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In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am tackling a topic that has left an indelible mark on the world: the COVID-19 pandemic. As we navigate through new variants and climbing cases, it's crucial to unravel the reasons why so many Americans got so sick and died during the pandemic. We dig into the questions of why we as a nation were so susceptible to COVID-19’s deadly effects. I also explore why and how Functional Medicine steps in where conventional approaches stumble.

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In this episode, I discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Why the U.S. had some of the worst COVID-19 outcomes (7:07 / 5:24)
• The conventional medicine approach to the COVID-19 pandemic (25:46 / 22:41)
• My take on COVID vaccines (28:30 / 25:25)
• Optimizing our immune system to prevent serious infection and disease (39:09 / 36:04)
• Preventing and recovering from illness using diet and lifestyle (47:19 / 44:14)
• Supplements to support your immune system during cold and flu season (57:00 / 53:55)
• Strategies for COVID infection and exposure (59:34 / 56:29)
• Long-COVID (1:02:51 / 59:46)

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Magnesium is a critical mineral that is responsible for more than 600 enzyme reactions in the body, yet most people are not getting enough of it. Magnesium is critical for your cells to make energy, for many different chemical pumps to work, to stabilize membranes, and to help muscles relax. Essentially, anything that is tight, irritable, crampy, or stiff—whether it is a body part or even a mood—can be a sign of low levels of magnesium, and magnesium deficiency has even been linked to inflammation in the body and higher CRP levels. 

In today’s episode of a new series I’m calling Know Your Numbers, I dive deep into magnesium. I discuss why millions of people suffer with undetected magnesium deficiency, how conventional medicine misses the mark in measuring magnesium levels, how Functional Medicine treats magnesium deficiency, and much more.

You can test your magnesium levels with Function Health, a company I co-founded. It has been a lifelong dream for me. Function is the first-ever membership that includes 100+ lab tests and personalized insights from globally renowned doctors based on your results. Join Function at FunctionHealth.com.

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Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Symptoms of magnesium deficiency (5:23 / 3:25)
• Why is magnesium deficiency a problem? (6:19 / 4:21)
• Testing magnesium levels (7:27 / 5:29)
• How magnesium works in the body (8:45 / 6:47)
• Why magnesium deficiency is so prevalent (11:46 / 9:48)
• The Functional Medicine approach to measuring magnesium levels (16:14 / 14:16)
• Root causes of and conditions related to magnesium deficiency (17:48 / 15:50)
• Addressing magnesium deficiency (23:27 / 21:29)

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In the US alone, 70% of Americans have either deficient or suboptimal levels of vitamin D. This is a massive problem given vitamin D's impact on our health and its effects on our gene regulation and expression. Vitamin D also regulates calcium and supports the functioning of the immune system, making it one of the most important biological compounds in the body. 

In today’s episode of a new series I’m calling Know Your Numbers, I dive deep into vitamin D. I discuss why vitamin D deficiency is a problem, how conventional medicine misses the mark in measuring vitamin D levels, how Functional Medicine treats vitamin D deficiency, and much more.

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Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Why vitamin D deficiency is a problem (5:49 / 3:31)
• What is vitamin D and what does it do in the body? (6:24 / 4:06)
• “Normal” vs. optimal vitamin D references ranges (9:03 / 6:45)
• How much vitamin D should you take? (15:06 / 12:48)
• Root causes of low levels of vitamin D (17:23 / 15:05)
• Testing your vitamin D with the 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 test (26:04 / 23:46)
• Symptoms of and diseases associated with vitamin D deficiency (26:27 / 24:09)
• Addressing vitamin D deficiency with diet, lifestyle and supplementation (42:53 / 40:35)

References for research mentioned in this episode can be found here.

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Up to 90 percent of the population have an inadequate intake of vitamin D and around 40 percent are deficient. Vitamin D, which works closely with magnesium, is a steroid hormone and is critical for proper immune function. It also helps support healthy inflammation levels and is important for supporting bone health, improving mood, reducing cancer risk, and reducing the severity of illnesses, including respiratory illnesses.

In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. Elizabeth Boham and Max Lugavere about why your vitamin D level matters and how to increase it.

Dr. Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing.

Max Lugavere is a health and science journalist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, now published in 10 languages around the globe. His sophomore book, also a bestseller, is called The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary. Max is the host of a number one iTunes health and wellness podcast called The Genius Life. His new cookbook, Genius Kitchen, just hit the shelves. Max appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show, The Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. He has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, CNN, and The Daily Beast and has been featured on NBC’s Nightly News and The Today Show and in the New York Times and People magazine. He is an internationally sought-after speaker and has given talks at South by Southwest, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Biohacker Summit in Stockholm, Sweden, and many others.

