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Disease pressure is back in the dairy market conversation. New World screwworm has moved into the U.S. Avian flu is still lingering in dairy herds. Foot-and-mouth disease is also back in the conversation after a recent Dutton Ranch storyline raised questions about what an outbreak would mean for U.S. cattle and dairy. So, we got together the experts and asked: is U.S. dairy ready? Listen to the episode. Listen here. Also available on: Amazon Music Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube In this episode: In The Milk Check episode 101, host Ted Jacoby III is joined by Jamie Jonker, chief science officer and vice president of sustainability and scientific affairs for the National Milk Producers Federation, and Sarina Sharp, market analyst for the Daily Dairy Report and Risk Manager at Ag Business Solutions. We break down what these disease risks mean for dairy cattle, milk production, farm-level disruption and market economics. We cover: How screwworm could disrupt individual dairy farms Why the closed border with Mexico is changing feeder cattle flows, beef prices and dairy farm economics Where avian flu stands today, and why current cases are not affecting dairy like they did in 2024 Why foot-and-mouth disease remains a low-risk, high-consequence threat for U.S. livestock Get up to speed on what animal health risks mean for milk production, dairy markets and farm-level decision-making Listen to The Milk Check episode 101: Screwworm, Bird Flu and Foot-and-Mouth Disease: Is U.S. Dairy Ready? Got questions: We'd love to hear them. Submit below, and we might answer it on the show. Ask The Milk Check TMC-Intro-final Ted Jacoby III: Coming up on the Milk Check. Sarina Sharp: The border is shut, and it doesn’t look like it will open anytime soon, so we just have this vacuum of Mexican beef cattle. Ted Jacoby III: Welcome to the Milk Check from T.C. Jacoby & Co., your complete guide to dairy markets, from the milking parlor to the supermarket shelf. I’m Ted Jacoby. Let’s dive in. Ted Jacoby III: Today we are excited to have two special guests. First, we have Jamie Jonker, chief science officer and vice president of sustainability and scientific affairs for the National Milk Producers Association, And second, we have Serena Sharp, the excellent market analyst who does our weekly market report. Serena, Jamie, thanks for joining us today. We’re excited to have you. Jamie Jonker: Thank you for having me here. I think we’re gonna have a number of things that are quite timely to talk about today. Sarina Sharp: Thanks for having me again. Ted Jacoby III: In addition to those two, we have some of our usual suspects. We have Mike Brown, our VP of dairy market intelligence. We have Jacob Menge, our VP of trading strategy and risk management. We have my brother Gus, president of the dairy fluid group. We have Josh White, our VP of dairy ingredients. And we have Tristan Suellentrop on our sales and marketing team, and Manuel Polzer, who is part of Jake’s risk management team. Guys, thanks for joining us today. So the topic we’re gonna be discussing today, there are three different diseases that have been gaining news in terms of how it might be affecting milk production and dairy cows. The first would be screwworm which has come across the border from Mexico, the second is avian flu is back. And of course, the third is Dutton Ranch recently had an episode that talked about foot-and-mouth disease on their cattle farm in Texas. And so of course, we’re getting questions about that. But we’ll start with the one that’s probably getting the most attention, and that is screwworm coming across the border from Mexico. It is now in Texas, and it is in New Mexico. Jamie, why don’t you just give us a brief background on what is screwworm, and how does it affect dairy cattle versus beef cattle? Jamie Jonker: Yeah. Great question, Ted. New World screwworm is a fly that, lays its eggs in mammals. It was eradicated from the U.S. in the mid-1960s, and by 2002, it was eradicated all the way down to what’s called the Darien Gap in Panama. That is a forested area about 50 miles wide, where there are no official roads going through it. And so that was really great news about the many decades process to get it down there. What’s happened is starting in ’23, it started creeping back up through Central America through the movement of people and people moving with their animals. Got into Mexico in ’24. Started really taking off in Mexico in ’25, and then just this past June 3rd, we had our first official case in Texas. Today there are 27 confirmed cases in the U.S. 25 in Texas. Out of those about 16 are cattle, most of those are calves castrated males. There is at least one adult cattle in that. So far, all of those are beef cattle. What happens is the New World screwworm fly lays its eggs in any open wound. And when we think about a wound, I want people to understand that can be as small as a tick bite, so it doesn’t have to be a large gash on an animal. It’s very tiny. And what is very unique about the New World screwworm larvae, and also quite devastating, is that the larvae eat live tissue of the So when the eggs start hatching, and the female lays 200 to 300, it very quickly becomes an animal health and welfare issue for that individual animal. Unlike viral and bacterial diseases though, this is not directly transmissible from one animal to another. Obviously, as the larvae mature and become flies of their own, then they can continue to spread it in that area. But unlike what we’ll talk about in a little bit, the H5N1, which was highly transmissible between cows in an individual herd, this does not necessarily transmit from animal to animal. It’s when the larvae become flies, mate, and then the next generation can lay eggs in new animals So, what happens when it gets into these animals, in particular, newborn calves are highly susceptible because of the open umbilical area, they get in there, and, if left untreated, the mortality in newborn calves can approach fifty percent. However, highly recoverable if caught early and treated. Out of those twenty-seven animals, so far that have been identified at least one actually has been euthanized because that was the right decision for that animal. Where we are today, no dairy cattle so far as of June twenty-ninth when this is being recorded. But it is growing in terms of the geography where they’re finding domestic animals in Texas that have it. It’s a growing potential risk for dairy farmers that are in the Southwest. Ted Jacoby III: Jamie, sticking with beef cattle, does the beef industry handle infected cattle with screwworm right now? Jamie Jonker: Animals that have an infestation, essentially you have to clean out the larvae, then you treat the wounds. The other thing that you do is you wanna make sure that you do prevention treatment to prevent infestation from happening in other animals. Because once you have one animal infested, there’s likely a reproducing fly population there, and so there’s a higher risk for other animals in that location. There’s a number of products that are approved for prevention purposes. And they have withdrawal times, ranging, on the beef side, withdrawal times, thirty-plus days in some cases. Some of those products are also approved for use in dairy cattle. There’s a distinction that FDA does through its emergency use authorization and conditional approval processes that typically breaks between growing cattle and lactating cattle. For FDA purposes, lactating dairy cattle are twenty months of age or older, even if they’re not lactating. There’s only one product that’s approved for prevention in lactating dairy cattle at this point in time. That’s DECTOMAX. It’s an injectable product that has a nineteen and a half day milk withdrawal period and a thirty-plus day meat withdrawal period. Ted Jacoby III: Once these cows are infected and then treated, if it’s beef cattle, for at least 30 days they couldn’t be sold to a slaughterhouse, correct? Jamie Jonker: That’s correct. And we want to encourage folks to work with their veterinarian and only use those products that have been approved through the FDA processes. Because if you’re using other products, the withdrawal period is unknown; you’re setting yourself up to potentially have a residue issue. Ted Jacoby III: And how is National Milk right now working with dairy farmers in the United States to prepare for the possibility that we will have a infected dairy cow in the U.S.? Jamie Jonker: We are pulling together resources. We actually have a resource page on our nmpf.org website. And there’s a big pop-up right, right on top for New World screwworm resources for dairy farmers. We have some of our own resources. Obviously, there are lots of people putting together really great resources. We don’t need to recreate things that are done well, so we have links to other resources. We’re also keeping a keen eye on what’s happening as we get new detections in Texas, and potentially as the summer goes on, potentially in other states as well, and working with USDA, Texas Animal Health Commission, and others on keeping preparedness top of mind. Ted Jacoby III: It sounds like if you have a cow infected with screwworm, it’s reportable, and so the U.S.DA is keeping a register of where all the cows are that have been infected. Is that true for dairy as well? Jamie Jonker: Yes. If A dairy animal is found to have an infestation , the first thing we recommend, if you see something that you think might be New World screwworm in any of your dairy animals, contact your veterinarian. Because what we wanna have is an official sample taken so that they can determine whether or not it truly is New World screwworm, because some of these larvae and some of these flies, they look pretty similar, and you just can’t tell by a quick glance at them. But we get that official determination from USDA. What that does is that triggers a response, and that response is important because it’s the response to that individual animal, it’s a response to help mitigate the risk of spread on that farm and spread in that area. And when you have one or more animals that are found to have an infestation, a 20-kilometer zone is set up around them. That’s called the infested zone. There’s strict requirements on the ability for moving animals out of that zone. Then beyond that is another 20-kilometer surveillance zone. And the Texas Animal Health Commission has a great map that shows the zones in Texas, and as they’ve had an increasing number of domestic animals found to have infestations, some of those areas are starting to merge into a pretty large geography there close to the border. Ted Jacoby III: Is my understanding correct that if a beef cattle were to get infected within a 20-mile radius of a dairy farm, you couldn’t move the cattle out of that dairy farm either? Jamie Jonker: You would be able to move the animals, but you have to move them under permit. There’s inspection of the animals to ensure that they don’t have any infestations. Depending upon where they’re moving, there could be requirements for prevention treatment. That’s not necessarily that it happens 100% of the time. If they’re moving within the state of Texas, there might be requirements that are different than if the animals are moving, say, from Texas to elsewhere. And we certainly know that a lot of dairy animals spend part of their life in Texas and move elsewhere. We saw that starting in March of 2024 with the H5N1. Ted Jacoby III: So Jamie, is there a protocol set up for exactly how the milk from a dairy cow that would be infected with screwworm is handled, and how that herd would be managed if that were to happen, and what is that protocol? Jamie Jonker: Yeah, so if you have a dairy animal that is infested, you wanna get that animal isolated. You wanna have that wound where the larvae are cleaned out and then treated. There are a couple of additional products that are approved for lactating dairy cattle for treatment of the infestation itself, so Dectomax is the only one approved for prevention purposes. There’s a topical spray and a topical gel that are approved for an animal that has an infestation. You clean it out, you treat it with that, you isolate them and then, if you’re not doing additional treatments of animals in the herd, if the determination is you’ve got an isolated case and you don’t need to do a broader prevention process, that milk from all those other animals continues to flow. You wanna make sure that you’re not incidentally transferring flies in the cab of the milk truck because that is one way that you can move these flies quite a long distance by just accidentally trapping them in your vehicle. But unless the requirement is to do a broader prevention treatment in the herd, any animal that is not treated with an animal health product, its milk is perfectly sellable, so long as they’re continuing to meet the having no residues from other antibiotics. Ted Jacoby III: So, to be clear, milk from a cow that might be infected with screwworm, the milk itself is still absolutely fine and healthy unless You’re treating the cow with a medicine to get rid of the screwworm. Jamie Jonker: An infestation is an animal health and welfare issue. It’s not a food safety issue for meat or milk. Ted Jacoby III: Do you anticipate that we are going to have issues with screwworm in dairy cattle soon? Jamie Jonker: Soon is difficult to define. I would say that we have an elevated risk that it will occur at some point in time on a facility with dairy animals, a commercial dairy facility. And I say that because New World screwworm grows well in temperatures like we’re experiencing throughout a lot of parts of the U.S. right now. It’s very cold intolerant, and if you get three or four days at twenty degrees Fahrenheit, that kills most of the flies, so that’s great. But we are just at the end of June, so we have many months yet with temperatures that are very conducive for the flies to be active. And I think the other thing is that as we look at a growing geography in Texas of where we are finding screwworm infestations in domesticated livestock we probably don’t have enough New World screwworm sterile flies being produced today to respond to that. That is why USDA has worked with Mexico in renovating a fruit fly production facility there to produce New World screwworm sterile flies. I believe it was just announced late last week. That facility is up and running and at full production capacity probably towards the end of the year. That’s another hundred million flies to complement the hundred million that are being produced at the facility in Panama. And then there was, in April of this year, the announcement of a domestic plant being built on a military base in Edinburg, Texas. The target date for that is to be November of next year to produce three hundred million flies once it’s fully operational . You’ve heard Secretary Rollins discuss they are looking at ways to move that timeline faster. But I think when you consider we started off with a hundred million in Panama, we’re gonna be another hundred million sterile flies in Mexico by the end of the year, and then another three hundred million in Texas when that is up and running. That’s a realization that this is gonna be a multi-year process, and that it’s unlikely that it’s just gonna stay in a geography near the border. So, long way of saying, yes, I think it’s probably a matter of when it gets to a dairy facility and not if. Ted Jacoby III: Serena, do you think screwworm, if and when it starts to affect dairy cows, is going to materially affect milk production in the U.S.? Sarina Sharp: I guess it depends how widespread it is, but I generally don’t think so. I think that it’s gonna be a huge headache at the very least for an individual dairy producer who has to deal with it and for his livestock. But it’s not gonna be material in terms of how many dairies in the U.S. it’s likely to impact. And especially, if you look at where the beef cattle are and the typical temperatures in those areas versus where dairy cattle are in the United States, three days of cold is very common in a lot of dairy areas. And then thirdly, a lot of the beef cattle that have it now are in ranch country. They’re not in an operation where the cattle grower is hands-on, up close with these animals every single day. And on a dairy, that’s not the case. When you are milking cows every day, and bottle-feeding calves, and checking on your heifers, that’s a very hour-to-hour interaction with your livestock, and so it’s a lot easier to contain an infestation in that environment than it is on this vast ranch country with scrub brush in the southern plains. Ted Jacoby III: That makes a lot of sense ’cause you can go days without inspecting beef cattle, but you rarely go hours without inspecting a dairy cow. Sarina Sharp: Yeah. So, when I look at the market impact of screwworm on the dairy industry, I’m not focused on milk production at this point at all. I’m looking at its impact on beef prices and how that changes economics on the dairy farm Ted Jacoby III: How do you think it’s gonna change beef prices? Sarina Sharp: It has already changed beef prices because the United States closed the border with Mexico to live mammal imports. And so, the primary way that’s impacted us is we typically take hundreds of thousands and slightly over a million Mexican feeder cattle. So, that’s young beef livestock from Mexico into the United States, feed and finish them in the United States, and then they help increase our beef cattle supplies. That border has been shut for quite a while now, and for the first months of this screwworm infestation in Mexico, when it was not in the United States and not in northern Mexico, then there was a constant hope, “All right, they’ll get this under control, and we’ll reopen the border, and those feeder cattle imports, we’ll be able to bring them in again.” The border is shut, and it doesn’t look like it will open anytime soon, so we just have this vacuum of Mexican beef cattle. That means that the U.S. dairy industry is positioned to continue to supply beef crossbred calves to the beef cattle industry. That’s beef on dairy calves. At times when we have extra heifers, which is not right now, we’ll just place true dairy animals in feedlots. The price might incentivize us to consider that, although right now they’re so valuable as dairy animals, that’s not happening, at least not at scale. And then, it impacts the dairy cull cow price as well. So, I was talking to a producer last week who sold one full truckload of dairy cull cows at an average price of $3,500 per animal. That’s just an unheard-of price in the past, and it is really adding up to a lot for dairy producers’ bottom lines. For several days here, we were looking at $15, $16 milk and $4.30 corn, and the math wasn’t working out, but when you add a beef crossbred calf check and a dairy cull cow check into that mix, things are looking a lot better when you talk to your banker. Ted Jacoby III: So, it sounds like to me that even though from a public relations standpoint this is going to be a bit of a headache and we have to make sure we get the word out of exactly how screwworm is affecting the dairy industry and how we have protocols in place and plans to make sure that it doesn’t affect the milk supply, for the dairy farmer from a cashflow perspective, at the end of the day it’s probably a positive. Sarina Sharp: It is a positive. I do want to stress that there’s no less beef in the world because of screwworm. What we’ve changed is where those animals are, and the longer that the border stays closed, the more resources that the Mexican cattle industry is gonna pour into facilities to finish the cattle that are staying there, and then also beef packing facilities so they can just process them right there. So we are not importing Mexican feeder cattle. We are importing Mexican beef. So, that’s a positive for dairy producers who are supplying young livestock. In the long run, it’s a negative for the U.S. beef industry who would love to raise those cattle here and process them here. And every day that we don’t is a day that Mexico is investing in not sending them here and sending us the finished beef. Ted Jacoby III: That makes a lot of sense. Jamie Jonker: I think the one thing I would add is I don’t think there’s gonna be a milk disruption issue. But at an individual farm level, it could be very disruptive. So nationally, you probably won’t really notice much, but at an individual farm level, depending on what happens, it could be very disruptive. In contrast to H5N1, which was really a big issue in so many different places. This is something that is gonna be at the individual farm level. Ted Jacoby III: Do dairy farmers have insurance for events like this? Sarina Sharp: So I know that with H5N1, you were able to file for some insurance protection related to your lost milk revenue, and you also registered that as an event for your dairy RP. I imagine that if you’re not gonna lose milk production at scale, that it’s not insurable Ted Jacoby III: That makes sense. ​ Ted Jacoby III: Everybody, we will be right back after these messages. Diego Carvallo: I’m Diego Carballo with T.C. Jacoby & Co.. T.C. Jacoby & Co. specializes in international dairy markets. For new customers that haven’t done business with Jacoby, I would tell them that we can provide them with many of the powders, dairy products that they consume, not only with the physical product, but we can also help them mitigate their risk. We know dairy. We know the main players. We know the main providers for the whole value chain. We are one of the strongest players in the U.S. market because we have contact all the way from the farmer moving the liquid milk all the way to the end users that buy the end products. I am Diego Carballo with T.C. Jacoby & Co., and we bring dairy to the world. Ted Jacoby III: Jamie, where are we at with avian flu? Is it affecting the dairy industry as badly this year as two years ago, and how do you expect it to play out this year? Jamie Jonker: It is not affecting the dairy sector like it was in 2024. In 2024, there were 917 dairy farms officially identified as having H5N1 on their farms, probably some more that were not officially listed. Last year, in ’25 was only 171, and so far this year, halfway through the year, only 64. So, we’re seeing a downward trend but what we are seeing here is some lingering issues with H5N1 on dairy farms this year. There have been two dairy farms in Texas, three in Utah, and the remaining fifty-nine are all in Idaho. And based upon my conversations with USDA for the farms where they have the genotyping done, these are all B3.13 strains (HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13) so far, so no new spillover events. It’s a circulating one. And they are all related to a lineage of B3.13 that are circulating in Idaho. And so, it’s still kinda hanging out there. When I look at it, it’s not gonna have the big impact on overall milk production. When I say big, I think when we looked at 2024, it’s probably about a 1% reduction in production. That’s not huge but not inconsequential. Unless there was movement of this to places where there hasn’t been virus before. And you can think about large production areas around the Midwest into the Northeast where there hasn’t been this virus before. And so, that’s the risk, is that this virus moves to places where we haven’t had it before. And that’s why I think it’s important that we do our best to see if we can eliminate this B3.13 strain entirely from the U.S. dairy cattle population because the only reason we picked up the three spillover events with the D1.1 strain is because we had the mandatory surveillance. Based upon my discussions with folks that some of those herds and veterinarians that are dealing with those herds, if you weren’t testing for it, you probably wouldn’t have known that you had an outbreak of bird flu in your cattle. Unlike this B3.13, which was just so devastating, most herds that got it, ten to twenty percent of their herd had very severe clinical symptoms . And, you could see starting in September of ’24 into January, February of ’25, what it did on milk production in California. California had over seven hundred dairy farms in those months that, that were impacted by it. Ted Jacoby III: So if I’m hearing you correctly, this strain is far milder than the strain that affected us in 2024, and as a result it’s unlikely to have a major effect on milk production. Jamie Jonker: This is the same strain as 2024 that has affected the vast majority of those dairy farms. But right now, it’s occurring In places where that strain has already probably impacted most of these dairy farms in some capacity. And so, when they’re getting it in their farms, they’re being picked up as part of the mandatory surveillance process. And they’re not getting that big outbreak in a two-week period where ten to twenty percent of the herd needs to be in a hospital. Ted Jacoby III: Is some of the reason why it’s having less of an effect because, like with human viruses over time, cows build up immunity to it and just don’t get as sick the second, third time they might get sick with the same virus? Jamie Jonker: That appears to be part of that process. In most of our farms, we’re turning over, a quarter to a third of our animals every year, so you have a new naive population coming in. And some of these farms, what they’re really experiencing are they’re just constantly bringing in new naive animals, and they get like a rolling infection. But you’re not having 10% to 20% of the herd all at once. Ted Jacoby III: Thanks, Jamie. Now let’s move on to the last subject we had: foot-and-mouth disease. Jamie, what is the status of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States today? Jamie Jonker: Hollywood likes to glamorize things and I’m happy to say it’s been nearly 100 years since we’ve had a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the U.S., and I sure hope that we don’t have one in my lifetime, it can be quite devastating. But no FMD in the U.S. since an outbreak in California in the late 1920s. And importantly, there’s a lot of work that’s being done on preparation in case of an outbreak . Back in the 2018 Farm Bill, dairy, beef and swine lobbied really hard to modernize our U.S. FMD vaccine bank. And there was a significant amount of new monies that were put into that, and that has been modernized. We have the secure food supply plans, including the secure milk supply and secure beef supply plans, and secure swine supply plans that are in place to help us deal with how we continue continuity of business if an outbreak occurs in the U.S. And ,so we’re much better planned today than we were even ten years ago. That being said, FMD is a risk. We see that it moves around a lot more than we would like it to in other areas of the world. And the example that I’m gonna give, there’s seven different serotypes of FMD, and a whole bunch of subtypes. There’s one called South African type. That is typically a Sub-Saharan African type and has been quite devastating in South Africa over these past two years. In 2023, they had an outbreak of SAT 1 Type 1 in the African horn that moved into Middle East in 2025 and through the end of 2025 into 2026, an SAT Type III actually broke out starting in Asia, moving into India and China. And although not officially listed, probably also into Russia. And so it’s moved into places where they routinely vaccinate for FMD but they don’t vaccinate for this serotype. And unfortunately, the vaccines that they use do not have cross protection for the SAT types, and so it’s been a really big issue in those areas. And it’s a demonstration of how quickly animal diseases can move these days. It’s very much on my radar and of concern to me about how quickly they move. Obviously, we have several oceans on both sides of us that help keep some things at bay. But boy, there’s a lot of flights that come into the U.S. from places where FMD is every day. And we have ships that are coming to container ports that come from those areas as well. It’s not a zero risk. I would say it’s a very low risk. But we wanna make sure we keep it on our radar that we continue to be prepared. It’s better to be prepared for something that doesn’t happen than be unprepared and have an outbreak . I have fire insurance on my house not because I want a fire to happen. I have it just in case, and I hope I never use it. Ted Jacoby III: Why do you think the U.S. has been so much more successful than, let’s say, Europe at staying FMD free? Jamie Jonker: I think part of it is that bit of geographic isolation. The vast majority of the Western Hemisphere is free of foot-and-mouth disease. There may be some in Venezuela, but their political issues over the past decade, their instability , their reporting of disease has been a bit spotty, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they still had a little bit circulating there . But everywhere else in South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay those places have all gotten rid of FMD, and they’ve done it through vaccination campaigns and culling. Essentially eliminating it from the Western Hemisphere, our risk is much lower than Europe, which has direct geographic connections to places where it’s endemic. Ted Jacoby III: That makes a lot of sense. Serena, I’ve got one last question for you. What is the thing that keeps you and your family’s farms what keeps you guys up at night in terms of a disease or an outbreak in the U.S.? Sarina Sharp: Foot-and-mouth disease would be terrible, but it doesn’t feel like that’s imminent. I think that another round of avian influenza feels much more likely to have a devastating impact on an individual dairy. It’s not something that’s keeping us up at night every night, but it is something that when you hear, “Yep, there’s 50-plus cases in Idaho,” it feels could happen right here, kind of no matter where in the US right here is. So I think that one is forefront of dairy producers’ minds. But I just don’t think that disease pressure is keeping dairy producers up at night in the way that it did in 2024 when it was a mysterious virus. We were trying to figure out how to treat it. We weren’t sure how it was spreading, and the impact on animal health was so severe. And it feels to me like how we treat the flu and, to a lesser extent, COVID today compared to how we did in 2020. I think that’s how dairy producers generally feel about disease pressure in general today. I don’t want myself or my kids to get COVID or the flu, and we sure don’t want avian influenza on any of our farms Ted Jacoby III: I’d have to agree with that sentiment. This is what I’ve heard today. I’ve heard that screwworm, we are well prepared to deal with it if it does get on a U.S. dairy, but in general, it’s not something we’re terribly worried about affecting milk production in the United States. Avian flu is something maybe we’re a little bit more worried about affecting milk production, but the strain that’s out there today is one that’s been out there before, and we seem pretty well prepared for it. And foot-and-mouth disease is not in the United States, and we’ve got a lot of protocols in place to really keep it at bay, and we’re in a pretty good place in terms of making sure that foot-and-mouth disease stays away from this country. Jamie, hey, thank you very much for joining us today. I really appreciate it. I learned a lot today, and thank you so much for your time. Jamie Jonker: Yeah. Thank you for having me. Ted Jacoby III: Thanks, guys. Thanks, Serena. Thanks, guys. Jamie Jonker: Thank you. Thank Sarah Olson: you, Serena. Jamie, thank Jamie Jonker: you. Yes, see you. Bye, guys. Ted Jacoby III: Coming up next time. Scott Briggs: Yeah, the US is really in a great position to drive global dairy markets over the next five to 10 years. Ted Jacoby III: Tune in next time when we have Scott Briggs from Bridgescape Commodities joining us, talking about milk production on the global scale and how the US is positioned to be competitive against the major global exporters moving forward

