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Subscribe now for exclusive insights on Sway In The Morning! In this powerful episode from Sway’s Universe, Dr. Akanni Salako shares his groundbreaking Sulako Method, a revolutionary approach to women’s health that blends personalized fitness, hormone balance, and lifestyle changes. With over 100,000 women impacted by his work, Dr. Salako is empowering women aged 35 and older to make sustainable health changes that combat lifestyle diseases like type 2 diabetes and promote overall wellness.
From his background as a basketball athlete to his inspiring pivot into physical therapy after injury, Dr. Salako dives deep into the unique challenges women face, shedding light on hormonal cycles, menopause, and perimenopause. This must-watch interview addresses the critical importance of nutrition, exercise, adequate sleep, and the small steps women can take to achieve lasting health transformations.
Don’t miss Sway’s exclusive conversation with Dr. Salako, including real-life success stories from his clients and expert advice for men supporting women in their health journey. Watch now and learn how the Sulako Method is reshaping women’s wellness!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Dr. Akintunde Salako Women’s Health Focus
02:20 - Dr. Salako’s Personal Journey
03:50 - Differences Between Men and Women’s Bodies
05:35 - Heather B’s Spiritual Connection
08:22 - Reversing Lifestyle Diseases
11:13 - Understanding Women’s Hormonal Cycle
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I'm glad we have this man here today.
0:02
Dr. Akani Salco is here with us. Yes.
0:05
>> Um he's the founder, Heather B, of the
0:07
wellness lab that that's aimed to
0:09
empower women, help you improve your
0:11
physical, your mental, your spiritual
0:13
health along his journey. He has helped
0:15
over 100,000 women.
0:17
>> I believe it
0:18
>> and counting. We're going to open up the
0:21
phone lines right now. This man is a
0:23
doctor.
0:24
>> Doctor,
0:25
>> he got his doctorate in physical
0:26
therapy.
0:27
>> Crazy. He's not talking out the side of
0:29
his neck. [laughter]
0:32
His Salco method is tried and proven
0:34
over and over and over again. Please
0:37
welcome him to the show. The one and
0:39
only Dr. Aani Salco.
0:41
>> Dr. SALCO.
0:43
>> WOW. WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME.
0:46
>> YES, my Nigerian brethren.
0:48
>> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
0:49
Appreciate y'all having me.
0:50
>> I knew you would. You would.
0:51
>> Yes. Yes. Yes. I love your mission.
0:54
>> Yeah. Uh first and foremost, um I truly
0:57
do. Um and I love that you uh
1:01
specifically have targeted women, uh
1:03
especially women who are 35 years of age
1:06
and older. And when I read about this, I
1:10
was curious to why did you want to start
1:12
there?
1:12
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So when I first
1:15
started, I was a personal trainer and I
1:17
was training both men and women at that
1:19
time.
1:20
>> And it was funny cuz about 80% of the
1:22
clients at that time were women. Mhm.
1:24
>> So then once I transition online in the
1:27
beginning, we were still training both
1:28
men and women at the time as well. And
1:30
then I looked at my insights and it was
1:32
92% women and all and then the rest were
1:35
men.
1:36
>> So then I was like, okay, women are
1:39
drawn to us and the work that we're
1:41
doing. And then my mother, she started
1:42
to have her own health issues as well.
1:44
And seeing some of the things that she
1:46
went through, I was raised by all women.
1:48
Y
1:48
>> so it's like I always had an affinity
1:49
for women because I seen strong women
1:52
trying to get healthy juggling life etc.
1:55
So it all just kind of it's like okay
1:57
God is leading me towards this
1:59
>> let's go head first and then we
2:01
transition to strictly everything
2:02
related to women and deep diving because
2:05
y'all have a lot of different things
2:07
going on when it [laughter] gets to come
2:09
to health.
2:10
>> So that's where the journey led us and
2:12
then we just went head first with it.
2:13
>> I love this. Right. uh and in specific
2:17
and it's interesting because I look at
2:19
you and when we met you in the lobby I
2:20
was like yo this guy is pretty athletic
2:23
>> um and you have your own journey right
2:25
you know talk about your journey you had
2:27
surgery on your ankles right and well
2:30
tell us about your career prior to this
2:32
that led you into this field
2:34
>> yeah so I played basketball at Virginia
2:36
Union University and I hooped there for
2:40
um for about three years I played at
2:42
junior college as well and at Virginia
2:44
Union. My senior year, I rode my ankle.
2:47
And once I rode my ankle, it took me out
2:49
for like 10 games.
2:51
>> After that, I had a surgery 2016, 2017,
2:54
and 2019 on my ankle.
2:56
>> And through that,
2:58
>> I was like, "Okay, going into school, I
3:00
was either going to be a professional
3:02
athlete who bought a bunch of physical
3:04
therapy clinics or I'm just going to be
3:06
a physical therapist.
