Dr. Akil Palanisamy, MD – The Gut-Longevity Connection

Activate the TIGER Protocol to Strengthen Cellular Vitality & Reverse Hidden Drivers of Aging

You’ll be introduced to the TIGER Protocol — a clinically-refined framework developed over two decades of Dr. Akil’s medical practice and drawing on his Harvard medical training, functional medicine, and Ayurvedic wisdom.

Rather than chasing symptoms, you’ll explore how Toxins, Infections, Gut health, Eating plan, and Rest function as an interconnected system that influences cellular health and longevity.

You’ll begin to recognize how environmental exposures, unresolved infections, digestive imbalances, and chronic stress quietly shape the aging process.

In this session, you’ll:

• Regulate your nervous system through two guided rhythmic breathing practices — Anuloma Viloma and Sama Vritti Pranayama
• Map your own TIGER patterns to identify which root drivers may be influencing your health right now
• Explore how toxins affect hormones and detox pathways so you can reduce daily exposure, and see the connection between infections, gut imbalance, and systemic inflammation
• Clarify your first strategic steps so you can begin supporting your longevity immediately

Nourish Your Cells With the TIGER Longevity Diet to Initiate Repair & Reduce Inflammation

Dr. Akil will lead you through a comprehensive deep dive into the nutritional foundation of the TIGER Protocol and its phased nutrition plan that allows you to implement changes in a sustainable way. Rather than following trends or restrictive rules, you’ll explore a science-backed approach to food that supports cellular repair, gene expression, detoxification, and metabolic health.

You’ll learn about which foods to embrace — and which to eliminate — along with the biochemical reasons behind each recommendation. From anti-inflammatory vegetables to clean proteins, healing fats, fermented foods, and strategic carbohydrates, every category will be explored.

In this session, you’ll:

• Regulate and energize your system through two guided heating and cooling breath practices — Bhastrika and Sitali
• Understand which inflammatory foods accelerate aging and trigger immune dysregulation
• Learn how specific nutrients activate longevity pathways and support cellular cleanup
• Identify the most supportive sources of protein, healthy fats, and carbohydrates for sustained energy and metabolic resilience

Restore Ancestral Nutrition to Maximize Micronutrients & Phytochemical Power

Explore how your hunter-gatherer ancestors achieved extraordinary micronutrient density — and how the mismatch between your ancestral genome and today’s highly processed foods contributes to modern chronic disease.

From there, you’ll move into practical strategy — how to select, store, prepare, and cook fruits and vegetables in ways that preserve delicate phytochemicals and enhance nutrient absorption, and learning how to extract the full healing potential from the food on your plate

In this session, you’ll:

• Build vitality and metabolic activation through two guided breath practices that enhance circulation and oxygenation — Kapalabhati and Sitkari
• Understand the evolutionary mismatch between modern processed diets and the foods your biology expects
• Learn how to select the most nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables available to you
• Apply cooking and preparation techniques that preserve or enhance phytochemicals
• Optimize food storage and prep methods to improve bioavailability, flavor, and digestibility

Cultivate Your Microbiome to Enhance Bacterial Diversity & Whole-Body Health

Discover how the trillions of microorganisms living in your gut influence nearly every organ system producing bioactive compounds that regulate inflammation, synthesize essential vitamins and neurotransmitters, and communicate directly with your nervous system to influence mood and cognition.

From there, Dr. Akil will share science-backed strategies to help you identify which foods enhance microbial diversity — the key marker of gut resilience — so you can nourish your internal ecosystem to better support immunity, metabolic balance, and long-term vitality.

In this session, you’ll:

• Strengthen the gut-brain connection through two guided breath practices that enhance vagal tone and oxygenation — Nadi Shodhana with Kumbhaka and Dvipuraka
• Learn about specific foods that increase microbial diversity and support beneficial bacteria
• Apply strategies for feeding your microbiome with diverse fibers and fermented foods
• Use a color-based plant diversity approach to maximize phytonutrient intake and bacterial resilience

Personalize Your Healing Through Ayurvedic Wisdom & Digestive Intelligence

Dr. Akil will introduce you to Ayurveda’s 5,000-year-old system for individualized medicine — guiding you to understand your unique constitution through the three doshas — Vata, Pitta, and Kapha — and identify both your inherent blueprint (prakruti) and your current imbalances (vikruti).

From there, you’ll examine Agni, your digestive fire — the key to how you effectively you break down food, absorb nutrients, and generate vitality — and discover how the subtle essences, Prana, Tejas, and Ojas, govern your energy, metabolism, resilience, and long-term longevity.

In this session, you’ll:

• Stimulate and regulate your digestive energy through two guided breath practices that support metabolic balance — Agnisar Kriya and Chandra Bhedana
• Identify your constitutional type and learn how to address current imbalances and begin customizing your diet and lifestyle to support your unique blueprint for health
• Understand how digestive fire determines nutrient absorption and overall vitality
• Explore the subtle essences that influence energy, clarity, and resilience

Customize Your Dosha Plan & Harness the Power of 15 Healing Spices for Longevity

Receive highly individualized guidance based on your completed constitutional assessment, learning which food choices, meal rhythms, and lifestyle adjustments harmonize your dosha so you can imbalances and support your system proactively.

Dr. Akil will then introduce you to 15 cornerstone Ayurvedic healing spices rich in potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds — now backed by modern research for supporting cellular health, metabolism, and longevity in ways you can apply immediately.

In this session, you’ll:

• Activate and soothe your system through two guided-breath practices that help you consciously shift between energizing and calming states — Surya Bhedana and Bhramari
• Receive targeted dietary and lifestyle recommendations tailored to your unique constitution
• Learn how to rebalance Vata, Pitta, or Kapha when specific symptoms arise
• Discover 15 essential healing spices and their evidence-backed roles in reducing inflammation and supporting cellular health

Integrate the TIGER Lifestyle to Build Strength, Resilience & Lifelong Vitality

Dr. Akil will demonstrate how to expand beyond nutrition to solidify your foundation for vibrant longevity — exploring evidence-based exercise strategies, sleep optimization practices for cellular repair, immune function, and brain detoxification.

You’ll also review compelling research demonstrating how your beliefs about aging, diet, and stress and l reflect on the essential role of meaning, purpose, and spirituality in sustaining wellbeing.

This session brings all TIGER components together into a coherent, personalized framework you can realistically maintain for the rest of your life.

In this session, you’ll:

• Refine breath control and internal awareness through two guided practices that strengthen respiratory capacity and nervous system flexibility — Ujjayi and Viloma Krama
• Identify exercise strategies that enhance longevity without excessive physiological stress
• Optimize sleep habits to support cellular repair, immunity, and cognitive clarity
• Understand how mindset and beliefs about aging, diet, and stress shape biological outcomes
• Integrate nutrition, movement, rest, stress regulation, and purpose into a sustainable lifelong wellness practice