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Thomas J. King, businessman, television producer, filmmaker, and author, delivers an interesting overview of the ketogenic diet, keto products, sugar alternatives, and healthy living. King leads the successful healthy food company known as Icon Foods. Icon Foods supplies the health food industry with various natural alternatives to sugar. Icon Foods will be appearing soon at the Metabolic Health Summit.
King received a BA in environmental studies from Chadwick University and attended graduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied law. King founded Stevia Brands as a company that delivers an alternative to the sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup used in so many food products and food preparation. Stevia Brands Inc. is now one of the largest importers, manufacturers and distributors of truly clean-label sweetening systems as well as natural sweeteners. Thom has been passionate about food and nutrition for a long time, and this passion led him to the ketogenic diet, of which he is a devoted fan.
King discusses his background and early years growing up in Colorado and Arizona. He talks in-depth about some of the people who were influential in his journey of discovery, such as Jim May, who was a pioneer in the discovery of herbs and compounds in Central America. This important meeting of two minds was what led to the eventual birth of Stevia, a product that we all know today and see on our grocer's shelves regularly. Thom King continues with his discussion of all things 'sweet' and delves into other sugar alternatives on the market such as aspartame and sucralose, which King carefully points out, do not exist in nature and thus may confuse the body and trigger an insulin response. King talks about their custom sweetening solutions and the various compounds that his company utilizes in their products that manufacturers then use in theirs.
King's new book, Guy Gone Keto: How to Lose Weight, Feel Great and Achieve Lifelong Fitness is an insightful literary journey into the world of keto. The essential guide and how-to book delivers a wealth of information on the topics of good health through diet, losing weight (and keeping it off), and fat burning. As someone who struggled with weight loss for years, Thom understands the frustration many may have as they try to lose weight unsuccessfully. Guy Gone Keto explains the details of how fat is burned and how a high-fat, low-carb diet can produce amazing results for most people if they stick to it and are dedicated. The book elaborates on diet and nutrition, explains how to understand food labels, and includes many recipes to help people get started on their journey to good health.
King talks about some of the success stories that people report after having major transformations in health and weight, and how they inspire him to keep moving forward delivering products and information that help people reach their personal goals. Continuing the discussion of his company's vision, King describes some of the biggest challenges he faces when trying to make certain foods into keto-compliant versions. And he tells the story of his own personal desire to have keto-approved condiments to replace the non keto ones on the market, and how his own taste buds pushed him to create these products that later he found many others wanted as well.
Lastly, King talks about the upcoming Metabolic Health Summit that he is enthused about and the many products and events that will be there for everyone to enjoy and experience in this 4-day immersive health summit.
Carlos Olguin, co-founder, and CEO, LogicInk (logicink.com), provides an overview of the current state of wearable sensor technology that can help us to monitor our bodies and protect our health.
Olguin holds an MSc in information networking from Carnegie Mellon. Olguin discusses the range of conditions that we experience in our bodies throughout the day. He explains that wearables tend to be expensive, bulky, with high learning curves, and often require other devices to work with them, in tandem, and thus are not practical. Olguin's company seeks to change all this, and they have with the launch of their tattoo-style wearables. Their products are placed on the skin and can deliver important information to the wearer about what is going on in their body or even alert them about environmental conditions, from alcohol-intake to hydration levels, and eventually glucose, to environmental contaminants, sun exposure and more.
Specifically, regarding sun exposure, LogicInk can help people to stay within daily recommended UV limits, as well as reveal the irreversible accumulation of UV on your skin. How does it work? The outer circle and bar will turn completely pink when someone reaches their daily UV limit for sensitive skin. And it's all based on verified data from the World Health Organization. And the inner circle and dot show current UV exposure, in real-time. Olguin talks about the progress of their product development. Many products are currently in process and his team is working to deliver them to the marketplace, but currently they have shipped 25,000 units of their premiere product, LogicInk UV. Other electronic-based products require a smartphone—LogicInk does not. LogicInk has been developed with changing shapes and very bold colors so a user can see their UV status with a quick glance. And if they like, there is an optional mobile app to track UV exposure patterns across extended periods of time.
