Welcome to this episode of The Tonic, terrestrially broadcast on March 8 and 9, 2025 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 your lung health with Dr. Gordon Chang PhD, how to get a full body battery with naturopath Dr. Kate Hunter ND, the connection between autism and gastrointestinal problems with health CEO Alex Martinez and how controlling your breathing can control your stress with stress expert Christopher Paul Jones.

We specifically discuss:

Your Lung Health

  • What can cause harm to your lungs?
  • The lung is an organ of excretion
  • Herbal remedies for coughing and excess mucus
  • Lung elasticity
  • Particulates
  • Herbal remedies for opening the bronchioles
  • Lifestyle choices to support lung health
  • Steam
  • Menthol and eucalyptus and other herbal remedies

 

Full Body Battery

  • What is a body battery?
  • What is being measured in tracking energy reserves?
  • Stress and heart rate variability
  • How does tracking body battery impact health
  • The impact of alcohol
  • Caffeine
  • Overdoing aerobic exercise
  • Adaptive recovery, meditation and the sauna

 

The Connection Between Autism and GI Problems

  • Comorbidity between autism and GI problems
  • Reducing GI problems would improve quality of life for those with autism
  • Fecal microbiota transplants
  • Practical improvements
  • Human milk oligosaccharides

 

Control Your Breathing To Control Your Stress

  • Why is chronic stress bad for us?
  • What does controlled breathing do?
  • Deep breathing
  • Box breathing
  • Yogic (single nostril) breathing
  • Heart beat variability and micro heart beats
  • Regular practice of controlled breathing
  • The “deep sigh”

 

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