The sun causes cancer. 

True,

It also gives us vitamin D, one of the most important nutrients in human health; the only vitamin that also acts as a hormone.

Just like with anything some sun exposure can be great, too much can be harmful. 

Today, we are going to talk about the importance of vitamin D for health and then go over some practical steps that you can take to get smarter sun exposure. 

Make sure you tune in.

 

Research: 

https://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g1903

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Isn't nice how sometimes the simplest things can have profound positive effects on our health.

Just connect with the earth and you can get benefits that rival the most well studied research backed supplement. 

Today, I am going to talk about some of the science on grounding and potential positive health effects. 

Tune in to find out more.

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Here is the study: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378297/ 

 

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It's Monday!

What are you working towards this week? 

Take small steps to improve your life every day. 

Like listening to this podcast. 

Just do it!

 

 

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Today, I want to tackle a controversial topic: Eggs. 

 

I feel like everyone has strong opinions about eggs and there is so much confusion about this food. 

One one end, I see health experts passing off eggs as a health food that should be consumed daily. 

On the other end, I have also regularly seen people comparing eggs to smoking cigarettes.

Which one is true? 

Tune in to the episode today to learn more.

 

**I made a mistake on the show. I said lethal pancreatic cancer when I meant to say lethal prostate cancer--see study below**

 

Research on Eggs

Eggs and Heart Disease & Diabetes

Eggs on Pancreatic Cancer

Eggs and Breast Cancer - No effect

Eggs and lethal prostate cancer - Increased risk

 

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Isn't it pretty cool that we can survive off of both animal and plant based diets?

I think so. 

If you are like me, you are curious about how the body will respond to these drastically different eating patterns. Fortunately, I happened to stumble across a research study that tested a meat based vs plant based diet on the human microbiome.

So today, I am going to present you the findings of this study which is relevent to anyone who: 

• Eats a plant based diet
• Eats a meat based diet
• Is  interested in the gut and the microbiome
• Has a body

Tune in to learn more. 

PS: the paper is linked below if you want to check it out yourself. 

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Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome 

 

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LDL cholesterol is worthless for determining heart disease risk...

You may have heard this before and it mostly true.

Now what?

How do you determine your risk for heart disease if the measure that your doctor relies on (LDL) is not very useful?

Tune in to the podcast today to learn:

• How LDL and HDL particle size and # are more accurate measures of heart disease risk
• Markers of inflammation that also contribute to disease risk
• Why the omega-3 index is a useful test 
• The value of fasting insulin level
• How to run testing yourself for cheaper than you can through most insurance companies
• and more...

 

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Testing: 

Healthy Aging Panel with Inflammation Markers 

NMR Lipoprofile

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Good news for spicy food lovers...we might be protecting our health when we indulge in our favorite spicy concoctions. 

According to research published in the British Medical Journal in 2015, spicy food consumption was associated with a 10% lower risk of death among Chinese adults. 

This is only some of the findings of this interesting study. I talk about the others and cover the HOW of why spicy foods might be really beneficial for our health. 

Make sure you tune in 

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YOU CAN FIND THE STUDY HERE

 

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Berberine is a plant compound that has been used for thousands of years primarily to treat digestive problems. 

In the past few decades scientists have studies the effects of Berberine for several health conditions and the research is pretty remarkable. 

Today, I want to share with you some of that research so that you can be aware of the benefits of this powerful plant compound and you can have this information in your Nutrition Toolkit so that you can use Berberine in the future should you need it.  

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Research Studies 

Berberine and Digestion

Berberine and Blood Lipids

Berberine and Diabetes

 

Berberine Supplement

 

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Bloating, gas, heartburn, constipation, diarrhea. If you ask around most people are dealing with at least one of these regularly, but most of us just don't talk about these things openly. 

To achieve good health proper digestion is a must.

Science is now starting to uncover the complexities and importance of the digestive system, but ti has been considered a pillar of health by eastern medicine philosophies for thousands of years. 

Today I am going to give you five tips for optimizing your improving your digestion and optimizing your health. 

 

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I believe that most nutrition gurus who promote a high fat diet are ignoring the impact that blood fats have on our risk for chronic disease. 

High fat diets spike triglycerides after a meal which can be just as harmful as high levels of blood sugar.

Today, on the podcast we are going to review just a few papers that make this case I am going to discuss why I believe that a sustained high fat diet approach is probably not the best approach long term for most people. 

If you enjoy eating higher fat, please tune in and let me now what you think about the info.

 

Studies: 

Study 1

Study 2

 

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