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Dr. Craig Koniver

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Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

I called my friend who was a radiologist and said, I need to do a CAT scan. I did the CAT scan. He called me on the way back to the office. I had a blood clot in the vein going to my liver that had completely cut off. I almost died. It was really serious. I had to be hospitalized. I'm on blood thinners now. I am forever grateful. for pharmaceuticals saved my life, right?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

I called my friend who was a radiologist and said, I need to do a CAT scan. I did the CAT scan. He called me on the way back to the office. I had a blood clot in the vein going to my liver that had completely cut off. I almost died. It was really serious. I had to be hospitalized. I'm on blood thinners now. I am forever grateful. for pharmaceuticals saved my life, right?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

I called my friend who was a radiologist and said, I need to do a CAT scan. I did the CAT scan. He called me on the way back to the office. I had a blood clot in the vein going to my liver that had completely cut off. I almost died. It was really serious. I had to be hospitalized. I'm on blood thinners now. I am forever grateful. for pharmaceuticals saved my life, right?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

But those same medicines aren't probably gonna help me lead my best life, right? And it's challenging. Having been educated in a very formal conventional medical system, which is dominated by the pharmaceutical industry is a problem, right? We go back to the Flexner Report, which is like 1917, 1915 or something.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

But those same medicines aren't probably gonna help me lead my best life, right? And it's challenging. Having been educated in a very formal conventional medical system, which is dominated by the pharmaceutical industry is a problem, right? We go back to the Flexner Report, which is like 1917, 1915 or something.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

But those same medicines aren't probably gonna help me lead my best life, right? And it's challenging. Having been educated in a very formal conventional medical system, which is dominated by the pharmaceutical industry is a problem, right? We go back to the Flexner Report, which is like 1917, 1915 or something.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

where they studied medical education and basically said, if you're a medical school and you're not promoting pharmaceuticals and inline, and we're gonna kick out alternative remedies and modalities like chiropractic and acupuncture and nutrition, they don't count anymore. And that's where we are.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

where they studied medical education and basically said, if you're a medical school and you're not promoting pharmaceuticals and inline, and we're gonna kick out alternative remedies and modalities like chiropractic and acupuncture and nutrition, they don't count anymore. And that's where we are.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

where they studied medical education and basically said, if you're a medical school and you're not promoting pharmaceuticals and inline, and we're gonna kick out alternative remedies and modalities like chiropractic and acupuncture and nutrition, they don't count anymore. And that's where we are.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

The only thing that matters, and we see it as a society, we're deemed healthy by the pills we take, right? If we're gonna be really honest, those pills aren't making us healthy. And by and large, they're not even making us well anymore. You know what I mean?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

The only thing that matters, and we see it as a society, we're deemed healthy by the pills we take, right? If we're gonna be really honest, those pills aren't making us healthy. And by and large, they're not even making us well anymore. You know what I mean?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

The only thing that matters, and we see it as a society, we're deemed healthy by the pills we take, right? If we're gonna be really honest, those pills aren't making us healthy. And by and large, they're not even making us well anymore. You know what I mean?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

And so I think it's time, and it's wonderful to have this forum to be able to talk about, and this is why I support so many other people talking about it. We need to make a change in that. We need to start being honest about what we're doing. Our health is not gonna be coming from doctors saying, taking this pill or that potion. It's not, not at this stage.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

And so I think it's time, and it's wonderful to have this forum to be able to talk about, and this is why I support so many other people talking about it. We need to make a change in that. We need to start being honest about what we're doing. Our health is not gonna be coming from doctors saying, taking this pill or that potion. It's not, not at this stage.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

And so I think it's time, and it's wonderful to have this forum to be able to talk about, and this is why I support so many other people talking about it. We need to make a change in that. We need to start being honest about what we're doing. Our health is not gonna be coming from doctors saying, taking this pill or that potion. It's not, not at this stage.

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

And it's more likely that people are gonna feel healthy from seeing their trainer in their gym, right? This is why these things go to the gray market or black market, because people actually get results. You know what I mean? And it's just sad but true. And so to answer your question, I think it's both. I think the pharmaceutical companies are greedy. I think they like making money, right?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

And it's more likely that people are gonna feel healthy from seeing their trainer in their gym, right? This is why these things go to the gray market or black market, because people actually get results. You know what I mean? And it's just sad but true. And so to answer your question, I think it's both. I think the pharmaceutical companies are greedy. I think they like making money, right?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

And it's more likely that people are gonna feel healthy from seeing their trainer in their gym, right? This is why these things go to the gray market or black market, because people actually get results. You know what I mean? And it's just sad but true. And so to answer your question, I think it's both. I think the pharmaceutical companies are greedy. I think they like making money, right?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

I think they also like helping people. Right. They want to help people. But it comes with a big cost. And the government's there to kind of corral that. But like most things, the government does that go too far. Right. And I think we need to be honest about those discussions. And it's not threatening and it's not harmful just to be saying, hey, how do we make this better?

Huberman Lab
Peptide & Hormone Therapies for Health, Performance & Longevity | Dr. Craig Koniver

I think they also like helping people. Right. They want to help people. But it comes with a big cost. And the government's there to kind of corral that. But like most things, the government does that go too far. Right. And I think we need to be honest about those discussions. And it's not threatening and it's not harmful just to be saying, hey, how do we make this better?