This Podcast Burns Fat!

Functional Medicine is making its presence known in the health and wellness arena big time.  With the current health landscape, people are truly looking for a better way to deal with their health crisises that are outside of the current model.  This is really showing up when it comes to weight management.  Given the explosion of the obesity epidemic and the current solutions that the medical estab...

As we kick off the new year, we felt that it would be great to start with the hottest health topic going on right now: Intermittent Fasting. Especially now, right after a holiday season of excess, people are trying to right the ship and one of the best strategies out there would be to incorporate intermittent fasting.  To show us the proper way to approach this lifestyle, we invited Cynthia Thurlo...

Did you know that within three years of starting a diet, only 5% of dieters have actually maintained their weight loss? Knowing what we know about dieting and diet culture, that number isn't that shocking. The industry itself does not foster the abillity for people to make sustainable and long lasting changes. Trust me, they don't call it yo-yo dieting for nothing. To help us become one of those i...

Whenever you are trying to lose weight, it's typical to hear a number of restrictions that we would have to put into place to do so.  These restrictions are also the main reason why so many people have such a difficult time enjoying sustainable weight loss and are trapped in a vicious cycle of dieting.  Does this have to be this way? Rachel Freiman does not believe so. Rachel is the CEO of MindStr...

Have you been on a strict diet and you just aren't losing any weight? Are you eating all the "right" foods and you don't see any movement on the scale? Are those same foods also not sitting right with you and you don't feel well overall? If so, maybe you can benefit from a low Oxalate Diet. To break down how oxalates affect you, we invited Monique Attinger to the show. Monique is known as the Low...

Metabolic health is the key to living a healthy lifestyle and to maintaining a healthy weight. If our metabolic health is out of sorts, it creates a cascade of health issues that are very difficult to reverse unless we get to the root of the dysfunction. Through testing and lifestyle changes, we are able to reverse many of these issues and allow for healing opportunities throughout the body. To di...

There's a lot of truth in the idea that we can't get away with a lot of things in our health in our later years opposed to when we were in our 20's. Things surely change and it is quite common that many of us fall off physically as we age. And while the slowing down of our bodies does happen, it isn't the main cause of the overall decline.  To discuss why this tends to happen and to provide soluti...

Our results are based on formulas that we implement every day.  We can look at any aspect of our lives and see that our actions are the reasons we are in the predicaments we currently are in, good or bad. So what if there was an equation to identify how our mind can drive our actions in order to get the health results we really want?    To discuss this concept and to introduce us to the concept of...

Is there a magic number of pounds to lose that can keep weight off forever? James Keck believes so! He makes a compelling argument that if you are able to lose 20 pounds, the exact same principles apply in order to lose 30, 40, or 100 pounds! Once that formula is realized on an individual basis, the amount of weight you can lose is limitless. James is the author of Lose 20 Pounds, Keep it off Fore...

Diet culture is a real thing. If you were to take a poll, the vast majority of people are currently on some form of a diet. And while this seems like a normal thing nowadays, it wasn't always that way. In fact, we intuitively know exactly what we need to eat. This knowing unfortunately, has been hijacked. To help us get this ability back on track, we invited Victoria Yates to the show. Victoria is...

How many times have you heard that a person is too busy to get fit? It is a common excuse many people make. Busy people have two fundamental problems when it comes to staying in shape.  They don't have a lot of time, and they need to have information that can be turned into actionable results. Without these, they won't be able to make the changes that actually work. Unfortunately, these people end...

One of the most essential and overlooked minerals around is magnesium. Magnesium is a critical player in hundreds of bodily functions, so it comes as no surprise that it plays a role in weight loss. Unfortunately, for a majority of us, we are grossly deficient due to the fact that magnesium isn't as readily available in our food supply as it once was. So to get us up to speed on this topic, we inv...

Over the last fifty years, the medical establishment has supported the same rules for losing weight and staying healthy. Yet in that same time, obesity has skyrocketed. So it is only natural that after repeated failure, it's time to seek out an alternative approach to handle this epidemic. To make the case that Keto should be considered a solution, we invited Gary Taubes to the show. Gary is one o...

