Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on October 26 and 27 2024 on AM740 and FM 96.7 in Toronto. Topics covered on the show track the lifestyle articles and themes published in The Tonic Newsletter and on the Tonic Website. We’ll discuss how to treat severe asthma with Dr. Susan Waserman MD, the health benefits of Urolithin A with Dr. Navnirat Nibber ND, how to build bridges in a divided world with author TJ Woodward and eating your age with author Dr. Ian K Smith MD.

We specifically discuss:

Treating Severe Asthma

  • What is severe asthma?
  • Does severe asthma develop?
  • Avoid triggering symptoms
  • Treatment types
  • Inhalers and controllers
  • Recent research suggests too much oral steroids are being prescribed
  • Side effects of oral steroids
  • Biologics
  • Accessability of biologics
  • Studies on biologics
  • Contraindications
  • Unmet needs in asthma treatment in Canada
  • Find out more information go here

Urolithin A

  • What is urolithin A?
  • What does urolithin A do?
  • Scientific research
  • Sarcopenia
  • Who is urolithin A for?
  • Variability and diversity of the gut microbiome
  • Why does urolithin A stand out?
  • Navnirat’s research work with AOR

 

How To Build Bridges

  • Why is it important to build bridges?
  • The role of social
  • Absolutism
  • Why is “certainty” problematic?
  • Nuance and our attention span
  • Cleaning up your algorithm
  • What sort of questions should we be asking?
  • Problematic opinions
  • Examples of open ended questions that help to build bridges

 

Eating Your Age

  • Our needs and abilities change as we age
  • Top nutrients in our 30’s, 40’s and 50’s
  • 5 ways that our bodies change as we age
  • Resistance training
  • Reasonable expections
  • Fitness tests
  • Is it ever to late to start healthy habits

 

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To learn more about Dr. Susan Waserman MD go here.

To learn more about Dr. Navnirat Nibber ND go here

To learn more about TJ Woodward  go here

To learn more about Dr. Ian K Smith go here