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In this eye-opening episode of The Well Beyond 40 Podcast, I sit down with the incredible Mike Mutzel, a seasoned expert in the fields of biology and clinical nutrition. Mike's unique blend of scientific knowledge and real-world experience brings a fresh perspective to the table, especially on topics like fasting, hormonal health, and the real impacts of our dietary choices. Whether you're a fitness enthusiast or someone curious about optimizing your health, this conversation is packed with insights that will challenge what you thought you knew about your body. Mike shares his personal journey through various health challenges and how they led him to explore the complex world of hormones and dietary impacts on our body's physiology. From the surprising effects of fasted workouts to the nuances of protein intake, Mike's stories are not only relatable but also incredibly informative. He breaks down complex scientific concepts into understandable nuggets, making it easier for all of us to grasp the significance of our daily health choices. We also dive deep into the myths and truths surrounding creatine, especially for women, and discuss why it's a game-changer for muscle health and overall vitality. Mike's evidence-based approach, combined with practical advice from years in the trenches, provides a wealth of knowledge that can help you fine-tune your health strategies. Don't miss out on this fascinating discussion! Tune in to learn how you can leverage the latest science to support your health goals and why sometimes, challenging the status quo can lead to better health outcomes. Whether you're dealing with specific health issues or just aiming to optimize your well-being, there's something in this episode for you. Join us as we explore the critical links between diet, exercise, and long-term health—empower yourself with knowledge and start making more informed choices today!   FULL show notes: https://www.jjvirgin.com/highintensityhealth Mike Mutzel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metabolic_mike/?hl=en Mike Mutzel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Highintensityhealth Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat: https://amzn.to/3USEqjQ  Study: Oreo Cookie Treatment Lowers LDL Cholesterol More Than High-Intensity Statin Therapy in a Lean Mass Hyper-Responder on a Ketogenic Diet: A Curious Crossover Experiment: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/1/73 High-Intensity Health: 25 vs 100 Grams of Protein After Exercise for Muscle Gains: New Study Breakdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4hqvDNJdkc  Study: Stopping or reducing dietary fiber intake reduces constipation and its associated symptoms https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435786/  Reignite Wellness™ Clean Creatine Powder: https://reignitewellness.com/products/clean-creatine-powder Reignite Wellness™ ElectroReplenish: https://reignitewellness.com/products/electroreplenish Reignite Wellness™ Extra Fiber: https://reignitewellness.com/products/extra-fiber Reignite Wellness™ Plant-Based & Paleo-Inspired All-In-One Shakes: https://reignitewellness.com/collections/shakes Order your own labs at YourLabWork: https://yourlabwork.com/jj-virgin/ Get Mike's FREE Blood Work Cheat-Sheet  

On today's episode of Reborn, Ashley is joined by Mike Mutzel. Mike is a Functional Medicine consultant, author, and entrepreneur.  He is the founder of High Intensity Health, a platform that offers a podcast, consulting, e-courses, and the latest breakthroughs in fitness, nutrition, and Functional Medicine.   In addition, Mike is the CEO of Myoxcience, a supplement company focused on providing quality formulas that optimize your health and performance.  You can learn more about High Intensity Health by visiting highintensityhealth.com and subscribing to the Youtube Channel @Highintensityhealth.  Make sure to stay up-to-date with Mike by following him on Instagram @metabolic_mike To learn more about Myoxcience, visit the website myoxcience.com. Sponsors: Green Chef Go to Greenchef.com/reborn60 and use the code "reborn60" to get 60% off plus free shipping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Click here to download your FREE guide to 100x YOUR EFFICIENCY IN 10 EASY STEPS: https://bit.ly/3F8qOJL Build IRONCLAD discipline in this FREE workshop: https://bit.ly/3RUnYux On Today's Episode: Not understanding hormones and calories is leading more of us to metabolic problems than a little bit. Unfortunately, losing weight and having healthier blood glucose levels isn't as simple as eating less and restricting calories. To make matters worse, fasting, although a popular method of weight loss and health, is a lot more complicated than not eating.  In this we have experts such as Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Alan Goldhamer, and Mike Mutzel sharing their insights and research on how to approach fasting for weight loss and improved metabolic health. Dr Jason Fung is a nephrologist and the co-founder of the Fasting Method program which has helped millions of people lose weight and reverse type 2 diabetes. Unlike many nephrologists, Dr Fung supports and encourages the education of diabetes and weight loss being possible through intermittent fasting. He's a NY Times bestselling author and respected voice on fasting, weight loss, nutrition, and type 2 diabetes.  Dr. Alan Goldhamer is the founder of TrueNorth Health Center. His clinic focuses on healing patients through plant based vegan diets, and clinical fasting. Dr Goldhamer is also the author of The Pleasure Trap, Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness. Mike Mutzel is a functional medicine consultant in the natural product industry. He's obsessed with evidence-based natural medicine and is the author of the Bell Fat Effect. Mike is also the founder of High Intensity Health. QUOTES: “It's not just about the calories, it's about the hormones.” Dr. Jason Fung “You can't burn body fat if insulin is high.” Dr Jason “If you fast and exercise you actually lose more weight but more of it is lean tissue. If you fast and rest you mobilize predominantly fat and specifically visceral fat.” Dr Alan Goldhamer “Drinking too much water can flush your electrolytes out and result in water intoxication.” Dr. Alan Goldhamer “I'm not really concerned about fat loss as the best proxy for health.” Mike Mutzel “Have the carbohydrate commence with the activity.” Mike Mutzel Follow Jason Fung:  Website: https://www.doctorjasonfung.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjasonfung/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/drjasonfung  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drjasonfung  Follow Dr. Alan Goldhamer:  Website: https://www.healthpromoting.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truenorthhealth  Follow Mike Mutzel:  Website: https://highintensityhealth.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeMutzelMS  Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeMutzel  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metabolic_mike/  Sponsors: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at http://www.shopify.com/impact This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://www.betterhelp.com/impacttheory and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 138 I am once again joined by Mike Mutzel known as Metabolic Mike on Instagram. Mike earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University and completed his M.S. in  Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. Mike caught my attention by being very vocal about the importance of health and personal accountability during the COVID Pandemic. Mike was previously on Episode 39 so please check him out there as well if you missed it. Today we talk about contrast therapy, vaccines, diet, the gut microbiome, dementia and more. Mikes a  great guy so be sure to follow his stuff online under High Intensity Health! Please enjoy episode 138 of the Endless Endeavor Podcast. — Connect with Mike Mutzel: Instagram: @metabolic_mike Website: highintensityhealth.com Connect with Greg: ● Instagram: @granderson33 ● Website: www.theelectricnorth.com for podcast apparel and gear ● Email: gregandersonpodcast@gmail.com ● Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/Granderson33 Episode sponsors: ● Iron Neck http://www.iron-neck.com/endless Coupon code ENDLESS 15% ● Paleo Valley https://paleovalley.com/store/beef-sticks Coupon ENDLESS 15% Off ● Bio Pro + https://bioproteintech.com/bioidentical-alternative-to-human-growth-hormone coupon code ENDLESS saves 10% ● LMNT https://drinklmnt.com/endlessendeavor for a free variety sample pack with any purchase If you enjoy the show, make sure to give the Endless Endeavor Podcast a rating via  your favorite audio platform OR on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCieFsr26t9cyPDKMbLQJzXw/featured!

If you look at fertility rates over recent decades, the data is shocking. Sperm counts and testosterone levels have dropped, the incidence of miscarriages has risen, and overall ability to reproduce is on the decline. From an evolutionary standpoint, human fertility is a critical part of our health. And like many other issues plaguing our society, there's a lot we can do to make a positive impact on our overall reproductive health. On this episode of The Model Health Show, Mike Mutzel from High-Intensity Health is back to discuss what's behind declining fertility rates, like endocrine-disrupting chemicals and other environmental factors. You're going to hear simple, natural, and accessible ways to boost testosterone and balance hormonal health for both men and women. This episode contains important conversations on human reproductive health, the role of testosterone for overall wellness, and why walking is an indispensable human behavior. We're also going to talk about the adverse effects of hormonal birth control, and why building muscle should be a goal for everyone. Listen in, take good notes, and enjoy this interview with my friend, Mike Mutzel! In this episode you'll discover: The shocking statistics on declining fertility. How sperm motility rates are expected to change in the next few decades. Why endocrine-disrupting chemicals are hurting our hormones. The importance of preconception planning and nutrition. Which specific foods you should eat organic, and why. Why filtered water is critical for hormonal health. How your cup of coffee could be exposing you to microplastics. What the contamination theory of obesity is. How microplastics disrupt the gut barrier and microbiome. The link between muscle mass and testosterone. How many steps per day is correlated with higher testosterone levels. Why you should aim to walk after a meal. How to encourage your children to walk more. What thermal stress is. The link between metabolism, osteoarthritis, and inflammation. What DHEA is, and when to utilize it. How hormonal birth control suppresses fertility. The importance of building muscle for overall health and vitality. Items mentioned in this episode include: Foursigmatic.com/model -- Get an exclusive 10% discount on your daily health elixirs! Beekeepersnaturals.com/model -- Save 25% on raw honey & other natural remedies! Environmental Working Group Fateful Harvest by Duff Wilson Natural Cycles Daysy Beyond the Pill by Dr. Jolene Brighten Connect with Mike Mutzel Website / Instagram / YouTube Join TMHS Facebook community - Model Nation  Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud Download Transcript

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When talking about backing off of fasting and restrictive eating and eating more nutritious calories to be more healthy and more active, are we rejecting the widely validated health benefits of things like ketone production and fasting-induced autophagy? Absolutely not, but we might want to reflect how restrictive eating benefits those with metabolic damage more so than those with metabolic health.  In this show I share insights on the topic from numerous experts, including #listentothesisson primal OG Mark Sisson, Mike Mutzel of High Intensity Health, my longtime primal colleague Dr. Lindsay Taylor, podcaster and author (and deep dietary experimenter) Melanie Avalon, Dr. Cate Shanahan, Health coach and former podcast guest Ryan Baxter (who consumed 600 extra calories per day for a year and didn't gain weight, a great validation of the additive model of energy expenditure), and also quotes from an article about the energy deficiency struggles of USA national champion distance runner Elise Cranny - and how she ate her way back to top form. Listen in and learn how to best strategize the use of fasting, low-carb/keto, and intense exercise and how to avoid the pitfalls of energy deficiency and overly-stressful lifestyle circumstances.    TIMESTAMPS: We get into controversy calling into question some of the many pillars of the ancestral health movement. [01:25] Getting away from the standard American diet of nutrient deficient processed foods hamper energy production. [04:35] Folks who are in the lowest metabolic health category will benefit the most from cleaning up their diets. [07:48] Triglycerides to HDL ratio is the single most important category in your blood work to watch to track heart disease risk factors. [09:43] Even a healthy, athletic, lean, fit person could potentially be experiencing some adverse effects of the chronically minimal insulin in the diet. [13:55] When we are trying to optimize the model of ancestral health, it is important to reflect how some of these things apply to modern life. [15:05] We're asking way more from our bodies, from our minds and from our stress response than the ancestral, hunter gatherer. [20:53] Brad is comparing and contrasting expert insights between the energy balance concept and strict ancestral boilerplate. [26:30] The research validates that exercise boosts autophagy quicker and more intensely than fasting. [29:10] Most of the benefits of fasting come from calorie restriction plus a heightened awareness of what you are putting in your mouth. [33:20] There's a difference in the way different carbs and different fats are metabolized. [40:11] Overtraining and not eating enough can really throw you off.  [42:08] You have to be healthy to be an elite athlete. [45:55] There's no doubt that the restricted diets aren't for everybody. [52:28] Fat is survival and nutritious carbs are ideal for maximum cellular energy production and turning up all those dials. 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Episode 103 In this episode, I speak with Johnny Loreti (MS, CSCS, CPT) is a WBFF Pro Fitness Model, competitive powerlifter, BJJ practitioner and owner of Back Bay Fit, and Brazilian Top Team – Back Bay. Johnny primarily works with adults looking to optimize their performance in not only the gym, but in work, and at home. His passion is enhancing his client's overall lives through health and wellness with an emphasis on highly specific and measurable methods of improvement. Topics Discussed: Crisis as a Catalyst Continue to Challenge yourself Ego & Insecurity Always Have Goals Professional vs. Amateur Mindset Journey in WBFF Dialing in Your Nutrition Managing Bi-Polar Disorder Creating Prescriptive Client Plans Empowering People thru Fitness Leveraging Technology Details Matter Instagram: @backbayfit Website: www.backbayfit.com www.bttbackbay.co www.anthro.fit Reading: High Conflict by Amanda Ripley Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Listening To: Podcast: Jocko, Order of Man, High Intensity Health, Found My Fitness R&R: Sauna, Shut off the Tech, Quality Sleep SUBSCRIBE, SHARE, RATE and REVIEW *Anything discussed in this episode is not medical advice and you should always check with a health professional prior to taking any actions. Please leave a rating and review Connect with me on YouTube , Instagram and Twitter Website: www.berestedbewell.com Xendurance: http://shopxnd.com/berestedbewell Mighty Meals: https://eatmightymeals.com/order/r/berestedbewell/ BioStrap: https://biostrap.com/order-evo/?ref=scottshortmeyeru Infrared Saunas: https://qj959.isrefer.com/go/restandrecovery/restrecoverypodcast/ Tusol Wellness: https://tusolwellness.com/?rfsn=5207570.45dc97 CODE: SCOTT20 EnergyBits: www.energybits.com **20% DISCOUNT CODE: REST BiOptimizers: www.bioptimizers.com CODE: BERESTED for 10% Discount Condition One Bars: www.goconditionone.com/rest or Code: REST for 20% Discount #respecttherest #backbayfit #bjj #wbff #boston #bostonstrong #fitness #jiujitsu #wearables #dekascan #measureresults #ironcouncil #orderofman #oom #fittech #healthtech #personalizednutrition #nutrition #

Episode 103 In this episode, I speak with Johnny Loreti (MS, CSCS, CPT) is a WBFF Pro Fitness Model, competitive powerlifter, BJJ practitioner and owner of Back Bay Fit, and Brazilian Top Team – Back Bay. Johnny primarily works with adults looking to optimize their performance in not only the gym, but in work, and at home. His passion is enhancing his client's overall lives through health and wellness with an emphasis on highly specific and measurable methods of improvement. Topics Discussed: Crisis as a Catalyst Continue to Challenge yourself Ego & Insecurity Always Have Goals Professional vs. Amateur Mindset Journey in WBFF Dialing in Your Nutrition Managing Bi-Polar Disorder Creating Prescriptive Client Plans Empowering People thru Fitness Leveraging Technology Details Matter Instagram: @backbayfit Website: www.backbayfit.com www.bttbackbay.co www.anthro.fit Reading: High Conflict by Amanda Ripley Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Listening To: Podcast: Jocko, Order of Man, High Intensity Health, Found My Fitness R&R: Sauna, Shut off the Tech, Quality Sleep SUBSCRIBE, SHARE, RATE and REVIEW *Anything discussed in this episode is not medical advice and you should always check with a health professional prior to taking any actions. Please leave a rating and review Connect with me on YouTube , Instagram and Twitter Website: www.berestedbewell.com Xendurance: http://shopxnd.com/berestedbewell Mighty Meals: https://eatmightymeals.com/order/r/berestedbewell/ BioStrap: https://biostrap.com/order-evo/?ref=scottshortmeyeru Infrared Saunas: https://qj959.isrefer.com/go/restandrecovery/restrecoverypodcast/ Tusol Wellness: https://tusolwellness.com/?rfsn=5207570.45dc97 CODE: SCOTT20 EnergyBits: www.energybits.com **20% DISCOUNT CODE: REST BiOptimizers: www.bioptimizers.com CODE: BERESTED for 10% Discount Condition One Bars: www.goconditionone.com/rest or Code: REST for 20% Discount #respecttherest #backbayfit #bjj #wbff #boston #bostonstrong #fitness #jiujitsu #wearables #dekascan #measureresults #ironcouncil #orderofman #oom #fittech #healthtech #personalizednutrition #nutrition #

For this episode, I had the pleasure of being a guest on Mike's podcast, High Intensity Health. We discussed my new book, Ketogenic Bodybuilding, reverse dieting, preserving muscle mass, and much more.

