High Performance Health

The High-Performance Health Podcast is all about optimising your body, mind and lifestyle for high performance. Packed full of actionable insights, strategies, bio hacks, lifestyle hacks, mindset strategies and expert performance advice, Angela Foster is on a mission to optimise your human potential. Featuring interviews with some of the top experts on the planet in the fields of health, performance and business, this show aims to inspire, educate and empower you to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.

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Mar 8, 2022 • 57min

How to Use Red Light Therapy To Improve Energy, Recovery, Performance, Skin Health & Anti-aging - with Mike Belkowski

In this episode, Angela talks with Dr Mike Belkowski, expert in the field of photo biomodulation and founder of BioLight about the wide-ranging benefits of red light therapy and how it can be effectively used to improve both mental and physical health From anti-ageing through to skin health and fat loss red light therapy can provide the results you want and Mike shares the protocols and invaluable advice about treatments With great informative and practical advice, this is an opportunity to understand more about how red light therapy works and how it can be used effectively to improve physical and mental health and support increased energy, performance, and longevity KEY TAKEAWAYS Treatment times vary according to whether you are focusing on mental, physical, or skin health Red light penetrates the layers of the skin and near-infrared penetrates deeper for treatment of organs You can also use a combination of red light and near-infrared for general health and wellness You may be trying to treat internal organs deep within the body or structures closer to the surface With photo biomodulation begin with the lower ranges of the protocol, track what the results are and adjust as you progress, used properly you should get the results you want Red light therapy can be used to treat mental health issues and recent research has shown it can modulate anxiety and depression via the treatment of the gut Red light is anti-inflammatory, pro-circulatory and optimises mitochondrial health mitochondrial dysfunction is related to upwards of 80% of modern diseases Red light therapy restores the balance from a lack of electrons Exercising combined with red light therapy can help primary and secondary recovery You can potentially use red light as a primer prior to exercising for better fatty acid oxidisation Red light therapy can help release fat from the cells and into the bloodstream where it can be burned off as energy Red light therapy can help with systemically upgrading your mitochondrial health overall BEST MOMENTS ‘There are good ways to stack to give the optimum benefit’ ‘Red light can be used to treat the skin from wound healing to reducing wrinkles and giving a healthy glow to the skin’ ‘If used properly you should get the results you are looking for’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Transform your sleep DNA optimization High Performance website BioLight ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Mike Belkowski Dr. Mike Belkowski graduated from the University of Montana’s Doctorate of Physical Therapy program in 2016. Months later, he started his own private outpatient practice, which is thriving today because of his holistic approach to physical therapy by integrating unique treatments, such as dry needling, cupping, blood flow-restricting training, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and, of course, red light therapy. Impassioned to provide his patients with the most effective and efficacious treatment techniques, Dr. Belkowski is bringing that same dedication and enthusiasm to the red light therapy industry by providing the highest quality & safest devices and, even more importantly, educating the masses on the countless wellness benefits of red light therapy and how to properly utilize this healing technology to achieve effective real results. Now more than ever, people are taking health into their own hands and searching for effective holistic tools and treatments options — and based on the 10,000+ peer-reviewed research articles, Dr. Belkowski fervently believes red light therapy is a MUST for anyone looking to optimize their health and longevity. ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful, and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices, and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group

