Episode Highlights With Dr. Lyon What muscle-centric medicine is and how she developed this method Why muscle is so important, especially for women The connection between body composition and how we age Her research on how body composition affects the brain and ability to do cognitive tasks Why muscle is the organ of longevity How muscle helps with disease prevention Muscle is an endocrine organ and why exercise should be about building muscle not losing fat The longevity connection to lean musc...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 612
Episode Highlights With Katie The beautiful lessons I've learned this year and how it was a year of rest and relationships My focus for this past year: to be with my kids and focus on them, inner work and diving into house projects that required new skills (and lots of power tools!) Why I now feel ready to step into new projects and new energy An update on my Health and how it is better than it has ever been What health goals I've been focusing on: healthy blood sugar numbers , eating to nourish...
Dec 29, 2022•49 min•Ep. 611
Episode Highlights With Matt What wild health is and where this concept came from How a return to nature is the root of good health What separates precision medicine from traditional medicine Why genetics are important but they are only about 20% of the whole picture The importance of light, sleep, and stress for health Factors we can optimize for our kids for lifelong health Are diseases actually preventable What their data says on reversing disease through lifestyle intervention His core pilla...
Dec 26, 2022•55 min•Ep. 610
Episode Highlights With Dr. Kruse What junk light is and why it can be so harmful Why sunlight is so important and not dangerous... and why it is so important for kids The problems with screens that you probably didn’t know of Understanding light functionally Why light is a medicine Six meta analysis show that lack of sunlight is more dangerous to your health than smoking The deeper problems with blue light beyond just sleep disturbances How blue light cases break down in the retina and brain ch...
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 609
Episode Highlights With Dr. Lin A big misconception for parents when it comes to a child’s jaw growth How we can help our kids grow a jaw that fits their adult teeth The factors that come into play with tooth decay and collapse of the jaw that leads to crooked teeth Dr. Weston A. Price’s work on nutrition and dental health Factors that make a difference in jaw structure in utero What to look for in your kids teeth and jaw development at different ages A mistake many parents make in introducing f...
Dec 19, 2022•54 min•Ep. 608
Episode Highlights With Marie Why she was an original member of the smurf fan club Her own entrepreneurial journey Why she doesn’t feel that our current educational model prepares us for how to best contribute to the world in a meaningful way How to learn to listen to the small voice inside Getting through imposter syndrome and learning to listen to our intuition even if we are scared Failure = a faithful attempt in learning and how to reframe failure and learn from it Clarity comes from engagem...
Dec 15, 2022•56 min•Ep. 607
Episode Highlights With Kelly Why over 100 million people in the US have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and why this is largely preventable The reason we see a rise in these issues, even in children Understanding macronutrients at a higher level to make health easier Why amino acids and essential fatty acids are important, but we don’t have a dietary need for carbohydrates How the body can take protein and create what it needs through gluconeogenesis even if we don't eat carbs Why protein has a zero ...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 606
Episode Highlights With Anya How she studied four languages including Russian and Chinese! Her personal story with foot health and foot problems that led her to research minimal footwear How pregnancy made her foot problems worse and how this led her to research alternatives to overly supportive shoes When her foot pain got super severe and started causing other joint pain as well The book that opened her eyes to another way to heal her feet What foot shaped footwear and barefoot shoes are and w...
