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Biohacking with Brittany

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Mar 2, 2023 • 49min

Yoni Massaging, Ecstatic Birth, Pregnancy Sex, Increasing Your Sexspan and More With Susan Bratton

Does sex feel like a chore to you? What is sexspan and why should you pay it more attention? I talk about this and more this week with Susan Bratton. Intimacy expert to millions, Susan Bratton is a champion and advocate for all those who desire intimacy and passion their whole life long.  She is co-founder and CEO of Personal Life Media, a publisher of heart-connected lovemaking techniques and bedroom communication skills, and The20, a manufacturer of organic and botanical supplements that enhance sexual vitality.   We talk about:  06:10 - Expanding your sexspan with biohacking 09:35 - Common misconceptions women have about sex and intimacy 15:10 - Helping women get to their sexual potential 18:40 - What to do if having sex feels like a chore 22:50 - Yoni massage during pregnancy 26:10 - Women can be sexual and pregnant at the same time 28:10 - Sex during pregnancy 31:10 - Sex after pregnancy and the free birth society 35:10 - How not to rush during intercourse 40:10 - The Sex Life bucket list 42:10 - A biohacking device for your vagina: Vfit   Resources: Susan Bratton on Instagram Susan bratton’s website The sex life bucket list The Vfit   Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play   Sponsors: Get any BiOptimizers products (including their magnesium, sleep breakthrough powder and Nootopia products) from Bioptimizers and use the discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off!
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Feb 23, 2023 • 44min

How to Be in the Zone and on Demand When You Need to Be With Dr. Mike Van Thielen

Dr. Mike Vanthielen, an expert biohacker, Medical Director and physician joins me on this episode! We talk about how biohacking changed Dr. Mike’s life, measuring your biological age, productivity and scripting your life, improving your health through improving your lifestyle, and much more! In 2008 Dr. Mike Vanthielen founded a company that certified healthcare professionals in health and wellness programs, sensible weight loss, and natural non-invasive cosmetic procedures, and trained over 1,000 professionals in just a few years. Dr. Mike sold the business in 2014 and has now dedicated himself to bio-regenerative medicine applications and stem cell-based therapies. We talk about: 01:00 - The Healing Web: A chart that talks about the most common issues seen in society, what causes them, and how to heal them from a holistic standpoint 09:45 - How Dr. Mike Vanthielen defines biohacking and how it has changed his life 11:00 - Dr. Mike’s favorite way to measure his biological age 12:30 - Biohacking in the next 5 to 10 years 14:00 - Productivity and scripting your life 22:00 - Wasting time and dopamine overload 25:45 - An all-natural form of Adderall 29:30 - Different supplements and strategies are needed for different people 33:30 - Improving your lifestyle to improve your health 35:30 - Chronic pain and its usual causes 39:00 - How to solve Toxemia to optimize your health 40:30 - How you can start with biohacking   Resources: Dr. Mike Vanthielen’s website The Healing Web   Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play   Sponsors: Use silver to support your skin, teeth, and internally from SilverBiotics and use the discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Get any BiOptimizers products (including their magnesium, sleep breakthrough powder and Nootopia products) from Bioptimizers and use the discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off!
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Feb 16, 2023 • 54min

