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Gina Bria is an anthropologist, founder of the Hydration Foundation, and co-author of Quench. Most people think hydration is simply about drinking more water. Gina reveals the emerging science that completely changes that story.
In this episode:
Why your tap water may actually be harming you
How sunlight, movement & sound hydrate you at a cellular level
The hidden gel phase of water inside every living thing
Why dehydration is accelerating your aging right now
Gina's work has been featured in the New York Times, Oprah's O Magazine, and NPR.
Chapters
00:00 Foods That Hydrate Better Than Water
06:30 The 4th Phase of Water Explained
12:50 What Even IS Water, Really?
15:50 Water Ceremonies & Rituals
18:40 Your Entire Body is Water
23:50 Dehydration & Aging Theory
31:10 Your Tap Water is Compromised
39:30 Consciousness / Perception & Water
42:10 Morning Sunlight Hydrates you in 75 Seconds
53:00 Motion is Lotion
58:30 The Power of Sound
01:02:00 How to Age Like Gina (at 70)
01:08:00 Hydration Foundation
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Radical Health Radio is produced by Heart & Soil, founded by Dr. Paul Saladino, MD. Our mission is to help you reclaim your birthright to radical health through the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet.
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Gina Bria is an anthropologist, founder of the Hydration Foundation, and co-author of Quench. Most people think hydration is simply about drinking more water. Gina reveals the emerging science that completely changes that story.
In this episode:
Why your tap water may actually be harming you
How sunlight, movement & sound hydrate you at a cellular level
The hidden gel phase of water inside every living thing
Why dehydration is accelerating your aging right now
Gina's work has been featured in the New York Times, Oprah's O Magazine, and NPR.
Chapters
00:00 Foods That Hydrate Better Than Water
06:30 The 4th Phase of Water Explained
12:50 What Even IS Water, Really?
15:50 Water Ceremonies & Rituals
18:40 Your Entire Body is Water
23:50 Dehydration & Aging Theory
31:10 Your Tap Water is Compromised
39:30 Consciousness / Perception & Water
42:10 Morning Sunlight Hydrates you in 75 Seconds
53:00 Motion is Lotion
58:30 The Power of Sound
01:02:00 How to Age Like Gina (at 70)
01:08:00 Hydration Foundation
Follow Gina
Instagram: instagram.com/ginabriawater
Follow The Hydration Foundation:
Website: hydrationfoundation.org
Instagram: instagram.com/newstoryofwater
Read Quest: amazon.com/Quench/dp/B07CYZRG9H/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=quench+book&qid=1569096206&sr=8-1
Follow us on social media!
Instagram: instagram.com/heartandsoilsupplements
Facebook: facebook.com/heartandsoilsupplements
Website: heartandsoil.co
Radical Health Radio is produced by Heart & Soil, founded by Dr. Paul Saladino, MD. Our mission is to help you reclaim your birthright to radical health through the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet.
New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe and don’t miss what’s next.

![PhD Neuroscientist Explains What Happens To Your Consciousness On Psychedelics
Psychedelics can expand your consciousness in a way most people can’t imagine.
My guest is Dr. Chloe West, a PhD neuroscientist whos been researching psychedelics for nearly a decade and is now writing a book on psychedelics and religious trauma.
Dr. Chloe explains what happens in the brain during a trip, from increased entropy to disorganized activity in the default mode network. Her framing of the brain as clay, where plasticity softens it, and the trip itself guides how it gets reshaped, is one of the clearest explanations Ive heard.
We get into the REBUS model and one finding that stopped me: the research doesnt actually show that psychedelics reliably turn atheists into believers, even though people will swear otherwise. Beliefs about the self, however, are another story.
Her personal story is where this conversation deepens. Chloe grew up in evangelical Christianity in the South, walked away from it in graduate school, and is now researching how psychedelics might offer something the deconstruction space has been missing: a tool for reconstruction.
She describes someone close to her who spent years praying out of fear, and after psychedelics only wanted to pray out of gratitude. That single shift, from fear to gratitude, is what many therapeutic outcomes seem to rest on.
You’ll learn:
[0:00] Introduction
[3:41] Psychedelics as the fastest method for rewiring rigid beliefs
[7:57] Defining consciousness, and whether psychedelics can really expand it
[17:30] Predictive processing turns your brain into a protection machine working against you
[23:08] Why integration matters and how set and setting predict a bad trip
[27:33] Eli Lillys $3.8 billion DMT bet and why both political sides embrace psychedelics
[37:49] Growing up evangelical and using psychedelics to heal religious trauma
[50:21] Microdosing versus heroic doses, and the new psychedelics that skip the trip
[57:32] Finding your default state of consciousness through silent retreats and breathwork
[1:05:56] Which psychedelic calls to Chloe most, and the mystery of ayahuascas plant intelligence
Resources Mentioned:
Sky Breath Meditation | https://www.artofliving.org/ca-en/sbm-online#admin-element-675115
Art of Living Retreat Center | https://artoflivingretreatcenter.org/
For weekly essays on psychedelics, consciousness, and belief, join Dr. Chloe West’s Substack here, or follow her on social media to stay connected: https://drchloewest.substack.com/
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![The Side Effects of GLP-1s No One Is Talking About
1 in 8 Americans is now taking a GLP-1 agonist, and the newest generation could become the largest medical intervention since antibiotics.
Im breaking down exactly how GLP-1 drugs work in your body, the real numbers behind the weight loss, and the side effects the headlines leave out, from muscle loss to nutrient deficiencies. Theres no free biological lunch here. What you do with the window these drugs open is what determines whether you come out stronger or worse off.
If youre on a GLP-1 or considering one, this is the information your prescription label wont give you.
[0:00] Introduction
[1:33] Inside the biology of GLP-1, from the native hormone to the newest triple agonist
[5:26] The staggering weight loss numbers behind the newest generation of GLP-1s
[7:10] The gut problems and body composition changes hiding behind the results
[8:28] Protein and organ meats become non-negotiable once youre on a GLP-1
[12:42] The great-grandmother test for cutting processed food and protecting your gut
[14:18] The long-term unknowns, and why the weight often comes back after stopping
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