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Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is founder of the Institute for Prenatal Nutrition™, co-founder of the Women’s Health Nutrition Academy and the author of two books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. Lily’s bestselling books have helped tens of thousands of mamas (and babies!), are used in university-level maternal nutrition and midwifery courses, and have even influenced prenatal nutrition policy internationally. She writes at https://lilynicholsrdn.com

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Dr. Ghannoum is a tenured Professor and Director of the Center for Medical Mycology at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Medical Center.
 
He is also the co-founder of BIOHM Health, one of the leading consumer microbiome companies in the United States.
 
He is also the founder of NTS Ventures, one of the leading microbiome and fungal clinical research organizations globally.
 
He is a Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America, and served as a President of the Medical Mycological Society of the Americas. He received the Freedom to Discover Award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for his expertise in the field of fungal biofilms, and the Billy Cooper Award from the Mycological Societies of the Americas for his contribution to the field of clinical mycology.
 
He has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles in the field of biofilms, the microbiome, microbial pathogenesis and preclinical in vitro and in vivo evaluations of antimicrobials. He also published the first study describing the oral mycobiome of healthy individuals, and the interaction between bacteria and fungi in the microbiomes of Crohn's patients. His work has been cited over 19,000 times in the medical literature.
He has acted as a consultant for pharmaceutical/Biotech industry and serve on advisory boards for various sponsors where he provide guidance regarding strategies for development of their potential anti-infectives that is in concordance with regulatory bodies.

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Tune into this episode for the latest longevity studies, and how research is being done in Dr. Miller's world-renowned lab to test the efficacy of drugs for human lifespan extension. 
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Richard A. Miller, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Pathology at the University of Michigan.  He received his BA degree in 1971 from Haverford College, and MD and PhD degrees from Yale University in 1976-1977. After postdoctoral studies at Harvard and Sloan-Kettering, he began his faculty career at Boston University in 1982 and then moved to his current position at Michigan in 1990. 
 
Dr. Miller has served in a variety of editorial and advisory positions on behalf of the American Federation for Aging Research and the National Institute on Aging, and served as one of the Editors-in-Chief of Aging Cell.  He is the recipient of the Nathan Shock Award, the Allied Signal Award, the Irving Wright Award, an award from the Glenn Foundation, and the Kleemeier Award for aging research. He has been a Senior Scholar of the Ellison Medical Foundation, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Association of American Physicians.  At Michigan, he directs the Paul F. Glenn Center for Aging Research. 
 
His research program includes ongoing studies of the mechanisms that link stress, nutrients, and hormones to delayed aging in mice, development of new approaches to slow aging and disease through drugs and targeted mutations, and studies of the ways in which cells from long-lived birds, rodents, and primates differ from those of short-lived species.

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MT is a current US Applied Performance Specialist Manager, overseeing our US APS team at Kitman Labs. Former 12 year collegiate strength & conditioning coach with exceptional knowledge shared in this episode. 

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Follow Dr. Brager on instagram @docjockzzz.
 
Dr. Brager is a neurobiologist with expertise in sleep and circadian rhythms. She works on human and animal models of study. This work examines substrates and mechanisms of resiliency to extreme environmental stress (exercise, jet lag, and sleep deprivation). She has several leadership and service positions for the federal government, professional research societies, and university departments. At present, she sits on fatigue management and neuroenhancement working groups through NATO, US Special Operations Command, the Office of the Army Surgeon General, and inter-government (DoD, NASA, FAA, NHTSA, NIH). She has also written military training doctrine on holistic health and co-authored the first edition of the NCAA student-athlete mental health handbook. She has served on the Board of Directors and have chaired committees for the Sleep Research Society, the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, and Gordon Research Conferences. In addition to > 40 peer-reviewed publications in flagship society journals, Dr. Brager has written op-ed and column pieces for Science and professional society bulletins, have been on many podcasts, and have a popular science book entitled Meathead: Unraveling the Athletic Brain. The book content ties the fields of exercise physiology and neuroscience with her experiences as an elite athlete in track & field and CrossFit.

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Alex is a licensed counseling and sport psychologist, certified mental performance consultant, and board-certified coach working in professional sports. He has worked with elite teams and performers from a range of domains, including the NBA and NFL, Olympians, Army Special Forces, Fortune 5 Companies, and Venture-Backed Startups.

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Find Astrid on Instagram @antidiet_dietitian
 
Astrid Naranjo is an accredited practicing dietitian and nutritionist who has helped hundreds of clients transform their relationship with food and their bodies. With her extensive experience in the field of nutrition and dietetics, including a Bachelor’s degree from Universidad Central de Venezuela and a Master’s degree from Bond University in Australia, Astrid is a member of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) and a Master Coach at Team Biolayne, a coaching and consulting company focused on physique and athletic performance.
Astrid’s coaching specialties include intuitive eating, body positivity, weight-inclusive care, sports nutrition, and gut health. She provides personalized nutrition coaching services to clients with specific health concerns, including PCOS and menopause-related nutrition concerns. Her expertise also extends to providing medical nutrition therapy to patients in a hospital setting. Through her work as a coach and consultant, Astrid is dedicated to promoting a sustainable approach to health and wellness.

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In this episode, Dr. Krauss discusses the development of heart disease, important biomarkers to track, and the implications ASCVD has on human longevity. 
 
 
Dr. Ronald Krauss is a world-renowned research scientist and Senior Scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and Adjunct Professor of Nutritional Sciences at UC Berkeley. Dr. Krauss’s research aims to understand how to best prevent cardiovascular disease through early detection and management of its major risk factors: most notably, elevated levels of blood cholesterol and lipoproteins. 
He has published over 450 research articles and reviews on metabolic, genetic, dietary, and drug effects on plasma lipoproteins and the risk of coronary artery disease, with over 100,000 citations of this work.

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In this week's episode, we discuss the most advanced ways athletes are staying ahead of the competition. Dr. Morse will dive into cool new technologies as well as principles for you to optimize your health. Click that play button now!
 
Dr. Jesse Morse is board-certified in family and sports medicine and specializes in injuries and musculoskeletal pain. He uses a combination of traditional orthopedic medicine with regenerative medicine to provide an all-inclusive approach to injuries. Rather than providing a temporary solution, Dr. Morse identifies the root of the pain, and designs a treatment plan to comprehensively correct the cause and provide a solution. A former team physician, Dr. Morse approaches medicine in an appropriately aggressive yet preventative fashion, custom-designing treatment plans that treat the current injury, preventing the injury from worsening as well as new compensatory injuries from developing. An athlete himself, Dr. Morse treats all different types of patients, ranging from weekend warriors to professional athletes. He understands the comprehensive approach it takes to get the patient back happy and healthy. Dr. Morse has an interest in anti-aging / longevity medicine, fantasy football, and is always looking for different research-backed ways to optimize our health.

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Grace McComsey, MD, FIDSA, is the Vice President of Research and Associate Chief Scientific Officer at University Hospitals (UH) Health System in Cleveland, Ohio. She is also a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University.