Steve Stavs

The Made to Thrive Show

Health EN ↓ 330 episodes

Optimising your mind, body and soul. Hosted by Steve Stavs, Africa's Pro Biohacker, Health Futurist, and founder of www.madetothrive.co.za.

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Steve Stavs

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Health

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Latest episode

Oct 28, 2026

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Episodes

Revitalizing Skin and Hormones Holistically: Busting Myths, Healing Leaky Barriers, and Embracing Legacy Medicine with Dr. Trevor Cates, ND 15.10.2025

Are you reading the ingredients in your skin creams, shampoos and soaps? If you are not, you need to start because the toxic compounds in everyday personal products are disrupting your hormonal health and creating the conditions for diseases like cancer. But it’s not only the products, it’s our mindset and beliefs - our spiritual health. That’s why Dr Cates approaches skin health and hormonal harm...

Conquering Addiction from the Inside Out: Trauma Rewiring, Gratitude's Neuro Power, and Permanent Recovery Habits with Robb Kelly, PhD 08.10.2025

What is addiction? There’s no easy answer there, and the science and understanding of addiction is continually changing. My guest today Robb Kelly has treated thousands of addicts and he believes addiction is not about the addiction. It’s not about alcohol or heroin or sex or pornography. That’s 1%. Robb believes the other 99% is about mind, trauma and beliefs. And he believes absolutely anyone an...

Rebooting Your Brain: AI-Powered Hacks, Cognitive Tracking, and Defying Mental Decline with Dr. Reza Ghomi, MD, MSE 02.10.2025

Mental health and mental performance are plummeting. Having witnessed this dramatic decline over the past few years, I’ve believe it is my mission to connect with the people and technologies that can intervene and stop this cognitive crisis. That’s why I am pleased to introduce my guest Dr Reza Ghomi, one of the most qualified guests in nearly 300 episodes, with his own unique pain to purpose stor...

Unlocking the Gut Microbiome's Hidden Secrets: Antibiotics' Lasting Dangers, Parkinson's Poop Predictors, and Mastery of Targeted Bacterial Strains with Martha Carlin, BS 24.09.2025

One course of antibiotics has the power to wipe out certain strains from your microbiome forever. Like everything in health, it’s all about dose and right use, but when it comes to antibiotics we are reaching for it too causally without grappling with the real-world consequences. Unfortunately, Martha Carlin was unable to ignore them when it impacted her family in the most fundamental of ways. She...

Functional Skincare Revolution: Bio-Adaptive Tech, Lymph Flow, and Aging Gracefully with Dr. Cathy Goldstein, AP 17.09.2025

Dr. Cathy Goldstein, AP, is the founder of Tru Energy Skincare and a licensed Acupuncture Physician with over 30 years of clinical experience. A graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture in 1988, she has dedicated her career to integrating natural healing principles with modern innovations in wellness and beauty. Driven by a passion for non-invasive, health-centered solutions, she develope...

AI Health Breakthroughs: Personal AI Agents for Disease Prevention, Peak Performance, Lifelong Wellness & Curing Cancer by 2030 with Leading AI Futurist Steve Brown 10.09.2025

AI is here, and today is the worst it is ever going to be. But there are also over 8 billion human beings, so the biggest question of all is - how are we going to cooperate and even co-exist? Is AI here to take all the jobs or create economic and scientific super-abundance? And for human health, will we all carry a personal AI health agent in our pockets helping us live healthier and happier and p...

AI Diabetes Reversal Revolution: 98% Success Crushing Type II with Personalized AI, Data-Driven Wins, & Lifelong Empowerment. Dr. John Oberg, DSW, MBA 03.09.2025

Reversing type II diabetes at a 98% success rate using artificial intelligence. The future of medicine is already here, and it’s changing real peoples lives right now. Listeners of my show know I believe personalized data and AI interpretation of this data is how we can beat chronic disease, which is why talking to my guest today - who is using this health algorithm  right now - was a pleasure and...

Light Up Your Life: Mastering the Light Diet to Combat Chronic Diseases, Enhance Sleep, and Unlock Longevity Secrets with Circadian Pioneer Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, MD 27.08.2025

Your eyes are not cameras—they are clocks. Every cell and organ in your body is orchestrated by the light you let in, making light the most powerful regulator of health. More than ever, I believe the “light diet” is a foundational lifestyle change in the fight against chronic disease. That’s why today’s guest is one of the most important I’ve had—a true pioneer in the science of light and health....

