Today, I'm blessed to have here with me, Dr. Amy Killen, Board Certified in Emergency Medicine with 10+ years of direct patient care she has been practicing Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine for more than five years. Dr. Killen is fellowship trained in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and has done extensive additional training in aesthetics, platelet rich plasma and stem cells, hair restoration, bio-identical hormones, nutrition, fitness and sexual health. Dr. Killen is the Medical Director of BioRestoration Medical, a busy clinic with a comprehensive, integrative approach to health located in Draper, Utah. She also works at Docere Medical in Park City, Utah with Dr. Harry Adelson, providing cutting edge regenerative medical treatments for a host of different conditions. Dr. Killen has spoken internationally about PRP and stem cells, as well as sexual longevity and skin health. She also teaches physician training courses, outlining current best practices for using regenerative medicine in aesthetics and sexual optimization. In this episode, Dr. Killen dives deep into her background and explains what inspired her to start working in regenerative medicine. Dr. Killen explains what exactly stem cells are – we all have them, and they are responsible for the upkeep of our organs. There are loads of things that we can do to activate our stem cells, including exercise, eating nitrate-rich foods, and red light therapy. Stay tuned as Dr. Killen gives anti-aging tips and explains how to fix dark circles under your eyes. // E P I S O D E   S P ON S O R S  PureForm Omega Plant Based Oils (Best Alternative to Fish Oil): http://www.purelifescience.com Use ben4 for $4.00 off. [00:30] About Dr. Killen Killen worked in an emergency department for ten years total. She suffered from both stress and sleeplessness. At the same time, Dr. Killen was seeing patients with the same complaints. Amy realized that she couldn’t help her patients until she helped herself. Amy learned about regenerative medicine and decided to quit the emergency department. In the ER, you deal with what you have right in front of you. In regenerative medicine, you focus on five or ten years before disease onset. It may take even a year before her treatment is effective. Killen focuses on skin, hair, and sexual function. [03:30] About Stem Cells Everybody already has stem cells! They are the master cells of your body and are present in every tissue of your body. Stem cells are responsible for the upkeep of your organs. They can send out signals to heal and regenerate. As we get older, our stem cells become less functional. Sometimes, we can lose stem cells in parts of our bodies. We have the ability to activate the stem cells that we have through exercising, fasting, and stem cell treatment. There are signs if you do not have enough stem cells in your body: knee pain, your skin is losing texture, and other things that we associate with aging.   [05:55] Using Fasting to Activate Stem Cells You can activate stem cell production in your body by fasting. Without food, your body will go through stress, and your cells will start to repair. People use fasting to keep their stem cell stores high, so they are more readily able to repair themselves when they need to. The body will clean or get rid of zombie cells. Then, it produces a signal to create new stem cells. Stem cells can multiply and replicate themselves. If you can do multiple day fasts, that would be ideal. Time restrictive feeding is better than doing nothing. Start slow, then work yourself up to several days at a time. [09:00] How to Trigger Cell Production Exercise will trigger cell production. Red light therapy or light therapy will increase stem cell production. Stress-relieving things will also increase production like Tai Chi. Killen wouldn’t be surprised if there were a correlation between meditation and stem cell production. The procedures that Dr. K