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Top Myths About Intermittent Fasting with Melanie Avalon Aug 06, 2021

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Between the latest online fads and the crazy media headlines, it's easier than ever to get confused about your health. If you want to make better decisions about your health today so you can feel better and live longer, you've come to the right place. Intermittent fasting is one of the trendiest ways to lose weight these days, but is it really that effective, or that good for your overall health? Is intermittent fasting superior to other methods of controlling dietary intake? Intermittent fasting may not seem like the clear cut winner in controlled settings, but real world applications tell a different story. I'm joined today by certified nutritionist Melanie Avalon, author of The What, When, Wine Diet to shed some light and understanding on what seems like a simple alternative to counting calories. Melanie defines this relatively new dieting trend that is gaining popularity and shares her experiences as someone who has utilized the plan for over 10 years. She offers guidelines to help determine if intermittent fasting is the right choice for you, examines the implications of the diet, and shares recommendations for anyone who wants to safely and effectively attempt intermittent fasting in an attempt to lose more weight and gain more control over their health. Key Takeaways: [1:06] Today's topic is intermittent fasting — its scientific implications and real world applications. [2:05] Dr. C introduces Melanie Avalon and admits that the genesis of their conversations was focused on controversy. [5:18] Melanie defines common intermittent fasting terms, including caloric restriction, time-restricted fasting and the 16/8 eating pattern. [8:45] Does intermittent fasting give you a pass to eat whatever you want? Understanding macronutrients and the critical difference between carbs and fats. [11:05] Melanie's recommendations for those who have tried intermittent fasting and are still not losing weight include increasing satiety, decreasing caloric intake, and tracking food intake. [18:45] A look at studies that have examined the relationship between alcohol calories and body weight gain. [20:05] Melanie offers guidelines to help determine if intermittent fasting is the right choice for you. [24:50] Is it possible to live to be 120 years old? Dr. C. expounds on the correlation between protein intake and achieving your genetic longevity and health potential. [30:23] A snapshot of the cultivated meat project and how it might affect the body's ability to process protein. [38:16] What are the implications of intermittent fasting on cortisol, blood sugar regulations, and circadian rhythms? Melanie shares the findings of studies regarding women fasting and early time-restricted feeding. [43:03] Rodent trials have shown that 48-hour fasting results in 20% of body weight loss, but how does that translate to the results of human fasting protocols? Possible benefits and possible harm, as well as human mindset all have to be considered before making conclusions. [48:57] The real-life applicability of intermittent fasting has to consider the real-world experience and the compliance rates for fasting protocols versus calorie restrictions. [54:08] Do you have a topic you'd like me to cover? Contact me on Facebook or Instagram using #medicalmyths. To learn more: www.drchristianson.com Dr. Christianson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dralanchristianson/?hl=en Dr. Christianson on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DrAlanChristianson/ Comprehensive Thyroid Care Telemedicine Melanie Avalon The What, When, Wine Diet: Paleo and Intermittent Fasting for Health and Weight Loss by Melanie Avalon The Intermittent Fasting Podcast The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast "Too often people think of intermittent fasting as a "get out of jail free card", that as long as they're fasting it doesn't matter what they consume." — Melanie Avalon

Biggest Hormone Replacement Safety Myths with Dr. Shawn Tassone Jul 02, 2021

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Between the latest online fads and the crazy media headlines, it's easier than ever to get confused about your health. If you want to make better decisions about your health today so you can feel better and live longer, you've come to the right place. It's no secret that many women suffer extensively from the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. This major life change is the cause of sleep disturbances, changes in cognitive function, weight changes, hot flashes, night sweats, migraines, and more. Hormone replacement therapy has proven to be an effective and welcome relief from such symptoms, but is it safe? Does it cause breast cancer? Are there other health benefits or dangers associated with HRT that you need to know about? We've seen an increase in data on this topic over the last few years, as well as a shift in perspectives that may surprise you. I'm joined today by Dr. Shawn Tassone to discuss this topic. Dr. Tassone is a board-certified OB/GYN, and his 20 years of experience have allowed him to understand and help over 40,000 women. There are many myths surrounding menopause, and today we're going to separate the facts from the fiction. I want you to understand what's helpful, what's safe, and all of the ins and outs of this somewhat surprising topic. Dr. Tassone shares a six-step method to approaching menopause, only one of which is a hormonal treatment, and offers encouragement and hope to any woman that has ever been told that suffering through menopause and feeling miserable is just part of getting older.

Key Takeaways:

[1:08] Today's topic is menopause and HRT.

[2:21] Dr. Tassone defines menopause and dives into some of the biggest and sometimes unexpected symptoms of the menopause transition, including insomnia and painful intercourse.

