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Discover how you can live without constant hunger and fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, and other low-energy symptoms. The Energy Balance Podcast will teach you how to maximize your cellular energy so you can take back your health and finally experience clear-headed focus, restful sleep, and all-day energy you didn’t think was possible.
Episodes
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
- What actually causes high blood pressure and why the mainstream guidelines do little to address these causes
- Why hypertension is a protective, adaptive response
- The physiology of a dysfunctional vascular system and the involvement of swelling/edema, fibrosis, and calcification
- Whether the blood pressure medications address the causes of hypertension and are the best option for its treatment
- Nutrients that improve hypertension and foods to avoid that worsen vascular health
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
- Why low-sodium diets and drinking lots of water aren’t the solution for hypertension
- How blood pressure medications work and why they don’t solve the underlying causes of high blood pressure
- How much salt someone should be consuming if they have high blood pressure (it’s probably more than you think)
- The relationships between the various electrolytes (sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium)
- How salt opposes stress
- Why the heart may not function as a pump and how energy can drive circulation and oxygenation
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
- What actually causes plaque buildup (and why cholesterol isn’t the culprit)
- Why omega-3s and omega-6s aren’t the heart-healthy fats
- How you can lower cholesterol levels in a healthy way
- Why eating lots of whole grains, nuts and seeds, vegetable oils, and fatty fish like salmon isn’t the way to go for heart health
- The importance of gut and thyroid health for lowering cholesterol
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
- Where the mainstream view that high cholesterol levels cause heart disease went wrong
- Why we may want to reconsider statin use for the vast majority of cases
- Why we don’t need to avoid high-cholesterol foods, even if we have high cholesterol levels
- The protective, beneficial effects of cholesterol
- What actually increases cholesterol levels and why statins don’t effectively address these factors
- Why the cholesterol-lowering drugs are often more harmful than helpful
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
- How to restore gut health after antibiotics or antifungals
- Whether the Ray Peat inspired carrot salad is an effective antibiotic
- Why probiotics may not be a good idea for maintaining or replenishing your gut microbiome (and what to do instead)
- How to keep your bowels regular and improve gut motility
- Simple tips to make healthy eating easier
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
- What Mike and I typically eat in a day
- How to individualize your diet to your needs and various snack and meal ideas you can try
- The problem with excessive diet rigidity and the idea of “cheating” on your diet
- The importance of the NAD+/NADH ratio in metabolism, health, and aging
- The consequences of the normalization of unhealthy diets and lifestyles
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
- Natural antibiotics that you can use to clear gut pathogens and what to watch out for when using them
- How to measure whether your body is using carbohydrates effectively
- The relationship between our mental health and our physiology and what we can do to support our mental health
- How to improve your ability to burn carbs
- How various psychological conditions, like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar, and others, comes down to a lack of energy
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
In this episode we discuss:
- The best types and amount of exercise to slow aging and increase lifespan
- Why small amounts of stress (via hormesis) don’t contribute to longevity and slowed aging
- How to balance amino acids and protein intake to slow aging and extend lifespan (without protein fasting)
- The impact of stress hormones on longevity and aging and how to optimize gut health, carb intake, and calorie intake to minimize stress hormones
- One of the most important factors when it comes to aging and lifespan that has nothing to do with nutrition and exercise
Sign up for the free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy/
Click here to check out the show notes: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-25-how-to-slow-aging-part-3-diet-exercise-and-stress-for-longevity-and-anti-aging/
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
In this episode we discuss:
- Where the calorie restriction research falls short and why eating less is not the answer for slowing aging and extending lifespan
- Why eating fewer omega-3s and omega-6s is vital for longevity and anti-aging
- Why carb restriction and “fat-burning” causes stress that increases aging
- How to attain the benefits from carbohydrate restriction while still eating carbs
- Why eating more calories can slow aging despite the research in favor of caloric restriction
Sign up for the free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy/
Click here to check out the show notes: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-24-how-to-slow-aging-part-2-problems-with-caloric-restriction-and-what-to-do-instead/
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
In this episode we discuss:
- Why increasing our metabolism allows us to age slower and live longer
- Why PUFA oppose health, shorten lifespan, and drive aging
- The role of free radicals and oxidative stress in aging
- Why the current views of aging are incomplete
- The problems with aging and lifespan research and how this has lead to misguided recommendations
Watch this episode on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/Vmle5ksNQ9o
Sign up for the free Energy Balance Mini-Course here: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/energy/
Click here to check out the show notes: https://jayfeldmanwellness.com/ep-23-how-to-slow-aging-part-1-increasing-your-metabolism-and-competing-theories/