The Health Upgrade Podcast

Hello, everybody and welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast! Today, we will be talking about drug addiction and how the autonomic nervous system is affected by the use of opioid medication and drugs. These drugs are mainly heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines. Becoming addicted to these medications will lead to lots of health problems, ranging from cognitive issues to digestive and...

Hello everybody and welcome to the Heath Upgrade Podcast In today’s episode, we have a very interesting topic which is the complex tie between macrophages and angiogenesis, in both health and in disease, as well as the development and production of the network of blood vessel in angiogenesis. Angiogenesis is the process by which we produce new blood vessels and macrophages plays an important role...

In today's episode, we are excited to discuss a new topic that will lead us into understanding reproduction and the importance of macrophages. Macrophages is very vital and essential in the production of our hormone, and producing reproductive organs, both male and female. These cells chaperone the production of reproductive organs and reproductive cells through development, and through life in ge...

Welcome back to another episode of the health upgrade podcast! I am Dr. Nevaz Habib and I am here in person with JP Eriko. I'm back in Florida, speaking at a conference, and today we're going to talk about Vagus Nerve Stimulation. For me, this is a major piece of the future of healthcare. I think the Vagus Nerve has been overlooked for too long. I think that the use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation has...

Hello, everybody and welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast In today’s episode, we're going to dig into a new topic, which has to do with the nutrition and the function of macrophages. And we're specifically talking about a particular nutrient that is absolutely essential to the function of these macrophages, which is iron Iron is one of those important minerals that need to get to and be pres...

Our topic today is very scientific, heavy, and wonderful. It's something that I think, as we go through, it's clearly going to open your eyes to understanding the immune system, how the immune system has been misunderstood for quite some time, and the cells that are actually required for our homeostatic optimal function. So today, we're going to dig into macrophages and all the different types of...

Hello everybody and welcome to the Heath Upgrade Podcast Today we’ll be discussing functional gastrointestinal disorders and some of the research that's been coming out with regards to vagus nerve stimulation, as well as how it can have a specific role in the therapy of these particular conditions. We’ll briefly touch on the diagnosis of the functional gastrointestinal disorders, what's causing th...

In today’s episode, we are going to dive into digestion and how the vagus nerve is involved in the digestive process. We are also explaining how the nervous system involves in that from an evolutionary standpoint and how our brain and our gut interact with one another. Digestive sequencing and the process by which we digest our food to get those nutrients into our body is obviously very important...

In today's episode, we are digging into neuroimmune dysfunction and development. We are talking about how our immune system dictates the development of our brain and dysfunction, as well as, what inputs are going on environmentally, and how those dysfunctions can lead to many conditions early on in childhood, later on in life, and even in the middle of life, as well. We'll talk about different con...

 In today's episode, we're really excited to have a special guest, Dr. Chris Czura. He is a molecular immunologist who has been studying Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the past 20 years! Chris has also participated in other early-stage companies in bioelectronic, medicine, pharmaceuticals, and wearable and off-buddy diagnostics.  He served as vice president of Scientific Affairs of the Feinstein Inst...

Hello everybody and welcome to the Health Upgrade Podcast So today we want to dig into a slightly new topic which is autoimmunity. Specifically, we are going to discuss what autoimmune disorders are, how autoimmune conditions begin, and the pathophysiology behind many of them. We are also going to explain how our personal internal immune system is actually acting against our own cells, and what ca...

Hello everybody and welcome to the “Health Upgrade Podcast” In today’s episode, we are talking about something that most people wouldn't consider a topic that the vagus nerve or the nervous system, in general, is actually heavily involved in! Today we are discussing atherosclerosis - one of the major causes of heart attacks and strokes, which are two of the more common reasons for mortality - morb...

Hello everybody and welcome to the Health Upgrade Podcast Today's topic is on the development of the brain, and how we develop in the cells that are required to actually allow for cellular development, construction, repair, and rebuilding to occur when damage does occur. We will be analyzing how the different types of cells infiltrate and support the function of other cells and how they work in ho...

Hello everybody and welcome to a bit of a special episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we will be talking about the research involved in vagus nerve stimulation and its effect on type two diabetes. We are going to dive into a few particular articles in regards to actual electrical vagus nerve stimulation, and its impact on type two diabetes mellitus.  Rate and review before t...

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast.  In today’s episode we are digging into Metabolic Dysfunction. We discuss the role of the autonomic nervous system, the role of the vagus nerve, and uses of vagus nerve stimulation in addressing metabolic health, in particular for those that have type two diabetes, and even pre diabetes as well. We also anaylze how the food industry is a...

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we're going to dig into somatoform disorders. We are going to analyse what somatoform disorders are and how they are caused. We are also going to dive deeper into the pathophysiology of these disorders and what can we do to treat them, in order to have a better life quality. Rate and review before the next episode. If...

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast.  In today’s episode we are digging into Central Nervous System disorders. Especially, we're going to focus our attention on understanding the pathophysiology and how these conditions start off. Also, we're going to do an overview of central nervous system function, dig into negative processes that can lead to negative conditions, chronic...

Hello everybody, welcome back to the health upgrade podcast.  I am so so excited for this new season of the health upgrade podcast, because we're doing something a little bit different. We're doing an entire series dedicated to understanding the autonomic nervous system, understanding the consequences of a non functional or dysfunctional autonomic nervous system, and what we can do about it. This...

In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Brandon Evans. He is a Speaker & Storyteller who thrives on motivating others to succeed and grow. He also holds over a decade of frontline firefighting work, which has allowed him to bring a great deal of crisis and trauma-informed expertise to his coaching.  He has also recently expanded his platform: a Mentorship Practice called Dad P...

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast.    In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Dr. Nicole Beurkens. She is the world’s leading holistic child psychologist and has dedicated her 25 year career to providing parents with simple, effective, research-based strategies that get to the root of children’s attention, anxiety, mood, and behaviour challenges, so they can...

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast.    In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Zack Langlois. He  is doing some really amazing things here in Ontario and I really want to share his story, his vision, and how we can help people with the quality of their food, particularly the quality of their meat.   We know that our conventional farming practices are not work...

Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast.  In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Roudy Nassif, the co-founder of VivaRays . Roudy has been educating hundreds of functional medicine and naturopathic doctors about the power of light. He is helping them optimize their personal, as well as, their patient's well-being, sleeping patterns, energy, and focus. Roudy is on...

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast.  In today’s episode, we will be talking with dr. Julia Sen. She is a registered psychologist with a full-time virtual private practice. She has been seeing clients for over 20 years, and has a special place in her heart for parenting. Julia considers herself to be a possibility psychologist and focuses on helping people awaken the wisdom wi...

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast.  In today’s episode, we will be talking with dr. Francois du Toit. He's a registered naturopath (Natural Medicine Doctor), speaker, wellness advocate, and health coach. He owns a private practice in South Africa, while also presenting high-level workshops on different health topics.  Over the last nine years, he has dedicated his life to em...

Welcome to another episode of the health upgrade podcast.  I'm really excited to have one of my amazing clients, Joelle, with me. And we're going to talk about how Joelle has transformed over the last few months and the big changes that she's noticed not only in her health, but also in her life and her ability to show up and be the best version of herself every day.  In this episode, Joelle shares...