The Thorne Podcast

Rethinking Women’s Fertility Tests with OOVA

Women’s health testing can be improved with more and better data. Dr. Amy Divaraniya, CEO and founder of OOVA, shares how her struggles with fertility sparked the idea for OOVA, a new way to measure and monitor female fertility at home.

During this episode you’ll learn about:

• Amy Divaraniya, CEO and founder of OOVA [0:58]
• How OOVA was created after Dr. Divaraniya’s personal fertility struggles [6:29]
• Missing data: What’s wrong with the state of women’s health tests [8:37]
• Creating OOVA, a quantitative approach to women’s home health tests [15:08]
  • What does OOVA measure? Luteinizing hormone and progesterone [18:14]
  • How it works: OOVA’s easy at-home testing process [20:34]
• Questions from the community
  • How did OOVA transform from an idea to a business? [24:10]
  • What is the future of OOVA – beyond fertility and women’s health? [24:54]
  • Why is it important for a woman to track her fertility cycle? [26:41]
  • What role do diet and exercise play in fertility testing? [27:58]
  • What are emerging areas of women’s health technology, or “femtech”? [29:51]
  • Any advice for entrepreneurs in the women’s health space? [31:24]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• Learn about OOVA at life or follow @oovalife on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
• 12 Biomarkers that Impact Your Fertility
• 6 Women's Health Allies to Support You During Every Life Phase
• 9 Factors That You Didn’t Know Can Affect Fertility
• 4 Benefits of Inositol for Women's Metabolic Health and Hormone Balance*
• Meet the Sex Hormones and Their Role in Your Health
• Can Your Diet Boost Your Fertility? Get the Facts From Mayo Clinic
• A Lifetime of Balanced Nutrition Advice for Women
• Products mentioned in this episode: Fertility Test, Stress Test, Menopause Test, Ovarian Care

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* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

How to Digest Your Gut Health Test Results

You took Thorne's Gut Health Test, but what do your results really mean for your health? Vice President of Medical Affairs Amanda Frick joins Chief Medical Advisor Robert Rountree as they analyze and discuss their own results on this special episode.

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During this episode you’ll learn about:  

1. What Thorne’s Gut Health Test is and who may benefit from taking it [1:30] 

1. How Thorne’s shotgun metagenomics and AI technology stand out from other DNA tests [4:23] 

1. How Thorne’s revolutionary wipe technology eliminates the “yuck” factor [8:32] 

1. How Thorne’s Gut Health Test isn’t ideal for urgent health situations [13:54] 

1. Dr. Amanda Frick’s results [16:51] 

• Digestion score [21:03] 

• Inflammation score [21:42] 
• Dysbiosis score [24:21] 
• Intestinal permeability score [26:20] 
• Nervous system score [28:12] 
• General overview of Dr. Frick’s results [29:36] 

• Product recommendations for Dr. Frick: Prebiotic +, FloraMend Prime Probiotic®, Undecylenic Acid, Metabolic Health [30:55] 
   

1. Dr. Robert Rountree’s results [33:56] 

• Digestion and inflammation scores [34:30] 
• Dysbiosis score [36:13] 
• Intestinal permeability score [37:51] 

• Nervous system score [38:53] 
• Product recommendations for Dr. Rountree: Prebiotic +, FloraMend Prime Probiotic®, Metabolic Health, Basic B Complex [41:27] 

 
Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:  

• A Gamechanger for Gut Health: Meet Thorne’s Gut Health Test 
• How Thorne’s Gut Health Test Analyzes Your Microbiome 

• 3 Ways Gut Health Affects Brain Health 
• 3 Reminders for Your Gut Health Test 
• Are You An Athlete Who Suffers From Leaky Gut? 
• Gut Health: The Link to Anxiety and Depression? 
• Fur Friends with (Microbial) Benefits: How Pets Benefit Our Gut Health 

• 5 Spices For a Healthy Gut 

Links to products mentioned in this episode: Gut Health Test with Microbiome Wipe, FloraMend Prime Probiotic®, Prebiotic +, Metabolic Health, Basic B Complex, Undecylenic Acid 
 

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* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. 

New Horizons in Gut Health Technology

Dr. Mary Kay Ross, Thorne’s Chief Medical Officer, returns to the podcast to share how metagenomics is challenging how we look at gut health. Plus, get answers to question like “What is dysbiosis?” and “Which is better: prebiotics vs. probiotics?”

