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I believe that deepening your understanding of your physiology, the very science that makes you who you are, is the best thing you can do to optimize your health, bolster your performance, look your best, and enjoy a longer and more fulfilling lifespan. I call this “physiological intuition,” and to me, it’s a human right.

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How to use Biometric Data as the Backbone of Your Intuition

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Dr. Ricardo Komotar: Live like a Neurosurgeon | A Day in the Life of a Neurosurgeon and How to Optimize Your Brain Health

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Dr. Ricardo Komotar: Live like a Neurosurgeon | A Day in the Life of a Neurosurgeon and How to Optimize Your Brain Health

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Today, you’ll hear from Dr. Ricardo Komotar, a Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine and an internationally recognized leader in the field of brain tumors. He performs nearly 800 procedures for these conditions each year using advanced, cutting-edge surgical and radio-surgical techniques; making him one of the highest volume […]

Andrés Preschel: Physiology for Dummies | A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Human Physiology and Health with Dr. Ricardo Komotar

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Andrés Preschel: Physiology for Dummies | A Beginner's Guide to Understanding Human Physiology and Health with Dr. Ricardo Komotar

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In today’s special episode you’ll hear our very own Andrés Preschel stepping behind the microphone to be interviewed by Dr. Rick Komotar for his podcast, The Crossover. Dr. Komotar is a Neurosurgeon at Columbia University Medical Center and is the Director of the Brain Tumor Initiative as well as the Brain Tumor Fellowship Program. Tuning […]

Kevin Bass, MD/PhDc: Scientific Influencers and Misinformation | How to Identify and Combat Misinformation in Science

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Kevin Bass, MD/PhDc: Scientific Influencers and Misinformation | How to Identify and Combat Misinformation in Science

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When it comes to nutritional science and social media it can be uniquely challenging to differentiate fact from hype. Here today, to help us unpack the topic of scientific influencers and misinformation is Kevin Bass, an MD and Ph.D. student, and founder of The Diet Wars, a site dedicated to upholding evidence-based nutritional research and […]

Wade Lightheart: Magnesium Breakthrough and Health Optimization | The Benefits of Magnesium and How to Optimize Your Health

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Wade Lightheart: Magnesium Breakthrough and Health Optimization | The Benefits of Magnesium and How to Optimize Your Health

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Today’s guest, Wade Lightheart; author, athlete, nutritionist, and expert on fixing digestion. Wade is a three-time Canadian bodybuilding champion, who competed as a vegetarian. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on natural nutrition and training methods. After competing in Mr. Universe, and his health failed him, Wade began to search for answers and […]

Leigh Erin Connealy, MD: Environmental Toxins, Updated Medicine, and Cancer | The Latest Research on Environmental Toxins, Medicine, and Cancer Prevention

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Leigh Erin Connealy, MD: Environmental Toxins, Updated Medicine, and Cancer | The Latest Research on Environmental Toxins, Medicine, and Cancer Prevention

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Your health is not only of significance and importance to just you. Self-care is not selfish, self-care is the new healthcare and it’s vital in life and in our communities. Today’s guest is Leigh Erin Connealy, M.D., who is a prominent leader in the field of Integrative and Functional Medical. She utilizes the best of […]

Joel Greene: Gut Bacteria, Insulin, Personality Types, Young Muscle, and more | Cutting-Edge Research on Gut Health and Optimization

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Joel Greene: Gut Bacteria, Insulin, Personality Types, Young Muscle, and more | Cutting-Edge Research on Gut Health and Optimization

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It’s incredible how you can have a conversation with someone that’s almost 2 hours long, and still feel like you could keep talking! Joel Greene is the CEO of VEEP Nutrition, author of The Immunity Code, and one of the original proponents for prioritizing the gut microbiome (to mention just a few of his many […]

Azure Grant, PhD: Circadian Rhythms, Chronobiology, and Interoception | How to Optimize Your Health with Circadian Rhythms and Interoception

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Azure Grant, PhD: Circadian Rhythms, Chronobiology, and Interoception | How to Optimize Your Health with Circadian Rhythms and Interoception

