388: Balanced Hormones, Micronutrients, and the Thermo Diet With Christopher Walker

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Christopher Walker is the CEO and co-founder of an amazing health company called UMZU. He also authored and created The Thermo Diet, a provocative new nutrition and health program. Today he shares his incredible story, from performing surgery on a patient at the age of 16, to his own brain tumor diagnosis at the age of 19 and how he recovered from that.

Oh, and for those of you who have written to me with concerns about husbands and significant others suffering from low testosterone, we address it in this episode!

Episode Highlights With Christopher Walker

The amazing story of how he first performed surgery at 16
Why he went through the Duke neuroscience program
The incredible health journey he undertook after getting a brain tumor
What the thermo diet is
The core parts of a nourishing micronutrient-rich diet
The reason to avoid phytic acid and vegetable oils (hint: your liver)
A case for focusing on fruits and roots as starches
The specific things women should pay attention to
A surprising fitness truth that you are likely getting wrong
Blockers vs activators and how to pay attention to this
A reason to do less cardio
And more!

Resources We Mention

UMZU Use code wellnessmama for 15% off first purchase
Thermo Diet
Thermo Diet Facebook Community
Think Again Docuseries
The Vegetable Myth (Video)
Master Your T: The Definitive Guide to Raising Your Testosterone Naturally
Thor Program: Resistance Optimization for Hormonal Optimization
The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to my Mommy's Podcast!
0:05.1	This episode is brought to you by ForSigmatic.
0:08.7	You've probably heard me talk about them before.
0:10.4	I love this company that is known for its delicious, superfood mushroom elixirs and especially
0:16.7	mushroom coffees.
0:18.4	I have been starting my day with their ground mushroom coffee with lion's mane for a
0:22.6	long time and I love how much it helps me focus and stay creative and productive the whole
0:29.4	day.
0:30.4	Mushroom coffee is more than just regular coffee.
0:33.0	The addition of this incredible mushroom lion's mane supports productivity and creativity
0:38.2	and a really unique way.
0:40.5	This coffee also includes chaga, which I've talked about on this podcast before.
0:44.6	It's known as the King of Mushrooms and I love it as a functional mushroom because it
0:48.7	supports whole body health and its antioxidant properties, given its special ability to help
0:53.9	support regular immune system function.
0:57.2	One question I get a lot when it comes to this is does this coffee taste like mushrooms?
1:02.5	And I can guarantee and want to make sure I explain it tastes just like regular coffee,
1:07.0	not at all like mushrooms, but you get the benefits of these incredible mushrooms that,
1:12.1	like I said, they improve my whole day.
1:14.6	Mushroom coffee is also gentle and easy on the gut so I find I'm much less jittery than
1:21.2	when I drink other types of coffee and there's no crash at the end.
1:25.0	The reason I love ForSigmatic so much.
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