Renee Belz & Lauren Sambataro

We're sharing our top tips for optimizing brain health today: the top 2 factors you must address, brain-boosting superfoods, the debate surrounding nootropics, and much more! 1:17 Welcome to Season 2! 2:37 All about the brain 3:35 Who is this for? 5:09 Why it makes you hotter 6:30 What happens to our brains as we age 7:35 Two factors you must address 8:34 Our top tips for brain health 9:15 Can...

Many people fall off their healthy routine during the holidays and say, “I’ll just start over on January 1st.” We don’t want you to throw in the towel and give up for the next 2 months! While it may not be ideal to implement new healthy habits or lose weight during the holidays, we can at least maintain what we’ve already worked so hard for. SHOW NOTES: 1:21 Welcome to our final episode of 2019! 2...

Dr. Sam Shay guides us through his 10 Pillars of health to "Biohack Your Biohacking." Whether you're chronically ill or looking to optimize performance, mapping and prioritizing these pillars can lead you towards the path of least resistance, and efficiency (yes, it can be easier than we think!). He explains why there is no "magic pill" when it comes to optimizing wellness, the...

Our guest, Pamela Gold Is the Founder & Owner of New York City's first biohacking gym, HACK'D!  HACK'D Fitness represents what Pamela sees as the future of fitness: the convergence of science and tech to give us the next generation of evidence-based evolution. In this episode she shares lots of wisdom she has learned along the way, the importance of finding your personal strengths...

We welcome our guest, Catharine Arnston, Founder and CEO of ENERGYbits! Catharine Is unbelievably passionate about sharing her knowledge and discovery about the power of algae! Find out why you and everyone you know should be eating this food for optimal health and longevity! SHOW NOTES: 1:21 Welcome to our guest! 1:26 Catharine’s Bio 2:45 Catharine’s take on biohacking 4:02 The beginning of ENERG...

Looking for natural tips to prevent the cold and flu? You're in the right place! We'll share our top tips to keep your immune system strong through the holiday season, as well as our personal experiences with getting sick in the past. SHOW NOTES: 1:24 Welcome to the show! 2:58 Research about the flu shot 3:43 Who is this episode for? 5:02 How it makes you hotter 5:37 What’s in a flu shot?...

Today we welcome our guest, Josiah Smith, of Holistic Hormone Solutions!  Josiah has cared for over 120,000 patients in his 21-year medical career, where he has learned that addressing underlying imbalances at the cellular level is of upmost importance in optimizing the human potential to thrive. He has incorporated nutrition, stress management, exercise, sleep, hormone optimization, regenerative...

Many people feel that the inability to lose weight is a lack of willpower and people often feel bad about themselves because they don’t have control over their diet and no matter how restrictive they make their diet and hours they spend in the gym but the scale won’t budge. We also have Doctors that STILL say, “Eat less and move more!”.... while this is important, it is much more complicated than...

We all know how easy it is to get run down or catch a bug while traveling. The stress of travel, lack of sleep, jet lag, and eating foods off your normal routine all compromise your immune system, making it even harder to fight off infections! In this episode, we share our personal experiences with bad travel days, the science of what happens to your body when you fly, and our favorite hacks to to...

Welcome back to Part 2 of our Sugar series! In this episode, we delve into our personal experiences with sugar, our favorite hacks, and a little more science to uncover what sugar is doing to your health! SHOW NOTES: 1:24 Welcome to Part 2 of "Don't Sugar Coat It!" 2:06 Top tips for blood sugar control 5:12 Dry Farm Wines 5:30 Hidden sugars 7:08 ACV cocktail 10:10 Fat for fuel 11:50 St...

If you are only going to make one change to your diet, reducing or eliminating sugar should be it. Sugar has taken over the Standard American Diet and it’s wreaking havoc on our health. By cutting out added sugar you will see a wide range of health benefits and we think it’s the biggest “bang for your buck” when it comes to healthy habits. SHOW NOTES: 1:19 Welcome! 1:55 Do our bodies need sugar to...

People today are over-stimulated, stressed, exhausted and still try to push through because that’s what society (and our over-stimulated brains) says to do.  But we need to rest! Self-care goes beyond rest and recovery. Self-care is the act of taking responsibility for all of your needs: body, mind and spirit.  This is a paradigm shift! It’s not about working harder, longer, and faster anymore, be...

Whether or not alcohol can be a part of a healthy diet is a constant debate. One day on the news you hear, “Drink wine to live longer” and the next it’s “Avoid alcohol because it causes cancer!” There are many factors to take into consideration when assessing whether you should drink, how much, how often and what type of alcohol. SHOW NOTES: 1:14 Welcome! 1:35 Can alcohol be a part of a healthy di...

