SAPIEN Podcast - Optimum Health & Wellness

We had an inspiring discussion with our good friend Dr. Lida Fatemi, DO who is an assistant professor and academic physician at The University of New Mexico. Her role involves teaching medicine to students and residents while caring for patients.   She has incorporated many aspects of the Sapien diet and lifestyle into her work as well as her personal life. She has also dedicated a lot of her work...

Now that Brian has moved to Austin, he joins us virtually to discuss exercise! Meanwhile, Dr. Gary has been busy between getting married and working at his clinic! Exercise shouldn't be a long, intimidating and grueling process. Instead, it can be intense, short and enjoyable. In this episode, we cover: Getting the most bang for your buck with exercise Consistency & the minimum effective dose Work...

Is a diet for adults just as good for teenagers? What about younger kids? We discuss dietary changes in young people in Dr. Gary's medical clinic, Africa, and beyond   SAPIEN TRIBE http://tribe.sapien.org SAPIEN PROGRAM http://SapienProgram.com MAIN SITE http://Sapien.org   Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.   Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies fil...

We had an incredible discussion with Dr. Gabe Adorjan, DMD who is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to our airways, sleep, vitamin D, and more. He owns Modern American Dentistry of Woodland Hills, CA where he treats Dr. Gary!   After overcoming some struggles with his own health and sleep, Dr. Gabe began to see the mouth as a window into our overall health. This drives a lot of his work since ou...

We finally sat down to discuss Brian's trip to Africa. And wow, there were a lot of amazing experiences to discuss. Brian goes into depth about his trip to Uganda as well as his stay with the Maasai and Hadza. We drew a lot of parallels between life in the United States and life with these tribes.   Here's what you'll learn about: How governments are pushing tribes off the land Sustainable food re...

In this episode, we sat down with Nissim Malul who is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to natural healing. He is the founder of Native Mystic and Immunity Herbals which develop plant-based formulas that are designed to boost everything from cognitive function and immunity to muscle growth and mood control. He has 25 years of experience in this space and his work is based on Daoist Medicine.   ...

This episode covers the success story of one of Dr Gary's patients, Andrew Berger, who has used a Sapien diet & lifestyle to manage his type 1 diabetes. Andrew is an inspiration for all of us – not just those with type 1 diabetes. He shows us how we can persevere despite setbacks in our health, even with a broken healthcare system.    Andrew was told he would be sick for the rest of his life, but...

17.5) Stories of the Backwards Medical System   Today, we have another Dr. Gary Rants where we get an inside look at the world of healthcare through his first hand experience. We're all in the same boat with regards to the pandemic, but what does our future look like? Here are our thoughts as of February 2021!   We discuss: The media right now Social isolation and lack of information No public sup...

We sat down with Dr. Ashley and Sarah Armstrong, the Strong Sistas, to talk about their health journey and their most recent venture into regenerative agriculture. Their health journey has taken them from a predominantly plant-based diet to one that is based around animal foods. In the process, they've healed from eating disorders and autoimmune conditions.   Ashley received her PhD in Mechanical...

This is a fun one with Dr. Gary where we rant on cholesterol, one of the most misunderstood things in modern health science. We get fired up because we've got this one so wrong for so many decades and it's caused innumerable problems with the health of the world. What you'll get from this episode: An easy to understand high level look at how we got cholesterol wrong An understanding of the differe...

Today, we have a fun episode with our good friend Dr. Matthew Bloom who attended UCLA with Dr. Gary and Brian. He practices physical regenerative medicine and covers a lot of new information that we normally don't hear about on the nutrition side of things or the on the internal medicine side that Dr. Gary focuses on.    Dr. Bloom is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist who focuses on...

We had a talk with Sapien Tribe member Martin O'Toole calling in from Tasmania with a life-changing story of healing with diet & lifestyle.    SAPIEN TRIBE http://tribe.sapien.org SAPIEN PROGRAM http://SapienProgram.com MAIN SITE http://Sapien.org   Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.   Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and founder of Nose to...

Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health and science journalist and the author of the New York Times best-seller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, published in 8 languages around the globe. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes health podcast The Genius Life. He has also recently just written his new book The Genius Life.   Lugavere appears...

We're back for another episode of Dr. Gary Rants where we get an inside look at the world of healthcare through a doctor's first hand experience.    Today we cover:   What's happening in Dr. Gary's medical clinic How bad LA is these days The status of hospitals this winter Promoting diet & lifestyle while also promoting standard safety protocols (which nobody is doing) Having an advantage by looki...

Brent Pella is a great guy and neighbor to Brian and Dr. Gary in West Los Angeles. We really loved having him on the show to lighten things up and talk about how comedy can  Brent Pella is a stand-up comedian whose comedy sketches, celebrity impressions and parody music videos have gained more than 50 million views online and have been featured on MTV, Funny or Die, BroBible, Worldstar HipHop and...

Got another Saturday decompression episode with Dr. Gary for ya to follow up with the full in-studio episode on lockdown fallout. This was recorded Dec 1.   SAPIEN TRIBE http://tribe.sapien.org SAPIEN PROGRAM http://SapienProgram.com MAIN SITE http://Sapien.org   Dr. Gary Shlifer owns and operates Evolve Healthcare in Woodland Hills, CA.   Brian Sanders is the maker of the Food Lies film and found...

A message from Dr. Gary: We recorded this episode to share some of our thoughts about the current pandemic. Please do not take any of this as medical advice. These are the opinions of Dr. Gary Shlifer and Mr. Brian Sanders. These opinions are current to the date of the recording of this podcast 11/5/2020. We share ideas about how we can do better and what experiences we have already had during the...

Watch the youtube version https://youtu.be/dS6Gdvbe7zo ____ This is our first "in between" episode where Dr. Gary decompresses from the crazy world of the modern medical system. DR. GARY TURNS A VEGETARIAN COUPLE TO MEAT! It's always hard to help patients who have their mind made up about plant-based diets. They don't seem to realize their "magical" diet is what's causing all their health problems...

We're back in our new studio for episode number 2 with Dr. Bill Schinlder and his wife Christina Schindler on video conference from Maryland. Make sure you subscribe to the Sapien podcast on your podcast app of choice to get the new season. YouTube video version: https://youtu.be/Tu5zqsdtc54 Dr. Bill Schindler is the director of the Eastern Shore Food Lab at Washington College where he is also an...

Hey everyone, so glad to be back! We're in our brand new studio and bringing you high-def 4 camera shoots with live guests this season to the Food Lies YouTube channel and the Sapien podcast on all podcasts apps including Spotify. Watch the video version What you'll get from this episode:   Learn simple diet & lifestyle practices to lose weight and achieve lifelong health How to combat the many de...

I did a podcast with a vegan! Terri Buyanov came over when she was passing through LA and I got to pick her brain and see how she's doing and how she thinks She's only 1.5 years in so let's see what happens! So far she seems like she's doing great and says her diet was already healthy before and she just cut the last bit of animal foods and felt better Super interesting to me because I've never he...

Dr. Joel Gould is a wealth of knowledge on many aspects of living an optimal and ancestrally accurate life. Ongoing advancements in science, technology, and understanding of the human body ensure that dentistry is an evolving field of medicine. In his 25 years as a practicing dentist in Canada and the United States, Dr. Joel Gould has been at the forefront of this evolution.   Dr. Gould launched a...

Rory Douglas has over 20 years experience in the Entertainment and Investment industry empowering entrepreneurs to pursue their purpose. He transitioned from Entertainment to the Financial Services industry as a Financial Educator and High Performance Life Coach where he leads and mentors countless amount of people including CEOs, CPA, Attorneys and several six figure earners who run their own org...

What a treat to have William Shewfelt over to talk with Dr. Gary and I at Evolve Healthcare! William is the co-author of the new book The P:E Diet along with Dr. Ted Naiman. He also is played the red Power Ranger and is shredded!   This book is a game changer. I'd suggest anyone listening to buy it immediately. They really break down diet and exercise into the most simplest terms and give you acti...

Had such a great time hanging out with Chef Pete Evans last week! He was in the states filming for his 2 new films which I can't wait to see. He's such an enlightened and positive guy - he's really changed my thinking just from hanging out with him for a couple days. If you're not familiar with him, he's a celebrity chef in Australia with an award-winning TV show, the filmmaker of The Magic Pill a...