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Restoring Human

by Restoring Human

We believe humans were designed to flourish. Unfortunately many modern conveniences actually work against our thriving. But, through intentional lifestyle decisions we CAN return to an optimal state of health.

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Episodes

  1. What Defiles a Person

    Taking a closer look at Mark 7:14-23 and how it applies to men's responsibility to their families.

  2. Christian Men, Stop Killing Your Family

    A case for a biblical approach to health.

  3. A Theology of Health

    hello and welcome back (:

  4. New City: Nutrition 101

    This is audio recorded from a live nutrition seminar hosted on Monday, July 22, 2019.

  5. New Year Challenge Preview TOMORROW JAN 13 6PM

    New Year Challenge Preview TOMORROW JAN 13 6PM on Facebook restoringhuman.com

  6. Limiting Beliefs

    To join the Restoring Human | New Year Challenge go to https://restoringhuman.com/services/new-year-challenge

  7. 47 - New Year Challenge

    Everything you need to know about our New Year Challenge starting January 14th. Go to https://restoringhuman.com/services/new-year-challenge to sign up!

  8. 46 - Justin Dean | Should Christians care about physical health??

    I apologize to our other guests, but this is my favorite show to date. This conversation really hits on the core motivation of why Alex and I care about our own bodies and why we are set out to help others renew their health as well.

  9. 45 - How to Optimize Your Health on Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving DOESN'T have to destroy your health! We want to help you thrive through intentional decision making this holiday season.

  10. 44 - Restoring Human Diet Preview

    This was recorded at the beginning of the food reintroduction process. I was planning to share this along the way but due to a few issues (explained herein) that didn't happen. YET, there is still some great information in here. Enjoy.

  11. 43 - 7 Day Water Fast Recap

    No food. Only water. SEVEN DAYS. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to receive a FREE chiropractic consultation.

  12. 42 - The Carnivore Diet

    Alex has had nothing but meat for 4 days and counting... Whats the deal with this all meat diet? The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to receive a FREE chiropractic consultation.

  13. 41 - Supplements

    What are supplements? Why should we be taking supplements? What supplements should we be taking? This week we answer all these questions and more. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to...

  14. 40 - Sarah Moore | Certified Professional Midwife

    Sarah Moore is a Certified Professional Midwife. We talked to her about her own story of going through the conventional birth process with her first 2 children, the changes that happened for her to choose to have a home birth for her third, and the path that brought her to becoming a midwife...

  15. Road to the AGOQ

    We're conducting an experiment to test Alex's fitness.

  16. 38 - Bonnie Schroeder | Talking Strength

    We had a chance to chat with one of the strongest ladies in the Quad Cities. Bonnie Schroeder is a local powerlifter who trader her running shoes for pair of converse and a barbell to seek strength over skinny. We would argue that she has also been doing great work for her health and longevity in...

  17. 37 - Diabetes & CrossFit

    What is diabetes? Whats the difference between type 1 and type 2? Is CrossFit really the CURE?? All this and more. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to receive a FREE chiropractic...

  18. 36 - One Year Of Restoring Human

    We just came up on the one year anniversary of our first show. We took some time to look back and revisit why we're doing this whole thing as well as look forward to some big things we are hoping to do in the future. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family…

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  19. 35 - BUTTER

    A special short conversation on butter and ghee. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to receive a FREE chiropractic consultation.

  20. 34 - How To Heal Your Gut

    4 steps to a healthy gut. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to receive a FREE chiropractic consultation.

  21. 33 - Gut Bacteria

    Part 3 on GUT HEALTH. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to receive a FREE chiropractic consultation.

  22. 32- Whats Wrong With My Gut??

    Part 2 on GUT HEALTH. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restor…human/ to receive a FREE chiropractic consultation.

  23. 31 - Gut Health (and a real time story)

    I (Jarek) had an unpleasant surprise wake up call from my stomach last week. Fortunately I seem to have a grasp on it at this point. But because of this current even we thought what better time to talk about gut health. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family...

  24. 30 - Hormone Based Weight Loss

    Insulin and ghrelin and cortisol, OH MY! (that was a terrible joke) Managing hormones, especially insulin, is a HUGE part of optimizing our health and it is THEEE key to understanding weight loss and weight management. The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family...

  25. 29 - Austin Teel | Motivation, Fitness, and Chick-Fil-A

    This week we interview one of the owners of 1031 Fitness in Bettendorf, Iowa, Austin Teel. Austin is a long time fitness enthusiast who now spends most of his days offering personal training in a one on one format, helping people define and realize their fitness goals. We talk about his story…

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  26. 28 - Body Composition

    What is the optimal human body composition? Everyone thinks getting healthy means losing weight. Is that true? How should we be thinking about our body composition? The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit...

