S9 57: Wellness Without the Hype: Food Fixes for Brain Fog, Bloat, and Blah Days with Elissa Goodman
“Life is so crazy, and you just want to be able to live it to the fullest and the best you can.” —Elissa Goodman
Everyone’s selling the next big wellness fix—but what if the real answers are simpler than you think?
We’re bombarded with superfoods, supplements, and miracle diets, but the truth is, most of us are still searching for what really works. If you’re tired of chasing trends and want to feel genuinely good in your body, you’re in the right place.
Returning guest, Elissa Goodman’s journey from chronic illness to vibrant health is proof that real change isn’t about the latest craze—it’s about tuning in to what your body truly needs. Her honest and practical approach helps her customers cut through the clutter and discover simple habits that actually make a difference.
Join Justine and Elissa as they bust wellness myths and share real-life stories, and dive into practical tips on food, gut health, energy, blood work, and simple habits for a longer, healthier life.
Connect with Elissa:
Elissa Goodman is a holistic nutritionist and lifestyle cleanse expert who believes that proper nourishment and a daily renewal practice are essential for optimal living. Elissa’s mission is to educate and encourage healthy, mindful living, helping others embrace the concept that we are a product of what we eat and how we treat ourselves. Creator of “Cleanse Your Body, Cleanse Your Life” and “S.O.U.P.” Cleanse, her approach to cleansing is gentle and accessible for those looking to renew, recharge, rejuvenate, and maintain their healthy lifestyle. She is based in Los Angeles and works privately with professionals and celebrity clients to develop personalized wellness programs that encourage true health from the inside out. Elissa collaborates with health and wellness partners throughout Los Angeles and is the creator of M Cafés macrobiotic RESET Cleanse, Earth Bar food at LAX, and signature juice blends at Erewhon Market.
Episode Highlights:
02:29 A Move for a Healthier Lifestyle
06:38 The Journey to Physical and Emotional Healing
08:30 Balancing Health and Enjoyment
14:05 Functional Medicine and Bloodwork
18:14 The Impact of Supplements and Hormone Testing
24:03 Tips for Maintaining Health and Energy
28:09 Aging Hacks
33:10 Informed Choices Impact Longevity
Resources
Book
Cancer Hacks: A Holistic Guide to Overcoming your Fears and Healing Cancer by Elissa Goodman
Aging Hacks (Coming Soon)
Podcast
Healing the Root Cause of Why We Get Sick with Elissa Goodman
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Inspirational Quotes:
03:04 “I was always overcompensating with caffeine and sugar and all the bad stuff to get my energy up or soothing myself with bad foods.” —Elissa Goodman
04:10 “I had a doctor that said to me when I went to see him… ‘Do you love yourself?’ That was the biggest question of all.” —Elissa Goodman
08:11 “Food is medicine, and this is not rocket science at all. When you take inflammatory foods out of your diet for five days… you're a different person at the end of that five days.” —Elissa Goodman
12:49 “A lot of times cleansing and all these diets are deprivation and starvation, and mine is a lot of food.” —Elissa Goodman
17:32 “A lot of people take supplements and they don't take the right dosage.” —Elissa Goodman
22:01 “I just want them to be energized and hopefully happy and thriving and just living their best life, because life is so precious and short as we go.” —Elissa Goodman
22:40 "We do have so much at our fingertips. We could tweak a few things and you could feel great. It doesn't have to be overwhelming." —Elissa Goodman
22:51 “Food plays such an integral role, and we can have control over that. We have to make the choice to have that control.” —Justine Reichman
23:04 “Nobody knows better than us how certain foods make us feel. So, listening to your gut will help you fix your gut.” —Justine Reichman
22:30 “Life is so crazy, and you just want to be able to live it to the fullest and the best you can.” —Elissa Goodman
24:10 “There is all these crazes going on… that sounds impossible.” —Elissa Goodman
25:24 “Processed food is just a no go. It's so bad for us— our body doesn't know what to do with it.” —Elissa Goodman
27:20 “Being a healthy vegan and vegetarian is hard. It takes a lot of work because they're not really usually getting enough protein.” —Elissa Goodman
31:03 “Really having good sleep hygiene is a game-changer.” —Elissa Goodman
33:25 “The idea of living your best life— our choices can enable us to have that with just some simple information.” —Justine Reichman
Transcription:
Justine Reichman: Good morning, and welcome to Essential Ingredients. I'm so happy to have all my friends here, the listeners, the viewers and my friend Elissa, who this is like the third time we're now chatting, which I just love. You always have something new to share, and it's really exciting because this podcast has really grown and evolved because you've been on it throughout the years. It was really, first, about the impact of food on our health, and we stopped there. But then we really enabled the conversation to grow to be the impact of food on health, lifestyle, beauty, fashion. It is integrated into so many things in our lives, and so I'm excited for everyone to get to hear what's going on with you, and how this has evolved, both for you personally, as well as for Elissa Goodman EG kitchen, and what that looks like. How you continue to evolve and integrate that into your life. And hopefully, our listeners will take as much away from this as I do every single time.
