The Made to Thrive Show
Optimising your mind, body and soul. Hosted by Steve Stavs, Africa's Pro Biohacker, Health Futurist, and founder of www.madetothrive.co.za.
Episodes
286 episodes
Fat Loss Revolution: Ditch Visceral Fat, Master Metabolism, and Decode GLP-1 Agonists with Adonis Saremi, MD
We have to be more careful with our language and ask more clearly - are we aiming for weight loss or fat loss? As they say, it starts at home, so I am going to be using fat loss more often. Because that is actually the main objective, to los...
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Episode 281
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Unlock Your Skin's True Potential: Revolutionary Holistic Health Secrets, No-Frills Skincare Strategies, and Full-Body Wellness Wisdom from Dermatologist Mary Mina, MD
Dr Mary Mina is the first dermatologist I have had on the show. Why? Because I am recently seeing more and more skin disease. What I value about Dr Mina is her simplified, no frill approach yet holistic approach to skin health. Because as sh...
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Episode 280
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Unlocking the True Secrets of Longevity: Cutting Through the Hype with No-Nonsense, Science-Backed Strategies from Elizabeth Yurth, MD
Longevity is having a moment, from Bryan Johnson to glossy Netflix docs like Don’t Die, there’s a lot of glitz and glam in and around the longevity space. But that also means there’s a lot of bs and bluster. My guest, Dr. Eliza...
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Episode 279
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Break Free from Grind Culture: How Daily Connections, Mindset Shifts, and Community Power Transform Your Health – Veteran Marine Raider Nick Koumalatsos Challenges Modernity’s Status Quo
How often do you see your best friend? Once a week? Once a month? And what would it take to see them every single day? What would that mean to your life and do to your health? The strength of the pack is in its togetherness, yet we are livin...
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Episode 278
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Unlock Hydrogen's Secret Power: How This Overlooked Molecule Fights Chronic Inflammation, Balances Hormones, and Supercharges Your Health – Exclusive Insights from Self-Taught Pioneer Alex Tarnava
It’s people like Alex who are pushing and will continue to push the future of medicine and healthcare. Because of his curious and exploratory mind, Alex refused to accept his diagnosis as chronically sick and thought differently about possib...
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Episode 277
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Holistic Dentistry Redefined: Safe Mercury Removal, Top Cavity Defences, and Bite Restoration Secrets with Dr. Ben Javid, DDS & Dr. Shawn Javid, DDS
Too toxic for the dump but just fine for your mouth. Yes, that’s the logic of mainstream dentistry. But things are changing. As doctors Ben and Shawn Javid from Smilebody in LA testify, their practice is booming because people from far and w...
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Episode 276
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Revitalizing Skin and Hormones Holistically: Busting Myths, Healing Leaky Barriers, and Embracing Legacy Medicine with Dr. Trevor Cates, ND
Are you reading the ingredients in your skin creams, shampoos and soaps? If you are not, you need to start because the toxic compounds in everyday personal products are disrupting your hormonal health and creating the conditions for diseases...
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Episode 275
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Conquering Addiction from the Inside Out: Trauma Rewiring, Gratitude's Neuro Power, and Permanent Recovery Habits with Robb Kelly, PhD
What is addiction? There’s no easy answer there, and the science and understanding of addiction is continually changing. My guest today Robb Kelly has treated thousands of addicts and he believes addiction is not about the addiction. It’s no...
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Episode 274
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Rebooting Your Brain: AI-Powered Hacks, Cognitive Tracking, and Defying Mental Decline with Dr. Reza Ghomi, MD, MSE
Mental health and mental performance are plummeting. Having witnessed this dramatic decline over the past few years, I’ve believe it is my mission to connect with the people and technologies that can intervene and stop this cognitive crisis....
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Episode 274
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Unlocking the Gut Microbiome's Hidden Secrets: Antibiotics' Lasting Dangers, Parkinson's Poop Predictors, and Mastery of Targeted Bacterial Strains with Martha Carlin, BS
One course of antibiotics has the power to wipe out certain strains from your microbiome forever. Like everything in health, it’s all about dose and right use, but when it comes to antibiotics we are reaching for it too causally without grap...
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Episode 274
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Functional Skincare Revolution: Bio-Adaptive Tech, Lymph Flow, and Aging Gracefully with Dr. Cathy Goldstein, AP
Dr. Cathy Goldstein, AP, is the founder of Tru Energy Skincare and a licensed Acupuncture Physician with over 30 years of clinical experience. A graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture in 1988, she has dedicated her career to integ...
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Episode 274
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AI Health Breakthroughs: Personal AI Agents for Disease Prevention, Peak Performance, Lifelong Wellness & Curing Cancer by 2030 with Leading AI Futurist Steve Brown
AI is here, and today is the worst it is ever going to be. But there are also over 8 billion human beings, so the biggest question of all is - how are we going to cooperate and even co-exist? Is AI here to take all the jobs or create economic a...
