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Your brain runs on what you eat. So what happens when you fuel it with fat instead of sugar?
Drew Decker and Ben join together to discuss his study on the ketogenic diet and depression in college students and how a simple dietary shift led to a 70% reduction in depression scores. No tracking apps, no dieticians, no hand-holding, just students with a budget, a plan, and a mission to feel better.
Drew’s journey started after a traumatic brain injury in the military and led him to Dr. Jeff Volek’s lab, where he’s now leading research into how ketosis may impact mental health, PTSD, inflammation, BDNF, energy metabolism and more.
This is one of those episodes that’s equal parts hopeful, data-driven and deeply personal.
🧠 Ketosis as a tool for mental health
📉 The downside of keto? Pretty capped.
🥑 How college students stuck to keto on a tight budget
🧬 BDNF, energy metabolism & brain inflammation
🧠 PTSD, trauma & the future of metabolic psychiatry
💊 Exogenous vs endogenous ketones
🥩 Animal-based, dairy-based, veggie-heavy — what actually matters
📚 The ketogenic diet as metabolic medicine
Find Drew:
Instagram - @drew_d_decker
Mentioned in this episode:
Feasibility of Ketogenic Diet in College Students with Depression - A pilot study
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Most people who end up in Jessica Turton’s health clinic have already tried everything from calorie tracking, low-fat, fasting, moving more, eating less… and still nothing works to shift weight. So what’s going on?
Ben sits down with Jessica - dietitian, nutritionist, researcher - to talk about what happens when your body’s been stuck in energy deficit for years, and how the real issue for many people isn’t overeating, it’s under eating.
They get into why most nutrition advice backfires, how your brain handles hunger, the impact of stress on metabolism and why we need to stop treating weight loss like a willpower problem.
We cover:
🧠 The real metabolic cost of chronic dieting
🥑 Low-carb ≠ low-calorie (and why that matters)
💉 Why type 2 diabetes is reversible if you treat the cause
🔥 Why most people are walking around under-fueled
💊 GLP-1s, binge cycles & the illusion of control
We also look at what low-carb actually looks like when done well, and how to eat more food without losing your mind. Fascinating if you've ever been in this cycle yourself (which is most of us) and how we might actually be able to break the loop.
Find Jessica:
Mentioned in this episode:
The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
Jessica’s PhD Research on Type 1 Diabetes
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What if your muscles could talk to your organs and maybe even prevent cancer? Here, Ben sits down with world-renowned exercise scientist Professor Mark Febbraio to dismantle the science behind myokines - molecules released by muscle that signal throughout the body.
Insights covered in this episode:
🧪 Myokines and inter-organ communication
🦠 Exercise’s role in cancer prevention
🧬 Inflammation, cytokines & what IL-6 does
🧠 The cognitive power of exercise & BDNF
🏋️♂️ What type of training protects best and how much is too much
💉 Why we don’t understand GLP-1 side effects yet
🧫 The future of exercise mimetics & blood-based therapies
🧠 Why “we don’t know” might be science’s most honest answer
From interleukin-6’s double life to how exercise blood can fight tumours, this one’s a digestible dive into how movement truly is medicine.
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Keto doesn’t have to be complicated. Yep, you heard that right.
Nutritionist and author Amy Berger joins us to unpack the chaos of keto culture and how a once-simple metabolic switch has turned into a jungle of macros, misinformation and food fear. Amy cuts through the noise and brings keto back to what it was always meant to be: a simple, flexible, effective way of eating.
Together with Ben, she covers the realities of weight loss stalls, hormonal shifts, fasting fads, the rise of ultra-processed keto products and what the science says about vegetables, carnivore diets, GLP-1s and calories.
We cover:
🥩 Carnivore vs Keto - what’s happening metabolically
💊 GLP-1s, weight loss drugs & long-term risk
📉 Why weight loss might stall (and what to do about it)
🧃 Keto vs processed “keto” - marketing vs metabolism
🥬 In defense of vegetables (yes, really)
📊 Fasting: myth, magic, or just misunderstood?
Whether you're new to low-carb or neck-deep in macros and metabolic rabbit holes - this one’s for you.
