Clint Ober, a groundbreaking pioneer in earthing and grounding, shares his revolutionary health insights. He discusses the alarming disconnection many face from the Earth, linking it to chronic ailments and mental health issues. Ober reveals how modern footwear contributes to inflammation and emphasizes the benefits of direct earth contact. He advocates for simple grounding practices like walking barefoot and highlights the transformative power of reconnecting with nature for better health and community well-being.

Bitten Johnson, a registered nurse and recovering sugar addict since 1985, sheds light on the harrowing effects of sugar addiction. She discusses the signs and symptoms, including cognitive slowdown and feelings of shame. Bitten emphasizes personalized dietary strategies for breaking free from sugar, like cutting out sugar and flour while adopting a ketogenic approach. The conversation also highlights the urgent societal recognition of sugar addiction's dangers, comparing its effects to those of hard drugs. Join her mission to liberate others from sugar's grip!

Awareness is at the core of transformation. That’s why I believe so deeply in the data centric model, because by investing in your own data you become aware of your unique biological profile and take intentional, precise action to improve your health and life. That’s why my guest today and I go deep into the diagnostic tests out there and which are most crucial to start your data centric health journey.Reed Davis, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. Over 20 years ago, Reed Davis recognized people were caught in a “cycle of trial and error” and he committed to being the last person they needed to see. While working with top leaders in alternative medicine, he ran thousands of labs on thousands of people and learned to identify “healing opportunities.” Using all-natural, drug-free protocols, Reed made observations about who got better and who didn’t, codifying which “general principles of health building” would outperform “specific treatments” being provided by standard and even alternative medicine. And through this work, he then developed the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Certification Course and D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success Protocol® to educate and empower as many people as possible about how to get well and stay well naturally, so they, in turn, may empower others to do the same.And because you are a loyal listener, Reed is offering you FREE access to one of its most popular webinars called Step by Step System to Overcome Unwanted Health Issues at www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com/madetothriveJoin us as we explore:Healing opportunities - An entirely new paradigm!Why it’s never a root cause, but a multitude of root cases and their network of interactions.DRESS”ING for health.The most important diagnostic tests to run if you are struggling with mysterious, “untreatable” health concerns.Health coaches, why Reed is trying to up-skill them and how your “ladder” has to be on the right wall.Contact:Website: https://www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.comProgram: https://www.anw5astrk.com/381DJJT/2CTPL/Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Migraines are crippling experiences for their sufferers. They often also come in concert with a host of other devastating symptoms that can wreak havoc in people’s lives. Yet, they have eluded medical treatment for years, with success here and there for certain types and some lucky patients, but overall, many remain quote unquote untreatable. Well, Dr Kevin Smith and his 90% success rate has something to say about that.Dr. Kevin Smith is one of the few facial plastic surgeons who is board certified by both the American Board of Otolaryngology (ENT) and the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is the first Black American to have completed a residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Texas Medical School, for nearly two decades has served as an Assistant Clinical Faculty Member, and was appointed to the Texas Medical Board.As a facial plastic surgeon, Dr Smith has performed thousands of facial plastic surgeries. At the same time, he developed a niche treating migraine headache patients with a little known cure, identifying that in more than 2,000 patients the migraine was caused by a deviated septum or bone spur in the nose, and when properly diagnosed and removed with his unique treatment technique the success rate is nearly 90%.Join us as we explore:How run of the mill sinus/deviated septum surgeries being performed by Dr Kevin Smith have morphed into a 90% success migraine treatment miracle.Nasal abnormalities and migraines, the link between the nasal anatomy and a HUGE variety of symptoms and where the abnormalities originate from.Can’t eat pasta and pizza? It could be starting in your nose! Could there be a momentous link from migraines to dementia or Parkinson’s?Modern lifestyles, impact on facial structures, breathing patterns and migraines.-Contact:Website: https://kevinsmithmd.comMentions:Treatments - Dr Smith’s treatments, https://kevinsmithmd.com/migraine-treatment/Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Dr. Joan Ifland, an authority on processed food addiction, explores the alarming impact of ultra-processed foods on health. She reveals that sugar is even more addictive than cocaine, shedding light on how corporations manipulate cravings. The discussion highlights environmental influences on eating habits and the deceptive marketing of junk food. Ifland emphasizes the importance of community support in recovery, encouraging listeners to critically assess their dietary choices and the societal factors contributing to this growing epidemic.

