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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File wellness_for_life/wl311.mp3
- Featured Speaker Russell M. Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN
- Organization Perque Integrated Health
- Book Title The Alkaline Way
- Guest Website Dr. Russell Jaffe
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/RMJaffe1
- Guest Twitter Account @DrRussellJaffe
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Guest Bio
Russ Jaffe is Founder and Chairman of PERQUE Integrative Health, LLC, a company that offers the world scientifically proven, integrative health solutions to speed the transition from sick care to healthful caring.
Dr. Jaffe has more than 40 years of experience contributing to molecular biology and clinical diagnostics. His focus is on functional, predictive tests and procedures designed to improve the precision of both diagnosis and of treatment outcomes and he has authored nearly 100 articles on the subject. He received his BS, MD and PhD. from the Boston University School of Medicine, completed residency training in clinical chemistry at the National Institutes of Health and remained on the permanent senior staff before pursuing other interests, including starting the Health Studies Collegium think tank.
Dr. Jaffe is board certified in Clinical Pathology and in Chemical Pathology. He is the recipient of the Merck, Sharp & Dohm Excellence in Research Award, the J.D. Lane Award, and the U.S.P.H.S. Meritorious Service Award. Dr Jaffe was honored as an International Scientist of 2003 by the IBC, Oxford, England, UK for his lifetime contributions to clinical medicine, biochemistry, immunology, methodology, and integrative health policy. He is widely published and sought to explain complex subjects to any audience. Dr. Jaffe is also founder and chairman of ELISA/ACT Biotechnologies, and MAGique BioTherapeutics. - Length (mins) 26:19
- Waiver Received No
- Host Susanne Bennett, DC
Your child's behavioral issues may have natural causes.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File wellness_for_life/wl310.mp3
- Featured Speaker Nicole Beurkens, PhD, CNS
- Organization Life Will Get Better: Simple Solutions for Parents of Children with Attention, Anxiety, Mood and Behavior Challenges
- Book Title Life Will Get Better: Simple Solutions for Parents of Children with Attention, Anxiety, Mood and Behavior Challenges
- Guest Website Dr. Nicole Beurkens
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/drnicolebeurkens
- Guest Twitter Account @drbeurkens
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Dr. Nicole Beurkens, licensed clinical psychologist and board certified nutrition specialist, has 20 years of experience helping children, teens, and families impacted by a range of developmental and mental health disorders including autism, ADHD, anxiety, behavior disorders, and brain injury.
She is the founder and director of the Horizons Developmental Resource Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
As a bestselling author, Dr. Beurkens has written numerous books and educational resources for parents and professionals. She is a consultant and speaker, published researcher, and award-winning therapist.
Parents and professionals can access helpful articles and resources available on her website. - Length (mins) 26:52
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Susanne Bennett, DC
Research into post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury may help with effective prevention and treatment.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File wellness_for_life/wl309.mp3
- Featured Speaker Magali Haas, MD, PhD, MSE
- Guest Website Cohen Veterans Bioscience
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/cohenbioscience
- Guest Twitter Account @cohenbioscience
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Dr. Magali Haas founded Orion Bionetworks in July 2012 and serves as its CEO and President. Orion Bionetworks was transformed to Cohen Veterans Bioscience in 2015 to specifically dedicate research to improving the detection and treatment of post-traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and related co-morbidities so that the burden of these conditions may be lessened on service members, veterans, and their families.
Magali has over 15 years of pharmaceutical executive and clinical research experience, predominantly at Johnson & Johnson, where she assumed broad end-to-end development leadership roles in medical marketing, full clinical development, early development, and translational and biomarker sciences in psychiatry and neurology. She successfully filed NDAs in the U.S. and Europe for risperidone indications in Autism, Adolescent Schizophrenia, Juvenile Bipolar Disorder and Conduct Disorders. She also led Development Teams evaluating compounds for Depression, Neuropathic Pain, Epilepsy, and Migraine Disorder.
She served three years as Chief Science and Technology Officer for One Mind for Research, a nonprofit organization launched in May 2012 by Patrick J. Kennedy. She orchestrated the launch of One Mind’s seminal programs, Apollo, an informatics research portal and, Gemini, an international TBI/PTSD research program.
As an “intrapreneur” at J&J she established the first Neuroscience Translational Medicine & Integrative Solutions department, and co-founded the first Companion Diagnostics Center of Excellence as well as J&J’s Healthcare Innovation team. She serves on several advisory boards including Brain Canada, Prophase, Pear Therapeutics, PAASP and IMEC for nanoelectronics.
Magali earned her BS in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in biomedical engineering from Rutgers University, New Jersey, and her MD and PhD with distinction in neuroscience from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.
- Length (mins) 26:55
- Waiver Received No
- Host Susanne Bennett, DC
Find out what may be causing your digestive issues with grains and how to improve your nutrition.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File code_delicious/1650cd3a.mp3
- Featured Speaker John Douillard, DC
- Organization Eat Wheat
- Book Title Eat Wheat
- Guest Website LifeSpa
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/dr.john.douillard
- Guest Twitter Account @JohnDouillard
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Guest Bio
Dr. John Douillard, DC, CAP, is a globally recognized leader in the fields of natural health, Ayurveda, and sports medicine. He is the creator of LifeSpa.com, the leading Ayurvedic health and wellness resource on the web with over 4.5 million views on YouTube.
LifeSpa.com is evolving the way Ayurveda is understood around the world, with over 700 articles and videos proving ancient wisdom with modern science. Dr. John is the former Director of Player Development for the New Jersey Nets NBA team, author of seven health books including his newest, Eat Wheat, a repeat guest on The Dr. Oz Show, and featured in Woman’s World Magazine, Huffington Post, Yoga Journal and dozens of other publications.
He has been helping patients repair their digestive system and eat wheat and dairy again for 30 years, has seen over 100,000 patients, and directs LifeSpa, the 2013 Holistic Wellness Center of the year in Boulder, CO. - Length (mins) 26:53
- Waiver Received No
- Host Dr. Mike Fenster
Find out how to get the carbs you need without overdoing it.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/1635ts3a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Brian Parr, PhD
- Guest Website American College of Sports Medicine
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Brian Parr, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of South Carolina Aiken where he teaches courses in exercise physiology, nutrition, and health behaviors.
