

BioHackers Lab: Health Show for How to Live Your Best Life
Gary Kirwan
The BioHackers Lab podcast explores how to improve your health including your gut, mind, and body so that you can live the best life you can. Lifestyle changes you make can be customised to how your body works. This is biohacking your own ideal life. Your host, Gary Kirwan, talks with people all around the world who are helping to improve health in interesting ways. This may includes different diets, using certain supplements, using exercise, mind training & health gadgets. The ideas shared are meant to be actionable so that you can start creating a better you starting today. Please go to the website https://www.biohackerslab.com for all episodes and summary notes from interviews.
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Feb 23, 2018 • 50min
Easy Jet Lag Hacks to Help Reduce Travel Fatigue • Christopher Babayode
Flight attendant and naturopathically trained nutritional therapist, Christopher Babayode, is today’s guest interview. Chris shares his 20-year experience with flying and talks about the health impacts of air travel and what we can do to protect ourselves. He also shares great tips for all types of fliers and helps explain the difference between jet lag and jet stress. We then talk about readjusting to different time-zones, symptoms of jet lag, grounding and adaptogen herbs. We also get into structured water, cabin air quality and more great tools we can utilise to help us bounce back quicker. Go to the show notes for episode 38 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep38-christopher-babayode/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 16, 2018 • 1h 3min
The Carnivore Diet for Women Success Story • Amber O' Hearn
Carnivorous diet proponent, Amber O’Hearn, is today’s guest interview. Amber shares with us her 9 years of experience of eating an all meat diet. She helps to explain what the benefits of eating this way are and why women should not be afraid of adding more protein to their diet. We talk about weight loss, ketosis, macros and eating when you are hungry. We also go into health benefits such as resolving some mental health disorders and countless other issues such as arthritis, asthma, skin problems, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s and colitis, just to name a few. We then discuss some common concerns for women including menstural cycle, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Go to the show notes for episode 37 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep37-amber-ohearn/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 9, 2018 • 1h 3min
Do Doctors Lie to Patients? • Dr Ken Berry
Board Certified Family Physician, Dr Ken Berry, is today’s guest interview. Ken shares with us some of the big lies our doctors tell us and why we can’t always trust our physicians to give us the best diet advice. We learn the truth about cholesterol, weight loss and using diet to treat various health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and hypertension. We also go into discussing hormones, the carnivore diet, the “milk lie” and how milk intolerances don’t always manifest in the way we may expect. Go to the show notes for episode 36 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep36-dr-ken-berry/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 2, 2018 • 60min
How to Take Care of Our Eyes Naturally • Dr Travis Zigler
Eye health expert & optometrist, Dr. Travis Zigler, is today's guest interview. Travis shares with us what we can do to mantain eye-health and some root causes of preventable blindness. We talk about his company Eye Love and their mission as well as common eye problems such as loss of lens flexibility, cataracts and the commonly misdiagnosed dry eye syndrome. Travis explains the importance of diet, hydration, and protecting ourselves from sun, UV and blue light exposure in keeping our eyes healthy. We also find out what supplements he recommends and the main things to be aware of with macular degeneration. Go to the show notes for episode 35 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep35-dr-travis-zigler/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 26, 2018 • 47min
Powerful Healthy Lifestyle Habits Anybody Can Do Today • Ben Greenfield
Health and fitness expert, Ben Greenfield, is today's guest interview. Ben shares with us how he goes about structuring his day for maximum efficiency, all the while ensuring his health and fitness mantain a priority. We talk about the importance of movement, how he saves time through consistency of diet and efficient exercise and the role of outsourcing in managing stress. Ben also shares three key things he focuses on to keep stress at bay, the importance of gratitude and some pros and cons of home schooling. Finally, we find out what tests to take in order to tailor the best personalised diet plan. Go to the show notes for episode 34 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep34-ben-greenfield/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 21, 2018 • 46min
Health Benefits of Drinking Exogenous Ketone Esters • Dr Brianna Stubbs
Ketone research expert, Dr Brianna Stubbs, is today's guest interview. Brianna shares with us the the exciting news of the public commercial release of the exogenous ketone ester she has been researching for years. She helps to explain what the benefits of ketones esters are for athletic performance and when else could you drink the exogenous ketone ester. We also go into discussing other possible applications like traumatic brain injury recovery, cognitive enhancement and more. We then find out about some of the risks to watch out for and the guidance on how much to drink. Go to the show notes for episode 33 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep33-dr-brianna-stubbs/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 16, 2018 • 54min
How Does Neurofeedback Training Work? • Dr Freddy Starr
Neurofeedback expert and psychiatrist, Dr Freddy Starr, is today's guest interview. Dr Starr shares with us the basics of how brain waves work and how neurofeedback training works to improve our brain wave activity. He helps to explain the history behind neurofeedback biofeedback brain training. We also go into who would benefit from using neurofeedback and how long does it take to get a result. We then find out about some of the interesting case studies Dr Starr has seen using neurofeedback and even talk about optimal diet for the brain, supplements and more. Go to the show notes for episode 32 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep32-dr-freddy-starr/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 15, 2017 • 52min
Best Foods to Help Prevent Alzheimer's Disease • Amy Berger
Low carb & keto diet nutritionist, Amy Berger, is today's guest interview. Amy shares with us how what we eat can cause a decline in brain health over time and ultimatelty help contribute to Alzheimer's disease. She helps to explain how eating low carb high fat diet foods can help improve brain function & prevent dementia symptoms. We also go into other easy tips to do to help improve brain function like, what brain supplements to take & why sleep and stress management are important. We then find out about some of the common medications that can make neurodegenerative disease condition symptoms worse. Go to the show notes for episode 31 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep31-amy-berger/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 1, 2017 • 54min
Biohacking Toxic Mold Sickness Symptoms • Dr Chris Masterjohn
Nutrition expert, Dr Chris Masterjohn, is today's guest interview. Chris shares with us his personal story on being exposed to toxic mold and the effects that has had on his health. He helps to explain how he got exposed from the apartment he was living in and what symptoms he started noticing first. We also go into how he came to the diagnose of toxic mold syndrome and the tests he found useful and the one not so good one for testing mycotoxin levels. We then go on to talk about how he biohacked himself to figure out what treatment worked best to help his body including, getting away from the apartment as fast as possible, taking zinc supplementation, taking vitamin A, eating a potassium rich diet and supplementing with bicarbonate soda to improve his urine ph levels.. Go to the show notes for episode 30 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep30-dr-chris-masterjohn/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oct 16, 2017 • 1h 5min
How to Start Using Integrative Oncology After a Cancer Diagnosis • Dr Nasha Winters
Naturopathic doctor, Dr Nasha Winters, is today's guest interview. Nasha shares her personal remission story of being given a terminal cancer diagnosis (ovarian cancer) and how she has survived and been able to turn her health around. She helps to explain what is the metabolic approach to cancer and how using integrative oncology concepts can help someone know where to begin after being told they have cancer. We also go into the ketogenic diet for cancer, importance of fixing your body clock and the power of psychoneuroimmunology. We then find out about some of the many case studies of clients that Dr Winters has consulted with to help them improve their health status. Go to the show notes for episode 29 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep29-dr-nasha-winters/ for more links & highlights.Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/biohackerslabSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