Olguin details how their sensors work and the data that their products deliver. He talks about the kinds of skin cancer that people develop, and the benefits of controlling your exposure to excessive, harmful sun exposure. He gives an overview of their environmental sensors and explains how they can alert users to potentially harmful pollutants in the environment. And with so much expansion and development, Olguin talks about their partnerships and investors, and his hopes for further product releases in the near future.
Tommy Joiner, founder of Content Pros (contentpros.io) delivers a fascinating overview of content creation for businesses and how quality content is essential for attracting and keeping customers and buyers.
Joiner's company, Content Pros, produces subscription-based, high quality written content for digital marketing as well as SEO agencies/ B2B software/ service/ and product businesses. As Joiner states, their content brings target buyers to you and engages them at a tremendous cost and time savings for your company.
Joiner talks about the ways they fulfill content needs for their various clients. While many companies do want content, Joiner states that some do not have the hands on deck to produce the content they desire to push to their network, customers, and buyers. Joiner believes that quality content has to begin with high-quality content writers, and as such Content Pros seeks out the absolute best writers in the marketplace. They pay their writers more than the standard, and thus attract better writers because of that. And not only do they provide higher quality, their team turns around content orders significantly faster than most other services in the content space. Customer service matters to Joiner, and as such each of their accounts has a dedicated customer success manager, a specific assigned writer, as well as editor, which clients have access to directly.
Joiner discusses the way they build their base of quality writers and the areas of expertise and specialization their writers inhabit. As he states, their writer pool is so deep and diverse that most any client can benefit from having a writer on board who is a specialist in the subject area, instead of just a general writer as other content provider companies might put on the job. Joiner discusses the unique qualities of their writers and what he and his team look for in a new writer that they are considering.
The content guru details the various ways businesses can succeed by utilizing Content Pros' services. Content Pros operates as an extra member of the company's team, fulfilling their content needs in an efficient manner, and reaching potential customers or clients in an exciting way. Joiner states that many of their clients tend to work with the same writer ongoing, as that writer's style becomes the central voice for the company's content. Further, he talks about structure and consistency within the content and the importance of understanding what type of content yields the greatest value or return. He discusses the importance of different strategies and how long form content is often a great way to attract interest. Additionally, Joiner outlines the benefits of updating old content or posts to keep it fresh. And over time your entire content area becomes more valuable as you update.
Finally, Joiner discusses the packages that Content Pros offers for clients. Pricing options and different packages can be viewed online, and Joiner states that they offer a 100% money back guarantee, so there is no risk for anyone interested in giving the service a try. Content Pros will work until the client is truly satisfied, with no questions asked. They guarantee 100% satisfaction with unlimited revisions. And if a client simply is still not satisfied after revisions, then they can receive a full refund. With an offer like that, it seems obvious that every business would want to take a dive into the traffic-generating content space.
Mary T. Newport, MD is a physician, caregiver, author, and international speaker. Her website is packed with useful information and can be viewed at (coconutketones.com). Dr. Newport delivers an insightful overview of nutrition for health. Dr. Newport became a ketone enthusiast and nutrition advocate after seeing the benefits in her husband. She provided ketones as alternative fuel for the brain to Steve Newport, her husband, to help with his early-onset Alzheimer's disease diagnosed at the age of 54. Her books are considered to be invaluable for those who are seeking answers about health. Dr. Newport is the author of Alzheimer's Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones as well as The Coconut Oil and Low-Carb Solution for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Other Diseases: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Diet and a High-Energy Food to Protect and Nourish the Brain.
Ketones can be an alternative fuel to sugar for your brain and body. The ketogenic diet and ketone supplements can offer incredible benefits to almost everyone for their general health and may also provide specific help for those who suffer with diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, MS, cancer, and epilepsy. The nutrition expert talks about coconut oil, MCT oil, and ketone esters, and their many various benefits for the body. Dr. Newport recounts actual experiences with her husband that showed incredible improvements in his condition after initiating treatment, such as his ability to read again without the words, as he stated, "shaking on the page," looking pixelated, moving about.