He also conducts research related to physical activity and weight loss. - Length (mins) 19:04
- Waiver Received Yes
Medical Intuition involves powerful scanning techniques and visualization skills to identify the root causes of imbalances, illness and disease.
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns753.mp3
- Featured Speaker Wendie Colter, Certified Master Healer & Medical Intuitive
- Guest Website The Practical Path
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/thepracticalpath
- Guest Twitter Account @PracticalPathUS
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Wendie Colter is a Certified Master Healer, Medical Intuitive, Clairvoyant Practitioner, Teacher, Minister and Transformational Coach. She is the founder and CEO of The Practical Path, which presents educational programs in metaphysics for personal and professional intuitive development.
The programs and workshops are unique in their use of effective energy balancing and intuition skills, fused with proven paradigm-shifting awareness tools, which create powerful, lasting results for clients, patients and practitioners. Her flagship program, The Medical Intuitive Training, has been pivotal in helping nurses, doctors, psychologists, therapists, energy workers, and health professionals from every holistic, integrative and allopathic discipline, access and fine-tune their innate intuitive abilities, and integrate them into their practices.
Actively involved in spiritual studies and the human potential movement from a young age, Wendie’s commitment to the deeper awareness and understanding of the metaphysical balance between mind, body and spirit is evident in her caring and insightful consultations, and her transformative programs and workshops.
An early job at the Bodhi Tree, Los Angeles' seminal "new age" bookstore, gave her access to the many classics of metaphysical thought. In the mid-'80s she participated in Louise Hay's renowned, intimate living-room healing sessions in Santa Monica, California. This led to intensive study in various energy modalities, including Usui Reiki, crystal healing, Transcendental Meditation and NLP.
Wendie received certification in Energy Medicine and graduated the Clairvoyant, Ministerial and Teacher’s Training programs at a seminal training school in Los Angeles, California that was a center for intuitive development for over 30 years. She then became staff instructor of their Energy Medicine and Clairvoyant programs. Additionally, she received her coaching certification from Coach Inc. A clairvoyant and master healer over 17 years, she has a thriving private practice in Los Angeles, and has been teaching intuitive development and energy medicine for nearly ten years.
Wendie has lectured and taught at prominent educational and health centers including Scripps Center for Integrative Health/Integrative and Holistic Nursing Conference, Guarneri Integrative Health, Inc. at Pacific Pearl La Jolla, ACEP (Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology) local chapters, ISSSEEM Conference (International Society for the Study of Subtle Energy and Energy, Medicine), IONS Conference (Institute of Noetic Sciences), Mindshare L.A., Golden Bridge Yoga Los Angeles, The Rosewood Center for Transformation, and more.
A published author, she is an engaging and informative interview guest who has been featured on OM Times Radio and numerous other popular programs.
Also an accomplished composer, musician and songwriter, Wendie spent many years in the high-pressure world of the music industry as an executive music producer for television and film. She continues to compose and produce music in her spare time.
She is available for speaking engagements, workshops, conferences and retreats, and is currently writing her first book based on her experiences as a medical intuitive, healer and teacher. She continues to provide medical intuitive and clairvoyant readings by appointment at www.thepracticalpath.com. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Internal Notes repeat guest
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to train like a professional football player?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File talk_fitness/tft003.mp3
- Featured Speaker Kevin Dunn, Owner & CEO of TEST Football Academy
- Guest Website TEST Football Academy
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/testfootball
- Guest Twitter Account @TEST_Football
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Kevin Dunn is a Rutgers University alumnus and holds a BS in Exercise Science & Psychology.
As captain and MVP of RU's Swimming & Diving Team, he was formerly awarded Atlantic 10 and ECAC Diver of the Year. He is a current high diver reaching heights as high as 95 feet in his career and uses that experience to perfect human movement in athletes in the NFL, NBA and MLB.
He holds certifications from every highly respected nationally recognized organization and has developed and implemented TEST’s internal Mentorship Curriculum.
His experience in hospital based Physical Therapy settings and Athletic Training for intercollegiate athletics has given him the prospective from all sides of the rehab process.
Kevin currently leads the research and development team and is on the cutting edge with human performance and biomechanical analysis. With his combination of knowledge and experience, he coaches flawless movement patterns in every sport and in the game of life to avoid injury and maximize genetic potential.
TEST Football Academy is a premier facility in the NY/NJ tristate area. They have trained the likes of Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco, Top 5 Pick Patrick Peterson, Super Bowl Champ Duron Harmon and over 220 others that have earned a professional career in the NFL with 91 currently active players on 29 of 32 teams. -
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NFL Combine Conditioning: Train Like a Pro with Kevin Dunn
Lisa Davis (Host): Hi, I’m Lisa Davis. So glad you’re listening to Talk Fitness Today, and I am super excited to have the fantastic Kevin Dunn. We’re going to be talking all about NFL Combine Training. Hello, Kevin, welcome to Talk Fitness Today.
Kevin Dunn (Guest): Thanks, Lisa. How are you?
Lisa: I’m good, how are you doing?
Kevin: I’m doing really well. I’m just looking forward to sharing some knowledge. I’m excited about being on the air.
Lisa: Yeah, excited to have you. Okay, so you are with TEST Football Academy. It’s a Premier Facility in the New York, New Jersey tri-state areas. You’ve trained the likes of Super Bowl MVP, Joe Flacco, Top Five Pick, Patrick Peterson, Super Bowl Champ, Duron Harmon, and over 220 others. That is really, really cool. How did you get into this work?
Kevin: It started about 13 years ago. We started working with an agent, actually, that had a similar personal interest in our kids, actually – our actual children. I have a son with autism. He had, also a son with autism. We just hit it off, and he knew that we were involved in training athletes and getting guys – all athletes, at all levels, in all sports prepared for their main event, whether that be off-season, in-season, pre-season. We had a love and passion for football and were interested in getting involved in the Combine business, and one thing led to another.
He signed his first class – he had four players in their very first class. We had four players in our very first year, thirteen years ago. We had four athletes involved in the program, and three of them ended up signing contracts on NFL teams. Pretty remarkable results – the guys that were involved, two of them are still involved with us to this day. One of them is actually our Director of Football Operations, Geir Gudmundsen. A lot of great history there. We’ve learned a ton over the last – over a decade of working with some of the best athletes in the country. It’s been a privilege working with them.
Lisa: Oh, that’s fantastic. You know, I have a daughter on the autism spectrum? We’ll have to talk after the show at some point about that, as well.
