Research shows that only 12% of adults are metabolically healthy. Since that data was published, metabolic conditions including obesity and diabetes have only become worse. In this episode of Ask the Health Expert, cardiothoracic surgeon and bestselling author Dr. Philip Ovadia explains why the answers to these problems can be found in metabolic health. As a morbidly obese and pre-diabetic surgeon, Dr. Ovadia realized that he was going to end up on his own operating table. He tried everything he learned in medical school: The same advice he gave to patients to eat less, move more, and pay attention to the U S. Dietary Guidelines. Only problem was, that advice was failing him and his patients. Eventually, Dr. Ovadia found that by focusing on metabolic health, he was able to improve his own health. He lost over a hundred pounds and reversed his pre-diabetes. With that same focus and passion, he helps patients reach those same results. In this podcast, Dr. Ovadia talks about why our modern food environment has hijacked our health and made us metabolically unhealthy. He explains the difference between clean and dirty processed foods, the link between disease and poor metabolic health, and why you may be metabolically unhealthy even if you are normal weight or even underweight. Plus, Dr. Ovadia provides 5 health markers to help you shift gears and reclaim your metabolic health. In just 30 days, these strategies can create a measurable impact on your metabolic health. Whether you or someone close to you struggles with metabolic issues including obesity and diabetes, you won’t want to miss this informative episode to reclaim and maintain your metabolic health. Get Dr. Ovadia’s FREE Metabolic Health Assessment Tool http://ifixhearts.co/

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Preventing Disease through Metabolic Health with Dr. Philip Ovadia

Can’t lose weight? Struggle with symptoms like achy joints, brain fog, acne, fatigue, and moodiness? Leaky gut could be the cause… and you may not even know that you have it! In this video, you’ll learn what contributes to leaky gut (spoiler alert: stress is a biggie!), the foods and beverages to use (and lose), the right supplements to heal your gut, and my favorite meal-timing strategy that heals your gut fast. With these gut-healing 3 tips (in just 3 weeks), you’ll look better, feel better, and finally break that weight loss plateau.

Is Leaky Gut the Reason You Struggle to Keep Weight Off?

Geneen Roth is a bestselling author, international speaker, and one of JJ's long-time personal sheroes! She joins JJ today to talk about how to heal your relationship with food and live your life to the fullest. Listen as Geneen explains the steps you need to take to break free from emotional eating and achieve permanent weight loss, including why it's important to listen to your body and create personal boundaries for yourself. Don't wait until your life is "in order" to make a change – life is messy, and Geneen shares how that messiness can be used as a doorway to magnificence! Get Geneen Roth’s free guide, The Breaths I Have Left https://geneenroth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TMML-The-Breaths-I-Have-Left-NEW.pdf

Healing Your Relationship with Food & Your Body with Geneen Roth

If you’ve been struggling to lose weight – or you’ve lost weight but you gain it back (plus more) – you’ll want to watch this video. I’ll give you 3 simple steps to break this vicious cycle and lose fat fast. You’ll learn the one thing you MUST do before you start a weight loss program, why cold turkey doesn’t work, why I’m anti-diet, how “healthy” foods might be hurting you, and the hidden cause of most weight gain. You’ll learn how swapping out 7 foods can be a game changer for weight loss and feeling better. And don’t worry, I’ll show you how you can STILL enjoy your favorite foods and beverages… without the guilt.

Stop Dieting! 3 Quick Steps to Stop Weight Regain

Are you feeling stuck or resigned to settle for “just OK”? Then you’ll want to listen to this inspiring episode of Ask the Health Expert with Dani Williamson, FNP. Dani did a complete 180, going from owning a maternity store and being a fashion designer to becoming a nurse practitioner, ending an unhappy marriage, all while raising two young children on food stamps. Along her journey, Dani was diagnosed with various health conditions, including lupus, anxiety, depression, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Her philosophy is simple but powerful: To overcome past trauma and reclaim your health, you need to do 6 things that she explains in this episode. Over time, Dani discovered food was the missing link that her doctors weren’t talking about. She used elimination diets (namely, The Virgin Diet) to address her health concerns and find healing. She uses these same physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual processes she outlines in her new book, Wild & Well: Dani’s Six Commonsense Steps to Radical Healing, to help people heal at her Integrative Family Medicine in Franklin, Tennessee. Dani’s story will inspire you if you’ve ever felt stuck or believe that things can never get any better. You won’t want to miss this episode! Get Dani's Food Swapping List (wait for pop up on screen) http://daniwilliamson.com/

Six Commonsense Steps to Radical Healing with Dani Williamson

The founder of Breast Cancer Conqueror, Dr. Veronique Desaulniers has personally faced two breast cancer journeys. She joins JJ in today's podcast episode to talk about her new breast self-exam training model called My Breast Friend that is changing early breast cancer detection. Listen as Dr. V explains why it's important to perform regular breast self-exam, as well as how My Breast Friend can help you understand the difference between normal breast tissue and any abnormalities that may arise. Dr. V also shares why size matters when it comes to finding a breast cancer lump, as well as the top 7 triggers that can increase breast cancer risk. Find out about the power of touch in early breast cancer detection and how to be proactive about your breast health! Get Dr. V’s free eBook, A Guide to a New Era in Early Breast Cancer Detection

