66:: butter as a longevity tool!? (& more health & wellness trends to keep a pulse on!)

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We are gonna chat about some of the

current health and wellness trends that

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I am keeping my eye on, keeping a pulse

on, especially throughout the summer.

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Welcome back to Wellness Fixes the Pod.

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I'm your host, Dr.

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Kelsey Vic, a board certified

orthopedic doctor, physical therapy,

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and a pelvic floor physical therapist.

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And you guys know I try and keep

this podcast as science backed, as

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research backed as possible, but.

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Sometimes science and research

takes five to 10 years in order

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for something to become mainstream.

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So I like to combine some of the trendier

things that I'm hearing about, that

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I'm questioning a little bit more of

the woo woo out there things with some

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of the science and the physiological

happenings within our body to know, oh

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wait, there's a little bit of a basis

to stand on with this like WOOWOO trend

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based on how our body processes or

handles a certain compound or routine

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or behavior or something like that.

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So I like to hear about

some of the trends.

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I like to hear about some of the more

out there things, because previously

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there's so many things that we have

adopted in our everyday lives that

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used to be woowoo and out there.

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So it's important that we.

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Keep an eye on some of the trends,

but then also compare it to how we

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know and how we understand how the

body works in order to know, okay,

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is this something that I should be

giving a little bit of merit to?

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Or is it something that

is completely woo woo?

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There's no.

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Scientific basis for it at all, and I

should just brush it away and move along.

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So we're gonna talk about some of

those today, and some of them are more

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physiology related, and then some of them

are more just trends that I've noticed

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on social media and things that I'm sure

you guys are also hearing about too.

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So the first one's my favorite

and one that I think we'll be

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hearing about more and more.

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Almost like the big colostrum

push, the big greens powder push.

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I think this will be in

the same vein as that.

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And that is the rise of butter, cheese,

and dairy products for longevity.

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This one's relatively new, but I link

it back to remember, I don't know if

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you guys had any of your parents or

friends', parents or family members

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who used to say, don't eat the yolk

because it has high cholesterol in it.

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Until we realized that, okay, no, it's

okay to eat the yolk because it still

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has the good cholesterol in it as well.

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It used to be that cholesterol,

all types of cholesterol were bad.

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Same thing with olive oil.

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All oils used to be bad

and now it's okay, wait.

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Maybe there is some benefit to some

of the good fats that are in oils.

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This, I think, is along those same lines,

and they're finding newer and newer

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research that there is a compound in one

to 3% dairy fat products called C 15 that

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has been shown to improve some of the

longevity metrics in our cardiovascular

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health, our metabolic health, our

immune system, our liver health.

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So they're saying it's this longevity

compound that people who do not have

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enough of this in their system might

not have as high of those markers

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that we want when we are aging or as

we get to those decades of our lives.

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So what even is C 15?

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C 15 is called like the, I

guess non layperson term.

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It's called ecic acid, and it's an

essential odd chain saturated fatty acids.

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Side note, saturated fats used to be

also in that same line as cholesterol

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and oils, like saturated fats were bad.

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We wanna stay away from saturated fats.

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And yes, like we do want to watch

them, but we don't wanna stay away

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from them because they are essential.

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And there are some like

CC 15 that are essential.

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So the research has shown people with

low circulating C 15 concentrations have

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a higher risk of having or developing

type two diabetes, heart disease

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and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease,

as well as specific types of cancer.

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And that study was done in 2023.

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So a relatively newly researched

longevity metric, to look at.

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So where is C 15?

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Found items with one to 3% dairy

fat, a k, a whole fat dairy products

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like buttermilk, cream and cheeses.

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And it's been shown that 100 to 300

milligrams of C 15 is needed to maintain

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minimum active circulating levels of

C 15 for those physiological benefits.

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So again, something to keep my eye on a

little bit and to basically decrease some

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of the fears surrounding butter creams.

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Cheeses, because I know that's also been a

big one where people are like, no butter's

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bad for you, but maybe if it does have

this longevity compound in it, it could

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be beneficial for us in the right dosages.

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So the next trend that I've just

been noticing is the swing from

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super regimented, super disciplined

biohacking to focusing on the basics.

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I feel like people are getting tired

and burnt out of having to wake up

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a certain hour time their sunlight

exposure, make sure they're minimizing

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blue light, minimizing toxicity

within their environment, exercising

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and getting the strength training

in the cardiovascular training,

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the power training, the red light

therapy, all of these things, it

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gets a little overwhelming and I feel

like a lot of people are starting to.

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Block out some of the biohacking and start

to shift more towards an intuitiveness

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within their body and focusing on the

basics, exercise or movement of some sort.

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Sleep, stress management, proper

fueling, mindfulness, meditation, all of

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these sort of foundational principles.

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And I am really loving

this shift because I do.

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Enjoy learning about the different

biohacking things that we can do and

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the different things that we can do to

trick our system in order to elevate our

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dopamine levels or improve our circadian

rhythm and different things like that.

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But I do feel like that is like

a 10% of our health and wellness,

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where the rest, the 80 to 90%

comes from mastering the basics.

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So if we're not getting sleep,

if we're not moving properly, or.

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Enough if we're not fueling in the right

way, if we're not managing our stress,

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which again, easier said than done, but

all of those basics probably make up 80

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to 90% of our overall health and wellness.

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And so I feel like we've been focusing

on that 10% or trying to biohack

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our way to health, when in reality

we really do need to spend most of

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our time focusing on those basics.

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So I am really loving that shift.

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Another trend I've noticed, especially on

social media, is the rise of skinny talk.

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And I've been hearing about this more and

more, but I wasn't necessarily getting

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served those sorts of videos, so I wasn't

as aware of it as I am now that I am

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getting served more and more of those

videos and like actually looking into

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it and researching it for this episode.

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But the idea is that there are these

creators who are promoting Skinny

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Talk or writing that line between.

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Motivational and then toxic for getting

the aesthetic and body composition

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goals that you want for yourself.

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IE Skinny talk.

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So if you've been served some of

these videos and you have a history

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of body image issues or eating

disorders, this can become very toxic.

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And I never like to, demonize

aesthetic goals that people have

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as long as they are healthy goals.

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And that people realize that there

are healthy ways to go about reaching

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those body composition aesthetic goals,

and I feel like skinny talk can ride

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on either side of that line where it

can be toxic for the people who maybe

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have a history of body image issues

or eating disorders, but it might also

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be motivational for some people who.

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Are struggling to make those

healthy behavior changes.

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So I think what's important with

this is just understanding where your

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mindset is, where your history is when

it comes to those sorts of issues that

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we've all probably struggled with at

one time or another, and realizing,

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am I doom scrolling and getting in

this negative mindset around skinny

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talk in these videos that I'm seeing?

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Or is it more motivational and it's

promoting some of these healthier habits?

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Within my day to day routine that might

help me reach different goals that I have.

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I have seen skinny tuck videos

that are completely toxic and

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do not ride that line at all.

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But I have seen some where they do

ride more on that motivational side.

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So I think it just comes down to awareness

of where your thought patterns are and

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then stopping it in its tracks, or I don't

know if you can on TikTok, say, I don't

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wanna see this kind of video anymore.

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Or like pausing that and just

creating that boundary for yourself

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and your own mental health.

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And the last trend that I've been

noticing goes into that shift from super

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regimented biohacking to more mastering

the basics, and that is this comfort

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creator, soft girl mindset surrounding

your health and wellness, where it's

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not as regimented, but if you enjoy.

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Eating pastas and putting butter on

your pastas or eating chips every now

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and then with a girl's movie night.

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Like I see this trend where people are

realizing that the relationships they

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build with others around food especially

are more important than making sure that

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they are eating gluten-free, organic

free, dairy-free, sugar-free all the time.

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And I like that this shift is happening.

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This is not including girls

with allergy restrictions.

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I totally understand that.

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So if you are truly allergic to gluten,

allergic to dairy, this is not for you.

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But I do feel like there are some of us

who have been, limiting certain things,

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thinking that it's healthy for us.

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Whether that's butter, whether that's

real noodles, whether that is chips that

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we're eating with friends or cookies

that we're eating at a movie night.

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When in reality, relationships and

the quality of your relationships

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is one of the top predictors of

your happiness throughout life.

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So I'm seeing the shift from

regimented routines and being

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super disciplined in those health.

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Behaviors that someone might adopt to

this flexibility within their daily lives.

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This okay, it's okay to just

cook yummy food and eat homemade

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pizza and harvest different.

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Herbs for the salad that we're

making or whatever it might be.

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And I'm loving this shift.

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There's a few creators that I

follow who just promote some of

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this mindset, and I really feel

like they're growing in popularity

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because of the relaxed way that they

approach life and health and wellness.

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And I like being able to see that

from others and knowing that other

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people are also getting that content.

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And possibly shifting that super

regimented mindset of health and wellness

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is only this, we can only eat this way.

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We can only exercise this way when in

reality it can be different for everyone.

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And it can be, and it should be

this flexibility within your life

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to incorporate some of these health

and wellness behaviors while still

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like keeping it fun and keeping it.

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I guess not even focused on health

and wellness necessarily, but thinking

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about friendships and relationships

and all of these larger variables

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that go into having a wonderful life.

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So these are just some of the trends

that I've been noticing, especially

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throughout the summer and they're

picking up pace a little bit more.

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And some of 'em I'm loving.

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Some of 'em I am wary of, and some of

'em I am just gonna keep an eye on a

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little bit to see how they develop and

how the research comes out about 'em.

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But I hope you guys enjoyed this episode.

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I hope you also have learned something

about some of the new trends and are.

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Open to them, but then also realizing

like, okay, there is this healthy

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way to approach trends by also

looking at how our body functions.

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So that's where I hope this episode

and this podcast meets you at.

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So I hope you enjoyed this episode

and I will see you again on the next

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episode of Wellness Exists, the pod.