Episode 231: Andy Schoonover
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Andy Schoonover is the CEO and founder of CrowdHealth, a company that deploys a crowdfunding model to pay its users' medical bills. CrowdHealth, which is currently operating in all 50 states, can even help people when they're overseas. The idea for CrowdHealth was born shortly after Andy moved to Austin, TX. His insurance refused to cover a 15 minute, $8,000 procedure for his daughter who had to get tubes in her ears because she had a hole in her eardrum. The insurance company claimed the procedure was ’not essential’...
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Episode 230: Dr. Adam Nally
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Adam Nally is (popularly known as ), is the go-to no-nonsense community-based physician providing practical weight management & general medical health through a distinctly individualized ketogenic, low-carbohydrate, ketogenic and/or carnivorous lifestyle combined with a cutting edge medical approach. He has over fifteen years of practical, in-the-trenches, medical experience and an enchantingly passionate, articulate, & genuine approach to the treatment of the “diseases of civilization.” In this...
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Episode 229: Brooke Miller
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Brooke Miller is a therapist and life coach with over 20 years of experience in the field of mental health and personal development. She founded Brooke Miller Coaching, Counseling and Therapy where she helps her clients improve self regulation, relationships and work/life balance using an integrated approach to emotional wellbeing. She earned her Master of Social Work (MSW) from California State University, Long Beach. Among other certifications and achievements, she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a...
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Episode 228: Dr. Roshani Sanghani
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Roshani Sanghani is American board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. She is a super specialist in hormone imbalance and her practice style is all about helping patients achieve maximum hormone balance through lifestyle changes, so that they can have better health with less medication. She is the founder of Reisaan Health—a health practice dedicated to teaching patients how to reclaim their health through science-backed lifestyle modifications. She is also a speaker and the author of, Turn Around...
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Episode 227: Dr. Andrew Koutnik
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Andrew Koutnik Ph.D. is a scientist specializing in the role of nutrition, exercise, and stress on metabolic health across populations, from metabolic disease (diabetes) to elite performers. Dr. Koutnik has trained in top-laboratories and held research positions at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, and Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, with significant contributions to the field of nutrition, diabetes management, and human performance. Dr....
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Episode 226: Dr. Bonnie Kaplan
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Bonnie Kaplan is a Professor Emerita in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally from Ohio, she did all her training in the US (University of Chicago and Brandeis University). Her interest in the biological basis of behavior led to postdoctoral training and then faculty research in neurophysiology at Yale University Department of Neurology and the West Haven (CT) Veterans Administration Neuropsychology Laboratory until she moved to Canada in 1979. She has...
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Episode 225: Andrew Williams
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Andrew Williams is a member of the same church that Brian recently started attending. He has an amazing testimony and, in this episode, he shares the story of his faith journey. In this conversation, Dr. Brian and Andrew talk about… Andrew’s conversion to the Christian faith at the age of ten and his subsequent falling away from the faith How the time Andrew spent in prison changed him and brought him back to his faith How Andrew learned to forgive himself for his mistakes How Andrew got a job working at a church after...
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Episode 224: Dr. Paul Mason
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Dr. Paul Mason is a Fellowship trained Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician with degrees in Medicine, Physiotherapy, and Occupational Health. He has significant expertise in medical nutrition therapy, especially with respect to low-carb, ketogenic, paleolithic, and carnivore diets. In this conversation, Drs. Brian and Paul talk about… (04:34) Why it is important for you to do your own research and be your own health advocate (06:38) Lectins and plant foods (10:05) The medical system in Australia and financial conflicts...
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Episode 223: Cary Kelly
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Cary Kelly is a survivor of the Standard American Diet and has been following the carnivore diet for over six years. He lost fifty-five pounds after just six months following the keto diet at the beginning of his weight-loss journey! He is on a mission to wake people up to how misguided and damaging the nutritional guidelines are in the U.S. He has a YouTube channel where he shares his recipes and posts videos about carnivore cooking (see links below). In this conversation, Dr. Brian and Cary talk about… Cary’s weight...
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Episode 222: Mike Davis (@GuyNAustin)
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Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Mike Davis (@GuyNAustin on Twitter) is a self-described “random guy in Austin who got tired of being sick and overweight at the age of 48 and decided to do something about it.” After achieving amazing results simply by kicking soda, he tried the keto diet. This adoption of the keto diet enabled him to normalize his blood pressure and shed roughly 25% of his bodyweight in 10 weeks with no exercise at all. In this conversation, Dr. Brian and Mike talk about… Exercise and mental health Dealing with life-stressors...
info_outlineThank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Jason Fung is a world renowned expert on intermittent fasting, low carb, and diet as a therapeutic intervention for people with type 2 diabetes. He is a three-time best-selling author and has been instrumental in bringing the knowledge of the benefits of fasting and low carb to the masses.
In this episode, Dr. Fung talks with Brian about his childhood, education, how he came to be interested in nephrology and nutrition, the studies and research that led to the paradigm shift in his thinking with regard to treating patients with metabolic disease, the definition of a good teacher, conflicts of interest in the pharmaceutical and medical industries, and how he was able to get his message out to people directly without going through traditional, academic channels.
Additionally, Jason and Brian discuss what drives them to persevere in the face of adversity and opposition, the importance of having a positive attitude and message, and the importance of being respectful and having integrity.
Life’s Best Medicine According to Jason: “Don’t focus on yourself. What helps you is not helping yourself; you need to help somebody else. That is the only thing that is going to make you feel good about you. Go help somebody else. What you will find is that you will start to feel a lot better. When you start to attack somebody else you don’t feel any better.”
Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day and stay healthy!
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