Upgrade Intervention: Combat Cravings & Candida, Remove Toxins & Feel Your Best - Nadya Green : 1075
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is a special intervention episode where I work with a member of the Upgrade Collective, my mentorship and membership group, to help them get closer to achieving their health goals. This conversation is all about investigating member Nadya Green’s struggle to lose weight despite following a low carb diet and cycle syncing her eating habits.
Nadya, originally from Russia, has spent her life pursuing an international career in the energy sector. She has worked as an engineer around the globe, including the UK, US, Australia, Egypt, Russia and now Sweden. Becoming a mom at 35 years old has made it ever so critical to be fit and to be able enjoy activities with her family, which is why biohacking and weight loss has become a centerpiece in her life.
We talk about her lab results that point to potential gut issues, estrogen dominance, and mineral deficiencies leading to her cravings, and why her carbophobia may actually be working against her goals. I share with Nadya tools and tips to illustrate all the different pathways that you can use to get the results you want. So, if you're looking at what could be holding you back in your weight loss journey, tune in to hear the advice I gave Nadya about where she could be going wrong, and what to do to help her feel her best.
Join the Upgrade Collective to get access to be in the live audience for all of my podcasts, with calls where we all get together and help each other biohack whatever needs biohacking, at ourupgradecollective.com.
00:01:35 — Why A Low Carb Diet Might Not Help Your Weight Loss Goals
• Nadya’s history with extreme fatigue, Hashimoto’s and carbophobia
• The impact of the keto diet long-term on metabolism
• Toxins related to PCOS and endometriosis
• Read: Smarter Not Harder
• Environmental & emotional causes of sugar cravings
• Symptoms of having active yeast in your gut
00:16:44— Combating Candida: Supplements, Medications & Lifestyle Solutions
• Exploring the different ways to combat Candida
• My hot take on pharmaceuticals
• How to support your detox pathways while on pharmaceuticals
• How Candida is related to a sensitivity to cow’s milk
• Limiting sugar without eliminating it
• Eating what you like in moderation and not being in a perfectionist trap
• Cycle syncing your cravings and carbs
00:32:05 — Eat to Feel Amazing: Spotlight On Protein & Minerals
• Protein types and amount recommendations
• The Bulletproof Diet: daveasprey.com/roadmap
• Why new mothers need to pay more attention to their mineral levels
• Tps for getting enough electrolytes and offsetting mineral deficiency
• Why I recommend eliminating dairy to combat fatigue or brain fog
• Helpful supplements for estrogen dominance
Resources
Dave Asprey’s NEW Book ‘Smarter Not Harder’ is out now: https://daveasprey.com/books
Biohacking Conference: https://www.biohackingconference.com/
Join the Upgrade Collective: https://www.ourupgradecollective.com/
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| 0:00.0 | You probably heard me talk about how important it is to get good protein every day and most |
| 0:06.2 | protein powders out there don't actually work well because they're poor quality protein |
| 0:11.0 | from the wrong sources and your gut has probably noticed if you've tried one. |
| 0:15.6 | If you ever had really bad gas or bloating after a protein shake, you know what I'm talking |
| 0:20.4 | about. |
| 0:21.6 | Even worse, your body probably isn't absorbing the protein you're getting, so you're literally |
| 0:26.7 | flushing money down the toilet, but before then it probably fermented into a ammonia. |
| 0:32.2 | So protein only works if you do it right. |
| 0:34.8 | I've gone through a lot of trial and error of my own protein and I really like bioavailable |
| 0:40.3 | animal proteins, especially the ones that don't give me or most people any stomach issues. |
| 0:46.6 | I'm talking about heliovali bone broth protein. |
| 0:49.8 | It has amino acids like glycine and elbutamine that work to support healthy skin, make your |
| 0:55.1 | joints work better and even make your metabolism work better. |
| 0:58.9 | And there are studies that show it reduces bloating and the other digestive issues that normally |
| 1:03.6 | you're going to get with protein powders, especially the plant-based proteins. |
| 1:08.8 | It's pretty obvious why. |
| 1:10.1 | The ingredients list is 100% grass-fed, grass-finished, regeneratively raised beef bones and filtered |
| 1:16.6 | water and that's it. |
| 1:18.8 | What I do is just add a scoop to my danger coffee in the morning or to any kind of smoothie |
| 1:25.1 | I'm making. |
| 1:26.1 | It blends very easily. |
| 1:27.9 | It tastes really good and it comes in chocolate, vanilla or unflavored. |
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