The premise of the popular Paleo diet is that if we would mimic the eating habits of our paleolithic predecessors, we would be healthier, less obese, and avoid ailments both big and small including conditions like anxiety, asthma, certain cancers, depression, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, and osteoporosis.
Today’s guest, Daniel Lieberman has studied extensively the habits of our ancestors. He’s a Harvard evolutionary biologist who has focused his research on the human body and how it has evolved over millions of years. His book, The Story Of The Human Body: Evolution, Health and Disease, examines the increasing disparity between the needs of our Stone Age bodies and the realities of the modern world. So even though we’re living longer, we’re living with chronic disease.
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Kathryn Budig is a powerhouse in a tiny package - with a huge heart and spirit that comes pouring out of her. Since those early morning yoga classes, Kathryn has become an internationally-celebrated yoga teacher and author known for her humor and her ability to empower her students through her message of "Aim True”, which is also the title of her best-selling book. What does it mean to aim true? Well, as she describes it, it’s a verbal tattoo that lives in your heart, showing you how you want to live your life. She inspires hundreds of thousands of fans across social media. And if you want to see the most incredible arm balances you’ve ever seen, check out her Instagram: @KathrynBudig.
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Are you a little stir crazy with some aspect of your life? If you’ve ever thought that you've hit the wall and lost your magic, it may be time for a change. It could be a major life change that spurs the need for something new, or sometimes it’s JUST simple habitual patterns that are leading to boredom and frustration, where all you can think about is “I need to do something different!”
Today’s guest, Kathi Sharpe-Ross has inspired thousands of people to STOP dreaming, and START doing! Her motivational blogs are all about finding your passion and living your life to the fullest! They can be found on The Huffington Post, as well as on her own website, The Reinvention Exchange. Kathi is the president of THE SHARPE ALLIANCE, where she helps build brands, including mine! And, right now Kathi is writing a book, "STOP! I Want to Get Off: The Guide to Reinventing Your Life.
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What is autophagy? What impact does it have on cancer, Alzheimers, and diabetes? Today's guest has the answers for you.
Naomi Whittel has spent the last 7 years working with some of the greatest minds in science to create an autophagy-activating plan. She explains all of that in her New York Times Bestselling book, Glow15. She also has a documentary titled "The Real Skinny On Fat".
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Meditate with Kathy!
Any success in life starts with a goal. It could be losing weight, making more money, or quitting a sugar addiction. No matter how large or minute, goals give us purpose. And, like a GPS, they keep us going the right way.
Sometimes we simply can't see our future the way we should and our negative mental images get in the way of our own happiness. That's where meditation comes in.
Join Kathy as she leads you through a meditation process that will help motivate you towards the future you want.
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Lisa Genova is a neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author. She is part of a world-class team of scientists and advocates who joined forces because they were frustrated by the lack of urgency, funding, and scientific collaboration to address the massive global Alzheimer’s epidemic.
They received the highest honors at the 2017 XPRIZE Visioneers Summit. XPrize is a nonprofit organization that designs and manages public competitions intended to encourage breakthroughs that could benefit humanity. In this case, to come up with an approach to diagnose, treat, cure and prevent Alzheimer’s. A disease that affects nearly 50 million people worldwide.
She's also the author of a book-turned-movie, Still Alice, which tells the tale of a linguistics professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. A role that won Julianne Moore the best actress Oscar in 2015.
She shares with Kathy some information about the current state of Alzheimer's research and what we know about how to stave off its impact on ourselves and our loved ones.
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Today, we're doing something VERY special... you're going to take a walk with me! Power Walk is a 40-minute indoor/outdoor walking audio. I love this routine, because all you have to do is click play, and get started. It has engaging, motivating music keeps that keeps the tempo. And, the short interval bursts guarantee you'll reach your cardio and fat-burning goals. Plus, I'll be here every step of the way, coaching you along, to make sure you have proper technique to get the most of your workout.
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At 44, Dr. John Day was overweight and suffering from insomnia, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol and on six medications. He knew he needed to make a change. While lecturing in China, he heard about a remote mountainous area known as Longevity Village, which is a wellness Shangri-la free of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, dementia, depression and insomnia, where living past one hundred -- in good health-- is not uncommon.
In the hope of understanding this incredible phenomenon, Dr. Day, decided to spend some time in Longevity Village. He learned everything he could about this place and its people, and met its centenarians. His research revealed seven lessons that work in tandem to create optimal health. He applied these rules to his own life, and 6 months later, he’d lost thirty pounds, dropped on hundred points off his cholesterol and twenty-five points off his blood pressure, and was even cured his insomnia.
His new book is called The Longevity Plan and you can learn all about it in today's episode.
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Nobody has changed my relationship with sugar more than today's guest, JJ Virgin. Her book, The Sugar Impact Diet, has been so helpful with my own sugar cravings and I knew that we had to bring her back to talk with you. Stop reading and just starting listening!
