Episode 144: Matt & Keris Whitmore

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Description: Host Brad Kearns connects across the globe with the dynamic duo of Matt Whitmore and Keris Marsden, co-authors of Paleo Primer: A Second Helping—the long-awaited sequel to their bestselling Paleo Primer: A Jump-Start Guide to Losing Body Fat and Living Primally.

Matt and Keris cover an incredible range of topics, revealing of their broad expertise and personal passions for fitness, holistic health and nutrition, and cooking. Listen and enjoy topics like: Ketogenic eating and athletic training; how hot weather exercise can hamper gut health, and how you can rebuild gut health; doing health assessments with clients; how your skin reveals much about your health and immune function; how over-stress can present as heart palpitations and racing mind in the nighttime; how fungal infections and low testosterone are related in males; and a four-week elimination diet with an add-back favorite foods strategy. Yes, this dynamic duo can hold on just about anything, so enjoy this lively and informative show.

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Episode 143: Jimmy Moore

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Description: Elle Russ chats with Jimmy Moore about the various forms and benefits of fasting. Jimmy Moore catapulted onto the health scene in 2004 after a phenomenal 180-pound weight loss enabled him to come off of prescription drugs for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and respiratory problems. He is the energetic personality behind the über-popular blog Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb and the host of the longest-running and one of the top-ranked iTunes health podcasts, The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show. Jimmy also hosts two other active podcasts Keto Talk With Jimmy Moore & The Doc and Low-Carb Conversations along with the retired podcast Ask The Low-Carb Experts. He has interviewed over 1100 of the world’s top health experts and has dedicated his life to helping people get the best information possible about living healthy so they can make the right decisions for their health. Jimmy is the international bestselling author of The Ketogenic Cookbook, Keto Clarity, and Cholesterol Clarity along with the October 2016 release The Complete Guide To Fasting.

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Episode 142: Paul Greive

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Description: Elle Russ chats with Primal Pastures farmer and co-founder Paul Greive. Today’s discussion includes how to navigate the various “grass fed” and other tricky food labels along with what it means to be a holistic, pastured livestock farmer.

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Episode 141: Aaron Alexander

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Description: Aaron has been working with clients of all ages seeking a variety of goals from pain relief to improved athletic performance for over 10 years. He is currently seeing clients at his office, Align Therapy, in downtown Bend, Oregon. Aaron began the journey as a nationally certified personal trainer specializing in corrective exercise and nutrition consultation. During that time Aaron studied psychology at the University of Hawaii. Soon after, he evolved into becoming a licensed manual therapist studying myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy and trigger point therapy at Maui School of Therapeutic Massage. A fascination with connective tissue lead him to study structural integration at the Rolf Institute in Boulder, CO. Being a LMT and CPT on top of a Rolf Structural Integration Practitioner, Aaron has a strong understanding of the intricacies of the body and mind.

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Episode 140: Dr. Gary E. Foresman, MD, Breast Health Part I

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Description: Elle Russ chats with integrative physician, Dr. Gary E. Foresman, MD, about breast health (this episode will be Breast Health, Part I, focusing on general breast health. Breast Health, Part II will delve deeper into diagnosis and treatment, and Breast Health, Part III, will tackle conventional and integrative treatment options). Dr. Foresman is not only a Primal doctor well-versed in all things paleo/primal, but an informed integrative physician whom Elle chose to interview for her book, The Paleo Thyroid Solution.

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Episode 139: Allan Misner

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Description: Elle Russ chats with Allan Misner about fitness for people over 40.  Allan is the host of the 40PlusFitness podcast. He spent his adult years focused on his career and as a result, his relationships and health suffered. Upon meeting the love of his life, he committed to turn his health and fitness around. His efforts to learn health and fitness resulted in him earning a personal training certificate and specialties in corrective exercise and fitness nutrition.  He adopted the primal lifestyle and recovered his health.

He dedicated himself to helping people over forty get healthy and fit. He launched the 40+ Fitness Podcast to encourage, educate and entertain people as they move along their health and fitness journey. He is also the founder and head trainer at Forever Fitness, providing online personal training and wellness coaching.

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Episode 138: Elizabeth Resnick

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Description: Elle Russ chats with a former vegetarian/vegan who became a Marks Daily Apple’s success story —Elizabeth Resnick. Elizabeth is a holistic health coach (and currently enrolled in the Primal Health Coach Program) who believes that all women deserve to feel happy, healthy and hot!  She loves showing busy women how simple lifestyle changes can help them look and feel amazing.  Elizabeth spent over 30 years as a vegetarian, pescatarian, and sometimes vegan. While she was always considered to be healthy, she struggled with cystic acne, digestive issues, and anxiety. These problems were finally resolved after transitioning to a primal lifestyle.

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Episode 137: Brant Cortright

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Description: Host Elle Russ talks with Brant Cortright, Ph.D, a clinical psychologist and authore of the #1 international Amazon bestseller, The Neurogenesis Diet and Lifestyle: Upgrade Your Brain, Upgrade Your Life. He is a Professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in neuroscience-informed depth psychotherapy as well as a coaching practice focused on brain health, anxiety and depression. He is the author of two previous books, Psychotherapy and Spirit and Integral Psychology: Yoga, Growth and Opening the Heart.

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Episode 136: Beverly Meyer

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Description: Elle Russ chats with Beverly Meyer about the importance of vitamin K2 for all humans – children and adults. Beverly Meyer is a natural health practitioner and podcaster. She is the host of he “Primal Diet – Modern Health” podcast. The show reflects her 30 years of experience as a naturopathic practitioner and Primal/Paleo food lover. Her video DVD, The Diet For Human Beings, teaches the how’s and why’s of the Primal/Paleo Diet, and is ideal for sharing with friends and family. Her motto is FOOD FIRST, and new clients catch an ear-full on why changing their food is the fastest way to start restoring health and body composition.

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Episode 135: Ann Green

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Description: Ann Green is the founder and director of BLiSS Ann Green Yoga, a waterfront wellness studio in Barrie, ON, and the owner of SHiNE OM Yoga Teacher Education. Ann has over 25 years of movement expertise cross pollinating athletics, yoga, manual body care and pain management and holds a Masters in Exercise Science, a Bachelor of Education, a Bachelor of Psychology and Physical and Health Education and 500 E-RYT.

Ann can always be found out in nature or on the water, doing SUP Yoga. Ann is licensee of Surfset Fitness Canada, a licensee and Director of Surfset Yoga, and also runs Canada’s first float yoga studio.

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