Find Amy:
Mentioned in this episode:
The Alzheimer’s Antidote by Amy Berger
The Stall Slayer by Amy Berger
End Your Carb Confusion by Amy Berger & Dr. Eric Westman
Dr. Eric Westman - Keto researcher & collaborator
The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living - Dr. Jeff Volek & Dr. Stephen Phinney
Eat Like a Human - Dr. Bill Schindler
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What if we’ve been treating eating disorders the wrong way?
In this deeply personal and provocative episode, registered dietitian Michelle Hurn shares her journey from severe anorexia and psychiatric medication to ultra-running and mental clarity through a radical change in nutrition.
Ben and Michelle unpack the broken foundations of dietetics, why metabolic health is inseparable from mental health and how the standard of care may be making things worse.
We cover:
🥩 Why animal-based diets are helping eating disorder recovery
🧠 The link between stable blood sugar and psychiatric health
📉 The connection between calories, insulin and metabolic disorders
🏃♀️ Running long distances with zero carb loading
🧪 Exogenous ketones vs. yerba mate for ketone production
🔥 GLP-1 drugs, health at every size and what we’re getting wrong
From hospital feeding tubes to ketones and carnivore protocols, this is a raw, real and - we hope - hopeful conversation about what happens when you stop following the food pyramid and start listening to your body.
Find Michelle:
Mentioned in this episode:
Book - The Dietitian’s Dilemma by Michelle Ann Hurn
Case Study: Ketogenic Diets in Anorexia
Paper - Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction
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Dr Adrian Soto-Mota, MD, PhD is one of the clearest and most curious voices in metabolic research and he’s not afraid to say what doesn’t make sense anymore.
Dr Adrian is an internal medicine physician and metabolic researcher based in Mexico City. In this conversation, we go deep on the limitations of RCTs, why calorie logic keeps breaking down, what lean mass hyper-responders teach us about lipids, and why sometimes the data works before we understand the mechanism.
We also talk about the surprising impact of meat-heavy diets on IBD, why exogenous ketones matter more than people think and how metabolic dysfunction might be sitting at the core of psychiatric illness.
This one is full of nuance and yet grounded in clinical reality.
We cover:
🧠 The metabolic demands of the human brain
💊 Why calories don’t predict fat gain the way we think
🧬 Lean mass hyper-responders and cholesterol interpretation
📉 Why nutritional RCTs can’t answer what we want them to
🧪 Hormones, definitions and broken language in medicine
🧘♂️ Metabolic psychiatry & the case for new mental health models
Find Adrian:
Mentioned in this episode:
Modeling Life by Alan Garfinkel
Bernoulli’s Fallacy by Aubrey Clayton
Rethinking Statistics by Richard McElreath
Human Metabolism by Keith Frayn & Rhys Evans
JAMA Psychiatry paper on metabolic dysfunction & mental illness
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📲 Why do we keep chasing things that never quite satisfy?
We’re joined by The Molecule of More co-author Michael E. Long to unpack dopamine and why our brains are wired to want more, not to enjoy what we already have.
From doomscrolling to dating apps, productivity obsessions to endless self-improvement, we explore how dopamine fuels craving and not contentment, and what we can do to stop living in the next and start living in the now. Michael shares insights from his new book, Taming the Molecule of More, and explains how understanding this one molecule could help us reclaim joy, focus, relationships, and maybe even our sanity.
We cover:
❤️ Dopamine in dating, sex and long-term love
📉 Why chasing ‘more’ always gives you less
🛍️ Behavioral addiction and craving cycles
📚 The difference between thinking about your life vs being in your life
📈 Practical tools to tame the dopamine system
This episode is for anyone interested in behavioural science, addiction, relationships or anyone who just wants to feel a little less hijacked by their phone.
Find Michael:
Books: The Molecule of More
Mentioned in this episode:
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Braverman Test
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Some people find health through green smoothies. Others find it in 3 kilos of steak cooked in ghee.
Dr. Anthony Chaffee is a neurosurgical registrar and ex-professional rugby player who’s been running on nothing but animal products for years. No salads. No supplements. No exceptions. In this conversation, we get into the weeds of his theory, that many modern illnesses (autoimmune conditions, metabolic disorders, mental health struggles) are not mysterious at all, they are the result of eating the wrong fuel.