This is an episode I wish everyone would listen to. Gut health genuinely builds the foundation of our health, but it is far more nuanced and fascinating than even I realized! Gut types and probiotic types are crucial to any decision we make about what we eat and the types of gut health optimization products we buy or waste money on. This is a gut game-changer.Dr. Michael Ruscio is a DC, Naturopathic Practitioner, researcher, and clinician. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Bridgeport and has published numerous papers in scientific journals.Dr. Ruscio’s mission is to empower people on their journey to optimal health through accessible and evidence-based information. Every piece of content is focused on demystifying complex concepts, breaking down cutting-edge research, and providing actionable insights.Join us as we explore:The unexpected diagnosis that changed Dr Ruscio’s path forever, why it’s more common that you think and why it would be prudent for you to test for it.Gut health! It’s been a buzz word for a while now, but too few really understand how to prioritize, maintain and optimize it.The three “types” of guts, how to identify yours, GI mapping and how this is crucial to deciding what and how you should eat.Stools! Yup, poop. How often, what it looks like matters and why you should be observing it and using that data to make food choices.A 101 masterclass on probiotics, enzymes and gut supplements.The anti-nutrients- oxalates, histamines and lectins.Contact:Website: https://drruscio.comMentions:Study - Ebrahimy F, Dolatian M, Moatar F, et al. Comparison of the therapeutic effects of Garcin(®) and fluconazole on Candida vaginitis. Singapore Med J. 2015;56(10):567-572. doi:10.11622/smedj.2015153, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4613933/ Chart - Bristol Stool, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bristol_stool_chart.svgGuide - Low FODMAP Diet Guide, https://drruscio.com/getlowfodmapguide/Guide - Histamine Intolerance Handout,  https://drruscio.com/histamine-ebook/Podcast - Dr Sally Norton, https://youtu.be/k7pamqVKb4g?si=Fz_N9tZ-AKIRJ_qpPodcast - Dr Tania Dempsey,Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

It’s everywhere. Our homes, our clothes, our water, our food, our bodies, our lives - plastic! This episode is stunning, and sadly scary. At the same time, a plastic-free or at least plastic-less world is possible. Find out how you can be part of this future with this courageous plastic warrior Frede Magnussen.Frederikke (Frede) Magnussen is the co-founder of A Plastic Planet, PlasticFree.com and the Plastic Health Council. Her mission is to ignite and inspire the world to turn off the plastic tap. However, instead of shaming ordinary people about often unavoidable plastic use, the goal of her organizations is to work with local and international governments and businesses as well as to educate and demonstrate to individuals directly that alternatives already exist. Check out her websites and the links below for practical tips to be more plastic free:https://www.beatthemicrobead.orghttps://www.foodpackagingforum.org/food-packaging-healthJoin us as we explore:We all know what plastic is but do we really know what plastic actually is, what it's made from and how perversely plastic has infiltrated our planet.The scary statistics and studies showing how deeply plastic has penetrated our bodies! Could parents in the modern world be infertile in just 20 years because of plastic?What you can do today to reduce the plastic burden in your life.The myth of plastic recycling.The incredible packaging alternatives that already exist, and how to incorporate  them into our lives.Contact:Website: https://aplasticplanet.comWebsite: https://plasticfree.comWebsite: https://plastichealthcouncil.com Mentions:Person, Professor Lukas Kenner, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240306150719.htm Fertility Crisis, Most couples may have to use assisted reproduction by 2045, https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/28/shanna-swan-fertility-reproduction-count-down?CMP=share_btn_urlHeart disease, Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular EvenSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

The state of health seems like a never ending stream of crisis - mental health, metabolic disease, obesity, neurodegeneration, fatty liver and on and on and on. But there may be one health crisis that permeates into all the others, and could be the single most powerful lifestyle change that creates positive change to every other health issue - aka sleep. Devin Burke is a professional coach, teacher, and the founder of Sleep Science Academy which helps exhausted insomniacs get and stay asleep using a unique holistic approach called Dynamic Sleep Recalibrating (DSR). He developed this unique approach to sleep transformation over the last decade and has taught it to thousands of people around the world with extraordinary results. He has a Ph.D. in client results with much of his education has been outside traditional learning settings and has come from “in the trenches,” helping thousands of people get results. His work springs from a 15-year study of dozens of modalities from multiple psychological, physiological, and spiritual traditions. He was named one of the “Top 25 Health Coaches in America” out of over 100,000+ other coaches for his innovative coaching methods and results.Join us as we explore:The history and current state of sleep architecture, quality ratios, quantity boundaries and why sleep is unique to everyone.The ROI of sleep, why it’s a mindset, key data points and a comprehensive rundown down of ALL the most successful sleep hacks.The state of insomnia, how to define it and the dangers of sleeping medication.Tracking sleep with wearables, the difference between precision and accuracy and why data can be dangerous without knowledgeable interpretation and guidance.The super sleep supplement you’ve never heard of and the number one sleep hack that is super simple and super effective.Why your sleep is a reflection of your life, sleep and mental health, and whether chronotypes are legit?Contact:Website: https://devinburke.comMentions:TEDx -The ROI of Sleep, https://youtu.be/rsfpJ23kDX4?si=AA2zyuIKzRoXxb8N Test - MEQ, https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_829/morningness-eveningness-questionnaire-meq Book - The Power of When, https://www.amazon.com/Power-When-Learn-Best-Everything-ebook/dp/B01CHNXBNKSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

