Health Via Modern Nutrition with Dr. Latt Mansor

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From Keto to Carnivore: Did Humans Evolve From a Meat-based Diet? || #90 Nov 05, 2018

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The carnivore diet. Eat meat, drink water.

With no vegetables, fruits, or carbs, the carnivore diet is reaching fad/cult status as a nutritional strategy that some swear by...while many wave off as unscientific and unsafe. While it may be easy to glance at the headlines and think "Now, that's just crazy", we remember when intermittent fasting received the same mixed reactions in its infancy. In true HVMN fashion, we will look at the available data, anecdotes, and theories before closing the book on the carnivore diet.

Travis Statham, our carnivorous guest today, moderates well-known carnivore communities including World Carnivore Tribe & r/zerocarb. Before going carnivore, Travis ate keto for more than 5 years.

In this discussion, you'll discover:

Why carnivores believe the fiber from vegetables aren't essential for human health
The nutrient density of red meat & misconceptions of saturated fat
Theories on human evolution and how these theories inspire the carnivorous philosophy

Check out the World Carnivore Tribe group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldcarnivoretribe/

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The Human Calendar: Breaking World Records Using Mental Math ft. Yusnier Viera || #89 Oct 29, 2018

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What's 9 + 10?

Hopefully, 21 wasn't your answer *wink*. We always say here at the company that we take a systems approach to the human platform, and mental math achieves exactly that: A systems approach within the brain.

Yusnier Viera is a real-life math wizard, known around the world as the “The Human Calendar”. Born and raised in Cuba, Yusnier holds the world record calculating calendar dates, using a mixture of flash math & trained memorization. Along with demonstrating this unique skill within the episode, Yusnier and Geoff discuss the following:

The importance of math for daily life and how Yusnier trains his brain
The future of education & what the best approach to learning is
What it was like growing up under the Cuban government and how his upbringing pushed him to become one of the best mental sports athletes today

Check out Yusnier's education academy: https://viera.academy/

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Behind the Formulation of Nootropics: HVMN Performance Supplements || Special Oct 24, 2018

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Here at HVMN, we take a systems engineering approach to human performance. This ethos, rooted in following the latest science and research, has played a role in how we develop our products.

Introducing HVMN Performance Supplements.

A culmination of over a year and a half of research and development across the company, HVMN Performance Supplements marks an evolution of our existing nootropics line complete with improved formulations and new ingredients. In this special episode, Geoffrey Woo (CEO) and Dr. Brianna Stubbs (Research Lead) dive deep into the research, thought-process, and nuances behind formulating nootropics from the ground up.

In this discussion, you’ll discover:

What separates HVMN Performance Supplements from other nootropic products and why we strongly believe in carefully crafted, simple stacks vs. a hodgepodge of ingredients
The literature we explored when choosing new ingredients and why we specifically searched for research that studied young adults
The specific updates to the formulations of Rise, Kado, Sprint, & Yawn

Check out the upgrades here: https://hvmn.com/nootrobox

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Sex, Metabolism, & Health: The Link Between Insulin Resistance and the Bedroom ft. Dr. Priyanka Wali || #88 Oct 22, 2018

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Metabolic health, a favorite topic here on the HVMN Podcast, is about much more than just how we metabolize our food. Our metabolic biomarkers can act as a signal to how we perform...perhaps even in the bedroom.

This week, we discuss sex health and the links to metabolic health with a listener favorite and returning guest: Dr. Priyanka Wali. She is a San Francisco-based doctor with expertise in applying low-carb, ketogenic diets to combat the root cause of many metabolic diseases.

In this discussion, you'll discover:

- How and why does insulin resistance affect your sex life?

- Sexual dysfunction for both men and women as a symptom of a deeper root cause related to metabolism

- Changing sex education for a safer, more accepting society

Check out Dr. Priyanka Wali here: https://www.drpriyankawali.com/

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The Potential of Ketones, NAD, & Youngblood for Longevity || Research Round-up by Dr. Brianna Stubbs Oct 17, 2018

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Welcome to the first episode of our brand-new monthly series: Research Round-up.

To stay up to date on the cutting-edge of health and performance, our HVMN Research Lead Dr. Brianna Stubbs tends to read a lot of scientific literature...A LOT.

In fact, she wants to share all this stored up knowledge with you: Our podcast listeners. Every month, she will dive into the latest, most relevant, and exciting research papers. It's tough to get through a written study, and that's why Dr. Stubbs is here to walk us through the experiment process, dissect the results and implications, and candidly share her own thoughts on the paper and subject as a whole.

This month, Dr. Stubbs dives into three papers, all relating to the topic of aging and longevity:

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Making History: The First Woman To Run The Boston Marathon ft. Kathrine Switzer || #87 Oct 15, 2018

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The Boston Marathon is seen as the ultimate marathon that many runners aspire to achieve and conquer. In 1967, history was made as Kathrine Switzer became the first official woman to run the Boston Marathon.

