The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

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#149 - Chris Masterjohn: Achieving Ideal Nutritional Status, Dietary Recommendations & Requirements, How Omega-6s Resolve Inflammation, Vitamin Supplementation & Limits, Veganism Implications, Choline & Fatty Liver, Aspirin Benefits, And More! Jun 10, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/chrismasterjohn 2:25 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:40 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 12:30 - Chris' Start In Nutrition 17:20 - Weston Price's Principals 30:15 - Veganism 32:30 - Longevity With Veganism 37:00 - Creatine 39:20 - Synthesizing Vitamins, Deficiencies, And RDAs 47:20 - Niacin 52:50 - Cravings Driving Food Intake 56:00 - Supplement Toxicity 1:03:30 - Liver As A Superfood 1:07:30 - A Study Rats Unnatural Diet & Environment 1:17:00 - The Derangement Of The Modern Palate 1:22:20 - Choline & Fatty Liver 1:32:00 - Is Choline Production Demand Driven? 1:32:45 - High Dose Choline 1:34:40 - Polyunsaturated Fats, EPA, DHA & Inflammation 1:44:00 - The Balance Of Different Cell Types & Wound Healing 1:52:30 - Resolution Of Healing 1:54:45 - Omega-3s 1:56:55 - Aspirin 1:59:10 - NR Vs NMN
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#148 - Dr. Michael Breus (Part 2): Biohacking Sleep, Morning Routines, Your Partner’s Habits, Blue Light, Red Light & NIR, Bedroom Temperature, Screens At Night, Melatonin, CBD, GABA, And More! Jun 03, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/michealbreus 3:05 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 3:20 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 11:45 - Who Benefits The Most From Good Sleep Hygiene? 14:00 - Is There One Tip That's Better Than Other Tips? 18:00 - The Morning Hacks For Great Sleep 23:50 - What About "Bad Habits" That Still Work For You 27:20 - Working Around A Partner's "Bad Habits" 29:40 - Red Light And NIR Before Bed 31:00 - Sleep Temperature 33:10 - Social Interaction Situations Before Sleep 35:10 - Tracking Sleep 36:15 - Orthosomnia 37:20 - Can You Hack Sleep Stages? 38:50 - Mouth Taping 40:00 - EMF 41:20 - Somavedic 44:35 - Supplements: CBD, Melatonin, GABA, Etc. 47:30 - Body Position While Sleeping 48:55 - Sleep And Sex
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#147 - Gin Stephens: Clean(ish), Home Environmental Toxins, "Greenwashing", Endocrine Disruptors & Obesogens, Food Additives, Helping The Family Make Changes, The Bucket Effect, And More! May 27, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/cleanish 2:30 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:45 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 14:00 - A Book For Everybody 15:00 - Gin's Beginning In Fasting 16:35 - Dietary Confusion 20:35 - Lactase Persistence & Dairy 21:35 - Can We Adapt To A Processed Diet? 23:10 - Where Do You Start? 29:40 - Seed Oils 32:00 - The Connection Between Food Sensitivities And Behavior 36:00 - Salicylates 37:30 - Environmental Fumes 41:05 - Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) 43:00 - The Role Of How Chemicals Can Effect Fat Cells Or Weight Loss 47:20 - Cosmetics 48:30 - Transdermal Delivery 50:20 - Labels And "Green Washing" 53:40 - Fragrance Free Vs Unscented 57:15 - The Home Environment 1:00:15 - Using The Environmental Working Groups Rating Scale 1:01:45 - Off-Gassing Furniture And Bedding 1:03:00 - The Bucket Effect 1:08:00 - Child Diagnonses 1:09:10 - A Plan To Making Changes 1:14:00 - Empowering Your Kids 1:17:00 - Food And Nutrition 1:21:00 - An 'Overflowing Bucket' Story
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#146 - Dr. Rick Johnson: Fructose & Obesity, The Survival Switch, Salt & Weight Gain, Stimulating Fat Production, Uric Acid, The Polyol Pathway, Metabolic Syndrome, And More! May 20, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/fructose 2:05 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:15 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:50 - Beginning Of Fructose Research 14:30 - How Sugar Can Cause Weigh Gain Independently Of Caloric Intake 17:30 - Leptin Resistance 23:10 - Defining Glucose, Sucrose, And Fructose 26:55 - "Tasteless" Mice 28:00 - Craving Sugar 31:20 - 5 Great Tastes 33:00 - Artificial Sweeteners 34:00 - Blocking The Fructokinase In The Liver 36:00 - How Fructose Tricks The Body 42:10 - How Fructose Uses Glucose To Create Fat 50:00 - Polyol Pathway 51:40 - Stress & Dehydration 53:50 - Salt 1:00:30 - How Hibernation Mimics Metabolic Syndrome 1:04:30 - Evolutionarily, Where Did This Start? 1:07:45 - The Natural Fasting Cycle 1:08:30 - The Role Of Fructose In The Cells, AMPK, And AMPD 1:16:00 - What Happens When You Combine Starvation With The AMPK Pathway? 1:21:00 - Starvation Mode 1:24:30 - What About Whole Fruit? The Role Of Vitamin C