Today's guest is Mike Mutzel. Mike earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University in 2006 and completed his Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in 2015 and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine. He is a Functional Medicine consultant in the natural product industry and has worked as a nutritionist over the years. He runs the YouTube channel High Intensity Health where he talks about all aspects of health and shares what he's learned in the medicine, nutrition and fitness industry over the last decade.In this episode we discuss the biggest benefits and negative effects of fasting, what you can start doing to reverse your age, why getting out in nature is so important, what happens to our body when we eat, how to make your immune system bulletproof and so much more!For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1187The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-podA Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-podThe Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-podSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mike Mutzel is a functional medicine consultant in the natural product industry, host of the High Intensity Health podcast, and author of Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/199-mike-mutzel

hello? Hello everybody. This is Caroline Schafer, your host. And today I am so happy and pleased to welcome Josh Dech, Josh Dech, is with Josh Dech Fitness Incorporated. In his early twenties  he was a paramedic. He is into weightlifting strength training. He's an athlete and a personal trainer and six years ago, he made the jump to the entrepreneurial world. He loves functional medicine, and I can't wait for today because we're going to get into all things about gut and bacteria. Welcome Josh. Thank you for having me. That was quite the introduction you should consider radio. Thank you. That's hysterical. If you knew where my brain was at a few months ago, I will so take that. so the more I learn about the gut, the more fascinating I find it. I think one of the most interesting facts is that we are made up of more bacteria than cells. That's so cool because I don't think many people know that. they call it the second brain now and how important that is. So tell me a little bit about you and how you got into. Wow. Okay. That's quite a journey. So my first career, as you said, I was a paramedic and it actually happened more by fluke how I became a personal trainer. I moved across the country and I was trying to get my paramedic's license transferred. Now it is only province to province. Whereas doctors and nurses are more national, sometimes international, depending on designation. So my testing just wasn't going through and I wasn't able to transfer my license. It wasn't just the medical exam. So I hit a bunch of things. Picked up a job at a gym, just working as a personal trainer there. In the meantime to pave my licensing sort of fell in love, ended up at this business conference. And, from there the rest is history. I decided that weekend it was a three-day conference. I'm quitting my job, starting a business, fell in love with it. And I've been doing this now six years. And over the course of all of this, I've made that transition. Really fell in love with the idea of moving from reactive medicine as a paramedic to proactive medicine as a personal trainer operating in the space of functional medicine. Oh, I love that. I love that proactive. That is my kind of words.  I know you're a big proponent of the book, "the Oxygen Advantage", tell me a little bit about the oxygen advantage, fantastic books written by Patrick McComb. I'm not sure his exact designation, Irish fellow work somewhere in whether it's sports therapy. I forget exactly what it is. However, the book talks about the importance of breathing. Something as simple as chest breathing versus belly breathing. How, when you breathe through your nostrils are actually produced nitric oxide, which helps create basal dilation. It dilates the blood vessels, lowering blood pressure. It's healthier gas exchange. It actually warms the air. It's not as hard on the lungs, but it does to relax your body, actually just nasal breathing versus breathing through your mouth. Even the little things. When you breathe through your mouth, you're prone to breathing in your chest. Which creates tightness in the muscles, in your pecs, your neck, your shoulders, your traps, which can inhibit a bunch of nerves. Create stress responses. Breathing in the belly can also help stimulate and call the Vegas nerve, which is a big one in relaxation. It governs the heart and all your organs, the digestive system. And so the simple act of breathing through your nose. Creates this entire cascade of things in the body where we do our health has just amplified by just breathing differently. It's amazing is so amazing. And I'm so a proponent of that, and I'm going to blow everybody's mind right now. So I do something a little bit crazy at night but it's because I've read up on all of that.  It is so funny to me, how before, like your one and a half, two, you breathe correctly and nobody instructs you, but somehow we mess it up and we go from naturally breathing as an infant through our nose. Somehow we start breathing through our mouth, which is not good so I tape my mouth to sleep and it is wonderful. , I learned from Mike Mutzel, with High Intensity Health and it does crazy things, it changes jawline structure. Like you said, all the chemistry within the body, the stress, like w like a million chemical changes happen, it's mind blowing. It's such an like autonomic thing. It just, happened. Nobody, instructs you to breathe, but we're all doing it wrong. Like, it's so crazy. Well, how can you do something wrong when you just do it intuitively it's true. I mean, they recommend that the book you tape your mouth closed when you're sleeping to force you to breathe. Now I've dealt with a more of a histamine issue. It's like a mass cell activation issue where my body, through my gut and other issues that I've had struggled with over the years before I learned to correct. my body would produce histamines, produce mucus, all kinds of stuff. So I dealt with this chronic rhinitis where my sinuses are always plugged in. Just even the act of forcing myself, even when it was hard. It almost made me panic a bit because I couldn't breathe. My sinus has just opened up, but I mean,  I'm 29 years old my skull is not going to change an In structure, a growth, right. It's more popular and they talk about this in the book. It's more popular in tribal countries, African countries, where there will actually force the baby to start breathing through his mouth. They will hold its lips close to force it breathe, to a sinuses over here. We call it barbaric over there. But you'll notice it's not just a genetic thing, but a lot of tribes, pygmy tribes, African tribes, some of it's a genetic lineage thing, but you'll notice a wider,  nasal cavity, larger sinuses, larger air passages through the nose because they are breathing properly. That's a human should look like, but the development of your nose, like you and I talked about this a little bit. I know you're jumping at the bit for this one. It's so funny to me that people call them third world. And yet they know how to work their body better than all of our intelligence over here. You know what I mean? That's kind of a scary thought. It's like something as simple, something as simple as breathing. That we do every single second of our life that we can't do for more than a few seconds without, and we just mess it up. when you breathe through your mouth, your whole throat gets dry, which is not good for bacteria but when you tape your mouth shut, you can't breathe. There, it doesn't get dry. Then I don't drink water. Then I don't have to get up and use the restroom in the middle of the night. So I just get one big continuous sleep without any interruptions. But I just think it's glorious. And when I have researched the information, there were so many benefits to it. The first time I saw it I was like, okay, that's really crazy. Crazy. Like, why bother? Just no way. It's too crazy to be true. It looks nuts. I mean, when you see somebody with their map taped, you're like, whoa, that's really strange. Yeah. Right. It looks a little off, but if you do the science, I tell you why it's so. Amazing. And it's like, if you try it, it takes a few nights because your first you're like, what is this thing on my mouth?  It helps all the asthma, sleep apnea and snoring like it is such a godsend for all of these things. I wish people had more of the mindset of those third world countries, because it is truly amazing how many healing properties it can have. So I can't wait to get more into this and those jokes, we talk, well, first world problems, but what is the first real problem? Is it that, you know, my modem, I can't reach to my house is so big or is it that my body is so screwed up because we don't understand the basics of medicine. Yeah. We really need to get more simplistic. We've overcomplicated everything. ? I never knew  asthma is a disease of luxury, it's not in third world countries. If they don't have it, we've created our own diseases because of that clean and antiseptic we are. And, everyone's driving me crazy with the hand sanitizer, cause that stuff is so darn toxic and most people use in Purell, which is bacterial, not viral. So it does nothing for COVID and it just makes. Crazy. I've tried to even like tell managers of stores. I'm like, this does nothing. You're not helping anything, you know, but, uh, it's people just don't understand. But, talk to me more about gut bacteria, like DNA versus gut bacteria. Ooh, good topic. Okay. So something that I think is not so commonly known as every person in the world, no matter who you are, where you're from, we'll share an average about 99.9% of your DNA. We've always looked at DNA as a thing that makes us it as it's who we are. It's what was passed down from generation to generation, from your parents. To me, it's how I came to be with blonde hair, blue eyes. Right. My height's all DNA based, which is true. However, DNA and genes, all there's variables between them. What's really interesting if we shared 99.9%of our DNA, and we all look as different as we do. What's more interesting is you and I, we had these ecosystems living on our skin and inside of our gut, like billions of billions of bacteria. In fact, we have three to five pounds of bacteria living in our digestive system. Okay. So we it's super crazy. That's yeah, this is all full of bacteria. If it was the wrong kind of bacteria that would kill a population. So we share 99.9% of our DNA, but this entire ecosystem that lives inside of our bodies, digesting food, absorbing nutrients and vitamins, and creating vitamins for us, balancing hormones, we only share about 10% of that genetic makeup of our gut bacteria between you and yet we should have 99.9% of our DNA. So my question is what really makes us is that our. Or is it a gut bacteria? If you have what we call dysbiosis or imbalance in gut bacteria, poor gut health, poor gut bacteria. You can have almost any medical condition under the sun. You can have diabetes, MS, autism or autism like symptoms, ADHD, anxiety, depression.You can have all. Hashimoto's your gut and your thyroid have a direct connection. You're getting your brain a direct connection. And that brings into like leaky gut leaky brain toxins, getting into the brain causing inflammation that you just it's endless. And we'll, we'll dive. However far you want to dive today. I know we don't want this to be a six hour lecture, but that's the gist. It's amazing. The brain, the body, the gut. It's just incredible. It really is. I heard an interesting quote the other day and they're like, no doctor, even all the doctors cumulatively. Have any clue on really the depth and an insight of all the things that go on on the human body. It is just so impressive and amazing. Like the more we keep finding out. It's so complicated. It really is such a miracle. Like it is amazing to me as a mom that all the babies that come out. Okay. Because of, so there's such a variety of things that could go wrong, I mean, it's millions of things. It's mind blowing as many of us come out as good as we do to me. I mean, even like your gut health, as it relates to your liver and liver toxicity, Now the EWG, the Environmental Working Group has all kinds of studies. They have a list. They call the clean 15 and the dirty dozen, the dirty dozen, it's all your fruits and vegetables that have the most pesticides and additives and GMOs. Whereas your clean 15 or your best 15 options like avocados, hardest stuff, your dirty dozen is always spinach, strawberries, other berries, soft things. Now they've also done studies followed parents and babies and all kinds of stuff. They've done these testifying chemicals and chemical additives within the body. And they found an average it's 252 or 56 chemicals inside the umbilical quarter of an unborn fetus that makes me want to cry. It should, it's not chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, rocket fuel petroleum products inside our body. And then in an average adult, it's over 500 and some odd chemicals. And it's amazing that still a baby can come out. This is why I believe we had all these autism and learning disabilities and things that are getting worse and worse as we develop. But these are diseases of a developing country. And so. It's amazing that the human body could still produce a healthy, functional baby amongst these hundreds of like rocket fuel and your why it's stuff it's soil, it's everywhere. It's amazing. A lot of people like rice and it's a staple but there's a amount of arsenic in rice and it's so crazy. Like you think rice is such a normal staple for so many people in the world, but it's like the contaminants are so high. I personally go gluten free and the more grain-free that I am the better off I am. The only two that I seem to have no repercussions from are cassava root and coconut flour. I've mentioned this before about the bacteria. As a mom, I've had twins and they say babies that are born vaginally, get to have that bacteria as they go through the birth canal. And it really jump-starts their whole gut health c-section void that and they never get that. And it's like stealing from them in my mind, which is really sad. And the C-section babies usually have more asthma allergies and all those kinds of repercussions and I literally have that in my life. I have twins, the first one was born vaginally and second one was born C-section first one doesn't really have allergies. Oh, when she played softball, she looked a little frog. Her eyes would blow up in our thing, but I'm like, I have scientific proof of that theory right in front of my eyes. It's amazing. What's really interesting. Is there are some doctors who are more on board with this stuff than others. Cause as far as a lot of them are concerned, it's pseudoscience and booty witchcraft. Right, right. I mean, we, we can prove it. We have the studies to back us up. So what some doctors will do, thankfully, is if you are born, C-section, we'll actually take to a vaginal swab and wipe it inside the cheek of the baby, which will actually start to culture and produce that gut bacteria. So get that biome, but one of the issues, I mean, this is how sensitive the gut is. This is why not only because babies don't have teeth, you should be feeding them solid through and say six months, eight months where there's, they start to be able to digest it. But it's not just. Because their gut bacteria is still developing. Their immune systems are still developing. What happens. You can actually create leaky gut in an infant, creating food sensitivities and allergies and battle the digestive issues in it as an infant before that, even an adult. And so they're already predisposed to asthma allergies, histamine issues, gut health issues, because you've fed them solid food too early. Like it's just such a delicate process. That's so funny that you say that because my daughter is about to have a baby and I did not know about that swab. And I literally just wrote that down. So many doctors are so jumpy about doing that darn C-section and I hate it because it is so important to go through that. God knew what he was doing when he made this whole process, you know? And it's so vital to them for the rest of their life. I will still be passing that information along.  Thank you for that.   You talked about the dirty dozen, you talked about the clean 15, so you had to pick two foods, let's just say for like gut health, what would you pick? Wow, that's a crap question, but gut health. Yeah. What would you pick for a food or two as a generic? 'cause a lot of people, we look at probiotics and prebiotics, right? For, for the listeners who don't know the difference, a probiotic is things that are your bacterial cultures, things like, you know, kefir or yogurt, or it was when I was thinking I was like cabbage juice, sauerkraut so those are your probiotics. Prebiotics are starches and things fibers, non solubles that will actually feed them. They can feed the bacteria . So not everybody can have dairy. So I'm a big fan, big fan of like cabbage, for example, fantastic. For the gut. It's really great fiber. Fiber, it goes so far beyond anything else. Let's say that for gut health would be dietary, not supplemented, but dietary fiber binds on to toxins and binds onto extra hormones and pulls water into the colon. Eases the pressure, the stress on the digestive system, decreasing inflammation prevents helps ease blood sugar into the body as well. So don't get these peaks and valleys of prevents diabetes, dietary fiber from fruit and vegetable sources would be the number one thing I would use for gut health. Um, so one of the things that I try to do from my gut house does I'm convinced that Hashimoto's thyroiditis is all gut related. I try to do one fork full of sauerkraut every day.  They say that that's all you need is one forklift. I also heard that olives were really good. They are. Okay, good. For the importance of gut health,  as the second brain, what can you share with that? Oxford, have you repeat the question in a sec? Because my ADHD brain is you're actually talking about the importance of gut health and thyroid, and is very much directly connected and important point to note is, are you familiar with what's called goitrogenic foods? Yes. Okay, perfect. So anybody with a thyroid condition, low thyroid or hypo thyroid Hashimoto needs to avoid those goitrogenic foods cabbages and broccolis things like that because it actually binds to the iodine molecules in that we call your T3 hormones. They don't want to change that. So that's where we get this, what we call T3, reverse T3 iodine, molecule shifts a little bit, and it actually changes the active. T3 hormone. That's your, your reverse T3 is an inactive version, right? I mean, 97% of your thyroid is T4. It's inactive. 7% is active T3. And if you have low thyroid, you getting high conversion to this inactive form called reverse T3. You're eating high, like iodine binding foods, these goitrogenic foods, it's going to increase your thyroid hormone issues. So something to watch out for people with thyroid conditions and got. So one of the things that I've heard and I try not to eat a lot of the broccoli, the cabbage or the cauliflower kale, brussel sprouts are in there. I have heard that if you cook them, it is better. So that, that is an aid cause unfortunately with broccoli is so good for you. It happens to be one of my favorite, but I don't need it very much.  But do eat the one fork full of cabbage, but I do know about that and it is interesting. And I do also know about the gluten-free is very important. I think gluten-free most people should just do that because it's just such a, like gluten you're on them, for sure. Like gluten unequivocally across the board creates leaky gut for everyone. Right like celiacs, but for sure, yes. Well, it, I find it interesting. I don't think people understand. I've been out to a meal people and they make faces when I'm trying to question people about what's in the food, but I don't think they understand the ramifications, like one bite of anything with gluten and it makes my own thyroid attack itself for like months on end, which is pretty crazy. If you start thinking about your body attacking itself for six months, cause you had a morsel of something and to me, it's just not worth it. I don't, I'm a hundred percent gluten-free I don't vary it.  what is  interesting is the amount of gluten that we intake today. It is nothing like our grandparents. I forget the percentage, but it's a mere fraction because it's in everything. They will think, oh, bread, no, it's in your toothpaste. It's in pretty much anything. That's in a bottle that as some kind of coagulation, the salad dressing dressings, the barbecue sauce, all condiments and that kind of thing. I used to do corporate events and I used to be in charge of dietary issues. I think it was gluten that you could find them they're like 23 names. So it's really hard on labels to decipher all this, which makes going out to eat very problematic. So many things relate to it, I know we had mentioned Parkinson's, I mean, 85% of what we call your neuro-transmitters are made in your gut. And so neurotransmitters, they're the things that allow nerves to communicate. It's not all one big band, right? I mean, there's these heads at the end of the nerves and they need to send these chemical messengers across, but the other nerve to pick that up in a drag it across the signal to carry it down the body to wherever it's going, but we have 85% of your neuro-transmitters, those communicators are made inside of your. And if you have a dysbiosis or gut health issues, inflammation, bloat, whatever it is, you're lacking those neuro-transmitters. And so to an extreme degree, it can create things like MS, parkinson's other stuff. I mean, you look at your dopamine, serotonin dopamine, or lack of dopamine causes Parkinson's and that's made mostly in your gut. Wow. I did not know that. That is really scary. I know you're a personal trainer. Tell me about a success story.  One of my favorites and, all of  my current clients might get sick of me talking about it, but it's the greatest success we had because their starting point of dramatic. So I work with Lynn and Lynn was a client of mine. She came in to see me when she was 57 years old. And so she had just had a gastric sleeve done. They took up 76% of her stomach and she had this black hole. Yeah. And so it was, it was that the bariatric surgery, right. To wait. And I am entirely every sense against weight loss surgery every way. There's no justification for medically, scientifically speaking for it to be a thing ever, ever. I agree with you, people just take out everything today and I don't believe people know what they're doing when they do that. No, they really don't. And without going too much a rappel isn't the top of her gallbladder. So anyway, so she had her, her stomach part, part of it removed. And so this created a bunch of issues for her. Of course she couldn't eat. She was having gut health issues, whatever. Once you started with me at age 57, she was on 17 pills and a shot of insulin for breakfast. She was on nine more pills and insulin before bed. She had a C-PAP machine, high blood pressure, borderline cardiac. Uh, we call CHF congestive heart failure. She was on the disability list at work, but they had a fire drill and she's up on the 30 whatever floor. And she had to stand there and wait for the fire department to come and get her because she couldn't get down the stairs. Oh my God. I was aged 57. We started working together. Uh, this was actually early in my career by age 59, she was doing phenomenally. She was almost off all of her medications except for one, because of her surgery, no C-PAP or nothing and she was getting into weightlifting after the first, you know, eight months to a year now. So weightlifting is just, it's a fountain of youth. Lynn. I said you're 59. I said, you liked this weight lifting thing. I really like it like her dead lift was coming up this little lady at five foot, nothing 59 years old. And she was dead with, higher and higher weights, which we'll get to in a sec, I said, Hey, what do you, what do you feel about like entering your first power lifting competition? Right. And there's just, it's just squat bench and your deadlift, that's your powerlifting right. And she says, well, I don't know. I said it doesn't matter. It's a sign here. Perfect. So we signed on, but three months later, four months later, we drove up to Madison Hat's at three hours out of Calgary here. And so we got her up there and she did her first powerlifting competition. And she actually at age 59 broke her first ever world record. As a weightlifter and her division, she dead lifted at our all time peak. She ended up breaking like six world records, this woman who was on pills and insulin. And C-PAP the works after two years. And this is just the power of the body to heal itself. We treat it properly. She broke as a total, her career between 59 to 62 years old, she broke six world records. She holds something like seven nationals and two provincial records for her weight and age division in the raw powerlifting category, which is amazing... amazing. That is wicked cool. Oh my gosh. What a story? Holy cow. That is tremendous. Well that legacy got passed pass, like her kids, like her, her daughter got into weightlifting. Who's getting who then started adjusting her food who gave that to her daughter. So now her grandchildren are eating better and performing better because grandma's started something amazing. It didn't go well, I'm old, it's too late. She went, I need this. My body will still heal itself. I can recover. I can do it. And we got her on these programs and got her moving. And we'll shit before. Yeah, she's off all of her medications. She's breaking world records as a strength athlete in her late fifties. So it's never too late to change people. People always use the excuse. I'm like, no, no, no. You just gave me chills because so many people do the opposite. They impart bad habits into their children and their grandchildren, you know, the sugar and the snacks and the eating all day long and going to sleep with iPads and all that nonsense. And this woman. Put the bull by the horns in her late fifties, totally changed things up that often  her medication cured herself with your help of all of these ailments that she had and, and then breaks world records. That is freaking awesome. When you talk about habits, right. And how we pass these onto our children and our grandchildren, there's an old story. It's my favorite story. And a girl goes to her mom's house. Why don't we cut the ends off the ham. So she says, I dunno, your, your grandma did it. So she goes to her grandma she's she's asked her mum. She says, why do you cut out the ham? She goes i don't know, my grandma did it. Well, her great grandmother was still alive. She went to her and said, great grandma, why do you cut the ends out the hand? She goes, well, you know, back when I started in my early twenties, we didn't have a pan big enough. So we had to cut the ends off to fit. So we're doing all these things where we're moving, we're doing you're changing, making change in their lives and habits structures, just because somebody else did it. We don't ask why we're not the power of why. Why do we think we are, especially with the craziness that's going on in the world, we don't stop to ask why we're all a bunch of puppets. And we just do what we're told, ask why use your God-given brain and use some common sense and figure these things out. The people who are dictating this stuff are getting paid. They're getting paid. It's the food and drug administration, it's the big pharma. And it's like, they're the ones who are making all this information available. To make us believe things. And  their pockets that are getting lined. So is this exactly factual? And if you dig deep enough, it's not, we won't be too much of the rattle Hawks, you know, where we're kind of on gut health today, but there, there is a theory it's more spoken about in the conspiratorial atmosphere, but it's called the medical industrial complex.  And so if we actually look at medicine as an industry, sick people are revenue. War is profit, everything's profit. So if you actually trace back, when you can verify all these, you want to go and do your own digging critical thinking goes here. This is where it gets really interesting. Your food, Kellogg's all your branded stuff, your packaged stuff, Ramen, all, whatever you're eating, doesn't matter, it's all owned by the same couple of corporations, Pepsi, Coke. It's all owned by the same people. Apple or Microsoft or all the shareholders of these overarching companies are owned by the same people. It used to be a lot of it was Berkshire Hathaway, but now if you look at the top two for everything, it's Vanguard and it's BlackRock, the two companies who own basically the planet, they own your food, they own the new. They own the medicine medical school is paid for by pharmacy. 20% of it, 25, 20 6% is paid for by pharmaceutical companies who tell them what to learn, what studies they do, what medications treat, what in those. Who make the money. They produce the things that make you sick. They put the chemicals in your food. They sell you the medications. They sell you the hospitals. I take your tax dollars. I take everything. You can verify all this BlackRock and Vanguard are the two companies that own everything and this monopoly that makes you sick and keeps you here, that's the medical industrial complex. We are viewed as revenue, but a patient cure is it client loss to customer loss? Yep, absolutely. Absolutely. That's so that makes such sense. Love the way you sum that up. It all comes down to dollars and cents. That's it we're we're profit. We're cash cows. I mean, they it's so sad. It is. It is literally heart-wrenching to me to think that we've come to this kind of a place, but, but he's really fed GMO foods to rats and they'd grow tumors the size of their entire body, where it's just GMO based. We know GMO's are bad for us. They said, well, no, no, it's fine. It's fine. But we have the data. We have this, we have government studies and go to NCIB you can go wherever you want and you'll find information on it, but we're told something different. So it's so crazy. And it just, it really, it upsets me and it upsets me for like younger kids to who are never going to experience the freedoms that, that we did once growing up and be able to do things, but okay. Since we're in a heavy mode here, I'm going to ask my heavy question, so if you could eliminate one thing in this world, Josh, what would it be and why? One thing now on a food basis being of gut health, I would remove aspartame hands down unequivocally. I love that answer. Um, and it's known to be a neurotoxin. There've been reports coming out of the states, people who drink four liters of diet Coke a day presenting with MS where they just literally lose feeling in their hands and legs. And they come off a bit. Aspartame is poison and they come off as aspartame and they get back. That's my food answer. My other answer would be human greed, but it's, it's part of human nature. It's our sin nature. It's whatever you want to call it. But. A hundred percent. That's what we'll segue to is everything that we do if it's not for personal gain, right. The whole world collapses in on itself because of people chasing power and personal gain. And if we just did something we're generous, we just gave, we just worked with somebody else, did something for someone just out of the kindness of our hearts, everything. I mean, everything will be better. They've done studies just to show you what. They gave, different amounts of money to someone said, buy something for yourself with $5 up to a thousand dollars and buy something for yourself or $5 or for someone else, or $5 up to a thousand dollars. They hand this money, have them do these things. Now the self-reporting system, when they thought back about that deed or what they did or what they bought people who bought a $5 coffee for someone are happier than somebody who bought a thousand dollar item for themselves. Yep. Power of giving those far beyond just the little things it's chemical, it's hormonal, it's in our nature. We're made for that. Don't give themselves the chance to experience that because by far when you do and you get hooked on that, like a drug of choice because  that high of giving and feeling good about yourself is priceless. It really is. It's amazing. Tell everybody where they can get ahold of you and JoshDech Fitness. Well, if people want to get ahold of me, you can definitely get ahold of me on my website. That's Joshdech.com, DECH. And we also started a Facebook group a couple of weeks ago, which is of course entirely free, always will be. And the entire idea behind this Facebook group is to create a space where people come in and learn. I've been part of these keto groups and weight loss groups where people just. It's unfortunate because if you don't know an answer, you ask a question you get made fun of for it. And we're absolutely not this is a space where the group members are here to teach. They're here to learn. And the group it's actually quite a long name.. But you can look up Restoring Strength and Vitality for Men and Women, age 30 to 60 is health and fitness, restoring strength and vitality for men and women. And what we're doing is we're educating, we're doing lives every Friday. We're taking questions from our group members. We don't just create content because I think you should learn this. We see what's going on. We talk to you. We ask questions, we take polls and pick a topic and we teach because I want people to get out of this medical industrial complex, into a space they can learn and understand and critically think for themselves, heal their bodies from within and do what they need to do to get better because medicine is way too complicated. Now we have all these issues. We were playing catch up all the time. We're creating problems. And then creating medications to band-aid these problems will not the medication caused problems. So he's another medication for the problem caused by a medication it's crazy. And we just, we want to help. We want to spread the message we want to help people think critically and holistic and functional spaces and heal their bodies. So if you can find me @joshdech.com, where you can get to that health and fitness, restoring strength and vitality for men and women, age 30 to 60, I know it's a, quite a mouthful. It's all for SEO purposes.  I know. I come to, and it's much easier to name a child than it is to find a website name. I will link that, that name in the notes. So hopefully people, if they would, you know, access that they can find it easy. And, I love you have the word vitality in there. That's so awesome.  I thank you so much. I'm so big into gut health, and I think it vitally important out there and the breathing and all the things we talk about. They're overlooked in general, people know about, fried foods and things like that but I think people are really missing that link between breath and gut health. So thank you for sharing your wisdom today and your story. We greatly appreciate that. And then especially about your client. No wonder you do bragging rights on her. I mean, that is just phenomenally cool. But yeah, we, we appreciate you being here today and I want all of our listeners to remember life has no remote, get up and change it yourself. It's been a pleasure, Caroline. Thank you.