🥩 Why plants aren’t as innocent as they look
🧬 Autoimmunity, inflammation & symptom reversals
🍳 What a carnivore diet looks like day-to-day
📉 Why most nutrition advice is upside down
📚 The history of meat-based medicine (it’s older than you think)
🧠 What brain fog, bloating, and back pain have in common
Take a listen as he lays out the logic, science and experience behind a radical return to meat and see if it changes your perspective.
Find Dr Anthony:
Mentioned in this episode:
The Relation of Alimentation and Disease by Dr James Salisbury
Strong Medicine by Dr Blake Donaldson
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr Weston Price
Bruce Ames research on naturally occurring plant carcinogens
JAMA (2016) Sugar industry’s influence on dietary fat recommendations
Thomas Seyfried (cancer metabolism)
Dr. Dominic D’Agostino (ketosis & therapeutic diets)
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'High-protein diets hurt your kidneys!'. 'Once kidney disease starts, it only gets worse'. Heard something similar? It's just not the whole picture and also showing to be quite far from the truth.
Dr Thomas Weimbs, PhD is a Professor of Bioengineering at UCSB where his lab has spent over 20 years studying chronic kidney disease. What they found, mostly by accident like all great science, changed the course of their research entirely. From mouse models to human trials, they discovered that a state of nutritional ketosis could not only slow but potentially reverse the progression of kidney disease and all without drugs.
We cover:
🧠 Why the real cause of most kidney disease is metabolic
🥩 High-protein diets, carbs and the Barry Brenner myth
🧪 The surprising effects of ketosis on kidney function
🧂 Uric acid crystals and pH - the overlooked trigger
🔬 BHB (ketones) as hormones - and what they actually do
⚡ Why no one makes money from metabolic health (and why that matters)
This episode is about kidneys, their function and dysfunction. But it's also about what happens when we follow the science, even when it contradicts the textbooks.
Mentioned in this episode:
-2-year data on ketogenic diet improving CKD in diabetic patients
- “Weimbs Lab” on Facebook - patient-led community
Find Thomas Weimbs:
Santa Barbara Nutrients - KetoCitra
Weimbs Lab - UCSC
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Cancer treatment isn’t one disease = one drug. It’s thousands of different stories playing out at a molecular level and yet when it comes to care, we’re still treating most of them the same way.
Padman Vamadevan and Ben Whately, co-founders of Astron Health, are rethinking oncology from the ground up. Here we explore why recurrence is such an under-addressed problem, how AI can help oncologists cut through a tidal wave of research and what it looks like to track cancer like a chronic disease instead of a binary cure-or-palliative model.
We cover:
🧬 Why two 'identical' cancers can be worlds apart biologically
🤖 How AI condenses 170,000+ research papers into actionable options
🩺 The blank space after an 'all clear' and how to fill it
📊 Longitudinal data: tracking disease drivers over time
🛠️ Safe iteration with proven drugs, supplements & lifestyle changes
Find Astron Health:
Mentioned in this episode:
Book - Tripping Over the Truth by Travis Christofferson
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What if everything we learned about water was missing its most important piece?
In this episode, we speak with Professor Gerald Pollack - biomedical scientist, professor, and author of The Fourth Phase of Water - whose research reveals a side of water that’s been hiding in plain sight. From how cells create energy to what actually drives chronic disease, this conversation turns biology inside out - but stays rooted in how this changes our view of the practical day to day.
Pollack’s ideas challenge convention. But they also unlock new ways to understand hydration, mitochondria, cancer, grounding, and even the link between consciousness and health.
💧 Why 'hydration' is so much more than drinking water
⚡ EZ (Exclusion Zone) water - the battery inside your cells
🔬 Mitochondria, light, energy and the missing link in cellular health
🎯 Cancer, chronic disease & the role of intracellular dehydration
🧠 How grounding + infrared work - electrically
🧪 Rejected science and the cost of going against the grain
📚 Transmutation: can living beings create elements?
This episode is big. And yes, we go there. Let us know your thoughts - we love hearing from you!
