Five Questions With Dr. Joseph Mercola
MEET DR. MERCOLA
Dr. Mercola is an osteopathic physician, multiple New York Times best-selling author and one of the largest voices challenging traditional health care. In 1997 he created his website, which is not only one of the largest resources on holistic healing available on the web, but also a great place to find trusted and effective natural products to help you achieve optimal health.
On this week's episode we invited Dr. Mercola to speak with us on few questions concerning some of the common health challenges that people face today. The keto diet, leaky gut and how to repair the gut, sleep and insomnia, how to prevent common illness and what to take when you’re already ill, and how to extend your life.
SOME TOPICS WE DISCUSSED:
What is the keto diet and how to do it well? (6:00)
What are the benefits of intermittent fasting? (11:38)
How does keto impact cholesterol? (15:10)
What is leaky gut and what can we do about it? (19:00)
Sleep, Insomnia and EMF (24:28)
How to prevent illness and favorite immune boosting supplements? (33:30)
Your internal clock and extending your life. (39:43)
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:
Some people’s bodies are not designed to do the keto diet or fast. (10:14)
Compress your eating window. (13:27)
EMFs interact with our body to produce significant oxidative stress. (26:57)
You need to address the fundamentals of health before you expect to have great health or see improvements from treatments. (30:35)
Vitamin C supplementation through food is ideal unless you’re sick, then supplementation is the way to go. (34:45)
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