This special episode is a solocast for me to personally introduce to you my new book, Forever Strong: A New Science Based Strategy for Aging . I'm so excited to share it with you. It took two years and 20 years of experience to bring you the information in these pages. You cannot correct a problem if the foundation and framework for thinking of that problem is wrong. That is where muscle centric medicine was born, from a desire and need to move the needle for you to be able to take charge of you...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each year. A graduate of The University of MissouriSt. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Muscle &am...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Emily Lantz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Metabolism and Rehabilitation Science in the School of Health Professions at the University of Texas Medical Branch. She has a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Biochemistry from Iowa State University, a PhD in Nutrition Science from Purdue University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in skeletal muscle metabolism from the Division of Rehabilitation Science University of Texas Medical Branch. In this epi...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast In this special solo episode, I want to personally set you up for success. So I am going to give you my top strategies for meal plan success. If you are keto, carnivore, vegan, or vegetarian, it doesnt matter, this will be helpful for you. Short and to the point, this is an episode packed with information that you can execute on immediately. Let me know if you like the solo format and if I should do more like this! In this episode I discuss: Strategies for successful meal planning. How to calcul...
Sep 26, 2023•36 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast Peter Ballerstedt earned his bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Georgia and his doctorate at the University of Kentucky. He was the forage extension specialist at Oregon State University from 1986 to 1992. He worked in the forage seed industry from 2011 until 2023. He is a member of several national and international scientific societies, participates in related global initiatives, and is the current President of the American Forage and Grassland Council. Peter is an advocate for...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast Lisa Jaster is an American soldier, combat engineer, and one of the first three women to graduate the elite United States Army Ranger program in 2015. She graduated at age 37, while the average trainee age is 23. Prior to receiving her esteemed Ranger tab, Lisa worked as an engineer with Shell Oil in Houston and an Army Reserve individual mobilization augmentee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lisa is the recipient of numerous military accolades including two Bronze Star Medals and the Mer...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast Satchidananda (Satchin) Panda, PhD is a Professor at the Salk Institute in California, where his research focuses on the circadian regulation of behavior, physiology and metabolism in model organisms and in humans. Dr. Panda discovered a blue-light sensing cell type in the retina entrains our master circadian clock, affects mood, and regulates the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Recently, he discovered that maintaining a daily feeding-fasting cycle popularly known as time-restricted f...
Sep 05, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast Clint Davis is an Army Veteran with a bachelor's in psychology and master's in Marriage and Family Therapy. He is an ordained minister and an LPC, trained in trauma and certified in sexual addiction recovery. Clint is trained in Natural Lifemanship, which is a trauma responsive equine therapy, where horses and humans connect and heal. He has worked, for over a decade, in ministry to help those out of human trafficking and poverty. Clint owns Clint Davis Counseling and Integrative Wellness. He ha...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast Casey Means , MD is a Stanford-trained physician and Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder of metabolic health company Levels. Her mission is to maximize human potential and reverse the epidemic of preventable chronic disease by empowering individuals with tech-enabled tools that can inform smart, personalized, and sustainable dietary and lifestyle choices. Dr. Meanss perspective has been recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The New Yorker, Men's Health, Women's Health, a...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Rob Kominiarek D.O., FACOFP is a board-certified Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and a Fellows Crest Award Winner with advanced training in Age Management Medicine and Hormone Optimization. He is president of ReNue Health. Dr. Rob is a graduate of Nova-Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He completed his residency training at Ohio University, Grandview Hospital and Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio and is an Assis...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Parsley began his journey into the realm of peak human performance when he became a Navy SEAL at the ripe age of 19 years and went on to serve during the Gulf War. After a brief hiatus from the SEAL community to complete his undergraduate studies, medical school, his internship and residency, Dr. Parsley then went full-circle and became the physician for the West Coast SEAL teams. His incredible success with the SEALs lead to him becoming the go-to medical human performance expert for not on...
Aug 08, 2023•2 hr 50 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor specialized in family medicine. He is the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor, which has been the worlds most popular low-carb website for a decade. In the past few years, Dr. Eenfeldt has moved his company into higher-protein diets and an innovative higher-satiety approach. Recently they launched a new brand and website, Hava.co . They believe that the future of eating for metabolic health and body composition is satiety. At Hava, they aim to make sat...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast Scott M. Smith leads the Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center. This group is charged with keeping crews healthy with respect to nutrition, including using nutrition to optimize astronaut health and safety. This work includes ground-based and spaceflight research to understand how nutrition can mitigate the risks of spaceflight. Smith has ongoing research projects on the International Space Station. Smith has also led several ground-based research projects to better un...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Wolfe couples scientific expertise with broad experience as a competitive athlete, having been both a professional basketball player and competitive marathon runner who has set national age-group records. Dr. Wolfe served as a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, and the focus of Dr. Wolfes 40 years of medical research has been primarily on aging, metabolism, and muscle performance. He has published over 500 peer-reviewed research articles, three books, and holds many active patent...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Martin Gibala is a professor and the Faculty of Science Research Chair in Integrative Exercise Physiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. His research examines the mechanistic basis of exercise responses and the impacts on health and performance. Dr. Gibalas laboratory is internationally recognized for studies on interval training. This work has attracted immense scientific attention and worldwide media coverage. Dr. Gibalas science communication efforts include a bestselling boo...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Shah, MD, is a double-board-certified medical doctor and nutrition expert with training from Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard Universities. Drawing from her background in internal medicine and allergy/immunology, as well as her own wellness journey, she has dedicated her practice to helping her patients feel better and live healthier through her integrative and holistic approach to wellness. She was named one of mindbodygreens Top 100 Women in Wellness to Watch in 2015 and appears regularly on...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast Prior to Matt becoming a successful entrepreneur, he spent 5 years in Special Operations on SWAT and was a TFO on the United States Marshals Office Fugitive Team. After his time in law enforcement, he founded his first company in 2013 and after scaling and selling the company in 2019, he was brought on board with a national brand as an executive director, which led to his serial entrepreneurship. In addition to being the founder and CEO of Memento Mori Capital, Matt is the Executive Vice-Preside...
