Episode 87 - Why Your Health Starts with Magnesium - Kristen Bowen

12/16/22 • 47 min

How are your magnesium levels? Probably, not that great. The truth is most of us do not have optimal magnesium levels, and that is where most of our diseases stem from. The immune system is one of the most important systems in your body to fight and prevent diseases. However, a strong immune system depends on a high vitamin D level, which is made active by a good amount of magnesium.

Shockingly, magnesium is our number one deficiency, with 80%-95% of us being extremely deficient. Your cortisol increases when you get stressed or frustrated, leading to magnesium loss through the urine. If you eat sugar, processed food and drink alcohol, it eats up your magnesium to process their digestion. Since our modern lifestyle is a threat to the magnesium levels in our bodies, we need to know how to offset that and live healthier.

In this episode, Kristen Bowen, the founder of Living the Good Life Naturally, joins us to share the importance of magnesium and why it is so essential for our body’s function. She explains her three and half years of a health crisis and how she cracked the code with magnesium.

Let’s jump in!

Snapshot of the Key Points from the Episode:

[02:00] Kristen’s journey of creating a healthy life naturally using magnesium

[05:53] Why is magnesium so essential to our health?

[08:07] What happens when we soak our bodies in magnesium? What is cell saturation?

[11:40] Finding out the power of magnesium during her three-and-a-half health crisis

[13:55] The best practices of soaking yourself in magnesium

[19:43] Why is magnesium chloride better for soaking than other types of magnesium?

[24:56] The top tier category of people who must soak in magnesium

[28:38] How do you test for your magnesium levels?

[34:14] Can you have magnesium over-saturation?

[38:08] How long it takes to reach optimum saturation?

About Kristen Bowen -

Kristen Bowen is a Magnesium Advocate, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of Living The Good Life Naturally. She has spent the last two decades helping women become comfortable with their power so that they can create optimal health.

Kristen lives in Morro Bay, California, with her husband, Morgan, a recent double amputee. Together they are learning to dance to a new rhythm. They have six adult children, seven perfect grandchildren, and one adorable Shih -Tzu named Louis.

How to connect with Kristen Bowen:

Website: https://livingthegoodlifenaturally.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingthegoodlifenaturally/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-bowen-54280921/

About Risa Morimoto

Founder and CEO of Modern Aging, Risa is a certified integrative nutrition health coach. She is passionate about ensuring people live the second half of their life feeling strong, fulfilled, and empowered.

Though Risa is the host of the Modern Aging YouTube Channel, she has spent most of her career behind the camera as a producer and director of documentaries (Wings of Defeat, Broken Harmony: China’s Dissidents) and TV (HGTV – House Hunters International, Selling NY, Animal Planet, A&E).

Through Modern Aging, she deep dives and shares her findings on alternative, global approaches to holistic health and wellness.

How to Connect Risa Morimoto:

Website - https://thisismodernaging.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thisismodernaging/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernAging

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thisismodernaging/

Let’s jump in!

Snapshot of the Key Points from the Episode:

[02:00] Kristen’s journey of creating a healthy life naturally using magnesium

[05:53] Why is magnesium so essential to our health?

[08:07] What happens when we soak our bodies in magnesium? What is cell saturation?

[11:40] Finding out the power of magnesium during her three-and-a-half health crisis

[13:55] The best practices of soaking yourself in magnesium

[19:43] Why is magnesium chloride better for soaking than other types of magnesium?

[24:56] The top tier category of people who must soak in magnesium

[28:38] How do you test for your magnesium levels?

[34:14] Can you have magnesium over-saturation?

[38:08] How long it takes to reach optimum saturation?

About Kristen Bowen -

How to connect with Kristen Bowen:

Website: https://livingthegoodlifenaturally.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingthegoodlifenaturally/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-bowen-54280921/

About Risa Morimoto

Through Modern Aging, she deep dives and shares her findings on alternative, global approaches to holistic health and wellness.

How to Connect Risa Morimoto:

Website - https://thisismodernaging.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thisismodernaging/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernAging

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thisismodernaging/

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Episode 86 - How to Take Better Care of Our Health and Our Heart With Dr. Raj Anand

It is no secret that healthy diets give you the energy to perform tasks and increase your lifespan, while unhealthy foods cause inflammatory diseases and drain your pockets with medications and surgeries.

A healthy lifestyle indeed starts in the kitchen, but what should you not buy when in the supermarket? Which foods should be your priorities when shopping?

