The Mason Taylor Show

In today's session, Mason dives deep into all the most common FAQ's we get here at SuperFeast HQ. We totally get it, when you are starting out on your herbal tonic journey, our herb friends can seem a little overwhelming - so this episode will clear up those queries. Even if you have been using our herbs for a little while, this is a fabulous episode to brush up on your knowledge so you can continue to effectively communicate to those around you, about how epic these magical tonic herbs are. So let's get ready to become a SuperFeast tonic herb aficionado :) And hey, if you still have questions, you know where to find us!! -->www.superfeast.com.au/pages/contact-us

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

- What do we do at SuperFeast!?

- We do we do extract powders (and not capsules or tinctures?)

- What herb is right for you, how do I choose??

- Remember - you can't go wrong! Any tonic herb is better than none

- Mason's Mushrooms and JING - a great starting combo

- Why a good practitioner will give YOU the reigns to health sovereignty

- Our herbs LOVE heat

- AM and PM recommendations

- Tips for the best sleep ever

- Mega dosing vs maintenance doses

- Autoimmune issues - are tonic herbs ok for me?

- Can kids take the herbs? (YES!)

- Pregnancy - our faves are reishi and eucommia

- Breast feeding and post partum herbs

- Why we use sophisticated (*sexy*) Miron glasses to store our herbs

- Best storage options

- How to use tonic herbs to support living with:

-- depression or anxiety

-- high blood pressure

-- diabetes

-- specific immune deficiencies

-- autism

-- weakened gut-health

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Tonic Herbs, What Are They? An Introduction: superfeast.com.au/blogs/superblog/tonic-herbs-what-are-they Top 5 Most Popular Elixir Recipes: superfeast.com.au/blogs/superblog/our-top-5-most-read-tonic-elixirs SuperFeast FAQs page: superfeast.com.au/pages/superfeast-frequently-asked-questions-faqs Miron glass: superfeast.com.au/blogs/superblog/miron-glass-jars

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Mason chats with Heath Daly from Raw Kitchen in Perth. Two guys sharing their deep perspective on the five elements and Daoist / Taoist tonic herbalism and how they've witnessed this wisdom transform their lives. Heath has been studying this topic and many other aspects of health and healing for over 20 years and has a wonderful way of getting down to the key points that will help us to transform our health. By the end of this chat you'll have a grasp of five elements theory and Taoist herbalism, in a way that is grounded and allows you to integrate into your life.

THE GUYS COVER:

How to live a life of purpose

The magic of the five elements

How to get closer in tune with nature

How to use tonic herbs in a purposeful life

Taoism as guide to life

How to be deeply in the body while staying spiritual

How to do a five elements mediation

How to stay adaptive with your health practice and not get bogged down by dogma

How to connect deeper with your vital organs

Ways to get the liver unstuck

The top virtues of the organs and the body

The magic of the breath

Insights to take the five elements from a theory to a living reality

Ways to do fasting in a balanced lifestyle

Using herbs to tone the elements

WHO IS HEATH DALY

Heath Daly is the owner of The Raw Kitchen and a Naturopath with over 20 years experience in holistic medicine. He was a senior lecturer at The Australian College of Natural Medicine and has been public lecturing on health and wellness for the last 12 years. Heath is a progressive health educator on a mission to help people connect back to nature and heal.

RESOURCES:

Blog and Transcript Link: superfeast.com.au/blogs/superblog/the-5-elements-for-modern-taoists-with-heath-daly-podcast

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Join Mason as we take a deep dive into the mysterious and vitally important energy that lives in our kidneys; Jing. 'Jing' is the Chinese word for 'essence' - specifically kidney essence. In the ancient Taoist tradition, fatigue, weakness and hormonal imbalance, were all considered a result of Jing depletion. By learning to nourish Jing we begin to stop any "leaking" of this energy, and therefore cease to be in states of exhaustion and restore this energy so that our body can grow deep roots of health to grow upon.

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In this episode Mason talks about why mushrooms are essential when we enter late, muggy, Summer, as well as a Winter message for those in the North (#30daysofJING). We also start the conversation about how to prepare for Winter now so that you cruise through illness free. Enjoy!"