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#145 - Dr. Shamini Jain: Biofield Science, Energy Healing, The Placebo Effect, Quantum Physics, Distance Healing, Reiki, Ayurveda, TCM, Bio-Magnetic Fields, And More! May 13, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/healingourselves 2:00 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:15 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 12:00 - Shamini's Personal Story 13:30 - Brain Changes Over Time 14:35 - Reiki & Energy Healing 17:10 - Similarities And Differences Across Religions 19:20 - Healing Practices & Meditation 25:30 - What's First; Top Down Or Bottom Up For Healing 28:00 - Dynamic Communication Between Mind And Body 29:00 - How Much Experience Do We Need To Get The Benefit In Healing Practices? 32:00 - Breath Work 34:40 - The Study Of Biofields 36:30 - Animal Studies 39:00 - How Does This Work? 41:30 - The Quantum Perspective 43:30 - Ayurveda And Traditional Chinese Medicine 46:50 - The Placebo Effect 52:40 - Placebo H.E.A.L. 54:20 - Nocebo Effect 1:01:00 - Distance Healing 1:03:45 - Healing Touch
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#144 - Bill Tancer: Reframing Haters And Negative Reviews, Learning From Data Analysis, CGMs For Weight Loss, Predicting Glycemic Response, Healthy User Bias, Search Habits & Trends, Influencers, And More! May 06, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/click 2:15 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:30 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:35 - Bill's Background 13:40 - Data Collection 15:50 - What We're Searching On The Internet 19:45 - What People Search Vs What We Admit To Searching 24:00 - How To Interpret Data Correctly 28:15 - Confirmation Bias In Algorithms 29:00 - How Does The Internet Change Our Trends 31:20 - Imperfect Information 32:05 - Perfect Information 33:00 - Perfect Information In Interpersonal Relationships 32:30 - Takeaways From "Everyone's A Critic" 38:40 - Chef's And Bad Reviews 39:50 - Asking For Reviews And Earning Good Reviews 43:30 - Reviews On Amazon 47:20 - Influencers 48:30 - Honesty In Influencing 50:25 - False Hope Syndrome 56:25 - Extreme Diets 58:00 - Lifestyle Changes And Intuitive Eating 1:01:15 - Creating Signos 1:05:00 - Diet-Heart Hypothesis And Cholesterol 1:06:10 - Bill's First CGM 1:07:45 - Data Analysis In Signos 1:09:45 - Predictions In Glycemic Response 1:15:45 - Intuition About What Will Spike Glucose 1:16:50 - Bio-Individuality In Sucrose, Glucose, And Fructose Digestion 1:18:10 - Enzymes, Cravings & Metabolic Syndrome 1:19:45 - Is There Healthy User Bias In Signos Data
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#143 - Dr. Peter Kozlowski: Fiber & FODMAPs, Food Sensitivities, The Gut Brain Connection, SIBO Testing & Treating, Trauma & Health, Probiotics & Prebiotics, Heavy Metals & Mycotoxins, And More! Apr 29, 2022

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1:50 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:00 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:10 - Doc Koz's Personal Story 14:45 - Root Cause Medicine 18:00 - The Role Of Trauma In Health 20:30 - Searching For Alternatives To Traditional Medicine 21:25 - The Risk Of "Smaller" Traumas 24:30 - Recommendations For Research And Self Diagnosis 28:30 - The Gut-Brain Connection And Mental Health 31:45 - Low Stomach Acid 33:25 - The Microbiome 35:25 - Fasting 38:30 - Supplemental HCL 42:00 - Testing And Treating 44:00 - Hormones 45:30 - SIBO 50:05 - Refaxamin 51:10 - Herbs To Treat SIBO 53:50 - Berberine 54:10 - Probiotics And Prebiotics 59:20 - Fiber 1:01:30 - FODMAPS 1:05:10 - Part Two Diet 1:07:20 - Mold & Heavy Metal Toxicity 1:08:15 - Elimination Diets And Food Sensitivities 1:14:30 - Shellfish 1:15:15 - Celiac Disease 1:18:30 - Twisty Colon 1:20:00 - Candida 1:24:15 - Compounding Medication 1:24:55 - Thyroid 1:30:15 - Can Trauma Be Stored In The Fat Cells?
