Guest: Brendan Housler

Brendan is a 13x P/1 State Champion on the Road and has won 4 Master's National Championships in Road Race, Criterium and Gran Fondo.

Brendan holds degrees in Psychology and Theology from Boston College, and a master’s in business from the University of Rochester's Simon Business School, where he focused on Entrepreneurship and Global Business through Domestic & International Management.

Brendan is a full-time cycling coach for EVOQ.BIKE Cycling Coaching and Owner of the company, overseeing our digital content, marketing and business strategy.

He coaches everyone from the brand-new cyclist (where we all started; there are NO dumb questions) to the Cat 1 and Professional racer looking to take the next step up.

He has helped thousands of athletes with his online cycling coaching, as well as over 250 cyclists in a one-on-one coaching relationship. His combined coaching and riding time exceeds 10,000 hours, providing him with ample experience

Brendan has over a decade of rides, powered by Real Mushrooms.

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Back by special request we have The Mineral Geek returning today. We will cover the topic of Plant-Based Minerals: What They Are & What They Do

Caroline Alan is a health survivor, mineral expert, and educator on a mission to redefine how we think about cellular health. After a high-pressure career in tech left her physically and mentally depleted, her healing journey led to the discovery of plant-based minerals and their powerful role in restoring the body’s natural balance. Her experience sparked deep research into human physiology and the science of humic and fulvic substances. Today, as Co-Founder and CEO of BEAM Minerals, Caroline, affectionately known as “The Mineral Geek,” shares this life-changing knowledge with clarity, science, and heart, empowering others to take charge of their wellness at the cellular level.

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Joining us today is Jane Jansen, a Natural & Holistic Practitioner at The Tree of Life Wellness Center in Massachusetts. Jane has the unique perspective as a medical professional who, prior to becoming a natural & holistic practitioner, spent years in Radiology and Ultrasound doing research and performing tests on patients with varying types of health problems. Jane joins us today to discuss why probiotics are important at all stages of our lives.

Our ancestors tended not to have modern-day 21st Century digestive issues because they ingested naturally fermented foods that, as we know today, produced probiotics & postbiotics. The challenge in today’s “fast-food & processed food” world is that we do not eat a lot of naturally fermented foods like our ancestors.

Our ancestors, from early times to the early 1900’s, ingested more fruits and vegetables, as well as other natural foods that had fermented overtime preserving their food supply. For instance, milk could become yogurt or buttermilk; vegetables could become sauerkraut, pickles, or kimchee. Soybeans could become miso, tofu, or tempeh. By-the-way, we can still use these foods to incorporate probiotics from food naturally into our diets.

But our modern food industry is largely based on a fast-food culture and processed foods which are lacking in healthful fermentation of fruits and vegetables which naturally produce probiotics and more importantly, postbiotics. Postbiotic metabolites is the term that refers to the wide range of health-regulating compounds that the good bacteria produce and secrete in the intestinal tract (primarily in the colon) when they digest and ferment the fiber content in the foods we eat.

Everyone is born with a miniature microbiome (eco system) inside the intestines. This ecosystem is populated by trillions of microscopic organisms which include over a thousand species of bacteria, as well as viruses, fungi, and parasites. Most are good, some are bad.

As you grow, your gut microbiome begins to diversify into many different types of microbial species. This eco system affects the whole body by controlling the digestion of food, immune system regulation, central nervous system, brain health and other bodily functions as well as keeping guard against harmful invaders.

Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics are available at Natural Grocers, Sprouts, and other natural health retailers across the U.S. Also available online. Visit www.essentialformulas.com to find a retailer near you