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Optimize Paleo by Paleovalley

Take control of your health by moving beyond the Paleo template and learning about cutting edge health strategies that really work. This podcast will give you tips and tricks from the mouths of experts and common folk alike who discovered exactly what it takes to THRIVE. Join Chas and Autumn Smith, loving and passionate husband and wife and founders of Paleovalley.com as they guide you on the journey to cultivate vibrant health and wellness.
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Now displaying: August, 2017
Aug 30, 2017

Today's podcast guest Tricia Nelson has alllll the answers. She is a recovering emotional eater, an Emotional Eating expert and Certified coach who presents who presents her 25 years of extensive research in her bestselling book, Heal Your Hunger. She and her husband, Roy Nelson (who you'll hear from next week!) have taken the world by storm helping thousands of people free themselves from the shackles of emotional eating and food addiction.

Her book was one of the best I've ever had the privilege of reading and it's not only for emotional eaters but people who just want to be AWESOME at life.This conversation will change the way you look at food (and yourself) forever!

Here's what you'll learn:

  • When she realized she was an emotional eater
  • How to tell if you're an emotional eater
  • Why we eat emotionally
  • Personality traits of those who eat emotionally
  • The ONE thing you must do to overcome emotional eating
  • Why most diets and emotional eating programs fail
  • 7 Steps for overcoming emotional eating (and being awesome at life!:)
  • What kinds of support system you need to overcome emotional eating
  • What communication has to do with emotional eating
  • A simple dietary strategy for overcoming emotional eating
  • Foods emotional eaters will want to eliminate
  • Healthy daily habits that prevent emotional eating
  • What "fathead" is and what to do about it
  • The one piece of advice Tricia thinks would help you most
  • And much more!
Aug 23, 2017

Kiran Krishnan is a Research Microbiologist and has been involved in the dietary supplement and nutrition market for the past 17 years. He comes from a strict research background having spent several years with hands-on R&D in the fields of molecular medicine and microbiology at the University of Iowa. Kiran also established a Clinical Research Organization where he designed and conducted dozens of human clinical trials in human nutrition.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • The movie that made Kiran become a microbiologist
  • The most shocking and important findings of The Human Microbiome Project
  • Why microbiologists are suddenly the cool kids on the block
  • The leading cause of mortality worldwide and how to fix it
  • The reason his probiotic is the MOST paleo probiotic on the market
  • Where probiotics are derived and why it matters
  • Why most probiotics on the market are made by marketers
  • The shortcomings of most probiotics
  • What characterizes a great probiotic
  • One probiotic that is changing the game for many people (including healing leaky gut!)
  • Why rotating your probiotics isn't necessary
  • Why eating our beef sticks is a VERY good idea
  • 4 ways to cultivate gut health today
  • Where you should shop to find foods that promote bacterial diversity
  • How to take a probiotic to avoid adverse reactions
  • The one piece of advice Kiran wished he had known 20 years ago
  • And much more!
Aug 16, 2017

Greg, a natural health specialist based in the U.K., watched his wife suffer from debilitating IBD. Greg's wife is living proof and in today's podcast, you'll hear all about what they did to transform her health when there were no other options! IBD is an autoimmune condition, so the gems in this conversation will apply to all autoimmune sufferers (and those who'd like to prevent them!)

Here's what you'll learn:

