The ALL ME® Podcast

The ALL ME® Podcast Anti-Doping Norway - Kristoffer Loftheim While most of our work at the Taylor Hooton Foundation take place in the United States, that doesn't mean that the use of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances isn't happening world wide. The desire to achieve your physical goals creates pressures that are universal. So in this episode we will be heading to Norway to talk with...

The ALL ME® Podcast Impact of Mental and Physical Fatigue on Health? - Ali Boolani, PhD When you think of the word fatigue, you may associate this with just being tired. Fatigue is more than just being tired or sleepy as many people who have fatigue are so drained, that their exhaustion interrupts their daily life. Nearly 44% of employees have reported physical fatigue at work which is up 38% from...

The ALL ME® Podcast Developing Usable Strength – Jose Vazquez, MPT, RSCC*E Strength. What is it? Why is it important to our health? In today's podcast we're going to be talking to Jose Vazquez who is the Major League Strength Coach for the Texas Rangers. From the time he was a young man growing up in Puerto Rico he was fascinated with activity and strength and conditioning. One of his traits you'r...

The ALL ME® Podcast Effects of Prescription Drugs on Vitamin/Mineral Status – Dr. Jessica Beal Currently in the US, there are 131 million individuals who use prescription medication. Whether that's to lower high cholesterol or blood pressure or treat a specific disease like diabetes, the pharmaceutical industry generates close to $500 billion in annual revenue. With the amount of individuals using...

The ALL ME® Podcast Why is a Healthy Gut so Critical for Health - Abby Grimm, MS, RDN, LD Did you know there's about 100 trillion bacteria in the gut and it's a combination of good and bad that live in our digestive system. This is also known as the gut microbiota and determining how healthy your gut is can dictate the outcome of how you feel on a daily basis. In this podcast, we speak with Dietit...

The ALL ME® Podcast CrossFit Comeback – Tony Turski Over the years, we have heard many stories within the world of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances. In this episode, we hear a story from someone that made a mistake with these substances. Tony Turski is a competitive CrossFit athlete. He started and still runs his own CrossFit gym and has competed in many CrossFit games over the year...

The ALL ME® Podcast Fighting Addiction and In the Octagon – Jared "Flash" Gordon Throughout life we all go through struggles and have to overcome obstacles. It's often thought that if you grow up in a great family, in a great neighborhood and good to a great school nothing could possibly go wrong. The theme of this podcast is going to be about fighting – fighting addiction, fighting for your life...

The ALL ME® Podcast How to Stop Losing Muscle While Aging? - Sara Oikawa, PhD Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle tissue as a natural part of the aging process. Did you know that after age 50, muscle mass decreases at an annual rate of 1-2% and muscle strength declines by 1.5% between ages 50-60? It is estimated that 5-13% of people 60-70 years of age are affected by sarcopenia with those numbers inc...

The ALL ME® Podcast Bloodwork Analysis and Athletic Performance - Jennifer Gibson, MS, RD There are more than 7 billion clinical lab tests performed in the US each year. Some of these tests are part of a routine checkup for individuals while others dive much deeper into evaluating someone's health. Athletes are no different in that many collegiate, professional, and Olympic athletes have specific...

The ALL ME® Podcast Strategies to Increase Your Fat Utilization – Bob Seebohar, MS, RDN, CSSD, CSCS, METS II Over 70% of the US is overweight or obese and it is estimated that 45 million Americans go on a diet each year spending $33 billion dollars on weight loss programs and products. These programs usually advise the cutting out or lowering of carbohydrates, the use of fasting techniques or reco...

The ALL ME® Podcast How Does Alcohol Effect Athletic Performance – Dr. Stella Volpe Alcohol is a very commonly consumed beverage with over 85% of individuals have indicated they have consumed alcohol in their lifetime. Furthermore, 80% of student athletes have reported drinking alcohol within the last year. But can drinking alcohol negatively impact performance and if so, how? In this podcast, we...

The ALL ME® Podcast Urine Testing and Hydration Status – Dr. Floris Wardenaar When we think about monitoring hydration status, the average consumer may measure this by how many ounces of fluid they drink in a given day. Some general recommendations are half your body weight in ounces of water or fluid. But is this enough and are there other ways we should be measuring if we're adequately hydrated?...