The Oura Ring is our favorite biohacking tool so we dedicated an entire episode to this magical device. We have learned so much about our ability to recover and sleep optimization through this tool, and we have talked about it a lot in previous episodes, but today we dive deeper into the science and our personal experiences. SHOW NOTES: 1:18 Welcome to Episode 13! 3:58 Why it makes you hotter 5:53...

Discovering which foods to eat and when to eat them to best support your fitness goals or your reasons for working out, and that is different for everyone! If you feel totally confused about what to eat and when to eat surrounding your workouts, you are not alone! Pre & Post-workout nutrition is highly personal. Here's what you need to know to determine your personal code! SHOW NOTES: 1:21...

Intuitive eating is a process of developing trust with your body’s natural cues for fullness and hunger so you can intuitively make positive choices for a healthy body and an ideal nutritional state. 1:18 – Welcome to episode #11! 1:26 - What is Intuitive Eating? 2:22 - Diet vs. Lifestyle 3:40 – Why does this make you hotter? 3:43 – The Gut-Brain connection 4:34 - What's your gut feeling? 6:14...

We welcome our very first guest! Dr. Sambataro, our Dad, and the original biohacker! He is a biological dentist with a special interest in sleep-disordered breathing, TMJ disorders, and implantology.  Dr. Sambataro’s holistic approach to dentistry is rooted in an understanding of the interconnectedness of oral and whole-body health. 1:21 - Welcome to episode #10! 1:46 - Dr. Sambataro's Bio 5:4...

An elimination "diet" is a short-term plan where you eliminate potentially problematic foods and then reintroduce them one at a time in order to pinpoint which foods are causing specific issues. Do you have stubborn digestive issues? Weird skin flare ups? Fatigue that isn’t relieved by a full night of sleep? It may be time for an elimination diet. 1:21 – Welcome to episode 9! 1:28 – If you...

When it comes to nutrition, everyone is different! Learn how different testing options can help determine what works best for YOU and how the Biohacker Babes have applied this over the years. 1:21 - Welcome to episode 8! 3:27 - Finding your unique blueprint 3:43 - Gene variants and SNPs (“snips”) 4:23 - Testing options 4:27 -  Food Allergy & Sensitivity Testing 6:05 - Elimination Diet 7:15 - B...

Our bodies are overwhelmed with toxins from our environment every day that are wreaking havoc on our health, but we can choose what we put on our skin every day!  Do you know what ingredients are hiding in your personal care products? We'll dive into the most toxic ingredients to look out for, how to rate your current personal care products and we'll share our favorite beauty brands and wh...

Our bodies are designed to adapt, as human evolution has experienced a cycling of feast and famine. By constantly changing up diet the way you would change exercise, we can force the body to continually adapt. We will explore the downsides to sticking to popular diets and trends, and how you can biohack your way to metabolic flexibility.  1:21 - Welcome to our podcast on diet variation! 1:42 - Wha...

Every system in your body runs on a 24-hour clock called your circadian rhythm. Discover why matching your schedule to your body’s clock can bring balance and homeostasis to every part of your life!  1:19 - Welcome to episode 5! What is circadian rhythm? 2:05 - The master clock in our brain 2:42 - Our favorite books: 'Why We Sleep' & 'Circadian Code' 2:54 - How do we know this...

Most of us are “working-out” way more than we are “working-in”. Find out why we need to workout less and focus on recovery activities for optimal health and wellness, increased metabolic rate, ideal body composition, and unlimited energy and vitality! 1:18 - Welcome to episode 3! 1:54 - "Working out" vs. "Working in" 3:08 - What happens when we sleep 4:37 - How the Autonomic Nervou...

Continued from our previous episode! Our top 8 sleep hacks for a better night's sleep and optimal workout recovery, our mistakes and what we've learned from biohacking, and our Q&A! 1:18 - Welcome back to part 2 of our sleep episode! 1:57 - Our top 8 sleep hacks & tips 2:10 - What to avoid before bed 2:45 - The optimal temperature for sleep 3:32 - Lauren's trick for keeping it...

Should everyone be biohacking? As females in the industry, we want to open up this conversation, explain what it is, what it isn't, and why a lot of people don't know about it yet! Anyone struggling with a health issue that traditional medicine doesn’t have an answer for, or anyone that wants to boost health, upgrade performance, boost mental capacity - they should be biohacking! We're...