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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy HBOT In this brand new episode, we’re sitting down with Valentin and Dieter from OxyHelp to explore the fascinating world of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and how their advanced chamber technology is transforming the future of health optimization. With over 3,000 chambers in use around the globe and more than 5 million hours of logged usage, OxyHelp is redefining how individuals and professionals access the healing and performance-enhancing benefits of HBOT. Tune in to learn how OxyHelp’s innovative designs—from luxury, low-noise chambers to integrated home gyms and even podcast-ready units—are making HBOT more practical, personalized, and accessible for daily use. Whether you’re an athlete, a high-performing executive, or someone focused on longevity and wellness, this episode dives into how oxygen therapy can enhance recovery, mental clarity, energy levels, and more. Unlike traditional models that require medical oversight or clinical settings, OxyHelp offers beautifully designed, customizable chambers suited for both home and commercial environments. From helping patients with chronic illnesses to boosting peak performance in elite athletes, the conversation highlights how OxyHelp has been instrumental in shifting hyperbaric therapy from a niche treatment to a mainstream wellness strategy. We also explore the changing landscape of the wellness industry, growing demand in the longevity market, and the critical importance of safety and innovation in pressure chamber design. Hear first-hand how the company has evolved its offerings to include everything from gaming chairs to rowing machines—helping time-poor individuals fit wellness into their daily routine without compromise.   HIGHLIGHTS Of This Data-Driven HBOT Podcast [2:25] The Origin Story of OxyHelp [6:37] Dieter’s Background and His Role at OxyHelp [10:54] The Evolution of the Industry Around Hyperbaric Therapy [16:13] Overall Growth of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Market and Industry Trends  [19:24] How Hyperbaric Therapy is Used in Sports and Day-to-day Life? [21:11] The Benefits of Exercising with a Hyperbaric Chamber [26:27] Executives and Business People Use Hyperbaric Therapy [28:30] Difference Between the Traditional Mono Place and the Hyperbaric Chamber [33:37] OxyHelp’s Safety Record [45:41] Connect with Valentin and Dieter   Work with Valentin, Dieter, and OxyHelp Website: https://www.oxyhealth.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oxyhealthllc/ Valentine’s LinkedIn: Valentin Ancuta   This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track vital health data that matters while validating impact on health outcomes. The post Episode 83 – Revolutionizing Recovery: The Future of Hyperbaric Therapy with OxyHelp appeared first on Heads Up Health.

In this brand new episode, we’re sitting down with Bradley Davie to learn about the exciting new technology from InBody USA. Supported by over 5,100 clinical studies worldwide, InBody technology is revolutionizing the way we assess body composition. Discover how InBody is able to accurately report muscle mass, body fat, and other key biomarkers, allowing professionals to create more effective health interventions and regimens for patients. Unlike traditional methods, InBody offers an affordable, non-invasive solution that tracks a variety of biomarkers that are often overlooked. Tune in as Bradley dives into the importance of tracking key biomarkers like grip strength, muscle distribution, and water balance for longevity.  With its capacity to provide crucial information for individualized health regimens, InBody tools are a must-have for clinicians helping anyone looking to achieve lasting results. InBody’s body composition analysis technology represents a powerful step forward for health professionals looking to provide more personalized and effective care. With insights into crucial metrics such as muscle mass, body fat, and water distribution, InBody tools allow clinicians, wellness experts, and fitness professionals to go beyond traditional measurements, supporting data-driven decisions that enhance patient outcomes.   HIGHLIGHTS Of This Data Driven Podcast [2:30] Bradley’s Health Optimization Journey [4:10] What Makes Inbody So Unique? [6:40] Technological Differences Between the Dexus Scan and InBody [10:05] Efficient Data Management With InBody USA [12:45] The Best Biomarkers to Track [17:40] Common Use Cases for Clinicians [21:25] Understanding Hydration Levels [26:45] How Do Inbody Machines Work in Hospitals? [31:40] Must-Know Data for Longevity [37:26] Integrating InBody With Heads Up Whether used in a clinical, wellness, or fitness setting, InBody empowers health providers to offer tailored, impactful guidance—helping patients and clients achieve sustainable, health-focused goals. By integrating this technology, practitioners can support proactive health strategies and foster improved patient outcomes, making a significant impact on long-term wellness and quality of life. Connect with Bradley and InBody USA Website: https://inbodyusa.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inbodyusa Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/inbodyusa Bradley’s LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley-davie-b1a0b94b InBody Special Offer: Ecosystem Bundle $1,649 Value Complimentary height stadiometer and grip strength dynamometer for anyone purchasing an InBody body composition analyzer along with the BPbio750 blood pressure monitor. This special promotion enables health professionals to acquire the full suite of tools for a comprehensive health assessment kit, enhancing their ability to provide detailed and holistic health data to clients or patients. The kit discussed in the podcast is an integrated setup combining multiple InBody devices to create a comprehensive health assessment system. It includes:   InBody Body Composition Analyzer – This core device measures body composition metrics such as body fat percentage, muscle mass, visceral fat, and water distribution, giving a detailed view of a person’s body health beyond basic weight. Height Stadiometer – Measures height accurately, which is then synced to the body composition analyzer, ensuring precise BMI and body composition calculations. Blood Pressure Monitor (BPbio750) – This automatic device provides blood pressure readings, complementing body composition data with cardiovascular health metrics. Grip Strength Dynamometer – Measures grip strength, a predictor of overall muscle quality and a key indicator of longevity and health. Grip strength has been linked to outcomes related to cardiovascular health and metabolic efficiency. Together, these devices communicate via Bluetooth, integrating all collected data into a single profile on the body composition analyzer. The synchronized data offers a full health snapshot, enabling practitioners to assess patients’ overall health more thoroughly. This kit is especially valuable for clinics, wellness centers, and longevity programs, as it provides an all-in-one solution for tracking and managing various health metrics. Learn more. CPT Code Resources Download CPT Codes For BCA 1.1 Download CPT Codes For InGrip   This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track vital health data that matters while validating impact on health outcomes. Optimize Health & Longevity Synchronize your clients’ medical records, labs, wearables, apps, and more into Heads Up for better outcomes. 
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As ice baths become more and more popular, you might be wondering – how are they actually good for your longevity?  Join us for an engaging conversation with Thomas P. Seager, PhD, co-founder of Morozko Forge, one of the pioneers of commercially available ice baths designed for biohacking. With over 150 scientific articles to his name, Dr. Seager is dedicated to addressing critical public health issues by building technologies that improve metabolic health and resilience. In this episode, we talk about how ice baths have, time and time again, proven to offer numerous health benefits, such as boosting testosterone levels, enhancing thyroid function, and improving metabolic function. We also dive into the science behind mitochondrial health and how prioritizing this aspect of our health can be groundbreaking for our overall well-being. Throughout our conversation, Dr. Seager shares compelling stories of how ice baths have led to miraculous health transformations – both in his own family and among Morozko clients. With incredible stories of physiological and psychological healing, it’s no question how powerful ice baths can be for anyone’s health optimization journey. This episode serves as yet another powerful reminder of how science can create a positive impact when utilized for a greater purpose. HIGHLIGHTS Of This Data Driven Podcast [0:55] Creating the First Icebath Company [4:50] On Getting Poor PSA Test Results [8:05] Miracle Transformations With Ice Baths [12:50] Our Glaring Public Health Crisis  [14:25] Ice Plunge vs Ice Bath [18:50] Understanding Human Resilience [23:50] His Son’s Diagnosis With Type 1 Diabetes [27:25] Shrinking His Wife’s Tumor With Ice Baths and Keto [37:05] How the Brain Is the Most Energy-Extensive Organ [44:10] Improving Mitochondrial Health [49:55] How Cold Water Therapy Saved John Huntsman [52:00] Boosting Sex Hormones Connect with Thomas Seager Website: https://www.deltagketones.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seagertp/  X: https://x.com/seagertp Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaspseager/  Personal Blog: https://seagertp.substack.com/ Uncommon Cold: The Science & Experience of Cold Plunge Therapy by Thomas P. Seager:  https://www.morozkoforge.com/buy-uncommon-cold  Barefoot to Billionaire: Reflections on a Life’s Work and a Promise to Cure Cancer by John Huntsman: https://a.co/d/07w41pXo This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track vital health data that matters while validating impact on health outcomes. Optimize Health & Longevity Synchronize your clients’ medical records, labs, wearables, apps, and more into Heads Up for better outcomes. 
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Exploring Ketogenic Therapy with Exogenous Ketones What if you could reach ketosis almost immediately, without having to endure an 72-hour water fast? In this episode, Brian McMahon of deltaG Ketones discusses the science behind ketone monoester and its ability to deliver improved cognitive function, enhanced physical performance, and overall metabolic resilience. Spearheaded by the University of Oxford and the National Institutes of Health, this product represents decades of research to perfect its unique formulation that enables users to achieve deep ketosis without depleting glycogen stores. [Ketones Research] With over 70 clinical studies, deltaG® has proven its dominance over other ketone products. Notably, deltaG® has shown remarkable benefits, such as an 87% improvement in brain network stability, a 15% increase in power output, and enhanced recovery and focus. Tune in for an engaging discussion on the transformative potential of achieving Performance Ketosis and the importance of monitoring ketone levels. In today’s epidemic of metabolic dysfunction, ketones are essential in combating insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, fatigue, and blood glucose instability. Learn more about how deltaG Ketones offer an alternative energy source that doesn’t require dietary changes and addresses chronic energy deficits in the body for long-term vitality and wellness. Want to try deltaG? If you would like to experience deltaG for yourself, click here and use the coupon code HEADSUP20 to get a 20% discount! HIGHLIGHTS Of This Data Driven Podcast [2:10] How deltaG Came to Be [6:30] The Technical Process Behind Transesterification [7:25] What Makes deltaG Unique [10:40] Comparing Current Ketone Products to deltaG [15:20] Why You Should Test Your Ketones [22:20] Replicate A 72-Hour Water Fast In Just 15 Minutes [25:05] deltaG Product Reveal [29:05] Which Product Is Best For You? [32:35] The Incredible Benefits of Ketones [37:50] The Power of Self-Monitoring Learn More About deltaG Ketones 20% Discount Code: HEADSUP20 deltaG Ketones Website deltaG Linkedin Page Connect with Brian McMahon LinkedIn Profile: Schedule a Consult with Brian This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click here to start your free starter account. Optimize Health & Longevity Synchronize your clients’ medical records, labs, wearables, apps, and more into Heads Up for better outcomes. 
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Psychedelic therapy has become a leading proponent in accessing deep trauma and unlocking profound healing — but how does it work when treating eating disorders and obesity?  Join us for an eye-opening episode with functional nutritionist Jillian Acosta who advocates for the healing power of psychedelics in rewiring our personal relationship with food, accessing personal trauma, and restructuring our inner world. Jillian Acosta is a leading functional dietician and nutritionist with a passion for serving clients struggling with disordered eating.  She founded The Root Cause Method in 2020 where she combines her expertise in biochemistry and physiology with her passion for patient-centered, trauma-informed care to create a safe space for clients to heal with the help of psychedelics and other spiritual tools.  Jillian’s philosophy revolves around the ideology that chronic illnesses and disordered eating are deeply rooted in untapped and repressed trauma. In her practice, she works with physicians who specialize in ketamine therapy to help clients transform their relationship with food and themselves.In this episode, Jillian debunks the common misconceptions surrounding eating disorders, emphasizing that they are often not about the food itself but rather an attempt to self-soothe and emotionally regulate.  We tackle the interconnectedness of mental and physical health with Jillian as she discusses the profound impact of thought patterns on overall well-being. With therapeutic tools like ketamine and cannabis, Jillian’s innovative “The Garden” program fosters holistic healing by addressing disordered eating from a psychological perspective. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:00] What Does Jillian Do as a Functional Dietician/Nutritionist? [5:45] Debunking Misconceptions Surrounding Eating Disorders [12:35] Understanding Our Thought Patterns [17:55] How Mental and Physical Health Perpetuate Each Other [23:50] Using Ketamine and Cannabis as Therapeutic Tools [27:00] Diving Into Jillian’s “The Garden Program” [34:15] Understanding the Truth Behind Disordered Eating [41:48] On Tracking Weight as a Trigger [49:55] How to Get Started With Integrative Mental Health and Psychedelics [56:00] Accessing a Psychological Blueprint Through Psychedelics Work with Jillian Acosta: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillianacosta_rd/ Website: https://www.therootcausemethod.com/ Resource Mentioned: American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M): https://www.A4M.com/ Joyous: https://www.joyous.team/ Journey Clinical: https://www.journeyclinical.com/ Mindbloom: https://www.mindbloom.com/ MAPS: https://maps.org/?id=5000 MDMA-assisted therapy for moderate to severe PTSD: a randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02565-4 Chacruna: https://chacruna.net/  Dr. Michelle Weiner: https://www.drmichelleweiner.com/ This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 79 – Psychedelic Therapy for Obesity and Eating Disorders with Jillian Acosta appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Join us in today’s episode as we talk about the science of longevity, epigenetics, and its profound implications for understanding the aging process with Ryan Smith, the visionary founder of TruDiagnostic. Ryan Smith’s journey into the realm of healthcare innovation began with a bold vision to redefine how we perceive age. With a deep understanding of epigenetics and a commitment to advancing personalized medicine, Ryan embarked on a mission to predict biological age outcomes and longevity with unprecedented accuracy.  Through TruDiagnostic’s groundbreaking research, they have achieved an astonishing 92% accuracy rate in predicting outcomes based on biological age, revolutionizing disease prevention and treatment strategies. TruDiagnostic has developed cutting-edge algorithms to interpret methylation data, offering valuable insights into inflammatory markers, disease diagnosis, aging pace, cellular replication, and more. Join us for this exciting episode as we discuss the amazing research that shows us the research behind longevity, quantifying the aging process, and understanding how our past experiences and traumas are stored in our DNA through an extraordinary mind-body connection. We talk about how these advancements in research can help us accurately predict biological outcomes and detect diseases such as cancer at an earlier rate. Through TruDiagnostic’s pioneering work, we can gain a deeper understanding of how we can harness the power of epigenetics to live healthier, longer lives. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:10] Origins of TruDiagnostic [5:14] Longevity – Reframing the Way We See Age [7:50] Unpacking the Science of Epigenetics [11:53] Predicting Outcomes with Biological Age [17:00] How TruDiagnostic Prioritizes Cost-Effective Lab Testing [19:15] Understanding the Difference between Genetics and Epigenetics [20:20] How Our History, Trauma, and Other Neurological Conditions Is Stored in Our DNA [25:30] Studying the Mind-Body Connection [31:15] Learning How We Can Age at a Better Pace Work with Ryan Smith of TruDiagnostic: Website: https://trudiagnostic.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyRY2HtORSf/ Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-smith-lexington-ky/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruDiagnostic/ Use the discount code “HeadsUp” for a 20% discount off TruDiagnostics services: Lean more Resource Mentioned: The Rejuvenation Olympics Website: https://rejuvenationolympics.com/ On Biological Clocks OMICmAge: An integrative multi-omics approach to quantify biological age with electronic medical records: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.16.562114v2 (SymphonyAge) SystemsAge: A single blood methylation test to quantify aging heterogeneity across 11 physiological systems: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.13.548904v1.full.pdf DunedinPACE, a DNA methylation biomarker of the pace of aging: https://elifesciences.org/articles/73420Imprintome and Transgenerational Epigenetic Signatures Epigenetic Changes from Holocaust survivor children: https://www.research.va.gov/currents/1016-3.cfm#:~:text=Interestingly%2C%20Holocaust%20survivors%20and%20their,methylation%20than%20the%20control%20children. Leukocyte methylomic imprints of exposure to the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: a pilot epigenome-wide analysis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8672329/ Fear transmitted through generations in mice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-finds-that-fear-can-travel-quickly-through-generations-of-mice-dna/2013/12/07/94dc97f2-5e8e-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html An epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder in US veterans implicates several new DNA methylation loci: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-020-0820-0Interventional trials to Improve Biological Age Unveiling the Epigenetic Impact of Vegan vs. Omnivorous Diets on Aging: Insights from the Twins Nutrition Study (TwiNS): https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.26.23300543v1 Epigenetic age biomarkers and risk assessment in adult spinal deformity: a novel association of biological age with frailty and disability: https://thejns.org/spine/view/journals/j-neurosurg-spine/aop/article-10.3171-2023.10.SPINE23435/article-10.3171-2023.10.SPINE23435.xml Exploring the effects of Dasatinib, Quercetin, and Fisetin on DNA methylation clocks: a longitudinal study on senolytic interventions: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.22.23295961v1 Longitudinal Study of DNA Methylation and Epigenetic Clocks Prior to and Following Test-Confirmed COVID-19 and mRNA Vaccination: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.819749/full#:~:text=Our%20findings%20revealed%20that%20significant,dysfunction%20induced%20by%20COVID-19  This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. 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In today’s episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Jeremy Stich as he takes us on an enlightening conversation on his journey of understanding how physics, energy medicine, and biohacking can transform lives for the better. Despite starting out his medical career as a skeptic of alternative medicine, his personal and family health challenges led him down a path toward a deeper understanding of physiology, epigenetics, and bioenergetics. With over 11 years of experience in emergency medicine, Dr. Stich now combines his expertise in nutrigenomics with physics-based integrative medicine, empowering individuals to take charge of their health. Throughout the episode, Dr. Stich dives into fascinating topics such as studying energetic systems of the body, the journey of his daughter with Spina Bifida, and how we can best adapt to our modern day conditions. Dr. Stich and his team at LYV Wellness are at the forefront of revolutionizing the healthcare landscape, offering innovative solutions to empower individuals on their journey to optimal health and vitality. We also delve deeper into the revolutionary Ammortal Chamber, a cutting-edge technology that efficiently combines five scientifically proven, non-invasive biohacks into one transformative experience. Dr. Stich walks us through the chamber’s guided experience, which blends light, electro-magnetics, molecular hydrogen, music, meditation, breath work to energize the entire being for longevity, vitality, and supercharged performance. So if you’re ready to elevate your health this 2024, tune in for an engaging and informative discussion on the latest episode of Data-Driven Health Radio! HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [0:55] About Dr. Jeremy Stich [2:35] Studying Energetic Systems of the Body [7:20] His Daughter’s Journey with Spina Bifida [13:00] Exploring the Magus of Java [16:20] The Power of the Ammortal Chamber [21:00] Replicating Forest Bathing [29:30] How the Ammortal Chamber Allows You to Efficiently Stack Biohacks [34:30] One Health Hack Everyone Needs [37:40] LYV Wellness Work with Dr. Jeremy Stich: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.jeremystich/  LYV Wellness: https://lyv-wellness.com/ Ammortal Chamber: https://www.ammortal.com/chamber LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-stich-47368b144/ Resource Mentioned: Book: The Magus of Java: Teachings of an Authentic Taoist Immortal by Kosta Danaos: https://a.co/d/8E2NEx5 Meridian Regulatory Acupuncture: https://mra-acup.my.canva.site/  This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 77 – Physics and Bioenergetics in Medicine: Exploring the Ammortal Chamber with Dr. Jeremy Stich appeared first on Heads Up Health.

In today’s episode, we’re sitting down with Dr. Jason Sonners who has helped thousands of patients treat a wide range of debilitating conditions through the Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Tune in as Dr. Jason shares how HBOT drastically changed his own life 17 years ago, thus inspiring him to dedicate his life’s work to educate and support patients through the incredible power of hyperbaric therapy. Join us as we take a closer look at the intricacies behind hyperbaric therapy and how the process of pumping more oxygen into the body can lead to profound healing at the cellular level. By breathing in pure oxygen within a controlled pressurized chamber, the extra oxygen allows the body speed up the healing process at a tremendous rate. We also break down the difference between soft chambers and hard chambers, as well as discussions on inflammation, proper breathing techniques, and sleep hygiene. As functional medicine continues to pave its way into everyday life, join us for an enlightening episode on the impact of improving access to hyperbaric chambers for individuals seeking holistic and transformative approaches to healing. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [1:30] Introducing Hyperbaric Therapy [7:30] Unpacking the Science Behind It [11:10] Understanding Soft Chambers vs. Hard Chambers [14:22] Insights From Studies on Hyperbaric Healing [16:10] Addressing Inflammation Through Hyperbaric Therapy [20:40] How Pumping More Oxygen Can Heal Cells [29:00] Healing Mitochondrial Dysfunction [32:10] The Underestimated Importance of Proper Breathing [39:25] Tracking Heart Variability for Optimal Health [42:35] Introducing Hyperbaric Chambers to Brick-And-Mortar Clinics [45:45] Designing Protocols to Complement Hyperbaric Medicine Work with Dr. Jason Sonners: Website: https://hbotusa.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drs_sonners/ Resource Mentioned: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor – https://a.co/d/1q46JqH This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 76 – Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy with Dr. Jason Sonners appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Dr. Beth McDougall is a leading integrative medical doctor who co-founded Jyzen, a world-class bio-optimization lab based in Mill Valley, CA. With over 25 years of experience, she has been at the forefront of an emerging paradigm shift to transform the practice of traditional medicine. As an accomplished author and speaker, Dr. Beth comes with a wealth of knowledge on how one can achieve profound well-being and radical healing.Tune in for an eye-opening episode on the early days of integrative medicine, Dr. Beth’s insights into common health conditions, and the power of being a ‘medical detective’. We dig deep into toxin tests, mitochondrial dysfunction, longevity secrets, and more. We also discuss how Dr. Beth has integrated the best of integrative medicine with state of the art biohacking and physical fitness – all under one roof at Jyzen. This episode offers must-hear learning moments for anyone thinking about reversing disease, anti-aging, and achieving optimal health. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [1:15] Beginning the Integrative Medicine Journey [4:55] Dave‘s Profound Experience With Functional Medicine [7:35] Most Commonly Treated Conditions at JYZEN [11:00] Must-Do Toxin Tests [13:01] Watch Out for Mitochondria Dysfunction  [15:55] The Secret Being a Medical Detective [19:25] Why JYZEN Is a Powerhouse for Longevity [25:42] Who Is JYZEN For? [31:40] The Incredible Way Water Remembers [42:20] The Impact of Our Personal Lifestyle Choices [45:15] Heads Up and JYZEN Collaboration Work with Dr. Beth McDougall: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethmcdougallmd/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/drbethmcdougall/ LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-mcdougall-md/  Connect with JYZEN: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jyzen_wellness/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jyzen/about/ Book Mentioned: Your Pristine Blueprint: The Missing Key to Longevity, Reversing Disease, and Radically Transforming Your Life by Beth McDougall: https://a.co/d/45M1EIS The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird Resources: Transduction of DNA information through water and electromagnetic waves This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 75 – Combining Functional Medicine and Biohacking With Dr. Beth McDougall appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Dr. Lara Varden, PhD is a scientist, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Licensed Ecclesiastical Holistic Practitioner, Certified Functional Genomics Practitioner, and Certified Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Counselor.  She serves as an esteemed clinician at The DNA Company, while spearheading Sacred Genomics as its Co-Founder and CEO, as well as holding the position of Adjunct Professor at Clarkson University’s Biology Department. An expert in cellular biology, molecular genetics, biochemistry, neuroscience, and functional nutrition, her practice focuses on functional genomics and holistic health.  In this episode, we are privileged to host Dr. Lara Varden, a functional genomics practitioner who advocates for a holistic approach to well-being, starting with understanding the history of our body, our family, and our environment. As traditional medicine continues to limit our capacity to address chronic conditions, our guest today is dedicated to guiding individuals and groups towards transformational change to become the best versions of themselves. Join us as Dr. Lara delves into the nuances of genetics and epigenetics, shedding light on how gene awareness can be a transformative force in one’s health journey. Discover how you can beat your propensity for certain diseases and upgrade your health through intentional testing and data-driven insights. Dr. Varden’s passion lies in educating and empowering individuals and groups with untapped knowledge to enhance energy, immunity, and healing from chronic ailments. Guided by the motto of “Service to Others,” she firmly believes in everyone’s inherent right and capacity for love, joy, and self-healing. She optimizes epigenetics through nutrition, lifestyle shifts, and holistic integration. Additionally, she emphasizes biohacking, longevity, and healthy aging.  HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [5:30] Filling the Gaps in Traditional Medicine [9:01] Understanding Epigenetics [13:55] How Gene Awareness Can Transform Your Health [17:00] Where to Start and How to Get Tested [20:55] Interpreting and Influencing Your Stats [27:10] Taking a Look at Your Toxic Load [30:50] Optimizing Your Body’s Detoxification Process [35:35] Factoring in Deep Sleep [45:55] Learning How To Self-Heal [50:35] Tapping Into Your Higher Self [43:10] How Cellular Medicine Improves the Way We Age Work with Dr. Lara Varden: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lara-j-varden-5579b411/  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/drvardenofficial/  https://www.instagram.com/dnatalkspodcast/ The DNA Company:  https://www.thednacompany.com/  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thednacompany4669  Podcast: https://www.thednacompany.com/blogs/unpilled-podcast  Email:  [email protected] Spirit Rock Meditation Center: https://www.spiritrock.org/ This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 74 – Genetic Coaching for your Clients with Dr. Lara Varden appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Today, we’re sitting down with Nathalie Niddam, a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Epigenetic Coach who’s dedicated to educating her growing community on the power of health optimization and biohacking to reverse one’s biological age.  In this episode, we discuss the scientific benefits of signalling molecules. If you’re new to the concept of Bioregulators and Peptides, this episode makes for an excellent introduction. We discuss its scientific benefits, proven tests, and how Nathalie herself integrates certain protocols to enhance her overall well-being.  Get to know more about the astonishing potential of epitalon and thyramin, which has been hailed as having the largest global effect on the human system. With an improved quality of life over time, reversing the biological clock has never been this accessible for anyone committed to getting younger as we get older. So if you’re just starting out in the world of health optimization or you’re looking to elevate your biohacking game, be sure to tune in to learn how you can best map out your journey and become a part of her inspiring community of passionate individuals in the Optimizing SuperHuman Performance FB Group. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [5:30] Detoxifying With Combo [8:30] Signalling Molecules and Peptides 101 [12:35] On Bioregulator Peptides [14:00] The Power of Starting With Epitalon  [19:35] The Secret Benefits of Melatonin [22:00] Explaining the Forms of Bioregulators [27:10] Understanding Epitalon Protocols [33:30] Is It Worth Tracking Biological Age? [35:05] Getting to Know All the Bioregulators [36:55] Navigating Personal Stats [40:45] Join Communities Dedicated to Biohacking [45:08] Why You Should Work With a Personal Coach Work with Nathalie Niddam: Website: https://www.natniddam.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathalieniddam/ Optimizing SuperHuman Performance FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/462749384302295 Podcast: https://www.natniddam.com/podcast  Longevity Conference 2023: https://www.a4m.com/exhibit-vegas-2023.html  This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 73 – Bioregulators with Nathalie Niddam appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Join us for episode 72 with Adam Kadela. Adam is the co-founder of DexaFit, a digital health company revolutionizing the way we analyze and understand DEXA scans.  If you’ve ever had a Dexa scan done, you are aware of the fantastic data the report provides for understanding body composition.  The biggest challenge has been keeping track of all data from past Dexa scans so you can easily spot the trends. DexaFit is finally solving this problem once and for all! In this episode, we dive deep into how DexaFit helps you pull together all of your historical scans in a single place. You can visit any DexaFit location in the country and all your results are instantly synchronized into the DexaFit app.  With the help of DexaFit, users are now able to track the long term trends and pinpoint exactly how their body composition is changing over time. Whether you’re a committed biohacker or trying out preventive wellness for the first time, DexaFit is the leader in body composition analysis.  Check out this engaging episode for a glimpse into how the DexaFit revolution is changing health awareness and perception, one Dexa scan at a time. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [3:10] The DexaFit Origin Story[8:25] What Are DEXA Scans? [14:15] How Dave Transformed His Overall Fitness [20:15] Pioneering The DexaFit Innovation [24:00] Cracking the Code to Weight Loss [28:50] How Dexascans Help Refine Your Fitness Plans [31:05] Where to Find DexaFit-Enabled Centers [33:10] How Body Fat Percentage Is Extremely Misleading [37:45] The Exciting Future of DexaFit [39:30] Understanding Appendicular Lean Mass (ALM) Work with Adam Kadela: Linkedin:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-kadela-15a09317/ DexaFit: https://www.dexafit.com/ Shop DexaFit: https://www.dexafit.com/shop-dexafit This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 72 – Unlocking DEXA data with Adam Kadela from DexaFit appeared first on Heads Up Health.

In this episode we discuss the latest science around weight loss and body composition using peptides and supplements including GLP-1, CJC-1295, Ipamorelin, LeuSynergy, MOTS-c, BPC-157 and more. Leonard Pastrana is a clinical pharmacist who shares his expertise on cellular medicine, peptide protocols and more. Leonard is the founder/CEO of nuBioAge, a wellness network focused on helping practitioners develop customized protocols for their patients. Join us for a cutting edge discussion on how peptide protocols can transform the way we think about weight loss, body composition and longevity. We also talk about the importance of diagnostic lab testing and advanced body composition testing from DEXA and InBody.  This episode serves as a crash course for anyone interested in leveraging how peptides can drastically transform your weight loss journey and set you up for success in the years to come. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [3:20] Len’s Introduction to Peptides [6:20] How Nubioage Came to Be [10:20] Unpacking Cellular Intelligence [13:55] Changing the Way We See Long-Term Health [15:30] On The Peptide Super Stack  [19:03] The Power of Low Dosing L-Leucine [22:30] Preserving Muscle with Growth Hormones [24:30] Successful Experience with GLP-1 [30:00] Increasing Testosterone with Strength Training [35:35] Leonard’s Recommended Protocol for Weight Loss [43:10] How Cellular Medicine Improves the Way We Age [44:50] Comparing Scale Weight vs. Body Composition Work with Leonard Pastrana: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonardpastrana/ NuBioAge: https://nubioage.com/ NuBioAge Store: https://shop.nubioage.com/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/leonardpastranalive/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonard-pastrana-6a443257/ This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 71 – Peptide Protocols for Maximizing Fat Loss and Building Lean Muscle with Leonard Pastrana appeared first on Heads Up Health.