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Full-length episodes of these interviews can be found here:

Do You Need to Take Vitamin D?

Supplements: Useful or Useless?

How to Fix Your Brain and Live a Genius Life

Underweight, Overtired, and Malnourished: How to Get Your Health Back on Track

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Unfortunately, while almost never diagnosed, vitamin D deficiency affects over half of the population and has been linked to many cancers, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic muscle pain, bone loss, and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. Vitamin D is almost totally absent from our food supply, and vitamin D deficiencies are the hidden cause of so much suffering—yet it is so easy to treat. 

In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I talk about vitamin D deficiency, share my top strategies for optimal sun safety this summer, and much more.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• Sun exposure, cancer, and oxidative stress (3:20 / 00:50)
• Why we need vitamin D (4:40 / 3:26) 
• Vitamin D deficiency (5:05 / 4:12) 
• Optimal vitamin D levels and doses (7:34 / 5:35) 
• How your body makes vitamin D (10:59 / 9:19)
• Supplementing with vitamin D (12:29 / 10:53) 
• Protecting your skin from the sun (14:25 / 12:46) 
• Strategies for optimal sun safety (16:20 / 15:03) 

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⁣⁣NAD has been popping up everywhere, and for good reason. It’s a fundamental driver of our health and longevity, and we’re now learning how boosting NAD levels might offset and improve the effects of aging. 

On today’s episode, I’m excited to talk to Dr. Andrew Salzman all about NAD—how it is a key component involved in mitochondrial production, and is a critical substrate for several enzymes, including sirtuins, which play key roles in healthy aging, weight management, metabolic syndrome, and metabolism.

Dr. Salzman is a physician, inventor, professor, and biomedical entrepreneur. Dr. Salzman received his medical degree from Harvard University and has spent decades in drug discovery and development, raising over $165M in NIH grants for research. In addition to 50 patents, Dr. Salzman is credited with a breakthrough discovery in cellular DNA repair, which led to the world's first clinical application for successfully treating breast cancer caused by mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Millions of patients are benefiting from discoveries by Dr. Salzman in areas including mitochondrial health, gastrointestinal microbiota, damage caused by inflammation and oxidative stress to human cells and DNA, autoimmune disease, and cancer.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

• How NAD helps us produce energy (5:00 / 3:04) 
• The science behind how NAD impacts health and longevity (10:08 / 8:15) 
• The role NAD plays in maintaining health (16:27 / 13:26) 
• NAD’s multiple functions (23:46 / 21:18) 
• Preserving NAD levels (30:34 / 27:47) 
• Where NAD is made in the body (34:53 / 30:35)  
• How NAD benefits sleep (41:17 / 37:04) 
• Do NMN and NAD cause cancer? (47:12 / 42:57) 
• Research on NMN in humans (50:23 / 46:07) 
• The difference between NMN and NR (1:00:54 / 51:55) 

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This week's Addicted to Fitness explores the ancient, somewhat controversial practice of using urine as a health supplement. Based on a recent conversation overheard in the sauna, Nick and Shannon research the beginnings of urine therapy, the alleged health benefits, the potential detrimental side effects, and how modern supplements/medications have minimized the need for this ancient tradition. Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast. Give it a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a rating & review in Apple Podcasts.

This week's Addicted to Fitness features an interview with the lead scientist of The Amino Co, Dr. Robert Wolfe. Dr. Wolfe has run over 65 marathons, published over 450 peer-reviewed research articles, holds 14 patents, and is the professor of geriatrics at University of Arkansas Medical School. Nick and Dr. Wolfe discuss how essential amino acid supplemention can minimize the deterioration of muscle in the absence of exercise, reduce the brain's preception of fatigue during a workout, replace broken down muscle fibers, and increase resting energy expediture. If you'd like to connect with Dr. Wolfe, you can contact him at aminoco.com/contact. 

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Follow the podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast. Give it a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a rating & review in Apple Podcasts. Like & Follow the Addicted to Fitness Podcast Facebook page (Facebook.com/addictedtofitnesspodcast). Follow Nick & Elemental Training Tampa on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ElementalTampa) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/ettampa/) to participate in free live workouts.

This week's Addicted to Fitness features a discussion about very popular topic associated with gut health. Nick and Shannon describe the difference between probiotics and prebiotics, which food sources provide probiotics and prebiotics, and what you need to consider if you're interested in using a probiotic and/or prebiotic supplement. Follow the newly created podcast profile on Instagram @TheATFPodcast. Give it a listen and let us know what you think by leaving a rating & review in Apple Podcasts.