Heads Up

Data-Driven Health Radio

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Conversations on how to optimize your health and performance with cutting-edge data science and lifestyle interventions.

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Heads Up

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Oct 24, 2025

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Ep. 58 – Designing Functional Health Protocols with Dr. Alex Keller from Fullscript 03.09.2021

By using artificial intelligence with a human element, practitioners can design a functional health protocol that will allow patients to maintain their treatment plans. Fullscript ’s Dr. Alex Keller and Heads Up Founder Dave Korsunsky discuss how to deliver an entertaining and informative patient healthcare experience. Allowing patients to interact with and understand their data from their remote...

Ep. 57 – Simplify Functional Lab Testing with Rupa Health 20.08.2021

Are you a practitioner looking for an easier way to conduct functional medicine lab testing?  Tara Viswanathan, Co-Founder and CEO of Rupa Health , discusses with Heads Up’s Dave Korsunsky how her company simplifies this process for medical professionals. Dave and Tara also talk about why they believe root cause medicine will eventually become the standard of care, how Rupa Health and Heads Up are...

Ep. 56 – How Continuous Glucose Monitoring Can Lead to Health-Conscious Behavioral Change 06.08.2021

Curious how continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) can lead to significant behavioral change? Kara Collier of NutriSense discusses how this happens with Heads Up founder Dave Korsunsky. Constantly being exposed to how your lifestyle affects your blood glucose increases your personal health awareness and motivation for making change. Kara covers how NutriSense came together, how the company is reducin...

Ep. 55 – Integrative Practices Thriving in the Payer System with Digital Interactions, Remote Patient Monitoring, and Chronic Care Management 23.06.2021

Join Heads Up Founder, Dave Korsunsky, as he talks to Dr. Cheng Ruan about remote patient monitoring, the new CPT codes, and how practitioners can re-engage the payer system.

Ep. 54 – How Dr. Jessica Drummond of Integrative Women’s Health Institute is Using HRV, Functional Nutrition and Health Coaching for Better Health Outcomes 14.09.2020

Dr Jessica Drummond, MPT, CCN, CHC, is the founder and CEO of Integrative Women’s Health Institute (IWHI). An expert on chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis, Dr Jessica Drummond is also an evidenced based practitioner who understands heart rate variability (HRV), lifestyle parameters, and how to apply this information with her patients for better health outcomes. If you’re a practitioner li...

Ep. 53 – Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) To Optimize Your Diet and Lifestyle – Dr. Casey Means from Levels Health 28.08.2020

Ever wonder if there’s another option to lowering blood glucose than the ever-popular keto diet? Then you’ll definitely want to stick around to the end of this episode. Dr. Casey Means, co-founder of Levels Health, drops some truth bombs about metabolic health, carbohydrates, and the insulin response and how you can make your own meal program to optimize your metabolic health using continuous gluc...

Ep. 52 – How Megan Ramos of The Fasting Method is Using Intermittent Fasting and Heads Up’s Remote Monitoring Technology to Help Patients Worldwide Reach Their Health Goals 07.08.2020

Megan Ramos is the co-founder of The Fasting Method Program based out of Toronto, Canada, developed with Dr. Jason Fung, author of books such as The Obesity Code and their latest book: Life in the Fasting Lane . Together, Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung have helped thousands of patients get their lives back through the use of intermittent fasting and data tracking. Join Dave Korsunsky, founder of H...

Ep 51 – Becoming a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach with Dr. Sandi Scheinbaum of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy 22.07.2020

Whether you’re a seasoned pro in the healthcare field or looking for a career change, if you have a passion for helping people with their health, and/or are interested in becoming a Certified Health Coach, you’ll want to listen in on this episode with Dr. Sandi Sheinbaum, Founder & CEO of Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. Have you ever thought about becoming a Certified Health Coach but wo...

Ep. 50 – How ThreeHealth is Helping Their Clients with Sustainable Weight Loss Using Telehealth and Technology 26.06.2020

Do you want to help your clients with sustainable weight loss and optimized outcomes using technology and telehealth? Then you’re in for a treat! ThreeHealth , a unique medical group, offers a weight loss solution like you’ve never experienced before. Rather than focusing on just the number on the scale, prepackaged food or an emphasis on dropping pounds quickly, ThreeHealth offers their cli...

Ep 49 – Jim Howard – Biosense releases breakthrough ketone testing technology 31.05.2020

Biosense releases an at-home breath ketone testing device for both consumers and clinical settings after three years of extensive lab development and clinical trial. This device allows clients to self monitor their breath ketones at home, which in conjunction with food journaling, or other metrics can provide invaluable insight into what is contributing to weight gain, high blood sugar, metabolic...

Improving HRV, the Stress Response and PTSD with Apollo Neuro – Dr. Dave Rabin 09.05.2020

Dr. Dave Rabin of Apollo Neuro is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist specializing in disorders of chronic stress, who has utilized MDMA and ketamine in the treatment of PTSD and depression to calm the nervous systems stress response.  After running clinical trials at the University of Pittsburgh and finding that the fight or flight system could also be calmed through the use of a wearable device, h...

Functional Medicine for Corporate Wellness with Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov 08.04.2020

Growing up, Dr. Mona Ezzat Velinov knew that she wanted to help people. After working in conventional medicine, she had her own health crisis, and this began her research into other ways of healing and supporting her body. She trained to become a functional medicine doctor and now works with individuals to improve their health, as well as with corporate wellness programs. Having a bigger vision, a...

