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Dr. Sunjya Schweig, M.D. is a board-certified physician who has been studying, teaching, and practicing integrative and Functional Medicine for over 20 years. In 2014 he joined forces with Chris Kresser to launch the California Center for Functional Medicine, offering patients an investigative approach to healthcare. He is also the founding Chair of the Integrative Medicine Committee for the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society (ILADS) and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. On this podcast, Dr. Schweig shares the personal journey that resulted in years of focused study and his current expertise in Lyme Disease. He discusses the factors that interfere with getting the right treatment, including political pressure and inadequate testing protocols. He also offers his best resources for keeping yourself and your loved ones safe from tick-borne illness. Here’s the outline of this interview with Sunjya Schweig: [00:00:05] Mission Heirloom. [00:03:40] California Center for Functional Medicine, Chris Kresser; Podcast: How to Become a Health Coach (And Why Health Coaching Will Transform Healthcare). [00:05:28] Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine; Mark Hyman, Patrick Hanaway, The Institute for Functional Medicine. [00:06:00] Article: Topol, Eric J. "Individualized medicine from prewomb to tomb." Cell 157.1 (2014): 241-253. [00:08:15] Kalish Institute of Functional Medicine; ADAPT Health Coach Training Program. [00:08:53] Ray Stricker, Richard Horowitz. [00:09:29] Clymb Health. [00:09:53] Oura Ring. [00:13:56] Hill Park Integrative Medical Center; Brian Bouch. [00:18:16] Erythema migrans (bullseye rash),

Chris Kresser, M.S., L.Ac., is an internationally recognized leader in the area of ancestral health and integrative medicine. He is the author of The Paleo Cure and the force behind ChrisKresser.com, one of the top 25 health websites in the world. Chris has been studying, teaching, and practicing Functional Medicine for over 15 years with a mission to disseminate evidence-based natural health solutions to as many people as possible. Today Chris is with us to discuss the growing need for health coaches in an age when about half of adults in the US have at least one chronic disease.  His aim is to curb the rise of preventable illness and to empower more people with the tools they need to recover their health. The ADAPT Health Coach Training Program will be launching in June with the enrollment deadline coming up soon, on June 3rd. Here’s the outline of this interview with Chris Kresser: [00:00:18] Healthy Skeptic Podcast; Danny Roddy, Steve Wright, Ben Greenfield, Robb Wolf. [00:02:21] California Center for Functional Medicine. [00:02:50] Sunjya Schweig. [00:06:00] ADAPT Health Coach Training Program. [00:06:17] Paleo f(x). [00:10:01] Aetna wellness program pilot study: Steinberg, Gregory, et al. "Reducing metabolic syndrome risk using a personalized wellness program." Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 57.12 (2015): 1269-1274. [00:12:54] Parsley Health. [00:13:32] Rangan Chatterjee; Podcast: How to Make Disease Disappear. [00:15:10] Obstacles to functional medicine. [00:17:37] Mark Hyman. [00:20:13] Qualities of a good health coach. [00:20:21] Core coaching skills: Motivational Interviewing, stages of change, positive psychology, coaching to strengths. [00:21:10] CDC Study: Liu, Yong, et al. "Peer Reviewed: Clustering of Five Health-Related Behaviors for Chronic Disease Prevention Among Adults, United States, 2013." Preventing chronic disease 13 (2016). [00:22:21] Zoom video conferencing. [00:23:34] Ancestral diet and lifestyle. [00:24:45] Functional medicine principles. [00:26:41] Building and managing a practice. [00:32:22] International Consortium for Health & Wellness Coaching (ICHWC). [00:35:04] Podcast: Rethinking Positive Thinking, with Gabriele Oettingen. [00:38:22] Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck. [00:38:31] John Kinyon, Forest Fein, Ken Kraybill. [00:41:21] Coaching program structure. [00:44:02] kresserinstitute.com; kresser.co/coach.