Unmasking the Toxic Tsunami: How Environmental Poisons Fuel Chronic Disease & How to Detox for Lifelong Health with Dr. Kelly McCann, MD 20.08.2025

Toxicity is something I’ve been focusing on more than ever—because it’s everywhere . From the water we drink to the air we breathe, the buildings we live and work in, even the everyday products we use—environmental toxins are silently impacting our health at the deepest levels. That’s why I’m excited to bring you this powerful conversation with Dr. Kelly McCann—an integrative physician and true pi...

Algae Unleashed: Skyrocketing Brain Power, Gut Health, and Energy with Spirulina, and Chlorella. Dr Catharine Arnston PhD MBA 13.08.2025

Not fish food but brain food and gut food. That’s how you should understand algae. I was blown away by the research on algae and its most powerful component superoxide dismutase. From MS to Alzheimer’s and PTSD, the super nutrient profile of spiralina and chlorella is an energy and mental performance game-changer that costs less than $1 a day. Join me and Catharine Arnston in this empowering algae...

Obesity, Toxic Fat on Your Organs, & How to Outsmart Fat & Detox Your Body with Dr. S. Lonky, MD 06.08.2025

In this eye-opening episode, we explore how our toxic environment is fueling an epidemic of chronic illness—starting before birth. Shocking studies reveal that newborns are now born with over 200 toxic chemicals in their bodies, setting the stage for lifelong health issues like obesity, cancer, and diabetes. Dr. Stewart Lonky, a renowned physician and expert in environmental medicine, breaks down...

Family Biohacking Revolution: With Anthony Lolli, CEO of Lollibrands & Filmmaker, and TereZa Hakobyan-Lolli, Founder of Biohack Yourself 30.07.2025

Where Media Meets Biohacking—with the Lolli Family Join Anthony and Tereza Lolli, along with their children, on a family-driven mission to explore health, fitness, and biohacking in the most immersive way possible—by living it. From Anthony’s incredible 150-pound weight-loss journey to Tereza’s pioneering work in wellness documentaries, the Lollis aim to educate and entertain by sharing real exper...

Ring of Revelation: Revolutionising Erectile and Heart Health with Dr. Elliot Justin, MD, FACEP – CEO of FirmTech 23.07.2025

It’s time to put a ring on it. And I mean an erectile fitness ring. I had never even considered the importance of my erection data until having this fascinating conversation with Dr Elliot Justin. Because it’s about much more than sexual health and performance. Erection data and rings is about your cardiovascular health, and how likely you are to have a heart attack within the next two years. Dr J...

Stem Cell Therapy: Cutting Edge Medical Science Just Got Sharper. Transform Your Life by Embracing the Future of Medicine. Josh Ketner 16.07.2025

Amazing, miraculous things are happening with stem cells. But where? Unfortunately, the big players in healthcare are making it as hard as possible for these revolutionary medicines to the general public. Whether curing decades long auto-immune conditions like MS or ulcerative colitis, reversing the damage from strokes and putting arthritis into remission, stem cells are doing it right now. That’s...

Metabolic Freedom: 30 Day Guide to Restore Your Metabolism, Heal Hormones and Burn Fat. Ben Azadi 09.07.2025

What does it mean to be free? It’s a question that’s puzzled philosophers for millennia. But what does it mean to be metabolically free? If you’ve ever felt hangry , crashed after a meal, or dealt with type 2 diabetes, you’ve experienced the opposite — metabolic imprisonment. My guest today, Ben Azadi , knows this firsthand. In 2008, Ben was obese and unhealthy, struggling to find answers. After s...

Toxic Fat: The Most Dangerous Sign for Heart Disease. Unpacking The Fat Crisis Around Your Heart and Organs. Dr Sean O’Mara MD JD 02.07.2025

What an incredible episode with an incredible health hero Dr Sean O’Mara. Dr O’Mara gives a no nonsense, no prisoners-taken masterclass on visceral fat and adipose tissue, and how it’s killing you and turning on the “ugly button”. What sets this episode apart is not only Dr O’Mara’s knowledge, but his use of incredible visual images to tell the story of visceral fat and how it is creating disease...