3:08
>> Ankle injury, I can't go play basketball
3:10
anymore." So then I went the physical
3:12
therapy route. And once I went back to
3:14
school 2018, got my doctor in physical
3:16
therapy. I was a sports physical
3:18
therapist and with that was working out
3:20
of Maryland,
3:22
>> working with high level athletes, active
3:23
population. And it kind of just
3:25
blossomed. But for me, I went in knowing
3:27
I need the knowledge so that I can go do
3:29
what I want to do
3:31
>> because physical therapy is cool, but it
3:33
gets mundane after a while.
3:35
>> I like the highlevel things. So after I
3:38
left um Maryland, we moved to Nebraska.
3:40
And in Nebraska, it was one of those
3:42
things if I'm starting from scratch,
3:43
this ain't no better time than the
3:45
present to really just chase your dreams
3:46
and go all in.
3:47
>> Wow. I love this. Dr. Connie Salakaco is
3:50
here. I'm not a woman,
3:54
but to your point, [laughter] you know,
3:55
I was raised by him
3:57
>> and I I you know, we I I just that's why
4:01
I'm so into what you're doing. Yeah.
4:03
>> I'm curious to what you learned. I mean,
4:05
obviously, when you do this kind of work
4:07
for men, it's different than what it
4:08
would be for women. What are some of
4:10
those differences?
4:11
>> So, one, if we look at just muscle mass,
4:15
that's one of the major differences. If
4:16
we I hear it all the time when I get on
4:18
calls with with women and they're like,
4:20
"Oh, yeah, my husband can eat whatever
4:22
he want to eat and he don't gain no
4:23
weight, but then I eat a piece of bread
4:25
and all of a sudden I didn't gain 30
4:27
pounds." And if we look at it, one, men
4:29
naturally carry more muscle mass. So,
4:31
because we carry more muscle mass, we're
4:33
able to burn more calories at rest. So,
4:35
I could spare to eat a couple extra
4:37
calories and I'll be perfectly fine
4:38
because I'm burning more calories at
4:40
rest. Versus women, especially if you're
4:42
a woman who isn't exercising
4:44
consistently, you're not lifting
4:45
weights, building muscle at rest, you
4:47
carry less muscle mass, so your
4:49
metabolism is a little slower. So, you
4:51
can't spare to have the extra roll of
4:52
bread. You can't spare to have the extra
4:54
something sweet at night because for
4:56
you, your metabolism is isn't going as
4:58
high. So, you can't consume as much
5:00
calories.
5:00
>> Yeah. I know you. Why? Why would my name
5:03
come in this? Like
5:04
>> I mean, you eat at night. [laughter]
5:06
>> Wow.
5:08
>> And you steal a plate at night.
5:11
[laughter]
5:11
>> Just saying.
5:12
>> Exactly. Doctor, he ding-dong rings my
5:15
doorbell and says, "I smell something."
5:17
We live across the hall from each other
5:18
in in an apartment building. It is
5:20
crazy.
5:21
>> But my muscle mass allows me to take a
5:23
few extra [laughter] bites at night,
5:24
Tracy. That's why I'm bringing this up.
5:26
But Heather, I thought it was Heather
5:28
actually brought you to my attention and
5:30
she she had been stalking you for so
5:32
long. [laughter] Um, but what was it
5:35
about him that appealed to you?
5:36
>> So, first let me say this. Thank you for
5:38
your work and your service because
5:40
honestly, as I followed you and I was
5:43
watching your Instagram, I felt an inner
5:47
connection. Like I felt like it was
5:48
spiritual, but I didn't know your
5:50
background and and your history. And
5:52
then I started to see like you would
5:54
start posting sometimes morning prayer.
5:57
And then I was like, I got it. Okay.
5:59
He's of service. Yeah. He's a physician,
6:02
but God has blessed him also to be of
6:04
service in a different type of way. So
6:06
it explained now about your approach and
6:08
how you did it. And I felt like for the
6:10
first time it wasn't I wasn't with a
6:13
drill sergeant. I wasn't with somebody
6:15
who was making me feel bad for possibly
6:18
pulling up to a fast food place, but now
6:20
making the right choices as to what to
6:22
order at that fast food place. I've
6:24
never seen it broken down in such a a
6:28
relatable way. And not that some doctors
6:30
don't do it, but there was just there
6:32
was a spiritual connection as well. And
6:34
so, um, I saw some of the success
6:37
stories and it it wasn't like these big
6:40
transformations, but you saw the five
6:42
pounds. Like, you really saw it and you
6:45
saw that, "Okay, I know today I couldn't
6:47
do an hour, but I feel good about my 40
6:49
minutes." And so much so that Sway
6:51
started to say to me, "Hey, you starting
6:53
to look different. What are you doing?"