The health of your mitochondria has the capacity to impact nearly every process and reaction in your body. Recent research suggests that mitochondrial function relates to the aging process, immune function, the body's renewal processes, and more. But what do you actually know about improving the health of your mitochondria? This topic isn't one that's talked about often, but it's of utmost importance, especially in the conversation surrounding viral infections. On this episode of The Model Health Show, Mike Mutzel from High-Intensity Health is back to discuss the link between mitochondrial function and COVID-19 outcomes and how natural immunity works.  You're going to learn powerful, free, and accessible strategies you can use to improve your mitochondrial health.  We're diving into topics like autophagy and mitophagy, the life cycle of cells, and how to optimize your immune system. I hope you find this information empowering, realistic, and applicable no matter where you are on your health journey.  In this episode you'll discover: The role that interferons play in the innate immune system.  Free, accessible ways to improve your mitochondrial health.  Which disease is an indicator of mitochondrial dysfunction in the liver. What mitophagy is. The connection between glucose, insulin, and cellular renewal rates.  How exercise can contribute to autophagy. The three components necessary to activate the process of autophagy.  What weight recidivism is, and why it's particularly for parents to understand. How exercise insufficiency is defined. The link between exercise, autophagy, and mitophagy.  What immunometabolism is.  The history and function of the drug metformin.  How checking your blood glucose levels can be beneficial.  The life cycle of T cells.  How exercising can help purge senescent T cells.  The difference between chronologic age and biologic age.  What inflammaging is.  The role that vitamin D plays in cellular health. How natural immunity works. Behaviors that can make vaccines more effective. What pericarditis is, and how to increase circulation.  Items mentioned in this episode include: Onnit.com/model -- Get your optimal health supplements at 10% off!  PiqueTea.com/model -- Use code MODEL at checkout for 10% off! Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – CDC  Connect with Mike Mutzel Website / Instagram / YouTube  Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud Join TMHS Facebook community - Model Nation 

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Mike Mutzel earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University in 2006 and completed his M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in 2015 and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine's (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP). He hosts the High Intensity Health podcast, and is the author of Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/176-mike-mutzel 

In Episode 39 I am joined by Mike Mutzel known as Metabolic Mike on Instagram. Mike earned his B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University in 2006 and completed his M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in 2015. Mike caught my attention by being very vocal about the importance of health and personal accountability during the COVID Pandemic. In a time where everyone is consumed by how we keep ourselves and others safe, it seems health is left out of the conversation altogether, even though co-morbidities seem to be the largest contributing factor to COVID related deaths. Mike and I each host our own Podcast and decided to do a dual release on both our shows (his is called High Intensity Health). So in todays episode I find myself as both interviewee and interviewer. Please enjoy Episode 039 of the Endless Endeavor Podcast.   --- Connect with Mike on Instagram & his website: @metabolic_mike https://highintensityhealth.com Connect with me on Instagram: @granderson33 Episode resources: Visit www.curednutrition.com to check out their product line and use coupon code ENDLESS for 10% off. Check out https://1stphorm.com/granderson33 for delicious supplements + FREE SHIPPING off your entire order! At www.paleovalley.com when you buy even just ONE delicious, 100% grass-fed beef stick SAVE 15% with code ENDLESS!    If you enjoy the show, make sure to give the Endless Endeavor Podcast a rating via your favorite audio platform OR on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCieFsr26t9cyPDKMbLQJzXw/featured!

