The Made to Thrive Show

Steve Stavs

Optimising your mind, body and soul. Hosted by Steve Stavs, Africa's Pro Biohacker, Health Futurist, and founder of www.madetothrive.co.za.

  1. 2D AGO

    Heart Disease is the #1 Killer: Why Most Cardiologist Visits Feel Like a Time Machine – And the AI Breakthrough Detecting Deadly Soft Plaque (Not the Hard Plaque Your CAC Score Shows) with Dr. John Osborne, M.D., Ph.D.

    Walking into a cardiologist appointment is more often than not walking into a time machine. Not only the discussions about disproven risks but unfortunately the outdated tools and technology that have little to no predictive or preventative potential. The worst part is the technology exists that can identify to the microscopic level the type of plague actually causal to more than 80% of heart-attacks! That’s what Dr Osborne and ClearCardio are doing right now. Dr. John Osborne is a cardiologist and the founding director of State of the Heart Cardiology, with a strong focus on preventive and non-invasive cardiovascular care. He holds an M.D. magna cum laude, a Ph.D. in cardiovascular physiology, and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Uniquely board-certified across multiple disciplines, his work spans metabolic health, cardiovascular genetics, and advanced cardiac imaging. Dr. Osborne has received the American Heart Association’s Cardiac Care Provider of the Year award. He is also the founder of ClearCardio™, where he is advancing proactive heart health through the use of AI-driven diagnostics and personalized care. Contact: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@ClearCardio Website - https://clearcardio.com Join us as we explore: Why EKGs and CAC scores offer far less than advertised.Why so much that happens in a cardiologists office are 20th century tools, and why ClearCardio’s cutting-edge AI biotech offers lifesaving  preventative potential.AI’s ability to identify and quantify plague  to the 10th of a cubic millimeter!CT vs MR, the different types of arterial plague (hard, soft, lipid rich, active) , why 86% of heart attacks will never show up on your CAC scoreWhy strokes and heart disease are far more connected than appreciated, and how the cholesterol story has misguided us.Why blood markers like hsCRP are far more critical to understanding cardiovascular disease than even I appreciated.Mentions Product - OMRON, https://omronhealthcare.com/products/evolv-wireless-upper-arm-blood-pressure-monitor-bp7000 Test - Cleerly, https://cleerlyhealth.com Support the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

    1h 10m

  2. APR 29

    Building a Sharp Brain at 75: How AI-Powered Microhabits Are Beating the Attention & Dementia Crisis with Thoryn Stephens

    Driving action from data. That’s what Thoryn believes is the secret to the success of brain.one, his evidence based, adaptive AI powered brain fitness platform. And a peptide one too. Again, AI is changing the game in real-time. The future is now. When algorithms can index 100 million studies seamlessly the future of health is truly radical. Thoryn Stephens is a leading expert in neurotechnology, longevity, and analytics, specializing in data architecture, consumer insights, behavioral analytics, and systems optimization. He is the founder of BRAIN.ONE, a pioneering brain fitness platform featuring the world’s most extensive collection of brain health microhabits and protocols. Contact: Website - https://brain.one/profile/THORYN  Join us as we explore: The attention span and dementia crises, and brain protocols anyone can take on to protect their mental performance and cognitive health.A strong brain at 75 years old is built from microhabits you start in your 20s and 30s. Why brain.one is now working with WAVi.Why multiomics are providing the insight once expected from genetics, and Thoryn applying the same evidence based principles and crowd sourced protocols for peptides.Using AI algorithms to index 100 million research papers to customize your optimal health journey.Mentions Research - Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission, Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission Livingston, Gill et al. The Lancet, Volume 404, Issue 10452, 572 - 628 Products - WAVi, https://wavimed.com  Organization - Neurorights Foundation, https://www.neurorightsfoundation.org  Website - peptides.one, https://peptides.one Person - Kayla Barnes-Lentz, https://www.kaylabarnes.com Support the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

    52 min

  3. APR 22

    Swimming Against the Current from Day One: Saving Our Kids’ Brains & Nervous Systems in a Toxic World with Dr. Stephanie Rimka, BA, DC, BCN

    Dr. Stephanie Rimka paints a bleak picture of why babies born into the modern, urban world are swimming against the current from day one. 350 chemicals in their bodies. Protein bars and pesticides. Microplastics.  Digital dementia. All of this leading to dysregulated nervous systems and anxiety soaked brains. We have to do something. And that’s what Dr Rimka is doing - spread the message, educate the masses and do something to save our kids and the generations to come. As founder and CEO of Brain and Body Solutions, Dr. Stephanie Rimka, BA, DC, BCN is a nationally board-certified Doctor of Chiropractic and Board-Certified Neurofeedback Therapist with over two decades of experience helping individuals optimize brain function, metabolic health, and overall performance.  Get her new book RECEIVE, including a free masterclass here:  https://yoursoulbeautiful.com/the-gifts You can also join and become a member or take one of Dr Rimka’s courses: https://drrimka.com/courses Contact: Website - https://drrimka.com Instagram - @dr_rimka Join us as we explore: Why more and more children are born from day 1 with on average 350 chemicals in their bodiesWhy it’s called the “vagus” nerve, and why vagal tone is fundamental to holistic health.The 13 main data points Dr Rimka tests for brain health and cognitive functionWhy over-diagnosis for ADHD, ADD and OCD is incentivized, and how we are making our kids drug addictsSound therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, homeschooling, listening to birds and so much more.Mentions Tests - BCIA, https://www.bcia.org  Tests - ISNR, https://isnr.org Products - David Delight, https://mindalive.com/products/david-delight Person - Mary Ruddick, https://www.maryruddick.com Product - Hoolest, https://hoolest.com Product - VieLight, https://www.vielight.com  Product - UNYTE, https://integratedlistening.com  Support the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