During the race, she was attacked by an angry race official who was so distraught that a woman was running “his” race. Shaken by the incident, she nevertheless went on to not only finishing but also become a historical figure around the world for sports equality. She also later played a driving role in making the Women’s Marathon an Olympic event.

In this discussion, you'll discover:

Her experience and thought-process of when she ran the Boston Marathon
What role models are made of and what it takes
How sport will evolve and take advantage of the different physiology and strengths of both men and women.

You can check out Kathrine, his story, and what she's up to now here: https://kathrineswitzer.com/

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How Biohacking & Detoxing Saved My Life ft. Josh Macin || #86 Oct 09, 2018

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Anthony Bourdain. Kate Spade. Robin Williams.

The news of a celebrity suicide is always shocking & brings mental health to the forefront of discussion. More than a few of us wonder how someone who seemingly "has it all" can reach such a low point where they decide to end their own life. It's a sad reminder that shows how little we know about mental health issues & the prevalence it has within society.

Josh Macin, our guest this week, was at the top of his world: He was a recently minted Brazilian Ji Jitsu world champion and had a stable sales career with a healthy family life. He was, on the surface, completely healthy. Over a two week period, he mentally broke down and began to lose his sanity: Depression ensued, panic attacks became a regular occurrence, & suicidal thoughts were not uncommon. When his doctors and traditional pharmaceuticals couldn’t help him, Josh went on a three- year journey to figure out what he could do to cure himself and essentially save his own life. It became a fight for survival.

In this discussion, you'll discover:

Behind Josh's Ji-Jitsu sporting career: How he approached fights, using marijuana to improve performance, & more
Josh's story for survival: How his mental health issues manifested, the various interventions he experimented with (fasting, nutrition, psychedelics, etc), & what ultimately solved his issues and saved his life
Behind ayahuasca ceremonies: The traditions, experience of the trip, and what it's like to go through the process of becoming a shaman

You can check out Josh, his story, and what he's up to now here: https://thedetoxdudes.com/

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What You Don't Know About Rowing: Mindset, Training, & Olympics ft. Mike di Santo || #85 Oct 01, 2018

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Rowing as a sport is incredibly nuanced. While not perhaps as popular as other sports, the technique, teamwork, training, nutrition, the combination of aerobic and anaerobic exertion requires a high-level skill set.

This week, we have on Mike DiSanto to really dive into the life of an active Olympian rower and learn more about the sport. Mike has unique insight: He represented America at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, balances a full-time job with a full-time athletic career, and was an early user of our ketone ester when it was being researched at the University of Oxford.

In this discussion, you'll discover:

The various coaching philosophies Mike trained under and how he structures his training now
How he overcame his nontraditional rowing physique and used it to his advantage
The experience of competing in the Rio Olympics

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Hydrating the Body: Electrolyte Replenishment, Combating Cramps, & Sweat Testing ft. Andy Blow || #84 Sep 24, 2018

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Hydration is more than just drinking "enough" water. There's room to optimize according to your own biology, needs, and goals.

Andy Blow, a triathlete and sports scientist, suffered from serious cramps throughout his athletic career. There are many reasons why people cramp, and a key mechanism is through dehydration and poor electrolyte replenishment. All athletes sweat, yet there's a huge variance in sweat and sodium losses, which can lead to sub-optimal performance and a terrible feeling we've all experienced: Cramps. To combat this, Andy founded Precision Hydration to help endurance athletes and a number of teams in the NFL, NBA, and MLB meet their personalized hydration and electrolyte needs.

In this discussion, you'll discover:

The misconceptions of hydration and electrolytes, and how there is a huge variance in how much sodium each individual loses when sweating
How and why endurance athletes tend to lean more into the quantified-self philosophy than other types of athletes
The physiology behind cramping

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Why We Run: Culture, Community, & Connection ft. Samuel Robinson || #83 Sep 18, 2018

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Many of our conversations center around actionable interventions for peak physical performance, but something we’ve been wanting to dive into is the more philosophical side of fitness and how it ties in with our society.

We explore these topics with Samuel Robinson, who holds a Ph.D. in history and is a centerpiece in the endurance community here in the Bay Area. His writing, published on outlets such as Outside Magazine, focuses on the culture, experience, and inner lives of endurance athletes and uses sport as a lens that provides otherwise unseen perspectives around us.

In this discussion, you'll discover:

How do we as a society and culture play a better role in promoting health?
What exactly has been attracting everyday people to competing in marathons and triathlons vs. other sports?
Running motivation...what drives us to keep pushing even when it hurts?

Check out Sam's work here: https://www.robinsonsamuel.com/

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