[5:42] Understanding the concerns about HRT as a driver of cancer and the drugs that can result in the worst cancer probabilities.

[10:14] Breaking down the studies regarding synthetic progesterone and estrogen — do either increase the risk of getting breast cancer?

[14:10] Distinctions between the effectiveness of natural versus synthetic hormones are limited, and Dr. Tassone shares the risks of HRT with ovarian cancer and stroke.

[18:35] How can you make the menopause process go more smoothly? Nutrition, exercise, essential oils, supplements, and meditation or yoga are all options you may want to try before turning to HTR.

[20:42] Who struggles the most with menopause — younger or older women? Dr. Tassone shares what he's seen and offers the benefits of gaining weight during menopause.

[25:55] How does thyroid function change as a woman passes through menopause? A deep dive into the relationship between thyroid and hormones and the complexity of a woman's body.

[31:10] What can the menopause experience be like for a woman when it is handled well?

[35:08] Do you have a topic you'd like me to cover? Contact me on Facebook or Instagram using #medicalmyths.

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Tweetables:

"The perimenopause phase can last for years and can cause a lot of misery for a woman for a long time." — Dr. Shawn Tassone

"Estrogen itself doesn't cause breast cancer. If it did, every woman alive would have breast cancer, and men would too." — Dr. Shawn Tassone

"A hormone is going to give you the most bang for your buck. You can get the same result from a supplement, it just might take a while longer." — Dr. Shawn Tassone

"A woman's body prepares for menopause the best way it knows how, and that's by hanging onto fat cells." — Dr. Shawn Tassone

"Just because you're getting older doesn't mean you have to be miserable or feel awful. That's a myth that doctors love telling women." — Dr. Shawn Tassone

"For women who have hormonal imbalance, the people around you are the ones that are going to notice first." — Dr. Shawn Tassone

Chronic Pain Disease: Is all pain physical? with Dr. Sheetal DeCaria Jun 08, 2021

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Between the latest online fads and the crazy media headlines, it's easier more than ever to get confused about your health. If you want to make better decisions about your health so you can feel better and live longer, you've come to the right place.

Would you believe that we don't know the cause of most back pain? You would think that it would be the variation or the compressed nerve but those things don't explain it. Chronic Pain is a fair amount of a mystery and sadly, a lot of people do not align with what we know but only base on myths or misinformation.

In this episode, we discuss:

(1:50) Introduction to Dr. Sheetal DeCaria

(3:00) Typical presentation on the concerns around pain

(4:30) Understanding Pain

(6:01) How does the body process pain?

(8:02) Cultural receptivity on pain

(10:05) Categorization of pain patterns

(10:42) Acute pain

(11:02) Psychological stress

(11:24) Centralized pain

(12:30) How do you know if it's chronic pain?*

(14:10) Placebo surgeries

(19:02) Factors on how to figure out chronic pain

(21:20) Impact of nutrition on pain

(22:22) Mediterranean and Inflammatory diet

(24:55) Elimination diet

(25:47) Exercise and physical activities in relation to pain

(28:55) Fear of labeling with chronic pain

(29:50) Symptoms of pain

(31:10) Interventional Medicine

(32:16) Patterns to complex pains and other factors

(34:15) The 90-day program to diagnose and eliminate the root cause of pain.

(36:22) Insights on chronic pain prognosis

(39:00) Taking on and improving pain

Dr. Sheetal DeCaria is double-board certified in anesthesia and pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology. She has pursued further education in integrative medicine, including a year-long faculty scholars program at the Northwestern Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, as well as coursework through the Institute of Functional Medicine and American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.

She is the bestselling author of the new book, Break the Chronic Pain Cycle: A 90 Day Program to Diagnose and Eliminate the Root Cause of Pain https://www.drdecaria.com/book/ , and often serves as a medical expert for news stations around the country.

Check out her New Online Health Course (https://www.revitalizewellnesscenter.com/?r_done=1) as well! For more details, visit her website, www.drdecaria.com or Instagram page @drdecaria

Mind Body Pain resources:

Melzack R & Wall, P. (1982). "The Challenge of Pain.

Harmondsworth: Penguin."

Biro D. "Is there Such a Thing as Psychological Pain? And Why it

Matters." Cult Med Psychiatry. 2010; 34(4): 658–667.

Splithoff CA, "Lumbosacral Junction Roentgenographic

Comparison of Patients with and Without Backaches," JAMA. 1953;

152: 1610.

Magora A. and Schwartz A., "Relation Between Low Back Pain

and X-Ray Changes. 4. Lysis and Olisthesis," Scandinavian J of

Rehabilitation Medicine. 1980; 12: 47.

McEwen BS, Gianaros PJ. "Central Role of the Brain In Stress and

Adaptation: Links to Socioeconomic status, Health, and Disease."

