The Kris Gethin Podcast

Dr. Darshan Shah’s first surgery was at 21 years old - he took out someone’s appendix. For the next 20 years Dr. Shah dedicated himself to the world of surgery. However, while he was helping others get better, his health was slowly getting worse and worse. He gained weight, was pre-diabetic, and hypertensive. One day he realized he had to make a change - how could he be a doctor and be so unhealthy? He started doing some introspection and realized there was a big gap in his knowledge. In this episode, Dr. Shah shares what he learned during this time and how that inspired him to start Next Health, the world's first health optimization and longevity center. Tune in to learn how you can take control of your health and how you can take advantage of a center like Next Health to help you do it. Featured Guest: Dr. Darshan Shah Website Instagram Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

Wine has become such a mass produced commodity, how do you know what is inside of a bottle? If you read carefully, some labels even say the wine may contain fish! As someone who considers your health, you will be happy to learn that there is a wine out there that thinks about health and fitness during the winemaking process. Mark Warren and Tom Beaton, the cofounders of FitVine, started this company because they were active people and they wanted to drink a healthy, low sugar wine.  Tune in to hear Kris talk to Tom about his company. Buy a bottle at FitVineWine.com and use GETHIN10 at check out for 10% off. Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

“Everything is better when we have a better brain.” Do you have trouble sleeping? Low energy? Do you have trouble staying focused? Do you find yourself depressed or anxious? Most of us can say ‘yes’ to at least one of these questions, and yet the mainstream solution is to take drugs. Whether it’s Adderall, Ambien, Xanax, or some other pill, that’s become the answer to our ailments. Dave Siever from Mind Alive thinks there is a better, drug-free way to improve our lives, and that’s with his high quality brain wave entrainment devices. These devices use flashes of light and pulses of tone to effectively guide users into specific brain wave patterns. Tune in to learn about you can hack your brain and enhance your focus, mood, sleep, and creativity. Featured Guest: David Siever YouTube Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

Many people who go to the doctor usually leave with pills and not much more. They are not given the adequate information to get better. This knowledge has motivated Shawn Wells, the guest in today’s episode, to educate as many people as possible about diet, nutrition, and supplementation. Shawn is CEO of Zone Halo Research, and a founding partner in both World's Greatest Ingredients, a novel ingredients discovery company and Kwired, supplement industry acquisition and investment firm. Tune to learn how you can start taking steps today to prevent the early onset of autoimmune diseases and start living your life to the fullest. Featured Guest: Shawn Wells Website Instagram Facebook Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

This week’s episode is a little different. This is an account of one of Kris’s biggest ventures into self experimentation. In between stem cell therapy procedures, Kris decided to sit down with the doctors from the Centro de Celulas Madre Y Biotecnologia in Pereira, Colombia to ask them about all about stem cells. Tune in to find out what is the best way to biohack your age, recover faster, why Kris went to Colombia to get stem cell therapy and didn’t opt for it in the US.  Time Stamps/Written Translations Differences between stem cells administered in Colombia and those administered in other places such as the US. [10:00] There are many different stem cell therapy treatments around the world. One is the stem cell treatment from bone marrow. This one has the least amount of stem cells. The second is from the the blood stream. This is not as effective because those stem cells would have the same age as the donor, so the cells won’t work as well. The third method, which they use here at Celulas Madre in Pereira, is from the umbilical cord tissue. These stem cells are coming from newborn babies, which means the stem cells are young, potent, and powerful and are able to regenerate to help prevent disease. How does the amount of stem cells harvested from adipose tissue or bone marrow compare to the amount of stem cells harvested from umbilical cord tissue? The amount of stem cells harvested from the umbilical cord tissue is much larger than the amounts harvested from the adipose tissue or bone marrow. Because the stem cells from the umbilical cord tissue are extracted at such a young age, these cells do not have an identity, they are universal and can multiply quickly. In the USA, the most amount of stem cells that you can extract and administer to someone is around 3 million stem cells. In Colombia, my first treatment was an Stem Cell IV Therapy which put 105 million stem cells into my body. I was getting 7 million stem cells per minute. I also got stem cells injected into my joints - both knees, both elbows, and the shoulder I had surgery on. Each area had between 30-50 million stem cells injected into them. Studies done here and in other places have shown us that this is the best amount to apply. What is the biggest benefit of having the intravenous stem cell therapy? [19:00] When the stem cells enter your body through an IV, they head to areas in your body that need repair. It’s call the Homing Effect. This type of treatment gets stem cells all throughout their body. Benefits of stem cells: Prevent some illnesses, such as lung diseases, organ diseases, muscles will recover faster, will help with the production of collagen and other anti-aging agents and increased vitality and energy. Many of their patients that use this therapy are older, and they have experienced many benefits. They expect that younger patients will experience the benefits from stem cells in the form of disease prevention. The second treatment was a mix of Kris’s own PRP (human growth factor) and stem cells that were injected into localized areas: both knees, both elbows, and the shoulder he had surgery on. How long until can one expect to feel benefits from the localized area stem cell treatment? [26:00] Studies from biopsies and X-rays show that the treatment starts growing tissue after 6-8 months. But in medical practices they can tell that about 2 months after the procedure the tissue starts to regenerating itself and it starts to feel better. You won’t feel the wear of the knees and elbows after 2 months. After 2 months is when the procedure starts to work. How did Kris learn about this stem cell center? [29:00] For active people like bodybuilders, marathon runners, triathletes, this has to be good for them. Athletes have plantar flexion problems, rotator cuff problems, knee problems. This treatment can give them more years of vitality and performance instead of stress and pain. There are two types of illnesses: one is the degenerative and it’s because of time, getting older, and the other is one is traumatic, some type of injury. Although they are different types of disease the stem cells work the same in repairing those areas. The agreement between the families of the babies who donate their babies stem cells. [32:00] Related Links/Products Mentioned Biohacks Kris is using to recover from the stem cell procedures and enhance stem cell production: Trusii Hydrogen Rich Water, coffee enemas, Clearlight Sauna and magnesium salt baths. Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

In this episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast, Kris sits down with Nick Holt. Nick is the Director of Digital Marketing at Kaged Muscle and a seasoned bodybuilder and fitness competitor with over 40 competitions under his belt in various divisions ranging from NGA and NPC. Nick has spent the last 23 years with an undeniable passion for nutrition, health and the overall practice of self improvement. His experience as an athlete has led him to employ countess dieting strategies during his quest to get lean and stay lean, even during the off season. For the last 3 years in particular, he has focused specifically on “Intermittent Fasting” and has formulated what he believes to be the ultimate “dieting” solution which can all be found in his new book, The Fasting Plan. Time Stamps How Nick got into Intermittent Fasting [10:00] The surprising thing about training fasted [16:00] Why Nick fasts [19:00] What surprised Kris about his experience with fasting [22:00] Nick’s definition of “controlled fasting” [23:00] Supplements to take when fasting [27:00] How to break your fast [37:00] Benefits of fasting [47:00] Best way to get lean and stay lean all year round [54:00] Featured Guest: Nick Holt Instagram Related Links/Products Mentioned The Fasting Plan The Warrior Diet Grove and Vine Kaged Muscle PreKaged (preworkout) Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

“Every day things are a challenge. Fitting into clothes. I have two wardrobes, one for off-season and one for on-season. Going up the stairs is hard. It’s like walking around with a 40-50lb backpack all day long.” - Fouad Abiad Tune in to this week’s episode of the Knowledge and Mileage Podcast to get a peek into the life of IFBB Pro Fouad Abiad. Nicknamed “Hoss,” Fouad Abiad is one of the biggest IFBB pros pound-per-pound on the circuit, weighing a powerful 290 lb on a 5’9” frame. A former Canadian National Champion (2006), the Toronto-based Abiad has a no-nonsense approach to the sport, summed up by his motto: “sacrifice without regret.” Time Stamps Biggest challenges to being so big [1:20] Is the bodybuilding lifestyle healthy or not? [3:08] Fouad’s life before bodybuilding [5:14] When Fouad decided he wanted to pursue bodybuilding full time [11:00] #dyingbreed: where that came from and what that means [19:00] How Fouad stays motivated [33:00] How Fouad’s social life has changed [48:00] The last time Fouad flew Economy [49:17] Fouad’s goals for 2019 [52:00] Featured Guest: Fouad Abiad Email Website Instagram Twitter Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

On this episode of Knowledge and Mileage, Kris is talking to Ann Louise Gittleman, the Queen of Nutrition. Since the early 90’s Ann Louise has been breaking ground in traditional and holistic health. She is a pioneer in the fields of diet, detox, and environmental issues. Ann Louise is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books on health and nutrition including diet, detox, women’s health, men’s health, perimenopause, menopause, beauty and the environment. Her most recent book Radical Metabolism is what caught Kris’s attention. Tune in to learn about Ann Louise’s daily detox routine, the connection between metabolism and bile, the importance of cookware and why you need to “cast away your cast iron”, the importance of apple cider vinegar, how you need to protect yourself from radiation, and many more of her biohacks. Featured Guest: Ann Louise Gittleman Website Facebook Related Links/Products Mentioned Oura Ring Omega 6 fat sources: hemp seeds, sesame seeds, evening primrose oil, blackcurrant seed oil, borage oil, and pine nut oil Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

For most people, the holidays are one big justification to indulge and overeat. With so many sweets and goodies to go around, how could you say no? Well you can. Don’t let the holidays make you weak. Don’t let the holidays take away every good habit you’ve worked to build this whole year. Use the holidays as a time to strengthen your resolve and hit the ground running for the new year. There is nothing wrong with having a few treats or drinks, but you want to avoid the vicious circle we tend to fall in when we over do it. In this episode, Kris goes over his main strategies to stay healthy this holiday season and the best things you can do to damage control those impulses. Time Stamps Acknowledge your weaknesses [9:00] Detail how you propose to handle those weaknesses [11:00] Encourage your friends and family to be active [15:00] Write out a day of activity [17:00] Eat before you go to the grocery store [20:00] Research the adverse affects of sugar [22:00] Don’t buy more food than you need [23:00] Remove bad food from your cupboards [24:00] If you’re staying with family, write a list of the foods they have in their cupboards that entice you [25:00] Fill up on fiber and fluids [26:00] Related Links/Products Mentioned Hydracharge Amino Synergy Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin

Kris decides to explore the topic of “softness” in this episode of the Knowledge and Mileage. He feels like the world we live in is more sensitive than ever before and he wants to know why. He asked Sunshine, his millennial girlfriend, to join him on this show to discuss the rational behind this movement. Take a seat. Things are going to get interesting. Time Stamps Unlike 20 years ago, the world we live in is more sensitive than ever before. [3:30] The generation gap has gotten bigger and older generations are finding it harder to relate to the younger generations [5:00] This podcast was inspired by the recent drama with Serena Williams being named “woman” of the year on GQ’s cover [6:00] A millennial’s view on why things are the way the are now [8:30] A small debate on cultural appropriation* [11:00] When is it ok to dress up as other cultures? [11:48] Consequences of letting emotion drive decisions vs rational thought [19:00] People have become more sensitive across the board. People say they can’t do certain things because of the weather. It’s too hot, too cold, too wet, too nice. [25:00] How do we navigate this ever changing generation? [30:00] *Cultural appropriation is “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary. Featured Guest: Sunshine Instagram Twitter Related Links/Products Mentioned Get 20% off MassZymes Serena Williams named GQ Woman of the Year -- but cover sparks controversy - CNN article The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure Episode Sponsor BiOptimizers Nutrition: BiOptimizers help you improve your performance from the inside out. Use the coupon code KRIS20 upon checkout and get 20% off all of their products. Connect with Kris Instagram: @krisgethin