Dr. Nick Greiner describes his practice as direct primary care and regenerative medicine. Labeled by some as alternative medicine or even quackery, he witnessed how regenerative therapy and lifestyle changes helped his mother who suffered from illness in her 40s. Doctors have always used pharmaceuticals or procedures as their first line of treatment. For Dr. Greiner, the question “Why did this happen in the first place? What is going on with their life that we have to address?” may provide more ...
Sep 06, 2022•58 min•Ep. 55
“Every single excuse you have is actually a reason why you need to be doing it.” - Bronson Dant At 38 years of age, Bronson Dant was just like most of us at that age - soft, flabby, overweight and heading for health problems in the second half of life. Unlike most of us, he decided to do something about it. Today, at 50+, he has the physique of a professional athlete half his age. We caught up with him to learn how being fabulously fit past 50 can happen for anyone of us. Quick Guide: 03:02 Bron...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 54
You are meant to be obese. You will not get better. You will always be unhealthy. Once we repeatedly hear or say these limiting beliefs, we start to accept them as truths. It prevents us to live the lives we truly want. Kari Keith emphasizes that we have a choice. Mindsets can change. We can overcome our limiting beliefs. As a health coach, Kari discovered that even with all the nutrition advice she gives her clients, progress is difficult if they don't believe they can change their habits. It p...
Aug 23, 2022•53 min•Ep. 53
People assume that personal trainers and fitness enthusiasts are dumb. Broscience has been synonymous with trainers who impart fitness advice without a scientific basis. But Alexander Cortes or AJAC has his way of flipping the broscience culture. As a certified personal trainer, he applies clinical data, hard science, and evidence from study together with practical, real-world applications. He maintains a reputation for educating his clients based on knowledge and intellect. The goal is to make ...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 52
Dr. Sean O’Mara was an emergency medicine physician. In that role, he treated people from all walks of life. And it was obvious, even the wealthiest people failed at being healthy. Despite being a doctor, he wasn't in good shape himself. In addition to being overweight, he suffered from several other chronic health issues. A patient confronted him about his weight and introduced him to the paleo diet. That's all it took for him to realize how much impact even a small change in diet could have on...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 51
The confusion over diet or nutrition is because patients have no idea what to eat. It's not a lack of money or a busy schedule. A physician assistant turned culinary and nutrition educator, Shefaly Ravula provides a personalized approach to her patients to develop their diet plan. When her father, a vegetarian and a thin man, had a heart attack, she was left perplexed. It was an example of TOFI - thin outside, fat inside. The experience made her immerse herself to study nutrition for cardiac hea...
Aug 02, 2022•59 min•Ep. 50
"Just eat whatever you want and cover it with insulin." That was the advice Nayiri Mississian received as a type 1 diabetic. She learned that it didn't improve her blood sugars. No matter what she did, her blood sugars continue to rise. The one thing she didn't try was slashing the carbs from her diet. A chance encounter with Jason Fung persuaded her to adapt low-carb diet and extended fasting in her lifestyle. Her blood sugar improved. She took her bio-hacking even further with extended fasting...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 49
People come to Dr. Howard J. Luks because of shoulder or knee pain, but his findings led him to advise his patients about their metabolic health. As an orthopedic surgeon, he has studied the links between metabolic health disorders and their consequences on bones, cartilage, and soft tissues. His book “Longevity… Simplified” focuses on the root cause of chronic diseases and how to live a longer and healthier life. He continues to work with his patients to improve their metabolic health and to ma...
Jul 19, 2022•34 min•Ep. 48
Dr. Chris Palmer is the pioneer in using low carbohydrate ketogenic diets to treat psychiatric patients suffering from treatment-resistant mental disorders. As a traditionally-trained psychiatrist, it was hard for him to believe the results his psychiatric patients experienced when they "went keto." He knew the ketogenic diet had been used for 100 years to treat epilepsy. He theorized that the therapeutic effects must extend to other mental illnesses. Dr. Palmer's results - both in the clinic an...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 47
"Never take nutrition advice from a fat doctor." When Dr. Ken Berry tweeted that, he received a lot of blowbacks, but trust him, he knows what he’s saying. It is hard to listen to somebody when he can't even fix himself. In his mid-thirties, Dr. Berry was overweight and suffered from a wide range of health issues. As a family physician, he was aware of how terrible his nutritional advice was. And so, as part of his self-healing and his desire to help others to live healthy lives, he began to see...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 46
As a performer, Bella has always been concerned with how she looked. She had acne problems and serious weight issues that she wanted to overcome. Desperate to find healing, she turned to the vegan diet. She only ate whole-food plant-based and did not take any supplements. Great results happened initially. She finally lost weight and felt some surge of energy. But after a few years, her body started to feel nutrient deficiencies, she wasn’t getting her period, and her skin condition didn’t improv...