Stroke in children and younger adults differs significantly from adult stroke, with varied presentations and a broader range of underlying causes such as congenital heart disease and arteriopathies. This episode highlights key diagnostic considerations and evolving approaches to treatment in these younger populations. In this episode, Aaron L. Berkowitz, MD, PhD, FAAN, speaks with Thalia S. Field, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, coauthor of the article "Stroke in Children and Younger Adults" in the Continuum® June 2026 Cerebrovascular Disease issue. Dr. Berkowitz is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and a professor of neurology in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, in San Francisco, California. Dr. Field is a professor at the University of British Columbia and the Sauder Family Heart and Stroke Professor of Stroke Research, and a stroke neurologist at the Vancouver Stroke Program, Vancouver Coastal Health in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Additional Resources Read the article: Stroke in Children and Younger Adults Subscribe to Continuum®: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @AaronLBerkowitz Full episode transcript available here Dr Berkowitz: Most neurologists are used to evaluating and treating adults with stroke since it's one of the most common neurologic conditions. But stroke can also occur in children, in infants, and even in utero. Today, I have the privilege of interviewing Dr. Thalia Field to talk about pediatric stroke.  Dr Jones: This is Dr. Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. Be sure to visit the links in the episode notes for information about earning CME, subscribing to the journal, and exclusive access to interviews not featured on the podcast.  Dr Berkowitz: This is Dr. Aaron Berkowitz, and today I'm interviewing Dr. Thalia Field about her article on stroke in children and younger adults. This article appears in the June 2026 Continuum issue on cerebrovascular disease. Welcome to the podcast, Dr. Field, and could you please introduce yourself to our audience?  Dr Field: Well, thanks so much. It's a pleasure to, uh, be speaking to you. I'm a stroke neurologist, and I treat adults generally. My wonderful colleague, Thivya Selvanathan, who's a neonatal neurologist, co-wrote the chapter with me. We do, unfortunately, have to treat some children with stroke collaboratively and I do advise on those cases. My practice is about one-quarter clinical, so I treat patients with acute stroke, look after them on the wards, see patients in stroke prevention clinic, and the rest of my time is mainly research and some administrative work and teaching. I run the clinical trials program for the Vancouver Stroke Program, and I do research of my own, mainly focused on stroke in younger adults. We previously did a trial and registry on cerebral venous thrombosis, and more recently, I've been running a national study looking at brain health in adults and children with congenital heart disease.  Dr Berkowitz: Fantastic. Wow, that is a lot that you do, and we'll look forward to the results of some of those studies. So, when adults suffer a stroke, they typically present with sudden onset focal neurologic deficits, very common scenario we're consulted on.  And one thing you and your colleague talk about in the article is that strokes can present differently in infants and in young children. Can you talk a little bit about the differing clinical presentations of stroke in the youngest young as compared to our usual experience treating the older adults?  Dr Field: Sure. So, you know, speaking about this as someone who doesn't see the children directly but has had the opportunity to discuss these patients with my colleagues and, like we all do, learn about it during our training, I think one of the distinctions, especially with neonates, is that it's generally not a presentation with focal neurologic deficits. Often these babies will have seizures or encephalopathy as their main presentation, and sometimes we're only finding out after the fact if they're presenting with developmental delay or early preference for handedness and hypotonia, things like that. So, in very young children, that's a distinction. And in older children, there can be sudden onset deficits and, and unfortunately, sometimes these are mistaken for other conditions that are more common in children, like seizures. But sometimes you can have a more indolent course, say, with something like a focal cerebral arteriopathy or something like that. So, it depends on the scenario, but the big difference primarily is in neonates, as far as I understand.  Dr Berkowitz: Perfect. That's very helpful. So as an adult neurologist, when I think about causes of stroke or teach sort of the categories of causes of stroke to our residents and students, when we think about the evaluation of stroke, I divide them broadly into causes related to the heart, causes related to the blood vessels, and causes related to the blood with, in the adult world, the most common things, of course, being atrial fibrillation for the heart, atherosclerosis for the blood vessels, and then risk factors for atherosclerosis in the blood, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, very rarely picking up a hypercoagulable disorder in the blood column. And reading your article, it seems that, correct me if I'm wrong, stroke in young adults, stroke in the pediatric population can basically be organized into those same broad categories, heart, blood vessels, and blood, just that there's many more conditions on the differential diagnosis that you would consider in young adults to begin with and then children and then neonates as we get into the younger and younger population. So, I'd like to talk about each of these sort of buckets of etiology in turn and ask you about some of the causes we would consider in young adults and children in each of these, and then as they come up, probably ask you more questions about how frequently we find these sorts of things, how frequently they're the cause of stroke treatment, et cetera. So, let's start with the heart. As I said, in adults, we're mostly looking for rhythm disorders, right, atrial fibrillation. Sometimes we'll pick up a patent foramen ovale or PFO or other structural abnormalities, but mostly we're thinking about atrial fibrillation. But reading your paper, I was struck by the huge variety of conditions that you might be looking for in the heart in children or infants with stroke. So, can you tell us a little more about cardiac etiologies of stroke in the young?  Dr Field: Yeah. So, I'd say unlike in older adults, where it tends more often to be a rhythm disorder, in children and adults who are younger, it's primarily a structural cause, and congenital heart disease being the most common. And it changes a little bit from younger adults shifting downwards in age to younger children in terms of the fact that often if we're seeing an adult with stroke related to congenital heart disease, it can be a paradoxical embolism from a previously undiagnosed PFO. Not in all cases, but fortunately this is improving over time. You know, generally people with diagnoses of more severe congenital heart disease are followed up from childhood and people are aware of the diagnosis, and hopefully they're being managed and watched for things like premature arrhythmias or depressed heart function or other things that can develop and require their own distinct antithrombotic management, for example. In young children, however, more severe causes of congenital heart disease tend to more frequently be associated with stroke. And in many cases, those strokes can be early on in life or associated, say, with perioperative complications or other iatrogenic-related causes in, in that way. Again, congenital heart disease can be associated with stroke at, at any point in the life course. But as adult neurologists, most frequently we're seeing very simple lesions like PFO with large shunts, and in children, it tends to be the more complex causes of congenital heart disease.  Dr Berkowitz: Got it. So, let's move on to the blood vessels. Again, in adults, we're usually thinking about atherosclerotic disease, be that of the cervical arteries or of the intracranial arteries. But in your paper, a lot of discussion about the various vasculopathies, arteriopathies that can be cause of stroke in younger adults and in children. Could you talk a little bit more about some of the vasculopathies and vascular conditions that are causes of stroke in the younger population?  Dr Field: Sure. Before I do that, I will say that especially in older younger adults, particularly over the age of thirty-five, and you know, kind of makes me shudder that that's an older younger adult. But, um, in, in any case, certainly conventional vascular risk factors are more common in this population with stroke, especially in those who don't have PFO-associated stroke. Like conventional atherosclerosis, you know, certainly is a cause of stroke in younger adults. But that being said, certainly other vascular causes and vasculopathy in particular is a much more common cause of stroke in younger adults and, and children than it is in older adults. In particular, dissection is an extremely common cause of stroke in younger adults. Generally cervical artery dissection from non-inflammatory vasculopathy, usually on, sometimes on the FMD fibromuscular dysplasia spectrum and, and sometimes, you know, provoked by minor trauma or something post-infectious that may make the vessels a little bit more susceptible. And in younger children, this inflammatory focal cerebral arteriopathy is a distinct cause that is a common cause of stroke in, in young children. There are other causes that can affect the blood vessels, you know, rarer things like vasculitis and vasculopathies that can develop in the context, say, of sickle cell anemia. But in general, as a bucket, vessels are still very important, but the pathology tends to shift.  Dr Berkowitz: Got it. And you, um, alluded to a point that I wanted to ask you about. You mentioned the sort of, there's stroke in the young, and then where do you draw the line at young? Less than sixty, less than thirty-five, and then we've also talked about strokes as young as before the age of birth. Yeah, I'm remembering, is it the Helsinki study, one of the early large series of stroke in younger individuals? I think that, was it eighteen to forty-nine in that or fifty-nine? I don't remember the exact age, but being struck reading that paper as a resident and thinking about the workup for exotic causes we do, right, and when a young patient has a stroke. And correct me if I'm wrong, the most common etiologies of stroke in that series, and I'm curious the other large series yourself have been involved with, have still been vascular risk factors and arrhythmias and things that we, even common, quote unquote, common things in the young, such as dissection or hypercoagulable states. Uh, the things that we sort of tend to think about first are actually less common. But acknowledging that that paper has folks up to the late forties when the vascular risk factors may be, um, unfortunately kicking in earlier, uh, and earlier due to dietary and lifestyle factors. So is that true, or do you have sort of an age cutoff when it's, we say stroke in the young, people sort of think, "Oh, they'd work someone up differently if they're less than sixty, and they have no vascular risk factors or few vascular risk factors." When do we start getting into the kind of younger population where atherosclerosis and cardiac arrhythmias are not number one and two?  Dr Field: I'd say first of all, you and I must have trained around the same time because I was also in my training, really struck by the results of the Helsinki study going, "Wow, I, I really didn't know how much of a role these conventional vascular risk factors still play." And I think we're seeing that information reiterated, unfortunately, like even with higher prevalences and more attributable risk in some of the newer series. There are newer European series looking at stroke in younger adults, and more recently, there's been one that we mentioned in the article from the Florida Stroke Registry. And it's true that generally the burden is in the older younger adults. But what I would say overall in terms of kind of how things guide the workup, you need to look at the patient and consider things. I mean, obviously you don't want to miss things that can be treated differently and identified by tests easily. You know, things like ruling out syphilis or antiphospholipid antibody disease in, in younger patients. You really want to make sure that that's not something that, that you'd miss because, you know, obviously your treatment is going to change. However, certainly we start with the basics for stroke workup in any patient that's coming in. At my center, CT angiography. Some centers it may be MR angiography and echocardiography. We take a careful history. We look at the blood work. We look at the vascular risk factor burden. We find out if there's kind of any worrisome personal history, family history, look at their general health context. I think that really helps to guide how far we go in a particular workup, and it also helps to direct the other investigations and types of follow-up we need to do. For example, if a patient has a fairly suspicious story for dissection, let's say they're getting over a cold, and they went to the gym, and, you know, there was a sudden movement that they did that really produced headache and neck pain, and there's an obvious cervical artery dissection. I'm not going to go too far down testing them for rare infections and doing advanced cardiac imaging unless something shows up on their initial echo, for example. But I will make an effort to do more detailed vascular imaging of the rest of their body, find out careful family history. If there's additional manifestations of a non-inflammatory vasculopathy elsewhere, say consider sending them to medical genetics, or obviously, if this is, you know, a second event, your flags raise even more. So, it really depends on the patient. If I find out that there's, you know, a family history of premature cardiac disease and things like that, you know, obviously we're gonna be keeping a close eye on their cholesterol, making sure that we're not identifying, for example, familial hypercholesterolemia, which is, you know, something that comes up not infrequently where we'll see an LDL in an untreated patient of more than five. I apologize, you're gonna have to do the conversion to American units on that. But there are things we identify and, you know, again, you don't want to fall solely on heuristics and your preconceived notion of, of the patient. You do have to consider the results of the investigations that you do order. But I think you can certainly be mindful in terms of how you direct your workup and in turn, how you direct your follow-up.  Dr Berkowitz: That's great to hear your approach. Yeah, as you said, our approach always begins with the same, coming back to these three categories, right? Doing some type of structural imaging of the heart, rhythm monitoring for the heart, and then vascular imaging of the head and neck. And then I was going to ask you, and you sort of began to answer this question. Yeah. What's next and how far do you go? I think most people think the expanded stroke workup in the young is at a minimum, a TEE if there's been no signal thus far on the original workup. I just mentioned and you spoke about, and then probably hypercoagulable testing and only sending arterial side if there's no shunt and venous and arterial side if there's a shunt. Is that your second pass approach or did I miss anything, or are there other nuances there that are helpful to discuss?  Dr Field: No, I think that's generally in keeping with what I do. I think with TEE being very important. I mean, the first pass are arterial stuff. Really, it's antiphospholipid antibodies and, and making sure there's no cancer. Like you said, only if there's a shunt do I pursue other venous hypercoagulability testing. Again, you [chuckles] kind of reiterate, go through with the history, make sure there's kind of no red flags. And sometimes, obviously, you do your best reasonable job with the first pass workup, and you will find out when someone presents with a second event that it's something very unexpected. Maybe first manifestation, someone with no obvious history and very initially normal-looking imaging, say with, with CATASL or something like Fabry's disease or something where you would consider it if there was kind of a more classical picture. But it wouldn't be something you would do kind of on your first or even second pass workup in the absence of any sort of clinical suspicion, family history, or something along those lines.  Dr Berkowitz: I'm curious just as far as rough percentage. I feel like many of these patients we see it's a patient who's young and who's had a stroke, and the initial first pass has been unremarkable, and we do our TEE, and we do our hypercoagulable workup. Again, antiphospholipid antibodies only if it's-- there's no shunt. And if there's a shunt, adding on some of the venous hypercoagulability protein C, protein S, factor five, Leiden, et cetera. A lot of the times I feel like we don't find anything. What's your sort of general gestalt? Again, as a general neurologist who does a lot of inpatient neurology, I feel like when these cases come up, it's not that common that you say, "Oh, I actually diagnosed protein S deficiency." Or every once in a while, diagnose an antiphospholipid antibody, or you'll find a PFO on TEE. You didn't find on TT. I've maybe found one fibroelastoma in many years. How often do you find something? How often is it just as an adult a cryptogenic stroke in a young adult or child?  Dr Field: So much of what we see is PFO-related, dissection-related, conventional vascular risk factor-related. We do send referrals to medical genetics. Sometimes we'll do testing for rare things like Fabry's or consider other diagnoses. But I mean, those tend to be the exceptions. About one in four to one in five young adults with stroke end up with this cryptogenic label. I like to keep them on my radar for a few reasons. I think, one, it produces tremendous anxiety for them to not have a cause of stroke identified and just to kind of have a generic approach to secondary prevention. So, I think just to kind of keep an eye on them, manage their anxieties each year, make sure there's kind of no updates in, in terms of general secondary preventionAnd sometimes just things dawn on you later or there are new conditions, say things like, you know, DADA2, this, you know, adenosine deaminase deficiency. You know, there are new diagnoses that, that come on the radar. And sometimes treatments change. You know, for example, when I was starting my early career, the evidence hadn't yet been in place for PFO closure, and then all of a sudden, the paradigm completely changed. And you want to make sure that you can get in touch with those patients to reconsider your approach at the time. So I realize that not everybody has the luxury of extended follow-up with their patients, but I think often you can kind of encourage them or their healthcare team or just, you know, patient themselves to keep in touch periodically just to make sure that there haven't been any changes in treatment paradigms or just with your own awareness of particular, you know, diagnoses or, or just kind of readdressing the situation, uh, a year after and seeing if there's anything that may have occurred to you in the interim.  Dr Berkowitz: Perfect. Really illuminating to hear your approach to these challenging cases. And as you said here and then a couple of times, I think, in this interview is in many of these cases it's your first pass, maybe even your second pass, you haven't found anything. And the key is, unfortunately, as distressing as it may be for the patient as well as for us to not have an answer, to just keep following these patients. And sometimes you really can't sort it out until something else happens, either neurologically or systemically, where you say, "Oh, that's what this was." But there would've been no way to know it from the first presentation. So, we've talked a lot about the diagnosis of causes of stroke in younger adults and children. And in the last minute or two here, I just wanted to talk a little bit about treatment. You mentioned early on that you're involved in thrombectomy cases in children. What's the state of evidence or at least state of practice in terms of offering therapies like thrombolysis and thrombectomy in our patient population? I guess it would be under 18, right, who is not studied in the major trials. Do we have evidence and, or in the absence of evidence, what's sort of the, the expert guidance on treating young adults under 18 and children with some of these acute therapies?  Dr Field: So, trying to keep up with the literature on this. You know, certainly the evidence has been more established in a small trial and pediatric registries for use of tPA, tissue plasminogen activator, in children just because, you know, it's been around much longer. In terms of tenecteplase, which I, I really think signifies a, a practice shift in adult stroke because of its, you know, non-inferior efficacy and ease of use and potentially better rates of recanalization over time. In children, to my knowledge, that evidence base is, is limited to case series and anecdotal shifts in availability of drug and, and different practices. So, the evidence base is not particularly strong for tenecteplase in children who are identified within a reasonable amount of time who are still otherwise candidates for thrombolysis, you know, thrombolysis in children. Children who are a little bit older, I think, can't remember the exact age, but generally very young, like neonates, children who are under the age of two, I believe. I would want to double-check that thrombolysis is less commonly used and just because the safety has not really been that well-established. And for thrombectomy, it's now recommended to use thrombectomy in otherwise eligible children in the newest AHA guidelines. It gets a little bit more controversial in very young children. Under the age of six, there's less of an evidence base and, and often it will depend on people's level of comfort in terms of the size of the arteries. It's my understanding that once you get to about age six, the artery diameter is similar to that in fully grown people. But in younger children, I think just because of the catheters, there can be risk of, of injury. So, it's more of a case-by-case conversation with your interventionalist for younger children. And again, the evidence to intervene is not there for very, very young babies, for example.  Dr Berkowitz: That's very helpful to hear the current state of the evidence and the current state of practice, acknowledging, of course, there's not that much evidence, and these are relatively uncommon occurrences, fortunately, for children, but making it challenging for practitioners and practices may, um, vary based on different institutional protocols. So again, today I've been interviewing Dr. Thalia Field about her article on stroke in children and younger adults. This article appears in the June 2026 Continuum issue on cerebrovascular disease. Be sure to check out Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues. And thank you to our listeners for joining us today.  Dr Monteith: This is Dr. Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use the link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. AAN members, you can get CME for listening to this interview by completing the evaluation at continpub.com/audioCME. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio.

