Discover with Dr. Dan | Proactive Health
156 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn ten years, you might look back on your life and wish you had done something earlier to prevent your health problems. Being proactive about health is the key to longevity, our goal is to bring you information backed by world-renowned scientists and reputable science journals to kick start your journey to optimal living. Tune in to Discover with Dr. Dan to discover the plant superpowers you absolutely need in your life to improve your most important investment: you.
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#104 Dr. William Li Round 2 | The Strength of Food in Maintaining Health
June 21, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MBWilliam W. Li, MD, is an internationally renowned physician, scientist, and author of the New York Times best seller “Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself.” His groundbreaking work has led to the development of more than 30 new medical treatments and impacts care for more than 70 diseases, including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views, and he has appeared ...
#103 Sea Moss
June 14, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBSea moss gel and powdered supplements are really hot right now—but is there good science behind it? In this episode Dr. Dan compares the marketing claims made about sea moss with what is actually known in the scientific literature so you can make a wise decision if you want to give it a try. 0:50 Introduction 3:48 Carrageenan/potential dangers 5:08 Potential benefits 6:28 Marketing angle 7:15 Potential for heavy metal toxicity 8:50 Scientific verdict on sea moss 9:53 What to take instead ...
#102 Ayurvedic Medicine with Heather Johnson | A Unique Approach to Health
June 07, 2022 20:59 - 44 minutes - 51.3 MBOn the show with us today is Heather Johnson. Over the past 10 years, Heather has dedicated her life to yoga and Ayurveda. She has delivered Ayurveda workshops across the United States and founded the Ayurveda Life School and Podcast that helps students to learn and apply the ancient health practices of Ayurveda. Heather tells me about something called doshas. Combining physical, psychological, and spiritual health, Ayurveda focuses on whole-body healing and states that a person’s dosha, a ty...
#101 Arthritis Treatment with Alyssa Kuhn | Understanding What Does and Does Not Work
May 31, 2022 14:35 - 42 minutes - 97.1 MBDr. Alyssa Kuhn is a physical therapist and osteoarthritis specialist, is based in Sandy, UT, and loves playing in the mountains. She founded Keep the Adventure Alive to break through the doom and gloom of arthritis and bring a motivating perspective with a possibility of adventure. She helps people all across the world find pain relief, regain confidence, and live very active lives. She has helped hundreds of people find their own arthritis adventures, and now it’s your turn. Alyssa and I ta...
#100 Ginkgo biloba | A Super Herb to Help You in Diverse Ways
May 24, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 52.9 MBToday we’re going to be talking about Ginkgo biloba, which is an amazing herb that has some really cool bioactive compounds, and it’s a great thing to use for your supplement regimen. I tell you about the clinical studies involving Ginkgo, what it is, and then the latest science behind this herb. They have found that chewing on a Ginkgo leaf can improve memory and both the leaf and the nuts can be used to help treat respiratory tract infections, fevers, toothache, gonorrhea, and a multitude o...
#99 Nathaniel Jewell of Recess.tv | Achieving Better Fitness
May 17, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 93.5 MBNathaniel Jewell is a seasoned entrepreneur at the intersection of technology and wellness. He is the founder of wellness platform Recess.tv, a first in category solution that promotes wellness while empowering creators to run and grow their business with technology built for omnichannel engagement. Nathaniel has 8+ years in the tech and fitness industries and was an executive at Apple before starting his first company, Drift, and has applied a wealth of passion, operational, and business exp...
#98 Precision Health with Dr. Matt Dawson | Specific Solutions for Individual Wellness
May 10, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 63 MBDr. Matt Dawson with his co-founder, Dr. Mike Mallin, founded Wild Health in response to a broken medical system, one focused on sick care instead of health care. After working as ER doctors, they knew there was a better way to impact people’s health, ones that would stop preventable health complications from ending in emergency room visits. With a foundation in precision medicine and a passion for preventative health, they developed Clarity, the world’s first true precision medicine platform...
#97 Understanding the Food System with Dr. Gary Shlifer | Everyone’s Needs Are Unique
May 03, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 99 MBDr. Gary Shlifer is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician, specializing in preventative care, nutrition, and anti-aging medicine. Dr. Gary is the founder of Evolve Healthcare in Los Angeles, a multi-specialty integrative medicine clinic focused on disease prevention and lifestyle optimization. He’s also co-founder of Sapien Institute, an organization focused on promoting health education, and advancing health information technology. After immigrating from Russia to America at the age ...
