The Health Sessions

Rob is a professional sprinter and the founder of the Grounded Athlete and Gaia grounded sandals. The grounded athlete is a platform to spread the awareness of the electrophysiological process of grounding along with its healing properties.

• What is grounding and why should we be aware of it?
• What are the best surfaces to ground ourselves?
• Is there an optimal time required to properly ground ourselves? https://180nutrition.com.au/

  Stu (00:44): This week, I'm excited to welcome Rob from The Grounded Athlete. Rob is a professional sprinter and the founder of The Grounded Athlete and GAIA Grounding Sandals. The Grounded Athlete is a platform used to spread the awareness about the electrophysiological process of grounding along with its healing properties. In this episode, we talk about the science supporting grounding and how we can determine the tell-tale signs that we may need to reconnect to the earth. Over to Rob.

  Stu (01:14): Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition, and I am delighted to welcome Rob from The Grounded Athlete to the podcast. Rob, mate, how are you?

  Rob (01:22): I am fantastic, Stu. I'm happy to be here talking about grounding with you.

  Stu (01:26): Oh, excellent. Look, I am so excited about grounding, and we were just saying off-air, you've made grounding cool, and I think there's a lot of things that we can take out of that, perhaps, that we might not already know, but I'm kind of interested to get you take on that. But first up, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, please.

  Rob (01:51): Right. So I started The Grounded Athlete in summer of 2020, right when COVID was kind of just getting really started and all that. I wanted to do something really fulfilling with my life and what better way to do that than teach people about something that's made a big impact in my life? That's grounding. I first found out about grounding as an athlete, because as an athlete, you were always looking for ways to better yourself, and grounding was one of those things that I found that made a pretty significant impact in my life, and in my training, and in my health so I made it my mission to tell other people about this really, really cool phenomenon. For more transcript and interview:

  https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/rob-interview/

Tracey is the founder of Unstoppable Girls which provides coaching and programs to support girls on their journey to become more confident and resilient. Tracey was inspired to create Unstoppable girls as she reflected on her own childhood and teen years. After suffering trauma as a young girl and realising the impact this made on her throughout her teen and adult life, Tracey knew the importance of having a strong sense of self and self-worth, as well as positive role models.

• What are the tell-tale signs of teenage trauma?
• How can we manage a volatile parent-teenager relationship?
• What are your thoughts on social media use with teenagers? http://180nutrition.com.au/

Mukti has been actively involved in the beauty and personal care industry for over two decades. Her aim is to reconnect people to nature, creating health and happiness via toxin-free lifestyles and beauty regimes.

This week, I'm excited to welcome Mukti from Mukti Organics. Mukti has been actively involved in the beauty and personal care industry for over two decades. Her aim is to reconnect people to nature, creating health and happiness for your toxin-free lifestyles and beauty regimes. In this episode, we talk about the ingredients we should be looking to avoid in our skincare products, we dig deep into natural ingredients, and also discuss where we could be going wrong with our own skincare regime. Over to Mukti. Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition, and I'm delighted to welcome Mukti from Mukti Organics to the podcast. Mukti, how are you?

Mukti

(01:26) Good, Stu. Lovely to see you.

Stu

(01:28) No, thanks so much for sharing some of your time. Really appreciate it. But first up, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell as a little bit about yourself, please.

Mukti

(01:41) Sure. And so, I entered the skincare space over 22 years ago. And back then, there was not a lot available, particularly in Australia, in relation to natural and organic skincare. There wasn't actually a certification back then for skincare. So, I always had this penchant to want to create a skincare range that was as clean as it possibly could be. And I'll define clean a little bit later on in our discussion. But I wanted to use ingredients that were as pure and natural as they possibly could be, but still be stable that people could buy and that they could use them for daily treatments, just for everyday products like a cleanser and moisturizer and just do basics. So, that's pretty much how it started.

(02:40) I have a background in naturopathy, and I was always in interested in particular in aromatherapy and client medicine and herbal medicine. I could see the benefits of plants on the human system, because we are so similar in our biology and our makeup. So, it kind of made sense to me. And I was using a number of different ranges. There was a lot of brands coming out of Europe in particular, so those brands that have been around forever such as Hauschka and [inaudible 00:03:18], but there wasn't really a great deal in Australia at the time. So, I recognized a bit of a niche and I thought with the background that I had that I could start experimenting and playing around with a few different ingredients and see what would happen. And I had a whole lot of little herbal remedy books and bit of witchcraft and bit of alchemy, but I really didn't know what I was doing.

(03:43) Back then, you couldn't just ring up a chemist and say, "Hey, I want to create a natural product. Could you help me?" Back then, there was really no one to turn to that was interested or thought that it was viable to create products that were natural. It was very much a journey of discovery and self-learning and research and trial and error. But that then made me quite creative in my formulating because I had to figure things out. I've realized over the years that I'm very tenacious. And so, I just kept going. In spite of everything, I've just kept going and trying new things until I could work it out, because I couldn't bring up a cosmetic chemist and say, "Hey, I don't know what's happening at this phase when I do this and I do that. Can you help me?" And I did do that a couple of times, but it was basically laughed at. So, I just worked it out. Yeah.

For full interview and transcript: https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/mukti-organics-interview/

This week, I'm excited to welcome Darin Olien to the podcast. He is an American author and podcast host. With a B.A. in exercise physiology and an unaccredited M.A. in psychology, he labels himself a "wellness expert", promotes "superfoods" and co-starred as well as produced the Netflix docuseries Down to Earth with Zac Efron in 2020.

• How does the Superfood Hunter eat?
• What can we expect from your New York Times bestselling book 'Superlife'?
• Tell us about Barukas and how you came to find them?

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Stu This week I'm excited to welcome Dalin Olien to the podcast. Darin is a health and wellness expert, author, podcaster, and co-host of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix docuseries, Down to Earth. He's known as the Global Superfood Hunter, and founder of Barukas, the most nutrient-dense nuts in the World. In this episode, we discuss his philosophy around nutrition, the principles from his book, Super Life, and chat about the exercises that keep him in great shape. Over to Darin.

(01:20)

Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition, and I am delighted to welcome Darin Olien to the podcast. Darin, how are you mate?

Darin

(01:28)

Hey, man. Stoked to be here with you. Hanging out on the deck. Ready to rip.

Stu

(01:36)

You look super comfortable, and I love the sunshine in the background as well. For all of our listeners that are not watching this through YouTube, Darin's sitting outside on a super comfortable reclining chair. Looks like you got a pool in the background, and the sun is shining on the hills. I would like to be where you are right now.

Darin

(01:54)

It's pretty great. And like we said before the recordings, very similar to Byron Bay.

Stu

(02:00)

It is, we are surrounded by nature, and blessed with a great climate as well, couldn't be any happier. But first up, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you, or your work, I'd love if you could tell us a little bit about yourself, please.

Darin

(02:17)

Oh man. Where do you begin? I think the early passions showed up when I was in sports, and going through awkward teenage times, and realized, "Oh, I have a lot I can do for myself." And started understanding that nutrition played a role in how I felt, and certainly at that time how I looked, because you're this insecure 16 year old. But really, the sports, and really trying to be the best I could in that. And that's where I really excelled, and realizing that exercise, and nutrition played a massive role. From 16 to 18, I gained 50 pounds of muscle, and was playing US football in high school, and college, and basketball, and track, and things like that. And then to cut through, playing college football is where I beat out a bunch of guys that on paper, should have beat me out, but my tenacity beat them out.

(03:41)

But then I got injured. Getting injured threw me into this contemplative place in college, where I was like, "Okay, what do I want to do with my life?" And these worlds collided, where I was injured, and I couldn't get better to play anymore. I turned my attention towards physiology, kinesiology, nutrition, and things like that, and realizing that this body, and this experience here was... And having a body was... Made sense to learn about it. I didn't really know what the career was going to be, but at least it started me getting excited. And then really cutting through. I learned more of... I went into rehabilitation, a little bit. And out of school. And then got into nutrition, and hooked up with some doctors. And then nutrition started becoming. And then functional food, before it was in term. I started formulating with stuff. And then the more I looked at incredible foods and compounds, the more I wanted to go and see for myself these foods, and how they were grown, and who was growing them, and where they came from. And that started what's termed as, the superfood hunting side of myself.

