podcast episodes

Alcohol Cuts Healthspan

The Holiday Party That Turned Deadly It started at a holiday party. Laughter, champagne, a toast — then a collapse. A fifty-two-year-old, active and healthy, suddenly lost consciousness. Paramedics did CPR and shocked her heart twice. She survived — barely. Doctors called it Holiday Heart Syndrome: an alcohol-triggered arrhythmia that can kill.​ What Is Holiday…

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Muscle, Mitochondria, and Healthspan

Muscle is Medicine: Why Lifting Weights is Your Best Longevity Investment Clearly, your body changes as you age. I learned this lesson years ago when my son was three years old. We started him skiing, and he loved every minute of it. When he fell, he tumbled onto his behind, jumped right back up, and…

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Telomeres and Time: Rewind Aging

🧬 Telomeres and Time: Can We Really Rewind Aging? The Lowest Hemoglobin I’ve Ever Seen The lowest hemoglobin I’ve ever seen belonged to a young woman who was still standing. Her blood count was one-fourth of normal. She was pale, short of breath, and strong enough to walk into the clinic.Doctors soon learned her bone…

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Mitochondria Matter: The Story of Aging

Mitochondria power your cells, shape how you age, and misbehave as they decline. Here’s what they do, how they fail, and what truly keeps them healthy for life

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Urolithin A – Mitochondrial Miracle in the Petri Dish

Urolithin A: What It Is, How It Works, and Why Your Gut Decides Everything By Dr. Terry Simpson Most people hear the name Urolithin A and think it belongs in a commercial about prostate health. It sounds like something a man named “Gary, 62,” would talk about while fishing. But Urolithin A has nothing to…

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NAD: The Molecule of Life — and the Hype

🧬 NAD: The Molecule of Life — and the Hype How a lab coenzyme became the latest anti-aging obsession What We Mean by Longevity and Healthspan When people talk about longevity, they usually mean how long we live.But healthspan — the years we live well — matters far more.That’s the time before disease steals our…

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FORK U #100 — The Hall of Fame and Shame

Celebrating 100 episodes of FORK U: the heroes who built modern medicine — and the hucksters who sold it back in a bottle.

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The Global Thanksgiving Table

Thanksgiving is more than a meal — it’s a worldwide celebration of gratitude built around foods that started here in the Americas. Corn, beans, potatoes, and turkey didn’t just feed a nation; they changed global cuisine. Today, we blend culinary history with medical sense to show how to enjoy the feast without the nap. 🍁…

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When Vitamin D Isn’t Sunshine in a Bottle

When Vitamin D Isn’t Sunshine in a Bottle Vitamin D is sold as bottled sunshine. Social media says it boosts immunity, prevents cancer, and makes you live longer. But science says something very different — and megadoses pushed by influencers like Dr. Eric Berg can do more harm than good. Here’s what you need to…

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