37: Measuring Your Mitochondrial Function

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07/20/20 • 58 min

My guests on the show toda are Shai Rambod + Orian Shirihai.

Shai Rambod is an entrepreneurial leader with experience that spans across a variety of sectors. Most of his career has been spent founding, managing, and operating B2B and B2C companies in the financial, health & beauty, wellness, and natural foods categories with a proven track record of success driving profitable growth. Currently, Shai is co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of MyChon, a B2C health & wellness company that developed a patented novel approach to measure mitochondrial function and is focused on empowering human healthspan potential.

Prior to MyChon, Shai was an integral part of growing Cedra Capital Corporation, a B2B finance company specializing in small-ticket and middle-market equipment finance and fixed asset based lending.

Shai’s Board experience includes currently serving on the board of Community Healing Gardens and previously serving on the board of Young Leadership Division of The Jewish Federation.

Shai is an adventurer, traveler, and an avid motorcycle and racing enthusiast. He is also a speaker and mentor at the Merage Institute.

Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD is the director of the Metabolism Unified Research Theme at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology at UCLA. Prior to joining UCLA, Dr. Shirihai was with The Department of Medicine at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) and Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Shirihai joined BUMC from the Department of Pharmacology at Tufts University, Boston where he was an Adjunct Associate professor. Dr. Shirihai did postdoctoral work with Prof. Stuart Orkin at Harvard University. At BUMC, his lab played a pivotal role in the development of cutting edge technology for high throughput respirometry in collaboration with Seahorse Bioscience (acquired by Agilent Technologies). Dr. Shirihai is a member and founder of the Mitochondria ARC (Advancing Research through Collaborations) which is part of the ARC system of BUMC department of medicine. Dr. Shirihai earned his MD and PhD degrees from the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.In this episode we throw it way back to science class and geek out on all things mitochondria and mitochondrial health.

In This Episode:

Meet today’s guests, Shai Rambod[ 3:01]
Cellular health [3:48]Developing MyChon [10:40]
A conversation with lead scientist at MyChon, Orian Shirihai [12:30]
Understanding the Mitochondria [12:10]
Emerging mitochondrial research [17:40]The function of the mitochondria [24:12]Health + wellness practices for mitochondrial function [30:00]Energetic output and mitochondria function [32:10]
The work at MyChon [49:02]
Closing messages [54:30]

Links + Resources Mentioned

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My guests on the show toda are Shai Rambod + Orian Shirihai.

Prior to MyChon, Shai was an integral part of growing Cedra Capital Corporation, a B2B finance company specializing in small-ticket and middle-market equipment finance and fixed asset based lending.

Shai’s Board experience includes currently serving on the board of Community Healing Gardens and previously serving on the board of Young Leadership Division of The Jewish Federation.

Shai is an adventurer, traveler, and an avid motorcycle and racing enthusiast. He is also a speaker and mentor at the Merage Institute.

In This Episode:

Meet today’s guests, Shai Rambod[ 3:01]
Cellular health [3:48]Developing MyChon [10:40]
A conversation with lead scientist at MyChon, Orian Shirihai [12:30]
Understanding the Mitochondria [12:10]
Emerging mitochondrial research [17:40]The function of the mitochondria [24:12]Health + wellness practices for mitochondrial function [30:00]Energetic output and mitochondria function [32:10]
The work at MyChon [49:02]
Closing messages [54:30]

Links + Resources Mentioned

[email protected]

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36: Discovering Your Optimal Body

My guest on the show today is Jen Esquer.

Jen Esquer, PT, DPT, is an internationally-renown physical therapist who specializes in helping people overcome chronic pain and maximize physical performance. As the founder of two transformative programs, “The Mobility Method” and “The Optimal Body,” she brings a unique, whole body approach to strength, mobility and pain-free living. In 2019, Jen was named one of the top 50 most influential healthcare professionals. Jen’s easily accessible approach has garnered her more than half a million followers on social media and more than more than 5 million views of her health and fitness videos. Jen has been featured in Shape Magazine, Self Magazine, Men’s Fitness and Muscle and Fitness and recently graced the cover of Oxygen Magazine. She’s also appeared on CBS, the RISE podcast with Rachel Hollis and more. When she’s not busy making videos, she’s doing breathwork or Acroyoga with her boyfriend who is also a doctor of physical therapy. They live in Los Angeles, California.In this episode, Jen and I work through how you can learn to better connect with your body to sense how it is your body is feeling and to “get into your body” and learn to calm your nervous system with breathwork. Jen teaches you how to increase your strength, improve mobility and live pain free. I know you’re going to LOVE this episode and will be looking to learn even more from Jen and how you can discover your own optimal body.

In This Episode:

Meet today’s guest, Jen Esquer [ 2:48 ]
Being IN your body [4:02]Gratitude for movement [7:40]
Identifying pain as a signal + communication [12:30]
Breathwork for calming your nervous system [17:40]
Journaling for self-connection [38:20]
Closing messages [50:10]

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38: The Power of Food and Mindfulness for Healing

My guest on the show today is Mona Sharma.

Mona Sharma is a dynamic leader and entrepreneur in the health and wellness industry who works with high profile clients around the world. As Will Smith’s nutritionist, she has a recurring role on the Facebook series Red Table Talk where they profile her work with Will, and the entire Smith family’s healing journey. Mona has seen first hand the healing power of food and mindfulness to heal, having grown up living on an Ashram. Her approach is rooted in this philosophy - food as medicine, movement as therapy and mindfulness as the journey to optimize health. Mona is also the founder of XicamaTM, an innovative line of functional beverage products that deliver gut health and immune boosting benefits of the superfood jicama. In this episode, Mona and I dive deeply into the power of mindfulness, food and our gut microbiome and their effects on our own personal healing and overall health outcomes. Mona’s energy is so calming and peaceful and I know you are going to love feeling wrapped up in her wisdom during this episode. Enjoy!

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