Wade Lightheart, a three-time Canadian natural bodybuilding champion and co-founder of Bioptimizers, dives deep into digestive health. He discusses the vital role of digestive enzymes in enhancing overall well-being and performance. Wade shares insights on common digestive issues, the impact of stress and inflammation, and the importance of personalized nutrition. He also explores dietary complexities like gluten, lectins, and food combining, while shedding light on his own vegetarian diet and the role of hydration and electrolytes in digestive health.
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Bodybuilding Journey
Wade Lightheart was inspired to start bodybuilding after his sister's cancer diagnosis.
He later realized the importance of internal health after experiencing health issues post-competition.
insights INSIGHT
Appearance vs. Health
People often equate outward appearance with health, but this can be misleading.
Athletes sometimes sacrifice their health for peak performance, prioritizing short-term gains over long-term well-being.
insights INSIGHT
Extreme Performance & Mentality
Extreme levels of physical performance often involve extreme mentalities and potential health sacrifices.
New technologies like biohacking and biometrics may offer better ways to monitor health alongside performance.
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"All disease begins in the gut" said Hippocrates the father of modern medicine.
Most people in the modern world suffer from some form of digestive issue or gut problem. Part of it has to do with poor nutritional quality of our diet but also because of lack of digestive enzymes.
Today's guest of the Body Mind Empowerment Podcast is Wade Lightheart. Wade is a 3x Champion of Canadian Natural Bodybuilding. He's also one of the founders of Bioptimizers, which is a supplement company that fixes digestion.
Timestamps:
How Wade went from bodybuilding champion to digestion optimizer 04:50
Problems with conventional fitness diets 12:00
Most common digestion problems people suffer from 15:55
Why you have poor digestion 20:30
Should you eat a raw diet 30:02
Stress and Inflammation on digestion 38:45
Electrolytes and minerals for digestion 42:21
What about lectins, gluten, and phytonutrients 43:55
Food combining and digestion 47:22
What Wade eats on a vegetarian diet 51:55
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