Hack My Age : Menopause Upgrade

Today we clear a lot of confusion on magnesium with someone who knows supplements. Wade Lightheart is the founder of the supplement company Bioptimizers. But he is so much more than a business man. He's an author, nutritionist and a gut health expert. He has an interesting story of his own journey from sickness to health that he shares with us with bits of wisdom sprinkled throughout. He is known...

Dr. Felice Gersh is here with us today to clear all the confusion we have about hormone therapy and menopause. We talk about the risks, the benefits, the alternatives and what a woman going through the menopause transition needs to know to make the best decision on hormone therapy for herself. Dr. Felice is one of the first double board-certified integrative gynecologists in the United States. She...

Today we take a deep dive into some superfoods and learn about which colors of the rainbow are best for supporting a clear mind and sharp memory with Dr. Evie Kemp. And what's good for the brain is also good for the heart, so we also cover how some of the benefits eating foods with a certain color can help our cardiovascular health too. Dr. Kemp worked for many years as lead physician in occupatio...

Today we meet Roudy Nassif who teaches us a ton about light and how it affects our bodies, our hormones and the transition through menopause. Roudy is a light expert who learned how to harness the power of light…and of darkness…to overcome his own experience with depression. His background is in engineering and he has combined this with his passion for light and health to create Vivarays, the most...

Today we are bringing together two amazing women to talk about some of the misleading marketing tactics that are running out there to sell us dreams…that unfortunately don't come true. Dr. Nichola Conlon is a molecular biologist who is a trained cosmetic scientist from the UK. Skincare marketing expert Magdalena Groselj is from Slovenia. They both have very unique insights and perspectives to all...

Dr. Mindy Pelz is on the podcast again.  In our first podcast we spoke about her best selling book The Menopause Reset. Now we talk about her latest book which is coming out December 27th, 2022 called FAST LIKE A GIRL.  Dr. Mindy is not only a bestselling author and podcast host of The Resetter Podcast, but she's also a great keynote speaker, a nutrition and functional medicine expert and has spen...

Dasha has taken a real deep dive into the brain and shares her own experience with traumatic brain injuries and how the brain impacts decisions, hormones, relationships, stress, and social cues ever since…all in the context of a woman. She currently runs WhealthCo, a women's online and offline health community, and she created the first ever women's biohacking course. She also hosts biohacking ret...

David Harry Stewart is the founder of AGEIST magazine. He shares lessons learned on aging optimally in the modern world through his interviews with over 100 inspiring older adults.  David is now in his 60s and left LA to live in Park City, Utah for a more natural environment. He has reinvented himself from photographer to entrepreneur and influencer. David is the go-to reference on people in our a...

Our guest today is an educator. She is hugely popular on Instagram and has been featured in a ton of podcasts and she also has her own called The Root Cause Medicine Podcast. And now it's our turn to meet Dr. Carrie Jones. She is a naturopathic doctor with 20 years of experience in women's health, hormones and endocrinology. She is also very aware about the issues of our public health system, beca...

Today's guest is a real pleasure for me to have, because Joni Laiho and I have become Friends through a biohacking Whatsapp group organized by Vitalz . The moderator of the group is a pharmacologist who is creating an algorithm based on our data. He gives us scores and advice, especially ones related to supplementation. We all have our opinions, questions and advice, but Joni always had great thin...

Dr. Elizabeth Yurth is back again and this time she is going to teach us the basics of mitochondria. A real 101 session to get us up to speed on what we truly need to know. She explains how our mitochondria play a central role in the reasons we get sick and tired. Dr. Yurth is best known as a regenerative and anti-aging doctor who has helped hundreds of women just like us solve joint pain, menopau...

It's a real honor to have Simon Hill on the podcast today. He is plugging in all the way from Australia just to be with us and talk about nutrition for women over 50 and how it relates to some of our issues of concern like osteoporosis and sarcopenia. We cover the risk factors, how we can use food, exercise and other techniques to combat some of these problems as well as what we can do to increase...

Today is an interesting discussion on sleep and how we can heal ourselves through the magic of sleep. But sometimes it's not so easy and we need a little help. Some people start sleep rituals, others take supplements, and today's guest John Baxter shares with us what worked for him while he was battling his own neck and back pain for 15 years. John through trial and error found the connection betw...

