High Energy Health
Course
Over the course of 6 retreats, 19 interviews with experts, multiple laboratory consultations and hundreds of hours of research The Peace Offering team has amassed and integrated a huge amount of health data for improving mood, hormones, energy, sleep, metabolic health, gut health, weight and wellbeing.
We distilled all of this into an 8 week, online training where Jonathan Rickert will guide you to high energy health through learning about and optimizing mitochondrial function.
In this course you will learn:
How to order your own blood labs and interpret the values
About metabolic health, sugar handling and how that impacts cardiovascular status and cholesterol
Why caloric restriction, fasting (including intermittent fasting), and low carb diets create a stress landscape in your body and slow your metabolism
How much and what kinds of foods to eat to reverse low metabolism
About crucial micronutrients that improve energy production that are missing from most diets
How the gut influences mood, sleep and metabolic health
Natural actions to bring your body and mind into a high energy state
This course will take place weekly for 1.5 hrs, each session over Zoom for 2 months (8 sessions).
To participate you’ll need to order a panel of blood labs ( $398 females, $454.50 males - the lab may change the price) and optionally, a gut test ($363). Test results come to you in 2-3 weeks.
Each module will be recorded for your playback at a later time along with accompanying slide deck PDFs of each module. Video recipes will also be provided to easily incorporate novel foods into your diet.
Course Details
April 16 - June 4, 2024
Tuesdays 5:30-7pm Pacific over Zoom
$349
Blood Labs Tested
Hormones
Prolactin
Progesterone (females only)
Estradiol
Testosterone Total + Free (males only)
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (males only)
Thyroid
Cortisol
Parathyroid
Inflammation
HsCRP
Fibrinogen
Homocysteine
Ceruloplasmin
Full Iron Panel - TIBC, Serum Iron, Ferritin
Metabolic
Fasting glucose
Fasting Insulin
HA1C
Lactate
Lipids
Liver and Kidney Health
AST
ALT
GGT
Alkaline Phosphatase
eGFR
Albumin/Globulin
BUN/Creatinine
Micronutrients
Vitamin D
Vitamin A
Serum Zinc
RBC Magnesium
Serum Copper
Electrolytes - Calcium, Potassium, Chloride, Sodium
Bicarbonate
Phosphorus
Blood Health
Red blood cells - hemoglobin, hematocrit, MCV
White blood cells - WBC and differential
Course Overview
Week 1: What is High Energy Health?
Models of aging
Maximizing mitochondrial health and the electron transport chain
Blood Labs Overview - metabolic, hormonal, inflammatory, nutrient balance
Body temperature
Getting micronutrient dense food into diet
Week 2: Cellular Energy Walk Through
Pathways to mitochondria: gut and nose to blood and cell
Basal metabolic rate & the Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Abundance (high energy) vs scarcity (low energy)
Getting optimal macronutrients - protein:carbs:fats
Week 3: Inhibitors of Energy Production
PUFA vs SFA
The gut and endotoxins
Fat vs carb burning
Cortisol
Calories and low fuel
Week 4: Blood Testing Review 1 - Metabolism and Nutrition
Sugar handling
Co2 and O2
Macro blood markers
Vitamins and Minerals
Week 5: Blood Testing Review 2 - Hormones and Inflammation
Sex Hormones
Thyroid function
Inflammatory markers
Liver health and toxin load
Week 6: Gut Health
GI map review
SIBO and dysbiosis
Digestion vs Absorption vs Fermentation
Fiber, polyphenols and anti-nutrients
Starches vs simple sugars
Herbal antimicrobials, herbal motility and binders
Week 7: Toxins
EDCs, PFAS, Food Additives - hormonal and metabolic consequences
Sources & Solutions to minimize exposure
Detoxing
Week 8: Lifestyle
Sleep
Light and frequencies
nnEMF + grounding
Movement and activity level
FAQs
How do I order labs?
On week 1 of the course Jonathan will walk you through the ordering process.
Does it matter where I am in my cycle when I test?
Yes! If you are a cycling woman, ideally you want to get your blood drawn on Day 21 +/- 2days. This is when progesterone should peak and is crucial to understanding your overall hormone profile. If Day 21 is after April 19, email us for instructions on how to get this done before the course starts so you have your results in time.
What if I’m traveling?
Please email us for test ordering instructions so you have your results in time.
Is Jonathan a doctor?
No. Jonathan is an independent health researcher and educator. This course is for informational purposes only and should not replace professional medical advice. Consult with your physician or other health care professional if you have any concerns or questions about your health. If you rely on the informational here or in the High Energy Health Course, you do so solely at your own risk.
Any more questions? Just email us.
Jonathan Rickert
Bioenergetic Coach
Jonathan has been coaching clients for 8 years utilizing a systems approach to health. Working with testing laboratories, mentoring under alternative physicians as well as personally testing himself, he has focused in on metabolic health as its the generator of energy for the body. By increasing bioenergy, Jonathan believes you can allow your personal greatest expression in life and service to others.
Laura Patterson
The Peace Offering Founder— Regenerative Farmer & Cooking Instructor
Laura is a healer, farmer, chef, yoga instructor, and runs a healing arts studio in Truckee, CA. She runs two separate organic and biodynamic orchards and vegetable, herb, and plant medicine gardens. She teaches classes about cooking and using food as medicine. She teaches the importance of using fresh and thoughtfully grown produce, and supporting farms that use regenerative agriculture. On her two farms she hosts retreats, cooks all the food for the retreats, and teaches farming and cooking classes. She teaches to grow food and cook in a way that is healing for the earth and healing for our bodies. All her produce is intentionally grown to be medicine. She is a part of the process through the whole life cycle, living in harmony with the earth and cooking with love.
Laura believes in eating the rainbow, being thoughtful, and giving thanks, knowing that everything comes from the earth. She believes the key component to health is growing, harvesting, cooking and eating in gratitude, so the food we eat can be healing and fill us with love.