Kevin: There you go [LAUGHTER]
Lisa: Lots to talk about. I want to jump into this because you’ve got workouts that you’re doing, you’ve got nutrition, you’re looking at body composition. Let’s start with workouts. Give us some examples of what people are doing when they come to you at TEST Football Academy.
Kevin: Yeah, sure. The biggest impact that we have when we work with people is – it’s important to know where they’re at from a functional standpoint. I would love to have the opportunity to work with someone and know where their baseline measurements are. We put people through what’s called a functional movement screen. It’s seven different tests that basically screen for any asymmetries or dysfunctions in the movement pattern. We try to clean those up right away. That’s one of the first things that we do upon their evaluation.
Taking someone from that to giving them the correct prescription of exercises that will help rebuild the foundation that some of these athletes really have not focused on as much throughout their career. Building strength, and power, and explosiveness are obviously big markers, but without – if you’re trying to build those on a foundation of sand, it’s just a recipe for a catastrophe at some level. Non-contact injuries are still a big issue in all sports, not just football. You see it all the time with ACL tears, and more prevalent in female athletes, but those are some things that we can identify right away, and once we have that clear foundation of rebuilding and restructuring their movements, and we know that they can squat with a wooden dowel over their head in a proper way, then we can start to add resistance to those movements and feel comfortable knowing that the movements that we are strengthening are ones that are correct, versus trying to compensate with other muscle groups or other movements that may push them through the movement, but they’re not recruiting their body in a way that could be as efficient as possible.
Lisa: It sounds like you work with people where they’re at in terms of if somebody doesn’t have the baseline that they need to be able to add weight to that squat, you’re going to work to get them there. Whereas, if somebody already can add a lot of weight or can do more explosive movements, you’re going to work with them in that capacity?
Kevin: Yeah, we try to find the weakest link in the chain and identify what that is – whether that be flexibility, mobility, strength, power – power output is not just the force that you produce, but the speed at which you produce that force. We’ve got to make sure that we identify what that weak link is and either strengthen the weaker athlete or add explosiveness to the – maybe the stronger athlete just doesn’t have the same explosive power output. Those are all components setting the foundation on how we proceed in program design and progression in terms of what movements they can do, what things we need to work on, what corrections we need to work on, and then make sure that we’re progressing those movements down the road as things get more and more challenging.
Lisa: Now, what workouts do you use actually to produce that explosive movement?
Kevin: Power is defined as moving any resistance as fast as you can --
Lisa: Okay.
Kevin: A lot of times when we think power exercises, we go right to powerlifting because powerlifting is an event, not an actual sport. Clean jerks, snatches, those types of movements can all be found under the power umbrella. At the same time, we can take a six or eight-pound medicine ball and focus on rotational power and get a similar result.
For people that play golf or play tennis, there’s no more than the weight of the racket or the weight of the club head that they’re swinging through, but they’re incredibly explosive athletes because they are producing force but more importantly, they’re producing speed. Force time velocity is the definition of power output, so you’ve got to pick and choose what your sport is, and what each position at that sport is, and then appropriately design a program that is going to help that particular athlete excel at their position in their sport.
Lisa: That makes sense. Now, what about something like Yoga in terms of strengthening and stretching as an adjunct to the more powerful moves?
Kevin: Yeah, that’s actually a critical component. When we have guys that are coming in focusing on those types of things. Even in the beginning of all of our workouts, we do a series called movement preparation where a lot of those movements are Yoga based. We just call it movement prep because it sounds cooler to an athlete.
Lisa: [LAUGHTER] It does sound cool. I’ve got to try that.
Kevin: Things like the world’s greatest stretch is basically a Yoga movement. On Wednesdays, we have a regen day – on Wednesdays and Sundays. It’s all about regeneration where we’re doing Yoga movements; we’re doing flexibility, we’re doing foam rolling – focused on to try to lengthen the muscle before we strengthen it. You want to try to loosen up the knots, take the knots out to create more length in the muscle. That will help with any areas where we’re applying too much force on a tendon where some tendonitis starts to creep in. Yoga is definitely a preventative tool for us to help focus on that flexibility, focus on regeneration.
We’ve got hot and cold tubs here where we do contrast baths that vasoconstrict and vasodilate at the capillary level to bring in all of the fresh Oxygen, nutrients, and everything the muscle needs to repair itself and flushes out all of the swelling and edema that was there from the damage of the workout. Every aspect and every component of trying to get the body to heal as quickly as possible is critical because we’ve got guys that are in here, working out, training six days a week – sometimes 22 hours a week and burning 22,000 calories. If you’re an --.
Lisa: Wow.
Kevin: Offensive lineman from Alabama. Their workload is very high.
Lisa: My IT bands get super tight, and – do you use a foam roller for things like that, as well?
Kevin: Yeah, they make Vibra Foam Rollers, too. We have Power Plates here that we actually recommend that our athletes roll out on the Power Plate.
Lisa: Oh, I should try that.
Kevin: The Power Plate will actually vibrate at any frequency you set it at. Vibration does a really good job at trying to untie the knots, so to speak, either in a muscle or a tendinous sheath like your IT band. There’s certain ways to roll through an IT band bump, right? I’m sure everybody has those lumps and bumps along – you basically need to find that knot, roll on it, and be on top of it, and just hold it there. Take a deep breath, exhale, and literally try to let the knot sink into the roller instead of rolling back and forth on it and letting the knot slip back and forth with the foam roller because you’re just going to irritate an already irritated muscle or area of the muscle. The other thing you could do --
Lisa: That’s what I’ve heard. It can hurt like hell, too, but it’s worth it [LAUGHTER].
Kevin: Oh, my God, it can be very painful.
Lisa: It’s so painful.
Kevin: Once you find that spot, and that’s why it’s hard to stay on it. The other thing – if you go one joint above and understand that the IT band originates with the TFL and the Glut Max, so there may be some tightness in your TFL or your Glut Max. Trying to roll those areas out, as well, might take the pressure off of the IT band and get some relief along that same side. That would be another bullet in the arsenal to try to relieve your pain from that. The IT band is great for preventing any injuries – it helps support the knee because it does cross the knee joint laterally – on the lateral side. Glut Max, TFL, IT band, crosses the knee, helps to support the knee and stabilize the knee, and helps hold it in place – also a big thing for ACL tears, as well. It’s nice to have that support along the knee.
