257 episodes

Join best-selling author and actress Melanie Avalon as she interviews today's leading health and wellness experts, going beyond the fads to bring you all the biohacking tips, tricks, and techniques to effortlessly upgrade your body, brain, and life. Because why not live awesome? You got this! Theme Music by Narek Mirzaei, Artwork by Barbara McGregor

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast Melanie Avalon

    • Health & Fitness

Join best-selling author and actress Melanie Avalon as she interviews today's leading health and wellness experts, going beyond the fads to bring you all the biohacking tips, tricks, and techniques to effortlessly upgrade your body, brain, and life. Because why not live awesome? You got this! Theme Music by Narek Mirzaei, Artwork by Barbara McGregor

    #256 - Max Lugavere: Little Empty Boxes, Preventing Alzheimer’s And Cognitive Decline, Ketogenic Diets, Optimizing Protein & Weight Training, Family Member Health Issues, Environmental Pollutants & Toxins, Genetic Alzheimer's Risks, And More!

    #256 - Max Lugavere: Little Empty Boxes, Preventing Alzheimer’s And Cognitive Decline, Ketogenic Diets, Optimizing Protein & Weight Training, Family Member Health Issues, Environmental Pollutants & Toxins, Genetic Alzheimer's Risks, And More!

    GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/littleemptyboxes
    IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook group for a weekly episode giveaway, and to discuss and learn about all things biohacking! All conversations welcome!
    Follow Melanie on Instagram to see the latest moments, products, and #allthethings! @melanieavalon
    AVALONX SPIRULINA: Spirulina is being formulated now! AvalonX supplements are free of toxic fillers and common allergens (including wheat, rice, gluten, dairy, shellfish, nuts, soy, eggs, and yeast), tested to be free of heavy metals and mold, and triple-tested for purity and potency. Get on the email list to stay up to date with all the special offers and news about Melanie's new supplements at avalonx.us/emaillist! Get 10% off avalonx.us and mdlogichealth.com with the code MELANIEAVALON!
    Text AVALONX to 877-861-8318 for a one-time 20% off code for avalonx.us
    FOOD SENSE GUIDE: Get Melanie's app to tackle your food sensitivities! Food Sense includes a searchable catalog of 300+ foods, revealing their gluten, fodmap, lectin, histamine, amine, glutamate, oxalate, salicylate, sulfite, and thiol status. Food Sense also includes compound overviews, reactions to look for, lists of foods high and low in them, the ability to create your own personal lists, and more!
    Stay up to date with all the news on the new EMF collaboration with R Blank and get the launch specials exclusively at melanieavalon.com/emfemaillist!
    The making of Max's documentary
    The meaning of empty little boxes
    The journey of diet to fight Alzheimer's
    Type 3 diabetes, is it causative?
    Environmental pollutants and toxins
    Genetic testing for variants
    Familial hypercholesterolemia
    Does medicine even help?
    How late is too late?
    The ketogenic diet
    The menopausal shift
    Optimizing protein and weight training
    The importance of insulin sensitivity
    Is the vegan diet optimal?
    Blue zones and misrepresenting the diets of the population
    Meat eaters and epidemiology
    Intermittent fasting
    Is there an upper limit of protein?

    • 1 hr 30 min
    #255 - Dr. Mindy Pelz: Fast Like A Girl, Balancing Hormones, Quitting Food Buddies, Fixing Perimenopause & Menopause Symptoms, Fasting For Your Cycle, Maximizing Fertility, Gut & Microbiome Repair, Balancing Autophagy & MTOR, And More!

    #255 - Dr. Mindy Pelz: Fast Like A Girl, Balancing Hormones, Quitting Food Buddies, Fixing Perimenopause & Menopause Symptoms, Fasting For Your Cycle, Maximizing Fertility, Gut & Microbiome Repair, Balancing Autophagy & MTOR, And More!

    GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/girlfasting
    IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook group for a weekly episode giveaway, and to discuss and learn about all things biohacking! All conversations welcome!
    Follow Melanie on Instagram to see the latest moments, products, and #allthethings! @melanieavalon
    AVALONX SPIRULINA: Spirulina is being formulated now! AvalonX supplements are free of toxic fillers and common allergens (including wheat, rice, gluten, dairy, shellfish, nuts, soy, eggs, and yeast), tested to be free of heavy metals and mold, and triple-tested for purity and potency. Get on the email list to stay up to date with all the special offers and news about Melanie's new supplements at avalonx.us/emaillist! Get 10% off avalonx.us and mdlogichealth.com with the code MELANIEAVALON!
    Text AVALONX to 877-861-8318 for a one-time 20% off code for avalonx.us
    FOOD SENSE GUIDE: Get Melanie's app to tackle your food sensitivities! Food Sense includes a searchable catalog of 300+ foods, revealing their gluten, fodmap, lectin, histamine, amine, glutamate, oxalate, salicylate, sulfite, and thiol status. Food Sense also includes compound overviews, reactions to look for, lists of foods high and low in them, the ability to create your own personal lists, and more!
    Stay up to date with all the news on the new EMF collaboration with R Blank and get the launch specials exclusively at melanieavalon.com/emfemaillist!
    LMNT: For fasting or low-carb diets electrolytes are key for relieving hunger, cramps, headaches, tiredness, and dizziness. With no sugar, artificial ingredients, coloring, and only 2 grams of carbs per packet, try LMNT for complete and total hydration. For a limited time go to drinklmnt.com/melanieavalon to get a sample pack with any purchase!
    Fast Like a Girl: A Woman’s Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy, and Balance Hormones
    The Menopause Reset: Get Rid of Your Symptoms and Feel Like Your Younger Self Again
    Mindy's background
    The timeline of fasting
    Personalizing the metabolic switch
    The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast Episode #115 - Valter Longo, Ph.D.
    Protein intake causing weight gain
    Fasting as gut repair
    SIBO
    Fermented Foods
    Carnivore Fasting 
    The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast Episode #220 - Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
    Autophagy mTor balancing
    Fasting concerns
    The problem with food buddies
    Cycling your fast for your period
    Fertility
    Hormonal hand off around 40yo
    Stress and menopause symptoms
    Fasting as a healing tool
    Reducing fast length after ovulation
    GLP-1 inhibitors

    • 1 hr 21 min
    #254 - Dr. Peter Martone: Optimal Sleeping Position, The Neck Nest, Improving Sleep Quality, Posture Correction, Psychological Safety, Back Pain Reduction, Side Sleeping Vs. Back Sleeping, And More!

    #254 - Dr. Peter Martone: Optimal Sleeping Position, The Neck Nest, Improving Sleep Quality, Posture Correction, Psychological Safety, Back Pain Reduction, Side Sleeping Vs. Back Sleeping, And More!

    GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/neck
    IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook group for a weekly episode giveaway, and to discuss and learn about all things biohacking! All conversations welcome!
    Follow Melanie on Instagram to see the latest moments, products, and #allthethings! @melanieavalon
    AVALONX SPIRULINA: Spirulina is being formulated now! AvalonX supplements are free of toxic fillers and common allergens (including wheat, rice, gluten, dairy, shellfish, nuts, soy, eggs, and yeast), tested to be free of heavy metals and mold, and triple-tested for purity and potency. Get on the email list to stay up to date with all the special offers and news about Melanie's new supplements at avalonx.us/emaillist! Get 10% off avalonx.us and mdlogichealth.com with the code MELANIEAVALON!
    Text AVALONX to 877-861-8318 for a one-time 20% off code for avalonx.us
    FOOD SENSE GUIDE: Get Melanie's app to tackle your food sensitivities! Food Sense includes a searchable catalog of 300+ foods, revealing their gluten, fodmap, lectin, histamine, amine, glutamate, oxalate, salicylate, sulfite, and thiol status. Food Sense also includes compound overviews, reactions to look for, lists of foods high and low in them, the ability to create your own personal lists, and more!
    Stay up to date with all the news on the new EMF collaboration with R Blank and get the launch specials exclusively at melanieavalon.com/emfemaillist!
    Peter's background
    Neck vs. body positioning
    Fetal position
    Animal sleeping positions
    Side Sleeping
    Sleeping on a full stomach
    Autonomic nervous system
    Elevating while sleeping
    Sense of safety
    Sleep studies
    Go to drsleepright.com to take the sleep assessment!
    Remember yourself to sleep

    • 57 min
    #253 - Brittany Masters & Jonathan Sepp: Bison Vs. Beef Benefits, Roam Free Ranch, Regenerative Farming, Homesteading & Ranching, Organic Label Problems, Environmental Impact of Ruminates, Grass-Fed Bison Nutrition, And More!

