Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels

Today’s guest is Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, a New York Times bestselling author and cognitive scientist specializing in the connection between mental health and weight loss. In this episode, Dr. Thompson outlines how to beat food addiction - the only addiction that is both a substance AND behavioral addiction - overcome psychological eating, and reverse leptin resistance for lasting weight loss. ...

Former NASA Astronaut and Columbia University engineering professor, Mike Massimino, Ph. D. joins Jillian this week.  Mike was rejected from NASA’s space program four times before getting in and is now considered one of the most accomplished astronauts in history. He teaches us how to beat rejection, achieve any goal, and use fear as your greatest tool. Plus, he expands on what’s next for humans i...

Nicolas Jammet, co-founder and Chief Concept Officer of sweetgreen started a salad bar in college with his two buddies because they didn't like the school cafeteria. Now they're millionaires. In this episode, we look at how to make healthy food sexy, and how they built that into a billion-dollar business. And most importantly, how we can change the future of fast food so it saves lives instead of...

Completely heal your brain and rewrite your inner thoughts with Dr. Daniel Amen, a Double Board Certified Psychiatrist and Child Psychiatrist and 12-time New York Times bestselling author. In this episode of Keeping It Real, Dr. Amen identifies what we can do to heal our brain and the things that damage our brains the most - from environmental toxins, sugar, alcohol, caffeine, blood flow, genetics...

Sasha DiGuilian, world champion free-climber and author of the new book, Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering Life’s Hardest Climbs joins Jillian to share her top strategies for overcoming fear, building resilience, managing setbacks, and coming out on top in a male dominated industry, against all odds.  Guest Links: The book: Take the Lead: Hanging On, Letting Go, and Conquering...

Veteran wellness journalist and author Liz Moody joins Jillian to help us level-up our health, relationships, and career with the simplest science-backed life hacks. From finding love, combating anxiety and depression, and getting your well deserved promotion - Liz gives us all the most effective action steps. Guest Links: The Liz Moody Podcast, on all podcast streaming platforms IG and TikTok: @L...

Calley Means graduated from Stanford undergrad and Harvard Business School, and went on to lobby American politicians on behalf of big food and big pharmaceutical companies. Now he is exposing the incentives for this toxic duo of Big Food and Big Pharmaceutical to keep us fatter, sicker, and more depressed, in addition to the corrupt practices they engage in to do it -- from intimidating our senat...

Dr. Sanjay Juneja joins Jillian to explain what cancer is (or rather, what makes your cells “go rogue”) - from viruses and their variants like HPV and cervical cancer, mononucleosis, and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, to things that “invite” cancer like smoking, drinking, poor sleep, working night shifts and more. Then, we discuss top strategies to reduce cancer risk, like cultivating a diverse microbiome, m...

Gad Saad, Ph. D. is the “de facto global therapist” to an ever-growing audience of hundreds of thousands of people through his game-changing work. In this episode, he shares the nature of happiness and how to achieve it. It’s not a merely a changeable mood but a process toward which we can strive by following some basic steps that have been known to humans for millennia. He outlines his top prescr...

Dr. Axel Montagne, Ph. D., Chancellor's Fellow & UK DRI Group Leader at The University of Edinburgh, joins Jillian this week to explain everything we need to know about the causes of dementia and whether or not we can prevent it.  From the degradation of our blood brain barrier, to small blood vessel disease, Alzheimer’s and amyloid plaques, to what you need to know if you are genetically predispo...

Layne Norton, Ph. D. is a scientist, pro natural bodybuilder, raw elite powerlifter, and physique coach, among other things. He received his BS in Biochemistry, and his PhD in Nutritional Sciences. Layne and Jill haven’t always seen eye to eye, which makes this show incredibly fun and different. They dig in on all the research regarding optimal protein intake, the differences between plant protein...

Dr. Julia DiGangi, Ph. D., Harvard fellow, neuropsychologist and author of the new book, Energy Rising, joins Jillian to discuss the relationship between trauma, stress, and resilience in the brain. So many of us get in our own way and then wonder why we don’t have all the things we want out of life. Dr. DiGangi shows us how we are unconsciously creating negative feedback loops in our lives and ho...