Lisa: Now, Kevin, before we move to nutrition, is there anything you wanted to add about workouts?
Kevin: The conditioning side is pretty incredible. We’ve got a system – we actually use a system called My Zone where every player or athletes that comes in, we hook them up to this heart rate monitor. We’ve got a 60-inch flat screen out on our turf area, and literally, every athlete can see what their heart rate is at any given moment in the workout. The nice thing about that is when we do our conditioning sessions; each athlete will start when their heart rate starts dropping below 85%, which is typically where their anaerobic threshold is. As soon as they drop under 85%, we have them start up again, or they do their next sprint. That keeps them in an anaerobic zone, but it also allows them enough recovery time between sets to make sure that we’re maximizing – looking at the heart as a muscle and when it’s fatigued, it’s going to take a lot longer for that muscle to recover to get back down underneath of that anaerobic threshold.
What that helps us do is prevent over training. It helps us identify guys that may either be sleep deprived or have issues with – let’s say, some kind of medication or stress or things that are affecting or impacting their resting heart rate. As a coach, if I’ve got 20 or 30 guys on the field knowing during the warm up somebody’s heart rate is already over 80%, then something is going on with that athlete, so I know that I need to back off of the volume rather than just have a “pick at it” approach from a coaching standpoint to push a guy through something that he’s not ready to be pushed through something that he’s not ready to be pushed through and risking an injury in someone who may be an NFL athlete earning a half a million dollars a year in salary.
That’s the kind of approach we take with it because they’re only got six to eight weeks before they test for their – they go, and they do their body composition. They’re going through these seven drills – they’ve got to run a 40-yard dash, run a 5-10-5, do a three-cone drill, any one of those – bench 225 as many times as they can. They literally are poked and prodded like a – it’s like people buying horses at a horse race. It’s literally very similar to that. It’s looking for any reason not to pay a guy or not to hire a guy because they are spending a lot of money on these players.
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Kevin: One of the most important things that we do from a service side is to be able to provide a turn-key system for nutrition. There’s really two organizations that I lean on pretty heavily to provide that. Calorie counts are critical. Making sure that the right protein, carbohydrates, and fats that they’re getting are replenishing all of the calories necessary to make sure that they can recover as quickly as possible.
Icon Meals has been tremendous. They basically deliver their meals directly to us, and we just hand those out. The guys can order – on a menu of 20 meals, they’re getting lunch and dinner six days a week from us. We can sit with them and talk to them about calories, talk to them about breakdown, and literally educate them on a weekly basis on what they should be eating, how many calories they should be having. They all know exactly how many calories they’re burning because of their heart rate monitors. It also calculates calorie burn, average effort, all of that good stuff. They have an app that says – these are the calories that you’ve burned today, so we want to make sure that we’re replenishing those for the guys that are trying to gain weight, lose weight, lean out. Those are all real specific goals when we go through their evaluation, so that’s been great.
The product that we’ve used from a nutrition supplementation standpoint as been exclusively through Inner Armor. They’ve been great partners for us, but they’re all being substance free, they’re all third-party tested, and to me, there’s no greater important factor than making sure the supplements that these guys are taking are not going to cause a red flag at the NFL Combine and cause them to enter in through a drug program. With that much on the line, you need to have something that you believe in that isn’t going to risk their employment opportunity in the NFL. All of their products are not only third-party tested, but I've also asked them to go through another agency – through the NFL, that the NFLPA supports. It’s called AegisShield. Literally, you can go into any vitamin shop or any store out there and use their barcode scanner and scan the product, and there will be a nice, big, green checkmark on every Inner Armor product that is out there – meaning that it’s preapproved by the NFLPA.
Lisa: Oh, that’s awesome.
Kevin: Yeah, it’s an excellent resource for players and agents knowing that certain brands have taken that extra step to make sure that they’ve got what it takes – they’ve got some powerful products in there, but it’s not going to risk their career. But then we just look at – again, what their needs are. If someone’s trying to put weight on, we just calculate how many calories are in each one of the products. The Lean Mass Peak has been pretty tremendous – that’s our post-workout shake. They’ve got a 2 to 1 carb to protein ratio. We want to replenish all of the carbohydrates they’ve just burned through the workout.
The protein sources that have been amazing really across the board for not only our NFL players but also female athletes, soccer players, lacrosse players, field hockey players, they’ve loved it. It’s their new – Isolate Zero. It’s like a protein water with zero carbs, and twenty grams of protein, with 20 ounces of water.
Lisa: Oh, wow.
Kevin: Yeah, it literally tastes like Crystal Light.
Lisa: Oh, my gosh [LAUGHTER].
Kevin: And they’ve got some great flavors, and they mix it up. There are a lot of athletes that are out there – they’re trying to drink a gallon of water a day, and literally, this is water and protein. If you’re trying to hit your macronutrient goals and have enough protein, that doesn’t have that heavy shake consistency that can fill you up. All of our female athletes are loving this stuff. They sip it throughout the day, and they get the same protein that they need in an isolate form, which is one of the best whey proteins that are out there.
Lisa: Kevin, what was the name of this again? I want to get this. The drink you’re talking about?
Kevin: Yeah, it called Isolate Zero. Inner Armor developed it literally recently, just this year. It’s one of their newest products out. It’s an isolate whey. It’s a protein water. People have hydration goals throughout the day – our athletes do. I know they’re drinking a gallon a gallon to a gallon and a half of water a day depending on their weight, and size, and what their goals are. Hydration wise – they can literally kill two birds with one stone, hitting their hydration goals with 20 ounces of water for every 20 grams of protein.
That’s been a tremendous resource for us, not only our male athletes that are trying to hit their macronutrient goal with protein but also our female athletes – soccer players, field hockey players, lacrosse players. They can also hit their protein goal without going over on their carbohydrate goal. I know a lot of people fear carbohydrates because everybody’s trying to lean out. The reality is carbohydrates are protein sparing, and protein is a building block of muscle. We want to make sure that you are getting enough carbohydrates in post-workout. Throughout the rest of the day, are you – on your nutrition side, are you getting enough protein in?
And that seems to be – especially with female athletes because they fill up on those shakes. They just
feel the bloat. This Isolate Zero stuff is probably the greatest one of the greatest breakthroughs – I feel like – on the nutrition side because they can hit their protein goals without feeling that bloat.