    #253 - Brittany Masters & Jonathan Sepp: Bison Vs. Beef Benefits, Roam Free Ranch, Regenerative Farming, Homesteading & Ranching, Organic Label Problems, Environmental Impact of Ruminates, Grass-Fed Bison Nutrition, And More!

    GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/roamfree
    IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook group for a weekly episode giveaway, and to discuss and learn about all things biohacking! All conversations welcome!
    Follow Melanie on Instagram to see the latest moments, products, and #allthethings! @melanieavalon
    AVALONX SPIRULINA: Spirulina is being formulated now! AvalonX supplements are free of toxic fillers and common allergens (including wheat, rice, gluten, dairy, shellfish, nuts, soy, eggs, and yeast), tested to be free of heavy metals and mold, and triple-tested for purity and potency. Get on the email list to stay up to date with all the special offers and news about Melanie's new supplements at avalonx.us/emaillist! Get 10% off avalonx.us and mdlogichealth.com with the code MELANIEAVALON!
    Text AVALONX to 877-861-8318 for a one-time 20% off code for avalonx.us
    FOOD SENSE GUIDE: Get Melanie's app to tackle your food sensitivities! Food Sense includes a searchable catalog of 300+ foods, revealing their gluten, fodmap, lectin, histamine, amine, glutamate, oxalate, salicylate, sulfite, and thiol status. Food Sense also includes compound overviews, reactions to look for, lists of foods high and low in them, the ability to create your own personal lists, and more!
    Stay up to date with all the news on the new EMF collaboration with R Blank and get the launch specials exclusively at melanieavalon.com/emfemaillist!
    LMNT: For fasting or low-carb diets electrolytes are key for relieving hunger, cramps, headaches, tiredness, and dizziness. With no sugar, artificial ingredients, coloring, and only 2 grams of carbs per packet, try LMNT for complete and total hydration. For a limited time go to drinklmnt.com/melanieavalon to get a sample pack with any purchase!
    Brittany and Jonathan's background
    Bison Bison Bison
    Bison vs. cattle
    Manifest Destiny and the bison population
    Roam Free Ranch
    Raising ruminates vs. growing crops for food
    Is regenerative agriculture sustainable?
    Can anyone start a ranch?
    Grocery store organic labeling
    How they began the ranch
    Branding
    Costco partnership
    Nutritional content of bison
    Where to buy their products
     ORDER PREMIUM GRASS-FED BISON
    Visit the ranch!

    • 1 hr 23 min
    #252 - Nathan Price, PhD and Leroy Hood, MD, PhD: The Age Of Scientific Wellness, Genome Sequencing, Genetic Risks Vs. Lifestyle Risks, Alzheimer's & Anti-Amyloid Therapies, Disease Processes, Direct To Consumer Testing, And More!

    #252 - Nathan Price, PhD and Leroy Hood, MD, PhD: The Age Of Scientific Wellness, Genome Sequencing, Genetic Risks Vs. Lifestyle Risks, Alzheimer's & Anti-Amyloid Therapies, Disease Processes, Direct To Consumer Testing, And More!

    GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/scientificwellness
    IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook group for a weekly episode giveaway, and to discuss and learn about all things biohacking! All conversations welcome!
    Follow Melanie on Instagram to see the latest moments, products, and #allthethings! @melanieavalon
    AVALONX SPIRULINA: Spirulina is being formulated now! AvalonX supplements are free of toxic fillers and common allergens (including wheat, rice, gluten, dairy, shellfish, nuts, soy, eggs, and yeast), tested to be free of heavy metals and mold, and triple-tested for purity and potency. Get on the email list to stay up to date with all the special offers and news about Melanie's new supplements at avalonx.us/emaillist! Get 10% off avalonx.us and mdlogichealth.com with the code MELANIEAVALON!
    Text AVALONX to 877-861-8318 for a one-time 20% off code for avalonx.us
    FOOD SENSE GUIDE: Get Melanie's app to tackle your food sensitivities! Food Sense includes a searchable catalog of 300+ foods, revealing their gluten, fodmap, lectin, histamine, amine, glutamate, oxalate, salicylate, sulfite, and thiol status. Food Sense also includes compound overviews, reactions to look for, lists of foods high and low in them, the ability to create your own personal lists, and more!
    Stay up to date with all the news on the new EMF collaboration with R Blank and get the launch specials exclusively at melanieavalon.com/emfemaillist!
    The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands
    Leroy and Nathan's backstory
    Data driven health
    Are pharmaceuticals or lifestyle better for preventing disease?
    The parts vs. the whole; systems biology
    P4 Medicine
    Common blood panels
    Optimizing your health for longevity
    Genetic risk vs. lifestyle risks
    When does disease really start?
    Alzheimer's Disease
    APOE4
    The problem with anti-amyloid therapies
    Skewing trial data and biasing outcomes
    Direct to consumer testing
    AI's role in healthcare diagnostics
    Dr. Hood and Dr. Price's current work

    • 1 hr 33 min
    #251 - Roudy Nassif: Blue Light Blocking Glasses Problems, Mastering Sleep & Energy, The Dangers of Artificial Light, Digestive Circadian Rhythm, Sunglasses & Sunburn, Full Spectrum Light Benefits, Combatting Anxiety & Depression, And More!

    #251 - Roudy Nassif: Blue Light Blocking Glasses Problems, Mastering Sleep & Energy, The Dangers of Artificial Light, Digestive Circadian Rhythm, Sunglasses & Sunburn, Full Spectrum Light Benefits, Combatting Anxiety & Depression, And More!

    GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/bluelightglasses
    IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook group for a weekly episode giveaway, and to discuss and learn about all things biohacking! All conversations welcome!
    Follow Melanie on Instagram to see the latest moments, products, and #allthethings! @melanieavalon
    AVALONX SPIRULINA: Spirulina is being formulated now! AvalonX supplements are free of toxic fillers and common allergens (including wheat, rice, gluten, dairy, shellfish, nuts, soy, eggs, and yeast), tested to be free of heavy metals and mold, and triple-tested for purity and potency. Get on the email list to stay up to date with all the special offers and news about Melanie's new supplements at avalonx.us/emaillist! Get 10% off avalonx.us and mdlogichealth.com with the code MELANIEAVALON!
    Text AVALONX to 877-861-8318 for a one-time 20% off code for avalonx.us
    FOOD SENSE GUIDE: Get Melanie's app to tackle your food sensitivities! Food Sense includes a searchable catalog of 300+ foods, revealing their gluten, fodmap, lectin, histamine, amine, glutamate, oxalate, salicylate, sulfite, and thiol status. Food Sense also includes compound overviews, reactions to look for, lists of foods high and low in them, the ability to create your own personal lists, and more!
    Stay up to date with all the news on the new EMF collaboration with R Blank and get the launch specials exclusively at melanieavalon.com/emfemaillist!
    LMNT: For fasting or low-carb diets electrolytes are key for relieving hunger, cramps, headaches, tiredness, and dizziness. With no sugar, artificial ingredients, coloring, and only 2 grams of carbs per packet, try LMNT for complete and total hydration. For a limited time go to drinklmnt.com/melanieavalon to get a sample pack with any purchase!
    Go to melanieavalon.com/vivarays and use the coupon code MELANIEAVALON for 10% off site wide!
    Artificial light is killing us
    Woofing
    Identifying as unfocused and depressed
    How light exposure can go wrong
    Red, blue, & full spectrum light
    Blue light harmonizing glasses
    Melanin
    Light in our eyes and on our skin
    Creating the glasses
    The problem with clear blue blockers
    3 in 1 lens technology
    The circadian rhythm of digestion
    Early eaters vs. late eaters
    Different sleep wake cycles
    Two types of melatonin

    • 1 hr 39 min

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