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Functional medicine is all about getting to the root cause of a patient’s complaints. Women’s health can present a unique challenge since hormonal fluctuations need to be considered. Today we meet Julia Glanz. Julia is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutritional science, a certified strength and conditioning coach, and an author. She has an online nutrition practice where she specializes in women’s health and works with women to optimize the key hormones affecting their energy, metabolism, and body composition through strategic nutrition and lifestyle changes.

On today’s episode Julia Glanz discusses the role of diet, nutrition, and lifestyle when it comes to optimizing women’s health.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 2:35 Meet Julia Glanz and hear her journey to nutrition and coaching
• 7:45 Helping a client choose a diet
• 10:30 Do we need supplements?
• 13:00 Intermittent fasting in women
• 16:05 Stress and cortisol in weight gain or causing a plateau
• 21:10 Mindfulness and food
• 24:30 Motivation and consistency
• 28:50 Women’s Guide to Health, Hormones, & Metabolism
• 32:15 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

@juliaglanz Instagram

The Ultimate Guide To Intermittent Fasting For Women

A Woman's Guide To Optimizing Health, Hormones, & Metabolism

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Dr. Saladino is the leading authority on the science and application of the carnivore diet. He has used this diet to reverse autoimmunity, chronic inflammation, and mental health issues in hundreds of patients, many of whom had been told their conditions were untreatable. In addition to his personal podcast, Fundamental Health, he can be found featured on numerous podcasts including The Minimalists, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Model Health Show, Bulletproof Radio, The Dr. Gundry Podcast, The Ben Greenfield Podcast, Dr. Mercola, Health Theory, Mark Bell’s Power Project, and many others. He has also appeared on The Doctors TV show and authored the bestselling book, “The Carnivore Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health by Returning to our Ancestral Diet.”

This week on The Lab Report Podcast:

• Why Paul decided to focus his career on the carnivore diet.
• What the "Carnivore Diet" is.
• How the human body responds to plant toxins.
• The composition of the human diet in the last two million years.
• How being carnivorous could have helped humans evolve.
• Paul's thoughts on polyphenols and phytonutrients.
• What hormesis is and where the idea came from.
• Why plant compounds have redundant benefits with ignored side effects.
• Paul's thoughts on short chain fatty acids and the effects of fiber on gut bacteria.

Connect with Dr. Paul Saladino: 

• Carnivore MD
• Book: The Carnivore Code
• Heart & Soil

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Ben Greenfield is a fitness guru and NY Times Best Selling author leading the field of human performance and biohacking. His unique voice and influence in the health and fitness industry have paved the way to optimal health for thousands and thousands of people. Ben’s teaching platforms, podcasts, and books offer the latest research on longevity, athletic performance, and anti-aging.

On today’s episode, Ben discusses some practical biohacking tips and the importance of identifying and fulfilling your life purpose.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:00 Ben Greenfield discusses his fitness journey
• 10:20 What is ‘biohacking’?
• 13:10 Practical life changes for optimal health
• 20:40 Ben’s take on ‘diets’
• 27:20 Mindfulness, breathwork, and gratitude practices
• 30:55 Importance of a purpose statement
• 34:00 Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging
• 36:50 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

Ben Greenfield Fitness

Fit Soul, Fit Body: 9 Keys to a Healthier, Happier You

BoundlessBook.com

Ben Greenfield Coaching

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Anyone practicing functional medicine, or those patients whose lives have been changed because of it, owe a debt of gratitude to the vision of Dr. Jeffrey Bland. Dr. Bland’s teaching, writing, and research have helped this field to evolve over the past several decades. His latest venture, Big Bold Health, focuses on personalized and global immunity while espousing environmental stewardship.

Today we discuss the history of functional medicine, the legacy of Dr. Jeffrey Bland, and his latest work on immunity.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 2:30 Jeffrey Bland on the history and future of functional medicine
• 8:00 Functional medicine approach to long-haul COVID
• 13:50 Big Bold Health and personalized immunity
• 18:05 Global immunity
• 22:40 The story of Dutch Harbor Omega capsules
• 26:40 Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat
• 31:20 Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute (PLMI)

Additional Resources:

Dr. Bland's website

PLMI

Big Bold Health

The Disease Delusion

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Many of us struggle with weight and fat loss. But fat, or adipose tissue, has many other functions in the body that may be working against your ability to lose weight. Dr. Sylvia Tara holds a PhD in biochemistry and has dedicated years of research to fat and the ways adipose tissue can work as an endocrine organ in signaling your brain to alter hunger and satiety.