I want to welcome Elissa Goodman. She is a holistic nutritionist and trained in functional medicine, and she's got viewpoints that I just think provide such a new perspective, and they keep evolving.
So welcome, Elissa.
Elissa Goodman: Thank you. Thank you. When I met you, we just bonded. It was so beautiful. It was like we had known each other for years, right? We connected immediately, totally. I'm honored to be on a third time, and I'd be honored to be on with you anytime.
Justine Reichman: Thank you for that. And I'm really honored to have you on because I find you such an inspiration when I watch you, when I listen to you, when I talk to you. It doesn't matter the medium. I feel like I'm connecting with you, and I feel like you understand the questions that I have. I know we've talked about my mom in the past who had ALS and breast cancer, the role that food can play in that, and all sorts of things as it related to inflammation. And we talked about your husband. We just talked about so many things. So I think what I'm thinking about for this conversation is, for those folks that don't know Elissa, maybe she'll just give you a snapshot so that you can be caught up. And then we'll make this conversation a continuation, so to speak, of what's new and what's next for you.
“I was always overcompensating with caffeine and sugar and all the bad stuff to get my energy up or soothing myself with bad foods.” —Elissa Goodman
Elissa Goodman: Awesome. So just in a nutshell, when I was born, I was born with a low white blood cell count, which a lot of people in those days didn't know how to repair or increase the white blood cells. So I was sick a lot as a kid growing up. I lived with two parents who were dynamos, and just kind of ran circles around me. So I always felt not good, really, health wise. As well as emotionally because I felt like I should be running circles around them, shouldn't I as a kid. So it was really hard. I had a kind of double whammy. I was always overcompensating with caffeine, sugar and all the bad stuff to get my energy up, or soothing myself with bad foods in those days. So I moved to New York and worked in the advertising business. Very fast paced. Life was sick all the time there. And after 10 years, I said to my husband, we need to go somewhere where it's a little slower pace and has sunshine. Just someplace where I could get healthy. That was really my goal. And we moved to LA, and I got a really fantastic job with Vogue magazine, which was super fun. But six months into that job, I got diagnosed with hodging lymphoma, and it was so crazy. But as I look back, it's not so crazy because my life was not healthy and hectic. And emotionally, I wasn't good, and I wasn't happy. There were so many things happening for me that I didn't even tap into, so that Hodges lymphoma diagnosis was a wake up call. Hugely. It was a very early stage so I was really lucky.
I had a doctor that said to me when I went to see him, what's going on with your emotions? Are you stressed? Do you sleep okay? Are you happy? Do you like your job? Or do you love your husband? Beautiful questions. Or do you love yourself? That was the biggest question of all when he asked that. I'm like, why is he asking me these questions? I'm not in therapy. And I broke down to tears because I was like, wait, I don't even know what loving myself looks like. I don't even know what calm, happy or feeling good looks like. I was just trying to keep up with myself in the world and people around me. So it was a rude awakening, but it was also such a beautiful gift. And he said, we need to get your emotions. We need to calm your central nervous system. We need to figure out how to make you happy. This is important. And he also talked a little bit about food. What's your food intake? Is that keeping you from getting healthy? So it was interesting. I dove into all of this, then I went to therapy. I wrote every self help book I could find, and I started eating really healthy. I started juicing. I started really focusing on my sleep, yoga, all the things. LA was a great place to be because it was a bit, yeah. So I was really lucky. And I did a little radiation. They wanted me to do chemo, radiation, all of it. But at such an early stage, I wasn't even going to do the radiation. But because my friends and family were freaking out, I did a little radiation, which wasn't a great thing because radiation stays in your system forever. It really did a number on my thyroid, my gut and things like that. So I dealt with health issues after that. I did have two healthy girls.
