Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube A few weeks ago, headlines everywhere declared that drinking two or three cups of coffee a day reduces your risk of dementia by 20%. Social media ran with it. Morning lattes were suddenly rebranded as brain medicine. Then, almost as quickly, other voices chimed in to warn that caffeine triggers […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube Your doctor tells you to cut back. Your cardiologist frowns at your French fries. Public health campaigns have spent decades urging Americans to slash their sodium intake. And yet — food with salt just tastes better. So what does the science actually say? Is salt a slow poison, an essential […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube It’s a question worth billions of dollars. Companies want to sell you tests that reveal your “biological age.” Genetic tests promise to predict your dementia risk decades in advance. Your doctor calculates your 10-year probability of a heart attack. A recent Wall Street Journal article explored longevity calculators simply to […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube You’re exhausted. Your lab results come back normal, but you feel anything but. Your doctor shrugs and suggests it’s probably stress. Frustrated and desperate for answers, you find someone different—a practitioner who actually listens, who talks about root causes and balance and healing. For the first time in months, you […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube What if I told you there’s a drug that treats obesity, diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea, alcohol addiction, and possibly even Alzheimer’s? It sounds like snake oil from a late-night infomercial. Except it’s completely real. These are GLP-1 agonist medications—drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro—and they might be the most […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube If you’ve ever taken time off work to see “the doctor” and instead been greeted by a nurse practitioner or a physician associate/assistant, you’re not alone. I hear this from patients and friends all the time, and it raises real questions: Is this a bait-and-switch? Is your care worse—or just […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube I get asked how I became a physician-scientist, entrepreneur, Ironman triathlete, podcaster, and ranch/inn owner. Short answer: I didn’t plan most of it. Looking back, five lessons kept showing up—sometimes by design, sometimes by accident. Use them as a framework, then try the short exercises to make each lesson your […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube Got a scratchy throat or a kid sniffling on the couch? Before you stock up on “miracle” cures, let’s separate cozy folklore from what actually moves the needle. Today, I’m pairing the best clinical evidence with something many of us grew up with: Grandma’s wisdom. Where the science supports her, […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube You’ve just had a baby, you’re holding this tiny new human, and a nurse walk in and says, “Time for the hepatitis B vaccine.” For over 30 years, that’s been standard for almost every newborn in America. But in December 2025, a federal vaccine advisory committee voted to change this […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube If you’ve felt a rising unease about microplastics, you’re not alone. They’re turning up in water, food, indoor air—and yes, in human tissues. The science is early and imperfect, but a few signals deserve our attention while we keep our cool and focus on pragmatic steps. First, a quick level […]