Jun 27, 2023•2 hr 35 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Donald Layman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Layman served on the faculty at the University of Illinois from 1977 2012. Dr. Layman has been a leader in research about protein, nutrition for athletic performance, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular health. Dr. Layman has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He has received numerous awards for his research from the American Society for Nutrit...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast Victoria Felkar is a doctoral candidate conducting interdisciplinary research on womens health, reproductive function, and pharmaceutical steroid hormones. Her work offers a novel and critical perspective into the use of drugs for health and performance purposes within the female athlete population. Victorias research has achieved international awards and accolades within the academic field. Beyond academia, Victoria is an internationally respected educator and consultant within the fitness, bod...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Kelsi is the CEO of Brass & Unity and author of Brass and Unity, one womans journey through the hell of Afghanistan. She is a Canadian veteran who served as an Artillery Gunner & CST in Afghanistan in 2009 with the Canadian, American and British military. After deploying to Afghanistan at 19, Kelsi was diagnosed with PTSD & TBI and sent home only to begin a new warthe war with herself. Kelsi is also a coach within the psychedelic integration space and specialized in motivation, leade...
Jun 06, 2023•2 hr 43 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast William J. Evans , PhD is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Duke University Medical Center and Human Nutrition in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Evans is the author or co-author of more than 300 publications in scientific journals, has more than 75,000 citations and was the first to describe sarcopenia . He is the co-inventor of a non-invasive and accurate measurement of muscle mass which is strongly related to health outcome...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Nick Barringer is an expert on nutrition and performance for the tactical athlete. Nick Barringer currently serves as the Program Director for the Army-Baylor University Masters Program in Nutrition. Barringer has a Doctorate degree in Kinesiology from Texas A&M University and received his undergraduate degree in dietetics from the University of Georgia. Barringer previously served as an assistant professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point and as the Regimental Nutritionis...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Jason Wachob is the founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media brand dedicated to well-being with 15 million monthly unique visitors. He is also the host of the popular mindbodygreen podcast and the bestselling author of Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Resume. He has been featured in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, BoF, and Vogue, and has a BA in history from Columbia University, where he played varsity basketball for...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Evy Poumpouras is a former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, co-host of Bravo TVs competition series Spy Games, and author of the best-selling book Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, Live Fearlessly. During her time as a United States Secret Service Special Agent, Evy was considered one of the agencys elite interview and interrogation experts. Evy holds a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology as well as a Master of Science in Journalism...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Gregory Lutz is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Regenerative SportsCare Institute, Physiatrist-in-Chief Emeritus at Hospital for Special Surgery, and a professor of clinical rehabilitation medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. A pioneer in regenerative medicine, Dr. Lutz has co-authored more than sixty scientific publications, including the first double-blind, randomized, controlled study demonstrating the clinical efficacy of intradiscal platelet-rich plasma ...
May 02, 2023•56 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast As Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP, Kristen works with hundreds of the best tactical, professional, surgical teams, corporate, and NCAA Athlete Teams in the world, helping them interpret WHOOP data to optimize training, recovery, and sleep behavior. Kristen's research focuses on the temporal organization of circadian influences and their effect on physiological and psychological resilience. Kristen was a 3x All American, 2x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa, com...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast John Jaquish, PhD. has spent years researching and developing improved approaches to health. He is the inventor of the most effective bone density building medical technology which is now partnered with Tony Robbins and OsteoStrong for rapid clinic deployment. Inventor of X3, a technology that is proven to develop muscle much faster than conventional weight lifting, all with the lowest risk of joint injury, Dr. Jaquish's methods are used in training the world's most elite ath...
Apr 18, 2023•2 hr 36 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast Neurophysiologist and human performance coach, Louisa Nicola is the founder and head performance advisor of Neuro Athletics - a consulting firm that boasts the best athletes in the world. By using science driven data from EEG scans, labs tests and cognitive assessments, Louisa has a first class ticket inside the brain of elite NBA and MLB stars. Louisa graduated from the University of Sydney medical school with a master of medicine in neurophysiology and is currently completing her doctorate stu...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Chris Masterjohn holds a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut, having completed his degree in 2012. He later worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Comparative Biosciences department of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two years until August 2014. Afterward, he served as an Assistant Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College for two years, part of the City University of New York. Ch...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Tommy Wood MD, PhD is a neuroscientist and elite-level professional nerd who has coached world class athletes in a dozen sports. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. Tommy is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research interests include determining how early br...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast