The Functional Health Podcast

How can we best personalise our diet and lifestyle? How should geographic location influence what we should eat? What are the benefits of sun exposure? Ryan Carter is a certified health coach, personal trainer and nutritional therapist. Ryan is a wealth of knowledge if the field of personalised nutrition and health optimisation. He is incredibly active on instagram with a huge dedicated following where he shares some of his clinical pearls and nutritional philosophies on how to improve your health and wellbeing. This conversation was incredibly free flowing, and we dive into a lot of different topics with a very experienced practitioner. https://www.livevitae.com/about https://www.instagram.com/livevitae/ https://www.facebook.com/livevitae https://x.com/livevitaeuk BIG THANK YOU TO our sponsors at Glycanage! DISCOUNT: https://glycanage.com/price-and-plans?discount=FUNCTIONALHEALTH

Why do I feel tired? What is fatigue? What can I do to improve energy levels? What are the most evidenced based supplements to support energy and reduce exhaustion? Lorraine Nicolle is an experienced and regulated nutrition clinician, educator and author. In this conversation we discuss the causes of tiredness/exhaustion and how to avoid them, underlying biology of how exhaustion may come about and what lifestyle modifications and supplements can help. Lorraine’s expertise lies in her ability to apply nutrition science in the promotion of health and peak performance. She has a track record (of almost 20 years) of working with individuals with a broad range of health conditions, helping them to use nutrition to improve their quality of life. https://www.lorrainenicollenutrition.co.uk BIG THANK YOU TO our sponsors at Glycanage!

Dr. Olli Sovijärvi is the head author of the Biohacker's Handbook. Olli has 15-years of clinical experience in multiple areas of medicine including ER, hospital settings, standard healthcare, GP, and personalised functional medicine. He is a truly fascinating individual and it was a real pleasure meeting him and welcoming him on the show. In this episode we dive into: The history of cold therapy in medicine The benefits of cold How cold, when and for how long The potential dangers of cold therapy Crazy cold exposure stories and much more https://biohackercenter.com/ https://www.holohabits.com

Dr. Gaetan Chevalier is an engineering physicist, professor, author, and research scientist in the fields of fusion and plasma physics, biophotons, biofield, and electrophysiology. He received his PhD in Engineering Physics from the University of Montreal Polytechnic School with specializations in atomic physics and laser spectroscopy. He then spent four years researching plasma physics and nuclear fusion at UCLA and then served as a professor at the California Institute for Human Science (CIHS). Dr. Chevalier is currently on the research faculty at CIHS, a visiting scholar in the Department of Family Medicine & Public Health in the School of Medicine at UC San Diego, Director of the Earthing Institute, and Research Director at Psy-Tek. It was incredible to speak to him and learn about the science backed benefits of grounding yourself to the earth. Something I once thought complete bunkum! In this fascinating episode we discuss: What is grounding or earthing How does grounding work Why does grounding benefit health What conditions can grounding help with Practical ways to get the benefits of grounding in your every day life https://earthinginstitute.net/research/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shinrin-Yoku-Art-Science-Forest-Bathing/dp/0241346959 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earthing-Most-Important-Health-Discovery/dp/1591203740 https://groundingofficial.com/

I had the pleasure to welcome on the podcast Functional Medicine Practitioner, Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of humanpeople, Dr Geoff Mullan. Drawing on his expansive clinical experience of over 15 years, treating more than 15,000 patients, and three years of rigorous R&D, he’s spearheading an innovative approach to extend healthspan and reduce years lived in ill health. Specifically in the last 7 years this has been focused on a functional medicine approach to longevity utilising frontier technologies like ai and machine learning. In this fascinating episode, we explore the nuances and complexities of acne and skin conditions and how to improve them. We discuss foods to lifestyle to treatments and beyond: What causes acne Signs and symptoms of acne The link between dairy and acne Foods linked to acne flare-ups Beneficial foods and supplement for acne Ways to promote skin health Acne medications and treatments The benefits of collagen Fasting for skin health The gut-skin axis Please do check out our wonderful sponsors, humanpeople, who are kindly offering all our listeners 6 months of a high-quality Omega 3 supplement absolutely free with any bundle purchase!! https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/ Links https://medicetics.com/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002231662202079X?via%3Dihub

Discussing RESET EATING with Dr Rob Verkerk and Meleni Aldridge from the Alliance for National Health International, an organisation with a mission to promote and protect our right to sustainable natural health around the world – by working with nature, not against it. In this fascinating conversation we discuss: Best cooking methods to maximise nutrition How to minimise anti-nutrients in food Why focussing on a rainbow of colours is so important An ancestral approach to diet The potential dangers of gluten Much, much more. ***Our wonderful sponsors - https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/*** Notes: Dr David Unwin Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ETrnmjhbkMW6NmaSggdya?si=VKWsUYpsQxinSgFCnVYfoQ ANHi - https://www.anhinternational.org/ RESET EATING - https://shop.anhinternational.org/collections/e-books Instant Pot - https://instantpot.com/instant-pot-home/

Barry Smith is the founder of Symprove, A company built on the belief that recovering and maintaining a healthy gut balance can help you live a fuller life. His vast knowledge on the topic of probiotics is astonishing and he really did blow me away. That, coupled with the lifestyle medicine expertise of Dr Chris George, makes for a fascinating podcast! Chris is NHS Medical Doctor trained in lifestyle medicine and advocates for an evidence-informed holistic approach to healthcare. Please do check out our wonderful sponsors, humanpeople, who are kindly offering all our listeners 6 months of a high-quality Omega 3 supplement absolutely free with any bundle purchase!! https://humanpeople.co/functionalhealth/ In this fascinating episode, we dive in to: - How probiotics can benefit gut health.- Why do probiotic supplements vary so much.- How probiotics affect your overall health.- New discoveries in probiotic science.- Probiotics and neurodegenerative conditions.- And much, much more. Probiotics for IBS Probiotics for Parkinson's Professor Ingvar Bjarnason Dr Chris George Symprove

Despite being one of the UK’s leading Functional Medicine Practitioners (IFMCP) with a focus in gut health and mould illness, Alex’s interests further extend into physical therapy, movement, resiliency, coaching, biohacking, psychedelics, breathwork, masculinity, spirituality, and the assimilation of ancient wisdom concerning health. With a keen interest in the mind-body connection, currently Alex is training to become a Transformational Breathwork Facilitator, and is a completing a certificate in Somatic Attachment Therapy. He also recently completed the Synthesis Institute Psychedelic Practitioner Training program. Away from clinic, Alex co-founded Healthpath and The Applied Function Medicine Mentoring Program and is the Chief Wellness Officer for Exhale Coffee - the U.K’s healthiest coffee! Alex also lecture at various colleges and institutions including The Institute Of Optimum Nutrition and on the MSc program at The Centre For Nutritional Education and Lifestyle Management.