Podcasts by Hack your gut

Hack your gut

Join me as I discuss the many ways that our lifestyle behaviors affect gut health. I'll cover topics including circadian rhythms, sleep, exercise, diet, and much more.

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How I developed my optimized lifestyle from 2020-09-16T11:12:12

I’m this episode of the podcast, I discuss how I developed my personalized, optimized lifestyle. It took a lot of trial and error, and being precise with how I tweak things. The result: happy, heal...

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The Truth about Chronotype from 2020-09-03T10:22:19

In this podcast, we discuss what your chronotype is, factors that affect your chronotype, and the process we use for shifting chronotype.

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Meal scheduling Q&A from 2020-08-25T10:29:23

In this episode we cover some reader/listener questions on meal timing.

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Gut health, aging, and the epigenetic clock from 2020-08-12T12:36:23

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the importance of gut health to healthy aging. Evidence indicates that “leaky gut” may speed up the aging process by altering the epigenome. Speeding up t...

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Ep. 14: How VT is crushing COVID-19, CFS after COVID-19, and my self-care routine from 2020-07-24T10:33:09

Learn about how science is driving VT’s success in controlling COVID-19, the wide range of post-viral symptoms people experience, and the self-care I’ll be doing for the next month to maximize my r...

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Episode 13: Epigenetic aging, senescent cells, the skin-gut axis, and more from 2020-07-21T10:17:04

Learn what epigenetic age is and how it affects the gut, how senescent cells accelerate age, how skin health affects the gut, and more...

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Episode 12: my diet & exercise, red light improves vision, & inflammaging from 2020-07-07T11:14:41

In this episode I discuss my current nutrition and exercise plans, how red light improves vision, how inflammation speeds aging, and how the polyphenol apigenin can reduce age-related NAD+ decline.

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Ep. 11-Current protocol, COVID-19, meal spacing/timing for gut health, delayed blue blocking from 2020-07-01T11:56:02

In this episode I cover my current supplement and lifestyle protocol for optimal health, musing on COVID-19, meal spacing & timing for gut health, and why blocking blue light later at night may cau...

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It’s about time functional medicine treats the root cause of chronic disease! from 2019-03-04T11:28:48

Synopsis We all hear about how important treating "root causes" is for solving chronic health problems.  In fact, the reason conventional medicine is so bad at treating chronic disease is because i...

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Is your lifestyle causing your gastrointestinal disease? from 2019-01-28T11:25:43

If you have a functional gastrointestinal disease like IBS or SIBO, the quote below may not resonate with you if. Particularly if you don't work the night shift or skip over times zones while trave...

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5 simple science-based tips to improve digestion from 2019-01-14T11:46:01

Many people, particularly those with gut problems, want to improve digestion. This almost always involves a trove of supplements that don't always pan out. Though you can get a lot more benefit fro...

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Podcast 9: 4 powerful ways that leaky gut ages you faster from 2019-01-07T11:22:50

It's been a while since I've covered the importance of gut health for healthy aging, but today's the day to jump right back in to the swing of things.  A study published late last year found that d...

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Podcast 8: Solving leaky gut from 2018-12-17T11:34:18

Note: I go much deeper in the weeds in the podcast version of this blog.  I also include some pretty nifty hacks that increases blood flow to the gut.  If you listen and like the podcast via itunes...

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Podcast 7: What is the Stop Leaky Gut Challenge? from 2018-12-10T12:02:54

https://youtu.be/LmMuLbuvbjk   Hey folks, did a little video and podcast rundown of what we'll be doing for the Stop Leaky Gut Challenge starting January 1st.  We'll be working on shaping behavior ...

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Why you must optimize metabolic health to heal your gut from 2018-12-03T11:31

To heal your gut, optimal metabolic health is a must.  A recent study found that 12.2% of the US population has optimal metabolic health.  When you consider that this includes all adults over the a...

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Optimizing cardiometabolic health to reverse chronic disease from 2018-11-27T15:27:36

Poor cardiometabolic health is both a consequence and driver of chronic disease. In this episode of the podcast, I cover what cardiometabolic health is and why you should address it to prevent or r...

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Podcast #4: What circadian rhythms do from 2018-11-19T11:44:54

What are circadian rhythms? Biological functions that vary over a 24 hour period Sleep, activity, digestion, immunity, & motivation WRT to digestion, enzyme synthesis/secretion, gastric acidity, in...

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Podcast #3-Cellular energy metabolism and the mitochondria from 2018-11-14T11:00:22

In this podcast I cover basic energy metabolism within the cell, with particular emphasis on how the mitochondria play a role.  I also discuss the NAD+/NADH and things that lead to the age-related ...

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