Lisa: That’s fantastic. I’m so glad you mention women athletes because when I asked the question, I asked about the gentlemen because I had football on the brain. I would love for you to come back and just talk about women athletes, women’s needs, a woman’s protein, all that nutritional – because the time goes so fast. Before I let you go, I just want to ask you a couple of personal questions. What is your favorite exercise?
Kevin: Wow, favorite exercise? Probably the bench because I’m really good at it. I have short arms [LAUGHTER].
Lisa: I’m like an orangutan, I’m totally opposite.
Kevin: I’m more on the five-six side – five-seven, so I’m on the shorter side – I’ve got short arms, but I can bench. That, I’m pretty proud of.
Lisa: Cool. That’s awesome. Now, what’s the most important thing you do every day for optimum health?
Kevin: I think – nutritionally, I think it’s a big – it’s probably the most important thing you could do. As undervalued it is as a younger athlete because you feel like you can eat anything and you’re invincible, I think the older you get, the more you feel – you just feel the energy drain. You don’t have the same juice you had when you were in your 20s. I’m in my 40s now and have been in this industry for 20 years, so I can see how my own body has changed and how much more I respect the nutrition side of what we do. You cannot out-train a bad diet. You have to make sure that you’re eating the right things in order to see results from a body composition improvement. I think that’s probably the biggest goal that’s out there.
I think from a female athlete or women’s standpoint; resistance training is not going to turn you into a bodybuilder overnight. I think that’s something that’s a misconception. The type of training that you do from a resistance training standpoint will actually help increase your basal metabolic rate – you’re burning more calories at rest. Carbohydrates are good for you after a workout, so you can replenish that – so your body doesn’t break down the muscle that you just worked so hard to build. Repair and recovery are just as important, if not more important than the actual workout and the damage that you do. Those are all big, key components that I know from a nutrition standpoint – the longer that I’m in this industry, the more results I see when the nutrition side is really taken seriously and that many times more seriously than the actual workout.
Lisa: Oh, I agree. Now, the last question. What’s in your gym bag?
Kevin: What’s in my gym bag right now?
Lisa: Yeah.
Kevin: Underwear [LAUGHTER], socks. Let’s see, what else do I have in here? You’re talking like a travel bag for when I travel or what I take with me or --?
Lisa: No, just if you're going to the gym. Some people have a jump rope or water or maybe free weights, any of that kind of stuff.
Kevin: Oh, that stuff. Smelly T-shirt, probably a dirty diaper in there somewhere from my kids.
Lisa: You’ve had the best answer so far, Kevin. That’s awesome. We have to wrap up, so when you come back next time, we will dive into that. I want to talk about women athletes. I think that would be great. Kevin, in the meantime, tell us all the ways that we can learn more about you and all of your great work?
Kevin: Sure. We’re in New Jersey. We have a 24,000-square-foot facility that’s really state-of-the-art. We have everything you need under the sun. We’ve got physical therapy, sports psychology, chiropractics, Pilates, spin studio. We’re really doing everything we can to be a one-stop-shop for people. You can find our more information about us at www.TESTSportsClubs.com. You can also find out more about our football academy at TESTFootballAcademy.com. Our phone number is 732-271-1000.
Lisa: Fantastic, Kevin. I can’t wait to have you back on Talk Fitness Today. I want to thank everyone for listening. This is your source for all things fitness. Thank you, so much for listening. Follow us on Twitter at TalkHealthy2Day. Have a great day, and stay well.
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It doesn't need to be summer for you to want to have a "beach body."
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File talk_fitness/tft002.mp3
- Featured Speaker Kenta Seki, Celebrity Trainer
- Guest Website Kenta Seki
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/kenta.seki
- Guest Twitter Account @KentaSeki
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Guest Bio
A celebrity fitness trainer based in Los Angeles, Kenta Seki is a protégé of fitness guru Jillian Michaels, and appears on the E! reality show, Just Jillian, which promotes him as the star of Michael’s streaming fitness company, FitFusion.
A familiar face to gym rats and fitness fanatics, Seki has appeared in more than 100 fitness DVDs, and has been appeared on TV, offering fitness and workout tips as well as featured in various publications, like Shape and Self magazines, showcasing his flawless physique and abs of steel. -
Transcription
5 Ways to Jump Start Your Beach Body Workout with Kenta Seki
Lisa Davis (Host): Hi, I’m Lisa Davis – so excited you’re listening to Talk Fitness Today. Here we’ve got the hottest and best in everything fitness, and I am so excited to have the wonderful Kenta Seki on the program. He is a celebrity fitness trainer based in Las Angeles. He’s a protégé of fitness guru Jillian Michaels. He appears on the E! reality show “Just Jillian,” and he is fabulous. Kenta, how are you?
Kenta Seki (Guest): What’s up, Lisa?
Lisa: Great to have you on to talk about fitness. By the way, I Tweeted that you were coming on the show, and a friend of mine messaged me and said, “Oh, my God. The body on that guy. Woohoo!” [LAUGHTER]. I mean, seriously Kenta, you are gorgeous and in such great shape. It obviously takes a lot of work, and I’m sure, and dedication, which we’ll talk about. Our topic – I was about to say title – is Five Ways to Jumpstart your Beach Body Workout. All right, so let’s talk about this because it is hot. Give us some advice. What are some tips?
Kenta: Oh, gosh, well, of course, let’s start by exercising [LAUGHTER] if you’re not exercising already. That’s a great way to increase your metabolism, so make sure you’re doing a mixture of cardio and strength training. Whatever that means to you, there’s all different kinds of ways to do cardio and strength training, any type of resistance training, just as long as you’re being active and having a mixture of both of those. That’s always my first one, make sure you’re being active.
Number two, just make sure you’re working on that diet. Don’t be cheating. Make sure you're eating as much healthy food as possible. Things that I like to watch out for are just making sure you’re not eating too many bad carbs – all the white bread, white sugars, things like that. I also like to decrease the dairy just a little bit as well because it takes a little bit longer for your body to process. Those are the main things I like to focus on as far as food goes – a higher protein diet, less bad carb diet.
Lisa: It’s interesting, I had surgery about six weeks ago, and I have not been able to exercise, and tomorrow is the day -- and I know when this airs, I will already have been exercising for a few weeks. It’s been really tough. I’ve actually lost weight because I’ve been eating so clean.