#96 Navigating Your Emotions with Scott Lynch | Master Your Mindset
April 26, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 98.7 MBScott Lynch is the founder of Legacy Divisions, a company whose sole mission is to encourage others to look inward for elevation in order to see the best in themselves. Legacy Divisions offers multiple services to help others realize their super powers, impacting thousands of people across 125 countries. There is a lot of negativity surrounding social media and just media in general and Scott tells about when his best friend committed suicide, which led him on a journey of mastering his minds...
#95 Understanding Mushrooms with Andrew Carter | The Food Industry and Its Impact
April 21, 2022 10:05 - 40 minutes - 92.8 MBAndrew Carter is CEO and co-founder of Smallhold, a commercial mushroom farm in Brooklyn, Austin, and soon California that leverages technology to distribute its growing footprint into retail grocery and hospitality settings. In addition to his work building the first and only USDA certified organic farm in New York City, Andrew has been a pioneer in the agriculture, technology, and indoor farming industries. An early employee for companies like Bright Farms, Window Farms, and Agritecture, he...
#94 An Alternative Option to Coffee with Shane Heath | Sleep, Mushrooms, and the Importance of Routine
April 19, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 95.3 MBShane is the founder and CEO of MUD/WTR, a company that creates products and experiences to optimize one’s mind, body, and ritual. Their flagship product is an elixir consisting of masala chai, cacao, turmeric, cinnamon, seasalt, and 4 mushrooms, chaga, reishi, lion's mane, and cordyceps. With one 7th the caffeine of coffee, when combined you get energy focused and immune benefits without the jitters, crash, and dependency. Since launching in May of 2018, MUD/WTR has reached tens of thousands...
An Alternative Option to Coffee with Shane Heath | Sleep, Mushrooms, and the Importance of Routine
April 19, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 95.3 MBShane is the founder and CEO of MUD/WTR, a company that creates products and experiences to optimize one’s mind, body, and ritual. Their flagship product is an elixir consisting of masala chai, cacao, turmeric, cinnamon, seasalt, and 4 mushrooms, chaga, reishi, lion's mane, and cordyceps. With one 7th the caffeine of coffee, when combined you get energy focused and immune benefits without the jitters, crash, and dependency. Since launching in May of 2018, MUD/WTR has reached tens of thousands...
#93 Phytonutrients from food that regulate blood sugar levels | A Better Way to Eat Sugar
April 14, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes - 51.9 MBToday we’re going to be talking about foods and the bioactive phytonutrients in these foods that can help to lower blood sugar levels, which is one of the vital things for supporting metabolic health. Higher blood sugar levels are at the root of heart health, obviously type 2 diabetes, and there has been really interesting research showing that neurodegenerative diseases are actually now known as type 3 diabetes. I give multiple examples of foods, such as pomegranate, strawberries, oranges, a...
#92 Understanding Diabetes with Cori Cooper | What You Might Not Know about Insulin Resistance
April 12, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 111 MBDr. Cori Cooper is a pharmacist, diabetes care and education specialist, integrative nutrition and nutritious life certified health coach and founder and creative director of Prescriptive Nutrition LLC Do Diabetes Differently, and Diabetes International. She is also a registered yoga teacher and public health expert, with an emphasis in health and behavior change. For 17 plus years Dr. Cori has practiced pharmacy, specializing in chronic disease prevention and management. With a Doctor of Pha...
#91 Dispelling Misconceptions of Child Health with Dr. Joel Warsh | Natural and Integrative Medicine
April 07, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBDr. Joel Warsh is a board-certified pediatrician in Los Angeles, California who specializes in Integrative Medicine. He grew up in Toronto, Canada and completed a Master’s Degree in Epidemiology and Community Health before earning his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson Medical College. He completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and has worked in private medicine in Beverly Hills before founding his current practice, Integrative Pediatrics and Medicine in 2018...
#90 Mental Wellness with Erik Won | Modern Innovations for Brain Health
April 05, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 110 MBDr. Erik Won is the President and Chief Medical Officer of Wave Neuroscience, a biotechnology company developing innovative solutions like mental disorders like PTSD. Dr. Won served as a US Navy flight surgeon for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 and became CTO of Medical at Boeing, a fortune 50 company for nearly a decade before joining Wave Neuroscience. He holds an MBA from USC Marshall School at Business and an MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan, School of Public Health. Dr. Won has been pub...
