The Health Edge: translating the science of self-care
“It’s not what we don’t know that gets us into trouble. It’s what we know that ain’t so”.
Will Rogers
We believe the explosion of life science research from many disciplines had catapulted ahead of our capacity to process, integrate, understand, and apply. We are interested in translating all that is out there as news to use. A fundamentally different understanding of human biology has emerged. The implications from the perspective of self-care are profound. We are rapidly moving away from the debate of nature versus nurture toward an understanding that life emerges from a dynamic landscape of nature via nurture.
We are passionate about the science. We are passionate about the implications. We believe in the capacity and possibility made possible by being alive here and now! We are beautifully designed to be on the African Savannah, living fully integrated with our planet, and in the context of social relationship. Our modern environment is not well designed to promote human health and the capacity to thrive. Many are struggling to maintain balance and traction in lives that often feel overwhelming and frightening.The challenge is to better leverage our superb ancestral adaptation for a different and radically challenging modern environment. Everything that touches us today has the potential be be very familiar or totally foreign. The less aware one is of the day to day distance between what we are biologically , as a species, “familiar with” and what we actually encounter, the fewer the possibilities for more effective alignment.
Leaving one’s health trajectory to chance in our modern environment is a very risky proposition. We are interested in holding the science to the light with an open and humbled mindset. Like you, We are intrepid explorers interested in how we emerge in the midst of our relationship with the environmental inputs of our lives…how we eat, how we move, how we sleep, how we navigate the mind fields of conflict in our lives, how socially connected we are, how we manage the burden of environmental toxins in our lives, how much meaning we cultivate in our work, love, play and how we interpret and respond to stress in our lives. We will drill deep, share all that my experiences has taught and do all that we can to create value for you as you seek to find your health edge. We always welcome your feedback.
Mark and John
The Health Edge: translating the science of self-care
Latest Episodes
Sun Benefits By Using Sensible Exposure Patterns And Cleaner Sunblock
Sunscreen advice usually comes as a binary: fear the sun or ignore the risks. We take a different path and give you a practical framework for sun protection that doesn’t sacrifice the real health benefits of sunlight. From the start, we separat...
A Practical Guide To Choosing Supplements
Your supplement shelf can turn into a silent monthly subscription, and the scariest part is not the cost. It’s the uncertainty. We sit down to unpack why supplements so often feel like a black box, how isolated nutrients can behave differently ...
Chrononutrition And Biological Aging
Your body keeps time, and your fork might be one of the strongest signals it listens to. We get into chrononutrition, the growing science of meal timing, and why aligning breakfast and dinner with circadian biology may change far more than your...
A 15-Year Study Linking Unprocessed Red Meat To Lower Dementia Risk
A 15-year follow-up study out of Sweden forces an uncomfortable question: what if unprocessed red meat isn’t a brain-health villain at all, and the real risk sits upstream in metabolic dysfunction and refined carbs? Mark Pettis and John Bagnulo...
Fear of Skin Cancer Will Reduce Your Lifespan
Sunlight has been framed as a problem to avoid, but the data keeps pointing in the opposite direction: people who get more natural light tend to live longer and carry a lower risk of chronic disease. We take a hard look at why this topic still ...
Fan Mail
Hi! I love your podcast and have been a devout listener for years! I am on your mailing list but I’m wondering if you can share more professional speaking engagements of the docs. As a healthcare provider I go to many "useless" seminars but I think anywhere the docs are speaking would be mind blowing
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