6:55
I was like, "I'm just walking right now,
6:57
bro. Like, I'm just walking." and I
6:59
started to add on the little little
7:00
things that you suggested and I'm I'm
7:02
I'm feeling a lot better. I'm I'm I'm
7:05
seeing the results and uh I just wanted
7:07
to thank you for it. So that's why it
7:09
wasn't a complete stalk. It was more
7:11
like he needs to share this um and and
7:15
have a platform to speak to other women
7:17
who in my position just busy and
7:19
sometimes just don't feel like it and
7:21
enjoys a good sloppy burger sometimes as
7:25
well and not feel guilty about it.
7:26
>> Well, I appreciate that. Thank you.
7:28
Thank you for saying that. Yeah, because
7:29
the biggest thing in
7:31
>> my approach, I tell even my staff this
7:33
is at the end of the day, we're here to
7:35
serve.
7:35
>> And when we approach our clients,
7:38
>> a lot of people are focused on point Z.
7:40
And when they come to us, they're at
7:42
point A.
7:43
>> Point A is where, all right, I'm over
7:46
200 pounds. Point Z is I'm back in the
7:48
150s. I feel like I did in high school.
7:50
Like I'm in a groove,
7:50
>> right?
7:51
>> What do we need? What is the first step
7:53
that we need to tackle for us to get in
7:55
momentum? Maybe that is okay. Instead of
7:58
getting off of work, getting in the car,
8:00
driving home, eat cooking dinner, and
8:01
just sitting on the couch, let's go for
8:03
a 10-minute walk. What is point a going
8:06
for a walk during your lunch break? Like
8:07
doing little steps each day is what gets
8:10
people to the goal. And that is our
8:11
approach of it doesn't all have to
8:13
happen. You're not going to lose 30
8:14
pounds in 30 days because you've been
8:15
gaining weight since the pandemic. It's
8:17
going to take some time for us to get
8:18
there. Give yourself the grace as you go
8:20
through it.
8:21
>> You mentioned too that you help women
8:23
reverse lifestyle diseases. What does
8:26
that mean?
8:26
>> Yes. So, if we look at something as
8:29
simple as type two diabetes,
8:31
>> yeah,
8:31
>> that's one of the silent killers and it
8:33
and most of us, we know our habits are
8:36
what is leading us there because type
8:38
two diabetes, yes, for some people it
8:40
can be genetic, but type two diabetes is
8:42
one that we are in control of. Type 1
8:44
diabetes is what you get from birth.
8:46
with type two diabetes is coming through
8:48
your habits. The excess uh sugar and
8:51
carb intake that we have on the
8:52
day-to-day, lack of exercise, those
8:55
little activities like that over time,
8:57
they compound. If you think about it, if
8:59
most of us take a step back, when is the
9:00
last time that I exercise? I'm eating
9:02
carbs crazy. Like I'm a marathon runner
9:05
knowing I'm just sitting down and I'm
9:07
actually not as active. That sugar has
9:09
to go somewhere. And if you're not
9:11
expending it in energy, now this leads
9:13
to consistent rises in your blood sugar.
9:15
Next thing we know, our A1C is high.
9:17
Now, we want to do something about it
9:18
and cut out all of our carbs. Where
9:21
>> moderation from the beginning, we can
9:22
get back to a point where we don't have
9:24
to deal with these things. Often times,
9:26
the diseases come from our habits. If we
9:27
address the habits, you can get to the
9:29
underlying root of the disease.
9:31
>> Can you give me some case um examples of
9:34
people without mentioning their names
9:36
and had conditions that you helped
9:37
reverse?
9:38
>> Yes. So, I have one lady in particular,
9:40
she came to us and her A1C was a 14.
9:44
>> Wow. Wow. And that is significant.
9:45
That's like
9:46
>> you need to turn things around
9:48
immediately.
9:48
>> Okay. A1C means
9:50
>> your A1C is when you go to the doctor,
9:53
they're looking at your blood sugar
9:54
levels. Anything the range is typically
9:56
anything lower than 5.4.
9:58
>> Okay.
9:59
>> If you're at a 14, you're running the
10:02
risk of you can lose a stroke, you're
10:04
running the risk of losing a foot, etc.
10:07
Like 14 is high.
10:08
>> Okay. So when she came to us and I had
10:11
the conversation with her, I essentially
10:13
I love on people, but there's a point
10:15
where you have to be stern.
10:17
>> And essentially I was just like, we
10:18
can't play around with this anymore.
10:20
You're playing with your life. So once
10:22
she joined into our program, the first
10:24
thing we did is take a a wholehearted
10:26
look at her diet and then we've reduced
10:27
her carb intake. The she would typically
10:30
have like bread and toast in the
10:32
morning. Then she would have a smoothie
10:34
for lunch, then she'd have a snack here,
10:36
a snack here. So, for the next 30 days,
10:38
we removed all of her snacking. We
10:40
increased her protein intake. I got her
10:42
walking. On average, we were doing about
10:44
six to 7,000 steps every day. And then
10:46
we started strength training just twice
10:47
a week because I didn't want to throw
10:49
too much in there. And within that
10:50
month, her A1C went down from a 14 to a
10:53
10.
