Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube I enjoy diet sodas. My reasoning is simple: if I’m perfectly happy with the diet version, why spend the calories on the regular one? Save them for something more satisfying—peanut butter, a brownie, something worth it. That logic feels rational. But it also reminds me of my cardiology professor. During […]

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 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 Ultra-processed foods now make up 60% of the American diet. With obesity and diabetes rates soaring, many blame these convenient, affordable foods for our health crisis. As a physician and scientist, I’ve examined the evidence to understand what’s real and what’s hype. How We Got Here Just 75 years ago, […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube Do you find yourself reaching for a second helping even when you’ve eaten quite a few calories? Or struggling to cut back on calories, only to feel constantly unsatisfied? You’re not alone—and it turns out that how much we eat is heavily influenced by what we eat. I’ve personally seen […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube Are You Buying Health—or Just a Better-Sounding Label? The Truth About Organic Foods You’re in the produce aisle, weighing your options: a $2.70/lb organic Fuji apple or the $1.42/lb conventional one. Over in meats, it’s $9/lb for organic chicken versus $5/lb for the conventional kind. The prices are real—and so […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube I love bacon. For breakfast, lunch, or dinner—it’s always a welcome guest at my table. And I’ll admit, a hot dog or slice of salami occasionally finds its way into my life too. But what’s the trade-off? Should I stop eating a food I love because of vague warnings, or […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube We’ve all seen the headlines—“Fix your gut and fix your life,” “The microbiome controls everything from your mood to your metabolism.” The claims are sweeping, the promises grand. But what does the evidence actually say? Is it truly the fountain of health, or are we just not sure yet? As […]

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Podcast Index | Overcast | YouTube 0:51 Introduction 7:41 What are seed oils? 10:26 Are corn and peanuts by themselves harmful? 11:52 Is it the processing of the oil harmful? 14:50 Is it the contents of the seed oils (e.g., omega 6s)? 24:17 Is it […]