“Sexual health for women doesn’t start with hormonal balance in their menopausal years, but well before, when they start taking hormonally-driven birth control. The mainstay of treatment for our patients, especially the younger ones is getting them off the pill. Cause that's often the primary issue in a lot of women.” – Dr. Joshua Gonzalez   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah continues his no holds barred conversation about the taboo topic of sexual health with Dr. Joshua Gonzalez. If you missed the first episode, these knowledgeable gentleman talked primarily about men’s sexual health. In this talk, we’re dedicating Dr. Gonzalez’s expertise to women’s sexual health.   Surprising findings from recent research has revealed that birth control pills are affecting hormonal balance in woman at younger and younger ages – and causing their sexual lives to become stilted unnecessarily. The pill can mess with your thyroid hormones, sex hormones, and even lower your sex drive.   For women entering menopause, there are a whole different set of factors to alleviate – but young or reaching their golden years – women face hormonal balancing challenges as the primary impetus behind their sexual vibrancy.   Dr. Gonzalez is a board-certified urologist and specialist in hormonal balance, and sense female sexual health from puberty to well after menopause has so much to do with hormonal balance – even through the use of certain hormonally based birth controls – it’s time to learn more about estrogen, testosterone, oxytocin, vasopressin, progesterone, cortisol, binding globulin, and more!   Uncover the mystery that reveals your most intimate and amazing experience with sex ever. It’s got a lot to do with physiology, not just your psychology. Dr. Gonzalez is a life-saver for any woman struggling with sexual performance or fertility. Stop Googling your sexual symptoms, and listen in to this engaging conversation to learn more.   Highlights: Understand why you need a physiological workup before you ever consider seeing a sex therapist or psychologist to address sexual issues. Learn why even after you stop taking birth control pills, they may still be causing elevated hormonal levels that can negatively impact your sex life. Learn why SHBG causes testosterone deficiency – and why you want testosterone in balanced amounts, even as a woman. Learn why too much testosterone (caused by birth control pills) can cause vaginal dryness, and a lowered sex drive. Discover why sleep, diet, and your stress levels are also impacting your sexual function. Figure out why hormone replacement therapy got a bad rap, and how it’s changed drastically. Realize that urinary tract health is closely tied to vaginal health and sexual comfort. Find out what might be causing your lubrication issues. Learn about your pelvic floor, and its muscular foundation for your sexual happiness. Understand why painful intercourse in the past may have made your brain develop a hypersensitivity to pleasurable sex now. Realize why drugs like Cymbalta may not be the best answer for your sexual dysfunction. Does your vagina or rectum need Botox? Get real answers about your sexual questions even if your gynecologist has appallingly told you to just have a few glasses of wine and relax to enjoy sex.   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Dr. Gonzalez Website: https://joshuagonzalezmd.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVrC8tXLEfhTHxKDFdAO4gA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1020772788/joshua-gonzalez-md Twitter: https://twitter.com/SexMedLA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaGonzalezMD/

Next|Health: Forefront Podcast Series

Easy Steps to Better Sex for Women (Medically Proven) - ft. Urologist - Dr. Joshua Gonzalez

“I always felt in neurosurgery, we were fantastic technicians and we just lacked well-rounded care. I always thought we needed to do more than surgery.” – Dr. Amir Vokshoor   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah talks with neurosurgeon Dr. Amir Vokshoor. Dr. Vokshoor has practiced neurology for more than 20 years. He spent that last 10 creating an institute of research and philanthropy for brain science. He believes that holistic science should not be frowned upon for lack of proof, nor should proven medical modalities be ignored. After watching his own father’s health denigrate to death with Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. Vokshoor started asking deeper questions about brain health.   The answers he’s found to deeply personal questions are phenomenal, but they apply to everyone who seeks brain optimization, and the dissolution of dementia-based diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and more. If you’re eager to learn about brain hacking for optimal results, Dr. Vokshoor’s podcast does not disappoint.   Highlights: Learn why the new paradigm in patient care is more integrated and interconnected with physiological needs and “spiritual” needs. Find out how sleep, nutrition, and exercise affect your cognitive performance. Understand why meditation and visualization are the new frontier in neuroscience. Discover how the brain, heart, and gut are all deeply connected. Realize how mindfulness training and stress reduction have a profound impact on your brain and nervous system, and how you can possibly avoid over-use of opiods. Find new ways to build a “reflexive” autonomic nervous system – which includes your brain. Determine if breathing techniques and affirmations can alter your brain health. Learn a French researcher’s technique for calming the mind. Realize how heart rate variability (HRV) affects your brain health. Glean how private industry and non-university learning is aiding our understanding of the brain. Learn why the new breed of physicians is raising more philosophical questions about things we’re doing to the brain. Discover why brain health is about more than just removing amyloid plaques, slowing brain cell death, or reconnecting neural pathways. Understand why what you to do your brain in your youth affects your brain as you grow older. Discover what micro and macro “brain trauma” is. It’s not what you think.   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Dr. Vokshoor Website: https://www.drvokshoor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrVokshoor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avokshoor