Today we discuss Dr. Tara’s book called “The Secret Life of Fat” which outlines the latest information on fat’s role in the body and why you might be struggling with weight loss.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:05 Meet Dr. Sylvia Tara and hear why she chose to study fat
• 6:25 Fat as a villain fueling the growth of the diet industry 
• 9:20 Weight loss myths and fat as an endocrine organ
• 14:00 Lesser known ways we gain fat and practical tips to control it
• 18:50 Fasting, circadian rhythms, and obesogens
• 22:10 Exercise and hormonal signaling to different types of fat
• 27:55 Weight gain during the pandemic and the mental-emotional component
• 34:40 Tara’s online program to practically apply these principles
• 37:10 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

The Secret Life of Fat

Dr. Tara's Online Course

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REBROADCAST: The basics of mobility often go unnoticed until nagging pain and discomfort arise. Musculoskeletal pain is a very common complaint of many patients. Rather than treating that pain with medication, what if a simple mobility technique could fix the mechanics that caused it? Dr. Kelly Starrett has revolutionized the way we assess and treat common aches and pains by developing a program called The Ready State. His years of working with elite, professional athletes gives him a unique perspective on how to deal with common everyday musculoskeletal issues.

In this episode, Dr. Starrett lays out a simple plan that clinicians can use every day to assess and treat their patients with pain. He also discusses some strategies for those with desk-based jobs trying to survive the modern workplace and outlines the basics of good posture.

“Pain is the body’s request for change.” – Dr. Kelly Starrett

Today on The Lab Report:

• 2:50 Meet Dr. Kelly Starrett and get introduced to the idea of mobility
• 8:30 Kelly’s experience with functional medicine
• 11:00 Adequate vs. Optimal
• 15:20 What is a supple leopard?
• 18:50 Prescribing mobility – the movement map
• 26:25 Deskbound and strategies for the workplace
• 32:40 Posture and the skill of standing
• 37:20 The Ready State

Additional Resources:

The Ready State

Becoming a Supple Leopard

Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World

Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally

Waterman 2.0

Muscles and Meridians

Stand Up Kids

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Summer is here and with that comes longer days and more sun exposure. The health benefits of sunshine include increased vitamin D production, elevated mood, stronger bones, and even better sleep. However, overexposure to the sun can damage our skin and lead to skin cancer over time. Using sunscreen can help to protect our skin, but where’s the line when it comes to blocking vitamin D production or absorbing potentially harmful chemicals?

In today’s episode, we debate the pros and cons of using sunscreen and tell you why you should pay closer attention to what’s actually in it.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 4:35 Sunscreen and the role of the skin
• 6:10 Types of ultraviolet light
• 8:40 What about vitamin D?
• 10:30 Skin cancer, vitamin D, and the sun
• 13:55 Chemical sunscreens - exposures and toxicity?
• 18:30 Mineral-based sunscreens as an option

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Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a perennial, flowering plant with many medicinal uses. Not only is it nutrient dense, but it has been used as a diuretic and therapeutically for various inflammatory conditions. However, the plant really does sting! It contains hair-like needles on the leaves and stems to protect itself from herbivorous animals. The injection of histamine and other chemicals causes a local inflammatory response and sometimes paresthesia.  

Today we discuss this multi-faceted herb, its nutritional value, and ways to use it medicinally with our favorite herbalist, Greg Monzel. 

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:00 Stinging Nettle – hey! Let’s call Greg Monzel!
• 4:20 All about the sting – the good and bad
• 10:10 Nutritionally speaking
• 11:35 Important clinical uses of nettles
• 14:40 Removing and dealing with the sting
• 17:00 Cooking, tasting, and beer! 
• 18:40 Nettles seeds – waving and renal disease
• 22:50 The roots! ..... and the stem?
• 25:50 Wild Persimmon School of Wellness

Additional Resources:

Stinging Nettle-Light-micrograph

Wild Persimmon Wellness

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a complex and evolving illness that is highly misunderstood. In fact, coming to a consensus within the medical community on diagnostic criteria and actual naming convention has been challenging. Newer governing bodies have begun calling it ‘Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease’ or SEID. Regardless of the inconsistencies, the emotional, physical, and economic impact of this disease can not be ignored.

Today we break down the history of ‘chronic fatigue syndrome.’ We also dive into the literature around diagnosis, workup, and treatment options.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:05 History of ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’
• 6:00 Evolving diagnostic criteria
• 8:45 Pathophysiology - starting with the brain
• 10:25 Scienceness, Technocology, and Machinamechanics
• 11:45 Immunology, HPA axis, autoimmunity, and mitochondrial dysfunction in SEID
• 13:35 Is there a diagnostic test?
• 15:15 “What is It?!”
• 18:35 Treatment strategies and therapies

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Environmental toxins are seemingly everywhere in our daily lives. These synthetic substances which are not usually found in our bodies are known as xenobiotics. Given the ubiquitous nature of xenobiotics and their effects on our health, trying to be mindful of them and avoiding them can seem difficult – especially if you don’t realize they exist!

In today’s episode, we discuss three common xenobiotics that can interrupt hormone metabolism, contribute to obesity, and are associated with many chronic health conditions – bisphenol A (BPA), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), and phthalates.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:35 Defining Terms: Xenobiotics
• 5:35 What is BPA and why should we care?
• 8:10 Endocrine Disruptors and Obesogens
• 10:55 Polychlorinated biphenyl – PCBs
• 15:25 Phthalates exposure
• 18:50 What can we do about all of these toxic exposures!?

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