  • What is IBD?
  • How many people are suffering today?
  • The limitations of the conventional approach
  • How his wife put her IBD into remission after years of suffering
  • The commonly prescribed medication that can increase your risk of cancer
  • Whether or not surgery is useful
  • What percentage of people who have surgery still have flare ups
  • The difference between Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis
  • How IBD is diagnosed
  • Why most doctors believe diet doesn't play a role in IBD (but why IBD sufferers disagree)
  • The most important (and little known) factor to address for IBD remission
  • What foods commonly trigger IBD
  • The 3 most common factors contributing to IBD
  • Why multiple food sensitivities are often a sign of something deeper
  • The 3 most common causes of multiple food sensitivities
  • How to conduct an elimination diet
  • The little-known food that many Crohn's sufferers shouldn't eat
  • Which test he always recommends
  • Why he discourages IgG testing in the beginning stages of IBD treatment
  • The 2 biggest mistakes most people make when treating IBD
  • Why stress is such a huge issue in IBD
  • How to reduce stress
  • Why your beliefs (and those of your doctor) often determine your outcome
  • Why he hopes Donald Trump writes a self-help book
  • Why he admires Arnold Schwarzennegar
  • How to change your belief systems
  • The morning routine he uses to get his day started off on the right food
  • My 5 minute morning routine
  • And much more!
Aug 9, 2017

My husband and I have run into Todd several times selling his sugar-free wine at health conferences. I was initially VERY skeptical of his "too-good-to-be-true," claims especially because I believe excess sugar consumption is public health enemy #1.

  • Is SUGAR-FREE wine even possible?
  • Was he actually testing EACH bottle of wine?
  • What about his blood sugar response?
  • Was he testing that, too?

Turns out he was.Todd is fanatical about high-quality wine AND health. In fact, his desire to drink wine often and have life-long health is why he founded his company. He literally tests every wine to ensure it is truly SUGAR-free! He's also been in ketosis for over 3 years while drinking a bottle of wine each day.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • Why Todd is to bring high-quality wine back to the market
  • The many issues with conventional wines
  • What percentage of American wines are made by the top 3 companies (this will SHOCK you!)
  • How to drink wine without a hangover
  • Why wines don't have a nutritional label
  • Problematic additives found in most wines
  • The problem with ORGANIC wines
  • The dangerous mycotoxin that our government doesn't test for (but Todd does)
  • Why your teeth get purple when you drink wine (and why it's bad!)
  • The REAL benefit of wine drinking (spoiler alert: it's not about resveratrol!)
  • How irrigation changes the health properties of wine
  • Why conventional wines are harming the environment
  • How his wines are SUGAR and carb free! (yes, your dream just came true)
  • Why the wine industry is a lot like the beef industry
  • The problem with most of the yeast used to make wine
  • Where he sources his wine
  • Why it's important to drink low alcohol wine
  • Why the amount of alcohol listed on your wine label may be inaccurate
  • How to choose healthy wines at a restaurant
  • How to have truly healthy wine delivered to your doorstep
  • How to keep burning fat even when you still drink wine
  • How to get a bottle of high-quality wine for 1 cent!
  • And much more!
Aug 2, 2017

Fortunately, today you can hear allll what IS actually responsible for most heart attacks and heart disease with medical doctor, founding board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation and author of Human Heart Cosmic Heart, Dr. Cowan. And trust me, if you love your heart (and the hearts of your family and friends <3) you NEED to hear what he has to say. I've done several podcasts about how to prevent heart disease, but this one is awesomely different.

Here are some of the tantalizing tidbits you're in for...

  • Why Dr. Cowan became fascinated by the heart
  • Why he believes plaque buildup does not cause heart disease (in most cases)
  • What does cause heart attacks 90% of the time
  • Why diabetes is evidence that we're wrong about heart disease
  • What we can do to reduce our risk of heart disease
  • The natural medication that everyone with heart disease (or who wants to prevent it) NEEDS to know about and where to get it
  • What vagal tone is and why it's important for heart health
  • Simple ways to improve vagal tone
  • Why nose breathing is good for your heart
  • The little-known supplement that can improve heart health
  • The preferred fuel for the heart
  • A simple at home test for assessing your heart disease risk
  • How much work you should do each week for best results
  • How to eat to prevent or reverse heart disease
  • A simple dietary trick that improves heart health
  • Whether or not strict ketosis is necessary for heart health
  • Why your heart is more than just an organ
  • The shocking thing that happens to those who have heart transplants
  • The #1 thing Dr. Cowan thinks you should do to prevent heart disease
  • And much more!
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