(05:19)

And then for a good 15 years, I was running everywhere. Learning from the business side of it too. From the business side of it, how do you actually take this novel thing, or this mushroom, or this adaptogen? How do I formulate with it? How do I help the business side of it? How do I work with these indigenous people? How do we make it scale? And then that came, I started formulating for some companies, and Beachbody became a big place where I could put my passion. I developed a lot of products for them. And then I think the excitement of, and also the reality of seeing the world in that way, it always became, it's not just about the food, or the supplement, it was about the environment. It was about the indigenous people. It was about the cultures. And so these worlds was coming together in all of these other passions that started. Cut to getting to do a TV show, getting to learn from experts in the environment. The world expands as you gain more knowledge, as you gain more wisdom, as you learn. Y

Stu

(06:57)

It's been a journey. It sounds like it's been a hell of a journey. And I think for our listeners as well, that haven't put the pieces of the puzzle together. If they've seen the Netflix docuseries, Down to Earth, they would get a better insight into you, and the shenanigans that you get up to, and all the stuff that makes your brain, or excites your brain as well. But I remember I watched that when it first came out, and I thought, "This guy looks strong, he looks vital. I want to know what he does," because I'm a child of the seventies, and the eighties. I was born in 72, so I'm 50. And a little bit like you, I'm driven to want to live my best life, because the world as we know today, it throws so many roadblocks at us. In terms of crazy Frankenfoods, and environmental pollutants, and toxins, and social media, and all this stuff that can side track us.

(07:55)

But we just get this one life, and we are exposed to this fantastic journey on a beautiful planet that offers so much. I love the fact that I'm talking to you, because you've done so much of the stuff that I would love to do, and find out all of the secrets from a lot of the elders around the world that have truly embraced the world in its natural state. For our listeners, you're the superfood hunter. You've written a book called, SuperLife. You've got a gazillion hours and pages of content and assets online, and they can dig deep into that. I think the one thing that I'd like to ask, and almost cut to the chase, and dive into the cliff notes is, how do you eat then, today, given the fact that you've got a myriad of experience, and you've probably tried, and tested, and experimented on yourself through a whole barrage of foods, and nutritional principles. What is your philosophy around nutrition look like right now?

Darin

(08:59)

Certainly, that's why I wrote SuperLife book, because it was so much of my philosophy. Even though they wanted me to write a book on super foods, I said, it's really the foundation of how you live. That's super important, and then you add things to it, or take away in the terms of, like you said, the toxins, and being aware of those things. The book has these pillars, but to summarize, on the one hand, the body is always seeking balance, and we're seeking balance. The ironic aspect of that is, are we ever? It's literally in a constant state of change.

For complete transcript and interview: https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/darin-olien-interview/

This week, I'm excited to welcome Max Casa to the podcast. Max is the founder of Max Vitality, a company centered around the practice of sensory deprivation or float therapy. Floating is designed to optimize recovery after exercise and can be beneficial for anyone interested in bringing their physical, mental, and spiritual health to the next level. In this episode, we discussed the principles behind floating, what to expect from your first session, and also the importance of minerals. Some questions asked during this episode:

• What is sensory deprivation and how can it be of benefit to our health?
• What should we expect from our first float session?
• How important is the solution (magnesium) when floating?

Stu

(00:41)

Okay, back to the show. This week I'm excited to welcome Maxto the podcast. Max is the founder of Max Vitality, a company centered around the practice of sensory deprivation or float therapy. Floating is designed to optimize recovery after exercise and can be beneficial for anyone interested in bringing their physical, mental, and spiritual health to the next level. In this episode, we discussed the principles behind floating, what to expect from your first session, and also the importance of minerals during the experience, over to Max. Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition and I am delighted to welcome Max Casa, to the podcast. Max, how are you mate? Max

(01:25)

Doing well, brother. Pleasure to be here. Stu

(01:27)

Fantastic. No, look, thanks for your time. Much appreciate it, I know you're probably, a busy guy. But first up, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, please.

Max

(01:41)

Sure. Yeah. So I'm a lifelong martial artist. I guess, a good place to start. My parents actually got me involved in the martial arts when I was just four years old, which was the biggest blessing for me. They're originally getting me involved in martial arts with the hope to help the neuromuscular disease, I was born with called Charcot-Marie-Tooth or CMT, for short. And they're trying different therapies and stumbled upon the martial arts, pretty early on. And thankfully, it was the martial arts and thankfully I stuck with it because it's become a huge part of my life, man, these past 20 plus years now. Yeah. And just as I got older and started teaching and competing in the martial arts more, I was just constantly looking for ways to optimize my mind and body. So try just about every therapy in the book from high quality western technology to South American bruise and eastern medicine and everything in between. Max

(02:38)