Kenta: Everybody gives different percentages. Some people say 70 to 30% -- 80 to 20, whatever it is, it’s definitely a lot more about your diet than it ever is about your exercise. Make sure you’re first and foremost focusing on that diet and eating as much healthy food as possible.
Lisa: Number three, you’ve got, “Drink more water?”
Kenta: Oh, gosh, yes. Everybody needs to drink more water. It’s almost across the board, everybody’s not drinking enough, so I always recommend having a bottle with you. I’m that guy that’s always walking around carrying his water bottle because I need it and drink it probably too often now. Drink more water. It doesn’t even necessarily have to be water – I recommend green tea sometimes. Green tea is great because the added caffeine helps stimulate your metabolism. Coffee sometimes – two cups a day max is what I recommend. Definitely not as much sugar or carbonated drinks. That’s also what I recommend. Just water is always the best way to start. Drink as much as you can. What I like to say is look at your body weight in pounds and cut it in half. Let’s just say you weigh 120 pounds and you cut that in half, that’s 60. That’s how many fluid ounces of water I’d recommend that you drink a day, so that’s about eight cups a day, on average.
Lisa: That’s great. I’m on my second, and it’s still morning, so that’s good. I definitely need to up that. Now, we’re going back to the beginning when you were talking about the strength training, and there was the cardio – so what types of strength training do you recommend for what types of things? For example, if you want to build muscle, versus you want to build flexibility, versus you want to build strength and flexibility, body weight exercise versus weight training – talk to us about this.
Kenta: All of the above. Definitely, if you can get in some Yoga if you can get in some Pilates, and you can get in some boxing – just mix and match. Often if you stick to just one type of exercise regimen, that’s when you end up plateauing, or you’re getting bored, or you could end up getting injured because maybe you’re avoiding some other body part or some type of modalities that are really important for your body.
If you can, even if it’s just once a week, throw in something different, just so that you keep your body guessing and that you keep getting different types of results. I love Yoga. I get in some Yoga as often as I can. I’ve been doing it since I was nine. If people can get in a little bit of Yoga, even if it’s just a few minutes a week, that could definitely help. This week, just to change it up, I’m actually starting to try a little bit of boxing. I miss boxing, so I’ve been trying it, and I forget how fun it can be. The Stairmaster – get off the treadmill, try the things that challenge you. That’s always the thing that I see people say, “Oh, I don’t like to do that because it’s too hard.” Generally, things that are really hard are the ones that get the best results. I’d say try different things especially if they’re challenging for you.
Lisa: That is good advice. All right, so we’ve got increasing your metabolism through cardio and strength training, changing your diet, drinking more water, doing workouts you enjoy, right? You talked about that – switching it up. You’ve got to prevent boredom. And then you also hear about plateaus, right? If you’re always doing the same thing, you’re like, why aren’t I getting any stronger or losing any weight?
Kenta: Yeah, exactly. Changing things up is the best way to prevent plateaus. If you’re sticking to one thing, a lot of times your body – it’s healthy and natural for it to adapt. That’s not a bad thing. It means your body is healthy, but if you want to prevent that from happening, especially from it happening soon,
keep your body guessing by doing different things. And once again, doing things that will really challenge you. Always change it up.
Lisa: I have to say, I loved your most importantly – when I’d asked you to tell me about some of this – about the five ways to jumpstart the beach body workout – “love yourself, love your body as it’s varying phases of transformation, don’t compare yourself to celebrities in magazines or people in your gym. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to be perfect.” That is right on, Kenta. I love that.
Kenta: Oh, thank you. It’s true. It’s totally fine and healthy to have body goals and aspirations and see people that you look up to, but I just don’t want people to become depressed about that if they’re not there yet. It’s totally fine to have those goals, but just realize you’re still human, and you’re beautiful and have so many other benefits and amazing things about you and qualities about you rather than just your physical body. Yes, keep striving to be as healthy as possible, and to get your body to look as good as you want it to, but at the same time, don’t let that bring you down. Stay positive. Fitness is a journey. It’s always a journey, and you just have to stay positive the whole way and love yourself the whole way because that’s what it’s all about.
Lisa: That is so true. And I think that, again, accepting where your body is – and maybe you’re not meant to be skinny. I don’t think skinny is that healthy anyway unless you’re meant to be that way, right? I think it’s about being fit, about being strong, about feeling good in your skin, about being able to do the activities that you love. Now, on Talk Fitness Today, there will be lots of shows where we’re really focusing on building muscle. People who are already in the mix and who are already working out, but I think for people who are new to it, or they just want to get a little fitter, I think what you’re saying makes total sense. But even if you are trying to get bulkier, you still have to love yourself, right? Now, talk to us about your routine because like I mentioned in the beginning, you are amazing, and your muscles are beautiful. What do you do, Kenta? Take us through some of workout days.
Kenta: Well, thank you. It’s really always been a challenge for me to maintain any size because my genetics are much skinnier than what I’m really at. On top of that, I’m also a vegetarian, so it’s very hard for me to gain weight and also to maintain the muscle. I have to make sure I’m always taking my supplements. I have to make sure I’m always taking in a minimum calorie count per day. That was really the thing that changed it all for me, was finding out how many calories I need to be taking in a day. I found out I wasn’t eating enough. What I did was I wore one of those body trackers that found out how active you’re being a day or how many steps you’re taking a day, and I found out I was burning way more calories than I thought just from my active lifestyle. In order to gain weight, you have to be eating more than you’re burning, so I found out I need to be eating at least a thousand extra calories a day. For me, that just means a lot of extra shakes, a lot of extra protein, and just making sure that my calorie intake is balanced between my carbs, sugars, and fats – carbs, proteins, and fats.
Lisa: I’d love to have you back to have you talk about strength training and being a vegetarian. There’s a whole lot there. We’re definitely going to have to talk about that. Now, when you said supplements earlier – let’s talk about this because I’m going to ask you a bunch of questions now that I ask every guest. Let’s start with supplements – you brought it up. I would have brought it up because I think it’s important. What do you take?
Kenta: I’ve been taking multivitamins since the 7th grade.
Lisa: How cool [LAUGHTER].
Kenta: Yeah, since I was a kid I always – that’s why I became a vegetarian. I was thinking about just making sure I have my vitamins and minerals. I think a lot of people take a daily multivitamin, but it’s important to make sure that your multivitamin includes minerals, as well. You want to have your calcium and potassium and everything else in there as well, not just your vitamins A through D. Vitamins and minerals – I make sure I take that every day.