Losing weight is one thing.  Keeping it off is a totally different ballgame.  Sustainable weight loss is something that comes with creating lasting habits that promote healthy living that are easy to incorporate.  So how can we create a template that we can fall back to that consistently keeps us in the shape that we want to be? To get to the bottom of this, we invited Angelica Ventrice to the sho...

When most people begin their weight loss journey, diet and exercise are the two main changes that people focus on improving to get the results they desire. However, stress is one of the most overlooked factors in the weight loss equation. Not only does stress cause a cascade of hormonal deterrents to weight loss, it also makes you make bad decisions when it comes to food choices. To help us naviga...

Humans Growth Hormone (HGH) has been a misunderstood hormone for a long time. It also had a bad reputation for athletes abusing it for performance enhancement. However there's more to HGH than meets the eye, especially when it comes to weight loss. To discuss HGH's role and its weight loss benefits, we invited Dustin Baker to the show. Dustin is the President of BioProtein Technology and creator o...

Boot camps are back! After a long layoff with gym closures and many of the boot camp style classes were halted, people are flocking back in droves. Why? People are remembering exactly why this style of training was so beneficial in tackling our health goals. To speak on this trend and to also refresh our memory, we invited Bryce Henson to the show. Bryce is the CEO of Fit Body Boot Camp, the world...

One of the main concerns that people new to ketogenic diets is cholesterol. For over 60 years, we have been told that cholesterol was the main cause of heart disease and people interested in the benefits of a keto diet can't ignore the elephant in the room while trying to justify eating a diet based on larger amounts of fat. These seemingly opposite positions create a lot of confusion understandab...

Do you feel like you have the same energy levels that you had when you were younger? If you are like most of us, the answer is clearly no. Sure, as we age, many things change. However, more and more evidence is revealing that many of the unwanted changes can be significantly reduced with a proper diet and key lifestyle adjustments.  To dive into this topic, we invited Ari Whitten to the show. Ari...

Eastern cultures were long known for living a cleaner, and healthier life. This was partially due to traditional diets and lifestyle that stayed away from many of the western diets and lifestyles. But because of globalization, this is no longer the case and there's a rapid decline in health in these areas as the western influence becomes more prevalent. This allows us to actually observe what we n...

With 100's of supplements to choose from, Vitamin E has gone under the radar for some time. But Vitamin E is officially back! This powerful vitamin and its components, tocotrienol, and geranylgeraniol play a huge role in creating a longer, healthier life, along with having weight loss benefits. To discuss the many health benefits of this powerhouse vitamin, we invited Dr. Barrie Tan to the show. D...

Most people are familiar with the aloe plant and its tremendous medicinal properties.  For decades, aloe vera has developed a consistent reputation for wound healing and skin care .  But did you hear about aloe's cousin aloe arborescens? Aloe arborescens which is scientifically proven to contain 200% more healthful and naturally occurring medicinal compounds than aloe vera.    To dive into the man...

Losing weight is one thing. Keeping it off is a whole different ball game. Unfortunately, many people who have been able to lose significant amount of weight end up right where they started. This phenomena can be explained by a number of factors and each and  every one of those factors need to be addressed on the journey. To help us figure out how to get on the other side of weight loss without re...

We've all heard by now that sitting is the new smoking. Excess sitting has been linked to a host of health issues that currently plague modern society.  So it comes as no surprise that obesity is linked to sitting as well.  Our modern lifestyle has unfortunately created an environment that is more sedentary in comparison to the not so distant past. So what can we do to reduce this risk? To give us...

Our modern lifestyle has gotten us in a world of health troubles. The world we live in now is far from the path humanity once walked  upon. So when it comes to weight loss, it isn't a shock to learn that a few lifestyle adjustments can get us to our weight loss goals. To dive deep into this concept, we invited Dr. Chris Mason to the show. Dr. Mason is the founder of Old Mission Lifestyle Medicine....