Jun 28, 2022•59 min•Ep. 45
People are so used to the state of imbalance in their lives, but it should not be the norm. For someone like Shawna Smith who is strongly empathic and intuitive and has the natural ability to see people's strengths and weaknesses, she can evaluate how a body (or a part of it) is out of balance. This is how she helps people heal. The process is to find the connection points, to recognize the small issues and how they may lead to possible problems or major health concerns. But we have been so used...
Jun 21, 2022•56 min•Ep. 44
Rita Brewer had her sight set on the medical field at a very young age. She worked in surgery as a Physicians Assistant, and still loves surgery. But she's a lifelong learner, and continues to explore and finds ways to grow. After going through all the conventional treatments for her autoimmune disease - without success - she began a search for integrative therapies: energy medicine, lifestyle medicine, and functional medicine. That's where she found healing. Tired of a system that doesn't allow...
Jun 14, 2022•59 min•Ep. 43
For many years, trainers used the calories in, calories out model. Even Casey Ruff has tried it and as a fitness trainer, has recommended it to his clients. But he learned it’s not sustainable. When he became a certified nutrition coach, he witnessed people avail of different programs to develop healthy eating habits of vegetables and lean meats, only to end up not finishing the program. These nutrition programs are simply not doable. Until he experienced the ketogenic diet and personally saw it...
Jun 07, 2022•57 min•Ep. 42
When we were young, we learned that the heart pumps blood in the body. Well, Dr. Stephen Hussey thinks we misunderstood the heart. Growing up, he experienced different inflammatory conditions and has type-1 diabetes, which puts him at risk for heart disease. It made him devote his attention to discussions about the heart. He simply wants to take in as much information as he can. Based on his studies, how did we misunderstand the heart? It begins with the fourth phase of water, also referred to a...
May 31, 2022•57 min•Ep. 41
The healthcare system is flawed if it forces you to see more patients for profit than to focus on patients to heal them. Cynthia Thurlow doesn't want any of that anymore. As a nurse practitioner, she has a lot of autonomy in patient care, yet she felt restricted because she can’t deliver the kind of care she wants. Her big move was to leave clinical medicine and choose the path she knows she can better help patients through lifestyle medicine and nutrition. Despite people who tell her she has no...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 40
Can you possibly identify if someone's at risk of a heart attack or cardiac arrest? That question run through Dr. William Davis’ mind when his mother died due to cardiac death. He found the helpful predictor and the most common cause of coronary disease, and it is not cholesterol as we were led to believe. The culprit? Grains and sugars. He counters different notions about health and treatments and addresses the factors that allow the disease to emerge in the first place: diet, lack of nutrients...
May 17, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 39
Dr. Ovadia summed up his highlights during the Metabolic Health Summit last May 5-8 in Santa Barabara, CA. Testing is crucial. We can now keep track of various aspects of our metabolic health thanks to the availability of fingerstick meters, continuous glucose monitors, and at-home testing equipment. Additionally, supplements are relevant to metabolic health. It should be targeted and measured. A symptom tied to a deficiency must be present. When you supplement, its effect can be measured as the...
May 10, 2022•51 min•Ep. 38
After years of treating diabetes, Brian Lenzkes understood that the answer to the disease is not just medication. His experience with fasting and low carb prompted him to focus on nutrition to treat his diabetic patients. In the process, he spent more time with them to explain things. Doctors don't even have time to discuss nutrition in the typical 10-15 minute session. He knew he had to make changes. In this conversation, he gives us a rundown of his experience as a doctor that depends on HMO i...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 37
In part 2 of our Keto Q&A, Dr. Ovadia addresses responds to g more questions about ketogenesis and the keto diet. The 6 Keto Questions addressed in this episode are: Does keto... 1. cause inflamation? 2. harm the liver? 3. increase liver fat? 4. harm the kidneys? 5. cause muscle loss? 6. cause lost of bone density? Connect with Dr. Ovadia: Twitter iFixHearts Website Stay Off My Operating Table Website Amazon Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, include your contact inform...