High Intensity Health’s Mike Mutzel is on the forefront of functional medicine. His top-rated podcasts have helped thousands of people with fitness, nutrition and general health advice. On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Mike Mutzel delves deeply into questions about fasting, microbiome diversity, the keto diet and the carnivore diet. And on top of all that, he connects the dots between healthy eating and a positive mindset, and shows how to maximize both longevity and feeling good. BUY BELLY FAT EFFECT: https://amzn.to/2JYS6nz SHOW NOTES: Mike describes his specific fasting protocols and why he uses them [1:04] Mike talks about his reaction to finding he had elevated alpha fetoprotein [6:28] Mike explains how getting arrested for drugs was the best thing that happened to him [10:57] Mike and Tom discuss how to apply the lessons from physical fitness to mental fitness [13:25] Mike discusses how different methods of fasting or ketones use promotes mental clarity [15:50] Mike explains how fasting affects stress responses [18:37] Mike and Tom discuss the pros and cons of a ketogenic diet [21:40] Mike shares his goals for his diet, and why he doesn’t always use the same diet [26:38] Mike looks at the benefits of microbiome diversity relative to genetics and environment [28:33] Mike talks about the carnivore diet [32:27] Mike and Tom discuss diet and longevity [38:25] Tom asks Mike if there’s any cutting edge health theories he is interested in [39:53] Mike explains cellular switches that guide autophagy [42:18] Mike advocates eliminating processed food and eating at the same time each day [44:04] Mike talks about food, relationships, social settings, and sleep [45:50] Mike describes the limits of fasting [48:17] What one change can people make to benefit their health? [51:00] FOLLOW MIKE: WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2LCmXtw FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2YfBuNH TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2Yb4aXZ INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2y4l1kq MERCHANDISE: Check out Impact Theory's Merch Shop: http://bit.ly/ImpactTheoryShop

What is a syndemic? We've been told that this virus is a global pandemic but we know that it disproportionately affects people with chronic conditions. So, we have two epidemics meeting and that's what a syndemic is; when you have one epidemic affecting the other one. Without one, the other one is not as severe. - Mike Mutzel   Wellness Force Radio Episode 380 Founder of High Intensity Health, Host of High Intensity Health Radio, Founder of Myoxcience Nutrition. and Author of Belly Fat Effect, Mike Mutzel, returns to share the differences between a pandemic and a syndemic, the truth about "healthy-looking" people getting COVID-19, how to heal and make your immune system strong plus the top three unintended consequences of lockdown.   Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE   ---> Get The Morning 21 System: A simple and powerful 21 minute system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well.   JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW THE PODCAST* What the health do we do now in 2021?    Find out why calling the virus a global pandemic is misguided because it's actually a syndemic.   CURED Nutrition Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code WELLNESSFORCE It's taken me over a year to find the right hemp and CBD company to introduce to the Wellness Force Community and I could not be more thrilled that it's CURED Nutrition! CURED Nutrition is a movement inspired by nature and grounded in a shared desire to leave a lasting impression on you, our community, and this world. Together, they're a collective of heart-centered human beings who are inviting you – the conscious creatives, dreamers, and healers – to join their family. Learn how CURED hemp and CBD products can enhance your daily wellness routine. Try Cured Today They're Colorado-based organically grown hemp products that have been engineered to transform your approach toward an elevated life. Tap into your inherent potential – your greatest mind-body alignment – and nourish it with the supplements you were designed to thrive on. A greater existence is waiting. Listen To Episode 380 As Mike Mutzel Uncovers:   [1:30] The Syndemic Model CURED Nutrition Mike Mutzel 297 Mike Mutzel High Intensity Health Belly Fat Effect High Intensity Health Radio Myoxcience Nutrition High Intensity Health Courses James Nestor Corona Isn't a Pandemic, It's a Syndemic What turned him away from mainstream medicine and opened his eyes to focus on functional and integrative medicine. PubMed The power of taking control of your own health and during your own research rather than always relying on your doctor. Unpacking what exactly was going on in 2020 and what is now happening in 2021 with CV19. The incredible amount of wealth that has been transferred as the rich got richer in 2020 in an incredibly short span of time. 345 Dr. Zach Bush Exploring the multiple inconsistencies that we are seeing in the media when we look at the actual science and numbers. Why people with multiple chronic conditions are disproportionately affected and more likely to have a big impact from CV19.   [10:30] Making Lifestyle Change Part Of The Narrative The fact that we are not seeing lifestyle change as part of the narrative in the mass media when people need to hear that message from them. What we can do to make greater lifestyle change happen. Looking at the statistics and seeing that 95% of North Americans over the age of 45 have two or more chronic diseases and thus having a much higher chance of a negative outcome with CV19. Why we should be questioning why gyms are being forced to close yet fast-food restaurants can remain open. How else we can be more conscious in our decisions as consumers by not ordering takeout that comes in Styrofoam containers or brands that use single-use plastics such as Amazon. Unpacking what exactly is a Syndemic and why it’s happening.  Simple, easy changes we can make to improve our health such as breathwork, meditation, nature, nutrition, movement, and stress-management practices.   [15:30] The Questions About CV19 We Should Be Asking Asking why vaccines are being tested and tried with young, healthy people that don’t have any chronic conditions. The COVID-19 syndemic is not global: context matters The confusion by design we’re so clearly seeing that is creating more and more division with people. Why many Americans especially those in black and brown communities don't have easy access to real food. The harm that is caused by politicians not making any changes to subsidized crops like corn, sugar, and flour. Unpacking why mainstream medicine has been inefficient and ineffective at managing chronic disease where lifestyle is what really matters. The problem with mainstream medicine using an acute care model to manage chronic conditions.   [26:30] The Top Three Unintended Consequences Of Lockdown 357 Robb Wolf The devastating impact of social isolation as it is linked to our physiology, depression, poor health habits, and substance abuse. Why lockdowns are not good for our blood sugar and are making people more susceptible to severe outcomes. The high risks that are at stake for children from the 2020 lockdowns and pandemic. What quality adjustment life years are and how to maximize them to support our health. Looking closely at the pool of quality-adjusted life years to help us break down the aggregated health model. The negative impact of hand sanitizer and wipes for children as it can change their bacteria and is linked to asthma, allergies, and obesity. Jason Silva from Brain Games   [34:30] Mass Media Mind Control How the mass media is hacking our empathetic state for clicks. What he thinks is really going on with all these narratives from the media to politicians to the big business to impact our choices. How people are merchandising the virus to boost their profits and influence. Carl Jung Jordan Peterson Why we’re so terrified to explore the shadow side of ourselves. Exploring the unconscious capitalistic model that has been created from COVID-19. Comparing the laws of nature and how we’re worshipping science as if it were a God. Unpacking the immense amount of unintended damage that we are doing to the environment. Why fear-mongering is just making it easier to control us rather than empower us to make change happen for our health. The fact that most people who are living in fear of the coronavirus are the ones who lack spirituality or inner peace in their lives.   [43:00] The Real Solutions To Take Back Our Health What solutions are out there to help us fortify our microbiome health and boost our immunity. 7 Immune Boosting Habits Based on Science, Not Hype Why breathwork especially box breathing is a great way to let go of stress and intentionally support the body’s immune system. The Benefits of Breathing Exercises | Wim Hof Method Why breathing through your nose rather than your mouth will help you get much more restorative sleep. The fact that the immune system is very active while we’re sleeping. Other easy ways to fight disease and stay healthy: exercise, go outdoors and get natural sunlight. Why you’re much more likely to get exposed to the virus at McDonald’s than at the gym. The importance of eating low-carb foods full of natural nutrients and staying away from processed meals, snacks, and sugar. Why it’s so important to slow down and be mindful while chewing and eating. How our health is being sacrificed by CDC guidelines including mask-wearing. Why children have the most to lose from 24-hour face mask guidelines. The fact that being exposed to other germs is so important for a child's developing immune system.   [53:30] The Truth About ‘Healthy’ Looking People Getting COVID-19 Why just because a person looks healthy and fit doesn’t necessarily mean they are if they’re eating horrible food, using steroids, over-exercising, and living by poor lifestyle habits. Storynomics: Story-Driven Marketing in the Post-Advertising by Robert Mckee and Thomas Gerace The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell Why we’re seeing so many stories in the news of people who looking healthy suffering from COVID-19. How the media is using fear-mongering tactics to influence people’s actions about staying home and wearing a mask. Questioning what it is about us as a society that we get so hooked on these fear-mongering stories The Bearded Nurse & COVID-19 - Media Says You’re Susceptible, Science Says Otherwise Why there are so many nuances to the stories that the media is pushing on us about people who are sick. The importance of vetting our media and doing our own research when it comes to COVID-19.   [59:30] Exploring The Real Data on COVID-19 Why relying completely on the CDC and seeing them as a ‘God’ figure is not good for our minds. Examples of how science has been wrong including to our health such as nutrition and portion . The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz The fact that yes, scientists, can be bought to push the wrong information onto the public. Why he insists that people start exploring the history of nutrition, government subsidies, and the influence of organizations such as the American Heart Association. Unpacking why science is never settled as we’re constantly learning new things. The randomized study that has been done in Europe on face masks over the summer and the conclusion that it didn’t matter if you wear a face mask or not. Why the math on COVID-19 has been way off and over vamped since the beginning when Fauci said that 2 million people were going to die.   [1:05:30] Healing Ourselves With Nature & Breathwork How we should be approaching the coronavirus with inspired action and recommendation on intentional lifestyle changes. Why he’s been spending lots of time outside in nature with his family during 2020 and why he suggests we all do the same. 333 Dr. Kelly Brogan Exploring the power of breathwork to change your state in just 30 seconds. Relaxation Revolution: The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing by Herbert Benson and William Proctor How Josh’s breathwork.io program has helped Mike especially the hyperventilation followed by retention practice. Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender Kindle Edition by David R. Hawkins breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community   Power Quotes From The Show COVID-19 Guidance That Actually Helps   "If you look at the data, the individuals that are disproportionately affected and have a more likely severe outcome. They have multiple comorbidities and chronic conditions that can be ameliorated and helped with diet and lifestyle change but this has not been part of the narrative which has been really frustrating. So, of course, the government and organizations have been saying that their approach has been all about health and 'staying safe' yet there's really no proactive, preventative measures being communicated from 'the powers that be.' Guidelines from these organization that explain how to support our health from breathwork to optimizing sleep to losing weight to exercise to stress management - none of those things have been prioritized by pretty much anyone until the World Health Organization finally came out to share the data on this in September 2020 that I've been talking about since March 2020." - Mike Mutzel     Why Lockdowns Are Bad For Your Health   "On the individual level, I really think that the biggest unintended harm that we're doing to ourselves is social isolation. We know that social isolation's impact on our health is on par with smoking. I see a lot of depression amongst my clients that is reverberating and causing deleterious health outcomes from weight gain to diabetes. We are tribal creatures and lockdowns are not good for your blood sugar and what is paradoxical is that they are making people more susceptible to severe outcomes. This 'treatment' is increasing the probability that when people are exposed, they're going to suffer more severely from the disease that we're trying to prevent them from getting." - Mike Mutzel      Enough With The Fear-Mongering     "Enough with all of the fear-mongering; we need to empower people because fear-mongering just makes you more controllable and it doesn't empower you to make more intentional decisions about how to improve your health. So, we need to help people shift their attention and realize that they have to start taking care of their health. Start exercising and if you're afraid of being around people - take off your mask and go for a walk. The risk of outdoor exposure transmission is really low. We need to do things to help empower people and wake them up. I feel that the people that are the most scared and the most convinced that they're just going to die from this virus if they ever get exposed to it are the very people that are not meditating or doing any spiritual type of work; they're just believing in what this authoritarian state is telling them to do. The more intentional people can be about their health, the less fear they're going to feel." - Mike Mutzel     Links From Today's Show  CURED Nutrition 297 Mike Mutzel High Intensity Health Myoxcience Nutrition High Intensity Health Radio Belly Fat Effect High Intensity Health Courses Breath Work as a Stress Reduction Tool w/ Josh Trent The Bearded Nurse & COVID-19 - Media Says You’re Susceptible, Science Says Otherwise The COVID-19 syndemic is not global: context matters Medical Definition of Syndemic Intermittent Fasting: Why Fast Time is More Important Than Length Leave Wellness Force a review on iTunes breathwork.io M21 Wellness Guide Wellness Force Community Mike Mutzel Facebook Instagram Twitter High Intensity Health YouTube   About Mike Mutzel Mike Mutzel has an B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University and an M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. Mike has completed the Institute for Functional Medicine's (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) and all Advanced Practice Modules (APMs). In April of 2014 Mike published Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat. To continue his quest for knowledge Mike attends many Continuing Medical Education (CME) events held by various organizations around the country, learning from top researchers in the field through groups like AACR, ACAM, A4M and IFM. He has currently completed four of six Advanced Practice Modules (APMs) to earn the only board certification in Functional Medicine through IFM. Learn With Mike Mike regularly conducts workshops for health care practitioners, teaching leading-edge science in a concise format that can be utilized by progressive clinicians for the prevention of chronic disease. Often termed Translational Medicine, this bench-to-bedside approach is key to ensure the application of pioneering research and concepts in systems biology a preventative health care setting, optimizing patient outcomes. Mike lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife Deanna Arnill- a Doctor of Chiropractic- with their daughter and two dogs Shasta and Rainier. They enjoy cooking locally grown whole foods and adhere to an active outdoor life of skiing, hiking and biking. Dr. Deanna practices in Bellevue, WA with her twin sister Dr. Pauline Haugen. They can be contacted a bellevuewachiropractic.com   Build Immunity. Breathe Deeply. A simple, powerful 21 minute morning system designed to give you more energy to let go of old weight and live life well. Get Your Calm Mind + Immunity Building Guide  *6 science based morning practices guaranteed to give you more energy and less weight in 21 Minutes. *7 day guided B.R.E.A.T.H.E breathwork included. 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Today I get a chance to talk to my friend Mike Mutzel of High Intensity Health.  You can find Mike on YouTube and Social Media often posting health science and his thoughts. Find Mike online here and on YouTube here Today I wanted to ask a few of these questions to Mike-  Pandemic craziness in our world - what is your #1 frustration? Explain how the immune system works ...basic   To mask or not mask?  If you were president...how would you deal with the virus?  The definition of instantly...doing same thing over and over again.  Obviously what we are doing is not working and we can ask every person to stay at home  and business to close.    What do you think we should do to stop the spread of the virus?  Main health issues for those who get CV and in the hospital....  Your thoughts on prevention  Your thoughts on treatment   Our future “new normal” is....  Do you want to get your body and vibrant self back?  Do you struggle with chronic fatigue, burnout and breakdown? The struggle is real and you are not alone. Debbie helps driven and ambitious people, who are trying to do all the “right” things, investigate what is actually going on “under the hood” to get their body and vibrant self back.    Perhaps you have seen multiple doctors and experts, but they tell you everything is “normal” and there is nothing wrong with you.  That was my experience.  I refused to believe that “nothing is wrong with me” and this is part of “getting older”.  This was not going to be the new me and stop me from investigating what was really going on from the inside out – under the hood. You have a choice to take care of the WHOLE you and even transform the WHOLE you from the inside out.  Please don't give up and settle, as the struggle is real, and you are not alone.  If you feel exhausted trying to do all the “right” things and still can't feel, move, or look better then we need to take a different approach.  Remember- the definition of Insanity is … “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” If you are stuck in the “cycle of trial and error” then it is time to take a different approach and look at the WHOLE person with “The WHOLESTIC Method” investigation coaching program if you want to REPAIR-REBUILD-RESTORE the WHOLE you to be a fat burner, health optimizer and reach peak athletic performance gains. Schedule a call with Coach Debbie here to discovery more. Debbie Potts Health Coach, Author, Speaker & Podcaster Host of ‘The Low Carb Athlete' Health Building Podcast Creator of ‘The WHOLESTIC Method' Coaching Program FNTP, FDN-P, NASM CPT, CHEK HLC, Kion Coach BURN FAT. OPTIMIZE HEALTH. IMPROVE PERFORMANCE.

Listeners can find Mike Mutzel at his website High Intensity Health, and on Instagram @metabolic_mike. Mike Mutzel, MS has an undergraduate degree in Biology from Western Washington University, a Masters Degree in Human Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport is a graduate of the Nutritional Therapy Association (NTA) and the author of Belly Fat Effect. He makes videos and podcasts to help everyday people around the world learn how to stay lean and metabolically healthy. In this episode, we talk ALL things fasting, glycemic variability, personalized CGM experiences, and of course, metabolic flexibility! “The better question is - how metabolically flexible are you? That’s going to be the contingent factor that will determine what will or won’t affect your fast.” Mike Mutzel Top Takeaways: Being consistent with fasting is probably a better approach than being super aggressive. The more data we know about our day to day decisions - diet, mindset, stress response - the more empowered we are. Learn how to integrate different practices into your life related to stress management, sleep, fasting, breathing, etc. so you can work towards becoming more flexible and resilient.  Show Notes: [1:50] Mike’s journey into health, and getting prescribed SSRI’s. [2:30] Google Scholar: A great research tool!  [4:50] How Mike first became interested in CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) [7:30] Glucogenic response from stress, adrenaline, cortisol, etc. [8:00] Using the CGM to mediate stress, and use it as a tool to increase the benefits of meditation and breathwork [9:00] Glycation and the effects of a prolonged period of high-glucose levels [9:30] Inflammation, ability to process glucose, and cognitive function as we age [13:50] Fasting, especially prolonged fasting, creates some of the same effects as exercise.  [15:30] Fasting - a framework for discipline and creating friction between constant food intake [17:30] Hormone suffering, thyroid issues, and hair loss [18:30] Postmenopausal benefits of fasting [19:30] Fasting strategies [22:30] Changing too much, too quickly; and the rebound that may follow [24:00] Adrenal Fatigue [26:00] The stages of a 72-hour fast [26:30] 36-hour mark - Degrading intracellular proteins and Autophagy [28:00] Autophagy happens at different speeds for different people… at different stages of the fast [30:00] A more scientific definition of Autophagy than what is floating around on the internet currently [31:00] Why and how breaking a fast is different for everyone [33:30] Does under 100 calories count as a break? [35:00] General rule: do whatever is going to keep you consistently moving towards your health goals [36:00] In order to “break” a fast scientifically, you need to enact insulin signaling [37:30] Does a 72-hour fast “reset” your immune system? And looking at Valter Longo’s work [38:30] A new sweet spot… 36-Hour fasts are what the cool kids are doing now. [39:00] Mike’s Metabolic Mondays [41:30] Longevity strategies and one day per week fast vs. daily fasting [46:00] “Ketones have unique energy signaling behaviors… they affect epigenetics, they change gene expression.” [48:00] The Minimal Effective Dose of re-feeds [49:00] Ketosis 24/7 or Metabolic Flexibility --- Join the FREE MetFLex Life Course: www.metflexandchill.com Rachel Gregory (@rachelgregory.cns) is a Board-Certified Nutrition Specialist, Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and Author of the best-selling book, 21-Day Ketogenic Diet Weight Loss Challenge. She received her Master’s Degree in Nutrition & Exercise Physiology from James Madison University and Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Miami. Rachel helps her clients transform their lives by starting with the physical (body), realizing the power of the mental (mindset), and ultimately gaining massive confidence that bleeds into every aspect of their lives (family, relationships, work, etc.).

