High Performance Health

‘It’s empowering to understand your DNA and how your body works’ Our environment, lifestyle and nutrition are playing a major part in the rapid advancement of chronic diseases and in this episode, Angela explains the impact Nutrition, Stress and Sleep have on inflammation and shares the ways you can make positive changes. If you are living life at 5 out of 10 most days and wonder why you are always tired and have low energy levels it may be because you are suffering from chronic inflammation. When you lower inflammation you lower your risk, improve your energy and make your body  easier to maintain. There are lots of things you can do to protect yourself and improve your health, we are entering a new age of personalised health and that means you can track your own personalised journey back to health. It’s going to become increasingly affordable to take charge of your life so this is a wonderful time to be alive, take charge and influence your health and well-being.   KEY TAKEAWAYS We are now seeing the rapid increase of chronic diseases and our lifestyle, diet and environment are largely responsible for this. Acute inflammation happens in the body to heal you. When you lower inflammation you lower your risk and can improve your energy and have an easier body to maintain. Nutrition, Stress and Sleep all impact on inflammation. Nutrition It’s important to look at a variety of factors. If you are having too much processed food and sugar then you will be driving up inflammation. Fats become incorporated into your cell membrane so taking in processed fats will result in them becoming part of your cell membranes. You can now personalise your nutrition. If you do a DNA test you can find out what sort of fats and carbohydrates your body can tolerate. Once you know your baseline you can layer in the nutrition you require and get exactly what’s right for you. Latest research makes the connection between our circadian rhythm and our organs. We have clock genes that regulate our circadian rhythm and our organs take cues from these clock genes. If we align our eating with  our circadian rhythm we can lower inflammation and sleep much better. Stress Acute  stress is when cortisol is released in response to a specific situation. Chronic stress results in continual releases of cortisol and raises inflammation. We can suffer from both physical and biological stress. There are simple things you can do  in your everyday life to lower the factors that cause inflammation.   Sleep Sleeping well will lower levels of inflammation. The quality of your sleep tonight has begun to be determined from the moment you woke up this morning. Eating at the right time and within a 12-hour window can massively impact on the quality of sleep. Optimise your lifestyle around having good sleep patterns.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Go out and get lots of blue light first thing in the morning and making sure you have opportunities to be outside barefoot will help with better sleep’ ‘We now know 90-95% of disease is  not caused by genetics alone and we have an amazing area of epigenetics where we can begin to express the influence of our genes in a powerful way’    VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series   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  

It’s a new year and a new decade, and resolutions are being made everywhere by those who want to see some improvements in their health and wellbeing. But sometimes those resolutions don’t stick. In fact, 92% of resolutions fail, but what is the best way to make sure those plans don’t slip, and that we stick to our health goals for the year? In this episode, Angela talks to Colin Hiles, one of the top mind-set coaches on the planet, who over the last twenty-three years has coached thousands of people to achieve their optimal state of mind, and how to get the best out of themselves and gain mental toughness. Colin and Angels discuss the art of goal-setting, the seven forces of influence that you need to master, how to use Colin’s Bullseye method and much more. KEY TAKEAWAYS When we are trying to visualise the things we can do using our mind, it causes us to reconsider our limitations, and often push ourselves that much further.  We often make promises to ourselves in terms of goal-setting, but we are also often guilty of breaking those promises in search of quick-fixes. It’s about learning about the small hinges that swing the big doors that make real change. The seven forces of influence you need to master are: M - Motivation A - Action S - Skills T - Tribe E - Example R - Rewards/Consequences S - Space If you want to break through to a new level of income, you really need to associate more with people who are already there. Mind-set is contagious. By choosing your “tribe” carefully, you’ll absorb other more beneficial mind-sets. We’re not aware of so much that we’re doing in our day-to-day lives. We are constantly being triggered by the environment and are often not consciously aware that this is so.  