Feb 1, 2022 • 1h 9min

Stress, Resilience & Peak Mental Performance with Antony Haynes

Angela talks with Antony Haynes, a registered nutritional therapist with over 28 years of clinical experience and expertise. He is best known for his early implementation of the principles of Functional Medicine and as the author of the bestselling books ‘The Insulin Factor’ and ‘The Food Intolerance Bible’ Understanding more about the science behind how to optimise your health and performance is key and Antony discusses how to nourish your cells for better resilience and why achieving balance and connecting with yourself are vital in resolving stress and reaching peak mental performance KEY TAKEAWAYS When you nourish your cells you have better cellular resilience, if you have more cellular resilience you have more organ resilience The world in which we exist is created by the thoughts that we have We need to achieve a balance between stimulating and calming neurotransmitters Neurotransmitters influence the signalling to the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, the composer and conductor of the hormonal system The most powerful excitatory neurotransmitter is glutamate with GABA and serotonin the main inhibitory neurotransmitters In a 24 hour period you need a balance of parasympathetic dominance and sympathetic dominance The more hours you have ‘on’ the more you deplete the neurotransmitters of calm - GABA Concentrating on your breathing and gratitude can make a massive difference when you are experiencing a stressful situation Inflammation directly stops serotonin creation in the brain Ultra-processed food by definition is devoid of nourishment and the more ultra-processed food you have the more inflammation there will be Taurine is a powerful antioxidant and a precursor to GABA that works together with magnesium Excess stress directly impends the ability of magnesium to get back inside the cells Stress defeats magnesium and when you are stressed magnesium can’t get back into your cells BEST MOMENTS ‘By optimally nourishing yourself you improve your resilience on every level’ ‘Breathing out instantly engages the parasympathetic system’ ‘Magnesium is nature’s way of resolving stress’ ‘You must spend time connecting with yourself’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Transform your sleep DNA optimization High Performance website AntonyJHaynes@aol.com Hayneshealthmanuals.com ABOUT THE GUEST Antony Haynes BA(Hons) DipION mBANT, CNHC, mIFM Antony has been in private practice for over 29 years and is one of the most experienced Registered Nutritional Therapists in the country. He is one of the first practitioners to implement the principles of Functional Medicine in the UK, since 1992. Antony has seen over 18.000 clients and has learned much from the experiences. Each person is unique and has taught Antony that principles are what count not protocols. In addition to learning from his clients, Antony has also researched and then presented on multiple different subjects over the 28 years he has been teaching. Over the past decade, Antony has focused much clinical & research time on addressing chronic hidden viral infections, and in particular their relevance to contributing to auto-immune conditions. He has met hundreds of clients with viral infections that have been identified with lab tests. He has witnessed improvements in the vast majority of clients after recommending a variety of remedies and natural substances to help his clients’ immune systems to function more capably vs viruses. Meditation and spiritual awareness is a part of Antony’s everyday life and is essential to enable Antony to make the most appropriate choices for clients; it is not just technical knowledge that counts. Antony is also a successful, award-winning author of two books on nutrition, The Insulin Factor (published in the UK 2004 and in the USA) and The Food Intolerance Bible (published in the UK 2005 and in Taiwan & Romania), and has appeared on television and radio. In March 2011 Antony was awarded the prestigious CAM Magazine Award for “Outstanding Practice” for his many years of educating, inspiring, motivating and helping practitioners and patients. ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful, and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices, and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group

Jan 25, 2022 • 55min

How To Achieve Beauty, Fitness & Longevity with Dr Gabrielle Lyon

Dr Gabrielle Lyon discusses the crucial role muscle plays in achieving longevity and body composition and explains how to optimise your diet in a bio-individual way for you Muscle is the largest endocrine organ in the body and is responsible for the trajectory of ageing and muscle centric medicine focuses on how you can optimise this system to improve your metabolism and build better body composition. Dr Gabrielle explains the pivotal role skeletal muscle plays and how the muscle system can improve and change body composition, help you achieve longevity and combat disease if you learn how to optimise it with the right nutrition and exercise KEY TAKEAWAYS Understanding that skeletal muscle is the origin of the problem means you can effectively treat the problem Muscle begins to decline from the age of thirty Individuals who are very active are those who are able to maintain muscle quality You need to understand the exact requirement for protein to be effective in body re-composition Muscle is the only organ you can really add to in a significant way in the body Skeletal muscle improves survivability and any need the body has for additional amino acid is drawn from the skeletal muscle Muscle is a nutrient-sensing organ and senses the protein and branch amino acids being taken into the body As you age the efficiency of sensing the nutrients decreases and muscle becomes more insulin resistant You can always improve the quality of your life by improving strength training and you can also lay down new tissue if you are getting enough calories and the right type of protein You lose muscle and your metabolism slows as you age so specific targeted strategies are required For body re-composition, you have to control the calories and optimise protein To optimise body composition and muscle mass, as you age, amino acids need to rise to a specific point You need to hit the leucine threshold to trigger a response in the muscle, building new tissue The priority around ageing is high-quality protein and creating a flexible plan that focuses on this You need to decide on whether to go with carbohydrates or fats alongside the protein BEST MOMENTS ‘Now that everything is very convenient the capacity to retain muscle requires specific strategies’ ‘Muscle is an organ of longevity ‘The stronger you are the higher your capacity to survive’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Transform your sleep DNA optimization High Performance website Dr Gabrielle Lyon Dr Gabrielle Lyon YouTube Dr Gabrielle Lyon Instagram Freedom Reads ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Gabrielle Lyon Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is a Washington University fellowship-trained physician in Nutritional Science and Geriatrics and is board certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulation. She completed her undergraduate degree in Human Nutrition, Vitamin, and Mineral Metabolism at the University of Illinois. Dr. Lyon is the founder of the Institute for Muscle Centric-Medicine™. She services the leaders, innovators, mavericks, and executives in their prospective field. In addition, Gabrielle works closely with the Special Operations Military and has a private practice that services patients worldwide. ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful, and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices, and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group

