134: Dr. Sanjiv Chopra - Coffee, Exercise, Vitamin D, Nuts & Meditation... The Big Five
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Sanjiv Chopra is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He's a best selling author and a sought after motivational speaker throughout the United States and abroad. Sanjiv has written a number of books including his joint memoir with his brother Deepak Chopra called Brotherhood and The Big Five which is the subject of today's interview.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Yes, coffee is good for you!
- How to lengthen your telomeres
- The dark side of coffee
- Sanjiv's recommendation of how much coffee you should drink in a day
- Is tea a healthy beverage, too?
- Sanjiv's opinion on Bulletproof Coffee
- Quality coffee vs. Dunkin' Donut's coffee
- What to do if you can't drink coffee
- Exercise is the best drug
- Don't underestimate walking
- What we know about vitamin D
- Vitamin D supplementation - dosages
- Food sources of vitamin D... how beneficial are they?
- Why nuts are so good for you
- Totally avoid artificial sweeteners
- Sanjiv's meditation routine
- An easy way to remember The Big Five
- A friend is a gift you give to yourself
- A nightly affirmation that will change your life within a couple of months
- You're the master of your destiny and happiness
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Dr. Sanjiv Chopra - The Big Five (book)
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Deepak Chopra - The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (book)
Bulletproof Brain Octane Oil (mct oil)
Listen to Dave Asprey previously on TUHP (episode #61)
Transcendental meditation (TM)
Oprah Winfrey & Deepak Chopra’s 21-Day Meditation Experience
Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn - The Telomere Effect (book)
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and |
| 0:15.0 | welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 134. |
| 0:19.0 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman |
| 0:21.0 | and we are here each and every week to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:25.1 | Today our featured guest is Dr. Sanjeev Schopra, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical |
| 0:30.4 | School. He's a best-selling author and sought-after motivational speaker |
| 0:34.5 | throughout the US and abroad. Sanjeev has written a number of books including |
| 0:39.2 | his joint memoir with his brother Deepak Chopra called Brotherhood and the big five which is the subject |
| 0:45.3 | of today's interview. The big five includes coffee, exercise, vitamin D, nuts and meditation |
| 0:52.4 | and we just dig into each of these subjects and how they're gonna boost your health. |
| 0:57.0 | Super interesting stuff, you guys are gonna love it. |
| 1:00.0 | And you guys might notice that the audio today isn't up to our usual standard and that's because we got Sanjeev to step away from an event that he was at to talk to us in his hotel room. |
| 1:11.5 | So we were just so grateful to have him speak to us. |
| 1:14.6 | You guys are gonna love this episode. |
| 1:16.3 | Lots of good stuff. |
| 1:17.3 | He's very relaxing, very calming to listen to. |
| 1:20.0 | We're excited to share this with you. |
| 1:21.6 | Yeah, and like Murni said, even though the audio quality isn't to our usual standard, |
| 1:25.8 | you're going to be able to easily make out all the information and it's definitely worth |
| 1:30.9 | a listen. You're going to love this. So now a shout out to our show sponsor |
| 1:34.7 | Sun Warrior and perfectly aligned with today's theme I'm going to announce that Sun Warrior's |
| 1:40.8 | MOCA flavor has made its way to Canada. In the US you guys have had this for a while |
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