Our own Scientific Director and coach Megan Roberts is back on the podcast today to discuss an important but often misunderstood aspect of health and longevity: oxidative stress.  It’s a condition associated with numerous chronic health problems including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Today we cover everything you need to know about oxidative stress: what it is, what causes it, how to know if you’ve got it, and how to fix it.  If you want an objective assessment of your own oxidative stress burden, try using our Blood Chemistry Calculator.  The calculator, powered by a machine-learning algorithm, analyzes your own basic lab work to produce a single Oxidative Balance Score that you can use to track progress over time. Note: During this podcast, you’ll hear us talk about the “Oxidative Stress Score” on the Blood Chemistry Calculator Report.  This has since been renamed the Oxidative Balance Score.   Here’s the outline of this interview with Megan N. Roberts: [00:02:20] Blood Chemistry Calculator. Example report here. [00:04:52] Free radicals. [00:05:47] Oxidative stress: not always bad.  Study: Pizzino, Gabriele, et al. "Oxidative stress: Harms and benefits for human health." Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 2017 (2017). [00:06:13] Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). [00:07:52] Hormesis. [00:08:47] Podcast: The High-Performance Athlete with Drs Tommy Wood and Andy Galpin. [00:09:04] Supporting adaptation vs. recovery. [00:10:07] High dose vitamins, polyphenols. [00:12:05] Diseases associated with increased oxidative stress. [00:13.30] Lipid peroxidation. [00:14:12] Metabolic Fitness Pro. [00:15:46] Factors that increase oxidative stress. [00:17:11] Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT). [00:19:24] Bilirubin. [00:20:05] Uric Acid; Study: Sautin, Yuri Y., and Richard J. Johnson. "Uric acid: the oxidant-antioxidant paradox." Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids 27.6-7 (2008): 608-619. [00:23:52] Albumin. [00:24:26] HDL. [00:24:53] Podcast: Health Outcome-Based Optimal Reference Ranges for Cholesterol, with Dr. Tommy Wood. [00:25:05] Lipopolysaccharide (LPS). [00:26:53] Ferritin; Study: ORINO, Kouichi, et al. "Ferritin and the response to oxidative stress." Biochemical Journal 357.1 (2001): 241-247. [00:27:08] Fenton Reaction. [00:28:46] Nutritional immunity: PubMed. [00:31:26] The poor misunderstood antioxidant. [00:33:40] Dietary sources of antioxidants. [00:35:12] Supplementation can be contraindicated. [00:35:45] Measuring oxidative stress. [00:37:50] Podcast: Risk Assessment in the Genomic Era: Are We Missing the Low-Hanging Fruit? with Dr. Bryan Walsh. [00:38:21] Oxidative Balance Score. Example here. [00:40:00] What to do if oxidative stress is elevated. [00:40:44] Study: Bhatnagar, Anubhav, Yogesh Tripathi, and Anoop Kumar. "Change in oxidative stress of normotensive elderly subjects following lifestyle modifications." Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR 10.9 (2016): CC09. [00:41:30] Nutrition, digestion, absorption. [00:42:15] Avoid Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). [00:44:20] Minimally processed diet. [00:46:22] Wild Planet sardines. [00:47:27] Hormetic stress; Hormetea. [00:48:14] Podcast: Hormesis, Nootropics and Organic Acids Testing, with Dr. Tommy Wood. [00:48:26] PHAT FIBRE is currently sold out. [00:48:55] Four Sigmatic 10 Mushroom Blend. [00:49:23] Sleep, blood donation. [00:51:02] Study: Islam, Md, et al. "Dietary phytochemicals: natural swords combating inflammation and oxidation-mediated degenerative diseases." Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 2016 (2016). [00:55:57] bloodcalculator.com. [00:56:43] Mobile phlebotomy.