But one day, about probably eight, nine years back now, I stumbled upon float therapy and my life totally changed, man. And I remember, so I went out... I was living in Massachusetts at the time and ended up going to a float center in Massachusetts, getting into tank and coming out of the tanks to... And I was literally, just buzzing with this sensation of relaxation and inner peace that I had never experienced before in my entire life. So ultimately, I ended up floating more the evidence into the research deeper and deeper and ultimately, became so inspired that I ended up starting my company Max Vitality, where we manufacture, customize, and install flow therapy chambers, all over the globe. For full interview and transcript: https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/max-casa-interview/

This week, I'm excited to welcome Dr David Prologo to the podcast. He is an obesity medicine physician who has spent a large part of his career researching new solutions for weight loss and is most well known for a pioneering procedure to block hunger. In this episode, we discussed the research, principles, and strategies outlined in his book, The Catching Point Transformation: A Twelve-Week Weight Loss Strategy Based in Reality.

• What strategies does an obesity medicine specialist use?
• What has your research uncovered as to why diets fail?
• Why are the 'always lean population', always lean?

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This week, I'm excited to welcome Dr. David Prologo to the podcast. Dr. Prologo is an obesity medicine physician who has spent a large part of his career researching new solutions for weight loss and is most well known for a pioneering procedure to block hunger. In this episode, we discussed the research, principles, and strategies outlined in his book, The Catching Point Transformation: A Twelve-Week Weight Loss Strategy Based in Reality. Over to Dr. Prologo.

Stu

(01:15)

Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition and I am delighted to welcome Dr. David Prologo to the podcast. Dr. Prologo, how are you?

Dr. Prologo

(01:23)

Hello. Hi. I'm doing very well. Thank you for having me, Stuart.

Stu

(01:26)

And thank you so much for your time. I know you must be a busy man, and I've got a whole heap of questions that I'd love to dig in and ask you this morning. But before I do that, I would love it, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, if you could just tell us a little bit more about yourself, please.

Dr. Prologo

(01:44)

Sure. I'm a dual board certified physician doctor. What that means is, I have a specialty in obesity medicine and I have a specialty in something else called interventional radiology. Basically, what that means is we use image guidance like CAT scans and MRIs and so on, to guide needles into the body. During our day job, we guide those needles in for things like treating cancer or managing trauma. In combination with the obesity medicine specialty, we've done some things like block the hunger nerve, for example, or block some other nerves that manage blood sugar and things like that.

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This week, I'm excited to welcome Elise Museles to the podcast. She is formerly known as Kale & Chocolate, an attorney turned certified eating psychology & nutrition expert. She helps thousands of women change their food stories.

• How did you come up with the concept of food Story?
• What is "Food Noise" and why is it so harmful?
• What is "The Chocolate Meditation" and its significance?

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This week, I'm excited to welcome Elise to the podcast. Elise is an attorney turned certified eating psychology and nutrition expert. She's the creator of the Food Story platform with a mission to empower women to create healthier relationship with their food and their bodies by changing what's on their plate and what's in their minds. In this episode, we discuss the concept of Food Story. Discover why food noise can throw us off track and uncover the significance of the chocolate meditation. Over to Elise.

Hey, guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition and I am delighted to welcome Elise to the podcast. Elise, how are you?

Elise

(01:27)

I am good. Thank you so much for having me on and being open to sharing Food Story with your listeners.

Stu

(01:35)

Look, I cannot wait to dig in to the story and all of your wisdom that you have to share as well this morning. But first up for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, please.

Elise

(01:48)

Okay, sure. Well, I always start with that. I grew up in Los Angeles. That kind of says it all, maybe we can finish. But I grew up in LA, always interested in health, wellness, and it bordered on obsession at a younger age. But then I pivoted though. I had a career in law and I was an immigration lawyer before I got into health and wellness. I am a mom; a dog mom, and a boy mom. I am certified in holistic nutrition and eating psychology. And really, the eating psychology is like where I spend most of my time trying to support people, because it is about helping people with their mindset around food.

There's so much information on what to eat. At first I started with people on what to eat, but I realized really quickly that that's only half the story with nutrition. Really, how we eat and why we eat, and all those other factors really play a role. So I got certified in eating psychology. This was in 2012. Ever since then, I've never looked back. I always say that I help people with what's on their plate and what's in their mind.