Mike Mutzel is a clinical nutritionist, speaker, functional medicine consultant in the natural product industry, an author, podcast host to one of the best health podcasts out there, High-Intensity Health and a highly knowledgeable, very passionate human, that pumps out valuable content through to optimize your health and well-being in life. I've been a real fan of Mike's podcast for several years now. He is an absolute wealth of knowledge when it comes to nutrition, metabolism, fasting, and overall health--mindfulness included.  He's one of the experts that I trust most because he shares evidence-based information from deep non-biased research, in addition to attaining a lot of valuable information from his own health journey. In this episode, Mike and I are fired up in quarantine and talk about a lot of important subjects related to Health and immunity while facing COVID-19 such as: Navigating around the news + the facts with COVID-19 Who is most at risk for this disease? How lifestyle: nutrition/movement/sleep etc effects your immunity  Is waiting for a vaccine the best approach to living with this virus?  Ways we can strengthen immune our system through hormesis and why these methods should be a bigger part of the conversation  How to build resilience and why it’s so important to do so for our health  MIke’s health/fitness journey  Why/How your mindset is SO important for optimizing health + for accomplishing anything great that is desired in life How to make gains + leverage this quarantine to advance important aspects of your life  Anti-Inflammatory diet: what this is, why this is so supportive to strong immunity  Fasting + meal timing- who is this best for and why? And a lot more.  There were so many places I want to go with Mike in our conversations around diet, fasting, sleep, etc because Mike knows so much in these areas and more related to health— but what felt really important to focus on in this talk with him during this COVID19 Quarantine, was his perspectives, and ideas around those subjects I mentioned because I really do value his thought process and how he delivers real evidence to back up what he shares.  I look forward to having him back on the podcast for you guys so we can take a deeper dive into specific areas that Mike is so well-versed in and passionate about. Fasting is a big one. For now, I know that you guys will appreciate this talk because it is so relevant to all of us in this current state facing COVID-19.  Additionally, I highly recommend tuning in to his podcast high-intensity Health, he's an incredible host and brings on incredible guests that I know you will enjoy geeking out on I certainly do. Enjoy x Roxy xx STAY CONNECTED: Website: https://highintensityhealth.com/ Youtube: High-Intensity Health Instagram: @metabolic_Mike Apple Podcasts: High-Intensity Health Podcast PS. My weekly LOVE❤️NOTES are ALIVE and ready to elevate your mindset + heart! Sign up to start receiving one weekly empowering, encouraging, bite-size LOVE❤️NOTE that is also available in audio format. I want you to start your day with this short but sweet love note so that you feel AMAZING as you tackle the hustle of your day like a BOSS.  You can sign up for them here VIA WWW.BLACKBELTBEAUTY.COM

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Quarantine and Chill with Ryan Crossfield!  Meet Jenn's new friend, LA based coach Ryan Crossfield.  He is an introverted Health & Performance Coach with a lot of experience optimizing health and body composition.  This is essentially a conversation between two exercise professionals that are not seeing clients due to the pandemic shutdown and social distancing.  It should be obvious that both Jenn and Ryan enjoy optimizing their health and live the healthy life.    We are reviewing Ryan's Quarantine and Chill guide, which can be found here. http://www.staystrongsc.com/blog   "With social-distancing in full swing, it may seem like options for improving your health are down to Quarantine and Chill, or participating in the scourge of bodyweight workouts that are woefully ineffective at promoting long-term results. Instead let's look at some options that can be completed within the isolation of your own home!”   We touch on so many things like Joe Rogan, kettlebells, toilet paper, sugar, sleep, stress, digestion, the nervous system, organ meats, micro-dosing and of course ‘Game Changers'.   Check out Ryan here:   https://instagram.com/staystrongstrengthcoach?igshid=5qoufcmvvgbd   http://www.staystrongsc.com/blog/2020/3/23/quarantine-amp-chill   https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Kq3z4FrLi/?igshid=8703srrmub59   Jenn’s short podcast on immunity http://thinkfitbefit.libsyn.com/keeping-your-immunity-high   Check out Ruvi, fruit and vegetable drinks https://impactyourfitness.thrivelife.com/ruvi   Things we mentioned in the podcast: High Intensity Health https://www.youtube.com/user/highintensityhealth   Charles Poliquin https://www.poliquingroup.com/   Dr. Satchidananda Panda with Dr Rhonda Patrick https://youtu.be/-R-eqJDQ2nU   Michael Pollen’s books Omnivores Dilemma https://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/0143038583 How to Change Your Mind https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735224153/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0   John Meadows https://www.instagram.com/mountaindog1/?hl=en   Max Lugavere https://www.instagram.com/maxlugavere/?hl=en   Dr. Zach Bush's digestion product https://ionbiome.com/   Joe Rogan’s debate on Game Changers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0zgNY_kqlI

We are in interesting and uncharted territory, so this episode is about keeping immunity high and being there for one another.  This pandemic is bigger than YOU - and requires action for the community at large... and aren’t we all curious on how the immune system works and how we can  keep life as normal as possible?  We are all experiencing deep fear of the unknown and anxiety about what’s to come.  While I don’t have an expertise in immunity, I do believe that if we take a step back and learn about our immune system that we can better navigate in this tumultuous time.   Supplement your at home fitness with Movement Pathways   Resources for learning about your immunity:   Dr Rhonda Patrick with the Sonnenbergs on the gut   Balaji Srinivasan on The Knowledge Project    Dr Rhonda Patrick on the importance of micronutrients   How to buffer chronic stress with meditation   Rhonda Patrick’s top 11 supplements, doses and fav brands   Red Light Therapy and it’s numerous benefits   What are cytokines?    Resources for navigating COVID19   People with chronic pain   Anti-inflammatory effect on the virus    John Hopkins feed on COVID19   High Intensity Health video on the features of survivors and non-survivors of COVID19 

In today's episode, we are going to be discussing about metabolic health. Joining me on the show today is Mike Mutzel from Metabolic Mike a.k.a Mike Mutzel from High Intensity Health. To access the show note of today's episode head over to;https://fitterhealthierdad.com/podcast/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/fitterhealthierdad. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, hello good people, I hope you all had a joyous Thanksgiving. I certainly did with some friends up in Seattle for a SAPIEN style dinner, finishing the Game Changers DEBUNKED film, having the awesome Meat-Up and film viewing, hanging with everyone’s favorite Dr. Ted Naiman, and then going to Mike Mutzel’s house and backyard farm for a podcast. A bit more info on each. Mike Mutzel is known as metabolic Mike and has a longstanding podcast called High Intensity Health - go check him out, he’s a great guy. Everyone should be familiar with the Game Changers DEBUNKED film by now. There’s 2 versions out on youtube as of late - one with the “deleted scenes” and one with just the info and none of the gags. When we started this on Halloween, Shawn Baker, Chris Kruger, and I had the idea to do some skits and have some fun with this. I appreciate the fact that not everyone is looking for that so we have both options! Lastly, a SAPIEN way of eating, for anyone unfamiliar, is how a growing number of people are characterizing how they eat and live. It encompasses many dietary strategies from pescatarian all the way to keto and carnivore. It has a sweet spot (where I like to be) with over 90% of calories coming from animal foods. This makes it high fat, low carb, and mainly has you running on fat. It is nose to tail. It embraces smaller feeding windows of one meal per day to 2 meals in 8 hours (which I like). It is based on all whole foods. It’s also not based on any dogma. Humans have evolved to eat many things over millions of years, and even in the last 10,000 years. It also focuses on the other lifestyle factors as like getting quality sleep, exercise, sun, etc. You can learn more at http://Sapien.org/diet You can also learn about the grass finished meat at http://NoseToTail.org that’s shipped to the 48 states. It is all grown ethically, organically, and sustainably. We have unique and nutrient dense foods such as Primal ground beef that includes liver, heart, kidney, and spleen. We also have high omega 3 pork and chicken that blows away conventional and even organically grown animals. I’m proud to offer these products delivered to your home, but also encourage people to find local farmers and source from them. Now onto a food producer I’d also love to endorse who’s meat you can get if you’re in the North Dakota area, Mr. Gabe Brown. I saw a TEDx talk of his 2 years ago and had a long call with him soon after. I wanted to include him in the film but it didn’t quite work out. I’m glad we finally reconnected and found some time to record a talk. Gabe Brown is a farmer and leader in the movement towards regenerative agriculture. He is the owner of Brown’s Ranch, just east of Bismarck, ND. He believes in and practices Holistic Management, a part of which is farming and ranching in nature's image. At his ranch improving soil health is a priority and no-till farming has been practiced since 1993. His ranch has eliminated the use of synthetic fertilizers, fungicides, and pesticides. He does not use any GMOs or glyphosate. His ever evolving grazing strategy allows most of his pastures a recovery period of over 360 days. All of these practices have led to the health of the soil, mineral and water cycles to greatly improve and of course the quality of the agriculture and livestock he produces as well.  Make sure to listen to the end. There’s some great info all the way through. He has solutions to some huge worldwide problems with simple and proven practices. Last quick things - Food Lies is going strong. We have a new and awesome graphics guy that is really savvy with all this info and is eager to help the cause. Please support this podcast by giving it a review on itunes or the podcast app. And also support our endeavors on Patreon at http://patreon.com/peakhuman We’re doing the extended show notes each week with all the extra info and studies and also creating some new video content. There’s been a high demand for my 14 minute workout. I am going to make videos available to Patreon supporters of this and more about eating and other lifestyle practices that won’t be available to the public. Appreciate everyone’s support and now let’s hear from the spectacular Gabe Brown BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   SHOW NOTES   [10:34] What is tilling soil and should we do it or not? [14:07] Limiting pesticide, fungicide and herbicide usage to improve soil health long term.  [19:00] Diversity in the ecosystem and why it is important. [22:30] There is a vast network of communication within the soil from plants. [24:30] We need animals on the landscape grazing naturally to maintain the best health of the soil and ecosystem.  [26:00] The importance of having a system of rotational grazing for ruminants. [30:35] Gabe has seen 30-50 times the amount of wild life compared to other farmers around him because of his rotational grazing practices. [33:35] Gabe explains a more efficient and practical way of bale grazing. [35:35] Regenerative agriculture has the ability better than anything else to combat climate change.  [37:35] How regenerative agriculture can help with the issue of the amount of phosphates/nitrates in the soil. [38:00] By improving the soil ecosystem and the health of it, we can vastly improve the agricultural nutrient and livestock nutrient density. [42:50] The corruption and greed of modern agriculture. [48:30] The biology in our guts are directly related to the biology in the soil. [51:20] If these practices are so good, why isn’t everyone doing it? [54:40] Good thing it isn’t all bad news as we are seeing a shift towards regenerative agriculture. [57:19] There are major differences in the soil on regenerative farms and neighboring farms. [1:08:20] How the crops, animals and soil all work together as an ecosystem. [1:14:50] How regenerative agriculture can help bring us all together, it can help alleviate the issues of climate change, water quality, human health, biodiversity and sustainability. Go to https://brownsranch.us to learn more!   BUY THE MEAT NosetoTail.org Support me on Patreon! http://patreon.com/peakhuman Preorder the film here: http://indiegogo.com/projects/food-lies-post   Film site: http://FoodLies.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoodLies Sapien Movement: http://SapienMovement.com   Follow along: http://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg http://instagram.com/food.lies http://facebook.com/FoodLiesOrg   Theme music by https://kylewardmusic.com/

I've been getting LOTS of questions about fasting, intermittent fasting, and time restricted eating so this week I'm bringing in Mike Mutzel to drop some knowledge on all of us! Mike is the host of the super popular health podcast High Intensity Health. He's an author, coach, and public speaker that enjoys going DEEP with his research on a variety of health, nutrition, and fitness topics!  Listen in as Mike and I discuss: How he became so curious about health and fitness. The health topic that he is super interested in right now. The difference between intermittent fasting and time restricted eating. What autophagy is and why we all need to strive to achieve this state. Here's how to connect with Mike:  Website: https://highintensityhealth.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-intensity-health-radio-with-mike-mutzel-ms/id910048041 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metabolic_mike/   Start your FREE 10 Day Trial inside of my Transformation ReBoot membership program https://www.transformationcoach.me/ReBoot