Brad Kearns has been a noted speaker, author and coach in the health and fitness world for over two decades. During his nine-year career as a triathlete, he was one of the world's top-ranked professionals, amassing 30 wins worldwide on the pro circuit. Brad currently works with Mark Sisson from Mark’s Daily Apple, and the two have co-authored several books including Primal Endurance (2016), and The Keto Reset Diet (2017). Brad is with us today to talk about his evolution as an athlete and the factors that contributed to his success, including leaving the corporate world early on (because it just wasn’t as much fun as training) and the ironic breakthrough that caused him to start winning races. His current projects include producing Primal Blueprint Mastery Courses to support those transitioning to an ancestral diet and lifestyle. Here’s the outline of this interview with Brad Kearns: [00:00:23] Podcast: How to Recognise Good Chocolate (and Why You Should Care), with Toréa Rodriguez. [00:00:49] Chocolate: Fruition, Theo, Creo, Lillie Belle Farms. [00:01:25] Podcast: Brain Training for the Primal Keto Endurance Athlete, with Lindsay Shaw Taylor; Mark Sisson, marksdailyapple.com. [00:02:47] Mike Pigg. [00:03:09] 7-Minute Analysis. [00:03:41] Primal Endurance Podcast. [00:06:26] Podcast: Health Outcome-Based Optimal Reference Ranges for Cholesterol, with Tommy Wood. [00:08:23] Book: The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance, by Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney. [00:14:21] Results happen naturally when your motivation is pure. [00:17:17] Podcasts: National Cyclocross Champion Jeremy Powers on Racing, Training and the Ketogenic Diet and National Cyclocross Champion Katie Compton on Ketosis and MTHFR. [00:20:42] Transition to triathlete. [00:24:16] Andrew MacNaughton. [00:31:27] Richard Branson. [00:33:08] What do triathletes eat? [00:33:49] Kenny Souza. [00:34:22] The Brownlee Brothers. [00:34:53] Lance Armstrong. [00:36:16] Lone Mountain Wagyu. [00:36:28] Cate Shanahan. [00:37:48] Ted Talk: Run for your life! At a comfortable pace, and not too far: James O'Keefe at TEDxUMKC. [00:38:15] Peter Attia. [00:39:28] Mark Allen; Phil Maffetone. [00:39:47] Slowing down. [00:40:59] Heart rate monitoring. [00:43:45] Johnny G. [00:46:40] Transition to primal diet. [00:47:18] Book: The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Foods You Were Designed to Eat, by Loren Cordain. [00:47:18] Article: Paleolithic Nutrition: A Consideration of Its Nature and Consequences (Special Article, N Engl J Med 1985:312;283-289), by S. Boyd Eaton, M.D., and Melvin Konner, Ph.D. [00:50:28] Book: Keto Reset Diet: Reboot Your Metabolism in 21 Days and Burn Fat Forever, by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns. [00:53:01] Book: Primal Endurance: Escape chronic cardio and carbohydrate dependency and become a fat burning beast!, by Mark Sisson and Brad Kearns; Audiobook here. [00:54:43] Primal Blueprint Mastery Courses. [00:57:33] Steve Phinney. [00:58:59] Keto Reset Facebook Group. [00:59:00] Book: The Keto Reset Instant Pot Cookbook: Reboot Your Metabolism with Simple, Delicious Ketogenic Diet Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker, by Mark Sisson, Lindsay Taylor, and Layla McGowan. [01:01:33] ketoreset.com; primalendurance.fit.

Stephen Anderson has been an Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine practitioner for nearly 20 years.  He’s had over 2500 patients and upwards of 40,000 consultations (that would be over 3/4 million acupuncture needles, but who’s counting). In 2016, Steve went through the Kresser Institute’s Practitioner Training Program for Functional and Evolutionary Medicine, completing the ADAPT Level 1 Framework.  Since then, his focus has shifted to working more with clients who are ready to make a deeper commitment to their health. Steve is on the podcast today talking about his transition into Functional Medicine and his practical application of our Blood Chemistry Calculator to guide treatment decisions and keep clients motivated.  Steve is currently running his busy clinic in Australia and is now introducing an easy way for Aussies to get lab work done locally and try the calculator for themselves. Here’s the outline of this interview with Stephen Anderson: [00:00:12] The Holistic Practitioner (THP) Podcast. [00:00:25] THP Podcast: Dr. Tommy Wood - Reframing Insulin Resistance. [00:02:07] Taichi. [00:03:30] Chinese Kung Fu Academy; Grandmaster Henry Sue. [00:03:58] Cheng Man-ch'ing. [00:04:29] Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis. [00:07:48] Accelerated learning. [00:07:54] Book: How to Develop a Super Power Memory, by Harry Lorayne; Peg memory system. [00:08:09] Podcast: Learning to Learn with Jonathan Levi.  Course: Become a SuperLearner. [00:09:28] Acupuncture. [00:10:52] Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). [00:12:30] Dr. Michael D. Fox at the Jacksonville Center for Reproductive Medicine. [00:17:13] Functional Medicine. [00:18:57] Simon Marshall, PhD. Podcasts: How to Create Behaviour Change and Why We Self-Sabotage (And What to Do Instead). [00:20:25] Kresser Institute for Functional and Evolutionary Medicine; ADAPT Practitioner Training Program. [00:23:16] Dr. Amy Nett. [00:24:11] Hierarchy of treatment. [00:25:52] THP Podcast: A Patient’s Perspective of Functional Medicine Treatment. [00:29:26] Blood Chemistry Calculator. [00:29:37] THP Podcast: Chris Kelly On Becoming An Effective Health Coach. [00:29:41] Dr. Bryan Walsh; Podcasts:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. [00:29:42] Megan Roberts; Podcast: Why Your Diet Isn’t Working: Under Eating and Overtraining.  Blog post: What We Eat and How We Train Part 1: Coach and Ketogenic Diet Researcher, Megan Roberts. [00:31:06] 7-Minute Analysis. [00:36:39] 5-year wellness score; Intermountain Risk Score. Study: Horne BD, May HT, Muhlestein JB, Ronnow BS, Lappé DL, Renlund DG, et al. Exceptional mortality prediction by risk scores from common laboratory tests. Am J Med. 2009;122: 550–558. [00:39:14] Thomas Dayspring, Peter Attia; LDL-P. [00:42:13] Familial Hypercholesterolemia. [00:44:17] Mediterranean diet, B-vitamins, Thorne Choleast-900 (Monacolin K), Ubiquinol, Glutathione. [00:46:35] Feedback via lab results as the incentive to change behaviour. [00:49:58] Coronary artery calcium scan; Podcasts: How Not to Die of Cardiovascular Disease, with Ivor Cummins; The True Root Causes of Cardiovascular Disease, with Jeff Gerber. [00:52:12] Podcast: Optimal Diet and Movement for Healthspan, Amplified Intelligence and More with Ken Ford. [00:53:14] stephenanderson.com.au/nbt.