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A few months ago, I was heading to a wedding in Malibu, driving with my friend Agapi. And once again, I had the pleasure of experiencing first-hand the “Agapi Magnetism,” which can only be explained as the ability to ignite a room with love and JOY the moment she walks in.
She lights up the space like pure sunshine.
Today, we're talking to Agapi about life, meditation, happiness... basically, a lot of stuff. So just tune in and stick around for a short, guided meditation.
Agapi Stassinopoulos is a bestselling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. In her previous book, Unbinding the Heart, she shares her life’s adventures and experiences...which have been many...including her new venture of conducting workshops for Thrive Global, a company founded by her sister, Arianna Huffington, to help change the way we work and live. In her new book, Wake Up to the Joy of You, Agapi created 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life. Its focus is to help you let go of what doesn’t work and instead create a life that you really want.
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Kathy talks directly to you about her journey. Why did she start running? What benefits has she experienced? What has she learned along the way? And, most importantly, how can we all face our crazy, stressful lives and push forward with confidence?
Enjoy this personal look into Kathy's story and feel free to leave your thoughts on our Facebook page.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. And yet, it’s one of the most preventable...through exercise!
Listen to this shocking fact: Treating a patient with heart disease costs more than $20,000 per year, per person. That means that the country could save almost $40 billion a year by just getting about 25% more Americans to exercise moderately. Those numbers are staggering!
Which is why I am thrilled to introduce you to a doctor who knows a lot about the heart. Dr. Aaron Baggish, M.D. He is the Director of the Cardiovascular Performance Program at the Mass General Hospital Heart Center in Boston. He’s also a doctor who knows a lot about the heart specifically as it relates to sports. Dr. Baggish is a medical director for the Boston Marathon and serves as team cardiologist for the New England Patriots, the Boston Bruins, the New England Revolution, the US Men's and Women's Soccer teams, and the US Rowing team. And if you have a favorite sports team that's not listed, don’t hold that against him! You’re still going to want to hear what he has to say about his ongoing research which focuses on heart function and heart disease in athletic individuals.
In this episode, you'll discover...
Approximately 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. And with each mammogram, most women have a fleeting thought about the possibility of getting a positive diagnosis.
Over the years, there’s been continued controversy about the best ways to detect and treat breast cancer. Breasts represent much more than just a body part - they’re an important symbol of our femininity and sexuality. But, the possibility of receiving a breast cancer diagnosis ignites fears and questions in all of us.
On today’s show we have Dr. Susan Love. She's the author of the enormously popular Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book. Susan’s a distinguished surgeon and her life focus has always been to accelerate breast cancer research and eventually eradicate it. She talks about her experiences with chemotherapy, the current research for preventing and treating breast cancer, and the future.
Let's talk about something that's not often discussed...your hoo ha, cha cha, lady flower, va-jay-jay. Whatever you call it… it’s a fact, your vagina and its surrounding areas will undoubtedly change as time goes by. As you go through your 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, you’ll see that just like every other part of your body, your vagina is getting older.
Even though every woman, and every vagina, is different, there are some common transformations that happen with each decade. Because of the embarrassment or uncomfortable nature of discussing the topic, many times we’re typically uninformed and unprepared for the realities of our aging lady parts!
That’s about to change, because today’s podcast guest, Dr. Julie Reil is here to talk about how to keep everything “down there” healthy and active. Julie is an internationally recognized physician, women’s health and nutrition advocate, educational speaker, and Women’s Voice author.
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Today, I’m so excited to have on the show a man who needs no introduction...the one and only Dr. Oz. He has won seven Daytime Emmy Awards for “The Dr. Oz Show” and is Professor of Surgery at Columbia University.
On this extraordinary episode, you'll learn:
Recently, Dr. Oz was here in Park City, doing a little skiing, and helping launch the Blair Education Center and the new Park City LiVe Well Center…a beautiful new addition to the Park City Hospital. It really embodies the community’s commitment to preventing disease and promoting well-being.
He’s a true pioneer and champion in personal wellness, and his plan, The Regimen, is a daily checklist that shows you what to eat, what to take, and what to do to improve your health now!
The man has more vitality than the Energizer bunny, and when we spoke recently, he talked about his latest passion, and single most under-appreciated problem in America.
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If you've been thinking adding more beans and leafy greens to your daily meals, or even tapping into your inner herbivore and swapping out meat completely, then this podcast episode is for you. This week, I speak with John Lewis. You may know him as the Badass Vegan. He commands the attention of everybody in a room with his 6-foot physique, toned arms, and smile the size of the sun.
After experiencing some health issues in 2004, John’s doctor suggested that excessive animal protein consumption just might be to blame. So he took on a 30-day NO-MEAT challenge, which was an unlikely move for a gym rat who played college basketball. Even though his friends and family weren’t convinced at first, after his 30-day experiment he felt better than ever. The rest is history.
