664: Your Healthiest Brain with Dr. Sui H. Wong

I struggled with chronic sleep deprivation for more than a decade. During that time, I'd fall asleep in the barber's chair. If I was talking on the phone while in bed, I'd pass out in the middle of th...

7 Nov 201854min

Mark Lukach's wife spent nearly two months in total in psychiatric wards during three different bipolar episodes. Mental illness appeared seemingly out of nowhere with suicidal thoughts, delusions, an...

31 Okt 201846min

Have you ever heard someone blame their weight gain on a 'slow metabolism?' It sounds logical, but what does it mean exactly? What is considered 'slow?' When we talk about metabolic health, it's impor...

24 Okt 201841min

If you can balance well, your yoga practice is more fun, you're faster and nimbler, and you might even live longer. Sound far-fetched? Check it out: falls are the second leading cause of accidental or...

18 Okt 201843min

Everyone has some area of their life where they feel totally stuck, and it usually falls into one of three categories: health, wealthy, or relationships. It's very rare that all three of those areas o...

10 Okt 201844min

A little girl named Charlotte was having as many as 300 seizures a week, some lasting as long as 30 minutes. Her body was frail, her health was suffering, and her parents were at their wits' end. Afte...

3 Okt 201856min

Recently, my friend returned from a family member's funeral 8 lbs heavier and asked, "What's going on?" Weight gain from stress can be clinically explained by a few different mechanisms. There is emot...

26 Sep 201839min

I receive questions from listeners every day. On this week's Q&A show, I'll answer a few of them, with topics ranging from flexibility for seniors and what technically breaks a fast to Xylitol and Vit...

19 Sep 201835min