The body tries to maintain balance but if you're eating all of these carbs because you're feeling all of this stress, that's an emotional connection to food and you're mitigating your stress via emotional eating. I've done that too, I'm totally guilty of that and I get it but fasting makes us brutally honest with our emotional connection to food. - Mike Mutzel What is intermittent fasting, how can you begin one, and what are its benefits?   ---> Join the Wellness Warrior VIP Club: get exclusive discounts on new wellness tools, be first in line for new podcasts, get access to invite-only events, and so much more.** ---> Get The Morning 21: A powerful (and free) system designed to give you more energy, let go of old weight, and live life well. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | *REVIEW*   Wellness Force Radio Episode 297 Founder of High Intensity Health, Host of High Intensity Health Radio, and Author of Belly Fat Effect, Mike Mutzel, reveals how a person can begin to use intermittent fasting as a tool for general weight loss, the basic fasting recipe to naturally kickstart fat burning, and why eating a ton of healthy fats is not the only way to get into ketosis. Discover the empowering sensation you will feel during fasting as your mindset shifts and you can let go of unhealthy cravings.   Belly Fat Effect Click here to buy your own copy of Belly Fat Effect by Mike Mutzel Belly Fat Effect is not your typical quick-fix weight-loss and nutrition book loaded with recipes and exercise tips that you probably already know about. Good nutrition and high-intensity exercise are just two of a sequence of ingredients that are needed to make your body lean. Belly Fat Effect reveals additional ingredients, such as gut health, intestinal bacteria, biological rhythms, inflammation, the stress response, leptin signaling, and fat cell health, that are essential to fine-tuning your metabolism and overcoming weight-loss resistance. Mike Mutzel shares information, tips, and secrets that only fitness experts and top scientists know about. Some strategies you’ll learn about to empower your body are: Natural ways to mimic the powerful effects of bariatric surgery Balancing leptin and insulin levels Hacking your stress response to burn more fat Healing your gut to burn more fat Capitalizing on the best times to eat and exercise for building muscle and burning fat Understanding how oxygen can help you overcome weight-loss resistance So, if you’re sick of lackluster results with weight-loss, muscle-building, or overall health and fitness efforts, then read Belly Fat Effect. Once you own the book, you’ll get access to Mike’s additional videos, fat burning food plans, and advanced strategies.     Listen To Episode 297 As Mike Mutzel Uncovers: How to face the truth about the new sensations you may feel while fasting such as nervousness or being uncomfortable. Why building muscle, getting in shape, and looking good doesn't actually improve your happiness. Easy exercises you can do to keep track of your health and fitness progress. A breakdown of the physiology of fasting and how ketones and ketosis play a part. His experience of using steroids for bodybuilding until a back injury led him down a healthier road. The deep-set belief he had growing up that he had to look a certain way, make a certain amount of money, and have the perfect car to be accepted. His young introduction to drugs at 9 years old and the big learning curve that was brought to him by the universe. How clean eating and dieting for six years helped him feel normal again as his brain healed. The Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP) biomarker results he received and how that lighted a fire in him to start taking better care of his health. Why biomarker results are often false and you should have a second test to make sure of your results. Recovering From Our Metabolic Debt Metabolic debt, its impacts on our health, and how we can begin to face it. How long you should fast is based on three things: your body's circadian clock, your health history, and your goals. How to stop yourself from continuing to identify yourself only by your disease or health issue. It's not necessary to do the Ketogenic diet to burn fat and you can actually experience quicker results with intermittent fasting if you're on a low-carb diet. The environment and eating habits we create according to the seasons or diet we follow: Paleo, Keto, or Intermittent Fasting. His course to help guide people to have their own garden or little farm: Backyard Garden School with Nancy Carpenter Why he recommends doing a 12-hour fast such as from 7 pm - 7 am for intermittent fasting. Food's impact on our metabolic damage, genetics regression, and epigenetics. Why stress can actually be a good thing for positive results from intermittent fasting and movement. What ghrelin and leptin are, how to measure them, and how they play a major part in weight loss. How to build yourself up to be resilient and adaptable for better emotional, physical, and mental wellness. Power Quotes From The Show   The Growth Edge Of Intermittent Fasting "Before you had all of these safety nets like Paleo gluten-free chips that you could just grab and eat whenever you were stressed without the guilt but now that you're fasting, you have to deal with that stress. When you begin intermittent fasting, you'll feel uncomfortable, awkward, and nervous but you have to figure out why you're feeling that way and what you're going to do to resolve, address, and heal it. That's where growth can take place with your intermittent fasting practice."- Mike Mutzel A Fasting Plan As Unique As You "There's a lot of confusion out there when it comes to creating your own fasting plan because first of all, everyone is so different. From a young athlete who wants to start a family to someone older, close to retirement, and as had a couple of kids, both of their approaches to fasting are completely unique. So, we have to consider the context but also the person's goals and their background. Someone who has been eating healthy their whole life will have a very different approach and set of goals compared to someone who has been eating fast food for several years and now needs to be a bit more extreme with their health." - Mike Mutzel Achieving Ketosis Through Fasting "When we start to fast, that's a natural way to get into ketosis. So, maybe the diets for keto and fasting are different but you can have success with intermittent fasting or prolonged fasting and not be on the ketogenic diet. It's a lot easier to have success with fasting or intermittent fasting if you are on a low-carb diet anyway because it lends itself to producing ketones."  - Mike Mutzel Recover Faster: FITAID RX ZERO (Sugar Free + CREATINE) Recovery Blend is Keto-friendly, with the same clean ingredients and essential nutrients you love in FITAID ZERO. With 1,000mg of Creatine to help you build muscle while your body recovers after intense physical activity/exercise with zero sugar. (Sweetened with Monk Fruit & Stevia) Whether you need a sugar-free alternative to post-workout recovery with the added bonus of Creatine for your muscles, you are counting macros or you just want a Keto-friendly option that tastes great, FITAID RX ZERO is perfect for women and men. Recommend to drink an ice-cold can immediately following your next WOD, exercise or training session. SAVE 10% and get FREE shipping by clicking here or in the photo below:   Links From Today's Show LifeAid Jean-Claude Van Damme Lee Haney How This Clinical Nutritionist Changes Lives with Hunger | Mike Mutzel on Health Theory 206 Dan Pardi Dave Ramsey  Jimmy Moore Live It, NOT Diet!: Eat More Not Less. Lose Fat Not Weight by Mike Sheridan HRV4 Training 293 Dr. Jade Teta Elite HRV app Oura ring Acute stress alters the ‘default’ brain processing David Goggins 282 Anahata Ananda 281 Tommy Baker  MYOXCIENCE Supplements Backyard Garden School - Nancy Carpenter High Intensity Health Radio Belly Fat Effect High Intensity Health Radio Breath Work as a Stress Reduction Tool w/ Josh Trent Mike Mutzel Facebook Instagram Twitter High Intensity Health YouTube About Mike Mutzel Mike Mutzel has an B.S. in Biology from Western Washington University and an M.S. in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. Mike has completed the Institute for Functional Medicine's (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) and all Advanced Practice Modules (APMs). In April of 2014 Mike published Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat. To continue his quest for knowledge Mike attends many Continuing Medical Education (CME) events held by various organizations around the country, learning from top researchers in the field through groups like AACR, ACAM, A4M and IFM. He has currently completed four of six Advanced Practice Modules (APMs) to earn the only board certification in Functional Medicine through IFM. Learn With Mike Mike regularly conducts workshops for health care practitioners, teaching leading-edge science in a concise format that can be utilized by progressive clinicians for the prevention of chronic disease. Often termed Translational Medicine, this bench-to-bedside approach is key to ensure the application of pioneering research and concepts in systems biology a preventative health care setting, optimizing patient outcomes. Mike lives in Kirkland, WA with his wife Deanna Arnill- a Doctor of Chiropractic- with their daughter and two dogs Shasta and Rainier. They enjoy cooking locally grown whole foods and adhere to an active outdoor life of skiing, hiking and biking. Dr. Deanna practices in Bellevue, WA with her twin sister Dr. Pauline Haugen. They can be contacted a bellevuewachiropractic.com Join The #WellnessWarrior VIP Club **Click on the photo above to get exclusive discounts on new wellness tools, be first in line for new podcasts, get access to invite-only events, and so much more.**   More Top Episodes 226 Paul Chek: The Revolution Is Coming (3 Part Series) 131 Drew Manning: Emotional Fitness 129 Gretchen Rubin: The Four Tendencies  183 Dr. Kyra Bobinet: Brain Science 196 Aubrey Marcus: Own The Day 103 Robb Wolf: Wired To Eat Best of The Best: The Top 10 Guests From over 200 Shows Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the #WellnessWarrior Community on Facebook Tweet us on Twitter: Send us a tweet Comment on the Facebook page

In this episode, we’ll talk all about autophagy. Here is an overview of this episode: The relationship between mTor & autophagy Which foods boost autophagy How to achieve autophagy via exercise Why bodybuilders die sooner than the average person Why you don't want too much autophagy Get my FREE Keto Kickstart Guide: www.ketokickstartguide.com  YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/ketokamp  My Favorite Keto Coffee: http://www.ketokampcoffee.com 03:55 The definition of autophagy is 'Self Eating'. We are made up of trillions of cells; every day, 70 billion cells need to be recycled. Powerful refrigerator analogy on autophagy.  05:28 How not achieving autophagy leads to cancer and disease. Dr. Thomas Seyfried, who wrote the book Cancer As A Metabolic Disease, is quoted as saying "If you were to complete a 7 day water only fast you would reduce your risk of cancer by 95%". 06:10 When the body is fasted, this is an acute hormedic to the body. The body will use damaged cells, proteins, and mitochondria first! Powerful analogy on a ship going through the Atlantic ocean taking on water and sinking. 07:20 The relationship between mTor & autophagy (feast/famine), and why they can both be good for us or bad for us. Its all about how you use it. There's an art to this. Think of mTor as growth (anabolic), and autophagy as catabolic.  09:30 The human body is designed for feast/famine cycles, and when you can master this, your DNA and cells will thrive. We have 97% control over the expression of our genes. This is called epigenetics. Check out the work by Dr. Bruce Lipton: https://www.brucelipton.com/ 11:07 In order to rebuild we must tear down first. I give a great analogy I heard from Dr. Jason Fung about old kitchen counters. Relate this analogy to the process of autophagy.  11:44 When does autophagy start during a fast? It depends on the person, it ranged from 12 hours to 24 hours. A general answer is that most people should be getting autophagy at the 16 hour fasting mark. 12:30 Dr. Thomas Seyfried saw cancerous tumors shrink before his eyes when his patients achieved maximum autophagy during a block fast. Here is how you test for max autophagy; take your blood glucose, divide by 18, and compare to your blood ketones. If you have a 1:1 ratio or higher, you are in max autophagy. 14:47 Achieve 3x the autophagy with a dry fast. This is extreme so work with a health practitioner.  15:15 Exercise increases autophagy. So do these specific ingredients. Add them to your daily diet; coffee, olive oil, coconuts, green tea, turmeric, ginger, sulforaphane (broccoli sprouts), mushrooms. Here is a video I made all about fasting & autophagy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIBoj43xq-Q   // R E S O U R C E S Check out High Intensity Health's Mike Mutzel for more on autophagy and exercise: https://highintensityhealth.com/ Episode 1 of The Keto Kamp Podcast w/ Dr. Pompa About Dry Fasting: https://apple.co/2SYGTYg Episode 12 of The Keto Kamp Podcast w/ Dr. Nasha Winters:https://apple.co/2YmbyEE Dr. Thomas Seyfrieid's book 'Cancer as a Metabolic Disease': https://amzn.to/2MDpDXl Four Sigmatic Mushroom Coffee: https://amzn.to/2YH7Epe Join The Keto Kamp Inner Circle: https://www.ketokamp.com  This podcast is for information purposes only. Statements and views expressed on this podcast are not medical advice. This podcast including Ben Azadi disclaim responsibility from any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained herein. Opinions of guests are their own, and this podcast does not accept responsibility of statements made by guests. This podcast does not make any representations or warranties about guests qualifications or credibility. Individuals on this podcast may have a direct or non-direct interest in products or services referred to herein. If you think you have a medical problem, consult a licensed physician.

High Intensity Health’s Mike Mutzel is on the forefront of functional medicine. His top-rated podcasts have helped thousands of people with fitness, nutrition and general health advice. On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Mike Mutzel delves deeply into questions about fasting, microbiome diversity, the keto diet and the carnivore diet. And on top of all that, he connects the dots between healthy eating and a positive mindset, and shows how to maximize both longevity and feeling good.  BUY BELLY FAT EFFECT: https://amzn.to/2JYS6nz This episode is brought to you by: Thrive Market: Get 25% off your first order and a 30-day free trial at thrivemarket.com/health Impact Theory University: Visit university.impacttheory.com today! ButcherBox: Use the discount code: "TOM" at butcherbox.com to get 20$ off and FREE BACON BioOptemizers: To get your free bottle of BioOptimizers, please go to www.p3om.com/performancefree. SHOW NOTES:   Mike describes his specific fasting protocols and why he uses them [1:04] Mike talks about his reaction to finding he had elevated alpha fetoprotein [6:28] Mike explains how getting arrested for drugs was the best thing that happened to him [10:57] Mike and Tom discuss how to apply the lessons from physical fitness to mental fitness [13:25] Mike discusses how different methods of fasting or ketones use promotes mental clarity [15:50] Mike explains how fasting affects stress responses [18:37] Mike and Tom discuss the pros and cons of a ketogenic diet [21:40] Mike shares his goals for his diet, and why he doesn’t always use the same diet [26:38] Mike looks at the benefits of microbiome diversity relative to genetics and environment [28:33] Mike talks about the carnivore diet [32:27] Mike and Tom discuss diet and longevity [38:25] Tom asks Mike if there’s any cutting edge health theories he is interested in [39:53] Mike explains cellular switches that guide autophagy [42:18] Mike advocates eliminating processed food and eating at the same time each day [44:04] Mike talks about food, relationships, social settings, and sleep [45:50] Mike describes the limits of fasting [48:17] What one change can people make to benefit their health? [51:00]   FOLLOW MIKE:   WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/2LCmXtw FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/2YfBuNH TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2Yb4aXZ INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/2y4l1kq YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/2XXkksA

Welcome to the Human Performance Outliers Podcast with hosts Dr. Shawn Baker and Zach Bitter. For this episode, Mike Mutzel joined the show. Mike is an author and has a MS in Human Nutrition. Some of his interests include sharing ketogenic and gut bacteria science. He hosts the podcast and youtube channel: High Intensity Health. Episode Sponsor: Butcher Box - https://butcherbox.com Promo code "HPO" at checkout for 20% off. Consider supporting us: - https://www.patreon.com/HPOpodcast or https://www.paypal.me/hpopod ***DR. SHAWN BAKER'S BOOK*** "The Carnivore Diet" Amazon and Barnes and Noble Instagram handles: @shawnbaker1967, @zachbitter, @metabolic_mike  Twitter handles: @SBakerMD, @zbitter, @MikeMutzel  Facebook handles: Shawn Baker, @zach.bitter, Website URLs: https://zachbitter.com , https://shawn-baker.com, and https://highintensityhealth.com/  YouTube: Zach (https://www.youtube.com/c/ZachBitterUltra) Shawn (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5apkKkeZQXRSDbqSalG8CQ) Mike (https://www.youtube.com/user/highintensityhealth) If you would like to set up a consult call with either Zach or Shawn, you can schedule with Zach at https://calendly.com/zbittercoaching and with Shawn at https://shawn-baker.com/consultation/. If you would like to contact the show, please send your emails to hpopodcast@gmail.com

Today we have Mike Mutzel on the Collective Insights podcast to talk with us about a very popular diet-the keto diet. He turned his life completely around after experiencing addiction in his adolescence, and is now the founder of the very successful content site High Intensity Health, author of “The Belly Fat Effect”, a podcastor, and a Youtuber who shares complex science made understandable on topics covering metabolic health, gut health, and Functional Medicine. He has a bachelors in Biology, masters in Clinical Nutrition, and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine’s (IFM) Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP). Today we’re diving into ketosis, fasting, and much more. For full show notes visit: https://neurohacker.com/keto

If you were to be thrown into the wild, you'd survive only on the food you'll find in your local environment. That's how humans evolved over the course of eons. Seasonal eating is very easily transcended in the modern world thanks to supermarkets, agriculture, freezing, and other preservation methods. It's great. However, what kind of an effect it has on our circadian biology is still very much unknown. Welcome to the Body Mind Empowerment Podcast. I'm your host Siim Land and our guest today is Mike Mutzel. Mike is the host of High Intensity Health podcast and YouTube channel. He’s also a MS in Clinical Nutrition, an author, speaker, and a functional medicine consultant. Timestamps: Time for Keto, Time for Carbs 04:59 Circadian Biology and Nutrition 12:20 Growing and Eating Animals 21:30 Intermittent Fasting VS Caloric Restriction 27:10 Epigenetics of Ketosis 38:09 Metabolic Monday Fasting 41:09 How Omega-3 Fatty Acid Balance Affects Your Health 52:06 And much more... Here are the links to the podcast on all platforms Link to the Audio Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Link to the podcast on Spotify Link to the podcast on CastBox Watch the Biohacking Bootcamp Videos on Patreon If you want to support this podcast, then I'd greatly appreciate if you could join my Patreon community. You'll be able to get access to unique worksheets about Body Mind Empowerment, a lot of exclusive videos about my routines, biohacking workshops, and a privilege for your questions on the next Q&A.  Click Here to Support the Show on Patreon!   Show Notes Mike Mutzel's YouTube Channel and Podcast My NEW BOOK Metabolic Autophagy Get the FULL GUIDE to INTERMITTENT FASTING FREE BOOK Get the Metabolic Autophagy Program Keto Adaptation Manual Book Watch the Biohacking Bootcamp Videos on Patreon Use the Code SIIM for a 10% discount on BluBlox Glasses Use the Code redsiim at Redlightrising.co.uk Body Mind Empowerment Handbook Keto Fit Program Keto // IF Program   P.S. The HD video recordings of all the Biohacker Summit Tallinn speeches are now released. Incredible information about optimizing your health and well-being. My own speech talks about doing fasting with training for longevity and muscle growth. Check it out!    Stay Empowered Siim  

Mike Mutzel and wife Deanna talk keto, fasting, and other nutritional strategies. Today's podcast brings one of our great friends and no doubt health information "gurus", Mike Mutzel. His High Intensity Health YouTube has over 150K subscribers and he's interviewed some of the best and brightest in the health-o-sphere. To learn more from Mike and Deanna check them out at High Intensity Health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew's the author of the NYT Bestselling book, Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit and Complete Keto. ➢ This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox.com  
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In our eighty second episode we talk to one of our favorite people, Mike Mutzel of High Intensity Health! He's one of our go-to resources when it comes to anything keto or health related. In this episode we talk about the inclusion of vegetables and fruits seasonally, oscillating exposure to hot and cold temperatures, and fasting methods and carb use around workouts. SPONSOR: Real Good Foods Code: Use KETOCONNECT for 10% off your purchase!