Beyond his Badass Vegan nickname, John is an in-demand public speaker, personal trainer, and entrepreneur with a mission to bust traditional vegan stereotypes and educate the world about plant-based nutrition and eating more consciously. He’s been featured everywhere from Muscle & Fitness to Men’s Fitness, to Maxim and even Sports Illustrated. In fact, you might have seen him highlighted with my friend Tony Horton in a P90X TV ad.
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We're talking about cellular toxicity. It’s not a topic you hear a lot about, and yet it can be the underlying cause of so many issues including gut problems, a sluggish metabolism, and even the inability to focus throughout the day.
Dr. Dan Pompa is considered to be one of the world’s leaders in healing your cells. His years of extensive research have enabled him to help others suffering from all kinds of health issues. Anything from inability to lose weight to fibromyalgia - from chronic fatigue syndrome to sensory integration disorders.
Dan’s passion is rooted in his own personal health struggle. He’s a walking testimony of the body’s amazing aptitude for healing itself. Dan’s 3-year battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome completely wiped him out. The debilitating effects included…anxiety, insomnia, brain fog, panic attacks...and the list goes on.
His journey of bottoming out and then coming back to be one of the most vital, vibrant people on the planet is a story you’re going to want to hear! It really is nothing short of a miracle.
In his book, Cellular Healing Diet, he lays out a plan that helps you heal your cells so you can revitalize your body, lose weight, and maximize your health.
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Bone broth has hit the mainstream recently and it’s being touted from athletes to nutritionists as a superfood. Bone broth bars are actually showing up all over the country! While it might seem new, from the time man discovered fire, they’ve been drinking bone broth. In fact, when I was a kid, we used to take the turkey bones from Thanksgiving dinner and throw it in a pot with carrots, onions, and seasonings - and what we were left with a yummy broth.
Our guest, Dr. Kellyann Petrucci, has all of the details on how best to use bone broth in our own diets. It’s her go-to drink for healing, wellness, anti-aging, and weightloss! Dr. Petrucci is a board-certified naturopathic physician and a certified nutrition consultant. She’s the author of the New York TImes Best-Selling Book, Dr. Kellyann’s Bone Broth Diet. She’s a sought-after celebrity doctor all across the United States and she’s appeared on Dr. Oz, The Doctors, and countless other television programs.
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You can’t just wake up one day, snap your fingers, and then go pick up a gold medal - becoming an Olympic champion at anything takes real time, energy, and sacrifice. Very few people commit themselves to that pursuit and even fewer achieve their dreams. Well, today, we have a U.S. Olympian with us to talk about the ups and downs of being a world class athlete.
Kate Grace qualified for the 2016 Olympics by winning the Women’s 800-meters at this year’s U.S. Olympic Trials and then reached the final of the 800-meters at the Olympics. Oh yeah! And she’s also my first daughter and I was able to travel to Rio and see her compete in an Olympic Final!
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Remember when you were a kid and you'd drop some food on the ground and then you'd pick it up and eat it without a thought? Well, what if I told you that eating that "dirty" piece of food might have actually been good for you?
Today's guest is Dr. Josh Axe. He's the author of Eat Dirt, a book all about curing leaky gut. For more information on Dr. Axe, visit his wonderful website, www.draxe.com.
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What do you think it takes to get fit? Most people think that it takes a lot of time and a lot of hard work. Today’s guest disagrees.
Martin Gibala is a professor and the chair of the kinesiology department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. In Martin’s new book, The One Minute Workout, he reveals the science and the history behind one of the most popular methods of working out: interval training.
Martin’s here to talk about how low can you go - meaning how little exercise you can do and still get results. Martin is being called a “guru” of interval training...even though it’s a label he’s a bit uncomfortable with. But once you read his book, you’ll be blown away with the science that’s showing how to get fit in a much smarter, faster and shorter way.
So if you’re one of the people who thinks they don’t have time to exercise, or you’re not getting results… then you’re going to want to listen up.
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Today is all about toxins - what they are and and just how they’re derailing your health. The fact is that, at some point today, you’re going to be exposed to toxins. They’re in your personal care products, including cosmetics, they’re in your foods, including food coloring and artificial sweeteners, and they’re even in your common household items, like sealants in cookware and flame retardants in your clothes.
Lucky for us, today’s guest is the toxin guru - Dr. Joseph Pizzorno. He’s one of the world's leading authorities on science-based natural medicine and he’s the founder of Bastyr University...the first fully accredited, university of natural medicine. He has written and co-authored 12 books and publications, including his new book, The Toxin Solution, which is all about how hidden poisons in the air, water, food, and products we use are destroying our health. It also tells us what we can do to fix it.
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With all of our modern comforts, it seems that we've lost the ability to experience DIScomfort. Well, Dr. Marc Schoen, author and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA, has some tips and tricks to help us conquer discomfort and make us the master of whatever situation we find ourselves in.
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