From Surgery to Meditation, Brain Optimization Insights from a Neurosurgeon - ft. Dr. Vokshoor

“That's how bad it was. I can't even describe the pain I was in. I was texting with my wife because I couldn’t see her. Then you think about your kids, you know. I've got a three-year-old and a four-month-old, and I was like, this is the worst way to go.” – Michael Yo   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah speaks candidly with Michael Yo who was likley infected with Covid-19 on a trip to New York – a vocational hazard as a travelling comedian. On his return, Yo developed a severely high fever. Soon after he was taken to the ER and then ICU because he couldn’t breathe. His lungs filled with liquid and his oxygen saturation levels plummeted.   For people who think this virus isn’t deadly, think again. It was touch-and-go for Yo for almost a week. Doctors diligently used every possible method to cure Yo because he was an early patient. He was essentially a guinea pig.   As Yo recently pointed out on his Twitter feed, “Flu 24,000 deaths last 8 months, Covid-19 43,000 deaths in 2 months.”   Yo’s experience of almost dying alone in a hospital is a wake-up call to anyone not taking social distancing and other health measures to avoid Covid seriously. As Dr. Shah aptly describes it in this podcast, “10,000 people dying is nothing compared to 100,000 people losing their jobs.”   What Yo and others learned from his harrowing experience could save people’s lives. Misconceptions abound, but facts stand solid. Listen in to learn why.   Highlights: Learn what its really like, first hand, from someone who was put in ICU with possible days to live after being diagnosed with Covid-19. Find out why, though some are asymptomatic, other people develop such a high fever when diagnosed with Covid. Understand why ventilators are not a one-size-fits all cure. Learn why Yo’s doctor vowed not to put him on a ventilator unless it was absolutely necessary. Learn why a cytokine storm, a normal inflammatory response of a healthy immune system, can actually cause more harm when you have Covid. Evaluate why immunity is such a big word in Covid-19 treatment now. Discover medical methods that worked for Yo and others that didn’t. Realize what protestors might be missing in their bid to reopen local economies. Understand the life cycle of a virus, and that it is normal for them to resurface every 100 years or so. Join Yo in his emotional journey through his diagnosis to his current struggle to regain full health.   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Michael Yo Website: https://michaelyo.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-yo-show/id1475116900?i=1000472103123 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelyo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelYo/

Living to Tell About Covid-19 - ft. Michael Yo

“I don’t feel like I’m taking a risk studying pathogenic disease. I’m fascinated, and I want to take on that fight.” – Morgan Freney, Virologist   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah speaks with Morgan Freney a virologist working at the University of Queensland in a lab that creates vaccines. She’s also pursuing a PhD in molecular virology. If you’re ready to take a deep dive into Coronavirus and what makes it a particularly stupefying threat, then Morgan is your go-to woman. She’s shaking up the world at just 25 years of age, making a significant dent in the education of others, and the development of virus-disabling medicine. Morgan started working on the Ebola vaccine when women and children were dying in Africa. She also worked on a vaccine for West Nile and Zika. Most recently she’s been attempting to crack a multi-virus vaccine that would crack Corona and other similar viruses – up to 15 at one time! Morgan has a special way of describing the life-cycle of a virus and what it does to your body so you can understand Corona, and other pathogens more fully. This podcast is an incredibly educational way to get a clear picture of Covid-19.   Highlights: Understand what an RNA virus is and how it differs from those transmitted by mosquitoes and other insects. Learn what it’s like to work in a full containment facility so viruses and deadly pathogens don’t spread while you’re studying them. Discover why heroines like Morgan don’t feel they’re taking a risk, even though they’re working toward a disease-free world. Realize why some viruses are so damaging, even though they’re just a protein coat around a tiny piece of RNA. Learn why a viral infection is different than a bacterial infection. Get a low-down on cellular functioning and what a virus does to healthy cells. Determine if a virus is alive or dead. Understand why viruses are a little like parasites. Learn why viruses damage your cells. Learn why Corona causes an inflammatory response in the lungs, which can be damaging. Learn why 5% of our entire genome is infected with viruses that manage to stay there. Discover the shocking reason why viruses may have an evolutionary benefit. Realize what you can do to protect yourself from viral pathogens.   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Morgan Freney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virus.vs.labcoat/?hl=en  