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee may be best known as the medical doctor who helped ordinary people turn their health around on the BBC’s Doctor in the House. He’s now a speaker and author and has compiled his best medical advice into a new book, How to Make Disease Disappear. It’s a guide to restoring health using simple techniques that are accessible to everyone, at any stage of health or illness, without a lot of expensive tests or supplements. In this podcast with Dr. Tommy Wood, Rangan breaks down his 4 Pillars of Health: Relax, Eat, Move, and Sleep.  He outlines the basic-but-powerful lifestyle interventions that have been most effective in his clinical practice for reversing chronic illness, and also shares the strategies that resolved his own 10-year battle with back pain. Here’s the outline of this interview with Rangan Chatterjee: [00:00:28] Book: How to Make Disease Disappear. In the UK: The 4 Pillar Plan: How to Relax, Eat, Move, and Sleep Your Way to a Longer, Healthier Life. [00:00:35] Ted talk: How to make diseases disappear. [00:01:44] Nephrology to GP. [00:03:12] Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). [00:04:05] Show: Doctor in the House. [00:06:20] 4 Pillars of Health. [00:08:49] Relax. [00:11:46] Crohn’s Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). [00:12:24] Medical Symptoms Questionnaire (MSQ). [00:16:18] Low testosterone, hormone cascade. [00:21:20] Genova Adrenocortex Stress Profile. [00:24:41] Reframing, gratitude. [00:25:21] Charles Poliquin. [00:27:54] Social isolation. [00:33:39] Eat. [00:34:09] Cost-effective strategies for improving food quality. [00:42:00] Jamie Oliver. [00:44:53] Supplements. [00:44:58] Magnesium. [00:45:25] Fibromyalgia, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) - Allergy Research Group NT Factor Advanced Physicians Formula. [00:45:50] MitoQ (CoQ10). [00:49:04] Move. [00:49:40] Icelandic Health Symposium, 2017, Doug McGuff. [00:50:54] Sarcopenia, strength training. [00:51:35] Video: 5 Minute Kitchen Workout. [00:56:57] Sleepy glutes and back pain. [00:58:47] Gary Ward: Anatomy in Motion. [01:01:20] Videos: Wake Up Your Sleepy Glutes: 1: Flex on a Step, 2: Hip Adduction, 3. Foot Clocks, 4. 3D Hip Extension. [01:02:46] Sleep. [01:03:47] Professor Russell Foster: 1-2 hours less sleep than 60 years ago. [01:04:33] Insulin resistance. [01:05:33] Embrace morning light. [01:06:52] Caffeine, alcohol. [01:09:30] No tech 90. [01:12:30] Book: How to Make Disease Disappear. [01:12:43] drchatterjee.com. [01:12:52] Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick is a medical doctor, author, speaker, and sceptic living in Cheshire, England.  His evidence-based arguments refute the lipid hypothesis and other ideas related to chronic illness that has resulted in a pervasive culture of fear and misinformation.  His popular blog features an ongoing series of posts on the real causes of heart disease, pointing to endothelial damage as a causal factor and nitric oxide as vital for preserving health. Dr. Kendrick is with us to share not only what really causes cardiovascular disease, but the specific environmental and psychosocial factors that cause the most harm, and what we need to do to maintain good health. We also discuss unexpected side effects of common medications and supplements and the healing power of specific micronutrients.  If you enjoy this podcast, you can support Dr. Kendrick’s work by pre-ordering his latest book, A Statin Nation: Damaging Millions in a Brave New Post-Health World, available 7/12/18. Here’s the outline of this interview with Malcolm Kendrick: [00:01:05] Book: The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid it, by Malcolm Kendrick. [00:01:07] Book: Doctoring Data: How to Sort Out Medical Advice from Medical Nonsense, by Malcolm Kendrick. [00:01:14] The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (THINCS). [00:01:46] Trail Runner Nation Podcast: Metabolic Flexibility with Christopher Kelly. [00:02:59] Highlights email series. [00:03:01] Podcast: The True Root Causes of Cardiovascular Disease, with Jeffry Gerber. [00:03:07] Blog series: What causes heart disease? [00:05:28] Study: Hayashi, Keiko, et al. "Laughter lowered the increase in postprandial blood glucose." Diabetes care 26.5 (2003): 1651-1652. [00:06:20] Stress hormones, sympathetic nervous system. [00:07:32] Graph: Lithuanian death rate; Study: Kristenson, Margareta, et