High Performance Health

Angela is with James Strong, CEO of Red Light Rising a company that manufactures red lights. Red light therapy has been extensively studied and the benefits are well documented with the use of red-light therapy continuing to gain in popularity as its benefits are communicated more widely. James and Angela discuss how red light and near red light works on our bodies at a cellular level and the extensive benefits of consistently using a red light as a part of your regular routine to aid your body. Angela, who uses a red light as part of her daily routine explores with James how to maximise the positive impact of red light and the different ways you can and should use a red light to enhance your day to day energy levels and support your body’s recovery protocol. This is a fascinating episode listen in and find out more.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The lights are all focused on 2 particular wavelengths - 660 and 850 nanometres - these  are the wavelengths proven to stimulate the most mitochondrial The red light penetrates around 1.5cm into your skin and the near-infrared penetrates around 5 cm into your body allowing your muscles and organs to benefit. Red light therapy has been extensively studied and the benefits are well documented. If you are trying to establish your circadian rhythm then using the light at sunrise and sunset is preferable as it will increase your circadian marker. Using a red light in the environment around your computer will compensate for the blue light of the device. For skin health consistent sessions will promote collagen synthesis and encourages blood flow bringing nutrient delivery – the skin will rejuvenate more quickly. There are benefits for hair as the light enhances the energy around the scalp prolonging the life of individual hairs and promotes the growth of more hair follicles resulting in thicker hair and more hair on the scalp. Red light can enhance testosterone production if used consistently and for females there are enhanced benefits for fertility. Sleep – latency and deep sleep can be improved through the use of red light and good light hygiene. The enhanced cellular energy and collagen synthesis fibroblast formation as a result of red-light usage enhance the body recovery protocol. It’s easy to train hard one day, it’s about being able to recover to be able to train hard the next day and consistent use of red light can make the difference in recovery and maintaining a training schedule successfully.   BEST MOMENTS ‘It’s a  great mechanism to promote hair growth’ ‘A near-infrared light is where the magic happens’ ‘With red light you are enhancing ATP production, giving your muscles more energy’ ‘Using the red light with a derma roller will result in less inflammation’   VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\  Red Light Rising website James Strong Instagram                               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      

The keto diet can be a great way to gain focus improve performance and lose weight but how can you tell if its right for you? Angela explores in depth the ketogenic diet, it can boost mental and physical energy but for some, the keto diet may not be suitable and in this episode, Angela shares her expertise and knowledge to help anyone look at whether it’s the right diet for them. There are those who seem to be able to eat whatever they want and those who only have to look at a cookie and put the weight on -  it’s all about genetics so checking your DNA is key in understanding who you are and what diet is going to work for you. Listen in and hear about who a ketogenic diet is suitable for and why in this fascinating and informative episode.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The ketogenic diet can be very successful for many but there will be some people it might not suitable for due to the differences in the ways we process carbohydrates and fats. The perfect diet comes down to your genetics, gut health, metabolic demands and your lifestyle. Knowing about key parts of your DNA is vital when you are looking for the best diet for you - there is no one size that fits all. DNA is contained in every cell of our bodies and is ‘like an instruction manual’ for the body to produce proteins. Everything our body does is coded for by our genes and we all have slight variations in the code. You may metabolise something slightly differently from the next person There are also genes that are implicated in the way your body processes carbohydrates and your risk for metabolic diseases such as diabetes and if you are at a higher risk for these a ketogenic diet maybe a good option. You can find the type of diet that’s right for you by looking at your genetics – this will give you your sensitivity to fats, saturated fats, carbohydrates and a host of other information Doing the keto diet the right way - Often people get the keto flu, which typically starts 24-48  hours into the diet. As your body shifts into metabolising glucose to fatty acids, your insulin levels start to drop. When your glucose drops it is a signal to your kidneys to flush out toxins and you can lose significant water weight very rapidly. When focusing on a diet that is