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This episode's Community Champion Sponsor is Ossur. To learn more about their ‘Responsible for Tomorrow' Sustainability Campaign, and how you can get involved: CLICK HEREEpisode Overview: The future of healthcare lies in shifting from reactive treatment to predictive prevention, and our next guest is leading this transformation. Jim Kean, CEO of Molecular You, is harnessing molecular medicine and AI to identify health risks before they progress to disease. With an impressive track record as a serial healthcare entrepreneur, Jim pioneered online health communities with Sapient Health Network (later WebMD), revolutionized direct-to-consumer diagnostics with WellnessFX, and now leads Molecular You in expanding access to precision health insights. Join us to discover how Jim's unique perspective from seven startups and time in the healthcare insurance industry is helping navigate the complex healthcare landscape while driving innovation that can save both money and lives. Let's go!Episode Highlights:Technology detected early-stage pancreatic cancer through molecular pattern changes years before symptoms appearedPlatform analyzes 280+ biomarkers from a single blood sample with plans to expand to 825 markersAI identifies "risk signatures" for conditions like Alzheimer's with 95% accuracyCan determine different biological pathways leading to the same disease, enabling personalized treatments25% of all healthcare expenses will come from just 3% of people who will develop severe disease but aren't yet identifiedAbout our Guest: Jim Kean, CEO of Molecular You, is a technology executive known for driving innovation in consumer health and wellness platforms. At Molecular You, Jim is focused on expanding access to precision health insights that empower proactive healthcare decisions.Before joining Molecular You, Jim was General Manager of the Consumer Platform for Cambia Health, a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer based in Portland, Oregon, where he drove the development of a next-generation platform for omni-channel consumer engagement. Later, he became General Manager of Value Management, focusing on population health analytics. As Founder and former CEO of WellnessFx™, Jim led the company to become a leader in direct-to-consumer health diagnostics; after founding the company In 2010, he sold it to Thorne (THRN) in 2013 for $25m.In 1995, Jim founded Sapient Health Network (SHN), pioneering online consumer health communities. SHN merged with WebMD in 1999, forming the platform that now attracts over 23 million monthly visitors. He successfully exited the company, turning a $5m investment into $187m in 3.5 years.Former Board Member of Portland Center Stage (PCS) – a highly regarded regional theatre. During his tenure as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee, PCS achieved recognition for developing and opening the first Platinum LEED performing arts building. An avid outdoorsman, in 1999, he hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. He graduated in 1984 from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR, and earned an MBA from Tuck School at Dartmouth in 1991. He enjoys the great outdoors and winter sports with his wife and three children. Links Supporting This Episode: Molecular You Website: CLICK HEREJim Kean LinkedIn page: CLICK HEREMolecular You LinkedIn:

Today we catch up with Zak Holdsworth! LISTEN TO FULL EPISODE ... ACCESS ALL THE LATEST PODCASTS AND CMTs BACK CATALOG ... Our conversation touched on the following (and much more!): DPC Simplified: What sets DPC apart and why it's worth considering, plus addressing common misconceptions. Scaling Success: Strategies for streamlining operations, overcoming challenges, and leveraging technology and partnerships for sustainable growth. Connecting the Dots: How to find the right tools, resources, and mentorship to ease the transition to DPC and build a thriving practice Zak co-founded Hint Health to accelerate the growth and success of the direct primary care (DPC) movement. As a passionate advocate for provider-led, patient-centered care, Zak has dedicated his career to transforming healthcare by driving down costs, improving outcomes, and restoring satisfaction for both patients and providers. Before Hint, Zak was Vice President at WellnessFX, a direct-to-consumer clinical diagnostics and telemedicine company, and a venture capitalist at Voyager Capital, where he focused on innovative technology startups. Zak earned his MBA from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Canterbury University in New Zealand. When he's not working to reshape healthcare, Zak enjoys kite surfing and exploring the world through adventure sports. HINT HEALTH Hint Health is the leading digital health company dedicated to supporting the growth and success of the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement. With a mission to power direct care and make it the new standard, Hint's technology powers thousands of clinics and networks across the nation providing care for over a million members. Hint also produces Hint Summit, the leading DPC innovation conference and supports Hint Connect, a curated national network of independent DPC clinics. Founded in 2013 by Zak Holdsworth and Graham Melcher, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. To learn more visit hint.com. RESOURCES: Learn how Hint powers concierge practices. Looking to launch a new practice? Join the next Practice Launch Bootcamp Cohort or download our DPC Playbook! CONCIERGE MEDICINE TODAY IS THE INDUSTRY'S TRADE PUBLICATION, EST. 2007. DISCLAIMER: THIS SITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL, FINANCIAL, LEGAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. © 2024 CONCIERGE MEDICINE TODAY, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS CONTENT/SITE IS NOT WITHOUT ERROR OR OMISSIONS. 

According to the latest research, life expectancy has risen dramatically, increasing 26 years since the mid-20th century. However our healthspan (healthy years free of disease) has not followed suit. There is a significant gap between our lifespan and healthspan driven by the pandemic of chronic diseases afflicting a growing aging population. The current overburdened and reactive health care system is compounding this lag in quality of life, where health risks linger for years and are detected late. The age-old quest for healthy longevity begins with predictive healthcare. And while AI may seem a bit scary to us GenXers, its potential could prove very helpful when it comes to analyzing biomarkers on healthspan and longevity. Jim Kean CEO of Molecular You, is a pioneering senior tech executive with a focus on innovative, disruptive, consumer-oriented health and wellness digital experiences. The consistent theme: creating user delight, loyalty, and retention while fundamentally re-engineering the cost of delivery. He founded WellnessFx and played a significant role in online health communities as President of Sapient Health Network, which later merged with WebMD. Join Lauren and Jim as they examine: how we can feel more at ease with AI; how AI can help with our healthcare; how IA is it being used right now; how AI can help bridge the gap between healthspan and longevity; how AI's role is shifting from reactive healthcare to proactive healthcare; how Molecular You assess an individual's distinct blood profile to anticipate potential health risks and catch chronic diseases early; how blood test results should be used; success stories using AI in healthcare and so much more. If we are living to be centenarians, wouldn't those extra years be better if we were to age well and not just age? Show Notes: Website: molecularyou.com News: globenewswire.com Instagram: instagram.com/molecularyou LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/company/molecular-you Facebook: facebook.com/molecularyoucorp

In my recent Forbes article about living longer, I talk about how personalization is rebooting the global health, beauty and wellness market—empowering individuals and impacting their well-being journeys. As a science driven company targeting consumers, athletes, health professionals and organizations, Thorne HealthTech (NASDAQ:THRN) is part of that impact, redefining what it means to live healthier for healthier longer lives. Their Artificial Intelligence (AI) approach helps deliver personalized, proactive and actionable solutions to people at most every age and stage in life. From the very early days when they were a natural supplement provider, to a direct to practitioner model, and subsequently a direct to consumer (DTC) provider, Thorne has positioned itself as an innovative leader in the personalized health and wellness space. Their CEO and co-founder Paul Jacobson, joined me for an episode of The Reboot Chronicles podcast. A serial CEO, his own reboot journey includes serving as co-founder and CEO of Thorne Research Inc., Health Elements, LLC and WellnessFX. Listen in as we unpack some reboots his company has undergone over the years and how they are transforming an industry…or two. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rebootchronicles/message

Show Notes Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Episode 123 Zak Holdsworth, Co-founder Hint Health In both technology and vision, Zak Holdsworth's story is inspirational on how he went from a small farming community in New Zealand to fulfilling his dream of making it in Silicon Valley. Today he is working on democratizing the world of primary care physicians to free them from the complex world of US insurance carriers. Zak is a change maker, helping physicians cut out the insurance process by going direct to consumers and using the new model for direct primary called subscription as a service.  Prior to co-founding Hint, Zak was VP Business Development at WellnessFX, the first direct-to-consumer clinical diagnostics/telemed company in the US, a startup he invested in during his time at Voyager Capital. Zak holds a BE (Honors) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  Highlights of our conversation include:  Complexities of disrupting any existing system, especially one with a trillion-dollar risk.  How transformation requires support from the communities of people on the path of change with you. Challenges facing physicians who choose to  step outside of the status quo and take the leap of faith to restart their practice from scratch under the new model. The relationship Zak has with his co-founder - how they went from professionals who butted heads to synchronized collaboration and trust. How the Hint platform provides a total business solution and integrations for physicians wanting a one-to-one relationship with their clients. How a mission-based sales process and providing an annual Hint Summit builds relationships with physicians that results in referrals and retention. Enjoy the show! Connect with Zak: Website: www.hint.com Website: www.summit.hint.com   LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/hint-health/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zakholdsworth/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/HintHealth Connect with Allison: Website: allisonksummers.com #CEO #business #businessstrategy #growthstrategy #entreprenuer #entrepreneurship #entreprenuerlife #tech #technology #startups #startupstory #AI #machinelearning #founder #femalefounder   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entrepreneur and VC, Kevin Rose, joins Chris to talk about the best and latest in everything from wellness to digital currency. They dive into all Kevin's health hacks, what led him to be such a successful investor, and they answer many of your questions about the latest in crypto and NFTs.Kevin Rose (@kevinrose) is an entrepreneur, investor, venture capitalist and crypto and NFT expert. He is a partner at True Ventures, the host of two podcasts, Modern Finance, which talks about crypto and traditional finance, and Proof, which talks in depth about all things NFTs. Kevin previously founded the social news site, Digg, the intermittent fasting app, Zero, and the meditation app, Oak. He's also one of the most successful Angel Investors out there, being an early investor in companies like Twitter, Facebook and Square.Full show notes at: https://allthehacks.com/health-crypto-nfts-kevin-rose Selected Links From The EpisodeConnect with Kevin Rose: Website | Instagram | TwitterKevin's Podcasts: Modern Finance | Proof  Kevin's New Proof Collective: Proof CollectiveKevin's Companies: Zero App | Oak App | DiggPodcasts mentioned:Dr. Peter Attia PodcastDr. Rhonda Patrick PodcastMatt Walker Podcast Sleep DiplomatModern Finance #11: How Safe Is My Crypto Yield?Research Mentioned:Apolipoprotein B Particles and Cardiovascular DiseaseCan lithium halt progression of Alzheimer's disease?Association Between Sauna Bathing and Fatal Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality EventsFoundMyFitness on SaunasSatchidananda Panda's Fasting ResearchBetter DNA Analysis: FoundMyFitness DNA ReportsLithium Water: Gerolsteiner Sparkling WaterChocolate Capsules: CocoaviaDiabetes + Weight Loss Drug: OzempicOnline Pharmacies: GoodRX | AltoPharmacyBlood Testing Service: WellnessFXStress Gummies: PYMSecurity Apps: Google Advanced Protection Program | 1PasswordInvesting App: WealthfrontHigh Yield Crypto Platforms: BlockFi | GeminiNotable Cryptocurrency Websites: Token Sets | DeFi Pulse | Makara Full Show NotesHow Chris helped hook Kevin up with some super sweet airline tickets… [01:30]What drives Kevin to be so focused on his health and mindfulness…[02:35]How concierge doctors work and what is often missing from regular doctors...[07:00]Is it advisable to go to companies like WellnessFX?…[10:20]The latest on fasting and why intermittent fasting is so vital for health and longevity…[11:15]What intrigued Kevin the most about Sauna Therapy…[13:45]Kevin's best rapid fire health hacks…[17:05]Why now is more important than ever to be taking daily vitamins…[20:25]What does a glucose tolerance test do and why you should do it...[21:30]Where to find the cheapest pharmaceutical prices…[25:20]How to actually unlock and use your 23andMe testing data…[27:30]The role that sleep plays on the brain and body…[32:00]Hacks to help protect your online financial accounts…[33:00]What made Kevin so successful in his ability to take investment risks…[39:50]The future of crypto and digital contracts…[44:45]Are high yield cryptocurrencies actually too good to be true?...[47:35]How beginners can effectively get started with crypto…[51:20]The correlation in the crypto/token investment space and how the market moves…[56:50]Really important advice for people dabbling in crypto…[57:40]What are NFT's and how can people get started with them?…[59:40]Kevin's big upcoming announcement…[1:04:40] SponsorThis episode is brought to you by BlockFi. BlockFi is the company I use to store all my crypto and I think they provide huge value because. Whether you buy your crypto with them or transfer in what you already have, you can start earning interest on all of it, which is a great way to earn some passive income with almost no effort. And that also includes stable coins based in us dollars where you can earn 9% without having your savings fluctuate with the crypto markets. This is where I store the cash I used to keep at a high yield savings account. Since opening my account, I've already earned thousands of dollars of interest.BlockFi also has a rewards credit card that instead of earning points or miles gives you Bitcoin back on every purchase you make offering 3.5% back in the first three months and 1.5% percent back after that. If you want to check out BlockFi, you can get an exclusive bonus of up to $250 free when you sign at https://allthehacks.com/blockfi. Connect with All the HacksAll the Hacks: Newsletter | Website | Facebook | EmailChris Hutchins: Twitter | Instagram | Website | LinkedIn

This episode of "dorris meets" is all about Biohacking. Our guest is a real expert in this field: Martin Kremmer. Martin has been a biohacker since 2013, he is the co-founder of the Danish Biohacking Community and he is also a very popular figure in the Biohacking scene outside of Denmark. During the day, Martin is a Global Director at Ernst & Young, lives the busy life of a consultant, traveling a 100 days a year. Martin applies strategic thinking from his day job to everyday health questions. As in business, he uses data to understand the impacts of changes to his body and mind.With Martin we chat about his TEDx talk, if we can still trust our average doctor, how he got into Biohacking and what a Biohacker does to live an optimal life. Martin shares his insights on how to stay healthy even when living a busy life, what Ketosis can do for your body, why sleep is the most important thing and what you can find out when you let your DNA tested.What we talk about in this episode: 1:35 What is biohacking?5:28 About Martin`s TEDx Talk: Can we still trust our doctors?11:43 About Functional medicine13:33 How Martin started with Biohacking17:18 What to eat when traveling21:55 About Ketosis & Fasting27:51 Devices to track your health31:25 Meditation with devices and neuro-stimulation35:50 Tracking your sleep40:59 How to start with Biohacking44:21 How to read your blood test48:59 About DNA Tests53:30 How Martin fixed his Gluten issueUseful links to follow up on our chat and find more info on Biohacking:Dr. Olli Sovijärvi / The Biohacking Handbook: https://biohackingbook.com/Kion Bars for healthy nutrition when traveling or just hungry: https://getkion.com/shop/body/kion-bar/The Oura Ring for better sleep tracking: https://ouraring.com/The Institute for Functional Medicine: https://www.ifm.org/Digital Health Center:  http://health-dx.comCheck your DNA: 23andme.comEvaluate your genetics test report from 23and me: http://go.strategene.org/genetic-analysisAlternative to 23andme: https://thednacompany.com/  YouTube Video Collection from WellnessFX: https://www.youtube.com/user/WellnessFX/videosFacebook Page Danish Biohacking Community: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Health---Wellness-Website/Danish-Biohacker-Community-254412888635530/Connect with Martin Kremmer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinkremmer/ Follow Martin on Instagram: http://instagram.com/martinkremmer

Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and software coder Kevin Rose had his first taste of success in business when he co-founded Digg, a social news website, in 2004. A few years later he was named one of the top 35 innovators under age 35 by the MIT Technology Review. He’s gone on to create other websites and companies, with a current focus on building health-related mobile apps and investing in promising startups. In this podcast, Dr. Tommy Wood and I interview Kevin about his professional life as an innovator and entrepreneur. We delve into his remarkable ability to predict societal trends and discuss the direction he sees technology heading next. Kevin also shares some of the practices and supplements he uses to enhance his own cognitive performance and quality of life. Here’s the outline of this interview with Kevin Rose: [00:01:03] Kevin's background. [00:04:05] Combining marketing and programming; TechTV; The Screen Savers. [00:04:25] Digg. [00:06:11] Fake news: Turning Obama audio clips into realistic lip-synched video. [00:06:42] Techmeme for tech news. [00:10:46] Investing in Facebook and Twitter. [00:12:23] Anonymous decentralized internet. [00:13:19] Tor; InterPlanetary File System (IPFS); Blockstack. [00:14:13] Social media making people miserable. [00:16:06] Oak meditation app. [00:16:30] Headspace, Calm. [00:19:23] The Light Phone; Palm. [00:20:12] Google Pixel 3. [00:23:31] Zero fasting tracker app. [00:24:11] Satchin Panda; Podcast: How to Use Time-Restricted Eating to Reverse Disease and Optimize Health, with Satchin Panda, PhD. [00:24:16] Valter Longo. [00:24:46] The Kevin Rose Show podcast. [00:25:59] Paul Graham: Sitcom startup ideas. [00:27:29] Wearable technology; Oura ring. [00:28:29] Continuous glucose monitoring; Study: Beck, Roy W., et al. "Effect of continuous glucose monitoring on glycemic control in adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin injections: the DIAMOND randomized clinical trial." Jama 317.4 (2017): 371-378. [00:28:53] Dexcom G6. [00:29:43] Peter Attia; Peter Attia Drive; Podcast: The Critical Factors of Healthspan and Lifespan, with Peter Attia. [00:30:03] Tim Ferriss. [00:32:08] Cold and heat; Wim Hof method. [00:35:34] Peloton: A spin class in your home. [00:36:30] 23andMe; MTHFR. [00:37:36] Rapamycin; Ben Greenfield. [00:38:06] Cognitive benefits: Lion’s mane mushroom; Bacopa. [00:38:56] Studies: Hericium (lion's mane) and BDNF: Rupcic, Zeljka, et al. "Two New Cyathane Diterpenoids from Mycelial Cultures of the Medicinal Mushroom Hericium erinaceus and the Rare Species, Hericium flagellum." International journal of molecular sciences 19.3 (2018): 740; and Bacopa: Neale, Chris, et al. "Cognitive effects of two nutraceuticals Ginseng and Bacopa benchmarked against modafinil: a review and comparison of effect sizes." British journal of clinical pharmacology 75.3 (2013): 728-737. [00:39:04] ReCODE protocol; Book: The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline, by Dale Bredesen. [00:39:48] Blockchain; Electronic health records. [00:41:13] WellnessFX. [00:42:06] Book: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, by James Clear. [00:42:19] Reasons people come to meditation apps. [00:43:14] Book: The Illuminated Mind by June D’Estelle. [00:44:06] Sam Harris. [00:46:43] User churn. [00:52:34] Where to find Kevin: kevinrose.com; Instagram.

In this episode, I sit down with Josh Trent, the founder of Wellness Force & Wellness Force Media. As a top-ranked iTunes host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast with over 16 years in the health and wellness industry, Josh leads the global Wellness Force community in discovering the physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well. As the host of Wellness Force Radio, Josh interviews world-class experts in the fields of physical and emotional intelligence, mindset, behavior change, supplementation, nutrition, health, wellness, fitness, and mindfulness that empowers the WFR audience with actionable steps for the wellness journey. (Learn more about Josh's story) Awarded “Top 100 #HealthTech Influencers 2017” by Onalytica, Josh has facilitated over 300 high-level interviews in his podcasting career with some of the most respected minds in the health, wellness, and self-help industries. His work has been featured in major wellness publications such as Soul Feed, WellnessFX, ACE, and is a featured speaker for the FitTech Summit CES in Las Vegas.​ (Book Josh Trent as a guest on your podcast or event)   Learn more at https://wellnessforce.com/   Links to items discussed in the podcast: Wellness Force Radio Podcast: https://wellnessforce.com/podcast-2/   Organifi: http://bestbiohacks.com/orgnifigrn - enter discount code "biohacks" to save 20%   Paul Chek Blog: https://chekinstitute.com/blog/tag/4-doctors/   Wellness Force Radio Interview with Paul Chek: https://wellnessforce.com/radio/the-revolution-is-coming-paul-chek/   Joovv Light: http://bestbiohacks.com/joovv  - enter discount code "biohacks"   Halo Sport:  http://bestbiohacks.com/halo - enter discount code "biohacks"   Masaru Emoto - The Hidden Messages in Water: http://a.co/d/gQXibQX   Plant bullying experiment: https://nypost.com/2018/05/08/students-insult-plants-in-unique-anti-bullying-experiment/   Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss:  http://a.co/d/9FbYWn8   The Body Keeps The Score  by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.:  http://a.co/d/hpSMAFS   Masimo iSpO2 Pulse Oximeter:  http://a.co/d/gg9MNS2   Rhythmia Life Advancement Center: https://www.rythmia.com/   SealFit 20X: https://sealfit.com/20x/   How To Change Your Mind: Michael Pollan:  http://a.co/d/buCbVth   The Morning 21: www.wellnessforce.com/M21     SOMA Breath: https://www.somabreath.com/   Muse Headset: https://choosemuse.com/   Kasina Mind Media System:  http://a.co/d/4sw1xfB   Modius: https://us.modiushealth.com/   Retimer Glasses:  http://a.co/d/dQ4dJkf   PowerDot 2.0:  http://a.co/d/iJ57ZL5   Rudy Movie:  http://a.co/d/hcpxuFY   The Presence Process by Michael Brown:  http://a.co/d/gdAXXMo   Topo Chico water: https://www.topochicousa.net   ReboundAir Standard Rebounder: http://bestbiohacks.com/trampoline   Here's where you can grab your copy of our free book The Biohacker's Guide to Upgraded Energy and Focus (just help with shipping) https://biohackersguide.com/biohackers-guide-free. Learn more about the #1 High Performance Coaching Program in the world and have Anthony personally help you get in the best shape of your life, double your energy, and live in a state of optimal performance www.biohackingsecrets.com/coaching  

David Korsunsky spent 15 years working for industry-leading technology firms, and in 2015 founded Heads Up Health, a San Francisco-based startup helping people to aggregate and learn from their own health information. The company can retrieve lab work from over 30,000 providers across the US, building a single health history and a timeline that can help to make sense of your current challenges. In this podcast, I’m talking with David about his mission to help 100 million people take control of their health. We talk about the Heads Up Health platform, which integrates with apps and devices and eliminates that dusty old pile of lab reports you weren’t sure what to do with.  David also shares his own story as a case study, demonstrating the value of having easy, mobile, shareable access to all of your health information. Here’s the outline of this interview with David Korsunsky: [00:01:09] Heads Up Health. [00:01:24] Robb Wolf's Podcast featuring Dave Korsunsky. [00:02:08] The story behind Heads up Health. [00:05:48] WellnessFx. [00:06:18] Applying engineering mindset to health. [00:11:36] Devices; Oura ring. [00:11:53] Elite HRV; CorSense device; Jason Moore. [00:13:30] MyFitnessPal, My Macros+, Cronometer; Keto-Mojo. [00:13:56] LEVL, Ketonix. [00:16:51] requestatest.com; Grace Liu; Ulta Labs. [00:17:17] Blood Chemistry Calculator. [00:18:20] DUTCH, OAT, Genova, Doctor's Data, BioHealth Labs. [00:22:50] Reference Ranges. [00:26:14] Dave Feldman; Podcast: How to Drop Your Cholesterol. [00:28:52] Tracking symptoms; seizures. [00:29:51] Potential applications of machine learning. [00:32:28] Elimination diet. [00:33:30] Video: Bryan's H. Pylori case study. [00:35:28] 23andme DNA testing. [00:36:49] Data-Driven Health Radio: Episode 20 - Carrie Brown. [00:37:26] Care team access. [00:39:18] Dexcom 5; Quantified Self; Freestyle Libre, Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM). [00:41:14] Dr. Simon Marshall, PhD. Podcasts: 1, 2, 3, 4. [00:42:40] Challenges to progress; Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) movement. [00:43:12] Podcast: How to Teach Machines That Can Learn, with Pedro Domingos, PhD. [00:44:15] mint.com. [00:46:21] Amazon AWS for data storage. [00:47:53] Data-Driven Health Radio podcast. [00:49:44] How to get started on Heads up Health. [00:52:41] dave@headsuphealth.com.

Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force, and a wellness industry influencer and coach specializing in health technology. Josh is a top ranked iTunes podcast host of both Wellness Force Radio and the Fitness + Technology podcast. With over 13 years in the health and wellness industry, he leads the Wellness Force community in discovering physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, and FitTech CES. Josh Trent: http://www.wellnessforce.com Ronnie Landis: http://www.ronnielandis.net

Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force, and a wellness industry influencer and coach specializing in health technology. Josh is a top ranked iTunes podcast host of both Wellness Force Radio and the Fitness + Technology podcast. With over 13 years in the health and wellness industry, he leads the Wellness Force community in discovering physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, and FitTech CES. Josh Trent: http://www.wellnessforce.com Ronnie Landis: http://www.ronnielandis.net 

“How can I optimize my health and longevity?” “How can I live a long time and feel good doing it?” “What supplements should I take for peak performance?” “What should my ideal diet look like?” Honestly, without any data about your blood and biomarkers, you have no idea. This is because unless you know what your blood looks like under a microscope, there is no way for you to identify with 100% confidence what steps you should take to eat the right diet, to take the right supplements, to protect your health, to enhance your well-being, to perform at peak capacity, and perhaps most importantly, to live as long as possible with as high a quality of life as possible. Enter blood testing. Blood testing is the most important step you can take to identify and prevent life-threatening diseases before they happen to you. With your blood test results in hand, you can catch critical issues in your body before they manifest as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, or worse. Knowledge of exactly what is going on inside your body empowers you to implement a science-based disease-prevention program that can literally add decades of healthy years to your life. And if your goal is to not only stop disease, but to also perform at your peak physical and cognitive capacity, blood testing is absolutely crucial for identifying which diet, which supplements and which lifestyle steps you should take to optimize your specific and unique health parameters. But sadly, most annual medical check-ups that the average physician orders are simply routine, old-school blood tests that don't even test for the most important markers of disease risk, and that are simply designed to make sure you're “not dying”. They aren't designed to optimize longevity or to ensure your body is completely primed to perform at peak capacity. What most people don't realize is that you can skip your physician and simply manage the entire process for getting your blood work done yourself. And if you want to test absolutely every little thing that affects your organs, your energy, your hormones, your health and your longevity, then you've found the ultimate answer. I worked closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, to develop the and , which is the most complete blood testing package for men that money can buy.  This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package I recommend and is designed for the high performer, biohacker or anti-aging enthusiast who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. The panel I discuss in today's podcast dives deep into overall metabolic functioning for optimal long-term health and longevity, and includes thyroid function, stress response, blood glucose regulation, sex hormone balance, heavy metals, inflammation, organs of detoxification (liver, kidneys, gallbladder, and lungs), proteins, electrolytes, blood oxygen and nutrient delivery, immune system status, vitamin D status and much, much more, including: 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D Apolipoprotein A-1 Apolipoprotein B Blood Lead Blood Mercury Cardio IQ Lipoprotein Fractionation Ion Mobility Complete Blood Count w/ differential Complete Metabolic Panel Copper Cortisol Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Ferritin, serum Fibrinogen Folate Free Fatty Acids Hemoglobin A1c Homocysteine High-sensitivity C-reactive protein IGF-1 (Growth hormone surrogate) Insulin Iron, TIBC Lipid Panel Lipoprotein (a) Luteinizing Hormone Omega 3 Fatty Acids RBC Magnesium Reverse T-3 Selenium SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin) T-3 Total T-3 Uptake T-4 (Thyroxine) T-3 Free T-4 Free Testosterone + Free Testosterone Thiamine Thyroglobulin Antibodies Thyroid Peroxidase AB TSH Uric Acid Vitamin A Vitamin B12 Zinc Estradiol As you can see, I've held nothing back and covered all bases with this customized blood panel. You will not find a test this comprehensive anywhere else, guaranteed. From identifying disease to optimizing longevity and anti-aging to maximizing performance, this test gives you absolutely everything you need. During this podcast, in which I cover my own results from my recent longevity panel, you'll discover: My own process of testing my blood. I had 19 tubes of blood drawn; you typically have 3-5 tubes drawn in a blood test. My motivation: What if you want the same type of blood test that would be tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity center? I wanted to advise myself with more precision than typical blood tests such as TSH. I designed a package with Wellness FX, for men and women. I do this on a quarterly basis; although once a year (or once per life) is sufficient for most people. First thing you see on the report: cardiovascular health. Basic lipid panel. Risk factors: Red (high caution); orange (pay attention); green (good to go). A lot of red doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing; all green doesn't necessarily mean all good either. My total cholesterol is red: 267. High cholesterol isn't a risk factor; it's when it becomes oxidized. My HDL levels are through the roof: 151. High level of HDL could mean your body is carrying a lot of metabolites to the liver due to constant inflammation. I tested all my inflammations, all very low. Question to ask: are you a lean mass hyper responder? Could have a higher LDLP particle count. High HDL, inflammation is low, not of concern. High cholesterol and high inflammation, be concerned. Below lipid panel you'll see LDL particles. I use the Thorne multivitamin. The chlorogenic acid you find in artichoke extract is efficacious in lowering APOB My peak LDL size has been climbing; ideally I want it above 222 1/2. My LDL particle count is actually low. Small low density lipoprotein low compared to peak LDL size. Overall I'm happy with my results. Look for increase in the size of my LDL particles. “How can I live a long time and feel good doing it?” Free fatty acids associated with diabetes and heart disease. Omega Index: two different fatty acids in your red blood cells. Arachidonic acid levels are normal; I feel like I could step up my Omega 6 fatty acid intake. (Sprinkle hemp seeds on your salad.) Metabolic health: Risk factors for diabetes and insulin resistance. You want your insulin levels relatively low. Wellness FX will give suggestions on how to lower insulin levels. My blood glucose level wasn't concerning, but a bit higher than normal. Homa IR score: Takes both glucose and insulin levels into account. A ratio of glucose vs. insulin. Thyroid health: You typically see only TSH. Mine has much more... My antibodies to thyroid are very low. Reverse T3 is very low; not concerned about stress. Free thyroxin index is normal. Thyroid peroxidase is a target of antibodies. I have low T3, T4, both total and free. My natural weight is 190-195; my actual weight is 175. I rarely eat until I'm full. Metabolic hormones: IGF is a bit low; I'll take colostrum for this. Cortisol: It's at 24; I want it between 2-20. If it's elevated on one snapshot, consider testing again. Cortisol metabolites. Dutch test for hormones. (link needed) Liver and Kidneys: High levels of creatinine; if you exercise prior to a lab test, the creatinine will be elevated. Blood urea nitrogen elevated. Forms when proteins break down. Elevates when people are a) dehydrated or b) exercised the day prior to the test. My liver values are of concern. ALT when elevated mildly not of concern; mine have raised each of the last 3 tests. Foods that are good for the liver. “What supplements should I take for peak performance?” Milk thistle Holy basil Dandelion root Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. I may fall into this category. Metabolism Reset Diet by Dr. Allen Christianson (link needed) Something I do to sleep on int'l flights: an edible of marijuana. Metabolized by the liver; could have contributed to my high levels. Electrolytes Looking at Co2 and chloride levels. My Co2 has dropped. Bone health: More Vitamin D is not better; Above 80 you have increased risk of mortality. If calcium is abnormal, can be caused by abnormal albumin. The blood: You have two components of your blood: cellular (red, white, platelets) and liquid (plasma). My mean platelet volume is okay. My white blood cell count looks great. Either too little or too much can lead to mortality. Red blood cells: Look great. I spend time in the sauna which is great for blood production. My iron levels are fine. An extra steak or two per week wouldn't kill me. Floradix (link) Vitamins and minerals: Folic acid is essential for DNA synthesis. When folate is high, it could mean using a lousy multivitamin. Vitamin B12 is required for proper nerve function; mine is through the roof. Vitamin A is in perfect amount. Red blood cell magnesium the most precise way to measure magnesium in cells. Copper needed in trace amounts. Zinc important for nails, DNA synthesis, chronic disease management; too much causes bad breath, excessive sweating. Black ant extract is great for zinc. Resources from this episode: [pdf-embedder url="https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lab-Results-WellnessFX.pdf" title="Ben Greenfield Lab Results – WellnessFX"] - - - - - - - -Almsbio Glutathione with Q10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Episode sponsors: - are the foundation of total human optimization. I highly recommend their toothpaste! Use my link and get 10% off your order. - Give the middle finger to aging. Use Kion Serum anywhere you’d like more vibrant, youthful skin and hair.   - It’s like having a personal trainer in your pocket. 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Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force & Wellness Force Media. As a top-ranked iTunes host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast with over 15 years in the health and wellness industry, Josh leads the global Wellness Force community in discovering the physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well.As the host of Wellness Force Radio, Josh interviews world-class experts in the fields of physical and emotional intelligence, mindset, behavior change, supplementation, nutrition, health, wellness, fitness, and technology that empower the WFR audience with actionable steps for the wellness journey.Awarded “Top 100 #HealthTech Influencers 2017” by Onalytica, Josh has facilitated over 300 high-level interviews in his podcasting career with some of the most respected minds in the health, fitness, and wellness industries. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, a was selected as the 2017 host of the Fitness + Technology Podcast and was a 2017, 2018 Speaker for FitTech CES. Learn More About Josh's Story- wellnessforce.com- https://www.instagram.com/wellnessforce/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshtrent/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force & Wellness Force Media. As a top-ranked iTunes host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast with over 15 years in the health and wellness industry, Josh leads the global Wellness Force community in discovering the physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well.As the host of Wellness Force Radio, Josh interviews world-class experts in the fields of physical and emotional intelligence, mindset, behavior change, supplementation, nutrition, health, wellness, fitness, and technology that empower the WFR audience with actionable steps for the wellness journey.Awarded “Top 100 #HealthTech Influencers 2017” by Onalytica, Josh has facilitated over 300 high-level interviews in his podcasting career with some of the most respected minds in the health, fitness, and wellness industries. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, a was selected as the 2017 host of the Fitness + Technology Podcast and was a 2017, 2018 Speaker for FitTech CES. Learn More About Josh's Story- wellnessforce.com- https://www.instagram.com/wellnessforce/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshtrent/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force & Wellness Force Media. As a top-ranked iTunes host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast with over 15 years in the health and wellness industry, Josh leads the global Wellness Force community in discovering the physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well.As the host of Wellness Force Radio, Josh interviews world-class experts in the fields of physical and emotional intelligence, mindset, behavior change, supplementation, nutrition, health, wellness, fitness, and technology that empower the WFR audience with actionable steps for the wellness journey.Awarded “Top 100 #HealthTech Influencers 2017” by Onalytica, Josh has facilitated over 300 high-level interviews in his podcasting career with some of the most respected minds in the health, fitness, and wellness industries. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, a was selected as the 2017 host of the Fitness + Technology Podcast and was a 2017, 2018 Speaker for FitTech CES. Learn More About Josh's Story- wellnessforce.com- https://www.instagram.com/wellnessforce/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshtrent/Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email mark@vudream.comHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Josh Trent has a vision for Wellness Force to empower over one million men & women to discover the physical and emotional intelligence they need to live life well. Episode 025 Josh Trent Founder of Wellness Force Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force, a wellness industry influencer, and consultant specializing in health technology. As a top-ranked iTunes podcast host of Wellness Force Radio podcast, with over 14 years in the health and wellness industry, Josh leads the Wellness Force community in discovering physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, a 2017 host of the Fitness + Technology Podcast, and is a speaker for FitTech CES. As the host of Wellness Force Radio, Josh interviews world-class experts in the fields of physical and emotional intelligence, mindset, behavior change, supplementation, nutrition, health, wellness, fitness, and technology that empower the WFR audience with actionable steps for the wellness journey. Awarded “Top 100 #HealthTech Influencers 2017” by Onalytica, Josh has facilitated over 190 high-level interviews in his podcasting career with some of the most respected minds in the health, fitness, and wellness industries – Learn More About Josh's Personal Story His vision for Wellness Force is to empower over one million men & women to discover the physical and emotional intelligence they need to live life well.

Doctor Bryan Walsh is back with us today, discussing the diagnostic benefits of a simple blood chemistry.  He says the results of common and inexpensive lab panels can be mined for meaningful health information, potentially saving patients a lot of time and money on testing – that is, if you know what these blood markers actually mean (and your average doctor probably doesn’t). Fortunately for us, Bryan knows and loves to teach. In this podcast, he shares a bit about his own journey - what led him to study these basic blood markers, and what now inspires him to teach others.  If you like this episode, visit Bryan’s Metabolic Fitness Pro website, where he continues to develop new educational material for health practitioners and other avid learners. Here’s the outline of this interview with Bryan Walsh: [00:00:58] Bryan's WellnessFX videos. [00:02:07] Textbook: Fischbach's A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests 10th Edition. [00:04:27] Albumin. [00:05:58] Study: Allen, Larry A., and Christopher B. Granger. "Risk assessment in the genomic era: Are we missing the low-hanging fruit?." American heart journal 157.5 (2009): 799. [00:06:36] Podcast: How to Understand Glucose Regulation with Dr. Bryan Walsh. [00:06:49] Organic Acids Test. Podcast: How to Measure Your Metabolism with Organic Acids with Dr. William Shaw, PhD. [00:07:33] Blood has to be the first place you go. [00:08:13] Reference ranges. [00:08:40] A lab determines a bell-shaped curve for the population of a given region; the reference range might then be +/- 2 standard deviations. [00:10:21] Vitamin D. [00:13:41] Functional reference ranges. [00:14:30] Harry Eidenier, PhD, widely considered to be the Grandfather of Functional Blood Chemistry analysis. [00:18:26] Total cholesterol. [00:19:18] Bilirubin: A metabolic breakdown byproduct of red blood cell destruction. [00:21:22] Study: Ong, Kwok-Leung, et al. "The relationship between total bilirubin levels and total mortality in older adults: the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004." PloS one 9.4 (2014): e94479. [00:24:19] Insulin and c-peptide. [00:25:07] GGT Studies: Long, Y., et al. "Gamma-glutamyltransferase predicts increased risk of mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies." Free radical research 48.6 (2014): 716-728. and Koenig, Gerald, and Stephanie Seneff. "Gamma-glutamyltransferase: a predictive biomarker of cellular antioxidant inadequacy and disease risk." Disease markers 2015 (2015). [00:25:52] Podcast: How to Measure Hormones, with Mark Newman, 8-OHdG. [00:27:57] GlycoMark, adiponectin. [00:28:39] HDL cholesterol 2.65mmol/L (in US, 102 mg/dL). [00:29:35] Study: Rosenson, Robert S., et al. "Dysfunctional HDL and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease." Nature reviews cardiology 13.1 (2016): 48-60. [00:30:43] HDL - Above 75-80 could indicate dysfunction in the body (e.g., cancer, autoimmunity, liver dysfunction). [00:32:14] Study: Iannello, S., et al. "Low fasting serum triglyceride level as a precocious marker of autoimmune disorders." MedGenMed: Medscape general medicine 5.3 (2003): 20-20. [00:34:20] Undereating as a possible cause of low triglycerides. [00:35:17] Complete Blood Count (CBC) and haemoglobin. [00:36:19] Red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs) and platelets. [00:36:52] Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC). [00:37:40] CBC indicates ability to carry oxygen around the body. [00:38:18] B12, folate, iron, copper and zinc deficiencies. [00:38:55] Red cell distribution and mortality studies:  Patel, Kushang V., et al. "Red cell distribution width and mortality in older adults: a meta-analysis." Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences 65.3 (2009): 258-265. and Lippi, Giuseppe, et al. "Relation between red blood cell distribution width and inflammatory biomarkers in a large cohort of unselected outpatients." Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 133.4 (2009): 628-632. [00:41:37] Causes of low RBC count: Production, destruction and loss. [00:43:22] First, look at the MCV. [00:45:19] Normal RDW: low RBC probably due to destruction or loss. [00:45:38] Occult blood stool test to determine if there is a GI bleed (loss). [00:45:49] Reticulocytes: an underrated blood marker. [00:46:33] Erythropoietin (EPO). [00:49:30] HbA1C. [00:51:42] Estimation of RBC lifespan from the reticulocyte count: RBC survival (days) = 100/[Reticulocytes (percent) / RLS (days)], where RLS = 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 days at hematocrits of 45, 35, 25, and 15 percent, respectively. [00:53:17] Bryan and Tommy in a box. [00:54:16] Fatty Liver Index. Study: Bedogni, Giorgio, et al. "The Fatty Liver Index: a simple and accurate predictor of hepatic steatosis in the general population." BMC gastroenterology6.1 (2006): 33. [00:55:58] Website: Metabolic Fitness Pro. [00:57:46] Relying on protocols without knowing the physiology. [00:58:18] Website: Drwalsh.com. [00:58:32] Glucose course: Everything you ever wanted to know about glucose regulation. Detox course: Everything you wanted to know about detoxification.  

After interviewing hundreds of health experts, you learn dozens of industry insights that would otherwise be impossible to gather. Our guest on this week's Yoga Talk Show is a veteran podcaster and wellness journalist, and I invited him on so we can learn the "best of" from his experiences over the years. ------------ Listen & Learn: Why real-time blood glucose monitoring is here now and should become accessible to everyone very soon Why fat, protein, fiber and water are essential for health Why digestive enzymes can be a life saver when bumping up your fiber intake Why we all only get about 150 decisions per day—so we shouldn't waste them on stupid things ore we'll run out of willpower Why you should treat your phone like  "key person" in your life ABOUT OUR GUEST Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force, Wellness Force Radio and the Fitness + Technology podcast. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, and FitTech CES. As the host of Wellness Force Radio, Josh interviews world-class experts in the fields of physical and emotional intelligence, mindset, behaviour change, supplementation, nutrition, health, wellness, fitness, and technology that empower the WFR audience with actionable steps for the wellness journey. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Agave Links & References from the Show: Josh Trent's Site Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes Thanks to our sponsor: Health I.Q. — Yoga Podcast is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people like runners, cyclist, weightlifters and vegetarians get lower rates on their life insurance. To see if you qualify, get your free quote today at healthiq.com/yogabody or mention the promo code YOGA when you talk to a Health IQ agent. Learn More

IN THE NEWS The Gabby Tweet Heard 'Round the World (1:00) What was wrong with Gabby's response to Aly's post about victim shaming and why so many people are angry about it How her teammates responded Gabby's apology Our thoughts on the whole mess And then just as we were about to post, late breaking news: Gabby Douglas came forward as Larry Nassar victim. FIERCE (13:13) Aly Raisman’s book, Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything, was released last week. We talk through all of our feelings about it as a gymternet family. Why this is the best gymnastics book ever written for this age group USA Gymnastics does not come off well. At all. It's awesome. The post-Olympic tour is a hellscape Aly's experience with Larry Nassar is quite telling about exactly how this went on for so long and the very understandable reasons that victims don't speak about their experiences We need to talk about this mysterious Fran character Why the section about nutrition is a MUST-READ for all elite and NCAA coaches and gymnastics parents. Seriously. Read it right now. GO! Also check out Episode 230 to learn about the WellnessFX program All the other sweetest, funniest, standing ovation moments we loved GYMTERNET NEWS (1:26:45) British Gymnastics athletes are taking a stand against the organization! Why a group of athletes, including Max Whitlock, Ellie Downie, Amy Tinkler, is currently declining to sign new contracts with British Gymnastics The athletes have some very familiar concerns about lack of transparency in terms where the money is going and an overall culture of fear and favoritism Why gymnastics needs a union TUMBL TRAK GIVEAWAY Send in your story of a funny or embarrassing handstand moment (the more embarrassing the better), and you could win a $200 Tumbl Trak gift certificate! Open to Club Gym Nerd members only Deadline: December 3rd Send your story to gymcastic@gmail.com with the subject line: Tumbl Trak Handstand Story The person with the funniest or most hilariously embarrassing handstand story will be chosen as the winner NORBERT'S GIVEAWAY Norbert's is giving away a four-foot sectional beam! To win, just email us at gymcastic@gmail.com with the subject line "I want the Norbert's beam" and tell us...that you want the Norbert's beam Deadline: November 25th While you visit norberts.net to fantasize about that glorious little beam, check out NORBERT’S Gifts For Gymnasts Feature. Order by Dec 1st to receive your item by Dec 24th. For a 10% discount enter code "Gymcastic" at checkout when you visit norberts.net. SIMPLE CONTACTS This episode is brought to you by Spencer's literal obsession, Simple Contacts. To renew your contact prescription online (in five minutes, without visiting the eye doctor) and order your new contacts, visit simplecontacts.com/gymcastic and use the promo code "gymcastic" to save $30 off your purchase. SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Buy one of our awesome shirts here. RELATED EPISODES 281.5: Aly Raisman Comes Forward As Nassar Victim 77: Aly Raisman 277.5: McKayla Maroney Alleges Abuse from Nassar 187: McKayla Maroney 230: The Good News 281: Myths, Legends, and Unexpected Moments PART 2 (Commissioned) 279: A Diva Is Magical: The Svetlana Khorkina Episode (Commissioned) 278: 2000 Sydney All-Around Final (Commissioned) 257: The Daniels Report 245: Steve Penny is GONE 243: Senate Bill 534 242: Standards 241: The Pittsburgh Incident 227: Jane Doe 2 Sues Karolyis 221: Jane Doe vs. USAG Doctor 163: ENOUGH 56: Preventing Abuse in Gymnastics 15: Joan Ryan Author of Little Girls in Pretty Boxes  

In this episode, we interview Josh Trent of wellnessforce.com We discuss the 3 pillars needed for emotional intelligence and living our best life and how to step into your greatness and power. JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST The 3 pillars are health, wealth, and relationships. This is a deep episode with a lot of thought and information we always need to hear but often ignore it or push it aside because it can be a hard conversation for us to have with ourselves. It is easy for this information to get lost in the ocean of distractions.  Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force, and a wellness industry influencer and coach specializing in health technology. Josh is a top ranked iTunes podcast host of both Wellness Force Radio and the Fitness + Technology podcast. With over 13 years in the health and wellness industry, he leads the Wellness Force community in discovering physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, and FitTech CES. Get More Wellness In Your Life Join the WFR Community on facebook Send Josh Trent a personal message Tweet me on Twitter: Send us a fun tweet (or a what's up) Comment on the Facebook page Sign up to get an email alert whenever we release a new episode Support This Podcast Leave a 5 star review on iTunes Share this episode with someone you care about Contact Wellness Force Radio for podcast sponsorship and partnership opportunities Rate & Review Wellness Force ---> REVIEW THE PODCAST Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode ---> Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.  You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Join the Wellness Force Newsletter: www.wellnessforce.com/news Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes You read all the way to the bottom? That's what I call love! Write to me and let me know what you'd like to have to get more wellness in your life. Music by:"Entreprenuer" album instrumentals by Matthew Giovanisci is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License at www.moneylab.co/rap/

Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force, and a wellness industry influencer and coach specializing in health technology. Josh is a top ranked iTunes podcast host of both Wellness Force Radio and the Fitness + Technology podcast. With over 13 years in the health and wellness industry, he leads the Wellness Force community in discovering physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, and FitTech CES. JOIN OUR FACEBOOK COMMUNITY PAGE | LEAVE A POSITIVE REVIEW TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Josh Trent: http://www.wellnessforce.com Ronnie Landis: http://www.ronnielandis.net The Holistic Health Mastery Program: http://www.holistichealthmastery.com

Josh Trent is the founder of Wellness Force, and a wellness industry influencer and coach specializing in health technology. Josh is a top ranked iTunes podcast host of both Wellness Force Radio and the Fitness + Technology podcast. With over 13 years in the health and wellness industry, he leads the Wellness Force community in discovering physical and emotional intelligence to help men and women live life well. His work has been featured in major health and wellness publications such as WellnessFX, NASM, and FitTech CES. JOIN OUR FACEBOOK COMMUNITY PAGE | LEAVE A POSITIVE REVIEW TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST Josh Trent: http://www.wellnessforce.com Ronnie Landis: http://www.ronnielandis.net The Holistic Health Mastery Program: http://www.holistichealthmastery.com

2017-2018 - In this episode, host and Editor, Michael Tetreault sits down with Co-Founder and CEO of Hint Health, Zak Holdsworth. In this episode we discuss: + How Does Hint Health Define Direct Primary Care and Membership Medicine? + How Does Hint Health Member Billing Technology Work Inside a Doctor's Office? + How Does It Integrate With Other Technology? + What Happened During the April 2017 Hint Health Event in Calif. and What Are The Outcomes of that meeting? + What Is Next For Hint Health? Hint Health (hint.com) develops business management and billing software for Value-Based care providers. Founders are Stanford / Berkeley alum and former VP's at WellnessFX, and the entire team has significant experience working in enterprise SaaS and Healthcare IT. The healthcare system is in a state of transition with trillions in spend shifting to Value-Based Care. Fundamental aspects of how care is paid for and managed are changing with this transition which is introducing complexity, creating significant operational challenges, and shifting most of the administrative burden to providers - this is creating enormous opportunities for new technology businesses. The Hint platform simplifies these operational challenges and helps providers manage this administrative pain. Our overarching mission is to help scale healthcare enterprises that improve access to high quality and affordable healthcare. Hint Web Site: http://hint.com/ Hint Community/Forum: http://community.hint.com/ The 2017 Concierge Medicine FORUM https://conciergemedicineforum.com/

It’s time to change the way we approach health and fitness. The days when you simply lift weights or go for a run are gone. In this episode, our guest, Josh Trent explains the benefits and risks of self-tracking and looks at: how to choose the right wearable, the biggest problems with wearable tech, tips to prevent tech addiction and much more. Listen now! Brief Bio: Josh Trent, NASM CPT, CES, BCS is the founder of www.wellnessforce.com and host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast, a top ranked iTunes show in Health, Self-Help, and Fitness & Nutrition that showcases world-class experts in both physical and emotional wellness. Awarded “Top 50 Digital Health Influencers 2015” by Onalytica, Josh is a wellness content creator and coach with over 12 years in the industry. As a regular contributor to the National Academy of Sports Medicine, the American Council on Exercise, and WellnessFX, Josh believes we are now in the most exciting time ever known to use new technologies for enhancing our personal wellness. His vision for Wellness Force is to empower greater wellness in over one million lives through the channels of technology and emotion that help men and women live life well + enjoy the process.   In this episode, you’ll learn: Hearables – the new wearables (4:20) Biggest problems with wearable tech (6:26) How to stay engaged with wearables (8:57) How to choose the right wearable (10:58) Josh’s top wearable picks (11:32) How wearables are giving virtual coaching a boost (13:17) Is red light therapy safe (30:12) Health & fitness innovations of the future (28:19) 5 Tips to prevent tech addiction (35:43)   Josh’s Recommendations Fitbit Blaze Jawbone HRV4Training MUSE Sleep Timer   Ted Takeaways 1. Be clear about your intention There are so many people out there who buy something and expect that product/service to do the work. Make sure you have the right intention when choosing a wearable device or when you purchase anything to help you get fit. 2. Have a plan Think about what device you are going to get and what the end result you’re expecting. Make sure you have a plan to get that result. Don’t expect the device to do the work if you don’t. 3. Find a coach Accountability is important. A professional has the ability to get you to your goal faster and help you get the results you want. Find a coach, hire them, and then do the work to yield the results.   Resources:   Connect with Josh:   Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. If you have any questions (or would like answers to hear previously submitted voicemail questions!), head on over to . Are you tired of following a fitness routine, eating healthier foods, and not be seeing the weight come off the way you hope? Take my  now and find out how to fix that today. Until next time! Ted  

"We fully believe that optimized human beings lead to a better world. People being productive and creative in whatever it is that is theirs to do. But in many ways, our modern world works against us.” - Daniel Schmachtenberger, Co-Founder of The NeuroHacker Collective  On this special episode of Wellness Force Radio, Daniel shares far beyond how Nootropics like Qualia can provide a comprehensive hardware upgrade for radical cognitive enhancement and emotional resilience, but also how he believes it is creating the building blocks towards a better planet. You, The N Equals One [2:47] In a world of mass distractions, responsibilities, cumulative stressors and more notifications than ever in the palms of hands, millions of Americans have long since met their cognitive and emotional capacity.    Cognitive capacity is a nuanced relationship between many variables. Optimizing for one variable of cognitive function at the expense of other critical ones would not give us the result of comprehensive enhancement of human capability. For instance, having drive without the ability to focus well, or willpower without emotional resilience. For that reason, The Neurohacker Collective have designed a formula that deliberately balances subjective effects to give meaningful enhancement in a comprehensive way – a whole system upgrade called Qualia. If you're here reading, you felt the call towards Qualia. If you're in the contemplation phase or in the process of learning, this is an optimal time for your N=1. What is N=1? N-of-1 or single subject clinical trials consider an individual patient as the sole unit of observation in a study investigating the efficacy or side-effect profiles of different interventions. The ultimate goal of an n-of-1 trial is to determine the optimal or best intervention for an individual patient using objective data-driven criteria. From baseline to Qualia for 4 weeks, here are the 5 steps to start your own personal N:1 experiment in emotional resilience and cognitive performance:    Inspired Action: Order your 30 day supply of Qualia Baseline: Once your Qualia is received, take a baseline memory, reason, concentration and/or comprehensive cognitive test(s) on either Quantified Mind or Cambridge Brain Sciences and mark the date Stage 1: Begin stage 1 of Qualia on an empty stomach each morning for 30 days. Download the Qualia Quick Start Guide for full directions on stage 2 and total program here Journal: Each day for 30 days, journal for 5-7 minutes after your meditation session, or at minimum, during the same time each day. After 30 days: Congrats, you did it! How do you feel? What did you learn about yourself and Qualia? Now, reassess the same tests again for memory, reason, concentration and/or comprehensive cognitive performance (then email Josh and tell him how you feel!)   Rising Above All The Noise [11:36]   "What could a person of normal intelligence do with their life if they fully dedicated themselves to developing themselves comprehensively for the benefit of humanity?" - Richard Buckminster Fuller   People of all ages seek thier life purpose and calling. Maybe you've been called to a career or a responsibility that you now realize is keeping you from what you feel is really your life calling? If you're aware your vocation doesn't coincide with who you really are, you have the power change it because it's never too late to start a new path that benefit yourself and others. Rising above all the noise of modern society that's distracting you starts by creating the space to look inside.  To begin, use meditation or box-breathing to enter a calm mindset in the stillness and ask yourself these questions: What does the future of the world look like? How does this transition look like for everyone? What does it look like for me? If all my financial needs were met, what would I do? What would be the most meaningful thing for me to do? Answering these questions will raise your awareness above the noise and closer to true alignment with your most authentic self.   "By asking yourself these questions, we're not looking to answer how do we gain or how do we win at life. Rather, we're looking at what problems in the world bother us the most and what interest us."- Daniel Schmachtenberger   About Daniel Schmachtenberger [13:08]   Daniel Schmachtenberger is a social engineer and evolutionary philosopher and strategist. He is the Founder of Critical Path Institute, The Emergence Project, and The Co-Founder of The Neurohacker Collective. With an early childhood in the Transcendental Meditation community of Fairfield, Iowa, Daniel was homeschooled on the works of Buckminster Fuller, Fritjof Capra, and David Bohm. After many relocations in childhood, Daniel returned to Fairfield to further math and eastern philosophy studies at Maharishi University, before delving into the work of his adult life. After accumulating comprehensive inventories on behavioral influence, coupled with an already comprehensive literacy of complex systems and whole systems science, he then founded The Emergence Project and began working with a host of luminaries to tackle global scale problems with global scale solutions. Concurrently, he researched the epistemological frontier of neuroscience, delving deeply into integrative medicine as well as emergent neurotech tools and psychological techniques to optimize solutions on both sides of the mind/brain interface. All of these approaches, within an overarching framework of whole systems problem solving, have resulted in his axiomatic deconstruction of assumed scientific boundaries, and the emergence of a more integrally connected body of knowledge from which to understand scholarship. Daniel is not only a founder at Neurohacker Collective, but moreover a uniquely educated pioneer who is broadening the definition of scientific rigor itself.   What are Nootropics? [19:57] A Nootropic is a chemical that enhances some aspect of our cognitive ability beyond our normal capability without any impactful side affects. When our brain power and cognitive ability drops below normal baseline, Nootropics help  to support existing and to create new capacities for our brainpower. Nootropics like Qualia are not "medicine," but they can optimize our capability to overcome when we face different challenges such as brain fog.   The Difference between Nootropics and "Smart Drugs" A lot of people will take "smart drugs" such as Adderall to help them focus, but Adderall also has a lot of long term side affects such as irritability, anxiety, loss of empathy and ability for digit span. Adderall can help enhance one aspect, but unlike Nootropics that support systemic enhancement, it won't fully supplement the brain in a comprehensive manner.   Emotional Resilience, Curiosity & Wellness [24:50]   How many times have you felt the pull of distraction today? Maybe caught yourself looking at your phone too much? Did you try to have a conversation with someone, but they were absorbed by their phone? It is easy to become slaves to emails, notifications, and social media messages. So much so, that the present moment is lost.  When we're practicing emotional resilience however, we can take on deeper personal connections, and our biggest and brightest goals. When we're present, we're naturally curious, which allows us unlimited access to our wellness force: our ability to create a positive vibration in that moment, and in the collective world. It's the burning curiosity of visionaries like the Co-Founder of The Neurohacker Collective, Daniel Schmachtenberger, who believes that it is now both possible and necessary for human beings to dramatically upgrade our individual and collective capacities and safeguard the wellbeing of all, and he is on a mission to help build a global alliance of responsible, empowered individuals and like minded groups dedicated to making this vision a reality.   Cognitive Enhancement [28:13]   "We believe that it is now both possible and necessary for human beings to dramatically upgrade our individual and collective capacities and safeguard the well-being of all. Our mission is to help build a global alliance of responsible, empowered individuals and like minded groups dedicated to making this vision a reality." -Daniel Schmachtenberger   At a young age, Daniel realized that he was experiencing brain fog. In order to enhance his thinking, he began to focus on underlying disease structures to find the root of the problem. Unlike some acute diseases that can be cured with one medication, areas of health such as brain fog, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's are more complicated and can have several root causes. To help end his brain fog, Daniel needed to enhance his brain by providing it with an optimal cognitive bandwidth. So he asked himself, how could a person enhance their own cognitive ability? To understand the brain's ability and how we can reach cognitive enhancement, Daniel studied the following areas: Cognitive chemistry Nootropics Brain nutrients Neuro chemistry and structure Smart drugs Short term vs. long term memory Verbal fluency and ability Digital spain Focus and concentration Thinking speed Neurotransmitters (dopamine, glutamine) Get 10x More Done In Life [37:01]    "Increasing the quality of our experience means less subjective suffering and more subjective happiness. That's important because human experience is intrinsically meaningful. By experiencing human capability and the pre-disposition to solve problems, we create things of meaning which also ends up increasing the experience of other people." - Daniel Schmachtenberger   Every single one of us has a hidden meaning or purpose, just waiting to be discovered. But we can't find it if we're distracted by incessant messages, media, or outside noise. We're all either motivated or inspired by numerous factors and in different manners. Our world view, personal beliefs, economic situation, and even knowing our biology can motivate or direct us towards what we feel called to do. How we can use this motivation to our advantage? We can biologically optimize our lives with technology and biomarker data. Using technology and biomarker data, we can improve what we has human beings are capable of doing in this world. Sources such as WellnessFX, 23 And Me, and Ubiome can give us the genetics data we need to help us track our progress while using a nootropic like Qualia to enhance our lives and increase our emotional resilience.   "Qualia is not your golden ticket to everything, but it can support you by enhancing your ability to do things more effectively and grow your capability to make better decisions." -  Daniel Schmachtenberger   How To Increase Our Emotional Presence [46:12]   "There's circuitry in the brain that actually wired us to care for other people and tribes. That's how we would have survived." - Jason Silva of Brain Games   We are meant to be in a tribe. When we're surrounded by people who give us the compassion and support that we need to grow, we all win. But not everyone is born with or capable of being empathetic towards others. How can we create more empathy and compassion? According to Daniel, humans have "hardware" and "software" that connects us with the "collective" or the rest of the world. Together, all of our physical and social needs are interdependent upon each other. Daniel gave a great example of how we can take care of ourselves while also being omni-considerate. To begin, think about life would be like without plants. Our bioshphere created both us and plants. Therfore, without plants, we wouldn't have the means to live- no air nor food. The same goes for water and gravity. We are completely interdependent with the planet and everyone else.   Our Actions Affect Everything [53:23] With that thought in mind, we can increase our emotional presence by being more present with our actions or what we buy. Every time we make a decision, we can make the best choice by thinking about not only how it will affect ourselves, but everything else in the biosphere as well. We're a growing population and we need to be emotionally present with how our actions are affecting not only people, but the planet.   See the World Differently   "Practice looking at the world through other people's eyes." - Daniel Schmachtenberger   One of Daniel's favorite ways to increase emotional presence is just to think about looking at the world through the perspective of other people. What other people value What can hurt them Why they are asking for something The reason they feel upset or feel a certain way about something This way of thinking can help us grow our wellness through better relationships with loved ones and create positive connections with everyone else that we come into contact with. Emotional Resilience [47:30]   With all of the challenges that we face in this world, it can be emotionally draining at times. At some point we may feel like we've lost our original path to living the life that we want. The life we wanted that gave us purpose. Nootropics like Qualia can support people in get engaged once again with what they are curious about. As Daniel discusses during the 2016 event "The Hive Panel: The Future of Humanity and Systems Thinking" he believes that only fully optimized human beings can improve the world. The Hive Panel: The Future of Humanity and Systems Thinking.   QUALIA DISCOUNT CODE   Ready to start your N=1 by enhancing your cognitive performance, and regaining your focus? Click below and enter code WF10 (Use code WF10 for 10% off any single purchase or monthly subscription – and note that the monthly subscription is already discounted 20%, so you get an additional 10% off if you choose the monthly subscription)   Resources Mentioned From Daniel & Josh Neurohacker Collective official website Learn more about Qualia Get a Qualia order discount The Emergence Project official website The Hive Panel: The Future of Humanity and Systems Thinking The Critical Path Institute Facebook Page Jason Silva of Brain Games: Empathetic Wiring in Our Brains The life and work of Richard Buckminster Fuller Get a blood anylsis done with WellnessFX Learn about yourself with 23andMe Improve your gut health with uBiome Listen to WFR episode #055 with Gay and Katie Hendricks: Body Intelligence in a Modern World Tim Ferris: My Favorite "Smart Drugs" Dr. Peter H Diamandis of XPRIZE Quantified Mind Cambridge Brain Sciences Tim Ferris - Huperzine-A   Rate & Review Wellness Force   Aloha! Josh here. Listen, I deeply value your thoughts, now let your voice be heard. I live to serve the Wellness Force even better based on your words, feedback, and requests. (including how the WFR episodes can support you in forming new, healthy, wellness habits)   Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live on the air.    You May Also Like These Episodes Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal:Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner   Get More Wellness In Your Life Download Your Free Wellness Technology Guide: wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes   You read all the way to the bottom? That's what I call love! I do the same thing for the people, things, and movements I care about as well. 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Can technology really help you reach your wellness goals? Josh Trent reveals the simple steps and tools to unlock your healthy potential… Our Guest: Josh Trent is the founder of WellnessForce.com and host of the #1 iTunes rated New & Noteworthy podcast, Wellness Force Radio. Awarded “Top 50 Digital Health Influencers 2015” by Onalytica, Josh is a Wellness Consultant, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Quantified Self enthusiast & expert in Fitness Technology. Josh’s motivation to create Wellness Force in 2009 and coach over 10,000 training sessions is rooted deep in the fabric of where he came from; an early childhood & adolescent life plagued with weight & health struggles. With national accreditation from multiple fitness organizations, and with over 10 years of high-level experience in the health & fitness industry, Josh provides content for multiple fitness & digital health publications such as WellnessFX, The National Academy of Sports Medicine, Digital Health, and the Fitness Industry Technology Council. Quick Preview of the Podcast: · How to empower greater wellness through technology. · Learn what the “quantified self” movement really is. · The exact strategies to get your health off the ground this year. · What you can do to start your fitness journey and measure it without judgement. Tune in to reach your optimal wellbeing in 17’. FREE Guided Meditation for Self Care (led by Shannon): https://programs.shannonalgeo.com/selfcare-meditation

THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW Nutrition and supplements are something we don't hear about a lot in gymnastics, unless we are looking at Jonathan Horton's Instagram or Jake Dalton's Snapchat. We wanted to know what the latest science was and what progress was being made at USA Gymnastics in terms of eduction and outreach for the national team. This week we learn about the new partnership between Thorne Research and the United States Olympic Committee. Dr. Allan Miller N.D., Executive Director of Medical Education at Thorne Research discusses all things gymnastics and nutritional science: The latest science: what coaches, athletes, parents and national team coordinators should know. How gymnasts can take advantage of this new partnership.  The WADA hack and anti-doping quality controls for supplements.  WellnessFX - it's exactly what McKayla Maroney said the national team program needed! Diagnostic testing, nutritional science, and medicine help gymnasts peak when it counts.  Gym MythBusters: Muscle soreness can be stopped.  Chocolate milk is a quality recovery drink.  Athletes get enough nutrition from diet alone.  RELATED LINKS Thorne Research for gymnastics.  NSF International supplement certification. CONTEST Win Norbert's Mini Bar & Mat Combo. Enter the contest here.  SUPPORT THE SHOW Join Club Gym Nerd here. Buy one of our awesome shirts here. RELATED EPISODES 200: Alicia Sacramone 187: McKayla Maroney 161: Women’s Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo 168: Shannon Miller, Belarusgate, NED vs GB 148: Shannon Miller Episode 9: Chellsie Memmel, Swiss Cup & FIG Presidential Proposals Episode 15: Joan Ryan Author of Little Girls in Pretty Boxes Episode 17: Growing Up In The Soviet Gymnastics System And Training At Round Lake Episode 22: Beth Tweddle Episode 28: Kristen Maloney Episode 31: Elise Ray Episode 33: Simone Biles & Her Coaches Episode 48: Kyla Ross 61: Katelyn Ohashi Clears The Air 77: Aly Raisman 81: Jenny Hansen 99: Princess Catherine Lyons and Coach Rochelle Douglas 101: Olivia Vivian 137: Lady Lisa Mason

"What's amazing is that knowing your health data can only help you. There's never been anyone that hasn't benefited or been harmed by knowing more about their cholesterol, thyroid function, inflammation, or Vitamin D levels. You can only benefit from a blood test."- Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi   How much can your blood panels reveal about your health? This week, author, physician, and Medical Director at WellnessFX, Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi, talks about the importance of blood tests and explains how a personalized analysis can make your physical and emotional health bulletproof. Make Your Health Bulletproof We all know that knowledge is power. Therefore, to fully understand where our health stands and to become bulletproof, we need to look at the entire picture. Maybe you don't feel good and don't know why? Thanks to blood tests, we can learn more than we ever could before about our personal health. With this knowledge, we're given the opportunity to make necessary life changes to feel better each day and prevent disease in the future.  A blood test can tell you so much about your biomarker levels and organ functions. Take advantage of this valuable information and make good, healthy changes in your life.    Take Advantage of Blood Tests As we evolve as a society, we're becoming more aware of the importance of our health. With all of the benefits that blood tests give us, we can lead healthier lives. Taking a blood test may sound scary if you think about needles and having your blood drawn. However, the process is simple and can help you learn so much about your body and mental health. Even if you're a very healthy person, a blood test can show some surprising information about yourself and alert you about any health concerns.   How Often Should You Take a Blood Test? How often you should have a blood test done depends on your health concern or motive. If you want to take charge and find the perfect wellness combination for you, Dr. Khaleghi recommends having a blood test done every 6 months to 1 year until you reach your health goal. Overall, with the help of a blood test, you can make better decisions concerning your nutrition, fitness, sleep, and mental health.    Understand Your Unique Health   "One of the best features of a service like WellnessFX is the opportunity to really get your individualized feedback and adjust accordingly. The health adjustments that were right for me may not be right for everyone else. We all vary genetically."- Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi   An ordinary blood test can provide us with general information that is difficult to understand. Fortunately, one of the best things about a personalized blood test is that a personalized consultation is provided to explain the results and recommend what steps to take next on your wellness journey. Each and every single one of us is genetically different. Thus, our bodies need different amounts and forms of nutrition, exercise, and health care.  A personalized blood test will give you insight into several health factors, including: Blood health Cholesterol Cardiovascular health Cortisol Thyroid function Inflammation Vitamin D Blood sugar Insulin Organ health (livers, kidney) Whether you want just an overall view of your health or focus on something specific such as athletic performance, blood analysis organizations like WellnessFX offer different types of blood tests.    Improve Your Mental Health   "It's very interesting that emotional health seems to be both an effect and a cause of our health markers. By making yourself healthier, you improve your mental health. By improving your mental health, you make yourself healthier."- Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi   From nutrition to exercise, knowing more about your health means that you can make better choices for yourself each day. As Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi explains during the podcast, living a healthy lifestyle becomes a positive feedback loop for both your body and mind. By focusing on improve health basics such as eating better, exercising more, sleeping soundlessly, and taking more Vitamin D, you're improving your overall health and wellness. When your physical health improves, so does your emotional health.    Resources From The Show WellnessFX The Everything Guide to Preventing Heart Disease Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi The Everything Low Cholesterol Book Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi Healthiest You Ever by Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi and Meera Leester The Complete Idiots Guide to Boosting Your Immunity by Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi and Colleen Totz Diamond The WellnessFX Blog Burned Out and Gaining Weight: One Entrepreneur’s Quest to Take Back His Health by Josh Trent on the WellnessFX Blog Wellness Force Episode 11- Beyond Meditation: How to Get a Better Brain With Ariel Garten Muse: The brain sensing headband  WellnessFX YouTube Channel           About Dr. Murdoc Dr. Murdoc, an active clinician and writer, has published several preventative health and wellness books and been featured on all the major networks, CNN, and numerous radio shows, with a focus on making complex health topics understandable and engaging. Murdoc has performed cardiovascular and health-care cost-effectiveness research via fellowships from the American Heart Association, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and National Institute of Health. Also earning degrees in engineering and business from UCSD, UC Berkeley, and Columbia, Murdoc has been a leader and consultant in several health services and technology companies.   What You'll Hear On The Show 3:45  About Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi 4:20  What's something fun about you that people don't know? 6:00  What is WellnessFX? 8:40  What do you think is holding doctors back from using these services like WellnessFX? 11:00  How do we take more control with the blood test? What is a blood test and how can we use it to help our health? 12:30  Who are the users of WellnessFX? 15:00  The three different blood test packages rom WellnessFX 16:30  What does cortisol do for our body and health? What's good about it and what are risk factors? How can we measure it? 24:50  What Dr. Khaleghi learned from his own blood test. 26:40  What was the biggest impact on your life from the blood test and understanding your bio-markers? 29:15  What's your favorite unsaturated fat foods to eat? 31:00  What Josh learned and how the blood tests benefited his health. 34:00  How does WellnessFX address metabolism for different individuals? 36:00  How do we know when we've revived too much sun? What's the toxicity level? 39:30  How often does it took for the blood cells to turnover? How often should we be checking our blood channels? 40:50  How do emotions play a part in taking a blood test? 42:50  Have any patients experienced an emotional health changed from doing a quantification of the biomarkers? 44:30  How does WellnessFX help people to take more personal responsibility? 46:20 7 for 7 round: Josh asks Murdoc 7 fast questions Rate & Review Wellness Force Aloha! Josh here. Listen, I deeply value your thoughts, now let your voice be heard. I live to serve the Wellness Force even better based on your words, feedback, and requests. (including how these episodes can allow you to break bad habits) Thanks To Our Amazing Sponsor Want to avoid more trips to the store and save hundreds of dollars a year on superfood supplements? Check out Perfect Supplements.com Go to perfectsupplements.com/wellnessforce to get your grass-fed collagen from today's show and sign up for a free membership, plus get 10% off your entire order - just enter promo code "wellnessforce" at checkout.   Ask A Live Question For The Next Episode Click here to leave a voicemail directly to Josh Trent to be read live! Get Your Free Audio Book http://www.wellnessforce.com/FreeBook  You May Also Like These Episodes   Food Freedom Forever With Melissa Hartwig Nir Eyal:Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers Healthy, Happy & Harder To Kill w/ Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo Beyond Meditation: How To Get A Better Brain With Ariel Garten Living A Healthy Lifestyle In A Modern World With Dan Pardi Creating A Life Worth Living With Michael Strasner Get More Wellness In Your Life:     Download Your Free Wellness Technology Guide: wellnessforce.com/radio Don't miss next week's show: Subscribe and stay updated Did you like this show? Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes So nice! You read all the way to the bottom? That's what I call love! I do the same thing for the people, things, and movements I care about as well. PS: Looks like you and I share the same passion. I'm grateful for you and want to extend you my email address. 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My game-plan for personal growth so that I can increase my contribution. On this episode Russell talks about the six human needs that Tony Robins teaches about. Four needs of the body and two needs of the spirit, which he explains in depth. He talks about how he plans to enter a new growing phase in his life which will lead to more contributing. Here are some insightful things you will learn in today's episode: How Russell spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in courses in order to help himself and company grow. Why Russell believes that the cycle of growing and contributing needs to be constantly moving in a circle. And what two major things Russell is going to do with his team to help him grow in his business and in his personal life. So listen below to find out how Russell plans to continue to grow and contribute in his life. ---Transcript--- Good morning everybody, this is Russell and I'm so excited to be hanging out with you guys today. I don't know about you, but I'm so excited for today. A lot of cool things happening over here. First off, I woke up this morning at 4:45 and jumped in the float tank and did some floating and meditating. I haven't quite figured out the whole meditation thing yet, but I'm trying. It's really hard. Maybe someday that will work. Regardless, I got to float in salt water, and it was warm like a bath tub for a long time, so that was sweet. I went and lifted weights with Dave Woodward, which was awesome, and then hung out with the kids, and now I'm heading into the office. So a couple of cool things, one is we're doing this really cool project with Fiber Fix, is a cool viral video that went viral a little while ago, but their funnel isn't converting, so we're doing this swap with them. They're going to help us with this video in exchange for us helping them with their funnel, if we can beat their funnel. So the test goes live today and I'm crazy, crazy proud of the funnel, so I'm excited to see how that goes. So that's going live today, with a bunch of other things. But what I wanted to talk to you about today, because this is an exciting day, when I start talking and geeking out and getting really excited about it. And it kind of ties into something I've been thinking a lot about, and I've even done some podcasts about this. But I want to bring you guys in on this thing because it's going to be really cool and exciting. If everyone is doing it, we're all going to grow together. So you can choose to be part of it or not. But if you choose to be part of it you will see insane amounts of growth in your life. So here's what we're doing, first thing, I need to set this up a little bit. If any of you guys have ever studied Tony Robins, one of the things he talks about is the six human needs. There's four needs of the body and two needs of the spirit. Our body, a lot of people never actually get their needs of their spirit met, they just don't because they never get to that level. But everybody gets the needs of their body met. So the needs of the body, I don't know how many times we have to go into this. Basically there are four human needs. Four needs of the body. One of them is significance. We need to feel significant. The opposite of significance is the second one, which is love and connection.  So there's this internal dilemma we have as humans. We want to feel significant, look how great I am. But we also want love and connection, which is like look how great you are. There's this connection. So two of the human needs. Then there's, I'm going to blank out right now….Love and connection, significance….then you've got variety. We need excitement, change, all these things happening. But we also want certainty. So there's the other two human needs. Variety, which is craziness and new things, and then certainty which is like, I need to be certain in everything. So during this podcast, I don't have time to go into all of those things. I've done some podcasts in the past and maybe I'll do some in the future because it's exciting. Part of our whole goal here on earth and in this life is to master our body. So understanding those first four human needs and how to create addictions and how to break addictions all through those human needs is fascinating and we could talk about that for a year, in fact, maybe I will sometime. But after you get the body mastered and figured out, the next step are the needs of the spirit. The first need of the spirit is growth and the second is contribution. I always think about this, there's times in people's lives where we need to grow. You go to school, you're growing. When you are starting new career, you're in a growth phase. There's a time in your life when growth is super important. But eventually you start to grow and some people get stuck in this. They learn and grow and study and they love going to school, they grow, grow, grow  but they never transition to the next need which is contribution. When you're going through this growth phase, you're trying to become something. But eventually, if you just keep growing, the only person that benefits is you, which is kind of a selfish need when you look at it. But it's necessary because as you grow and as you become something more than you are now, then you can turn around and contribute that to other people. So you contribute in a lot of ways. As an employee, you're growing and then after a while that growth of what you've learned you start contributing to your company and help some people. If you're an expert, for a while you're in a phase where you're trying to learn and become something and then you turn around and start teaching and coaching other people and now you're contributing. So there's this transition from growth to contribution that's fascinating. And again, we could talk about that forever, it's so exciting. But that's kind of what I wanted to do today. Dave and I are talking about today about a bunch of things we want to do. We thought how fun would it be to create a phase in our life right now where we get back to growth. In Clickfunnels, what we're doing, we're in this huge contribution phase and we're contributing. And I feel like, me personally and everyone on the team…..me personally, I went through ten years of growth, trial and error. Learning and studying and everything to be able to contribute at this level we're at right now. And the problem is that I've seen this so many times from friends and mentors and people I know. There was a time where they grew and started contributing, but then they stopped growing and then the contribution stopped. And it freaks me out and I do not want to be that person who is not able to contribute anymore because I stopped growing. I think there is a cycle between growth and contribution. Because as you contribute you start growing. And then it grows and you….there's a really cool spiral that makes everything rise together. It's been a couple of years since I've focused on my own personal growth. I do things here and there, things are happening where I'm trying to grow. But not where I was like, I'm going to go back and grow and really focus on growth for a period. I don't know if that's a month, six months, a year, two years. I don't know what that is, but I feel like right now if I focus more on growth, it's going to make my contribution bigger. So I'm excited for that. I think back about the big growth phases in my life. When I first started this business, I went through a huge growth phase, where I was consuming for 18 months. I think we all do this, we consume, we learn, we're trying things. We aren't having success yet, but that growth we go through is what makes it so we can contribute and if we don't go through that, it's hard. In fact, it's funny, it's one of the things that….yesterday my coach, Tara that I was working with talked about. Some of the people we work with, we're giving them….we're building out a whole funnel and giving it to them and they didn't have to grow to get it, so their struggling to have the contribution and have an impact on their business because of that. There's value in going through that growth phase. So when I first started my business I went through this huge growth phase that got me from not knowing anything to, “I now have something that I'm selling online.” There's a huge initial growth. And then I started selling stuff and it was awesome and it worked for a while. Then I kind of stopped growing and I was just contributing from the momentum I'd gotten from my initial growth phase. And I was doing well, and probably the next year and a half, two years, I was in that contribution phase and was doing well. But then I started making enough money where I could start blowing money on courses. Right now, we're moving. We're about to move offices, so I'm trying to clear off my 1,000 book shelves. It's insane. Everyone in the office calls me a book hoarder and a course hoarder. And I'm totally hoarding these, but I went through this phase then for the next probably year and half, two years where I started buying everything. Literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in courses and trainings and books and CD's and everything. And I went through this time where I was just geeking out and studying everything. And what was cool at this point, I had this little business it was fledgling, it was kind of doing well enough to support itself and give me money for my addiction which became marketing books and courses. But as I would learn things I would immediately go back and apply to the business and we started growing. Probably two or three years I went through this phase where I was buying everything. All my money went reinvested back into education. And I was going through this huge growth curve which gave me the ability to contribute more. And after two or three years of that, then I stopped focusing on growth and started focusing mor eon contribution. It was good, and that's kind of what brings us to today. So I kind of want to stimulate a growth period in my own personal life and my team's life. I want to challenge you guys to do it as well. .This is what we're doing. Dave and I talked about it today, I'm going to have a meeting when I'm at the office and get everyone on board because it will be fascinating and cool. I've basically been taking all of my courses, because in the move I'm trying to clear off bookshelf space. I've got hundreds of thousands of dollars in  courses that I'm ripping all the CD's and putting them in audio format and putting them on my iPad and my iPhone. I've got maybe 50 or so courses now that have been switched to that. I've got every Dan Kennedy course ever created. Every Jay Abraham course created. Dan Solomen, Matt Furey, John Rees, Mark Joyner, all of the classics, all of the good ones. Everything. So now they're in a format where I can start consuming them. So I'm going to do this with my team, I'm going to get all the people that, not everyone geeks out with this, but there's a group that do, and I want to get the 5 or 6 of us together and say each Monday or Friday we'll pick a course and each person picks a different course. Then you've 7 days to speed learn it. Go through it, take notes, study it. And then the next week later come back together as a group and say, “Okay, what did you learn from this course?” and have everyone share it. “These are the 5 or 10 things that I learned in this course that are applicable to us.” So I just got this growth and I'm going to contribute it back to you now, and we can contribute it as a company, now the growth flows into contribution. And I figure if there's 5 or 6 of us pounding through an entire $2,000 marketing course each week, I think the growth and contribution we'll be able to do is going to be insane. So that's part number one of this. That's what we're going to do. I would recommend you finding a group of peers or friends or people in the Clickfunnels group, or people who work with you, but find a group and do this together. This is something that's hard to do by yourself. If you've got some accountability it will be easier and better. It doesn't have to be a $2,000 course, it could be an audio book, it could be pounding through a book a week. It could be whatever that is, but find a way to compress decades of information into days. Tony Robins is the first person I heard say that, he said, “You can read a book that takes a decade of someone's time and energy and put in a format where you can consume it in a day, and you can literally learn in a day what took somebody a decade to learn.” That's the power of books. That's what I want to do through here. I want each week for me to get a decade worth of stuff in a couple days. But multiply that by 5 or 6 guys on my team. I'm getting half a century  worth of stuff every single  week.  And as a team we're growing and contributing and it's going to be awesome. That's kind of the first step. The second step is, and I talked about this a little while ago, I want to, not just from a learning…..Did you hear that car, some guy thinks he's way too cool. So that's the firs thing, the second thing, I don't just want to grow from a learning standpoint, that's a big piece of this. But the other piece I want to learn, is I want to grow in other aspects of my life as well. I'm going to use this opportunity fo rboth. What we talked about doing today, Dave and I. And I talked about this a little while ago, figure out all the different tests we can take on ourselves to figure out where we are in things. So Wellness FX for example, has an amazing blood work. You can do all this blood work and they ‘ll give you back this panel for everything, your testosterone levels, your fat levels, your cholesterol, everything. So I'm going to go and I think Dave's going to go and try to get everyone else to go do  a Wellness FX and get our initial blood work done, and I want to do another food allergy test. I want to do a 23 Me test, which is like, I actually already did that one. But everyone else is going to get a 23 Me test, which is going to tell you your genetics. We're going to make lists of as many different tests like that we can take. Personality test, we did a disc profile recently. Other ones like that and try to get baselines of all this stuff, so I get to become more aware of all this stuff. My body, my personality. The love language test, all these things so I have a better picture of where I'm at to figure out where to grow from there. Half of growth is being aware of where you are today and most of us don't really know. We're kind of just wandering around bumping off things and hoping we'll eventually get to where we want to go. But the best way to get to where you want to go is having a map to help you get there. So we're going to be doing all these tests to figure out , here's the game plan and map of where we're trying to go. We're going to make an excel sheet and bust out as many tests as we can find. Personality, health, blood, urine tests, if that's what it takes. I don't care, whatever it is. Take tons of tests so we can get some baselines as well and from there make cool decisions. So that's kind of what's happening. I'm going to meet today with my team and see who wants to get in on it. And we're going to start going through a huge growth phase of our learning and also getting tests done to figure out where we're at and figure out how to evolve and grow from there. So we can grow more, contribute more, and help change the world even better. I don't know about you, but I've got some big visions to change the world and I feel like we've just gotten started. Anyway, I hope this gets you excited, it gets me excited. What I would do is find 3 of your friends and have them listen to this podcast and become accountability partners. Each of you pick a book or a course a week or whatever it is and start mass learning and figure out how you can apply it to your businesses and figure out how you can apply it to your life. If you wanted to test things as well. There's a bunch of them, Wellness FX is a great one, it's kind of expensive. But you get all your blood work on everything, it's a good place to start. The Disc Profile is awesome. If you're in my inner circle, we're giving everyone in the inner circle the Disc Profile and Mandy is our, besides me, the other coach in the inner circle. She's coaching everyone through which has been amazing. But start finding those things so you can start getting baselines of where you're at on everything. It's going to be a fun project. So there you guys go, operation growth has now officially begun in my life. And it's now, you've got permission to start on your life as well. I hope that helps you guys. I'm at the office, I'm going to go have my meeting. Talk to you guys soon, bye everybody.

My game-plan for personal growth so that I can increase my contribution. On this episode Russell talks about the six human needs that Tony Robins teaches about. Four needs of the body and two needs of the spirit, which he explains in depth. He talks about how he plans to enter a new growing phase in his life which will lead to more contributing. Here are some insightful things you will learn in today’s episode: How Russell spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in courses in order to help himself and company grow. Why Russell believes that the cycle of growing and contributing needs to be constantly moving in a circle. And what two major things Russell is going to do with his team to help him grow in his business and in his personal life. So listen below to find out how Russell plans to continue to grow and contribute in his life. ---Transcript--- Good morning everybody, this is Russell and I’m so excited to be hanging out with you guys today. I don’t know about you, but I’m so excited for today. A lot of cool things happening over here. First off, I woke up this morning at 4:45 and jumped in the float tank and did some floating and meditating. I haven’t quite figured out the whole meditation thing yet, but I’m trying. It’s really hard. Maybe someday that will work. Regardless, I got to float in salt water, and it was warm like a bath tub for a long time, so that was sweet. I went and lifted weights with Dave Woodward, which was awesome, and then hung out with the kids, and now I’m heading into the office. So a couple of cool things, one is we’re doing this really cool project with Fiber Fix, is a cool viral video that went viral a little while ago, but their funnel isn’t converting, so we’re doing this swap with them. They’re going to help us with this video in exchange for us helping them with their funnel, if we can beat their funnel. So the test goes live today and I’m crazy, crazy proud of the funnel, so I’m excited to see how that goes. So that’s going live today, with a bunch of other things. But what I wanted to talk to you about today, because this is an exciting day, when I start talking and geeking out and getting really excited about it. And it kind of ties into something I’ve been thinking a lot about, and I’ve even done some podcasts about this. But I want to bring you guys in on this thing because it’s going to be really cool and exciting. If everyone is doing it, we’re all going to grow together. So you can choose to be part of it or not. But if you choose to be part of it you will see insane amounts of growth in your life. So here’s what we’re doing, first thing, I need to set this up a little bit. If any of you guys have ever studied Tony Robins, one of the things he talks about is the six human needs. There’s four needs of the body and two needs of the spirit. Our body, a lot of people never actually get their needs of their spirit met, they just don’t because they never get to that level. But everybody gets the needs of their body met. So the needs of the body, I don’t know how many times we have to go into this. Basically there are four human needs. Four needs of the body. One of them is significance. We need to feel significant. The opposite of significance is the second one, which is love and connection.  So there’s this internal dilemma we have as humans. We want to feel significant, look how great I am. But we also want love and connection, which is like look how great you are. There’s this connection. So two of the human needs. Then there’s, I’m going to blank out right now….Love and connection, significance….then you’ve got variety. We need excitement, change, all these things happening. But we also want certainty. So there’s the other two human needs. Variety, which is craziness and new things, and then certainty which is like, I need to be certain in everything. So during this podcast, I don’t have time to go into all of those things. I’ve done some podcasts in the past and maybe I’ll do some in the future because it’s exciting. Part of our whole goal here on earth and in this life is to master our body. So understanding those first four human needs and how to create addictions and how to break addictions all through those human needs is fascinating and we could talk about that for a year, in fact, maybe I will sometime. But after you get the body mastered and figured out, the next step are the needs of the spirit. The first need of the spirit is growth and the second is contribution. I always think about this, there’s times in people’s lives where we need to grow. You go to school, you’re growing. When you are starting new career, you’re in a growth phase. There’s a time in your life when growth is super important. But eventually you start to grow and some people get stuck in this. They learn and grow and study and they love going to school, they grow, grow, grow  but they never transition to the next need which is contribution. When you’re going through this growth phase, you’re trying to become something. But eventually, if you just keep growing, the only person that benefits is you, which is kind of a selfish need when you look at it. But it’s necessary because as you grow and as you become something more than you are now, then you can turn around and contribute that to other people. So you contribute in a lot of ways. As an employee, you’re growing and then after a while that growth of what you’ve learned you start contributing to your company and help some people. If you’re an expert, for a while you’re in a phase where you’re trying to learn and become something and then you turn around and start teaching and coaching other people and now you’re contributing. So there’s this transition from growth to contribution that’s fascinating. And again, we could talk about that forever, it’s so exciting. But that’s kind of what I wanted to do today. Dave and I are talking about today about a bunch of things we want to do. We thought how fun would it be to create a phase in our life right now where we get back to growth. In Clickfunnels, what we’re doing, we’re in this huge contribution phase and we’re contributing. And I feel like, me personally and everyone on the team…..me personally, I went through ten years of growth, trial and error. Learning and studying and everything to be able to contribute at this level we’re at right now. And the problem is that I’ve seen this so many times from friends and mentors and people I know. There was a time where they grew and started contributing, but then they stopped growing and then the contribution stopped. And it freaks me out and I do not want to be that person who is not able to contribute anymore because I stopped growing. I think there is a cycle between growth and contribution. Because as you contribute you start growing. And then it grows and you….there’s a really cool spiral that makes everything rise together. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve focused on my own personal growth. I do things here and there, things are happening where I’m trying to grow. But not where I was like, I’m going to go back and grow and really focus on growth for a period. I don’t know if that’s a month, six months, a year, two years. I don’t know what that is, but I feel like right now if I focus more on growth, it’s going to make my contribution bigger. So I’m excited for that. I think back about the big growth phases in my life. When I first started this business, I went through a huge growth phase, where I was consuming for 18 months. I think we all do this, we consume, we learn, we’re trying things. We aren’t having success yet, but that growth we go through is what makes it so we can contribute and if we don’t go through that, it’s hard. In fact, it’s funny, it’s one of the things that….yesterday my coach, Tara that I was working with talked about. Some of the people we work with, we’re giving them….we’re building out a whole funnel and giving it to them and they didn’t have to grow to get it, so their struggling to have the contribution and have an impact on their business because of that. There’s value in going through that growth phase. So when I first started my business I went through this huge growth phase that got me from not knowing anything to, “I now have something that I’m selling online.” There’s a huge initial growth. And then I started selling stuff and it was awesome and it worked for a while. Then I kind of stopped growing and I was just contributing from the momentum I’d gotten from my initial growth phase. And I was doing well, and probably the next year and a half, two years, I was in that contribution phase and was doing well. But then I started making enough money where I could start blowing money on courses. Right now, we’re moving. We’re about to move offices, so I’m trying to clear off my 1,000 book shelves. It’s insane. Everyone in the office calls me a book hoarder and a course hoarder. And I’m totally hoarding these, but I went through this phase then for the next probably year and half, two years where I started buying everything. Literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in courses and trainings and books and CD’s and everything. And I went through this time where I was just geeking out and studying everything. And what was cool at this point, I had this little business it was fledgling, it was kind of doing well enough to support itself and give me money for my addiction which became marketing books and courses. But as I would learn things I would immediately go back and apply to the business and we started growing. Probably two or three years I went through this phase where I was buying everything. All my money went reinvested back into education. And I was going through this huge growth curve which gave me the ability to contribute more. And after two or three years of that, then I stopped focusing on growth and started focusing mor eon contribution. It was good, and that’s kind of what brings us to today. So I kind of want to stimulate a growth period in my own personal life and my team’s life. I want to challenge you guys to do it as well. .This is what we’re doing. Dave and I talked about it today, I’m going to have a meeting when I’m at the office and get everyone on board because it will be fascinating and cool. I’ve basically been taking all of my courses, because in the move I’m trying to clear off bookshelf space. I’ve got hundreds of thousands of dollars in  courses that I’m ripping all the CD’s and putting them in audio format and putting them on my iPad and my iPhone. I’ve got maybe 50 or so courses now that have been switched to that. I’ve got every Dan Kennedy course ever created. Every Jay Abraham course created. Dan Solomen, Matt Furey, John Rees, Mark Joyner, all of the classics, all of the good ones. Everything. So now they’re in a format where I can start consuming them. So I’m going to do this with my team, I’m going to get all the people that, not everyone geeks out with this, but there’s a group that do, and I want to get the 5 or 6 of us together and say each Monday or Friday we’ll pick a course and each person picks a different course. Then you’ve 7 days to speed learn it. Go through it, take notes, study it. And then the next week later come back together as a group and say, “Okay, what did you learn from this course?” and have everyone share it. “These are the 5 or 10 things that I learned in this course that are applicable to us.” So I just got this growth and I’m going to contribute it back to you now, and we can contribute it as a company, now the growth flows into contribution. And I figure if there’s 5 or 6 of us pounding through an entire $2,000 marketing course each week, I think the growth and contribution we’ll be able to do is going to be insane. So that’s part number one of this. That’s what we’re going to do. I would recommend you finding a group of peers or friends or people in the Clickfunnels group, or people who work with you, but find a group and do this together. This is something that’s hard to do by yourself. If you’ve got some accountability it will be easier and better. It doesn’t have to be a $2,000 course, it could be an audio book, it could be pounding through a book a week. It could be whatever that is, but find a way to compress decades of information into days. Tony Robins is the first person I heard say that, he said, “You can read a book that takes a decade of someone’s time and energy and put in a format where you can consume it in a day, and you can literally learn in a day what took somebody a decade to learn.” That’s the power of books. That’s what I want to do through here. I want each week for me to get a decade worth of stuff in a couple days. But multiply that by 5 or 6 guys on my team. I’m getting half a century  worth of stuff every single  week.  And as a team we’re growing and contributing and it’s going to be awesome. That’s kind of the first step. The second step is, and I talked about this a little while ago, I want to, not just from a learning…..Did you hear that car, some guy thinks he’s way too cool. So that’s the firs thing, the second thing, I don’t just want to grow from a learning standpoint, that’s a big piece of this. But the other piece I want to learn, is I want to grow in other aspects of my life as well. I’m going to use this opportunity fo rboth. What we talked about doing today, Dave and I. And I talked about this a little while ago, figure out all the different tests we can take on ourselves to figure out where we are in things. So Wellness FX for example, has an amazing blood work. You can do all this blood work and they ‘ll give you back this panel for everything, your testosterone levels, your fat levels, your cholesterol, everything. So I’m going to go and I think Dave’s going to go and try to get everyone else to go do  a Wellness FX and get our initial blood work done, and I want to do another food allergy test. I want to do a 23 Me test, which is like, I actually already did that one. But everyone else is going to get a 23 Me test, which is going to tell you your genetics. We’re going to make lists of as many different tests like that we can take. Personality test, we did a disc profile recently. Other ones like that and try to get baselines of all this stuff, so I get to become more aware of all this stuff. My body, my personality. The love language test, all these things so I have a better picture of where I’m at to figure out where to grow from there. Half of growth is being aware of where you are today and most of us don’t really know. We’re kind of just wandering around bumping off things and hoping we’ll eventually get to where we want to go. But the best way to get to where you want to go is having a map to help you get there. So we’re going to be doing all these tests to figure out , here’s the game plan and map of where we’re trying to go. We’re going to make an excel sheet and bust out as many tests as we can find. Personality, health, blood, urine tests, if that’s what it takes. I don’t care, whatever it is. Take tons of tests so we can get some baselines as well and from there make cool decisions. So that’s kind of what’s happening. I’m going to meet today with my team and see who wants to get in on it. And we’re going to start going through a huge growth phase of our learning and also getting tests done to figure out where we’re at and figure out how to evolve and grow from there. So we can grow more, contribute more, and help change the world even better. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got some big visions to change the world and I feel like we’ve just gotten started. Anyway, I hope this gets you excited, it gets me excited. What I would do is find 3 of your friends and have them listen to this podcast and become accountability partners. Each of you pick a book or a course a week or whatever it is and start mass learning and figure out how you can apply it to your businesses and figure out how you can apply it to your life. If you wanted to test things as well. There’s a bunch of them, Wellness FX is a great one, it’s kind of expensive. But you get all your blood work on everything, it’s a good place to start. The Disc Profile is awesome. If you’re in my inner circle, we’re giving everyone in the inner circle the Disc Profile and Mandy is our, besides me, the other coach in the inner circle. She’s coaching everyone through which has been amazing. But start finding those things so you can start getting baselines of where you’re at on everything. It’s going to be a fun project. So there you guys go, operation growth has now officially begun in my life. And it’s now, you’ve got permission to start on your life as well. I hope that helps you guys. I’m at the office, I’m going to go have my meeting. Talk to you guys soon, bye everybody.

  Josh Trent is the founder of WellnessForce.com and host of Wellness Force Radio, a #1 ranked iTunes New & Noteworthy podcast in Health, Self-Help, and Fitness & Nutrition. Awarded “Top 50 Digital Health Influencers 2015” by Onalytica, Josh Trent, NASM CPT, CES, BCS, HLC is a Digital Health Coach with over 10 years in the health, fitness & wellness industry. His vision is to empower greater wellness in over one million lives through technology by teaching digital health as an integrative life practice.   Josh’s motivation to create Wellness Force in 2009 and coach over 10,000 training sessions is rooted deep in the fabric of where he came from; an early childhood & adolescent life plagued with weight & health struggles. With national accreditation from multiple fitness organizations, and with over 10 years of high-level experience in the health & fitness industry, Josh provides content for multiple fitness & digital health publications such as WellnessFX, The National Academy of Sports Medicine, and the Fitness Industry Technology Council. Show Resources: Learn more about Josh Trent at WellnessForce.com Visit the Show Notes Page for more info and resource links! Meditation headband Muse Brain Sensing Headband For an awesome journaling tool check out Day One Journal App Download the Dominate Your Morning Guide! --- Thank you for listening!   Lets grow together in our Facebook Group. To receive inspiring new episodes and updates Subscribe Here! Please Email me directly at Ian@FearlessAndHealthy.com  If you enjoyed the episode, please Leave A Review to help support our mission!

  Andre and Anita Chaperon are an entrepreneurial couple living in Gibraltar and running several businesses together including AutoResponder Madness, Storyfluence, and Tiny Little Businesses. Andre been a full-time internet marketer since October of, 2003, and with determination, consistency, and belief, has managed to build a great life around that. Anita is a hormone expert and is also responsible for the entire customer experience at Tiny Little Businesses. Together, they make an unstoppable team that is taking the online world by storm.   EPISODE  Imagine a life where you can live wherever you want-traveling the world, living in Spain, even moving to Gibraltar. That's the life of today's guests, Anita and Andre Chaperon. Starting an online business allows one the freedom to live life by your own design, and they are fully taking advantage of that. In this episode they share their business tips for living abroad, including banking and taxes-and even some inside tips on how hormones affect our health, and why we should get them tested. we discuss: Why you can design your life anywhere with an online business. Banking overseas, and how it can help you in the long-run. The importance of coaches-for business or storytelling. Hormones and hormone therapy.   For complete shownotes and more, please head over to www.optimizedgeek.com/andreanita LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED AutoResponder Madness Tiny Little Businesses Storyfluence Sovereign Man Michael Hauge's Story Mastery Suzanne Somers Breakthrough Fat is Not Your Fault WellnessFX ZRT Labs Andre Chaperon Anita Chaperon    GET OPTIMIZED! 1) Create your business online-setting up a website to offer your products is easy. 2) Research the best countries and currencies to bank in for your needs, Andre and Anita chose Singapore. 3) If you aren't feeling your best, get your hormones tested. Reach out to ZRT Labs or WellnessFX for a test.   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! As always, thank you for tuning in. Please feel free to drop by the website to contact me or leave a comment. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! -Stephan STAY CONNECTED Reboot and Improve Your Life - Free Guide | Twitter | Facebook

Drew Canole is the ultimate fitness expert who has transformed his life and many others through the power of juicing mental and spiritual transformation.  In my interview with Drew we go over his backstory and how he went from being successful in a career to completely jumping out of it and following his passion which I know you see a theme in a lot of these interviews. We go deep into what made that transformational shift, and what will surprise you most about Drew is how many mentors and coaches he taps into throughout this call.  I hope you enjoy this. Drew is amazing. Make sure you check him out at fitlife.tv and I take his top-selling green juice mixture which he'll tell you all about organifi. And by the end of this, I have a feeling you will be inspired, have some awesome insights as to how the body really works. And also learn a thing or two about what it's like to perform at this level.  Selected Links from the Episode:07:10 - The Art of Time Collapsing07:51 - Bible12:46 - AlphaReset.com18:20 - Dr. Weston Price20:18 - WellnessFX.com27:48 - Vinny Fisher28:36 - Doug Brackman29:37 - Brian Tracy29:45 - Michael Nitty29:47 - Tony Robbins30:17 - Fit Life TV31:59 - The Myers-Briggs32:10 - KOLBE 35:36 - Liam Neeson37:44 - OrganifiShop.com38:27 - Elon Musk's biography38:37 - Einstein38:38 - Benjamin Franklin Show Notes:00:00 – 00:15 Teaser00:15 – 01-07 Greetings02:24 – 07-10 “Overnight Success” and Drew’s brief history and his first client07:10 – 19:43 Spirituality and juicing insights, benefits and results and bloodtesting19:43 – 25:39 Drew’s fitness regimen and recovery25:39 – 36:40 Drew’s coaches and mentors and their ideas, tests, and activities36:40 – 40:09 FitlifeTV and how to get Organifi with an ending inspirational advice40:09 – 42:43 Sponsor Message

In this episode with Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi of WellnessFX, we talk about a lot of the different ways you can optimize and measure your health indicators, from blood testing to supplements and nutrition. We go into some nitty gritty details of what you need to look out for in your blood work, and what it might mean. If you visit the blog post, we're also going to be listing out the 25 basic biomarkers that WellnessFX recommends getting tested, so make sure to check it out.

  Josh Trent is the founder of WellnessForce.com and host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast. Awarded “Top 50 Digital Health Influencers 2015″ by Onalytica, Josh is a Wellness Consultant, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Quantified Self enthusiast & expert in Fitness Technology. Josh’s motivation to create Wellness Force in 2009 and coach over 10,000 training sessions is rooted deep in the fabric of where he came from; an early childhood & adolescent life plagued with weight & health struggles. Along his personal and professional health journey since 2004, Josh has trained with numerous world-class fitness professionals including Juan Carlos Santana, Paul Chek, Todd Durkin & Mike Boyle. With over 10 years of high-level experience in the health & fitness industry. Josh provides content for multiple fitness & digital health publications such as WellnessFX, The National Academy of Sports Medicine, Nuviun Digital Health, the Fitness Industry Technology Council & San Diego Pacific Magazine. Certified by multiple NCCA fitness organizations, Josh continues his own transformation on iTunes, and online with a clear mission to empower greater wellness in over one million lives through technology. http://fit2love.tv JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist. She is the Director of Invisible Fitness, an Amazon best-selling author of Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life, and author of Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core. She was named Best Personal Trainer in Los Angeles for 2007 by Elite Traveler Magazine. JJ vividly reminds us that the word ‘fitness’ is not just about the state of one’s physical body, but also the factors which determine a person’s overall well being. And, for JJ, the key components in all these areas are ‘invisible’ — balanced support structures of nutrition, emotional centeredness and health. A favorite of journalists and the media for her depth of knowledge and vibrant personality, JJ, a contributing expert for Get Active Magazine, has also been featured in many national magazines, including Shape, Fitness, Muscle and Fitness HERS, Elegant Bride, and Women’s Health as well as appeared on NBC, CBS, Fox 11 and KTLA. She is also a video expert for About.com and regular contributor for The Daily Love. JJ launched her professional career in 1996 as the Foundations Director for the New York Sports Club, where she designed curriculum and in-house certification for new and previously uncertified fitness trainers. She has also been certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), International Sports Science Association (ISSA), and the Resistance Training Specialist Program (RTS). With a focus on biomechanics, JJ has lectured for The Learning Annex and as a featured speaker for New York Times Bestselling Author of The Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Ecker’s Peak Potentials seminars, as well as corporate clients, including Pacific Gas and Electric, Hanson Engineering, and Jostens, Inc. She is the Wellness Expert for KFC International, the Health and Fitness Expert for the National Association of Entrepreneur Moms, and a Fitness Expert for Nourishing Wellness Medical Center. She has been working in the health and wellness industry for 15 years, as a fitness trainer with a knack for helping her clients become more self-aware and self-empowered through her ability to quickly identify and pinpoint problem areas, and then create simple solutions involving exercise, nutrition and mindset changes. She is the Host of the new iTunes Podcast Show Fit 2 Love: Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Fitness for the Happy Life You Deserve which is six day a week video and audio show. What sets JJ apart from her Celebrity Fitness counterparts is the holistic approach to getting results. Over the last fourteen years she has studied, used and applied Positive Psychology, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Law of Attraction, Quantum Physics, Non Violent Communication, Imago Therapy, and Hypnotherapy. JJ Flizanes has proven that she’s not only an expert in matters of the body and fitness—she’s an insightful and provocative author who delivers a timely message about matters of the heart.  

Ben talks with John Norman about his process and modified approach to the delivery, payment, and tech of modern managed health care. They also touch on age bias in the programming world, living a purpose-driven life, and dealing with startup growth. Iora Health "The Hot Spotters"- Atul Gawande The Healing of America- T.R. Reid WellnessFX Agile Manifesto HIPAA Being Mortal- Atul Gawande "How to Scale a Development Team"- Adam Wiggins "The Double Diamond Model of Product Definition and Design"- Peter Merholz John on Twitter

Sep 16, 2015 Podcast: Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . .  (in this case they used a ). ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is brought to you by . Go to KimeraKoffee.com and use code BEN10 to instantly get 10% off premium coffee infused with cognitive enhancing nootropics. This podcast is also brought to you by , an obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. This mattress has just the right sink and just the right bounce because of two technologies (Latex foam and Memory foam). 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In a frank, easy-to-understand, fireside chat format, these experts reveal all their most cutting-edge secrets, and your access to the videos and audios also includes helpful notes, summaries and more. From Dr. Mercola to Mark Sisson to Nora Gedgaudas, you can check out the lineup and get access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, forever (no expiration!) once you Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. . Dec 4-6, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Unbeatable Mind Retreat in Carlsbad, California. This is where SEALFit and Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine will be assembling the best of the best in everything from performance to cutting-edge mental training to advanced sleep tactics and more. Includes amazing ancestral meals, morning WOD's at SEALFit HQ (the site of the world famous Kokoro camp), Warrior Yoga instruction and workouts, and speakers such as Robb Wolf, Dr. Kirk Parsley, Dominic D'Agostino, and more.  Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world. New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - ! Meet the New Podcast Sidekick: Rachel Browne! ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the NEW Podcast Sidekick. Should You Eat Placentas? Jacqui says: She wants to know what your thoughts are on using placenta for skin issues. It's a common supplement in Japan, and she wants to know if you've heard anything on its efficacy. What do you think? In my response, I recommend: - - The Best Smart Drug Stacks For Creativity Jory says: He wants to know your best recommendations for stacks that promote creativity. You mention THC - what else? In my response, I recommend: - - - - - - Ben Greenfield's Experience With Transcendental Meditation Bryan says: He has been practicing Transcendental Meditation since 1974, and he wants to know how your initiation went. Did you transcend? In my response, I recommend: - Rebounding Vs. Running Natalie says: There's comments saying that rebounding for 15 minutes is the equivalent to running for an hour. Is this true? What are your thoughts on rebounding? In my response, I recommend: -

Sep 9, 2015 Podcast: s Bulletproof Coffee A Scam, The Best Anti-Aging Exercises, The Most Natural Way To Clean Countertops, Can You Use Dried Herbs In A Smoothie, and Should You Use Nasal Breathing When You Race? Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is brought to you by Onnit. Go to  and instantly get 5% off fitness gear and 10% off supplements. Ben recommends grabbing yourself a steelbell for bucket carries and alternating bent rows. This podcast is also brought to you by . Visit Harrys and use $5 discount code Ben on a Winston set, a Truman set, or any other mighty fine shaving equipment, at a fraction of the cost of drugstore razors. Now Available - Ben Greenfield’s “REV Yourself Conference” – 25 Packaged Interviews With The World’s Leading Experts In Physical & Mental Performance Enhancement Strategies. In this package, you’ll get to watch and listen as Ben Greenfield sits down with the world’s leading experts in biohacking, physical performance, mental performance, cognitive enhancement, personal productivity, muscle gain, fat loss and more. In a frank, easy-to-understand, fireside chat format, these experts reveal all their most cutting-edge secrets, and your access to the videos and audios also includes helpful notes, summaries and more. From Dr. Mercola to Mark Sisson to Nora Gedgaudas, you can check out the lineup and get access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, forever (no expiration!) once you Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. . Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Is Bulletproof Coffee A Scam? Trevor says: He is curious what your thoughts are on the recent article "". It talks about a lot of folks who you've discussed on your show, like the Food Babe, Dave Asprey and John Kiefer, and things like Bulletproof Coffee and Carb Backloading being scams. What do you think? Any recommendations for us to dig through the confusion? In my response, I recommend: - - - - - - - The Best Anti-Aging Exercises Bill says: He climbs a mountain (3500-5000 feet) nearly every weekend. Plus he carries a 20.5lbs pack. He is 70 years old and has had some injuries (knee problems and tore his quad last year). Do you think that is a good form of exercise? *he also asks about Cool Fat Burner Vest - we'll direct him to old episodes* In my response, I recommend: - - The Most Natural Way To Clean Countertops Bradley says: He and his wife use the to clean their countertops. Is this a safe thing to use to clean or is there a better option out there? In my response, I recommend: - - - Can You Use Dried Herbs In A Smoothie? Aleksi says: He is wondering if he could use dried herbs to make his own greens drink. In my response, I recommend: - Should You Use Nasal Breathing When You Race? Theresa says: She has been training for a marathon using nasal breathing alone. It was hard at first but then it got easier and easier and she has noticed that she has more energy, especially in her long runs. When she actually races the Chicago Marathon, should she incorporate mouth breathing to get even more air or should she continue with 100% nasal? In my response, I recommend: - -

Aug 19, 2015 Podcast: Top 5 Natural Arthritis Cures, Top 5 MMA Biohacks, J-Shape vs. S-shape Spine, Far Infrared vs. Near Infrared Saunas, and How To Gain Muscle Without Weightlifting Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and .  (& you can ). ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is brought to you by Onnit. Go to and instantly get 5% off fitness gear and 10% off supplements. Ben recommends getting an Onnit sandbag for your nice relaxing sandbag walks on the beach. Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. . Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Top 5 Natural Arthritis Cures Summer says: She has arthritis up and down her entire spine. Her doctor thinks it is because of stress. She is 33 and is using a lot of de-stressing techniques that you have discussed on the show and she follows a mostly paleo diet. She heard that Dave Asprey had cured himself of arthritis but couldn't find out how. What would you do if you had arthritis? In my response, I recommend: - - - - - Top 5 MMA Biohacks Troy says: He is curious about some under the radar performance enhancers. He was reading about . He also read that the NFL was using Viagra for performance. He'd like to know more about those and any other unconventional enhancers you know of.   J-Shape vs. S-shape Spine Jon says (sounds like he is running while asking the q): He is interested in the new research showing that spine shapes were J-shaped in the past and are now S-shaped which has lead to back pain. What are you thoughts on this? Do think this is true? And if so, how would you go about getting a J-shaped spine? In my response, I recommend: - Far Infrared vs. Near Infrared Saunas Barbara says: She is wondering is you can make a comment on Far infrared saunas vs. Near infrared saunas. What are the benefits and differences. Also can you recommend any portable saunas? In my response, I recommend: - How To Gain Muscle Without Weightlifting Jason says: He came down with prostatitis from lifting heavy weights. How can he best recover from that? He is not allowed to lift any weights, or avoid anything that would induce high abdominal pressure, so how can he maintain muscle mass while he can't lift weights? In my response, I recommend: -Bodyweight Overload program

Aug 12, 2015 Podcast: Climbing Stairs vs. The Stairmaster vs. The Elliptical, Is Warming Up Overrated, How To Burn Fat and Build Muscle At The Same Time, What to Do About Gut Issues During A Triathlon, and How To Get A Girlfriend. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is brought to you by Onnit. Go to and instantly get 5% off fitness gear and 10% off supplements. Ben recommends getting an Onnit sandbag for your nice relaxing sandbag walks on the beach. Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Climbing Stairs vs. The Stairmaster vs. The Elliptical Bill says: He has one of the old Stairmasters where the pedals don't go back and forth. He has heard you say that the elliptical is bad for people, long term. Would that problem be the same for the stationary Stairmaster? He only does about a half hour per day - for the last 20 years. In my response, I recommend: - - - Is Warming Up Overrated? Phillip says: He is a multisport athlete who has been doing a lot of yoga lately. His instructor puts a lot of emphasis on warming-up the muscles before they start stretching them (using the old "cold rubber band" analogy to explain why) using movement and by turning up the thermostat. But he is not a rubber band, and his muscles are always at a toasty 98.6°F. Do muscle actually get warmed up? Or is there another physiological process in play? Does he actually need to warm up?   How To Burn Fat and Build Muscle At The Same Time Bryan says: He has read that in order to gain 1lb of muscle over a week, you need to consume an additional 3400 calories and then burn those calories in resistance training. If this is true, can he avoid consuming the 3400 calories and burn a pound of fat and gain a pound of muscle - or - would he lose 2lbs of fat and gain one pound of muscle? Can you explain how this works?   What to Do About Gut Issues During A Triathlon Rusty says: He is a very well established marathoner who just did Lake Placid Ironman. He has one 70.3 under his belt, that went very well. In Lake Placid, he had a good swim and bike but started vomiting violently half way through the run. He took on as much nutrition as he could on the bike. But during the run he got very light headed and was not able to finish the race. He is looking for an explanation and advice on how to avoid that in the future. In my response, I recommend: - - - How To Get A Girlfriend Michiel says: He is 5 foot 10 and 198lbs. He has been doing HIIT training. He quit smoking, is eating organic as much as possible and has a "pretty fair face"... but still doesn't have a girlfriend. Can you help him out? In my response, I recommend: -

Aug 5, 2015 Podcast: Tips And Tricks For Donating Blood, The Benefits Of Human Touch, Best Natural Remedy For Toenail Fungus, and Nutrition Tips For Burning Man. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is brought to you by Harrys. Go to and use $5 discount code Ben to save on any of their fancy shaving packages. Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Tips And Tricks For Donating Blood Preston says: He donates blood often (he is O- and CMV- so his blood can be used for infants and children) and is wondering if there is something he can do while donating blood to get an added benefit. How to "hack" giving blood. Can he keep some to take it over to Labcore for testing or anything he can do to get an added benefit? In my response, I recommend: - - The Benefits Of Human Touch Julian says: He heard Jack Kruse talk about how getting a massage can create an exchange of electrons. Jack said that it was a positive thing. Can you explain how that works (how we exchange electrons) and why it could be a good thing?   Best Natural Remedy For Toenail Fungus Jimmy says: He has tried every kind of conventional remedy under the sun to cure his toenail fungus but none seem to work. Do you have any suggestions for something that will work and preferably be natural/healthy? In my response, I recommend: - Nutrition Tips For Burning Man Gina says: She is heading to Burning Man soon and is looking for some tips on how to stay healthy during the week in the hot hot desert. She is packing some bars, nuts and coconut oil but is looking for some suggestions that wouldn't involve needing a lot of water or electricity. In my response, I recommend: -Pemmican or jerky ( and/or  and/or ) -Meal replacement powder () - - -Spirulina/chlorella () -

TalentTalk is a show featuring talented individuals such as CEO's and other Business Executives that come and share their thoughts on talent. Each week, we focus on talent management, leadership development and company culture. In this episode of TalentTalk, Chris Dyer, the CEO of PeopleG2 talks talent, leadership and culture with Don Ganguly, CEO of HomeUnion Services and Jim Kean, CEO of WellnessFX.This show is brought to you by Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

July 29, 2015 Podcast: Is Baby Powder Healthy, The Best Workout To Look Good Naked, Can You Reverse Tooth Cavities, and How To Get A Stronger Neck. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . Geez…   ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is also brought to you by Onnit. Get a crazy zombiebell like the one below when you  for an instant 5% discount on fitness gear and 10% discount on supplements.   A photo posted by Ben Greenfield (@bengreenfieldfitness) on Jul 26, 2015 at 11:58am PDT Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Is Baby Powder Healthy? Preston says: He is fresh out of the shower and wants to know your opinion about Baby Powder (specifically talc). Is there a link to cancer? He sees stuff online but is it true? In my response, I recommend: - - (use 15% 80244) The Best Workout To Look Good Naked Anonymous says: She feels too big in her clothes. She doesn't want to be super skinny (with a big thigh gap or anything) but she would like to be thin. The catch: she doesn't want to exercise or go on a diet, she just wants to eat normally. Is this even possible? In my response, I recommend: - - Can You Reverse Tooth Cavities? Chad says: Recently he went to the dentist and they say he needs a root canal. He did some research and has seen that there can be some deleterious effects, long term, from root canals. He would like your opinion and would also like to know if you know of a way to reverse the early stages of an abscess. In my response, I recommend: - -- How To Get A Stronger Neck Brock says: I have a serious crick in my neck. The stiffness has been getting worse and worse over the last year (since falling asleep on a plane) to the point where I actually avoid doing long rides on my road bike and primarily ride my commuter. Is there anything I can do myself to strengthen my neck and loosen up adhesions/tightness in there? I am reluctant to go too hard on those little neck muscles and ligaments because they seem very delicate. In my response, I recommend: - -

July 22, 2015 Podcast: Can Marijuana Damage Your Brain and Liver, The Best Way To Train For MMA Fitness, Should You Avoid Iodine, and Benefits Of Fasted Workouts. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . . . Well…no surprise  ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is also brought to you by Harry's. Get an incredibly luxurious shaving kit at drugstore prices now when you use the code BEN at . Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  (or ). New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Can Marijuana Damage Your Brain and Liver? Mr. Mary Jane says: Ben, you've been talking about marijuana a lot lately and he was reading a book on ayurvedic medicine which mentioned how marijuana "is toxic to the liver and brain cells, however if one smokes a pinch of calamus root powder with marijuana this herb with neutralize the toxic effects of the drug". What do you think? Does this have any merit? In my response, I recommend: - - The Best Way To Train For MMA Fitness Richard says: He is a boxing and MMA coach, and is wondering if you consider fight sports to be endurance events. Both only go for a few minutes (no where near an Ironman) but training can be long grinding days, plus you also have to take punches and control your emotions. What do you think is the best way to train fighters? The same way you would train for triathlon? They need long grinding workouts with repetition but they also need the explosive power. In my response, I recommend: - Should You Avoid Iodine? Rob says: He's just sitting down to eat some post workout corn-on-the-cob and noticed that his sea salt does not contain iodine. This made him wonder how much iodine a person actually needs on a daily basis, why, and where are the best places to get iodine... since it's not in his sea salt. In my response, I recommend: - - Benefits Of Fasted Workouts Erica says: In the morning she usually wake at 7:00, has a green smoothie at 9:00 and works out at 10:30. Do you think it would benefit her to switch the order of the workout and the smoothie so she is working out fasted and fueling afterwards? What would be the benefit or drawback?  

July 15, 2015 Podcast: American Ninja Warrior Training Tips, Biohacking Mental Focus, 10K Training And Nutrition Tips, and Does Algae Work For Fat Loss? Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is also brought to you by Onnit. I just ordered a crapload of sandbags (they call them sandbells) from Onnit. I pile them at the bottom of my driveway and carry them up. You save 5% on all fitness gear and 10% on all supplements at . Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  (or ). New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. American Ninja Warrior Training Tips Trevor says: He has been using your biohacking tips and tricks in his Ninja Warrior training. On of his biggest challenges is to increase his muscle endurance and reduce arm pump during upper body obstacles like the peg board (especially after a bunch of obstacles back to back to back). Do you think the baking soda hack would work to increase his muscle endurance? Do you have any other biohacks he could use? In my response, I recommend: -My article on - - - -Beta-alanine + creatine (+baking soda?) stack Biohacking Mental Focus Craig says: He was a competitive cyclist in college (he is 42 now) and knows how to push himself in physical tasks but he has trouble staying focused and giving himself that same mental push during mental tasks. He follows the "Bulletproof Diet" and uses some supplements that you recommend and also takes adderall (which helps a little but he still has issues). What else can he try? In my response, I recommend: -Dual n-Back training -Creatine (I mention ) - -Krill Oil (I mention ) - 10K Training And Nutrition Tips Edward says: He is preparing for a 10k (and taking some to deal with some inflammation and aches and pains). He is wondering if there is any reason to run 35-47 miles in a week in preparation for the 10k? Also it is a hilly 10k and is wondering if you would suggest and specific hill sprints to prepare? And finally - how would you, Ben, fuel if you were running a 10k (he is very low carb)?   Does Algae Work For Fat Loss? Sue says: She is trying out some spirulina, chlorella, algae supplements because she heard they were good for weight loss. Do they actually help you lose weight or is it just that they are so high in protein that it cuts down your appetite? She knows it is good for her and very healthy but she is taking 15 pills at a time. Is this right for her? In my response, I recommend: - (use 10% discount code GREENFIELD)

July 8, 2015 Podcast: Cross Country Running Tips, Should You Use Wraps, Sleeves And Belts For Weighttraining, Home Remedies For Hernias, and How Protein Spikes Insulin. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  (or ). New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Cross Country Running Tips Stacy says: She is calling for her son. He is a Junior in High School and a Cross Country runner who is moving up the ranks. What should he concentrate on, as a cross country runner, to make him faster? What can he add to his training and is there anything special he should do with his diet at his age to increase his performance and keep him healthy. In my response, I recommend: - (especially the chapters on 40 Easy Meals, How Much Carb/Protein/Fat, and the strength/mobility/power/speed/balance sections). Should You Use Wraps, Sleeves And Belts For Weighttraining? Hammer-Slammer says: She competes in Roller Derbies and as her cross training she does a lot of strength training. She would like to know what you think of using wraps and sleeves and belts while lifting. She tends to do this later in her sets when it gets heavier. Is that a bad habit or should she continue to do it? In my response, I recommend: - Home Remedies For Hernias Will says: He believes he is dealing with a hiatal hernia. Which he got from heavy lifting and copious amounts of lemon juice which shoved his stomach above his diaphragm. He is getting symptoms of GERD and he can't take a deep breath or each much food. What is your take on this? Do you know any nature remedies for this - to get his stomach back in the right place? He would love to get back to doing normal things like breathing deeply and eating.   How Protein Spikes Insulin Stephen says: He wants to know more about protein intake and insulin response. He eats low carb and mostly carb backloads. He is concerned about eating too much protein because he has heard that it can spike insulin even more than carbs. What is the balance here? Is it more about timing the protein (after or before a workout)? In my response, I recommend: - -

Jim Kean Jim Kean is the CEO of National Pro Grid League (NPGL) and founder of WellnessFX. In this podcast Rhonda and Jim discuss the quantified self movement and the importance of measuring biomarkers more than once, the gut's role in cholesterol and serotonin in the gut versus in the brain, about the role of exercise in preventing neuroinflammation and the effects of overtraining on sex hormones. We also chat a bit about the psychology of constructing a new, non-gender segregated, team spectator sport and bringing it to market, the factors that separate a professional spectator sport from any other form of entertainment: including patriotism, justice, and vicariousness, the mathematical nature of the sport and the floor coach's role in monitoring athletes before they start "redlining," how NPGL teams may find new ways to tune their gameplay and find an edge on the competition in the future by stepping up the use of more advanced athlete-level analytics.   If you're interested in learning more, you can read the full show notes here: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/jim-kean Join over 300,000 people and get the latest distilled information straight to your inbox weekly: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/newsletter Become a FoundMyFitness premium member to get access to exclusive episodes, emails, live Q+A's with Rhonda and more: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/crowdsponsor

July 1, 2015 Podcast: Does Ketosis Work For Crossfit, Raw Milk vs. Whey Protein, Measuring HRV During Exercise, and Should You Eat Before Bed? Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right (or go to ), use the Contact button on the , call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or use the “” form at the bottom of this page. ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: You can receive these News Flashes (and more) every single day, if you follow Ben on , and . . . ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: This podcast is brought to you by Harry’s Shaving. Harry’s high-quality German-engineered blades are crafted for sharpness and precision, at half the price of big name drugstore brands, with free shipping straight to your door. Just go to  and get $5 off when you use discount code “ben”. Sep 23-24, 2015. Ben is speaking at the Biohackers Summit in Helsinki, Finland. Discover the latest in wearables, internet of things, digital health, and mobile apps to increase performance, be healthier, stay fit, and get more done. Learn about taking food, preparation, cooking, and eating to the next level with the latest science and kitchen chemistry. Even delve into implanted chips, gene therapy, bionic arms, biometric shirts, robotic assistants, and virtual reality. Two days with an amazing crowd and a closing party with upgraded DJs to talk about. Working closely with WellnessFX, America's top laboratory for concierge blood testing and online access to all your blood testing results, Ben has developed the "Greenfield Longevity Blood Testing Package", which is the most complete blood testing package that money can buy. There is one package specifically designed for men, and one for women. This is by far the most comprehensive blood testing package that exists, and Ben created it for the health enthusiast, biohacker and anti-aging individual who wants access to the same type of executive health panel and screening that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars at a longevity institute. Virtually all hormones and all biomarkers are covered in this panel. Ben Greenfield has officially launched his first work of fiction: “”. Twin brothers River and Terran discover a portal to a hidden forested world attacked by parasitic fungi, dark shamans, and serpents. Along with an assembled band of unlikely misfits that includes coyotes, whitetail deer, wood thrushes, and fox squirrels, they must unlock their unique powers to control the elements of earth, air, fire and water, and save the forest before the evil they've uncovered can spill back into their own world.  (or ). New chapters released every 7-14 days. When you sign-up, you'll get a Quarterly handpicked box jam-packed with Ben's favorite fitness gear, supplements, nutrients and research-proven biohacks. Grab this package that comes with a tech shirt, a beanie and a water bottle. And of course, this week's top iTunes review - gets some BG Fitness swag straight from Ben - !  ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, deciphered, edited and sometimes read by , the Podcast Sidekick and Audio Ninja. Does Ketosis Work For Crossfit? Anthony says: He knows you have talked a ton about Ketosis for endurance events but now that you are skewing more towards the shorter high intensity type of training for OCR would you still recommend it (he does Crossfit). He understands how ketosis is advantageous for the 60-70% intensity range but with higher intensity and explosive workouts, don't you need more carbs. He has been trying to use ketosis for his Crossfit lifestyle but finds it to be hard and there seems to be a lot of controversy around that type of diet. In my response, I recommend: - - - - - Raw Milk vs. Whey Protein Allie says: She is wondering what you think of using raw milk in a morning smoothie/shake rather than whey protein. She knows that you use whey but she would like her morning smoothie to be more "au natural". She gets raw milk from some local cows and is wondering if there are any negative effects of raw milk instead of whey protein to go along with her  avocados, kale, ginger and all that other good stuff. -- ALSO -- Mark says: He is wondering what you think of drinking raw goat's milk. It seems all over the board from the die hard "you should do it" to "you're a lunatic and you're going to die in 5 minutes". Do the benefits outweigh the negatives? Is getting the good bacteria vs the bad bacteria for gut health worth it? Would you recommend this? Do you do it? Is it good for weight gain or loss or better performance? In my response, I recommend: - - - Measuring HRV During Exercise Chris says: He would like to know more about measuring HRV during exercise - what type of values should someone be looking for during steady state, aerobic, low intensity cardio? His is hanging like a flat line. What could this indicate? In my response, I recommend: - Should You Eat Before Bed? Vladimir says: He works all day and sometimes when he gets home he just wants to go to bed. Is it a bad thing to skip dinner or is it worse to eat right before going to bed? Basically: never eat before bed or never go to bed hungry? He also wants to know what is wrong with being called Vladimir? (we made a joke about that name in last weeks's show) In my response, I recommend: -

On this week's special episode, Chad Pytel turns the tables and interviews host Ben Orenstein. They discuss the process of running the podcast and Ben's roots in programming and computer science. Ben talks about his Vim mastery, how he got into public speaking, and his experiences speaking at RailsConf. This year Ben is organizing the live coding track at RailConf. Ben describes his strategies for learning programming, how he's getting into Clojure, and much more! Ben's Blog Ben's Github The Vim Learning Curve is a Myth Chad Fowler on the Giant Robots podcast How to Get Your Conference Talk Accepted How to Talk to Developers (Rails Conf 2013) 4clojure.org WellnessFX Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @cpytel on twitter.

Don Ganguly, CEO of HomeUnion Services and Jim Kean, CEO of WellnessFX talk talent with Chris Dyer.

On the Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 broadcast at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern, we chat with James R Kean, CEO, WellnessFXa San Francisco based entrepreneur 'interconnecting health and sustainability.'  We'll discuss WellnessFX, an award winning company that:  '...empowers people to live better, healthier lives with actionable insights about their personal health.   Jim is no stranger to the health innovation universe. He founded Sapient Health Network in 1995 which became the foundation of WebMD's consumer health business. More recently, Jim founded Wellness FX, an award winning Consumer Health 2.0 company. The company provides a personalized web-based nutrition, cutting-edge diagnostic, and lifestyle platform that optimizes health care for individuals and their employers.   For more information on WellnessFX and their value proposition including process, click here.   For one view on Jim's company consider what Mike Maples of Floodgate Ventures has to say:  'WellnessFX is like Google Analytics for your own body. It totally changes the way you think about taking control of your health through measurement and ongoing experimentation with different diet, exercise, and supplements.'   Join us for an informative chat with this visionary entrepreneur.  

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Jan 30, 2013 free podcast: Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Libido Also: when and how to use bitter melon extract, can you suffer withdrawal from adaptogenic herbs, the best allergy remedies, ways to stop hair loss, and when to combine cardio with interval training. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of this page, call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or (if you hate the sound of your own voice) scroll down to the “Ask Ben” form. Please don't forget to give the podcast a comment/ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute and it helps grow our healthy and fit community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Why most hotel gyms fail, via @samiinkinen. Stuff you probably didn't know about thyroid testing (during this announcement, I mention the new WellnessFX for hormone testing). Great earthing/grounding video - this is why I sleep with Earthpulse every night. ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: Tunes Review Contest: Make us laugh! Leave the funniest, craziest (but clean) review on iTunes and win a 20 minute one-on-one consult with Ben! Saturday, February 2, at 6pm PST - Coaching with Ben Greenfield. Ben is rolling out a new coaching program for folks who want to use the most cutting-edge training, nutrition, supplement and "biohacking" techniques that exist. It's going to be pretty revolutionary stuff - basically allowing for huge results with very minimal time commitments. You can join Ben this Saturday at http://goo.gl/McL9M for a special video announcement that will go over the details. If you're serious about coming on board, there will be a replay available (at that same link) which you'll need to watch within one week of the video being released (after which all seats to the new coaching program will be closed for 2013.)  Top Health, Fitness & Diet Books of 2012: Ben read a LOT of health, fitness and nutrition books during 2012. As a matter of fact, he read an average of 6 books a month. Some were good, some were bad. Curious what he read? You can find out for free, and ask your questions LIVE. Thursday, January 31, 12pm PST: Heat Prep For Cold Climate Athletes. In this webinar presentation, Ben Greenfield will teach you the science of the body's physiological response to heat. You'll learn how cold climate athletes who are non heat-acclimated can prepare for hot races via the research-proven use of body cooling gear, heat acclimation strategies, hydration strategies, dietary supplements, food choices and more. All USAT coaches are eligible for CEU's from this course. Get in now. Thursday, January 31: Join Ben for a LIVE Q&A on Jimmy Moore's "Ask The Low Carb Experts" to discuss low carb diets and performance. Tune in Thursday night at 4PST/7EST! Call 712-432-0900 or Skype freeconferencing. 7124320900. Use access code 848908. Get featured on the podcast by creating your own MyList -here's what to do (did I mention that it's free?): Create your own "MyList" list that targets your passion in health, fitness or nutrition (gear, tools, supplements or anything else), Share your MyList right here by leaving a link to it in the comments section at the bottom of the page, I'll choose the best list, and contact you for an interview about why you chose the items on your list. Want to get lots of new customers in the health, fitness and nutrition industries? Sponsor Ben's upcoming "Become Superhuman" Live Event? Full event sponsor details. “Become Superhuman” Live Event With Ben Greenfield Coming To Spokane, WA, March 8 & 9, 2013 - Reserve your spot now! The video below tells you all about it and/or you can listen to this audio interview from the Wide World Of Health to learn more. 2013 training camps: February 22 to 28: Winter Triathlon Camp in Austin. March 2 to 8: Winter Triathlon Camp in Florida. April 5 to 7: Wildflower Camp. April 14: Vietnam Trip. The Laguna Lang Co Triathlon aims to build on the success of its sister event, the legendary Laguna Phuket Triathlon. Register for the race. Nov-Dec: Ben's Annual Trip to Thailand (details TBA). Email ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com if you want in - it will fill up fast! ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, edited and sometimes read by Brock, the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast "sidekick". Alex asks @ 00:27:47 What is the best way to use Bitter Melon in terms of dosage, usage and should take it by itself? ~ In my response, I refer to MPX100. Allison asks @ 00:33:31 She began taking TianChi after hearing about it on the podcast in October of 2012 and took it pretty consistently until about the beginning of January 2013. After coming off it she has experienced unreal hormonal swings, PMS that is amplified, and two full periods this month separated by only a week. She's wondering if something in the adaptogenic herbs may have caused her hormones to go haywire when I stopped taking them. She is currently trying to get pregnant so this weirdness is kind of putting a kink in the works. She's been to an ob/gyn and had a pelvic exam and other tests and found nothing. ~ In my response, I refer to TianChi. Anonymous asks @ 00:39:43 He is 38 years old and races 70.3s and yet he doesn't have the libido he once had. He knows he isn't 19 any more but still… he would like to try some natural remedies. He tried Vit D3 (life extension) and some Cod Liver Oil (nordic naturals) and the Horny Goat Weed extract (NOW). Are those good brands? Is there a more pure form to get Horny Goat Weed? Do you think it even works? ~ In my response I list: 1. Oysters 2. Cold Showers 3. Any nitric oxide, citrulline or arginine blend, or dark chocolate/red wine. 4. Kamagra: www.FasterKam.com www.KamagraFast2.com 5. Heavy Lifting and/or Sprinting + Avoiding Chronic Cardio 6. The right bike seat. 7. Avoid porn. 8. Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy with a compounded pharmacist, particularly using the www.thewileyprotocol.com OR liposomal progesterone for women. 9. Avoid large meals  10. Herbal blends: RenewMale stacked with TianChi. Eric asks @ 01:01:32 Is wondering about Finasteride (or Propecia). What happens to the testosterone that is left? Does it mean that he has more testosterone in his body? Should he be worried about it converting to estrogen? Carlos asks @ 01:08:15 He is experiencing bad allergies this year from pollen. Is wondering if you have any recommendations for natural products or vitamins that will help with allergies. ~ In my response, I mention www.naet.com, Sinus Buster, and this post on asthma that I did with Dr. David Minkoff. Jason asks @ 01:15:23Is using the Little Method of interval training on the treadmill. After he does the interval training he likes to do some sustained cardio training. Is that going to negate the afterburn effect that interval session is giving him? Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. Many of the questions we receive have already been answered here at Ben Greenfield Fitness! ====================================== [contact-form-7 id="6222" title="Ask Ben"]======================================

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Jan 16, 2013 free podcast: How To Make Your Immune System Bulletproof (And Shorten The Duration Of A Cold). Also: IGF1 and Testosterone levels, pain from long commutes, how to fuel for a hard race on a low carb diet, can altitude affect PMS, the best Personal Trainer certification, and how a high fat diet can irritate your throat. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of this page, call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or scroll down to the “Ask Ben” form. Please don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute of your time and it helps grow our healthy community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Poop transplants for serious digestive issues? Oh yeah, it's a reality. Caution! How prevalent is Vitamin B12 deficiency in vegetarians? Pretty high. How to tell if you're Vitamin B12 deficient without actually testing (and a good Vitamin B12 Spray). Oh yeah, intermittent fasting could make you live longer. Of course, paradox is you may not enjoy life if you overdo it. Eat your heart out, Gatorade…tomato juice beats out sports drinks. LOL. ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: DATE CHANGE - Thursday, January 31, 12pm PST: Heat Prep For Cold Climate Athletes. In this webinar presentation, Ben Greenfield will teach you the science of the body's physiological response to heat. You'll learn how cold climate athletes who are non heat-acclimated can prepare for hot races via the research-proven use of body cooling gear, heat acclimation strategies, hydration strategies, dietary supplements, food choices and more. All USAT coaches are eligible for CEU's from this course. Get in now. Thursday, January 31: Join Ben for a LIVE Q&A on Jimmy Moore's "Ask The Low Carb Experts" to discuss low carb diets and performance. Tune in Thursday night at 4PST/7EST! Call 712-432-0900 or Skype freeconferencing. 7124320900. Use access code 848908. Get featured on the podcast by creating your own MyList -here's what to do (did I mention that it's free?): Create your own "MyList" list that targets your passion in health, fitness or nutrition (gear, tools, supplements or anything else), Share your MyList right here by leaving a link to it in the comments section at the bottom of the page, I'll choose the best list, and contact you for an interview about why you chose the items on your list. Want to get lots of new customers in the health, fitness and nutrition industries? Sponsor Ben's upcoming "Become Superhuman" Live Event? Full event sponsor details. “Become Superhuman” Live Event With Ben Greenfield Coming To Spokane, WA, March 8 & 9, 2013 - Reserve your spot now! The video below tells you all about it and/or you can listen to this audio interview from the Wide World Of Health to learn more. 2013 training camps: February 22 to 28: Winter Triathlon Camp in Austin. March 2 to 8: Winter Triathlon Camp in Florida. April 5 to 7: Wildflower Camp. April 14: Vietnam Trip (details TBA). "The Laguna Lang Co Triathlon aims to build on the success of its sister event, the legendary Laguna Phuket Triathlon. Register for the race. Nov-Dec: Ben's Annual Trip to Thailand (details TBA). Email ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com if you want in - it will fill up fast! ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled, edited and sometimes read by Brock, the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast "sidekick". Audio Question from Clay @ 00:26:17 Has some "lung crud", sinus headache and a cold. Wants to know if there is anything other than antibiotics that he can use to cure this? Probiotics? ~ In my response to Clay, I mention this article and also my article on how to mitigate effects of antibiotics. Audio Question from Scott @ 00:37:01 Has tested his IGF1 and Testosterone levels, first thing in the morning in a fasted state about 8 weeks apart. Both tests showed low free testosterone levels (3.9 and 4.7) and high IGF1 levels (332 and 300). He is wondering how you would interpret these results (he has his own ideas too). He's 29 years old and is training for a power lifting competition. ~ In my response to Scott, I mention private consultations with me, at pacificfit.net. I also reference my podcast with Christopher Walker on how to balance your hormones and also lab testing via WellnessFX. Audio Question from a full-time driver @ 00:43:48 Has been spending a lot of time in his car (2 to 4 hours per day) and has noticed that his running form is getting bad and his knees are hurting (especially on the left). Is there anything he can do or anything he can use to minimize the damage of being in the car so long everyday? ~ In my response I mention this set of stretches. Audio Question from Vince @ 00:49:50 Has gone low-carb (30 to 50 grams per day) and is doing less cycling and more weight lifting (off-season). He currently feels great, doesn't feel hungry, has lots of energy in the gym and on the bike. Is this the type of eating that he can maintain when the cycling season starts up again? He is concerned that a low-carb diet is good for the off-season but will not give enough "burst of energy" fuel that is necessary for a crit. ~ In my response to Vince, I recommend my Low Carb Fueling Package at www.lowcarbtriathlete.com. Audio Question from Chris @ 00:56:56 His girlfriend has been experiencing increasingly severe symptoms associated with her period since she moved to Utah for school. She is 19 years old, she's been living at 5000 feet elevation and didn't seem to get as bad symptoms when she was at 1000 feet. She gets emotional, bloated, lack of appetite, back pain and stomach cramps/pain (to the point of not wanting to get out of bed). She's not an athlete but is healthy and eats ok. Could this be happening because she is getting older, because of the elevation change, or the climate, or something else? Is there a holistic approach she could take to help with this? ~ In my response to Chris, I mention Chinese Adaptogenic Herbs like TianChi. Audio Question from Troy @ 01:06:40 Is thinking of getting a Personal Trainer certification. Has done the NASM and wasn't very impressed. The one called Nation Personal Training Institute. It is a 6 month course, 5 days a week, 9 to 5. It is about $6000 (pricey?). Seems comprehensive and is a classroom format rather than online or by mail. What would you recommend or suggest? ~ In my response to Troy, I recommend my mentorship at www.SuperhumanCoach.com. Audio Question from Keerthi @ 01:13:49 Has been following a high fat diet for a while now but he has noticed that when he eats a lot of healthy fats (like coconut oil or grass fed butter) he sometimes gets an irritation in his throat. Do you know why this might happen and what would be a possible remedy? ~ In my response to Keerthi, I recommend including lipase, or digestive enzymes like Caprazymes. Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. Many of the questions we receive have already been answered here at Ben Greenfield Fitness! ====================================== [contact-form-7 id="6222" title="Ask Ben"]======================================

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Yes, we know this episode is 2.5 hours long. Feel free to split it up as you please because we can't promise next week there will be a podcast... In this Episode #220 (Our Biggest Fitness Q&A Ever - Featuring A Very Special Guest Podcast Sidekick): Natural ways to protect yourself from radiation, is adrenal fatigue a myth, do elevation training masks work, what is the difference between sprouting and soaking, how to recover from meniscus removal, do vibration plates work for performance, how to build muscle fast, what are Ben's recommended RSS feeds for fitness, how to overcome sugar in coffee addiction, how to learn from your training logs, how to keep your run cadence high, does covering your hands and feet in the cold burn more calories, what should kids eat before soccer games, and should you be concerned if your body temperature is low? Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of this page, call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or scroll down to the “Ask Ben” form. Please don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute of your time and it helps grow our healthy community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter and Google+. Careful if you're using HIGH DOSE Branched Chain Amino Acids, esp. when combined with low carb diet: www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/4/11/1767/pdf Probiotics are just one (of many things) that can decrease your intestinal permeability & help with gut during exercise in HOT weather: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22992437 If you've heard of "Grounding" or "Earthing", pulsed electromagnetic fields like this are like those things on STEROIDS: http://goo.gl/NTsKE ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: 1. New camps announced. -February 22 to 28, 2013:  Winter Triathlon Camp in Austin - details at http://pacificfit.net/resources/calendar/ -March 2-8: Winter Triathlon Camp in Florida - details at http://pacificfit.net/resources/calendar -Week of March 17: Wildflower camp - details TBA -Vietnam Trip: April 14 - details TBA - "The Laguna Lang Co Triathlon aims to build on the success of its sister event, the legendary Laguna Phuket Triathlon. The triathlon will be comprised of a 1.8k Swim, 62k Bike and 12k Run. A triathlon Team Relay, a Duathlon and a Fun Run will round off the event program." Register for race at http://www.lagunalangcotriathlon.com/ -Ben's Annual Trip to Thailand: Nov-Dec 2013 - details TBA, but e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com if you want in because it will fill fast. 2. Ben's brand new Low Carbohydrate Diet For Athletes package is officially released and available for download! Get it here now. 3. Want to get featured on an exclusive 15 minute feature in the next BenGreenfieldFitness podcast?That's right - I'll personally call you and interview you to tell YOUR story for the podcast. Here's how: Step 1: Create your own "MyList" list that targets your passion in health, fitness or nutrition, Step 2: Share your MyList right here by leaving a link to it in the comments, Step 3: I'll choose the best list, and get you on for an interview about why you chose the items on your list - from gear to tools to supplements to anything else! OK, get MyListing away! Here's the link to add MyList to your page or profile (did I mention - it's free). 4. “Become Superhuman” Live Event With Ben Greenfield Coming To Spokane, WA, March 8 & 9, 2013 - early deadline is December 1! Click here to get in now.   ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: Keith asks: Should he be worried about the fall-out related to the radiation from the incident in Fukishima, Japan, and wants to know whether he needs to be concerned about health and radiation, and what can do about it - especially for his children. Should he avoid mushrooms and other fungi? What else should he avoid? What supplements might help? In my response to Keith, I recommend: -Metal Free Heavy Metal Detoxification Formula combined with Body Detox - follow use instructions for these exactly as on bottles. Dr. David Minkoff recommends to take Metal Free in the morning and Body Detox before bed. -6mg of iodine per day -1-2 servings edible clay per day (i.e. Edible Earth) -Oral magnesium in supplemental form (around 400-600mg/day, or until you get loose stool) -A high quality greens supplement -Full spectrum antioxidant -High quality omega 3 + Vitamin D ad Vitamin A supplementation (i.e. cod liver oil). Recommend SuperEssentials and TwinLab Cod Liver Oil. Finally, I highly recommend Dr. Mark Sircus's book: "Nuclear Toxicity Syndrome". ------------------------------------------------------ Toni asks: Husband is an endurance bike racer who is not sleeping well and is constantly fatigued, but doctors won't acknowledge it as real. What can help? In my response to Toni, I reference this article I did on adrenal fatigue: What To Do When You're Overtrained, including this anecdote: 1. Frequent Cold Exposure – Cold immersion can lower inflammation, and markers of inflammatory damage such as CRP or interleukin – which allows the body to bounce back faster from an overreached state. In my case, I have access to a very cold river that currently runs at about 40-45 degrees Farenheit, so when I saw those HRV scores begin to drop, I began full body immersion for 20-30 minutes a day, 1-2x/day (you can also achieve this in an ice bath if you live in a warmer climate without access to a cold body of water). I combined with wearing 110% compression tights and shirt filled with ice sleeves while I was sitting at home working. 2. Adaptogenic Herbs – I use a Chinese Adaptogenic Herb complex called Tian Chi, and I began to double dose on an empty stomach 1-2x/day, in mid-morning and/or mid-afternoon. The ingredients of Tian Chi include compounds that help to relieve adrenal gland stress and support proper adrenal function, including ashwaganda, eleuthero, epemedium and gotu kola. These type of compounds are incredibly effective at restoring function to your adrenal glands when you've been asking yourself to churn out adrenaline, epinephrine, norepinephrine, etc. with day after day of hard training. 3. Deep Sleep – During deep sleep, your body releases large amounts of growth hormone for repair and recovery, and initiates cellular turnover that can speed up removal of “junk” from a taxed musculoskeletal system. Once I saw my HRV score drop, my goal was to get myself into a deep sleep phase as quickly as possible, and I did this by using an Earthpulse Sleep Machine device to activate my “deep sleep” Delta brain waves, along with sleeping in a very dark room, using 500mg magnesium before bed, and making sure to use my blue-light blocking glasses at any point after 4pm in the afternoon. 4. Anti-Inflammatory Diet – Because they result in a net acidic load when you metabolize them, pro-inflammatory foods will increase inflammation and increase your pain from the inflammation. These include processed meats, foods high in omega 6 fatty acids like roasted seeds and nuts, pastries and cereals, starches, and even nightshade plants like regular potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplant. When you're injured or overtrained and looking for every available advantage, you should instead prioritize foods with natural anti-inflammatory properties, like dark-skinned fruits and vegetables (pomegranates, cherries, blueberries, plums, artichokes, spinach and broccoli are excellent), high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (cold-water fish, cod liver oil, fish oil, etc.) and natural herbal anti-inflammatories like turmeric, curcumin, garlic and ginger, or something like Capraflex, which has all that. Jeff asks: How can you recover from a lateral meniscus removal? He has some hyaluronic acid and capraflex. In my response to Jeff, I mention this free meniscus repair rehab program pdf. ------------------------------------------------------ Jenna asks: Are there any athletic or performance benefits from vibration plates? Can you lose weight from just standing on it? In my response, I mention Power Plate vibration platforms. ------------------------------------------------------ Michael asks: What does Ben think of the "Elevation Training Mask", specifically the 2.0 version? In my response, I mention the Elevation Training Mask. Bree asks: What is the difference between sprouting and soaking? ------------------------------------------------------ Augie asks: What are your top RSS feeds for exercise, performance, fitness, diet, etc? -Fitness.AllTop.com (varies) -StoneHearthNewsletters.com (varies) -TheEatingAcademy.com (Peter Attia) -PerfectHealthDiet.com (Paul Jaminet) -Cholesterol-and-health.com (Chris Masterjohn) -International Medical Veritas Association (Mark Sircus) -LifeHacker.com (varies) -TrackYourPlaque  (Dr. William Davis) -Everymantri.com (Roman Mica) -EndurancePlanet.com -BenGreenfieldFitness.com ------------------------------------------------------ Deb asks: What to do about sugar with coffee addiction?In my response to Deb, I recommend: -VIDEO: 5 Powerful Calorie Control Tricks To Help You Eat Less Food: http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/2011/10/appetitecontrol/ -VIDEO: 5 Ways To Suppress Your Appetite Without Taking Any Special Pills or Capsules: http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/2011/05/5-ways-to-suppress-your-appetite-without-taking-any-special-pills-or-capsules/ -PODCAST: How To Stop Carbohydrate Cravings In Their Tracks: http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/2011/08/episode-160-how-to-stop-carbohydrate-cravings-in-their-tracks/ -PODCAST: Inner Circle Free Episode: How To Stop Sugar & Carbohydrate Cravings In Their Tracks: http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/2010/10/inner-circle-podcast-3-how-to-stop-sugar-carbohydrate-cravings-in-their-tracks/ -ARTICLE: A Simple Six-Step System for Eliminating Food Cravings: http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/2010/05/a-simple-six-step-system-for-eliminating-food-cravings/ -ARTICLE: How To Fight Candy Cravings: http://www.bengreenfieldfitness.com/2012/10/how-to-fight-candy-cravings/ Finally, I recommend Deb check out The Diet Dominator at http://www.thedietdominator.com ------------------------------------------------------ Panka says: I want to increase my body weight, am super-skinny, and want to become a mesomorph from an ectomorph. What would be a good diet and exercise plan? In my response to Panka, I mention my book "Get Fit Guy's Guide To Achieving Your Ideal Body" at http://www.GetFitGuy.com ------------------------------------------------------ Seth asks: How to interpret your training logs and use them to get better? In my response to Seth, I mention Sami Inkinen's "Incurable Data Geek" and Joe Friel's Training blog. Mention things like cardiac drift, average power/speed, RPE, recovery time what I personally do: heart rate variability, how fast I ride to the YMCA, how fast I can do 10x30s sprint on treadmill, how fast I can swim 10x100 ------------------------------------------------------ Craig wants to know how to maintain a high run cadence. ------------------------------------------------------ Thomas wants to know if you could increase your risk of heart attack from cold exposure since when you train in the cold the cold weather on your torso speeds your heart rate up but cold on your face slows your heart rate down. He wants to know if he should cover his hands and feet. ------------------------------------------------------ 7 year old Lucas wants to know what he should eat before his hockey games. In my response, I mention my article: 5 Ways That Workout Nutrition Should be Different For Young People and Children ------------------------------------------------------ Joe wants to know why his body temperature is down to 92.6 degrees. Also, if you're in the first two weeks of your cycle your temperature will be about 1/2 degree lower than the second half. Even malnutrition and starvation can cause your body temperature to be low, but it's probably because the body down regulates the thyroid so you'll live longer. In my response to Joe, I mention WellnessFX or DirectLabs for getting these kind of tests done, and also recommend a Spectracell analysis. Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. 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Dr. Patel is a Bulletproof Physician.  He is a family physician whose practice is focused on the prevention, early detection and treatment of Diabetes and Heart Attack.  He knows his stuff, he lost over 85 lbs practicing what he preaches. He uses Bulletproof diet principles in treating patients in his practice at risk for or who have developed diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease.   In addition, he is the chief medical officer for Heart Fit for Duty, providing similar services to the first responder community.  For those of you interested in WellnessFx in Arizona, he is a WellnessFX practitioner and his family medical practice is based in Gilbert, Arizona. 