Are we a culture of addicts living in a world of overwhelming overabundance? That is the premise of the brilliant Stanford psychiatrist Dr Anna Lembke, and her must-read book Dopamine Nation. She believes addiction will be the crux of human suffering not just for the next decade but for centuries to come, but at the same time is offering a practical and pragmatic solution that taps into our inherent humanity while protecting against the intentional hacking of our evolutionary vulnerabilities. Get “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence” NOW: https://www.takealot.com/dopamine-nation/PLID90046108 Anna Lembke is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.In 2016, she published “Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop”, recently appeared on the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma”, and is the author of “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence”, an instant New York Times Bestseller, explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.Join us as we explore:The bounty of dopamine, the drugification of the modern world and why it has left every single one of us vulnerable to addictions of all sorts and how that is inexorably intertwined with the mental health distress epidemic.What is addiction, the 4Cs, what separates it from a passion or habit, and why the boundaries between these categories have blurred.Paying for your dopamine up-front and how that allows you to avoid the dopamine deficit trap.The problem with the “work hard, play hard” mentality.Dopamine fasting, the dopamine see-saw, pleasure-pain gremlins and how this forms the foundation of anxiety treatment. How to prepare psychologically and create the optimal environment for successful dopamine fasting.The link between addiction, “drug” use and cognitive decline.Why parents, schools, communities and companies need to come together and save our children from the hooks of social media.Contact:Website: https://www.annalembke.cSupport the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

This is a controversial podcast about what has been the most taboo topic in medicine for over half a century - vaccine-induced harm. Revolutionary ideas are often seen as heretical before time proves them otherwise. Individuals like Marc are deemed heretics by the regime until they are proven right. Will Marc be proven right? Only time will tell, but there is enough signal on this issue that it merits serious scholarly investigation, which is what Marc has done with his new book, “The Needle’s Secret”.About the Guest:Marc Girardot is a French-American father of four children who has spent his career in the world of tech and biotech. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, as well as a Master’s in Economics and Business from ESSEC. With deep experience in innovation and complex systems, Marc has worked for Cisco, Booz Allen, and Air Liquide. As a seasoned strategy consultant trained in the scientific method with experience in Automotive, Biotech, and Energy, Marc is a regular lecturer and keynote speaker at leading business schools and corporations. In recent years, Marc has supported a promising anti-cancer DNA vaccine company.He is now the author of the new book “The Needle’s Secret: Unraveling the Mystery of Vaccine Harm, and the Bolus Theory Revolution”.Support Marc’s Courageous Work: Buy the book NOW: The Needle's Secret on AmazonJoin Us as We Explore:A potentially revolutionary theory that it is the how about vaccines that is more impactful on human health than the what - THE BOLUS THEORY.Are we living through the largest medical malpractice catastrophe in history?Why Marc believes the chances of his investigation being incorrect are 1.1 trillion to 1!!!If most cancer is a man-made induced phenomenon?The avoidable tragedy of autism.Can a change in vaccine application technique bring the medical benefits of vaccines we designed them to offer?Mentions:Study: Nakahara et al., Assessment of Myocardial 18F-FDG Uptake at PET/CT in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–vaccinated and Nonvaccinated Patients. Read moreStudy: Buergin et al., Sex-specific differences in myocardial injury incidence after COVID-19 mRNA-1273 booster vaccination. Read moreStudy: Rancourt et al., “Researchers Find COVID Vaccines Causally Linked to Increased Mortality, Estimate 17 Million Deaths”. Support the showFollow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTokSupport the show on Patreon:As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShowSend me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/