#89 Nuts | Why They’re Important to Our Health
March 31, 2022 10:00 - 18 minutes - 41.7 MBToday we’re going to be talking about the health benefits of nuts and we’re going to dispel some things here. A lot of people think that because nuts have fat, they make you fat, or that nuts are bad because they contain mycotoxins and defense compounds that can damage your health, and that’s absolutely not true. Nuts are one of Nature’s gifts to us. They contain amazing amounts of bioactive compounds and they’re really good for health. Pine nuts 1:11 Cashew 2:26 Pecans 4:28 Macadamia nuts ...
#88 The Science of Fasting with Mindy Pelz | Resetting Your Body for Better Health
March 29, 2022 10:00 - 54 minutes - 124 MBDr. Mindy Pelz is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, nutrition, and functional health expert who has spent over two decades helping thousands of people successfully reclaim their health. She is a recognized leader in the alternative health field and a pioneer in the fasting movement, teaching the principles of a fasting lifestyle, diet variation, detox hormones, and more. Her popular YouTube channel, which just celebrated 20 million lifetime views, regularly updates followers on the lates...
#87 Medicinal Phytonutrients in Spices | Herbs and Seasonings to Consider for Your Health
March 24, 2022 10:00 - 29 minutes - 66.9 MBToday we’re going to be talking about the different health benefits of spices. Spices are phytonutrient powerhouses, which are the medicinal components of plants. These have been found to help with various health issues people deal with, such as metabolic syndrome, PCOS, diabetes, pain, cholesterol, Acne, and many others. Heart health can be greatly improved by consuming ginger, which is great at lowering blood pressure, blood sugar, preventing migraine, and nausea. Turmeric 1:02 Basil 2:22...
#86 The Power of Intermittent Fasting with Cynthia Thurlow | Getting on a Healthier Path
March 22, 2022 10:00 - 55 minutes - 63.9 MBCynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner, CEO, and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project, and international speaker with over 10 million views for her 2nd TEDx talk Intermittent Fasting Transformational Technique. With over 20 years of experience in health and wellness, Cynthia is a globally recognized expert in intermittent fasting and nutritional health, and has been featured on ABC, Fox 5, ATLA, CW, Medium Entrepreneur, and the Megyn Kelly Show. She was listed in Yahoo Finance as one of ...
#85 Phytonutrients | Necessary Plant Compounds for Human Health
March 17, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 70.4 MBToday I will talk about phytonutrients and that if we can understand them, their importance, and learn how to get them in our food, it’s going to make a world of difference in our health. No one is focused on phytonutrients, but tend to discuss mainly macronutrients, but I think focusing on phytonutrients is one of the number one things that we can do to take our health to the next level. In this episode I talk about what they are, the basic premise, how they work in the body, why plants use ...
#84 Optimizing Your Diet for the Microbiome with Dr. Lauryn Lax | Nutrition for Your Gut
March 15, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBDr. Lauryn helps people who have done it all to get to the root cause and finally work with their body so they can reach their highest potential. As a former TV news journalist gone health detective and functional medicine expert, Dr. Lauryn brings over 25 years of clinical and personal experience to the table. Her death to life story on overcoming chronic eating disorders and complex illness has been featured on CBS, ABC, Good Morning America, and USA Today. And today as a gut health, mindse...
#83: Quercetin | A Master Regulator of Biosignaling
March 10, 2022 11:00 - 23 minutes - 52.6 MBQuercetin is a bioactive phytonutrient that has a lot of really cool properties and my hope is that you’ll walk away today knowing what quercetin is, what it can be used for to promote health, and some different ways that you can get quercetin in your diet and through science based supplementation. We used to think that the main reason apples were so good for us was because of the fiber they contain, which is very healthy for the body, but we’ve recently started to discover that one of the ma...
#82: Understanding Food Disorders with Jessi Jean | Food Psychology and Self Image
March 08, 2022 11:00 - 55 minutes - 63.8 MBJessi Jean is a simple girl from Colorado who turned her decade long struggle with food and body into her mission. She has helped over one thousand women find food freedom through her signature program, The Food Freedom Online Program, and its mission to continue to help women around the world end the fight with food and find confidence in their skin so they can live in complete freedom. Jessi and I have a fascinating conversation about eating disorders, self image, and changes to be made in ...