Let’s see, I take an extra iron just because as a vegetarian there’s not always a lot of iron in multivitamins, so you need to take an additional iron supplement, so I’ve always taken that. What else do I take? I take my BCAAs every day – Branched Chain Amino Acids – it just helps your muscles recover and function more properly because I do a lot of heavy lifting. I take that – it has some glutamine in it – I really take a lot of supplements, just in case. I’m always the kind of guy – you’re better off, why not? Especially if you’re taking good brands and making sure they’re from a healthy source and a pure source. Glutamine to help my muscles recover. I take probiotics just for your gut health and digestive function.
Lisa: Yeah, so important.
Kenta: Let’s see, what else do I take? I take my daily protein shake.
Lisa: Do you use a rice protein or pea protein? What do you use since you’re vegetarian?
Kenta: Well, I’m vegetarian, not vegan. I still do use whey.
Lisa: Oh, okay, yes.
Kenta: Oh my gosh. I was vegan for a full year, and that was so hard to maintain my weight during that time. God bless anyone that’s doing that. I know the struggle. Whenever I can, if there’s something that’s going on – protein that is non-whey, I go for it, but I prefer whey protein as my daily shake just because it’s shown the best results with my body. I do that about one to two a day. It’s a mass gainer shake, so they’re actually about 600 calories each shake, and that’s before I add any peanut butter, or fruit, or bananas, or anything like that to the actual shake. If I do one or two of those that’s at least 1500 calories extra a day, just from my shake, which is definitely what I need for my size.
Lisa: How many hours a day do you work out?
Kenta: Let’s see, on a good week, I go six days a week between an hour to an hour and a half – that’s my personal workout, not factoring in any classes I teach, or clients I’m training, or just any other general activity. My actual workouts themselves are an hour to an hour and a half. And then, sometimes I like to throw in a class, so maybe I’ll get an extra hour to an hour and a half of Yoga in there, kickboxing, stuff like that.
Lisa: And what’s your backstory? How did you get into fitness?
Kenta: Oh, wow, I’ve been into fitness since I was a kid. I got into Yoga when I was nine-years-old. My sister was doing Yoga, and I decided it looked really cool, and I just started practicing it with her. Not thinking about it, I started going to studios, practicing at studios, and – actually, one of my friends was teaching at a studio when I was about 16-years-old. She went on vacation last minute and was like, “I can’t go. Kenta, can you sub for me?” And I was like, “Well, I’m only 16, but okay.” I ended up subbing a Yoga class at 16, and I got really into it. I made it my senior project in high school -- was Yoga.
I started teaching it right out of high school, and from there, when you start doing Yoga classes, people start asking for private sessions. I started doing private Yoga sessions. I slowly started adding in dumbbells and balls, and before you knew it, I got certified as a personal trainer as well. I started doing personal training, and I was introduced to Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser, at the time. I was featured in some of her DVDs. She and I just hit it off really well. I’m still working with her to this day. It’s been over five years. I’ve been on so many of her DVDs, and I’ve been in a total of over a hundred different DVDs from different companies. I’ve been in a bunch of magazines, TV shows, so it’s been an awesome experience. It really has, and it’s still going.
Lisa: It sounds like it. What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given in terms of health and fitness?
Kenta: Oh, wow. Enjoy the journey, not just end result. There’s always ups and downs, and if you’re waiting for that end goal, you’re never going to be happy because it’s going to take – it’s always a journey. You may think you have it, but then something always inevitably comes up, and you may slip a little bit. You can’t let that bring you down. Still, remember that the entire journey of fitness is a process. It takes time, and you’re going to have ups and downs, and it’s going to be totally fine. Again, that’s why I’m all about just loving yourself because if you don’t then it’s just always going to be – it can be a really bad feeling. You don’t want fitness to be a bad thing in your life. Enjoy it and embrace it, and understand that there’s going to be ups and downs.
Lisa: If you’re looking for expert health and fitness tips you can trust, plus inspirational stories of mental and physical transformation, “What’s Good” is your new favorite spot online. On the road to becoming your best self, swing by WhatsGoodByVi.com for some helpful pointers. Okay, let’s get to our next question. What would you tell your younger self when you were first getting into fitness? I have a feeling it might be what you just talked about, but I don’t want to be presumptuous – about enjoying the journey, and not being too hard on yourself.
Kenta: Yeah, that really would be what I would say, is honestly just enjoy the journey and don’t be constantly just focusing on the end result. Again, enjoy every day, every day at the gym, every rep you’re doing. Enjoy the process.
Lisa: What was a turning point to take you to the next level? You had taught Yoga, you became a trainer, but then was it meeting Jillian or was it there was something in yourself? What brought you to that level?
Kenta: When I had heard from Jillian, and I had her people reach out to me asking me to be on her DVD, I was shocked at first because I always assumed fitness models are these shredded, ripped, perfect bodies. At the time, that’s just not where I thought I was. And then afterward, when I got in the industry, and I started to meet more people and understand how the industry works, I was like, “Actually, I’m not that bad” [LAUGHTER]. My body’s actually a lot better than I thought it was. I’m able to maintain it a lot more than I thought.
It’s more than just the physicality of it. It’s also how you are as a person and what you’re capable of doing -- and your form, your creativity – there’s so many other qualities to it, so I think it was just understanding that I’m more than my body and I have other qualities to bring to the table. When I embrace that, that’s when I really was able to go a little bit further with my career because I had more confidence in myself. Again, it comes right back to loving yourself. That’s when I really started to understand --
Lisa: I really like that.
Kenta: Yeah, that’s when I really started to understand what I was capable of doing and how far I could go.
Lisa: All right, Kenta, what’s in your gym bag?
Kenta: I always have my water. I always have that big – I have a Swell Bottle as in my big bottle of water in there. I always have a towel. I always have gliders just in case I want to do something different with my workout. They’re the easiest little things to throw in there to maybe slip into your workout. I have a jump rope –
Lisa: What is that – for people who aren’t familiar, what’s a glider?
Kenta: Gliders are just like little disks that you can slide around on the floor with.
Lisa: Oh, cool.
