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The Blogging Doctor Behind KevinMD.com - #58
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The year was 2004. It was the year Kevin Pho - a board-certified internal medicine physician - launched his blog. Blogging physicians are still uncomm...
Trainer-to-the-Stars Vinnie Tortorich: "Sugar is the enemy." - #57
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is a vegan diet sustainable? Is the body’s fuel of choice fat or carbohydrates? Is sugar the real root of the problem? Vinnie Tortorich - the traine...
Nick Norwitz: What links the SAD diet & metabolic health? - #56
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Norwitz was diagnosed with osteoporosis in his late teens. Not long after, he developed gut problems and ulcerative colitis. At one point in his ...
Nick Greiner: Better Healthcare thru Regenerative Medicine - #55
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nick Greiner describes his practice as direct primary care and regenerative medicine. Labeled by some as alternative medicine or even quackery, he...
Bronson Dant: Flabby at 30, Fab at 50 - #54
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Every single excuse you have is actually a reason why you need to be doing it.”- Bronson DantAt 38 years of age, Bronson Dant was just like most ...
Kari Keith: Commune With Yourself - #53
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You are meant to be obese. You will not get better. You will always be unhealthy. Once we repeatedly hear or say these limiting beliefs, we start to a...
Alexander JA Cortes: The Intersection of "Bro Science" with Hard Science - #52
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
People assume that personal trainers and fitness enthusiasts are dumb. Broscience has been synonymous with trainers who impart fitness advice without ...
Sean O'Mara: Visceral Fat is Killing You - #51
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sean O’Mara was an emergency medicine physician. In that role, he treated people from all walks of life. And it was obvious, even the wealthiest...
Shefaly Ravula - Nutrition That Heals Can Also Taste Good - #50
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The confusion over diet or nutrition is because patients have no idea what to eat. It's not a lack of money or a busy schedule. A physician assis...
Nayiri Mississian - a Type 1 Diabetic Who Defied the Experts - #49
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Just eat whatever you want and cover it with insulin."That was the advice Nayiri Mississian received as a type 1 diabetic. She learned that...
Howard J Luks - #48
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
People come to Dr. Howard J. Luks because of shoulder or knee pain, but his findings led him to advise his patients about their metabolic health. As a...
Dr. Chris Palmer MD - Brain Dysfunction is a Metabolic Problem #47
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Palmer is the pioneer in using low carbohydrate ketogenic diets to treat psychiatric patients suffering from treatment-resistant mental diso...
Keto OG Ken Berry MD - #46
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Never take nutrition advice from a fat doctor."When Dr. Ken Berry tweeted that, he received a lot of blowbacks, but trust him, he knows wha...
Steak and Butter Gal, from Vegan to Carnivore in One Step - #45
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a performer, Bella has always been concerned with how she looked. She had acne problems and serious weight issues that she wanted to overcome. Desp...
Shawna Smith - An Idiosyncratic (and perfectly timed) Model of Health and Disease - #44
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
People are so used to the state of imbalance in their lives, but it should not be the norm. For someone like Shawna Smith who is strongly empathic and...
Rita Brewer - Medicine Should Heal People, not Treat Symptoms - #43
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rita Brewer had her sight set on the medical field at a very young age. She worked in surgery as a Physicians Assistant, and still loves surgery. But ...
Casey Ruff - The Fitness Coach Who Admits He Was Wrong #42
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For many years, trainers used the calories in, calories out model. Even Casey Ruff has tried it and as a fitness trainer, has recommended it to his cl...
Dr. Stephen Hussey - Understanding the Heart - #41
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we were young, we learned that the heart pumps blood in the body. Well, Dr. Stephen Hussey thinks we misunderstood the heart. Growing up, he expe...
Cynthia Thurlow - #40
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The healthcare system is flawed if it forces you to see more patients for profit than to focus on patients to heal them. Cynthia Thurlow doesn't ...
Metabolic Health OG William Davis, MD - #39
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can you possibly identify if someone's at risk of a heart attack or cardiac arrest? That question run through Dr. William Davis’ mind when his ...
Review of the 2022 Metabolic Health Summit - #38
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ovadia summed up his highlights during the Metabolic Health Summit last May 5-8 in Santa Barabara, CA.Testing is crucial. We can now keep track of...
Dr. Brian Lenzkes - My Insurance Company Didn't Want Me to Help Patients Heal #37
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After years of treating diabetes, Brian Lenzkes understood that the answer to the disease is not just medication. His experience with fasting and low ...
Keto Myths Part 2 of 2 - #36
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of our Keto Q&A, Dr. Ovadia addresses responds to g more questions about ketogenesis and the keto diet. The 6 Keto Questions addressed i...
Keto Q&A Part 1 - #35
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Ovadia responds to Jack's first 5 questions about ketogenesis and the keto diet. In addition, they do a deep dive into the d...
Brian Keith - Food, Sleep & Systems - #34
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not just what you eat. It's what what you eat eats and where what you eat eats is grown."The instant I heard that phrase, I ...
How Mr. Salozzo Cured His "Incurable" Ulcerative Colitis - #33
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
He was a 21 year old college athlete. Fit, active, successful. And something was very wrong with his body. The diagnosis was ulcerative colitis, an &q...
Harrison Gray (Clemenza) & The Meat Mafia - #32
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Philip Ovadia and Co-Host Jack Heald talk to Harrison Gray about his nutritional awakening, weight loss, and more.When the lockdowns began, Harris...
Charles Mayfield - Skin Care & Regenerative Farming - #31
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
They say necessity is the mother of invention. That day Charles Mayfield got himself a severe sunburn probably didn't feel like the day his life ...