#81: Advocating for Women’s Health with April Davis | The Cleansing Nature of Your Menstrual Cycle
March 03, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBToday we’re continuing the conversation about women’s health with one of my previous guests, April Davis, an expert on all things women’s health, especially the vagina. There are a lot of stigmas women face that may prevent them from sharing and talking about things that would otherwise be healthy for them to talk about, and that’s why April Davis is here. Society has been set up to support the working man, but it often isn’t very convenient for the working woman, who deals with hormonal shif...
#80: Building Muscle with Ebenezer Samuel | Bodybuilding Your Body’s Build
March 01, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes - 124 MBEbenezer Samuel is a fitness director of men’s health and certified trainer with more than 10 years of training experience. He’s logged training time with NFL athletes and track athletes, and his current training regimen includes weight training, HIIT conditioning, and yoga. He is the head of Training Innovation at Flexit and is part of the core team of the newly launched Men’s Health Muscle YouTube channel. We discuss building muscle and the benefits it will provide for your body, such as in...
#79: Dates | The Fruit for Reproductive Health
February 24, 2022 11:00 - 13 minutes - 29.8 MBToday we talk about the fruit of the date palm and its amazing health benefits. Studies have shown the date palm can have a positive impact on the sexual function and infertility of couples, which is estimated to affect 15% of all couples during child bearing years. Dates have been found to help increase the amount of breast milk women produce, and can even help induce labor. A study showed that eating one date before your meal could help restore taste in people who lost taste after having Co...
#78: Understanding the Microbiome with Dr. Shawn Talbott | Psycho Nutrition and How It Works
February 22, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 99.5 MBDr. Shawn Talbott is a psycho nutritionist who integrates nutrition, biochemistry, and psychology to help people feel, look, and perform better. As a scientist, PhD in nutritional biochemistry from Rutgers, and entrepreneur, he has his EMP in entrepreneurship from MIT, his recent projects include two academic textbooks, an award winning documentary film, several bestselling books translated into multiple different languages, and numerous top selling nutraceuticals and functional foods. Today ...
#77: Rhodiola Rosea Adaptogen | Reduce Stress and Fatigue
February 17, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutes - 36 MBToday we’re gonna talk about Rhodiola rosea and the common name for this plant is either Arctic Root, or Golden Root. The root is the part of the plant that has the most medicinal value and up to this point it’s what’s been studied and used the most in traditional medicine. There are various benefits this plant can provide, such as reduced stress and fatigue, which helps improve cognitive function and brain power. Studies have shown Rhodiola extract can have really positive effects on enduran...
#76: The Sugar Glut with Dr. Ana-Maria Temple | Cutting Out Sugar to Beat Disease
February 15, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes - 121 MBDr. Ana-Maria Temple is a holistic pediatrician, best selling author, mother of 3, and award winning speaker at Harvard Club of Boston, and has over 100 TV news and podcast appearances. From 2016-2017 she lived and worked in the New Zealand medical system where she started putting functional medicine into practice. In her 22 year career she has treated over 26,000 patients in person and hundreds via online courses. Her passion is to inspire, educate, and empower mamas to revamp their family’s...
#75: Understanding and Treating PCOS | Felice Ramallo from Allara
February 10, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 98.5 MBFelice Ramallo is a Rochester, New York based registered dietitian nutritionist and lead dietitian at Allara health. She earned her Bachelor’s of Nutrition at Syracuse University and went on to University at Buffalo for her MS in Clinical Nutrition and dietetic internship with a concentration in culinary medicine. She also completed her graduate thesis on nutrition for polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS. Felice appreciates the implications that PCOS has on one’s dietary patterns, sleep, exe...
#74: Eyesight and Fixing Myopia with Jake Steiner | Nearsightedness Doesn’t Have to Be Permanent
February 08, 2022 18:28 - 47 minutes - 108 MBJake Steiner is a semi-retired stock trader and investor. His personal passion is understanding human eye sight and has spent the past 20 years in vision biology science, exploring nearsightedness prevention, and reversal methods. Jake hosts the largest vision improvement community with many tens of thousands of participants and has written over 1,200 articles on vision biology and myopia control. We have an interesting conversation about what is causing myopia in society and how myopia is tr...
#73: Durian and Jackfruit | Fruit Powerhouses
February 03, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 56.5 MBIf you haven’t spent time in Asia, you probably have never seen or experienced these fruits, but if you have spent a lot of time there, you are likely going to be familiar with the smell, sight, and even taste of the durian and jackfruit. There are hundreds of different volatile compounds coming off of the durian, which gives it its unique taste and smell. There are many health benefits to eating the durian fruit, such as helping your gut microbiome and providing good bacteria for digestion. ...