How Viruses and Vaccines Work ft. Virologist - Morgan Freney

Today we welcome Dr. Joshua Gonzalez to the podcast. Joshua Gonzalez, MD, is a board-certified urologist who is fellowship-trained in Sexual Medicine and specializes in the management of male and female sexual dysfunctions. Throughout his career, Dr. Gonzalez has focused on advocating for sexual health and providing improved healthcare to the LGBTQ community.   These include issues surrounding hormone deficiency, menopause, sexual arousal, orgasm, ejaculation, libido/desire, sexual pain, penile curvature, and erectile function. Dr. Gonzalez also treats a variety of common urological conditions including benign prostatic disease, voiding dysfunction, and male infertility. In today’s episode Dr. Gonzalez and Dr. Shah discuss some of the causes of poor sexual health in men and the treatment options and surgical procedures available for Erectile Dysfunction.   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Dr. Joshua Gonzalez Website: https://joshuagonzalezmd.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshuaGonzalezMD/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SexMedLA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1020772788/joshua-gonzalez-md YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVrC8tXLEfhTHxKDFdAO4gA    

Improving Men's Sexual Health ft. Urologist - Dr. Joshua Gonzalez

“People wonder if we’ll have enough ventilators, but we need to worry about having enough doctors and nurses to treat patients. We can't risk those resources right now.” – Dr. Ng   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah and Kevin talk to Dr. David Ng, a compassionate and dedicated pulmonologist and critical care doctor working in the trenches of Los Angeles during the Covid-19 outbreak. Dr. Ng has first-hand knowledge of what is happening inside hospitals with doctors, nurses, and patients alike. He details the real concerns that we face even as the curve starts to flatten, and why critical care is perhaps the biggest strain on healthcare workers.   After listening to this podcast you’ll understand more about why this virus affects certain people in our population more profoundly, what you can do to decrease your own comorbidity factors, and why healthcare workers are needed more than ever.   Highlights: Learn who Covid-19 is really affecting. What age, gender, and comorbidity factors are most telling when it comes to those infected? Learn about the different forms of testing, where they are available, and how testing helps flatten the curve. Discover what do hospitals in LA really look like right now. Who is showing up for care? What impacts are caused by caring for those with Covid-19? Learn why the stress levels for extended care of those infected are elevated in doctors and nurses. What are the true morbidity rates of Covid? 2%, 5%? How does Covid-19 stress the healthcare system, especially the ICU? Why is Los Angeles experiencing a different version of hospital strain than New York City and what was done differently? Why Covid-19 ends up being a multi-system disease, not just a lung disease. Understand why time is essential in minimizing the impacts of Covd-19. Covid-19 isn’t just an “old person’s” disease. Learn what younger people are experiencing in ICU. Discover why the virus causes an “inflammation cascade” and what doctors are doing to detect and treat it. Understand what impacts both smoking and vaping may have on those contracting Covid-19. Learn why social distancing is still critical to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Understand why it’s difficult to project a peak for the virus. Will social distancing be required until the end of summer, or is it possible that the virus can be mitigated sooner?   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Dr. Ng Website: https://atelier90210.com/

