The Energy Blueprint Podcast

A good hormone balance is essential to function well. I am sure most of my female readers can agree that even a minor change in hormones (such as the one they experience while going through their cycle) can affect everything, from mood, to cravings, to impurities. If you find that uncomfortable, then imagine some of the side effects of a constant hormone imbalance. The most incredible thing is that many women (up to 70-80%) are walking around with too much estrogen. And they don’t even know it.

If you would ask random people on the street what foods they should eat for health, you would quickly find out that most people already know the difference between healthy nutrition and processed junk. So, why do we choose to eat the foods we know that are bad for us? It is easier (and cheaper) to get your hands on the foods that are bad for your health. How can we change it? How can we revolutionize the food industry and make it easier for everyone to get access to healthy and good foods?

Detoxing. Everywhere we look, we see adverts about the importance of detox and how removing toxins from your body improves health and lowers risk of disease. We are inundated with posts on what foods to eat to detox different parts of the body. There is actually so much information on the internet that it can be really difficult to navigate in all the different tools and identify the ones that can safely detox your body. What is the truth? What is the scientific answer to how to detox your body?

In this podcast, you’ll learn The effects of eating disorders on your health, energy, and psyche What healthy eating habits look like and how to develop a healthy relationship with food The most common causes of eating disorders The eating disorder paradigm change Why extreme diets often result in eating disorders How you can reverse the effects of an eating disorder and heal your body Why the effects of eating disorders are one of the causes of irregular periods

Coffee and caffeine are often thought of as energy boosting substances? And indeed, immediately following caffeine consumption, you will feel a boost in energy. Yet, the story of how coffee relates to energy levels (and fatigue) is more complex than it seems on the surface. I'll give you a clue why I say this: Every day, thousands of people do Google searches with questions like "why does coffee make me sleepy?", and "coffee makes me tired?", and "can coffee make you tired?"

When diagnosed with Hashimoto's your life changes, and you now have to find out what it means to live with the disease and all the symptoms (depression, weight gain, and fatigue) So, what does it mean to be living with Hashimoto's?

How can I increase my lifespan? This might not be a question that we often ask ourselves as we live longer, today than we did 100 years ago. But even though we do live longer, many do end up suffering from diseases and have to live on different medications just to survive or end up in an elderly home. So, what is the big secret to living longer while staying healthy?

Do you want to live a happy healthy life? Then you should definitely incorporate hormesis into your daily routines. (Hormesis is the process of adaptability to stress.) Hormesis is the key to mitochondrial health, a better immune system, and a long happy healthy life. This week, I am so lucky to talk to Ori Hofmekler, author of The Warrior Diet and The Seven Principles of Stress. Ori will uncover the power of hormesis and why it is essential for your health, happiness, and well-being.

When you have a chronic disease or fatigue, and you have tried all the conventional approaches to help yourself recover but nothing helped. What do you do next? One thing you could do is see a clinician who is specialized in functional nutrition and holistic medicine. Today, I have the pleasure of talking to Andrea Nakayama, one of the leading functional nutrition experts. She will tell you about the importance of the functional nutrition and holistic medicine approach to healing diseases.

If you want to know how to overcome fatigue, you need to understand your mitochondria. Over the last 10 years, the science is pointing to the mitochondria as the key to fixing chronic fatigue. Listen in, as mitochondria expert Dr. Lee Know teaches you how to increase mitochondria.

Heart disease is the cause of hundreds of thousands of deaths a year in the U.S. alone. There are many theories about what causes heart disease. So what is the truth? Is it cholesterol? And what is the link between saturated fat and heart disease? This week, I am talking to Dr. Joel Kahn, who is a holistic cardiologist and the author of The Plant-Based Solution. Together we will discuss the science on cardiovascular diseases and what you can do to minimize the risks getting heart disease.

In recent years, fasting has become a trend. Intermittent fasting, water fasting, 5:2 fasting, and now there is something called the fasting mimicking diet (or FMD Diet). As with most other new trends, there is so much new information and it is hard to make a choice. That is why I am happy to introduce Dr. Valter Longo on this week’s podcast. He is the director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California and of the program on longevity and cancer at IFOM.

The use of essential oils has become more and more popular. People who use essential oils claim that there is an essential oil for everything and they might actually be right. For years, I was under the impression that essential oils were this new age, smell nice, sort of thing, but really was insignificant as far as health. I've recently come to learn through exploring the science, that there actually is quite a lot of science on this subject.

Today, I am talking to my friend and colleague Wendy Myers, a functional diagnostic nutritionist and a detox specialist. Wendy was suffering from heavy metal toxicity herself and had to do heavy metal detoxing in order to overcome her health challenges. Together, we will uncover the truth about heavy metals, how we get exposed to them, how they impact our health, and how you can start detoxing from heavy metals today.

Vitamins and minerals. We know we need these to ensure a long, healthy life with plenty of energy and vitality. Yet, most of us are deficient in some way and these deficiencies, if low enough, will cause fatigue (and maybe contribute to other diseases). But how do we find out what nutrients we are lacking? And what are the most important minerals and vitamins for fatigue? This week, I talk with Dr. Chris Masterjohn. Chris is one of the top nutritional biochemistry experts in the world.