10:54
>> Okay.
10:54
>> Wow.
10:55
>> All right.
10:55
>> A lot can happen in a little bit of time
10:58
when you're hyperfocused on these
10:59
things.
11:00
>> Yeah.
11:00
>> I love this, man. Do Dr. Aani Salco is
11:03
here. Uh Tracy, you barely made the
11:07
demographic of 35 and above still I
11:10
think you can still contribute to the
11:12
conversation. Go for it.
11:14
>> No, no, no. I absolutely can. I'm in my
11:16
late 30s and I'm really happy to have
11:18
you, Dr. Alleo. Especially because you
11:20
are male and with us being in a
11:23
patriarchal society, I feel like oftent
11:25
times women and men are learning about
11:28
male interest or learning about the male
11:30
anatomy, etc., etc. And I find that a
11:34
lot of men don't know that even a
11:36
woman's cycle is not just she's on her
11:38
period and she's off her period. There's
11:40
a follicular phase, you know, um there's
11:43
when you're ovulating, etc. and even
11:46
like conversations about perry menopause
11:49
which has really entered the chat like I
11:52
don't know on a mainstream level maybe
11:54
perhaps 5 years ago in my opinion and
11:57
women are still starting to understand
11:59
that for ourselves and we are the ones
12:00
directly impacted but for men
12:04
>> I find in general that there isn't an
12:07
interest because it's like okay that's
12:09
just for women right they'll figure this
12:12
out this doesn't really impact me but we
12:14
live in a life where whether even
12:17
whatever your sexual um orientation is,
12:20
you still are engaging with the opposite
12:23
sex. Can you break down for our male
12:27
listeners about the women's um hormonal
12:31
cycle and also what perry menopause is
12:34
and menopause as well as how they can be
12:37
supportive of the women in their life.
12:40
>> Yes. So if we look through the various
12:44
stages of menopause, there's a lot of
12:46
shifts that are happening. And the main
12:48
thing, one, your estrogen levels are
12:50
coming down. What is your body trying to
12:51
do? Your body's trying to adjust by
12:53
increasing your testosterone levels and
12:54
your androgen levels. That is going to
12:56
cause shifts in your energy, shifts in
12:58
your mood, shifts in how you look. And
13:01
for a lot of the ladies that come to us,
13:03
the biggest thing is like, "Okay, doc,
13:05
before I'd be able to eat this thing and
13:08
it would go to my hips. to go to my
13:10
desirable places. Now all of a sudden
13:12
all of my weight is around my
13:13
midsection. So now they're dealing with
13:15
changes to externally they have to
13:16
wrestle with their identity and who am I
13:18
becoming in this season. Now we're in
13:20
menopause. Now I have to change how I
13:22
approach things. I have to change my
13:23
food. I have to change my sleep habits
13:25
because internally I'm struggling with
13:27
these changes. Externally I'm dealing
13:29
with the reality that I'm getting a
13:31
little older. So they have to wrestle
13:33
with multiple things at the same time.
13:35
And we have to be cognizant and a simple
13:37
question of how can I support you in
13:39
this season
13:40
>> as your body is changing. How can I
13:41
support you?
13:42
>> How can I remind you that I still see
13:44
you even though at this point right now
13:46
you may not be able to see yourself?
13:49
>> Dr. Aani Salaco, I want everybody who
13:52
calls who is listening right now to hit
13:55
him up on his Instagram too. I should
13:57
have given it out more. Yeah. Um is uh
13:59
tell them your Instagram, man.
14:00
>> Yeah. So my Instagram is dr. S A L A KO
14:05
Dr.Salaco.
14:06
>> Okay. And hit him up beyond because not
14:10
everybody's going to make it to these
14:11
phone lines obviously, but
14:12
>> yeah, lines of light.
14:13
>> Yeah, follow him. Hit him up directly.
14:16
Let them know you heard him on the show
14:18
and um and he'll he'll he'll definitely
14:21
respond to you. Priscilla's on the line
14:22
from California.
14:23
>> Hey, Priscilla. Good morning. Good day,
14:27
[applause]
14:28
>> Chrissy.
14:31
Hi. her phone at Dodger Stadium.
14:36
>> Um, I love you, hate your phone. Um,
14:39
Priscilla, what what's your question for
14:40
the doctor?
14:42
>> Yeah. So, um, I'm in a
14:44
psychopharmarmacology class right now
14:46
and one of my discussions actually for
14:48
today. It was asking whether
14:50
premenstrual dysphoric disorder was a
14:52
real diagnosis, whether it was worthy of
14:55
the DSM5 or is it this misogynist um,
14:58
social construction. So I just wanted to
15:01
ask that question to the doctor. What
15:03
does he think?
15:05
>> Can you repeat the question for me
15:07
please?
15:08
>> Yeah sure. So my discussion question um
15:11
in my class was premenstrual dysphoric
15:15
disorder whether it was a real diagnosis
15:18
that is worthy of the DSM5
15:20
or is it the social construction that we
15:23
have in society.
15:25
>> Okay. So, in regards to that particular
15:27
question, anything related to the DSM5
15:29
is out of the scope of my particular
15:31
practice. So, I can't give you a
15:33
wholehearted answer without having
15:34
enough background information on it.
15:38
>> Okay. Okay.
15:40
>> Yeah.
15:41
>> But, but aren't you happy to answer it
15:43
without [laughter]
15:45
>> I feel like I got to write I got to go
15:46
look it up.
15:50
>> I know what I got. If I don't,
15:51
>> which is like a more severe um form of
15:54
PMS,
15:55
>> PMDD.
15:56
>> Yes.
15:56
>> Mhm. Okay.
15:58
>> Thanks so much.
16:01
>> Okay. Thank you.
16:02
>> Thank you, Priscilla. And keep calling.
16:04
You got interesting topics and you're a
16:05
super citizen.
16:06
>> In the morning,
16:07
>> Danielle is in Louisiana.
16:09
>> Louisiana, baby. How you doing? What up,
16:11
Danielle?
16:13
>> First time caller.
16:15
>> We got a first time caller. Go touchy.
16:19
[music]
16:20
>> Oh.
16:22
Uh, welcome to the discussion.
16:25
>> Hi, Dr. Salco. It's Danielle.
16:28
>> Danielle, what's popping? This is
16:30
actually one of my cl one of my old
16:32
clients. How are you said, WHAT'S
16:34
POPPING [laughter]
16:35
her voice.
16:36
>> I did. Yeah, I recognized her voice.
16:38
Danielle, how are you? How are you? We
16:40
heard the real doctor right there.
16:44
We getting lit later. Yo, [laughter]
16:48
>> I just want to say that Dr. Saco is the
16:50
truth. He helped me change
16:53
>> both physically on the outside and
16:56
inside. I was one of those clients that
16:57
had I was pre-di diabetic, had high
17:00
blood blood pressure and working with
17:04
him, I thought he was kind of crazy at
17:05
first because he told me I was going to
17:08
lose 30 pounds in like three to four
17:11
months and within three months I was
17:13
down like 25 pounds.
17:15
Amen.
17:18
>> Wow.
17:18
>> Wow.
17:19
>> One of the things um Danielle, I wonder
17:21
if you can uh comment on and I'll ask
17:23
Doc as well. What I noticed a lot you
17:26
all of the um programs you talk about
17:29
sleep and the importance of rest. And I
17:33
know people have a hard time choosing
17:35
foods and different things like that and
17:36
following the food program, but why is
17:39
it so hard for people to get rest?
17:41
>> Yes. Yes. If you think about it, there's
17:43
a lot of different factors that play
17:45
into when we go to sleep. We have a
17:47
routine for everything, but we don't
17:48
have a bedtime routine. We expect us to
17:50
just lay in the bed and all right, it's
17:52
time for me to go to bed and your body's
17:53
supposed to respond. If we look at one
17:55
of the things of like cortisol levels, a
17:58
lot of us have higher levels of cortisol
17:59
because of whether it's stress, whether
18:01
it's lack of exercise, whether it's lack
18:03
of sleep, etc. These are external things
18:05
that affect us internally. So when it
18:08
comes to sleep, if you're on average
18:10
you're supposed to get average around
18:11
like seven to nine hours, I understand
18:12
that's unrealistic for some people, but
18:14
if you can strive to that, it can
18:15
improve your internal stress levels to
18:17
allow you to get a better night's rest.
18:19
If we look at something if we look at
18:22
something where
18:23
>> you have if you're consistently getting
18:25
like five or less hours of sleep on
18:27
average, then in the morning, your
18:28
cortisol levels are typically elevated
18:30
and it makes it harder for you to get to
18:32
sleep at night. scrolling on your phone
18:34
before you go to bed. The blue light.
18:36
>> Oh, please.
18:37
>> Wow. That is a big Callaway Muse.
18:40
>> Mike Muse. I'm sorry. That's Mike
18:41
[laughter] Muse.
18:42
>> What?
18:42
>> So, like the
18:45
[laughter]
18:46
>> So, that like your melatonin production
18:49
and it prevents [clears throat] you from
18:50
being able to get a quality night's
18:51
rest. Melatonin is one of the things
18:52
that your body releases to help you go
18:54
to bed. So, we have little lifestyle
18:56
habits that affect our sleep and then we
18:58
wonder why we will sleep eight hours,
19:00
but you wake up tired. You didn't get
19:02
quality sleep cuz all the things leading
19:03
up to it.
19:04
>> Wow,
19:05
>> man.
19:06
>> Damn. I'm doing it all wrong right
19:07
there, boy.
19:09
>> Man, that's crazy.
19:11
>> Change your name to Charmaine and join
19:12
the program. [laughter]
19:16
>> Charmaine.
19:19
Yo, but what you said about Sleep Dog is
19:21
is real. I think about all of the
19:23
anti-aging products. You know, there's a
19:26
big sale happening at Sephora right now,
19:28
but nothing can beat rest when it comes
19:31
to a beauty routine. For real.
19:34
>> Absolutely.
19:34
>> Um Danielle, first of all, I didn't mean
19:36
to just dismiss you, but so
19:40
>> Danielle, so you stand by Dr. Salco,
19:43
right?
19:44
>> I do.
19:46
>> I appreciate.
19:46
>> And he helped you lose 25 pounds in
19:49
three months.
19:49
>> Three months, bro. And it took you your
19:51
whole lifetime to get to that three
19:53
months,
19:55
>> right? [laughter]
19:56
>> Wow.
19:59
>> Don't let it be like that, Danielle.
20:01
[laughter]
20:03
>> Danielle,
20:03
>> don't let him do like that. Daniel
20:05
[laughter]
20:08
>> Danielle, thank you for your call.
20:09
You're a super citizen. Okay.
20:11
>> In the morning,
20:12
>> I want to go to Mike Muse. Um
20:15
and um but I want to take this call
20:18
first. Mike, this is Sahir from Detroit.
20:20
Sahir, welcome to the show.
20:22
>> Hey.
20:22
>> Hey, Sahir.
20:24
>> Hey. Hey. What's up, everybody? Thank
20:27
you for welcoming me. Thank you doctors
20:29
for doing the work.
20:31
>> It's always good to have a doctor in our
20:33
community that really does the work.
20:36
>> Absolutely. Absolutely. So, what's on
20:38
your mind?
20:40
>> So, quick question, doctor. Um, I'm a
20:42
part of the LGBT community. Um, I'm over
20:45
40 and I am preparing my body for
20:49
pregnancy. It's so crazy. I'm listening
20:51
to this as I'm leaving the gym and I
20:53
have a fertility appointment today. So,
20:56
just any suggestions that you can give
20:59
me to increase my chances of pregnancy,
21:02
you know, the non-traditional way.
21:06
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um, couple
21:08
things. One, you want to first have that
21:10
conversation with your doctor so they
21:12
can because they're going to know a lot
21:14
more about your background and your
21:15
medical history because a lot of those
21:16
things are going to play into what
21:18
actions you're specifically supposed to
21:20
take. If we look from a general
21:21
standpoint, one, what does your
21:23
nutrition and your diet look like? Do
21:25
are you getting a well- balanced diet of
21:27
enough fruits and vegetables? Are you
21:28
getting a well- balanced diet of enough
21:30
protein? So we want to make sure that
21:32
we're putting your body in a position
21:33
where it from a ground level it's
21:36
healthy enough to carry through full
21:37
term. Secondly, we want to look at your
21:39
exercise habits. Do we have a history of
21:42
high blood pressure? If so, we need to
21:44
start walking more consistently. We need
21:45
to improve our heart health. We need to
21:47
start exercising more because little
21:49
things like that will at least give your
21:51
body the baseline things that it needs
21:52
to be able to carry full term. We don't
21:54
have to worry about preeacclampsia and
21:56
those type of things.
21:58
>> Gotcha. I'm a pretty healthy kid. You
22:00
know, even at 42, uh, I have pretty much
22:03
the body of like a 30 year old. So, I'm
22:05
pretty
22:07
>> talk about to put you on my vision
22:09
board.
22:10
>> Bad body. [screaming]
22:11
>> Okay. Bad body is given. [laughter]
22:15
>> But I'm very I'm very active. But I
22:18
mean, of course, you know, I'm still
22:19
over 40 and this body is over 40. My
22:21
ovaries are, you know, over 40. So, just
22:24
being aware of those things and trying
22:26
to just tap in more with my body on
22:30
increasing those chances.
22:32
>> For sure. For sure.
22:33
>> Do you have a OBGYn that you and a
22:36
fertility doctor that you see? Cuz if
22:38
not, I wouldn't like you for you to uh
22:40
look up. Dr. Camila says, um, she's a
22:43
really good friend of mine. Uh, she's in
22:45
Harlem, uh, New York. But talk to her as
22:48
well and just let her know that I sent
22:50
you. Dr. Camila says um she's a great
22:53
great great woman has a wealth of
22:55
information and cares about our people
22:57
and she sway neighbor in New York. Oh
23:00
>> that doesn't talk to me when she say
23:02
because she says she's been
23:04
>> it's it's Dr. Camila says like s a ys
23:08
because she gives advice on her social
23:10
media platform on her Instagram. So Dr.
23:13
Camila says,
23:14
>> but she doesn't talk off her Instagram
23:16
>> because she waved to you for five years,
23:18
she said. And you would just look at her
23:20
like, who is she waving to? She said she
23:22
would just wave to you and you just like
23:25
that's misogynistic. [laughter]
23:30
>> Like
23:30
>> I can't even deny that. [laughter]
23:32
>> Like who's she waving at? Okay. And she
23:35
wanted a little more than what you
23:36
actually gave out.
23:37
>> Doc, you know it's [laughter] you know
23:39
it's a Nigerian and you
23:41
>> you know it's a Nigerian. It's a
23:42
Nigerian. I get it. I get it. What's the
23:45
benefit of me waving back?
23:46
>> Oh, wow.
23:47
>> I'm Nigerian. Mike Muse, you got a
23:49
question.
23:49
>> So, thank you, Sahil. But reach out to
23:51
her. Dr. Camila says on Instagram and
23:53
let her know I sent you.
23:54
>> And you're a super citizen. And keep us
23:56
posted. Keep us posted.
23:58
>> Yeah.
23:59
>> Keep us posted. Okay.
24:00
>> Listen, shout shout out to the first
24:02
black mayor that we just got in Detroit,
24:04
Mary Sheffield. Love y'all. Have a great
24:08
congrat.
24:10
>> Yep. She must have knew you was up next.
24:12
Mike, you got a [laughter] question?
24:13
>> Yeah, she's talking about mayor mayor
24:15
elect Sheffield. Congratulations to you.
24:17
Um, yes, Doc, I have a question for you.
24:19
I I I heard something recently that
24:22
helped me change my mindset on working
24:25
out. I was already actively working out,
24:27
but there was a mindset. And someone
24:28
said, Mike, I'm working out for my
24:30
future self. Um, and so if you could
24:32
talk a little bit more about the
24:33
importance of that because I think we
24:35
always think working out for short term,
24:36
immediate results, immediate goals. But
24:39
can you talk to us about when you turn
24:40
70 and 80?
24:42
>> Yes. Yes. Yes. So, every decade that we
24:46
all age, if we don't exercise
24:50
consistently, if we're not eating or at
24:52
least striving to eating eating a little
24:54
healthier, our bodies are changing.
24:56
There's age related changes where you're
24:58
losing muscle mass. You're losing bone
25:00
density. Hormonal shifts are happening
25:02
whether you're a man or a woman. How do
25:04
we combat that? Exercise. Exercise is
25:07
one of the things that allow us to
25:08
prevent frailty. Exercise is one of the
25:10
things that allows us to prevent
25:12
anything related to osteoporosis.
25:15
>> We need to exercise. And if we look at
25:18
it from a simple term for my background
25:21
physical therapy, one of the things we
25:22
look at is walking speed to and that
25:25
correlates to how healthy an individual
25:26
is over time. time if we look in like
25:28
our elderly population, if they have a
25:31
lower walking speed, that is an
25:32
indicator of like I don't want to say
25:36
near death, but that is an indicator
25:38
that things aren't going well
25:39
essentially.
25:40
>> Yeah.
25:40
>> So, if you were right now, regardless of
25:43
what your age is, lay on the ground and
25:45
try to get up without using your hands.
25:47
>> If that is a struggle, imagine how you
25:49
would feel 10 to 20 years from now
25:52
without exercising, without eating
25:54
healthy.
25:56
If you, God forbid, that you have a
25:57
fall, how are you getting up?
25:59
>> Wait, when you say lay on the ground,
26:01
you mean like on your back?
26:02
>> Yep. Lay on your back and try to get
26:04
just try to stand up.
26:05
>> Let me see what you mean, man. Can you
26:07
demonstrate that? Is that possible?
26:08
>> I can.
26:09
>> He can do it.
26:10
>> Show off, dog.
26:11
>> I don't know. Look at that. Uh, you
26:13
demonstrate, Sway.
26:14
>> And And while he's doing that right now,
26:17
we we're all going to learn something
26:19
right now. Suede just looked at the
26:20
floor.
26:21
>> So, how can you
26:24
>> Oh, wow. Are we able to do this?
26:27
>> That was five seconds.
26:28
>> Not without sounding like somebody
26:29
cracking a bag of walnuts around here.
26:31
Anything.
26:34
>> I know you could do it, bro.
26:35
>> Don't cheat.
26:36
>> All right. Okay. What did you do?
26:38
>> All right. Sway's on his
26:39
>> Just get up when you can't use your
26:40
hands.
26:41
>> Get up without using your hands.
26:42
>> Oh, [screaming]
26:44
do it.
26:46
>> Let's go. [screaming]
26:48
>> OH, HE'S DOWN.
26:49
>> YES.
26:50
>> NO, HE USED HIS HANDS. I'm No, he used
26:52
his hands.
26:52
>> Oh, his hands. He uses palms, too.
26:56
>> N
26:57
>> Doc, just because you on his show,
26:58
you'll be back. Don't worry. I I got
27:00
you. I'll make sure you come back. YOU
27:01
DON'T HAVE TO be nice.