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Today, we are joined by well-versed physiologist, Azure Grant, Ph.D. to talk about all things circadian and ultradian rhythms, melatonin, sleep optimization, hormones, and more! Azure has a specialization in chronobiology and studies the connections between metabolism, reproduction, and the autonomic nervous system (ANS). In this episode, we touch on everything from the science behind […]

Cata Rozo: Functional Nutrition: Gut Health, Healing, and Hormones | How to Improve Your Health through Functional Nutrition

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Cata Rozo: Functional Nutrition: Gut Health, Healing, and Hormones | How to Improve Your Health through Functional Nutrition

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One of the major benefits of a functional approach to health and wellness is that it allows us to treat systemic issues from the root cause, rather than with interventions that have side effects. Talking to us today about how she became a functional nutritionist, and why she is so passionate about the field, is […]

Dr. Jay Wiles: The Physiology of Interoception and HRV Subjectivity | Understanding the Mind-Body Connection and HRV Subjectivity

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Dr. Jay Wiles: The Physiology of Interoception and HRV Subjectivity | Understanding the Mind-Body Connection and HRV Subjectivity

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A common myth about heart rate variability (HRV) is that the greater it is, the healthier you are… Breaking down why this is not the case, is Dr. Jay Wiles, an expert in applied psychophysiology and heart rate variability, and founder of Hanu Health. We start the episode with a discussion around how Jay and […]

Andrés Preschel in the Hotseat for EPISODE 50! Ft. Parker Sloan

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Andrés Preschel in the Hotseat for EPISODE 50! Ft. Parker Sloan

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To celebrate the 50th episode of the Know Your Physio podcast, Andrés Preschel takes the hot seat! His amazing partner, Parker Sloan Leiro, AKA “The Rolling Sloan” takes over to ask all the pressing questions. We hear all about KYP’s goal to make science sexy and accessible, and the immense value that Andrés has gained […]

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“the mind-body connection is our ability to understand how our emotional and psychological states affect the physiological state within our body”

Nadeya Hassan Founder and CEO at Zaya, Ep. 25

“I realized there's a certain kind of magic to life that science can't explain but can't deny exists.”

Sarah Turner Head of Science at Sarah Thrive, Ep. 26

“I work with typically entrepreneurs and high performing professionals on a one to one basis to help them optimize their life so that they can go out and change the world.”

Boomer Anderson Deputy CEO at Smarter, Not Harder Inc., Ep. 24

“Believe it or not, fish oil helps maintain your moisture hydration and your skin elasticity.”

Dr. Azza Halim Antiaging Expert, Ep. 23

“Creative people often have a hard time falling asleep. One is that the creative mind is so busy, but also that they tend to have late schedules if they're artists.”

Per Bristow Peak Performance Coach, Ep. 22

“I find that a lot of times people know what steps they need to take to be healthy. It's just a matter of removing the obstacles that are preventing them from getting there.”

James Quandahl Author, Speaker & Performance Coach, Ep.21

“The takeaway was the ability to maintain that intensity over a lifetime.”

Idan Ravin Elite Level Performance Coach, Ep.20

“If we optimize the environment for the musculoskeletal system to be maximally functional and thriving then we can not only maximize lifespan but we can also maximize health span.”

Alan Aragon Researcher, Ep. 39

“There's an epidemic of disconnection from the symptoms your body is trying to tell you.”

Jessie Inchauspé Biochemist, Ep. 35

“This year is going to be a big breakthrough year for healthcare in general. Not just in the US but in other countries, we're really starting to see the changes in the winds. The healthcare system we've had for decades might finally become more focused on preventative health.”

Chuck Hazzard Wearable Device Expert, Ep. 40

“The people closest to you are the hardest to change.”

Brian Sanders Filmmaker Food Lies, Ep. 41

“Lifestyle is essentially the best medication that I'm taking right now.”

Dr. Moisés Roizental Harvard-trained Interventional Radiologist and Vascular Specialist, Ep. 42

“I call [algae] a super-duper food because it’s way more than a superfood.”

Catharine Arnston CEO of ENERGYbits Inc., Ep. 43

“Mastery in life has to come through consciousness. We have to go beyond our mind.”

Nick Becskehazy Yogi, Ep. 44

“If you simply want to set yourself up for best practices, you have to do things that are easy, and you also have to do things that are manageable and duplicable. Sometimes we get caught up in trying to do too much.”

Joshua Holland Health Optimization Coach, Ep. 46

“Your partner is there to help you get more out of yourself, to help you recognize things in you that you haven’t seen before.”

Greg Bennett Olympic Triathlete, Ep. 47

“Your purpose triumphs your fear.”

Natasha Dasaro Yogi, Ep. 48

“Touch overrides some of the overstimulating effects of other frequencies around us.”

Dr. David Rabin Psychiatrist, Ep. 49

“It’s all good and well to have this data, but I say that data is secondary. I think that self-report or qualitative feel, our subjective experience is our primary indicator of how we’re doing.”

Dr. Jay Wiles Applied Psychophysiologist, Ep. 51

“That was my ‘Aha moment’, that I noticed how important is what we put in our body. It’s not only the food we put in our body but the environment that we live in. The toxins that we are exposed to.”

Cata Rozo Functional Nutritionist, Ep. 52

“People are healthier when they have stable oscillations.”

Azure Grant, Ph.D. Chronobiologist, Ep. 53

“Stillness is the rarest commodity now, and it’s in stillness and silence where all the answers are.”

Joel Greene CEO of VEEP Nutrition, Author of The Immunity Code, Ep. 54

“I always tell people: energy precedes action.”

Leigh Erin Connealy Integrative and Functional Medicine Doctor, Ep.55

“The average person in North America is excessively deficient in magnesium, because it hasn’t been in our soil for the last 80 years.”

Wade Lightheart 3x Canadian Bodybuilding Champion, EP. 56

“We could make a system of information that has a lot more integrity, that doesn't necessarily need to be moderated or regulated by some sort of external authority. But because of the way the incentive structure is set up, it could work better to produce more signal and less noise.”

Kevin Bass Founder of The Diet Wars, EP. 57

“When you do what you love, you’re going to [be happy]. If you’re happy, you’re energetic, you want to do more, you want to work harder. If you do what you don’t love and you’re unhappy, that translates into the rest of your life; your workout, your diet, your sleep habits.”

Dr. Ricardo Komotar Professor of Neurological Surgery at The University of Miami, Ep. 59

“I don’t know one leader who is not doing a daily practice in order to keep their stress levels at bay.”

Alexandra Laws Peak Performance Coach, Ep. 38

“Half of the problem is sugar. So, reducing the sugar, you get one benefit. Raising the ketones is the other benefit.”

Frank Llosa CEO and Founder of KetoneAid Inc, Ep. 36

“Whatever you’re into, I’m not here to judge. It’s just first being honest and asking the question: what is it that you actually want and desire and what is fulfilling to you?”

Aaron Alexander Author of The Align Method Ep. 35

“The female biorhythm is the greatest biohack and a leg up that only women have that sets them apart, and can really help them to become great leaders or have more success.”

Kayla Osterhoff Women’s Health Expert, Ep. 34

“Early treatment markedly reduces hospitalization and death. This is the most important thing because all of the other measures that are applied – masking and vaccines – a lot of them are applied to people who aren’t [ever going] to get the virus.”

Dr. Peter McCullough Cardiologist, Ep. 33

“The human body is a light-emitting machine. In this time of the pandemic, we didn’t get any hugs. We were isolated, so we’re starving for this infrared connection.”

Dr. Joe DiDuro Diplomat of the American Board of Chiropractic Neurologists, Ep. 32

“Before changing something, you have to love it first. If you're going to change something out of resentment [for] yourself or because you don't like yourself, the product of that change isn't going to be the highest.”

Luis Palomeras Body Builder, Ep. 31

“If I was to say what’s the most important function, I would say sleep quality is number one. But sleep quality is influenced by how you breathe. So, you cannot isolate the two of them.”

