Summary
Today's Best Of show features Leo Wik, a hilarious guy from Russia that breathes fresh air into a natural health community that takes itself way too seriously. In this episode we talk about sauna therapy and how they do it in Russia, why staying in ice cold water for more than several seconds is a new phenomenon, the difference between steam and dry saunas, Charles Poliquin and what happened when Leo megadosed fish oil, what foods Leo craves when he is stressed and why he gives in to those cravings, what foods they foraged in his neck of the woods in Russia, and I ask him some rapid fire questions about exercising, decompressing the spine and bodywork. Leo's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamleowik Leo's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamleowik/?hl=en My website: www.
Key Points
- Stress reduction methods and their physiological effects
- Traditional healing practices and moving beyond restrictive diets
- Practical health optimization strategies discussed
- Evidence and experience-based supplement recommendations
- Holistic approach to understanding chronic health issues
Key Moments
That's definitely overdoing it with exercise
That's definitely overdoing it with exercise. People go in there, you know, same thing like to in Russia, people go in, you know, you feel hot, you come out, you do a cold plunge, keyword plunge.
"That's definitely overdoing it with exercise. And the same thing happens with stuff like sauna. Yeah. People go in there, you know, same thing like to in Russia, people go in, you know, you feel hot, you come out, you do a cold plunge, keyword plunge. You're not trying to sit in the water for three hours and slow down your entire metabolism. You're just trying to cool off."
Well, listen, I mean, living compresses your spine
Well, listen, I mean, living compresses your spine. I don't think it's a super, the exercise has an interesting past because it used to be called the health lift actually.
"Well, listen, I mean, living compresses your spine. Seriously. I mean, right? I mean, it does. You have your spine and it's getting compressed. So just like you said, it's a matter of, I mean, I'm not a deadlifter every week kind of guy either. I don't think it's a super, the exercise has an interesting past because it used to be called the health lift actually."
It was always some sort of fat in Russia
And we had, somebody gave me some skim milk, which I've never actually heard of. I've never had skim, 0% fat milk until I moved here.
"And we had, somebody gave me some skim milk, which I've never actually heard of. It was always some sort of fat in Russia. I've never had skim, 0% fat milk until I moved here. I remember thinking, this is just white water. Like, this is what they drink here? It was literally, it was a very, you know, I remember it."
Those have a ratio together
I discovered that carbohydrates allow us to recycle magnesium, like 40% of it roughly. So all the keto people have higher magnesium needs just because they're not eating sugar.
"A lot of nuances. I discovered that carbohydrates allow us to recycle magnesium, like 40% of it roughly. So all the keto people have higher magnesium needs just because they're not eating sugar. And then also there's this balance between potassium, sodium, and magnesium. Those have a ratio together. And so, if you just supplement magnesium and you're potassium and sodium deficient, that's a problem. I think that's true, man."
