May 24, 2023
How AI–Derived Genetic Testing Can Optimize Your Health with Dr. Yael Joffe
Curious about genetic testing and how beneficial it can be for your health? No…we’re not talking about the ancestry testing that told you that you are 99.9% likely to prefer vanilla ice cream over chocolate… On this week’s podcast, I have the pleasure of talking about nutrigenetics with Dr. Yael Joffe, the founder of 3×4 genetics! Think of your genetics as a blueprint that gives you an idea of who
May 10, 2023
Vitamin E: Tocotrienols and Your Health featuring Dr. Barrie Tan, PhD
Hello everyone! This week’s podcast episode features Dr. Barrie Tan – a world renowned expert in the chemical and biochemical world, known for his discovery of the most potent form of Vitamin E, tocotrienol! A little background on Vitamin E: Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin (absorbed with dietary fats and stored in fatty tissue and the liver) and is made up of 8 related molecules, collectively grouped together as
April 28, 2023
Is Ozempic a Weight Loss Miracle?
Unless you’ve been living off-grid for the last few months… Chances are you’ve heard of Ozempic (or semaglutide)– the newest FDA approved miracle injection for weight loss. Social media has ignited feeds across the world with weight loss transformation posts from semaglutide injections- and 812 million views on TikTok to be exact. Tailored to diabetes, this drug works by stimulating insulin secretion and therefore lowering fasting and postprandial glucose levels
April 26, 2023
Should You Use ChatGPT for Nutrition Advice?
Ready or not, Artificial Intelligence is taking over our world and the way we receive information… AI chatbots such as Chat GPT allows you to have human-like conversations and can answer questions to assist you with tasks, custom workout plans, etc…you name it! On today’s podcast episode, I tested Chat GPT’s responses to basic nutrition questions to determine how reliable the responses are in comparison to a dietitian’s evidence-based recommendations.
March 29, 2023
How to Use a CGM to Optimize Blood Sugar
What’s a wellness hack nobody talks about? Wearing a CGM! A CGM is the common abbreviation for a continuous glucose monitor – a wearable device that uses real-time data to help you understand and manage your blood sugar spikes from food after meals. Typically, most CGM devices are worn on the upper arm or abdomen for 7-10 days and provide continuous glucose readings every 5 minutes to a Bluetooth-enabled smart
March 15, 2023
Dietitian Erin Skinner’s Top 3 Reasons to Get a Functional Hormone Panel
Could a functional hormone panel explain your fatigue and resistance to weight loss? The answer is yes, but it’s really difficult to find a solution to hormonal imbalances through conventional testing. Here’s why: Hormonal imbalances can cause a multitude of symptoms such as weight loss resistance, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and common menstrual cycle symptoms like mood swings, breast tenderness and PMS. Evaluating hormones through conventional hormone labs are equivocally comparable
March 1, 2023
IBS Best Approach Case Study with Dietitian Erin Skinner
Ever wondered what a functional dietitian would do to help your gut health? The microbiome is considered the powerhouse of our health, and when there is an imbalance of good commensal bacteria, your digestive health is likely to be compromised. Interestingly, Most of our GI-focused clients come to us as a last-ditch effort to find relief from chronic intestinal symptoms that may have been previously diagnosed by a gastroenterologist (IBS,
February 15, 2023
How to Break the Diet Cycle with a Low-Carb, Real-Food Approach
Are you tired of diet after diet? Are you constantly gaining weight then losing weight, just to gain it all back again? If you are just as fed up as we are, then you are in for a treat. Today, we are joined with Dr. Lucy Burns all the way from Australia! We are taking all of your low-carb myths and mysteries and putting them to light as we answer
February 1, 2023
How Alcohol Impacts Your Health
Whether you’re sober curious, want to cut back, or just want to get some more information on the impacts of alcohol, you’ve come to the right place. This is our first time on the podcast taking a closer look at the health implications of alcohol to determine if it is something that can be used in ‘moderation’ or could be scaled down completely. This week, we are joined with This