Jan 18, 2022 • 1h 53min

The Simple, Fun Science Backed Method to Get Your Best Body Ever with Mike Matthews

Mike Matthews, certified personal trainer, best-selling author, and founder of Legion, the number one brand for all-natural sports supplements, talks with Angela about building your dream body and what it takes to achieve your ideal physique whether you are a man or woman With a science-based approach to losing weight and gaining muscle, Mike explains, in detail, exactly how to go about setting up the right nutrition and training to sculpt your body and achieve the outcomes you want. He discusses the science behind approaches such as flip-flopping and why it’s important to find the approach that works for you. If you are looking for great informative content on how to get started, or successfully continue your journey to your ultimate physique then this episode is a must-listen KEY TAKEAWAYS The optimal range for healthy body fat in most women is 18%-25% this and can be maintained indefinitely if you do the most important things mostly right most of the time, but you don’t have to be perfect If you are trying to lose both fat and build muscle set up your diet for losing fat and then train in the gym to build muscle The primary function of training is not fat loss but it does support the process Most fat loss comes from nutrition through controlling calories and protein The primary role of training is to build and maintain muscle Using mini-gaining and mini-cutting phases, flip-flopping between a calorie surplus and a calorie deficit means you will be on an upward trajectory gaining momentum until you achieve your maintenance physique. The flip flop approach can be helpful to women as they can minimise their fat gain as they sculpt their physique Research shows it’s just as effective to go to just before the point of failing at a rep as it is to push to the maximum You can gain muscle working in any rep range but it requires a certain amount of volume Working in a variety of rep ranges has been shown to be more effective for strength gain Walking is one of the most underrated forms of cardio You should aim for your moderate cardio to be around half the amount of the time you are training your muscles You are acutely stressing your body when you are training so it will need time to recover The goal is to be able to handle more stress but to achieve this you have to work with the limitations you have right now You have to be in tune with your body and listen to it BEST MOMENTS ‘The key to being strong and looking fit with muscle definition for women is in the body fat composition’ ‘In the first year, you see major changes and improvements’ ‘Walking is great and you can’t really overdo it ‘Most women have to work harder on their lower bodies to get what they want, for men it's usually the other way around’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Transform your sleep DNA optimization High Performance website www.legionathletics.com https://legionathletics.com/podcast/ www.instagram.com/muscleforlifefitness Code: LEGION20 saves 20% on your first order at www.legionathletics.com ABOUT THE GUEST Mike Matthews Mike Matthews is a certified personal trainer and bestselling author of Bigger Leaner Stronger and Thinner Leaner Stronger, as well as the founder of the #1 brand of all-natural sports supplements in the world, Legion. His simple and science-based approach to building muscle, losing fat, and getting healthy has helped tens of thousands of people build their best body ever, and his work has been featured in many popular outlets including Esquire, Men’s Health, Elle, Women’s Health, Muscle & Strength, and more, as well as on FOX and ABC. ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful, and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices, and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group