Inside the ICU with COVID19 ft. Dr. David Ng

 Dr. Douglas Polster, Performance Psychologist “The first thing I do is set the record straight about expectations versus reality. . . I work in the present but respect the past. . . and stress is only a bad thing when we don’t have a reset button.”— Dr. Douglas Polster   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah and Kevin Peake speak to Dr. Douglas Polster, a performance psychologist and professor of neurobiology, who helps us to quiet the nagging inner voice which keeps us from achieving our highest goals and standards. Move past traditional cognitive behavioral therapy and lean into peak performance with Dr. Polster’s fascinating insights about how the brain actually works. Discover the most cutting-edge research and what it tells us about how to manage our state of mind. With tools introduced by Dr. Polster, you can achieve higher levels of performance, quiet the nagging fear that the levels of success you’ve already achieved can not only be maintained, but tweaked to their maximum levels, and understand how fear doesn’t haven’t to cripple you, or keep you in a perpetual state of fight-or-flight. Dr. Polster normally works with high achievers that are already knocking it out of the park, but are uncertain how to maintain their peak performance levels. He has invaluable advice for everyone though, no matter where they are in their journey to an optimized life. Referencing a Will Ferrell movie as the perfect teaching tool to visualize what must be done cognitively to maintain high-performance levels, this podcast with Dr. Polster is brimming with entertaining quips and eye-opening moments.   Highlights: Learn how to stay at the peak of your game (life) when the stakes are already high. Understand how that voice in your ear that says, “you’re not good enough, or you can’t do it,” can’t be fought, but acknowledged and kept in check. In other words, realize how to make friends with your fear. Find out what the movie Talladega Nights can teach us about how our brains work, and how our best asset can become our Achilles heel or our best teacher. Learn what to do about burn-out. How to constantly increase reach, even without a magic coping skill. Understand why what you do matters. Uncover your values without living to check off boxes. Realize that your “why” is your North Star. Learn why cognitive success isn’t a one and done thing. Know what to do when you can’t remove failure as an inevitable part of life. Put realistic effects in place. Get a 101 explanation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Understand how the way you think, affects the way you feel, which then affects the way you act. Use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tools as the next wave of CBT. Learn how to diffuse negative or unproductive thoughts. Discover the Pomodoro technique (why breaks are invaluable to break up stress). Discover mindfulness techniques to get “back in the zone” in every moment. Learn how “automatic rules” instilled in childhood can be changed.   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Dr. Douglas Polster Website: https://www.polsterperformance.com/about-1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdougpolster    

Ride with the Tiger to Tame Your Brain & Maintain Peak Performance

“Speaking of Blue Zones, the hundred-and-nine year-old, or however old she is, like John Claremont, I think she recently passed away, but there are others, like John Coleman. They are gin chugging, cigarette smoking people. You know, folks who are living well past the age they should be living since they don't have cryotherapy chambers, NAD IVs, and infrared saunas. But they've got strong love and relationships and a robust social life and a belief in a higher power. . . Our whole family is gratitude-journaling together in the morning. I'm taking my kids through a meditation and prayer. At night we revisit gratitude. It's just this magical, magical way to live. I think more important than any chapter on fat loss or muscle gain or biohacking the brain or anything like that.” – Ben Greenfield   In today’s episode, you get access to a special podcast from Ben Greenfield’s Boundless launch hosted by Next Health at Century City in LA. If you haven’t already read Ben’s latest masterpiece, you can get the Cliff’s Notes via this podcast. You’ll still want to read Boundless in full because as Dr. Shah describes it, the book is like a download of Ben’s spectacularly insightful brain. It’s a well-honed collection of Ben’s vast experience in bio-hacking and living life to optimized levels in every regard.   In this podcast, Ben touches on everything from physiological tricks, to gadget-induced health hacks to spiritual and relationship insights to offer you a magnum opus on real living. You won’t want to miss this quintessentially brilliant man talk about living a health-inspired life.     Highlights: Grasp why Ben spends so much time naked - it’s not just to spice up his love life, it’s for his health. Learn about the unspoken secret of the Blue Zones – spiritual health. Use Ben’s sleep tricks to optimize your sleep, the foundation of all good health including a wearable that sends sound waves through your body to create a balanced Circadian rhythm. Realize novel sleep hygiene hacks like wearing socks while completely naked to sleep at night. Understand how to trigger a parasympathetic response in your body for better rest. Learn why some people should eat meat, and others shouldn’t. (Everyone’s body is different, with different needs.) Deduce the “best” diet for you. (It’s usually ancestral.) Introduce yourself to the FTO gene, and glean why it may impact your ability to harness sunlight and Vitamin D. Learn why, with a $100 genetic test and nutrient-density panel, you can customize your diet and nutrients. Discover how heart rate variability dictates a lot of your health, and how to measure and change it. Find out why cold-dosing (cold showers, etc.) can help to control your blood glucose levels. Discover how to mitigate DNA damage and upregulate the NF Kappa B pathway. Find out what to do about non-native electromagnetic fields (EMF). Learn how to set up a positive iconic environment. Learn why blood glucose spikes after coffee and whether this is good for you. Discover “healthy” cocktails that make you feel amazing without the toxic side effects of most alcoholic drinks. Understand why love, gratitude, and a spiritual practice might be the most important impetus behind a long-life. Learn why mental, spiritual, and physiological health are equally important. Gain insight into Ben’s parenting philosophy, and why it works so well.   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Ben Greenfield Website: https://bengreenfieldfitness.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ben-Greenfield/ Podcast: Ben Greenfield Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bengreenfieldfitness/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/bengreenfield Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BGFitness/  

