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Vitality Made Simple

183 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 15 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings

Take the stress out of being healthy! Chronic inflammation, toxins, and emotional anxiety will slowly rob your energy and wellbeing. Vitality Made Simple gives you sustainable strategies to maximize your vitality span with clarity. Too often, “healthy” is confusing, expensive, and no fun, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Dr. Debbie Ozment’s refreshing Integrative Medicine approach unites physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. From a biblical perspective her insight and experience will empower you to simplify your path toward a happier and healthier life - brimming with sustainable vitality! 

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Boost Mitochondrial Efficiency

December 07, 2021 09:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

Taking care of your mitochondria is critical for mental clarity, energy and Vitality Span.   Environmental toxins, birthdays, and just living life can decrease their efficiency.  Learn mindset strategies that start with WHY, which makes the HOW much easier. This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the websit...

Three Secrets to Happy Eating

November 30, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes - 9.92 MB

What is your relationship with food?  Too many people fail to really enjoy their food.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Mind Your Own Beeswax

November 23, 2021 09:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

How much do you enjoy receiving unsolicited advice?  Unsolicited advice harms relationships and can damage your health.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Mental Fitness Basics

November 16, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

Thomas Edison said it well! “The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.”  Enjoy a better brain with these three basics. This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Say YES To Life

November 09, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

Everything can be taken from us except our freedom to choose our own attitude in any given set of circumstances. Join Dr. Debbie as she explores Dr. Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy, a strategy that can increase your Vitality Mindset.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on insta...

Does Diarrhea Run In Your Family?

November 02, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

How good do you want to feel?  Chronic diarrhea will zap your vitality and can leave you exhausted, feeling unsociable, and vulnerable to illness.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Vitality Span

October 26, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

How important is it to you to live a really long life?  When you really think about it, Vitality Span may be more important to you than Lifespan.  And you have much more control over it!  Today we are going to explore Lifespan, Healthspan, along with my new term, Vitality Span.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have ...

Foods That Increase Hunger

October 19, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

How good do you want to feel? We humans like to complicate things and most people make “healthy” much too confusing.  In Episode 23, Dr. Debbie is talking about a simple way to enjoy eating and feel satisfied longer. If you are battling your blood sugar, if you want to manage your weight, or even if you just want to feel better, then this is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!

Foods That Increase Hunger

October 19, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

How good do you want to feel? We humans like to complicate things and most people make “healthy” much too confusing.  In Episode 23, Dr. Debbie is talking about a simple way to enjoy eating and feel satisfied longer. If you are battling your blood sugar, if you want to manage your weight, or even if you just want to feel better, then this is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. ...

Forgiveness Boosts Health and Happiness

October 12, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MB

How good do you want to feel?  How do grudges impact your health and vitality?  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Authentic Anti-Aging Strategies

October 05, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

How good do you want to feel?  Authentic anti-aging doesn’t need to be expensive.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Diabetes is NOT a Pooping Bird!

September 28, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Type 2 Diabetes is a modern-day epidemic. In fact, it is so common that the complications are easily overlooked until the damage has been done.  But take heart!  By knowing early warning signs, you can make small changes and reverse this devastating inflammatory disease.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated...

What is Glyphosate?

September 21, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

What exactly is Glyphosate?  It is virtually everywhere in our environment.  More importantly, how does this herbicide  impact vitality? This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Fear Weakens Immunity

September 14, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

When people live in constant fear, whether from physical dangers or imagined threats, the immune system is weakened. Learn mindset strategies to conquer fear and enjoy your life more.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Sleep Loss Prompts Weight Gain

September 07, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

Sleep is too often considered a luxury rather than a necessity in our busy world.  Nevertheless, restorative sleep is essential for the balance of appetite hormones. This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Vitamin D Dampens Anxiety

August 31, 2021 08:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

The ever-popular Vitamin D is commonly called “The Sunshine Vitamin” and like sunshine, has been found to positively alter mood.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Prediabetes: Why Care?

August 24, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

Relax!  You’re only prediabetic!  But do you really want to stay on this slippery slope of “normal?”  Episode 15 of Vitality Mindset Made Simple is your wake-up call.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

“Going Diet” for Weight Loss?

August 17, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

The weight-conscious public often consider artificial sweeteners as “health food.”  That sounds logical but there is more to the story!  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Ep. 13: What is Leaky Gut?

August 10, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

What is Leaky Gut and why should it matter to you?  Learn why the condition of your gut lining may have the biggest influence on your physical and mental health.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Ep. 12: Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss

August 03, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MB

Our modern high-stress lifestyle coupled with engineered food and longer waking hours have created a perfect storm for obesity and its related problems. This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Ep. 11: Brain Fog

July 27, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

Brain Fog is becoming all too common. In Episode 11 of Vitality Mindset Made Simple, I will discuss three simple mindset shifts to chase away brain fog and help you enjoy more clarity of thought.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Ep. 10: Does Sugar Cause Cancer?