Dr. Newport talks about how she and her husband transitioned to a more Mediterranean style of diet with lower carbs and more unrefined whole grains. Additionally, she talks about the benefit of Omega 3 and other supplements that could produce real results. She refers to her husband's recovery as a light that truly came back on in his brain. She discusses her book in detail and how her husband's story, as recounted by him, made a significant impact in the Alzheimer's community. She provides extensive details about the ways people can utilize nutrition to improve health, and she provides an overview of her world travels, speaking about disease and treatment via nutritional supplementation and diet. As she states, Alzheimer's is on the rise all over the world, and even in countries where diets are traditionally very good. She points to sweets and carbs as possibly being the reason for the rise in disease. Additionally, she talks about the toxicity of trans fats that are used again and again for cooking. Ultimately, as she states, the trend is not a good one, as healthy nutrition is less than exemplary in many nations around the world.
Wrapping up her discussion, Dr. Newport discusses some simple things that all of us can do to improve memory and cognition, such as eliminating sugary drinks, reducing starchy foots, and lowering carbs.
There's so much data in today's world that it can be hard to know which is important and which isn't, and this is particularly true for those working in the online marketing space. According to Carlos Cruz, CEO of Clicktool, many entrepreneurs in this space are letting important and potentially lucrative data slip through their fingers because they simply don't have the tools to track it, access it, and make sense of it.
Clicktool launched just three months ago, but it's already looking like the best data tracking tool on the market. By providing people in the online marketing and ad campaign space with simple, to-the-point, and easy-to-interpret reports on their data, Clicktool users are empowered with the ability to make smarter decisions about how to use it and where to invest their money. "Good data helps you make great decisions about what to do moving forward with any project in your company," says Cruz, who joins the podcast to discuss all the details of Clicktool and their future plans for the implementation of machine learning algorithms.
Press play and visit Clicktool.com to learn more.
In the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, a lot has happened in a short period of time, but one concern has remained paramount for the industry as a whole: security. When an entity encounters ransomware or finds themselves on the receiving end of nefarious or fraudulent actions, where do they submit the data on the associated addresses? What sort of system needs to be in place in order to not only disincentive these events, but incentive entities to provide data which will help them protect themselves, their partners, and the global financial system as a whole? These were the questions that led to the establishment of Coinfirm and the AMLT Network.
"When we created Coinfirm, we wanted to create a bridge between the crypto-blockchain economies… and wanted to change the reality of compliant systems and how AML (anti-money-laundering) works overall—which in the traditional space is ineffective and inefficient," explains Grant Blaisdell, co-founder of Coinfirm and AMLT Network. One of the main flaws is the inability to detect risks on an individual basis in regions of the world such as Nigeria and India, where the economies have a lot of potential but entrepreneurs are stymied by high-risk labels and the resultant inability to access the global financial system. The team at Coinfirm is working to change this by creating a system that incentivizes entities to report the data associated with both good and nefarious actions. Once Coinfirm receives that data, they implement it quickly in order to alert other exchanges and individuals of risks. So, what's the incentive? AMLT tokens which can be used for discounted services on the AML platform.
Blaisdell offers a highly informative conversation packed with the latest and most pertinent information in the blockchain and crypto space. Tune in to learn more about Coinfirm's implementation of the first-ever blockchain lab in Africa, how their approach is different and more likely to succeed than others, the integration of Trudatum with Central Europe's largest bank, and what's to come in 2019.
Learn more by visiting coinfirm.com.
In recent years, increases in bandwidth, the development of multi-camera video technology, the advent of smartphones, and the popularity of social media platforms has led to the hyper-acceleration of the world of live-streaming video. Bulldog Digital Media (DM) is a live-streaming company focused on bringing premium content and best practices to this exciting and expanding market, helping content owners, brands, agencies, platforms, and artists harness the power of live-streaming video in order to deliver the best possible experiences for consumers. With the explosion of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitch, there's been a real interest in shared and participatory experiences—particularly among millennials.
CEO of Bulldog DM, John Petrocelli, and his team are dedicated to increasing consumer engagement and bringing these experiences to life. Among other topics, he joins the podcast to discuss the challenges in keeping consumers engaged for extended periods of time and how to overcome those challenges, the falling prices of high-quality video equipment and how this has impacted the space, and the development of a proprietary tool that's allowed Bulldog DM to deliver four-camera HD-produced experiences on Instagram.
Tune in for all the details and visit bulldogdm.com for more
Meir Kryger, MD, FRCP(C), author and professor of medicine (pulmonary) and clinical professor of nursing, Yale School of Medicine, delivers a thorough analysis of the current state of sleep medicine and sleep disorders.
