In this powerful episode, I was joined by the incredible Dr. George Grant, founder of the Academy of Wellness. 🌿 With a background spanning integrative, functional, and lifestyle medicine — and experience with top institutions like Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, and Harvard — Dr. Grant is on a mission to help people transform their health naturally.

He reminded us that genes don’t determine our destiny — lifestyle does. 💪 Through inspiring stories (including a 79-year-old who reversed his health by shifting daily habits), Dr. Grant showed how prevention and mindful choices are the real medicine. 🥦💧

Key takeaways included:

🍽️ Adopt a plant-based, whole-food lifestyle.

🚰 Stay hydrated with 2–3 liters of water daily.

🕒 Embrace intermittent fasting and simplified eating.

😂 Move, laugh, and rest to boost endorphins & reduce stress.

🔍 Look deeper than symptoms — discover and heal root causes with advanced tools like voice scans.

GIFT: Dr. Grant also extended a generous offer: a complimentary virtual voice scan for the first 5 people who reach out, plus a discounted rate for the next 20.  Email Melissa at melissa@yourguidedhealthjourney.com to get on the list.

Visit academyofwellness.com to take the lifestyle quiz and begin your journey toward optimal wellness. 🌟

Dr Grant referneced the work of Dr Bruce Lipton, you can find my podcast with him here: https://yourguidedhealthjourney.com/captivate-podcast/energy-programming-and-healing-bruce-liptons-guide-to-transformation-ep-184/

Offers:

Introduction video about Girls Matter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R3-xqzJLZW14om1PhFClcU_oRSZ8zgip/view

The Light Circle Membership:

https://amplifyimpactacademy.com/thelightcircle-aligned-core

Meet Your Unconscious Mind Workshop:

https://amplifyimpactacademy.com/um

Quantum Life Mastery School: https://amplifyimpactacademy.com/90-day-q3

FREE 7 Day Trial: NuCalm Products to recalibrate your nervous system / improve your sleep:: https://nucalm.com

Use my promo code at checkout: YGHJ to get 15% off your monthly subscription, every month.

Episode Summary:

Introduction to Dr. George Grant and his work @ 00:00

Dr. George Grant is the founder of the Academy of Wellness and has an extensive background in integrative medicine, functional medicine, lifestyle medicine, and related fields. He has published over 400 papers and has worked with prestigious institutions like Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, and Harvard Medical School. He is passionate about helping people improve their health through natural, holistic approaches.

The importance of lifestyle and prevention @ 03:35

Dr. Grant emphasizes that it is not one's genes, but rather one's lifestyle and environment that determine health outcomes. He shares the story of a 79-year-old patient who was given 3 months to live, but was able to reverse his health issues by making simple lifestyle changes like switching from bacon and eggs to oatmeal and vegetables, and drinking water instead of soda. The key is focusing on prevention rather than just treating symptoms.

Healthy eating and drinking habits @ 04:58

Dr. Grant provides guidance on optimal eating and drinking habits. He recommends a plant-based diet, avoiding processed foods, sugary drinks, and dairy products. He suggests eating only two meals per day and practicing intermittent fasting. Proper hydration is also crucial, with the recommendation of drinking 2-3 liters of water per day.

The power of endorphins and stress management @ 09:43

Dr. Grant explains the importance of endorphins, which have a wide-ranging positive impact on the body and mind. He recommends activities like exercise, laughter, and proper sleep to naturally boost endorphin levels and reduce stress, which is a major contributor to poor health.

Detecting and addressing root causes @ 11:50

Rather than just treating symptoms with medications, Dr. Grant advocates for using advanced diagnostic tools like the virtual voice scan to identify and address the root causes of health issues. This allows for more targeted, effective, and natural interventions.

Recap and next steps @ 49:27

Dr. Grant offers a complimentary virtual voice scan to the first 5 people who reach out, and a discounted rate of $150 (normally $250) for the next 20 people. He encourages listeners to visit his website at academyofwellness.com to learn more and take the lifestyle quiz.

About the Guest:

Professor Dr George Grant Ph.D. is the founer of the Academy of Wellness, and has many accolades behind his name!

Key Achievements:

• First Scientist to isolate Endorphins in Vitro & in Vivo with Dr. Wayne Hindmarsh, Ph.D. Faculty of Pharmacy, Univ. of Saskatechwan. & Dr. Sankaran, MD Faculty of Medicine, University of Saskatechewan.
• First doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto who completed his Doctorate part time in 2.5 years while working as a Full time Professor at Seneca College, North York, ON. Canada.
• First Scientist to develop a Model System to isolate Lactobacillus viridesens at the University of Sask. during his M.Sc. Thesis.1982.
• First Scientist to develop MAP [Modified Atmospheric Patent] to preserve Food. Saskatoon, Sask 1983.
• First Doctorate Student to develop a system to measure Stress during his Doctoral Thesis at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. Canada 1995,
• First Scientis to Indicate that Dementia is Type 3 Diabetes at the WONM Conference in the Bahamas 1991.

Contact:

Website: www.academyofwellness.com

X: https://x.com/wellnesswealth

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drgeorgegrant/

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgeorgegrant/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/drgeorgegrant

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGrantYour101Ways

About the Host:

Melissa is an Integrative Health Practitioner and a Board Designated Trainer of NLP, Time Line Therapy®, Hypnotherapy, and NLP Results Coaching, helping people get to the root cause of their health issues and then get lasting results. Melissa neither diagnoses nor cures but helps bring your body back into balance by helping discover your “toxic load” and then removing the toxins. Melissa offers functional medicine lab testing that helps you “see inside” to know exactly what is going on, and then provides a personalized wellness protocol using natural herbs and supplements.  Melissa’s business is 100% virtual – the lab tests are mailed directly to your home and she specializes in holding your hand and guiding the way to healing so that you don’t have to figure it all out on your own.

Melissa has launched Amplify Impact Academy, with business partner, Billie Aadmi and together they train other coaches, practitioners and counsellors in the 4 mind-body healing modalities mentioned above, giving them powerful tools to use with clients to get results with greater ease, speed and grace. These courses teach life skills and anyone can take them, if you want to be a better leader, parent, partner, be empowered in your own life, these courses are for you!

Melissa’s passion project is her non-profit, Girls Matter (www.girlsmatter.ca), breaking the poverty cycle 1 girl, 1 family, 1 village at a time.  The mission is to keep girls in school and stop teenage marriages, because school isn’t free in over 50 countries around the world and when parents have to make the difficult choices of feeding their kids or paying for school, food wins. And when the girls hit their teen years, they will often be married off so that someone else becomes responsible to feed them. Keeping girls in school instead creates a generational ripple effect, because an educated girl is more than twice as likely to ensure her own children are educated. Educating girls also grows the GDP of countries, when they get into the workforce. This is how together, we can change the world. Guests on this podcast are invited to donate to this important cause.  Learn more here in this short video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R3-xqzJLZW14om1PhFClcU_oRSZ8zgip/view?usp=share_link

Melissa is also the winner of the 2024 Women in Podcasting Awards in the “inspiration & motivation” category and the 2021 & 2022 Quality Care Award by Business From The Heart and is also the recipient of the Alignable “Local Business Person of the Year “Award 2022, 2023 & 2024 for Whistler.

Melissa has been featured at a number of Health & Wellness Summits, such as the Health, Wealth & Wisdom Summit, The Power To Profit Summit, The Feel Fan-freaking-tas-tic Summit, the Aim Higher Summit and many more!  She has also guested on over 90 different podcasts teaching people about the importance of prioritizing our health and how to get started.

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/yourguidedhealthjourney

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