July 20, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

Take a deep breath!  Sugar doesn’t “cause” cancer, but there’s more to this story.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Ep. 9: Functional Medicine Unraveled

July 13, 2021 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

What in the world is “Functional Medicine” and how can it impact your healthspan?  In Episode 9, Dr. Debbie Ozment explains how the Functional Medicine model of care can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Here’s the link to the research cited in this episode:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6822085/  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Ple...

Ep. 8: Hopes, Dreams, and Bleeding Gums

July 06, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes - 9.89 MB

How do bleeding gums impact your hopes and dreams?  “A little bleeding” may not matter too much until you realize the tremendous impact on your entire body, including your brain, which has a tremendous impact on your hopes and dreams.  Bleeding gums are often ignored, dismissed, and even considered “normal.”  But that couldn’t be further from the truth.  Episode 8 of Vitality Mindset Made Simple will give you insight on why you should care about  bleeding gums.  This information can increase...

Ep. 7: Gratitude Reduces Fear and Anxiety

June 29, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutes - 8.38 MB

What if you could lower your blood pressure, improve your blood glucose, and experience more happiness?  What if you could fear less and decrease anxiety -- all without spending any money?  The simple practice of gratitude can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.

Ep. 6: The Ridiculously Simple Brain Nutrient

June 22, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MB

Unfortunately, there is no secret “berry from the rainforest” to maintain or recover brain function!  Our brain is essential for much more than memory; it also affects mood, movement, and moxie.  In Episode 6 of Vitality Mindset Made Simple, you will be inspired to be more intentional about a ridiculously simple brain nutrient that’s free, delicious, and essential.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy!  Visit my website DrDebbieOzment...

Ep. 5: My Surprise Cancer Diagnosis

June 15, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

Life is full of surprises!  What do you do when you feel great but find out you have a cancer diagnosis?  That’s exactly what happened to Dr. Debbie Ozment and happens everyday to thousands of people!  In Episode 5, she candidly shares her very recent diagnosis of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, along with lifestyle and mindset strategies to live with vitality when faced with the unplanned, unpleasant, and unavoidable areas of life.

Ep. 5: My Surprise Cancer Diagnosis

June 15, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

Life is full of surprises!  What do you do when you feel great but find out you have a cancer diagnosis?  That’s exactly what happened to Dr. Debbie Ozment and happens everyday to thousands of people!  In Episode 5, she candidly shares her very recent diagnosis of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, along with lifestyle and mindset strategies to live with vitality when faced with the unplanned, unpleasant, and unavoidable areas of life. Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downlo...

Ep. 4: Weight Loss Mindset Shifts

June 08, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

Losing weight doesn’t need to be confusing, expensive, or no fun.  Diets often actually make people gain weight.  Learn three simple mindset shifts that will set you up for sustained weight loss.  You can move toward your happy weight and still enjoy your life. This information will increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. P...

Ep. 3: Why Your Poop Matters

June 01, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

Can we talk about your bowel habits?  Why does it even matter?  If you want to feel good, you have to think about poop.  Gut health is related to mood, mental clarity, susceptibility to cancer, autoimmunity, and more.  In Episode 3, Dr. Debbie Ozment discusses strategies to help “get you going” to a more vibrant and energetic life.   RESOURCES: Fiber List  http://DrDebbieOzment.com (pending) Bristol Poop Chart (here’s an option from Wikipedia) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bristol+poop+scale+...

Ep. 2: COVID-19 and Bleeding Gums

June 01, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

Just how relevant is the oral cavity to your COVID-19 risk?  Smart researchers all over the world are asking this same question and they are finding encouraging answers.  Join Dr. Debbie Ozment as she explores the link between bleeding gums and COVID-19.  This is information that can increase your vitality and take the stress out of being healthy! RESOURCES:  Dr. Debbie’s TEDx “The Forgotten Orifice”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCK9b01g5Yc&t=310s Association between periodontitis and...

Ep.1: The Good News of Genetics

June 01, 2021 06:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

  How much control do you really have over your “healthspan” - the years that you are full of zest for life?  In Episode 1, Dr. Debbie Ozment will simplify the emerging science of Epigenetics and show you how it’s all good news.  You are not a prisoner of the genetic code that you were born with.  Remember, a Vitality Mindset takes the stress out of being healthy! RESOURCES:  Dr. Debbie’s TEDx “The Forgotten Orifice”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCK9b01g5Yc&t=310s Video: Stress-free G...

Trailer Episode

April 10, 2021 19:00 - 6 minutes - 4.27 MB

In this intro episode you will meet our host Dr. Debbie Ozment, DDS, MS.  She will explain why you will want to make this podcast a part of your journey to vitality. Visit my website DrDebbieOzment.com for valuable free downloads. Additionally, you will find shopping links which I have curated on the website. Please follow me on instagram at drdebbieozment.