Optimizing Fertility: Six Easy Biohacks That Worked for My Preconception Health

In this episode, I give an update on how I have been healing my hormones and fertility, including very long menstrual cycles and daily pain in my ovaries. I talk about the benefits of castor oil packs and red light therapy for reproductive health, the importance of following a nutrient-dense Paleo diet, acupuncture, myo-inositol, and spermidine supplements for female reproductive health.  Tune in to learn more and don’t forget to take notes! Please message me on Instagram @biohackingbrittany if you have any questions.   We talk about: 03:20 - Dealing with very long menstrual cycles 05:15 - The improvement in my cycle 10:00 - How to make the healthiest baby possible 12:30 - Castor oil packs and their benefits 14:00 - How to do castor oil packs 17:00 - Red light therapy for your ovaries and reproductive health 20:00 - Red light therapy for mitochondria 27:15 - Acupuncture and its benefits for female fertility 32:00 - Optimizing nutrition 100% of the time 35:00 - The Paleo diet and reproductive health 44:00 - Myo-inositol supplement benefits 46:00 - Spermidine supplement and how it can benefit fertility   Resources: My past podcast talking about supporting my reproductive and internal health.  FlexBeam for red light therapy (use discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY)  SpermidineLife (use discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY) Myo-inositol supplement   Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook  Subscribe to my newsletter  Shop my favorite health products  Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts   Sponsors:  Use silver to support your skin, teeth, and internally from SilverBiotics and use the discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Get any BiOptimizers products (including their magnesium, sleep breakthrough powder and Nootopia products) from Bioptimizers and use the discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off!
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Feb 10, 2023 • 1h 4min

How to Make Healthy Eating Sustainable and Why Most Women Struggle with Nutrition Health Coach Sophie Teixeira

On this episode, I chat with a fellow Nutrition Health Coach, Sophie Teixeira, about looking at food differently, seasonal eating, having balance and variety in your food, and why you shouldn’t eat salads. Sophie Teixeira de Abreu is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, based in Miami, Florida. She created ROOT Mindful Nutrition, a coaching practice where she dedicates her time to helping women transform their health through lifestyle and nutrition changes.    I talk about:  00:30 - My Saturn return (!) 05:00 - Being a full-time content creator 18:10 - Sophie’s approach to nutrition 20:00 - Looking at food differently 23:30 - Making small changes to make healthy sustainable 26:00 - Some foods have different effects on different people 28:30 - Get your biome results and know what your superfoods are 32:00 - Having balance and variety in your food 34:30 - Having a strong enough WHY to make the little changes 37:30 - Quitting alcohol 42:40 - How Sophie helps women with their nutrition and diet 46:30 - Stress and its impact on your health 48:00 - Steps to take to start taking care of your health 49:00 - Addressing inflammation in the gut 50:40 - Drinking more water and staying away from coffee and alcohol 53:00 - Eating dinner early 54:00 - Prioritize your sleep 01:00:00 - Don’t eat salads     Resources: Sophie Teixeira’s Instagram Sophie’s website   Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts   Sponsors:  Use silver to support your skin, teeth, and internally from SilverBiotics and use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Get any BiOptimizers products (including their magnesium, sleep breakthrough powder and Nootopia products) from Bioptimizers and use the code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off Visit spermidineLIFE and enter code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY to get a discount on all of their products.  
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Feb 3, 2023 • 33min

142. Affirmations That Actually Work, Lucky Girl Syndrome, My Vision Board, Manifestating and More

Have you heard of the “lucky girl syndrome”? It’s all over social media, and for good reason. I dive into what it is and how you can try this as well to level up your mindset and mental health.   I talk about creating positive affirmations that actually work, how to make a vision board personal to you, why manifesting is important and how to achieve the visions, goals and affirmations you set for yourself this year.      I talk about:  05:00 - “The lucky girl syndrome” 06:00 - Getting started with affirmations 08:00 - Thoughts are a lot more powerful than we think 11:00 - Your mindset is going to carry you through difficult times and the science behind the “lucky girl syndrome” 16:00 - You can control your life through your thoughts and here’s how 17:20 - Seeing my affirmations daily 18:30 - My phone background image with affirmations  20:30 - Creating a vision board to make a massive change in your life 25:30 - Shawn Mendes and his affirmations 28:30 - Making your goals come true because of the work you put in Resources: Message me on Instagram if you want me to send you my phone background that has lucky girl affirmations on it     Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play  
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Jan 27, 2023 • 51min