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Stephen Grootes speaks to Francois Rossouw, CEO of Southern African Agri Initiative, about the Pretoria High Court’s landmark ruling allowing farmers and livestock owners to privately procure and administer Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccines without State veterinary involvement In other interviews, Kelvin Watt, Chairman of Nielsen Sports Africa talks about the battle for South African sports audiences between soccer and rugby, and which codes are attracting the biggest commercial opportunities, the growing sponsorship value and what South Africans’ deep emotional connection to sport reveals about consumer behaviour, brand loyalty and the future of sports entertainment. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Francois Rossouw, CEO of the Southern African Agri Initiative, about the Pretoria High Court’s landmark ruling allowing farmers and livestock owners to privately procure and administer foot-and-mouth disease vaccines without State veterinary involvement. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand is about to test its readiness for foot and mouth disease with a farm simulation next month on a Taranaki farm. It'll be followed by a national exercise including everything from mock on-farm detection, quarantine, and national governance decisions. Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard says it's one thing to have a plan on paper and another to actually carry it out. He told Ryan Bridge other countries have managed to effectively contain it. Hoggard says in Germany it was kept at a single farm and still meant exports could go ahead from the rest of the country. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand is about to test its readiness for foot and mouth disease with a farm simulation next month on a Taranaki farm. It'll be followed by a national exercise including everything from mock on-farm detection, quarantine, and national governance decisions. Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard says it's one thing to have a plan on paper and another to actually carry it out. He told Ryan Bridge other countries have managed to effectively contain it. Hoggard says in Germany it was kept at a single farm and still meant exports could go ahead from the rest of the country. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GLP-1s are the fastest growing drug trend in health right now. But a 30-year fasting study says there's something every user needs to know before their next dose. Dr. Valter Longo has spent 30 years studying aging and longevity at USC, running over 40 clinical trials on what actually makes people live longer and healthier. What he found challenges almost everything the wellness industry is pushing right now, from 16-hour fasting windows to high-protein diets to GLP-1 drugs. In this episode of Habits and Hustle, Dr. Longo breaks down the science behind the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), why 12 hours of fasting beats 16, and what centenarians around the world actually eat. He also shares his latest research on cancer, Alzheimer's, and why your body already has the tools to heal itself if you stop getting in its way. It's time to ask the right questions about the hottest longevity trends that are costing people more than helping them. What's Discussed: (2:01) Who is Dr. Longo and the training behind his research. (3:18) The hypothesis behind why we should be fasting differently. (5:39) What a Fasting Mimicking Diet actually contains and why. (7:27) The difference between the longevity diet and the FMD. (8:30) Why 12 hours of fasting beats 16 every time. (11:18) The hidden risks of skipping breakfast nobody talks about. (15:47) How the FMD resets your body's locked-in weight. (21:12) How the "recipe" behind the FMD was built over 20 years. (29:51) Why the cancer, Alzheimer's, and diabetes versions of FMD are all different. (35:11) The trial showing nearly double survival rates in cancer patients. (38:04) Dr. Longo's real take on protein and why less may mean longer life. (51:24) How often you should actually do the FMD. (53:08) What the research says about fasting and women. (56:40) Dr. Longo's honest breakdown of GLP-1 risks and side effects. (1:16:19) Findings beyond fasting that slow aging. (1:23:21) The four things the FMD triggers that nothing else does. (1:36:31) Why nutrition beats exercise for longevity and why that's not the full story. Thank you to my sponsors!Kion: Visit getkion.com/habits for 20% off. AirDoctor: Head to AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code HUSTLE to get up to $300 off today! AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee, plus a 3-year warranty (an $84 value) FREE! AX3®: Visit www.AX3.life to get a 20% discount on your first order with promo code HUSTLE at checkout. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code JEN at checkout. Find more from Jen Cohen:  Website: www.jennifercohen.com Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements Find more from Dr. Valter Longo: Website: https://valterlongo.com/  Instagram: @prof_valterlongo  Facebook: Prof. Valter Longo YouTube: @Prof.ValterLongo Fasting Cancer Book: www.valterlongo.com/professor-longos-new-book-fasting-cancer/  Longevity Diet Book: www.valterlongo.com/the-longevity-diet/  The Weight of Longevity Book (Italian): www.amazon.it/  Fasting and the Longevity Revolution Documentary: www.fastingandthelongevityrevolution.com/ Dr. Longo's Foundations:  US: www.createcures.org/  Italy: www.fondazionevalterlongo.org/en/ 

Stephen Grootes speaks to Sarah Frazee, CEO of Meat Naturally Africa, about the growing impact of foot-and-mouth disease on communal farmers across rural South Africa. With auctions halted and livestock unable to reach market until vaccinations are rolled out, many farmers are facing severe income losses during a critical selling period. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if one of the most popular health trends in the world, fasting, is actually being done wrong by millions of people? In this powerful and deeply grounded conversation, Darin sits down with world-renowned longevity expert Dr. Valter Longo to cut through the noise surrounding fasting, dieting, and modern health trends. From the dangers of prolonged fasting and skipping breakfast to the science behind the Fasting Mimicking Diet, this episode delivers a reality check rooted in decades of clinical research, not social media hype. They explore the intersection of longevity, cancer, metabolism, and modern lifestyle, unpacking why extreme protocols fail, why simplicity wins, and why aligning with your biology is the true key to a long, disease-free life.     What You'll Learn Why most fasting trends are misapplied and potentially harmful The safest and most sustainable fasting window for longevity Why skipping breakfast is linked to increased mortality risk The science behind the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) How fasting impacts cancer cells vs healthy cells The hidden risks of GLP-1 weight loss drugs Why "easy solutions" often lead to worse long-term outcomes The importance of circadian rhythm in metabolism The truth about protein intake and long-term health risks Why slow, consistent change beats every "quick fix"     Chapters 00:00:00 – Opening: SuperLife mission and framing the conversation 00:00:32 – Sponsor: Therasage infrared sauna and heat therapy benefits 00:03:16 – Introduction: Dr. Valter Longo and longevity research 00:03:40 – The fasting craze: what's misunderstood 00:04:05 – Documentary discussion: science vs entertainment 00:05:13 – Why education must outweigh entertainment 00:06:19 – The danger of social media health advice 00:07:00 – Food systems, pharma, and systemic health issues 00:07:58 – Why clinical trials matter more than anecdotes 00:08:15 – Framing fasting: trends vs real science 00:08:59 – The problem with DIY fasting 00:10:03 – The safest fast: 12-hour daily fasting explained 00:10:38 – Risks of long fasting: cholesterol, gallstones, mortality 00:11:09 – Why skipping breakfast increases health risks 00:11:49 – 12-hour fasting as the most sustainable protocol 00:12:13 – Modern eating habits: 15+ hour eating windows 00:12:34 – Why extreme diets fail long-term 00:13:37 – Feasibility: why most people won't sustain extremes 00:13:56 – Introducing the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) 00:14:53 – Risks of fasting without personalization 00:15:20 – Why fasting can do more harm than good 00:15:45 – Sponsor: Alkemis Paint, indoor toxicity and non-toxic paint 00:18:42 – Clinical trials: meal timing and metabolic health 00:19:03 – Morning vs evening calorie intake study 00:19:56 – Why late eating disrupts metabolism and sleep 00:20:21 – Epidemiology: skipping breakfast increases mortality 00:21:18 – Circadian rhythm and digestion explained 00:22:11 – Evolutionary biology of eating patterns 00:22:41 – Circadian violations and long-term consequences 00:23:11 – Short-term benefits vs long-term risks 00:24:01 – Why slow progress leads to real results 00:24:49 – Realistic timelines: years, not weeks 00:25:19 – The modern system pushing unhealthy behaviors 00:25:48 – GLP-1 drugs: convenience vs consequences 00:26:13 – The danger of "effortless health" 00:27:13 – Exercise analogy: why effort still matters 00:28:06 – The "pill for everything" mentality 00:28:48 – Finding balance between extremes 00:29:25 – Sponsor: Our Place, non-toxic cookware and health 00:31:12 – Personalization vs one-size-fits-all health 00:31:51 – GLP-1 risks: depression, anxiety, muscle loss 00:32:36 – Natural vs drug-induced weight loss differences 00:33:29 – Rebound weight gain and hormonal suppression 00:34:14 – Supplements vs fixing root causes 00:34:37 – What is the Fasting Mimicking Diet 00:35:05 – Cancer research: fasting and treatment synergy 00:36:13 – How FMD mimics fasting while protecting the body 00:37:06 – Gut health and microbiome benefits 00:38:32 – FMD vs water-only fasting outcomes 00:39:26 – Clinical trials: Crohn's and colitis remission 00:40:03 – Importance of independent research 00:41:20 – Longevity through the lens of fatherhood 00:42:23 – Concerns about AI and children's development 00:43:25 – Social isolation vs digital addiction 00:44:25 – The need for balance in technology use 00:45:10 – AI overdependence and cognitive decline 00:46:18 – Mental health crisis and modern technology 00:47:10 – Reclaiming creativity and human agency 00:48:43 – Fasting and cancer: immune system activation 00:49:53 – Why cancer cells resist fasting signals 00:51:10 – The "desert analogy" for cancer vulnerability 00:52:54 – Combining fasting with therapies 00:54:07 – Future of treatment: precision targeting 00:55:14 – Early detection and personalized interventions 00:56:12 – Where fasting fits in cancer care today 00:57:31 – The protein debate: how much is too much 00:58:17 – Protein intake guidelines explained 00:59:07 – Quality vs quantity of protein 01:00:18 – SuperLife Patreon and accessing exclusive content 01:01:21 – The protein obsession problem 01:02:00 – Children consuming excessive protein 01:03:18 – Portion control and dietary awareness 01:04:07 – Risks of excessive protein intake 01:05:04 – Minimal benefits vs long-term risks 01:06:12 – Longevity populations and low protein intake 01:08:00 – The future of nutrition science 01:12:00 – Final reflections on longevity and health 01:15:00 – Closing thoughts: aligning with biology     Thank You to Our Sponsors Therasage: Go to www.therasage.com and use code DARIN20 at checkout for 20% off Alkemis: Go to alkemispaint.com and use code DARIN10 for 10% off your order. Our Place: Toxic-free, durable cookware that supports healthy cooking. Use code DARIN for 10% off at fromourplace.com.     Join the SuperLife Community Get Darin's deeper wellness breakdowns — beyond social media restrictions: Weekly voice notes Ingredient deep dives Wellness challenges Energy + consciousness tools Community accountability Extended episodes Join for $7.49/month → https://patreon.com/darinolien     Find More from Dr. Valter Longo Website: valterlongo.com Instagram: @prof_valterlongo Get His New Book: Fasting Cancer     Find More from Darin Olien: Instagram: @darinolien Podcast: SuperLife Podcast Website: superlife.com Book: Fatal Conveniences New Show: Roadmap to Happiness     Key Takeaway "The path to longevity isn't found in extreme protocols or quick fixes, it's found in consistency, alignment, and understanding your biology. When you stop chasing shortcuts and start working with your body instead of against it, that's when real transformation happens, not just in how long you live, but in how well you live."

Dr. Valter Longo explains how fasting-mimicking diets make cancer cells vulnerable to treatment while protecting healthy tissue, plus the clinical evidence, safety protocols, and why oncologists remain skeptical.Dr. Valter Longo, author of "Fasting Cancer," breaks down decades of research on using fasting-mimicking diets (FMD) alongside conventional cancer therapies. Cancer cannot be starved but it can be metabolically weakened by limiting resources which a the same time protects healthy cells. A process known as differential stress resistance. We cover: the mechanism behind why this works, clinical trial results in triple-negative breast cancer and other aggressive cancers, the surprising data on weight loss and cachexia, BMI cutoffs and safety protocols, how to approach your oncologist, prevention versus treatment applications, and the cutting-edge "escape pathway" research that could transform personalized cancer treatment. Dr Longo addresses the elephant in the room: why, despite promising results in both mouse models and human trials, this approach faces massive institutional and regulatory barriers to becoming standard of care. Practical, evidence-based information for patients, caregivers, and anyone interested in the intersection of nutrition and cancer biology.

In this episode, Vanessa breaks down the fasting mimicking diet (FMD) — including the exact calories, macros, and protein intake used in the research — and compares it to higher-protein fat loss approaches like protein-sparing modified fasting (PSMF) days.

Expert Topic: Vets reject private gatekeeper in FMD rollout Guest: Dr Ziyanda Majokweni: President, South African Veterinary Association

In deze aflevering van Biohacking Talks duiken Eduard en Govert in het Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) van professor Walter Longo - een vijfdaagse reset die de voordelen van watervasten biedt zonder de extreme honger en risico's. Je leert over: Het verschil tussen watervasten en fasting mimicking (en waarom FMD veiliger kan zijn) De wetenschap achter autofagie: hoe je lichaam zichzelf opruimt op dag 4 en 5 Waarom biologische leeftijd verlagen vaak draait om één ding: caloriereductie De Goldilocks zone: wanneer caloriereductie werkt en wanneer het averechts werkt (kijk uit bij stress, burn-out of intensief sporten!) Het geheim van glycerol: hoe je vet verbrandt zonder spiermassa te verliezen Eduard's persoonlijke ervaringen: van ijskoud in bed tot cognitieve scherpte en slaapscores boven de 90 Waarom je dit NIET zomaar moet proberen als je ongetraind bent of in een stressfase zit Een fascinerende discussie over metabolische flexibiliteit, het belang van seizoensgebonden vasten, en waarom de Prolon-box misschien slim gemarkeerd is - maar dat je het waarschijnlijk ook zelf kunt samenstellen met wat AI-hulp.

Καλεσμένος ο ο κ. Κυριάκος Σπανούδης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής στην Κτηνιατρική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Λευκωσίας.   Τις τελευταίες εβδομάδες, Ελλάδα και Κύπρος βρίσκονται σε αυξημένο συναγερμό λόγω του αφθώδους πυρετού, μιας εξαιρετικά μεταδοτικής ασθένειας που απειλεί την κτηνοτροφία και την αγροτική παραγωγή. Πρόκειται για έναν ιό που μπορεί να εξαπλωθεί ταχύτατα, να προκαλέσει σοβαρές απώλειες σε ζώα και να επηρεάσει όλους μας. Κάθε μέρα, καταγράφονται νέα κρούσματα, χιλιάδες ζώα θανατώνονται, κτηνοτρόφοι βλέπουν τη δουλειά μιας ζωής να καταρρέει μέσα σε λίγες ημέρες και η ανησυχία μεγαλώνει για το τι μπορεί να ακολουθήσει. Στο σημερινό επεισόδιο επιχειρούμε να δώσουμε απαντήσεις. Τι είναι ο αφθώδης πυρετός, πώς μεταδίδεται και πόσο επικίνδυνος είναι. Θα εξετάσουμε την κατάσταση σε Ελλάδα και Κύπρο, τα μέτρα που λαμβάνονται για την αντιμετώπισή του, τους λόγους πίσω από τις μαζικές θανατώσεις ζώων, αλλά και τις επιπτώσεις για τους παραγωγούς, την αγορά και εμάς τους καταναλωτές.

Today, on the show, Costa Constanti, who has academic and professional experience in politics, history and international relations, sits down with me to discuss three major topics: the war on Iran and Trump's lack of plans, the Foot and Mouth Disease that has spread throughout our island and the upcoming parliamentary elections. Mentioned on the podcast:Cyprus Mail's FMD article Previous episode with Costa on Iran Contact Costa by connecting on FB or emailing him costa@volteuropa.org or by phone 96676874Find out more about Volt here Please consider supporting the podcast by subscribing to Patreon for as little as 2, 5 or 10 euros a month. Find Eleni aka Georgie's Mummy on Instagram and Facebook to follow her daily stories and posts. Email: eleni@georgiesmummy.comThe Mamma Mu Podcast is supported by Wiggle and We Are Mammas, everything you need to embark on your motherhood journey. Support the show

Free State Agriculture, alongside Sakeliga and SAAI, is heading to the High Court of South Africa this week on Tuesday. The groups are seeking urgent relief to stop what they describe as government blocking private procurement and use of FMD vaccines. This follows failed mediation, with the organisations warning the restrictions are causing uncertainty and financial losses in the agricultural sector. Jon Gericke spoke to Francois Wilken president of Free State Agriculture

Longevity expert Dr. Valter Longo dives deep into the science behind the Fasting Mimicking Diet and why it holds a significant edge over traditional water-only fasting.  Dr. Longo explains how the FMD is engineered to trigger cellular cleanup while providing essential nutrients that protect muscle mass and maintain gut integrity—avoiding the leaky gut risks seen in water-only trials WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Safety and Compliance: Unlike water-only fasting, which can cause hypotension and hypoglycaemia, the FMD is designed to be safer and much easier for the average person to complete. Gut Health Protection: Emerging research suggests that water-only fasting can actually increase leaky gut symptoms in mice Muscle Maintenance: The FMD utilises specific carbon sources like glycerol to support glucose production, which prevents the body from breaking down muscle tissue for energy during the fast. Psychological Reset: Beyond the biology, the five-day protocol serves as a powerful psychological stop sign TIMESTAMPS: 0:38 The Slave to the Meal 2:10 The Leaky Gut Discovery 4:54 Training the Teenage Brain 6:22 The Power of the Pause VALUABLE RESOURCES • Take the BioSyncing Quiz to help you understand what's actually happening in your body — and how to fix it.

Host Polly Swingle is joined by members of The Chronic Pain Management Program of Michigan treatment team as they share about who is appropriate for this program, what the program entails, and the science behind this programs success. Click the link here to visit our website and learn more!Mary Wingett, PT, DPT is a doctor of physical therapy at The Recovery Project- Livonia. She is passionate in treating patients with chronic pain and has been a leader in the development of the Chronic Pain Management Program of Michigan. She developed her skills with tying in physical function with neurological disorders at the Lansing Recovery Project where she was a treating therapist for FMD in the LIFE program, restoring individuals with functional movement disorders to healthy movement patterns. Outside of work, Mary is busy running marathons, hiking, and spending time with her friends and family.Elise Thompson, MSOT, OTRL, is an occupational therapist that graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Master's of Occupational Therapy. Soon after graduating, Elise started with TRP and has been here for a year and a half. She has taken part in both the PMP and CSR program in the Livonia clinic. She is passionate about helping individuals with neurological conditions return to what they love doing most.Dr. Jarhed Peña is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in the treatment of autonomic nervous system–related conditions, including chronic pain and functional neurological disorder (FND). His work focuses on helping patients understand and regulate the physiological patterns underlying their symptoms, with the goal of reducing distress and improving daily functioning. Dr. Peña previously worked as a rehabilitation counselor for the State of Idaho, where he supported individuals with disabilities in achieving meaningful employment and community integration. This experience informs his holistic, function-oriented approach to care. In his current clinical practice in Michigan, Dr. Peña integrates Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and somatic-based approaches. He helps patients build interoceptive awareness, reduce reactivity to bodily sensations, and develop practical skills to influence nervous system regulation. His approach emphasizes both education and experiential learning to support sustainable symptom improvement. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Peña provides supervision to colleagues delivering psychotherapy for FND and collaborates with a local clinic to support coordinated, multidisciplinary care. Together, they work to improve access to effective, evidence-informed treatment for patients with complex neurological and pain-related conditions.Learn more about The Recovery Project!View our website at www.therecoveryproject.netCall us 855-877-1944 to become a patientFollow us on InstagramLike us on FacebookThanks for listening! 

"For women over 40, there is a lot we can do before we start or stop taking so many things. Get your hormones tested, understand your baseline, and then make decisions." — Renee Fitton In this episode of Turmeric & Tequila™, host Kristen Olson sits down with Renee Fitton, Vice President of Healthcare and Sales at ProLon, to unpack the often-overlooked but critical topic of women's health. From perimenopause to menopause, Renee shares her evidence-based approach to hormonal optimization and the science behind fasting mimicking diets (FMD). This conversation goes beyond surface-level wellness advice. Renee discusses the significant research gap between women's and men's health studies, the importance of establishing hormone baselines before making health decisions, and practical strategies for women over 40 to optimize their health naturally. The episode also touches on breaking free from restrictive eating patterns, the role of adaptogens and supplements, and what true success means in 2026. Whether you're in perimenopause, navigating menopause, or simply interested in longevity and hormone health, this episode offers actionable insights grounded in nutritional science and compassionate wellness guidance. Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro & Sponsors (Colorado Cloud Fish & Declan James Watches) 0:30 — Meet Renee Fitton: Introduction & Bio 1:15 — Who is Young Renee? Childhood & Personality Traits 3:45 — Renee's Career Path: Nutrition & Healthcare 6:30 — Women's Health: The Research Gap vs. Men's Studies 8:15 — What is Perimenopause? Definition & Timeline 10:40 — Hormonal Changes During Perimenopause & Menopause 13:00 — Science Behind Fasting Mimicking Diets (FMD) 15:30 — How Fasting Mimicking Benefits Women's Hormones 17:15 — ProLon & L-Neutra Health Tools 20:45 — Women's Relationship with Food & Restrictive Diets 22:30 — Hormone Testing: Why Baseline Matters 24:00 — Practical Steps for Women 40+ Before Medication 27:30 — Skincare, Collagen & Beauty from Within 29:15 — Adaptogens, Supplements & What Works 32:00 — Life Lessons & Personal Growth 34:30 — What Does Success Mean? (2026 Reflections) 36:45 — How to Connect with Renee (Contact Info & Resources) 38:30 — Outro & Final Thoughts Renee Fitton | Vice President, Healthcare & Sales at ProLon: Renee is a leader at the intersection of nutrition, healthcare, and education. As VP at ProLon, she equips healthcare practitioners with cutting-edge insights into nutrition and longevity. Her expertise in evidence-based nutritional science makes her a trusted authority in women's health, hormonal optimization, and fasting. She blends scientific rigor with compassionate wellness guidance. Connect with Renee: Instagram: @FittonNutrition Website: FitandNutrition.com ProLon: PROLONLIFE.com L-Neutra Health: Clinical fasting with dietitian support RESOURCES MENTIONED ProLon — Fasting Mimicking Diet Kits (PROLONLIFE.com) L-Neutra Health — Clinical fasting support with medical professionals Connect with T&T: IG: @TurmericTequila Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com Host: Kristen Olson IG: @Madonnashero Tik Tok: @Madonnashero Website: www.KOAlliance.com WATCH HERE   MORE LIKE THIS: https://youtu.be/ZCFQSpFoAgI?si=Erg8_2eH8uyEgYZF   https://youtu.be/piCU9JboWuY?si=qLdhFKCGdBzuAeuI https://youtu.be/9Vs2JDzJJXk?si=dpjV31GDqTroUKWH

