The Better Humans Project: Recent Episodes
Katie Jasien
The Better Humans Project strives to help people help themselves in natural and holistic methods. I believe it is profitable to make small, progressive changes over the course of a lifetime instead of drastic, short-term changes that last only 8 weeks.
In this episode, I talk about the importance of exercise and stretching as well as some simple suggestions on how to incorporate them into your life.
In this episode, I talk about some basic ways to increase the quality of your water intake, sunlight exposure and sleep. You would be surprised by how many of these things you may be overlooking.
In this episode, I talk about common but overlooked sources of air pollution and some simple ways to combat them.
In this episode, I explain how the health assessment is broken down and how to use it. If you need the health assessment sent to you, please email me at katie@thejunkyardgym.com. It's completely free.
In this episode, I introduce myself as a professional and explain why I created the self-questionnaire health assessment and why you should fill it out.
In this episode, I touch on fasting, eating wheat, dairy and honey and a little bit of herbal medicine from the perspective of the Bible. correction: alkaloids are the third group of secondary metabolites and the caffeine/cocaine/morphine compounds belong to this group, not the terpeness.
In this episode, I define health according to the period of life an individual may be in. I categorize life periods into 0-20 years old, 20-50 and 50+ and suggest what aspects of health are most important during those times.
In this episode, I talk about Anti-Nutrients: what they are, why they came to be in our food and how to reduce them in our diet. Spinach causing kidney stones; gluten intolerance; what is "sprouting" and more!!
In this episode, I try to encourage fathers and men to Become Better Men for the sake of our future generations.
In this episode, I get fired up about why you need to stop feeding your kids (or any kid) fast food and how it has been chemically and socially engineered to be as addictive as a debilitating drug.
In this episode, I state that obesity is a disease as serious as cancer and I also compel the listener to understand that obesity has an emotional root.
In this episode, I talk about some possible benefits and detriments of alcohol as well as clear up the good ol' idea that "a glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away".
In this episode, I talk about why salt is good for you and mention that it may be the standard american diet of processed food and sodium deviations that cause CV disease and other chronic disease.
In this episode, I divide the idea of adaptation into two perspectives. 1) Regressive which is accumulated damage and 2) Progressive; how to be more successful in our health endeavours with smaller changes over a longer period of time.
In this episode, I ask you to take some time to use your imagination, intellect and emotion with the anticipation of Easter.
In this episode, I talk about good bacteria, how to find it and why we need it on our skin and in our digestive system.
In this episode, I interview Mark Weigel and ask about his journey on Becoming a Better Human.
In this episode I give myself a short interview about my health journey, the motivation, challenges, victories, surprises and some encouragement to you!
In this episode I explain the types of tightness in our bodies as well as a little science as to how to get the most change and flexibility in our joints and "muscles".
In this episode I talk about the correlation between obesity/type 2 diabetes and chemical pollutants used in food production. Contrary to popular belief, it may not strictly be the over consumption of sugar.
In this episode I talk briefly about the function of the thyroid as well as possible symptoms of dysfunction and how to test for possible indication of hypothyroidism. *Normal reading for armpit 97.8 - 98.2. Normal reading for oral 98.6
In this part 2 of Exposing Marketing Labels I briefly mention the disease that plagues communities surrounding corporate owned animal feed lots.
In this episode I explain the difference between terms like "Grass fed", "cage free" and "pasture raised" as well as the benefits in eating high quality meat and the dangers of eating low quality meat.
In this episode I talk about the yeast candida albicans and how it can become a very serious problem and cause a multitude of signs and symptoms that you may never have had an answer for.
In this episode I talk about "Leaky Gut/Gut and Psychology Syndrome". How it comes about, how to assess it, how to heal it and why it's crucial for every human to understand.