Patrick McKeown Breathing Coach, Ep. 30

“When you have a son, you realize you have a lot less time than you thought, and that time needs to count.”

Augusto (Tuto) Marolla Expert Biohacker, Ep.29

“Don’t take it too seriously. No supplement is going to make you live longer. Nail down the fundamentals and start to increase the relationships in your life. Start to take an audit of your relationships; which ones are serving you, which ones are not?”

Anthony Benedettini Sales Consultant at BiOptimizers, Ep.28

“Creation is what we are here for. That creation could be a little being; or multiple. You could have children. That is a form of creation. Another form of creation is having a podcast,a business, or writing a book. All of those are forms of creation.”

Dasha Maximov Former COO at The Health Optimisation Summit,Ep.27

“the sooner you can stop eating, let blood sugar stabilize, generally, the better you're going to sleep.”

Dr. Jay Khorsandi Sleep Expert, Ep.19

“a big indicator that GForces were coming on was when I started to lose color in my vision.”

Captain Robert K. Federal (Former US Navy Fighter Pilot, Ep.18

“experience is necessary to add emotional understanding to intellectual belief.”

Dr. Julia Mirer Psilocybin Expert, Ep.17

“As you're breathing out, you're turning on the parasympathetic or you're setting what's called vagal tone, which is a nerve that runs through the whole nervous system that causes you to turn on that healing brain that turns off the fight or flight.”

Dr. Patrick Porter CEO Brain Tap, Ep. 16

“The benefits of the exercise comes from the heat. And if you go into an exercise session with a lower body temperature, then you can push yourself further.”

Siim Land Author The Immunity Fix, Ep. 15

“Honestly, I think the full longevity thing is, how would I say it's not a farce, but it's a lot of hypotheses generating BS because you're going to have to live a lifetime to even figure out if this hypothesis is true.”

Dr. Spencer Nadolsky The Doc Who Lifts, Ep.13

“It's very important to educate people. It takes time. It's easier to just sell melatonin.”

Ella Davar Antiaging Nutritionist, Ep.12

“The misconception comes from the fact that a sick kidney will spill protein into the urine. It's just not filtering the protein, but it doesn't mean the protein has broken the kidney. It just means the kidney is not doing its job.”

Dr. Shawn Baker The Carnivore Diet, Ep. 11

“magnesium is the mineral that allows the parasympathetic to take hold of the nervous system.”

Zach Loewenstein Biohack Zach, Ep. 10

“finding the right chocolate maker and the right team to execute and bring this vision to life, of taking two superfoods, dates and cacao and creating this incredible chocolate was a much harder task than what I thought it would be.”

Yaniv Simpson CEO of the Conscious Bar, Ep. 9

“99% of US seafood is sustainable seafood. So, if you see something when you're at the grocery store, just look for something that says produce in the USA. Seriously, because there was a legislative act, it was called a Magnus in Stevens Act from the 1970’s and essentially prevents the overfishing of any fish stock of any group of fish.”

Kabir Parker Marine Biologist, Ep.7

“the HP axis is the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. Basically, this is an interconnection within our brain that controls our stress response, and it can be very effective to help us fight or flee from threat.”

Dr. Jay T. Wiles HRV Expert, Ep.5

“I just didn't pay much attention to the critics because I knew they would always be there.”

Idan Ravin NBA Trainer, Ep. 4

“The future that I would like to see is what we were talking about with remote patient monitoring. We should have these subsidized in our health care. This should be available to every American and beyond.”

Kevin Longoria Chief Science Officer Biostrap, Ep. 3

“Part of the reason why we became human is because we became fearless and we were able to sweat.”

Dr. James DiNicolantonio Author, The Salt Fix, Ep.2

“By flattening your glucose curves in the short term, you're going to get a lot of really amazing benefits, like instantly your mood will be better, you'll sleep better, have fewer cravings, less like big hunger spikes.”

Jessie Inchauspe Glucose Goddess, Ep.1

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