Today I'm joined by Professor Valter Longo to unpack what actually slows biological ageing, and what most women are getting wrong about fasting, protein, and diet. We explore the difference between chronological age and biological age, how biological ageing is measured, and why chasing extreme fasting or high-protein trends may quietly undermine long-term health. Professor Longo shares decades of research behind the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), explains why most popular fasting protocols may increase cardiovascular risk, and outlines the dietary patterns consistently linked to the world's longest-living populations. This conversation cuts through longevity hype with evidence from human trials, centenarian studies, and 100 years of ageing research, offering a grounded, practical framework for improving healthspan without extremes. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • The real difference between chronological age and biological age – and how it's measured • Why blood biomarkers may be more reliable than epigenetic ageing clocks right now • What organ-specific ageing clocks reveal about hidden health risks • How long it actually takes to activate meaningful autophagy in humans • Why most intermittent fasting protocols may increase heart disease risk • The science behind the 5-day Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) • FMD vs water fasting: gut health, muscle preservation, and safety • Why skipping breakfast is linked to higher cardiovascular mortality • The optimal daily eating window for longevity (and why 12 hours matters) • How often to use FMD for longevity, metabolic health, and disease prevention • Why excess protein may accelerate ageing and disease risk • How much protein humans actually need for longevity • The ideal macronutrient balance for healthspan and lifespan • How nutrition consistently outperforms exercise for lifespan extension • Practical longevity habits around sleep, stress, and lifestyle timing Timestamps 00:00 Intro: Biological Age vs Chronological Age 04:03 Organ-Specific Ageing: Why One Age Score Can Be Misleading 06:15 Autophagy Explained: How Long It Really Takes in Humans 08:59 The Longevity Diet & Fasting Mimicking Diet Explained 11:26 Why Most Fasting Protocols May Be Harmful Long-Term 16:58 Skipping Breakfast, Cholesterol & Heart Disease Risk 18:36 Water Fasting vs FMD: Gut Health, Microbiome & Muscle Loss 35:03 Protein Intake Myths: Muscle, Ageing & Disease Risk 42:46 Sleep, Stress & Lifestyle Factors That Extend Healthspan VALUABLE RESOURCES A BIG thank you to our sponsors who make the show possible: • MitoQ NAD+

Podlitiek het 'n spesiale gas in die ateljee: Wian Spies. Die manne gesels oor die groot nuus van die week (en eintlik al langer as dit). Wian is beter ingegrawe op die wetlike aspekte van BKS inenting en deel sy insigte daaroor.

Aubrey Masango speaks to Dr Botlhe Modisane, Chief Director of Animal Production and Health, Department of Agriculture to discuss the challenges faced by farmers and the government's response to the foot and mouth disease outbreak. Tags: 702, Aubrey Masango show, Bra Aubrey, Dr Botlhe Modisane, Department of Agriculture, FMD, Foot-and-Mouth disease, Dairy industry The Aubrey Masango Show is presented by late night radio broadcaster Aubrey Masango. Aubrey hosts in-depth interviews on controversial political issues and chats to experts offering life advice and guidance in areas of psychology, personal finance and more. All Aubrey’s interviews are podcasted for you to catch-up and listen. Thank you for listening to this podcast from The Aubrey Masango Show. Listen live on weekdays between 20:00 and 24:00 (SA Time) to The Aubrey Masango Show broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk between 20:00 and 21:00 (SA Time) https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk Find out more about the show here https://buff.ly/lzyKCv0 and get all the catch-up podcasts https://buff.ly/rT6znsn Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfet Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of BizNews Daybreak, Alec Hogg covers a historic morning for South African markets as the Rand strengthens well below the R16/$ mark, trading at R15.88, while Gold surges to a fresh peak of $5,232/oz. Key highlights include: Dollar weakness or Rand strength? Analysts leave little doubt what's really behind the SA currency's recent surge. Market Movers: Ahead of its results later today, ASML jumps 3%, but Tesla falls 1%. Overnight General Motors hits a new peak, but US health insurers UnitedHealth and Humana crash 20% on Medicare rate shocks - contamination fears for SA's Discovery? The "River of Vaccines": Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen reveals a groundbreaking public-private partnership to eradicate Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), aiming to vaccinate 14 million cattle and restore SA's FMD-free status in under 10 years.

Fasting Mimicking for Longevity, Weight Loss & Hormonal Balance with Renee FittonHave you ever wondered how to get the powerful benefits of a 5-day water-only fast—without having to give up food entirely? In this fascinating episode, we're joined by Renee Fitton, longevity dietitian and Director of Education at L-NUTRA, to explore the science and strategy behind fasting mimicking.You'll learn how the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) delivers the same biological benefits as prolonged fasting—like fat burning, autophagy, cellular rejuvenation, and metabolic reset—without the intensity or deprivation of traditional fasting.Learn more or try it yourself 

Can You Get the Benefits of a 5-Day Fast Without Starving?Click On My Website Below To Schedule A Free 15 Min Zoom Call:www.Over40FitnessHacks.comOver 40 Fitness Hacks SKOOL Group!Get Your Whoop4.0 Here!Ashley Bizzell - Registered Dietitianwww.L-NutraHealth.comProlon Fast Mimicking DietIn this episode, Brad Williams sits down with Ashley Bizzell, Registered Dietitian and Director of Clinical Nutrition and Global Training at L-Nutra Health, the company behind ProLon®, to dive deep into fasting, metabolic health, and the science behind the Fast Mimicking Diet (FMD).Ashley explains how she transitioned into clinical nutrition and now leads the medical arm of L-Nutra Health, which supports patients with metabolic conditions like prediabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes through evidence-based nutrition therapy, telehealth physicians, and structured fasting programs. While ProLon is often viewed as a “fasting product,” Ashley reframes it as a nourishing technology designed to deliver the benefits of prolonged fasting—without the risks of complete food deprivation.Brad and Ashley break down what the Fast Mimicking Diet actually is: a precisely formulated 5-day program that provides real food—soups, bars, olives, teas, and healthy fats—while keeping the body in a fasting state. The conversation explores how the FMD supports autophagy, cellular cleanup, metabolic flexibility, and insulin sensitivity, while also offering muscle protection, a major concern for adults over 40.Brad shares his personal experience with water fasting, intermittent fasting, and ProLon, comparing fat loss, insulin control, ketosis depth, and autophagy. Ashley explains why ProLon is structured for five days, how autophagy ramps up around day three, and why day six refeeding with high-quality whole foods is just as critical as the fast itself.They also discuss:The role of fasting in reducing inflammation, improving lipid panels, liver health, insulin resistance, and even taste and smell sensitivityHow ProLon supports muscle preservation through targeted nutrients like glycerolWhy fasting is a positive, hormetic stress similar to exerciseThe importance of metabolic flexibility and why fasting gets easier over timeHow continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) can provide personalized insight into food responsesThe growing acceptance of fasting and food-as-medicine in mainstream healthcare, including L-Nutra's recent recognition by the American Diabetes Association for improvements in A1C and medication reductionAshley also highlights additional L-Nutra products, including vegan protein shakes and bars that support muscle without triggering aging pathways, as well as one-day fasting resets for beginners.If you're interested in online personal training or being a guest on my podcast, "Over 40 Fitness Hacks," you can reach me at brad@over40fitnesshacks.com or visit my website at:www.Over40FitnessHacks.comAdditionally, check out my Yelp reviews for my local business, Evolve Gym in Huntington Beach, at https://bit.ly/3GCKRzV

This episode features a conversation with Melanie Murphy Richter, MS, RDN, who discusses the benefits and science behind the Prolon fasting program. Melanie explains the concept of fasting and its evolutionary benefits, emphasizing the role of autophagy—a cellular rejuvenation process activated by fasting. The discussion covers the Prolon fasting-mimicking diet (FMD), which allows for some food intake while still achieving fasting benefits. Melanie details the physiological changes during the five-day Prolon fast, including ketosis and autophagy, and stresses the importance of transitioning out of the fast carefully to maintain benefits. The episode also touches on the extensive research supporting Prolon's efficacy, including its impact on longevity and metabolic health.Product Discount Codes + Links2025 Holistic Holiday Gift Guide: HereHerbal Face Food: Website (Discount Code: LAL30)Prolon Fast-Mimicking Program: Website (Discount Link Gives 25% off) Healing Alchemy Membership: Learn MoreGuest InfoMelanie Murphy Richter - WebsiteMelanie Murphy Richter - InstagramRelated EpisodesPodcast Ep. 212: Kim Ressler - Revolutionizing Health: Custom Supplements Tailored to Your DNAPodcast Ep. 192: Keelia Ryan - Sacred Plant MedicineWork w/Leigh AnnLearn: What is EVOX Therapy?Book: Schedule a Session or FREE Discovery CallMembership: What is The Healing Alchemy MembershipConnect w/Me & Learn MoreWebsiteInstagramTiktok

In today's episode of the Healthy Hustle Podcast, we're joined by Renee Fitton, MS, RD, a longevity dietitian and Director of Education at ProLon®, the company behind the revolutionary fasting-mimicking diet (FMD). With a master's degree in Healthspan and Longevity Nutrition from USC and years of experience working alongside leading longevity researcher Dr. Valter Longo, Renee breaks down everything you think you know about fasting—and introduces an approach designed for real-life sustainability. We explore how FMDs are different from water-only fasting or intermittent fasting, why they work particularly well for women over 40, and what it actually looks like to "fast with food." Whether you're navigating menopause, insulin resistance, fatigue, or just want to support healthy aging, this episode gives you science-backed strategies that are practical, sustainable, and deeply transformative. If you're curious about autophagy, metabolic flexibility, and how to reverse biological age without starving yourself—this one's for you. What We Cover The difference between water-only fasting, intermittent fasting, and fasting-mimicking diets (FMDs) What autophagy is—and why it matters for longevity and cellular repair Why fasting mimicking is safer and more effective for women over 40 How FMDs support hormone balance, metabolic health, and mental clarity What a 5-day fasting-mimicking protocol looks like (and yes, it includes chocolate!) How FMDs protect muscle, preserve bone density, and improve skin hydration Renee's recommendation on how often to do a fast—and how to get started Why you don't need to cook, count macros, or guess your way through it How to reduce your biological age by over 2 years in just three cycles Connect with Renee & ProLon Instagram: @fittonnutrition Renee on LinkedIn ProLonLife.com ProLon on Instagram  

Miben különbözött az 1972-1973-as és az idei ragadós száj- és körömfájás járvány? Fel van-e készülve az állatorvostudomány a régi-új betegség megjelenésére? Miként lehet megelőzni a lakossági pánikot? A Qubit podcast vendége Süth Miklós, az Állatorvostudományi Egyetem stratégiai rektorhelyettese.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Animal health and biosecurity are being threatened globally by a few different diseases and virus'. Ben Jarboe gets the spooky outlook from Jamie Jonker, Chief Science officer with the national milk producers federation. HPAI as a threat to dairy has been talked about often, but other conditions like Lumpy Skin disease, FMD, and new world screw worm remind producers to stay on their toes. He gives an update on each and shares reasons why we should watch them even if they are not in the US. Quiet weather pattern for this week. Rain showers are a possibility everyday - but not much for overall accumulation. Wisconsin is home to one commercial grade cottage cheese producer and they're being overwhelmed with demand! Westby Cooperative Creamery, Wisconsin’s only cottage cheese manufacturer, is investing $14.1 million to modernize its Westby facility. Emily Bialkowski, sales and marketing manager, says the project will meet surging consumer demand for cottage cheese, which has seen sales jump nationwide. With all current capacity sold out, the investment ensures long-term stability for the creamery to stay competitive in the growing high-protein, "clean-label" market. There will be no federal aid going to the nation's farmers until the federal government is back in action. Chad Smith tells us that the American Farm Bureau Federation sent letters to the president and Congress telling them how important getting back to work is for the nation's farmers. "Born to Dairy" is a lighthearted look at the faces behind Wisconsin's dairy industry. Pam Jahnke talks with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin CEO, Chad Vincent about how global demand continues to keep Wisconsin dairy flowing. Ben Miller, Vice President of Industry Outreach explains the stories and data he shares with anyone working on a dairy project. From policy development to program development. Finally Charlie Beren joins Pam to explain his role in developing some of the storylines of "Born to Dairy". Beren says this first phase is just the beginning of helping dairy farmers and consumers identify with the faces of the industry. Paid for by Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

