BioHackers Lab: Health Show for How to Live Your Best Life

Sleep scientist, Dr Amy Bender, is today’s guest interview. Amy shares with us the importance of sleep on our health and recovery. She helps to explain what sleep deprivation is and how it differs from sleep restriction. We then find out what are the three main factors affecting sleep, what factors impact our recovery ability from a lack of sleep, and how to improve the quality of sleep we a...

Scientist & expert on metabolic disorders, Dr Benjamin Bikman, is today’s guest interview. Ben shares with us the basics on insulin and why it matters. He helps to explain how insulin resistance works, how we can test for it and what early symptoms to watch out for. We then find out how we can make sure our insulin stays at (or returns to) a healthy level using the right diet, sleep and...

The CEO and Co-Founder of Oura Health, Petteri Lahtela, is today’s guest interview. Petteri shares with us the news of the release of Oura’s second generation ring. He helps to explain the importance of restorative sleep on recovery from the day’s stresses, optimising performance and general health. We then find out how we can use the Oura ring to improve our sleep quality as wel...

Canadian licensed naturopathic doctor, Dr. Lee Know, is today’s guest interview. Lee shares with us the newest scientific research on mitochondria and how it affects our overall health and longevity. He helps to explain the importance of exercise, diet and getting the right supplements for keeping our mitochondrial healthy. We then find out how we can generate more mitochondria and the singl...

Registered dietitian & certified diabetes educator, Lily Nichols, is today’s guest interview. Lily shares with us the latest well-researched advice on eating a low carb high fat diet during pregnancy. She helps to explain the importance of eating a real food diet and getting the right nutrients for optimal health, both for the unborn baby and mother. We also go into discussing the proble...

Flight attendant and naturopathically trained nutritional therapist, Christopher Babayode, is today’s guest interview. Chris shares his 20-year experience with flying and talks about the health impacts of air travel and what we can do to protect ourselves. He also shares great tips for all types of fliers and helps explain the difference between jet lag and jet stress. We then talk about rea...

Carnivorous diet proponent, Amber O’Hearn, is today’s guest interview. Amber shares with us her 9 years of experience of eating an all meat diet . She helps to explain what the benefits of eating this way are and why women should not be afraid of adding more protein to their diet. We talk about weight loss, ketosis, macros and eating when you are hungry. We also go into health benefits...

Board Certified Family Physician, Dr Ken Berry, is today’s guest interview. Ken shares with us some of the big lies our doctors tell us and why we can’t always trust our physicians to give us the best diet advice. We learn the truth about cholesterol, weight loss and using diet to treat various health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and hypertension. We also go into discussing ho...

Eye health expert & optometrist, Dr. Travis Zigler, is today's guest interview. Travis shares with us what we can do to mantain eye-health and some root causes of preventable blindness. We talk about his company Eye Love and their mission as well as common eye problems such as loss of lens flexibility, cataracts and the commonly misdiagnosed dry eye syndrome. Travis explains the importance of...

Health and fitness expert, Ben Greenfield, is today's guest interview. Ben shares with us how he goes about structuring his day for maximum efficiency, all the while ensuring his health and fitness mantain a priority. We talk about the importance of movement, how he saves time through consistency of diet and efficient exercise and the role of outsourcing in managing stress. Ben also shares three k...

Ketone research expert, Dr Brianna Stubbs, is today's guest interview. Brianna shares with us the the exciting news of the public commercial release of the exogenous ketone ester she has been researching for years. She helps to explain what the benefits of ketones esters are for athletic performance and when else could you drink the exogenous ketone ester. We also go into discussing other possible...

Neurofeedback expert and psychiatrist, Dr Freddy Starr, is today's guest interview. Dr Starr shares with us the basics of how brain waves work and how neurofeedback training works to improve our brain wave activity. He helps to explain the history behind neurofeedback biofeedback brain training. We also go into who would benefit from using neurofeedback and how long does it take to get a result. W...