#72: The Benefits of Organic Eating with Dr. Deanna Minich | Good Bacteria and the Microbiome
February 01, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 84.9 MBDr. Deanna Minich is a nutrition researcher, educator, and functional medicine and trained clinician with a unique approach to nutrition that combines physiology and psychology. She has served on the Institute of Functional Medicine’s advisory board and curriculum committee in addition to being a faculty member, teaching nutrition for the advanced practice module for environmental health. She currently serves on the board of directors for the American Nutrition Association and is President of...
#71: Plant Hunting in the Great Basin Deserts | Healthy Bioactive Properties
January 27, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes - 44.3 MBCBD, Depression, Anxiety, Vitamin_D, Psychology, Keto, Cancer, Thyroid, Vitamin_C, Vitamin_B12, Vegan, Caffeine, Sleep, Mental_Health, Immune System, Fasting, Medicine, Fitness, Nootropics, Microbiome,, Paleo, Nutritionist, Mindset, Carbs,, Skin_Care,, Hormone Today we are talking about hunting plants in the Great Basin Desert of the American West. I love taking my truck and driving around this desert where you rarely see other people, and being alone where I can really think and study many ...
#70: Understanding Your True Self with Kimberly Snyder | Meditation and Wellness
January 25, 2022 11:00 - 37 minutes - 86.2 MBKimberly Snyder is a spiritual guide and meditation teacher, nutritionist, and holistic wellness expert, and the 3 time New York Times bestselling author of 5 previous books, including Radical Beauty, which she co-authored with Deepak Chopra. Her highly anticipated new book, You Are More Than You Think You Are: Practical Enlightenment for Everyday Life is being published on Jan 25, 2022. She hosts the top rated Feel Good podcast, which airs on the PodcastOne network. She is the founder of Sol...
#69: Omega-3 | Powerful Health Benefits for Your Body and Brain
January 20, 2022 11:00 - 19 minutes - 45.1 MBToday we’re talking about Omega-3, and we’re going to talk about its discovery, its health benefits, Omega-3 deficiency and how that’s a problem, how it works in the body, and what to look for in an Omega-3 supplement. Studies have shown taking Omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the risk of developing coronary artery disease, heart attack, and stroke. It can help decrease symptoms of depression and helps people who suffer from bipolar disorder, and has even been shown to raise a young child’s IQ ...
#68: Understanding the Various Factors in Health Issues with Reed Davis | Thorough Holistic Treatment
January 18, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBReed Davis, board certified holistic healthcare practitioner and certified nutritional therapist is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. He is the founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and the FDN Certification Course with over 3000 graduates in 50 countries. Reed served as the Health Director at a wellness center in Southern California for over 10 years and with over 10,000 clients is known as one of the most experienced clinicians in the world. He serves...
#67: Holistic Healing with Vivica Menegaz | Identifying and Treating Trauma
January 13, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBI had the pleasure of speaking with Vivica Menegaz, who is a holistic practitioner who specializes in helping women heal their hormones and lose weight through the use of a therapeutic diet with lifestyle and mindset. Originally from Italy, Vivica has always been around food both through her family of restaurateurs and in her early career as a food photographer. In her late 30s she finally discovered nutrition, her true vocation. Vivica runs a web based practice, specialized in therapeutic di...
#66: Changing Your Gene Expression with Dr. Dean Ornish | Using Nutrition to Prevent Disease and Sickness
January 11, 2022 11:00 - 31 minutes - 72 MBDean Ornish, MD, is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventative Medicine Research Institute, clinical professor of medicine at UCSF, and the author of 6 books, all national best sellers. He received the Outstanding Young Alumnus award from the University of Texas, Austin, and the National Public Hero award from the University of California Berkeley. He was recognized as a Time 100 innovator by Life Magazine as one of the 50 most influential members of his generation, by People Ma...
#65: Metabolism | Improving Metabolic Health
January 06, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 69.9 MBToday we talk about metabolism, how to accurately define metabolism, signs our metabolic health might be in trouble, and things we can do about it. A lot of times we think metabolism refers to fat digestion or how quickly we can get rid of food. Often we’ll say, ‘Well, that person can eat more because they have a faster metabolism than I do. That’s a flaw because metabolism refers to the sum total of chemical reactions the body performs every single second. The body works tandemly as a system...