In this episode, we interview Functional Medicine practitioner Awais Spall for an engaging conversation on the power of peptide therapy for microbiome health. More specifically, we dig into some powerful peptides for microbiome medicine including BPC 157, KPV peptide, Thymosin Alpha 1 and Larazotide.Awais Spall is a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner committed to empowering people to step outside conventional medicine and enter the restorative world of Functional Medicine, peptide therapy, Ayurveda and psychospiritual health. His passion for integrative health interventions began after his own challenges with recurring physical injuries and digestion issues. Today, Awais has worked with countless clients and athletes to provide unique approaches to leading healthy lives through Functional Medicine approaches to microbiome health. So if you’re interested in the fascinating science of peptide therapy, microbiome medicine and cutting-edge biohacks, get ready to jot down notes from this incredibly educational episode! HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:30] Getting Started with Unconventional Medicine [6:05] On Awais’ Shoulder Injury [10:10] Am I Actually Healthy? [14:20] How Regenerative Health Can Heal Food Intolerances [21:35] What Is Larazotide? [28:00] Our Personal Favorite Peptides (BPC-157, KPV, Thymosin Alpha 1, Larazotide) [29:17] The Power of the Epitalon Peptide [35:00] Optimizing Health As We Age [41:25] The Psychospiritual Aspect of Integrative Health [44:55] How to Work With Awaiss Spall Work with Awais Spall: Website: https://integrativeoasis.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativeoasis/ Email: [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 70 – Peptide Therapy for Microbiome Health with Awais Spall appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Don Moxley is an esteemed longevity science leader who is best known for his passion for studying human performance and teaching audiences how to add more life to our years. With an impressive background in athletics, sports science, and coaching, Don has dedicated his life to helping people to live more vibrant and fulfilling lives at all ages through the science of longevity and autophagy. Throughout his career, Moxley has advocated for incorporating applied science to enhance well-being. As an experienced sport scientist, he provided athletes with the means to track their progress in strength, cardiovascular and resilience training, which has helped his athletes bag a national title, two Olympic medals, four World Championships, seven National Championships, and 23 All-Americans. In today’s episode, we’re diving into the powerful new supplement that can drastically improve your rest, recovery, and overall performance. HRV+ is known as the world’s first expert-curated blend of all-natural micronutrients that is targeted to boost your heart rate variability or HRV. Join us for an insightful discussion on understanding our endocannabinoid system, improving our HRV, and reaping the long-term benefits of this powerful metric, Learn how Mode+Method validate their New HRV+ supplement outcomes in this Supplement Outcomes Validation Research Case Study HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:10] Don’s Background in Sports Science [3:50] What is the Endocannabinoid System? [10:20] Why HRV Is One of the Most Important Metrics [13:20] The Untapped Potential of HRV in Professional Sports [21:20] Correlating Performance with HRV [23:05] How Cannabis Influences HRV [28:55] The Benefits of the HRV+ Supplement [35:45] How Traditional Healthcare Is Failing Us [38:45] Analyzing the Body’s Reaction to Long-Term Fasting [41:40] How to Actually Improve HRV [48:35] Is It Possible to Overtrain? [52:40] The Power of Learning Breath Work Learn more about Don’s work: Website: https://about.me/donmoxley Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donmoxley/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/donmoxley  HRV+ : https://modemethod.com/ Spermidine Life:https://spermidinelife.com/ Train Recover Win: https://trainrecoverwin.wordpress.com/ Supplement Case Study: https://headsuphealth.com/blog/case_studies/mode-method/ Other Recommendation Oura Sleep & HRV Decentralized Research Study The Biohacking Conference 2023 This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 69 – Boosting HRV Levels with Don Moxley appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Dr. Justin Marchegiani is an innovative healthcare practitioner who is committed to building a holistic approach to addressing his patient’s health issues. His passion lies in identifying underlying causes of thyroid and hormone imbalances as these are factors that are commonly overlooked in conventional medicine. As a leading speaker and educator on understanding underlying dysfunctions in our body systems, Dr. Justin offers cutting-edge techniques to address the neglected healthcare needs of his patients. His interest in thyroid health has also inspired him to publish The Thyroid Reboot, which provides actionable insights on how to balance thyroid health to improve your overall health. Tune in for this week’s episode as Dr. Justin shares a concise yet comprehensive understanding of how our thyroid glands affect our overall well-being more than we realize and how conventional lab tests fail to paint the full picture. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:30] Seeing Success With Dr. Justin [6:25] How Conventional Medicine Overlooks Thyroid Health [8:37] What Thyroid Issues Mean For Your Overall Health [12:10] Why Testing For TCH Simply Isn’t Enough [14:05] Factors That Affect Thyroid Activation [15:20] How Thyroid Testing Helped Dave Identify His Health Needs [17:30] Understanding The Activation Process [20:40] How Emotional Stress Affects Your Health [25:00] On B-Vitamin Supplements [26:36] Diving Into Healthy Ranges [29:45] The Difference Between Basal and Body Temperatures [32:10] Why Getting A Full Thyroid Panel Is Important [35:20] The Top 3 Health Metrics According To Dr. Justin Learn more about Dr. Justin: Website: https://justinhealth.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinhealth/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JustInHealthWellnessClinic/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@justinhealth Dr. Justin’s Recommendations Beyond Wellness Radio Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-wellness-radio/id836857469?mt=2 Basal Thermometer: http://justinhealth.com/thermometer This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 68 – Functional Medicine Approaches to Thyroid Health with Justin Marchegiani appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Mark Young, CEO of Zona Plus, is committed to delivering practical solutions in a way that invites people to the world of integrated health strategies. In today’s episode, Mark is sharing everything you need to know about the Zona Plus, the latest biohacking solution that can drastically improve your cardiovascular health in just 12 minutes a day! Tune in for this episode as we dive into the science behind how Zona Plus can do wonders for your health! Whether you’re looking to address chronic joint pain or regulate your blood pressure, the Zona Plus offers a range of benefits through simple hand-grip exercises that you can do from the comforts of your own couch! This episode is perfect for anyone looking to enter the data-driven and integrated health space. We talk about the accessibility of Zona Plus and how its integration with Heads Up makes it a powerful tool to understand our unique algorithm to optimize our health. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:40] Mark’s Origin Story [10:00] What Exactly Is Zona Plus? [15:14] How Zona Plus Helps You Achieve Static Contraction  [17:30] The Benefits Of Nitric Oxide For The Body [20:45] How Zona Plus Can Help With Blood pressure as you age [24:40] Getting A Cardiovascular Workout From Your Couch! [28:05] The Problem With Traditional Healthcare [32:00] Figuring Out The “Algorithm” Of Your Health [37:20] How Heads Up And Zona Plus Can Supercharge Your Life [41:05] The Best Introduction To Integrated Health Solutions [47:00] Mark’s Top 3 Health Metrics Learn more about Zona Plus: Website: https://www.zona.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zonahealth/  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/MyZonaHealth  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZonaHealth Connect with Mark via email: Email: [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 67 – Improving Cardiovascular Fitness with Mark Young from Zona Plus appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Bob Troia and Jeremy Gollehon, the masterminds behind Pepcalc, are healthcare innovators and tech entrepreneurs that are dedicated to simplifying health optimization as much as possible.  In their pursuit to simplify their own biohacking systems, these innovators built a high-functioning Peptide calculator that ensures users avoid miscalculating their Peptide dosages. Currently, Pepcalc is booming as one of the top-ranked paid Health & Wellness apps on the market. Join us for this episode as we cover the countless benefits of Peptides, how Pepcalc can improve your life, and our ultimate end goals with biohacking. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:30] Bob’s Introduction to Biohacking [6:30] Jeremy’s Crucial Career Pivot [8:06] The Dawn of Biohacking [12:35] How Pepcalc Can Make Your Life 1000 Times Easier [16:49] Simplifying Health Optimization  [19:40] A Walkthrough On How PepCalc Works [29:05] More On David’s Biohacking Routines [34:50] Does Melatonan Work? [38:55] How Biohacking Can Reverse Aging [42:40] The Benefits of Different Peptide Stacks [46:10] The Science Behind Natural Peptides [48:43] How Peptides Are Used Beyond Biohacking Learn more about Bob and Jeremy’s work over here: Awesome LabsWebsite: https://isjustawesome.com/  Pepcalc: https://pepcalc.app/Bob TroiaWebsite: https://www.quantifiedbob.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quantifiedbob/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/quantifiedbob Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troia/  Jeremy GollehonTwitter: https://twitter.com/gollyjerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gollyjer/ This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 66 – Pepcalc: The Simple Calculator For Peptide Dosage appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Jack Dell’Accio, CEO and Founder of Essentia, is a renowned sleep coach and business leader who has spent the last 21 years developing the best wellness and performance mattress on the market. Today, Jack Dell’Accio’s expertise in sleep wellness and quality has catapulted him into a prominent sleep consultant for professional sports athletes and teams.  In this episode, we dive into the science behind perfecting Essentia mattresses, which have been hailed as the only organic foam mattress that truly captures all seven elements of restorative sleep.  Tune in this week as we talk about how Jack uncovered the dangers of the average mattress and how his company’s innovative material technology might just be the future of sleep health. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [2:30] Jack’s Journey Into Engineering Mattresses [5:58] Synthetic vs. Naturals: What’s Going On In Our Homes? [1120] How Essentia Became A Mattress for Sleep Wellness [16:36] The Invisible Effects of the Average Mattress on Health [19:55] Achieving the Gold Standard for Mattresses [23:36] Essential’s Commitment to Social and Environment Impact [29:12] A Crash Course on Sleep Optimization [33:38] A Case Study on Improving the Sleep Health of Pro Athletes [38:53] Biohacks to Improving Body Heat and Air Quality Learn more about Jack Dell’Accio’s work over here: Website: https://myessentia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essentiaorganicmattress/  Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/EssentiaOrganicMattress  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-dell-accio-96966423  This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 65 – The Mattress Matters! Improving Sleep Health with Jack Dell’Accio from Essentia appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Dr. Molly Maloof is a leading biohacker and physician who is radically shaping the future of healthcare. Her innovative concierge medical practice in Silicon Valley is dedicated to extending the human lifespan through medical technology and educational media.  Her interests in data-driven wellness and optimizing personal health inspired her to publish her upcoming book, The Spark Factor, where she dives into groundbreaking discoveries about biohacking for women. As an esteemed speaker, consultant, and educator, Dr. Maloof is an undeniable inspiration to the medical community as she continuously paves pathways to better understanding of our bodies and how we can improve human health. Join us for this week’s episode as Dr. Maloof shares the struggles of being an innovator, the importance of human connection, and her vision for the future of healthcare. HIGHLIGHTS Of The Data Driven Podcast [3:09] Dr. Maloof’s Experience With Nad Patches and IV Therapy [7:04] Dr. Molly Maolof‘s Background in Medical Training and Personal Practice [10:10] The Secret to Being Comfortable With Risk [14:00] How Heads Up is Changing the Future of Personal Health [15:23] Dr. Molly’s Work on the Science of Love [18:57] On the Psychospiritual Side of Sex [20:57] Dr. Maloof’s Vision for the Future of Medicine [24:15] The Exciting Field of Metabolic Therapy [28:19] Biohacking for Women [31:38] Mastering Our Stress Responses [32:24] How Social Connection Affects Our Health [34:40] How Dr. Molly Started Her Biohacking Journey and Turned Things Around [39:26] Identifying the Root Cause of Most Metabolic Diseases and Mental Health issues [41:14] How HeadsUp Came to Be Helpful For Practitioners Learn more about Dr. Molly Maloof’s work over here: Website: https://drmolly.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmolly.co Twitter: https://twitter.com/mollymaloofmd Get The Book: Spark Factor After pre-ordering Dr. Molly’s book, get the $1,000 off Dr. Molly’s entire online course for only $500 (MSRP $1500) Course: Access her course here. This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients).Click here to start your free starter account. The post Episode 64 – Dr. Molly Maloof: Spark Factor – Biohacking for Women appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Drea Burbank is an M.D.-technologist and serial entrepreneur whose work is focused on applying high-tech from hard science into critical sectors. She has projects from artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, to stem-cells, and microbiome science.  Her interdisciplinary skill set comes from a dedication to reducing barriers to innovation at the intersection of medicine, technology, and research, and the pursuit of enriching public health through these developments. Drea Burbank brings so much to the table in the world of medicine and tech, and it was insightful to hear what she had to share.  Tune in as she talks about struggles inherent in healthcare technology, her passion for public health, spirituality, and her work with indigenous groups.  HIGHLIGHTS [00:46] Drea Burbank in Background in Medicine and Technology [06:59] Her Current Projects [08:04] Challenges of Electronic Healthcare Systems [12:09] Bringing in More Tech to the Healthcare Industry in Terms of Security and Care [19:07] Lifestyle Approaches to Healthcare [22:33] Drea’s Interest in Public Health, Preventative Medicine, and Spirituality [26:21] On Spirituality and Medicine [33:43] Drea’s Thoughts on the Intersection of Medicine and Technology with Spirituality [38:37] More on Drea’s Current Conservation Project  [42:59] Takeaways from Working With Indigenous Cultures [47:05] Importance of Health Data and Sensor Technology  00:02 Dave: Hey everyone, welcome back to another season of Data-Driven Health Radio, I’m your host Dave Korsunsky. On this show we dive deep into how you can use data to measure, manage and optimize your health with the latest science and technology. This show is brought to you by Heads Up which is our web and mobile app designed for individuals and healthcare professionals who need a precise way to measure and manage health data. Check us out on headsuphealth.com. If you’ve got comments, questions or feedback on this show shoot us an email [email protected], we’d love to hear from you, and with that said let’s get into our next exciting episode. 00:47 Dave: Hey everyone, welcome back to Data-Driven Health Radio and I have a very special guest today Drea Burbank, she is an MD and a technologist and a million other things that I could not actually have time to finish going through in anticipation of this interview but I just went down the rabbit hole of Drea in all of the interesting projects that she has her hands on so, we are gonna get into all kinds of really, really interesting topics related to health, optimization, technology, some of Drea’s personal passion projects that she is working on that she wants to share with the world. So, Drea, we first got on your radar screen because you had written some content around the struggles that are inherent with electronic record systems and that’s actually why I started my whole company in the first place. So, we will have lots to talk about there, really just like, can I even get a trend line of the most important health metrics that matter to my existence above ground, it was a nightmare. It was like paper records and patient portals and I was trying to work on a health issue and I just needed a simple trend line of like inflammation markers and to this day that is still impossible so I would really like to dig in there and we’ll branch off from there.  But Drea, if I may, I would like to take a crack at your background just from like the initial cursory research I did cause there was just some absolute gems on your website, can I and then you can correct me. 02:17 Drea: Yeah sure, I’m curious to see what your takeaway was. 02:20 Dave: Alright, so I just scribbled a few things here but Drea is an MD-technologist and she is a digital nomad with a yoga addiction, love that. She pretends to live San Francisco but we don’t actually know if she lives in San Francisco, yoga dirtbag, professional pyromaniac, uptight uber nerd and smartass. So those were the nuggets I pulled off the site. Welcome Drea to our show. 02:48 Drea: Thank you, I am so happy to be here. 02:50 Right on. Well, let’s just start with something simple like the content, the piece you put out there around inherent challenges with electronic health records, technology like I said that’s why we built our company but I’d love to hear about your background as an MD first and foremost, sounds like you probably ran into a lot of those challenges but maybe we could just start with your background in healthcare and the types of work you did or maybe still doing in the medical field and then lets go from there into all these other amazing worlds that we can open up. 03:23 Drea: Yeah, happy to talk to about it. So, I grew up off the grid in central Idaho, I did 9 years in forest fires and then I went to medical school in Canada. I was in a rural and remote training program and..  03:35 Dave: Where in Canada? I’m from Canada. 03:37 Drea: Really? I was in Kelowna, I was the first of four medical students in the hospital in Kelowna. 03:42 Dave: It’s beautiful up there. 03:43 Drea: It was stunning. We were so lucky they had just, they had kept med students out of the hospital for a long time and a lot of the, you know, top clinicians across Canada would retire to Kelowna cause it was a kind of a beachfront property for Canada. 03:56 Dave: Yeah. 03:57 Drea: And they ran the hospital the way they had always wanted to run their hospitals so the nurses basically functioned like residents, and they had a really collaborative relationship with the physicians and they had a huge catchment area so they would pull all kinds of specialty cases but they still did overnight call from the hospital. So, I worked with mostly attending physicians and I had just had a really idyllic version of medicine. Yeah, it was like the best of specialty care with generalist care and like good working relationships, interdisciplinary, yeah and really, really talented physicians, clinically talented. So, we had a daw system in the hospital that had been introduced and I was watching these amazing physicians trying to use this daw system and I was like I could do better I started playing Plants vs. Zombies and I was like wow you could just do something like this it would be easy. Yeah, so, I think sometimes that naivete is necessary to do interesting things, you’re like oh this would be easy. So, I was like well I’m just going to do a year in Silicon Valley, I’ll design something and then I’ll, I’ll come back to medicine. 04:59 Dave: I got ya, so that was what kind of like, first of all you’re a US citizen but you went to Kelowna to do the training, is that correct? 05:06 Drea: So, I was a forest firefighter and I followed it north. I started following big stacks in British Coloumbia, all the best falling if your you know a logger or forest firefighter happens in Canada so I really wanted to learn that. I married a Canadian and I was already in Canada so when I went back to school I went to school for medicine in Canada. 05:24 Dave: And then that experience got you down to Silicon Valley to start working on technology centric problems in healthcare, is that accurate? 05:33 Drea: Yeah, I still think that if you want to get really hard tech skills you gotta go to Silicon Valley. I know that sounds exclusionary but the competition in Silicon Valley is global and so when you go there you end up working with the best people from all over the world. There are other tech hubs obviously, Toronto has a great tech hub, Vancouver does, Austin all these other placed I was just in Dubai and it’s great but if you want to get that really, really hardcore skillset I think you need to spend some time in the Valley.  06:01 Dave: Yeah, I spent the better part of 10 years out there, I was in Paolo Alto working at VMware and that’s where I got to really like build my skills, work alongside all of these amazingly brilliant people just learn how that whole industry works out there. I don’t think I really could have started a company, I probably could have, but the skills I learned there are I think just inherently part of what’s helping me stay successful is just cutting my teeth in Silicon Valley basically. 06:32 Drea: You don’t have to stay there I just, they have got a really good ecosystem like if you go to Stanford hospital a lot of the academics will leave for a couple of years, start a tech company and then go back to Stanford so they kind of like cycle through and the hospital is pretty good, they have got a like a really nice like, I worked with Nirav Shah for a little bit he is a computer science professor who works with a lot of the doctors, Nimar Agaeepour so they are just super integrated with the clinical needs and that’s where, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it anywhere else. 06:59 Dave: So, are you practicing now or are you mostly working on other types of projects? 07:04 Drea: Yeah, I left clinical medicine in 2018, we got drafted to work on all kinds of high-tech stuff during Covid. We ended up running a concierge Covid testing network for Hollywood which was so random, I was just, they called us, they couldn’t work at all during the height of the virus and they asked us to get test results back and we were like yeah we can do that it’ll be easy. So we, they were getting their test results back in 7 days from Labgen it was our TPCR we got our first results back in 6 hours and then every producer in Hollywood  called us and we ended up testing like NFL players, sports broadcasters during the height of the shutdown. So, that was a lot of fun for us because it was basically using both sides of our head you know, like, the ability to scale really rapidly comes from my tech but the ability to do like serious work like a legitime RTPCR test that no body can question is, comes from medicine and we really like those kind of projects.  We’re highly serious but we can still access all these different skills. 08:03 Dave: Awesome, I love it. Well, just kind of going back to like how we first got on your radar it was really looking at the inherent challenges of EHR systems. I was reading through the article and there’s implications in terms of the amount of extra load that it puts on to a providers workday. There’s the challenges of actually how can we even start pulling the data out of these systems and doing more with it, that’s why Heads Up started because we wanted to find a way to allow an individual to pull in all of their information regardless of what system it’s in and then also the data that they are using on the sensors at home, you know, all these sensors, CGM’s different devices that we can use now are actually getting incredible data, patients now actually have incredible data they have higher fidelity data than the doctor does, they have more contextualized data than the doctor does. They don’t have the clinical expertise necessarily to do a lot of the interpretation but there is incredibly promising startups out there that are bringing medical technology to individuals and building user experiences that help them understand their bodies own bio feedback. So, what we try to do at Heads Up was say how do I get all that lab data in cause that’s stuff your testing once a year, once every six months and if you’re making correct modifications in diet and lifestyle or maybe you’re already in a good place, you’re making optimizations in diet and lifestyle or maybe you’re in a red zone state health wise and you need to change certain things in your daily routine so we wanted to find a way to overlay lifestyle metrics coming from sensors and devices with more like episodic clinical data. So, that’s what we do at Heads Up. I know you and I haven’t really had a chance to talk at any level of depth but we really wanted to build like the agnostic analytics layer in healthcare which was really lacking and we needed a way to quickly plug in new technology, new data sources, new devices, new types of information and then what we wanna do is build an analytics layer and then an intelligence layer on top of it but maybe you could just summarize like what some of the top pain points are that you put in an article for everyone who is listening and then we can kinda go from there, they were pretty succinct. 10:23 Drea: Yeah, I was, it was a little profane but that is one of my tendencies from firefighting 10:27 Dave: I saw that on your website that you dropped a lot of profanities and f-bombs, we are gonna get along great. 10:33 Drea: Yeah, there is something about the stress relief aspect of it for me, but yeah, I think so the first thing I wanted to say yes somethings going wrong, like a lot of doctors are so stuck down in their trees they are not realizing their forest is getting cut down and they’re feeling the pain but they’re feeling it without any kind of like conscious awareness of like why that forest is getting cut down when the larger market forest is behind it. So, I wanted to acknowledge that something is wrong and it’s so wrong that it has to change at some kind of a critical level. Yeah. 11:03 Dave: I would agree with that, I mean just, we had an experience recently working with a large health system and it was actually to the point where it was impossible to do business with them due to a lot of these limitations and we all just chased our tails around for 18 months and then the project got shut down and went nowhere. So like, that’s I dunno, that’s what we are up against basically. 11:22 Drea: Yeah, it’s literally like it’s become a complete heart block to use a medical term. The physicians are leaving the profession in droves right now and we hear all these statistics about burn out and physicians wanting to leave and it’s being attributed to Covid but I don’t think it has anything to do with Covid. I think Covid was just like you know, the straw on the camels back, what I think it’s about is like the quality of the workday of the average physician and these are sensitive people who are high performing who are intellectual, they are hardworking and if they are burning out there is something extremely wrong, and doctors in particular because we feel such a, you know, obligation to give more and more and more and more and that’s impressed on us from such an early age in training and we get a lot of like social positive social feedback for all the things that we give so when we are burning out there’s something wrong with that. 12:08 Dave: Yeah, and you were also making some comments around how do we help the profession as a whole bring in more technology. How do we help them bring in more of the latest types of things like digital health technology that could enhance what they do and provide better patient care but I think one of the points that you were making is that there’s really even an inability to bring in innovation at this point so even if there was a desire there is no innovation reaching these types of professionals. Did I get that right? 12:38 Drea: Yeah, well what I wanted to say was that this is not happening by accident there is a layer of for profit EHR systems that profit from not providing high quality technology and blocking high quality technology from entering, and the only people who can break through that membrane is doctors themselves and to ask them to do that is a lot because they are already like overwhelmed they don’t necessarily know what to ask for and they don’t feel like there is any help on the other side of that membrane. But, in reality there is all kinds of very useful technologies that cannot penetrate right now like what you are working on. 13:16 Dave: Yeah, so if we were to kind of like wipe the slate clean and start over again for example, when we work with physicians in other countries for example, there’s one system for everybody.  So, at least they’ve got all the data in one place, we’ve got the data in 30,000 places right now. So, there’s that issue of data fragmentation and then there’s obviously the inherent security challenges, like one of the challenges of trying to work with this large health system is just like the number of ransomware attacks that they’re dealing with on a daily basis and it’s like 9 months just to get their security team just to give you the thumbs up because they are under so much threat from a security point of view so like there’s that whole angle of it, and then there’s the ability to like also be innovate but also keep the Titanic moving in the right direction, you know what I mean? So like, how could we imagine a better way to do this type of thing, I don’t know that there is an answer right now but when you think about it what would the next iteration look like. 14:23 Drea: Well first I wanna go after the security thing cause the security thing is why doctors are always told you have bad health tech because there is a security risk. There is only a bad security risk because it’s terrible software, anybody at [unsure] nuclear power we have got a cohort that is nuclear power cyber security and everybody knows if you wanna hack somebody’s system you go after health tech because it’s so poorly designed. There’s just no excuse… 14:43 Dave: It’s a fundamental issue in the technology, that makes sense. 14:46 Drea: Yeah, it’s so badly built on the backend.. 14:48 Dave: and 500 different servers connected to the internet… 14:50 Drea: Yeah, that’s why they’re so busy they are playing like whack-a-mole for like a terrible system with a bunch of holes in it.  So yeah, I see that a lot doctors are like oh I have terrible software because it’s so unsecure, no it’s unsecure because you have terrible software so yeah that first. Second off, so I have two solutions that I think are absolutely critical of physicians, you know I’ve been drilling down on them pretty hard because after 10 years you start to look at what’s the solution, like I just get tired of problems. So, the two solutions I think are absolutely critical is that medicine needs to create a technology specific specialty it’s become critical, I don’t like using that word but it’s become critical. Doctors do not own technology as a profession, they will continue to rely on external professions providing their technology and they’re never gonna have the context that clinical training is unique. Somebody asked me the other day what I meant by clinical, and I said I mean putting your hands on 1000 patients with undiagnosed conditions with legal skin in the game for their outcomes, that’s clinical and then once you do that, okay yeah, now you can start looking at if there’s any technology for doctors but if you don’t do that you don’t know what they are thinking and more importantly you don’t have the same risks like doctors have so much professional, legal and financial risk for any mistakes that happen in medicine that if you can’t have empathy for that you’re never gonna understand their aversion to experimenting so that’s the first thing. Second thing is I think doctors have a really good legal case for opening, for cracking the software interfaces open and I think if they were able to crack the interfaces open they could bring better technology in by default. Technology companies would flood in the door and then if they had an app like interface they could select the ones they liked and that would just solve so many problems all at once, cause I know probably like 20 different apps that are usable, solve clinical problems and do a great job, they are HIPAA secure, they are way more secure than most hospital systems but doctors can’t buy them or use them or get to them in their regular workday because they don’t run on top of these interfaces. 16:51 Dave: That’s the challenge we just ran into was we had medical professionals in the system that wanted to use our technology to solve a very specific problem and they introduced us to a group that could help us get shepherded in to the front door, you know, so we had a sponsor that was a very clear use case, it was a program that was going to integrate the oura ring into a sleep optimization type of a program a pretty simple thing and we went down the path of trying to make this available to this group which was super exciting for us and it was the most dysfunctional red tape failed project I have ever been a part of, we couldn’t even get it, it was impossible we failed after like 18 months of spinning our wheels. So like you said, even if there was an interface where they were like hey I love this I want to apply this it meets all the security requirements, it’s HIPAA, it’s validated it was not possible. 17:49 Drea: These are legal problems for two reasons and this is coming from, I did a year in tobacco control and I worked with Stan Glantz. Stan Glantz got the unmarked boxes of tobacco documents back in like the 80’s, somebody sent him like 20 boxes of unmarked documents and then he went to court and like you know he’s a pretty hard headed guy he took it across California, he legislated tobacco and his back take away I remember one day he was standing there and he was waiving his hands in front of me, I talked to him for like an hour, and he was like if it’s for profit it’s a legal problem. So the people that made it impossible for your doctors to get your technology and for your technology to get in benefitted financially and when that happens, when they have a financial incentive to block new software from coming in to block the data on the backend from going out the only solution is legal and I think in this case, the people with the best and sharpest legal case are clinicians themselves because they can just tag the extra 6 hours they work a day and for doctors that’s a huge financial pace. They can tag those 6 hours to a class action and they don’t even have to be at mass for it they have to be individually recognized but for a class action, you have to get enough doctors saying yeah I worked an extra 6 hours a day and here’s my salary and then a legal firm will litigate it on their behalf.  19:07 Dave: Yeah, well when we started building out product and taking it to market we obviously were aware of the challenges of going into the conventional systems. We were well aware of the boneyard of startups that died on the vine trying to sell a great solution into a system and just ran out of cash even just like waiting to get a pilot agreement approved. It was extremely challenging and so what we did was we entered the market through what I would call more lifestyle medicine and we entered the market for us through the cash based side of healthcare and the types of practitioners that don’t take insurance, they used to work in the system and they have left and they are now in private practice and they are doing holistic or integrated or functional care, same types of things but they are now compensated in a way that allows them to spend 60/90 minutes with you going over a specific type of a situation. You’re paying them cash, you’re paying them out of pocket generally but those were the professionals who said okay I would pay this product and I’ll use it because it is giving me insights into what’s happening to my patients outside the office so now I can get a really, really precise view into lifestyle factors that are driving a health outcome like why does this persons blood sugar hit 180 every night at 9pm and then they have a crap sleep right, so like we started selling it to that market because they understood the value of the data, they could make really quick decisions, they could evaluate a product, sign with us and have this up and running in a week versus like what we went through at some of the larger systems. So, the way we though about it was well let’s go into this, I don’t even know what the right word for it is, I will just call it like integrative market for now, they were already doing a lot of lifestyle medicine they wanted to know what was happening to you during the day, they wanted to know what you were eating, they wanted to know certain information about maybe certain genetic snips, they wanted to run more advanced diagnostic testing in some cases that would be really hard to get a regular doctor to run something exploratory. Like, can you test these 10 things I don’t even know if there’s going to be anything there but I wanna keep going, I wanna dig deeper. So, we just kind of like found our tribe bringing our product in through that market and the reason I bring that up is because it looks like a lot of your professional interests are also in this world of integrative approaches to healthcare even just things like yoga it sounds like you are yogi. I also, I teach yoga, I teach kundalini yoga, Ashely who you connected with on my team. Ryan who you connected with on my team is a yoga teacher so like bringing that part in I wanna talk about your work in rainforests as well but you also dropped a little few clues on your book which I just ordered around shamanism so like there’s the plant medicine side of the house and that gets into mental health stuff which is like super important and I’m super excited to see things like ketamine and sustivan starting to come to life in clinical significant ways. So, it just seems that you also think that way and maybe you could just share on like some of your thoughts on the lifestyle approaches to health that are most interesting for you. 22:34 Drea: Yeah, so wow, okay, Canada is a great system and there is a lot of public health focus so I got a ton of public health training during my training and I was like dramatically interested in plastic surgery and micro surgery which is like the far end of down stream like and then I was really also simultaneously interested in preventative medicine and public health, and I ended up going the public health route. It was a tough choice, I loved both of them but my brain’s a little bit more lateral so I was like you know public health is going to be better for me. So I went into preventative medicine and then I started chasing that rabbit hole and I chased it around the world, you know, I looked at ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, indigenous medicine and the more I looked at it the more I saw like subtle effects of preventative medicine. It’s so holistic it’s hard to measure in the data, so I got really interested in that aspect and yes there is a tribe for that. I am a certified bikram yoga teacher so I did a project a few months ago, about 6 months ago, where I did twice daily 90 minute classes of bikram for 6 months and at the end of it… 23:33 Dave: You did it personally? 23:35 Drea: Yeah, it was fun and I did it in Thailand with […] and yeah […] a character and I’m a character we had a lot of fun.  23:43  Dave: I wish I had the time to do two bikram classes a day. I’m lucky if I get in one a week these days. 23:49 Drea: It was post Covid I was like totally burnt out and I was like, cause we did that testing network and then when the vaccine came out I was like that’s it I’m never working again so I went off for 6 months and then of course it didn’t take and I went back to work again afterwards but at the end of it I wrote this book and yes, it is out there, it’s of the other side of my brain the one I don’t talk about very often in a professional setting. But, yeah I have a strong, personally I have a strong spiritual experience that I would probably compare mostly to Shamanism or Zen Juadism I guess the type of Buddhist Christian Marie and Jed McKenna are like my favorites.  I think in the western world we tend to differentiate between spirituality and medicine, they are completely independent things and we don’t talk about spirituality or we delegate it to other people but that split doesn’t occur in all cultures so I just spent the last month in the Peruvian Amazon working with indigenous Shaman and they were explaining that as a Shaman they were like well first off, I’m a community leader so the role of a Shaman is to be a community leader and also I mentioned this split between spirituality and medicine in the west and they were just kind of aghast they were like how could you separate the two? That doesn’t even make sense and I was like yeah it’s really interesting that for them that was kind of like outside of the bounds of acceptability. Whereas for us it’s just like a given in medicine and I wonder how much of our frustration with the system is also a frustration with the concept of what is health, because we are so busy treating disease and it’s a bell curve obviously you know, disease and health and so little of our training is in this concept of health, like if we want to fix somebody when they are diseased then what does it look like when they are healthy and you know we don’t know that much about it like how many doctors know about blue zones or you know the longevity science or you know how many of them study professional athletes when they study musculoskeletal injuries. You know we just always assume that we have understood everything about the human body cause we have studied pathology but no we just really studied one end of the bell curve and I think that without a concept personally and professionally of what health is we can’t truly treat disease and that’s what a lot of these guys bring it is this idea of holistic mental health and we don’t have that in our society right now. 25:58 Dave: Well that is incredibly fascinating insight to like have deeper in which is like we have this bifurcation of spirituality and medicine. Arguably a bifurcation of lifestyle and medicine and I think that’s like another major gap especially when it comes to things like food for example and stress. So, how could we start to bring that type of care more into the mainstream? I also think that our mental health, the amount of mental health disease in our country is maybe in a lot of developed countries is probably moving in the wrong direction as fast as what you would consider typical chronic illness like obesity and heart disease and stuff like that, this is just a completely subjective assessment but like the mental health, the number of people that could be diagnosed with mental health issues might even be climbing as fast as some of those like rampant Neolithic diseases and so like the spirituality and medicine idea is incredible and it’s so far outside of the purview of where we are now here I don’t know how we could close the gap on that. I can only say that I am encouraged by the FDA starting to fast track research into certain psychedelic medicines  and other compounds and I think that is a good start especially if that could be standard of care where you can get that type of treatment in a medically supervised environment with proper people who can help you integrate an experience and have that. I think that could be a huge step forward for us and it’s already happening with ketamine clinics, it’s not meant to be preventative at this point, it’s meant to be acute where typically you’re going in there with like extreme cases of treatment resistant depression or something like that. But the point is that you can go to a medical clinic and ask for that type of experience from a mental health point of view so what are your thoughts on bringing more of that into the mainstream and having that as a treatment option for people who may not be like at the extreme edge of mental health but they could just be dealing with everyday depression so there’s that aspect of spirituality. There’s also the aspect of spirituality that has nothing to do with plant medicines, it’s yoga and meditation and learning how to be fully present and aware with our own mind and our own body and that we’re part of a larger connected whole. So, when you think about spirituality and medicine, what comes up in terms of how we can change the status quo or what would you like to see happen in that domain? 28:43 Drea: Well, I like to call the attention to the work of doctors who are more embedded in the medical system cause I feel like I have the freedom to be you know to be openly spiritual cause I’m kind of outside of the medical system and I live in a much more like unrestricted environment so I like to call attention to the work of Eben Alexander who is a Harvard neurosurgeon who wrote a book about his near death experience and it’s brilliant, it’s compassionate, it’s kind and he has done a lot of work with death and dying. Another one of my favorite physicians is Gabor Maté, he is a Canadian physician and he wrote a book called “When the body says no”, I mean like everything he has written is genius and it’s very much integrable into western practice today as it stands. He has done his work, he has done his research and he can speak in kind of a code switching language. I wouldn’t call it spirituality but it’s kind of like applied spirituality within a western context. He has a new book coming out that’s “the myth of normal” and I strongly recommend it, I think it’s going to be genius and it’s kind of about this concept of health. And the last person I want to call attention to is Emily Silverman does a show called the nocturnist, it’s a podcast out of San Francisco and it’s storytelling for doctors and it’s kind of like it’s almost demonic in a sense of like catharsis that happens both in the show and then the storytelling and it’s very much a western, it’s a way to attach meaning to western experience that it kind of a religious. So, those are three doctors that are just you know straight up like super reputable but integrated in the system for a long time and they bring that aspect of meaning back to healthcare in a way that’s, I think, acceptable within current restrictions.  I wanna talk about psychedelics, we have a cohort that does legalization of psychedelics and we were working on a legalization project in Colorado that’s also partnered with John’s Hopkins for psilocybin and we have practitioners that use ketamine and psilocybin in Canada, in L.A. and these are chiropractors, clinical psychologists and we have death doulas so it’s a group of people who basically is looking at how to integrate this deeper meaning in more functional ways. I always say as a yogi, as a yogi who has been in indigenous settings with indigenous people using psychedelics I will say that I think psychedelics are a tuning fork for the mind, they can give you a tone like something that you can hit but you can access those states with other ways that don’t involve external substances, so yoga, meditation, all these things kind of teach you how to tune your mind to a different channel and the end goal of I think of either using traditional psychedelics if that’s in your path or using yoga or meditation is to have more control over your consciousness states and what frequency your tuned into. And you can follow clinical psychology for that too, you know, there’s all kinds of great work coming our of functional MRI and neuroscience that teaches you how to do the same thing with neuro feedback and stuff so I don’t think the path matters so much as the conscious control over where your mind is at. This concept of metacognition and doctors are really good this, either they are always thinking about thinking and many of them do it in very like, I see surgeons all the time you know I remember seeing these surgeons, they would sit down they would have a call or something with a family member before a case and they would be emotionally stressed out but when they got into the case this just kind of calm would settle, you know really experienced surgeons, and they would go into like an output state and it was just that moment the patient, you know and they wouldn’t think about the outcomes they would just think about the process and like that is, I see doctors doing this all the time, you know, they go from one room with an angry, stressed out emotionally uncontrolled patient to another room you know with a happy family and a child and they dump it in between so how do they do that? We have this capacity we can do this. 32:23 Dave: Yeah, I like the way you framed it which is there’s lots of way to get there in terms of developing more of an inner awareness, there are plant medicine, there’s yoga. For me, the kundalini yoga that I have been doing for the last 18 months, 24 months, has been incredible that I think has helped, I’ve been doing meditation for a long time but more of the deliberate breath work and the types of practices that are much more emphasizing around the auric field and the connection with infinite. So, I’ve had really strong experiences through yoga and mediation and also through plant medicine and then you also brought up technology that’s coming on the market. Where it’s bringing more tools downstream to more people like neuro feedback types of tools and this device I just tested Brain Tab where you can put on a binaural beat guided meditation and have a simulated light experience in front of your eyes, like anybody can do that and so, it’s happening it’s just not part of the traditional system that’s out there, it;s kind of in this other side of healthcare that you put more into like wellness and digital health and other kinds of things like that, and it’s there, it’s not part of conventional medicine so is it ever possible that those worlds come together where they co-exist or are they separate completely? 33:50 Drea: So, I think I would be remiss if I wasn’t clear about this because my book is very clear about it I’m just not usually clear about it in my professional context. So, I had a full kundalini awakening that was involuntary at the end of medical school and that’s not a common thing. I think in the medical literature it’s characterized as a physio-kundalini syndrome is kind of how they describe it and yoga, it’s kind of an accepted norm. In India it’s been researched for thousands of years but when I first experienced it, it was completely outside of the bounds of my clinical or western training and I had no preparation for it. I did find people that understood it and helped me with it and I wrote my book primarily to help with people like me who have a western life and they have a scientific life and they want to find a way in integrate these two journeys in a way that they can later function, and I think in my book I compared it to the particle wave experience, you know and physicists just kind of intuitively get this so like yeah it’s a particle and it’s a wave it’s cool it’s the same thing, and it’s not, you’re like you know maybe it’s gonna split on this but it doesn’t really and so you can have this intensely spiritual journey I think and still function within the parameters of science because to me, as somebody who’s like the biggest Richard Feynman fan in the world and I just love empiricism and data, if I can get my hands on it you know like I love facts and so , somebody who loves facts I’m okay to have my facts contained within a much bigger world that I don’t understand and maybe never will, maybe my memory can never encompass it so I don’t consider my work in science or technology to be exclusionary to my spiritual world, it’s just my spiritual world is much bigger and I’m very comfortable with the border of what can know at any given time. 35:33 Dave: Well everything that we do here is about what can we actually quantify health so everything I do in my professional life is how can I objectively measure, how can I get as much data as possible on my health because it has changed the way I manage my own health in ways that I can’t even articulate. In fact, the data has changed how I manage my own health so profoundly that I have gone on and started this company to try to make this available to other people. Simple preventative things that you can do on your own and get objective data immediately to know if it’s working or not every single day, it can calibrate your health and your life in real time. So, like I’m similar, I want all the data that I can possibly get and then the other side of me is this other realm that is much more vast and unknown and they co-exist beautifully. I haven’t really found ways to bring them together in a commercially viable sense yet but I live in both of those worlds quite successfully as well and I;m trying to think of ways, maybe they never will come together in any formal way, maybe they are just completely separate parts of consciousness and life that don’t have any overlap. But I’m starting to put together pieces like I’m gonna be offering a retreat in May of next year and it will be all about health quantification and all about kundalini yoga. So I don’t know what’s gonna come out of that but it will be like sensors and kundalini in the same thing. 37:05 Drea: No, you know what came out of my 6 month bikram process where I was just deep in the reams of kind of like just letting everything go which is a very like unknown space, and I was like what am I gonna do next, I don’t even know. What came out of that was this really amazing project where we’re just doing reforestation so we’ve got an app, we do fair trade carbon offsets, we work with indigenous farmers who are the most practical people on the planet by the way, if they didn’t have a really rock solid sense of reality they wouldn’t survive in their environment, and we are paying them for carbon offsets directly and it was funny because I thought, you know, I’m just maybe gonna be a yoga teacher for the rest of my life maybe I’m just gonna wander off to the edge of spirituality and never come back. And so what happened was I came back in very concrete actionable and more precisely intellectual ways. I feel like the fuzz kind of went out of my head and I was able to appreciate more what is, and I think that this exploration of the unknown kind of, if you follow it far enough will bring you back to tangibles like what is now. It’s made me a better scientist. 38:10 Dave: Totally agree, same for me and it’s made me better at everything I do in my professional life which is highly technical and analytical and building this crazy cloud platform and the spirituality makes me a hundred times better at what I do. I think clearer, I’m more emphatic, it clarifies my sense of why so they just seem to reinforce each other quite nicely. 38:33 Drea: Yeah, I think Victor Frankl said if you have a why you can do any how. 38:36 Dave: Well, I wanna hear more about this project, I know you wanted to share more on it so can you tell us more about that work that you are doing in the Amazon? 38:44 Drea: Yeah, it’s crazy, so much fun. It’s indigenous led so I traveled to Colombia during kind of this period of my life and the indigenous group I was working with said hey you know we really wanna conserve, we have our own organization, we have been fighting off the loggers for 10 years, can you bring us some resources to do this with but we want no strings attached. I love that concept of no strings attached cause I see so many indigenous groups around the world, I work with indigenous groups in Canada and the US and Latin America and this concept of no strings attached is so important to indigenous health so I thought okay how do we even do that so I started looking at trust less validation systems so like GPS, machine learning on smart phones the various cart drones to measure carbon sequestration and we looked at ways that they could prove that they were reforesting without having to do a lot of middle men and without having this people going onto their land and doing surveys who weren’t from their region and I think we came up with a pretty good simple method they can run outside of cell service on a cellphone. We also experimented we can pay them directly with micro-payments so I can conserve carbon for pennies on the dollar which is great because what’s actually killing tropical forests and consequently our atmosphere is 80% of the deforestation is happening on farms less than 5 hectares and it’s happening with about 1 billion indigenous people and small farmers who have no other method of transacting on the market. Their only income is pulling down the trees that surround them and selling it to the international hardwood suppliers but it’s not what they want to do, and I think this assumption in the western world is these guys don’t care. In fact, they care I think more deeply about their forest than anybody because they understand their forest better than anybody else and when they wanna preserve it I feel like it’s an energy that can be, you can tap into and so much of this is like I always go back to this concept of you can’t replace something with nothing. So, if you have intense pain in clinical medicine with software systems you can’t replace that with nothing, you have to replace it with something and it’s the same principle because when I look at the solution for technology and medicine I try and find doctors that are already doing it and when we look at the solution for carbon offsets we look for indigenous groups that are already doing it and we just give them more resources when they are out of something. 41:06 Dave: And so they now have a way to generate alternative income streams that do not involve cannibalizing the land. 41:15 Drea: Yeah, and it’s so cheap. I mean the amount, so for instance on one hectare of rainforest if you can grow a cow in three years and at the end of the three years the cow brings you $12, but I can pay about $12 a day for taking that same hectare and replanting it to conserve jungle, and the trick is because as a technologist and as somebody who’s adopting, you know, I can write NIH grant proposals unfortunately with my eyes closed at this point, so like it’s not that hard for me to sit down and like figure out all the fancy technology or the paperwork that’s necessary for them to get what they need, so that’s kind of what we are doing on our end it is just translating.  41:53 Dave: Are there ways that people can support that project that you would wanna put out there? 41:57 Drea: Oh yes please, if you wanna support the project I would be delighted you can, so we have, we are BCorp, we have a non-profit and a for-profit and if people want to donate they can donate. The donations always go to expanding farmer capacity like getting them a bank account, getting them literacy training, silviculture training, so like ways that they can participate in the market and then the for-profit is you can buy carbon offsets at any point in our pipeline. If you want to resell them when they are you know fully certified or if you wanna wait and buy a certified offset all of that’s possible. 42:28 Dave: So where would people go you know in either case? 42:31 Drea: Savimbo.com so, our project is called the savimbo project that’s actually out of Kenya and it means trust so it’s the savimbo project and savimbo.com. 42:42 Dave: Cool, well we’ll link to it for sure, Heads Up’s officially on board to support financially, I love it and everyone who is listening if you wanna go and support its S as in sierra, A – apple, V – Victor, I – Indigo, M – Mary, B – Bravo, O, savimbo project. Any other things from the indigenal health world, you’ve had such an opportunity to spend so much time in these indigenous communities and with all of your technological expertise and your medical expertise like the lens you have coming into these cultures and the way you think about how they approach health and spirituality and medicine like it’s kind of an open ended questions but like are there some big takeaways you’ve learned from working in these environments that you can share? I know it’s kind of open ended but these indigenous cultures are fascinating and we can learn so much from them and such a small percentage of people ever get to experience them so like, what are some of the biggest takeaways for you personally from working with all of these incredible people? 43:46 Drea: Well, the first thing I would say is that while I am a good translator I am not indigenous myself and so the best people to speak about indigenous health is the indigenous people themselves. I do believe that people should do their best to find ways to interact with indigenous healers and learn from them and respect their ways. Whether that’s, you know, through a book that they have written or through community involvement that’s fine. One of my takeaways from indigenous health in general has been, one thing I didn’t realize about, so I work in Colombia right now, they were smelting platinum at the same time Europeans were so they were not a technologically backwards society by any means, they never have been. When the Spaniards showed up, you know it wasn’t super healthy for the local population and a lot of that knowledge went into the jungle and while Europeans have different natural resources, what they have in the Amazon is they have the most incredible array of biodiversity on the planet and so a lot of their technology which is by no means inept is biological technology. It’s knowledge of biota, of plants, of animals, of trees. I went out last week with an indigenous farmer and he showed me 30 different trees on his land, 30 different species of trees that the fruit, he knew all the names, he knew which animals ate them, he knew all this and it wasn’t really even like unusual knowledge for him. I grew up in central Idaho and we have several species of trees but we don’t have anything like that, just the variety. So, the technical knowledge in these societies is precious and it’s not shared often and one of the reasons is that is has them in safe for indigenous communities to share their knowledge because when it’s commercialized or taken advantage of they aren’t benefitting. 45:33 Dave: I’ve read about that where there is actual companies that will go down there specifically to look for things that are in their indigenous knowledge that could be then turned into or patented or not patented but can be commercialized and nothing goes back to the community itself. 45:50 Drea: Yeah, so ethnobotany is a branch of medicine that looks at how to commercialize plant knowledge in a way that benefits the initial community and if anybody wants to get a hold of me I will send you like some amazing like tree dust is like how to conduct this kind of collaboration. But it comes down to land rights primarily so if indigenous communities have land rights, if they have existing organizations like financial structures … and then finding ways to enable collective ownership of benefits. So, I grew up in central Idaho and tamoxifen originally came from yew trees in central Idaho and I remember living in central Idaho when they were cutting down all the yew trees and skinning the bark to sell for tamoxifen, eventually they synthesized it and it still remains one of our best cancer drugs and so I don’t know if the end result was bad but I think that the solution could have been much more integrative and that’s what I’m interested in because I think our biggest breakthroughs in science, in western science and western medical science are not going to be out of a lab with synthesized compounds. I think it’s going to be finding ways to access the biota that we already have so for us to do that we have to preserve what we’ve got and then respect the people that have this knowledge. 47:04 Dave: I love it. Well, we are coming up on the top of the hour here Drea, we have covered a lot of ground from like the limitations of EHR systems to all kinds of topics around yoga and spirituality and medicine and what we can learn from indigenous health. I think these are all incredible topics and even just starting to think this way can help to change peoples health when they start to think more holistically and think more about connecting with different parts of different cultures, different lifestyles, different mindsets around what health even means, the definition of that, we have our understanding but we’ve kind of touched on a lot of different exciting areas. In closing I wanna say a couple of things. 1, I would like to take your bikram class so when your teaching somewhere please let me know. That’s actually how I first started practicing yoga, it’s still my jam I might go today here in a few hours, we’ll see. So, that’s option number 1, if you ever wanna take a kundalini class with me I can send you information where I teach so that could be some fun follow up items and we’ll see what comes out of there. We touched on your work on the savimbo project and then just any other things you want to put our there on the airwaves for our people listening. It’s a bunch of health data nerds but we are all like minded so anything that we didn’t cover that you wanna put out there as we close out here. 48:26 Drea: Well, I just wanna give you some credit for what you’re doing because I am a massive advocate for primary data. So much of our health tech is looking at EHR records and I think that most of that data is fictionalized, it’s not really valuable when you look at scientific research and there is so much better primary data out there so I strongly agree with the use of wearables with the use of lifestyle sensors that can be integrated into clinical practice and then the more pristine the data like video footage or just the data streams just need to be better. If we applied all of the infrastructure that we are using on electronic health records towards primary data which is so available now, I think we would see really amazing things coming out for medicine. 49:08 Dave: Well I appreciate that you know 1 of my favorite examples are just these bloody continuous glucose monitors it’s like the data is incredible, it comes in every 5 minutes, I can immediately notice that someone is starting to go outside of range and do a preventative intervention in seconds that can be life changing and even just people who are trying to lose some weight the data is incredible and you can get it in real time and its amazing so thank you for acknowledging that. We’re incredibly excited about sensor technology because the data is getting better and better, the sensors are getting cheaper and cheaper, they are able to passively measure more and more things which means there is not even the friction point of asking people to take a measurement anymore it’s just happening and so, there is like incredible opportunities for us to do more with that. That’s why we try to get our hands on every sensor, plug it in and then find ways put practitioners on the other end, or technology that can start identifying anomalies automatically that’s an even bigger upside, or starting to look for signals in that data, they could be complex signals from multiple devices but that’s our jam so thank you for acknowledging that, appreciate that. I’d love to show it to you sometime. 50:18 Drea: I will definitely check it out. I wanna put a plug in for one of my friends, he makes a sensor that you can wear like a wristband that can distinguish between anxiety and happiness and I’ve just been really happy, I mean you see these kind of advances you think oh my god what can I do with that, like I can do so many things. 50:33 Dave: I wanna see the happiness light up all the time that’s like motivation for me. You get a little bit of bio feedback and you feel great. 50:40 Drea: Yeah, if you can measure it you can work with it and like you know when we, also when we look at a health record and we are tracking a diagnosis like a diagnostic term we don’t allow for that paradigm shift, you know the term ulcer and you know has now been replaced with the term H.pylori and the underlying data is about the same, it’s like pain in this one area. So, when we look at primary data we can adjust our paradigms, our disease paradigms. 51:05 Dave: I love it. Well thank you for taking our outreach. I know we hit you up cold on LinkedIn and I had no idea we were going to get into so many exciting and awesome topics so this was just completely unexpected and wonderful in every possible sense. 51:20 Drea: It’s serendipity for sure, thank you so much for having me. 51:23 Dave: Thanks. This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. (Opens in new tab) Get My Free Trial! Sign Up For A Free Heads Up Starter Account. The post Episode 63 – Drea Burbank MD: Why EHR systems suck, Kundalini yoga, sustainable growth and other musings appeared first on Heads Up Health.

About the Episode Latt Mansor shares his knowledge about exogenous ketones and their applications for peak performance, health, medical therapies, and more. In the show, Latt breaks down the differences between exogenous ketones and the evolution from ketone salts to ketone esters and now ketone IQ’s R-1,3-butanediol. Latt and Heads Up founder Dave Korsunsky share their direct experience of using exogenous ketones and the benefits they experience. While also discussing their experiences fasting and getting into a ketogenic state with endogenous ketones. You’ll learn all the the benefits and new opportunities ketogenesis has for us and the many ways to apply it in your life. Learn more from Latt and his expertise in the wonderful world of Advanced Ketogenics. Health & Performance Hack:Using Sodium Bicarbonate With Exogenous Ketones Plus Carb Loading Before A Big Performance Event, Has Been Shown To Maximize Performance Capacities While Balancing Fatigue Inducing Blood Acidity Levels. Heads Up This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. (Opens in new tab) Get My Free Trial! Podcast Episode 62 Transcription Dave Korsunsky: Hey, everyone. Welcome back to data-driven health radio. I’m your host, Dave Korsunski. And my guest today is Latt Mansor and Latt is from a company that we’re especially excited to introduce to the heads up community. This is the first time we really talked about an exogenous ketone product on the show, even though we’ve been doing metabolic therapy for years and years and years. So I think it’s, it’s definitely long overdue. Welcome to the show. Latt is a PhD. His PhD is in physiology, anatomy and genetics from Oxford, also a master’s in biotech from Columbia. So he’s a smart cookie. He knows a lot about metabolic therapy and a lot about how we can use exogenous ketones and other products along the journey. And we’re gonna dive into how to put these products into use in, in day to day application, both for individuals, and then also for practitioners who are working with clients or patients, depending on the type of practice you’re in how to introduce these into the program and into the protocol. And then in the spirit of data driven health radio, we’re gonna talk about how do you, how do you measure the effects of these products both acutely and then over time and how can individuals and practitioners start to see the benefits of these products in some of the diagnostic lab data, maybe the data coming back from different devices. So welcome to the show, Mr. Latt, Latt Mansor Thank you very much, Dave, Great to be here. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. Thank you. You, you guys have been on our radar screen for a long time. You guys were the OGs in, in exogenous ketones. So you guys have been doing this for a while. Tell us just a little bit of, of the history about the company and, and how you guys really, in my opinion were first to market with this. And, and, and how did that all come about? Latt Mansor I think it started all the way in like 2016 where our co-founders Jeff and Michael decided to look into the science around bio hacking, cuz they were already quite big around nootropics and intermittent fasting, metabolic health. So exogenous Ketone was just the next step where, you know, how do we hack the system so that we can get all the benefits of fasting and calorie restriction or ketogenic diet without going through that sort of grueling, you know, diet or grueling, like, you know, fasting period and still get the ketones. And that was when they started doing the research and then they spoke to the University of Oxford, professor Kirin Clark got their license to market. The first keto ester in the world in 2017, I believe I didn’t join the company, unfortunately until 2019 where they already got a phase two STTR, which is a contract with the government military contract, cuz they did a phase one before showing a Exogenous ketones managed to mitigate the decline of cognitive function in hypoxia. Latt Mansor So then the government was like, well, you’ve, you’ve done the proof of concept. You, you’ve proven that it works. So let’s expand this research into a bigger population with more data points, again, data driven, right? This is very relevant. How do we convince everyone that this actually works, especially for military personnel who are operating in high altitude where they’re always exposed to low oxygen environments, which is hypoxia. So I came in, joined the company in 2019, became their research lead and also became their principal investigator for this particular project. So yeah, there you go. A little bit of a ketone history with HVMN Dave Korsunsky: Yeah, I, I recall from the early days that, while the original studies on exogenous ketones were in hypoxia environments, it did come out of military applications where they did see a big benefit in a very specific use case. And, I’ve personally been involved in the world of ketogenic therapy for a really, really long time. And I remember some of the first products and, and they’re still on the market are actually the salts and that was kind of the, those came out first. But for those who are listening and, and who have never used these products before, could you just maybe distinguish between the two in terms of the difference and, and just give us like a really basic newbie overview on exogenous ketone. And, then I’ll go into some more specific questions around how can we strategically apply these products? Latt Mansor: Of course. So let’s start with the definition of Ketone bodies. So Ketone bodies are essentially substrates that our body makes from fat when we are running low on sugar carbs and glycogen stores. So that is achieved via ENT fast orogenic diet. So the three main keto bodies that our body make are beta-Hydroxybutyric, aco-acetate, and acetone. The first one, beta hydroxybutyrate is the main keto body that is used for metabolism and energy. Having said that, exogenous keto is one form or another that increases the beta hydroxybutyrate levels in the body. Keto salt are essentially beta hydroxybutyrate bound with a salt, whether it’s sodium potassium, magnesium. So you have BHB bound to a salt because BHB is an acid. So it can be bound to a salt chemically, and you’re consuming the BHB directly. And then your body processes it and increases your blood BHB ketone esters on the other hand are BHB bound to a butanediol. The difference is the, the bond itself is an Esteban and that’s why it’s called ketone ester. And when you ingest ketone esters, you will then cleave the molecule into half. So you get a BHB molecule and a butanediol molecule. The BHB molecule will go directly into your bloodstream and increase your blood BHB level. While butanediol will go to your liver and gets converted into BHB as well, giving that extra boost of elevated blood BHB level. Dave Korsunsky: Nice. You get two for one. So Latt Mansor: The, exactly. So, so the difference here is that ketone salt, it can’t elevate your blood ketos level too high because you, it, while it is, it may be dose dependent, you can’t really pile up the consumption of ketone salts because it does increase the risk of GI issues with the increased salt load. Dave Korsunsky: Okay. That’s extremely helpful. So then hypothetically speaking, if, if you were to take a normal serving of the esters, the HVMN esters, for example, or maybe maybe a, a normal serving versus a large serving and, and you were testing your, your blood ketones with a meter, for example. When might you start to see the numbers go up, you know, in my own, just kind of like anecdotal testing it’s somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes, I’ll start seeing the curve come up. What kind of curve could I expect? Like how high would I, obviously it’s gonna be dependent on the individual. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. Latt Mansor There’s tons of external factors. Like was the person even in ketosis before they started, et cetera, et cetera, but just general rule of rules of thumb. What are you seeing out there in terms of like, how long does it take to kick in and, and what might I see on the meter at various stages, all else being equal? Dave Korsunsky: So, so let me clarify this first as well. So the Ketone Ester that we talked about was pretty much our version one, and we no longer sell Ketone Esters. And right now what we have is ketone IQ, which is not a Ketone Ester. So it’s made of entirely pure R1-3 butanediol. So remember what I said about Ketone Ester it’s BHB bound with butanediol. So we took half of that and made it our currently pure R13 butanediol. And that’s what ketone IQ is. Now. The reason we, we came up with that is two twofold, right? One, we want to still keep that efficacy. And we know that, you know, from the ketone ester studies, we know that BTL does increase blood BHB two. We want to improve the taste. Oh, and the three, the third point is also price point, right? Latt Mansor R-1-3 Butane allow us to really scale up production and also allow us to start with a lower price point program of, of exogenous ketones here. Dave Korsunsky: Gotcha. Latt Mansor For consumption, especially for people for therapeutic health, for metabolic health and, and therapeutic users where people might have to consume it on a daily basis. So that, you know, compared to our previous ketone esters, which was $33 per dose, which is around 25 grams, it seems too expensive to have multiple dose per day or even one dose per day. Whereas now we have a $40 per hundred grams of R13 butanediol. And that is why, you know, it became much more practical option and for consumption. So in terms of elevation of blood, blood Ketones. So the curve that we have seen Ketone Ester versus ketone IQ, Ketone Esters, you will see an elevation up to three to five millimolar within half an hour, and it will stay up for about four hours depending on your activity. Latt Mansor: And, and that’s a very high spike because of the presence of the BHB and Beto, right? So you get both the BHB and Beto and the BHB is the quick spike. And then the b is the slower releasing spike by the liver. Whereas keto and IQ, you won’t see that huge spike in the beginning. It will start elevating within half an hour. You will still see elevation within half an hour, but I, I would say around like, you know, one minimal and then it will continue going up. We have seen, we have seen peaks at about two to three hours where it’s dose dependent as well. It goes up to like 2.5 and it will stay up if you, you know, if you’re at rest and not doing exercise or activity, it stays up above 1.0, millimolar up to six hours. Dave Korsunsky: Nice. Latt Mansor: Depending on what usage you want. So in our sort of conversations with all the researchers in Metabolic health, they want something that they can easily take without having to top up often, you know, cause obviously they’re, they’re cognizant of, of the costs as well. Something that tastes better than Ketone Esters, because they are terribly bitter. And they want something that can last, you know, elevate the blood ketone levels as long as possible so that they can reap all the benefits, you know, throughout the day. And then they can take another dose before they go to bed and just keep that ketosis. Dave Korsunsky: So there’s a lot of really, really incredible information that you just dropped on us there. So let’s just unpack it a little bit. Yeah. So there are different applications than it sounds like if, if you did need for a very specific use case, you know, just a shorter, higher spike for example. Yeah. Okay. And, there may be reasons to do that. Like I used to back in the days of the salts, for example, if I had a big presentation at work, for example, or I was speaking like you and I were talking about ketocon, which is right around the corner and I was giving a presentation in front of a large group, or I was doing anything where I just needed a performance edge. I would, I would pop it 60 minutes before and pretty much without failure, this was subjective. But I, I always felt like I was delivering a really, really high performance output whenever I did that. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. So I was just using them as a short term performance hack, but, and I’m just sharing some examples that may be helpful for the listeners. But I also coach a lot of people. For example, I work with a number of professional poker players and they’re sitting at the table for a very long time and they need to perform at an extremely high cognitive level for a very hard, long time. They probably would not want the quick spike and then the tail off they’d want a slow burn. And then I also, we also work with a lot of people who deal with things like epilepsy, for example, or they have other issues, conditions, let’s call them where they need the long term elevation, where they may need to stay in a state of elevated ketosis for a very long periods of time. So that, that would be an application for the, a better application for the IQ. Dave Korsunsky: Just knowing that you’re gonna stay in the sweet spot. If you’re staying above 1.0 for up to six hours, man. It’s incredible. Yeah. So that helps me understand. And then the price point as well, like you said, if you’re using this for a medical application and you’ve gotta be taking this thing several times per day. Yeah. It’s, it’s gotta be affordable as well. So it sounds like that’s how you guys have come at it, which is how can we then optimize this thing for continuous application consistent daily use, affordable daily use and long sustained performance boost. Is that a fair assessment? Latt Mansor: That is a fair assessment. And in fact, you know, before this, we always thought higher is better. You know, more ketone is always better, but certain papers have actually illustrated, you know, in the past year. So that higher does not necessarily mean better because one paper says between zero to two millimolar blood BHB, you get a high oxidation of ketone. You get an elevation of oxidation, which is what we expect. But Dave Korsunsky: When yeah, you wanna burn them, you wanna uptake them Latt Mansor: When you go from two to four, that oxidation rate reduces significantly. So you get a diminishing return. So you, you still get an improved oxidation rate, but not as high as, you know, zero probably makes zero to two. Yeah. And then another paper also showed for athletes. They, when they are blood, BHB is too high. They increase their cardio respiratory stress biomarkers because they saw a decrease in BHB pH because BHB, as I said earlier, it’s an acid, right? So you are decreasing the blood pH and increasing acidity here. So what they are feeling is they are increasing their heart rate. They’re increasing their breathing rate to expel the carbon dioxide in order to buffer out their acidity. So they have a higher rate of perceived exertion without an improvement in performance. So you’re just working, granted. They did not do worse compared to placebo, but they did not improve either. But you just feel like you’re doing more work. So who won that? If you just feel like you’re doing more work, you’re not actually winning the race. Dave Korsunsky: That’s not biohacking. We, we wanna, we wanna feel like we’re doing less work and get better output. Latt Mansor: Exactly, exactly. So, so that, you know, so far there is one only one paper. So I think a lot more to unpack a lot more to investigate there. What is the sweet spot? What is the goldilocks zone of blood BHB level for performance? What is the go deluxe zone for diabetes, for, you know, glucose control, what is the goldilocks zone for best, you know, sleep performance, you know, recovery. So I think there’s so many areas now. And so many researchers are, are, are increasingly, I’m building all the interesting questions around exogenous ketones and its use cases that it’s such a, a vigorous area of, of research at the moment. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. It’s incredibly exciting that, you know, it was not long ago Latt, that, that the whole world of even just putting your body into ketosis was like this novel idea, even though we’ve had this machinery since the Dawn of time. Yeah. Basically I remember just a few short years ago. Oh, wow. If I just restrict my carbohydrates or do some fasting, my body produces these magical compounds and, and that’s how the whole craze really started. And, and you get these wonderful appetite suppression benefits. I remember the first time I actually put my body into measurable ketosis, a little bit of backstory on heads up for whoever is listening. You know, I had built, I had built the dashboard basically. And as a free product that we had put out on the market, one of my early business partners and I, and the first people that really, really started using our system started seeing these people logging in 5, 6, 7, 10 times a day. Dave Korsunsky: And we were flattered that somebody, somebody thought that we had built something useful. So we emailed these people and they said, yeah, we’re on the keto diet. And your dashboard’s the only place I can like to record my ketones, record my blood sugar sync, my carbs, and my macros, basically from my fitness pal. And so in the olden days, you know, we used to have to do it the hard way to get these, these benefits. And, and now we have companies like yours that are basically bringing these products to market that can deliver those benefits instantly. And, and, and the amount of science and research coming into this field is incredible. We just came from the metabolic health summit, which is one of the premier scientific events of the year that are really pushing the forefront of ketogenic therapy into all kinds of different medical applications. Dave Korsunsky: Some of the new ones this year I saw at the event were around spinal cord injuries and, and the use cases keep expanding every year. Yeah. We’re like, we’re finding more places where this is helpful and, and. Latt Mansor: Now the cardiovascular disease. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. And, and the tech, your technology is getting so good, you know, that it’s making this accessible to people, even for a lot of people who wanted ketone benefits in the early days, it’s still very hard for people to make the nutritional changes required when you’re heavily dependent on a Western diet and your body has been conditioned to carbohydrates for decades. You know, it honestly took me years of on and off the carb wagon before I, my body just completely became 100% metabolic flexible where I can just absolutely control it at will. But right. I remember for the first couple years, even if I fell off the wagon and had some refined flour or some, something like that, it would take me like a week or two to get back onto a low carb diet. Dave Korsunsky: I, I don’t, I think a lot of the reasons relate to the microbiome in addition to other reasons, but now you can use the technology of products like yours available to everyone. You know, some of the, some of the ways I’ve, I’ve seen these are especially helpful are for one people who are new to a ketogenic diet. And, and they’re trying to get into ketosis for the first time, but it’s really hard because you’re addicted to carbs or sugar or whatever, refined, whatever, you know what I mean? And, and so a few applications for anyone who’s listening are first of all, just taking them in the morning to just provide a little bit of a bridge into ketosis. Okay, I’m gonna go zero carb or low carb. I’m gonna be on the struggle bus here for a couple days until my body kicks into ketosis. Dave Korsunsky: You know, these are just a beautiful way to like smooth out the journey if you will. And it’ll, it’ll, it’ll provide some immediate appetite suppression, some immediate energy boost, some immediate reduction of food craving. I remember the first time I got my body into ketosis. Yeah. And I tested it with a blood ketones. It was the first time in my life where I felt like I had absolute 100% control over my food choices. Hmm. I I’d never had that level of control over craving or food in my life. And it was so pronounced that it was incredible aha moment for me. I I’d never felt that you could put my favorite food right in front of my face. And I could just push it away, like when your brain’s on ketones. That was the level of self-regulation that I had. And, and we’re all looking for that level of self-regulation, especially with food, because in many cases, food is engineered to be hyper palatable. Dave Korsunsky: Right. That’s how food companies exist and not all food companies, but, but a lot of food is engineered to be as tasty as possible. So you got food companies, building stuff to make it as hard as possible to resist. Yeah. Right. Irresistible, that’s their job. But, but, but what defenses do we have, we need to make sure that we have the self-regulation to resist said food. So even just getting it to Ketosis for the first time, but it was hard. It’s like, I’d never restricted carbs before I like, what does 20 grams even mean? It’s like, you know, for the average Joe, that there’s a, there’s a pretty big cognitive hurdle just to even figure out keto, honestly like, okay. So how do I figure out this whole macros thing? And like, I gotta read all the labels and yeah. Make sure there’s no hidden carbs. You’re, it’s a big leap for a lot of people. So what do you think of that first use case Latt, lot where it’s just like, this is a nice baby step into the world and it’ll make it easier for you to learn this whole thing and, and have some success. Is that fair assessment of the use case? Latt Mansor: Absolutely. I mean, we have been saying that to, you know, on our website and our FAQ as well. Like it, it serves as a bridge to people who want to be in ketogenic diet, cuz a lot of questions came about when customers ask, can I take ketone IQ if I’m not on ketogenic diet? And we are like, absolutely. You know, that’s the whole point of exogenous ketones is so that you can have the benefit of ketones regardless of the diet that you’re on and based on your own use cases and based on whatever goal you’re trying to achieve. And if you are trying to go into ketogenic diet, as you said, you know, you might struggle for a bit. You might, you know, you might have to reevaluate your relationship with food, your relationship with carbs. And you know, this will provide that, that appetite suppression that, you know, food craving suppression as well as, you know, if you are intermittent fasting, for example, that also helps in giving you energy throughout the day. Latt Mansor: Now granted what I tell people is like it, it does contain calories. So if you are doing intermittent fasting for autophagy, then it does break your fast because it contains calories. But if you’re doing intermittent fasting to get into ketosis or to lose or to calorie restrict yourself, then this could prove to be quite supplementary to your fasting regime because it does provide you with clean energy. It doesn’t have any carbs. It gives you mental clarity, but on top of that, it powers through, it powers you through the day without having a full blown meal. Dave Korsunsky: So what’s the next use case that’s really interesting is assisting with fasting, you know, for a lot of people, it’s just a miserable concept. You know what I mean? In general. Yeah. I’m at the point now where I actually love it. I feel so good after 36 hours into a fast. It’s amazing. I actually feel better than when I’m eating food, but it’s taken me a while to get there. You know, just the psychological idea of fasting. It’s a little uncomfortable, I’m hungry. So it’s also a really nice compliment to intermittent fasting where you may want to go 12, 18, 24 hours and use this throughout the experience. Just kind of like grease the skids a little bit as well.  Latt Mansor: Yeah. Dave Korsunsky: So that’s kind of the second one I wanted to call out was like as a compliment to fasting, I use that I do a lot of three day water fasting and I’m not in, I’m not maniacal about being completely zero carb, like a little bit of exogenous ketones I can tolerate, they actually make the experience better. It’s like, you’re already flying really high when you’re doing extended fasting and, and you’re on ketones and this just makes it better, but a, a bridge and a as a adjunct therapy to fasting, whether it’s intermittent fasting, I’d call that a shorter term type of a thing, 1824, or you’re doing extended multiple day. I think it’s another beautiful way to integrate this type of product. Would you agree? Yeah. Latt Mansor: Yeah, I would agree. But the only caveat, like I said, it really depends on the goal of the fast as well. Sure. Yeah. Like if you’re doing Autophagy you don’t want to have any calories in because you’re forcing your body to recognize that it’s in survival mode. Hence you don’t want to put any calories in, it’s gonna go into survival mode and it’ll start cleaning itself out of autophagy, reusing recycling and, and, and eliminating whatever waste that is in your body. Dave Korsunsky: Cool. Okay. So we’ve covered it just like a bridge into ketosis. We’ve talked a little bit about intermittent fasting. I think another area that would be really interesting to talk about is how can they help with, with glucose control? So, I mean, there would be obvious benefits. This is just my layman’s interpretation of it and you can correct me, but if I’m using, if I’m using an, an exogenous ketone product, I’m, I’m naturally gonna have increased ability to self-regulate my food choices. I’m naturally gonna have a little bit of appetite suppression. And just, just by default, it’s gonna help me make better choices and lower glucose, but are there other applications where even if I am making a bad choice and I have the ketones in me, do they somehow kind of cancel out the postprandial blood sugar or something like that. Can you educate us on, on how those things fit together? Dave Korsunsky: That’s a very interesting question. And it is an area that is still very new in research, probably in the past 2, 2, 3 years, professor Jonathan Little from university of British Columbia published three papers. At least I think she probably published more now, but the initial three papers were on acute use of Ketone Esters in healthy individuals, acute use of Ketone Esters in obese individuals and then use of keto Naster for 14 days in obese individuals. And all of them looked at, you know, insulin, blood glucose and all that. And they took it, you know, after they had food. So post prendale, beautiful. And they saw consistently there is a slight drop of glucose after they consume exogenous keto. Now exogenous, keto, meaning Ketone Ester, and so far keto, I’ve also shown the same pattern. I don’t believe ke salt has the same effect. Latt Mansor: I don’t know if it’s because it doesn’t raise the blood BHB high enough because the hypothesis around why blood glucose is going down blunted blunted a little bit. So the hypothesis around it is that if your blood BHB is high enough, it somewhat gives the signal to the liver to temporarily seize or downregulate gluconeogenesis, which is to produce its own glucose within, within your own body. Because your body’s saying that, Hey, you know, you’ve got enough stuff straight in the body to create energy. Now, why don’t you dial down the gluconeogenesis a little bit? So that is the, the, the theory, the hypothesis so far, but we haven’t really explored into, you know, confirming that or, or validating that. But surely, you know, it certainly has a place for people who, you know, want to go back, say, say you are on ketogenic diet and, and you were invited to a birthday party, you had a piece of cake, you know, you had a high glucose. Latt Mansor: Now you wanna go back into ketosis really quickly and you wanna lower your blood glucose, take a shot of, of ketone IQ. That’s why I usually do sort of cheating, but at the same time, like it does bridge that, that keto, ketone ketosis much quicker. And on top of that, I dunno if you, you feel like for me personally, if I have been on a low carb diet for a bit, and if I introduce quite a large amount of carbs and glucose, I have that glucose crash. Like I just feel very lethargic. I just want to have an app having a shot of ketone IQ actually stops that for me. Yeah. So, you know, I think it, it, it really depends on individuals and, and, you know, on another like point to prove the effect of, of ketones in, in, in glucose control and in diabetes as well. I mean, Verta health has been doing, you know, tremendous work in using a ketogenic diet to treat diabetes. But granted we know that, you know, ketogenic diet is naturally low, very low restricted in, in carbs anyway. So you are already restricting in carbs and then, you know, to add ketogenesis and, and ketosis on top of that is just a bonus. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. You, you brought out Verta, it’s such an incredible example where they’re, they’re bringing ketogenic therapy into the standard of care, which is really cool. Just, just tangentially. Do you know if they’re using ex exogenous ketones in their protocols? Latt Mansor: No, no, they are. They are not at the moment. Dave Korsunsky: That would be pretty sweet. That’s a nice partnership opportunity there. AB absolutely. You guys are right down the street. Latt Mansor: Yes. And I did talk to no Dr. Steve Finney and he, he gave me a challenge essentially because, and he has a point and, and, you know, we here at HVMM, we always stand for the transparency and we stand for the science and we stand for a win-win situation for both the company and for the people. So Steve posts a challenge that, you know, he said, how much ketones can my body create in a day? Right. He said about like 75 to a hundred grams. And that is free from your ketogenic diet exogenous ketones can you make it free? Right. How am I going to compete with ketogenesis with endogenous ketones? If you, you can just use it as, you know, use ketogenic diet versus a fair point, ketone IQ. It’s just a matter of cost. Yeah. And, and, and I can always argue about the adherence, right? Latt Mansor: They have been proving that, you know, there’s quite high adherence amongst the people and they’ve published these papers. So one point to argue is, okay, adherence. What if some people, you know, the exogenous ketones might give these people some form of flexibility in ketogenic diet. It will allow them to at least have a bit of carbs. And then it boils down to the end user. Do they even want that flexibility? Or do they actually want a strict regime where they stuck to their ketogenic diet? So there’s still a lot of work to be done here to really optimize the final product of ketone IQ we can always, and we always do Dave Korsunsky: So already iterating on the product just based on the way you’ve kind of forked it from the original. Latt Mansor: Absolutely. I mean, they can, it can always be cheaper. It can always taste better. It can always act better. It can always be more efficacious. It’s science, it’s technology, right? Whatever data there’s other that’s, that’s the great point here that that’s the perk of my job is to be able to have these kind of conversations with all the researchers around the world who are doing research in different areas, but all involving both endogenous and exogenous ketones and really understand where the state of the art is and where the current state of science around ketones is. And, and that is very important because then we know where to steer our product towards, you know, what is actually proving to work, what molecule is actually proving to, what do people actually want? Do they want a big spike and then a drop, or do they want something that lasts as long as possible before they top up another dose? You know, do they want something that, you know, is between X and Y range of blood BHB? Or do they want a general, like anything above 0.5? So all those questions have always been asked consistently within our company and me as a research lead also, you know, it’s my job to go out there and find all these resources to be able to answer them to both internal and, and external parties. Dave Korsunsky: So you get to keep your hands in, all the different pies out there, all the research being done. You’re just kind of looking across the landscape and looking at what are the different types of studies coming out? What are the different demands from consumers? You guys have a huge direct to consumer business, a fantastic brand out of the market. So you’re obviously hearing it from the individuals who are using it, all the biohackers, all the people using ketogenic therapy. Then you’ve got the research aspect. Where, where is that going? How do, how do these products fit in? So you get to look across the landscape and then you’re bringing that feedback back into the product team. Is that correct? Latt Mansor: That is definitely a privilege. I’m very grateful to have. Dave Korsunsky: Cool. Let’s talk about high performance applications. I, I mentioned one example earlier where you have a use case around someone who is sitting at a poker table with some of the top players in the world going, you know, head, head to head, for example, long days, that would be one application sport, high performance sport. That’s a different type of application where it may not be sustained long term, unless it’s an endurance type of an event, for example. Yeah. So what are you guys seeing out there? What’s the state of the art in, in using these products in, in high performance applications, any specific nuggets you wanna share with us? Latt Mansor: Sure. I mean, exogenous ketones have been used very ubiquitously in enduring sports, especially in triathlon, in cycling and in the Tour de France. You know, they had a whole article published on how cyclists in the Tour de France used Keyes from the history of men before. So that was really big. And, you know, are Dave Korsunsky: They are allowed in this day and age? sorry to interrupt you. Is this, is this permitted in, in, in competitive sport? Latt Mansor: Yes, it is because all our products are also third party tested for band, substance and compliance. So all of that is covered. Usually athletes, they will ask for it and we’ll send them, you know, ask them what back they have, all the certificates everything is done. And obviously, we have the FDA grass as well, which is generally recognized as safe. So we get all the paperwork covered. And as I said, you know, earlier we are all about, you know, transparency and science and making sure that people are getting what we say they’re getting. So for endurance wise, we, we have seen papers and, and studies that showed improvement when faster. So that was the big paper in 2016 and some metabolism that showed 2% improvement when the cyclists were faster. And then another group repeated that study with fed cyclists because they were like, well, you know, no, one’s gonna go into a race faster. Latt Mansor: So let’s replicate a more ecological setting here. So they saw no, no improvement in the fed group. And then they repeat that again. But this time, knowing that the increase in blood BHB decreases blood pH and, and increased acidity, they added sodium by carbon and that improved performance by 5%. So, the current understanding of the protocol is that balancing or buffering the intake of Ketone Esters with Sodo by carbonate did improve performance in endurance athletes. Now people ask, how does that apply or translate into keto IQ? What I tell people is that keto IQ does not spike in blood be that high. And in fact, it’s a much slower releasing, slow burn. Yeah, slow burn. So you possibly don’t have to buffer it because it doesn’t go to that level. And it, it, because our blood, our body obviously, you know, in homeostasis balances and buffers itself out. Latt Mansor: So it gives the body time to, to balance that, that acidity out. And hopefully, you know, that way we can already see an improvement in performance without having to, to either be fasted nor having a sodium by carbonate buffer. So currently we are running a study with the University of north Georgia to replicate the use of Ketone Ester in cognitive and physical performance. But this time using keto IQ, hopefully the data data, data collection will be complete in August. And we are looking to present at the national strength and conditioning association conference next year, hopefully with that data as well. Dave Korsunsky: Cool. So you’ve got endurance athletes, and I think that was really kind of, you know, just going back to the old Steve Finney books, the art and science of low-carb living, the art and science of low-carb performance. It was really these ultra endurance athletes who had really put keto on the map because they had gone through a full four week fat adaptation, probably a little longer than that, even before competition. So yeah, this is not a matter of where they said, Hey, I’m just gonna carb restrict for a couple days before the competition and go in, they had car restricted and been in a ketosis for up to four plus weeks where according to the books, if my knowledge is still accurate, that that’s a full adaptation of every cell in the body, you know, weeks of, of ketosis. And then yeah, they went into the endurance ultra endurance race in this prime state and, and were not dependent on any type of external fueling at all like the gels and whatever the other people were using. And, and they had extremely successful Latt Mansor: Outcome. And, and I might, I might want to add as well that these protocols that I just mentioned for endurance athletes and endurance exercise is that they have been taking exogenous ketones, but also they have been taking their standardized fueling strategies, which means about 60 grams or one gram per one gram of carbs per kilogram or body weight per hour. So that’s what they have been using. So they’re using essentially a hybrid fuel gotcha system where they have both carbs and ketones. And somehow we have also shown that that system itself does have a glycogen sparing effect. And that is also what pushes these endurance cyclists or endurance athletes a bit further. And then the same group that used sodium by carbon to buffer the acidity of Ketone Esters. They also did another study to look at, to look at overreaching symptoms and recovery. So for a three weeks study, they gave the cyclist ketones and proteins and carbs after their workout, as well as before bed. And they saw an improvement of 15% work output at the end of three, the third week. So, you know, to me, that compounding factor of, of using it for recovery is definitely very significant. Dave Korsunsky: Well, it’s interesting that you’re starting to see hybrid strategies that that’s new to me where you’re using the exogenous keto, but you’re also taking 50 to 60 grams of carbs per day. And, and what you’re saying is that those protocols can deliver equal levels of performance relative to someone who has been purely ketogenic. Am I understanding that right? Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. Yeah. So, that’s a whole, that’s a whole idea. And the benefits of Exogen keto is that you totally, you don’t need to, you get the best of both worlds diet, you get the best of both worlds. So you can’t. So there, it is not a possible physiological state where your body has both carbs and ketones to, to choose from, Dave Korsunsky: Well, not in the natural world, but there is now exactly, Latt Mansor: Exactly. So this creates that. And, and what we have seen is that that gives your body because your body will just, you know, choose whatever that it can burn and it burns more efficiently. And that has been proven to really give your body the advantage to, to go further or go faster. And that is exactly why when athletes start using ketone IQ for performance, we always tell them to use it together with carbs because, you know, one dose of, of ketone IQ is like, what 70 calories, it’s impossible for it to sustain your whole, you know, endurance race, right? You are burning your own, your own storage. And if you are already on a ketogenic diet, you barely have any glycogen in your body. So you are burning your other, your fat storage and all that. And if the process of conversion is like lipolysis and all of that does not catch up to your activity, you’re just gonna bunk out. Latt Mansor: Right? So that’s where, you know, the hybrid fuel system is, is quite helpful because it lets your body balance itself out as well as it gives your body time to decide, okay, am I burning the glycogen now, am I, am I mobilizing all the fats now while I’m burning the glycogen or, you know, am I am running the ketones and all of that. And on top of that one thing that most people, because when these studies are published, they look at performance, they look at glycogen sparing, they look at muscle metabolism. Another point is also the subjective feeling of cognition like cognitive. I love the benefits. So that is another really profound effect of Exogen ketones that I have experienced is that when you are at the verge of passing out, you are so fatigued. And the only thing that is pushing you forward is your mental strength and resilience. Latt Mansor: This puts me in that zone and, and really gives me that, that clear thinking process where I can just, just hyper focus on one thing. And that is especially useful for, for me, going weightlifting, for example, and, and strength training, because I’m not going for the marathon, I’m not going for the endurance, right? So I, I can’t measure, you know, how long can I burn the substrate for, but instead it gives me that mental focus that, okay, I’m gonna do this heavy lift, get into the, into the zone, engage whatever muscle groups that I need to engage, make sure my form is correct. You know, I’m alert to everything. I can feel everything and, and do it correctly. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. I love that. So I also really love the idea of having this flexibility to do a hybrid strategy. It doesn’t mean that you can smack back a few donuts and a pizza, but what does mean is you might have some really nutrient dense carbohydrate sources, for example, sweet potato, as an example, or, or other like the, the highest quality carbohydrate sources so that you get the benefit. And, and those have other benefits around just hormonal health and other things where you can still really give the, the amount of carbohydrates in the body to keep hormone levels optimal, do do long, long term ketogenic diets, maybe reduce a lot of the downside of, of long term keto, if, if that’s what you wanna do. So knowing that you can layer that in, and now you have a world where you can have both fuels in the body, which was largely impossible up until this type of product came to market. Dave Korsunsky: So it’s interesting to see that these hybrid strategies are coming out. I wanna just talk a little bit more about performance applications and then just recap it here for everybody. So if, if I’m understanding things, let’s just recap. So if, if I just want to use them acutely, right. I haven’t been following a ketogenic diet at all, but I wanna use these for a, you know, big presentation at a conference or something like that. Just acute applications. I carry this in my backpack with me everywhere. So like everybody listening needs to have a couple bottles of these in the backpack at all times. And you can just use them acutely, like, yeah, I need to snap in my focus for a couple hours. I’m a little lethargic, or I have a big performance event coming up. I play competitive tennis here. I’ll take them before I play a competitive sport. Dave Korsunsky: So there’s those acute applications. You can also use them. It sounds like if you are already in a state of ketosis and, and you want to perhaps amplify the effects of that, of that state. So you’d have the body producing exogenous ketone, maybe you’re at a low level of nutritional ketosis, 0.5 millimeters millimolars or something like that. And this can give you that little push, you know, up into like maybe the 1.5 LAR range. And then if you’re, if you’re already in a very, very deep state of therapeutic ketosis, maybe you’ve been fasting for several days, or maybe you’re on a, a cancer protocol or an epilepsy protocol where you have to be in a therapeutic ketosis, which is gonna be like a glucose keto to an index, like less than three I’ve even pushed mine less than one before, which is super intense. I would imagine that. Would you recommend it in that use case as well? Or you are already so deep that you wouldn’t recommend it. What’s the best practice there? Latt Mansor: So what we have seen, interestingly enough, unlike ketone esters, ketone IQ, if you’re already in a deep state of ketosis, let’s say you are already at two, right? It doesn’t increase your, it, it’s not directly proportionate to, it’s Dave Korsunsky: Not just gonna double it.  Latt Mansor: For example, it’s not gonna double. It’s gonna, Dave Korsunsky: Your body will regulate it somehow. Latt Mansor: Exactly because it’s being gate capped by your liver. So your liver is gonna have the signal that says, you know, your blood keto is quite high now. So it will. So what we have seen is like the person with, you know, 2.3, you know, 2.4, they’ll go up to 2.5 or six. And then now what does the ketone IQ do then? You know, people also like, why do I need it? It actually prolongs that period of high, high ketosis. Cool. So, so depending on what your goals are, you know, if, if you think at two millimolar, that’s more than enough, what you need, you already have the mental focus, you already have the energy, or if you are, you know, fasting and you are low energy, but you have high ketosis, then maybe one shot will, will give you that, that boost of energy. Right. Cool. Because there are calories going in. So even though you are creating your own ketones, this one is external calories that you’re putting in that would essentially, you know, create energy and vitality. Dave Korsunsky: Yeah. I, I also think it’s important that, that we mentioned for people listening, that you can test yourself if you’ve never tested ketones before, you know, that was something that even a few short years ago, I remember the days where we had to like scour the web for test strips from Australia, cause the precision extra strips in the us here were like $5 a strip. You know, it wasn’t that long ago that that was the, the, the, the state. I remember ordering on my ketones strips on eBay from pharmacies in Australia. They were like, I could get ’em for like a dollar 20th strip or a dollar 40th strip cuz in the us for lots of reasons, we don’t need to get into, you know, the companies could charge $5 a strip. Now we’re at the point where it’s like, I don’t know, it’s like down to pennies on the dollar to test ketones. Dave Korsunsky: So if you’ve never tested, that’s actually one of the most rewarding parts about this whole thing. Yeah. And you can get really, really good keto meters on the market nowadays. And, that’ll give you some really accurate biofeedback that you’re doing things correctly and you can start to see how the product is changing your metabolic profile, your blood sugar and your ketones. So lots of easy ways and affordable ways to test lots of incredible products. Like HVMN that are out on the market. Now that just have incredible benefits across the board, you know, EE provides just out of the box benefits of ketogenic therapy for people who are new or people who really struggle even to get into ketosis. And then on the other side of it, there’s the medical applications. And then there’s also the high performance applications and, and it just keeps getting better and better. Dave Korsunsky: And what tools are accessible, these are not expensive tools. These are not cost prohibitive. These are tools available to anyone who’s really interested in being their best self every single day, unlocking the secrets of your body’s performance. It’s just something that is incredibly exciting. So Latt in closing here, are there any recommendations you would give for people who are just starting out here or, or maybe if you could share some of your, the top resources on your website for people who wanna learn more and just, if, if they’re listening, how do they, how do they get started here, cuz I’m sure we’ve peaked to curiosity, not just of our end users on the system, but if you are one of the practitioners on the heads up platform, working with clients on metabolic therapy and, and you’re working with people who, you know, may struggle with a ketogenic diet or who need extra help or who want to use these in fasting, I use them with people I work with in high performance applications. It’s just an awesome performance hack. And if you’re a high performance coach on our system, layering this into the stack, incredible. So lots of ways to infuse these into different programs and protocols out there, but what’s the best way Latt for people to get access to your product? And if you could maybe share like your top one or two resources out there that you’d recommend to people to read or watch to learn more. Yeah, that’d Latt Mansor: Be awesome. I mean our website HVMN.com. We have a lot, I mean, I personally worked on that myself. We have, you know, on the KETONE science page itself, we have all the resources and all the citations, all the studies that showed, you know, the, the benefits of exogenous ketones under the FAQ sections, we have different use cases, especially for advanced use cases. Either you are, you know, using it for athletic performance, you’re using it for recovery or you’re using up metabolic health. You know, the dosing guidance, all of them, are available either in the FAQs or in, in the help section of health center @ hvmn.com and feel free to follow me as well on Twitter and Instagram at Latt Mansor. Dave Korsunsky: That’s amazing. You’ve got me sold. I was going old school. I like the slow burn. You know what I mean? I think that’s actually gonna be a better use case for me personally. And, and the clients I work with. That’s not to say it’s for everybody, but the clients I work with, they need that long, slow, continuous, like, just keep me above 1.0 for six hours. That is money. Yeah. So please, please keep iterating on the product. I know you guys have been really at the forefront of this science for years. You guys were really first on the market with this type of stuff. There may have been some other ones, but you guys really are first to bring it to the mainstream, to the masses. So keep doing all of the amazing work that you guys are doing. Yeah. We’re, we’re very grateful that you shared your expertise with us here today and there’ll be more coming between heads up and HVMN and the near future. So stay tuned and thank you Latt. We’re very grateful. Latt Mansor: Thank you for having me. Thank you. 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About the Episode Dr. Sachin Patel of The Living Proof Institute and Perfect Practice Mentorship sits down with Dave Korsunsky to discuss how Dr. Patel implements the Oura Ring into his practice. The pair dive into their favorite metrics to monitor, how to build a successful practice, and how each of them got into functional medicine. “Getting people more parasympathetic heals and it helps restore the function of all of their organ systems. It also restores blood flow to those organ systems.” – Dr. Sachin Patel Heads Up This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! START TRACKING! Living Proof Institute The Living Proof Institute offers personal and corporate health solutions. Our goal is to improve the health and wellness of our community by improving the health of its citizens. Our mission is accomplished by patient education, dietary and lifestyle consulting, exercise prescription, and advanced functional laboratory testing. Perfect Practice Mentorship Perfect Practice is a world-class personal, professional, and practice development mentorship. Our mission is to provide simple, practical and affordable growth tools to help functional medicine practitioners and coaches deliver transformational care for their clients. Dr. Sachin Patel Sachin is a father, husband, philanthropist, functional medicine practice success coach, international speaker, and best-selling author whose philosophy is that, “The doctor of the future is the patient.”  He founded The Living Proof Institute and coaches practitioners all over the world on how to step into their power and profoundly serve their communities. And, he has taught thousands of functional medicine professionals how to start, grow, and scale their practices. Sign Up For The Future Webinar With Dr. Sachin Patel & The Heads Up Team. Show Notes (2:10) Dave talks about how practices can use wearable technology to benefit their patients. Practices can get rapid feedback, personalized programs, and more. (3:15) Dr. Patel started as a chiropractor for sports, soft tissue, and repetitive strain injuries. He ended up on the news, which resulted in more than 50 people calling his practices. All of these people had chronic health issues, as opposed to soft tissue injuries. This led Dr. Patel to functional medicine. (3:43) Dr. Patel started the Living Proof Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. The institute helps people get to the root cause using functional medicine, lifestyle, medicine, and mindset to help them heal. (3:56) He moved back to Toronto to start another clinic. Other practices started reaching out to him about how he built his own practice. This led Dr. Patel to coaching. His goal is to establish a movement to create and deploy an army of practitioners that are making the world a better place and using technology in a responsible way to enhance their clinical outcomes. (5:37) Dave reflects on how a functional doctor helped him identify the root cause of his health issues. This led him to move off of the Western diet and ignited a series of personal health changes. (7:04) Dr. Patel shares how he grew up eating a bunch of grains as a vegetarian. He started removing gluten and dairy from his diet. This included meat substitutes which were stitched together with gluten. (8:07) He would wake up tired, stiff, and achy every morning. He had major digestive issues. After altering his diet, his skin cleared up and many of his issues disappeared. He has now been gluten free for over a decade. (9:44) Dave discusses how he is also now an early morning person. (10:22) Dave shares how understanding Oura Ring metrics on himself now helps him interpret the data of his loved one’s through Heads Up. (11:45) Dr. Patel met Harpreet Rai (CEO of Oura Ring) at Genius Network. This led him to invite Oura to come to Dr. Patel’s in-person event, which resulted in dozens of practitioners ordering rings. (12:22) In Ontario, Dr. Patel had to figure out what claims he could make regarding his messaging. He decided to focus on vitality and health optimization. (13:13) Dr. Patel realized that boards would go after practitioners requesting testing. Dr. Patel wanted to create a program that doesn’t use testing.  (14:44) Dr. Patel wants patients to become their own doctor by having data. People who were put on a lifestyle design program were getting amazing results in 3-6 weeks. They got off their meds, lost 20-60 pounds, and transformed their health before getting tests done. (15:44) By improving lifestyle and environment, there’s collateral benefit to their entire family. They want to teach the figurehead in the household how to create an environment of health in the home. (16:17) In one family, a woman lost 27 pounds, the husband lost 45 pounds, and the daughter lost 27 pounds. Dr. Patel doesn’t want skinnier versions of people, but healthier versions of people. (17:12) Dr. Patel focuses on heart rate variability (HRV). HRV correlates to bone health, muscle health, brain health, immune system function, digestive function, and other systems in the body. He tracks HRV through the Oura Ring. (18:01) Dr. Patel gets 50-100 Oura Ring sizing kits delivered directly to his practice at a time. He includes a sizing kit in each client’s welcome package. (19:11) Dave discusses the limitations of working within the Canadian system. Dave’s sister is a naturopathic doctor in Winnipeg and she can’t order labs for her patients, even a simple Vitamin D test. (21:38) Dave talks about why it’s a great idea for Dr. Patel to stock the sizing kits for his clients to reduce friction when ordering the Oura Ring. (23:50) Dave believes combining metrics and using that for engagement opportunities is the best approach for practices. (24:36) Dr. Patel discusses how they use a health coach. Their patients can do a daily check. They can submit a journal entry, log their weight, hydration, bowel movements, sleep scores, and any other questions they may have. (25:24) Dr. Patel’s practice shares patient progress, oftentimes through Heads Up Health Reports, during follow up meetings. The practice focuses primarily on sleep and HRV. The patient shares information the ring can’t tell them and Heads Up gives them information that the patient can’t tell them. (26:53) Practices don’t need to be perfect to get started. You learn things and make improvements along the way. (28:19) Dr. Patel enjoys gamifying within his community. He can hold sleep score contests with his clients. (28:52) Dave talks about how the Heads Up employees all have their Oura Rings connected and a Slack Channel to discuss their scores.  (29:59) Dave goes over some of the best metrics to monitor using the Oura Ring. These metrics include resting heart rate, temperature deviation, HRV, the actual readiness score, the respiration rate, and the sleep score. Temperature deviation can be a precursor to pending illness. Respiration rate can indicate impending illness and level of cardiovascular health. (32:11) You can’t cheat heart rate variability. It shows how somebody is handling a stressful situation. Dr. Patel uses HRV as a measure of resilience. HRV is a good measure of parasympathetic tone; a good indicator of how well we’re recovering, repairing, and regenerating. (34:50) Sleep is one of the most important things that we do. It is the most parasympathetic thing that we do. The Oura Ring shows how well protocols and recommendations are working. (36:10) Dr. Patel had a friend who couldn’t sleep and Dr. Patel recommended that he turn off all artificial lighting after the sun goes down. His friend felt better, but the Oura Ring showed him the value within the data. (37:18) Dr. Patel also focuses on respiratory rate. He uses a nose strip, mouth tape, and proper positioning when he sleeps. (37:45) Dave tries to think about the central nervous system when he prioritizes his help. He turns the lights down early before bed and views it as the goal of meditation. (39:07) Changing how you consume alcohol or cannabis can help with sleep onset. Water can also be used as an excellent source of relaxation therapy. (40:28) The key to Dr. Patel’s program is to pair your nervous system with the activity that you are trying to accomplish.  (41:18) Bob Rakowski shared a study that measured blood flow in extreme athletes. A sprinter, in a very fight or flight state, is sending only 5% of his blood flow to his liver and kidneys when he’s in that state. At rest, they send 50% to those organs. (41:46) If you want someone to detox better, the key is to increase blood flow and nutrients to the organ system so they can function properly. By healing your parasympathetic system, that helps restore function and blood flow to their organ systems. Your digestive system works better when you’re parasympathetic. Instead of changing your diet, slow down, chew your meal, enjoy it, and be grateful for it. Western culture views food as an inconvenience. Our digestive system is most effective in mid-day when the sun is in the highest position (not necessarily noon). That’s when you should have your biggest meal. The most parasympathetic thing you can do right after that is take a nap and digest that meal, instead of going to exercise immediately after. (43:24) Dave noticed that he should eat his biggest meal around 3pm. (46:26) Dr. Patel noticed that food choices, meal timing, and stress affect HRV. You can’t eliminate stress, but you can change how they interpret it. If somebody’s HRV is not responsive, he starts to look into trauma. There may be something that is keeping them in a sympathetic state despite the fact that their physical health is improving. (48:36) There are many things that are easily modifiable in our day-to-day life; our environment, lighting before bedtime, ambient bedroom temperature, meal timing, and meal choices. (49:06) When you want to move on to the next level, you look at things that are psychospiritual including stressors in relationships with others and yourself. (49:36) Dave and Dr. Patel discuss the power of plant medicines. Dr. Patel had a patient who had a 30% permanent improvement in their HRV score after a psilocybin ceremony. (50:55) In Dave’s personal experience, if his HRV numbers are in the 50s, he feels there is nothing that he can’t accomplish. He also makes sure that he doesn’t overtrain. (53:04) Dr. Patel looks at how long it takes him to sink into resting heart rate and calibrates his day accordingly. Sometimes our body will tell us one thing, but our mind can always tell us something else. He gives himself permission to override the data and choose how he feels about the day. (55:40) Dr. Patel gives insight into how patients respond to remote patient monitoring. When he tells people that they offer remote patient monitoring, it serves as a filtration process. People who don’t like to be measured won’t want to sign up. (57:03) Dave likes wearable technology and biometric data in the clinical setting because it holds both the patient and the practitioner accountable. (58:40) Remote patient monitoring validates practitioners’ processes. It is evidence that their program works. There are practitioners that make big claims, but don’t have evidence to back that up. There are patients who say they’re doing certain things that may not be. (1:01:23) The top three metrics that Dr. Patel personally lives by are HRV, fasting insulin, and high sensitivity CRP. HRV is instant biofeedback. Insulin resistance is a major predictor of many issues in your body or longevity. Fasting insulin shows how someone’s managing their metabolism, blood sugar. High sensitivity CRP is an inflammation marker. References Living Proof Institute Perfect Practice Mentorship Program Harpreet Rai Dr. Bob Rakowski Mymetabolicreset.ca Sign Up For The Future Webinar With Dr. Patel & The Heads Up Health Team The post Ep. 60 – Integrating the Oura Ring into your Functional Medicine Practice with Dr. Sachin Patel appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Dr. Sheila Dean of the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy dives into how she started IFNA, what the academy’s courses teach, functional nutrition, becoming a VA vendor,  and where conventional and integrative medicine differ. She covers all this and more with Heads Up founder Dave Korsunsky. Heads Up This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the start link below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! START TRACKING! “It&#8217;s not just about Sheila Dean in private practice, but it&#8217;s about empowering and educating as many nutrition healthcare professionals as possible to get out there and to do this.” &#8211; Dr. Sheila Dean Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy The Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy (IFNA) is one of the most respected online functional nutrition training and mentoring programs in the industry. It was founded by two of the nation’s premier integrative medicine nutritionists, Dr. Dean and Kathie Swift MS. Consisting of 5 tracks with 33 modules, the IFNA program teaches leading-edge, evidence-based, whole systems approaches to patient care.  This emerging medical nutrition model focuses on identifying root causes and imbalances to significantly improve health outcomes and combines the very best of modern science, clinical wisdom, and critical thinking. Click to enroll in IFNA &nbsp; Dr. Sheila Dean Dr. Sheila Dean, DSc, RDN, LDN, IFMCP is a registered and licensed dietitian nutritionist, board certified integrative and functional medicine certified practitioner, clinical nutritionist, and exercise physiologist. She was a Certified Diabetes Educator with the NCDBE for 15 years. She received her undergraduate training through Rutgers University, completed her internship and graduate training with University of Rhode Island and Brown University’s teaching hospitals, received doctoral training in nutritional genomics and pharmacology through the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and completed her Doctorate of Science degree through Hawthorn University.  Dr. Dean has received advanced training in functional medicine and nutritional biochemistry through the Institute for Functional Medicine and is a board certified IFM practitioner. She has also worked with the Duke University Medical Center’s Endocrinology and Metabolism Disorders Clinic and the Joslin Center for Diabetes as a certified diabetes educator. She’s served as the consulting sports nutritionist for the Philadelphia Phillies, has consulted for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Toronto Blue Jays and was the media spokesperson and columnist for the Ironman Institute and is the author of Nutrition &amp; Endurance: Where Do I Begin? (Meyer &amp; Meyer Publishing). &nbsp; In this episode: (2:13) Dr. Dean discusses her background being a dietician for 30 years. Around 2000, she became disillusioned with the field and was exposed to functional medicine. After her research, she concluded that this was a field she was excited to join. (4:29) Dr. Dean started incorporating her functional medicine knowledge into her practice. The types of patients who went to see her began to expand. (5:26) Dr. Dean and Kathie Swift were constantly being called and texted by people asking for training. IFNA launched in 2015. (6:54) Dave reflects on Dr. Dean’s journey and how she created her functional nutrition business. (8:04) Dr. Dean and Kathie felt that dieticians were pretty ignored. They wanted to create a program for dieticians. (9:30) Dr. Dean dives into her functional nutrition program and what people will learn from it. IFNA teaches people a specialized area. There are 33 modules and it takes about a year to finish. There are nine components. Track 1 covers everything from food is medicine, conventional labs, functional blood chemistry interpretation, dietary supplements, the science, and the art. Track 2 gets into all the different systems areas. Track 3 is about the application and building your own private practice. There is a track dedicated to therapeutic elimination diets. The final track, Track 5, is dedicated to case studies. (15:35) Dr. Dean says the ideal scenario for her students is for them to setup an integrative-based practice. IFNA are VA vendors, so they have a contract with the government that pays for the all the programs that their VA dieticians go through. (17:59) Dr. Dean believes that asking questions about root cause analysis is the foundation of trying to understand how to restore health and function. (19:20) Dave narrows in on the issues with the standard American diet and lack of education for children. (21:01) Dr. Dean and Kathie are focused on empowering as many functional nutrition healthcare professionals as possible. Heads Up Health’s mission is to give certified professionals the remote ability to measure and analyze how patients are doing. (25:19) Conventional and integrative communities agree that autoimmunity is a condition where the immune system is hyper vigilant and maybe attacking its own tissue. The difference in the communities lies in the way the issue is handled. Once the patient is stabilizied, Dr. Dean thinks the physician should figure out or outsource the patient to somebody who will figure out the underlying issue. (29:39) Dr. Dean cautions practitioners not to replace a drug with a supplement. (31:51) If you take a personalized approach, there isn’t one or two panels that you need take. But, a really good overall panel is a nutra eval. It looks at many different biomarkers related to nutritional status. (34:05) STAIN is an acronym used by IFNA. Stress, Toxins, Adverse food reaction, Infection, and Nutritional deficiency. Dr. Dean gives examples for each type.  (37:52) Dave shares how he discovered an infection in his microbiome that showed up in a test once he started working with a functional doctor. (40:06) Medications can cause nutritional deficiencies. Magnesium and CoQ10 can typically be depleted by medications. (43:48) Dr. Dean says it is key for functional nutrition practitioners to track data and stay organized. 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By using artificial intelligence with a human element, practitioners can design a functional health protocol that will allow patients to maintain their treatment plans. Fullscript’s Dr. Alex Keller and Heads Up Founder Dave Korsunsky discuss how to deliver an entertaining and informative patient healthcare experience. Allowing patients to interact with and understand their data from their remote patient monitoring tools will drive them to stick to treatment plans long-term. Heads Up This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! START TRACKING! Dr. Alex Keller Dr. Alex Keller is a practicing naturopathic doctor in Ottawa, Canada and the Medical Director at Fullscript. As Medical Director, he oversees the Integrative Medical Advisory team (IMAT) and the development of educational content for practitioners across North America. He is a graduate of the University of Ottawa with an HBSc in Health Sciences and Psychology. Although originally planning to attend conventional medical school, Alex shifted direction and completed a degree in naturopathic medicine at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. The shift followed a three-month internship at a rural Kenyan hospital where he worked with doctors who used local food to successfully treat patients, after which he felt compelled to practice a nutrition-oriented system of medicine. Today, he blends an evidence-based functional approach to care with his experience as an organic farmer and a passion for anthropology to serve as an expert in traditional and integrative medicine.  About Fullscript Fullscript supports practitioners focusing on prevention and the connected, underlying causes of a patient’s symptoms. Thousands of integrative and functional health professionals are pushing for a shift to a more proactive perspective on lifestyle, patient care, and all of medicine. These practitioners are on a mission to provide lifelong care that helps people discover and rediscover wellness for the rest of their lives. It’s Fullscript’s mission to support them — to help people get better. From practitioners to patients, partners, and colleagues, we build frictionless technology and personalized experiences to support those on their wellness journeys, whatever that means to them. &nbsp; In this episode: (1:50) A discussion around how medical professionals can design a functional health protocol for each patient and how you can track that functional health protocol through remote patient monitoring. (6:33) Dave talks about taking the funnel concept of running a company and applying that to a medical protocol. Are patients opening the products? Are they even buying them. (8:59) Providing patients with objective data will help them stick to the recommended treatment plan.  (11:16) How patients who have not fulfilled the treatment plan got tripped up on simple tasks like opening the plan within the email. (12:51) Dr. Alex Keller’s team has a human care team to help clients with following the treatment plan. This team helps patients interpret the plan and ensure that patients stick to the functional health protocol. (14:59) Platforms like Heads Up Health that track biofeedback measures like heart rate variability (HRV) help to motivate patients. Patients can become discouraged if they don’t notice symptoms improving short-term, but seeing the data of the changes happening within the body assists in making the patient maintain compliance. (16:44) Gamifying the healthcare experience can help facilitate behavioral change.  (18:27) Blood glucose and HRV are great biofeedback markers to look for in patients within the first week of treatment. (21:03) Dave gives a step-by-step analysis of how patients can understand their metabolic markers. Step 1: Give patients an actionable target. Step 2: Design a functional health protocol and set the second stage of the funnel. Step 3: Confirm the person actually opens the email. (22:30) Dr. Alex Keller does not see many integrative practices including a device that can do biofeedback collection (like a continuous glucose monitor). He gives diet, lifestyle, and supplement protocols. He also can tell patients to track blood values, biofeedback, and/or other markers. (24:19) Dave talks about how patients develop awareness by using CGMs and platforms like Heads Up. (28:26) Dr. Alex Keller discusses how the challenge in his field is what kind of standardization there will be. There are so many products that it can be overwhelming for somebody looking to track their biomarkers. Tracking the data with platforms like Heads Up can be used for large data-driven studies. Use Fullscript to initiate that process. (32:49) Developing large data studies can help set treatment plans by aggregating data. The basic standard has been blood tests for the last decade. The next step forward could be much more in-depth. (37:00) Keeping patients engaged in tracking will help them stay on their functional health protocol. It encourages the patient to maintain behavioral change and the practitioner can call the patient if they start to fall off the path. (42:25) Dave discusses how using technology and AI could help scale the remote patient monitoring functional health protocol. AI can also be used to flag patients to their practitioners or lifestyle coaches. (46:23) Dr. Alex Keller believes that AI will never replace humanity, but it can be used to help inform decisions. By including automated reminders in Fullscript, it helps keep patients on their treatment plans. His focus is to arm practitioners with tools to provide better user experiences for patients. (49:21) Dave agrees that you need to combine AI and the human element. He sees positive change is happening with the new CPT codes and the payer system. References Fullscript Dr. Alex Keller: LinkedIn | Instagram | Personal Website | Fullscript Website The post Ep. 58 &#8211; Designing Functional Health Protocols with Dr. Alex Keller from Fullscript appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Are you a practitioner looking for an easier way to conduct functional medicine lab testing?  Tara Viswanathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Rupa Health, discusses with Heads Up’s Dave Korsunsky how her company simplifies this process for medical professionals. Dave and Tara also talk about why they believe root cause medicine will eventually become the standard of care, how Rupa Health and Heads Up are educating practitioners, and the origins of Rupa Health. Rupa Health is a company that focuses on making the lab testing process easier for practitioners, so they have more time to focus on patient care. Tara Viswanathan graduated with a Master’s Degree in Management Science and Engineering. She achieved her Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Operations Management at Pennsylvania University. Tara previously did product consulting for consumer health startups. Functional Medicine Functional medicine focuses on the biological systems in the body. A single diagnosis can have multiple causes. Ultimately, the purpose of functional medicine is to identify and treat the root cause of the disease.  Heads Up This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients’) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! START TRACKING! “I’ve had complete conviction in the fact that root cause medicine is going to become the standard of care.&#8221; &#8211; Tara Viswanathan Follow Tara: Twitter @TaraViswanathan LinkedIn Tara Viswanathan &nbsp; &nbsp; In this podcast you’ll learn: (2:25) How Dave and Tara became interested in health through their careers in technology.  (3:57) How Rupa Health makes functional lab testing easier. The company has over 2,000 different tests that healthcare practitioners can order within minutes. Rupa Health manages the entire patient experience including support with phlebotomy, specialized instructions, and 24-hour customer support. (5:40) Rupa Health supports everybody from solo, independent acupuncturists to small private practices to large hospital systems. Tara breaks down how a practitioner can enroll and ease the burden of ordering patient tests. (7:33) Patients have access to 3-month payment plans through Rupa. (9:13) The benefits of stool testing. Dave jokes about his experience presenting the Bristol Stool Chart at a conference. (10:12) The information you can learn from checking your urine and stool. (11:04) Rupa Health began in January 2020. Within months the company spread to clinics in 47 states. The company is continuously releasing new features. (12:34) Tara believes root cause medicine is going to become the standard of care. Tara wants to enable all practitioners to be able to pursue root cause medicine. Rupa first built a matching service to help pair patients with practitioners. The company then built a clinic, discovered the issues with lab testing, and decided to shut down the clinic and focus solely on lab testing. (14:50) One of the main issues with functional labs is that many of them do not have any web-based APIs (Application Programming Interface) to pull from. These labs and patients are stuck with a bunch of PDF files. Rupa Health has helped to build services around these facilities’ current systems. (19:00) Rupa can help doctors process all of their lab tests without having to learn everything step-by-step. (20:10) Root cause medicine can be the future of medicine. Root causes can be microbiome environment, heavy metal toxin exposure, and more. (22:23) Remote patient monitoring is becoming widely accepted and there are now reimbursements from the payer system. Commercial insurance covers most microbiome testing. (24:14) Rupa Health is working on helping educate practitioners through Rupa University. These courses teach practitioners how to understand and interpret lab testing. Heads Up Health has also launched Heads Up University, which aims to serve a similar purpose. (25:49) Dave and Tara are super involved as patients when interacting with their doctors. (26:43) Tara’s advice to practitioners is, “It’s not easy, but it’s worth it.” You can reach out to Tara at [email protected] where she can explain Rupa Health to you in more detail. &nbsp; References Rupa Health Bristol Stool Chart Rupa University Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) for Functional Medical Practices The post Ep. 57 &#8211; Simplify Functional Lab Testing with Rupa Health appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Curious how continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can lead to significant behavioral change? Kara Collier of NutriSense discusses how this happens with Heads Up founder Dave Korsunsky. Constantly being exposed to how your lifestyle affects your blood glucose increases your personal health awareness and motivation for making change. Kara covers how NutriSense came together, how the company is reducing the barrier for patients to get CGM, and how NutriSense’s apps and services help patients understand their data. She also talks about how most Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are people with immediate complications from lifestyle-related chronic conditions. Kara campaigned to the hospital administration and nutrition department for a year asking them to stop serving sodas to patients because of its negative health effects. When no action was taken, Kara left the hospital, worked at a nutrition software company, and eventually founded NutriSense with two other people. Kara Collier is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN), and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) who specializes in glucose control and metabolism. She graduated from Purdue University and previously worked at Memphis VA Medical Center as a clinical dietitian at Providence Hospital and in a management role at Nutritionix. Heads Up This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients&#8217;) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! START TRACKING! Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Continuous glucose monitoring is the practice of using a device (like the FreeStyle Libre CGM) that automatically tracks your blood glucose levels. You can view how this data changes throughout the day based on what you eat, how you exercise, and other daily activities that you do. Habitually viewing and understanding this data can lead to substantial lifestyle changes. This data can also be shared with your practitioner, so they too can monitor your health. Your practitioner can notify you if they think you need to take action on your health. &#8220;When you think about ICU, you expect to see gunshot wounds or car trauma &#8211; accident trauma. But more often, what you&#8217;re seeing in the ICU is actually immediate complications from lifestyle-related chronic conditions.&#8221; &#8211; Kara Collier In this podcast you’ll learn: (2:19) How Kara started as a dietician primarily in the ICUs and hospitals. She saw more chronic lifestyle conditions as opposed to gunshot wounds or car accident trauma. Those lifestyle conditions included diabetics who didn’t know they were diabetics or people with uncontrolled hypertension. (3:09) Kara details the frustrating layers in the healthcare system. People are reluctant to change after four decades of bad habits. A lot of the traditional dietetic information is antiquated or biased. The hospitals were never addressing the root cause. (4:56) The last straw for Kara was that sodas were served to patients even though they’re supposed to be healing them. Kara campaigned in the hospital to have sodas removed and nothing happened. She then left the hospital. (5:50) Kara worked at a different nutrition software and learned more about start-ups. Her journey led her to research root causes, behavioral change prevention, metabolic health, and continuous glucose monitors. (6:34) How using continuous glucose monitors and seeing the data in real-time will help fix users’ issues early on. CGM will also increase motivation to make behavior changes. (7:25) Kara’s co-founder, Dan, had a sister who was a Type 1 diabetic. Dan was trying to increase profitability while working in healthcare consulting and realized that we keep putting more money into the healthcare system, but people keep getting sicker. He realized his sister’s device might help solve financial problems. (8:18) The third co-founder, Alex, has a tech background and was interested in nutrition and biohacking. He used the devices on himself and built a software and app to showcase the data in a better way.  (8:57) The group came together when Dan and Alex posted on LinkedIn stating that they were starting a company and needed a nutrition or healthcare expert. Kara happened to stumble across the post and moved to Chicago to help build out the company. (9:44) Dave and Kara discuss how surprising it is that chronic lifestyle conditions are the number one thing bringing people to the emergency room. Those cases could have been prevented. (10:48) Part of the chronic lifestyle condition issue is that a lot of people aren’t following up regularly with their primary care until it becomes urgent. There is also a lack of prevention and our society isn’t proactive with our health. (12:43) How Facebook health groups are helping to spread health awareness. People are becoming more aware of their health. (14:47) How Heads Up benefits individuals, healthcare professionals, and practitioners’ client bases. (17:19) NutriSense’s products. Its consumer product comes with a continuous glucose monitor, dietician coaching, and NutriSense’s app. (18:04) Continuous glucose monitors are considered medical devices, so patients need a prescription. If you’re not an insulin-dependent diabetic, most likely, your doctor won’t write you a prescription. (18:48) NutriSense is trying to reduce the barrier to access continuous glucose monitors. You receive two CGM devices per month and access to one-on-one dietician coaching. The coach can see all your data and help you interpret it. (19:57) The human body is very complicated and Kara doesn’t want users to misinterpret the data.  (20:46) In the NutriSense app you can log your meals, stress, and exercise. You have access to analytics, charts, and graphs that break down the information. There is also education in the app. (21:10) NutriSense is currently testing out working with clinics. NutriSense gives clinics access to the software and they can use NutriSense’s dieticians if they want. (22:13) Dave’s experience on the ketogenic diet and using the continuous glucose monitor. He had a lot of success early on and was able to keep himself within his target glucose range. (24:07) Roughly 40% of NutriSense’s customers are relatively healthy. The other 60% have a health condition they’re working on. These conditions include hypertension, PCOS, Hashimoto&#8217;s disease, fatty liver, and chronic fatigue syndrome. (25:42) Why Dave and Kara don’t like the word bio-hacker.  (26:11) Continuous glucose monitors made Kara’s experimentation with ketosis much easier. The reduced burden of the process with CGM makes it easier to motivate yourself and form a habit.  (27:41) Continuous glucose monitors give you immediate feedback. They show you the positive and negative effects of what you’re doing in real-time. (28:40) Continuous glucose monitors allow practitioners to engage clients with positive reinforcement. (29:25) Dave enjoys using the CGM with the breath acetone meter so that he can monitor his blood pressure and ketone levels. (30:20) How data from continuous glucose monitors gives people the power to master their metabolism. (31:02) Healthy aging is one of the largest components of longevity. Once you make sure your blood sugar is in check every day, everything starts working better. You start sleeping better, regulating your appetite better, your hormonal systems work better, and your energy levels improve. (32:00) Maximizing the number of healthy years is one of the driving motivations of NutriSense. Being insulin sensitive and having good metabolic health is the core of living a long, healthy life. (33:44) Personalized nutrition and health are going to keep growing. Using continuous glucose monitors allows you to have an enhanced Mind-Body connection where you notice what meals make you feel worse. Connecting subjective experiences to objective data helps people to understand what is going on in their bodies. (36:02) Continuous glucose monitors, NutriSense, medical devices, and digital health devices help people build a mind-body awareness. (37:29) Metabolic disorders are everywhere. Most of the food people put in their bodies is terrible for blood sugar. Food companies use fMRI machines in a lab to see what reward centers are activated in the brain with different foods. (39:11) Dave and Kara talk about how to make CGM more accessible and affordable. People in the healthcare and regulatory systems need to understand the benefits of continuous glucose monitoring. The more there is a demand for these devices, the more there will be a push for the FDA to allow these devices. (41:14) NutriSense writes prescriptions for individuals to use continuous glucose monitors. (42:19) Some common foods that surprisingly spike glucose include Costco rotisserie chicken, smart sweets, and oat milk. A lot of people mean well and are trying to be healthy, but something you eat every day might be having a detrimental effect on your body. You need to know how your most common foods are affecting your ability to live that long, healthy health span. (46:25) The top takeaway from NutriSense clients was that they left the program with more flexibility in their diet than they thought there would be. (47:26) Going on a 20-minute walk and adding MCT Oil can help to burn off some of the excess sugar or blunt the spike.  &nbsp; &nbsp; References NutriSense Freestyle Libre CGM &nbsp; The post Ep. 56 &#8211; How Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can Lead to Health-Conscious Behavioral Change appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Join Heads Up Founder, Dave Korsunsky, as he talks to Dr. Cheng Ruan about remote patient monitoring, the new CPT codes, and how practitioners can re-engage the payer system.

Dr Jessica Drummond, MPT, CCN, CHC, is the founder and CEO of Integrative Women&#8217;s Health Institute (IWHI). An expert on chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis, Dr Jessica Drummond is also an evidenced based practitioner who understands heart rate variability (HRV), lifestyle parameters, and how to apply this information with her patients for better health outcomes. If you’re a practitioner listening to this, you’ll learn how Dr Jessica Drummond transitioned her practice from in-person to, now with Covid, 100% virtual. She is one of the rare practitioners utilizing HRV and wearables such as Oura and Garmin in a clinical setting to measure her patients’ baselines to watch it improve over time. With her team of health coaches, she uses a &#8220;nervous system out approach&#8221; to help her patients calm their nervous systems and balance stress, while optimizing their functional nutrition, deep sleep, exercise, and more. Learn how Dr. Drummond and her team are using Heads Up’s practitioner’s portal to track their clients’ lifestyle and health metrics. If you’re struggling with chronic pelvic pain or other issues related to women’s health, you’ll be inspired and motivated to reduce your stress, and learn why tracking any progress to celebrate may help your own health. And if you’re considering becoming a board certified health coach, especially for women’s health, you’ll learn how Dr. Jessica Drummond’s unique program is the first of its kind, the only Women&#8217;s Health Coach Certification in the world with over 1500 people enrolled from over 60 countries! Join Heads Up Founder, Dave Korsunsky, as he talks to Dr. Jessica Drummond about her unique approach to women&#8217;s health, her health coaching program, and even advice for those health practitioners new to transitioning into a virtual model.  Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients&#8217;) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! &nbsp; [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://app.headsuphealth.com/users/sign_up&#8221; ] &#8220;Calming the nervous system is so important to optimizing digestion function. Because you certainly can&#8217;t absorb nutrients and calm digestion and inflammation if someone is in chronic fight or flight, which is why I&#8217;ve gotten so interested in heart rate variability [HRV] over the years. Because it&#8217;s the only way we can objectively measure that.&#8221; &#8211; Dr. Jessica Drummond In this podcast you’ll learn: How Dr. Jessica Drummond, Founder and CEO of Integrative Women&#8217;s Health Institute, first connected with Dave via their mutual friend, Aypril Porter, which led to a partnership between Dr Jessica using Heads Up with her own patients and program. [1:06] About Dr. Jessica Drummond&#8217;s body of work, how she started the Integrative Women&#8217;s Health Institute over 11 years ago, and how from the very beginning, it was about training her colleagues in functional nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and the communication skillset of health coaching. [1:36] How Dr. Jessica Drummond started her career, more than 20 years ago. First as a physical therapist, originally intending to focus on sports medicine in orthopedics because of her background as an athletic kid, but really quickly began to specialize in women’s health. [2:20] How her focus on women’s health is from a physical standpoint. Basically, the muscular skeletal joints, muscles and nerves related to women’s health conditions. For example, shoulder injuries that happen after breast cancer surgery or rib pain, back pain, and pelvic pain associated with pregnancy, urinary incontinence, prolapse, etc. [2:40] She did this for many years in a hospital based clinical setting, as well as outpatient practice [3:15] How Dr Jessica Drummond discovered that the one population in women’s health that was particularly challenging was complex pelvic pain, sexual pain, or pelvic floor pain, pain in hips, back, radiation down the legs, organ structures, etc. [3:30] Why anytime there is pain signaling, the nervous system is involved [4:00] How she got sick in her early 30s and used the tools of functional nutrition to regain her own hormonal health. How pelvic pain can sometimes have a cyclical expression, and how to apply some things from a nutritional perspective to help her most challenging pelvic pain clients, using her own research around this [4:06] What motivated Dr. Jessica Drummond to start building her own school. While working at a women’s specialty hospital in Houston, she began to teach her colleagues, offer courses, from the moment she began learning this information. [4:54] That the Integrative Women’s Health Institute now has about 17 different courses and offers health coach certification that’s board-approved, with many certified health coaches come out of the program, focusing on women’s health. Not just in Dr. Drummond’s specialty, pelvic pain, but also fertility, perimenopause, period pain, and all kinds of women’s health issues. [5:14] How Dr. Jessica Drummond has successfully shifted from a more in-person to 100% virtual now. [6:34] Why she was ahead of her time, way before Zoom even existed, focusing on virtual appointments, telehealth, out of necessity. How she initially built a huge place in Houston, but switched to phone appointments, completely client-driven, eliminating unnecessary commutes to the doctor’s office. This also allowed her to fit in life as a parent raising young kids, as well as multiple moves (11 times in 13 years!). [7:00] Advice for practitioners from Dr. Drummond if new to moving towards a digital model: why you should maintain your own office, even if it’s just a separate room in your home. [8:54] Why is nutritional therapy so vital to health issues? How blood sugar dysregulation can be inflammatory? What does a functional nutrition template look like and how can it start the healing process? [9:28] Dr. Jessica Drummond’s approach to functional nutrition: “It’s about optimizing systems. Instead of chasing the symptoms, we always say, optimize physiological systems.” [10:19] Why Dr. Jessica Drummond is so interested in her patients’ heart rate variability (HRV). And why she takes a “nervous system out approach” instead of what she used to do, which is to start with digestion. That although digestion is used early in the process, she is realizing more and more that “calming the nervous system is so important to optimizing digestion function. Because you can’t absorb nutrients, calm digestion and general inflammation if someone is in chronic fight or flight.” HRV is the only way she “can objectively measure that.” [11:11] On endometriosis, and how symptoms often begin for girls as young as 8 and 12 years old. How girls and women begin to learn to push that pain down and show up anyway.  [11:27] Why the number one reason girls miss school is due to period pain [12:09] How many people learn how to push through the pain, to suppress it, and no longer can even recognize when they are physiologically stressed, which is again why HRV can be so valuable, whether looking at a Garmin, Biostrap, or Oura. “Now you’ve got an objective measurement that you can then start to make changes, which will allow you to use the nutrition therapy to calm the nervous system.” [12:16] How using HRV can help you as a practitioner to spot those who have a sympathetic overload, then begin to use other strategies such as mindful eating, chewing. [13:40] Why an anti-inflammatory diet is important, yet how to create flexibility in that plan as there is no one-size-fits-all endometriosis diet. Or pain diet. [14:00] What she does with the majority of clients who have bloating digestive issues, starting with blended soups, cooked vegetables, etc. [14:42] Why a lot of times, women are lacking absorbable protein, and struggle with low neurotransmitters. Not only do they have pain signaling because of inflammation, but they may have low serotonin, low tryptophan, L-theanine, and GABA support, not actually absorbing the protein they are eating. Why healthy beneficial fats are important, etc. [14:53] Using the urinary organic acids testing to make sure that people are absorbing nutrients. [15:44] Why Dr. Jessica Drummond starts with what people CAN eat, because if you have a lot of digestive issues, and you’ve been afraid of food since you were a ten-year-old girl (there are a lot of eating disorders), this is important. Eventually we’ll move away from inflammatory foods like sugar and dairy. But we focus on EXPANDING what they can eat, so they don’t feel like it’s a restrictive diet.[15:53] On how the auto-immune paleo diet is kind of a backbone for most people, but it varies: some plant-based, some leaning towards keto. [16:53] Why endometriosis has auto-immune properties, often co-morbid with lots of other auto-immune diseases. After endometriosis surgery, auto-immune markers tend to drop, which is important for fertility and overall health, and how Dr. Jessica Drummond tries to support that both pre-op and post-op to improve the immune system. On Dr. Jessica Drummond’s published research around vulvodynia, her focus on gut healing, immune healing, restoring the small intestinal barriers, taking out those inflammatory and processed foods, how the vulvodynia never came back. What auto-immune markers she looks for. And why you usually see co-morbid things like Hashimotos, thyroiditis, celiac disease, or elevated ANA. Sometimes associated with psoriasis or lupus. Or elevated thyroid antibodies. [18:50] How with her virtual clinic, she does a personalized nutrition plan, potentially looking at the gut microbiome, using urinary organic acids testing, sometimes hormone tests, depending on the client’s needs. Why clients have twelve sessions of health coaching to help them implement behavior changes that can be challenging, disordered eating issues, anxiety. [20:22] Another reason why tracking can be so helpful: “Because not only is it motivating, but for most women in our programs, they never feel like they’ve done it well enough. So being able to see good progress, to kind of look back and celebrate ANY progress, makes a difference.” [21:18] When you’re someone who has had chronic pain for a long time, there’s always a focus on pain (i.e., when, how much, how often, what’s causing it). Instead she has her clients journal and track those times when they feel better. “That’s how we shift it by using the tracking to demonstrate more objectively how things are starting to improve.” [21:53] How Dr. Jessica Drummond personally uses HRV and interprets it in a clinical setting with her clients, a basic explanation of HRV for those practitioners listening, and how some clients are already using wearables such as the Oura ring, Biostrap, Garmin, and already have access to their data. [22:25] How she’s looking for that number (HRV) to increase over time. Why the Oura ring is a great option for those wanting to track their raw data. What during the day happened for that person to have a higher HRV during the night? And over time, from Day 1 of their program to Week 12, is that raising the baseline. Why they use in their clinic the Garmin, which gives biofeedback during the day, looking at the “Body Battery.” (But it doesn’t give the raw HRV data, unfortunately, right now.). [24:15] How looking at HRV helps people to build associations themselves, which may not have been there before, a huge part of the process, empowering people to reconnecting to signals in their own bodies that they may otherwise not notice. [25:42] Why it’s also important to teach people to get comfortable with being in some stress, knowing they’re going to recover. How she looks at HRV, exercise, but also Deep Sleep. [25:54] The biggest things Dr. Jessica Drummond looks for. Over time, is that baseline HRV increasing? And if there’s a great night of sleep, what contributed to that so we can replicate it more? How much time in Deep Sleep, especially between 10pm and 2am, when your brain is recovering. During the day, is someone recovering from exercise? What may they be stressing them out that they’re surprised about? And what can we dial-in when it comes to nutrition, personalized to that particular client (example about client who thought she was eating healthy by choosing organic sugar but was still pushing her “into the orange,” which prompted them to look more into that). [26:40] Alcohol and its impact on HRV (hint: it can be disastrous). And how it can be an important KPI to notice. [28:37] About how work and general life stress impacts many of their clients who are women, especially right now with many simultaneously working from home and home-schooling their kids, how that is all being reflected in their numbers while in quasi-lockdown related to the Covid pandemic. [28:37] Why tracking can be helpful during stressful times. “The good news is that when you start to track, people are motivated to do the recovery.” Example of her assistant who wasn’t able to change everything about her busy week, but found her own outlet to recover, restore and rejuvenate. For her, taking a hike helped her, in less than 3 days, go from a ‘8’ to a ‘100’ (body battery from her Garmin). How Dr. Jessica’s mode of recovery is clocking out at 5pm every day and meditating with her paddle board. How important it is for people to find what recovery looks like for them. [29:09] Use cases of HRV in the clinical setting, how it’s mostly used in health and wellness high performance, yet how Dr. Jessica Drummond is using HRV in her clinical practice related to inflammatory issues is important, helping to encourage clients and reinforce positive behaviors, watching the baseline increase, a win for everybody. [30:30] How a lot of her women clients are high achieving. And when they see their numbers not looking so great, they don’t like to accept it. So she and her team of health coaches will coach them through that. It’s also validating. We remind them that they are doing great, are talented and smart, yet whether it’s postpartum, post-op surgery, that their bodies need recovery for longevity. “Using these numbers are helpful for showing us what our body has to go through to really recover.” [31:45] How Dr Jessica Drummond is starting to use Heads Up to get some data on her clients remotely.  Dave and his team at Heads Up have started building customized dashboards for her and team of health coaches to collect those peripheral metrics. [33:17] Why when it comes to chronic pelvic pain, it’s really important to collaborate with a skilled pelvic physical therapist as well. How important it is for people to really tune into the messages of their own bodies, to know when they’re physically relaxed, activated and strong, taking a holistic team approach, both conventional and integrative. [33:45] How the Integrative Women’s Health Institute offers the only board certified health coaching program focused on women’s health. The program starts with the skillset of health coaching, helping people to have immediate buy-in, become excited about their plan to get healthy. Why this communication skill is new to most clinical professionals who are taught in their training to fix people as though they are mechanics. [34:27] Why behavioral change is important; Dave mentioned other past podcast guests utilizing similar services in their clinics or programs, such as Brandy Wiltermuth of Three Health with medically supervised weight-loss and Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum who trains her health coaches to operate in that support role when it comes to lifestyle changes. [36:06] How important it is for someone to want to take ownership of behavioral lifestyle changes and ask for help. While the nutrition and sleep plan is important, it won’t be executed without lot of support to making those lifestyle changes. Such as taking things off their plate and off their calendar. [38:05] Ways to get in touch with Dr. Jessica Drummond and the Integrative Women’s Health Institute [40:30] References Integrative Women&#8217;s Health Institute (IWHI) Where to contact Dr. Jessica Drummond on Instagram Outsmartendo.com (If you struggle, or have patients who struggle, with endometriosis or other pelvic pain issues, this is a great place to get information) Outsmart Endometriosis: Relieve Your Symptoms and Get Your Career Back On Track by Dr. Jessica Drummond  Organic Acids Test (OATS)  Dr. Jessica Drummond&#8217;s published study on vulvodynia (&#8220;Functional Nutrition Treatment of Vulvodynia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and Depression: A Case Report&#8221;) About Heads Up  Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health AND we offer health professionals a way to centralize their clients&#8217; health data and optimize their outcomes. Want sustainable weight loss and better metabolic health for your clients? Take a page out of ThreeHealth&#8217;s playbook and learn how to start optimizing health outcomes now. Join the data-driven health movement and see why functional doctors, nutritionists and health coaches love to use our health data analytics and remote-monitoring platform to save time, attract more clients, and optimize their outcomes with ease. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://app.headsuphealth.com/users/sign_up&#8221; ] &nbsp; The post Ep. 54 &#8211; How Dr. Jessica Drummond of Integrative Women’s Health Institute is Using HRV, Functional Nutrition and Health Coaching for Better Health Outcomes appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Ever wonder if there’s another option to lowering blood glucose than the ever-popular keto diet? Then you’ll definitely want to stick around to the end of this episode. Dr. Casey Means, co-founder of Levels Health, drops some truth bombs about metabolic health, carbohydrates, and the insulin response and how you can make your own meal program to optimize your metabolic health using continuous glucose monitoring. Dr. Casey Means completed her medical degree at Stanford Medical School, became a Head and Neck Surgeon, and then transitioned to functional medicine after finding the underlying causes of illness was not being supported in her patients through the use of surgery and medicine only. She is also one of the founders of Levels Health – a company making direct-to-consumer continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices and putting patients back in the driver&#8217;s seat of their metabolic health. Join Dave Korsunsky, founder of Heads Up as he gets nerdy with Dr. Casey Means about Levels Health, continuous glucose monitoring, and all things metabolic health. Even learn some great tips on how to lower glucose spikes, whether you are using continuous glucose monitoring or not! Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps, and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] &#8220;The fact that changing our thoughts, changing the way we perceive stress, the food and molecular information we put in our mouths, the composition of our microbiome, how much sleep we get, exposure to different traumas (low-grade and high-grade). All these things actually change the expression of our genome. This is radically empowering. When you know this information, you realize there are actually levers to change the outcome. Health is not deterministic.&#8221;&#8211; Dr. Casey Means In this podcast you’ll learn: About Dr Casey Mean’s journey to founding Levels Health [2:30]Epigenetics and how even thoughts can affect our genes [3:50]How modern medicine is about pattern matching of signs and symptoms to diagnose and prescribe, and how bio-individuality is much less a part of things [5:45]About her experience as an ENT doc and how she noticed the connection of inflammatory conditions that were being treated with surgery, rather than investigating the underlying contributors [7:00]How Dr. Casey Means shifted her practice from surgery based to a longevity and metabolic practice [10:00]Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and how it could help course-correct metabolic issues [12:16]How Dr. Casey Means saw symptoms greatly decline after a lot of upfront support in her appointments as her patients began buying into the changes and doing what was suggested [16:44]Blood sugar dysregulation statistics [17:02]74% of American’s are overweight or obese128 million American’s pre-diabetic or diabetic88% of American’s are metabolically unhealthy &#8211; recent study out of UNCAbout the connection between COVID-19 and metabolic health and how it appeared in April 2020 in over 100 publications that obesity, diabetes and metabolic health were the key driving factors in COVID-19 mortality [17:50How Virta Health in 10 weeks, can get a patient from a diabetic HbA1c to a non-diabetic HbA1c in a program that only involves diet and exercise [18:30]Diabetes is a driver in Alzheimer’s dementia which is now being called Type 3 diabetes as the brain becomes insulin resistant [20:10]The effects of hyperglycemia include things such as PCOS, Peripheral Vascular Disease, gout, acne, mental health &#8211; depression and anxiety which is twice as high in people with metabolic disease, circadian rhythm disruption, and even NAFLD in children [21:23]Sleep, stress, movement, and food are the four contributors to metabolic disease and about Dr. Casey Means’s shift to make her process scalable for metabolic improvements [22:30]About how people have to close the loop between their actions and what is happening. Nutrition is an open-loop system and if you don’t have any direct 1:1 reaction to what’s happening, it’s really difficult to take ownership of which food(s) caused a problem for you [23:50]How continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) works, what it is. It works by reading the interstitial fluid between cells and taking readings every 15 minutes automatically and sending the information to your phone [25:45]Levels is an FDA approved device for type 1 and type 2 diabetes continuous glucose monitoring [26:45]That insulin has a second action &#8211; to block cells from burning fat which signals the body to burn glucose, never allowing the body to dip into the fat stores for energy [29:30]Most weight loss studies show failure at the 2-year mark because they’re not approaching it from a metabolic standpoint and the fact that you cannot burn fat without having a low insulin state [30:00]Glucose spikes can be lowered through reduction of carbs in a meal, timing of carbs (eat them last). Use cinnamon, apple cider vinegar, or berberine as insulin sensitizers. Deep breathing can also affect it, keeping the glucose low by reducing the stress response in the body. Walking for 20 minutes after meals or even 2 minutes every 30 minutes throughout the day can also lower glucose response [31:03]How to get a CGM through Levels Health &#8211; about the process and the device [33:50]Dr. Casey Means describes what it’s like to wear the device and how it feels like having a superpower to be able to get immediate feedback on whether she’s feeling a particular way due to blood sugar fluctuations or a food she ate [36:16]How interoception (similar to somatic awareness) helps people connect how they are feeling to what’s happening in their body [36:55]About the hyper-palatability of food products and how the Levels Health CGM can help you make better decisions when the brain is hijacked by food chemicals [38:40]How you can train your body to recognize blood sugar signs and signals to be able to tell what your blood sugar is by utilizing tech while you’re learning the signs from your body [40:20]About the study out of Israel where they gave 800 people CGMs and provided the same meals for them all and found vastly different responses in blood sugar [41:20]With the keto movement we can tap more into the fat burning because the substrates aren’t even there for burning glucose for fuel. But with CGM monitoring, you can monitor how specific carbs affect you personally. You can have a higher carb quantity in your diet and not significantly raise your blood glucose to bring a more balanced way of eating back into your life [43:40]Discussion around food: how combining fats and proteins with carbs can help lower the metabolic response [46:00]How long does it take to reverse metabolic issues? And how to achieve metabolic fitness [47:40]About the importance of metabolic flexibility for athletes [52:15] References Levels Health WebsiteLevels Blog Levels &#8211; Twitter Levels &#8211; InstagramDr. Casey Means Instagram Dr. Casey Means TwitterVirta Health ClinicIsrael CGM StudyWired to Eat &#8211; Robb Wolf About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Ep. 53 &#8211; Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) To Optimize Your Diet and Lifestyle &#8211; Dr. Casey Means from Levels Health appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Megan Ramos is the co-founder of The Fasting Method Program based out of Toronto, Canada, developed with Dr. Jason Fung, author of books such as The Obesity Code and their latest book: Life in the Fasting Lane. Together, Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung have helped thousands of patients get their lives back through the use of intermittent fasting and data tracking. Join Dave Korsunsky, founder of Heads Up and his co-host, TJ Anderson, as they talk all things intermittent and long-term fasting with Megan Ramos for both practitioners and patients.&nbsp; Practitioners go through the Fasting Method Program for their own health to learn how to utilize fasting for their own patients. If you’re unsure of how to go about fasting, wonder if and when it’s safe, or how to implement it with your patients, then listen in to this episode that is jam-packed with all kinds of useful and exciting information. Megan Ramos shares a wealth of information and how you can find out more about joining in on this hot topic in health and wellness to be on the cutting edge with your patients.&nbsp;Learn how Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung are using their unique fasting approach, powered by Heads Up, to deliver remote monitoring, support, education, tracking and behaviorial coaching to help their patients obtain greater health outcomes. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps, and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] &#8220;People who track their own data make sustainable changes to their lifestyle. They modify their habits.&#8221; &#8211; Megan Ramos In this podcast you’ll learn: Megan Ramos talks about how easy it is to get started and how it’s simple because there is only one rule: Don’t eat. You’re asking your patients not to do more, but to do less [5:30]Why patients with brain fog can really benefit from fasting because it takes less, not more &#8211; supplements, special foods, rules, etc. [7:50]Fasting is like a muscle – the more you do it the easier it gets [8:40]Examples of different types of intermittent fasting [9:50]Megan Ramos talks about ways to quantify success and results with tests; i.e fasting insulin, C-peptides, ALT, GGT, HDL, ferritin, and more [11:50]The importance of changes in body composition versus weight on the scale, etc. [14:30]How to know if a patient is eligible for fasting and when they wouldn’t be a good candidate for fasting due to nutrient deficiencies or specific functional issues [16:40]About fasting during pregnancy and breastfeeding [19:15]Not to discount other disease processes that could be happening by writing off that the patient is just not eating enough [20:00]How people with chronic conditions can fast too if they’re in a stable state [20:30]Tracking fasting lab results &#8211; be mindful of uric acid levels &#8211; what to look for and how to navigate if they elevate while fasting [23:13]About fasting, thyroid health and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and the swing that can happen from hypothyroid to hyperthyroid [26:00]How Megan Ramos empowers her patients with laboratory data that they can overlay with other metrics in Heads Up to see that their diet and lifestyle changes are that are working or not working for them [27:50]The top measurements that Megan Ramos uses &#8211; waist to hip ratio, why BMI is bullshit, why and when/when not to use DEXA scans and how organ fat affects the results [28:45]TJ asks Megan Ramos about longer-term fasts and autophagy and learns how it has helped patients lose up to 160 pounds and not require loose skin tissue removal due to autophagy [35:30]Considerations for a 3, 5, or 7-day fast right out of the gate &#8211; who benefits, who shouldn’t do it [38:00]Long term fasts, diabetics and their meds, hypertensives and their meds and more [39:20]In a long-term fast, you need to be mindful of electrolytes early on, and not wait until later in the fast [40:20]Autophagy peaks around the 72-hour mark and stays relatively active for the first 5 days of a fast [42:00]How Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung have systemized their process of intermittent fasting by remotely monitoring fasting patients with the use of data and teaching their patients to understand the data [44:15]Their new program allows Dr. Jason Fung and Megan Ramos to help patients track their data and customize their approach all over the world through remote work [49:20]That 28% of people in the program are healthcare professionals [55:39] References The Fasting Method &#8211; You can enroll with FSA or HSA The Fasting Method Blog Diet Doctor &#8211; Dr. Jason Fung About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Ep. 52 &#8211; How Megan Ramos of The Fasting Method is Using Intermittent Fasting and Heads Up&#8217;s Remote Monitoring Technology to Help Patients Worldwide Reach Their Health Goals appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Whether you’re a seasoned pro in the healthcare field or looking for a career change, if you have a passion for helping people with their health, and/or are interested in becoming a Certified Health Coach, you’ll want to listen in on this episode with Dr. Sandi Sheinbaum, Founder &amp; CEO of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. Have you ever thought about becoming a Certified Health Coach but wondered if you have what it takes to become one? Or maybe you’re curious about adding Certified Health Coaching credentials to your existing career path? Have you had your own health crises and now want to help others after learning how to help yourself? Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum, Founder &amp; CEO of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, talks with Dave Korsunsky, CEO &amp; Founder of Heads Up about the benefits, and what it takes, to becoming a Certified Health Coach.&nbsp;Learn about her unique coaching program that focuses on what is going right and how to help your client tell a more empowering health story. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps, and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] “Have you worked through your own health issues and now feel the calling to serve others?” &#8211; Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum In this podcast you’ll learn: About Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum’s journey. From teaching children with learning disabilities and getting her doctorate in clinical psychology to where she is today [2:20]That as she began focusing on what was right with individuals, rather than what was wrong with them, she saw that they could control things with their own mindset, seeing just how the mind and body were connected. (Note: Dr. Sandi was doing this back in the 1970s!) [4:00]How her own experience in training with IFM led her to approach integrating what she already knew about psychology and the mind-body connection to create a health coaching program at the age of 65 (after practicing for 40-years in private practice) [5:00]How Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum has utilized her own experiences (around food, education and teaching those with learning disabilities) in creating the coaching program [7:30]The importance of starting before you feel like you’re ready [10:45]How you can use your own personal experience, that may have felt like a setback in your own life, to help others [11:50]Who is a good fit for this program? And what can students expect? [12:30]Dr. Scheinbaum talks about the students that come to the program. How they’ve had their own health crises and now want to help others after helping themselves [13:05]Why health coaches are intuitive and have a calling to bring hope, compassion, and passion to support their clients. And why you don’t need a formal education or background in healthcare to become a coach [14:30]“Your value is your story. Nobody has your own story.” [16:50]About Functional Medicine and the IFM and the difference between the Coaching program and the IFM programs for medical providers [19:00]How the coaching program emphasizes the behavior change process and how to help people hold themselves accountable [21:50]Why the coaching program is 100% online, extending their reach to support the functional medicine model, which can be more affordable [23:00]The different ways IFM coaches are connected to IFM healthcare providers and how they can run their own businesses or work under medical providers in clinics [23:50]The scope of practice for certified health coaches vs. licensed medical providers [24:40]About the role of technology in health coaching and how it can provide a deeper correlation for clients and coaches, helping to support clients towards their best health [25:45]About the future of remote client coaching [28:40]A real-life example of how health coaching can support a client [29:30]How this coaching program approaches the whole person to support the person&#8217;s whole health &#8212; their lifetime events, exposures, traumas, triggers, etc.[31:55]About the unique layer that IFM Coaches are trained to overlay onto the timeline of how the person got to where they are. How that includes what went right along the way, to retell their stories with a new interpretation of their life events, showcasing their strengths [34:35]Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum walks us through the twelve-month online program &#8211; what it entails, as well as who the demographic is that signs up for coaching classes [37:35]About becoming a nationally certified health coach and what certification means. Also: eligibility for insurance reimbursement [40:00]About the role of health coaches and how they are so needed right now, and moving forward in the world we now live in [41:00]About the current and future landscape of reimbursement for certified health coaches [44:15]Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum on how to turn adversity to advantage by retraining to be a certified health coach [46:00] References Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Inc. (FMCA) National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches (NBHWC) Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum &#8211; Instagram Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, Inc. (FMCA) Facebook About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Ep 51 &#8211; Becoming a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach with Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Do you want to help your clients with sustainable weight loss and optimized outcomes using technology and telehealth? Then you&#8217;re in for a treat! ThreeHealth, a unique medical group, offers a weight loss solution like you’ve never experienced before. Rather than focusing on just the number on the scale, prepackaged food or an emphasis on dropping pounds quickly, ThreeHealth offers their clients sustainable weight loss with well-rounded support. Both in-person and/or via telehealth. Recognizing that metabolic and emotional issues go hand in hand, ThreeHealth combines behavioral and medical support along with advanced technologies to help modify behaviors and make sustainable weight loss changes. All without judgement and with utmost compassion. Brad Butterfield, LMHCA, Brandy Wiltermuth, ARNP and Marlene Sexton, LMFT, all licensed medical professionals, make up the foundation of the ThreeHealth team. What makes ThreeHealth stand out is how they utilize advanced technology such as the Oura ring and Biosense breath testing, helping their clients track relevant biometrics and monitor progress, including medical records. All of this is tracked through Heads Up&#8217;s practitioner portal, creating customization within their patients’ protocols for healthy and sustainable weight loss. Join Heads Up Founder, Dave Korsunsky, and (NEW) Co-host, TJ Anderson, as they discuss ThreeHealth’s unique approach to sustainable weight loss with Brad and Brandy in this episode. You’ll learn more about the history and evolution of their weight loss approach, as well as what metrics they track, how they run their insurance-friendly cash-based practice, and why health coaches and practitioners also need to remember to use a bit of patience when helping clients with weight loss. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help both individuals and health practitioners centrally track the vital health data that matters. Instantly synchronize your (or your clients&#8217;) medical records, connect favorite health devices and apps, and use the data to optimize your health (and that of your clients). Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! &nbsp; [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://app.headsuphealth.com/users/sign_up&#8221; ] &#8220;By the time they get to me, they&#8217;re ready to talk about the numbers and be curious about the data. And that&#8217;s what I love about Heads Up, the ability to show them trends that they can&#8217;t see. It&#8217;s been extremely helpful!&#8221; &#8211; Brandy Wiltermuth In this podcast you’ll learn: About Brandy Wiltermuth’s history working in a weight loss clinic 6-7 years ago getting great weight loss results, and frustration with the missing piece of the behavioral health aspect of dietary change [3:30] How ThreeHealth&#8217;s program evolved, and the way telehealth is used due to the ability to track many different metrics that integrate into Heads Up where they can easily monitor their patient’s data remotely through their practitioner portal [6:00] Brad Butterfield’s career path to the health industry after retiring in 2006 from an architectural firm to study behavioral health [7:25] In 2018 Brandy Wiltermuth, Brad Butterfield and Marlene Sexton left the weight loss surgery practice they worked in and went to build their own weight loss practice [9:30] More about the ThreeHealth program and how it works, including behavioral and medical health, tracking, and why they require patients to use them all in tandem [10:45] In the program they built, the first three months they just work on three things: time, planning and tracking. Because it takes time to build a system for change, rather than just giving their clients weight loss advice right away [12:30] Why Brandy’s focus throughout the entire program is on lean muscle mass while losing fat, which is more unique to their program, reminding people that they need to eat to lose weight [13:20] More about the lean body mass that Brandy tracks and why she doesn’t just focus on the weight loss number alone [14:10] That they do blood labs every 3 months and they’ve had patients come off of medications due to the significant improvements with their program [16:15] How they offer both in-person and telehealth to support patient compliance [18:35] Why Brad doesn’t believe in willpower to lose weight and why he utilizes strategies to help patients have sustainable weight loss and stay on track [19:30] How 80-85% of patients they see are significantly addicted to sugar and there is a grieving process when it’s gone [20:20] Why this method is not a diet. There is no start or end; its a lifestyle [22:55] When it comes to sustainable weight loss, we have to go through, and not around, the issues that are holding people back physically and emotionally [24:55] How ThreeHealth uses a cash/insurance/HSA hybrid approach and about their very low no-show rate with this business model [25:30] About the integration of Oura and Biosense into their program and how and why sleep tracking helps with sustainable weight loss [30:55] About the HRV that Oura tracks and how Brandy helps patients to see how their diet and lifestyle choices affect their overall wellness [34:40] How seeing the data motivates patients to change and how patients are more compliant with the tracking because they know it helps their practitioner navigate what strategies to use to help them reach their goals [35:45] Why treating tracking as a science project helps clients feel more empowered, rather than feeling oppressed by it (“It’s not judgmental, it’s curiosity.”) [37:15] How ThreeHealth&#8217;s patients are navigating the on-boarding process of utilizing the tracking devices and Heads Up&#8217;s dashboard [39:35] How they navigate the tracking for people who are too focused on scale numbers etc., and how they emphasize they just need to gather the data and their practitioners will interpret it, giving them the feedback they can understand [40:40] Top tips for other coaches or doctors who want to support their patients with tracking from Brad and Brandy [42:10] How Brandy used Heads Up to figure out why one patient&#8217;s weight loss was stalling, even though activity had gone up. Because she was able to remote-monitor, she could see that her protein consumption had decreased. “When in doubt, eat more protein” was how she as able to get her  patient&#8217;s weight loss moving again [42:35] Brad’s advice to health coaches: &#8220;Don’t be filled with anxiety about the number and results&#8230;the weight loss will come. Take your time if you want good sustainable weight loss, as they didn’t gain it overnight. It takes time, but with education, behavioral habit work, and tracking, the patients really start to see how effective it is, several months in. Rapid weight loss is not sustainable.&#8221; [45:21] References ThreeHealth Website: www.three.health ThreeHealth Email: [email protected] About Heads Up  Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health AND we offer health professionals a way to centralize their clients&#8217; health data and optimize their outcomes. Want sustainable weight loss and better metabolic health for your clients? Take a page out of ThreeHealth&#8217;s playbook and learn how to start optimizing health outcomes now. Join the data-driven health movement and see why functional doctors, nutritionists and health coaches love to use our health data analytics and remote-monitoring platform to save time, attract more clients, and optimize their outcomes with ease. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://app.headsuphealth.com/users/sign_up&#8221; ] &nbsp; The post Ep. 50 &#8211; How ThreeHealth is Helping Their Clients with Sustainable Weight Loss Using Telehealth and Technology appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Biosense releases an at-home breath ketone testing device for both consumers and clinical settings after three years of extensive lab development and clinical trial. This device allows clients to self monitor their breath ketones at home, which in conjunction with food journaling, or other metrics can provide invaluable insight into what is contributing to weight gain, high blood sugar, metabolic syndrome, and more while utilizing a ketogenic diet. The Biosense testing device is non-invasive allowing clients to test without poking their fingers for a blood sample, increasing testing compliance. Increased compliance provides your client and you with better data to evaluate and customize a plan for their goals. It’s also incredibly small so that you can take it with you anywhere, and requires no calibration before use. Measuring deep lung air and eliminates contamination from ambient air, providing the user with highly accurate, dependable results, requiring no testing strips to purchase or worry about running out of. Join Heads Up founder Dave Korsunsky as he discusses the Biosense meter with Jim Howard, and how it’s use can revolutionize your keto compliance and results with your clients, especially when combined with other data tracking through Heads Up. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! Start free trial! In this podcast you&#8217;ll learn: About the consistency of measurement with Biosense, which provides a 24-hour graph in-app to see your progression throughout the day [8:00] How the Biosense device is providing agency to allow people to decide for themselves by seeing feedback throughout the day to know what the consequences of their actions are and act accordingly for their goals [8:25] Jim Howard educates how Biosense technology testing differs from acetone testing due to Biosense using a deep lung air sample with a closed flow cell so it’s not sampling ambient air [9:18] This device can fit in your pocket and only weighs a couple of ounces so it can be utilized anywhere and is the only device out there backed by a clinical trial [10:15] Biosense can be purchased as a consumer or clinic use and is involved in 4 upcoming trials as a non-invasive testing device [11:00] How much higher compliance is for use due to the non-invasive testing [12:20] How clinics and coaches can see the data from their patients throughout the day and correlate it with the food, insulin and other metrics they have to see how compliant patients are and how effective their protocol is [12:30] That testing can show more visibility of how compliant a client is throughout the day, rather than just once a day testing [13:10] About a clinic in Washington State that was able to adapt to virtual visits early and roll out the program seamlessly while having patients track their breath ketones at home easily as well as other metrics that is using Biosense technology [14:13] Looking at adherence to the program as the patients are able to give feedback, knowing that they are going to test throughout the day [15:25] About the coach-client compliance and improved results as clients can start to make their own connections between diet, sleep, exercise and ketones [17:00] About the effects of being home due to COVID-19 and how rebuilding your immune system and metabolic health will be key to returning to the world and how to utilize Heads Up and Biosense as a strategy[18:20] How COVID is shifting health responsibility back to the patient or client and that can be empowering if they choose [19:10] That half of the population will be obese in the US by 2030 if we do not course correct with our diets and metabolic health [21:30] How we may see more health plans and other organizations utilize these tools [24:50] Biosense works with clinics for Alzheimer’s, diabetes, obesity, and oncology that are utilizing their device for ketogenic diet support [25:50] How the device can easily be utilized while out running errands or at home increasing compliance [26:50] The device is firmware updatable [27:20] The device is available in the USA currently, just released in Canada, and coming to Europe estimated by the end of the year. [28:10] The Biosense device gives you feedback that the test was performed correctly, with consistent accurate readings, and does not require calibration. [28:25] Biosense offers a much more accurate reading as it’s measuring deep lung air, rather than just providing a red yellow green reading for example. [29:30] Biosense is targeted to the consumer to use on a regular basis and expected to last at least 2 years before estimating that it will need to be recalibrated or tuned up. [30:30] About Heads Up Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! TRY HEADS UP FOR FREE! The post Ep 49 &#8211; Jim Howard &#8211; Biosense releases breakthrough ketone testing technology appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Dr. Dave Rabin of Apollo Neuro is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist specializing in disorders of chronic stress, who has utilized MDMA and ketamine in the treatment of PTSD and depression to calm the nervous systems stress response.  After running clinical trials at the University of Pittsburgh and finding that the fight or flight system could also be calmed through the use of a wearable device, he set out to bring a device to the market that helps towards improving HRV. This allows individuals suffering from PTSD, ADD, anxiety, and even high-level executives and elite athletes with high stress response, to use the sensation of touch to recreate a feeling of safety, changing the response the body creates to a stimulus.  Measuring HRV can give a quantifiable measure of how effective the device is in altering the stress response and allows individuals to improve conditions they’ve been told they must just live with. Dr. Dave Rabin gives a great explanation of HRV and how it differs from Heart Rate and why HRV is an important indicator of recovery and the ability to slow down the nervous system from stimuli.&nbsp; Listen in as Heads Up Founder Dave Korsunsky talks with Dr. Dave Rabin of Apollo Neuroscience on his own experience with the Apollo wearable device and how it actually feels to use it. It is Dr. Dave Rabin&#8217;s belief that as recovery is enhanced, improving HRV, people will begin to understand and reach their fullest potentials. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps, and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: How stress makes chronic disease and mental health worse, especially chronic stress that happens multiple times a day [3:05]Dr. Dave Rabin works with high-level executives with high stress, as well as people with PTSD, chronic depression/anxiety and substance abuse disorders and notices that commonality between these disorders [3:55]That Apollo Neuro came out of his work at the University of Pittsburgh, where they were trying to develop new strategies to help improve recovery and balance in the nervous system [6:00]How Dr. Dave Rabin looks at stress holistically, as a clinical psychotherapist and psychiatric neuroscientist, to help modulate the central nervous system from high-performance athletes to people with mental health disorders [6:15]That Dr. Dave Rabin is trained to use MDMA for PTSD which is in phase 3 trials with the FDA and ketamine for the treatment of depression which can induce dramatic radical change within a single session that is likely to be measurable with things like HRV [7:20]That metrics that can be tracked while utilizing alternative therapies such as MDMA and ketamine, as people with these chronic conditions of stress have chronically low HRV [8:40]That those with PTSD will have some of the lowest HRV as they are always in a state of hypervigilance &#8211; high fight or flight, low recovery state, but when they are shown compassion or touch from loved ones, meditation, etc, they feel better and HRV goes up [10:03]Apollo was created to allow people to recreate the feeling of safety allowing the body to come out of the fight or flight pattern and into a recovery pattern at home and not just while in therapy [11:30]Apollo is not a substitution for meditation, but it can be used more as a tool to guide people through the stressors and understand that you can do it on your own and people seem to be able to train to it over time [14:10]What is Heart Rate Variability (HRV) vs Heart Rate (HR) [15:35]About how the Apollo wrist or ankle worn device brings awareness to the body when the heart rate changes to allow the brain to evaluate if the perceived stress is useful or not [19:10]Apollo was tested in double-blind randomized placebo clinical trial studies at the University of Pittsburgh and found that Apollo was improving HRV within 3 minutes under stress [20:15]Dave describes the sensation of what it feels like to wear the Apollo device [21:00]Why Dr. Dave Rabin started Apollo Neuro to bring the technology to the market himself [24:16]Dave Korsunsky’s seal of approval on the Apollo device and where you can find and purchase the device [28:40] References www.apolloneuro.com Follow Dr. Dave Rabin on Twitter Follow Apollo Neuro on Instagram Apollo Blog Post Together All The Time, How to Make it Work Apollo Blog Post Strengthening Your Immune System Apollo Neuro Blog About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Improving HRV, the Stress Response and PTSD with Apollo Neuro – Dr. Dave Rabin appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Growing up, Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov knew that she wanted to help people. After working in conventional medicine, she had her own health crisis, and this began her research into other ways of healing and supporting her body. She trained to become a functional medicine doctor and now works with individuals to improve their health, as well as with corporate wellness programs. Having a bigger vision, after working at both Apple and Facebook as an onsite doctor, Dr Mona decided to bring functional medicine to corporate health and is now creating onsite programs to improve employee health and outlook. Listen as Dave Korsunsky talks with Mona Ezzat Velinov about her life’s work and vision for the future. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! &nbsp; &nbsp; Start Tracking! In this podcast you&#8217;ll learn:  About Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov’s background as a locum tenens doctor that exposed her to a lot of different types of practices and cultures all over the world [2:20] What is psychoneuroimmunology? [6:45] About the in-depth intake that functional medicine practitioners utilize when starting work with a new patient [8:10] Why understanding your family history helps to understand epigenetic changes [9:45] About Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov’s transition from traditional to functional medicine [10:45] How Dr. Mona’s experience with thyroid cancer led her to functional medicine [11:15] The effects of chemotherapy/radiation’s effects on the microbiome [12:05] About Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov’s private practice and specialty in thyroid health, gut health, menopausal transitions, and autoimmune disease [13:45] How Dr. Mona uses techniques like monitoring breathwork, meditation, HRV tracking to support her patients [14:40] Elite HRV, Oura, Biostrap and their tracking of HRV and other biometrics and how they connect to environment and biology [16:40] About the environmental toxins and thyroid/endocrine disruption that can lead to Hashimoto’s [17:55] EWG &#8211; tapwater reports and the Cosmetic Database [18:45] About microbiome disruptors such as infections like traveler’s diarrhea, parasites, and how important tracking your bowel movements are [19:45] Why you need to look in the toilet bowl daily and an interesting idea about Smart Toilets [22:40] That Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov worked at Apple and Facebook as a doctor and saw how helpful it was to have a doctor on-site. Why she wants to bring functional medicine to the workplace for preventative health support [23:00] Why group support in the workplace from functional medicine can support creating a healthier work environment [24:10] &nbsp; References Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov  Bristol Stool Chart Environmental Working Group EWG &#8211; National Tapwater Database EWG &#8211; Cosmetic Database A4M Conference About Heads Up  Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! Start Tracking! The post Functional Medicine for Corporate Wellness with Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Carl Hardwick has spent his life dedicated to athletics, served his country, and opened up several OPEX gyms of his own before stepping into the role of COO at OPEX.  Currently, Carl oversees the Coach Certification Program at OPEX where he trains coaches to work with clients in bio-individual fitness and nutrition coaching.  OPEX Fitness has several program offerings including coaching for individuals wanting to improve their strength and health, Big Dawgs Athlete training programs and a Coach Certification Program teaching coaches how to utilize their signature program of fitness, meeting their clients where they are.  Learn more about OPEX training and what it can offer you as Dave Korsunsky sits down with Carl Hardwick to learn more about the metrics that OPEX uses with clients, including how they customize protocols for their clients and athletes. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: What OPEX is/does and their history of coaching education with fitness coaches and gym licensing [2:00] Why OPEX has a natural connection with CrossFit. However, they are not CrossFit, but based on human function [6:31] The health continuum that they utilize to show clients where they are and where they want to go with their fitness and health [7:20] OPEX  has a very holistic approach to training and nutrition but utilizes a bio-individual coaching approach for each client and their needs/desires [8:30] “We’re known as the energy system coaches, but we’re way more than that.” [9:45] About cortisol junkies and how overtraining can be harmful when we don’t recognize the stresses on the body [11:08] “We have to respect biology and we have to respect exercise principles that are out there. There is a way to get your fix, in a way that you can still get that fix in 10 years. We see far too often in this market that we call fitness, that people fiend that fix so bad, day after day, and they get it in the same way and we see it a lot in unsustainable activities.” What numbers Carl Hardwick tracks for an individual as core metrics in the OPEX program – The initial assessment history, OPEX BODY composition analysis (BMR, Bodyweight, Body Fat Percentage, lean mass), OPEX MOVE &#8211; a movement screen to see what they are capable of doing, OPEX Work &#8211; a 10 minute Assault bike test, and program design [13:40] Every client goes through the OPEX Assessment and is given a weekly program with a monthly check-in [18:45] About genetic profiling and how epigenetic changes can be more important than just having a gene. But genes can still be useful to know if someone is highly unlikely to tolerate dairy, for example, or if they just can’t train well in a certain way. And the flip side of that about how they can utilize it to help them train better, but it’s still in its infancy in terms of how we use the data [19:20] About HRV and the coefficient variation and how it relates to resilience with tracking trends in different training phases [26:30] How tracking trends can be important for the coach to look at, but it’s important to not be assessing it if you’re not understanding the metric and focusing too much on it, attached to the number while not listening to your body [30:45] Why Carl Hardwick has clients self-assess before looking at the data [33:35] Nutrition prescriptions with OPEX are broken into three section: LIFE &#8211; i.e. Bristol chart tracking, water intake, nightly waking to urinate related to hormones, FUEL &#8211; i.e. food quality, quantity, macros if it applies, PERSON &#8211; i.e. cleanses, protein de-loading [34:00] OPEX Coaching is about meeting clients where they are [41:20] References Become an OPEX Coach online OPEX Coaching Big Dawgs Athlete Coaching Follow OPEX Fitness on Instagram Follow Carl Hardwick on Instagram Follow OPEX founder James FitzGerald on Instagram About Heads Up  Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Bio-individual Coaching with Carl Hardwick of OPEX appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Alex Fergus is an Australian National Natural Bodybuilding Champion, health and fitness coach, researcher and author. After finding his health declining at the age of 23 and feeling a lack of support from his doctors, who dismissed his concerns, he took his health into his own hands.&nbsp; By being his own health advocate in researching, testing, and biohacking, he found his way back to optimal health and found a new passion for helping others to improve their life and health from a foundational perspective. In this episode of Data-Driven Health Radio, Dave Korsunsky interviews Alex Fergus about his personal and professional journey of turning his own health, as well as his clients,’ around from struggling to thriving.&nbsp; Listen as Alex Fergus sheds some positivity on empowering your own health. By creating optimal health through foundational supports, your body will be in a much stronger and resilient state. You can find Alex Fergus on his website and blog at www.alexfergus.com Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: Alex Fergus’s story of finding his health struggling as a bodybuilding athlete at the age of 23, and having doctors tell him he must just have a virus or need testosterone to feel better leaving him feeling dismissed [1:40]After doing his own research and asking for lab testing he wanted to explore, he was dismissed by his doctor which lead him to find a doctor that would look deeper. [3:50]Always playing by the rules in bodybuilding and sports, he was disappointed when his doctor alluded to the fact that she thought it was all the supplements he was taking that was causing his health issues [4:45]About the differences between lab testing options for your health in Australia vs. the USA [7:10]Why you shouldn’t consult Dr. Google and why getting feedback through health markers is important in navigating your health by having a trusted provider to consult with the results of your specialized testing [8:50]The role of HRV in the everyday person and how they can utilize that to see how their diet and lifestyle is working for them [14:30]What biomarkers Alex Fergus monitors for himself and how the amount of feedback needed varies as your health progresses [15:25]How people can use medicinal cannabis or think they sleep better after a few drinks. However, tracking with the Oura ring or other device can help you to see the real effects on your body that you may not have noticed otherwise [20:50]Lab testing that Alex Fergus tracks now and why [23:16]How to monitor your thyroid and stress response with basal body temperature [25:15]How to use basal body temperature to change your macros [27:50]About Alex Fergus’s protocol, he developed for clients focusing on the fundamentals of health &#8211; gut health, resetting baseline hormonal markers, dietary changes, meal timing, education, etc.[29:05]The benefits of reducing and over-adding in training, etc. to be able to move forward in a healthier way [34:00]The importance of slowing down your exercise, which can show you a much more accurate reaction of what your body is ready to do &#8211; energetically and otherwise. [35:00]How to know when you’re ready to go back to exercising after taking a break to allow your body to recover [39:45[About blue light &#8211; how it affects health and how to navigate it in the modern world [41:45]How to hack our way back to optimal health in a modern world [42:55] References www.alexfergus.com About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Alex Fergus &#8211; Bodybuilding and being your own health advocate appeared first on Heads Up Health.

