Nutrition Episodes

In this episode of the Healthy Team Healthy Business podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Torkil Færø, Norwegian general practitioner, emergency physician, author of the best-selling book The Pulse Cure, and expert in heart rate variability (HRV) and wearable health tech. Dr. Færø explains how HRV is one of the most powerful biomarkers we have for understanding the body's response to stress, sleep, food, alcohol, exercise, and more. Using wearables like the Garmin watch, Oura Ring, and WHOOP band, he s...

Amy Eiges is a health coach and reformed chronic dieter who is passionate about helping others recover from the diet-binge-gain-shame cycle she struggled with for years. Since discovering ketogenic and low-carb lifestyle, she has lost over 200 pounds and has both reversed pre-diabetes and resolved lifelong depression. “When I was just starting out, facing 200 pounds to lose seemed insurmountable, and the idea I would ever be where I am now was unfathomable. Know this: I am not extraordinary. I j...

The 2nd Annual Healthy Team Healthy Business Wellness Summit is just around the corner on Jan 16, 2025. Have you registered yet? Our inaugural event in 2024 was a great success and this year we have strived make it even better. Our lineup of speakers and the topics we're covering will not be found in any events like this in our region. We have world renowned experts in topics from body mechanics, ancestral health, sensory development, mineral analysis, yoga, and more. Also a curated lunch menu t...

We always enjoy the opportunity to talk business and health and this episode was full of both topics! Sylvia Tabor healed herself from some significant health issues (physical and mental) using the carnviore diet and couldn't find a portable, shelf stable food to help her continue her journey. Using her mechanical engineering background, personal drive, and perseverance, she created what is now her brand Carnivore Snax. From growing a company, moving across the country, nearly losing it all, Syl...

Gut health, circadian rhythm, fat loss, all of these and more are in Amanda Carneiro's coaching practice. Amanda has been coaching for 15years or so now and helps her clients get past chronic issues, lose weight, improve sleep and just feel and perform better. She's done extensive studying in analyzing labs, patterns in symptoms, gut issues and more. We had a great discussion about staying on plan while traveling, resetting your body with natural light, getting enough protei...

The Muscle Maven, Ashleigh Van Houten joined us for a really fun talk about all things wellness as a mom, entrepreneur, podcaster, author and coach. We touched on all of those topics during our show and we got some great insight from Ashleigh on her journey to where she is today. Our listeners will gain some good knowledge on taking your time post-partum, learning to allow yourself to eat enough food (especially protein), and building in time for yourself. We got to briefly talk about her books ...

Happy Whole You is a holistic healing service operated by Dr. Anna Marie Frank. Her vast experience overcoming her own mental health and other issues drove her pursuit of learning, earning her PhD in Natural Medicine. She has two centers, one in Raleigh, NC and one in Bakersfield, CA. She talked about her approach to looking at 'mindset' rather than mental health and integrating bio-feedback with her assessments to really get a good feel for everything that's going on with her patients. Dr. Fran...

Hearing Christopher's story puts things in perspective. From the age of 5, he had severe health issues that were never effectively treated, even managed until he figured out his own path to recovery in his late 30's. Now Christopher helps others with chronic illness, pain, often things his clients haven't been able to solve with conventional Western medicine. He also has expanded to health optimization for those just needing to fine tune their health. All of what he do...

Ann and John Fox of Fox Urban Farms joined us today to share their new hydroponic produce growing operation located in Winchester, VA. With a background in convenience stores and food service, the Fox's were suited for this next venture and found urban agriculture to be their next business. After spending time finding a location, checking local regulations, getting the infrastructure going, they planted the first seeds in Dec 2022!! They sell anything from micro greens to edible flowers, herbs, ...

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is currently a physician in the WV School of Medicine and is soon transitioning to the VA Medical system where he hopes to scale up his obesity medicine work. He served 29yrs in the Air Force. Dr. Mark has come to understand the mechanics of the foot and through that passion opened his own shoe store in Ranson, WV called Two River Treads. He speaks so clearly about the health issues facing our nation and they're mostly fixable!! We'll definitely keep following Dr. Cucuzzella ...

Rachel Gregory is a health coach, fitness enthusiast, podcast host/co-host and really a fun person to talk to! She has a data driven but workable approach to her coaching and lots of experience helping folks who have already tried things like keto or paleo or constant calorie restriction but don't see the results they want. Goals could be anything from weightloss, specific health problems, just feeling better, body composition, etc. Rachel talked about her typical client (mostly women, many Type...

Brian Sanders has spent the past several years working on the most comprehensive video production out there on the problems with the modern food system and all of its tangled webs. He's been interviewing doctors, ranchers, anthropologists, nutrition experts and he's traveled the world for this film. Today Brian shared some of his time to talk about what he's learned and how he's going to tell the story he calls Food Lies. Brian has an amazing podcast called Peak Human where he interviews experts...

Homesteading is more and more popular and given the uncertainty in today's world, it might be something to consider. So today we were joined by Emily Tomko who, with no background in agriculture or even gardening, has found her way to feeding her family from what they grow. She even shared how a recent meal was almost entirely made from things grown on their homestead. They milk goats, raise crops, chickens, cattle, and have found a never-ending community of support. I...

Did you know raw milk is really tough to get in most of the country? Did you know how great it is for human consumption yet it is basically not allowed? These are things that our guests Luke and Tommy are trying to make sure more people know about. They're doing it in a creative way by using a fun tagline and great marketing. While doing that, they're living what they're talking about. Both are working on a farm in Southern VA, and working toward having their own place someday. Hear us dive into...

Today's guest, Mike Bruce, really put healing the body with food into perspective for us. Right away, after explaining how his own journey of natural healing and discovering true satiety at age 26 for the first time, you can hear in Mike's voice a passion for discovery and humbleness about allowing food to put the body where it wants to be. From eating cake-top sandwiches as a kid to being told by an Australian on vacation about 'Paleo mate' to eating raw turkey breast, Mike's jou...

Health coach and dietician Stacie Haaga chatted with us today and shared her insights from several years of coaching as well as her prior career in food marketing. Stacie has a great view of the nutrition and wellness space because, like many coaches, she gets the people who thought they had already tried everything. In addition to her coaching practice, Stacie helps in some clinical trials by helping the participants navigate nutrition during the program. She also does corporate wellness progra...

Robert Sikes of KetoSavage fame joined us today. Robert is a ketogenic bodybuilder and has just released a book describing his methodology for getting stage ready using a strict ketogenic diet approach. His book Ketogenic Bodybuilding spells it all out in amazing detail. Robert also is an entrepreneur and created a food product called KetoBrick! He couldn't find a shelf-stable food that had the nutrient profile he wanted to have handy during show prep, so he created his own. He tells a bit of th...

We're really excited to share this discussion about direct primary care (similar to concierge care) and our great guest Kelly Botta. Kelly is a PA and left her traditional medicine job after growing more and more frustrated with the inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of the legacy medical system and wanting to find ways to spend more quality time with her young daughters and her husband. Charting after the kids were in bed just to keep up wasn't cutting it. So she found dire...