al. "Increased psychosocial strain in Lithuanian versus Swedish men: the LiVicordia study." Psychosomatic Medicine 60.3 (1998): 277-282. [00:08:25] Paul Rosch, M.D, founder of the American Institute of Stress. [00:10:20] Endothelium, glycocalyx. [00:11:12] Nitric Oxide (NO). [00:11:37] Alfred Nobel, nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate, or GTN), Viagra. [00:13:13] Study: Andersson, Daniel P., et al. "Association between treatment for erectile dysfunction and death or cardiovascular outcomes after myocardial infarction." Heart (2017): heartjnl-2016. [00:13:39] Sunlight as nitric oxide stimulant. [00:14:45] Vasculitis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Rheumatoid arthritis, Sickle-cell disease. [00:17:05] Endothelial progenitor cells. [00:17:55] Carl von Rokitansky, Rudolf Virchow. [00:21:19] Endothelial damage required for arterial plaque. [00:21:52] Study: Law, M. R., and S. G. Thompson. "Low serum cholesterol and the risk of cancer: an analysis of the published prospective studies." Cancer causes & control 2.4 (1991): 253-261. [00:23:49] Study: Ravnskov, Uffe, et al. "Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review." BMJ open 6.6 (2016): e010401. [00:25:03] Statins increasing NO, studies: 1, 2, 3. [00:26:52] Study: Lanphear, Bruce P., et al. "Low-level lead exposure and mortality in US adults: a population-based cohort study." The Lancet Public Health (2018). [00:28:17] Corticosteroids. [00:30:25] Familial Hypercholesterolemia. [00:34:56] Study: Winnik, Stephan, et al. "Systemic VEGF inhibition accelerates experimental atherosclerosis and disrupts endothelial homeostasis–implications for cardiovascular safety." International journal of cardiology 168.3 (2013): 2453-2461. [00:36:29] QRISK survey for heart disease. [00:41:21] Inflammation as healing. [00:42:40] Study: Willis, G. C. "The reversibility of atherosclerosis." Canadian Medical Association Journal 77.2 (1957): 106. [00:44:36] Corticosteroids reduce inflammation, increase CVD risk, NSAIDs. [00:45:05] Study: Guilhem, Gaël, et al. "Effects of air-pulsed cryotherapy on neuromuscular recovery subsequent to exercise-induced muscle damage." The American journal of sports medicine 41.8 (2013): 1942-1951. [00:49:06] Lipoprotein A. [00:51:27] Vitamin C deficiency as possible cause of CVD. [00:53:01] Study: Lee, A. J., et al. "Plasma fibrinogen and coronary risk factors: the Scottish Heart Health Study." Journal of clinical epidemiology 43.9 (1990): 913-919. [00:55:27] Diabetes, triglycerides, sepsis, gingivitis as procoagulants. [00:58:39] Major endothelial offenders. [01:00:03] Study: Escolar, Esteban, et al. "The effect of an EDTA-based chelation regimen on patients with diabetes mellitus and prior myocardial infarction in the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT)." Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes (2013): CIRCOUTCOMES-113. [01:01:03] Study: Douaud, Gwenaëlle, et al. "Preventing Alzheimer’s disease-related gray matter atrophy by B-vitamin treatment." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110.23 (2013): 9523-9528. [01:01:44] Study: Marik, Paul E., et al. "Hydrocortisone, vitamin C, and thiamine for the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock: a retrospective before-after study." Chest 151.6 (2017): 1229-1238. [01:02:27] Allen Smith, dying of flu, recovered with Vitamin C. [01:03:13] sunlight, viagra, stress management, alcohol. [01:04:23] Blue zones, strong social relationships. [01:05:07] Lifestyle and environmental factors associated with lower life expectancy. [01:13:05] Statins. [01:15:49] Absolute risk vs. relative risk; side effect vs. adverse effect, adverse events. [01:21:07] Problems caused by statins. [01:21:29] CoQ10, ATP. [01:23:47] Placebo effect, nocebo effect. [01:24:40] Study: Gupta, Ajay, et al. "Adverse events associated with unblinded, but not with blinded, statin therapy in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial—Lipid-Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA): a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial and its non-randomised non-blind extension phase." The Lancet 389.10088 (2017): 2473-2481. [01:25:45] Study: Cohen, Jerome D., et al. "Understanding Statin Use in America and Gaps in Patient Education (USAGE): an internet-based survey of 10,138 current and former statin users." Journal of clinical lipidology 6.3 (2012): 208-215. [01:26:32] PCSK9 inhibitors. [01:27:54] Study: Sabatine, Marc S., et al. "Evolocumab and clinical outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease." New England Journal of Medicine 376.18 (2017): 1713-1722. [01:35:16] L-arginine, citrulline. [01:39:34] Study: Tunstall-Pedoe, Hugh. "Does dietary potassium lower blood pressure and protect against coronary heart disease and death? Findings from the Scottish Heart Health Study?." Seminars in nephrology. Vol. 19. No. 5. 1999. [01:40:40] Study: Graudal, Niels. "A radical sodium reduction policy is not supported by randomized controlled trials or observational studies: grading the evidence." American journal of hypertension 29.5 (2016): 543-548. [01:43:55] Groupthink, cognitive bias. [01:44:21] Michael Alderman, M.D. [01:44:48] Evolutionary Psychology. [01:45:58] Peer Review. [01:51:36] Study: Bronstein, Alvin C., et al. "2010 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 28th Annual Report." Clinical Toxicology 49.10 (2011): 910-941. [01:52:57] Book: A Statin Nation: Damaging Millions in a Brave New Post-Health World, by Malcolm Kendrick.   [01:57:37] drmalcolmkendrick.org.

Psychologist, researcher and author Gabriele Oettingen, PhD. has been studying human behaviour for over 30 years, with a focus on goal setting and turning positive fantasies into reality. She has written over 150 scientific articles and book chapters relating to social and personality psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and health and clinical psychology on the topics of thinking about the future and the control of cognition, emotion, and behaviour. During the course of her research, Dr. Oettingen has concluded that positive thinking in itself, while popular, is unlikely to result in desired outcomes.  Instead, she offers Mental Contrasting, an empirically validated process, helping people not just to identify their goals but to manifest them in all areas of life, including health, career, academics, and relationships.  In this interview, she shares her simple yet powerful 4-step WOOP strategy, along with tips for maximising its efficacy. Here’s the outline of this interview with Dr. Gabriele Oettingen: [00:00:09] Professor of Psychology, New York University. [00:00:22] PhD: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology, Seewiesen, Germany. [00:01:10] Book: Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation, by Gabriele Oettingen. [00:01:19] www.woopmylife.org. [00:05:19] Study: Oettingen, Gabriele, and Thomas A. Wadden. "Expectation, fantasy, and weight loss: Is the impact of positive thinking always positive?." Cognitive Therapy and Research 15.2 (1991): 167-175. [00:06:15] Positive fantasies, worse outcomes. [00:08:12] Study: Oettingen, Gabriele, and Doris Mayer. "The motivating function of thinking about the future: expectations versus fantasies." Journal of personality and social psychology 83.5 (2002): 1198. [00:10:18] Podcasts: How to Create Behavior Change and Why We Self-Sabotage (And What To Do Instead), with Simon Marshall. [00:10:42] Why is positive thinking so popular? [00:12:49] Podcast: The Epidemic We Don’t Talk About, with Erik Kerr. [00:13:37] Mental Contrasting. [00:20:18] Emotional obstacles, habits, irrational beliefs. [00:22:15] Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan (WOOP). [00:23:09] Changing health behaviours. [00:23:37] Wish: dear to your heart, feasible, challenging. [00:27:06] Study: Kappes, Heather Barry, Bettina Schwörer, and Gabriele Oettingen. "Needs instigate positive fantasies of idealized futures." European Journal of Social Psychology 42.3 (2012): 299-307. [00:28:48] WOOP as a skill. [00:32:24] Energization. [00:34:25] How WOOP works; non-conscious consequences. [00:39:08] Prerequisites: openness, 5 minutes. [00:40:57] For those with low expectations. [00:44:18] Other methods of behaviour change. [00:44:38] Incentives, self-efficacy, social comparison. [00:46:44] Changing content of goals. Implicit theories.  Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck. [00:47:26] E. Tory Higgins. Prevention-Promotion, Approach-Avoidance: Regulatory Focus Theory. [00:48:34] Self-regulation. [00:49:31] Using non-conscious processes to conquer other non-conscious processes. [00:50:33] Example: WOOP in action. [01:01:38] www.woopmylife.org, WOOP app. [01:02:25] Book: Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation, by Gabriele Oettingen.