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It's Movember around the world and that means the focus is once again on men's prostate health, so this week I dive deep with men's health specialist Dr Ralph Esposito. While much of the mainstream is focused on treating men's prostate and hormonal imbalances when its too late, Dr Espo and I explore how we can integrate practices and herbs into our lives so that optimal sexual health (and beyond) can be maintained. We explore the effect that pornography has on men's health and erectile dysfunction and how we can overcome this with some simple processes. Physiological factors play a huge part in this dysfunction and they are heavily discussed. The physiological harm of stress on men's health leads to some wonderful insights about why we need to be keeping stress down if we want erectile and hormonal function to be strong. Adaptogenic herbs are at it again in helping maintain optimal health and I loved the herbs Dr Espo is using, I'll be upping their intake and I'm sure you'll be doing the same. The depth of insights into how to get a hormonal flow that leads to sexual potency, a long life and potentiated health is inspiring and there are some great surprises for you in regards to how simply raising testosterone isn't the answer to getting better sexual function. In this podcast we cover:

• Dr Ralph's path into holistic medicine and becoming a practitioner
• Anabolics and performance enhancing drugs in the sports world
• Alternatives to testosterone replacement therapy
• Identifying signs & symptoms of androgen deficiency
• Targetting erectile dysfunction in young and older males
• Herbal therapeutics for augmenting androgen production
• The impact of estrogen on male health
• DHEA & Progesterone supplementation
• Sleep – The forgotten hero in augmenting testosterone production

Bio: (from www.doctorespo.com) My specialty is in integrative urology and men's health. I have experience writing, educating and reviewing in areas such as male and female urological conditions, prostate disease, hormonal issues, andropause, fertility, exercise, men's health and sexual health. My journey into healthcare and wellness began at NYU, a Bachelor's in Nutrition & Dietetics and Pre-medical studies. In 2011 I began my research and work with Dr. Geovanni Espinosa at NYU Smilow Integrative and Functional Urology Center. I continued at NYU during my medical training and I still work closely with Dr. Espinosa. To stay current but also to be involved with the future of medicine, I hold a position as adjunct professor at NYU where I lecture on integrative nutrition. My passion for medicine continued into medical school, where I obtained my naturopathic medical degree and my master's in Acupuncture. I had the honor of working with top tier physicians including Dr. D'Adamo, where my personalized approach to medicine flourished.

Food as medicine is as much a part of naturopathic medicine as it is of my strong Italian roots. I love to spend my weekends in the kitchen and my October making homemade wine with my family. Resources: www.doctorespo.com @doctor.espo

Links and show notes can be found at https://www.masonjtaylor.com/podcast/ This podcast is brought to you by SuperFeast, the online store bringing you the greatest immune enhancing, hormone balancing and performance lifting tonic herbs. Enjoy!

Me and Nicole Bijlsma dove right into the super pertinent environmental factors that are dominating most homes and human habitats in the West including EMFs (electromagnetic fields), household chemicals, mould and heaps more. If you're planning on being on this planet for along time then listen to this and take notes! It's time to bring the biology to the home and ensure we're living in an environment that is living and breathing, because most people are living in houses that promote disease. In this podcast you will learn all about:

• Nicole's journey into discovering the modern health toll of environmental toxicities
• The synergistic burden of chemicals on the human body
• Wireless technology and the blood-brain barrier
• Heavy metal toxicity
• The rapid rise in Autism & behavioural conditions in Western societies
• Shareholder dividends VS public health & safety
• Glyphosate and it's deleterious effect on our gut microbiome & intestinal barrier
• Reducing exposure to electro-magnetic-fields (EMF's)
• Mould & Biotoxin illness
• Tools we can apply to minimise environmental toxicity

Bio: Nicole Bijlsma is a woman of passion, and her passion lies in environmental medicine. Nicole is an accomplished naturopath, acupuncturist, IICRC accredited mould remediation technician and building biologist who began clinical practice in 1989. Nicole is the author of the best seller Healthy Home, Healthy Family, was a columnist for Body+Soul (Herald Sun) and is frequently consulted by the media to comment on health hazards in the built environment: The 7PM Project, Sunrise, The Today Show, The Circle, Channel 7 News, Today Tonight and Channel 74. Apart from her extensive experience lecturing at tertiary institutions for over twenty years, and as an invited speaker at various medical conferences both in Australia and abroad, she has also conducted numerous radio interviews, podcasts and webinars about her work. Nicole single handedly established the building biology industry in Australia and is the founder and CEO of the Australian College of Environmental Studies (RTO #21740) established in 1999 to educate people about the health hazards in the built environment. The college provides nationally accredited training in Building Biology and Feng Shui. Resources: www.buildingbiology.com.au www.aces.edu.au Links and show notes can be found at https://www.masonjtaylor.com/podcast/ This podcast is brought to you by SuperFeast, the online store bringing you the greatest immune enhancing, hormone balancing and performance lifting tonic herbs. Enjoy!

If you're into herbs then you'll want to listen to this. Sajah is an epic herbalist and is having the conversations about herbal practice that I love and allows us to get into closer relation with the herbs and exactly how they are working in the body. Get ready to stop being confused by the excessive information about herbs in the textbooks and learn how to begin understanding the patterns that herbs make in our bodies. In this podcast we cover:

• Sajah's background and introduction to herbalism
• The concept of spagyrics medicine and its applications
• Going beyond practicing "armchair herbalism"
• Shared themes amongst ancient medicine systems
• The three doshas of Ayurveda
• The ambiguous notion of achieving balance to reach ultimate health
• The importance of lifestyle modification alongside prescribing herbs
• Wholistic and reductionist paradigms within herbal medicine
• Moving back toward "energetic & constitutional prescription" of plants
• Integrative medicine and the bridge between ancient & modern healthcare
• The 'North & South' of herbs

Bio:

Sajah Popham, founder of Organic Unity and The School of Evolutionary Herbalism, is a student of the universal truths found within both ancient and modern herbal traditions from around the world. The focus of his work is on integrating ancient teachings for a new paradigm of plant medicine, one that is truly holistic in its honoring of the spirit, energetics, and body of both people and plants. His unique synthesis bridges herbalism not only east and west, but north and south, above and below, into a universal philosophy that encompasses indigenous wisdom, Ayurveda, western Alchemy and Spagyrics, Astrology, clinical herbalism, and modern pharmacology. Sajah's vitalist approach utilizes plants not only for physiological healing and rejuvenation, but for the evolution of consciousness, for a truly holistic practice of plant medicine. Sajah's teachings embody a heartfelt respect, honour and reverence for the vast intelligence of plants in a way that empowers us to look deeper into the nature of our medicines and ourselves. He lives in southern Oregon with his wife where he teaches at his school, makes spagyric medicines, and practices his art.

Resources: www.evolutionaryherbalism.com www.organic-unity.com The Plant Path (iTunes Podcast) Links and show notes can be found at https://www.masonjtaylor.com/podcast/ This podcast is brought to you by SuperFeast, the online store bringing you the greatest immune enhancing, hormone balancing and performance lifting tonic herbs. Enjoy!

Lyme Disease is running rampant in Australia, but what is this infection? Amina Eastham-Hillier is a naturopath and herbalist who specialises in treating stealth infections, especially the Lyme bacteria and its co-infections and has lots to say on the topic. Ever wonder why it's so difficult to heal this illness? Join us as we go deep into exploring the nature of this stealth pathogen and the process that it undertakes while infecting the body; and no, it isn't the same for everybody and depends on which co-infections have hit you and where in the body presents the greatest weakness. Treatment for Lyme takes time, however as you'll discover in this interview it can be done with an experienced team, clever strategy, time and tenacity. Enjoy diving deep into this epic conversation about healing Lyme. In this podcast you will learn all about:

• Orchestrating the balance of commensal and dysbiotic gut bacteria
• The gap between allopathic and complementary medicine in treating chronic illness
• Functional testing and its place in diagnosis and treatment of stealth pathogens
• Gene testing and the realm of nutrigenomics in preventing chronic disease
• The gut microbiome of indigenous cultures VS western society
• Borrelia in Australia and abroad
• Lyme co infections such as bartonella, babesia and their clinical manifestations
• Testing for lyme and co-infections in Australia
• The interaction between virus, bacteria and biofilm
• The road to recovery from acute and chronic lyme illness

Bio: Amina Eastham-Hillier, N.D is a Qualified Naturopath, Medical Herbalist & Nutritionist and has worked in the Health industry for over 24 years. Starting from her own clinic in England, she gained her Bachelor degree in Australia and has travelled extensively throughout Asia, spending a year studying & working in Japan, and recently a year in China studying herbal medicine. Amina is currently studying for a Nutrigenomics Diploma to further understand genetic susceptibilities of Lyme disease and mould illness.

As an International Presenter, Amina's mission is to educate naturopaths, doctors, and patients about the importance of Integrated Medicine in treating Lyme disease, mould illness, & other stealth infections. She has presented at 26 International conferences & events in the last 4 years and has just published her book, Lyme Natural – Integrated Naturopathy for Lyme disease & its co-infections. Resources: www.lymenatural.com www.noosaholistichealth.com www.sacredearthmusic.com/downtoearth Links and show notes can be found at https://www.masonjtaylor.com/podcast/ This podcast is brought to you by SuperFeast, the online store bringing you the greatest immune enhancing, hormone balancing and performance lifting tonic herbs. Enjoy!

Since getting bitten by a Lyme infected tick last year I've been very interested in helping inform people about what exactly this infection is, the controversy surrounding it and how to treat it (big discussion). Dr Peter Dobie has been doing all these things for many years in Australia, in fact he's one of the longest serving integrative doctors in Oz and he a lot of insights and practical information to share in regards to the research behind Lyme, getting it acknowledged by the modern medical system (because it IS here), treatment options and heaps more. If you're in an area where Lyme is prevalent, or plan to travel to any such places, it is important to be aware of what to do in the instance of infection, this podcast lays it out. In this podcast we dive straight into:

• Lyme controversy in Australia and abroad
• methods of Lyme transmission
• Prevelance on the east coast of Australia
• Borreliosis vs lyme-like illness
• Antibiotics in acute and chronic lyme disease
• Herbal medicine protocols
• Mason's account of his journey back to health post tick bite
• Lyme testing in Australia
• Neurological manifestations of lyme
• The stealth nature of these infections and ability to evade our immune system
• Biofilm eradication
• Herxheimer reactions
• DIY "Tick Kits"
• What to do if you become ill after being tick bitten

Dr Peter Dobie studied medicine at the University of Tasmania. He is one of the most experienced doctors in Australia in the field of integrative medicine. He specialises in nutritional medicine, anti-ageing medicine, the treatment of chronic fatigue, the treatment of adrenal fatigue, thyroid disorders, bio-identical hormone therapy, intravenous vitamin therapy, allergy testing and treatment, chelation therapy, and the treatment of Lyme disease. Dr Dobie's emphasis is very much on the promotion of wellness. He takes a thorough and holistic approach to treating chronic health problems, as well as providing preventive medical care. He incorporates into his practice the latest advances in biochemistry, endocrinology and clinical nutrition, and prefers to prescribe non-drug treatments wherever possible.

Dr Peter Dobie MBBS, MACNEM, ABAARM, MCPSA, MAIMA

Resources: www.drpeterdobie.com Links and show notes can be found at https://www.masonjtaylor.com/podcast/ This podcast is brought to you by SuperFeast, the online store bringing you the greatest immune enhancing, hormone balancing and performance lifting tonic herbs. Enjoy!

Juliet Allen is back and we're diving deeper into the topic of sex and intimacy than ever before. It's been over a year and a half since she graced the podcast and we had a lot to explore in regards to how we can get deeply in touch with our own sexual practice and start creating the sex life we've always dreamed of. There were many distinctions here Juliet dropped that have opened up some deep considerations for myself and my relationship with sex and I know there they will for you too. Get ready to integrate on a whole new level with yourself and your partners sexually. In this episode we immerse into topics such as;

• Tapping in to sexual creative energy to enrich multiple aspects of life
• Redirecting brain energy downward to the sex centres of the body
• Sexual taboo in modern society and disconnection from deep intimacy
• Self-directed pleasures
• Sustaining the fire of the honeymoon period in a relationship
• Pornography's impact on the act of sex
• Manifesting what we want in life via sexual energy

Bio:

Juliet Allen is a Sexologist, Sexuality Coach, Tantra Practitioner and author. With a reputation for her bold and straight-to-the-point manner, Juliet facilitates 1:1 coaching sessions, educative workshops, and transformative online courses. Juliet's purpose is to empower men and women to embrace their sexuality & transform their sex and relationships.

Resources: http://www.juliet-allen.com/

http://www.juliet-allen.com/blog/sacred-art-of-cock-worship Enjoy!

Links and show notes can be found at https://www.masonjtaylor.com/podcast/ This podcast is brought to you by SuperFeast, the online store bringing you the greatest immune enhancing, hormone balancing and performance lifting tonic herbs.