    1h 13m

  4. APR 8

    Why 90% of Disease is Entirely Preventable: The Power of Florence AI with Guy Leitersdorf

    There’s no doubt about it - AI is going to change the game of medicine, health and longevity. And Florence AI could be it. Working alongside your physician, for you the patient, Florence is the most curated, intentional health AI agent I have come across. Having exclusive access to some of the most contiguous medical data around, and able to not only give specific personal advice but within the context of relevant medical legislation, Florence has been developed to give humanity 10 billion years of healthy living. Guy Leitersdorf is the Founder and CEO of Longevity AI, a digital health company using artificial intelligence to transform preventive healthcare and personalized longevity medicine aiming to give humanity 10 billion years of healthy life. He previously led AI at ironSource and now works with major healthcare organizations to help predict and prevent chronic disease using real-time biomarker and behavioral data. Guy also lectures in medical entrepreneurship at Tel Aviv University and is a strategic advisor in precision medicine.   Contact: Website - https://www.longevity-ai.com Join us as we explore: If Florence is the most sophisticated health AI agent right now, able to tailor-make assessment and intervention strategies based on individualized data as well as the patient’s medical regulatory environment.Why 80% to 90% of diseased years are entirely preventable!How Guy and Longevity-AI have engineered Florence to avoid “hallucinations”.Calculating a clinical-grade biological age.Longevity-AI’s consideration on security, privacy and data integrity.Support the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

    45 min

  5. APR 1

    The Super Body Blueprint: Reversing Muscle Loss, SIBO, and Brain Fog with Dr. William Davis, MD

    From super gut to super body. One of my favorite guests, Dr William Davis, is back on the podcast to explain why our microbiome is inextricably linked to the body. We discuss probiotics, SIBO, the most game-changing microbes for brain health and for muscle gain and other strategies to create the super gut we need to create the super body we need to live healthier and longer. Get his new book SUPER BODY here: https://drdavisinfinitehealth.com/2026/01/what-is-a-super-body/ Dr. William Davis is a cardiologist and New York Times #1 bestselling author of the Wheat Belly book series. He is Medical Director and founder of the Infinite Health program including the Infinite Health Inner Circle. He is Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of Realize Therapeutics Corp. that is developing innovative solutions for the disrupted human microbiome and author of the book Super Gut. Contact: Website - https://drdavisinfinitehealth.com   Join us as we explore: Why commercial probiotics largely have minimal positive impact.SIBO yoghurt, why Dr Davis suspects environmental pollutants as a main source of recurrent and/or treatment resistant SIBO, and how addressing SIBO is often at the root of insulin resistance, visceral fat and hormonal imbalances.The best microbe cultures for brain health and mental performance, and the power of hyaluronic acid.Why losing weight by losing muscle is a health “disaster”, the muscular impact of reuteri and why a $7 dynamometer provides priceless longevity insights.“Vagina yoghurt”, and success with childbirth and child health outcomes.Mentions Product - AIRE, https://foodmarble.com/store/  Products - Oxiceutics ,https://www.oxiceutics.com Data - NHANES, https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/ Study - The Look AHEAD Trial: A Review and Discussion Of Its Outcomes, Pi-Sunyer X. The Look AHEAD Trial: A Review and Discussion Of Its Outcomes. Curr Nutr Rep. 2014 Dec;3(4):387-391. doi: 10.1007/s13668-014-0099-x. PMID: 25729633; PMCID: PMC4339027. Products - Martha Carlin, https://biotiquest.com  Support the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

    1h 3m

  6. MAR 25

    The Death of Modern Science, the Cult of Dogma, and Restoring Health Through the New Biology of Water with Dr. Tom Cowan, MD

    Are we progressing in health and wellness? Or is so much of what we are looking for in the simplicity of the past and the design of nature? We live in a complex and messy and yes toxic world, so what do we do about it? Today I talk to Dr Tom Cowan again, a man who himself says he can’t believe the things he is saying now after spending the last decades dissecting scientific and medical claims taken as dogma. Dr Tom Cowan is a well-known alternative medicine doctor, author, and speaker, with a common-sense, holistic approach to health and wellness. He has given countless lectures and workshops throughout the U.S. on a variety of subjects in health and medicine and is the author of six books. Recent publications include “The Contagion Myth,” co-authored by Sally Fallon Morell, “Cancer and the New Biology of Water” and “Human Heart, Cosmic Heart.” Contact: Website - https://newbiologyclinic.com Website - https://www.drcowansgarden.com  Website - https://drtomcowan.com  Join us as we explore: New biology clinic, why it exists, who it was designed for and why its origin stems from Dr Cowan’s pursuit of the scientific method. How Albert Einstein killed science, atomism and the “cult of the bouncing billiard ball”Water as the foundation of life and health and electromagnetic medicine as the fix of 80% of disease.If it’s possible to be healthy in a modern, urban city?Toxicity and how to detoxSupport the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