If you’ve been around the health and wellness world for a minute, then surely you’ve heard of Paleo f(x) and its co-founder, Keith Norris. Paleo f(x) is the premier health and wellness event in Austin, Texas every year, gathering health and wellness industry leaders, as well as companies creating biohacking products, to bring the paleo lifestyle to the 21st century. Interestingly, there is also a beautiful overlap with the Burning Man community.  We think you’ll enjoy this engaging interview with Keith Norris and Dave Korsunsky about Paleo f(x), holistic entrepreneurship, MDMA and psilocybin therapies, biohacking, Burning Man and more. It&#8217;s also about finding yourself at a place in life where you feel you have nothing to lose and building a dream to change the world.  Whether you’re someone who just enjoys biohacking your own health, or you’re a practitioner working to help people change their health and their lives, there is something in here for all of you.  This year, the Paleo f(x) event will be held on July 14-16, 2020. The Health Entrepreneur f(x) event will take place on July 13, 2020. And it sounds like there are some after-parties that you won’t want to miss! Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: About the interesting connection that Keith Norris made when Paleo f(x) partnered with the Health Optimisation Summit in the UK last year, which revealed a greater desire there for biohacking to optimize health. Is this focus higher due to their healthcare system vs. the U.S. where we are more focused on just regaining our health? [1:50] That having achieved the &#8220;American dream&#8221; and feeling hollow inside, Keith Norris left the pharmaceutical job he’d worked his way up the ladder to, and along with his wife Michelle &#8212; and co-founder of Paleo f(x) &#8212; they shifted gears to create something that helps contribute toward healing the world [6:25] More about the exact moment Keith knew he was done working for a pharmaceutical company [8:30] After losing their daughter in 2009 and most of their money in the Great Recession of 2008, Michelle and Keith Norris felt they had nothing to lose and dreamt big [10:25] About Keith and Michelle’s start in the paleo world running gyms and a paleo catering business in Austin, TX [11:22] That Paleo f(x) was born sitting on the tarmac at LAX on the flight back to Austin. By the time they were back home, they had a business plan and 6 months later, the first Paleo F(x) show took place in 2012 [11:50] About bankruptcy and the side of entrepreneurship that you don’t see [13:30] About the contrast of what Paleo f(x) began as and what it is now with paleo principles layered with technology [14:10] In the 2020 Paleo f(x) show, a whole section of the hall will be dedicated to biohacking [17:30] How the only way to know if changes are working is to use a platform like Heads Up to layer the metrics and see what is causing the changes &#8211; good or bad [18:25] Why tracking the effects of sleep, alcohol, and inflammatory foods, etc. and the impact on your recovery ability and overall wellness helps you to learn what specific inputs are most important to your wellness [20:05] The top two lifestyle/dietary choices that have the biggest effect on Keith Norris personally [22:00] “Paleo is much more than diet and exercise. It’s 7 pillars. It’s mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, financial, relational and tribal. That is paleo.” [23:30] In 2016 Michelle and Keith Norris were massive proponents of plant medicine for use in PTSD, depression and other conditions, and utilized a shaman to roll it out on stage at Paleo F(x), uncertain if it would be well received. It turned out to be the most highly attended panel with the highest ratings to date and has been a huge part of the event since then. [28:25] Discussion around the use of psilocybin, cannabis, and microdosing and more vs. socially acceptable forms of mind-altering substances like alcohol [30:24] Mental health and pharmaceuticals vs diet, nutrition, and nutrient depletion as well as the effect of MDMA on PTSD [32:40] About plant based ceremonies for healing like Ayahuasca and Huachuma that works and is cheap relative to pharmaceuticals [34:00] The Millennial generation is getting hammered financially &#8211; struggling with an average of 40k in student debt (which can’t be wiped clean with bankruptcy) and can affect overall health. The paleo lifestyle and biohacking can help to support them as they navigate the working world [35:50] The Health Entrepreneur f(x) came about because they saw a need to provide motivated health driven business owners that were lacking the business tools for successful holistic entrepreneurship [37:50] Paleo f(x) is the wrecking ball to challenge the old paradigm. Keith Norris wants an army of heart-driven entrepreneurs to fill that void after breaking the old paradigm [38:25] The beautiful overlap between Paleo f(x) and Burning Man communities [40:05] &#8220;The healthier a person is, the harder they party because that is a natural expression of joy.&#8221; [40:55] References Health Entrepreneur F(x) Paleo f(x)FDA Grants Psilocybin Second Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Resistant DepressionThe Health Optimisation Summit 2020Burn for a Cause EventMAPS About Heads Up  Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! 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Have you tried every diet under the sun yet still have trouble losing stubborn body fat? Even when you fit in regular exercise? Meet Karen Martel, a Transformational Nutrition Coach and Hormone Imbalance and Weight Loss expert from Canada. Despite following mainstream dietary strategies, including plenty of exercise, Karen wasn&#8217;t able to lose weight after her pregnancy. She soon figured out the connection to hormone health and quickly rebounded to lose the stubborn weight. Using strategic testing methods and tracking, Karen Martel now helps her clients to achieve weight loss and lose stubborn body fat when all other methods and diets have failed. With a focus on hormone imbalance, she includes not only the sex hormones &#8212; estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone &#8212; but also cortisol, as a major indicator of stress intolerance and why the body won’t release excess weight.&nbsp; If you’re struggling with losing stubborn body fat and need some help or inspiration, listen to this cutting-edge interview with Karen Martel. Learn the most common reasons you might have hormone imbalances and what you can do about it. Become empowered to learn just how to take back your hormone health and get the answers and body you desire! You can find Karen Martel at www.karenmartel.com where you can book a complimentary 15-minute call, book a session, enroll in group coaching, live coaching, online courses – hormone healthy keto, or order a hormone kit and receive a complimentary 20-minute session with Karen. Be sure to check out her free hormone quiz on her website too! Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: How to tell if you have a hormone imbalance is happening to you.&nbsp;If you eat well, exercise, and do all the right things but the stubborn body fat won’t budge you likely have a hormone imbalance [8:45]If you’re doing keto, low carb, low calorie, and/or fasting and you’re already experiencing some hormonal imbalance, you’re adding fuel to the fire by going too low carb for too long.&nbsp;It’s too much of a stressor when cortisol is already dysregulated to restrict food intake [9:10]About Dave’s experience with taking a step back from the day-to-day stress, giving his body time to heal so he could come back and train to regain his strength [10:00]Why while running her own business as a single mom, Karen Martel, had to quit Bootcamp and do yoga to allow her body time to heal [11:45]Go to www.karenmartel.com to take the screening quiz to see if hormone testing would be warranted for you [13:00]How doctors only test blood hormones which only reveal bound hormones that are not what is available for the body to be used.&nbsp;Unbound hormones can only be tested through saliva or urine for metabolite testing. If you can test all three, that would be optimal [14:50]If you can only pick one form of testing, choose this one [16:00]More about cortisol regulation and testing [16:30]Why disrupted cortisol rhythm can lead to insomnia and add to weight gain through dysregulation of ghrelin and other hormones [17:45]About the ZRT saliva testing &#8211; the Female Comprehensive 3 panel tests estradiol, estrogen, progesterone, the ratio of estrogen and progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, and 4-point cortisol test [19:00]How suspected thyroid hormone imbalances can be tested at home with a blood spot kit [21:35]Even if you can’t afford to do the specialized tests, go to your doctor and have them run these blood tests for screening [23:00]Most common reasons you might have a hormone imbalance and what you can do about it. (Environmental exposures and dietary sources of hormonal imbalance contributors.) [23:45]Diet &#8211; check this first Check estrogens &#8211; look for xenoestrogens, in our food, pesticides, plastics, grains, etc.Remove scented products from laundry detergent to aftershave and shampooCheck water sourcesOpt for at least hormone-free meatsRemove as many processed foods as possibleHow you can clean your home with natural products very inexpensively [27:45]About the quarterly cleanse that Karen Martel runs with her women to support the liver and gallbladder and other detox organs [28:50]How fat cells produce estrogen, so the more extra stubborn body fat you carry on your body, the more estrogen you will produce [30:00]Why lifting heavy things (strength training) can help you become more healthy and strong, create healthy bones and lower blood sugar [30:45]Reasons why regularly doing Crossfit and marathon running can be more stressful on your body. Also, how yoga and lifting weights can be much more beneficial to your hormonal health and weight balance [32:05]As women age, we need to work on balancing the body’s stress and bringing our system down like yoga, meditation, tai chi, massage, etc. rather than adding stimulation [33:40]As we age, the ovaries begin to shut down production of estrogen and the adrenals take over that task. However, if the adrenals are having to make lots of cortisol, it will favor that task over other hormones. Perimenopausal symptoms will become worse [34:40]Hormones go in a 3-month cycle &#8211; it’s not a quick fix. Recheck hormones every 3-6 months at least with yourself and your symptoms if you’re unable to do testing [35:10]How tracking with Heads Up while working with bioidentical hormones or lifestyle changes can help you keep track of how things are working [36:05]HRV and sleep metric tracking can be one of the best metrics to monitor for stress markers – Biostrap, Oura ring, FitBit, etc [36:40]How tracking fasting blood sugar is an affordable way to help you lose stubborn body fat. High cortisol will raise blood sugar, especially when it&#8217;s high in the morning and comes down later in the day. Even when you&#8217;re eating well. This can be an indicator of too much stress on the body [38:00]How to use an affordable Gera Thermometer&nbsp;to determine where your metabolism is at. And also to find out if you have indicators for hypothyroidism. Take your temperature for 10 minutes before you get out of bed in the morning (98.6 in AM) and again in the afternoon (98 or 97.9 in the PM). [39:10]Track your basal body temperature as mentioned above with the Gera thermometer in Heads Up. An indicator of thyroid issues, as well as adrenal issues depending on the pattern, this can be revealed through tracking [40:32]How it&#8217;s possible to eat like a normal person again. Once you have in check your blood sugar, hormone imbalances and exercise levels you can enjoy life with occasional indulgences [30:50] References https://karenmartel.com/https://www.zrtlab.com/www.ewg.orghttps://www.ewg.org/tapwater/https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/Geratherm Thermometer About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! 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Bill Hanks is a former engineer who left his career three years ago to open Cryo Recovery in Houston, TX.&nbsp;After suffering from a workout injury that refused to heal, Bill turned to cryotherapy and immediately felt the benefits. Before cryotherapy, the options presented to him were limited to surgery, injections or long-term anti-inflammatory medications. Within just a couple of cryotherapy sessions, he realized the possibilities. His own personal experience motivated him to provide those in his own community access to drug-free healing opportunities. Bill Hanks and his wife now own and operate their clinic, which offers more than just cryotherapy. They&#8217;re both passionate about helping others recover and improve their well-being, whether it&#8217;s working with athletes or with individuals who have chronic illnesses that can benefit from mitochondrial support.&nbsp; Listen in to learn more about what cryotherapy is, how it’s used and who is using it. Hint: It’s not just athletes. And it&#8217;s becoming more affordable. Heads Up will soon be releasing a tracking feature for cryotherapy so you can see how your cryotherapy sessions affect your HRV, inflammation markers like Hs-CRP, deep sleep and more.&nbsp; Check out Cryo Recovery when you’re in the Houston area, and make sure to follow Bill Hanks on social media: @billhanks and @cryorecovery on Instagram, Cryo Recovery on Facebook.&nbsp; Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: Bill Hank’s story with tendonitis from Crossfit not being helped with traditional therapies. After deciding against surgery and cortisone shots, he began to research alternative therapies [2:00]About cryotherapy as an alternative to anti-inflammatories [6:35]How repetition and consistency with cryotherapy is where you see the real benefits, and what that means [7:45]How tracking health while using cryotherapy can help with recovery. Why tracking can help quantify just how much it’s supporting your health [9:00]What is cryotherapy, and how it’s different from a cold bath [11:45]The Hunting [response] effect and how it’s replicated in cryotherapy, boosting norepinephrine which helps with focus, clarity, and mood and prevents TNF alpha which can be measured in a C-Reactive Protein test [12:55]Bill Hanks had a client whose RA marker disappeared on testing after a couple of months of cryotherapy [16:30]How cryotherapy is good for reducing inflammation and reduces the effects of aging [17:10]Cryotherapy upregulates the PGC-1 alpha gene, which creates mitochondria biogenesis, which activates more energy &#8211; useful for high-performance athletes [17:20]Why high-performance athletes get double the benefits by upregulating energy and also improving their recovery from cryotherapy [17:55]How overtraining and injury prevention is supported by keeping inflammation low and recovering well with cryotherapy [18:10]What metrics could be tracked with cryotherapy&nbsp;Hs-CRPHRVInflammatory markersHow cryotherapy can be useful for chronic health issues as well as high-performance training [20:50]About the air temperature in the cryotherapy tank and the differences in the types of chambers. And how they can have different therapeutic effects as well as why monitoring skin temperature is most important [21:04]Why Cryo Recovery uses electric instead of nitrogen-cooled tanks and why you should ask about the method used at your center of choice [23:25]Why a skin temp to drop about 30 degrees is important and why where you measure skin temperature matters [24:15]The differences between men and women’s body temperature variances [25:15]Some of the best practices for anyone looking to start adding this practice to their health or training protocol [26:15]Some top questions for individuals to ask before shelling out money on this treatment (e.g., Is there privacy? What’s the long term plan? What kind of cost savings are available? What is the environment?) [28:25]What biohacking health-tracking can be correlated to recovery with cryotherapy? [32:45]Increase in deep sleepIncrease HRV the day afterLowered heart rate over timeBalancing of the nervous system creating more resilienceHeads Up will be rolling out a tracking metric for cryotherapy [38:20]Weighing the cost of cryotherapy now vs. long term inflammation and the costs associated with that vs. cold plunges [38:40]If you have a less than optimal experience, try another center as they are all run independently and have their own styles of operation [39:50] References www.everlywell.com Cryotherapy study of athletes and sleep and hormone balance Cryo Recovery About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. 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Dr. Kevin Sprouse is trained in both emergency and sports medicine, making him one of the most sought after physicians working with some of the top athletes around the world.&nbsp;His patients have included many elite, Olympic and professional endurance athletes, including Tour de France cyclists. Utilizing cutting-edge and routine tests, he is able to help tailor protocols to his patients, which now also include recreational athletes. His focus is to help them to optimize, not only their physical endurance and strength, but their recovery as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; In this episode, Dave Korsunsky, founder of Heads Up, talks with Dr. Kevin Sprouse about exercise medicine for top athletes. You&#8217;ll learn how these principles and techniques can apply to recreational athletes and anyone interested in health optimization and performance as a goal. Tracking health metrics such as blood tests, lactate, HRV, HRV-CV, sleep and more, and pairing it with the Heads Up app, his patients can see for themselves how the metrics they are tracking are affected by the choices they make in training, recovery, sleep, diet and more.&nbsp;If health optimization and performance is your goal, you&#8217;ll want to hear how Dr. Kevin Sprouse, who has worked with people who are at the pinnacle of performance in athletics, to learn what really allows them to perform at their best and how that information can trickle down to the rest of us. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: How we have a lot of access to data tracking, but not a lot of good ways to correlate it to see what’s actionable data. This is why Dr. Kevin Sprouse is excited to work with Dave and Heads Up to help him holistically manage and interpret his patients&#8217; measurements. &#8220;Tools like yours helps us to distill those metrics and helps us to see which ones are useful&#8230;without that, it&#8217;s a lot of shooting in the dark, a lot of guess and check.&#8221; [3:00]This is Dr. Kevin Sprouse’s 7th year at the Tour de France and that he spends 60-100 days a year at professional races with his patients. However, the emergency component (not just the crashes) along with other stuff that comes up (the asthma attacks, stomach pains, etc.) allows him to stay in both sides of the medicine he’s trained in [7:45]How Dr. Sprouse has always enjoyed being in sports &#8211; baseball, tennis, basketball, soccer, running, Triathalons, mountain biking, cycling. Yet what made him look deeper into exercise medicine was that it’s a missing piece in most of the medicine in preventative care [8:35]Although he is fascinated by the musculoskeletal injury healing, he’s also interested in using the supportive nutrition and performance promotion to heal his athlete patients. The goal is for them to be resilient and to perform their best [9:35]How metric tracking can help those who have been into sports, yet not seeing their physical body change as they would have expected, can help them identify the areas to tweak to get where they want to be [11:00]Metrics Dr. Kevin Sprouse checks for top elite athletes &#8211; physiological levels [12:50]Endurance athletes &#8211; physiological markers in a sports lab &#8211; VO2 max, lactate (testing with a device that works similarly to a blood glucometer), metabolism, etc.How non-athletes can use the same metrics such as lactate to learn more about their health and their metabolic status (e.g., diet, insulin resistance, etc.) [18:55]Advice for people who work out and eat great, but can’t lose the weight. How doing high-intensity exercise can be making them metabolically deficient. How the solution may be to drop the intensity way down (e.g., from CrossFit to brisk walking) to get them to finally lose the weight [20:20]Discussion on fat-adaptation and when it’s best utilized. And how at the high-level, athletes end up fat-adapted just due to their training schedule. [22:15]How you can go too far with seeking a fat-burning state at the expense of hormones, etc. [24:00]Why fat-adaptation, ketosis, etc is not the goal and that there is no shortcut to get you there super fast [26:20]How you can use tracking to help you figure out what your inputs are that help keep you resilient [27:40]A more in-depth discussion on lactate in high-level athletes [28:40]About the KRAFT insulin test that helps to find undiagnosed diabetes [30:00]That sports are a series of surges and recoveries. Recovery is as important as the performance [31:20]Dave and Dr. Kevin Sprouse discuss mouth breathing vs. nose breathing and strategies to simulate altitude training [33:45]Top labs Dr. Kevin Sprouse likes to run and what he’s looking at with them [36:40]Hemoglobin and hematocritFerritin and what anemia of an athlete is defined asTestosterone-to-cortisol ratiosFasting glucose, fasting insulin, cholesterolThyroid status for hormonesCreatinine kinase, ALT, AST, and LDH as acute muscle damage markersTools that Dr. Kevin Sprouse uses to track data with his patients including Garmin, Training Peaks, Strava, Oura ring, Whoop &#8212; all based on the athlete and their tolerances to see their recovery [44:30]How Dr. Kevin Sprouse uses a 3-day vs 45-day HRV, including HRV-CV, with his patients [46:00]More discussion about health metric tracking and how Heads Up can be a great central hub for putting all the pieces you’re tracking together [49:30] References Podium Sports Medicine &#8211; Dr. SprouseThe FASTER studyKRAFT Insulin Testing About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Dr. Kevin Sprouse &#8211; Tracking Health Metrics for Elite and Recreational Athletes appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Joel Sprechman is an engineer-turned-health-crusader on a mission to help those struggling with IBD, Crohn&#8217;s, and Ulcerative Colitis. Suffering from his own health crisis (after simply eating a homemade oatmeal cookie from his mom), Joel realized that conventional medicine wasn&#8217;t the answer to the questions he had. This began his quest to discover his own answers.&nbsp; After being sent to a gastroenterologist and being diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, and later Crohn’s, Joel Sprechman was given limited options for treatment from mainstream medicine. With an outlook that allowed him the opportunity to think differently, he found his own path. That mission would guide him to start One Great Gut, a foundation to help others see that there are other options available to them, outside of medication and surgery.&nbsp; If you’re living with Irritable Bowel Disease, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, or other chronic digestive issues, you’ll want to hear Joel’s journey back to health. Joel keeps it real and recognizes that while there are times for medication, the majority of the improvements over the long term come from diet and lifestyle changes. Learn how alternative therapies, meditation, stress management, and functional testing can help to gain a better insight as to what imbalances are contributing to the symptoms.&nbsp; You can find Joel Sprechman and his work at his website www.onegreatgut.com. There is a whole resource section available for you to see just what the options are, as well as a Mastermind group you can apply to join. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: About the community Joel Sprechman has built around people living with Crohn&#8217;s that are not using pharmaceuticals to control their symptoms [3:30]How the One Great Gut Health Collection was launched in October 2019 [4:20]Joel’s history of issues since childhood that came to a head in 2001 when he was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis [8:45]&nbsp;Why Joel now sees his diagnosis as a gift, using it to see when his body is under too much stress [12:25]Joel defines colitis and what can contribute to it [13:30]&nbsp;Just how much stress affects digestion [14:40]That about 10 million are living with Crohns or colitis and is considered autoimmune [14:50]How inflammation with a gut health condition like Colitis or Crohn&#8217;s affects other parts of the body, more than just the colon [15:20]Joel Sprechman and Dave Korsunsky talk more about contributors to developing a disease like Crohns or UC. How root causes can be different for each person [17:15]How Joel is managing his “gift” through natural approaches. Also how Joel believes that conventional medical care is a big reason so many are living with chronic illnesses [20:50]How chronic illness is becoming more and more prevalent. Conventional doctors are working from the &#8220;prescribe and perform surgery,&#8221; without any emphasis or training on prevention, diet and lifestyle mitigation [22:00]About how ozone therapy and hyperbaric treatment can be really helpful for optimizing health with IBD [23:45]Why slowing down and paying attention to our bodies can help to understand what is happening. This can possibly prevent you from going into a full-blown attack, before realizing you need to course-correct [26:10]How we tend to default to wanting to mask pain through the use of NSAIDs, TV, caffeine, etc. We use this to power through and live in our heads instead of our bodies. This can lead us further down the path to disease, one day waking up to a full-blown autoimmune illness [27:20]Why getting the right type of healthcare provider can help you ask the right questions. This can help you to find out how to properly support your body. [28:30]How do you get started with a functional medicine practitioner for Irritable Bowel Disease or other gut health ailments? [30:00]Joel’s recommendations on where to go to find functional medicine doctors, and how most of them work remotely as well [31:25]What kind of diagnostic testing is helpful that Joel recommends. As well as the at-home tests he recommends utilizing and monitoring [33:15]About Joel’s personal experience with utilizing some of the functional tests before going on a new medication [35:50]How hyperbaric and ozone therapy helps with gut health; rectal ozone therapy can be helpful to someone with a compromised colon; and ozone topicals can be helpful for use in the mouth or even used with fistulas [37:45]There are topical, rectal and IV ozone therapies available for fighting pathogens and invaders to the bodyHyperbaric therapy can boost the immune systemThat CBD and cannabis can be helpful to offset symptoms and get off of pharmaceuticals. Though medical marijuana seems to have a stronger medicinal effect for stress mitigation for most. How a topical marijuana salve can help keep things moving in the gut that can be shut down due to stress [42:50]Regarding hyperbaric therapy &#8211; when using just the chamber you have 25% more absorption than without, and if you add a concentrator or mask you can get up to 35-45% high-quality oxygen [45:30]What Joel Sprechman finds to be supportive as a starting point for someone trying to heal. And how you can use personal belief and your intuition to guide you as you experiment with your health [47:05]Fasting and/or elemental or elimination diets can halt things really fast if you’re trying to make a big change quickly; however fasting should be done under the guidance of a physician [47:25]How the elemental diet helps to arrest the progression of symptoms of IBD. And why SCD, paleo, and GAPS can also be great for people who like to cook as well [49:00]More about the summit and interviews Joel Sprechman has conducted that have been very well received with audiences. And how mindset and medication can help to go deeper with the healing capacity [53:10]How Google is censoring information and about the type of information you will find. How to decipher what is helpful and what is not [56:44]More about One Great Gut 2.0 is forthcoming with a lot more great information [58:10]How Joel uses the Heads Up app for tracking his own health and labs after years of using just a spreadsheet [59:10] References Institute for Functional Medicine A4M.com One Great Gut Mastermind&nbsp; Diagnostic Solutions CytoDx Thryve stool testing Great Plains Laboratory Crohn’s and Colitis Summit About Heads Up&nbsp; Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Taking Charge of Your Health with Joel Sprechman &#8211; Crohn&#8217;s, Colitis and IBD appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Shawn Bean is a Clinical Nutritionist who has a mind for putting the puzzles pieces of complex cases, like mold and Lyme, together. His unique ability to see the big picture and link symptoms to genetic expression is forward-thinking. Moving away from a specialist mentality to offer more generalist type care, says Shawn Bean, is the way we&#8217;ll begin to repair our health. Using specialized tests like the Organic Acids Test, he dives into each one for connections that can’t be made with a typical glance of &#8220;normal&#8221;/&#8221;not normal&#8221; lab results. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from West Chester University, Shawn Bean continues to further his own education through PubMed articles, genetic studies and more to help clients, practitioners and doctors to put the pieces of these complex puzzles like mold or Lyme exposure together to begin the healing for their bodies.  Together with Michael McEvoy, Shawn Bean runs a mentorship &#8212; Metabolic Healing &#8211;where they teach other practitioners how to utilize these tools, like the Organic Acids Test, to take their clients and patients toward health and healing. He also sees clients in his private practice at Matrix Health. Shawn believes that AI and self-tracking can open up insights for individuals that would never have been able to access these insights. He also offers support for those who need help understanding what will take them the 60-100% of the way that tracking alone and self-investigation may not be able to take you.&nbsp; Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: About Shawn Bean&#8217;s role models: Arnold Schwartzenegger and Frank Zane. How he learned to change his body from a pretty in-shape guy to a pre-contest guy in 16 weeks, doing it with a healthy mindset [4:10]That Shawn Bean’s health journey really began after his last bodybuilding show. After years of exposure to mold, it was a gradual decline. He found himself with an out-of-sync circadian rhythm which led to weight gain [6:07]How he used to train in a basement that would flood with water in the 1980s where he was initially exposed to mold. Later, exposed to black mold, everything went down from there [8:02]&nbsp;&nbsp;How he lost 100 lbs lean muscle tissue in 9 months and got depressed. Then after a GI test, discovered he had infections in his gut. This led to hormone replacement therapy, including testosterone and thyroid hormones [9:00]After looking online for answers, he found himself in PubMed articles where he realized he could put patterns together fast [10:20]What looked to be a curse turned into a blessing. Diagnosed around age 40 with Aspergers, Shawn has been able to bring his body back to a better balance through genetic support and other supports [12:50]“There are too many specialists out there and not enough generalists.” [15:15]How Shawn Bean doesn’t ask his clients to fill out questionnaires. He knows it’s hard to fill out paperwork when you&#8217;re chronically ill. Instead, he asks them to use a timeline and describe what they think is wrong with them [17:02]He breaks health issues down into three pillars: environmental, emotional and pathogens [18:00]What trans-generational issues encompass and how they can show up in children and their parents based on family experiences including autism [18:40]Why focusing on the parent&#8217;s preconception risks will reduce genetic expression in future generations by addressing nutrient deficiencies, emotional traumas, and toxicities, gene expression, etc. [20:04]The Organic Acids Test (OAT) has markers that can help tell if you have stored or active mold in your system through a marker for cell permeability off of the phosphatidylcholine pathway. If you’re heterozygous or homozygous for MTHFD1 or PEMT the cell will lock up and go into a danger response and will hold onto that material and not let it go. You store toxins in the tissues, as the body is trying to protect you from the damage [21:15]Trans-generational stress can go back 16 generations according to some studies. For example, if Shawn tracks a person’s heritage back and finds that they’re Native American they are going to have a higher rate of PTSD, as well as descendants of Holocaust survivors [22:30]How quantum healing allows one person to do the spiritual/emotional/energetic work and affect multiple generations positively [24:05]Shawn and Dave discuss Ayahuasca, mushrooms and other plant-based modalities to help heal trans-generational traumas [24:45]Shawn utilizes the Organic Acid Test by Great Plains, DUTCH Complete hormone test, and general bloodwork to narrow down if clients are dealing with pathogens, toxins, gut dysbiosis, fungal, mold, yeast, candida, h. pylori, etc. The Organic Acid Test helps to show genetic expression, rather than to test genes specifically which he finds most useful over standard genetic testing like 23 and Me [28:02]The problem with functional medicine is that it&#8217;s still not looking at the whole big picture, but focusing instead on a specialty.&nbsp; “Mast cell activation is becoming the new MTHFR” [32:15]“The issue I’m seeing with these complex cases is that they fall into what is called protocols or Standards of Care.” Hear more about why these are important, but also how they are also limiting in the complex cases [34:25]AI is phenomenal but there has to be human interaction to take you the last 60-100% [36:50]How Shawn can find Lyme with a probability of 70%, for less than $16 [40:42]How Michael McEvoy and Shawn Bean run a mentoring group for practitioners where they teach these concepts [46:10]The testosterone-estrogen ratios and how they have affected Shawn Bean for years and how he works to support it, and why the sub-ratio patterns matter [48:50]One of the first things you can do is to look at your water source. Are you drinking good water? Visit www.scorecard.org to find out more about your water supply and what toxins are in it [54:00]Having a gene doesn’t necessarily set you on a certain fate like mold toxicity or Lyme disease, but looking at the gene expression and the presenting symptoms is where you heal [54:30]Why Facebook groups for chronic illness can either be a blessing or a curse [57:00]“The more we move away from nature, the sicker we become.” [58:30]Those with NAT gene expression are more EMF sensitive as it fuels the adrenal pathway [58:50] References Metabolic Healing Institute &#8211; Metabolic Healing Practitioner Mentoring  [email protected] www.scorecard.org Our Partners: Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL. You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura. Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo. All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up. They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways. Thank you to our partners! About Heads Up Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! 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Having grown up an athlete, Thomas DeLauer quickly found that without the intense exercise, his then-current way of eating lead him to gain 100 pounds. Deciding that he wanted a different life, he was introduced to the keto diet though forward-thinking physicians and decided to try it for himself.   He lost the weight, got super fit using bodybuilding and the keto diet, and has even been featured on the covers of several health and wellness magazines! Not only that, he started a whole new business helping other people to reduce their inflammation, lose weight and reclaim their health.  Thomas DeLauer describes keto as a “gateway drug” to other fitness and wellness tracking and biohacking strategies, such as intermittent fasting, tracking HRV, heart rate, sleep, temperature and more.&nbsp; If you’re interested in bodybuilding without trashing your health, this episode is for you! Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web and mobile app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: About Thomas DeLauer and what brought him to where he is now &#8211; from teen athlete to 100 lbs overweight and back down again to transform into a bodybuilding keto influencer, fitness model, and nutrition and business performance coach [2:55]As a physician recruiter right out of school, Thomas developed a lot of physician relationships with concierge docs who were really progressive thinking. In fact, this is where he first learned of the keto diet [3:50]Merging his business background with his experience as an athlete and a drive for self-transformation led him to create his current business [6:50]As an analytical thinker looking for something different, he discovered how much keto appeals to that because it’s more black and white and easier to control than overly simplistic “calories in calories out” approaches [9:15]He views keto as a gateway drug to the Oura ring and sleep tracking, HRV, nutrition genome data, mouth taping, etc. to improving health and becoming a biohacker [12:10]That for blood sugar support, keto can give you an opportunity and sense of hope of how to control what you’re doing regarding weight loss, etc [13:00]How Thomas DeLauer tracks HRV with Oura and Whoop to see the big picture as another piece for overtraining or being under-recovered. Rather than believing overtraining to be the problem, he puts more emphasis on proper recovery as the key to improving health and fitness [14:45]That heart rate variability takes it all into consideration, and assesses where you’re at now, and whether your under-recovered or not. It takes all the data and computes it, and it takes all the hard black and white part of trying to compute it in your head out of the equation of wondering if you worked out too hard today or didn’t recover enough. Thomas describes how HRV and proper recovery can support you in your training, and also how not being recovered can feel and affect you [17:00]How alcohol and late meals can trash your HRV [18:20]“Bodybuilders are pushing their bodies to the limits and they need to have these periods of taxation, but then follow it up with enough recovery time but bodybuilding culture teaches us that we need to be constantly pushing ourselves.  If we were tracking the data on it we would probably be having very poor HRV all the time. They think it’s the training that’s taking the weight off of them, but it’s the diet and the recovery time that ‘s taking the weight off of them. A bodybuilding cutting cycle could be cut in 3-4 weeks if you apply these principles” (of keto diet and recovery) [21:03]“Only a small percentage of the bodybuilding community is tracking, but their outcome could be much different if tracking became more popular in this area.  Bodybuilders like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane was much more in tune with their bodies and there was much more respect for the body, whereas today we are much more disconnected. We are out of touch, and it’s so difficult to get in touch with your body&#8230;it’s a meditative thing” [21:50]Thomas talks about how out of touch we are with our bodies and how we can use the technology, which is ironically keeping us from being in touch with our bodies to our advantage. Using it, we can  get biofeedback on how we are recovering from our exercise routine and what our food is doing to our bodies [23:05]Direct to consumer testing allows individuals to learn more about their own bodies.  Keto tends to open the door, and then intermittent fasting usually follows as it’s a natural step that easily flows from burning fat for fuel.  Following that usually is mitochondrial support like cryotherapy, HRV, photobiomodulation, redlight therapy, sun exposure, cold therapies, high sympathetic nervous system exposure in a controlled way [25:35]How safe sun exposure has benefits and yet wearing sunscreen all the time blocks the benefits of vitamin D from the sun.  Covering up and limiting time in the sun is a more effective way to manage sun exposure safely than chemical sunscreens for average sun exposure [28:34] Why cryotherapy is great, but getting in cold water regularly can be really effective without the high cost of cryotherapy, and why regular exposure is better [32:15]Breathwork and how it can be incorporated into meditation to master the mind-body connection [35:04]Working with breath for performance, using breathing through your nose. Using box breathing, as a way to get out of the sympathetic response before doing a cold shower, and utilizing the breathing during a cold shower can really affect the changes in the autonomic nervous system [39:18]Practicing belly breathing helps to reduce hiccoughs by strengthening the diaphragm [41:24]Learn about the top metrics that Thomas DeLauer currently tracks [47:30] References Thomas DeLauer YouTube Channel Thomas DeLauer website Purathrive.com PuraTHRIVE Curcumin Gold PuraTHRIVE Turmeric Extract PuraTHRIVE Keto Balance Whoop Oura Ring Dry Farm Wines The Oxygen Advantage Our Partners: Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL. You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura. Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo. All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up. They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways. Thank you to our partners! About Heads Up Health Heads Up is a web and mobile app designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Keto diet, HRV, and tracking bodybuilding recovery with Thomas DeLauer appeared first on Heads Up Health.

After losing 80 pounds in two years, Sameer Sontakey of Biostrap refound health and sparked his interest in bringing a product to the market that allows the everyday user as well as sports athletes to track their rest and recovery metrics allowing them to biohack their way to better health.&nbsp; With a Bachelor&#8217;s in Computer Science, Sameer Sontakey combined over a decade of experience in the software engineering industry with an interest in health and fitness to develop Biostrap from the ground up.&nbsp; Biostrap has reinvented data health tracking for the everyday user by creating an affordable, easy to use device that offers tracking of heart rate variability, sleep, heart rate, respiration rate, activity, steps, calories burned, SPO2, and pulse oximetry, and personalized insights. “Respiratory rate is a really interesting metric that we should be paying more attention to more often. The lower the better —somewhere around 12 when sleeping. People with above 20 often have heart conditions.”Sameer Sontakey Using infrared technology to track rather than greenlight technology, it allows a deeper analysis than most products on the market. Rather than focusing on how hard you’ve been going, Biostrap changes the focus to how well you rest and recover so you can keep improving your health. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: About how the product was built from the ground up starting with how to move the data from the device to the servers and then built the tracking device. The secret sauce is the software that they own and created [3:07]That the wrist-worn tracking device is similar to other wrist-worn devices, but it collects more data than other devices [4:20]That Sameer Sontakey wanted to give everyone the same feeling of success he had through tracking to keep motivated [8:55]How these tools have existed for a long time, but they are now being brought to healthcare to help you take charge of your health [10:40]Exciting News! Heads Up are integrating Biostrap into the Heads Up API integration [11:05]About the device and the types of sensors used. The clinical grade pulse oximeter uses a different wave-length IR spectrum which penetrates the skin a bit deeper in the arteries and provides more biometric data. Greenlight gets absorbed by your body but doesn’t penetrate deep enough to give the same data. Biostrap monitors the body when it’s at rest, which they believe says more about your body that it does when you&#8217;re active. This shows how your body is going to perform under stress [12:30]Biostrap provides baselining, taking a 5-day baseline to figure out where your normals are and then they monitor Sp02, HRV, resting HR and respiratory rate [14:30]&nbsp;“Respiratory rate is a really interesting metric that we should be paying more attention to more often. The lower the better, somewhere around 12 when sleeping. People with above 20 often have heart conditions.” — Sameer Sontakey [15:00]How tracking your heart rate and respiratory rate through your sleep cycle can provide more data to your doctor or cardiologist that may be more useful than some blood tests that are standard. This could mean the difference between getting a diagnosis and missing one that could be critical [16:05]How IR wavelength is different than green which is what is used in most commercial off the shelf devices. The photosensor captures what is reflected through IR but not with green, so we can get actual arterial information.&nbsp; [17:15]Why other companies don’t use IR in their sensors. Greenlight will get you in the ballpark for activity, however, Biostrap can track the resting and recovery data which can be more helpful to understand what added stressors may do to your body [18:30]How you&#8217;re recovered and how you sleep is the main focus of the Biostrap device as they really want to focus on how you rest and recover to indicate your resilience [19:28]That a FitBit will give you a sleep score, but it won’t give you data from the entire night on your HRV or heart rate and sleep [20:15]Why HRV is a primary focus for optimal health whether you’re a stay at home mom, entrepreneur, or a busy CEO [21:45]How behavior change can be made harder by lack of sleep or low HRV, and how tracking these metrics and improving them can help you with things like avoiding sugar and making better decisions [22:40]Why tracking HRV and understanding how to utilize it and even diving into 7-day HRV CV tracking [24:30]Metrics tracked are pulse oximetry, SPO2, HRV, HR, steps, calories burned, with great data visualization and insights that are unique [25:30]Screenshare of Dave’s data from his Biostrap tracking device [26:15]Updated the dashboard recently and what you should focus on and maximize [26:40]Activity &#8211; hourly movement, which is based on all movement and your goalsSleep &#8211; Sleep and recovery can be correlated, but a great night of sleep doesn’t always equal great recovery and vice versaResting heart rate &#8211; The lowest heart rate through the nocturnal cycle, so you can compare what your lowest point is every night.&nbsp; They measure every 2, 5, or 10 minutes based on your settingsNocturnal HRV that is based on a linear fit model by figuring out what your wake up and sleep time HRV are and that gives you a slope, which provides a different reading that other devices, which also means it won’t match other devices exactlyBreathing rate &#8211; There are tools to improve your breathing rate, like breathwork, meditation, massage, hot tub, yin yoga, etc.SPO2 &#8211; Looking at your nighttime SPO2. You don’t want to be below 95 on this oneYou can compare your readings to other users to see where you stand and can use it to motivate making changes [34:45]There are manual recording options [36:30]Remote monitoring with authorization is useful for coaches, or family members that live in another area and you want to help them improve their health [36:55]Creating an add on of self-experiments that you can do and monitor for two weeks to see how those habits change your metrics and body response. Taking biohacking and bringing it to everyone to make better behavioral decisions [39:00]Why Sameer Santakey quit drinking all alcohol after seeing how even a half a beer affects his recovery [42:05]How you make different changes based on your stage of life and your priorities and tracking your rest and recovery data with Biostrap can help you achieve what is happening in your body [42:30] References Biostrap Chili Pad Blackout curtains Ambient white noise machines Air purifier Our Partners: Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL. You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura. Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo. All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up. They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways. Thank you to our partners! About Heads Up Health Heads Up is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Biostrap &#8211; Tracking Rest and Recovery appeared first on Heads Up Health.

If you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic disease and have come up short on getting to the root cause with conventional medicine, then perhaps you’re looking in the wrong place.  Conventional medicine is great for acute injuries and infections, however, we must not overlook the aspect of nutritional healing through diet and targeted supplementation guided by functional testing as Dr. Darren Schmidt of The Nutritional Healing Center of Ann Arbor, MI offers in his practice. Dr. Darren Schmidt has been a practicing chiropractor since 1997, who shifted his practice in 2005 to stop taking insurance to be able to help his patients more. Ironic, right? By letting go of the insurance restrictions and hoops to jump through, he was able to spend more time researching and better understand why his patients with chronic disease were not healing. He now spends time daily studying new information and links that are passed on through his patients. In addition to running a full-time nutritional healing practice, he also runs The Good Fat Company and producing The Good Fat Bar and publishing a magazine Good Fat Life with Terry Duperon and Sherri Richards Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up Health, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: About Dr. Darren Schmidt’s initial visits include a diet assessment and a muscle testing biofeedback method to do a quick assessment of what is going on in the body [5:35] That the muscle testing he uses to gives a quick assessment in about 5 minutes and then he uses conventional labs to explore more of what is going on in the body [6:20] How a VLDL &gt;19 can indicate too many carbs or too many carbs + fat in the diet [7:00] That triglycerides drop down first in ketosis, and that LDL is like a bus shuttling the fat. In ketosis, the body is using fats for fuel and so you can lower a very high triglyceride level to really good levels with dietary changes like a low-carb/high-fat diet. The LDL might go up in ketosis but it doesn’t matter the same way it does on a Standard American Diet [8:15] About the Minnesota Coronary Experiment involving 9000 people in a controlled institution in the 70s who lowered their fat intake and the LDL went down over the course of years but it did not change their rate of heart attacks or heart disease. It did, however, raise all rate mortality and cancer [8:50] How Dr. Darren Schmidt takes the average person and gets them into ketosis using Cronometer with macro adjusting and weekly support, in the beginning, to help them navigate things like the “keto flu” [9:40] Men will lose their belly fat and gain muscle but their body weight will remain the same on keto [13:03] How you can calculate your own VLDL if it’s not included with your results by taking total cholesterol minus LDL minus HDL = VLDL [13:55] How he uses functional testing like the GI MAP and Genova stool test with DNA testing, and how diet can affect microbiome diversity [15:50] How people can have a virus, fungus and a parasite in the body at the same time, and that he takes a whole body approach looking at your whole “bio-burden” and then coming up with a plan to address them all for whole body healing [17:00] How you have to be your own detective, and why it&#8217;s only through tracking that you can see where things are going wrong and you have an opportunity to course correct before developing chronic disease [19:55] That he wants patients to test ketones and glucose at the end of the day and see that glucose is coming down and ketones are going up using a Keto Mojo meter daily [23:15] That 75% of kids between 14-19 have high insulin! [23:40] How home testing for insulin would be the Holy Grail of at home testing, but we’re just not there yet in terms of technology to get that to market yet [23:50] That functional testing on your own for glucose and insulin can empower you to make changes long before you’re actually given a chronic disease or diabetes diagnosis and put you in control of your health [25:00] How Dr. Darren Schmidt also helps his patients support their bodies to function better through digestive support so that they can do a ketogenic diet and not have trouble digesting fats, etc. [26:10] About how bad canola and other seed oils are for your health [27:15] How Twitter poster Tucker Goodrich started improving his health by stopping seed oils, and how he talks about how China and India eat 70% of their calories from carbs which have stayed the same for decades. The big change for them over time was the introduction of seed oils which have skyrocketed diabesity, and heart disease rates, by getting rid of lard and coconut oil and replacing it with seed oils [28:00] How eating a high-fat, low-carb diet can be great for your health but the quality of the fats can play a huge part in whether or not you’re actually promoting health [29:10] How Nutrition Coalition Nina Teicholz is trying to get really good scientist on the panel to update food guidelines in 2020 [30:30] About his company, The Good Fat Company created with a friend in the grocery industry. They created a bar that was high in fat and protein and low in carbs, and now they make the Good Fat Life Bar and publish Good Fat Life Magazine with Terry Duperon and Sherri Richards [30:55] Clinical Pearl #1 from Dr. Darren Schmidt &#8211; After he was diagnosed with black mold poisoning 3 years ago, he found the mechanism of chronic disease which was studied extensively from the 1840s to after WWII and it was forgotten after 1960, which he talks about extensively in his YouTube channel, but include:[32:42] Pathogens Toxins Excess sugar consumption Then address the mechanism of chronic disease and the symptoms that come from organ dysfunction. In his case the black mold caused heart pain, so he treated the heart and fed it and the muscles to get rid of the pain. Clinical Pearl #2 &#8211; The importance of eating glands like liver, which you can take in pill form if you don’t like the idea of eating organ meats such as Heritage Glandulars or Ancestral Health Glandulars can’t be taken every day for the rest of your life but must be cycled due to the hormonal component of the glands [35:55] Toxins-heavy metal urine tests, Quicksilver Scientific has a test, chemical toxicity testing and then using something like Systemic Formulas detox box kits, or Cellcore Biosciences kits and retesting to make sure it’s cleared [36:30] That it can take 2-5 years to get metals out and in some cases, he’s seen parasites  take a year and a half to clear [38:15] Why biofeedback helps you develop an awareness of what is working and what is not by listening to your body more to optimize your health [39:12] Clinical Pearl #3 &#8211; Fitness nutrition is human nutrition. The largest organ in the body is the muscles so you need to feed them properly. If your muscles are achy or cramping too much that means your whole physiology is off [40:45] Clinical Pearl #4 &#8211; If your body is not taking in a particular nutrient, you can’t blame the food all the time, you have to look at your own physiology and what is not being supported [42:30] References Minnesota Coronary Experiment The Nutritional Healing Center of Ann Arbor Good Fat Life Magazine Our Partners: Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL. You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura. Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo. All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up Health. They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways. Thank you to our partners! About Heads Up Health Heads Up Health is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] The post Dr. Darren Schmidt &#8211; Optimizing Your Health with Nutritional Healing appeared first on Heads Up Health.

After realizing he was suffering from adrenal fatigue and finding a serious lack of practical, understandable, and legitimate information out there, Dr. Joel Rosen found his way to recovery and decided to help others who were suffering the same fate. In today&#8217;s show, he shares how a dysregulated circadian rhythm can contribute to so many of the symptoms most everyone is suffering from today from fatigue to brain fog, insomnia, impatience, stress, and more, with the root cause being adrenal fatigue. Taking direction on an ailment from someone who has been there, especially with something like adrenal fatigue can be so supportive. Considering that mainstream medicine doesn’t even recognize it as a legitimate diagnosis, makes it harder to find practitioners who can support you in this little known, but very common energy problem known as adrenal fatigue. Dr. Joel Rosen runs a private practice in Florida focused around adrenal fatigue recovery, and is known not only as a functional medicine and health expert, but he’s also a data tracker as well.  He knows the importance of tracking the data to see what is working, and using that data to course correct when things are ‘off’.  You can find Dr. Joel Rosen on Instagram, YouTube, his Podcast The Truth About Adrenal Fatigue, and his website. Join Dave Korsunsky, Founder of Heads Up Health as he sits down with Dr. Joel Rosen and talks all things adrenal fatigue related in today’s episode. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up Health, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: About Dr. Joel Rosen’s own experience with adrenal fatigue and how he was introduced to the term adrenal fatigue that would change the course of his professional career [3:40] How saliva testing can reveal how your cortisol rhythm can get backward affecting sleep and energy production [5:10] About the HPA &#8211; Axis and what it is [6:35] That adrenal fatigue is not accepted by mainstream medicine as a legitimate diagnosis, which is why you may not have heard of it before [7:00] What the ACTH Test shows and how its not useful in diagnosing adrenal fatigue which is different than adrenal failure [7:40] The difference between a broken adrenal system vs. a broken energy production system [9:00] How the body’s system of priorities change as the adrenal response lessens [10:30] The HPA Axis is the brain&#8217;s perception of the stress which is actually called the A-HPA Axis. The Amygdala -&gt; Hypothalamus -&gt; pituitary -&gt; Adrenals and the negative feedback loop which tells the system to turn on and off as needed, and how with repeated stress, the system breaks down in it’s functioning [11:00] About the thermostat analogy of the adrenals negative feedback loop functioning [12:02] How finding the underlying issues that are stressing your body are key to recoveries, such as gut imbalances, and underlying infections, lifestyle changes, blood sugar regulation, spiritual support, nutrition [13:15] Hans Selye in the 1960s identified the initial triad of things that happen to the adrenals as [15:00] The adrenals hypertrophy or get bigger Thymus gland gets smaller Erosive ulcers/linings How supporting spirituality can be a limiting factor when you’ve addressed the other pieces, and prevent healing. Healing adrenal fatigue is not a quick fix [16:00] That it comes down to perception and you need awareness of that. “I am in control of that most important voice at the highest level” has to be your mindset to overcome it [18:10] That high levels of cortisol for long periods of time messes up your front part of your brain affecting focus, concentration, sequential planning, moral behaviors, etc.[20:02] A simple thing to help lower stress is starting a gratitude list daily [21:10] Some of the simple things you can do to help a broken stress system are to reset your circadian rhythm by living with nature by waking with the sun and limit light exposure after dark [21:40] About Dave’s routine for winding down at the end of the day to lower his own cortisol levels and maintaining the natural circadian rhythms that he starts an hour before bed [22:30] How to reset your sleep by eating within a 12-hour window, finishing meals well before bedtime, meditating, getting light during the day, limiting light after dark, use your technology to track and make tweaks that are specific to you to find out what works for you [24:20] What tests Dr. Joel Rosen suggests testing for gut problems to support adrenal fatigue, and how the Secretory IgA test can be an indicator for more testing in a saliva panel [27:50] That low cholesterol is a red flag for an absorption issue. Low protein, albumin, globulin, BUN, chloride, enzymes, are all indications of protein absorption issues secondary to microbes [29:00] GI MAP for DNA mapping can show more than some of the older GI tests, which may miss imbalances picked up in the GI MAP [30:00] Start testing your blood sugar surrounding your meals to see if that could be affecting your adrenals [31:20] Sleep tracking can also help you to realize what is actually happening in your body, and you can make changes in your lifestyle and get feedback on how well changes are working for you [31:47] HRV measures your sympathetic response system.  The higher the heart rate variability the better your ability to adapt to stress [32:20] Regarding meditation and why the goal is not just for your mind to go blank, but to shift into a rest and digest state [34:30] That if you focus too hard on the data tracking it can be counteractive, so track but don’t obsess [36:30] How your readiness score with the Oura ring or other tracking devices is really relative to you and your normal, and understanding how to interpret the data is really important to keep cortisol levels normal [37:50] References Your Adrenal Fix YouTube Channel Adrenal Fatigue Society The Truth About Adrenal Fatigue Podcast FB Private Group Dr. Joel Rosen Mastering the Art of Adrenal Fatigue Insta dr_joel_rosen Our Partners: Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL. You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura. Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo. All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up Health. They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways. Thank you to our partners! About Heads Up Health Heads Up Health is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now! [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] &nbsp; The post Talking Adrenal Fatigue and Circadian Rhythm with Dr. Joel Rosen appeared first on Heads Up Health.

Bob Troia, aka Quantified Bob, is the ultimate biohacker, tracking everything from weight, blood pressure &#8211; the usual things to glucose, hormones, HRV, effects of light therapy, and electric stimulation and more. On his blog, you’ll find his most popular post Mimicking the Fasting Mimicking Diet &#8211; My 5-day experiment which explains how he tricks his body into reproducing the effects of fasting while still eating!  How does one go about figuring out how this works? By testing, tracking, and understanding how to become the ultimate biohacker. Bob describes himself as entrepreneur, biohacker, and self-quantification geek focused on the intersection of data-driven citizen science, health and wellness, human performance, longevity, and personal optimization. He offers consulting as well as coaching which you can learn more about through his website. You can also follow him on  Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or Linkedin. For those of you already tracking your health metrics through various devices, connect them easily to Heads Up Health to help you understand how to biohack your way to health in an increasingly unhealthy world. Listen in iTunes! This podcast is brought to you by Heads Up Health, a web app designed to help you centrally track all of your vital health data. Instantly synchronize your medical records, connect your favorite health devices and apps and use your data to optimize your health! Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial. Or, read on for more information about our latest podcast episode! [maxbutton id=&#8221;5&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] In this podcast you’ll learn: How Bob started by documenting on his site about 6 years ago what his own data was showing, and people began wanting to replicate his experiments (n=1) [4:55] About his epic fails. Bob does a lot of research before doing any of his experiences but has ended up in the hospital just based on a lack of knowledge so use caution when doing your own experiments and research [10:00] How he used light therapy- infrared ordered from China and shined lights (120 watts) on his head for 20 min (too long) and went to work. 30 minutes later and he blinked while reading an email and looked up to a completely garbled screen. Something was stimulated, up or down-regulated, but still not sure what exactly happened [11:03] Can have minor burns etc. from some experiments with biohacking fails. One lesson learned the hard way &#8211; too much MCT oil = running to the bathroom [13:00] He learned nootropics don’t work for him, but they can be highly effective for others. This is why tracking can be beneficial to figure out what works for you [13:45] About the PoV device and how it works to stimulate the muscles to override what your body is doing from an injury pattern [14:15] How photobiomodulation can be used for mitochondrial upcharge before a workout or as a recovery tool. There are lots of variation between devices and what the effects can be [15:45] How things that stimulate mitochondrial health are top of mind right now. There currently is no test that you can easily order to check these levels; however, there are some energy tests that you can use as a proxy to check the cellular energy of the body [17:45] How you can use biohacking tools to optimize energy production and health in a toxic world to thrive [19:00] Why it’s important to show up and meet the world where it is to elevate your health to the best possible [19:45] Top blog post on Quantified Bob’s website [20:25] Fasting Mimicking Diet which walks people through the diet, including nutrient guidelines, calculations, and diet plan, as well as the results of a 5-day experiment. He tracked glucose, blood pressure, sleep, HRV, and figured out which ones were worth tracking. Benefits &#8211; shifting sympathetic to parasympathetic Checked immune and growth markers Had a dramatic uptick in testosterone Saw elevated cortisol due to the stress on the body, but overall things were still better He had vivid dreams, running on ketones in therapeutic ketosis rather than nutritional ketosis How water fasting for 2-3 days produces a similar effect, but it&#8217;s not enough to get to the crazy dreams The top metric Quantified Bob thinks is vital for tracking-GLUCOSE! [29:40] Elite HRV CorSense’s ease of use and how it’s useful to track in addition to glucose [31:05] Continuous glucose monitors and how they can provide so much information, but the technology is still a ways off for non-invasive technology for the general public to utilize. They show what’s happening at night for example, that you can’t easily monitor when you’re sleeping.  The pluses and minuses of what’s currently available on the market [32:43] Quantified Bob talks about some of the devices and companies he has created and launched into the world [38:00 ] &nbsp; References Dr. Justin Marchegiani PoV Device Quantified Bob &#8211; Fasting Mimicking Diet Blog post HRV4Training DexCom Awesome Meal Tracking App Hackd Fitness &nbsp; Our Partners: Learn more about LEVL, a clinical-grade ketone breath meter, which measures your level of fat-burning and ketosis through a simple breath. Find out more at HeadsUpHealth.com/LEVL. You can learn more about the Oura ring, a state of the art ring that can track sleep cycle analysis, activity, and recovery at HeadsUpHealth.com/Oura. Learn more about Keto-Mojo, a highly accurate and affordable device for testing blood sugar and blood ketones. Check it out at HeadsUpHealth.com/Ketomojo. All of these amazing products are integrated with Heads Up Health. They all allow you to quantify your health in novel and powerful ways. Thank you to our partners! About Heads Up Health Heads Up Health is a website designed to empower individuals who want to take a self-directed approach to managing their health. Instantly centralize your medical records, connect your favorite devices and apps (e.g., Oura, MyFitnessPal, Keto-Mojo, FitBit, Apple Health, MyMacros+, Withings and many more) and use your data to optimize your health. Click on the button below to start your free 30-day trial now [maxbutton id=&#8221;4&#8243; url=&#8221;https://headsuphealth.com/&#8221; ] &nbsp; The post Adventures in Biohacking with Quantified Bob (aka Bob Troia) appeared first on Heads Up Health.