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1 week ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Jessie Sholl |Michael J. Gelb |Joseph Hart |Laine Bergeson Becco
You’ve likely heard of triggers — words, events, or experiences that spark fear or anxiety — but have you heard of their opposite? “Glimmers” are micromoments of joy that make you feel safe and connected to your body and the world around you. The concept was introduced by social worker Deb Dana, LCSW, in her 2018 book The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy.
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2 months ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Laine Bergeson Becco |Jessie Sholl
Among the more common recommendations public health experts hand down to seniors is the importance of maintaining social connections. They cite volumes of research showing how disengaging from society as we grow older can contribute to any number of chronic illnesses and various levels of cognitive distress.
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2 months ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Andrew Heffernan |Laine Bergeson Becco |Callie Fredrickson
Season 10, Episode 12 | April 17, 2025Ketones are a naturally occurring energy source that our bodies produce when they’re running very low on glucose and can’t access it for fuel (such as when fasting or following a strict low-carb diet). When this happens, the body instead breaks stored fat down into ketones. In recent years, there’s been increasing interest in exogenous ketones and how they can complement our bodies innate production of this natural source of energy.
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2 months ago | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Steven R. Gundry |Henry Emmons |Chrystle Fiedler |Laine Bergeson Becco
Back in the 1800s, one of the most hotly contested “celebrity” feuds was between two French chemists: Louis Pasteur and Antoine Béchamp. Chances are, you’ve only heard of one of these scientists, which means that he ostensibly “won” the debate. This is true, but it does not tell the full story, or even come close. Pasteur and Béchamp were fighting about germs, also known as microbes or microorganisms.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Paul Kriegler |Laine Bergeson Becco |Molly Kopischke
With Samantha McKinney, RD Season 10, Episode 8 | March 25, 2025Many aspects of our health and wellness are influenced by the huge population of microorganisms that live predominately in our gut. With knowledge of this becoming more mainstream, it has many people wondering what they can do to best support their gut health. In this episode, we discuss the various lifestyle factors that influence it, including our nutrition choices.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Kate Morgan |Laine Bergeson Becco |Courtney Helgoe |Mo Perry
Good health is all about balance. We focus on balancing our hormones, our diets, and even our skin’s pH. For the sake of our mental health, we try to create work–life balance. But most of us don’t think about keeping our body’s natural fungi in balance. Candida albicans is a type of yeast that occurs naturally on the skin and in the mouth and intestines. When the balance between that yeast and healthy bacteria in the body is disrupted, candida can overgrow and cause a fungal infection.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Craig Cox |Lauren Bedosky |Laine Bergeson Becco
My Lovely Wife has been coping with a bum right knee — the product of a freak accident and a botched surgery — for almost 50 years. She has persevered admirably through it all, but recent research suggests that, like most older women, she and her knees are fighting a surprisingly powerful force: menopause.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Laine Bergeson |Laine Bergeson Becco |Mo Perry
Maintaining liver health may be among the best reasons to avoid excess fructose. Glucose can be metabolized by every cell, while fructose is processed only by the small intestine and the liver. So when large quantities of fructose hit the system, especially in the form of soda or energy drinks, the liver bears much of the burden. In the short term, fructose depletes cellular energy and triggers the production of uric acid, a waste product that, in excess, can damage the kidneys and the heart.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Laine Bergeson |Kristin Ohlson |Frank Lipman |Laine Bergeson Becco
There’s a reason you feel so refreshed when you get a good night’s sleep — and so groggy when you don’t. When you’re exhausted and it feels like the gears of your brain are clogged, it’s because, in a sense, they are. During the day, waste products accumulate in the brain. These are natural byproducts of our waking brainpower. When we’re asleep at night, the brain’s glymphatic system gets to work flushing away the day’s waste products.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
experiencelife.lifetime.life | Kate Morgan |Heidi Wachter |Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl |Laine Bergeson Becco
Even when we’re fasting, we Italians eat. I learned that lesson in the kitchen of my grandmother Irene. As a staunch Roman Catholic, she always fasted before holy days, including Christmas. But for Italians, fasting doesn’t mean that we don’t eat: It just means we eat fish. Seafood-based dinners are ubiquitous on Christmas Eve in Italy, but somewhere along the line, Italian American families developed their own — much more elaborate — version of the tradition.
