583: Good stress is medicine | Sharon Bergquist, M.D.

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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“Good stressors are the most powerful medicine we have,” explains Sharon Horesh Bergquist, M.D. Bergquist, an award-winning physician, innovative healthcare leader, and researcher, joins us today to explain why stress is actually a good thing, how to optimize our exercise routines, plus so much more: - The difference between good & bad stress (~2:20) - Exercise as a stressor (~3:15) - Zone 2 & HIIT (~4:45) - The 80/20 rule (~6:20) - Vigorous exercise (~11:10) - The power of intervals (~13:40) - Mitochondrial health (~15:00) - The balance between too much & not enough stress (~21:15) - The benefits of plant toxins (~24:28) - Hot/cold therapy (~30:10) - Temp & timing for cold exposure (~34:50) - Heat exposure (~43:10) - Temp & timing for heat exposure (~46:40) - Gender differences in stress exposure (~48:50) - Circadian fasting (~51:00) - Impactful takeaways (~54:45) - How to instill growth mindset in younger generations (~56:05) Referenced in the episode: - Follow Bergquist on Instagram (@thegoodstressdoctor) - Check out her website (https://drsharonbergquist.com/) - Pick up her book, The Stress Paradox - Research on vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02100-x) - Research on interval-walking training (DOI: 10.23736/S0022-4707.22.14263-5) - Global Burden of Disease Study (DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32279-7) - Research on stress & biological age (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10522-022-09985-8) Go to get.stash.com/mindbodygreen to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.7	We've been told to avoid stress at all costs, but what if the right kind of stress is actually
1:15.3	the key to longevity?
1:16.6	Today's guest Dr. Sharon Horace Burquist is here to challenge our understanding of stress
1:21.0	and reveal how we can harness it to improve our health, longevity, and resilience.
1:25.5	Sharon is a Yale and Harvard-trained physician, scientists,
1:28.4	and she's spent nearly three decades at the forefront of research helping people optimize
1:32.8	their health through evidence-based strategies. Now she's sharing groundbreaking insights from
1:37.8	our new book, The Stress Paradox, which explores why stress isn't always the enemy,
1:41.7	and how the right kind of stress can actually sharpen your mind, improve your health, and reduce your risk of chronic disease. In today's
1:48.8	show, we break down the differences between good stress and bad stress, the power of hormesis,
1:53.3	and how everyday habits like exercise, intermittent fasting, and even plant-based compounds can
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