The Automatic Body with Robin Berzin|The Automatic Body with Robin Berzin

There are automatic mechanisms in our body that make us healthy. Our habits can turn them off, and consequently, we experience the negative effects in our lives, such as anxiety, infertility, insomnia, and weight gain.

Robin Berzin explains to us in this show, how our bodies hold the key for a healthy life. We are suppressing this automatic health on a daily basis with bad habits, such as overstimulation, diet, and lack of movement. Listen as we get practical tips to turn on your health mechanisms!

Dr. Robin Berzin (MD) is a functional medicine physician and the founder of Parsley Health – a modern, high-end medical practice redefining primary care. It pairs technology with functional medicine, allowing greater access to holistic preventative treatments.

A Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Robin attended medical school at Columbia University, where she co-founded the physician communication app, Cureatr. She trained in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and is a certified yoga instructor, meditation teacher, and has formally studied Ayurveda. Robin has written for a number of leading news wellness sites, including mindbodygreen, Yahoo! and The Huffington Post, and speaks regularly for organizations, including the Clinton Foundation, Health 2.0, Summit, Evolution of Medicine Summit and the Functional Forum on how we can reinvent health care.

Robin lives in New York City with her husband and dog, Wallis. She enjoys traveling and is passionate about redefining health care from the ground up using new paradigms of medicine and the latest technologies.

Key Takeaways:
[:26] The Automatic Body
[:38] Robin Berzin's career
[3:05] What does Automatic Body mean?
[3:15] There are automatic mechanisms in our body to make us healthy.
[3:35] How do we turn these health mechanisms off?
[3:50] Hyperstimulation
[4:05] We are working all the time.
[4:12] Chronic stimulation
[4:24] People are always in emergency mode.
[4:53] Sugar and carbs affect our health mechanisms.
[5:51] What are the results of our bad habits?
[6:05] How Cortisol affects us?
[6:30] Infertility
[7:04] Insomnia, anxiety and weight gain are created by our habits.
[7:49] The turning off our automatic body, is the root of a lot of problems.
[8:20] Stress can make blood sugar rise.
[9:11] How is your body working today?
[10:12] Autoimmune antibodies need to be checked regularly.
[12:28] Gaining weight for no reason, tired and depressed.
[12:47] Exercise more is not the answer to lose weight.
[14:23] People do not feel the stress, but it does not mean it is not there.
[14:55] Course correcting
[15:13] If you know you are over-stimulated, what do you need to do?
[16:17] Stop looking at the screens.
[16:42] Calendar meditation and yoga.
[18:12] Testing and supplements.
[18:25] Medication also helps. Use modern medicine and diagnosis.
[18:48] Diet, lifestyle, and movement can replace medication.
[19:50] Parsleyhealth.com
[20:16] Are you digesting protein well?
[20:28] Digestive enzyme
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[21:05] Listeners’ questions
[21:15] Trying to lose weight.
[21:57] Stimulation vs Restoration
[22.20] Move more! Track your steps.
[22:49] Get a dog.
[23:13] Resistance training is the key.
[23:30] Cardio burst training.
[24:02] Calming exercises.
[24:29] Relaxation is as important, or more important, than intensity.
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