Boundless Book Launch: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging ft. Ben Greenfield

“I was seeing how the medical system just wasn’t working in the ER. It was the same people coming in, and their drug list was just getting bigger and bigger. It was prescriptions to treat symptoms, and I thought—there has to be a better way.”– Dr. Lekkos   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah and Kevin Peake talk with Dr. Lekkos, a former emergency room physician who shifted his entire paradigm to study functional medicine.   Functional medicine is about optimizing your health so that you can put a fire out before it even starts, as opposed to calling in the specialists once the fire is blazing so high it’s about to consume the while building. This non-Western approach to medicine looks at your entire lifestyle to promote wellness at ground zero.   Dr. Lekkos went from cutting people open in an ER to looking for the root cause of an illness, and then tailoring an individualized plan that takes into account a person’s lifestyle choices; including stress levels, diet, toxin exposure, childhood trauma, and a detailed mental and spiritual history. Many of the factors that Western medicine usually ignores, Dr. Lekkos uses like a sleuth to solve the mystery of your individualized health.   Join us for the passionate journey Dr. Lekkos has taken to move from treating disease to optimizing wellness for his patients, and take some of his secrets with you to augment your own health. Tune in for leading edge integrative health secrets.   Highlights: How a seasoned ER doctor went from treating symptoms to learning root causes to dramatically improve health. Why shifting from reactive, disease care, to preventative “wellness” care makes all the difference. Why the Western medical paradigm is built on disease treatment instead of teaching ways to stop disease before it even starts, and what you can do about it. How the West Coast is more open minded in accepting cutting-edge, non-disease care medicine, but how this mindset is spreading. The incredible reward of changing people’s health after the traditional medical system has failed them repeatedly. How, shockingly, the mind and spirit are almost more influential when it comes to health than the purely physical body. Why the way you think is directly impacting your health. Why your lifestyle and environment will affect the expression of your genes. Why only 2 – 20% of your genes affect your health, and why epigenetics are so pivotal in determining your well-being. How to not express “bad” genes. How protein expression turns on and off just from your thinking, through the process of methylation. What multiple personality disorder can teach us about the power of the mind over the body. How placebo illustrates the power of mind over body. Why meditation and brain.fm can change your world. How to use a theta state to reprogram your mind for better health and wellness. Learn the newest tools in integrative health: peptides, stem cell growth, exosomes, exercise, and-anti-aging protocols along with mind0body tools. How to reclaim your power to heal yourself.     Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness     Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html     Dr. Apostolos Lekkos Website: https://www.biosfunctionalmedicine.com/contact Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_lekkos/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/dr_lekkos?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drlekkos/

The Shift to Functional Medicine w/ Dr. Apostolos Lekkos

“A friend once told me, only 3% of people have an eating disorder, but 97% of people have disordered eating.” – Nikki Sharp   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah and Kevin Peake crack open some real talk with Nikki Sharp, a tour-de-force and former model who reveals some hard truths about our relationships to food based on her own journey through two severe, clinically-described eating disorders. Nikki’s not just any health and wellness blogger, her authenticity comes through in every word, as well as a vulnerability and heart that are rare in many people who are today talking about health today.   Nikki’s books, including The Five-Day Real Food Detox are not a get-healthy quick recipe, but a way to start fresh and to install new eating habits that nourish you from the inside out. She’s not afraid to talk about her own issues with food, and how she’s overcome them: starting with how she loves herself, so that choosing good food is just one of many choices she makes to support a healthy mind and body.   It may come as a surprise that an international model would ever binge eat and suffer from anorexia, but Nikki’s journey through these challenges helps us to reveal our own disordered relationships with food so that we can address eating disorders, body dysmorphia in the age of “perfection” on Instagram, and all other manner of image distortion and its myriad manifestations.   Listening to this podcast, you won’t just want to follow Nikki because she’s beautiful on the outside, but because she tears down the walls concealing an important topic that has remained taboo for far too long.   Highlights: How LA supports the “pretty” people, but what this often means as far as diet, and health. Why starving yourself is indicative of a deeper hunger. Why Nikki’s mission is to rename “healthy food.” How eating patterns develop and how to change them. How we’ve come to eat fake, processed, human-generated substance that we call “food,” but which is so toxic to the body. The lies the diet industry tells. How to make healthy eating non-disruptive to your current lifestyle. How food and emotions are often tied. Why toxin removal is just as important as what you consume. How stress and anxiety affect digestion and assimilation of your food. How to understand the seasons of the body. Learn to approach eating from a place of balance instead of restriction. How judgment leads tor trouble. Learn about Nikki’s new book, and it’s interesting evolution.     Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Nikki Sharp Website: http://nikkisharp.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nikki-Sharp/e/B013RJ6ME8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkisharp/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikkirsharp?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikkisharplimited/