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Episode 273
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AI Diabetes Reversal Revolution: 98% Success Crushing Type II with Personalized AI, Data-Driven Wins, & Lifelong Empowerment. Dr. John Oberg, DSW, MBA
Reversing type II diabetes at a 98% success rate using artificial intelligence. The future of medicine is already here, and it’s changing real peoples lives right now. Listeners of my show know I believe personalized data and AI interpretati...
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Episode 273
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Light Up Your Life: Mastering the Light Diet to Combat Chronic Diseases, Enhance Sleep, and Unlock Longevity Secrets with Circadian Pioneer Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, MD
Your eyes are not cameras—they are clocks. Every cell and organ in your body is orchestrated by the light you let in, making light the most powerful regulator of health. More than ever, I believe the “light diet” is a foundational lifestyle cha...
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Episode 272
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Unmasking the Toxic Tsunami: How Environmental Poisons Fuel Chronic Disease & How to Detox for Lifelong Health with Dr. Kelly McCann, MD
Toxicity is something I’ve been focusing on more than ever—because it’s everywhere. From the water we drink to the air we breathe, the buildings we live and work in, even the everyday products we use—environmental toxins are silently i...
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Episode 272
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Algae Unleashed: Skyrocketing Brain Power, Gut Health, and Energy with Spirulina, and Chlorella. Dr Catharine Arnston PhD MBA
Not fish food but brain food and gut food. That’s how you should understand algae. I was blown away by the research on algae and its most powerful component superoxide dismutase. From MS to Alzheimer’s and PTSD, the super nutrient profile of...
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Episode 271
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Obesity, Toxic Fat on Your Organs, & How to Outsmart Fat & Detox Your Body with Dr. S. Lonky, MD
In this eye-opening episode, we explore how our toxic environment is fueling an epidemic of chronic illness—starting before birth. Shocking studies reveal that newborns are now born with over 200 toxic chemicals in their bodies, setting the sta...
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Episode 270
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Family Biohacking Revolution: With Anthony Lolli, CEO of Lollibrands & Filmmaker, and TereZa Hakobyan-Lolli, Founder of Biohack Yourself
Where Media Meets Biohacking—with the Lolli FamilyJoin Anthony and Tereza Lolli, along with their children, on a family-driven mission to explore health, fitness, and biohacking in the most immersive way possible—by living it. Fro...
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Episode 269
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Ring of Revelation: Revolutionising Erectile and Heart Health with Dr. Elliot Justin, MD, FACEP – CEO of FirmTech
It’s time to put a ring on it. And I mean an erectile fitness ring. I had never even considered the importance of my erection data until having this fascinating conversation with Dr Elliot Justin. Because it’s about much more than sexual hea...
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Episode 268
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Stem Cell Therapy: Cutting Edge Medical Science Just Got Sharper. Transform Your Life by Embracing the Future of Medicine. Josh Ketner
Amazing, miraculous things are happening with stem cells. But where? Unfortunately, the big players in healthcare are making it as hard as possible for these revolutionary medicines to the general public. Whether curing decades long auto-imm...
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Episode 267
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Metabolic Freedom: 30 Day Guide to Restore Your Metabolism, Heal Hormones and Burn Fat. Ben Azadi
What does it mean to be free? It’s a question that’s puzzled philosophers for millennia. But what does it mean to be metabolically free? If you’ve ever felt hangry, crashed after a meal, or dealt with type 2 diabetes, you’ve experience...
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Episode 266
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Toxic Fat: The Most Dangerous Sign for Heart Disease. Unpacking The Fat Crisis Around Your Heart and Organs. Dr Sean O’Mara MD JD
What an incredible episode with an incredible health hero Dr Sean O’Mara. Dr O’Mara gives a no nonsense, no prisoners-taken masterclass on visceral fat and adipose tissue, and how it’s killing you and turning on the “ugly button”. What sets ...
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Episode 265
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Your Gut Health: IBS, IBD, Chron’s, Colitis, Bloating & Auto-Immune Conditions. Inspiration, & Empowerment from Josh Dech CHN CPT
It’s painful seeing so much sickness and ill-health. And one of the big reasons for so much sickness is the pain so many people’s guts are in. IBS, Chron’s disease and ulcerative colitis are becoming more common for more people, and tragical...
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Episode 264
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The Lies I Taught in Medical School: Prof Lufkin MD Phd.
Guests don’t get as accomplished and credentials as Dr Robert Lufkin, a physician and medical school professor of the highest calibre with over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers. And then he wrote a book about the lies he HIMSELF was teach...
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Episode 263
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Health Technology to Upgrade Your Mental Health and Performance: The Science of Cutting Edge Laser Tech: Dr Brandon Crawford DC FIBFN-CND
Light is life. While everyone is obsessed with diet and exercise, they do not understand that we humans are fundamentally light beings and without the right light inputs, at the right times and exposed to the right places, genuine optimal hu...
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Episode 262
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