The ALL ME® Podcast Operation Raw Deal - Robert Harkins During our ALL ME Assembly Programs, one of the things we educate on is where Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances are coming from. Many people are surprised to learn that a majority of substances such as Anabolic Steroids that are being used outside of proper medical guidance are being made on the black market. Raw materials are s...

The ALL ME® Podcast Heat Exhaustion, Hydration, and Sweat Testing - Michelle King, PhD Are you one of those individuals like me who cuts grass in the heat and humidity? In certain parts of the world, especially during the summer months, the heat and humidity can play a significant role in your hydration status. Furthermore, if training, exercising or just working in the heat for too long, you may...

The ALL ME® Podcast Treating Anabolic Steroid Users – Imran Khan Anabolic Steroids is an Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substance that we educate on every single day, but we wanted to talk with someone that is dealing with Anabolic Steroid users directly on a daily basis. What are they seeing? How big is the problem? How are they managing this use? This is why in this episode we speak to Imr...

The ALL ME® Podcast Impact of Food Sensitivities on Health – Kylene Bogden, RD It is estimated that 32 million Americans suffer from some sort of food allergy including 5.6 million under the age of 18. It's also been reported that 4% of adults and 5% of children have food intolerances. Could you be eating something that may be extremely nutritious but it could be causing inflammation or joint pain...

The ALL ME® Podcast 5 Keys To Being the Best – Jeff Krushell Do you have what it takes to be your very best? Have you ever wondered what you're lacking to be the best you can be? In this interview with Performance Expert, Jeff Krushell, we talked about his 5 keys to performance development. "There's an ebb and flow to coaching and an ebb and flow to athlete development. The cool thing about perfor...

The ALL ME® Podcast Role of the Sports Dietitian in the NFL – Joey Blake The growth of the field of Sports Dietetics has grown significantly over the past 10 years from having less than 20 full-time in the last 2000s to now over 200 full time Sports Dietitians being employed in the collegiate and professional setting. But what is their role and how important are they to the performance staff. In t...

The ALL ME® Podcast Anabolic Steroids: What Does the Research Say? - Dr. Skip Pope Anabolic Steroids is an Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substance that we educate on every single day. After Taylor's story happened, we looked around and realized millions of others were involved with these dangerous drugs. We put together a program to educate on this topic and one of the people that helped us...

The ALL ME® Podcast The Keys to Sports Performance – Brendon Huttmann Sports Performance is an ever developing field that is spreading out of professional sports and into youth sports. In this episode we're going to be speaking with Brendon Huttmann who has quite a bit of experience in the field of Sports Performance. Brendon started his career following his college graduation with the Cleveland I...

The ALL ME® Podcast How Mental Health Impacts Us – Brandi Garza, LPC The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that 16.2 million U.S. adults had at least one major depressive episode in 2016. This represents 6.7 percent of the U.S. adult population. Depression is most common in ages 18 to 25 (10.9 percent) and in individuals belonging to two or more races (10.5 percent). What are th...

The ALL ME® Podcast Mental Health: Current State of Collegiate Athletes – Dr. Chelsi Day In 2022 alone, 3 college student athletes took their own life due to the pressures of trying to balance performing at the highest level of their sport and in the classroom while also trying to maintain a healthy social life. It's evident how difficult that is and the pressure it puts on a young individual. Wha...

The ALL ME® Podcast Caffeine's Effect on Performance and Health – Dr. Rebecca Randell Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world as in 2021, over 166 million bags of coffee was consumed. An 8-ounce cup of coffee can have anywhere between 60-135 mg of caffeine depending on the type consumed. But why do so many people need their caffeine fix? Market research tells us roughly 70...

The ALL ME® Podcast Olympic Icon-Lauryn Williams The Olympics are the leading international sporting events in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of sports. With more than 200 nations participating, they are considered the world's foremost sports competition and are held every four years, alternating between the Summer and Winter games. Typically, athletes c...

The ALL ME® Podcast Calorie Restricted Diets and Anti-Aging – Dr. Jacob Mey What if you could make a small change that would help you extend your life a little longer? Like, who doesn't want to live longer as I know I want to live forever if I could. What if cutting your calories by just 10% could add another 5 years to your life? In this podcast we speak with Dr. Jacob Mey from the prestigious Pe...