Nikki Sharp: Overcoming an Eating disorder and Supporting a Healthy Mind and Body

“Inflammation doesn’t just lead to heart disease, but also to brain disease, liver disease, and all the cancers and all their different causes.” – Dr. Ram Dandillaya   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah and Dr. Ram Dandillaya demystify the world’s number one killer – heart disease. Your heart pumps more than 2,000 gallons of blood through your veins every day, and acts as an electrical system that interfaces with your entire nervous system. Yet, few of us understand how the cardiovascular system works, let alone how to prevent the diseases that affect it. Fortunately, these two dynamos shed enormous light on this imperative topic.   Dr. Ram has been in practice since 2006, but grew up in the same small town in New Jersey that Dr. Shah did. They discovered their mutual hometown at a recent dinner party, proving just how small the world is, but the scope of heart health knowledge they share in this podcast is vast.   After saving several people’s lives together in recent mutual endeavors, Drs. Shah and Ram share ways to reverse this growing epidemic.   High blood pressure affects 1 in 3 people in the US. More than 85 million people in the US live with some type of cardiovascular disease. It is one of the most widespread and costly diseases in the Western World, with over $320 billion spent annually to treat cardiovascular issues, but are statins the only way to combat this growing epidemic?   Join Dr. Shah and Dr. Ram to learn how the hardest working muscle in your body can stay healthy, and you don’t end up like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz.     Highlights: Learn about “the silent killer” that affects even those who look like they’re in great health. Ascertain the truth about inflammation and its true risk to your heart. Learn why heart disease is the number one killer in the world today, and how not to be a victim of this epidemic. Grasp some basic heart anatomy. Discover whether men or women have a higher risk of heart disease. Uncover why statins aren’t necessarily the end-all, be-all answer to heart disease and atherosclerosis, and the side-effects that they often cause. Discover how statins can negatively affect your liver. Learn how sleep apnea can cause stress on your heart. Discover new biomarkers found in the gut that indicate inflammation which can affect the heart. Learn how to possibly lessen the side effects of statins with supplements. Learn why you should get screened for cholesterol, a calcium score, and heart health markers as early as 30. Understand the different types of plaques that can form in your arteries and what to do to detect them. Know when you need to schedule an angiogram. Learn how smoking affects your cardiovascular system. Understand why a plant based diet and exercise may the answer to greater heart health. Learn about Dr. Dean Ornish’s hopeful data concerning a Mediterranean diet to boost heart health. Learn how your hormones affect your cardiovascular system. Realize the top 5 lifestyle changes and 3 basic blood tests you can take to ensure good heart health.     Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Dr. Ram Dandillaya Website: http://www.drdandillaya.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdandillaya  

Dr. Ram Dandillaya: How Lifestyle Changes and Early Detection Can Reverse Your Chances of Developing Heart Disease