In the business world deadlines are everywhere and are a main driving factor of productivity. In our personal lives, we tend not set deadlines, but they can be a hugely effective tool, no matter how small, in driving our personal development.  The subconscious thinks in images, not words. When we visualise our goals, we are letting our brains know, in a far more effective way, that this is the result we hope to attain. Visualisation is extraordinarily powerful. Finding our “why” is crucial to achieving our goals. Colin identifies “need”, “me” and “we” as the three types of goals most typical.  Need - “I need to lose weight for a wedding” Me - “Achieving this goal will make me feel proud” We - The unstoppable goals that affect the greater good Colin’s Big Four: Health - Mind, body and spirit Wealth - Career and the ways in which wealth is created Love - Relationships Lifestyle - How wealth is spent in the time we have We must endeavour to think from our goals, instead of thinking of our goals. Put yourself there and imagine what it’s like to have achieved it already. Replicate the feeling of having achieved it already. Think in images. BEST MOMENTS ’New year is a time of year when people across the globe reflect on their achievements to date and look ahead to the coming year’ ‘What is the difference that makes a difference?’ ‘We pay attention to our children but what about us?’ ‘How many times did you put your foot on the brake?’ ‘Deadlines create urgency’ ’That’s the power of visualisation’ ‘Children are our best teachers’ ‘Health is so hard to get back’ ‘You want a four way win’ VALUABLE RESOURCES   The High Performance Health Podcast – Omny To access Colin’s bonus rewards go to https://angelafosterperformance.com/mindset Colin Hiles - https://www.colinhiles.com   ABOUT THE GUEST Colin Hiles is an expert in improving Leadership Capability, developing High-Performance Teams, and Mindset Change. He specialises in helping his clients gain alignment and commitment between an organisation and its people, ensuring that organisations can continue to grow and develop in an ever-changing environment. As an experienced executive coach and specialist in the psychology of change, Colin supports senior executives across all industries, in the public, and private sectors, to achieve a change in mindset at the individual or organisational level. Over the last 23 years, Colin has coached hundreds of thousands of individuals globally on peak performance technologies, on how to get the best out of themselves, and on gaining mental toughness. He is a talented conference host and facilitator who has appeared before audiences of up to 1,500 people, as well as leading the design and the delivery of significant events which have involved multiple consultants, and full production teams. He believes to live a fulfilling life we need both roots and wings. His wife, his boys, his journal and his inner circle provide the roots. While making a difference in peoples' lives is what provides his wings. Colin is married and has three sons. He lives in Southern Spain and enjoys surfing, eating fajitas, and discussing the meaning of life (but not all at the same time!). ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster is a Nutritionist, Fitness and Lifestyle Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and biohacks 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. Angela has spent tens of thousands of pounds training with the world’s top experts and mentors, distilling the best information from literally 1000s of books and scientific papers on biohacking, nutrition, fitness, sleep, meditation and wellbeing. Angela works with many high performing clients ranging from Athletes, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Executives, Artists and individuals like you. CONTACT METHOD Angela Foster’s Website angela@angelafosterperformance.com

Christmas is upon us, and it’s that time of the year where we all go a little wild, let our hair down, and indulge ourselves. In this week’s show, Angela shares her top tips for ensuring that you don’t suffer too greatly beneath the weight of hangovers or over-eating, as well as looking at what causes these conditions. KEY TAKEAWAYS Hangovers are caused by the effects of alcohol on the brain. There are three main types but ethanol is the only one fit for human consumption. Alcohol inflames and damages the neurons in our brains. If you are someone who goes a little red-faced after drinking, then you are more likely to suffer from facial flushing, and are far likelier to suffer from increased hangovers. Hangovers and the resulting headaches are more than likely caused by the damage caused by the inflammation and oxidative stress suffered by the brain. The best way to avoid hangovers, if you must drink, is to drink in moderation. The rule to follow is that roughly one gram of alcohol per one kilo of weight, is enough to produce a hangover in a person. Water will help with the dehydration symptoms, but it will not help with the toxic effects. A 12-hour fasting session overnight