And then 11 and a half years later, my husband's diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma. He's 43 and a half, and he ends up passing away at 46. We had two bone marrow transplants in a year and a half. And it was really a crazy time again. It was like, oh shit. What the hell is happening here? Two people in the same household have cancer, and both have lymphoma. It was really weird in those days, unusual. So we did kind of have a similar upbringing. We were both really stressed. He didn't have a little white blood cell count, but his dad at two years old died from melanoma. So his dad died from cancer when he was two. So I think emotionally, he felt like cancer was going to kill him. He was scared shitless. I wasn't as scared. I didn't think the cancer was going to kill me. I really did tap into the fact that it was my wake up call, and I needed to change my life. And I feel like he didn't have an opportunity to tap into that. So he passes away. My girls are 10 and 7. I'd like going back to school to get certified in eastern and western nutrition, but not to become a nutritionist, and not to do what I'm doing now. It was really just to get healthy and figure out how I am going to live a healthy lifestyle, and also teach these girls that they're not automatically going to get cancer.
Justine Reichman: I don't know if you knew this, but when my dad had his 80th birthday last year, I rented a house somewhere near Hollywood Hills, and I had some family staying there. I ordered tons of food from you, and my father and cousins were like, what is this? They couldn't figure out what it was, but they loved it. My dad's like, when I move into a house or apartment from the hotel, I'm going to start ordering because it was amazing. My dad is not into things. He's 81 years old. He likes what he likes. And he's not into necessarily trying new things. If they look different, if they seem a little bit off, just different to him. So it was so interesting that when you send these things and people are trying them, it enables people to see it in a new way and be more open to it.
Elissa Goodman: Food is medicine, and this is not rocket science at all. We know that when you take inflammatory foods out of your diet, the typical ones that we all know, gluten, dairy, processed foods, added sugars and seed oils, there's some foods that don't agree with people, and some agree with people. But you take those out for like five days, take that out of your diet, you're a different person at the end of those five days. So in such a short amount of time, it just shows up. And you're more energized, you're not bloated, you're going to the bathroom more regularly.
Justine Reichman: I think it's also just paying attention to you. It was interesting because I was in LA for Father's Day, and I just didn't want to make a big deal, so I didn't tell anybody, no garlic, no onion. Those are things that bug me because I previously had SIBO, and I could have had a recurrence. It's something that stays with you, potentially. And I ate all the wrong foods, and I liked them. For the next two weeks, it impacted me both and being able to go to the bathroom. I was doubled over. I couldn't sleep. It was waking me up. And the truth is it was my choice. I decided that I wanted to try the restaurant in the hotel, and that the pasta looked really good. I didn't want to be fussy with so many people and say, oh, no, garlic, no onion. I just ate it. But it really had a debilitating effect on me.
Elissa Goodman: We want to live our life, and you want to have some balance. Because people always ask me, God, are you really clean all the time? And when you go out, how do you go out to dinner? Because they don't serve really good, high quality animal protein. And they do use cheap seed oils, and all these things. But I do eat it. I do eat out and eat all that crap as well, and I do have some alcohol and things like that. And because I love to eat, I love to enjoy my life. So most of the time, I'm really healthy at home. But if I do have a problem, I know how to come home and really hydrate myself, or take some digestive enzymes. If I'm having some bloating or funky things going on, I know to take oregano oil capsules, certain Berberine or certain things. So I just have this arsenal of things in my medicine cabinet if I do have issues, because I do have issues too.