Don Moxley is an exercise physiologist and the Sports Scientist for the Ohio State University Wrestling Team.  With a passion for teaching and coaching, he specializes in fitness and athletic assessment, training, and performance optimization.  Under his guidance, the OSU team won their first-ever National Championship in 2015, and individuals on the team have gone on to win national titles and Olympic medals.  His strategy involves analyzing Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and other biomarkers in order to plan personalized training and recovery regimens for his athletes. Don is here today with Dr. Tommy Wood to discuss using wearable technology to track readiness, improve resilience, and prevent overtraining and injuries. He shares the powerful impact of psychological stress, sleep, and recovery on athletic performance, and also reveals the key performance indicators for world-class wrestling, as well as the devices and assessment strategies he uses for his own athletes.    Here’s the outline of this interview with Don Moxley: [00:00:16] Ohio State Wrestling Team, Sports Scientist. [00:00:25] Elite HRV podcast. [00:00:49] Podcast: Optimal Diet and Movement for Healthspan, Amplified Intelligence and More with Ken Ford. [00:01:00] Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC). [00:03:19] Bob Bartels, Edward Fox. [00:03:53] Kevin Akins. [00:04:03] Louie Simmons, Westside Barbell. [00:04:28] Ted Lambrinides Hammer Strength. [00:04:42] Steve Bliss, National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). [00:06:16] Human Performance Center at Columbus State Community College. [00:06:38] HealthFirst, Polar. [00:07:35] Applying technology to exercise science. [00:09:13] Wrestling overview. [00:09:56] Weight cutting. [00:12:16] Long term athlete development model. [00:13:51] Tom Ryan. [00:14:14] Velotron, CompuTrainer. [00:14:37] Pelatonia fundraiser. [00:15:45] Zephyr bioharness. [00:16:33] Overtraining syndrome. [00:17:31] Readiness, Root Mean Square of the Successive Differences (RMSSD). [00:20:11] Functional Movement Screening [00:21:15] Raouf “Ron” Gharbo. [00:21:35] Firstbeat system. [00:21:54] Resting nighttime RMSSD predicts success. [00:22:46] Polar Team Pro Shirt. [00:23:02] AccuroFit. [00:23:18] Omegawave. Podcast: How to Measure Readiness to Train, with Val Nasedkin. [00:24:19] Effect of emotional stress on physiology. [00:27:30] Talent but no resilience. [00:28:13] Study: Prochaska, James O., and Wayne F. Velicer. "The transtheoretical model of health behavior change." American journal of health promotion 12.1 (1997): 38-48. [00:31:00] Study: Marshall, Simon J., and Stuart JH Biddle. "The transtheoretical model of behavior change: a meta-analysis of applications to physical activity and exercise." Annals of behavioral medicine 23.4 (2001): 229-246. Podcast: How to Create Behaviour Change, with Simon Marshall, PhD. [00:31:53] Elite HRV. [00:32:09] HR transmitter sampling at >200hz; Polar monitors (H7, H10), Ouraring. [00:33:40] Tracking and improving sleep. [00:36:02] Book: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don’t, by Nate Silver. [00:36:14] Wearable data systems: Zebra, Catapult. [00:37:26] Factors that correlate with athletic success. [00:41:37] Parasympathetic, sympathetic. [00:43:54] Parasympathetic co-stimulation. [00:46:06] Subjective questions. [00:49:22] Faster buy-in. [00:50:24] Female athletes. [00:51:07] Managing the athlete's stress response. [00:52:22] Observing coaches. [00:53:14] Best practice for athlete and coach. [00:55:07] Find Don: donmoxley@gmail, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, about.me.