It is also important to acknowledge that a healthy diet alone is not enough to maintain good health. You need a healthy lifestyle encompassing regular physical exercise, stress reduction, socializing, adequate sleep, and a yearly physical checkup. You should pay attention to all those components because an unbalanced life is not a healthy life.

In this episode, Dr. Raj Anand helps us understand how to shop better and eat better for a healthy heart. We talk more about what food we should eat and, more importantly, what we should not be eating in order to take care of our hearts. Learn tips on how to go shopping with clarity of mind about what to put in the shopping cart and what not to include.

Snapshot of the Key Points from the Episode:

[01:42] Dr. Raj’s philosophy of reducing the chances of sickness as we get older.

[03:48] Components of a healthy lifestyle.

[05:49] How should you shop for healthy foods?

[06:54] Why should you only use avocado oil instead of olive oil and canola oil?

[08:00] Research by Prof. Vogel

About Dr. Raj Anand -

Dr. Raj Anand, MD, received his Fellowship training in Cardiology at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. He is the author of “A Practical Approach to EKG Interpretation” and the inventor of “Thermo-electric Angioplasty Catheter.”

He served for 41 years at the Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School and retired as Associate Professor/ Emeritus Educator, Cardiovascular Medicine. He also served as Director of the Coronary Care Unit, Non-invasive Cardiovascular Laboratories, and the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory.

Get Dr. Raj’s Book

Healthy Diet and Mindfulness to Prevent Coronary Heart Disease: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09CLSGR3J/

How to connect with Dr. Raj Anand:

Website: https://rajkanand.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXCbfltBlBg/

About Risa Morimoto

Through Modern Aging, she deep dives and shares her findings on alternative, global approaches to holistic health and wellness.

How to Connect Risa Morimoto:

Website - https://thisismodernaging.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thisismodernaging/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernAging

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thisismodernaging/

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Episode 88 - Holistic Approach to Living Healthier and Longer With Gary Kaplan

People are living longer lives, yet the quality of life is decreasing. Average lifespans are rising, but chronic diseases and illnesses are appearing earlier and in more cases than ever before.

In addition, our quality of life is also suffering due to many conditions like obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. So, what can we do? Why are we getting so sick? Is there a solution?

Holistic wellness is the key to living a longer and healthier life. This lifestyle incorporates physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, emphasizing balancing the body's natural energy. To live a holistic wellness lifestyle, you may choose to eat a well-balanced diet, exercise regularly, reduce stress levels, spend time in nature, and know your purpose.

In this episode, Gary Kaplan and I discussed the many factors that influence our overall health and how to live a longer, healthier life. We looked at the importance of getting enough sleep, managing mental toxicity, nutritious eating habits, and physical exercise. Additionally, we looked at ways to achieve spiritual wellness.

Snapshot of the Key Points from the Episode:

[02:24] Why are we getting so sick?

[03:10] Gary’s backstory to his philosophy of holistic lifestyle wellness in medicine.

[05:25] Dealing with inflammation is the game changer in holistic health.

[06:26] Crucial amounts of sleep for good health. The best ways to treat insomnia and fall into deep sleep easily.

[10:46] How do you know that you have sleep apnea?

[14:08] Effects of Electromagnetic waves on our health

[20:27] Exercising for fitness

[22:44] Effects of child abuse on someone’s health

[23:56] Your spiritual wellness

[26:59] Which exercise should you do for overall health? Tips to help you get out of your couch and become physically fit

[31:50] Gary’s take on sugar and the other foods you should be aware of

About Gary Kaplan -

Gary Kaplan, DO, is the founder and medical director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine and the author of two books, Total Recovery: A Revolutionary New Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Pain and Depression (Rodale, 2014) and Why You Are Still Sick, How Infections Can Break Your Immune System & How You Can Recover (Callanan Publishers, 2022). A pioneer and leader in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Kaplan is one of only 19 physicians in the country to be board-certified in both Family Medicine and Pain Medicine.

In 1985, Dr. Kaplan created the Kaplan Center to offer patients suffering with chronic pain and illness a more effective model of medical care.

A clinical associate professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Kaplan was one of the directors of a $1.7 million NIH grant that funded an educational initiative to incorporate complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine into Georgetown’s medical curriculum.

Dr. Kaplan’s work has been featured in TIME magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News 5, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN News, BBC, US News and World Report, and NPR’s Diane Rehm Show. He has also written for MindBodyGreen. Washingtonian Magazine has included Dr. Kaplan in its list of the “Best Doctors in the Washington, DC Area,” and he has received the distinction of being a “Top rated” physician in the Northern Virginia area by Consumer’s Checkbook.

Get Gary Kaplan’s Book