low in carbohydrate and high in fat individuals can often also exclude vegetables for their diet and not benefit from the fibres and vitamins they contain. Make sure you are consuming plenty of vegetables Most vegetables are keto-friendly, especially cruciferous vegetables and microgreens that are low on the glycemic register Make sure you are getting the right balance of minerals including sodium, magnesium, and potassium Any electrolyte deficiency must be addressed as it can result in long term damage When you start the keto diet your cortisol levels will be higher and a lighter exercise regime along with sleep hygiene will help to keep cortisol levels lower When you are sleeping you release leptin and this helps burn fat while in sleep it also helps stabilise your appetite the next day and with adaption to a higher fat-based diet. Ketones are molecules your body produces when you are in fat-burning mode The goal of the ketogenic diet is to get the body to produce the ketones for itself When you are on a keto diet you will be burning more fat for fuel   BEST MOMENTS ‘I’m a firm believer that your genes are not your destiny’ ‘If you do have the FTO gene (the fatso gene) do not despair, it’s all about the expression of those genes’ ‘As you are releasing your body fat during the keto diet, you are releasing toxins stored in the fat back into your body, to help counteract this you can take activated charcoal to help your body’   VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ The Blue Zones book by Dan Buettner Boundless book by Ben Greenfield bit.ly/smart-sleeper Transform your sleep bit.ly/dnaoptimization  DNA optmization      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 fascinating episode, Angela’s guest is Dr Amy Killen an anti-ageing and regenerative physician specializing in sexual optimization, aesthetics and integrative medicine. Amy shares a variety of the best approaches and explains how and why each strategy is important in treating or maintaining healthy skin, hair and sexual vitality. The tools and therapies used for skin and sex are very similar – stem cells, light therapy and PRP are all used in a range of different ways to keep skin and hair healthy and maintain sexual vitality. This is a great opportunity - to not only hear about effective maintenance strategies, and treatments but also to hear about how and why they work.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Sexual health and vitality Mind your mind – for all of us our biggest sex organ is our brain and being in the right mindset is vital so that you are ready to have sex. We are designed to have sex when we are relaxed and not stressed. Keep healthy - You need good blood flow and cardiovascular health Nitric oxide - Increase and maintain your nitric oxide levels. We all make nitric oxide and it facilitates the widening of blood vessels. Your body is also able to convert the nitrate you take in through food into nitric oxide Optimise your hormones - Levels of hormones drop with ageing, keep hormones at an optimal level PRP - Use therapies such as the ‘O’ (orgasm) shot and the ‘P’ (Priapus) shot which is traditionally administered using PRP Shockwave therapy - treatments for both men and women that involve red light therapy and sound wave therapy can help restore sexual health. Skin and Hair The tools used for skin and sex are very similar – stem cells, light therapy and PRP Women increasingly lose their hair and red-light therapy can be a really effective treatment. Red light therapy increases ATP production in your mitochondria. Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is great for skin,  hair and sexual function and can be used in a variety of ways to keep skin and hair healthy. From the age of 25 onwards your body begins to make less collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid. Collagen gives skin water retaining abilities Elastin gives the bounce back Hyaluronic acid – helps your skin to retain water The sun remains the number one cause of ageing. It's vital that you use a sun block every day. Sugar is one of the worst things you can do for your skin, hair and sexual health, It gets in and breaks down the structure of your skin, as you get older you are making less and breaking down more. Avoiding sugar, using sun block, being healthy in body and mind along with completion of a maintenance routine are the steps anyone can take to age more slowly.   BEST MOMENTS ‘It’s a circus for your vagina’ ‘Causing a small amount of microtrauma, done in a safe way can be helpful in keeping your skin in continual regeneration phase’ ‘As you age the bones in your face change and the fat pads move exercise is not going to change this, it’s part of ageing.   VALUABLE RESOURCES High Performance Health podcast series\ Dr Amy Killen Instagram Dr Amy Killen website Dr Amy Killen Facebook   ABOUT THE GUEST Amy Killen MD Amy Killen MD is an anti-ageing and regenerative physician specializing in sexual optimization, aesthetics and integrative medicine. Board-certified in emergency medicine with ten years of ER experience, Dr Killen saw the impact of unchecked chronic disease and disability from the front lines before transitioning to anti-ageing and regenerative medicine.   An international speaker, clinical practice owner, medical director of a national regenerative medicine physician training course, author, and frequent media guest, Dr Killen has become an outspoken advocate for empowering patients to look and feel their best by merging lifestyle modification, hormone optimization, personalized medicine and regenerative therapies.   CONTACT DETAILS Dr Amy Killen Instagram Dr Amy Killen website Dr Amy Killen Facebook   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  