Backlog Episode 2020. Life Coach Samantha Thomas explains the risks of emotional distress on an aging body and how to hack it. She gives great tips on how to effectively manage stress on a day to day basis. Samantha Thomas is the founder of Sparkd - a platform to help women heal emotional eating. She offers personalized programs on her website www.sparkdcommunity.com, is a public speaker, has her...

Denise Boomkens is truly disrupting ageist stereotypes. You see her compassion, curiosity and drive to change the current view of society on aging through her photographs and stories on her Instagram channel And. Bloom . She is a professional photographer. She is incredibly creative. She's an artist and a creator.  In her 20s, she started out as an international fashion model who traveled the glob...

Backlog episode November 2020. Clinical nutritionist and Aussie Craig Burton shares his knowledge on inflammation and how it can age us faster than we want to. He gives great tips on how to lower inflammation for a better healthier happier you.  Craig has over 20 years experience as a health coach, and has achieved many qualifications in nutrition, as well as in health and fitness along with menta...

Annette Verpillot is a posture specialist and the founder of Posturepro, a health company specialized in restoring the brain-body connection through some of the world's most advanced rehabilitation and injury prevention techniques. She created an incredible technique to eliminate chronic pain, increase your strength and improve your athletic performance through what she calls the Posturepro Method...

Backlog Episode 2020. Life Coach Samantha Thomas explains what self care actually means, how to incorporate it into our life and what are the most simple practices that will bring us to a longer healthier life. Samantha Thomas is the founder of Sparkd - a platform to help women heal emotional eating. She offers personalized programs on her website www.sparkdcommunity.com, is a public speaker, has...

Today we learn what happens to our brains when we meditate, why there are some problems to meditation, how to hack PTSD and panic disorders as well as how we can still get many of the benefits of meditation without trying so hard…all in the context of a woman over 50.  Jim Poole - the President and CEO of Solace Lifesciences, a neuroscience company focused on personalized evidence-based wellness a...

I met Amitay Eshel in person and attended a beauty panel discussion with him at the Biohacking Congress in Boston last June 2022. We both have an interest in biohacking and beauty. Amitay is a true biohacker and has poured all his biohacking knowledge into the beauty industry. He is the co-founder and CEO of the first biohacking skincare company that I ever heard of called Young Goose. He is also...

Registered Dietitian Melanie Murphy shares how to hack inflammation with food to promote healing and wellbeing. Melanie completed her masters of Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity at USC and specializes in gut health. She is based in Los Angeles, California. I found Melanie through the Fasting Mimicking Diet newsletter. I saw she studied (as have I) at the prestigious research based University of...

Today we get to meet one of my favorite biohacking superheroes, Kristin Weitzel. Kristin is the Founder of Warrior Woman Mode. She is a health and high-performance maven, nutrition specialist, certified fitness trainer, breathwork, and exposure therapy coach. Part of her gift to the world is to open people up to the physical and emotional expansion of breathwork and cold exposure. Kristin also hos...

Celebrity dermatologist Dr. Davin Lim comes to us all the way from Brisbane, Australia. He shares with us his 3 favorite procedures to hack saggy necks and jowls. It's something he sees all the time in his practice at Cutis Dermatology and we talk about the risks and benefits of certain treatments for women over 50. He also gave us the truth on what REALLY generates significant collagen. Dr. Lim i...

Advanced biohacker and health coach Leslie Kenny explains the 9 Hallmarks of Aging and how to hack them to lower our risk of diseases of aging. These hallmarks explain why we are aging.  Leslie is a native of Southern California living in Oxford. She is a certified health coach with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, she was in the first cohort of Dave Asprey's Bulletproof training, she's a...

Today we talk about women and dieting, aging and what is FATflammation from someone who the Huffington Post has recognized as one of the Top 16 Health and Fitness Experts, alongside others like Dr. Oz. I am talking about Dr. Lori Shemek who is a doctor in psychology, but is also a Certified Nutritional Consultant and Life Coach. But even cooler is that Lori is hacking her age at 64, so experience...