“I mean, the last thing I want to do is surgery for sleep apnea when that's not the main thing that might be causing it. It might be a red herring, and that's part of why being board certified in sleep medicine is helpful to have enough knowledge not to be dangerous. Just enough knowledge to identify these things. Certainly that we can work on them before thinking about procedures or if we're going to go down that path.” – Dr. Eric Kezirian   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah and Dr. Eric Kezirian share a life-changing talk about one of the most underrated subjects surrounding health – sleep. We spend ample time and energy looking into diet and exercise, but this third pillar – sleep – is critical to our overall health. A recent Forbes article suggested that 40% of Americans are sleeping less than 6 hours a night, and even children are now more sleep-deprived than ever. There has even been a movement suggesting that people can thrive on less than 5 hours of sleep nightly, but is this really true? Dr. Kezirian, a certified Otolaryngologist (nose and throat doctor), debunks some myths about sleep, reveals the real causes of sleep apnea, and how to optimize your sleep for greater health and peak performance. Drs. Kezirian and Shah uncover how – without adequate sleep, your entire body stops working as it should. Hormones that control detoxification of the brain and bodily tissues, regulate energy levels, your metabolism, and even hunger signals are all thrown out of whack. Sleep affects our mood, job performance, and athletic ability. If you’re looking for a possible culprit that may be contributing to you being overweight, listless, lacking energy, feeling apathetic or unmotivated, or you simply lack a zest for life, it is possible that you aren’t getting the quality sleep your body and mind so desperately need. Tune into this podcast to learn how to fix your most pressing sleep challenges, and dream easy tonight.   Highlights: What are the symptoms of poor sleep? Why you should test for obstructive sleep apnea and what it is. How you can possibly avoid surgery and fix sleep issues with lifestyle choices and sleep hygiene. How soft tissue surgery to correct sleep apnea has evolved. Do you suffer from mild sleep apnea? Many people do and are not aware. Are sleep disorders more common in men or women? Why how you breathe at night is just as important as how you breathe when you’re conscious during the day. How medications may be contributing to your sleep issues. Which medications are most helpful in addressing sleep issues. Are home sleep tests better or are sleep lab tests more revealing of your true sleep patterns? How to return to sleep basics and practice good sleep hygiene to restore your health and performance. How to reverse insomnia with a multidimensional approach. How alcohol consumption affects your sleep. How to avoid sleep devices that are being marketed without any proof that they work. Why balanced dopamine levels can act as a sleep enhancer. How stress affects sleep. Is CBD an effective sleep remedy? What dosage is good to take?   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Dr. Eric Kezirian Website: https://keck.usc.edu/faculty-search/eric-james-kezirian/ Oxford study: https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/34/7/943/2596050 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Doctor/Eric-J-Kezirian-MD-MPH-440254059341373/  

How to Put Your Sleep Debt to Rest with Dr. Eric Kezirian

“I would have lived with a pacemaker for the rest of my life. Not an option. Really not an option. I went back to my roots and spent 2 months in an ashram and healed everything.” – Mona Sharma   In today’s episode, Mona Sharma talks with Dr. Shah, revealing ancient wisdom gleaned from residing in an ashram in her youth, coupled with the experience of a real-life health trauma while on the corporate sales grind in the high-end beauty industry. Facing the dread possibility of living with a pacemaker for the rest of her life, Sharma reconsidered everything about how she was living. Sharma comes from a unique background. Her father is East Indian. Her mother is Danish. She spent a large portion of her youth in an ashram. The tenets of her health as a child were clean eating, utilizing food as medicine, mindfulness, community, and allowing the mind and body to rest and digest every single day. Her jet-set life almost took her life, but she turned it all around. Sharma strayed from the simple wisdom gained in her youth. Finding herself in multiple cities a week, often waking up in hotel rooms not knowing where she was headed next, her health declined rapidly. Sharma gained 40 pounds after being put on beta blockers for a heart condition. Observing that doctors asked her nothing about her stress levels or what she was eating as her health continued to decline, she decided to take matters into her own hands. After undergoing not one, but multiple heart surgeries, Sharma re-examined her lifestyle to look for the root cause of a malady first discovered in her late teens – atrial tachycardia – but which later burgeoned into a live-or-die call-to-action, and her new life path. Sharma’s credentials as a certified nutritionist and yoga teacher after being a marketing trainer for brands like Christian Dior and Tom Ford are invaluable because so many people can relate to the burnout and negative health-impacts that can accompany a corporate job that looks glamorous on paper. Sharma was also recently on Red Table Talk. Will Smith is one of her clients. He subscribes to her simple eating and mindfulness insights, and now so can we. Join Mona Sharma and Dr. Shah as they discuss her fascinating journey from an ashram to cities like Paris and London, and then back to the ashram to find healing secrets that she shares with us with passion.     Highlights: Troubleshoot health issues quickly and to target health optimization for your unique constitution, not with hit-or-miss nutrition from decades past Overcome negative food psychology and instead create good food habits Effectively modify your diet with your biology as you age How to recognize the thoughts you have which sabotage your progress Going back to basics and fundamentals, instead of trying to achieve an extreme How Sharma juggles eating right as a busy mother, entrepreneur, and health influencer How to tie mindfulness into eating right The importance of gratitude for your body and mind How to motivate yourself beyond the superficial – when a six pack isn’t enough Why movement is critical to your motivation and joy Why great health is a “practice” not a magic bullet How neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) can help you achieve health goals How to free yourself from traumatic emotional experiences that may be sabotaging you The latest science behind today’s nutritional advancements Why you need to avoid “dead” food Optimizing your health with the “un-diet” Discover a great “prebiotic” food that Sharma puts on everyone’s eating list Tying in ashram living with Ayurveda, yoga, mindfulness, and nutrition The importance of community in achieving peak health     Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Mona Sharma Website: https://www.monasharma.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xicamalife/ Twitter: @MonaSharma81 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monaleahsharma