The New Era in Early Breast Cancer Detection with Dr. Veronique Desaulniers

Join JJ as she chats with one of her very best buddies, founder of Bulletproof Coffee and fasting expert Dave Asprey. Dave will take you on his trial-and-error journey of weight loss. Once hitting 300 pounds, having arthritis, high risk of heart attack and stroke, cognitive dysfunction, prediabetes, and chronic fatigue syndrome - all by the age of 30 - Dave was desperate for change. Trying everything from daily gym workouts to the most stripped down diets he could imagine, nothing was working for him. Dave found that by simply doing one thing less, he was able to drop the pounds easily; eating less. Fasting helped Dave start dropping fat while maintaining energy levels, getting good sleep, feeling more excited about life, and actually lowering his biological age. Dave and JJ discuss the important signs for both women and men that your fasting cycle might need a change. It’s not a one-size-fits-all system, but once you can get your personal schedule figured out, you will start to reap the benefits of a fasting diet. Plus, you’ll learn the ways to listen to your body! Some days you just need to rest, other days you need to shake up your schedule a bit. All without self-judgement. Your body knows what it needs, and it’s trying to tell you, you just need to train yourself to hear it! Join Dave and 60,000 other people who have completed his FREE Fast This Way Challenge https://training.humanpotentialinstitute.com/courses/dave-asprey-14-day-fasting-challenge?_gl=1*1ocwmjc*_ga*OTQ5NDU1OTYyLjE2MzgyOTg5OTA.*_ga_QZL6LLLGQN*MTYzODI5ODk5MC4xLjEuMTYzODI5OTA1MC4w

Busting Fasting Myths with Dave Asprey

 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Alexander Loyd is an expert in healing the source issues underlying illness and disease. In today’s podcast episode, Dr. Alex reveals how his groundbreaking Memory Engineering techniques can help you reshape problematic memories and feel better, changing your life for the best version of you! Listen as Dr. Alex shares the inspiration behind his upcoming book, The Memory Code, as well as how fear-based memories can stand in the way of optimal wellness and hinder your starting to feel better about your everyday life. Dr. Alex also explains the three problems he had to solve in order for Memory Engineering to work, plus he reveals how to start incorporating this incredible method into your routine so you can redefine your memories and feel better again. Find out how to start healing your mind and your body today! Get Dr. Alex’s free X Factor Quiz https://www.dralexanderloyd.com/quiz

Jumpstart Healing by Reshaping Your Memories with Dr. Alex Loyd

When thinking about how to balance hormones, and essential oils benefits in your life, it’s best to seek the advice of someone who has conquered her own imbalances and has spent years studying and writing about the best ways to do so. Magdalena Wszelaki, the Queen of hormone balance, is proof that estrogen imbalance does not have to dominate your everyday life. She has literally written the book, or books, on it! Today JJ welcomes her friend Magdalena, a certified nutritionist coach, an herbalist, an author/speaker/educator, and most importantly, a survivor of her own hormonal challenges. The two will discuss how diet can have a great impact on your health as well as understanding where you are starting from and where you need to get to. They also discuss essential oils benefits and exactly how to balance hormones. Listen in as Magdalena shares her vast knowledge and resources to help you overcome estrogen dominance, understand how to balance hormones, as well as essential oils benefits and so much more! Take Magdalena’s Quiz: How Estrogenic Are You? https://overcomingestrogendominance.com/quiz/

Overcoming Estrogen Dominance with Magdalena Wszelaki

Dr. Z and Mama Z are well known for their tips and trusted advice on natural living for families. You're going to love today's far-ranging conversation from everything about essential oils and how to reduce your toxic burden to healthy eating and how Mama Z just got named Miss Georgia at the age of 41. If you're looking for the link between the quality of your food and skincare and how you look and feel, today's episode will not disappoint! Get the Zielinski’s book bonus bundle when you purchase The Essential Oils Diet

Quality over Quantity: A Holistic Health and Skincare Discussion with Dr. Eric and Sabrina Ann Zielinski

Join JJ as she explores how to lose more weight, have a better heart, be in a better mood, burn more calories, and more! The only thing you need to do differently is step just a little outside of your comfort zone. Sound too scary for you? Listen as editor and author Michael Easter explains how simple it can be to alter just a few small things you are probably already doing... and see big results! Michael and JJ discuss why you don’t need a gym membership and a daily or weekly gym schedule to get in better shape, you can literally get more out of taking a walk in nature with nothing more than a backpack to give you the same (if not better) results. Michael doesn’t mince words though, there will be a bit of a challenge in certain ways like stepping somewhat out of your comfort zone. Less daily technology, more mindfulness, less instant gratification, slowing down a bit, all things that may sound pleasant on the surface, but we don’t realize how much mindlessness has become the norm for us. If we can get just a few small things in check, we will see great improvements in our physical and mental health, our emotional wellbeing, and our outlook on life. You will be amazed and inspired when you listen to Michael explain how you can adjust a few small daily activities, like taking an enjoyable walk in nature and stepping somewhat out of your comfort zone, can get great gains! You don’t want to miss this. Get the first chapter of Michaels’ book: THE COMFORT CRISIS https://eastermichael.com/book/

Unpacking the Comfort Crisis with Michael Easter

Jonathan Bailor, New York Times bestselling author and CEO of SANESolution, joins JJ in today's podcast episode to talk about diabesity: the growing diabetes-obesity epidemic. What is diabetes? What role does diabetes play in obesity? Learn ways how to prevent diabetes. Thus keeping you safe from diabesity.   Listen as Jonathan explains what exactly diabesity is, as well as the underlying causes behind this modern health crisis. Jonathan also reveals how to prevent and reverse diabesity, including how you can lower your body's setpoint weight and improve your metabolic health by focusing on the quality of the foods you're eating. Jonathans free recipe book helps with first understanding what is diabetes, understanding how to prevent diabetes and diabesity, and how to do it while keeping an enjoyable and tasty diet! Plus, grab Jonathan's free recipe book with 99 scrumptious Diabesity-Defeating Smoothies so you can get started today! https://diabesityseries.com/jn/99-smoothies/

Diabesity: The Increasing Diabetes-Obesity Epidemic with Jonathan Bailor

Are you someone who lives with chronic pain? You’re not alone! JJ discusses with Dr. Jen ways to find relief for your chronic pain symptoms naturally, right now, without needing to spend time and money seeing specialists. JJ shares her story of dealing with chronic pain for 30+ years, as well as stories from her time working with clients in physical therapy offices. If thinking about having to go to an appointment in an office you don’t want to be in or doing stretches that add pain instead of relief (all while trying to maintain a decent mood!) sounds like your personal nightmare, then you’ll want to find out what you can do in the privacy and comfort of your own home to find that much needed relief. Learn WHY chronic pain affects you like it does on a daily basis. Learn WHERE in your body those “neurotags” live. Learn HOW you can rewire these mental blocks that keep telling you you’ll never feel better. With getting some basic movement on a daily basis, good nutrients in your body, and keeping rested, you can make great improvements to your chronic daily pain. Once the physical side of the pain is being managed, the mental aspect needs to be worked with. Dr. Jen will discuss both the physical and mental healing that is needed to become pain free! You won’t believe how much better you can feel just by doing a few simple things from the comfort and peace of your own home! Get Dr. Jen’s Free 7-Day Mobility Challenge

Heal Yourself From Chronic Pain with Dr. Jen Esquer

Sheri Salata served as the Executive Producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as the Co-President of Harpo Studios and the Oprah Winfrey Network. After dedicating twenty years to the career of her dreams, she decided it was time for a life transformation! In today's episode, Sheri talks with JJ about her middle-of-life reinvention and reveals how you, too, can reinvent yourself, open yourself up to new possibilities and achieve your dreams. Listen as Sheri explains why self-care should be a top priority to reinvent yourself, including the feel-good practices that can help renew your energy, inspire you to do more of what you love and achieve your dreams. Find out why JJ is raving about Sheri's new book, The Beautiful No, and grab Sheri's free Companion Workbook so you can start making your dreams come true! Get a FREE chapter of Sheri's book, The Beautiful No https://thepillarlife.com/the-beautiful-no_original/

Reinvent Yourself with Sheri Salata

JJ welcomes Alisa back to the show to talk all things perimenopause! How to best prepare for it? How do you know when you’re in it? What perimenopause symptoms should you be on the lookout for? What should your diet and exercise plan look like? As the best-selling author of the books In The FLO and WomanCode, as well as creator of the MyFLO Period Tracker app, Alisa is the perfect guest to answer all these questions and more! Alisa explains just what happens for women starting at age 35, although not everyone will feel the effects of these biological changes at the same time. Alisa takes you through the various stages of perimenopause, up to the culmination of menopause and menopause symptoms to be aware of, and finally entering the post-menopausal stage of menopause.  She shares valuable tips on how proper dieting, supplements, exercise, perimenopause symptoms to be aware of, and even fasting can help to prepare for these various stages of perimenopause and menopause. Get Alisa’s Free Hormone Evaluation Quiz! https://www.floliving.com/what-is-your-v-sign/

Biohacking Perimenopause with Alisa Vitti

On the JJ Virgin Lifestyle Show, celebrity nutrition expert and Fitness Hall of Famer JJ Virgin teaches you how to break through food and carb intolerances and master your mindset, so you can finally lose the weight. She also welcomes internationally recognized guests who are at the forefront of wellness, plus gives you practical, straightforward tips with plenty of tough love and a sense of humor to help you become your healthiest, most vibrant self!

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