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This week, I'm excited to welcome Karlie Causey to the podcast. She is a sports chiropractor, a certified strength and conditioning specialist, pregnancy and postpartum athleticism coach, and a level 2 Crossfit coach. More importantly, I am a new mom who is ridiculously passionate about helping moms and moms-to-be restore their bodies and continue exercising after their babes are born.

• In terms of exercise, what can you do during pregnancy?
• Can new mums jump straight back into their pre-pregnancy exercise routine?
• What strategies do you recommend for pelvic floor dysfunction?

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This week, I'm excited to welcome Karlie Causey to the podcast. Karlie is a sports chiropractor, a certified strength and conditioning specialist, pregnancy and postpartum athleticism coach, who is passionate about helping mums and mums-to-be restore their bodies and continue exercising after their babies are born. In this episode, we explore the types of exercise you can safely perform during pregnancy, discuss strategies for pelvic floor dysfunction, and dig into her postpartum restoration plan. Over to Karlie. Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition, and I am delighted to welcome Karlie Causey to the podcast. Karlie, how are you?

Karlie

(01:27)

I'm great. Thank you so much for having me.

Stu

(01:29)

Look, thanks for your time. I know that we're on different sides of the planet, so I have no idea what time it is over there for you, but it's early morning for me. Apologies, if I'm a bit dusty.

Karlie

(01:38)

Sounds great.

Stu

(01:40)

First up, for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, please.

Karlie

(01:48)

Sure. I am a sports chiropractor, a certified strength and conditioning coach, a postpartum athleticism coach. I speak on a lot of postpartum and pregnancy fitness-related topics. And I have a chiropractic clinic, a sports chiropractic clinic, here in Seattle called Seattle Sports Chiropractic. And I also am the co-owner of a company called Jen and Keri, which is an athletic wear company, a postpartum athletic wear company for new moms. And I guess it's probably my most important job is I have two boys, also a mother of two boys, almost three and 14 weeks.

For full interview and transcript: https://180nutrition.com.au/180-tv/karlie-causey-interview/ ‎

This week, I'm excited to welcome Sonia Hunt to the podcast. Sonia Hunt is a food allergy activist, TEDx speaker with over 1M views, best-selling author, and advisor + coach. She is a mentor to global organizations focused on social impact, and a proud first-generation Indian-American living in San Francisco, CA. Sonia is the creator of the Three to Be™ program, a holistic health and well-being program that guides people on how to Be Healthy, Be Safe + Be Well™ (her mantra), to thrive in life. A life-long sufferer of food allergies, environmental allergies, and asthma, Sonia created and utilized the Three to Be™ program to transform her health and well-being holistically. Her life's work is at the intersection of humans, health, and technology, creating products and services that drive impact for people and the planet. Some questions asked during this episode: Why do you think food allergies are on the rise today? What strategies do you utilise to manage your allergies? How can the right mindset help when tackling food allergies?

• Why do you think food allergies are on the rise today?
• What strategies do you utilise to manage your allergies?
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  This week, I'm excited to welcome Sonia Hunt to the podcast. Sonia is a food allergy activist, TEDx speaker, bestselling author advisor, and coach. In this episode, we discuss food allergies in detail. What happens when we react to certain trigger foods, why food allergies are on the rise and then dig into strategies to transform our health and wellbeing holistically. Over to Sonia. Hey guys, this is Stu from 180 Nutrition and I am delighted to welcome Sonia Hunt to the podcast, Sonia, how are you?

  Sonia

  (01:18) I'm amazing. Thank you. Thanks for having me.

  Stu

  (01:21) No, and thank you for sharing your time. Again, very, very intrigued and interested to dive into what you have to say this morning, but first up for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work. I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself, please.

  Sonia

  (01:35) Yes. So I am an author. I wrote my first book about food allergies, came out just in August. So not too long ago, I'm a Ted speaker, a food allergy activist, and I'm actually an integrative health and wellbeing coach as well. For full transcript and interview: https://180nutrition.com.au/uncategorized/sonia-hunt-interview/

This week, I'm excited to welcome Alan Graves to the podcast. Alan is the CEO of DoNotAge.org., a health research organization on a mission to extend the healthy lifespan for as many people as possible. In this episode, we discover why we age, everyday practices that could be accelerating our aging, and strategies to slow down the clock. Over to Alan. Some questions asked during this episode: What is the difference between biological age and calendar age and how can we test for this? What are the most common practices you see the public doing that accelerates ageing? How do sirtuins play a role in longevity?