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Most of us were never taught what hormones actually do. We just noticed things getting weird - heavier periods, brain fog, random mood swings that made us question our entire personality.
And when we asked for help, we got vague answers. A prescription. Maybe a “come back in 6 months.”
That’s why we sat down with Pauline Cox, a functional nutritionist who’s actually good at explaining this stuff. She's worked with hundreds of women dealing with endometriosis, PCOS, low thyroid, fatigue, and all the “you’re fine” symptoms that so many of us learn to live with.
This episode is about finally understanding what’s going on and how much control we do actually have here. Through food, light, movement, supplements… but also, through knowing what to look for, and what to question.
🧠 The gut-hormone connection (it’s not all in your head)
🥗 Food choices that support your cycle
🩸 Endometriosis and why it’s often misunderstood
💡 Oestrogen, thyroid, and the subtle signs we miss
📉 What chronic inflammation does to your mood
⚠️ When tracking your health makes you feel worse
🧪 The supplements Pauline comes back to again and again
This is one for every woman - and for anyone who loves one.
Let us know what hits home. We’re always listening!
Find Pauline:
Sow and Arrow - Health Store and Education Platform
Mentioned in this episode:
Books - Hungry Woman: Eating for good health, happiness and hormones + Primal Living in a Modern World
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We all age. But what if we could slow it down, reshape it, or even pause it altogether?
After connecting over one of our most viewed episodes with Dr. Glen Jefferys, we got to hear from scientist and relentlessly curious longevity researcher Dr. Michael Lustgarten. He’s been tracking over 50 biomarkers for nearly a decade and has reduced his biological age by more than 20 years.
In this episode, we explore what that process looks like for Michael with data. Lots of data.
We cover:
🧪 How to interpret and act on blood markers
🔁 Supplement cycles, blood work feedback & knowing when to stop
🧬 Hormones, hypothyroidism, and adjusting thyroid meds over time
🧠 SHBG, testosterone & why 'high' isn’t always better
☀️ The underestimated power of light, sleep, and rhythm
🧊 Would he freeze himself? Yes - and here’s why
🔮 What consciousness might teach us about aging
This episode is a goldmine for listeners who are already tracking labs, looking for more advanced interpretation strategies, trying to refine their own protocols and avoid over-supplementation or 'stack overload'.
Find Michael:
Mentioned in this episode:
The 120-Year Diet by Dr Roy Walford
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Dr. Morgan Levine’s PhenoAge Biological Age Test
Kurt JaiMungal’s Theories of Everything
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PART 2! If you missed it, we highly recommend checking out Part 1 before listening to this episode.
We all age. But what if we could slow it down, reshape it, or even pause it altogether?
After connecting over one of our most viewed episodes with Dr. Glen Jefferys, we got to hear from scientist and relentlessly curious longevity researcher Dr. Michael Lustgarten. He’s been tracking over 50 biomarkers for nearly a decade and has reduced his biological age by more than 20 years.
In this episode, we explore what that process looks like for Michael with data. Lots of data.
We cover:
🧪 How to interpret and act on blood markers
🔁 Supplement cycles, blood work feedback & knowing when to stop
🧬 Hormones, hypothyroidism, and adjusting thyroid meds over time
🧠 SHBG, testosterone & why 'high' isn’t always better
☀️ The underestimated power of light, sleep, and rhythm
🧊 Would he freeze himself? Yes - and here’s why
🔮 What consciousness might teach us about aging
This episode is a goldmine for listeners who are already tracking labs, looking for more advanced interpretation strategies, trying to refine their own protocols and avoid over-supplementation or 'stack overload'.
Find Michael:
Mentioned in this episode:
The 120-Year Diet by Dr Roy Walford
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Dr. Morgan Levine’s PhenoAge Biological Age Test
Kurt JaiMungal’s Theories of Everything
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We talk a lot about nutrition, movement, and sleep when it comes to health. But there's a missing piece in most conversations: light.
In this episode, we sit down with Bjørn Ekeberg - philosopher of science turned founder of Recharge Health - to explore how red and near-infrared light can support recovery, improve energy, and help us reconnect with our biology.