27:02
>> What does that mean that I couldn't
27:03
[laughter] swing that?
27:05
>> It just gives you something to work on
27:07
essentially.
27:07
>> And I'm not nearing death. [laughter]
27:09
Not at all.
27:10
>> Not at all. But it gives you something
27:12
to work on of, okay, maybe there's areas
27:14
where I'm lacking in mobility now.
27:16
>> Okay.
27:17
>> Maybe there's areas where now I need to
27:18
start stretching a little more. Now I
27:20
need to start exercising a little more.
27:21
So that I can make my body more
27:23
resilient for the things that happen
27:25
with life.
27:26
>> Queue up brand newbian. Slow down.
27:28
>> Don't do that.
27:29
>> That was like the theme. So whatever.
27:31
>> All right, [laughter]
27:33
>> man. I'm breath. I'm I'm out of breath,
27:36
>> Mike. That was a great question.
27:37
>> That was um but listen, in all
27:40
seriousness, um what he's doing Yeah.
27:43
>> is much needed in our communities, is
27:45
much needed in your household. Uh the
27:48
Salco method is a method that he's
27:50
created a system that you say blends
27:53
health, hormone balance, and
27:54
personalized fitness, right? Is there a
27:57
book? Is there a platform people could
27:59
go to where they could find out more
28:01
about it and reach out to you?
28:02
>> Yes. So on Instagram, that is where I
28:05
mainly am. If you go on Instagram and
28:07
you DM me the word coach, co a c o. If
28:10
you DM me you me the word coach, what
28:12
that does is it starts a conversation
28:13
where we can have a conversation in the
28:15
DMs and really just talk about what are
28:16
your goals, talk about what you're
28:18
struggling with and help you figure out
28:19
what is the best game plan forward to
28:21
reach whether it's a weight loss,
28:22
whether it's improving your health,
28:24
balancing your hormones or whatever. So
28:25
it all starts with DM DMing me the word
28:28
coach on Instagram and the conversation
28:30
goes from there.
28:31
>> You got to come back on the show, bro.
28:33
>> Yeah, you got to you got to be
28:34
reoccurring. A lot of times on the Well,
28:36
you you on the East Coast, right?
28:37
>> I'm on the East Coast, but it's nothing
28:38
but a flight. Just tell me when.
28:40
>> Okay.
28:41
>> Well, sometimes we're on the east coast,
28:42
so it might be a little earlier. I mean,
28:44
a little easier for you. But Dr. Salco,
28:46
make sure you follow him at D R
28:49
>> period. S A L A K O.
28:52
>> Thank you for your contributions to the
28:55
community. Thank you for your help to
28:56
our women, you know, and I appreciate
28:59
you a standup guy, and I love what you
29:01
decided to dedicate your life to.
29:03
>> I don't know how you ended up with those
29:04
weak ankles, uh, but whatever you've
29:07
done since then. [laughter]
29:08
Wow. You know,
29:10
>> it was that's a fair shot. I'll take it.
29:12
Not the first time I heard it. It's a
29:13
fair shot.
29:14
>> Just because it's his show. You don't
29:15
got to be nice. I got you. [laughter]
29:17
>> Man, I'm just he
29:19
>> weak ankles.
29:19
>> Nah. This guy I still give I still give
29:22
anyone out there 40 on the court.
29:24
>> Okay. I like that.
29:25
>> All right. Now, you want to run down
29:26
your basketball resume to him?
29:28
>> Not in front of the doctor, but um I
29:30
[laughter] couldn't get off the floor.
29:31
He ain't going to believe me.
29:34
>> Hey, but thanks for coming through,
29:35
brother. I appreciate you. Thank you,
29:37
Hope. Congratulations to the both of
29:38
you. All right. And he'll be
29:40
reoccurring, right, Heather?
29:42
>> Yes, absolutely. 100%. You hit me up,
29:44
call me. I will We will make sure this
29:46
happens at least once a month if you
29:48
>> Let's make it happen.
29:49
>> Oh, you can DM him again.
29:50
>> Don't do that. It was [laughter] Listen,
29:53
I did not want Hope I did not want him
29:55
to think that I was a creep, right? And
29:58
so sometimes people could can just hit
30:00
you up, but I was hoping that you would
30:02
personally respond if you went to my
30:04
page, do a little research, right? Yeah.
30:06
>> And I DM' coach just to make sure he was
30:09
going to do the work that he promised he
30:10
would do on Instagram. And then I waited
30:12
a little while and then I said, "Next
30:14
week, let me" And he hit me right back.
30:16
>> Okay. Just saying.
30:17
>> Listen, she pinned at the top of my DMs.
30:19
>> Oh, did she?
30:20
>> Oh, see. Okay. All right. That's good.
30:22
>> I do my work.
30:23
>> All right.
30:24
>> I can get up. [laughter]
30:26
>> Get up. Everybody get up. SO, I'M PEPPA.
30:31
All right.
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