TLD 011: The Embodiment of Overall Health: Breakdown and Application with Ryan Carter

On this episode of the light diet podcast, I interviewed my good friend Ryan Carter. Ryan is a certified nutritionist in the UK, and runs a wildly successful Instagram page @livevitae. Ryan has an amazing health journey like many of us, going through a wide variety of strategies to try to improve his health that led him to deeper and deeper understandings of life. Ryan and I met through our mutual friend Tim Gray a few years ago at the London health optimization summit where I was speaking about light. He became fascinated with the work of experts like Dr. Jack Kruse, thus, began to study quantum biology, our environment, and how food and supplementation is not the be-all end-all for optimal health.   In this podcast we discuss Ryan's journey, how the body is so complex and much deeper than where most health experts and professionals are currently focused, we dive into a good amount of the science and mechanisms behind some of these things, and go away with some practical tips from Ryan about food and health, throughout the show. I'm sure you will enjoy this one!   "Humans don't have a set body weight like modern society believes, and this is where disordered eating occurs. Society's viewpoint of weight is based on one look, and it's never that. Depending where you are around the world, your weight will fluctuate naturally." - Ryan Carter   About Ryan Carter: Ryan Carter is a Registered Nutritionist mBANT in the UK who works with clients 1 on 1 all around the world. By successfully overturning many personal health struggles into strengths he has become the health coach he is today. Even after several curveballs along his journey to optimal health, Ryan was intrigued to look deeper into understanding the root causes of the physical and mental concerns that were impacting his body and mind. All of these experiences led to his focus in creating Live Vitae.   Episode Highlights: [03:12] - Who is Ryan Carter and how did Live Vitae come to be? [11:02] - The first key principles of nutrition Ryan learned related to Dr. Jack Kruse. [19:20] - What does the circadian rhythm influence? [23:14] - Ryan's research focusing on light. [30:18] - Skin cancer, UVA, free radicals and more! [47:30] - Why carbohydrates in the winter are a bad idea. [49:30] - Quantum biology, biophysics and the top books about this he recommends. [56:30] - The benefits of working with clients 1 on 1. [01:07:49] - Ryan's 3 main takeaways. [01:11:48] - Diving into the embodiment of every aspect of health. [01:13:30] - 1st: Food, 2nd: Modalities, and 3rd: Supplements. [01:21:09] - 'Light in Shaping Life': Light, blood flow and water. [01:28:12] Final thoughts   Books mentioned: Melanin, the Master Molecule - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/melanin-the-master-molecule-arturo-solis-herrera/1128979861 Life on the Edge - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Edge-Coming-Quantum-Biology/dp/0307986829 Light in Shaping Life - https://www.amazon.com/Light-shaping-life-Biophotons-medicine/dp/9081884328   Some of the thought leaders mentioned: Dr. Jack Kruse Jacob Liberman Ben Greenfield   -- Connect with Ryan! Instagram | Website | [email protected]                                                                           Connect with Matt! Instagram | Website | YouTube | Podcast