Your Gut Health: IBS, IBD, Chron’s, Colitis, Bloating & Auto-Immune Conditions. Inspiration, & Empowerment from Josh Dech CHN CPT 26.06.2025

It’s painful seeing so much sickness and ill-health. And one of the big reasons for so much sickness is the pain so many people’s guts are in. IBS, Chron’s disease and ulcerative colitis are becoming more common for more people, and tragically as young as 6 months old. This episode is a true gut health masterclass , with someone who really knows his gut stuff and is having real clinical success wi...

The Lies I Taught in Medical School: Prof Lufkin MD Phd. 20.06.2025

Guests don’t get as accomplished and credentials as Dr Robert Lufkin, a physician and medical school professor of the highest calibre with over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers. And then he wrote a book about the lies he HIMSELF was teaching in medical school. I believe this is one of the most important books I have ever read, and that Dr Lufkin himself is one of the greatest health heroes spea...

Health Technology to Upgrade Your Mental Health and Performance: The Science of Cutting Edge Laser Tech: Dr Brandon Crawford DC FIBFN-CND 11.06.2025

Light is life. While everyone is obsessed with diet and exercise, they do not understand that we humans are fundamentally light beings and without the right light inputs, at the right times and exposed to the right places, genuine optimal human health cannot be achieved. That’s why the pioneering laser light work being done with Dr Brandon Crawford is truly incredible. Whether treating his own Has...

The Cholesterol Masterclass 101: How Oreos Reduce Cholesterol, ApoB, and What Causes Heart Disease. Dave Feldman 04.06.2025

So, your cholesterol is high? The big question my guest today is asking is - does it even matter? Why this does matter so much is because Dave Feldman and his network of researchers are asking a fundamentally new question about cholesterol and lipids, and whether they are in fact energy adaptogens, responsible for trafficking energy under the right conditions around the body and not predictable of...

Optimise Your Brain with BrainTap. You Know that Your Mental Performance is Everything! Dr Patrick Porter Phd 28.05.2025

Dr Patrick Porter is on a mission to better a billion brains, and he’s definitely bettered a few thousand brains with me here in Africa. BrainTap is a game-changing mental performance tool, and yet people tell me every week they don’t have time for it. It breaks my heart, because people do not understand the power they are refusing to even try. In today’s show Dr Porter shares some incredible insi...

The Creatine Masterclass: Why & How Men and Women Optimize Performance with this Miracle Compound. Dr Darren Candow PhD CSEP-CEP FISSN 15.05.2025

Despite being the most studied supplement of all time, creatine is making a big resurgence. It’s been the hot topic in the health podcast space for the past year, as new scientific evidence is showing creatine is about more than looking big, but has big and important effects on brain health and overall longevity. But, like all things, creatine needs to be handled with care. It needs to be the righ...

Holistic Health: Merging Ayurvedic Wisdom, Neuroscience & Health Technology: Dr Nidhi Pandya BAMS 30.04.2025

As much as I love and believe in the medical science and biohacks of the 21st century, there is wisdom and knowing that will be forever timeless. Whether my first passion Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Ayurvedic medicine, there are good reasons these health paradigms have lasted for thousands of years. The trick now is how to integrate and make them relevant in today’s modern world, which is the...

Your Mouth Counts! Oral Health & Cancer, Chronic Disease and Mental Health. Dr Michelle Jorgensen DDS ND 23.04.2025

“Health starts in the mouth”. It’s truer than people know. When oral issues can be correlated to about 80% of chronic disease, it may be the most critical area of health neglected by the public and misunderstood by professionals. Which is why Dr Michelle is the voice we need in the world of oral health. Her pain to purpose story combined with a passion for science and her patient’s wellbeing, I wi...

How To Optimise Your Fat! Seed OIls, PUFA’s, MUFA’s, & Regenerative Farming. Strong Sistas Dr Ashley Armstrong. MS Phd 17.04.2025

PUFAS, MUFAS and LUFAS. No, they’re not a new type of cereal  or sponge for the shower, these are the types of dietary fats that will either make or break your metabolism. And the key here is where are you getting them from aka what are you eating. Which is Ashley Armstrong's expertise. Not only from a scientific point of view, but because she became a regenerative farmer in order to ensure c...

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