Low carb & keto diet nutritionist, Amy Berger, is today's guest interview. Amy shares with us how what we eat can cause a decline in brain health over time and ultimatelty help contribute to Alzheimer's disease. She helps to explain how eating low carb high fat diet foods can help improve brain function & prevent dementia symptoms. We also go into other easy tips to do to help improve brai...

Nutrition expert, Dr Chris Masterjohn, is today's guest interview. Chris shares with us his personal story on being exposed to toxic mold and the effects that has had on his health. He helps to explain how he got exposed from the apartment he was living in and what symptoms he started noticing first. We also go into how he came to the diagnose of toxic mold syndrome and the tests he found useful a...

Naturopathic doctor, Dr Nasha Winters, is today's guest interview. Nasha shares her personal remission story of being given a terminal cancer diagnosis (ovarian cancer) and how she has survived and been able to turn her health around. She helps to explain what is the metabolic approach to cancer and how using integrative oncology concepts can help someone know where to begin after being told they...

Insomnia research journalist, Lois Maharg, is today's guest interview. Lois wrote the book title: "The Savvy Insomniac" & shares with us lots fo useful details about the sleep disorder called insomnia. She helps to explain the common symptoms, causes, how to diagnose it and best way to treat insomnia. We also go into the difference between insomnia vs sleep apnea & insomnia vs delayed slee...

Brain cancer survivor, Alison Gannett, is today's guest interview. Alison shares with us her personal brain cancer diagnosis and treatment story. She helps to explain how after needing emergency brain surgery to remove the aggressive malignant tumor she decided to not have chemo treatment or radiation therapy, & instead, has used a ketogenic diet and other natural remedies to help beat her can...

Circadian rhythm researcher, Elyse van Spyk, is today's guest interview. Elyse shares with us the findings of a latest research study that showed eating too late negatively affects the skins ability to repair itself from UVB light. She helps to explain how we can use this research finding to help understand the importance of what time of day we eat & the impact that has on the health of our sk...

Low carb real food diet advocate, Sam Feltham, is today's guest interview. Sam is the director of the Public Health Collaboration (PHC); a UK charity that is aiming to change the recommended national food guidelines. Sam shares with us why eating a low carb real food diet helps not only weight loss, but managing metabolic conditions like type 2 diabetes. He explains how the PHC is trying to educat...

Quantified Self expert, Bob Troia (a.k.a Quantified Bob), is today's guest interview. Bob shares with us what happened to his brain performance when he took a dose of ketone esters, he was surprised at the result. He helps to explain the difference between quantified self & biohacking. We also go into some of his other biohacking health experiment results including the novel fasting mimicking...

Protein expert & research scientist, Prof. Stuart Phillips, is today's guest interview. Professor Phillips shares with us the basics of daily protein requirement that we all need to eat for optimal human health. He helps to explain how much protein we need to eat to help minimise the loss of muscle as we age, called sarcopenia, which is especially important for the elderly. We also go into bus...

Floatation tank expert, Sean McCormick, is today's guest interview. Sean shares some of the reasons why he feels sensory deprivation tanks help improve our brain health. He helps to explain what it it like the first time you got for a float tank session and what to expect. We also go into understanding how to get the most out of a float experiences and the benefits of being isolated in a dark spac...

The 2017 Ladies Comrades Marathon Winner, Camille Herron, is todays guest interview. Camille shares how she solved her stress fracture problem by changing the way she runs & the shoes she wears to a more minimalist shoe. She helps to explain what it takes to be an elite ultra marathon winner. We also go into understanding nutrition tips for long distance running including the surprise biohack...

Blue light filter software expert, Daniel Georgiev, is todays guest interview. Daniel shares some of the reasons why he feels being able to block blue light emitted from computer screens helps protect the health of our eyes. He helps to explain other issues that create eye strain like flicker rate, screen brightness and pulse-width modulation. We also go into understanding the benefits having soft...

Carnivore diet advocate & orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Shawn Baker, is todays guest interview. Dr Baker shares some of the reasons why he feels eating an all meat diet is better than being low carb or keto. He helps to explain the definition of the diet and the why he prefers carnivore diet vs zero carb diet term. We also go into understanding the benefits of & how to eat a diet with no vegetab...