Of all the things I’ve done to improve my own health, getting a dog has been one of the most important.   Today’s podcast is really an informal conversation with my good friend, FDN practitioner and health coach, Toréa Rodriguez.  Toréa has been on the podcast several times, and today we’re focusing on the many benefits of having a dog, which truly spans far beyond companionship. We discuss making the leap from contemplating dog ownership to actually making the commitment, as well as dog training, dog-related stress, optimal diets, and the many health benefits – physical and emotional – of adopting a pup.  We share tips for building rapport and establishing a hierarchy with a canine companion, as well as considerations for endurance athletes with dogs-in-training. If you’d like to learn more about Toréa or consult with her on health matters she can be found at torearodriguez.com. Here’s the outline of this interview with Toréa Rodriguez: [00:00:14] Previous podcast appearances (5/18/14, 6/25/15, 8/29/16), Paleo Baby Podcast: 12/21/15. [00:02:29] Growing up on a ranch. [00:03:37] Benefits of dog ownership. [00:04:48] Transtheoretical model (“stages of change”); Podcast: How to Create Behaviour Change, with Simon Marshall, PhD. [00:05:09] Video: Dr. Tommy Wood Modelling and Quantifying Metabolism to Optimise Health and Performance, 2016 Biohacker Summit UK. [00:07:07] Study: Giles-Corti, Billie, and Robert J. Donovan. "Relative influences of individual, social environmental, and physical environmental correlates of walking." American journal of public health 93.9 (2003): 1583-1589. [00:07:36] Podcast: Bike fit done right with Nigel McHollan. [00:08:43] Chris Kresser. [00:10:51] Morning routine. [00:11:51] Studies: Bonmati-Carrion, Maria Angeles, et al. "Protecting the melatonin rhythm through circadian healthy light exposure." International journal of molecular sciences 15.12 (2014): 23448-23500, and Kozaki, Tomoaki, et al. "Effects of day-time exposure to different light intensities on light-induced melatonin suppression at night." Journal of physiological anthropology 34.1 (2015): 27. [00:13:37] Meeting the neighbors. [00:14:12] Rick Hunter, Hunter Cycles. [00:14:56] Study: Handlin, Linda, et al. "Short-term interaction between dogs and their owners: effects on oxytocin, cortisol, insulin and heart rate—an exploratory study." Anthrozoös 24.3 (2011): 301-315. [00:16:05] Breeds. [00:21:29] Our dog breeder: Havuherd Australian Cattle Dogs. [00:22:40] Mindfulness. [00:24:16] Instagram: Torea, Chris. [00:25:09] Dog-related stress. [00:26:58] Doggie Dan. [00:28:44] Podcast: How to Manage Testosterone and Estrogen in Athletes, with Ben House, PhD. [00:30:06] Dog training: George Menna. [00:30:43] Doggie Dan's 5 Golden Rules. [00:32:13] Power of the pack. [00:33:35] Microbes and autoimmunity. [00:34:04] Triclosan, MRSA. [00:35:09] Health benefits of dog ownership.  Studies: 1. Allen, David T. "Effects of dogs on human health." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (USA) (1997). 2. Cutt, Hayley, et al. "Dog ownership, health and physical activity: A critical review of the literature." Health & place 13.1 (2007): 261-272. 3. Vinik, Aaron. "The conductor of the autonomic orchestra." Frontiers in endocrinology 3 (2012): 71. 4. Song, Se Jin, et al. "Cohabiting family members share microbiota with one another and with their dogs." elife 2 (2013). 5. Almqvist, Catarina, et al. "Effects of early cat or dog ownership on sensitisation and asthma in a high‐risk cohort without disease‐related modification of exposure." Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology 24.2 (2010): 171-178. [00:37:16] Orthorexia. [00:40:03] Book: Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation, by Gabriele Oettingen. [00:40:47] Mental contrasting. [00:44:43] Ellen Langer. [00:46:00] WOOP (Wish, Obstacle, Outcome, Plan), the WOOP app. [00:46:50] Paleo for dogs. [00:49:20] Book: The Barf Diet: Raw Feeding for Dogs and Cats Using Evolutionary Principles, by Ian Billinghurst. [00:50:25] Darwin’s raw dog food. [00:54:00] Orthopedic maturity. [00:55:05] Torea’s website.