Alex is an Institute For Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner with a MSc in Personalised Nutrition and a BSc in Nutritional Therapy.
He is also:
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- Co-founder of Healthpath, an at-home functional gut testing company
- Co-founder of The Applied Functional Medicine Mentoring Program.
- Chief Wellness Officer at Exhale Coffee - a healthy coffee hand picked for its chlorogenic acid content (the good stuff!)
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Currently Alex is finalising his studies in Transformational Life Coaching. After a powerful experience combining breathwork and psychedelics towards the end of 2019, Alex is also currently training to become a Transformational Breathwork Practitioner and has recently started a 12 month psychedelic practitioner program with The Synthesis Institute.
In this episode we discuss all things psychedelics, in particular
- Alex shares his powerful psychedelic and breathwork experience
- What psychedelics have the most research, particularly for mental health
- The impact of psychedelics on the gut-brain axis
- How Alex see’s health practitioners, or himself safely integrate them
- Are there any concerns for their use (risks or side effects)
- Who should be avoiding them
- Where is regulation at with psychedelics
- We were so in the moment that we forgot to discuss micro and macro dosing
- And so much more
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Show notes
- Website: www.alexmanos.co.uk, www.healthpath.com, www.afmmp.co.uk
- Instagram: @alexandermanos
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