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#142 - Dr. Eric Zielinski: Essential Oils Apothecary, Combating Chronic Disease Naturally, Hemp & CBD, Digestive Support, Depression & Anxiety, Immune Function, Anti-Inflammatory Lifestyle, And More! Apr 22, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/apothecary 1:50 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:15 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 15:30 - Dr. Eric's Journey Into Essential Oils 23:35 - Chronic Disease 27:30 - Essential Oils As Medicine 31:40 - What Is An Apothecary? 34:50 - Women As Healers In The Home 43:00 - What Do You Have To Learn? 45:50 - Everyday Use 48:30 - The Female Audience 51:50 - What Can Essential Oils Do, And What Role Can They Play In Helping Prevent Chronic Disease? 51:30 - COVID 55:50 - Is The Benefit Of Essential Oils In The Smell Alone? 57:00 - Sneezing, Watery Eyes, Diarrhea 1:01:30 - The Emotional Benefits Of Essential Oil 1:03:20 - Bringing Back Smell And Taste After COVID 1:05:20 - Getting Sick 1:11:00 - Snacks 1:12:15 - Tolerance And Addiction To Sweets And Fats 1:20:20 - CBD 1:32:15 - Metabolic Health And Weight Loss 1:35:00 - Adaptogens 1:38:20 - Fat Burning Roll On 1:41:50 - Lime Oil 1:46:20 - Reducing Toxic Burden 1:47:00 - Fasting Of All Types 1:53:30 - Building Your Own Haven
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#141 - Dr. David Perlmutter: Drop Uric Acid, The Cause Of Metabolic Syndrome, Salt & Obesity, Alcohol, Purines & Gout, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Endogenous Fructose Production, High Blood Sugar & Blood Pressure, And More! Apr 15, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/uricacid 2:15 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/paleoOMAD For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:15 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 11:45 - Why Does Fructose Threaten Our Health? 13:50 - Can We Evolve Out Of The Obesity Signaling Pathway From Fructose? 20:20 - Triggering The Pathway 21:20 - Orange Juice 23:55 - The Historical Consumption Of Fructose 25:45 - Depletion Of Energy In The Cell By Fructose Metabolism 30:15 - AMPD 34:05 - Neurological Effects Of High Uric Acid 36:00 - Uric Acid's Role As An Independent Risk Factor In Mortality 40:50 - Does Metabolic Syndrome Come With High Uric Acid Exclusively 41:40 - Purines 46:00 - Checking Uric Acid 47:20 - "Normal Levels" 48:30 - Recommended Sugar Consumption Per Day 52:00 - Allopurinol 54:45 - Does Ketosis Create Uric Acid? 1:00:10 - Cycling Keto 1:03:30 - Healthy Mitochondria 1:06:00 - Gender And Uric Acid 1:09:20 - Endogenous Fructose Production 1:11:15 - Why Is The Body Making Fat If It Feels Its Dehydrated? 1:13:30 - The Evolution Of Storing Fat For Metabolic Water 1:15:00 - Sodium In The Diet 1:16:15 - Drugs That Elevate Uric Acid 1:17:40 - Quercetin Daily
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#140 - Dr. Anna Lembke: Understanding Addictions, Dopamine & Motivation, The Path To Recovery, Pain & Pleasure Balance, Socially Acceptable Addictions, Radical Honesty, Opioids, CBD & THC, And More! Apr 08, 2022

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GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/dopamine 2:10 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:25 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon 10:35 - Dr. Anna's Credentials 11:35 - Dr. Anna's Beginning 14:40 - What Is Addiction? 16:10 - The 4 Cs 17:20 - Withdrawal 17:50 - The Difference Between Enjoyment And Addiction 19:35 - Workaholism 22:20 - Does The Feeling Of Fulfillment Matter? 24:45 - Dopamine And Motivation 25:50 - Pain And Pleasure Balance 31:10 - Dopamine And Hunger 32:30 - Addiction Ritual 36:00 - When Did Addiction Start? 37:10 - Modern Addiction 38:10 - Orgasm 39:50 - Who Is More Likely To Become Addicted? 41:50 - What Role Does Repetitive Exposure Play? 46:00 - Could We Evolve To No Longer Be Addicted? 49:00 - Can Everyone Recover From Addiction? 51:50 - CBD And Cannabis 52:50 - Can Anything Become Addictive? 55:10 - Finding A Solution 58:20 - Self Binding 1:01:10 - Shame And Guilt In Recovery 1:03:20 - Radical Honesty, And Our Addiction To Lying
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