Apr 26, 2022•39 min•Ep. 36
In this episode, Dr. Ovadia responds to Jack's first 5 questions about ketogenesis and the keto diet. In addition, they do a deep dive into the differences between normal and abnormal cholesterol, and how it affects us. The 5 Keto Questions addressed in this episode are : Is long-term ketosis unhealthy? Will being in ketosis cause diabetic ketoacidosis, (DKA)? Does being in ketosis cause hypoglycemia? Is the brain damaged by being in ketosis? Does ketosis damage heart and/or vascular function? S...
Apr 19, 2022•42 min•Ep. 35
"It's not just what you eat. It's what what you eat eats and where what you eat eats is grown." The instant I heard that phrase, I knew this was gonna be a dynamite podcast. This episode features Redbeard himself, Brian Keith. Brian Keith is a business coach. But that short description doesn't begin to describe all the ways he helps small business owners get efficient business growth with less overwhelm and less frustration. He's wildly entertaining, has an razor-sharp mind and a wit to match, a...
Apr 12, 2022•53 min•Ep. 34
He was a 21 year old college athlete. Fit, active, successful. And something was very wrong with his body. The diagnosis was ulcerative colitis, an "incurable" autoimmune disease. After several years of trying to learn to "just live with it," he was fed up. He vowed to find a way to cure himself. And he did. In this episode, we learn the amazing story of Mr. Salozzo - Brett Ender - and how he did something the doctors said was impossible - heal himself with food. Follow Brett on Twitter Check ou...
Apr 05, 2022•46 min•Ep. 33
Dr. Philip Ovadia and Co-Host Jack Heald talk to Harrison Gray about his nutritional awakening, weight loss, and more. When the lockdowns began, Harrison Gray realized he'd added a bunch of useless fat to his body in the five years since his career as a college athlete ended. He seized the moment, transformed his body and leveraged that momentum to completely change his life. We talk with the co-founder of the Meat Mafia about eating better, stress and the benefits of returning to metabolic heal...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 32
They say necessity is the mother of invention. That day Charles Mayfield got himself a severe sunburn probably didn't feel like the day his life would be revolutionized. But it was. With no skincare or sunburn relief products in the house, he was forced to improvise. In the process, he stumbled onto a way to care for skin that our great-grandparents took to be common knowledge. It's not so much a revolution as a rediscovery of something our generation forgot. Website: https://farrow.life/ Send D...
Mar 22, 2022•58 min•Ep. 31
Texas Slim is the pseudonym of a Texas Man with a vision for restoring the health of the nation. Not just our bodily health, but the health of the soil, the agriculture system, the food distribution system, local communities and the culture at large. Sound like a lot to swallow? It is. Join us. Website: The Beef Initiative Twitter: Slim on Twitter Substack: Texas Slim's Substack Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not respond...
Mar 15, 2022•47 min•Ep. 30
During the summer of 2021, "Texas Slim" embedded himself in a harvest crew to get a view from the ground of what is happening with American agriculture. That experience, combined with a lifetime in data and signal analysis, led to his article Harvest of Deception and The Beef Initiative . In this, Part 1 of a two-part conversation, Slim explains what is really going on with our entire food supply chain, and sets the table for a way to fix it. The Beef Initiative Website Follow Slim on Twitter Ha...
Mar 08, 2022•30 min•Ep. 29
At a family event in 2011, a photographer asked Bill Vogel - multiple times - to button his suit coat. He couldn't because he'd gained too much weight. Bill says he was "totally embarrassed" in front of family and friends. That was the turning point. When he got home, he weighed himself: 297 pounds on a 6'6" frame. He vowed never to weigh that much again. He did his research, and found a plan to lose weight and that he could sustain: low carb, low sugar, low grains. In one year, he lost all 70 p...
Mar 01, 2022•56 min•Ep. 28
Chris S. Cornell weighed 278 pounds at age 51, when he realized he had to take action to improve his health. After reading “Why We Get Fat” by Gary Taubes, he started to understand the benefits of a low-carb diet, and he got down to a ‘normal’ weight for the first time in his adult life. Cornell has maintained an 80-pound weight loss since 2016. Today, he writes a weekly email newsletter devoted to helping give people hope and lead them to improved health, fitness, and a more rewarding life. Sub...
Feb 22, 2022•58 min•Ep. 27
Health & fitness coach P.D. Mangan was a microbiologist, an avid long-distance runner and vegetarian committed to health. Then his health deteriorated and the doctors gave him no hope for improvement. So he decided if he was gonna get well, he'd have to find the answers himself. You can follow PD on twitter at @Mangan150 and contact him at his website, Rogue Health and Fitness . Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response, include your contact information.) Dr. Ovadia can not res...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 26
