The Over 50 Health & Wellness Podcast

Send us a textHere’s a question for you – how much do you know about CBD? There seems to be so much hype around CBD right now. CBD is being touted as a miracle that will cure whatever ails you. And savvy marketers are certainly looking to cash in on the CBD craze. But what does that mean for you and me? Is this stuff actually good for us? Can we trust the seemingly never-ending stream of CBD products hitting the market? Well, buckle up, because we're about to find out.My guest today is going to guide us through the CBD wilderness and help us sort fact from fiction. So lace up your hiking boots and join me as we head out to explore the fascinating world of CBD and it’s potential to assist us on our journey of healthy aging.Ret co-founded the company Ned to help people feel better and live better by creating natural remedies to serve as a holistic first line of defense against common ailments. Ret stumbled into CBD as a natural remedy early on and spent years searching for the perfect product. Join us today as we de-mystify this ancient medicine and have an honest conversation about what the hemp plant can – and can’t – do for our health and wellbeing.We discussed the following resources during this episode:Website - https://helloned.com/Use coupon code “silveredge” at checkout for 15% off all products.Instagram @nedChris Ford Nutritionhttps://aeternushealth.com/Insta - @aeternushealth Silver Edge free guides – https://silveredgefitness.com/free/Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/3172506236368032Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textHere’s a question for you – why do we get fat? As Americans we’ve gotten heavier over the past century, and disease rates have skyrocketed. There have been many theories: We’re eating too much fat. Too many carbs. An excess of sugar. Is it our lifestyle or our diet that’s to blame?Or could there be a single common cause that explains the sharp increase in not only obesity, but conditions as disparate as heart disease, cancer, and dementia? My guest today reveals the surprising science behind why we gain weight and how we can prevent – and reverse – it.My guest today is Dr. Richard Johnson. Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado and is a clinician, educator, and researcher. For more than 20 years, he has led research on the cause of obesity and diabetes, with especial interest in the role of sugar (especially fructose). His research has been highly cited, published in top medical journals, and supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. He is the author of The Sugar Fix and The Fat Switch. His latest work is a book titled: Nature Wants Us To Be Fat and contains state-of-the art discoveries on the cause of obesity potential cures.Join us today as Dr. Johnson takes us on the fascinating journey of research and discovery as he explains why nature wants us to be fat, as well as how we can prevent – and reverse – obesity.You can connect with Dr. Johnson in the following ways:Website - https://drrichardjohnson.com/Instagram - @drrichardjjohnsonBook – Nature Wants Us to Be Fat by Dr. Richard Johnson - https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Wants-Fat-Prevent-Reverse/dp/1637740344/ Join the Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint private Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/3172506236368032 Find more free resources at www.silveredgefree.com! Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textImagine this, you’re in your thirties, you’re a single mom with three kids, and you start experiencing pain and fatigue – more than the normal amount one would expect in these trying circumstances. So you go to the doctor and get diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and your told that there’s nothing you can do to reverse the process – the best the doctors can do is give you medication to help alleviate some to the symptoms. And your outlook is grim – the doctor has told you that you’ll continue to decline, that your pain, discomfort, and exhaustion will inevitably get worse. And since the doctors are the experts, you accept this prognosis, and for the next decade your condition deteriorates, and you end up accumulating 10 different medications to try and alleviate some of the symptoms. And you’re only in your forties. Things are looking grim – very grim. Is there any hope for some return to normalcy? My guest today says absolutely yes - you can take control of your symptoms and turn your life around.My guest today is Julie Michelsen. Julie is a best-selling author, international speaker, a national board-certified functional medicine health coach. She is passionate about helping men and women who are struggling with inflammation take back control of their symptoms to recover their energy, focus and vitality. Join us this week as Julie shares her own journey of healing herself as well as her top tips on how to reverse the effects of rheumatoid arthritis so you can reclaim your health and your life.You can connect with Julie in the following ways:Website – https://juliemichelson.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/juliemichelsoncoachingInstagram - @julie.michelsonPodcast Inspired Living with Autoimmunity - https://inspiredliving.show/Email – media@juliemishelson.com Environmental Working Group Website - https://www.ewg.org/Dry Farm Wines Website - https://www.dryfarmwines.com/Think Dirty - https://www.thinkdirtydirty.com/ Sponsor InfoLiving Libations - https://livinglibations.com/Use coupon code “silveredge” at check out for 10% savings Join the Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint private Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/3172506236368032Find more free resources at www.silveredgefree.com! Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textLet me ask you something. How many hours of sleep did you get last night? If you're like most people, the answer is probably not enough. And if that's the case, don't worry – you're not alone. According to the National Sleep Foundation, over one-third of American adults report getting less than seven hours of sleep per night. We've all heard that getting a good night's sleep is essential for our health and well-being, but what does that actually mean? And how can we make sure we're getting the best sleep possible?My guest today is Dr. Amir Reuveny. Amir is the CEO of Wesper – a technology company that brings clinical grade sleep measurement and interpretation technology to consumers like you. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Information Systems and is passionate about making better sleep more accessible for everyone.Join us this week as Amir shares his top do’s and don’ts for getting restful sleep, and how we can can leverage clinical grade technology to detect and correct our sleeping problems.You can learn more about Wesper here: Wesper Website - https://wesper.co/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WesperHealthInstagram - @wesperhealthEmail - hello@wesper.coYou can follow along with my experience with Wesper at the Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint Private Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/3172506236368032 Sponsor InfoWebsite – https://www.energybits.com/Vitality Bits – https://www.energybits.com/vitalitybits.htm*Make sure you use coupon code “silveredge” at checkout for 20% off your order.Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textLet me ask you a question – are you tired of dieting? Are you frustrated with your lack of progress, no matter how hard you seem to try? Well, maybe it's time to stop the diet madness and start living a life that you truly love. Forget about weight loss for a minute, and focus on creating a life that is enjoyable and fulfilling – a life that brings you real, meaningful joy. My guest today says that when you do that, the weight will lose itself.My guest today is Camille Martin. Camille is a registered dietitian, health blogger, and senior technical editor for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She is also a former chronic dieter who wasted nearly 25 years of her life dieting. When she finally quit dieting and started setting and achieving more meaningful goals, she lost weight without trying. She also made powerful connections between our obsession to lose weight and the cultural conditioning that keeps us locked in a prison of silence, shame, and limitation. In her book, Love To Lose: Love Your Life and Watch the Weight Lose Itself, she uses what she learned on her own weight-loss journey to help others stop wasting their lives on a diet, embrace everything about themselves, achieve what they’re truly capable of − and lose weight in the process. Below is Camille’s contact information as well as links to the references she mentioned in this episode:Website – www.camillemartinrd.comInstagram – @camille_martin_rdFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/camillemartinrdYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBqLdQNIiM_-ieGN48LuwXgBook – The Power of Habit by James Duhigg - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/081298160XBook – Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://jamesclear.com/Free Guide – Set Up Your Kitchen for Weight Loss Success – https://camillemartinrd.com/kitchen-guide/ Sponsor InformationLiving Libations - https://livinglibations.com/Use coupon code “silveredge” at checkout to save 10% on your order. Silver Edge InformationPrivate Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/3172506236368032Additional Free Resources – www.silveredgefree.comWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

The podcast discusses how to identify and fix a broken metabolism, as well as addressing knee pain during squats for individuals over 50. It provides strategies like improving hydration, protein intake, stress management, and sleep habits. It also emphasizes the significance of strength training and daily activity for boosting metabolism. The chapter 'Fixing Knee Pain While Squatting' offers guidance on foam rolling, rehabilitation exercises, and the optimal squat stance to prevent knee pain.

Send us a textDiets have gotten a bad rap recently. And it’s easy to see why. Research shows that the vast majority of dieters who lose weight gain it all back within 12 months, and sometimes with a little extra as an added bonus. More people than ever before are overweight, and more people than ever before are going on diets. What’s going on here? That fact that Americans collectively lose millions of pounds every year would suggest that diets do in fact work. So why are we continually struggling with long term sustainable weight loss?What if diets aren’t addressing the real problem? Us humans are complex emotional creatures, and we eat for a wide variety of reasons. We eat when were hungry of course, but we also eat to celebrate holidays and special occasions, when we’re out with family and friends. But there’s a darker side to why we eat. Many of us unconsciously eat to numb painful emotions and feelings – we eat when we’re anxious, sad, depressed, and overwhelmed. Sand eating in this way ultimately brings on more pain, more feelings of shame, humiliation, and guilt – which feeds into a vicious downward spiral. And the best diet in the world isn’t going to address the root of this problem.My guest today is Tricia Nelson. Tricia is the internationally acclaimed author of the book “Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now” and is an emotional eating expert who has helped thousands of people heal their relationships with food. Join us this week as Tricia shares her personal journey of recognizing and overcoming her own emotional eating disorder, why dieting won’t help you overcome emotional eating, how to know if you are an emotional eater, and if so, what steps you can take to gain control of your life and your health.  You can connect with Tricia in the following ways:Website: https://www.healyourhunger.com/Heal You Hunger Podcast: https://www.healyourhunger.com/heal-your-hunger-2/Book Heal Your Hunger: 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1521101108/TedX Talk – Heal Your Hunger – What If Weight Loss Isn’t About Food? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSe2vaxXXMInstagram - @tricianelson_Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HealYourHungerFB Group Secret Sauce to End Emotional Eating - https://www.facebook.com/groups/secretsaucetoendemotionaleatingAre you and emotional eater quiz - https://www.healyourhunger.com/are-you-an-emotional-eater-or-food-addict/ Sponsor Info:Living Libations – https://livinglibations.com/Use coupon code SILVEREDGE at checkout for 10% off your order!More free resources over at www.silveredgefree.comWant to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textI must admit, I’m a sucker for a good transformation story. I never get tired of hearing how people face great challenges and overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. There’s just something about stories of facing hardship – of real-life struggles – and coming out the other end a better person. And today’s guest is a perfect example of this. He had an active and athletic background – he was the captain of his high school football team – but somewhere in midlife his health took a turn for the worse. He was married, had five kids, a high-pressure job, and he put self-care on the back burner. He was no longer active and was eating what many stressed out parents eat – which is quick and easy – but very unhealthy – meals. And he grew heavier and unhealthier. He stopped weighing himself after he hit 315 pounds. Things were bad, and about to get much worse. He was diagnosed with cancer. But – because this is a transformation story – this tale has a happy ending.My guest today is Michael Martz. Michael is a personal trainer and fitness coach who specializes in helping men and women over 40 reach their fitness goals and lead a healthy life. Join us as Michael shares his amazing personal transformation story as well as his thoughts and tips on strong healthy aging! You can connect with Michael here:Website - https://www.martzfitness.com/Instagram - @martzfitnessFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/MARTZFitnessEmail – martzfit50@gmail.comSponsor Information – Energy BitsWhat the heck is an “energy bit?” Bits are tiny “bits of nutrition” made purely of algae, a sustainable whole food crop endorsed by NASA and United Nations as the most nutritionally dense food in the world. Scientific studies have shown that algae’s nutrients improve immune health, gut health, energy, longevity, nutrition and beauty. Swallow or chew a few algae tablets to flood your body with pure, toxin-free nutrition, protein and nutrients you simply can’t get from any other food or supplement.Main website - https://www.energybits.com/Vitality Bits (50/50 Spirulina/chlorella) - https://www.energybits.com/vitalitybits.htmlUse coupon code “silveredge” to save 20% off your order!Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textIn this week’s episode of the Coach’s Corner, I start out by announcing my new Facebook group – the Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint - and inviting you to join.  Then I take on the delicate subject of the “healthy at any size movement,” and conclude with a brief discussion of the importance of maintaining a healthy skin microbiome.  The links to all the resources we discussed in this episode are below:Over 50 Lean Body Blueprint Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/3172506236368032Instagram – @thesilver_edgePersonal Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/kevin.english.1675275/Self Magazine “Future of Fitness” Issue - SELF's Future of Fitness Issue | SELFLiving Libations Website - https://livinglibations.com/Remember to use coupon code “silveredge” at checkout to save 10% off your order!Nadine Artemis Podcast Episode - https://silveredgefitness.com/episode56/ Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness

Send us a textWe live in society that rewards having. Having a nice house, a fancy car, an important job title, a college degree, a fit body. And there’s nothing wrong with any of those things. I have or have had all those things. But where we run into trouble is when we allow having these things to define who we are. In other words - when our internal value is derived from having these external things. We feel we need to have these things in order to be worthy – to be enough. So we often do – or act – from a place of unworthiness in order to get these things so that we – and others – will consider us to be worthy. But what if we flip that script? What if we start from a place of being worthy – of being enough, and THEN do the work for the things we desire from a place of self-compassion. What if you, as a spiritual entity, already are – and always have been – enough?My guest today is Andy Petranek. Andy has a fascinating story. He was a musical prodigy as a child, then went on to join the Marines, ran eco-challenges and eventually became a Red Bull sponsored adventure racing athlete, was a CrossFit Games athlete, opened and one of the most successful CrossFit gyms in the world, and co-founded the Whole Life Challenge. He was on top of the world – he had accomplished so much. But all of that came suddenly and unexpectantly crashing down when he became paralyzed by anxiety and severe panic attacks. What happened? How did this former Marine, CrossFit Athlete, sponsored adventure racer end up here? While that’s a fascinating part of this story – it’s not near as compelling as what came next.Join us this week as Andy shares his incredible story – his rise and his fall – and how he rebuilt and reimagined himself to become a professional life, leadership, and performance coach who helps people create greater levels of confidence, joy, fulfillment, and meaning in their lives. You can connect with Andy here:Website – https://andypetranek.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andypetranekInstagram - @andypetranekYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkUBgg0MjjwdqSZ49SzMmgPHFtSEnqHbdWe discussed the following during this episode:Whole Life Challenge Website – https://www.wholelifechallenge.com/Whole Life Challenge YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/WholeLifeChallengeWW/featuredCarolyn Freyer-Jones - https://carolynfreyerjones.com/Want to rewrite the narrative of your life and health? Visit the link below to see if our 1:1 coaching services are a perfect fit for your long term goals: https://go.silveredgefitness.com/schedule/coaching-inquiry Want more over 50 health and wellness goodness? Check out our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silveredgefitness