Biohacking with Brittany

Today we have Philip D'Agostino with us from Valhalla Vitality and we are digging into a new era of supplements with ingredients that are so hard to find.  Valhalla Vitality strives to create and provide easy access to the tools people need to achieve peak wellness.   We talk about:  02:00 - Holistic weightloss 07:50 - Why Philip started Valhalla Vitality 10:30 - Valhalla Vitality's best-selling p...

In this question and answer, I answer some of the frequently asked questions I receive from Instagram . Message me your health questions, and I'll answer them next!   I talk about:  00:30 - Topping all the charts for podcasts in Brazil! 05:00 - What is ancestral nutrition and the difference between ancestral nutrition and paleo 08:20 - The book - Wheat Belly 12:20 - My morning routine 15:00 - The...

The 21st century has given us many comforts and toxins that are now affecting our health. Today's podcast with Dr. Russell Jaffe talks about holistic care, raw milk, our dietary choices, and much more. Dr. Jaffe is the author of Thriving In The 21st Century: Your Guide To Adding Years To Life And Life To Years.  In the book, Dr. Jaffe explains what biomarkers to measure, what the measurements mean...

This week I pull common questions from my Instagram account and answer them for you. Everything from raw milk to plant medicine to red light therapy.  If you have any questions you'd like answered, message me on social media or email me through my website, and I will be more than happy to answer them.   We talk about:  03:00 - What my routine is with red light therapy 06:00 - My PRP (Platelet Rich...

Hope Pedraza is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, and host of Hopeful and Wholesome Podcast. Hope helps career-driven women to heal their gut, balance their minds, and feel good in their bodies again. Hope also is a mom, serial entrepreneur, and founder of a Pilates-based franchise - inBalance studio.  We dive into Human Design this week and how your...

Curious about nootropics? This week we are driving into brain health and nootropics with Greg Gostincar. Greg is a certified brain health coach and the creator of Your Inception. His mission is to help people optimize their brain performance to live an extraordinary life.  We talk about:  02:00 - How micro doing with psilocybin helps me be more creative 11:10 - How Greg got started in the nootropi...

Welcome to our 100th episode! Today we dive into the world of silver for biohacking.  By combining the healing properties of nature and the power of science, SilverBiotics® develops products in an affordable way so that everyone has the ability to live life to its fullest. We have Kelli Gray and Steve Ravely from the SilverBiotics team to talk about silver and how it benefits your body, what to lo...

Why is wellness different for women? I am joined by Dana Frost, a wellness expert, functional nutrition and lifestyle practitioner, and Heartmath certified trainer.  In Dana's twelve years as a life coach, she has accrued a rare combination of certifications and specialties that she is proud to hold and serve her clients with. We talk about why women feel the need to focus on self-care more, how t...

Faraaz Jamal, the CEO of Mikra, joins me as we talk about using cutting-edge supplements to increase healthspan. CELLF, the first product by Mikra, is a novel cellular therapeutic compound that targets consumers who are beginning to notice their biological age is affecting their everyday performance. We talk about preventative medicine, increasing your healthspan versus lifespan, longevity, and mu...

Alex Tarnava, the founder of Drink HRW, joins me to explain his focus on therapeutic hydrogen water technology.  Drink HRW's goal is to ensure that everyone can experience the tremendous benefits of daily use of molecular hydrogen safely and effectively. We talk about hydrogen water, what it is, its benefits, and how hydrogen water can help in optimizing your health and hormones. We talk about:  0...

Do you catch yourself thinking negative thoughts? How often do you check to see if your thoughts are helpful or not? How do our thoughts affect our life? Today we talk about our inner dialogue with Dr. Ryan Wohlfert. Dr. Ryan Wohlfert has a simple philosophy for health and life: Be Your Own Guarantee ("BYOG" for short).  He advocates simple and natural lifestyle solutions to avoid pain and disease...

I dive into the anti-biohacking and anti-gut health advocates and my thoughts on these ideas. I also share some biohacking basics that you can get started with right away if you are new to biohacking.   I talk about:  02:30 - The article about anti-biohacking 05:00 - Criticisms on biohacking 10:00 - Being realistic in bringing healthy practices into our life 14:00 - Criticism of gut health program...