Dr. Patel is a Bulletproof Physician.  He is a family physician whose practice is focused on the prevention, early detection and treatment of Diabetes and Heart Attack.  He knows his stuff, he lost over 85 lbs practicing what he preaches. He uses Bulletproof diet principles in treating patients in his practice at risk for or who have developed diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease.   In addition, he is the chief medical officer for Heart Fit for Duty, providing similar services to the first responder community.  For those of you interested in WellnessFx in Arizona, he is a WellnessFX practitioner and his family medical practice is based in Gilbert, Arizona. 

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Nov 7, 2012 free podcast: 6 Hidden Ways That You May Be Lowering Your Metabolism & Gaining Fat Also: do body wraps work for weight loss, getting rid of diastasis recti, ways to increase your VO2 Max, how to work your upper body without using your arms, and will hyperbaric therapy work for recovery? Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of this page, call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or scroll down to the “Ask Ben” form. Please don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute of your time and it helps grow our healthy community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter and Google+. Why you shouldn't run next to busy roads (and it's not because you'll get hit by a car). Pretty sad how we're "toxifying" ourselves. Minimize the damaging effect of cereal by piling cinnamon on it. ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: “Become Superhuman” Live Event With Ben Greenfield Coming To Spokane, WA, March 8 & 9, 2013 - Anyone who purchases a ticket by Dec 1 is automatically entered in a contest to win one of two grand prizes: (Prize A) Private one on one consult with Ben (Prize B) One free ticket (choice of ticket refund or extra ticket). We will pick two early bird ticket buyers at random and award the prizes to them (these two prizes will be awarded to separate ticket buyers). If you've already purchased a ticket, you're already automatically entered. Register now! If you like podcasts, you'll love Audio Books! - Go to www.audiblepodcast.com/ben and sign up to claim your very own free audio book from Audible. This podcast is brought to you by Pacific Elite Fitness - Where you can get one-on-one nutrition consulting now with Ben Greenfield. Twelve of the most lethal and EFFECTIVE triathlon training sessions of ALL TIME! - Head over to www.maccax12.com to get access to Chris "Macca" McCormack's X12 workouts. MyList "Save all the things that rock, in one place" - the complete list of recommendations from this podcast episode are available at the BGFitness Facebook page. ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled and read by Brock, the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast "sidekick". Audio Question from Fred @ 00:14:24 Heard a lot about wraps for weight loss and is wondering what your take is? He thinks hard work and exercise are the way to go but wants to know what you think. Audio Question from Jolene @ 00:18:06 She has a torn abdominus rectus from two consecutive pregnancies and quite a large diastasis recti (4 fingers wide) and is wondering if she can train it back into position so it can heal or if it needs surgery. She is having trouble training her core properly and is having back, hip and knee problems as a result. ~ In my response I mention these ab exercises for pregnancy. I also mention the Cassandra Forsythe interview and the Tupler Technique. Audio Question from Rick @ 00:26:25 His girlfriend would like to drop 15lbs but has hypothyroidism and take 88mg of synthroid per day. She is into Crossfit 3 times a week. Beside managing her caloric intake, is there something else she could do, despite her thyroid issue? ~ In my response, I talk about my personal thyroid measurement with WellnessFX. I also mention this episode with Roby Mitchell (AKA Dr. Fitt). I recommend this book: "Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms?  When My Lab Tests Are Normal: A Revolutionary Breakthrough In Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism" and I mention my gut healing recommendations. Audio Question from Bill @ 00:44:06 Needs some help getting his endurance back. He had a bike crash and hurt his shoulder. He spent 4 months on the sofa after surgery. He just started training again but his endurance is poor. Interestingly his heart rate is staying down between the LT and AT for an entire run. How can he get his mojo back? Also what % of Body Fat do you like to have during taper week before an IM or 70.3? ~ In my response to Bill, I mention: Cordyceps, Fish Oil, and Floradix. Kayla asks @ 00:57:19 I'm a 5'3 116lb female who has been going to the gym for the past 6 months attempting to gain muscle. I've made good progress so far, however I recently started experiencing pain in both of my forearms. I saw my doctor who diagnosed me with "forearm shin splints" and have been taking naproxen and resting my arms. I've been instructed to not lift weights for a minimum of 2 weeks, probably more (depending on how the arms heal). I'm worried about losing all the muscle I've worked so hard for. Without the use of my forearms, I can't seem to work my bi's, tri's, shoulders, or back. Do you have any suggestions for keep my upper body in shape and healing faster? ~ In my answer I reference the FIT10. Richard asks @ 01:04:43 I have been looking into trying out a Hyperbaric Treatment for no other reason than just my well-being and recovery! I like the idea of getting higher oxygen levels to help cell repair and general healing. I'm 25yr old male was has been known to over-train just due to fact I feel like I can keep going. Can the Hyperbaric chamber sessions allow me to train harder and more often? ~ In my response I talk about: the book "The Oxygen Revolution: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The Groundbreaking New Treatment for Stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Arthritis, Autism, Learning Disabilities and More", the study Acute and Chronic Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Blood Circulation of Human Muscle and Tendon in Vivo and the Directory of Hyperbaric Oxygen Providers in the USA. I also mentioned the studies at www.netnet.net/mums and 1800woundcenter.org. Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. Many of the questions we receive have already been answered here at Ben Greenfield Fitness! ====================================== [contact-form-7 id="6222" title="Ask Ben"]======================================

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Oct 10, 2012 free podcast: What Kind Of Yogurt Is Best Also: choosing a bed mattress and treating a dowager's hump, who should use a breath training device, cold feet while cycling with raynaud's syndrome, how and when to use branch chain amino acids, can olive oil be bad for you, and how to deal with bicycle saddle sores. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of the screen, call 1-877-209-9439, Skype “pacificfit” or scroll down to the “Ask Ben” form. Please don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute of your time and it helps grow our healthy community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter and Google+. Full fat dairy is best (might be all that oxidized powdered milk that gets added to skim versions). These studies are weird… 78g/carb/hr shown to be "best" during exercise… but these are not fat adapted people, concentration of carb varies, blah, blah. Good article on how fish oil can decrease inflammation. ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: Go to www.audiblepodcast.com/ben - and sign up to claim your very own free audiobook. MyList (save all the things you love that rock in one place) - the complete list of recommendations from this podcast episode are available at the Facebook page. World-class coaching, including pre-recorded workouts from Ben Greenfield - now available on your iPhone with the PEAR Sports iPhone app!  This new, revolutionary PEAR Sports app is a smart, interactive personal training system that uses an advanced Bluetooth heart rate monitor to measure your body's response to a workout and provides real-time audio coaching through the PEAR Stride earphones to ensure that you train right. Everything you love about PEAR in your iPhone!  Get a PEAR now. This Friday, at 6PST/9EST - head over to facebook.com/EndurancePlanet and click on "live video" for a LIVE endurance sports nutrition Q&A with Ben Greenfield. ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled and read by Brock, the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast "sidekick". Dave asks @ 00:17:20 I am curious why your concerns about dairy do not include yogurt? I am not suggesting that they should, I'm just curious why yogurt is not a concern. Second, a fellow triathlete podcaster that I listen to is a big fan of yours but very anti olive oil. I have not heard his reasons so I am curious what you they could be. Audio Question from Drew @ 00:31:17 Can you recommend a bed mattress that is good for back pain? She tore her trapezius and fractured her tailbone (among other injuries) quite a while ago. She isn't a "sissy" but she doesn't sleep well and it is really starting to get to her. She also has a dowager's hump (hyperkyphosis) from working at a desk. Do you have any suggestions for treating that and correcting her posture? ~ In my response, I talk about the Sleep Number mattress and Brock mentions Intelliskin. Audio Question from Robert @ 00:36:40 Do you think a breath training device (like the Powerlung) would be beneficial for an older age grouper late to the game? ~ In my response, I talk about the Powerlung and mentions this podcast episode. Audio Question from Elisabeth @ 00:40:16 Looking for tips to deal with raynaud's syndrome on the bike (and in general). It acts up when her feet get cold on the bike she and sometimes just can't seem to warm them up. She uses neoprene foot warmers but it doesn't always do the trick. ~ In my response, I talk about the GSR2 Biofeedback Device and the EMWave2. I also talk about SuperEssentials Fish Oil and recommend Omega 3-Omega 6 Fatty Acid ratios, plus testing with a company like WellnessFX. Brock mentions Heat Factory Hand Warmers. Audio Question from Ty @ 00:47:09 He wants to know at what point there is a benefit in supplementing with branch chain amino acids. What threshold, in intensity and duration, should he set to beginning supplementing. ~ In my response, I talk about Recoverease  and also Master Amino Pattern. Lance asks @ 00:51:41 I have a question about how best to use Master Amino Pattern and Wobenzyme Proteolytic Enzymes to help me recover between consecutive weekends of long racing. I understand to use MAP before and after but the timing confuses me. Since the enzymes need to be on an empty stomach, and post race calories are important too, what is the best way to combine everything? Also should I continue in the following days? If so, how much and when? I'd also like to ask about tart cherry juice? Is there something special about tart cherries, or is the same effect in other juices like pomegranate, since it looks like the same active ingredient? ~ In my response, I talk about Tart Cherry Juice. Josh asks @ 00:57:59 In your blog post "The Hawaii Comedy of Errors" you mentioned that you had a bout with saddle sores. I too have had an ongoing battle with them ever since I started cycling. I've tried many different saddles and nothing has been especially wonderful. My saddle is slightly pivoted downward and I have been properly fitted. Tri-shorts make it worse than cycling bibs and, earlier in the season, they were so bad that I nearly had a full-blown infection. I've tried EVERY cream/natural remedy with no relief. I was thinking of getting an Adamo Road saddle, but wanted to get your opinion on what to do first. ~ In my response, I talk about Adamo ISM saddle, Hammer Nutrition Seat Saver (use 15% discount code 80244), SkinSake Ointment, and Tea Tree Oil. Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. Many of the questions we receive have already been answered here at Ben Greenfield Fitness! ====================================== [contact-form-7 id="6222" title="Ask Ben"]======================================

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Oct 6, 2012 free podcast: Why Do I Stink When I Workout? Also: how to get rid of skin tags, remedies for eczema, the correct way to do a single leg quad stretch, managing high blood pressure and high cholesterol, how long should your "long run" be, and even more about muscle cramps. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of the screen, call toll free to 1-877-209-9439, Skype to “pacificfit” or scroll down on this post to access the free “Ask Ben” form. If you have trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com. Also, please don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute of your time and it helps grow our healthy community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter and Google+. At the equivalent of just 1 cup per day, coffee makes you smart and focused. Eggs NOT as bad as cigarettes and are, in fact, good for you. Here's a new egg study - with good study methods. Full circle folks. NOT snacking & grazing actually increases metabolism and stabilizes appetite. And here's that video we promised about 5 exercises you can do while lying in bed... courtesy of www.oedb.org College Hacker series:   ---------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: MyList (save all the things you love that rock in one place) - Check out a complete list of recommendations from this podcast episode at our facebook page. Ben will be in Kona next week - follow all the Ironman World Championship fun at Endurance Planet's Facebook page. ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled and read by Brock, the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast "sidekick". Audio Question from Gregg @ 00:13:28 Has recently lost weight and is noticing some skin tags. Would like to know how to get rid of them himself (without going to see a dermatologist). Audio Question from Carlos @ 00:19:35 After every workout he gets a bad odour on his clothes and skin (after 45min-1hr run). ~ In my response to Carlos, I mention Dr. Brommer's soap,  oil of oregano,  Hammer Nutrition Cool Feet (use 15% referral discount code 80244). Also take a look at this homemade deodorant. Audio Question from Lisa @ 00:28:07 She has had eczema for a number of years but it has gotten worse lately. She would like to know if there are any diet changes that would help get rid of it. Audio Question from XPRS00 @ 00:32:16 He would like to know why you lean forward while doing the single leg quad stretch? ~ Take a peek at my own morning stretch routine. Audio Question from Kevin @ 00:36:09 Has been trying to change his diet (maybe ketogenic?) to beat blood pressure and cholesterol issues that run in the family. His BP is a little high but not bad (borderline). He would like to try to get it down without taking meds. ~ In my response, I mention NutraRev as a Coenzyme Q10 source. Also fish oil, Minerals, Azumio Stress Doctor and Stress Check apps, and WellnessFX. Audio Question from a helpful husband @ 00:49:26 He is helping his wife train for a "bucket list" marathon. He wants to know if she should do a 20 mile long run (LSD) even if it will take her longer that 3 hours (she runs at a 15:00/mile pace). Matt says @ 00:54:57 I recently attempted a 100 mile run and had to drop out halfway because of quad cramping and blisters. I ran 50 miles in 8:36, had good energy during the race and had even splits for the two 25 mile loops. In fact I was in first place in the 100 and would have had third if I hadn't dropped out. Was it the lack of calories (I only had about 200 during the entire race)? When I tired to run faster, or when I had to step up on a rock, both quads would seize up for several minutes. This started during the last 10-15 miles of the run. I want to add that none of this would be possible if I wasn't keto adapted. ~ In my response, I talk about taurine. Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. Many of the questions we receive have already been answered here at Ben Greenfield Fitness! ====================================== [contact-form-7 id="6222" title="Ask Ben"]======================================

Click to Subscribe to All Ben's Fitness & Get A Free Surprise Gift from Ben. Click here for the full written transcript of this podcast episode. Sep 12, 2012 free podcast: How High Intensity Interval Training Can Fix All Your Problems And Turn You Into An Unstoppable, Superhuman, Rockstar. Also: why you get diarrhea, tennis specific training, how eliminating grains effects your energy level, returning from a partial rotator cuff tear, reasons for exercise induced migraines, low-weight high-rep vs. high-weight low-rep, what is "block training", how and why to widen your "Q-Factor", and combating fatigue during your period. Have a podcast question for Ben? Click the tab on the right side of the screen, call toll free to 1-877-209-9439, Skype to “pacificfit” or scroll down on this post to access the free “Ask Ben” form. If you have trouble listening, downloading, or transferring to your mp3 player just e-mail ben@bengreenfieldfitness.com. Also, please don't forget to leave the podcast a ranking in iTunes - it only takes a minute of your time and it helps grow our healthy community! ----------------------------------------------------- News Flashes: To get these and other interesting news flashes every week, follow Ben on Twitter and Google+. What do you think is worst for diet? Sleep deprivation, boozing or TV watching? Can Yerba Mate cause cancer? - www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/nutrition/questions - articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/16/health/he-nutrition16 - www.elephantjournal.com/2012/09/yerba-mate-and-cancer/ ----------------------------------------------------- Special Announcements: Nutrition Survey - Struggle with adhering to your diet? We want to help. Please tell us about your nutrition difficulties. This is open to everyone regardless of your current level of health and fitness. Ben's Superhuman Performance Encoder wristband and Entrainer Drops - are now available. There are now time-stamps in the transcripts - of each of the latest podcasts. This makes it much easier to find the audio section you are interested in hearing. Listener Daragh finished his first Ironman - in 9:55:07 using Ben's Triathlon Dominator program. ----------------------------------------------------- Listener Q&A: As compiled and read by Brock, the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast "sidekick". Audio Question from AJ: He is a competitive cyclist and mountain bike racer. His weakness is his gut. Doesn't do well on solid foods and has switched to liquid calories. Has trouble with diarrhea especially when he is travelling. Has diarrhea a few times a week. Looking for causes and solutions. ~ In my response to AJ, I mention the Genova Parasitology test. I also mention the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, and the free Specific Carbohydrate Diet e-book. Audio Question from Carlos: Question about HIIT. Most programs says you should go high for 30 and low for 30 seconds. Would it better to use a Heart Rate Monitor and go hard/fast until I hit 180 bpm and then go slow until I hit 140bpm? ~ In my response to Carlos, I mention the complete guide to interval training article. Audio Question from Chris: In the past Ben has mentioned playing tennis. He is curious - what are the exercises and training routines that you have found to help with knee health and joint health when it comes to tennis? What training tips would you have? ~ In my response to Chris, I mention Capraflex. Audio Question from Jennifer: She has dropped grains out of her diet (except for quinoa). Does plenty of exercise and eats a lot of fruits and vegetables. She's found that she is really tired since changing her diet. What can she add to her diet to add energy but maintain the comfortable weight that she is at. ~ In my response, I mention lab testing with WellnessFX. Audio Question from Mike: Has a problem with his left shoulder. He's working out 3-5 times a week, doing intervals and weights. Lifting moderately heavy. Had a partial rotator cuff tear a few years ago. Rested it for 3 weeks and it healed up. Now every day that he lifts he gets pain the next day. What can he do to help with that? ~ In my response, I recommend this free report on Muscle Imbalances Revealed. I also mention the 7 minute Rotator Cuff Solution. Erin asks: Going for a run of 20 minutes or more often causes me to develop an aura migraine. Initially I get the bright spots in my eyes and if I continue running it will progress into the full-blown migraine. It only ever happens when I run in the morning and is made substantially worse when the weather is hot. Interestingly, I do a lot of other indoor sports and this doesn't happen during those training sessions, regardless of intensity. Can you suggest why this might be happening and what I can do to avoid it? ~ In my response to Erin, I reference my How to Get Rid of Migraine Headaches podcast with Ted Morter. Longbow asks: You mentioned in one of the earlier podcasts that recent research showed lifting lighter weights with more reps has the same result as the heavier weight with fewer reps. If the benefit is the same and the goal is "lift to failure", wouldn't it be better to lift lighter weights so the chance of getting injured is smaller? ~ In my response to Longbow, I mention this podcast that I did with Art De Vany. Also this podcast with Cary Nosler. Craig asks: I've heard a couple of things about "block training" (emphasizing one triathlon discipline at a time). What is your opinion on this? Dan asks: I was wondering what you thought about pedal spacers to widen the "Q-Factor". Is there a way to figure out what is the right pedal width for your body (besides getting a custom-fit)? Does hip-width have some correlation to foot-width? Jill asks: My monthly cycle can bring on some extreme fatigue with me unable to wake up to an alarm to exercise. It can be extremely frustrating and cuts down on the time I have to put in long sessions on the bike. As my exercise time drops off during this week every month, I feel I lose fitness and it seems to take a week or two to get back into a good groove, and then it happens again! Do you have any suggestions of herbs, supplements, etc that I could use to combat this fatigue? Is going on birth control pills the best option? ~ In my response to Jill, I mention Katylynn Wlesch's 21K Trail Run. I also mention my recommendations for estrogen dominance. Prior to asking your question, do a search in upper right hand corner of this website for the keywords associated with your question. 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Howdy folks, In today’s show, I’m very pleased to bring you the co-founder of WellnessFX, avid outdoorsman, and fellow Dartmouth grad, Jim Kean. Jim’s particular expertise is in human health potential, performance sports, and nutrition. He founded Sapient Health Network in 1995 which became the foundation of WebMD’s consumer health business. He has worked in […]