The Health Upgrade Podcast

Vagus Nerve Involvement In Atherosclerosis

Hello everybody and welcome to the “Health Upgrade Podcast” In today’s episode, we are talking about something that most people wouldn't consider a topic that the vagus nerve or the nervous system, in general, is actually heavily involved in! Today we are discussing atherosclerosis - one of the major causes of heart attacks and strokes, which are two of the more common reasons for mortality - morbidity within the North American population. Atherosclerosis is a process that occurs in many people ...

Immune Cell Involvement In Development Of The Brain

Hello everybody and welcome to the Health Upgrade Podcast Today's topic is on the development of the brain, and how we develop in the cells that are required to actually allow for cellular development, construction, repair, and rebuilding to occur when damage does occur. We will be analyzing how the different types of cells infiltrate and support the function of other cells and how they work in homeostasis and in synergy with one another. Rate and review before the next episode. If you want to k...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Type II Diabetes

Hello everybody and welcome to a bit of a special episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we will be talking about the research involved in vagus nerve stimulation and its effect on type two diabetes. We are going to dive into a few particular articles in regards to actual electrical vagus nerve stimulation, and its impact on type two diabetes mellitus. Rate and review before the next episode. If you want to know more about us and what we do, go to www.healthupgradepodcast.com...

Vagus Nerve Involvement In Diabetes And Metabolism

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode we are digging into Metabolic Dysfunction. We discuss the role of the autonomic nervous system, the role of the vagus nerve, and uses of vagus nerve stimulation in addressing metabolic health, in particular for those that have type two diabetes, and even pre diabetes as well. We also anaylze how the food industry is affecting our dietary habits and what are the benefits of fasting. Rate and review before the next epi...

Vagus Nerve Involvement In Somatoform Disorders

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we're going to dig into somatoform disorders. We are going to analyse what somatoform disorders are and how they are caused. We are also going to dive deeper into the pathophysiology of these disorders and what can we do to treat them, in order to have a better life quality. Rate and review before the next episode. If you want to know more about us and what we do, go to www.healthupgradepodcast.com. Contact info: Na...

Central Nervous System Disorders and The Vagus Nerve

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode we are digging into Central Nervous System disorders. Especially, we're going to focus our attention on understanding the pathophysiology and how these conditions start off. Also, we're going to do an overview of central nervous system function, dig into negative processes that can lead to negative conditions, chronic health conditions and central nervous system disorders. Stay tuned until the end, as we'll be review...

Overview of the Autonomic Nervous System - featuring JP Errico

Hello everybody, welcome back to the health upgrade podcast. I am so so excited for this new season of the health upgrade podcast, because we're doing something a little bit different. We're doing an entire series dedicated to understanding the autonomic nervous system, understanding the consequences of a non functional or dysfunctional autonomic nervous system, and what we can do about it. This particular serie is going to be for practitioners and biohackers, those who really want to get to kno...

Upgrade your self love - featuring Brandon Evans

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Brandon Evans. He is a Speaker & Storyteller who thrives on motivating others to succeed and grow. He also holds over a decade of frontline firefighting work, which has allowed him to bring a great deal of crisis and trauma-informed expertise to his coaching. He has also recently expanded his platform: a Mentorship Practice called Dad PoD (power of Dad) which is a community of fathers who are looking to lead their families with love an...

Upgrade your Child's Behaviour - featuring Dr. Nicole Beurkens

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Dr. Nicole Beurkens. She is the world’s leading holistic child psychologist and has dedicated her 25 year career to providing parents with simple, effective, research-based strategies that get to the root of children’s attention, anxiety, mood, and behaviour challenges, so they can reach their highest potential. In this interview we dig into this really important topic of understand...

Upgrade your meat quality - featuring Zack Langlois

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Zack Langlois. He is doing some really amazing things here in Ontario and I really want to share his story, his vision, and how we can help people with the quality of their food, particularly the quality of their meat. We know that our conventional farming practices are not working well. We know that we are lacking in our ability to get good quality nutrients into our bodies, throug...

Upgrade your light environment - featuring Roudy Nassif

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Roudy Nassif, the co-founder of VivaRays . Roudy has been educating hundreds of functional medicine and naturopathic doctors about the power of light. He is helping them optimize their personal, as well as, their patient's well-being, sleeping patterns, energy, and focus. Roudy is on a mission to elevate people's light environment to a whole new level of alignment with nature in ord...

Upgrade your parenting skills - featuring dr. Julia Sen

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast. In today’s episode, we will be talking with dr. Julia Sen. She is a registered psychologist with a full-time virtual private practice. She has been seeing clients for over 20 years, and has a special place in her heart for parenting. Julia considers herself to be a possibility psychologist and focuses on helping people awaken the wisdom within, to navigate challenges and fertility, parenting and relationships, with greater ease and flow. ...

Upgrade your gut microbiome - featuring dr. Francois du Toit

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast. In today’s episode, we will be talking with dr. Francois du Toit. He's a registered naturopath (Natural Medicine Doctor), speaker, wellness advocate, and health coach. He owns a private practice in South Africa, while also presenting high-level workshops on different health topics. Over the last nine years, he has dedicated his life to empowering people to be the healthiest version of themselves as they grow to achieve optimal states of h...

My health upgrade journey - featuring Joelle C.

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast. I'm really excited to have one of my amazing clients, Joelle, with me. And we're going to talk about how Joelle has transformed over the last few months and the big changes that she's noticed not only in her health, but also in her life and her ability to show up and be the best version of herself every day. In this episode, Joelle shares with us that she was able to experience an understanding of what was really going on. She got some an...

Upgrade your health with essential oils - featuring Jodi Cohen

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast. In today’s episode, we are talking with Jodi Cohen. She is the best selling author, award-winning journalist, and founder of vibrant blue oils ( https://vibrantblueoils.com/about-jodi/ ) She has combined her training and nutritional therapy and aromatherapy to create unique proprietary blends of organic and wildcrafted essential oils, that help her clients heal from brain-related challenges including anxiety, insomnia, and autoimmunity . ...

Upgrade your relationship with food - featuring Dr. Danielle Marr

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast. In today’s episode, we are talking with Dr. Danielle Marr. She's a friend of mine from chiropractic college. She grew up as an athlete in southwestern Ontario in Canada. A healthy diet and exercise were always a part of her life. She trained as a Doctor of Chiropractic and thought that putting her certifications and personal training and sports nutrition together would really help maximize care for her patients. Danielle realized very qui...

Upgrade your mindset for health - featuring Jonny Dupre.

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Jonny Dupre. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in human development with an emphasis and counseling from California State University San Marcos. Over the past 15 years, Johnny has accumulated a wide array of knowledge on human behavior, cognition and social dynamics. It's been his passion and goal to discover the most effective tools and techniques to successfully guide clients to...

Upgrade your community - featuring dr. Michelle Peris

Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Dr. Michelle Peris. She's a naturopathic doctor, a tribe builder, speaker, women's empowerment advocate, mother, and a definite wild woman. She's the clinic director of the poppy clinic ( https://poppyclinic.com/ ) an integrative medical clinic and is also the creator of the wildly popular community health initiative called the rebel tribe ( https://poppyclinic.com/rebel-...

Upgrade your sleep - featuring Dr. Jay Khorsandi

Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Dr. Jay Khorsandi, the sleep biohacker. Dr. Khorsandi has worn many hats during his career. He is a sleep advocate and host of the podcast called "Best Night Ever!" which is dedicated to helping people get a great night's sleep. He has also been a former cosmetic dentist and a startup co-founder! In this interview, Dr. Khorsandi is sharing with us his knowledge, in regard...

Why entrepreneurs should upgrade their health - featuring Giovanni Marsico

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. I’m super excited about today’s episode. In this interview, I will be talking with Giovanni Marsico. He is a really gifted person and the Founder/CEO of Archangel Academy ( https://archangelacademy.com/ ) It is a community of superhero entrepreneurs, leaders, and game-changers that are making the world a better place through mission-driven entrepreneurship and philanthropy. In today’s episode, Giovanni shares with us the ...

Upgrading your connection to nature featuring Henrietta Devine

The top 3 Health Upgrading Functional Lab tests

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s upgrade ten-minute session, I want to talk about the Top 3 Functional Lab tests that I use with my patients to help them identify the causes of their health challenges. Each one of them has a very particular side of information that we get from it and gives us a clear picture of what’s going on inside our body. Once you get to understand the big picture of your health issues, you can then create a plan that is ...

Upgrade your Betty body - featuring dr. Stephanie Estima

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today's episode, we have the pleasure of talking to dr. Stephanie Estima. She is a big-hearted chiropractor with a special interest in functional neurology, brain optimization, and weight loss. She studied Neuroscience and Psychology before becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic. She has been in private practice for 16 years where she helps people achieve extraordinary health at her Toronto clinic -The Health Loft. Her life...

The top 3 ways to upgrade your sleep

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s upgrade ten-minute session, I will talk about how to upgrade your sleep. Sleep is obviously a really important part of our health. It’s how our bodies recover, we filter out a lot of the toxins, we give the digestive system the opportunity to rest and we allow the vagus nerve to its best work when we sleep really well! There are a few very important tips on how to upgrade your sleep, so you can optimize your li...

Upgrade your sex life - featuring dr. Stephen DeWIT

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. I'm really excited about today's conversation. It's obviously a little bit more of a sensitive topic. It's something that not everybody feels super comfortable talking about. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to dr. Stephen DeWIT. He is a Board Certified Sexologist through the American College of Sexologists. He holds a Master of Public Health in Human Sexuality and a Doctorate of Human Sexuality. Dr. St...

The top 3 ways to upgrade your morning

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s upgrade ten-minute session, I will talk about how to upgrade your morning routine, so you can have productive, meaningful and amazing days. The morning is where we have an opportunity to create the day we want. It is very important to have a daily, healthy morning routine in order to achieve your goals and upgrade your life. In this episode, I’m going through 3 morning routines, which will make you feel more en...

Upgrading your Midsection - featuring Dr. Shalini Bhat

Hello, fellow upgraders. Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. I'm super excited about our conversation today with Dr. Shalini Bhat. She is a really good friend of mine and she has been able to marry the idea of functional medicine and the biochemical challenges. Dr. Shalini Bhat is a chiropractor, a double certified functional medicine practitioner with over 10 years of experience in the wellness field. She is the founder of the movement boutique https://themovementboutique....

The top 3 ways to upgrade your breathing

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. Today’s 10-minute upgrade episode is on the topic of breath and the right breathing. The vast majority of our breathings are done unconsciously or subconsciously - we are not actually aware of our breath. In this episode, we are going to examine what breathing is, why it is so important, how it affects our overall health, and what we need to do to make it better, so we can upgrade our quality of life. That’s why I’m going to share with yo...

Upgrade Your Performance - featuring Andrew Scopick

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Andrew Scopick. He is a certified transformational strategist, high-performance coach and the founder of the Ultimate Potential Academy https://www.ultimatepotentialacademy.com/upa-details43541167 He services the go-getters, movers and shakers, and business owners on a global scale - helping them increase the levels of energy, focus, confidence, productivity, influenc...

Upgrade your Courage - featuring Billy Anderson

Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Billy Anderson. He is the founder of the Courage Crusade https://couragecrusade.com/ and the author of the book “Your comfort zone is killing you” https://couragecrusade.com/yourcomfortzoneiskillingyou/ In this episode, Billy Anderson is sharing with us his story about the difficulties and challenges he experienced, and how he managed to pull himself out of that situa...