Dec 08, 2022•51 min•Ep. 605
Episode Highlights With Michelle Sands The different types of hormone replacement available and which are appropriate for most people Why hormone levels are shifting earlier for women and men and how to navigate it How to navigate natural hormone decline with age What makes bioidentical hormone replacement different and why dose matters Where bioidentical hormones come from The surprising practice in China years ago that was the first use of bioidentical hormones Why hormone replacement therapy ...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 604
Episode Highlights With Lauren and Katie How sauna and heat exposure can reduce all cause mortality by as much as 60% and how to get these benefits Why heat/sauna is an exercise mimetic and why this is important The way sauna use can improve mood and help us enter parasympathetic nervous system states What PEMF is and how it benefits the body Why they combined PEMF and infrared heat to increase the benefits How PEMF can help improve circulation, cortisol levels and inflammation markers The body ...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 603
Episode Highlights With Esther Blum The average age of menopause and early signs to look for Why menopause can start really early for some women in todays world Hormones to look at to get a baseline for mitigating menopause symptoms When supplements like chaste tree, DIM, and calcium d-glucarate can be helpful How cruciferous vegetables help hormones What to know about hormone replacement therapy and the forms she does and does not recommend How cyclical progesterone in second half of cycle can ...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 602
Episode Highlights With Jim Kwik His purpose in life and how his inspiration was his desperation through brain injuries and learning struggles How he teaches the “software” of brain health: learning faster, adaptability Things he recommends for having a limitless brain 1/3 of our brain performance is determined by genetics but the other 2/3 are under our control to change Tools for brain health: a good brain diet, neuro-nutrition, killing ants (automatic negative thoughts), movement, brain nutri...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 601
Episode Highlights From Katie How I'm so grateful for each of you since I launched this podcast in 2014 What life changes I've experienced since starting this podcast The importance of inner work and how emotions impact our health Giving our children a better foundation for dealing with emotions and difficult situations The emerging research on psychedelics and substances like MDMA in assisted psychotherapy Most common health advice from past guests that is free: meditation and a gratitude pract...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 600
Episode Highlights Their fascinating feats - swimming from Alcatraz and the fastest lacrosse shot in the state What berberine is and how it can be used The berberine/glucose connection What ketosis is and how it can be used therapeutically How melatonin affects the glucose cycle Timing berberine for better sleep and appropriate cortisol response Why berberine can drastically improve sleep Many types of berberine don’t pass through the gut barrier What makes this specific form of berberine differ...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 599
Episode Highlights With Steven Wright What an immune misfire is The two parts of the immune system: the innate and the adaptive side 5 symptoms of immune misfire What cytokine storms are Why skin issues can often be immune related What paraprobiotics are and how they interact with the immune system How paraprobiotics might help with gut issues, histamine imbalance, and other things Why sleep and melatonin are important to the immune conversation and how to optimize them Resources We Mention Holo...
Nov 14, 2022•52 min•Ep. 598
Episode Highlights With Dr. Kelley-Chew What metabolic dysfunction is and why this is so important to understand The flip side - what metabolic health and regulation is What role insulin plays in metabolic dysfunction Personalization of insulin response and what we can learn from it The shocking amount of added sugar most people are consuming Walking as one of the most powerful tools for blood sugar regulation How light impacts our circadian response and as a result, our glucose and metabolism W...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 597
Episode Highlights With Morley Robbins His background and what led him on his own journey into researching these topics What the “innate healer” is why this was a paradigm shifter for him The importance of minerals and understanding mineral balance Stress: the body’s inability to make energy for the mind to respond to its environment Understanding oxidative stress and what happens to oxygen without the body What ADP is and why it is important Antioxidant enzymes and why they are important to und...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 596
Episode Highlights With Danielle How she lives a very low waste, almost zero waste lifestyle and why she started Tips for reducing our footprint and living lower waste What she learned living in Thailand and teaching environmental classes there Vitalism- the type of medicine she studied and uses Functional mushrooms 101- fascinating facts about fungi Why mushrooms are considered their own kingdom in the animal world and why we didn't figure this out until the 1970s Things that separate fungi fro...
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 595
Episode Highlights With Susan Cain What led her to write her book “Quiet” and why "Bittersweet" was an important follow up The importance of joy and sorrow together for the fullness of life Why the impermanence of life paradoxically leads to joy Connection of melancholy and love and why certain sad music can touch us so deeply What studies show about the relationship between a melancholic state of mind and creativity The wounded healer archetype and why a very high percentage of people we consid...
Oct 31, 2022•52 min•Ep. 594
Episode Highlights With Dr. Jen Forristal What the umbrella effect is and how it relates to parenting Steps we can take with our kids to help teach a growth mindset and coping skills for learning from challenges Why to make a “sucks but normal” category in life The importance of modeling in parenting How to help teach your kids coping skills What curious empathy is and why she considers it the most profound parenting shift for parents How she approaches bedtime routine and sleep in her home What...
