In today's episode, I delve into the wonderful medicinal properties of mushrooms with Jeff Chilton, mushroom expert, and why we all need to include them in our diet - either as whole foods or supplements.Jeff Chilton studied Ethno-mycology at the University of Washington and later began a 10 year career as a large scale  mushroom grower. He established Nammex, the first company to supply medicinal mushroom extracts to the US Nutritional Supplement industry. Nammex extracts are renowned for their high quality based on strict scientific analysis of the active compounds.Jeff is a wealth of knowledge on the  health benefits of mushrooms and I for one will be adding more of them into my diet!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guest is Raamon Newman, who was an elite-level college athlete at multiple sports until he encountered burnout. He then went to do a life rest by becoming a full-time Monk for a year, and ended up spending 10 years of full-time meditation practice. Raamon now uses the insights he gained to coach people to a better level of balance and coherence in their lives and in today's podcast, he shares some of those tips.See Ramon's website here for his book and other offerings.Find out more about Transcendental Meditation here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode is based on an article by a Spanish Psychiatrist called Dr Luis Rojas Marcos. Unfortunately, I couldn't get him onto the podcast, but I think the theme is hugely important, so I'm covering his article with my commentary interspersed throughout.Here is a link to the Dunedin Study on Self Control that I talked about.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Dr Adam Batenah. Adam became a doctor of internal medicine and an oncology registrar to help people live longer, healthier lives, but the relentless pace of the medical field meant he spent more time prescribing pills than preventing disease. He knew there had to be a better solution, and now spends a lot of his time looking into how we can enhance our healthspan and use wearable tech data to help us make better decisions and change our behaviour and he’s co-founded a company called  Span Health to help us do just that. Today we dive into Adam's thoughts in this area.The best way to follow Adam is via his Twitter or Linkedin accounts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today I chat with an old mate and former colleague, Shane Saunders. Shane is an ex-military guy who has gone from being an expert in physical training to an expert in the art and science of breathing and respiration. Shane and his wife Ange spent years travelling the world learning from a range of breathwork masters  and now run their own business teaching people how to breathe properly, called Breathe Me. In this episode, we unpack the mechanics of respiration and its impact on the nervous system, cellular biology and human behaviour and it's very cool stuff.Check out Shane and Ange at breatheme.com and check out their courses here:https://www.onlinebreathingacademy.com/https://www.o2collective.com/breath-mastery-fundamentalshttps://breatheme.mykajabi.com/the-breathing-studioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today I’m going to talk about the importance of skeletal muscle, and the relatively recent discovery of a class of proteins released by muscle that drive communication at a celluar level, called myokines. It’s the time for New Year’s resolutions and my aim is to convince you that building and using muscle regularly should be very high up your list of resolutions.The world health Organisation has called physical inactivity the 4th most serious global health risk, behind only tobacco use, high blood pressure and high blood glucose and this podcast will explain why that is.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard D. Lane, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Arizona. A clinical psychiatrist and psychodynamic psychotherapist with a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, he was one of the first researchers to perform functional brain imaging studies of emotion in the 1990s. He is the author of 190 papers and book chapters and is senior editor of two books. As an educator he served as director of the psychotherapy curriculum for psychiatric residents at the University of Arizona for over two decades and has received seven awards for teaching and mentoring. He was President of the American Psychosomatic Society in 2005-6, elected member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and elected Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychoanalysts.In this wide-ranging and fascinating episode, we chat about emotion in the brain, how it impacts our mental representations of the world, the role of emotion and memory in psychotherapy and practical ways to induce change.You can find out more about Richard and his research via this link and you can but his fascinating book, The Neuroscience of Enduring Change via these links on Amazon or Booktopia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today, Dr Kate Gregorevic is a physician, researcher, writer and mother of three who is passionate about empowering people to improve their health and longevity through lifestyle. Kate initially studied medicine and went on to do a PhD to better understand ageing and frailty and how this interacts with a range of social factors and today, we discuss a topic that should be dear to us all -   how to age well. Kate is particularly passionate about health and longevity for women and you can find out more about her programs at projectthreesixtwelve.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkate_gregorevic/ https://www.instagram.com/project_threesixtwelve/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectThreeSixTwelve/ You can also buy her book, Staying Alive here on amazon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is a super-interesting, high-energy individual. Dr Jonny Bowden is an ex-professional Jazz musician, who became a psychologist, and fitness expert who then gained a PHD in Nutrition. He’s the author of 6 books and is also a professional speaker. In today’s episode, we do an in-depth exploration of cholesterol  and discuss the real causes of heart disease and many other chronic conditions. I personally found Jonny’s energy to be infectious and I think you will too.Head over to Jonny’s website to check out all of his work, or go to his fasting site to get a free course with optional upgrade to a deeper course.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is David Gillespie - a lawyer and the best-selling author of Sweet Poison, a book that is generally credited with starting the current wave of sugar awareness in Australia.He followed Sweet Poison up with 8 more books – most of them about nutrition and diet, with another book on education and another one on surviving contact with psychopaths in the workplace and at home.In today's podcast we focus mainly on the serious health effects of sugar, especially the fructose element (remember that table sugar is half glucose and half fructose) and seed oils (which are misrepresented as vegetable oils). You can check out David's books and plethora of resources on his website - and I highly recommend that you do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.