We unpack what red light therapy is, how mitochondria drive everything from mood to metabolism, and why so many of us are unknowingly light-deficient. Athletes, health nerds, or if you're just tired of being tired - listen up. The conversation about energy, tech, and how we support the body’s natural intelligence.
We cover:
🔴 What red & near-infrared light do
⚡️ Mitochondria, energy and light deficiency
🧠 Cognitive function & mental clarity
🏃♂️ Muscle recovery, inflammation, and pain
🧬 Why movement isn't enough without light
🚦 Safe, at-home red light therapy
If we promote something, we want to ensure it is genuinely something we a) trust in and b) use. This is no exception. The FlexBeam from Recharge Health is what Ben and I (producer Eloise) genuinely use for our own fix of red and infrared light. It is health-tech designed for real life. If you're exploring red light therapy, the team has offered our community 10% off via this link: ⬇️
https://rechargehealthas.sjv.io/DyJ3mn
(this helps support the podcast and the conversations we’re building.) Let us know if you end up going for one - we're not sure there's a part of our body that hasn't reaped benefits from it.
Find Bjørn/Red Light Devices:
Recharge Health or on instagram
Mentioned in this episode:
Study - Infrared Low-Level Laser Therapy (Photobiomodulation Therapy) before Intense Progressive Running Test of High-Level Soccer Players
NIR effects on mitochondria and VO2 Max
Substance: The Material World and the Making of the Modern Mind by Nick Hawkes
Bjørn’s academic work in cosmology and the philosophy of science. His book - Metaphysical Experiments: Physics and the Invention of the Universe
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We know health isn't just about the food you eat or the supplements you take. But do we really understand the other elements that are so crucial - the light we see, the water we drink, and even the way we think?
Sara Pugh, PhD, Quantum Biologist and Ketogenic Coach shares how she has brought together physics and wellness. She explains why light and water are key players in how our bodies works and how simple daily choices can make a huge difference to our overall health and wellbeing.
We cover:
💧 How water in your body acts like a battery
🧬 Mitochondria, movement and real energy
🌞 Daily light routines to set your body clock
🧠 Hypnosis, consciousness, and the power of belief
📵 The hidden impact of EMFs and blue light
🌍 Small changes that can make a big difference
This episode is for anyone curious about how to align modern life with the natural rhythms we evolved for - and why it matters so much now.
Find Sara:
Mentioned in this episode:
Gerald Pollock’s 4th Phase of Water
The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg
Dan Winter’s Golden Ratio & Coherence
Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphic Fields
Reality Is Plastic by Anthony Jacquin
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This one’s for anyone who’s ever wondered: Are we really safe in a wireless world?
What if the invisible forces all around us - your phone, your Wi-Fi, even your toothbrush - were quietly shaping your health and the planet’s health too?
In this conversation, EMF researcher Olle Johansson shares his decades of experience researching the health impacts of electromagnetic fields - the kind you can’t see but you might well be feeling. From rising chronic diseases to the decline of natural pollinators, Olle connects the dots between our modern tech-filled lives and the health of every living thing. He also shares why insurance companies won’t touch EMF risks, why screen dermatitis is on the rise, and - crucially - what we can do right now to protect ourselves.
We cover:
📡 The hidden health impacts of EMFs
🧬 Why Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & cell phones matter
🧒 Why kids might be at higher risk
🐝 What happens to bees & bugs (and why it matters)
🌿 How to live with tech - without losing your mind (or your health)
🤝 Why human connection matters more than ever
Find Olle:
Email - olle.johansson500@gmail.com
Mentioned in this episode:
Material submitted to UK parliament on EMF and 5G
Polarization and Biological Activity: Study analyzing the role of polarization in EMFs and their biological effects
Immune System Disturbance: Research on how EMFs can disturb immune function, leading to potential health risks
Electrohypersensitivity Recognition: Discussion on Sweden's recognition of electrohypersensitivity as a functional impairment
Myelin Damage from RF-EMFs: Review of evidence linking radiofrequency EMF exposure to myelin damage and electrohypersensitivity
WHO Classification: The World Health Organization's classification of certain EMFs as possible carcinogens
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What happens when your body completely crashes and you have no energy to get off the couch?
