266. Living Your Most Optimal Life (Part 1): A Wellness Roundtable Episode #FabulousFriends

Be Well by Kelly Leveque

Kelly Leveque

Nutrition, Education, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Today’s roundtable episode brings together some of the most popular and impactful guests we’ve ever had on the podcast. These brilliant minds – doctors, bestselling authors, researchers, and visionaries in the wellness space – share lifestyle shifts we can incorporate into our routines to feel healthier, happier, and more energized. In this roundtable, we draw knowledge from previous episodes featuring leading experts: • Max Lugavere, The Genius Life: Nutrition for a Healthy Brain & Body (Without Counting Calories) #4 • Kelly McGonigal, The Joy of Movement #2 • Dr. Amy Shah, Intermittent Fasting for Women #16 • Austin McGuffie, Easy Tips to Master Your Metabolism #169 We cover essentials like the power of movement, sleep, and whole foods. Plus, we dive deeper into intermittent fasting, detoxing, and how to support a healthy gut microbiome. This episode features short-but-powerful excerpts with each guest. If you want to hear the full conversations, make sure to listen for episode numbers between each guest rotation. There’s so much to learn, so we’ll be releasing a follow-up Part 2 episode, with even more lifestyle tips, soon. We also cover… (01:00) The Dangers of Processed Foods & Toxins (Max Lugavere) • What to eat to prevent illness • How processed foods impact our brains, metabolism, and satiety • How the body regulates itself when you’re eating whole foods • Why Max doesn’t recommend counting calories • Tips to minimize your exposure to toxins • Max’s favorite ways to detox • Minimizing your reliance on plastic • Cleaning up the water you drink (17:00) The Miraculous Power Of Movement for the Mind (Kelly McGonigal) • The feel-better effect of movement on your mood and mindset • How being active in the long-term changes the structure of your brain • Why the brain becomes more sensitive to joy when you exercise • How movement makes you more resilient in the face of stress and trauma • The science behind how exercise impacts dopamine • What it means to release “hope molecules” into your bloodstream • Reaping the benefits of exercise without having to “fix” your body (29:00) Gut Check On Microbiome & Intermittent Fasting for Women (Dr. Amy Shah) • Signs you have a healthy gut microbiome • How your gut impacts your brain, immune system, and weight • The complexities of microbiome testing • Intermittent fasting as a helpful tool in your health journey • What most women get wrong when they first try intermittent fasting • How intermittent fasting can impact your cycle • Dr. Amy’s advice for how to get started with intermittent fasting (37:00) Creating Sustainable Health Habits That Stick (Austin McGuffie) • The importance of sleep for regulating insulin levels • Why you shouldn’t eat “naked carbs” • Why Austin eats most meals in a bowl • Austin’s simple formula for a nutritious meal • Nixing the all-or-nothing mentality around exercise • How to avoid blood sugar spikes • Implementing sustainable habits that work with your lifestyle * Content from this podcast is provided for information and education purposes only, and is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional. The use of information from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. Always speak with your healthcare professional before taking any medication, nutritional or herbal supplement. Resources: • Max Lugavere, Website: maxlugavere.com • Max Lugavere, Instagram: @maxlugavere • Kelly McGonigal, Website: kellymcgonigal.com • Kelly McGonigal, Instagram: @kellymariemcgonigal • Dr. Amy Shah, Website: amymdwellness.com • Dr. Amy Shah, Instagram: @fastingmd • Austin McGuffie, Website: hoo.be/metabolismmentor • Austin McGuffie, Instagram: @austin.mcguffie Connect with Kelly: • kellyleveque.com • Instagram: @bewellbykelly • Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly Be Well By Kelly is produced by Crate Media. Mentioned in this episode: AG1 | Get 1 FREE year of Vitamin D immune support along with 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase at drinkAG1.com/BEWELL. BWBK Protein Powder | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at bewellbykelly.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Bewell by Kelly Podcast. This week we've got another mashup episode
0:11.6	for you, bringing together some of the most popular guests and topics we've ever had
0:15.8	on the show. Where we've covered blood sugar and raising happy kids in previous roundtable
0:20.2	episodes, number 262 and 265, check those out. This one branches out with a wider scope
0:26.5	of potential impact, focusing on lifestyle adjustments and daily actions we can all make
0:31.8	for a healthier life. We touch on some of the core pillars of mental and physical health,
0:36.8	like movement, sleep and diet, and delve into some more complex topics like detoxing, supporting
0:42.0	a healthy gut microbiome, fasting, and more. There's so much more to this story that we've
0:46.4	prepared a follow-up part 2 episode, where we'll cover more learnings from additional
0:50.8	guests like Dr. Andrew Heberman, Dr. Mark Hyman, and much more coming soon. I'm so excited
0:56.5	to bring back these four amazing guests, and tune in for the outro of this episode for the
1:01.6	full bio introduction to each expert and their qualifications. We begin with Max Lugavir,
1:07.8	one of my very first guests from episode 4. His New York Times best-selling book,
1:12.4	Genius Foods, becomes smarter, happier, and more productive while protecting your brain for life
1:17.5	is one of my favorite books about nutrition, although it's so much more than that.
1:21.5	Our conversation served as a sneak peek at his following book, The Genius Life. Heal your
1:26.9	mind, strengthen your body, and become extraordinary. We talked about his favorite go-to workout tips,
1:32.8	ways to elevate your sleep hygiene, and did some myth-busting on dental floss. But this segment was
1:38.6	all about diet, eating to prevent illness and detox, booting the bad guys from our system.
1:43.9	The default state of any organism is health. People need to know that, because when you look around,
1:52.0	the human default state seems to be anything but these days. Most people are either overweight or
1:58.6	obese. Half the population is either diabetic or prediabetic, which if you are either of those
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