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The Precision Health Pod is going through a name change! Host Rachel Sanders reveals the new name and what you can expect from future episodes.
Sep 13, 2023•53 sec•Season 3Ep. 1
Smart Health with Rachel Sanders
Welcome to Smart Health with Rachel Sanders, your guide to the future of health and wellness. Tune in for engaging conversations with wellness experts and industry pioneers discussing everything from science-backed wellness to the latest technology and health innovations. Expect to leave each episode empowered with actionable tips to improve your health and wellness strategies. Sponsored by Rootine, making your daily health routine smarter.
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#23 Joanna Strober: Exploring Gaps in Menopausal Healthcare
Rachel sits down with Joanna Strober, CEO and co-founder of Midi Health, the only virtual-care platform for women 40+ covered by insurance. Rachel and Joanna explore the gaps within healthcare for women experiencing menopause, what is being done to bridge issues like education, accessibility and equity, and what Joanna thinks the future of care looks like. Whether you’re experiencing (peri)menopause or know someone who is, this is an important conversation about the world of smarter care. Listen...
Aug 30, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 8
#22 Sarah Morgan - How Stress Impacts Your Health
This week, Rachel sits down with Rootine’s Head of Nutrition Innovation to discuss the impacts of stress on your overall health. Learn about cortisol, the stress hormone, what chronic, longterm implications can look like, and how you can achieve balance. If you’re stressed - 75% of us are - this is an episode you don’t want to miss. Follow us on Twitter @precisionpod and let us know what you think! Rachel's Twitter: @rachelssanders Rootine Instagram: @rootine_co Rootine Website: rootine.co Rooti...
Aug 16, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 7
#21 Trent Ward: The Future of AI In Home Fitness
This week Rachel sits down with Trent Ward, co-founder and CEO of Forme Life, award-winning smart home gyms and live virtual training. Trent sheds light on how technological advancements (see: A.I.) are transforming the way we approach fitness, while balancing it with the critical component of human connection. Hear first-hand how a founder went from a career in finance to building a the most complete at-home fitness studio on the market. As always, Rachel and Trent discuss the role of fitness i...
Jul 26, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 6
#20 Pratik Patel: Nutrition + Health Tips From A Former NFL Coach
Rachel sits down with former NFL New York Giants Director of Performance Nutrition and Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, Pratik Patel. Pratik is now sharing his wisdom as a personal coach to high performing executives, business owners, and athletes. Pratik is giving us a detailed insight into his time in collegiate and professional athletics, why he chose to jump from professional athletes to professional business men and women, and how nutrition can be applied to the everyday high pe...
Jul 12, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
#19 Ryan Duey: Cold Plunging: Benefits + How To’s
Today, Rachel sits down with Ryan Duey, CEO of Plunge , a revolutionary cold plunge ice bath that simplifies the complex world of cold therapy in an accessible and aesthetic product. Rachel and Ryan cover everything you need to know about cold therapy, its benefits and how to get started. A few health benefits of cold therapy include nervous system regulation, increased energy, improved recovery/performance, immune support, improved mood, pain relief, and more, but today, we’re diving into the b...
Jun 28, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
#18 Anu & Ashwin: Understanding Your Protein Signals
This week, Rachel sits down with Anu Thubagere and Ashwin Gopinath, Co-Founders of Inuo.bio, daily skincare based on your biology. As a cancer survivor, Anu knows first-hand the importance of caring for the body’s largest organ and how most skin conditions can be traced to protein patterns produced by our unique DNA. Ashwin is an interdisciplinary scientist with an expertise in synthetic biology, nano-electronics and photonics. Together, they are a powerhouse that’s leading the way in personaliz...
Jun 14, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 3
#17 Noosheen Hashemi: The Power of Metabolic Health
Noosheen Hashemi is the Founder + CEO of January AI, the world’s first virtual continuous glucose monitor, helping you live healthier and happier. Noosheen is a tech veteran known for building the operational infrastructure that scaled Oracle U.S. from $25m to $3B in sales over ten years. Today, Rachel and Noosheen are talking about metabolic health and the importance of data-driven health insights to eat, move, and sleep better. 1 out of 3 adults in the U.S. have pre-diabetes, but about 90% of ...