➢ This episode is brought to you by www.butcherbox.com Serving the High Intensity Health community with truly 100% grass-fed, pasture raised beef, chicken and pork. Get $20 off your order and free heritage bred bacon, for life! https://www.butcherbox.com/hih-2 About today’s show: Show notes: https://highintensityhealth.com/253 David Perlmutter, MD is a board certified neurologist and best-selling author of Grain Brain. The loss of his father to Alzheimer’s has inspired him to uncover loads of research that can help us customize our diet and lifestyle while keeping brain health top of mind. In this discussion, David Perlmutter, MD board certified neurologist and best-selling author of Grain Brain, reveals new links between the food we eat, composition of our gut bacteria and how we think and feel. His updated and revised version of Grain Brain is now available wherever books are sold. Show notes: https://highintensityhealth.com/253

Insulin and ketone metabolism expert, Ben Bikman, PhD is back on the show for part 2--and it's a epic conversation. (If you missed episode #250, it was a great one, I’ll put a link to it on the show notes page.) ➢ This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox.com   Serving the High Intensity Health community with truly 100% grass-fed, pasture raised beef, chicken and pork. Get $20 off your order and free heritage bred bacon, for life! https://www.butcherbox.com/hih-2 About today’s show: Show Notes: https://highintensityhealth.com/250 Ben and I expand on the first discussion--diving further into why glycogen depletion and glucagon are needed and helpful in helping to kick-start fat loss and ketone production. We also discuss nuances around protein, mTOR and building muscle. Here’ s quick run-down of the time stamps: 05:49 We are applying the low carb ketogenic diet in bizarre ways by dumping oil into their drinks. There is no other nutritional value to the oils. Eggs are loaded with nutrition. Dr. Bikman mixes raw egg into his morning tea. 07:45 Fasted exercise stimulates glucagon. Our red blood cells need glucose. When we need gluconeogenesis, glucagon will be elevated. If you are low carb, exercising in a fasted state, or you are fasted, you need gluconeogenesis. Glucagon will be elevated and insulin, which inhibits gluconeogenesis, will be low. 09:37 People may be confusing gluconeogenesis with an insulinogenic effect. If you are low carb, gluconeogenesis happens only as much as you need it. 10:40 If you have ketogenesis happening, you have gluconeogenesis. Fat is used for fuel, and parallel, we have the need for new essential glucose to be produced. 13:14 Depleting glycogen is a necessary event before ketogenesis kicks in. 14:10 True clinical hypoglycemia is remarkably uncommon. If you are insulin resistant, and your brain has been depending upon high glucose and has had no time to adapt to using ketones for fuel, glucose levels can get low. Your body senses this and panics. There is more than enough glucose. 17:03 There are two phases of hunger. The first phase is hunger from empty guts. It is passing. The second phase of hunger is when your body says that there is a genuine deficiency of energy and you want to eat anything and will do anything to get it. 18:22 As long as you have sufficient salt and water consumption, you are good for exercise. If you have food in your gut, your body is conflicted about sending blood to your muscles or your guts. 19:57 Protein increases insulin and glucagon. Other macros increase one or the other. 21:02 Glucagon is catabolic of fat tissue. There are not many glucagon receptors in muscle. 21:55 If you are low carb or fasted and you need gluconeogenesis, there is no appreciable increase in insulin from the protein, yet a substantial increase in glucagon. 23:00 Glucagon activates lipolysis, increasing free fatty acids. The liver sees more fatty acids, but since insulin is low, the liver will not store the fat. Hormones tell the body what to do with energy. 23:54 Acetyl-CoA is the branch point of all metabolic processes in the liver and most other cells. It can be used for creating new glucose, activating gluconeogenesis, create lipids through lipogenesis and it can to into the citrate cycle and be used for energy, creating ATP, or it can be used for ketogenesis. All of this is dependent upon insulin. Catecholamines and glucagon counter insulin, but insulin reigns supreme. 25:40 Consuming meat or saturated fat does not create lipotoxicity, nor insulin resistance. 27:36 In animal and human studies of saturated fat, fat was administered intravenously. Elsewhere it was tested against muscle tissue in the lab, which does not reflect the complex systems of the body, especially the influence of insulin. Both of these formats helped to form our mechanistic thinking of how saturated fat can cause insulin resistance. 30:17 It is easier to induce insulin mediated lipotoxicity with a vegan diet than a ketogenic diet due to the high carb content. 30:43 Excess palmitate can create an excess of ceramides, as can hyperinsulinemia directly. 32:39 Triglycerides do not effect insulin sensitivity. 33:45 There are more ceramides in sedentary, obese, insulinemic individuals. They also have higher levels of circulating fatty acids. This is because the liver is making more fat or the adipocytes are becoming increasingly insulin resistant. Thus adipocytes are spilling lipid into the blood. The lipids switch from inert triglycerides to ceramides. 34:53 Alpha cells become insulin resistant because of a ceramide accumulation. We have a microenvironment in the pancreas. Butted up against each other, you have an alpha cell that releases glucagon and a beta cell that releases insulin. Insulin from the beta cell tells the alpha cell not to make glucagon. Within this environment is a greater amount of insulin than in our system. This means that the alpha cell is getting hundreds, maybe thousands of times more insulin than other tissues. 35:52 In type 1 diabetes, where you are not making insulin in the microenvironment, too much glucagon is produced, elevating glucose. 36:18 An insulin resistant person, who’s insulin levels have been climbing over the decades, but there is enough to keep glucose in check, remains clinically silent. Viewing diabetes as an insulin disease results in better treatment and earlier detection. 36:43 Eventually, glucose levels rise and you are a type 2 diabetic. This could be when the alpha cells become insulin resistant. Insulin tells the alpha cell to make less glucagon, unless the alpha cell becomes insulin resistant and glucagon climbs. This signals the liver to start pumping out glucose. 37:30 Both insulin and glucagon are high in type 2 diabetics. It should be one or the other. 38:13 Weight gain results from insulin therapy for both type 1 and type 2 diabetics, even if caloric consumption remains the same. 40:15 Exogenous ketones shut down your body’s ability for hepatic ketogenesis. Pulsed exogenous ketones can be helpful with TBI or other neurological issues. 41:55 Glucagon activates processes that are involved in mitochondrial biogenesis. 44:18 Ketones are energy. When you do endurance exercise with high blood glucose, glucose drops. When you do endurance exercise in a fat adapted state, your ketones will drop. 44:47 As you become more fat adapted, your body becomes more efficient and ketone baseline levels drop. 44:57 The definition of ketosis had been arbitrarily set at .5 mml. It is being considered to start at .3 mml due to the body’s efficiency shifts in fat adaptation. Once ketones are detectible from a low carb diet (and not exogenous ketones or MCT), metabolic pathways have been activated and insulin is low. You will be catabolic of your fat tissue. 47:53 You cannot store ketones if insulin is low. If insulin is elevated, even a ketone brought in exogenously, is converted to acetyl CoA and can be stored. 47:57 Hormones drive energy utilization. 51:54 Any cell that you want to maintain and grow requires mTOR. Insulin promotes mTOR activation. 52:55 Leucine is a good mTOR activator in muscle. 53:22 A cancer cell will grow with chronic mTOR activation, but it is not the cause of the cancer. 54:41 Protein consumption does not correlate to cancer incidence. There is evidence that a vegetarian diet, resulting in low levels of LDL. Low LDL is associated with 15 times greater risk of leukemia. 55:41 Animal products are higher in protein and we absorb more. Plants are relatively deficient in protein and we do not absorb it effectively. The longer you live a life with low insulin, the better off you will be. Fasting insulin levels impact Alzheimer’s risk more than age does. 59:17 Carnitine is involved in lipid transport. Longer chain fatty acids need a carnitine shuttle. Low levels of carnitine can be a bottle neck for the mitochondria’s ability to oxidize lipids. 01:00:41 Leucine is the most anabolic amino acid and is a ketogenic amino acid. 01:01:22 Red meat is a great source of carnitine. Carnitine accelerates ketogenesis. We can make our own carnitine. Low carb vegetarians may benefit for supplemental carnitine. Chicken is not a good carnitine source. 01:03:55 Cold induced uncoupling can stimulate mitochondrial uncoupling in muscle. If mitochondria are uncoupled, which means we have mitochondria pulling in glucose and fat and burning it to create heat. Where mitochondria are more tightly coupled, breaking down only enough energy as requested by the cell. 01:05:19 Ketones induce mitochondrial uncoupling in fat tissue, telling it that it is okay to waste energy. In muscle cells, it does not increase mitochondrial uncoupling. It is beneficial for your muscle to only use the energy it needs to use. 01:05:24 Body temperature rises from exercise out of an inherent inefficiency in all chemical reactions. 01:08:56 Cold exposure has an immune benefit and a cognitive benefit, as well as the metabolic benefit. 01:15:39 A main cause of endotoxemia can be LPS (lipopolysaccharide), a membrane component of bacteria. LPS is inhaled or absorbed from the gut. This is accelerated when your body is absorbing lipid. 01:16:47 With lipid absorption, there can be an increase of LPS and endotoxemia. However, dietary lipid consumption also increases LDL. LDL can bind to LPS and result in its removal through the bile duct. Fructose increases LPS, but does not increase LDL. Show Notes: https://highintensityhealth.com/250  

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox.com  Serving the High Intensity Health community with truly grass-fed, pasture raised beef, chicken and pork. ➢ Sign up in September and save $10 per month and get a free package of ground beef for life! http://bit.ly/2wEfEHD Today we’re chatting all things burning fat, building muscle and staying healthy with Ben Greenfield    Watch the video interview and check out the full show notes: https://highintensityhealth.com/238 Key Time Stamps 04:00 Ben hunts his own meat. 08:29 After killing an animal, Ben says a prayer, thanking the animal and thanking the earth. When pulling the trigger or releasing the arrow, your ancestral brain is in charge. 13:09 Ben and his family forage around his home for food and medicinal plants. 15:51 When hunting fasted your senses and awareness are heightened. However, if you are going any distance, you need some fuel. 18:03 Eating testicles may be good for your testicles. 26:23 Ben’s breakfast is a blend of decaf coffee with mushroom extract, a big spoonful of ghee, a dropper full of stevia and a scoop of collagen. 32:14 Ketosis when competing in Ironman was helpful for Ben. 32:54 Ketosis is not appropriate for glycolytic obstacle course racing and Ben finds it draining hormonally. 36:16 In the afternoon or early evening, your body temperature, reaction time and grip strength peak, so Ben does a second and more intense workout then. 37:31 In this cyclic ketogenic diet, Ben restores carbohydrate levels during a time of high insulin sensitivity and an upregulation of glucose transporters (post workout). 41:06 The post workout muscle protein synthesis window is longer than we have been lead to believe. 43:25 If you are doing two workouts in less than 8 hours, you would want to consume carbohydrates after the first workout to enhance performance in the afternoon workout. 45:21 There are more pros than cons to working out in a fasted state, restricting food after workout, and restricting carbohydrates most of the day. 47:14 Excessive calorie deprivation over a period of time longer than 4 weeks can downregulate thyroid and cause an increase in TSH. 48:41 In the absence of high volume exercise on a ketogenic diet, a drop in testosterone may not reflect a true drop and may be a more rapid turnover of testosterone metabolites. With high volume exercise and a ketogenic diet, it is a true drop in testosterone. 49:52 More than half of endurance athletes, men and women, have reproductive issues. Ben attributes this to the stress of the exercise and diet. 50:59 We live in an unnatural state and this may require unnatural means, biohacking, to mitigate the damage. 58:38 Smart phones effect our health more than any other modern life technology. 01:01:43 Just by having your phone with you, even on airplane mode, you are less present. 01:07:21 LSD in micro doses merges right and left brain hemispheres, enhances creativity, enhances problem solving abilities and enhances lateral thinking patterns. 01: 10:41 Psychedelics in low doses are far less toxic than alcohol and result in far less metabolic damage than alcohol, with better effects. 01:13:18 Ben’s morning routine includes a gratitude journal, deep tissue work on the foam roller, hanging from a yoga trapeze and hot/cold contrast therapy using the sauna and cold pool. 01:16:13 Ben’s desert island nutrient is 100% dark chocolate. 01:18:08 Ben’s elevator pitch: Have as much love in your life as possible.   Watch the video interview and check out the full show notes: https://highintensityhealth.com/238

➢ This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox.com  Serving the High Intensity Health community with truly grass-fed, pasture raised beef, chicken and pork. Try out their Free Bacon For Life Campaign: http://bit.ly/2xO6pbW Today we’re chatting all things building muscle and burning fat with Stan Efferding, the world's strongest professional bodybuilder. He teaches you how to avoid common mistakes many make when they get into fitness--like under eating foods that harm gut health and doing too much cardio and more!  Watch the video interview and check out the show notes: http://bit.ly/2IEgng7

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox.com; serving the High Intensity Health community with truly grass-fed, pasture raised beef, chicken and pork. Check out their Free Bacon For Life Campaign: http://bit.ly/2xO6pbW In today’s show, Nina Teicholz spent five years of her life unearthing science that pundits pushing the diet-heart hypothesis hoped no one would find. What she found and published in the Big Fat Surprise is, well, shocking…. When, “women go on a low fat diet they might even be increasing their risk of heart disease more than-men,” because their HDL drops and triglycerides increase she said. Watch the video interview: http://highintensityhealth.com/230 (You normally want high HDL and lowered triglycerides.) Her book has been vetted by both The Lancet and British Medical Journal—this piece ought to be mandatory nutrition reading for all. Her book and this discussion changed my perception of nutrition advice and science—hopefully it does the same for you. In this chat you’ll learn more about: -How biases and personal gain influenced nutrition policy and evidence-based medicine -What Americans ate at the turn of the 19th century (Hint: it wasn’t kale) -The truth about dietary fat, mean consumption and heart disease - Why Canola oil, grape-seed oil and soybean oil shouldn’t be in your kitchen -Why women shouldn’t go on a low-fat diet Hope you enjoy! Mike P.S. Here's the video interview: http://highintensityhealth.com/230

Welcome back to Straight Up Paleo, where Christina Rice and Kara Halderman answer all of your health questions…straight up. If you want to submit a question or comment, you can email us at straightuppaleo@gmail.com or visit our website, straightuppaleo.com. Topics: 1:45 - Introducing Mike Mutzel, a Clinical Nutritionist who specializes in whole foods and plant based Ketogenic Diets. Check out his sight, High Intensity Health, for more information on him and his nutritional beliefs. He is also the author of Belly Fat Effect, a book on diet, gut health, and how to burn fat! 5:15 - Functional Medicine 5:50- Soy protein and it's issues 8:50 - Gut and soy issues, how lectins may be affecting our gut. 12:10 - Mike's thoughts on the plant paradox and moderating certain vegetables 13:35 - How pre-cut vegetables may be harmful 16:00 - Mike's thoughts on high animal fats on a Keto diet and why vegetables are important 23:15 - Endotoxins in our bodies that could be related to bacteria in meat 28:25 - Why meat quality is so important 32:02 - Mikes approach to Keto and why he thinks plant focused Keto is best 40:17 - Intuitively eating on Keto 41:09 - Sprouting and soaking nuts and seeds 42:15 - How much vegetables should we eat? 46:20 - Time restrictive feeding-who it is good for and who should avoid it 51:18 - Who should follow a Keto lifestyle and who shouldn't 54:20 - Mike on exercising and the importance of strength training 58:25 - Overtraining and how it can harm you 1:01 - Chronic cardio issues 1:05 - Mouth Taping, what is it and what are the benefits? 1:11 - Finding more on Mike on his website, High Intensity Health, at his YouTube channel High Intensity Health, and his Instagram @metabolic_mike! Christina’s latest ebook, #NoSugarNoProblems: A Lovely Collection of Paleo Sweetener-Free Desserts, is now available! This ebook is filled with 30 paleo desserts (with plenty of vegan options) that are free of all sugar and sugar substitutes – cookies, brownies, cupcakes, puddings, milkshakes, cheesecake, cream pie, and more! No sugar, no stevia, no xylitol, no maple syrup, no honey, no erythritol, no bananas, and no dates! This is perfect for anyone who is on the Candida diet, ketogenic, low-carb, diabetic, low-FODMAP, paleo, primal, vegetarian, vegan, or just looking to limit their sugar intake! You can get your copy at addictedtolovely.com under “ebooks” or at bit.ly/nosugarnoproblems. Use the code “straightuppaleo” for 20% off! Are you in the Dallas area and looking for a private holistic chef to provide you with delicious, beautiful meals?! Email Kara at kara.halderman@gmail.com to learn more about her private chef services! If you want to snag Christina and Kayleigh’s holiday ebook, head to addictedtolovely.com or bit.ly/gratitudehhg! Use the code “straightuppaleo” for 20% off at checkout! Gratitude: A Healthy Holiday Guide for a Paleo Thanksgiving has everything you’ll need for a stress-free, delicious holiday season! There are over 20 delicious paleo recipes inside (and most are vegan), a holiday planning checklist and calendar, and a ton of written content with tips on digestion, how to deal with family drama, what to do about holiday treats, how to exercise, the holiday mindset, and more! Don’t forget to join our Facebook group, Straight Up Paleo Pals! You can find Christina at addictedtolovely.com, @addicted_to_lovely on Instagram, and on the Actually Adultish Podcast. You can also email her at addictedtolovely@gmail.com for consultations. You can find Kara at karaboutit.com, @kara_boutit on Instagram, and on the Low Carb Conversations Podcast. You can also email her at kara.halderman@gmail.com for consultations.