Oct 27, 2022•57 min•Ep. 593
Episode Highlights With Dr. Rachel Yehuda What intergenerational trauma is and how it impacts our families Epigenetics - what this means and how it impacts our biology How more than just genes are transmitted to us from our parents and relatives What studies show about trauma being passed on and what happens in mouse models How trauma can cause changes in genes that pass on to future generations What she learned from studying children of holocaust survivors and the epigenetic changes they saw Ho...
Oct 24, 2022•51 min•Ep. 592
Episode Highlights With Danielle LaPorte The inspiration for her work… the question, “What do I want to feel?” Our relationship to feelings and how to learn to get to choose how we want to feel Why you aren’t your feelings (and why this is a great thing) How to move into a space of more awareness and unconditional love with yourself and your children The downside of positive affirmations if they aren’t done right Characteristics of loving thoughts and how to create more of them in your life The ...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 591
Episode Highlights With Andy Galpin How he got into working with high level athletes all over the world and teaching at a graduate level about these topics Why strength and performance is about much more than aesthetics or fat loss and why it should be a focus for all of us Why on average, the people who die fastest are the weakest and have the least muscle mass The reason strength outweighs even cardiovascular fitness, smoking, and other risk factors for predicting life span Reasons it is impor...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 590
Episode Highlights With Shawn His own amazing journey to overcome obstacles How he decides what health information to follow His own personal 80/20 of health Why he takes a results driven approach to health and what this means The reason for the disconnect between our health knowledge and our outcomes Why so much of the stuff we are learning about health goes back to what our ancestors have known forever His non-negotiables: sleep, exercise, movement (and specifics of each) Why only a few nights...
Oct 13, 2022•57 min•Ep. 589
Episode Highlights With Dr. Nick Bitz What to understand about aging and the multiple theories of what contributes Why aging might be a slowed ability to adapt The three main theories of aging and how understanding them can help you slow it What to look at and test as a baseline to determine aging What the nine hallmarks of aging are: telomeres, DNA mutations, epigenetic changes, senescent cells, etc Cellular senescence: the process by which cells age Compounds that can help improve the body's a...
Oct 10, 2022•50 min•Ep. 588
Episode Highlights With Naomi Whittel How she got into beekeeping at age 12 (like I did) What it was like growing up on a biodynamic farm in Switzerland How early health challenges for her shaped her outlook on health and beauty Our skin absorbs 60% of what we put on it and women put, on average, 500 chemicals on our skin per day Why she is a huge fan of magnesium as well What essential fats are and how much of which ones we need- olive, coconut, avocado, fish, etc The thing dry skin tells us ab...
Oct 06, 2022•52 min•Ep. 587
Cynthia Thurlow is back to talk biohacking your hormones and your sleep, especially for women. And we get to go deep on some pretty fun science topics on this one. If you don’t remember her from the first episode, Cynthia is a nurse practitioner and the CEO and founder of Everyday Wellness project. She’s an …
Oct 04, 2022•56 min•Ep. 555
Episode Highlights With Chloe Weber How her own rare tropical disease and her son’s rare genetic disease have given her a unique perspective on life How acupuncture fits into Chinese medicine The difference in the Chinese medicine approach compared to western medicine and why it requires a different level of understanding of the body Why acupuncture works The three different types of herbs in Chinese medicine: tonic, acute, and the in-between Specific herbs and how to use them as a mom How herbs...
Oct 03, 2022•53 min•Ep. 586
Episode Highlights With Patrick McKeown Why he left school at 14 and what he learned by doing this The importance of breath and how many of us are probably doing it wrong How we can use our breathing to influence the mind and stress states Why carbon dioxide drives our breathing patterns The importance of nasal breathing A simple breathing exercise to try to start paying attention to your breath The importance of nasal breathing even during exercise Can mouth taping at night (or even during exer...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 585
Episode Highlights With Tucker Max How Tucker went from “fratire” and party boy to helping people through trauma Why he credits psychedelics with helping him become a better husband and father What MDMA assisted therapy is and how it helped him and many others How certain substances can be a tool to drastically improve therapy outcomes The clinical trials in PTSD and the dramatic results including an 80% total cure rate Why this might be the most significant finding in psychology The stigma arou...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 584
