BioHackers Lab: Health Show for How to Live Your Best Life

Co-founder of Nutrita and Neuroscientist, Raphael Sirtoli, is today’s guest interview. Raphael shares how his new venture, the low-carb/keto food search engine by Nutrita came about. He explains how The Nutrita app scoring system works and helps people make informed food choices more easily with their keto and low-carb friendly nutrition tracker. We then find out about the three food ratings Nutrita uses: the keto score, nutrient density score and insulin index, as well as how their macro calculator works and the more in-depth nutrient breakdown option. We also go into discussing bad data, Nutrita’s data sources and their approach to analysing data, the glycemic index and its limitations as well as more about the goals and future of their web app that’s coming soon. Go to the show notes for episode 88 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep88-raphael-sirtoli/ for more links & highlights. Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A qualified ‘renegade’ pharmacist and holistic wellness expert, Niraj Naik, is today’s guest interview. Niraj shares how breathwork training can change your physiology to help healing and promote health. He helps explain the science behind why it is important to regulate the amount of oxygen we take in with breathing exercises. We then find out about how the oxidative stress that results in our bodies from over-breathing results in disease and what triggers this response. We also go into discussing stopping the need for medication, different breathing techniques, improving our efficiency at using oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen chambers vs intermittent hypoxia, anxiety and stress management and benefits for asthma. Go to the show notes for episode 87 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep87-niraj-naik/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Paul Saladino (MD), is today’s guest interview. Paul shares his perspective on the nose-to-tail carnivore diet. He helps explain why the nose-to-tail approach is key when adopting an all-meat diet (esp. long-term) and why certain people have great results on this type of diet. We then find out which plant foods can be more problematic than others and what elements are essential in a nose-to-tail diet if we want to avoid deficiencies. We also go into discussing intestinal permeability, mental health, longevity, supplements, iodine, collagen, balance in terms of micronutrient ratios such as copper and zinc, as well as omega-3/omega-6, methionine/glycine and fat/protein ratios. Go to the show notes for episode 86 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep86-dr-paul-saladino/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sport exercise physician, Dr. Paul Mason, is today’s guest interview on episode 85 of the Biohackers Lab podcast. Paul shares with us how lectins could be impacting on our health. He helps explain what lectins are, where they are found and how different types of lectins affect different cell types. We then find out the role of lectins in autoimmune disease and metabolic conditions. We also go into discussing how lectins hinder weight loss in low-carb/keto diets, intestinal permeability and how to test for it as well as treatment advice. Go to the show notes for episode 85 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep85-dr-paul-mason/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An entomologist and raw-meat carnivore, Andrew Graf, is today’s guest interview on episode 84 of the Biohackers Lab podcast. He shares with us why he chose to switch to a 100% raw-meat diet and why he believes it works for him. We then find out how he started and what type of meat he eats. We also go into discussing food safety, grass-fed vs conventionally raised, the gut pH and immunity, fat and organ meats, health improvements and satiety, animal treatment as well as his thoughts on salt and caffeine. Go to the show notes for episode 84 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep84-andrew-graf/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A chiropractor with a focus on clinical nutrition, Dr Darren Schmidt, is today’s guest interview on episode 83 of the Biohackers Lab podcast. He shares his perspective on the ketogenic diet, as well as the essential protein and fat intakes. We then find out the importance of dealing with underlying health problems and the role of lactic acidosis on the mechanisms of disease. We also go into discussing what lactic acidosis is, ways to test for it, what symptoms to look out for, effective detoxing, how it can affect ketosis. Go to the show notes for episode 83 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep83-dr-darren-schmidt/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A raw carnivore and nutrient-dense animal food advocate, Frank Tufano, is today’s guest interview. He shares what he considers to be the healthiest diet. We then find out why we should aim to eat animal foods with high nutrient density foods in the same vein as our ancestors. We also go into discussing issues with the carnivore diet, avoiding inflammatory omega-6 meat products, commercially raised vs grass-fed, raw vs cooked, nutrient density of organ meats and fat, seafood diets, cholesterol, glucose, D3 deficiency and of course ancestral/indigenous diets. Go to the show notes for episode 82 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep82-frank-tufano/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Board Certified family physician, Dr Ken Berry, is today’s guest interview. He is back to share his take on the carnivore diet. We find out about why he chose to make the switch to carnivore, the benefits he experienced and why he considers carnivore to be just a subset of the ketogenic diet. We also go into discussing EAT-Lancet guidelines, cyclical carnivorism, hypercarnivorism, the keto spectrum, if ancestry matters, as well as meat quality and quantity considerations. Go to the show notes for episode 81 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep81-dr-ken-berry/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author, biohacker and high-performance coach, Siim Land, is today’s guest interview. He shares his thoughts on the ketogenic diet and explains why intermittent fasting is so beneficial. We then find out about the best ways to start getting into intermittent fasting and time-restricted eating for beginners. We also go into discussing multi-day fasts, autophagy and its benefits, longevity, cognition, working out, effects of coffee/tea, the best ways to break fasts, as well as the more extreme dry fasting method. Go to the show notes for episode 80 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep80-siim-land/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carnivore diet advocate & former senior lecturer in clinical and exercise physiology, nutrition, research methods and statistics, Bart Kay, is today’s guest interview. He shares his experiences as an academic and explains why he chose to switch to a strict carnivore diet. We then find out about why nutrition is not taught the way it should be in schools, the difficulties in finding reliable nutrition advice and the problems in establishing cause and effect in nutrition science. We also go into discussing money informing research results, skewed data, prevailing nutritional myths, carnivore diet benefits as well as why he believes the carnivore diet is the ideal, sustainable long-term diet. Go to the show notes for episode 79 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep79-bart-kay/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.