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010; 1186: 190–222.

Hannibal KE, Bishop MD. "Chronic Stress, Cortisol Dysfunction,

and Pain: A Psychoneuroendocrine Rationale for Stress

Management in Pain Rehabilitation." Phys Ther. 2014; 94(12):

1816–1825.

Barsky AJ, Borus JF. "Somatization and Medicalization in the Era

of Managed Care." JAMA. 1995; 274: 1931–4.

Central Pain Resources:

Cordero, MD, De Miguel, M, Moreno Fernández, AM, et al.

"Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Mitophagy Activation in Blood

Mononuclea Cells of Fibromyalgia Patients: Implications in the

Pathogenesis of the Disease." Arthritis Res Ther. 2010; 12, R17.

Tan EC et al. "Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Muscle Tissue of CRPS

Type I Patients." Eur J Pain. 2011; 15(7): 708–715.

Gerdle et al. "Chronic Widespread Pain: Increased Glutamate and

Lactate Concentrations in the Trapezius Muscle and Plasma." Clin J

Pain. 2014; 30(5): 409–20.

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Does Meat Have to Come From Animals? with Dr. Elliot Swartz Jun 04, 2021

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Between the latest online fads and the crazy media headlines, it's easier than ever to get confused about your health. If you want to make better decisions about your health today so you can feel better and live longer, you've come to the right place. Humans eat meat. Right or wrong, the fact is that over 92% of individuals from most cultures around the world consume meat on a daily basis, regardless of the environmental, humanitarian, and global quality of life impacts that this diet entails. But what if we could eat meat without raising animals? Meat alternatives offer animal protein without the animals. Whether you call it clean meat, cell-based meat, or cultured meat, these new options have the potential to disrupt the meat industry by offering products that are sterile and safe at a fraction of the environmental impact. I'm joined today by Dr. Elliot Swartz, Ph.D. — a senior scientist at the Good Food Institute, a company that is pushing meat alternative research and technology forward — to discuss the defining characteristics of cultivated meat and how stem cell biology and tissue engineering have made it possible to grow cells without having to slaughter an animal. With a background as a cellular and molecular neuroscientist, Dr. Swartz understands why the world needs meat alternatives more than ever before, and he shares the exciting research that is making the possibility of meat alternatives in supermarkets and restaurants more of a reality than ever before. Key Takeaways: [1:08] Today's topic is meat alternatives — what they are and why the world needs them more than ever before. [2:49] Why is there a need for meat alternatives? The answer starts with facts about industrial animal agriculture, biodiversity law and antibiotics. [5:17] How stem cell biology and tissue engineering have made it possible to grow cells without having to slaughter an animal and the correct way to define cultivated meat. [8:20] A look at how cultivated meat fits into the meat alternative spectrum and some of the specifics of the methodology behind each type of cultivated meat. [11:01] The process of cultivating meat — from taking a cell biopsy sample to the lab to producing stem cells that can create sausage or chicken breasts — and the differences between stem cells and fully grown animal tissue. [15:33] The animal that stem cell tissue is taken from does not need to be genetically modified, meaning the entire meat cultivation process can be GMO-free. [16:37] Why would a neuroscientist be interested in food? Dr. Swartz shares the education and lab experiences that led him to the food industry and how working at The Good Food Institute has encouraged him to become flexitarian.

[23:29] How can researchers grow large volume meat alternatives in a sterile environment without antibiotics, and what does that mean for the safety of the product and the health of the everyday consumer? [27:19] Dr. Swartz predicts when meat alternatives are going to hit the shelf based on global rules and regulations and the potential for reducing environmental impacts by creating sustainable meat alternatives. [32:04] From a thermodynamic perspective, the possibilities that come with producing meat alternatives are massive when decreasing the animal caloric feed-to-outcome ratio. [33:22] Additional animal alternatives that may disrupt the meat industry are currently being researched, including the production of leather and gelatin. [34:52] Resources to learn more about the meat alternative industries. [37:11] Do you have a topic you'd like me to cover? Contact me on Facebook or Instagram using #medicalmyths. To learn more: www.drchristianson.com Dr. Christianson on Instagram Dr. Christianson on Facebook The Good Food Institute - https://gfi.org/ Tweetables: "Industrial animal agriculture has a lot of different negative externalities associated with it, and producing meat in a different way can mitigate a lot of these problems." — Dr. Elliot Swartz "Generally cultivated meat offers a 1- to 2- caloric equivalent to produce one calorie of meat. The efficiency gains there are massive." — Dr. Elliot Swartz "Not only is the meat industry being disrupted by these technologies, but the meat by-product industry is being disrupted as well." — Dr. Elliot Swartz "I hope someday my son will tell his grandchildren that we ate animals for food and we drove our own cars." — Dr. Christianson

How does the Thyroid affect the Heart? with Steven Masley Apr 30, 2021

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If you have thyroid disease, you are most likely to get heart disease. Hypothyroid causes weight gain, lowers your energy, raises your cholesterol and increases the heart disease risk. People who have uncontrolled heart disease can have more cardiovascular risks.