Mona Sharma: How Mona Sharma Used Ashram Living and Simple Wisdom to Return from the Brink of Death

“I look at everything from a slightly different perspective than everybody else. I love to do that. And one of my big rules is if everybody's going on one way, you should run the other way as fast as you can.” – David Nurse   In today’s episode, Dr. Shah and Kevin bring light to performance hacks and maximum life optimization tips inspired by a conversation with David Nurse, a powerhouse life-coach, bio-hacking, performance-enhancing specialist who has worked with over 100 NBA players - dynamos like LeBron James, who spends over $1.5 million a year to be the most frightening defender on an NBA court. Nurse has been called the “crunch time king,” and a “basketball gypsy.” He started out as a shooting coach for the Brooklyn Nets in 2016 and blossomed into an NBA-whisperer. He turns already-great players with 3% body fat and impeccable stats into formidable forces that plow through games with ease and grace. He’s developed some of the top players in the NBA by teaching accessible lifestyle tips that people who aren’t 7-foot-11 can still employ. Nurse explains how his athletes make extreme lifestyle changes but apply them just one percent at a time to achieve astounding outcomes. These habits can enhance anyone’s life, not just people like LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, or James Hardin. You too can function at a “Next Level” of health, mindset, and performance, no matter what your “net” goal is in life. If you want to know how to hack your health and mindset like an elite athlete without spending a small fortune, you won’t want to miss this deeply informative talk.   Highlights: Use visualization to increase performance by up to 50% (scientifically documented) How to train harder to condition muscle memory for peak enhancement How Heart Rate Variability (HRV) affects everything from your mitochondrial function to your personal relationships with other people, energy levels, and more How to make “mindset pivots” to reframe failure How you can build relentless consistency and positive habit-formation How all mindset is a choice, no matter how much outside pressure you face Replacing a “stress” mindset with a “challenge” mindset The importance of a morning routine, nightly routine, and daily rituals Gratitude Applying new lifestyle changes 1% at a time   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   David Nurse Website: https://davidnurseacademy.thinkific.com Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1-podcast-w-david-nurse-nba-life-optimization-coach/id1226281669 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidnurse5/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidnursenba?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidnursebasketball/?tn-str=k*F

David Nurse: Hack A High Performance Mindset Without Spending $1.5 Million Like NBA Great, Lebron James

“Is who you are, who you really are? Or is it simply who you’ve been conditioned to be?” Kute Blackson   In today’s episode we welcome Kute Blackson to the show. As a transformational teacher and charismatic visionary, Kute offers a fresh, bold look at spiritual awareness for a whole new generation. Born in Ghana, West Africa, Kute’s multicultural upbringing as the child of a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father has spanned four different continents. His unique lineage lay the foundation for his approach to breaking down barriers and unlocking an individual’s true gifts and greatness.  Kute is the author of the book “You Are the One” and host of the successful podcast “Soul Talk”. Both help individuals get in touch with who they really are and reach mental/spiritual optimization. It is a process of breaking free—so that the individual can live, give, and share the truest expression of their self. This is what Kute calls “Liberated Living.” In this episode you’ll hear Kute talk about the “Inside-Out” approach to healing, mental health, cultivating compassion, and going beyond “just this body.”   Highlights: Shutting down pain, sadness, and embarrassment as children Why do we disconnect from our light? Memory Suppression caused by trauma Growing and evolving as a human being “Health is our natural state of being” “Create the conditions for this initiate intelligence to work” Space of compassion- application of love to parts of us that are wounded You are enough Accepting death and the limitations of our body Finding freedom to live life with urgency, love, and exuberance Every 7 years you get a new body… but what is the same? Finding your authentic truth and aligning yourself to achieve your life’s plan   Next|Heath: Website: https://www.next-health.com/ Instagram: @next_health Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nexthealth Google +: https://plus.google.com/+NexthealthWellness   Dr. Darshan Shah: Website: https://www.drshah.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarshanShahMD Making the Cut: https://www.drshah.com/making-the-cut.html   Kute Blackson Website: https://kuteblackson.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-One-Adventure-Discovering/dp/1501127276 Podcast: https://kuteblackson.com/soultalk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kuteblackson/ Twitterk: https://twitter.com/kuteblackson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kuteblacksonlovenow

Next|Health Forefront Podcast Series - Ep #18 – Liberated Living with Kute Blackson

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