During this episode you’ll learn about:

• Mary Kay Ross background – from ER physician to Thorne’s Chief Medical Officer [0:51]
• New technologies for studying microbiome health [2:51]
• What is metagenomics? A sophisticated standard for measuring the whole microbiome [6:34]
  • Gut health as not just good vs. bad bugs, but a gut health community [8:43]
• How the microbiome acts like a garden [10:50]
• What is dysbiosis? An imbalance of all the kinds of bacteria in the gut [12:12]
• Prebiotics – what you should feed the bacteria in your gut [15:44]
  • FiberMend, a revolutionary prebiotic made with guar gum [17:54]
  • What does it mean when prebiotics cause bloating and intestinal gas? [19:40]
• Questions from the community
  • What causes irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and does IBS go away over time? [27:26]
  • What impact does the enteric nervous system have on IBS? [30:05]
  • Should you take a prebiotic, a probiotic, or both? [32:19]
  • If every gut microbiome is unique, are personalized probiotics possible? [35:11]
  • What gut bacteria cause weight gain, and how can I get rid of them? [40:32]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• Bugs 101: Probiotics, Prebiotics, and the Microbiome
• Can Your Gut Microbiome Predict Your Longevity?
• Prebiotics: The Essential Nutrition for Your Microbiome
• 12 Health Conditions Linked to Your Gut and an Imbalanced Microbiome
• What Is the Difference Between IBS and IBD?
• Everything You Should Know About Fiber
• From the podcast archives
  • Episode 50: The Harmful Effects of Heavy Metals
  • Episode 65: Keeping the Brain Healthy with Dr. Mary Kay Ross
  • Episode 66: Keeping the Brain Healthy with Dr. Mary Kay Ross Pt. 2

Links to products mentioned in this episode: FiberMend, EnteroMend, Probiotics from Thorne, Gut Health Test

 

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Training with the Stars: How Actors Get in Shape

Coach and health entrepreneur Don Saladino shares the health, exercise, and nutrition insights he's gained from 20 years of experience training Hollywood's biggest stars, plus his advice for fellow coaches in the Performance Edition of the Thorne Podcast.

During this episode you’ll learn about:

1. Don Saladino, a fitness coach and health entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience training some of the biggest names in Hollywood [00:00:34]
2. Saladino’s early background as a caterer, later as a young trainer/ gym owner, and now working on his own digital program [1:10]
3. How Saladino met Hugh Jackman and began training other Hollywood stars [7:09]
4. Saladino’s advice on how trainers and coaches can gain client trust [10:17]
5. How Saladino handles Hollywood deadlines and his stance on lifelong changes [12:42]
6. Saladino’s approach to quality nutrition and changing it up throughout the seasons [14:48]
7. One of Saladino’s favorite client success stories about keeping everything in moderation [18:14]
8. Questions from the community [22:36]
   • What are some of the biggest shifts you’ve made in coaching as you’ve learned more over the last 20 years? [22:49]
   • What is your favorite physical transformation that you’ve been a part of? [28:23]
   • How do you start if you don’t have the equipment or are intimidated by the gym? [32:25]
   • What are your go-to supplements? [36:53]
   • What’s next in 2023 for Don Saladino? [37:58]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• Holiday-Proof Your Fitness with These 10 Tips from Dana Santas and Don Saladino
• Episode 69: The Two-Brain Business Model of Wellness and Running a Successful Gym
• NYC Strength Coach Joe Rodonis Shares His Tips on Game-changing Training and Nutrition
• Easy Ways to Exercise at Home When the Gym Is No Longer an Option
• The Science of Change | 7 Steps to Create New Habits This Year
• Functional Movement Systems (FMS)
• Daily Dose
• https://donsaladino.com/

Links to products mentioned in this episode: FloraMend Prime Probiotic, Prebiotic +, Vitamin D, Basic Nutrients 2/Day, Omega-3 with CoQ10, VeganPro Complex®, Daily Greens Plus

 

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What You’ll Learn From Biological Age Testing (Rebroadcast)

Ever wonder how your lifestyle has affected the way you age? Now you can with knowledge from Thorne's Biological Age Health Panel. In this episode, Dr. Robert Rountree is joined by Dr. Laura Kunces, Thorne’s Vice President of Medical Strategies, as the two run through their own personal results and recommendations after taking Thorne’s Biological Age health test.

Watch the video version of this episode here.

During this episode you’ll learn about:

• Dr. Laura Kunces' Background [1:11]
• Biological Age Health Panel [2:54]
  • Tracking your health [3:36]
• Chronological age vs. biological age [3:42]
• Understanding biomarkers [5:08]
• What the test tells you [6:42]
  • Actionable results [7:36]
• Biological age testing in younger adults [9:23]
  • Optimize the aging process [10:04]
• How to set up the test [10:50]
  • Blood draw [11:48]
  • Fasting before test [13:00]
• Dr. Kunces' Biological Age results [16:35]
  
  • Understanding age rate [18:34]
  • Organ ages and blood age [19:33]
  • How often to test biological age [20:40]
• Kunces personalized recommendations based on test results [23:58]
  • Diet [24:07]
  • Supplement and exercise [24:45]
• Tracking health over time [25:35]
• Test cost [27:58]
• Rountree’s Results [28:36]
  • Interpreting 5 age scores [30:08]
  • Recommendations [35:36]
  • Supplement validation [37:05]
• Questions about the Biological Age Test [38:08]
  • Thorne’s extensive practitioner network [38:19]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• Biological Age Test
• How Does Thorne's Biological Age Test Work?
• What’s Your Actual Age? Chronological vs. Biological Age
• How to Promote Healthy Aging During Your 20s, 30s, 40s, and Beyond

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How to Solve an Age-Old Problem, with Dr. Lee Hood

Can decoding your genome be the key to a longer health span? Dr. Leroy "Lee" Hood returns to the podcast to discuss the research on what your biological age says about your health, and how metabolic processes and the microbiome might be controlling your aging.  

During this episode you’ll learn about:  

• Dr. Leroy "Lee" Hood, pioneer in human genomics [1:23] 
• Different ways to measure aging: Chronological age vs. biological age [5:11] 

• Biological age as a measure of wellness inside and out [7:48] 

• How microbiomes differ between healthy and unhealthy people [11:43] 
• Steps  

• Metabolic and medicinal impacts on the aging process [16:40] 
• Questions from the community 

• How is biological age calculated? What other test methods are there? [18:55] 
• Do supplements support healthy aging? [22:35] 
• What factors lead to signs of accelerated aging? [24:48] 

• How can AI be used to predict health outcomes? [28:03] 

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:  

• Go deeper into wellness with Thorne’s Biological Age Health Panel 

• What’s Your Actual Age? Chronological vs. Biological Age 
• Assess Your Biological Age With Thorne's Biological Age Health Panel 

• How Does Thorne's Biological Age Panel Work? 
• The Thorne Podcast – Episode 35: What You’ll Learn From Biological Age Testing 

• 6 Steps to Improving The Aging Process  
• How to Promote Healthy Aging During Your 20s, 30s, 40s, and Beyond  
• The 4 Best Thorne Supplements to Support Healthy Aging 

• From the podcast archives 

• Episode 51: Exploring the Science of Healthy Aging with Dr. Nathan Price 
• Episode 75: It's Personalized: The Future of Data-Driven Health with Dr. Leroy "Lee" Hood 

• Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) 
• Phenome Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to health innovation and social change 

• The Age of Scientific Wellness: Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands, by Drs. Leroy "Lee" Hood and Nathan Price 

 

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It’s Personalized: The Future of Data-Driven Health

Tune in this week as special guest, Dr. Leroy Hood, an accomplished scientist best known for his integral work on the Human Genome Project, discusses data-driven analysis of chronic diseases and how our genomes may be able to provide individualized health recommendations in the future.

During this episode you’ll learn about:

1. Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, a world-renowned scientist in human genomics, cancer research, Alzheimer’s research, co-founder of the Institute of Systems Biology (ISB), and whose research allowed for the completion of the Human Genome Project [00:00:50]
2. Hood’s personal life/ early scientific background [1:27]
3. Hood’s famous Caltech professors and what they taught him [7:03]
4. The systems biology approach of applying data taken over time to the body’s networks [9:33]
5. Using a digital twin system to forecast Alzheimer’s disease and make recommendations [13:25]
6. How blood samples taken years before a disease diagnosis present an opportunity [16:44]
7. What’s the future of DNA sequencing for disease susceptibility? [19:31]
8. Questions from the community [24:02]
   • How did the Human Genome Project change the everyday person’s life? [24:09]
   • Is cancer becoming more common, or are we getting better at detecting it? [27:49]
   • Could the CRISPR technique/ genome engineering help extend the human lifespan? [31:49]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• Three Science-Backed Lifestyle Changes to Lower Your Dementia Risk
• How Chronic Inflammation Contributes to Disease and What You Can Do About It
• Mayo Clinic: Exploring the Connections Between the Microbiome, Health, and Disease
• How Plant Based Foods Help Fight Cancer
• Eight Nutrients for Brain Health
• Our Newest Health Panels – Advanced and Essential Data from a Basic Blood Draw
• What Can a Microbiome Test Tell You That a Genetic Test Can’t?
• Will Exercise Extend Your Lifespan?

Links to products mentioned in this episode:  

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No products mentioned. Focus was on chronic diseases/ genetics, so I figured linking tests would be less suggestive than products.

New Episodes Coming in 2023

Defying Gravity: Astronaut Health and Your Genes

Launch into outer space with Dr. Chris Mason, professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, as he tells the story of his collaboration with NASA on the famous Twins Study and its implications for the future of human health, genetics, and interplanetary travel.

During this episode you’ll learn about:

1. Chris Mason, professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founder of Onegevity [00:00:53]
2. Mason’s first research mission with NASA [3:48]
   • How space and gravity affected astronaut Scott Kelly [4:28]
   • What is genetic malleability? [8:54]
3. How many genes do humans have? [10:14]
   • The cost to test a whole genome [12:39]
4. Thorne’s Biological Age Test, modifying your own genetic expression with lifestyle changes [16:01]
5. Concern over the scientific possibility of altering genetic expression with technology [18:52]
6. Questions from the community [23:38]
   • How sterile are the inside of spaceships, and is there such thing as being “too clean” for astronauts? [23:45]
   • Is space itself sterile? [26:03]
   • What TV show most accurately depicts life in space? Space nutrition? [27:11]
   • Do people age at different rates because they’re in space, and can supplements impact how people age? [29:51]
   • When are humans going to Mars, and how will we get our nutrition there? [34:24]
   • What has the space program taught us about the value of supplements? Do astronauts take them now? [35:46]
   • Are astronauts getting less nutrition from the dehydrated foods they eat? [36:53]
   • Will humans find a mineral in space that could someday be used for human health? [38:07]
   • Is there intelligent life out in space? [39:27]
     
     

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• GENCODE
• One Giant Leap: What Space Travel Has Taught Us About Health on Earth
• Research Extracts: NASA’s Twins Study | PCOS and Microbiome | Blueberries for Pain Reduction
• How Does Thorne’s Biological Age Test Work?
• Why It’s Important to Take Methylate While Taking Nicotinamide Riboside
• What Can a Microbiome Test Tell You That a Genetic Test Can’t?
• Episode 10: Onegevity with Joel Dudley and Chris Mason

Links to products mentioned in this episode: Biological Age Health Panel, FloraMend Prime Probiotic®, Prebiotic +, Niacel® 400, Gut Health Test with Microbiome Wipe

 

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Life Finds a Way: The Genetic Map of Microbes

Dr. Chris Mason, professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, zeroes in on microbial movement within the planetary microbiome, outer space, and even in our own gut systems. Learn more about your “gut print” as well as the scientific possibility of reviving extinct species and lost ecosystems.

During this episode you’ll learn about:

1. Chris Mason, professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founder of Onegevity [00:00:53]
2. Origins of a planetary genetic map [4:51]
3. Metagenomics as a genetic puzzle [6:55]
   • What is the Metropolome? [7:34]
   • The microbial signatures of cities [9:36]
4. How microbes interact with humans [10:45]
   • Using wastewater to study the level of COVID in a population [13:07]
5. Thorne’s Gut Health Test with Microbiome Wipe shows which microbes inhabit your gut [15:59]
6. People in our society have less diversity and fewer microbes now than before [18:40]
   • How probiotics can help improve your gut ecosystem [20:03]
7. How epigenetic differences may allow experts to screen patients for cancer [22:07]
8. Questions from the community [26:28]
   • What is the planetary microbiome? [26:35]
   • How do humans fit into the microbiome? [27:51]
   • How genetically similar are humans to one another? [30:55]
   • How can I heal my microbiome? [32:28]
   • What would happen if the Mars Rover brought back a foreign microbe? [34:59]
   • Are there new species of microbes in outer space? [37:06]
   • How can humans embrace the planetary microbiome again? [38:47]
   • How have humans changed the planet’s microbiome for better or worse? [40:21]

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• About MetaSUB
• Understanding How the Gut Acts as a Protective Barrier
• How the Microbiome Sometimes Helps — And Hurts — the Immune System
• 8 Facts About the Microbiome and the Microorganisms Living in Your Gut
• ITOL: Interactive Tree of Life
• How Does Your Gut Microbiota Develop and Change Throughout Life?
• Mayo Clinic: Exploring the Connections Between the Microbiome, Health, and Disease
• Microbiome 101

Links to products mentioned in this episode: Gut Health Test with Microbiome Wipe, Bacillus Coagulans, FloraMend Prime Probiotic®, Prebiotic +

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Resources to topics mentioned in this episode:

• About MetaSUB
• Understanding How the Gut Acts as a Protective Barrier
• How the Microbiome Sometimes Helps — And Hurts — the Immune System
• 8 Facts About the Microbiome and the Microorganisms Living in Your Gut
• ITOL: Interactive Tree of Life
• How Does Your Gut Microbiota Develop and Change Throughout Life?
• Mayo Clinic: Exploring the Connections Between the Microbiome, Health, and Disease
• Microbiome 101

Links to products mentioned in this episode: Gut Health Test with Microbiome Wipe, Bacillus Coagulans, FloraMend Prime Probiotic®, Prebiotic +

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More in-depth than the last one since they brought up more questions/ went on more tangents.