Jan 11, 2022 • 1h 11min

Mastering Your Mindset for Real, Lasting Fat Loss with Brian Keane

Brian Keane renowned expert in mindset and weight loss returns as a guest on the podcast to talk with Angela about the difference between discipline and motivation and how your ‘why’ and self-identity are the factors that really make the difference in fat loss He discusses why his philosophy is all about finding a nutritional plan that works for you as an individual and how your mindset around nutrition is more important than the actual diet plan you are on. Random training and random eating mean random results but consistency combined with understanding your ‘why’ and knowing who you are can bring you lasting results KEY TAKEAWAYS Discipline is consistently doing the things that support you with your goals Every diet out there can work for you if you have the right mindset If you can find a nutrition plan that has foods you enjoy is in alignment with your goals and you can do it alongside exercise you enjoy it’s a massive stepping stone towards success How you feel shouldn’t determine what you do. It’s not about what you do when you feel motivated it’s about what you do consistently over time A restrictive mindset doesn’t help, you need to rewire your mind and change the way you look at foods The goal should be a nutritional plan that works for you, focusing on getting good sleep and doing some form of resistance training The important hormones for fat loss are ghrelin ‘the hunger hormone’, the hormone leptin and cortisol If your stress levels are too high and you are in an inflammatory state and you will not be able to utilise fat for fuel or build muscle Resistance training is a key factor in achieving fat loss and making progress towards your goals Connect with what you want, if body composition is the goal you need to understand the discipline of doing the work to get there Connect with the result and the identity of who you are. Why you do things is what’s important, it’s a means to an end You have to prime your identity for what you want and know there is always a price How much do you want to achieve the goal and what price you are prepared to pay to get it? Consistently doing the right thing and doing more when you are feeling motivated will get you to your goal BEST MOMENTS ‘When you ‘lean out’ and burn fat you are going to look tight and lean and sexy and have those lovely curves’ ‘You find a way to do what you need to do consistently’ ‘Ask yourself what you want to achieve and then look at what you need to do to get there’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Transform your sleep DNA optimization High Performance website The Keane Edge: Mastering The Mindset For Real, Lasting Fat Loss - Brian Keane Brian Keane Fitness ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful, and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices, and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group

Jan 4, 2022 • 60min

Nootropics and Biohacking Your Brain with Australia’s Leading Biohacker, Lucas Aoun

Lucas Aoun is Australia’s leading Biohacker with extensive experience researching Nootropics and other performance-enhancing compounds He discusses with Angela specific Nootropics that can enhance focus and those that can help overcome procrastination and support with overcoming the fear response Nootropics and their ability to enhance performance can really make a difference and this is an opportunity to hear great informative content about how to effectively bio-hack your brain for enhanced performance KEY TAKEAWAYS Neurotransmitters govern the ability to focus and not get distracted. The top two are dopamine and acetylcholine Optimising dopamine function is about providing the brain with the pre cursers to make its own dopamine Bromantane is a synthetic adaptogen that can help to combat stress and is restorative over time Bromantane is smart in the way it works and over time will build up your threshold for releasing dopamine Bromantane has a long half-life and takes time to be absorbed by the body providing longer periods of focus The nootropic Uridine monophosphate is really good at defeating procrastination. There is a range of nootropics specifically designed to banish the fear-based response When you are nervous before an event there are key physiological events happening in the body, an increase in the sympathetic nervous system, higher levels of adrenalin and epinephrine and an increase in glutamate activity Taurine is a nootropic that’s parasympathetic activating and Gaba promoting and lowers adrenaline Blackseed oil has a component, thymoquinone, that research has shown can help reduce fear and modulate the Gaba system Sprint training is the best form of exercise for hormonal output, particularly for men BEST MOMENTS ‘Nootropics can target and upregulate the production of these two critical neurotransmitters’ ‘If you’ve got a deadline to meet Uridine is my go to’ ‘I like pushing the body to its maximum capacity, allowing for rest’ ‘The more dysphoric your exercise the more euphoric you feel post exercise’ VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Transform your sleep DNA optimization High Performance website Ergogenic Health Boost Your Biology YouTube ABOUT THE GUEST Lucas is Australia's leading biohacker, with over 7 years of experience researching and experimenting with Nootropics and other performance-enhancing compounds. He is extremely motivated to discover something BIG for science, that can benefit millions of people globally. Lucas offers cutting edge health content, ranging from nutrition research, hormone research and nootropic research, that 99.9% of the world has never heard of... ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance. After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind: To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful, and limitless life. Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices, and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance. CONTACT DETAILS Instagram Facebook LinkedIn High Performance Health FB Group

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