  27. 27 - What Is Food??

    This is a fun one. What is food? Fat, Protein, Carbohydrate. What do these things actually mean and what foods are made up of these things? The Restoring Human Podcast is brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. Visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to…

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  28. 26 - Diet vs Exercise

    What is more important when you're trying to lose weight: working out or eating better? This week we tackle that question head on. As always, brought to you by Great River Family Chiropractic. visit http://www.greatriverfamilychiropractic.com/restoringhuman/ to receive a FREE chiropractic...

  29. 25 - Biggest New Years Resolution Mistakes

    Everybody else is doing it. Talking about health that is. Its also something we like to do. It is arguably the best time of year to talk about health because many people are thinking about change they would like to make in the upcoming year, often centered around diet and exercise. With many…

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  30. 24 - New Year. Where we are headed in 2018.

    We recapped the year and forecasted our plans for 2018.

  31. 23 - Flu Shots

    23 - Flu Shots by Restoring Human

  32. 22 - Cold and Flu Season

    How do we combat the increased prevalence of colds and flus this time of year?

  33. 21 - Real Talk

    This is a good one. Real life is extremely dynamic. Thankfully the human body is extremely resilient. We also share some thoughts on how to handle Halloween with kids.

  34. 20 - Immune System

    Last week Alex affectionately gave cancer the slang name of "sluggish immune system". It seemed appropriate to dig a little deeper into what that really means.

  35. 19 - Pink

    October is national breast cancer awareness month. Raising awareness around a health crisis is something we can definitely get behind. Some of the tactics involved in this campaign, however, aren't very helpful.

  36. 18 - Sleep

    zzzzzzzzzzzzz

  37. 17 - Stress

    Our topic of discussion this week: Stress. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

  38. 16 - GMOs & Glyphosate

    We have a very special guest on this week to talk GMOs and surrounding topics.

  39. 15-What The Health

    This week we respond to the extremely popular documentary, "What the Health" and share our thoughts after viewing the film.

  40. 14- Feet, Shoes, And Running With Phil Young From Fleet Feet Sports

    This week we interview Phil Young from Fleet Feet Sports and talk feet, shoes, and running. We barely scratched the surface here so you can DEFINITELY be on the lookout for more great info from Phil in the near future.

  41. 10-How to Lose 75lbs in 7 Months

    We have a very special guest on the show this week talking about her DRASTIC weight loss journey over the past few months.

  42. 13- What Should Kids Eat?

    This week we talk about what CHILDREN should be eating. This topic came out of a question from a listener after viewing a documentary that seemed quite counter to the ideas we promote. We took on the opposition willingly.

  43. 12-Vegetable Oils

    This week we talk TOXIC oils

  44. 11- Sugar

    This week we talk about: sugar.

  45. 9 - Fat, Ketones, Fasting, And More

    Fat for fuel. Ketosis. Intermittent fasting. Just a few of the topics we hit this week as we continue the conversation about nutrition for health vs aesthetics.

  46. 8- Eating for Aesthetics VS Eating for Health

    A calorie is not JUST a calorie. This week we look at what the really means in practice. There is a whole realm of people who are very devoted to nutrition but from what we understand about the body, these methods fall short of supporting health. FREE CHIROPRACTIC CONSULTATION...

  47. 7- Why We Do CrossFit

    We've established that humans were designed to move and unfortunately the lifestyle most of us live is extremely sedentary. As a result is it also extremely contrary to how our bodies were made to function. More specifically than just moving though, we have a bias toward a particular philosophy…

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  48. 6-Importance of Education

    We believe humans are learners. We also know education is very important when taking responsibility for your health. Its a big reason why we are doing this podcast. This week we talk about continuing education around health and the body. We also give out a TON of recommendations and some guidance...

  49. 5- 3 Forms of Healthcare: Environmental, Adaptive, & Reactive

    What most of us think of when we hear the words healthcare is actually a very limited view of the type of care our bodies truly need to be healthy. This week we break that down into 3 categories to help understand and hopefully empower you to be able to make decisions that will move you toward...

  50. 4- What is Human?

    What is human? What do we think needs to be "restored"? What is normal? These are the type of questions we try to answer in this weeks episode. We broke that down into 4 major categories of what human life should look like and 1 major category of things we need to avoid to live optimally.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We believe humans were designed to flourish. Unfortunately many modern conveniences actually work against our thriving. But, through intentional lifestyle decisions we CAN return to an optimal state of health.

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We believe humans were designed to flourish. Unfortunately many modern conveniences actually work against our thriving. But, through intentional lifestyle decisions we CAN return to an optimal state of health.

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