“Food is medicine, and this is not rocket science at all. When you take inflammatory foods out of your diet for five days… you're a different person at the end of that five days.” —Elissa Goodman
Justine Reichman: I have those, but I also keep activated charcoal too. That's not the one I keep. I love that. But again, I don't want to live my life like that, which of course begs the question, you started this whole thing, you loved making the menus, but what was it that inspired you then to go on to the cleanse and then expand even further? Because I know originally what the cleanse was, what we had spoken about, and we had talked about that, and then you expanded in so many other ways. Obviously, to the seed bars, your salad, your fuses. I'm curious more about you, the experience you had creating recipes for restaurants, and really created so many more recipes that basically, you're an online restaurant, basically to have breakfast, lunch and dinner. So how did you, from your standpoint, say, okay, I want to do the cleanses, but I want to expand. And there's so much more to this, right?
Elissa Goodman: Anybody knows what an Aries is like or into astrological signs. We're doers and goers, and we're not really happy unless we're really expanding and growing. And as I guess, I just got such a high out of helping people too. And when I was doing these programs for restaurants, I realized that, wow, I could do my own program. I took what I learned from all of the different restaurants and the cleanses that I did, and I incorporated it into my own program. And my assistant at the time was an incredible chef, so she was helping me, and it was so much fun when we got started. It's kind of been a wild 13 years. Those bars are the same recipe I created 13 years ago. And my detox tonic, it's a gut drink, is the same detox tonic I created 13 years ago. But other things have changed beyond it, but I just wanted to be able to feed people and have them really experience without them having to do the work, how they could feel better in a very short amount of time, and how they could eat a lot of food. Because a lot of times, cleansing and all these diets are deprivation and starvation. And mine is a lot of food. So they're always like, wow, I ate all this food, and I lost weight. I feel better. People don't eat enough vegetables. Just eat enough vegetables. They don't eat enough fiber. Those are big things that are a problem for people. So I wanted to put fiber and vegetables in their diet. I also constantly get people who are constipated. Like you said with the SIBO, constant constipation is a horrible feeling not going to the bathroom for days. That's what causes SIBO because food isn't moving through the system. It's backing up. It's fermenting. Bacteria are getting into the intestines or viruses.
So I'm trying to get people to go to the bathroom once a day up to three times a day. My screen says we are supposed to go to the bathroom after every meal. My clients, their eyes gloss over when I say that because they're like, lucky if they go once after their coffee. But no. If we have enough fiber hydration, we're not stressed, we're eating right, we should be able to go after every meal. Food should go in and out. What does food do in the system for 24, 48 hours? And then when I started hand holding everybody, I started hearing about all these illnesses and health issues, and I just decided that I want to really dive in and help people with their health issues. So over COVID, I got trained in functional medicine, and I read blood work now. I do all this thorough blood work on my clients. And now, as nanosecond after I get their blood work back, I know exactly what's wrong with them, and how we can fix it. Which is that their hormones are off, their insulin is off, their blood sugar, their vitamin D is too low, their cholesterol. We do all of that. We do their inflammation markers. We see if they have viruses, or bacteria, or fungal issues going on in their system. It's so beautiful. I see if they have the metals, lead, cadmium, mercury, all those things. And once we take care of some of these things that are causing them not to get to a place where they can really thrive, they thrive. I don't know why doctors don't do a thorough blood panel on people just once a year when they don't feel good.
Justine Reichman: If you go to the regular doctor, there's a set of blood work that they do. But of course, I think a special doctor, and she does lots and lots of blood work and sends it out to a variety of places. And I do that all the time. It's normal to me, but I don't think it's covered under insurance. I don't think that your average doctor does that. And so how do we explain or convey to people how important this is, but equally make it accessible to them? Because it can be very expensive, it can be very daunting, but we get so much information that I feel like this should be accessible to most people. Why should it just be selective?
Elissa Goodman: I made it accessible because it's only $300, the blood work for me. So I do it out of a place in San Francisco. We ship the kit all over the country. Rupa has phlebotomists that go to people's houses to take the blood and ship it back. We can't go to New York for some reason because of regulation issues, but we do go all over the country. My clients are doing that, but they don't have anyone to talk to. They do come back, they do the blood work. It's a beautiful set of blood work, and then they get a response via email, or a pretty detailed response of what they should do. But they don't have anyone that they could talk to about why, what's happening. I think I don't know if they do food, stress, sleep, or all of those things. I know a lot of people are doing that. A lot of people are doing mine. I feel like 300 bucks is worth it to get all this information.
Justine Reichman: I think so. And I think that the fact that you have people that can go out and take the blood is amazing too, because that sort of lowers the barrier to entry. And for those of us, like me, they're a little bit wimpy when you have to go give blood. By doing this, has this changed the food that you're offering to your clients? Or how you're doing it? Does it allow you to tailor it more specifically?
Elissa Goodman: I would say with the blood work, not necessarily, I would say more. So it has really just heightened my awareness of supplements that really tune in to what they need and what the dosages are that they need, because a lot of people take supplements and they don't take the right dosage. They'll take curcumin, and they'll take 300 or 500 milligrams that does nothing, or the omegas, and they aren't where they need to be. So when I see their inflammation markers high, I put them on high doses of curcumin and omega 3 and things like that. I just think it's really kind of made me tune in to each individual of exactly what they need with a supplement instead of saying, you could take 1200 of curcumin and 1200 of omega, and be on your way. So some people need more than that to really lower the inventory markers.
Justine Reichman: Are you able to look further at their blood work once they start doing the curcumin to see how that impacts the hormones and the testosterone? Because I'm taking curcumin, and I don't know if this is true. I have read some things that can also impact your testosterone. I don't know if those levels, or what those levels are.
Elissa Goodman: Yes. We do it three months later or six months later, and then we'll measure everything. And then it's been really fun. Also, it's been the menopause stuff, the pre menopause. I test hormones in the 30s and 40s, to have a baseline, I test people's pregnenolone and DHA, which is a steroid hormone that comes out of their adrenals. And what's beautiful about that is that it's a precursor to estradiol testosterone progesterone, and also pregnenolone kind of supports the whole endocrine system, even your thyroid and your adrenals. So I'm testing those. And a client yesterday, she's not old. She's like 42, she's not menopause, but she was pregnant alone at 9. It's supposed to be like up in the 60s and 70s. So we put her on a little bit of pregnenolone to boost that, and to help all the other hormones. If she goes into menopause, she's gonna also be able to go into menopause in a smoother way.
Justine Reichman: Yeah, I think that's important. For me, I remember when I was getting my period, it was awful. I feel like I wanted to stay home all the time, and they didn't have time off for that. Maybe in other countries, I've heard that they do. But in the US, it's not a thing. You're not staying home because you have cramps. It's really just not a thing that I ended up going on birth control for many years, and I cycle through it so I never get my period. And at 52, menopause, perimenopause, it's all a conversation. We don't really know where I am in the process because I'm still on birth control. My biggest fear is going off of it because I don't know how I'm gonna feel. I know how I feel about it. All these things are things that a lot of people go through, and we don't realize that. We're like, oh, we're bloated. Well, what I mean, every second person that's going through perimenopause, or one pause is experiencing these things.
Elissa Goodman: They are. And this guy that I talked to this week was like, I have a belly. We don't talk about menopause. Men menopause too. I can't get rid of this belly. I exercise, eat well, all those things. So we tested his insulin, his cortisol is A1c, and his testosterone, they were all off. His general practitioner who's really well known didn't even think about that. They don't test men's hormones, which is so crazy. So yes, no problem, right? It's really cool that we're kind of waking up and we're going, oh, my brain fog. Maybe that's not normal. Or I just feel tired all the time. Maybe that's not normal.
Justine Reichman: And I think that the conversation of longevity and where we started our conversation back and how that's increasing is really interesting in all these things that we're talking about, and the role that they play in longevity.
Elissa Goodman: They do. We talked about when we first got on our age difference. I'm 65 and I have to say, I feel 55. I just don't even feel 65. I feel so good and energized, lucky, knock on wood, no aches and pains at the moment, able to do just about anything. And that's what I want for people at any stage of their life. I just want them to be energized, hopefully happy and thriving, and just living their best life because life is so precious and short as we go. I just had a grandchild. And Saturday, I'm looking into these grandchild's eyes and I'm like, God, it's so sucky that my husband got to see this baby, didn't get to see my daughter get married. Life is so crazy, and you just want to be able to live it to the fullest and the best you can. Sometimes we can't, hopefully. But we do have so much at our fingertips. And like said earlier, it's not rocket science. We could tweak a few things, and you could feel great. Doesn't have to be overwhelming. I think food plays such an integral role, and we can have control over that. I think that's what we have to make the choice to have that control, but it's something that is tangible. It's something that we can wrap our heads around exactly what choice, and nobody knows better than us how certain foods make us feel. So listening to yourself, listening to your gut will help you fix your gut, maybe. It's the gut brain access. The guts, the immune system, and serotonin are produced there. And basically, I know I overdid certain food groups. I overdid cashews because I was having cashew cheese, and cashew yogurt, and also cashew milk. And then all of a sudden, I got this swelling all over my face, bumps. I took the cashews out of my diet. The swelling went away. I overdid the eggplant for years, that same thing happened. I went off of those foods for like a year, and I can eat them now. So it is really watching those aren't usual foods that you would have an issue with, but you do want to watch and see what, the eggs are another one that a lot of people eat.
Justine Reichman: I'm intolerant to eggs, but I put them back in my diet now. And eggs are really hard, because eggs fit so many things.
Elissa Goodman: All these crazes going on, there's the protein craze right now, and the carnivore diet. I'm a middle of the road girl so I don't understand all this animal protein eating your body weight, and animal protein that sounds impossible. I mean, it's impossible. How does your body break down and digest all this animal protein, 150 grams and up? I don't get it.
Justine Reichman: You think about it, how many hours does it take to break down your regular four ounces of meat? 14 hours. So if we're just talking about 14 hours for four ounces, and then you're eating your body weight, aren't you tired? I feel like eating can make you tired sometimes. So if you're eating that much food, that would make me super tired. What are the three tips you might recommend for people who are at the precipice of these different stages in their lives to make sure that they stay the course? They can feel their best. They could be thoughtful, mindful, not have brain fog, and have the energy to continue on.
Elissa Goodman: For the food, the first tip is, really, with what we talked about earlier, watching processed food is just a no go. You can have a little. Again, it's a balance. But it's so bad for us for those chemicals, all those additives and food coloring are manufactured, and our body doesn't know what to do with it. Sometimes people don't agree with gluten and dairy, and the sugar is just a killer because we go way over the 25 grams of added sugar, and sometimes the bad seed oils, but that's in the processed food. So really watching that, it's really like making sure you get enough veggies in your diet because that's where all the good stuff is, the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants. I'm a huge juicer, and I've juiced for 30 years. So I juice in the morning. Do a green juice of cucumber, celery, lemon, ginger, spinach. Or I rotate my greens. It's like three to four cups of vegetables in that juice, plus I'm getting all my vitamins, minerals and nutrients. So I love that. Sometimes, I just throw them in a blender and I get the fiber. I think that's exceptional because we don't get enough veggies. I think the third thing with the food is just making sure you are getting some high quality protein in your diet just to balance your blood sugar. I'm getting a balance of protein, fiber, complex carbs and healthy fats. So I usually say that I have a perfect plate program. Half the plate is leafy greens, non starchy veggies, and then a quarter is protein, and a quarter is complex carbs, and then you add in a little bit of fat into that. But a lot of people could get an idea of how to balance their plate and visualize that.
Justine Reichman: I can visualize that. I'm wondering, because a lot of people are vegetarians or vegan, what's the best way for them to be able to incorporate that? Because I could sit here thinking that somebody's watching this, and they're like, well, I don't eat meat, so talk to me. Tell me what I should do.
Elissa Goodman: So being a healthy vegan and vegetarian is hard. It takes a lot of work. So you're right, because they're not really usually getting enough protein. So legumes and beans are fabulous, all of those things. But sometimes, those don't agree with people, digestive wise. With our cleanse, we sprout, we soak them, or you can buy sprouted legumes and beans these days. The hard outer coating of that bean or legume is removed so it's easier to digest. And then you take a digestive enzyme just to make sure you digest them. So there are ways, but you really do have to incorporate the complete proteins of the legumes and beans, of quinoa, of hemp seeds. And then pumpkin seeds are great because they're full of fiber and protein. Hemp seeds are amazing, but you have to be diligent about getting enough. I'd say 60 grams is my minimum for clients. Up to 70, 75.
Justine Reichman: When first started this conversation, you were talking about a new book you have coming out, and that also inspired the conversation we were having around longevity.