141. Bio-Identical Hormones and the Truth Behind Adrenal Fatigue With Dr. Michael Platt

Do you experience fatigue, neck pain, restless sleep, road rage, or frequent headaches? You might have too much adrenaline. I have Dr. Michael Platt today and we talk about adrenaline dominance, how progesterone creams can work with adrenal dominance, oral progesterone vs progesterone cream, and so much more. Dr. Platt is considered an important pioneer in observational, functional, alternative, and allopathic medicine focused on bio-identical hormones and adrenaline overload.       I talk about:  04:00 - Thinking about moving to Costa Rica or Central America 15:20 - How Dr. Platt started specializing in bio-identical hormones 19:10 - What adrenaline dominance is 21:00 - What you can do about excess adrenaline 26:00 - Oral progesterone vs progesterone cream 29:50 - How to know if you need to use bio-identical hormones 33:00 - Over-using progesterone creams 36:10 - Biohacks for adrenal fatigue and is adrenal fatigue real 39:40 - Adrenaline and cortisol 42:30 - Ways to lower adrenaline 43:30 - Fatigue and adrenaline 46:50 - How often to use progesterone cream Resources: Dr. Michael Platt’s website Order progesterone cream and use my discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY     Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play Sponsors:  Use silver to support your skin, teeth, and internally from SilverBiotics and use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Get Magnesium Breakthrough from Bioptimizers and use the code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off
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Jan 20, 2023 • 1h 2min

140. Q&A: My Morning Routine, Oura and Natural Cycles Mediocre Partnership, Ideal Meal Times, Weighing Food and More

Welcome to another question and answer episode, where i answer your questions that you submit to me over Instagram!  I talk in-depth about my morning routine, the tech and supplements I’m using, my thoughts (and likely unpopular opinion) on the collaboration between Oura ring and Natural Cycles, when to time your meals, if you should weigh your food or not, and a lot more.  Message me on Instagram @biohackingbrittany if you have more questions!     I talk about:  01:30 - The 7 for 70 challenge and my experience doing it this winter 08:20 - What’s in my morning routine 11:30 - Tongue scraping 17:00 - Stretching in the morning 17:30 - Baking soda and grey sea salt in my water 19:00 - Getting as much water as possible 21:30 - Handling my phone notifications 26:00 - The podcasts I listen to 28:00 - My coffee machine 33:00 - Exercising in the morning 36:00 - Making room for positivity in the morning 38:00 - Weighing your food 40:30 - Eating fruit in the evening 47:00 - Timing for my breakfast and dinner 50:00 - Oura ring and Natural Cycles collaboration Resources: Red light therapy face mask from HigherDose My espresso maker on Amazon     Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play Sponsors:  Use silver to support your skin, teeth, and internally from SilverBiotics and use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Get Magnesium Breakthrough from Bioptimizers and use the code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off Visit spermidineLIFE and enter code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY to get a discount on all of their products.
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Jan 13, 2023 • 52min

139. Every Supplement I Take Daily and Why: Detoxing, Skin Health, Hormone Balancing, Stress Support and More

Choosing the right supplements for you can be confusing and time-consuming.  In this podcast, I talk about all the supplements I use daily, what I look for in a supplement, what red flags you should look out for, how much I take, and so much more! Message me on Instagram @biohackingbrittany if you have any questions about the supplements that I take.     I talk about:  05:00 - The different supplements I take in my water throughout the day 09:00 - DNA testing and finding out that I require more protein than average 09:55 - Myo-Inositol powder supplement for my ovaries 12:20 - What I take with my food - Timeline Nutirion’s Mitopure powder 17:15 - Vitamin D3, K and A for those who don’t get much sun exposure 21:00 - Vitamin B12 and getting your DNA tested for this 23:15 - SpermidineLife for autophagy 27:20 - N-Acetyl-Cysteine and reducing the effects of alcohol in your body 30:00 - Skin, nails and hair supplements that work 33:10 - Fish oil for healthy, plump and hydrated skin 38:00 - Adaptogens and why I take them every day 43:30 - Probiotics for supporting gut health 46:00 - SilverBiotics liquid supplement I take for immunity 48:30 - A biohacker’s supplement cleanse   Resources: My Amazon Storefront with all my supplements listed Amino Replete from Pure Encapsulations N-Acetyl-Cysteine from Pure Encapsulations Genestra Myo-Inositol powder Timeline Nutirion’s Mitopure powder use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY InsideTracker use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY Vitamin B12 from Pure Encapsulations SpermidineLife use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY MegaFood Skin, Nails & Hair 2 Quell fish oil (high DHA) Adaptogens from Forest Spa Finland use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY Bioptimizers Probiotics use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY Thorne Vitamin D + K2 Liquid Supplement     Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts Sponsors: Use silver to support your skin, teeth and internally from SilverBiotics and use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Get Magnesium Breakthrough from Bioptimizers and use the code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off
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Jan 6, 2023 • 1h 8min