#64: Max Gomez of Breathwrk | The Power of Breathing
January 04, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MBMax Gomez was in therapy when he thought of the idea for Breathwrk, an app that helps users to harness the power of their breath to achieve both relaxed and activated states. Max graduated from USC in Neuroscience and serves as Breathwrk’s co-founder and CEO. He often struggled with anxiety, but found that after working on his breathing he was able to greatly reduce the stress he often felt, which led him to start his company. Max shares some interesting information about the effects mouth br...
#63: Honey | Nature’s Intrinsic Remedy
December 30, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 61.7 MBToday we talk about honey and its amazing health benefits, and we’re going to show that it’s a lot more than just sugar. I talk about the background and history of honey and how it was used throughout the ages, health benefits as seen in scientific literature, key components of what to look for in honey when we go to the store, and then looking toward the future with honey. It has been found that honey is a great remedy for herpes simplex virus and the wound healing properties are tremendous....
#62: Eight Sleep with Matteo Franceschetti | The Truth and Science of a Better Snooze
December 28, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 68.8 MBMatteo Franceschetti has always been obsessed with performance; athletic performance, business performance, and now sleep performance. An athlete from a young age, he was a competitive ski racer in his native Italy and played tennis, and raced cars on the European stage. Matteo has always been focused on winning and on winning in record time. That drive to succeed propelled him from the sports podiums to the top tier of the international legal world and to start two clean tech companies on tw...
#61: Reishi Mushroom | Why You Should Consider This Addition to Your Diet
December 23, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 56 MBToday we will be talking all about Reishi Mushroom, its origins, health benefits, what need states to use it for, and what things to look for when trying to find high quality material. We’ll also talk about why I think Reishi is one of the best nutritional sources on the planet and why you should take it each day. There have been studies that found Reishi can boost the immune system response, which helps cancer patients who deal with a weakened immune system. Researchers have found that prost...
#60: Mental Stability with Sarah McDevitt | Keeping Calm and Focused
December 21, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 100 MBFounder Sarah McDevitt, sought out to create Core after realizing the amount of anxiety she’s never experienced before after playing basketball in college and starting her career with Microsoft. She found personal relief in meditation, but discovered it was challenging to make it a regular long term habit and wanted to better understand the science behind it. We talk about the benefits and science of meditation and how your mental health can be in a better state when you regularly exercise th...
#59: Kids and Mental Health with Nicole Beurkens | Understanding Young Psychology
December 16, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 95.2 MBAs a licensed clinical psychologist with advanced degrees in psychology, education, and nutrition, Dr. Nicole Beurkens is a leading holistic child psychologist. She has dedicated her 25 year career to providing parents with researched based strategies that get to the root of children’s attention, anxiety, mood, and behavior challenges so they can reach their highest potential. She runs a multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment clinic and is a best selling author, published researcher, awar...
#58: The Link Between Food and Mental Health with Dr. Drew Ramsey | Feeding Your Brain
December 14, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 78.8 MBDr. Drew Ramsey is a psychiatrist, author, and mental health advocate. His work focuses on nutritional psychiatry, male mental health, and optimizing mental fitness. He founded and leads The Brain Food Clinic, which offers consultation and integrative treatment regarding depression, anxiety, and emotional wellness concerns. He is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of physicians and surgeons and inactive clinical practice based in New York City and Jac...
#57: Beauty from Within: Clea Radiate | The Importance of Collagen
December 09, 2021 11:00 - 21 minutes - 49.9 MBToday we’re going to talk about a new technology and innovation in the collagen field that can help our skin look radiant and glowing above and beyond the current collagen science. Collagen is all the rage right now. Whenever you go to any store or big box store, or otherwise, you see collagen products. It’s a fast growing industry and the market size is $8.67 billion right now with a compound annual growth rate to CAGR of 9%. Collagen is hard to accumulate when taking supplements by mouth. Y...
#56: Health and Fitness with Chase Chewning | Balancing Physical and Mental Health
December 07, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 101 MBA Virginia native and Army veteran, Chase is a Virginia Commonwealth University alum, graduating from their Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science undergraduate program in 2013. Having completed his MS in Health Promotion from American University in Washington, DC he also holds the following credentials: ACE Certified Health Coach and TRX Certified Suspension Trainer. Living a life of wellness has always been a part of him - since growing up eating fresh food from his grandparents' g...