This week, Angela is in conversation with Darryl Edwards, otherwise known as The Fitness Explorer, the founder of Primal Play, a company founded on the mission to “change lives through play”, and the bestselling author of ‘Animal Moves’ This is a fascinating episode in which Darryl shares some incredible advice designed to get your metabolism flowing, and to keep you fit, without the pressure on, and reliance of, regular exercise sessions. Darryl’s entire approach is about keeping you moving throughout the day, and it all begins with a concept called “Movement Snacks”... KEY TAKEAWAYS Exercise is a modern construct developed to supplement the lack of physical activity in our day-to-day lives. Exercise has become a far more important way, to modern humans, to achieve the sense of locomotion and physical activity we need in a given timeframe. Even if you are exercising for around sixty minutes per day, if you’re sitting for multiple hours, this can undermine any of the effects of your physical activity. Darryl calls his prompts for movement, “movement snacks”; small ways in which we can force ourselves to move more, and by doing so, create a constant impetus to abstain from being sedentary. Some of the best and most simple ways of doing this are: Drink more water. This can force you to take more toilet breaks. And use a toilet on a different floor. When you’re on the phone, make sure you’re not sat down. Instead of meetings at a table, why not walk and talk? Walk to work if you can do so We are constantly told to avoid foods that cause spikes in insulin, but nature has given us another way of managing this: physical activity, which causes muscle contraction. When you are hungry, your body will force you to eat. When you are tired, your body will force you to sleep. But nothing will force you to exercise. By exercising, we are becoming far more proactive than we sometimes realise. Feel-good hormones are generally associated with physical activity. This is why exercise is so often recommended as a way to combat depression. The word “exercise” itself, and even the phrases associated with it, such as “no pain no gain”, carry with them negative, painful connotations. This is partly the reason why so many are instantly, psychologically switched off when it comes to exercise. 75% of UK children have less time out side than prison inmates. 1 in 7 UK children have never spent time in an outdoor space. Lethargic activity, such as technology-based interactions are driving a surge in health problems in the next generations, and needs to be addressed. Adult play, the gamification of exercise for adults seeking to keep active, is difficult to maintain. To keep it going, Darryl recommends: Download Darryl’s free eBook ‘On The Importance Of Play’ (available on the Primal Play website) By becoming more playful, you will automatically think of more ideas for movement Engage with the activities created by Darryl on Primal Play, which will help you to engage your creativity When engaging in social activity, your effort is naturally increased, but also your endorphins are greatly increased by engaging in physical activity with someone else, especially when it’s rhythmic. BEST MOMENTS ‘2000 years ago there was no need to exercise’ ‘It’s about integrating your day with movement’ ‘I wanted to know why. What does it do at a biological level; at a physiological level?’ ‘Movement is medicine’ ’The process is what’s important, not the outcome’ ’There are so many obstacles in the younger generation’s way’ ‘Endorphins are released immediately with play; not at the end’ VALUABLE RESOURCES   The High Performance Health Podcast – Omny Primal Play - https://www.primalplay.com The Fitness Explorer Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fitnessexplorer Darryl Edwards Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fitnessexplorer/ Darryl Edwards LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fitnessexplorer/   ABOUT THE GUEST Darryl Edwards is a Natural Lifestyle Educator, movement coach, nutritionist and creator of the Primal Play Method™. Darryl developed the Primal Play methodology to inspire others to make activity fun while getting healthier, fitter and stronger in the process.Check out Darryl’s TEDx Talk “Why working out isn’t working out” at www.primalplay.com/tedxDarryl is the author of several award-winning books including Paleo Fitness and Animal Moves. His work has been published in titles such as Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Elle Magazine, Men’s Fitness and he has featured on the BBC TV documentaries Eat to Live Forever and Doctor In The House.   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

‘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