Texas Slim Part 2 - #30
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Texas Slim is the pseudonym of a Texas Man with a vision for restoring the health of the nation. Not just our bodily health, but the health of the soi...
Texas Slim Part 1 (the interview someone doesn't want you to hear) - #29
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
During the summer of 2021, "Texas Slim" embedded himself in a harvest crew to get a view from the ground of what is happening with American ...
Bill Vogel - Metabolic Health & Cancer - #28
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At a family event in 2011, a photographer asked Bill Vogel - multiple times - to button his suit coat. He couldn't because he'd gained too m...
Chris Cornell: The Biggest Comeback - #27
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris S. Cornell weighed 278 pounds at age 51, when he realized he had to take action to improve his health. After reading “Why We Get Fat” by Gar...
Twitter Personality and Health Coach P.D. Mangan - #26
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Health & fitness coach P.D. Mangan was a microbiologist, an avid long-distance runner and vegetarian committed to health. Then his health deterior...
10 Ways Business Owners Can Improve Employee Health - #25
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Healthcare costs are out of control. This episode of SOMOT addresses 10 concrete ways business owners can make a difference in healthcare for themselv...
Metabolic Health and Addiction - #24
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if the solution to your addiction problems are the food you eat?Sounds strange, but it could be true.In this episode, Dr. Ovedia discusses the st...
Year End Review - #23
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of 2021, we review the highlights from the most popular episodes throughout season 1. The 7 principles of metabolic health1. view...
Metabolic Health and COVID - #22
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ovadia explains the connections between poor metabolic health and poor outcomes from COVID. We discuss the mechanism at work in the bodies of peop...
The Medical Misinformation Mess (part 2) - #21
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this second of a two-part series, we complete our discussion of Ioaniddis et.al's paper "Surviving the Medical Misinformation Mess."...
The Medical Misinformation Mess (Part 1) - #20
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this - the first of a 2-part mini-series - we discuss a 2017 report titled "How to Survive the Medical Misinformation Mess."As a physicia...
#19 - Metabolic Health and Type 2 Diabetes
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we examine the chemical and biological mechanisms of Type 2 diabetes: how it starts, how it progresses and - most importantly - how i...
Metabolic Health and Heart Disease - #18
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. O goes deep into the mechanism of heart disease and its relation to metabolic health or, (to be more accurate), the lack of metab...
Children and Diets - #17
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it less important for children to eat in a way that is metabolically healthy? Do pre-adolescents have some sort of "God-mode" switch that...
Review & Critique of American Heart Association Dietary Guidelines - #16
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ovadia reviews the new - as of November 2021 - dietary guidelines from the American Heart Association.Much frivolity ensues.Send Dr. Ovadia a Text...
How to Eat Metabolically Healthy with 5 Different Popular Diets - #15
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Mediterannean DietHow to find real extra virgin olive oilhttps://www.extravirginalliance.org/about-ushttps://cooc.com/https://ketodietapp.com/Blog...
The 7 Principles of Metabolic Health - #14
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. O lists and explains his 7 principles for creating and maintaining your own metabolic health.Discussed in this episode: The Socie...
How a Low-Carb Lifestyle Affects Children - #13
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should pre-pubescent children eat low-carb?Many of us are very particular about what we eat, and - at the same time - laissez faire about what our chi...
A Surgeon's View of the Carnivore Diet - #12
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People & Programs mentioned in this episode:The Low Carb MD podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoctorTroDr. David Unwin Twitter: https://twitter...
Why You Cannot Exercise Your Way to Weight Loss - #11
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. O gets into the reality of the "Calories In, Calories Out" myth.Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (If you want a response...
"The Entire Healthcare System Would Break If It Prioritized Prevention" - #10
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Episode, Dr. Ovadia goes deep into the dysfunction of the entire medical system. He explains why hospitals serve food that makes patients sick...
Are Medications the Best Way to Treat Disease - #9
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
3:00 Why doctors don't talk about diet & lifestyle4:30 Why we are so ignorant about what we eat5:15 A parable about about doctors, cars, ditc...
How the Medical System Actually Operates - #8
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
1:00 It's a business there to make money, not to keep people healthy.2:40 Physicians no longer make their own decisions5:25 Why insurance compani...
The Real Reason Diets Don't Work - #7
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Myth #8 (Diets work if you follow them)Why the goal subverts itself.The mindset that works vs. the mindset that doesn't.The diet industry's ...
The Ugly Truth About the Food that Keeps You Hungry - #6
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Myth #4 - The people who sell us food want us healthyThe best way to make money if you are a food corp is to keep people hungry.Food makers have no...
The Shoddy Science Behind the USDA Food Pyramid - #5
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Dr. O peels back the covers on the shoddy "science" that undergirds the USDA Food Pyramid.What is the "Food Frequency ...
Should We Trust the USDA Food Pyramid? - #4
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The USDA Food Pyramid: What's good about it, what's bad about it?In this episode, Dr. O teaches us about the pyramid itself and:The problem ...
Success Stories - #3
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to people who reject the conventional wisdom and focus on the only thing that matters: metabolic health.Send Dr. Ovadia a Text Message. (...
What is "Metabolic Health"? - #2
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does the term "metabolic health" even mean?Why does it matter?How do we check our own?How do we get it fixed?Dr. O addresses these ques...
How a Lifelong Obese Cardiac Surgeon Became a Rebel M.D. - #1
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Philip Ovadia did everything right, but he was still fat. As a child. As a teenager. As a student at medical school. Even as a cardiac surgeon. ...