Bio-individual Coaching with Carl Hardwick of OPEX 03.04.2020

Carl Hardwick has spent his life dedicated to athletics, served his country, and opened up several OPEX gyms of his own before stepping into the role of COO at OPEX.  Currently, Carl oversees the Coach Certification Program at OPEX where he trains coaches to work with clients in bio-individual fitness and nutrition coaching.  OPEX Fitness has several program offerings including coaching for indivi...

Alex Fergus – Bodybuilding and being your own health advocate 21.03.2020

Alex Fergus is an Australian National Natural Bodybuilding Champion, health and fitness coach, researcher and author. After finding his health declining at the age of 23 and feeling a lack of support from his doctors, who dismissed his concerns, he took his health into his own hands.  By being his own health advocate in researching, testing, and biohacking, he found his way back to optimal he...

Keith Norris from Paleo f(x) on Biohacking, Business and Burning Man 06.03.2020

If you’ve been around the health and wellness world for a minute, then surely you’ve heard of Paleo f(x) and its co-founder, Keith Norris. Paleo f(x) is the premier health and wellness event in Austin, Texas every year, gathering health and wellness industry leaders, as well as companies creating biohacking products, to bring the paleo lifestyle to the 21st century. Interestingly, there is also a...

How to Lose Stubborn Body Fat with Hormone Imbalance and Weight Loss Expert, Karen Martel 21.02.2020

Have you tried every diet under the sun yet still have trouble losing stubborn body fat? Even when you fit in regular exercise? Meet Karen Martel, a Transformational Nutrition Coach and Hormone Imbalance and Weight Loss expert from Canada. Despite following mainstream dietary strategies, including plenty of exercise, Karen wasn’t able to lose weight after her pregnancy. She soon figured out...

Bill Hanks on Fighting Inflammation with Cryotherapy 07.02.2020

Bill Hanks is a former engineer who left his career three years ago to open Cryo Recovery in Houston, TX. After suffering from a workout injury that refused to heal, Bill turned to cryotherapy and immediately felt the benefits. Before cryotherapy, the options presented to him were limited to surgery, injections or long-term anti-inflammatory medications. Within just a couple of cryotherapy se...

Dr. Kevin Sprouse – Tracking Health Metrics for Elite and Recreational Athletes 24.01.2020

Dr. Kevin Sprouse is trained in both emergency and sports medicine, making him one of the most sought after physicians working with some of the top athletes around the world. His patients have included many elite, Olympic and professional endurance athletes, including Tour de France cyclists. Utilizing cutting-edge and routine tests, he is able to help tailor protocols to his patients, which...

Taking Charge of Your Health with Joel Sprechman – Crohn’s, Colitis and IBD 10.01.2020

Joel Sprechman is an engineer-turned-health-crusader on a mission to help those struggling with IBD, Crohn’s, and Ulcerative Colitis. Suffering from his own health crisis (after simply eating a homemade oatmeal cookie from his mom), Joel realized that conventional medicine wasn’t the answer to the questions he had. This began his quest to discover his own answers.  After being sen...

How to Piece Together the Puzzle of Chronic Illnesses Like Mold and Lyme Exposure with Shawn Bean 31.08.2019

Shawn Bean is a Clinical Nutritionist who has a mind for putting the puzzles pieces of complex cases, like mold and Lyme, together. His unique ability to see the big picture and link symptoms to genetic expression is forward-thinking. Moving away from a specialist mentality to offer more generalist type care, says Shawn Bean, is the way we’ll begin to repair our health. Using specialized tes...

Keto diet, HRV, and tracking bodybuilding recovery with Thomas DeLauer 15.08.2019

Having grown up an athlete, Thomas DeLauer quickly found that without the intense exercise, his then-current way of eating lead him to gain 100 pounds. Deciding that he wanted a different life, he was introduced to the keto diet though forward-thinking physicians and decided to try it for himself.   He lost the weight, got super fit using bodybuilding and the keto diet, and has even been featured...

Biostrap – Tracking Rest and Recovery 26.07.2019

After losing 80 pounds in two years, Sameer Sontakey of Biostrap refound health and sparked his interest in bringing a product to the market that allows the everyday user as well as sports athletes to track their rest and recovery metrics allowing them to biohack their way to better health.  With a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Sameer Sontakey combined over a decade of experience in t...

Dr. Darren Schmidt – Optimizing Your Health with Nutritional Healing 03.05.2019

If you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic disease and have come up short on getting to the root cause with conventional medicine, then perhaps you’re looking in the wrong place.  Conventional medicine is great for acute injuries and infections, however, we must not overlook the aspect of nutritional healing through diet and targeted supplementation guided by functional testing as Dr. Darren Schmidt...

Talking Adrenal Fatigue and Circadian Rhythm with Dr. Joel Rosen 14.04.2019

After realizing he was suffering from adrenal fatigue and finding a serious lack of practical, understandable, and legitimate information out there, Dr. Joel Rosen found his way to recovery and decided to help others who were suffering the same fate. In today’s show, he shares how a dysregulated circadian rhythm can contribute to so many of the symptoms most everyone is suffering from today...

Adventures in Biohacking with Quantified Bob (aka Bob Troia) 29.03.2019

Bob Troia, aka Quantified Bob, is the ultimate biohacker, tracking everything from weight, blood pressure – the usual things to glucose, hormones, HRV, effects of light therapy, and electric stimulation and more. On his blog, you’ll find his most popular post Mimicking the Fasting Mimicking Diet – My 5-day experiment which explains how he tricks his body into reproducing the effects of...

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