
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
272 episodes
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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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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54:23

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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49:20

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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50:15

The Cholesterol Masterclass 101: How Oreos Reduce Cholesterol, ApoB, and What Causes Heart Disease. Dave Feldman
So, your cholesterol is high? The big question my guest today is asking is - does it even matter? Why this does matter so much is because Dave Feldman and his network of researchers are asking a fundamentally new question about cholesterol a...
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Episode 261
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Optimise Your Brain with BrainTap. You Know that Your Mental Performance is Everything! Dr Patrick Porter Phd
Dr Patrick Porter is on a mission to better a billion brains, and he’s definitely bettered a few thousand brains with me here in Africa. BrainTap is a game-changing mental performance tool, and yet people tell me every week they don’t have t...
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Episode 260
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The Creatine Masterclass: Why & How Men and Women Optimize Performance with this Miracle Compound. Dr Darren Candow PhD CSEP-CEP FISSN
Despite being the most studied supplement of all time, creatine is making a big resurgence. It’s been the hot topic in the health podcast space for the past year, as new scientific evidence is showing creatine is about more than looking big,...
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Episode 259
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Holistic Health: Merging Ayurvedic Wisdom, Neuroscience & Health Technology: Dr Nidhi Pandya BAMS
As much as I love and believe in the medical science and biohacks of the 21st century, there is wisdom and knowing that will be forever timeless. Whether my first passion Traditional Chinese Medicine, or Ayurvedic medicine, there are good re...
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Episode 258
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57:08

Your Mouth Counts! Oral Health & Cancer, Chronic Disease and Mental Health. Dr Michelle Jorgensen DDS ND
“Health starts in the mouth”. It’s truer than people know. When oral issues can be correlated to about 80% of chronic disease, it may be the most critical area of health neglected by the public and misunderstood by professionals. Which is wh...
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Episode 257
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55:55

How To Optimise Your Fat! Seed OIls, PUFA’s, MUFA’s, & Regenerative Farming. Strong Sistas Dr Ashley Armstrong. MS Phd
PUFAS, MUFAS and LUFAS. No, they’re not a new type of cereal or sponge for the shower, these are the types of dietary fats that will either make or break your metabolism. And the key here is where are you getting them from aka what are...
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Episode 256
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100 is the New 30! Longevity Cardiologist Shows YOU HOW! Dr Jeffrey Gladden MD FACC
The idea of living to 100 or longer but being as healthy as someone in their 30s is one I am both fascinated and hoping to achieve. And I believe at the core of this pursuit is data. But what data? What’s the most important, and how do you m...
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Episode 255
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56:33

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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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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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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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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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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