can help to heal overeating or over-drinking. Fasting can help to renew the gut lining. The key is to avoid overeating and drinking late into the evening. Probiotic-rich yoghurt first thing in the morning can help with ill effects. Also sauerkraut or kombucha can help, providing you are not on a low-histamine diet. Other good foods are cruciferous vegetables and milk thistle extract. BEST MOMENTS ‘If you want a high performing brain then drinking lots of alcohol is not a good idea’ ‘1 gram of alcohol per 1 kilo of weight is enough to produce hangovers in most people’ ‘Growth hormone is great for skin health’ ‘Moderation is key' VALUABLE RESOURCES   The High Performance Health Podcast – Omny   ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster is a Nutritionist, Fitness and Lifestyle Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and biohacks 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. Angela has spent tens of thousands of pounds training with the world’s top experts and mentors, distilling the best information from literally 1000s of books and scientific papers on biohacking, nutrition, fitness, sleep, meditation and wellbeing. Angela works with many high performing clients ranging from Athletes, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Executives, Artists and individuals like you. CONTACT METHOD Angela Foster’s Website angela@angelafosterperformance.com

Angela talks to Keith Norris, the co-founder and Chief Development Officer of Paleo f(x), the largest Paleo platform in the world, and whose mission is to optimise health and lifestyle. Keith’s determination to radicalise health and diet stems from both his military experiences and a personal tragedy that shaped his outlook on life. In this very special edition of High Performance Health, Keith talks about his Seven Pillars Of Human Optimisation system, how to enhance your epigenetic expression, as well as how to use exercise as a gateway to your subconscious. KEY TAKEAWAYS Three days before her twenty-third birthday, Keith’s daughter was killed in a car accident. This devastated Keith and his family, and forced them to re-evaluate their lives, including their career paths. Everyone in the family came to the realisation that they were unhappy with the path they were on. To people on the outside looking in, they represented the ideal of the American Dream. But inside they knew that their missions lay elsewhere. It was this impetus to grow and evolve that led to the founding of Paleo f(x). Keith does not count himself as a great businessman, but he does see himself as a great networker. He finds getting to know people, and getting the best out of people, to be his greatest skills. Partnerships are never 50/50. There are times when they are 99/1, and fluctuate throughout the year. Partnerships are all about stepping up when you can and supporting the other when it's needed. Keith’s Seven Pillars Of Health are: Emotional Health Mental Health Physical Health Relational Health Financial Health Spiritual Health Community Physical health is often built upon data, which is useful, but Keith believes in listening to the needs of his own body by checking in internally. Data can be useful, but it can also become a crutch. What does your body need to survive? Firstly is movement; move whenever possible and move consistently. Secondly, diet; Paleo is Keith’s choice as it is easy to follow and the most effective. Multi-generational households are sadly missing in much of the world now. Elderly people have much to give, and are an invaluable source of wisdom, and when they are kept as an active part of communities, they can help to nurture successive generations. BEST MOMENTS ‘We were caught in the American dream, which is based solely on how big your house is, and which car you drive’ ‘In our culture, to succeed is to have material excess’ ‘We’re natural networkers’ ‘Life is very rarely set at 50/50. It’s constantly shifting, and as long as you realise that, no one’s feelings get hurt’ ‘My competition now is life’ ‘We want to help the most people that we can’ ‘You are part of a larger whole' VALUABLE RESOURCES   The High Performance Health Podcast – Omny Paleo f(x) - https://www.paleofx.com/paleo-fx-event/?a_aid=ts Keith Norris - Paleo f(x) - https://www.paleofx.com/speakers/keith-norris/ Keith Norris LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/theorytopractice/     ABOUT THE GUEST Keith Norris is a former standout athlete and military veteran. He is an elite strength and conditioning specialist and habit change expert with over 40 years of in-the-trenches experience.  As a serial entrepreneur in the health and wellness space, he is a co-founder and Chief Development Officer of the largest Paleo platform in the world, Paleo f(x). As well, Keith is the CEO of Phoenix Equipment Group, LLC, and a founding member of ID Life, a company whose mission is health and lifestyle optimization. In his spare time, he authors one of the top fitness and personal development blogs in the health and wellness sphere, Theory To Practice, and is the author of The Five T’s, the art of goal setting and continual improvement. ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster is a Nutritionist, Fitness and Lifestyle Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and biohacks 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. Angela has spent tens of thousands of pounds training with the world’s top experts and mentors, distilling the best information from literally 1000s of books and scientific papers on biohacking, nutrition, fitness, sleep, meditation and wellbeing. Angela works with many high performing clients ranging from Athletes, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Executives, Artists and individuals like you. CONTACT METHOD Angela Foster’s Website angela@angelafosterperformance.com

Anna Parker Naples is a Bestselling author, host of top iTunes podcast Entrepreneurs Get Visible, Speaker and Coach, is a successful and award-winning narrator of audiobooks and is the host of the ‘Entrepreneurs Get Visible’ podcast. She has just published her first book ‘Get Visible’ and shares how the power of mindset has brought her everything she wanted. Anna began as an actor primarily on the stage but everything changed when after suffering from a condition during pregnancy she was told to not expect to walk again but within A few years she had not only recovered but was on the red carpet winning or nominated as a finalist for many awards in Hollywood as an outstanding performer. This transformation came through the power of mindset and Anna now works helping people with personal development within a professional capacity, showing them how they think about themselves and their abilities is what makes the difference as to whether they achieve what they want in life. It’s about putting yourself out there and making the decision that the things you want are important to you, listen in and find out more.   KEY TAKEAWAYS I saw a hypnotherapist and we undertook a session of NLP - Neuro-linguistic programming. Bit by bit we unravelled everything I said and I agreed to change the language I was using, how I was talking about myself and what was happening It’s a very different experience saying a healing sentence rather than a sentence about pain You are not alone in having self-limiting thoughts it’s really common but those thoughts aren’t true. It’s just that you’ve been thinking them on repeat for many, many years. Those neuro pathways in your brain are really entrenched. We are always generalising, deleting and distorting information to fit our own world view. If you believe you can’t then you will find information to support that you can’t. If you think you can and choose the words and language to support this then you can. The real power of NLP, hypnosis, and timeline work is to get past the inner critic. If you don’t know what you are saying about yourself how can you change? If you are saying I’m good at this and I’m open to learning then this becomes your experience. New thoughts build new neural pathways.  It’s doing the work to discover the events or moment where you decided it was true and looking at the different decisions you could have made. In our casual speech, we denigrate ourselves over and over and that impacts our lives in a massive way. Getting to the point of understanding, when you began to think in this way, enables you to change your self-limiting belief for something positive. BEST MOMENTS ‘In that conversation, I started to take responsibility for how I felt’ ‘Not only did I recover physically but I uncovered so much about myself’ ‘Within a short space of time, I started to feel better and more optimistic’ ‘This is why witnesses to the same event all report seeing something different, we all process the world in different ways’   VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series Get Visible: How to have more impact, influence & income book by Anna Parker-Naples Entrepreneurs Get Visible podcast The Artist's Way book by Julia Cameron The Slight Edge book by Jeff Olson   ABOUT THE GUEST Anna Parker-Naples is a Bestselling author, host of top iTunes podcast Entrepreneurs Get Visible, Speaker and Coach. After being told she may never walk again, Anna discovered NLP and mindset work and began to transform her life. Within a few years not only had she recovered but was on the red carpets in Hollywood at the top of her niche. Now she teaches others how to get visible in their industries to create the impact and authority they want for their business and personal fulfilment, specifically through getting visible as an authority in their field and the strategic use of podcasting.   CONTACT DETAILS Website: www.annaparkernaples.com Apple iTunes: http://bit.ly/GetVisiblePodcast Stitcher: http://bit.ly/StitcherGetVisible Spotify: http://bit.ly/SpotifyGetVisible   Get Visible Paperback http://bit.ly/GetVisiblePaperback Get Visible eBook http://bit.ly/GetVisibleeBook   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  

Cannabidiol, or CBD, has been used for centuries for therapeutic and medicinal purposes, as history tells, but why is it gaining such popularity (and notoriety) lately? Though its calming, pain-reducing, and anti-inflammatory effects are already scientifically proven, there are still a lot of things to know about CBD. It comes in a lot of forms, shapes, and sizes… and it differs from one person to another. So, in this episode of the High-Performance Health Podcast, we hear Angela discuss everything we need to know about it—the pros and cons, its regulation (around the world), and its forms. Tune in. And remember to always consult a medical professional before taking any supplements. KEY TAKEAWAYS The first cannabinoid was first discovered in the mid-1960s. CBD is just one out of many cannabinoids existing right now. For example, THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the chemical compound that brings you the ‘high’ when you take marijuana—CBD does not give you THAT sensation. CBD, instead, has calming and anti-psychotic properties. What is the difference between hemp and cannabis? Hemp refers to the non-psychoactive variety while cannabis refers to the psychoactive variety. How does CBD work? It interacts with different receptors, proteins and chemicals which affects different bodily functions. What are the benefits? CBD has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It helps protect you from any brain damage. Aside from this, it also offers pain reduction/relief better than opium or morphine. CBD also helps reduce anxiety and stress levels. It also prevents insomnia and REM behaviour disorder, thus improving your sleep cycle. It is also seen to cure neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or multiple sclerosis. CBD also boosts metabolism, lowers liver fats, and lowers blood cholesterol. Always consult your doctor before taking any supplement. It might interact badly with your other medicine and supplements. They come in many forms too—oil, capsules, intra-nasal, etc. Also, take note that taking CBD might have some side effects like sluggishness, light-headedness, low blood pressure, etc. BEST MOMENTS “It looks like a promising treatment for a wide range of conditions like depression, and other neurological disorders.” “Hemp does not contain enough THC to get you high.” ABOUT THE HOSTAngela 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 DETAILSInstagramFacebookLinkedInHigh Performance Health FB Group

Angela is in conversation with Matt Maruca Founder of Ra Optics and expert in the field of photobiology. When he was younger he struggled with many debilitating issues and in a quest to understand how to fix himself he began to research mitochondria and the vital role they play in processing food and making energy controlled by light. They discuss the circadian rhythm and how we are impacting on it through the structure of the average day and our exposure, or lack of it to the sun. We are beginning to understand more about how light and circadian rhythms affect and drive the vital processes of every human body. In understanding the function of natural light for our bodies it is possible to understand the changes that need to be made to bring back balance and repair the mechanisms within the body. This fascinating episode will help anyone understand better the importance of both your inner light and sunlight on your level of health.    KEY TAKEAWAYS We are all just a collection of cells. The water in our cells is structured in a certain way and infrared light plays a role in this structuring. The sun and fire are the most obvious sources of light in our world. Where ever you are located in the world you can bio-hack it and try to do as much work as possible away from the office and in the light from the sun. Get as much time outdoors during the day as possible even if it is cloudy it will be beneficial to your mood. You can’t mimic the sun; it has a complete spectrum and powers many processes for our bodies so it’s vital to get outside. Human migration away from the tropics can be a big issue if the body is not able to adapt to differing hours of sunlight but making use of fire, saunas and red panel lights can help people. We are living in an age of massive circadian disruption because artificial light late at night is delaying the secretion of melatonin, this, in turn, delays circadian phase shifts. We are now missing the key hours of morning light exposure which drive so many of our life processes. Implementing an early morning meditation can be beneficial and between 3 and 5 am is the ideal time. We all have some level of light in our bodies and we can channel it effectively to help mend other areas. The human brain is unique because it requires so much DHA ,it is this that makes our brains so much more advanced than other animals. The ultimate difference between the light diet and other diets is that most diets are focused on addressing the fuel that we need for our cellular engines. People are trying to make fixes through a premium diet but the mechanism that requires repair in humans is light and our circadian rhythm We need to use light to fix the mitochondria and the respiratory proteins, once we live back in accordance with our circadian rhythms we will have fixed the mechanism. Optimise your health; Embrace the benefits of the sun - do this in stages building up your exposure. Avoid artificial light - especially blue light by wearing blue-blocking glasses. Focus on the inner light - cultivate your inner light through the right relationships, the right meditation and the right tribe. Stay curious about yourself and everything in the world.   BEST MOMENTS ‘We can strengthen our bodies in the ocean and in the sun’ ‘When your inner light goes you are no longer able to see the light outside’ ‘I don’t eat meals or food after 5 pm if I haven’t eaten by that time I just fast and this means I can sleep well’ ‘Cooling of our surfaces does allow our bodies  to assimilate light better’ ‘Everywhere on earth has the same amount of light it’s just the distribution that differs’   VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series Ra Optics website   ABOUT THE GUEST Matt Maruca Matt Maruca is a researcher, teacher, and entrepreneur in the field of Photobiology, the study of how light affects human health. He is the founder of Ra Optics, which focuses on developing the world’s highest quality blue light protection glasses. He began his health journey after having suffered from poor health and chronic fatigue at 14 years old. He chose to skip the beaten path of higher education to start his own business and pursue his passion for self-education and building optimal health to experience life to its fullest extent. He is 20 years old and travels the world, studying and teaching about the relevance of light in human health.   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

In this solo-sode on healthy fats, Angela explains in depth why the fats in our diets are so important. People can get quite confused about, which fats are healthy and which are not and what proportion of fats we should be consuming as part of our diets. in terms of proportion, there is no one size that fits all and it’s different for everyone because everyone processes saturated fats slightly differently What are the types of fats should you be including in your diet and what are the healthy sources that can really optimise the health of your cell membranes?  Listen in to understand exactly what you should be eating to achieve the optimum balance of healthy fats in the right proportion for you.   KEY TAKEAWAYS There has been a persistent myth that eating fat makes you fat but this is the result of a deeply flawed report published in the 1950s where the data was cherry-picked to suit a hypothesis. Fat is a very good way of making food taste good and if you take it out you have to replace it with something else to make it taste good resulting in higher sugar consumption. The food that nature gives us it doesn’t often provide sweetness coupled with fats The combination of the fat with the sugar is pretty irresistible to humans and makes it very appetising. Your body cannot make its cells without dietary fats we have trillions of cells in our bodies and each cell has an outer membrane which is produced from fats. You really are what you  because the fats that you eat become the outer membrane of your cells There are many advantages to having a predominately fat-burning metabolism it helps to make the body more efficient, stabilises blood sugar and insulin levels it can effectively starve cancer cells, as we know for the most part cancer cells thrive on glucose Focus on the sources of the foods you are eating to help build really good quality cell membranes Proper dietary fats help to make those membranes more fluid and more efficient in their communication We need to make sure that we have the right fatty acid intake this is really important for optimal health. There is a category of fats that we all need these are known as essential fats they are classed as essential because our bodies cannot make them We have to acquire them from the foods we eat. Fats are a crucial part of the proper functioning of our heart, brain and nervous system they are also vital for absorbing certain vitamins that are fat-soluble so it’s vital that they are part of our diet.   BEST MOMENTS ‘We are not designed to run on sugar as a primary fuel’ ‘The unhealthy omega 6 fats come from foods such as junk foods in our diet. These fats have become damaged through exposure to heat and they provide no benefit what so ever “If people are highly stressed there can be a build-up of fats resulting in higher levels of inflammation’    VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series   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    

Tony Wrighton is one of television’s more familiar faces, having presented numerous shows for such channels as Sky Sports. He’s also an expert in NLP, and an author who’s been published in twelve languages. Tony is also a fierce proponent of the idea that everyone should live their life with more energy, vitality, and motivation. This week, Tony joins Angela to talk about his most valuable health hacks, how to increase your energy levels, and the various tracking techniques he uses to map out his health agenda. KEY TAKEAWAYS NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a term coined in the 1970s, and which Tony describes as "neuro-hacking"; a process of making your brain work better. NLP has many uses in advertising, psychology and teaching. It allows us to get things done that we may not feel inclined to do. Effective tracking of mood, energy levels and diet, can show us the best times in our lives to perform certain tasks. Tony uses a spreadsheet to map his schedule, and then to identify the way he feels at those times. Meditation done properly seems to create time between thoughts. It allows us to reduce the speed of our day, and by doing so, allows us to see that we often have more time in a day than we think. As well as mimicking the effects of fasting, Resveratrol also has been shown to reverse some of the effects of Alzheimer’s.  One of the simplest hacks that Tony performs in order to provide himself with higher energy levels, is to arrange something fun. The sense of excitement and anticipation adds an energy level that even Tony finds sometimes surprising. Angela recommends beginning your day at least half an hour before schedule. By allowing yourself breathing room, you remove that morning rush that inevitably leads to fatigue and irritability later on. BEST MOMENTS ‘On a good day, what do we do? On a bad day, what do we do?’ ‘You mustn’t be the bouncer of your thoughts’ ‘I feel like a world authority on histamine right now’ ‘What’s in motion stays in motion’ ‘Live consciously'    VALUABLE RESOURCES   The High Performance Health Podcast – Omny Zestology Podcast - https://tonywrighton.com/zestology Daylio - https://daylio.webflow.io Focus @ Will - https://www.focusatwill.com   ABOUT THE GUEST Tony Wrighton is a familiar face on British TV as a presenter on Sky Sports. He's hosted lots of different sports including football, golf, basketball, hockey, squash, pool, table tennis and even live ten-pin bowling. He is currently a regular presenter on Sky Sports News and also hosts Golfing World and Trans World Sport.. ABOUT THE HOST Angela Foster is a Nutritionist, Fitness and Lifestyle Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and biohacks 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. Angela has spent tens of thousands of pounds training with the world’s top experts and mentors, distilling the best information from literally 1000s of books and scientific papers on biohacking, nutrition, fitness, sleep, meditation and wellbeing. Angela works with many high performing clients ranging from Athletes, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Executives, Artists and individuals like you. CONTACT METHOD Angela Foster’s Website angela@angelafosterperformance.com  

‘I’ve learnt to prioritise my sleep and my health and performance is so much more enhanced’ Angela has been asked recently about how to improve sleep and specifically the effect of caffeine on sleep. In this episode, she explores the impact of caffeine on the body and the ways it can affect sleep and performance. Angela shares in detail how the body processes and reacts to caffeine and explains how understanding your genotype can help you to optimise your health.    KEY TAKEAWAYS Sleep can support anti-ageing, the burning of fat,  improve focus, productivity, creativity, concentration and protect your brain against cognitive decline. It’s easy to reach for caffeine when you are really exhausted but over time you are depleting your adrenal glands and if taken at the wrong time caffeine it can disrupt deep sleep.  You can use caffeine safely and effectively as a powerful neutropenic for enhancing cognitive function but without comprising your ultimate superpower – sleep Research shows that each person’s unique genetic makeup will determine the degree to which caffeine will affect them Polymorphism divides people into one of two groups the fast metabolizers and the slow metabolizers of caffeine Knowing how your body processes caffeine can help you to know how much caffeine you should drink in a day Getting your DNA tested can help you to understand your genotype and optimise your health in relation to a number of key areas Your DNA can tell you about how the caffeine interacts with your vitamin D receptor gene and whether the caffeine consumption can have an impact on bone density   BEST MOMENTS ‘If you drink a cup of coffee in the afternoon around half of that will be circulating in your system  when you go to bed’ ‘Without deep sleep, you are more likely to get sick more likely to feel depressed and gain an unhealthy  amount of weight’ ‘Knowing how your body process caffeine can help you to know how much caffeine you should drink in a day’   VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series bit.ly/DNAMasterclass    Oura ring website   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