May 31, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 2
#16 Justin Mares: Investing in Preventative Medicine
Justin Mares is a serial entrepreneur. He’s the Co-Founder of TrueMed. True Medicine is allowing consumers to invest tax-free funds in prevention by unlocking $100B+ in consumers' HSA accounts. Follow: Justin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jwmares TrueMed Website: https://www.truemed.com/ [Company/Guest] Twitter: https://twitter.com/truemedpayments Rachel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelssanders Rootine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootine_co/ Rootine Website: http://rootine.co/ Roo...
May 24, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 1
#15 Caroline Kryder: How Technology Can Improve Women’s Health
Rachel sits down with Caroline Kryder, Product Manager and Women’s Health lead at Oura Ring, a wearable platform that delivers personalized health data, insights, and daily guidance. Today, Caroline is sharing how Oura is investing in features for women’s health like never before. Caroline and Rachel talk about the strides technology has made in supporting women’s health - a space that traditional reproductive education has failed. They dive into temperature, sleep, HRV, and more as Oura begins ...
Apr 26, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 15
#14 Nate Maslak: How Data Can Improve Healthcare Decisions
This week, Rachel sits down with Nate Maslak, Founder and CEO of Ribbon Health: a data platform that’s transforming how healthcare decisions are made. What started as a care navigation platform, has turned into API data platform that’s scaling healthcare provider information. With a strong mission for personalized solutions, this episode is a shining light for the future of healthcare data. As always, Rachel and Nate talk about their personal experience and advice around Founder health and they ...
Apr 19, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 12
#13 Alex Iskold: Lessons Learned After Investing In 150+ Startups
Our guest today is Alex Iskold, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures, an early-stage VC firm. Alex is also a Managing Director of Techstars New York, and a serial founder. Alex has invested in more than 150 early stage startups and this week, he’s sharing with Rachel what he looks for in founders, what he’s excited about in the future of biotech and health, and advice for those looking to get into funding. While his resume is impressive, Alex is also passionate about his personal hea...
Apr 12, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 14
#12 Allie Egan: The Future of Hormonal Health
Our guest today is Allie Egan, Founder + CEO of Veracity Self Care, where they’re pioneering hormonal wellness. Allie starts off by telling us about her personal health journey that ultimately led to her founding Veracity. Rachel and Allie discuss the importance of preventative health through regular testing and daily monitoring and mindfulness, with a focus on hormone health. As an advocate of new + novel recommendations, Allie does not fall short of delivering. This episode is full of tactical...
Apr 05, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 11
#11 Anthony Vennare - The Importance of Community In The Health Industry
Our guest today is Anthony Vennare, Founder of Fitt Insider, a newsletter, podcast, and community of industry leaders who are building a platform for the future of fitness and wellness. Anthony’s passion for health is basically in his DNA. He started training as an athlete at age 12, later joining the military and then excelling as a trainer and strength coach before founding Fitt Insider. This week Rachel sits down with Anthony to talk about research, analysis and trends in the health and welln...
Mar 29, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
#10 Tara Viswanathan - The Importance of Root Cause Medicine in Healthcare
Our guest today is Tara Viswanathan, Founder + CEO of Rupa Health, a simpler way for practitioners to order, track, and get results from 25+ lab companies in one place. This week, Rachel sits down with Tara to discuss the importance of root-cause medicine, the practice of diagnosing and treating the root cause of illness, rather than simply managing symptoms. Rachel + Tara dive into the future of comprehensive, functional medicine, specifically how technology can make healthcare decisions easier...
Mar 22, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 10
#9 Brianna Decker: A Deep Dive Into Olympian's Health + Wellness Routine
Our guest today is Brianna Decker, Team USA Olympic ice hockey captain, 3x Olympic Medalist and 8x World Championship Medalist. She is also the creator of The Brianna Decker Endowment for Girls Hockey aimed at developing programs focused on increasing female youth participation in in the sport. This week, Brianna gives us an in-depth look at her routines and priorities that keep her performing and coaching at her best. From optimizing nutrition, sleep, and training to managing stress and mental ...
Mar 08, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 9
#8 Ellen DaSilva - How to Create A Consumer-First Approach to Health Tech
Our guest today is Ellen DaSilva, Founder and CEO of Summer Health, providing personalized pediatric care via text message, aiming to answer patient’s questions in 15 minutes or less. Rachel sits down with Ellen to talk about how her experience in consumer tech as an early-stage Twitter and Hims + Hers team member created a passion to “consumerize” the healthcare space. With a strong emphasis on the future of health tech, today’s episode takes a deep dive into the benefits of the pseudo-synchron...