This week, Jillian’s personal expert Orla Stewart Becker joins the show to share the top cosmetic procedures to reverse the appearance of aging. From reducing the look of wrinkles, tightening the skin, removing sun damage, correcting pigmentation issues, to building collagen, no stone is left unturned. First, Orla walks us through all the different laser treatment options and what is best for whic...

Dr. Arthur Agatston is back this week and we are talking solutions to prevent or reverse heart disease. We look at habits like stress management, sleep, hygiene…find out which are best for heart health and which are worse. He covers supplements like omega 3 fatty acids, red yeast rice, CoQ10, creatine, and antioxidants  – what are the best ones to take and what is a waste of money. Which medicatio...

In the first of two episodes with world renowned cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, we break down everything you need to know about heart disease - the top killer of all American’s, over cognitive disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. In this weeks show, Dr. Agatston clears up all the misinformation about cholesterol and explains what types of cholesterol are bad, down to the particular size of your LDL...

Dr. JoAnn Manson is an endocrinologist, epidemiologist, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. In this epsisode, Dr. Manson outlines the specific pros and cons of hormone replacement after menopause, as well as when exactly to start HRT if you choose to pursue it. Find out who is a good candidate for it and who isn’t; what types of hormone replacemen...

Dr. Peter Attia, founder of Early Medical and best selling author of Outlive, joins Jillian this week. He covers the benefits and potential downsides of testosterone replacement (TRT), as well as the best exercises for living your longest, fullest life – including your VO2 max, Zone 2 and strength training. Find out how to know if you are genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s and dementia and wha...

Metabolic disease specialist Dr. Casey Means joins Jillian this week. Learn what the "spectrum of health" is, where you fall on it, and how to take charge when the healthcare system fails you. She explains metabolic disease, from type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's to infertility and vision loss, and how to reverse it without drugs. Plus, how to manage the things that most affect cellular health: diet...

First up, Jillian explores the practice of prescribing drugs for off label use -- a different purpose than what the drug is FDA approved for. Why is it done? What are the risks and benefits? And some things you need to know before you engage in off label drug use. Then, Jillian resumes her role as a world renowned fitness expert and certified nutritionist to dig in to what it means to be over trai...

Dr. Anna Lembke, world renowned addiction specialist, psychiatrist, and author of the NYT bestseller Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, joins Jillian this week to talk about overcoming any addiction, from social media to food, alcohol, pills and more. She explains exactly when a habit becomes an addiction as well as the reasons we get addicted, and how to safeguard against...

Dr. Jason Fung -- Canadian nephrologist, functional medicine advocate, and author of multiple books, including The Cancer Code, The PCOS Plan, The Diabetes Code, and his latest project, The Diabetes Code Journal -- joins Jillian to share top strategies for weight loss, cancer prevention, and the reversal of PCOS and Type 2 diabetes. Plus, all your fasting questions answered: What can you eat witho...

Can chronic disease be prevented with data clouds, AI, genome testing and more? Can we add 50 years to our lives? Doctors Leroy Hood and Nathan Price outline what medicine will look like in the next 5 years - including the bright future of treatments for Alzheimer’s, cancer, and heart disease. Guest Links: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Scientific-Wellness-Personalized-Predictive/dp/0674245946 https:/...

Low Level Laser Therapy, micro needling, caffeine shampoos, hair supplements like Nutrafol, Minoxidil, Finasteride…Jillian is sharing her personal hair care regimen to prevent hair loss and reverse gray, as well as breaking down some of the recent research on how to re-grow hair with the help of supplements and medications. Everything you need to know so you can have the healthiest, most beautiful...

Psychoanalyst Dr. Jo Ann McKarus, PsyD, joins Jillian this week to help us understand the power of therapy and how to get the most out of it. First, she outlines how to identify if you are a candidate for therapy and if so, how to find the right therapist for your needs. She explains what the “unconscious” is, how it’s created from past traumas, and how it begets negative patterns in our lives. Sh...

Dr. Amy Shah, double board-certified medical doctor and wellness expert with a specialty in immunology and allergy medicine, joins Jillian this week! She explains everything allergies: what exactly is an allergy and how to tell if you or your child has one? What are the different types of allergies, from environmental to food? Why do they develop? Why are more and more people   getting allergies?...