138. 7 Healthy Habits for 70 Days: How You Can Start This Health Challenge Too

Welcome to the first episode of 2023! The start of the new year is the best time to plan your goals for the year and start living healthy. I talk about the 7 healthy habits for 70 days challenge, planning my 2023 goals, how I support my mental health, and so much more. Message me on Instagram if you embark on this 7 for 70 health challenge!     I talk about:  01:10 - Planning my year and revisiting my goals for 2023 04:20 - The WHY behind 7 for 70 and its difference with 75 hard 11:50 - My goals for 7 for 70 20:00 - Why balance is NOT key 22:30 - Creating your first 4 habits as a foundation 25:00 - The 7 health habits 01:00:00 - Other healthy habits and bonus habits you can do 01:04:00 - How to make this your own and stick to it Resources: Viome Gut Health Tests: discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY Inside Tracker Blood Test:  discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY Analemma Water: discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY Santevia water filter Canada and USA Santevia water filter on Amazon Mitopure from Timeline Nutrition: message for discount code Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play Sponsors:  Use silver to support your skin, teeth and internally from SilverBiotics and use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Visit BiOptimizers and enter code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY to activate a discount on all products!
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Dec 22, 2022 • 55min

137. Cell Care Is the New Self Care: From Depleted to Revitalized with Dr. Monisha Bhanote

This is our last episode for 2022!  I have Dr. Monisha Bhanote joining me, who is known as the Wellbeing Doctor. We talk about the importance of having a personalized approach in your healing journey, the basics of cellular health, cell care, extreme biohacking and how to avoid it, and much more. Dr. Monisha, the founder Wellkulå, is a quintuple board-certified physician and published author with expertise in Integrative Lifestyle Medicine, Functional Culinary Medicine, and Cytopathology. She is a sought-after health and wellness expert providing both speaking and written commentary to multiple news media outlets and publications.  Always fascinated by the human body, she has spent the last two decades looking at how all the systems in our body affect each other, how disease manifests, and what we can do to enhance our own well-being.    We talk about:  01:00 - 12 Days of Biohacking Gifts02:00 - Taking time off for the holidays12:40 - How Dr. Monisha Bhanote got into medicine14:00 - Dr. Monisha’s health struggles and how she healed from them16:40 - Where Dr. Monisha studied botanical medicine18:00 - A personalized approach for your healing journey20:10 - The basics of cellular health22:00 - The symptoms you are feeling are not normal27:00 - Basic habits to start so you can be more aware of what your body needs and feels30:00 - From depleted to revitalized34:00 - Cell care is self-care36:10 - How Dr. Monisha got into biohacking and brought it to her practice40:00 - Mixing technology with intuition42:00 - Extreme biohacking43:30 - How to avoid extreme biohacking49:00 - Connecting conventional medicine and biohacking     Resources: Dr. Monisha Bhanote’s website Dr. Monisha Bhanote’s book - The Anatomy Of Wellbeing Let’s Connect: Instagram Facebook My Amazon Storefront Subscribe to my newsletter Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play Sponsors:  Use silver to support your skin, teeth and internally from SilverBiotics and use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for 10% off! Use my discount code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY at Sensate for $25 off today. Visit Nootopia.com/birttanygenius and use the code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY to get an extra 10%  discount at checkout on their CollaGenius product.

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