podcast episodes

Being a Foodie on a GLP-1

Why GLP-1 Made Me Love Food More—Not Less From beetroot pasta to backyard salsa, this wasn’t about eating less. It was about finally tasting more. I want to tell you about two people on a GLP-1. First, there’s me. I’ve been on a maintenance dose—7.5 mg of Zepbound—for a while now. And recently, I went…

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The Peptide Bazaar: Real Medicine vs. Vials from the Internet

From insulin miracles to gym peptides like BPC-157—what works, what doesn’t, and why most peptide hype skips real evidence.

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Fat Shaming and GLP-1 – It’s Biology

Fat shaming happens from Hollywood to the Gym Bros and often from that little voice within.

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Menopause: Estrogen Effects Satiety

Menopause, Hunger, and the Brain: Why It Feels Different Menopause changes more than temperature control. It reshapes how the brain handles hunger, fullness, and the quiet signals that guide eating. As a result, many women notice something unsettling. The same meals no longer satisfy. Hunger arrives sooner. Food feels louder. For years, we blamed metabolism….

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Henry VIII, the Brain, and the Obesity

Henry VIII’s weight gain wasn’t just excess—it may have been brain injury. What history and GLP-1 drugs reveal about obesity today.

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The Carnivore Priesthood

When Beef Becomes Belief: The Carnivore Priesthood Nutrition debates rarely begin with money. Yet money almost always explains how they spread. That fact explains much of the modern carnivore movement. At first glance, the carnivore diet appears to be a radical nutritional idea: eat beef, organs, and animal fat while avoiding vegetables, grains, legumes, and…

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From Gila Monster to GLP-1 Revolution

From Gila Monster to GLP-1 Revolution In 1991, I left Seattle and moved to Phoenix to begin my career as a surgeon. In Seattle, hiking meant pine trees, damp trails, and reliable rain. In Phoenix, hiking meant bottled water and survival. The temperature could sit at 113 degrees at six in the evening. Sometimes the…

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Protein Panic: How Much Do You Really Need?

Protein Panic: How Much Do You Really Need? Everywhere you look, protein has become a competition. Scroll long enough and you will believe muscle disappears if you eat less than 150 grams a day. Meanwhile, influencers debate leucine thresholds like they’re trading baseball cards. As a result, ordinary meals now feel like math problems. However,…

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Mexican Food Is Healthy. The Taco Took the Blame.

Mexican food isn’t unhealthy — American processing is. Real tacos deliver fiber, gut health, and Mediterranean biology in a corn tortilla.

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