
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
254 episodes
Cognitive Assessments, Brain Health, Peptides, Methylene Blue and Every Mental Health Technology Available. Dr Neil Paulvin DO
The present state of health care is a paradox. The stats are terrible and terrifying, with almost everything trending in the wrong direction. And yet at the same time, we have more and more innovative treatment options than ever before, and ...
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Episode 254
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47:59

Dealing with Chronic Pain and Joint Injuries. Regenerative Medicine, Cellular Dosing, & Biohacking that Transforms Your Body. Dr David Karli MD
I have been practicing regenerative medicine for nearly two decades, and I don’t know why it hasn’t taken off like I expected. I asked that question to Dr David Karli why he believes that is the case, and what he is doing to pioneer new tech...
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Episode 253
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1:02:36

Heart Health and Hormone Optimisation Technology. Building Longevity Unicorns with Craig Cooper
Heart disease has been the number one killer worldwide for decades. Yet, from an industry perspective foundational biometric data like central pressures and arterial pressures have not been available to the general public. That’s why Craig C...
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Episode 252
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1:04:30

Longevity Technology 202: How Health Tech and Data coaches YOU to a Life of Thriving: Steve Stavs on Dr Stillman’s Podcast
Dr. Leland Stillman is on my Made To Thrive advisory board because I value his insight on and clinical experience with integrative medicine. He has been on my podcast several times, and recently I returned the favour as a guest on his Integr...
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Episode 251
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56:16

How Mind-Body Medicine, Combined with Holistic Psychology Heals Chronic Disease. Dr Moshe Block ND VDP HMC
Are we in the midst of a great awakening of humanity? That’s what my guest today, Dr Moshe Daniel Block, believes. But why does that matter? It is because this is a time of hope. As each individual dives deeper into exploring their “I AM”, t...
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Episode 250
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1:00:19

The Great Plant-Based Con: Unpacking the Real Science & Data. Jayne Buxton MBA MA
It’s called The Great Plant-Based Con, and boy oh boy, is it a con. From NGOs, Big Pharma, Big Ag, celebrities, universities, researchers, government - it’s a complicated web of interconnected incentives. I ask listeners to go into this podc...
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Episode 249
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57:10

Stop Just Coping With Anxiety. Healing and Curing Anxiety with Dr Russ Kennedy the Anxiety MD
This is a step we must take. I have never seen anxiety like I have in the past few years and it is going to get worse until we move beyond the “just deal with it” paradigm and move to a heal it, grow from it and thrive from it paradigm. That...
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Episode 248
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1:01:15

Holistic Psychiatry: Mental Health Strategies, Reclamation, & True Femininity. Dr Kelly Brogan MD
Kelly Brogan has been on quite the journey. From the most orthodox believer in and member of the medical cathedral, to then writing a best selling book that rejected that system outright to now doing her deepest work in self reclamation and fem...
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Episode 247
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1:08:58

Your Anxiety Plan: Parts Work, Internal Family Systems, & Why Questions. Britt Frank LSCSW SEP
Talking to Britt Frank a year ago was not only one of my favorite podcasts ever, it was a revelatory moment for me concerning trauma. I loved the way Britt changed the framing of that word and made it more accessible and approachable, and now w...
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Episode 246
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59:41

ADHD, ADD, Autism, Aspergers, Dyslexia, Tourette’s & Bipolar. Hope and Tools for Neurological Conditions. Dr Robert Melilo. Functional Neurologist
Is it nature or nurture? Genetics or epigenetic? That is a core part of my discussion today with world renowned brain and childhood neurological disorder expert Dr Robert Melillo. He is doing miraculous things at his clinic, with an al...
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Episode 245
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1:06:18

Reduce Hip Fracture Risk by 50%, Nutrition for Your Bones, & Why Osteoporosis is Starting Earlier. Dr Sandra Iuliano Phd.
Let food be thy medicine. This has been known for thousands and thousands of years. And yet somehow we have let Big Food and their toxic processed food run riot with our health. Today’s guest has done incredible research on how small, easily ac...
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Episode 244
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49:32

Thyroid Health Overwhelm? Hashimoto’s, T3, T4, rT3, Thyroid Antibodies? Practical Tools that Help. Prof Sindeep Bhana MD (rebroadcast)
At least 60% of the biological audits I conduct find an underperforming, or lazy thyroid. Which is bad news for metabolism, weight gain, energy and sleep. The question then is, why? Why are thyroids underactive? And how do we promote thyroid he...
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Episode 243
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1:13:03

The Greatest Health Crisis. Humanity’s Mental Health & Performance Abyss. There are NEW Tools and a NEW Hope. Dr Jeoff Drobot NMD (rebroadcast)
It’s a new year, so I want to begin with new hope. Mental health and performance is in an abyss I have never seen before. Brain fog, memory problems, mental fatigue, anxiety and everything else, we need new solutions to these ever-growing pr...
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Episode 242
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58:00

Cognoscopy! What? Your Mental Performance Science Backed Score. How is Your Brain? Dr Dale Bredesen MD (rebroadcast)
I believe in knowing your data. Knowing your numbers, because they are objective sign posts that guide us into targeted action, making medicine personal, proactive, preventative and performance enhancing. That’s why Dr Dale Bredesen’s Apollo...
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Episode 241
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1:07:46

Stem Cell Masterclass: Why YOU need them, & How to Enhance and Mobilize Stem Cells. Christian Drapeau: Stem Cell Scientist
Stem cells are the key to your longevity. These miracles of life are what repair and rejuvenate everything about you biologically, creating “new” organs every few years and repairing damage and disease. But as we age, live unhealthy li...
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Episode 240
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55:10

Hair & Scalp Health: Balding, Thinning, Greying. Why Your Hair is Important & What You Can Do! Dr Alan Bauman, MD ABHRS
Are you listening to your scalp? Because what is going on your head, and how your hair feels is at the crux of your hair health and your chances of hair loss. We are so emotionally connected to our hair, and people are willing to try just ab...
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Episode 239
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1:06:56

Bone Health Masterclass: Adults, Children, Osteoporosis, Osteopenia & Why Your Childhood Lifestyle is Crucial for Bone Health. Prof Belinda Beck PhD.
Your bones are the pillars of what it means to be “strong for life”, and there are few things are as important for health span and longevity as the strength of our bodies to be functional in our latter years. It is assumed that it’s the...
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Episode 238
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1:01:59

Why You Battle To Change Your Health Habits & Irrational Wellness Decisions Explained. Prof Dan Ariely Ph.D.
When it comes to health, we can get stuck in the details, the specifics, the data, the tests, the supplements, the diets. But above all of that is you; who you are, what you believe in, your history, your hopes, and your environment, where y...
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Episode 237
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1:00:12

Reproductive Health Masterclass: Infertility? Contraceptive Pill?, & Gynaecological Issues? Gabriela Rosa ND MPH
It’s one of the greatest causes of tension, relationship breakdown and ultimately separation or divorce - infertility. Couples that are unable to conceive are 30% more likely to separate, which makes sense given the financial, emotional and ...
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Episode 236
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56:43

Rejuvenation Olympics, Biohacking - Aka Health Optimisation - Done Both Simply and Affordably. Julie Gibson Clark
“What else do I not know that I don’t know”. Asking this question was the catalyst of my guest’s biohacking and health success story. It is a statement of curiosity and also accountability to find solutions, both being the heart of bio...
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Episode 235
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1:05:30

Mysterious Conditions, Sensitive Patients, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: Why there is New Hope & Tools to Change Your Life! Dr Neil Nathan MD
If you are struggling and suffering in silence, or been told by doctor after doctor there’s nothing wrong, and it’s all in your head, do not give up. Today is an episode of hope. Your mystery symptoms and disease can be cured. There are test...
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Episode 234
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1:07:27

Big Food’s Deception, Big Body Care’s Lies, Toxins, Chemicals, & Hidden Damaging Ingredients YOU Should Be Aware of! Ben Katz BSE
What is hidden in your chocolate, our creams, our shampoos, toothpastes and yes even our sausages! The skullduggery hidden in the products we use in our everyday lives is frightening. From M&Ms to kombucha and anything smelly, it takes a...
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Episode 233
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57:24

Hormones! Do You Have a Personal Hormonal Plan? It’s Never Too Late to Optimise Hormonal Health: Dr Carrie Carda MD FACOG
Treating root causes not diseases are at the core of functional medicine, and that includes hormonal health. If someone is hormonally deficient and unbalanced, simply put they’re in trouble. It’s the reason why girls are reaching puberty 4 to 5...
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Episode 232
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1:00:02

The Children & Teenager Health Crisis: Is Your Child 1 of the 50% with a Chronic Disease? Integrative Pediatrician Dr Gator unpacks WHAT YOU can DO!
This one is about the kids, and it’s sad to say - the kid’s are not alright. Just 50 years ago, chronic disease in children and teens was a rarity. Now it’s the norm. I know things are bad, I talk about it and see it everyday, but when my gu...
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Episode 231
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1:00:36

Optimizing Mental Performance with the Latest Biohacks, IV Drips & Bespoke Medicine. Sam Tejada
Today’s episode goes into the world of personalised and preventative care, unpacking the depth and breadth of diagnostic, treatment and lifestyle options out there to optimize your mental, physical and even sexual performance. <...
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Episode 230
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55:36