Kryger's book, Principles, and Practice of Sleep Medicine, now on its 6th edition, is considered a must-have guide on sleep medicine, and is basic reading for everyone in the field. The essential read provides an overview of every aspect of sleep disorders, which gives physicians important information to use for their patients who are suffering from sleep-related issues.
Dr. Kryger discusses his entry into the interesting world of sleep medicine. He recounts the treatment of one of the first patients he diagnosed with a sleep disorder and his shocking revelation that, at the time, hardly anyone knew anything at all about sleep. Over the years his intensive research on sleep has evolved, from his early study of what later became known as 'sleep apnea,' which affects approximately five to ten percent of men and up to two to five percent of women, to other sleep-related issues.
Dr. Kryger discusses sleep apnea in detail and emphasizes the impact that being overweight has on sleep. But he stresses that tonsil size, jaw structure, and many other issues can cause sleep apnea in normal weight people quite often as well. He details the breathing process during sleep and outlines the breath stoppages that occur for those who suffer from this common disorder.
The sleep doctor details the various treatment devices on the market today, for treating sleep disorders. He discusses CPAP in detail. CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy and it is a common treatment for a type of sleep apnea known as obstructive sleep apnea. A CPAP machine contains a hose and mask, or a nosepiece, and delivers a constant and steady air pressure, which regulates proper breathing. The doctor talks about other medical issues such as hypoventilation, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder), and narcolepsy—a chronic sleep disorder that is characterized by intense daytime drowsiness and sometimes even sudden attacks of sleep.
Dr. Kryger's research has literally covered every area of sleep. He has published over 200 research articles and book chapters. Notably, Dr. Kryger was the first to establish a functional laboratory to study patients suffering from sleep breathing problems in Canada, and first to diagnose and fully report on obstructive sleep apnea in all of North America. Dr. Kryger's laboratory created awareness for the interaction between heart failure and sleep respiration and the lab published the first systematic study of oxygen in this particular condition. His important and extensive research has received generous funding from various government and industry sources from Canada, France, and the United States.
When you think of possible treatments for insomnia, the first thing that comes to your mind probably isn't cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but Alisha Brosse, author of End the Insomnia Struggle, joins the podcast today to discuss why it should be. Simply put, CBT involves the interrelationship between the way we think about things, how we feel about those things, and how we respond behaviorally. And when CBT is applied to sleep disorders, it also involves the physiological contributions and consequences of our thoughts, feelings, and actions.
"We help people change their behaviors and attitudes so they can let their body do what it instinctively needs to do," explains Brosse. Many people who suffer from insomnia begin to think night after night about the consequences of inadequate sleep, and how it will affect the following day. They'll also change their behaviors, perhaps by staying in bed for longer (without actually sleeping), consuming more caffeine during the day, or cutting back on social activities at night. In CBT, these behaviors are referred to as compensatory, and are actually counterproductive to sleep.
Brosse offers an eye-opening discussion that touches on a variety of topics, including the methods and strategies used to help people who suffer from different types and stages of insomnia, a number of other conditions and factors that can either trigger a lack of sleep or be the consequence of it, and the common mistake of assuming that mental disorders always precede or are the cause of sleep issues. Tune in for all the details, check out her book on Amazon or Barnes and Noble, and visit her website at bouldercbt.com.
Metabolic Health Summit 2019: it's a four-day experience where you can see 40 of the world's top physicians, scientists, and researchers come together to present the latest research in metabolic health, share inspirational stories and successes, put on cooking demos, and enjoy overall amazing entertainment while empowering yourself with the knowledge and education to make informed and healthful decisions about your life. This year's content will not only focus on nutrition and metabolism as key components of human health and longevity, but also how to turn the information into action, implementing it into your daily life.
Returning guest and founder of the Metabolic Health Summit, Victoria Field, offers an exciting glimpse of what to expect this year, and mentions some of the speakers she's most excited to hear from, including the first psychiatrist out of Harvard who is using keto and low-carb nutrition as an alternative to pharmaceuticals for certain mental illnesses, and a veterinarian who's using metabolic therapies in the treatment of canines with cancer. Slated for January 31st- February 3rd of this year in Long Beach, CA, the third annual Metabolic Health Summit will be a scientific conference unlike any other.
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