“The idea of living your best life— our choices can enable us to have that with just some simple information.” —Justine Reichman
Elissa Goodman: My past book was Cancer Hacks, which was my story, my husband's story, about what we did right and wrong. And this story is Aging Hacks. It's really my story about what I've done right and wrong, because the wellness community has just exploded. The supplement market is a trillion dollar business, you know. It is crazy what's being offered out there. I just want to give people a baseline of what worked for me, what didn't work for me, and why, so they can make a really educated decision on all these different modalities. Because it's overwhelming. Some people aren't even starting to do any of them because it's too overwhelming. Some of the things that just changed my life when I had COVID. I had massive brain fog, and so I had got COVID once. I finally went and did ozone, and ozone was a game changer. So I have to say that I also had Hashimoto's. So it lowered my antibodies, got rid of it, put my Hashimoto's into remission again because the COVID ignited it. My brain fog went away right after I had done the ozone. So ozone is just an incredible thing if you have a serious illness, cancer and autoimmune COVID, long COVID. I absolutely love that. The next thing I did was NAD. I started doing NAD injections. So there is a lot of controversy that the NAD injection really gets into the cell and blah, blah, blah. I've been doing it for three years, and it's been a game changer for me.
Justine Reichman: Can you share a little bit about how you feel about the impacts that you've had?
Elissa Goodman: So there are also NAD precursors that are great too, NMM, NR that are on the market. Tru Niagen I feel is great. I just feel energized, clear headed. It's a really good cellular energy. It gives your cells energy. I just feel like I've got energy as well as my metabolism is great. I do a needle injection almost every day. I'm a little obsessed, so most people don't need to do that. I do a small amount every day. I also do peptides as well, but that's a whole other story. The NAD was a game changer. I would say longevity wise. People probably are maybe tired of hearing about sleep, but I did have insomnia for four years, so that was probably the worst thing I ever dealt with. Worse than cancer. Not worse, basically, than my husband dying, but worse than my cancer. So really having good sleep hygiene. Sleeping those eight hours, and going to bed at a decent time every night. And getting really good and deep sleep is a game changer, absolutely.
Justine Reichman: Elissa, before we sort of wrap things up, for those guests that are tuning in that are excited because maybe they want to go get Cancer Hacks because they didn't get it the first time, or Aging Hacks, tell us where they can get Cancer Hacks. And B, when can they expect to start to look for Aging Hacks?
Elissa Goodman: So Cancer Hacks is on Amazon or on my website, elissagoodman.com. And Aging Hacks is going to be done by the end of the year. So maybe it could be sooner when I'm almost done. I don't know how long it's going to take to really finalize it. I'm super excited about it because it was really fun to do Cancer Hacks. I'm just excited that I get to do a second one.
Justine Reichman: Super fun. And I think that it gives people the opportunity to have it tangible for themselves, and make easy changes. And it doesn't have to be different.
Elissa Goodman: Things we talked about here are going to be in the book. And personal stories and way more health modalities that are offered out there, and what's good about them, and what's not good about them. So yes, it's just going to be a resource.
Justine Reichman: So for those folks that are around the country, are there certain things that they can order online from you?
Elissa Goodman: Yes, of course. The bars, they're super seed bars. They're a cacao and regular cacao, like I told you, came this year because I do cacao ceremonies. That's also something. It's a heart opener. Cacao is a heart opener. It comes from Peru. The chocolate, it's so beautiful. It's so exquisite, and so I love it. And then we have granola, homemade granola. We're not shipping it but in LA. We do have three different bone broths. We have an immune mood boosting and an anti inflammatory bone broth that is just rolling out right now that is absolutely with all the herbs, vitamins and minerals. So we're pretty excited about that.
Justine Reichman: Awesome. Okay, wonderful. So elissagoodman.com. Well, thank you Elissa, so much. I know for myself, I'm walking away with so much information. I think it just reintroduces some of the concepts and the idea of living your best life, and how our choices can enable us to have that with just some simple information. I want to thank our guests for tuning in. I consider our guests, and you my friends, and it's this community that means so much to me to be able to bring people like yourself so people can make more informed choices. So thank you. Thank you to our guests. Thank you, Elissa. Don't forget that each week, we have new episodes here on Tuesday. Whether you want to listen to them on your podcast or on YouTube, we are there. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and leave us a comment so we can continue the conversation.