**In this video, L-Nutra experts discuss the benefits of the L-Nutra Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) for improving longevity and metabolic health. Renee, a registered dietitian, explains how the five-day FMD program triggers autophagy, the body's natural cellular cleanup process, using specific foods and supplements. Dr. Shu shares clinical research showing that FMD can reduce biological age by 2.5 years, decrease insulin resistance by 59%, and promote weight loss without muscle loss.** **Show Notes:** 1. **Introduction and Purpose of the Meeting** [0:00] 2. **Renee's Introduction and Background** [1:24] 3. **Explanation of Fasting Mimicking Diet** [3:57] 4. **Autophagy and Its Benefits** [6:07] 5. **Details of the Fasting Mimicking Program** [10:10] 6. **Q&A and Practical Application** [12:08] 7. **How To Signup** [14:35] 8. **Research and Credibility** [10:10] 9. **Clinical Evidence and Benefits** [21:02] 10. **Implementation and Practical Tips** [45:53] 10. **Conclusion and Next Steps** [46:07] **Links mentioned in this episode:** [How To SignUp] rfitton@l-nutra.com  www.l-nutra.com  Websites Mentioned: https://www.drlisafaast.com/ https://diversifyrx.com/weekly-awesomeness-newsletter/  ----- #### **Becoming a Badass Pharmacy Owner Podcast is a Proud to be Apart of the Pharmacy Podcast Network**

Stephen Grootes speaks with Dipepeneneng Serage, Deputy Director-General: Agricultural Production, Biosecurity and Natural Resources Management about the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Indaba,which brought together industry stakeholders and experts to develop sustainable solutions to combat FMD and strengthen South Africa's biosecurity systems, ultimately safeguarding the livestock industry and broader economy. In other interviews, Debbie Hathway, a specialist writer on luxury watches and jewellery, chats about the craftsmanship, heritage, and innovation that drive the sky-high prices of premium timepieces. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 218 OF GROWING OLDER LIVING YOUNGER, Dr. William Hsu, endocrinologist and Chief Medical Officer at L Nutra, joins Dr. Gillian Lockitch to explore the science behind fasting mimicking diets (FMD) and how they may lower biological age, fight chronic disease, and boost metabolic health. You'll hear how simple lifestyle interventions, when structured and supported, can trigger the body's natural repair systems—and why healthspan, not just lifespan, should be the goal of aging well.  Dr. William Hsu is a Harvard-trained endocrinologist who spent 20 years at Harvard's Joslin Diabetes Center before joining L-Nutra in 2019 as Chief Medical Officer. At L-Nutra, he leads clinical development and drives education around fasting and the Fasting Mimicking Diet. Previously, he served as Vice President at Joslin, leading international education and healthcare advisory efforts, helping to shape national diabetes care guidelines. Dr. Hsu's research focuses on diabetes pathophysiology and digital health in chronic care. He earned degrees from Cornell and Mount Sinai, completed his Internal Medicine residency at Yale, and his Endocrinology fellowship at Harvard, where he was later an Assistant Professor.   Episode Timeline: 0:00 – Introduction and Podcast Overview Host Dr. Gillian Lockitch introduces the theme for 2025: “Age is just a number.” She frames the episode around exploring strategies to extend healthspan—the years of life spent in good health—and invites listeners to book one-on-one sessions.  2:12 – Meet Dr. William Hsu Gillian introduces her guest, Harvard-trained endocrinologist Dr. William Hsu. Formerly with the Joslin Diabetes Center, Dr. Hsu now leads clinical efforts at L- Nutra, pioneering fasting-mimicking nutrition science.  4:50 – Lifestyle Change: More Than Just Willpower Dr. Hsu explains why lifestyle interventions often fail without structural support. He acknowledges the essential role of medications but stresses the need for more systemic, pragmatic solutions to improve public health.  9:29 – Why Modern Life Challenges Healthy Living The conversation turns to the external forces—processed foods, advertising, time scarcity—that sabotage health. Dr. Hsu advocates for societal-level interventions and introduces fasting mimicking diets (FMD) as a practical tool.  12:24 – What is a Fasting Mimicking Diet? Dr. Hsu defines the FMD as a plant-based meal plan that tricks the body into a fasting state while providing nourishment. He explains how FMD promotes autophagy, cellular renewal, and metabolic reset.  28:23 – Clinical Trials: Reversing Biological Age Dr. Hsu cites a Nature Communications study where FMD reduced participants' biological age by 2.5 years in just three cycles. He explains how biological age is measured and why it's a more powerful indicator than the number on your birthday cake.  31:53 – Can You Track Your Own Biological Age? Gillian and Dr. Hsu discuss current tools for measuring biological age and where the science is heading. Dr. Hsu shares how consumers can access FMD kits and programs in various global regions.  33:14 – FMD and Diabetes Management Dr. Hsu shares compelling data showing how FMD can reduce visceral fat, insulin resistance, and blood sugar levels—attacking the root of type 2 diabetes and reducing reliance on medication.  36:09 – El Nutra's Comprehensive FMD Program Dr. Hsu describes a complete support system for FMD users, including medical oversight, apps, coaching, and lab tracking. The program is already in use in the U.S., UK, and Italy, and expanding.  39:22 – Final Thoughts: Healing Through the Right Environment Dr. Hsu emphasizes the body's innate ability to rejuvenate when supported by evidence-based nutrition like FMD. Gillian closes with a call to action: explore the tools discussed to take control of your aging journey.  Action Steps:  Check out posts in the Age is Just a Number 2025  A to Z Blogging Challenge Schedule a one on one call with Dr. Gillian Lockitch.  Join the Growing Older Living Younger  Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/growingolderlivingyounger Access Your Free E-book from Dr. Gillian Lockitch Guide to Mind and Memory Boosting Strategies   Learn about the work of Dr. William Hsu and L-Nutra https://prolonfast.ca/ https://www.twitter.com/lnutraofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/LNutra/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-hsu-md/  

Bill Berger, Executive Director of Fairbanks Morse Defense, joins us to reveal the transformation of his historic company into a powerhouse supplier for the Navy and Coast Guard. With a foundation laid during his time as a Marine Corps officer, Bill shares his mission-driven approach and the pivotal role adaptability has played in his journey. His story is a testament to the power of people skills in both sales and leadership, emphasizing the need to genuinely understand the needs of your team and customers. Bill's transition from the Marine Corps to sales was sparked by personal circumstances, and he details how an early passion for technology, inspired by his father, has shaped his career in meaningful ways. For those aiming to build a successful sales team, Bill's experiences are an invaluable resource. He recounts lessons learned from the telecom industry's boom and stresses the long-term strategies that are crucial for sustained growth. The conversation navigates the complexities of selling to the Department of Defense, underscoring the importance of patience and a long-term vision. Bill shares insights into effective hiring practices, highlighting how qualities like patience and a methodical approach can sometimes outweigh direct experience, demonstrated by a recent successful hire from a shipyard. Listeners looking to enhance their leadership capabilities will find Bill's insights particularly beneficial. He delves into the importance of empathy, resilience, and the ability to learn from setbacks, using his own experiences as a guide. Bill's transition back to a frontline sales role showcases the power of openness and honest communication with leadership. Additionally, he provides practical advice on optimizing CRM systems, ensuring they become powerful tools for integration and efficiency. This episode is packed with wisdom for aspiring sales leaders eager to refine their skills and drive their teams toward success. Bill serves as the Executive Director, Strategic Accounts for Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD).  In this role, Bill acts as the enterprise primary contact for the Huntington Industries Inc companies. Bill is responsible for all opportunities and activity within Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), Ingalls Shipbuilding and Mission Technologies for all ten business units of FMD and is the FMD executive team's representative to senior management team at these customers. Bill also manages FMD's Data Analytics/Programs team.  Prior to this position, Bill has been a Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Ward Leonard CT LLC   and Ultra Electronics' TCS and DNE business units.  He has over 29 years of experience in selling technology solutions to the Department of Defense, Telcos and commercial businesses. Bill is a past president of the Marine Machinery Association, as well as being active in the Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition and Submarine Industrial Base Council. Bill has a MS in Organizational Leadership from Quinnipiac University and a BA in Mathematics from the College of the Holy Cross. Bill is a veteran of the US Marine Corps and served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a Communications Officer with 1st BN, 3rd Marines.  Bill and his wife Meredith reside in Newport News, VA and have two adult children, Gabrielle and Cameron.    Quotes: "In sales and leadership, it's not just about closing deals—it's about understanding and meeting the needs of both your team and your customers." "The transition from the Marine Corps to sales was driven by personal circumstances, but it taught me the power of adaptability and resilience." "When selling to the Department of Defense, patience and a long-term vision are not just virtues; they are necessities." "Effective leadership is rooted in empathy, resilience, and the ability to learn from setbacks."   Links: Bill's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-berger-5458826/ Fairbanks Morse Defense - https://www.fairbanksmorsedefense.com/home   Find this episode and all other Sales Lead Dog episodes at https://empellorcrm.com/salesleaddog/ Tired of your CRM sucking the life out of your team? Visit https://crmshouldntsuck.com to get the book, get your CRM Impact Score, and discover how to rescue your system—and your sanity.

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Send us a textWhat if you could press a "reset" button on your body's aging process? In a world obsessed with living longer, what does it truly mean to live healthier for longer? In this enlightening episode of Self-Reflection, host Lira Ndifon sits down with longevity dietitian Renee Fitton to demystify the science of aging gracefully. Renee introduces a groundbreaking approach that goes beyond traditional dieting, exploring how we can leverage nutrition, community, and fasting to not just add years to our life, but life to our years. Renee demystifies how FMD works, explaining the way it helps users lose weight while protecting crucial muscle mass, improve skin health, and even reverse their biological age by years. This isn't just about theory; it's a practical, accessible path to wellness, offering the profound benefits of a prolonged fast without the struggle. The discussion provides a clear roadmap for anyone looking to optimize their health from the inside out, making the science of longevity understandable and achievable.The conversation offers particularly vital insights for women navigating the unique metabolic changes of midlife. Renee details how FMD can help counteract the effects of hormonal shifts during menopause, providing a powerful tool for managing weight, blood sugar, and overall vitality. Beyond diet, Lira and Renee explore the holistic nature of a long, healthy life, touching on the surprising importance of community and the power of simple, daily habits to create profound, lasting change.This episode is your guide to reclaiming your health at any age, reminding you that true wellness is a combination of science and self-reflection. If this conversation sparked something in you, please help us grow by liking, following, and subscribing on all platforms so we can continue bringing these meaningful conversations to the world.Support the showCall to Action: Engage with the Self-Reflection Podcast community! Like, follow, and subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube (Self-Reflection Podcast by Lira Ndifon), and all major podcast platforms. Share your insights and feedback—we value your contributions! Suggest topics you'd like us to explore. Your support amplifies our reach, sharing these vital messages of self-love and empowerment. Until our next conversation, prioritize self-care and embrace your journey. Grab your copy of "Awaken Your True Self" on Amazon. Until next time, be kind to yourself and keep reflecting.

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) led to Tara's stroke. Her story of loss, recovery, and rediscovery offers hope to stroke survivors everywhere. The post From Collapse to Comeback: Tara's Story of Stroke, FMD, and Finding Herself Again appeared first on Recovery After Stroke.

Melanie Murphy Richter, MS, RDN is a highly recognized dietitian and nutritionist who holds the title of 2023 Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She serves as the Director of Communication and Medical Science at El Nutra, where she is instrumental in promoting health through evidence-based nutrition. In addition to her role at El Nutra, Melanie is the founder of Holistic Ritual, which blends science-based nutrition with holistic healing. Her work has been featured in esteemed publications such as Forbes, USA Today, and Men's Health.Episode Summary:In this episode Melanie, a notable dietitian and Director at El Nutra, shares invaluable insights on how our dietary choices can significantly influence the aging process and quality of life. By focusing on plant-based diets while still acknowledging the benefits of some animal proteins, Melanie introduces the concept of 'plant-forward' eating as a sustainable and health-promoting approach.Melanie discusses the scientific underpinnings and health benefits of a plant-forward diet, not only for individual health but also as a practical approach within longevity hotspots around the world. She delves into the mechanisms of fasting mimicking diets (FMD), a cutting-edge area of nutritional science pioneered by Dr. Valter Longo, which can initiate autophagy—a critical process for cellular regeneration. Key Takeaways:Plant-Forward Nutrition: Impact of Fasting: Nutritional Balance: Health and Longevity: ShopifyShopify makes it simple to create your brand, open for business, and get your first sale. Go to Shopify.com/transformResources:Prolon Life: prolonlife.com - For products and more information on the fasting mimicking diet.El Nutra Health: lnutrahealth.com - For health programs related to metabolic conditions.To advertise on our podcast, visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/TransformyourMindor email kriti@youngandprofiting.com See this video on The Transform Your Mind YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@MyhelpsUs/videosTo see a transcripts of this audio as well as links to all the advertisers on the show page https://myhelps.us/Follow Transform Your Mind on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myrnamyoung/Follow Transform Your mind on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063738390977Please leave a rating and review on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transform-your-mind/id1144973094 https://podcast.feedspot.com/personal_development_podcasts/

In this episode of Hope Natural Health, Dr. Erin chats w/guest Renee Fitton about fasting strategies and how it holds benefits beyond weight loss.  Renee Fitton, MS, RD is a leader in the intersection of nutrition, healthcare, and education. As Director of Education & Healthcare Sales at Prolon, she shapes sales strategies and equips healthcare practitioners with cutting-edge insights into nutrition and longevity. Her expertise in evidence-based practices and nutritional science has made her a trusted authority. Renee is dedicated to advancing the role of nutrition in revolutionizing healthcare, blending scientific rigor with a compassionate approach to wellness. During this episode you will learn about: What a fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) is and how it differs from traditional fasting Unique benefits women in peri-menopause and post-menopause experience with a fasting-mimicking approach Common misconceptions about fasting, especially as they relate to women's health Website: https://prolonlife.com/ Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/fittonnutrition/# https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneefitton/ For more on Dr. Erin: Work with Dr. Erin here: https://p.bttr.to/3E88ps4 Buy Dr. Erin's Supplements here: https://drerinellis.com/shop Get the Period Productivity Planner here:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBYBRT5Q?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Download the FREE Menstrual Cycle Nutrition Guide here: https://detox.drerinellis.com/ Watch The Free Video "7 Hormones Affecting Your Weight Loss Goals" here: https://weightloss.drerinellis.com/ Let's Be Friends: Follow Dr. Erin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.erinellis/ Follow Dr. Erin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drerinellisnmd Follow Dr. Erin on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.erinellis?lang=en Join the Fix My Period Private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/470429440943215 Bookmark Dr. Erin's Website: https://drerinellis.com/ Subscribe to Hope Natural Health on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChHYVmNEu5tKu91EATHhEiA Follow Hope Natural Health on FB: https://www.facebook.com/hopenaturalhealth Sign up for Newsletters here: https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/129653/99504448452166810/share Link to Testing: https://hopenaturalhealth.wellproz.com/   #FastingMimickingDiet #FMD #PeriMenopause #PostMenopause #HormonalHealth #WomensHealth #NutritionForWomen #Longevity #HealthyAging #FastingBenefits #Prolon #ReneeFitton #HopeNaturalHealth #MetabolicHealth #NutritionalScience  

Join Our Supported Fasting Group – March 23-28!Link:  Prolon 5-Day Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD)What is FMD?The Prolon 5-Day FMD is a science-backed, patented program designed to activate cellular clean-up pathways while still allowing you to eat. Order your 5-day fasting kit by March 22, 2025, to ensure you receive it in time and get access to our group fast!Learn More: Listen to our episode: What Is Fast-Mimicking with Renee FittonZepbound or Wegovy—Which One Should You Choose?That's what we're diving into today. Which medication is the better fit? What are the pros and cons? Plus, there are some important updates—new approved uses, cost changes, and more.Before we get started, a quick note: I'm recording this on March 12, 2025, and things are evolving quickly with these medications. Labels, indications, and guidelines may change, so if you're listening in the future, be sure to check for the latest information.Also, for full transparency—I do have a financial interest in these medications, particularly Zepbound. I believed in it early on, invested in Eli Lilly before its release, and now work as a speaker for the medication, sharing information with doctors. That said, my goal isn't to push one over the other but to lay out the facts so you can make the best decision for yourself.Here's what we'll cover today:Wegovy vs. Zepbound: A Guide to Choosing the Right Weight Loss MedicationApproved Uses – What are these medications officially approved for?Which Leads to Greater Weight Loss? – A look at the data.Side Effects of Wegovy and Zepbound – What to watch out for.Key Differences in Side Effects – How these medications compare.The Role of Cost and Insurance Coverage – Affordability matters.Exploring Other Options – What else is out there?Be sure to listen to the full episode because there's a lot to unpack here. The differences between these medications aren't always straightforward, and factors like cost, availability, and side effects can play a big role in your decision. By the end, you'll have a clear picture of which one makes the most sense for you. Let's get into it.Connect with me:Instagram: doctorfrancavillaFacebook: Help Your Patients Lose Weight with Dr. FrancavillaWebsite: Dr. Francavilla ShowYoutube: The Doctor Francavilla ShowGLP Strong: glpstrong.com

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend! I'm looking forward to sharing with you some of our community's questions that have come in over the past few weeks…   Jacqueline: Hi Dr Cabral. Thank you! I've been feeling better already. Part of school ihp 1 -2. Here's my issues. Started with Detox 2 weeks. I had congestion after shake and mucous in my throat which is usually what happens with gluten and dairy (sensitive). I noticed dandelion root which also came up on my food sensitivities test I use 1 scoop now and take the multi Also the fruit and vegetable blend, all the grasses I have issues with so I can't use that. Question is I'm doing cbo protocol and taking all the stuff, daily detox c, d, zinc, mag, metavolve. Will the cbo protocol help these food sensitivities after I finish it? These supplements are foundation and I want to be able to use them. Thank you again. I'm so blessed I found this program.                                                                                                                                                                 Audrey: Hi Dr. Cabral, I have 2 questions regarding food labels: 1. Is peanut oil considered one of the dangerous seed oils? It's listed with pecans, Brazil nuts and almonds in a mixed nut bag 2. Are oats that say glyphosate free but not organic safe to eat? There is a brand Seven Sundays that I love and has amazing ingredients, but it does not have the “organic label” but does say glyphosate free                                                                                                                          D: Thank you for all you/team do. I love your "test not guess" approach, but I have run out of resources from lots testing in with my MD/ND. I am hopping you can help me map out what protocols would be my "Best Bet" in your experience." My primary symptoms is the inability to breathe. After a very stressful year (financially, miscarriage, moving x2, death in the family & ultra-endurance event), my body feels like it has shut down. They gave me an epipen 2x at the hospital & put me on PPI as they can't figure out why I am not able to breathe (6months). Blood/stool testing shows no allergies issues, low testosterone, high cortisol, no gut issues . Working with a breath coach & done the 21 FMD (feel about 25% better). For context I was a high performing, health conscious 40yr/ m. S&C coach.          Anonymous: Hi Dr Cabral, I listened to earlier podcasts on Ayurvedic body types (Dosha). Numbers 713, 907, 914, 922, 929, 936, 950, 969. I believe I am Vata body type. My question is about physical exercises. Walking outside is number 1 recommended cardio in those podcasts for Vata body type. Because walking does not allow to reach and stay in Zone 2, is Zone 2 cardio at all beneficial or recommended to Vata body types through inclined walking on treadmill or rowing machine? The question is due to my goal of gaining healthy weight and Zone 2 cardio for Vata may not contribute to that. I am male, 40 y.o., 5feet 7inches, 125 lbs. I did Big5, working with EquiLife health coach. I have candida and yeast overgrowth and I am in the middle of CBO protocol. Low testosterone, high evening cortisol.         Ann: Hi Dr Cabral :). Thank you for all you do for your community every day :) We appreciate you . My 23yo son had routine bloodwork and came back with very low D and very high iron. I'm addressing the D, but I am wondering if you could explain possible root causes for high iron, and possible remedies beyond decreasing red meat and not cooking in cast iron. His GP is testing to see if there is a genetic cause as well. (His TIBC and UIBC were in the normal range , Iron Sat was 58 and Iron was 191 if that is info that helps) Thank you again - have a wonderful day :)                     Thank you for tuning into this weekend's Cabral HouseCalls and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Mindset & Motivation Monday show to get your week started off right!   - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/3320 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? 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How old are you? A better question might be: how old do you feel? While your birthday says one thing, your biological age—the health of your cells—might tell a very different story. And here's the best part: unlike your chronological age, your biological age can go down. But how? For years, fasting has been celebrated as a key to longevity. Yet the challenge of skipping meals is enough to make most of us shy away. What if you could trick your body into reaping the rewards of fasting—without starving yourself?  This week, we're joined by Dr. Valter Longo, Director of the Longevity Institute at USC and one of TIME's 50 most influential people in healthcare. Valter's groundbreaking research on ageing and his FMD program have transformed how we think about health and longevity. Joining him is Tim Spector, ZOE's co-founder and one of the world's top 100 most-cited scientists.

Jason Howell has first impressions of Android XR, Google's new mixed reality platform. And is Epic's deal with Telefonica bloatware?Big Story"Epic Games to pre-install its game store on 'millions' of devices with new Telefónica deal | TechCrunch"   https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/epic-games-to-pre-install-its-game-store-on-millions-of-devices-with-new-telefonica-deal/"Android XR: Google's Bold New Vision for Extended Reality"   https://www.androidfaithful.com/android-xr-googles-bold-new-vision-for-extended-reality/"I Tried Google's Android XR Glasses - by Jason Howell"   https://jasonhowell.substack.com/p/i-tried-googles-android-xr-glasses"Google wants Android XR to power your next VR headset and smart glasses"   https://www.androidpolice.com/android-xr-announced/"Android XR and Project Moohan hands-on: Gemini is the killer app - The Verge"   https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/24319528/google-android-xr-samsung-project-moohan-smart-glasses"Harvard and Google to release 1 million public-domain books as AI training dataset | TechCrunch"   https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/harvard-and-google-to-release-1-million-public-domain-books-as-ai-training-dataset/"Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft | WIRED"   https://www.wired.com/story/harvard-ai-training-dataset-openai-microsoft/"FCC Opens Entire 6-GHz Band to Very-Low-Power Device Operations | TV Tech"   https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/fcc-opens-entire-6-ghz-band-to-very-low-power-device-operations"YouTube TV Hikes Price by $10 to $83 per Month, up 14%"   https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/youtube-tv-raises-price-increase-2024-1236247063/"YouTube TV Hikes Price $10 to $82.99"   https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-tv-price-increase/"Google Adds More Bluetooth Tracker Protections to Android - Thurrott.com"   https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/314394/google-adds-more-bluetooth-tracker-protections-to-android"Android's Unknown tracker alerts adding ‘Find Nearby' for FMD"   https://9to5google.com/2024/12/11/unknown-tracker-alerts-find-nearby-update/"You can now use AirTags to expedite a lost luggage reunion through United's mobile app - The Verge"   https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/24319503/apple-airtag-find-my-network-share-item-location-united-airlines-lost-bag-luggage"Intel Arc B580 review: The first worthy budget GPU of the decade | PCWorld"   https://www.pcworld.com/article/2553897/intel-arc-b580-review.html"It sure looks like OpenAI trained Sora on game content — and legal experts say that could be a problem | TechCrunch"   https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/it-sure-looks-like-openai-trained-sora-on-game-content-and-legal-experts-say-that-could-be-a-problem/"Nvidia Steps Up Hiring in China to Focus on AI-Driven Cars - Bloomberg"   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/nvidia-steps-up-hiring-in-china-to-focus-on-ai-driven-cars"China's Instagram-Style Xiaohongshu Crosses $1 Billion in Profit - Bloomberg"   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/china-s-instagram-style-xiaohongshu-crosses-1-billion-in-profit"Australia to force tech giants to keep paying for news"   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4pvgjklevo"Google says feedback shows old search result format is bad for hotels"   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-says-feedback-shows-old-140517877.html

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend! I'm looking forward to sharing with you some of our community's questions that have come in over the past few weeks…   Melissa: Hi Dr. Cabral - on my food sensitivity test call, the coach said that there would be concern if a person didn't have any immune reactions to food because food is a foreign invader of the body. I see what she's saying to a certain extent but this was confusing to me because I thought the point of taking the test was to figure out your sensitivities and remove them for a certain period of time then reintroduce them to see if you're still sensitive…the goal being to remove a negative immune reaction and reduce stress on your body. Maybe I was misunderstanding what she was saying but this just sounded counterintuitive to me. Can you please explain? Could the sensitivities be affecting the IgG part of your immune system in which wouldn't you want to remove them?     Dylaini: (Pronounced: Delaney) Hi Dr. Cabral, thanks for all of the knowledge and information you share. I am an RN hoping to make the jump to IHP soon! My son is 13 months old and he's already been on antibiotics 3x… once for fever of unknown origin at 50 days old and 2 other for ear infections. I know you and your coaches don't see kids until three years old. Are there any tips you have for kids under three to rebuild gut Microbiome because of these antibiotics and any suggestions of what to do to instead to avoid them in the future.     Jackie: Hi Dr. Cabral, thank you for all you do. Your team and the work you do have been life changing for me. I struggle with garlic and onions - they cause me to burp & have gas for 48hours. It also take 3-4 days for me stop stinking (even with daily sauna/cardio)- very unpleasant. I don't eat them unless at family or friends or out of my direct control as a common cooking ingredient. Is there anything I can do to help with digestion. For context did big 5 no food intolerances other than eggs/Brazil nuts - FMD 21, HVM, CBO, CBO FIN, & FMD 7. I also ran allergy tests and nothing came back. I take HCL + digestive enzymes with meals to support digestion. Would love your insights     Hannah: Hi Dr Cabral you're so amazing, thanks for all you do! I probably have some insulin resistance (years of high carb/ processed diet) GD during pregnancy (failed by 2 pts) tinnitus acquired during third trimester. Since the tinnitus started I have been determined to turn my health around for me and my family! I tried to do a 36 hour water fast and I became tachycardic, BG 44 after 35 hours and had to eat something. I am 4'11” 96lb, Any advice with how to fast while dealing with hypoglycemia?   Thank you for tuning into this weekend's Cabral HouseCalls and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Mindset & Motivation Monday show to get your week started off right! - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/3159 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!