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#118 | One Antioxidant to Rule Them All — Glutathione | Ross Pelton

Today we have invited Ross Pelton the Natural Pharmacist to educate us about Glutathione, the master antioxidant and a key biomarker of aging. Glutathione is made by the body to act as the master regulator of other antioxidants….when you have enough glutathione, your body can make or recycle all the antioxidants it needs. What’s more, low glutathione is a marker for aging and a higher likelihood of disease. The older we get, the less glutathione our bodies make, and the more glutathione our bodies need.

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#116 | Grow old–Get fast–Don’t die | Phil Cavell: The Midlife Cyclist

The Midlife Cyclist is a book by Phil Cavell, for cyclists over 40 who want to train hard, ride fast, and stay healthy. Join us to listen to Phil talk about finding cycling performance AND long health.

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#115 | Winning Athletic Longevity | Dr Rick Cohen & Daniel Tawfik of Healthspan

One of the major bummers for the older athlete, is that no one knows how to make people younger.  All we can do is slow down the rate of aging.  The healthier we are, the slower we age….meaning the more slowly we progress toward that visit to the pearly gates. 

How can we balance risk and reward, prioritize which interventions to pursue first, how to tell is we are getting a positive or negative result from our interventions including pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements. These are the questions answered by Daniel and Rick.

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#114 | Moringa — The Miracle Tree | Lisa Curtis & Dr Jed Fahey

Moringa is known as the miracle tree because of its many beneficial features, which include: it helps to increase the blood antioxidants and reduce the blood sugar as well as chronic inflammation

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#113 | Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field (PEMF) for Pain & Healing | Bob Dennis, PhD

Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field (PEMF) stimulation provides noninvasive anti-inflammatory effects and regulates ROS signaling pathways. 

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#110 | Mental “Fitness” for Sport (& Life) | Kate Allgood of Quantum Performance

ate delivers mental training solutions to overcome the demands faced by elite athletes and other high performers in the military and business.

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[re-release] Becoming Anti-Fragile w/Mike T Nelson PhD

I have a number of amazing episodes coming up (mental strength, CBD, avoiding glycation/AGEs, PEMF and more) but I haven’t been able to get any of them ready. It’s been too long since I published anything so I thought I’d share an great one from last year done with one of my favorite people, Dr…

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# 108 | Red & NIR Light Therapy Really Works, But How? | Dr Zulia Frost

The reason we can feel infrared light is the infrared wavelengths can penetrate through clothing and through our skin and even through bone, down into our muscles and organs.  It turns out that our bodies react to this light, as well as to other wavelengths including red light to up-regulate normal bodily functions that lead to healing and performance.

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#104 — A Wise Mindset for Joy in Athletics at any Age w/Bill Clement, Hockey Legend

Bill Clement, the #1 Truth-teller in sport and beyond, is a magnificent guide to finding a path to optimism, to setting goals that lead to satisfaction and reward, to finding joy in using our bodies well.  We also talk about the Arc which is an nationwide non-profit organization that deserves your attention and support.

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#103 — Better Bloodflow & Healing for the Older Athlete w/Beth Shirley, RPh, CCN

Efficiency in training, in health, and in life comes of finding solutions that solve multiple problems at once. If only there was one thing that improved: athletic performance, recovery from exercise, lower blood pressure, less plaque buildup in arteries, and improved immune function? It is called Nitric Oxide, and you have much less of it now than you did when you were young. The good news is you can get more, and the answer is simple. It isn’t easy, but it is simple.

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