For Julie Gibson Clark, that moment became the turning point. After being diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning, she began a journey that would transform not only her health, but how she thinks about aging, wellness, and self-discipline taking her to the leaderboard of the Rejuvenation Olympics worldwide (a public leaderboard ranking biological aging via epigenetic clocks), and currently ageing at only 65 days per 100 days. Julie shares her accessible approach to longevity - blending science, intuition, and a healthy dose of self-compassion. From structured routines and strength training to intuitive fasting, oxalates, supplements, and spiritual rituals, Julie unpacks the systems she uses to feel younger, stronger, and more grounded.
This is a conversation about real-life longevity - without $10k-a-month protocols or lab coats. Just honesty, experimentation, and a deep respect for beauty and balance.
We cover:
This is longevity, lived.
Find Julie:
Mentioned in this episode:
Book - The Longevity Diet by Valter Longo
Book - Lifespan by David Sinclair
Book - The Complete Guide to Fasting by Jason Fung
NOVOS Core supplement - longevity blend
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If you've ever felt like your anxiety was swallowing you whole - like something was broken inside but like you have to suck it up and get on with it anyway - you've got to know you don't have to stay there, and this episode might help to see how.
In discussion here with leading expert in trauma-informed clinical psychology and holistic medicine for anxiety and panic, Dr Nicole Cain unpacks with us that anxiety isn’t the problem - yep, that's right. It's not the problem - it’s the signal. Through her personal and clinical journey, she reframes anxiety as the body’s way of showing us where healing needs to happen - that anxiety isn’t something to be silenced, but something to be understood.
We explore anxiety through the lens of neuroplasticity, mitochondrial health, and trauma-informed healing and Dr. Cain shares her 4-step process for rewiring your nervous system, explains how anxiety manifests differently in each of us and reveals why addressing the root cause is the only real path we have to emotional well-being.
We cover:
🧠 Why anxiety is the body’s call for healing - not a disorder
🌪️ How trauma shapes adult patterns
🧘♀️ A 4-step method to stop panic in its tracks
🧬 The link between mitochondria, energy & mental health
🧪 Natural tools that work: Chamomile, Kava, L-theanine & more
🧠 Neuroplasticity and the power to rewire your brain
This isn’t about quick fixes or suppression. It’s about healing at the root, meeting your anxiety with curiosity, and walking with it to support us in becoming panic-proof, present, and free.
Find Dr Nicole Cain:
Mentioned in this episode:
Study - Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study
Study - Persistent epigenetic differences associated with prenatal exposure to famine in humans
Paper - Ideology and the Canadian health care system
Quiz - Take the 9 Types of Anxiety Quiz - find out how your anxiety manifests (e.g. gut-based, chest-based, thought-based, etc). This helps tailor the best response to your physiological presentation.
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Here, heart surgeon Dr Philip Ovadia dismantles decades of medical dogma around cholesterol and heart disease. Once morbidly obese and pre-diabetic, Dr Ovadia shares his transformation and exposes why the traditional cholesterol-focused approach to heart health is failing millions.
He speaks about the real root causes - insulin resistance, metabolic dysfunction, and inflammation - and explains why diet, not drugs, is the key to long-term health. This conversation is a roadmap to reclaiming your health and staying off the operating table.
We cover:
🫀 Why cholesterol isn’t the root cause of heart disease
🧬 The role of insulin resistance & inflammation in heart health
🥩 Keto vs. Carnivore - what’s the difference, and who are they for?
💊 The truth about statins and PCSK9 inhibitors
🧠 How metabolic health connects to brain, hormone & immune function
🔥 Reversing heart disease & taking control of your own health
Find Dr Philip Ovadia:
Website - services for U.S. and international patients focused on reversing metabolic disease
Mentioned in this episode:
Book - Stay Off My Operating Table by Dr Philip Ovadia
Book - Why We Get Sick by Dr. Benjamin Bikman
Book - Good Calories, Bad Calories + The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes
Study - Carbohydrate Restriction-Induced Elevations in LDL-Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis: The KETO Trial
Documentary - Cholesterol Code (releasing soon)
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