Kenta: You can use them on carpet or hardwood floors, and you can do anything from lunges to abs to squats -- any type of total body weight exercise on them. They’re a lot of fun. If you don’t have just the gliding disks themselves, you can use a paper plate on a carpet, or a towel on the floor just to slide around. It adds a different level of resistance, and it changes up your workout. I always have gliders. I always have a jump rope. It depends on where I’m going, but I always have bars. Oh, my gosh, yeah, of course. And I always need food, because you never know when you’re going just to need to throw something in your body. Every two to three hours I try to have something, so I always have something to eat.
Lisa: What are your favorite bars?
Kenta: I need – I like things that are organic or as healthy as possible, so just as pure ingredients as possible. I always look on the back and the less ingredients, the better because that way it’s much less processed. You can trust the ingredients. Generally, anything with nuts. I love a lot of nuts in them because it’s a higher protein count for me. Yeah, any type of bar, really. If I can, I like to get my hands on a really heavy calorie bar, too. If I can find one that’s 300 calories or more, I’ll take it. That’s for my goal [LAUGHTER].
Lisa: Oh, that’s a – yes.
Kenta: Definitely for my clients and other people I always recommend 150 or less in their bars. Always, a general rule of thumb, the less ingredients, the better and the more organic, the better.
Lisa: Yeah, I agree. If you could share just one more thing with the audience, what would it be?
Kenta: Take time sometimes, and just breathe. Slow down. Don’t be in such a rush. If you can, download a meditation app, or just take some time to just – whenever you can, sit down, close your eyes, breathe in and out through your nose. Calm yourself so that you can jump back into life with more zest and excitement and don’t be taking things too seriously. That applies to everything, especially in fitness and self-love.
Lisa: Oh, that’s fantastic. This has been so much fun. I love having you on. We’ve spoken before. Kenta, you’re such a good role model. Actually, I’m going to ask you one more question. What is your primary motivation?
Kenta: As a trainer or for myself?
Lisa: Yeah, for staying in shape and as a trainer – both.
Kenta: Well, as a trainer, my primary form of motivation is to pass on anything positive to other people. Whatever I’ve learned as a trainer – and there’s a lot of things – I try to get the most positive things that can help make the process easier and better for other people and just push that on to them. At least that way, I can help make the world a better place. I genuinely do mean that. I’ve seen how great fitness can be when it’s used right and when it’s done healthily. If I can help other people with that, I am all for it, so that’s in that sense.
And then, for myself, my primary motivation again, is just to be happy with myself as well. Again, it’s always a journey. There’s always different things to learn and different things to do and the more experience I get, the better I can be for myself so that I can be better for others.
Lisa: That’s awesome, Kenta. Tell us all the ways we can find you on social media.
Kenta: My biggest following is on Instagram. You can find me at Kenta Seki. You can find me on Facebook or Twitter, or my website, KentaSeki.com. If you want to work out with me, you can follow me on Fit Fusion. Fit Fusion is an app by Jillian Michaels. It’s on AppleTV. It’s also on Amazon, and it’s partnered with AT&T U-Verse and a bunch of other major companies. I have two workouts on there that you can follow along with me. That’s FitFusion.com.
Lisa: Oh, okay. I have got to check that out for sure. And I have Tweeted many of your little videos, and it’s really, really great. You do some really, really cool stuff with those weights and body weight exercises – all kinds of fun stuff to see. I want to thank everyone for listening to Talk Fitness Today. I’m having a blast. I hope you are too. Take what you learned, put it into action. Check us out on Twitter at TalkHealthy2Day. Thanks, so much, and stay well.
[END OF RECORDING] - Length (mins) 22:37
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- Host Lisa Davis, MPH
There is growing evidence that translating stressful events into written language improves both brain and immune system functions.
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File naturally_savvy/ns752.mp3
- Featured Speaker Liz Crocker, Author
- Book Title Transforming Memories Sharing Spontaneous Writing Using Loaded Words
- Guest Website Bull Publishing Company: Transforming Memories
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Guest Bio
Liz Crocker is the author of two children’s books and coauthored Privileged Presence: Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care. Her latest book, coauthored with Polly Bennell and Holly Book, is Transforming Memories: Sharing Spontaneous Writing Using Loaded Words.
She is the vice president of the Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care. - Length (mins) 17:33
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- Internal Notes repeat guest
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
From fertility issues waning libido, food can be a great method to overcome sexual health struggles.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File talk_healthy/tt109.mp3
- Featured Speaker Erin Macdonald, RDN
- Organization Clean Eating Magazine
- Book Title No Excuses! 50 Healthy Ways to ROCK Breakfast!
- Guest Website U Rock Girl!
- Guest Twitter Account @urockgirl
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Guest Bio
Erin Macdonald, RDN, has been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for 23 years. She is the co-founder of U Rock Girl!, a health and wellness website for women, providing information, recipes, products, and services to nourish the mind, body, and spirit.
Erin is the co-author of No Excuses! 50 Healthy Ways to ROCK Breakfast! This is the first published cookbook for U Rock Girl, featuring nutritious and delicious breakfast recipes that will prevent the excuse, "I can't eat breakfast because..."
She has been in private practice (Complete Wellness, NOW!) for 15 years, specializing in Adult and Pediatric Weight Management, Sports, Cardiovascular, Wellness, Gut Health, Food Sensitivities, and recipe development.
Erin sits on the Health Advisory Board of Clean Eating Magazine and co-writes a regular column, called “Ask the Dietitians.” In addition she writes for Oxygen Magazine and ACE Fitness. She has also been quoted in numerous magazines and online articles.
Erin has appeared on radio, television, and DVDs discussing various hot topics regarding nutrition, weight, and wellness. She has presented many lectures focusing on weight management, heart-healthy cooking, sports nutrition, blood sugar health, and pediatric nutrition, and writes a blog on health, nutrition, fitness, wellness, and motivation on www.URockGirl.com.
Passionate about cooking and recipe development, Erin teaches monthly cooking classes featuring original clean eating recipes. Cooking class information available at www.ErinMacdonaldRD.com.
Currently, Erin is a founding member of the Weight Management Dietetic Practice Group, as well as a member of the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN), Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIFM), and Nutrition Entrepreneurs (NE). She has extensive experience in wellness coaching, fitness training, and cooking.
Erin completed her post-baccalaureate in nutrition sciences from California State University, Los Angeles, and received a BA in psychology from UCLA.
Away from work, this native Los Angelino enjoys spending time with her husband and four sons, running, hiking, boxing, teaching cooking classes, and having fun. - Length (mins) 23:20
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