Podcast Category: Gut health & nutrition

In this episode with Melissa Urban, Co-Founder of Whole 30, we embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, exploring the intricate details of the Whole30 diet and beyond. We engage in a thought-provoking conversation on the self-experimentation versus elimination mindset, as well as the re-introduction phase of the diet taking centre stage. We dissect this crucial aspect, shedding light on the importance of reintroducing foods and the impact it can have on your overall health. Furthermore, we emphasize the significance of reading labels, uncover the hidden truths behind food labels and learn how this practice can empower you to make informed dietary choices. Then, we explore the concept of Food Freedom while still aspiring for the results of the Whole30, evaluate whether one can stick to a Whole30 diet in the long run, and dive into the accountability factor and the power of the Group Whole30 experience. Finally, we discuss creating healthy boundaries without significantly changing your relationships with others and uncover why it’s crucial to speak openly about concussions.

Feel like you’ve tried everything, from working out to eating healthy, and still have little to no results? Listen to the interview with Julia Glanz – registered dietician, strength and conditioning coach, speed and agility coach, and former D1 athlete for soccer – as she enlightens us on what might be the true cause and what it means to balance hormones.  Tune in as Julia explains how stress levels can affect your weight loss progress as well as the power of dialling back. Lastly, Julia goes over how FAD diets affect hormonal balance, the importance of carbohydrate availability, protein recommendations, and how hormonal profiles fluctuate through premenopause and menopause. This podcast is full of juicy education. Get your pens and paper out because you will WANT to take notes!

We have Christian Limoges on to discuss how we can begin to eat according to the way our digestive tract was created. By using powerful real-life analogies to capture how the digestive system works, as well as the way protein, fruit, and inflammation affect our gut, Christian shines light on the benefits of consuming fruit, what may be contributing to the current inflammatory diseases epidemic, and how you can optimize your gut microbiome.

Dr. Lyon, the founder of the Institute for Muscle Centric-Medicine™, dives into the world of protein, strength maintenance, and muscle mass through age. By describing the necessity of protein as a primary metabolic driver, she names the types of dietary protein and which ones are essential to stimulating the muscle. Furthermore, she explains the differences in quality and volume of required consumption between plant and animal protein. Then, she speaks about sarcopenia or muscle wasting and how you can stimulate muscle to reverse the ageing process, the truth about protein recommendations for aged populations, and why protein may be even more important for sedentary individuals. Moreover, she dives into how you can maintain muscle mass past 50 years, the importance of resistance training compared to cardio, her insights on how much lean muscle mass is expected, and the role of fatty acid metabolism as it relates to muscle mass and stimulation. Before providing 5 top strategies to stimulate muscle, she describes the effects of muscle stimulation and maintenance on inflammation.

Let’s dive into how Dr. Kyra is bridging the gap between technology and mindset to promote true behaviour change. As a medical doctor, she rediscovered the need for expertise and action regarding behaviour change. With an emphasis on the Habenula, a part of the brain associated with the “failure” mindset, she discusses the dual function of the Habenula and how to avoid its stimulation. inally, she dives into the intricacies of her app and how it promotes the iterative mindset, guides individuals along a path to success, targets expectations, and gets individuals to reach the depths of their intentions and “why.”

Welcome to episode 275 of The Optimal Body Podcast How to Heal through Cancer with Dr. Leigh Connealy Is cancer preventable? Dr. Leigh Connealy, the founder of the Cancer Center For Healing, speaks to the

To separate truths from myths, we have Ryann Kipping on to discuss nutrition myths surrounding nutrition. She provides insight into safe caffeine consumption and whether the source of caffeine matters. Ryann shares the impacts of sugar consumption during pregnancy and how to navigate sugary cravings. Furthermore, she provides insight into the research surrounding fish consumption and how the recommendations differ from raw shellfish. She briefly discusses fruit and whether eating for two is a necessity while pregnancy. With her motto “nutrition for two,” she focuses on choline and folate as two key nutrients throughout pregnancy, the consumption of organ meats and vitamin A toxicity, as well as when nutrition focus surrounding pregnancy should occur. Let’s dive in!

Welcome to episode 247 of The Optimal Body Podcast Eat Your Vitamins for Longevity with Mascha Davis Do you need to supplement for longevity? Mascha Davis, registered dietician, offers the best of her insights on

Gut health is all the rave and we have Dr. Jessie Hoffman on to artificial sweeteners, leaky gut, gastrointestinal distress, bloating, food intolerances and sensitivities, detox, and metal binders.

Dr. Yael provides insights on the inability to change your genes, but the ability to impact the expression of genes. With a clear explanation of genetics, epigenetics, and nutrigenomics, Dr. Yael discusses medical genetics and the concept of “genes are destiny.” Additionally, she dives into the heritability of injury, how genetic testing can be beneficial for behavior change, and how your genes are involved in your detoxification efficacy and inflammation regulation. Finally. Dr. Yael shares a case study on genetics and root-cause analysis to approach obesity.