Mar 01, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 8
#7 Marc Champagne: How to build a self-reflection practice and unlock your full potential
Our guest today is Marc Champagne, author, mental fitness strategist, and host of Behind the Human Podcast, where he unpacks the mental fitness strategies that keep the world’s most exceptional humans at the top of their game. Listen in to learn what mental fitness is, why Marc left a job in product and brand strategy to dedicate his life to mental fitness, and how you can build your own mental fitness practice. Marc and Rachel spend the bulk of their conversation discussing how a self-reflectio...
Feb 22, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7
#6 Quin Sandler: The future of biomechanics tracking
Our guest today is Quin Sandler, Founder & CEO of Plantiga, a smart insole system that analyzes movement in the real world. Quin founded Plantiga alongside his dad to bring biomechanics tracking that was typically reserved for a lab setting to the real world. Plantiga leverages machine learning and AI to empower everyday people and world-class athletes alike to recover post-injury, manage ongoing dystrophies, and achieve peak performance. Rachel sits down with Quin to talk about his journey ...
Feb 15, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
#5 Josh Bonhotal: Learning How to Show up for Yourself to Show up for Your Team
Our guest today is Josh Bonhotal, one of the founding team members of the Future Fit App and Venture Partner at TXV Partners. At Future, Josh is working to modernize personal training. Outside of Future, josh shares insights on human performance, coaching, and leadership. Rachel sits down to talk to Josh on his 928th consecutive day of working out - a promise he made to himself after losing sight of his non-negotiables in the early stages of growing Future. The two discuss Josh’s journey from NB...
Feb 08, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 5
#4 Melanie Strong - Breaking into Venture Capital and Whole Person Health
Our guest today is Melanie Strong, founding partner of Next Ventures, a venture capital firm she founded with Lance Armstrong that focuses on building the next generation of sports, health and wellness brands. Today’s conversation starts by going back in time and exploring Melanie’s journey from 1st grade teacher, to Nike exec, to Venture Capital fund partner. Their conversation ends with some of Melanie’s best advice for founders and people looking to level-up in their career and life. Along th...
Feb 01, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4
#3 Matteo Franceschetti: Lessons learned from founding a $150M+ Health Tech Company
Our guest today is Matteo Franceschetti, the founder and CEO of EightSleep, the world’s first sleep fitness company on a mission to fuel human potential through optimal sleep. Rachel and Matteo’s conversation naturally transitions from Matteo’s career - starting in law and eventually leading him to found EightSleep - to tactical tips and advice for founders and people looking to optimize their sleep alike. Learn how Matteo approaches hiring, lessons learned from his first 7 years and 150M+ raise...
Jan 18, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3
#2 Ali Spagnola: Find a fitness routine you love and use data to your advantage
Our guest today is Ali Spagnola, content creator, comedian, all-around health enthusiast, and co-host of the Total Fitheads podcast. In today’s episode, Rachel and Ali discuss the mindset shift that comes with replacing aesthetic-based fitness goals with functional goals, the importance of sleep, and how health data can be an unlock to understanding how personalized health really is. Follow Ali Spanola: Ali's Instagram @alispanola Ali's Twitter @alispanola Listen to Total Fitheads Podcast any po...
Jan 04, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 2
#1 Taylor Sittler: The Future of Healthcare and Creating a Career you Love
Our guest today is Taylor Sittler, Head of Research at Levels. A physician, published researcher, and entrepreneur, Taylor’s career has focused on personalizing medicine, starting companies in genetics and women’s health, including co-founding Color Health where he was Chief Science Officer. In today’s episode, we talk about everything from Taylor’s personal health routine - including his take on the modern physical - to how we can shift towards a healthcare system that focus on health care vs. ...
Dec 14, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to The Precision Health Pod
The Precision Health Pod is a podcast from Rootine, where our CEO & Co-founder, Rachel Sanders, angel investor, HBS graduate and mom, speaks with leading experts and entrepreneurs in their fields. Listen as she gains insight into their holistic approach to overall health and wellness. Connect: Rachel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelssanders Don't miss out! Sign up to Precision Health Club newsletter to gain insights and access to some of the industry’s leading minds: https://precisionhe...
Jul 11, 2022•1 min
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