(1:00) - Cardiovascular risks in relation to Thyroid diseases

(2:40) - Gender misconceptions and risk factors

(3:45) - Symptoms of Heart disease

(5:15) - Steps on preventing heart disease

(5:47) - Circulation and sexual function

(7:05) - Natural prevention and medications

(9:20) - Cardiac surgeries and procedures

(10:20) - Primary food to eliminate for prevention of heart disease

(12:00) - Healthy food for the heart

(12:55) - Probiotic rich food

(13:33) - Fiber and Microbes

(13:52) - Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) organic compound

(14:22) - Mediterranean diet

(17:25) - The 30-Day Heart Tune-up book campaign

Steven Masley, MD, is a physician, nutritionist, trained chef, and creator of the top health program on PBS, 30 Days to a Younger Heart. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association and the American College of Nutrition and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of South Florida.

His latest best-selling book is the new and revised The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up: A Breakthrough Medical Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. His work has been seen by millions on PBS, the Discovery Channel, The Today show, and many other outlets.

For more details, visit his website, www.drmasley.com.

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Is gluten healthy or not? Apr 02, 2021

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People talked about how they cut out Gluten and improve their thyroid functions, but there are studies showing that those who have Celiac Disease have a higher rate of having Thyroid Disease. Let's explore Iodine, Gluten, and their relation with Thyroid and other diseases.

Gluten and commercial bread products (0:45 )
Celiac Disease (1:57)
Iodine in Gluten (2:25)
Iodine in baked goods (2:45)
Iodine used as a material for manufactures (3:25)
Bread diet for medical treatments (4:08)
Gluten-free products vs. home-made products (6:05)
List of grain commercial products with high iodine content (6:52)
Are grains healthy or not? (9:22)
Effects of grain-free diet (12:29)

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How much dairy is healthy for you? Apr 02, 2021

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Dairy foods may be the largest single contributor of Iodine, but it may still vary from different factors and sources. How much dairy food is considered healthy for you?

Dairy food sources and their Iodine content (0:45)
Iodine as a contaminant (2:38)
Teat-dipping practices in milk (3:16)
Iodine fortification in cattle feed (4:15)
Organic dairy products (5:00)
Canola Plant or Rapeseed (5:48)
Non-dairy options (6:23)
Carrageenan in dairy products (7:00)
Non-dairy products and brands (7:30)
How much Iodine are there in specific dairy foods? (9:20)

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What sea vegetables are best for your thyroid? Mar 05, 2021

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Sea Vegetables or "Seaweeds" are a big part of Asian diets. They are often considered generally healthy foods. But if you look at their Iodine content, you might want to control your Sea Vegetables intake.

Seaweeds as a staple food (0:50)
Amount of Iodine content of different seaweeds (1:48)
Relevance of sea vegetables (6:53)
Hypo and Hyper-thyroidism (7:42)
Unsafe amounts of minerals (8:27)
Avoiding sea vegetables for pregnant and lactating women (9:00)

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Yes, you can have seafood when you have thyroid disease. But which kind? Mar 05, 2021

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It is clear that there are a lot of benefits we can get from seafood. It also belongs to the higher categories in Iodine-rich food sources. In this episode, learn more about seafood and its effect on your diet with relation to Iodine.

Iodine in seafood (0:35)
Iodine tolerance (1:30)
Iodine excess (2:23)
ALA (Alpha-Linolenic Acid) as one of the Omega-3 fatty acids (3:00)
EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) and DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) (5:29)
Converting fatty acids to Iodine (6:10)
Different seafoods that are high and low in Iodine (7:30)

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Do you have thyroid disease? How much iodine is safe in your supplements? Feb 19, 2021

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Every single form of Iodine enters the body as Iodide. We can get it from food, medications, topical products, and supplements. But how much Iodine would be considered healthy?

Overview on Iodine (0:34)
Supplements as one of the Iodine sources (1:15)
Forms of Iodine (2:33)
Avoiding Iodine-rich food (3:33)
Active Thyroid Hormones and Thyroid Glandulars (4:08)
Iodine in multivitamins (4:56)
Role of Iodine in Prenatal Thyroid Disease (5:34)
Iodine essays in products (6:35)
Avoiding Iodine-rich supplementation during pregnancy (7:21)
Safe limit of Iodine intake (9:33)
Dietary sources of Iodine for pregnancy (11:25)
Conclusion (12:17)