your health
• Ocean Robbins’ take on GMO
• Why low-income families are doomed when it comes to good nutrition (and why this is a major reason why we need a food revolution)