    59 min

  7. MAR 20

    From Fake Freedom to Full Flow: Unlock 10+ Hours/Week, Master Your MTP & Engineer the Life You Actually Want with Dr. Ann Tsung, MD

    Are you living fake freedom? One of my biggest realizations with productivity expert Dr Ann Tsung was that - many of us are stuck in stage 3 of the time freedom cycle and treading water in fake time freedom. The question then is - how do we escape it and start living a life of more freedom and more flow and what are the habits, the values, the mindset and the tools we can employ to become time transcenders.  Ann Tsung MD is a NASA Flight Surgeon, Critical Care/Emergency Medicine physician, peak performance/productivity coach at Productivity MD, real estate investor, podcast show host of Productivity MD, and a mother of a 19-month-old. With a unique fusion of medical precision and entrepreneurial success, she guides top physician entrepreneurs to unlock over 10 hours a week, master their mindset, scale their businesses, and achieve unparalleled freedom and leadership excellence. Contact: Website - https://www.productivitymd.com/ Instagram - @anntsungmd Join us as we explore: The performance masterclass - why it’s critical to know our baseline data, liquid biopsies, DEXA, Vo2Max and more.True freedom, freedom’s relationship to time and the 5 stages of time freedom, the flow cycle and how to life a high flow state life.Fake time freedom, and the biggest productivity mistake.The mindset and psychology of freedom, why we all need to know MTP and “engineering out distraction”.Habits and practices for improved performance, self-awareness and self-discovery.Mentions Link - 5 Stages to Time Freedom, https://www.skool.com/time-and-energy-mastery-3331/about App - Freedom, https://www.freedom.to Support the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

    50 min

  8. MAR 11

    Parkinson’s is Preventable: The Toxic Chemicals Causing 6 Million Cases, AI-Powered Prevention & How to End the Disease Forever with Dr. Ray Dorsey, MD/MBA

    Parkinson’s is not a function of aging, it is not a genetic disease and it is a human caused disease that is entirely preventable. That’s what the research is showing and what Parkinson’s expert and advocate Dr Ray Dorsey is on a mission to communicate to the world. Parkinson’s disease is the downstream effect of the indiscriminate, criminal and unnecessary use of neurotoxic chemicals we are spraying on our food, spraying on our sport fields, using in our dry-cleaning and breathing in the air.  Dr. Ray Dorsey is a neurologist, researcher, and internationally recognized leader in Parkinson’s disease care, prevention, and health-care innovation. He holds a BS from Stanford University and a joint MD/MBA from the University of Pennsylvania (Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton). Currently, Dr. Dorsey is a practicing neurologist at Atria and Director of Atria’s Center for the Brain & the Environment, a nonprofit research initiative focused on identifying and preventing environmental causes of neurodegenerative disease, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, raised over $60 million in research funding, and was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change. A leading voice for prevention-focused medicine, he is the author of Ending Parkinson’s Disease and the forthcoming The Parkinson’s Plan, and remains committed to reimagining how brain health is protected across the lifespan. Knowledge is power. Learn how we are going to stop Parkinson’s with Dr Dorsey’s books: www.pdplan.org Contact: Website - www.pdplan.org Instagram - @raydorseymd  Join us as we explore: How Parkinson’s exploded from 6 to 6 million cases in just a few centuries, Why Parkinson’s is all about the chemicals in our food, water and air, NOT GENETICS and is a PREVENTABLE disease.How to live well despite a Parkinson’s diagnosis, the danger of golf courses and the most dangerous Parkinson’s chemicals.The link to the microbiome and predictive diagnostics techniques using data science and AI.Mentions: Person - Dr Caroline Tanner, https://www.michaeljfox.org/researcher/caroline-tanner-md-phd  Book - Silent Spring, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring Organization - Atria, https://www.atria.org Support the show Follow Steve's socials: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok Support the show on Patreon: As much as we love doing it, there are costs involved and any contribution will allow us to keep going and keep finding the best guests in the world to share their health expertise with you. I’d be grateful and feel so blessed by your support: https://www.patreon.com/MadeToThriveShow Send me a WhatsApp to +27 64 871 0308. Disclaimer: Please see the link for our disclaimer policy for all of our content: https://madetothrive.co.za/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy/

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Optimising your mind, body and soul. Hosted by Steve Stavs, Africa's Pro Biohacker, Health Futurist, and founder of www.madetothrive.co.za.

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  • Creator
    Steve Stavs
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    307
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Made to Thrive
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    The Made to Thrive Show

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