Do you cringe hearing your own voice? Way uses your own voice to create tracks that help balance your emotions and empower you to regulate your nervous system. Jane Jourdan, the co-founder and CEO of way joins the podcast this week.  Your voice is the foundation for self-guided healing and growth. Science reveals that hearing your own voice is powerful because it can quickly impact your emotional...

We talk about one of the most ignored elements in our life - lighting. Whether it's sunlight, the lights in your house, or at work, lights are everywhere around us, and we often don't realize how much they can impact our health.  Talia Ram from Lumiram joins me to discuss why lighting is essential for our health and how to use it. Chromalux is a unique light bulb from Lumiram intended for year-rou...

Do you think about phthalates and BPAs when you do grocery shopping? Maybe you should. Today, we talk about chemicals and toxin exposure through our choices every day with Jenna Hua, the founder of Million Marker. Jenna's extensive experience as an academic and health advocate led to her founding Million Marker in 2019, shortly after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Stanford University's...

Today we have Ben LeVine who is the co-founder and chief herbalist at Rasa which makes adaptogen-rich elixirs, powders, and drinks. We talk about the benefits of adaptogens, what are adaptogens and what are not, and using adaptogens as alternatives for coffee. Rasa is here to transform the way we energize with delicious, adaptogen-packed herbal coffee alternatives. We talk about:  02:30 - My sleep...

I talk about some of the newest biohacking gear, supplements, tools and practices I'm into right now. I also talk about moving away from hustle culture and moving into effective stress management practices for optimal health and productivity.     I talk about:  04:00 -  Bristle  - an at-home test that looks at the bacteria in your mouth 07:00 -  Apollo  - touch therapy for your nervous system 09:0...

Reed Davis talks about functional diagnostic nutrition, what it is, how it is different from holistic nutrition, and how it can help you improve your health.   Over 20 years ago, Reed recognized people were caught in a "cycle of trial and error," and he committed to being the last person they needed to see.   While working with top leaders in alternative medicine, he ran thousands of labs on thous...

Registered Dietician Michelle Darian explains what InsideTracker does and how it can help us make informed decisions about our health choices.  Founded in 2009 by experts in aging, genetics, and biometric data from Harvard, MIT and Tufts, science is truly the backbone of InsideTracker. They believe the most impactful science and technology products result from constant learning and developed an at...

Are you taking Glutathione supplements? Or maybe NMN as a precursor for NAD+? Find out more about what these supplements are and what they do in this podcast with the two founders of COAST - Chris Roselle and Chris Picerni. We all aspire to achieve optimal health and wellness, unfortunately, what we eat, what we drink, and our environment can easily offset the work we put in the gym or the kitchen...

Tisha Foster opens up about her rare condition, Stiff Person Syndrome. Today we discuss what exactly it is, the symptoms, and how she copes with it on a daily basis. It specifically affects the nervous system and brain and is a one-in-a-million disease.  We talk about: 02:00 - I'm traveling to Costa Rica 08:20 - Tisha's health story and how she got diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome 11:45 - What...

Today we have Stefan Chmelik on the show to talk about Sensate, a health device designed to reduce stress and support your nervous system. Since birth, Stefan Chmelik was immersed in meditation teaching and natural medicine and started his journey into meditation before the age of 10. As a result, he is one of the most experienced and highly qualified whole-person healthcare practitioners of his g...

Glowing skin starting from within is a concept I come back to time and time again. Not only does our nutrition, supplements, environment, hydration and lifestyle impact how healthy our skin is, but our mental health, stress and hormones play an essential role as well. In today's podcast, we talk about improving your skin from the inside out with Daniel Collins.   Daniel Collins is the founder and...

Today we dive into the skin microbiome and define "skinspan" with Carolina Reis Oliveira of OneSkin. As a founder of OneSkin, Carolina and her team have developed the first anti-senescence topical product designed to promote skin health from within. Carolina is an alumnus of IndieBio, the world's largest seed biotech accelerator. She moved from Latin America to Silicon Valley four years ago to fou...

Today we have Christina Acevedo on the show, the author of Two Little F Words: Feasting and Fasting Your Way To Optimal Health. We talk about Alzheimer's, things you can do to prevent it, and why you should start early in preventing Alzheimer's disease. Christina has become very passionate about teaching people, especially women, that our genes are not our destiny and that 2/3 of people with Alzhe...