Today’s episode features the second of our two-part interview with Dr. Tommy Wood, a U.K. trained MD/PhD who now lives in the U.S. Part one covered Tommy’ background and education and what led him spend most of his academic career studying multiple sclerosis and ways to treat babies with brain injuries. Part two of our interview focuses on Tommy’s other passions: nutritional approaches to sports performance and metabolic disease. But before we get into Tommy’s background, we want to take a moment to thank our listeners for helping STEM-Talk win first place in the science category of the 12th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards. The international competition featured more than 2,000 nominees in 20 categories. STEM-Talk also was a runner-up in the People’s Choice Award, the grand prize of the competition. As we mentioned earlier, Tommy is U.K. trained MD/PhD who received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge before attending medical school at the University of Oxford. He recently completed a PhD in physiology and neonatal brain metabolism at the University of Washington. He is now a senior fellow at the university researching neonatal brain injury. In part one of his STEM-Talk interview, Tommy also talked about how he is the incoming president of the Physicians for Ancestral Health, an international organization of physicians, healthcare professionals and medical students that specializes in ancestral health principles for the prevention and treatment of illness. Tommy’s interest sports performance stems from his background as an experienced rowing, endurance, and strength coach who combines evolutionary principles with modern biochemical techniques to optimize performance. He primarily performs this work with Nourish Balance Thrive, a functional medicine clinic based in California that works largely with athletes, where he is the chief medical officer. Links: Physicians for Ancestral Health - http://ancestraldoctors.org Physicians for Ancestral Health – http://ancestraldoctors.org Nourish Balance Thrive – http://www.nourishbalancethrive.com NBT automated performance analysis: http://nbt.ai Primal Endurance podcast (ketogenic diets, athletic longevity, etc.): http://primalendurance.libsyn.com/101-dr-tommy-wood 2) High Intensity Health podcast (ketogenic diets and gut health): http://highintensityhealth.com/tommy-wood-keto-diet-endotoxin-gut-health-bacterial-diversity/ Show notes: 3:37: The interview resumes. 3:43: Ken discusses how many, perhaps even most, adults are now insulin resistant to some degree, which negatively impacts many aspects of both health and performance, and is associated with most modern chronic diseases. Ken then asks Tommy if there are any underlying processes that he can see that tie these diseases together. 7:27: Ken comments on how in 1927 they had the sensible practice of starting a diabetic patient on a low-carb diet, which is still not current practice now in many places. 8:04: Tommy discusses how it is good to have symptom control with diabetes. Ken and Tommy discuss the many advantages of donating blood. 10:16: Ken asks Tommy if he has any issues giving blood in the United States given that he is from the UK which experienced mad-cow disease. 11:40: Ken asks Tommy if he checks his athletes’ ferritin levels and tries and keep them in a certain range, and if so, if he has a preferred range. 12:17: Dawn discusses how in addition to Tommy’s academic work at the University of Washington, he is also very active as the Chief Scientific Officer of Nourish Balance Thrive (NBT), an online company using advanced biochemical testing to optimize performance in athletes. Dawn asks Tommy to discuss Nourish Balance Thrive, and how the company works to optimize the health and performance of athletes. 14:41: Ken comments on how Tommy has a relatively homogeneous population if he is focused on endurance athlete...

Dr. Tommy Wood is a U.K. trained MD/PhD who now lives in the U.S. He has spent most of his academic career studying ways to treat babies with brain injuries, but has also published papers on multiple sclerosis, as well as nutritional approaches to sports performance and metabolic disease. Today’s conversation is the first of a two-part interview we did with Tommy. Part two will upload to iTunes on Oct. 10. Tommy received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge before attending medical school at the University of Oxford. He recently completed a PhD in physiology and neonatal brain metabolism at the University of Washington. He is now a Senior Fellow at the university researching neonatal brain injury. He also is the incoming president of the Physicians for Ancestral Health, an international organization of physicians, healthcare professionals and medical students that specializes in ancestral health principles for the prevention and treatment of illness. Tommy is also an experienced rowing, endurance, and strength coach who combines evolutionary principles with modern biochemical techniques to optimize performance. He primarily performs this work with Nourish Balance Thrive, a functional medicine clinic based in California that works largely with athletes, where he is the Chief Medical Officer. Links: Physicians for Ancestral Health - http://ancestraldoctors.org Nourish Balance Thrive - http://www.nourishbalancethrive.com NBT automated performance analysis: http://nbt.ai Primal Endurance podcast (ketogenic diets, athletic longevity etc): http://primalendurance.libsyn.com/101-dr-tommy-wood 2) High Intensity Health podcast (ketogenic diets and  gut health): http://highintensityhealth.com/tommy-wood-keto-diet-endotoxin-gut-health-bacterial-diversity/ Show notes:  03:30: Ken and Dawn welcome Tommy to the show. 03:48: Tommy talks about growing up in the U.K. and also spending time in Iceland, Germany and France. 04:43: Ken asks Tommy if he was more interested in science or sports as a youth. 05:48: Tommy talks about his time the captain of a rowing club and how he became interested in ultra-endurance sports and Crossfit training. 07:33: Dawn points out that Tommy follows a Paleo style diet, but understands that wasn’t the case when he was on a rowing team at Cambridge. She asks Tommy what caused him to change his diet. 09:51: Tommy worked as junior doctor in central London for two years after medical school before moving to Norway to get a PhD in physiology and neuroscience at the University of Oslo.  Dawn asks Tommy what motivated him to change his field of work? 11:39: Dawn asks Tommy why he has devoted so much of his research looking into multiple sclerosis. 13:23: Dawn mentions that Tommy is the incoming president of Physicians for Ancestral Health and asks him how he came involved with the organization. 15:40: Physicians for Ancestral Health work to identify natural dietary, nutritional and environmental interventions that complement standard medical therapies. Dawn asks Tommy to describe examples of natural interventions. 17:11: Tommy’s PhD focused on the physiology of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in newborn babies using a rat model. Kens asks Tommy to talk about the disease and how it is studied in the lab. 19:25: Dawn points out that the current treatment for infants with brain injuries is therapeutic hypothermia. Dawns asks Tommy to talk about the treatment and how it works. 23:00: STEM-Talk blurb. 23:24: Considering that hypothermia was already standard of care by the time Tommy started his PhD, Ken asks what made Tommy want to focus on studying hypothermia further during his PhD. 24:45: Dawns asks Tommy how he would research the optimization of hypothermia treatment in humans? 28:29: Ken asks Tommy how he became a senior fellow in the Pediatrics Department at the University of Washington.

In this episode, Dr Tommy Wood turns the mic on one of our favourite podcast hosts, Mike Mutzel. Mike has a B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Clinical Nutrition and is a graduate of the Institute for Functional Medicine. He is an independent consultant for one of the world’s leading professional nutrition companies (XYMOGEN) and the host of the High Intensity Health show. Sign up for our Highlights email and every week we’ll send you a short (but sweet) email containing the following: One piece of simple, actionable advice to improve your health and performance, including the reference(s) to back it up. One item we read or saw in the health and fitness world recently that we would like to give a different perspective on, and why. One remarkable thing that we think you’ll enjoy! Here’s the outline of this interview with Mike Mutzel: [00:00:26] High Intensity Health. [00:00:37] Book: Belly Fat Effect: The Real Secret About How Your Diet, Intestinal Health, and Gut Bacteria Help You Burn Fat. [00:01:07] Health history. [00:01:59] Biotics Research. [00:02:36] University of Colorado medical school. [00:03:27] XYMOGEN supplements. [00:08:13] Finding a practitioner. [00:09:48] Incretins. [00:10:13] Bariatric surgery. [00:11:05] GLP-1, GLP-2, GIP-1, PYY. [00:11:57] L-cells. [00:13:08] Metformin. [00:13:25] Berberine. [00:13:30] Whey protein. [00:13:42] Dietary fat and CCK. [00:13:52] Polyphenols. [00:14:42] Chew your food. [00:15:58] Unprocessed food. [00:17:30] Mike's home environment. [00:19:25] Chickens and dogs. [00:20:30] Podcast: Social isolation Bryan Walsh, ND. [00:20:40] Tommy’s IHS talk. [00:23:13] Managing your spouse [00:25:35] Men who get married live longer but women don't. [00:26:27] Circadian biology. [00:26:38] Alessandro Ferretti. [00:27:13] HRV. [00:28:35] Ketogenic diet mood changes. [00:30:21] Angela Poff in Dominic D'Agostino’s lab. [00:33:03] Spreading the word. [00:33:27] PHAT FIBRE. [00:34:43] Eating junk food on a plane. [00:35:58] Mark Hyman, MD. [00:36:37] Time restricted feeding. [00:38:37] Raymond Edmunds of Optimal Ketogenic Living. [00:39:55] Jason Fung, MD. [00:41:31] Maintaining strength. [00:41:51] Ron Rosedale, MD. [00:42:57] Morning routine. [00:45:26] Traveling. [00:46:37] Stuck in a elevator with a politician. [00:48:11] Modern agriculture and community gardening. [00:49:08] Detroit grocery stores. [00:50:19] Mouth taping. [00:50:54] High Intensity Health on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram.

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I travel in to the beautiful Pacific Northwest summertime to visit a true powerhouse of health knowledge and Internet broadcasting, Mike Mut ze l of High Intensity Health. Check out his YouTube Channel and you will experience a stunning library of cutting-edge health content, including interviews with the world’s leading experts in functional medicine, ketogenic eating, athletic performance, and health science. Amazingly, Mike can totally hang stride for stride with his guests that often discuss advanced scientific content—including the popular shows with his chiropractor wife Deanna. Subscribe to the channel and you are getting a college level educt in the health sciences. Mike does a beautiful job weaving some hard-core science into a user-friendly discussion regardless of your level of health expertise. Mike talks his background pursuing a high-level competitive cycling career in Boulder, CO, then getting an epiphany after a serious accident and concussion that he might be better suited as a health educator than a pro rider! After running up against uninformed doctors in his supplement sales job, he started interviewing experts in keto and other progressive health topics, acquiring an impressive content library that progressed to his amazing YouTube channel today. Yes, Mike travels the globe on our behalf capturing exceptionally high-quality video footage of his expert guests. He has plunged so deep into this that he even has a training course teaching you how to produce quality videos! Mike clears up the major misconceptions about keto, especially the mistaken notion that keto is about stuffing your face with fat. Instead, we learn how keto is intended to mimic the health and metabolic benefits of fasting, how ketones are both a superior fuel source and a high potency genetic signaling molecule with profound anti-inflammatory benefits. We get a basic introduction to the world of functional medicine, where the emphasis is not on disease prevention or treatment per western medicine, but on promoting peak function in a holistic manner. This entails looking upstream at the causes of dysfunction instead of treating the symptoms. For example, a 50-ish male with low testosterone can commence a hormone replacement regimen, but if deficiencies and adverse lifestyle practices are present, Mike speculates that you are likely converting testosterone into estrogen. Supplement with more T and you will make more estrogen and get “man boobs.” Mike ends with a surprising emphasis on the practice of mouth taping to facilitate optimal evening sleep by breathing through your nose. Breathing through your mouth while you sleep is no bueno, as the tongue can often obstruct your airway and limit oxygen supply to the brain. Nose breathing, both at night and during the daytime, stimulates parasympathetic activity (the “rest and digest” component of the autonomic nervous system) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-get-over-yourself-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Like most people who g rew up in Southern California, I understand that when you’re blessed with constant sunny skies, it’s way too easy to get used to that kind of climate and start to take it for granted. But what happens when you don’t have 365 sunny days every year? You have to get creative. You have to figure out how to live and enjoy the outdoors in relation to your current climate. I reflect on this while sharing some highlights from my trip to the Pacific Northwest - I visited Seattle, where I had enjoyed some delicious "Salty Caramel Ash” flavored ice cream aka activated charcoal vegan ice cream, as well as Eugene and Portland. One of the most important things I took away from my trip was how the Pacific Northwesterners really know how to make the most of their time. They use the summer months as an opportunity to cram in a ton of activities into their day, and I know people who take trips to warmer climates during colder weather to make sure they’re getting their recreational time in. I was so happy to be able to meet up with some cool people, like Debbie Potts, host of the Whole Athlete, to discuss her career and journey into holistic medicine, and High Intensity Health founder Mike Mutzel, who shared some amazing insights about recovery: “The harder you train, the more energy you need to devote to recovery.” We think in terms of ‘go go go ’ and then collapse on the couch or into bed – but this doesn’t even qualify as recovery time. Mike’s concepts for recovery are way more sophisticated than that and he is a big proponent of Rebound Training. Another important piece of advice from Mike: When your HRV number is extra high you may think you’re recovering well, but it can mean the opposite – that your body is still fighting to recover fully, so you need to rest. It was great to finally meet Dr. Tommy Wood (of Nourish Balance Thrive) face to face after having recorded (remotely) so many podcasts with him. Tommy is great company and super stimulating to speak with because he offers such interesting views on a wide variety of subjects. While he’s super academic and into studying scientific research, he’s also always making a sincere effort to brings things back to the simple, practical stuff - like emphasizing the importance of having a dog to literally boost your health because it forces you outside and makes you engage play. Another gem from Tommy: “You’re liquidating your assets when you overstimulate the flight or fight response with your hectic, busy life or extreme training regimen that’s too much for you.” This is so important to consider. After seeing Tommy , I hopped on the train to head on over to the beautiful town of Eugene, Oregon. I met up with my Speedgolf mentor Christopher Smith at the Eugene Country Club, and we ran all over town, checking out the updated University of Oregon campus and the Prefontaine Memorial, and just enjoying some great conversation. We talked about his incredible training concept “Train to Trust” and the importance of context specificity when practicing golf or any other performance endeavor. This means simulating your competitive experience in practice so it actually transfers into effective brain learning when it’s time to perform. I also had the chance to catch up (over Skype) with author Scott Carney, author of What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength. As an investigative journalist, Carney was originally assigned to cover the famous ‘Ice Man,’ Wim Hof, meeting up with him at his training center in Poland, but soon enough he was participating in training, and performing amazing feats like climbing a snowy mountain in running shorts in the middle of a freezing winter in Poland. My last stop was Portland, and I had a great time with Brian McAndrew, who masters all the audio and video content for Primal Blueprint’s YouTube channel. We had a great time discussing how he went from veganism and chronic cardio to finding strength training and the Keto diet. Brian has had such an interesting life at only 31 years old, and has great insights and stories to share about his career journey and pursuing your passions. I had such a fun time having incredible, stimulating conversations with so many great people, and I left the trip feeling so inspired. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-get-over-yourself-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands