Live Beyond the Norms – Détails, épisodes et analyse

74% of American adults are overweight. 42% are clinically obese. And almost every one of them can list the foods they shouldn't be eating. So, what's actually going on?

That's what started bugging Matty Lansdown when he was working as a cancer researcher and noticed something weird: 80% of the patients walking through the door were overweight, and every one of them already knew their diet was a mess. Knowing clearly wasn't the problem, but something was. That something pulled him out of the lab and into a completely different career.

Today, Matty unpacks why diets keep failing people over and over, how the stuff that happens to us as kids shows up later as the food we can't put down, and why there's a little rebel inside all of us that will burn down anything good unless we give it somewhere to play. 

"Food is often used as a distraction or a suppressant, to be able to avoid feeling feelings that are heavy that we don't know what to do with." ~ Matty Lansdown

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Resources Mentioned

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313183/the-body-keeps-the-score-by-bessel-van-der-kolk-md/ 

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361

About Matty Lansdown

Matty Lansdown is a scientist, nutritionist, and emotional and binge eating coach with over 10 years of experience. After working in a nutritional epigenetics lab servicing elite athletes and spending years on cancer research teams, he left corporate science to focus on the real driver behind weight loss: emotional patterns and mindset. He's worked with 200+ clients and hosts The Real Weight Loss Coach podcast.

Connect with Matty Lansdown

Website: https://mattylansdown.com/ 

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-real-weight-loss-coach/id1450212088 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.real.weight.loss.coach/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@therealweightlosscoach 

Connect with Chris Burres 

Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/ 

Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/ 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres

Disclaimer

The content shared in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice of any kind, nor does it include any specific claims or guarantees. The views expressed are based on personal experiences, research, and individual perspectives, and are meant to inspire and inform listeners on topics related to wellness, lifestyle, and personal development.

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That constant state of 'go, go, go' feels productive, even powerful, until one day you realize the engine you've been running on is actually your own survival instinct. The very drive that pushes you to succeed might be steering you directly toward burnout, hormonal chaos, and chronic stress.

My guest today, Dr. Mariza Snyder, knows this cycle intimately. She spent years running from childhood trauma, channeling that energy into becoming a hyper-efficient, top-achieving machine. This state of constant alert dysregulated her entire system, leading to the same symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, and weight gain she saw in her perimenopausal patients. Except she was only 30.

In today’s episode, we explore how childhood experiences can wire our brains for a lifetime of hustle, why this leads to addiction to stress hormones like cortisol, and the deep mindset work required to finally get off the hamster wheel. You’ll learn how to spot the signs of a dysregulated system and reclaim your calm with some powerful, in-the-moment tools.

"When you activate that stress response system many times a day to become more efficient in life, it's going to wear and tear on you."  ~ Dr. Mariza Snyder

About Dr. Mariza Snyder:
Dr. Mariza Snyder is a functional practitioner, perimenopause and menopause expert, and the voice behind the top-rated Energized podcast with over 12 million downloads. Her bestselling book, The Essential Oils Hormone Solution, boasts 1200+ five-star reviews, and she’s been featured on The Dr. Oz Show and The Oprah Magazine. With a background as a biomechanical engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Labs, she now empowers women to break free from chronic stress and hormonal chaos through lifestyle medicine and intentional living. 

Connect with Dr. Mariza Snyder:

- Website: https://drmariza.com   

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmariza/ 

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmarizasnyder 

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/drmarizasnyder  

- Podcast: Energized: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/energized-with-dr-mariza/id1361914055 

- Upcoming Book (Oct 2025): The Perimenopause Revolution 

Connect with Chris Burres:

- Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/ 

- Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/ 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/ 

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres/ 

Support the show and get 50% off MCT oil with free shipping—just leave us a review on iTunes and let us know!
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Airplanes and operating rooms don’t usually have much in common, but for Ryan Encinas, both are launchpads into transformation.

Before co-founding a health optimization platform and pioneering the use of the BioPhotonic Scanner, Ryan spent years inside surgical suites, navigating everything from tumor removals to joint replacements. But it wasn’t the procedures that shook him—it was the broken system behind them. He saw how medicine often overlooked the root cause of cellular dysfunction from toxicity and nutrient deficiency.

So he made a shift. A big one.

Now, Ryan’s all about color, not just metaphorically, but biochemically. Specifically, carotenoids. These colorful compounds found in everything from blueberries to marigolds are key to measuring cellular health, immune resilience, and long-term vitality. Ryan walks us through how his team has done over 28 million non-invasive antioxidant scans, what those results mean, and why 99% of people are nutritionally starving at the cellular level.

In this episode, Ryan and I dive into how stress alters physiology, why mindset matters as much as minerals, and what it means to radically own your health. You’ll also learn why humans should pay attention to how plants use color as a survival strategy.

“ When we measure people's carotenoid antioxidant status, which we've done 28 million tests, 99% of people don't measure up. 99% of the population is starving at the cellular level.” ~ Ryan Encinas

About Ryan Encinas:

Ryan Encinas is a former surgical nurse turned metabolic health strategist and the co-founder of Holistic Hub. He’s on a mission to revolutionize healthcare by putting nutrition first. Through his work with the BioPhotonic Scanner—a physics-based, non-invasive device that instantly measures cellular antioxidant status—he’s helping practitioners and patients track real-time health at the cellular level. His approach blends ancient wisdom, quantum physics, and a relentless belief in human potential.

Connect with Ryan Encinas:

- Website: holistichub.gethealthyusa.com 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_holistic_hub/ 

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Holistic-Hub/100088374433221  

Connect with Chris Burres:

- Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/ 

- Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/ 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/ 

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres/ 

Support the show and get 50% off MCT oil with free shipping—just leave us a review on iTunes and let us know!

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No one accidentally beats Bryan Johnson at the Rejuvenation Olympics—unless you’re Dave Pascoe. What started with a few blood labs quickly turned into a full-blown system of hormone tuning, data tracking, and precise optimization. He’s not just aging slower. His biological age is 24 years younger than his real age.

Dave is a longevity-focused biohacker who treats his body like an engineering system. At 62, his biological age clocks in at just 38, and he’s achieved it without a medical team, a trust fund, or a warehouse of tech. What he does have is a rigorous protocol, a deep understanding of blood chemistry, and a habit of challenging outdated medical assumptions.

In this episode, Dave and I talk about how growing up with low self-esteem shaped his obsession with self-research, why most blood lab reference ranges are misleading, and how he utilizes monthly testing to fine-tune every variable that matters. We also dig into why stress once crushed his biological age score, and how he’s now outperforming some of the most famous names in the biohacking world while spending under $15K a year.

“Why would I want to be average for a population of sick people?” ~ Dave Pascoe

About Dave Pascoe:

Dave Pascoe is a longevity-focused biohacker, data analyst, and self-experimenter whose current biological age clocks in at 38 years old, despite being over 62 chronologically. He’s one of the top-ranked participants in the Rejuvenation Olympics and an outspoken advocate for using regular bloodwork, self-tracking, and science-backed interventions to slow aging, optimize health, and boost performance. His approach is methodical, skeptical, and rooted in real-world outcomes, not hype.

Connect with Dave Pascoe:

- Website: https://www.davepascoe.net 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave.pascoe 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-pascoe-6617693/ 

Connect with Chris Burres:

- Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/ 

- Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/ 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/ 

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres/ 

Support the show and get 50% off MCT oil with free shipping—just leave us a review on iTunes and let us know!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-beyond-the-norms/id1714886566 

I never imagined I’d be talking to someone who’s advised the FDA, challenged medical orthodoxy, and lived through one of the most devastating pharmaceutical disasters in history, but Suzanne Robotti is that person.

She’s not just an FDA advisor. She’s also the founder of MedShadow Foundation, a nonprofit that helps people understand the real risks of medications without the spin of pharmaceutical companies. And it’s personal for her.

Suzanne was born into this fight. A drug called DES, prescribed to her mother during pregnancy, led to her own infertility. That experience set her on a decades-long mission to stop another DES from ever happening again. She got trained, joined FDA drug safety committees, and built a trusted platform to empower millions of patients to make informed choices.

In this episode, we talk about how few people participate in drug trials before the meds hit the market, what “post-approval” means, and how patients unknowingly become participants in phase 4 drug experiments. We also dig into the real story behind ADHD diagnoses, Ritalin overuse, and what happened when Suzanne was told to medicate her teenage nephew or risk getting him kicked out of school.

This is a deeply honest conversation about what it means to become your own health advocate.

“ The real effects of medicines are often kept in the shadows.” ~ Suzanne Robotti

About Suzanne Robotti:

Suzanne Robotti is a nationally recognized drug safety advocate, consumer representative to the FDA, and the founder of MedShadow Foundation — a nonprofit media organization dedicated to informing the public about the risks and side effects of medications. Her journey began after discovering that she was infertile because of prenatal DES exposure. Today, Suzanne speaks widely on the importance of transparency in medicine, shared decision-making, and empowering patients to ask better questions.

Connect with Suzanne Robotti:

- Website: https://medshadow.org 

- FDA Advocacy: https://desaction.org 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medshadowfoundation/ 

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@medshadow_foundation 

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medshadow.foundation 

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MedShadowFoundation 

Connect with Chris Burres:

- Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/ 

- Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/ 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/ 

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres/ 

There’s something broken in how we think about chronic illness, and it’s not just the healthcare system. It’s the way we’re trained to accept pills over root causes, symptoms over patterns, and insurance codes over meaningful conversations.

In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Vik Rajan—a quadruple board-certified physician in integrative medicine, nephrology, internal medicine, and pediatrics—who is rewriting the script on how we treat chronic disease. And he is not just trained. He’s lived it.

From watching his mother battle multiple transplants, liver failure, and tuberculosis to creating a “health algorithm” that goes beyond prescriptions, Dr. Rajan brings fire, honesty, and clarity to a conversation most people never get to have with their doctor.

We break down why modern medicine is failing patients, how carbs are acting like a legal drug, and what it means to pursue longevity through lifestyle. His “Algorithm of Six” (nutrition, sleep, stress, isolation, toxicity, and exercise) gives structure to those seeking to regain control of their health.

He’s also taking on obesity, sugar addiction, and why even some doctors wake up to the very problems they’re prescribing for. 

"In society today, so many people are overweight or obese that if you are of a normal weight, people start to think that's abnormal." ~ Dr. Vik Rajan

About Dr. Vik Rajan:

Dr. Vik Rajan is a quadruple board-certified physician with certifications in integrative medicine, internal medicine, nephrology, and pediatrics. He’s the founder of Houston Patient Advocacy and Concierge Integrative Medicine, blending clinical expertise with functional and holistic health strategies. His approach focuses on lifestyle-driven root-cause medicine, emphasizing long-term healing over symptom management.

Connect with Dr. Vik Rajan:

- Website (Advocacy): https://www.houstonpatientadvocacy.com 

- Website (Integrative): https://www.conciergeintegrativemedicine.com 

- Phone: (281) 888-2406

Connect with Chris Burres:

- Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/ 

- Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/ 

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/ 

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc 

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres/