In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman sits down with Peter Ballerstedt (PhD) — forage agronomist and founder of Grass Based Health.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/34` Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://feldmanprotocol.com`

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can the environment you go home to matter more than the brain injury itself? Tommy Wood (MD PhD) makes the case that how you use your brain is the primary driver of how it functions — then digs into CTE mechanics, the myth of the brain "sloshing" in the skull, why animal models of concussion may fundamentally miss the point, ketogenic diets and mental health, AI as orthotic vs. prosthetic, and why obsessing over sleep data might hurt you more than poor sleep.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/33` Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:04 – Tommy's background & book origin6:03 – Medicine vs. research career path9:27 – UK vs. US medical debt & freedom13:40 – How Tommy became a brain person17:14 – The Stimulated Mind: core themes21:37 – Use it to improve it: the science26:34 – Brain specialization trade-offs34:32 – Human cognition: 10 bits/second39:06 – Blindfolded Rubik's Cube & subroutines43:31 – Myth of multitasking46:03 – Neonatal brain injury research50:09 – Therapeutic hypothermia explained54:44 – Home environment predicts recovery58:39 – Rugby vs. American football & CTE1:00:19 – What CTE actually is1:06:40 – Brain doesn't slosh — the real mechanism1:11:05 – Why animal concussion models fail1:17:44 – The Q-collar: does it work?1:21:33 – Valsalva & protecting the brain1:28:32 – Nutrition & the brain: three levers1:38:28 – Ketogenic diet: then vs. now1:46:05 – Energy availability U-shaped curve1:51:26 – Insulin resistance & fat cell dynamics1:58:48 – Calories in/out vs. carb-insulin debate2:03:37 – The BROAD Study & behavior change2:12:36 – AI & LLMs: net benefit or detriment?2:17:09 – Orthotic vs. prosthetic framework2:21:08 – MIT essay study unpacked2:33:20 – Google effect & changing memory use2:40:11 – AI slop flooding academia2:47:15 – Artificial sweeteners & neurotoxicity2:50:04 – Why sleep is critical for the brain2:52:11 – Orthosomnia: when sleep tracking backfires2:57:58 – Where to find Tommy & the book#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #TommyWood #BrainHealth #Neuroscience #CTE #Concussion #KetogenicDiet #Ketones #AnimalModels #SleepScience #AIAndTheBrain #CognitiveFitness #Dementia #NeonatalBrainInjury #MetabolicHealth #NutritionScience #BrainTraining #PublishOrPerish #TheStimulatdMind

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can a diet of almost exclusively meat actually support world-record athletic performance while raising serious questions about conventional cardiovascular risk? Shawn Baker (MD) traces his path from professional rugby and military trauma surgery to pioneering the carnivore movement, makes the case for carnivore as a powerful elimination diet for autoimmune and inflammatory disease, and engages Dave in a nuanced debate on LDL, plaque imaging data, gut microbiome myths, and the politics of nutrition research.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/32` Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:01 – Shawn's early path to medicine4:47 – Dropping med school for pro rugby6:12 – Military service & trauma surgery9:44 – Back to the military & civilian practice11:09 – Personal health decline & first diet shift14:58 – Discovering paleo & low-carb17:31 – Why Shawn moved beyond paleo23:01 – First exposure to carnivore (zero-carb)29:41 – Going all-in on carnivore in 201635:23 – Plant-based vs. carnivore athletes40:20 – The Joe Rogan appearance that changed everything44:29 – Getting first bloodwork: testosterone & A1C controversy51:27 – Fasting glucose on keto: diabetic or adapted?55:15 – OGTT, fat adaptation & continuous monitors57:37 – Birth of MeatRx & collecting anecdotal data1:04:05 – Cholesterol: Dave asks Shawn's real view1:09:03 – The KETO-CTA study & the Clearly curveball1:15:12 – Will the 5-year scans show LDL-plaque links?1:19:43 – Informed consent when cholesterol spikes on carnivore1:27:29 – Shawn's Europe "cheat" & a month of whole-food carbs1:33:37 – The viral steak-eating videos explained1:37:07 – Debates with vegan activists1:42:06 – Carnivore for autoimmune & inflammatory disease1:46:46 – Rivero: building a 50-person clinical team1:53:47 – Carnivore variations: keto-style, dairy & organ meat2:00:16 – 10 years nearly zero organ meat: any deficiencies?2:02:25 – Allegations of PEDs: Shawn's full response2:08:14 – Shifting toward sprinting & masters track2:13:21 – Ex-carnivores & the "sustainability" criticism2:23:51 – Carnivore as elimination diet: the Clue game analogy2:26:30 – Gut microbiome, fiber & metabolic flexibility2:34:07 – GLP-1 drugs, LDL, and the BMI confounder2:39:35 – Metabolic health as the real cardiovascular driver2:51:52 – Imaging noise floors & what the data really shows2:58:01 – Homozygous FH, cumulative LDL & study power3:04:55 – Designing the TRIAD study & goal-post shifting3:11:37 – Where the lipid hypothesis holds—and where it doesn't#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #ShawnBaker #CarnivoreDiet #LDLCholesterol #HeartHealth #MetabolicHealth #LowCarbDiet #KetoDiet #Atherosclerosis #PlaqueProgression #AutoimmuneDisease #GutHealth #AthleteNutrition #MastersAthletics #NutritionResearch #AnimalBasedDiet #CitizenScience #Lipidology #KetoCTA

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can a ketogenic diet actually build a championship physique — or does elite bodybuilding demand carbs? Robert Sikes (natural pro bodybuilder and founder of Keto Brick) makes the case that fat adaptation outperforms conventional prep, sharing his journey through eating disorders, the origins of Keto Brick, his seven-phase protocol, reverse dieting, and the debate around calories vs. carbohydrate-insulin models.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/31` Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters4:20 – Dave asks Robert to introduce himself5:23 – Early life & farm-strong beginnings6:19 – Starting bodybuilding as a skinny kid8:44 – Eating 6,000 calories to bulk up10:16 – First bodybuilding competition in college12:32 – The bulk/cut cycle explained16:17 – Losing 80 lbs in 12 weeks16:52 – Eating disorders after the first show19:47 – Searching for a better dietary approach22:13 – Discovery of carb backloading & early keto25:16 – Keto and explosive vs. hypertrophy training26:33 – LDL, lipids & muscle recovery hypothesis29:40 – Being the odd one out going keto at the gym30:06 – First ketogenic competition prep (2017)37:02 – Winning on keto — competitors' reaction39:12 – Origin story of the Keto Brick42:50 – 142 bricks sell out in two minutes44:14 – Launching Keto Savage brand & content creation54:00 – Business growth & knocking out debt55:47 – Surviving COVID & buying a grocery store59:04 – Speaking at KetoCon & coaching beginnings1:01:11 – Is keto's popularity rising or falling?1:05:45 – High protein debate for muscle building1:14:27 – Robert's seven-phase ketogenic protocol1:20:56 – What reverse dieting is & why it matters1:22:38 – Getting to 3.9% body fat — risks & rewards1:28:37 – Cholesterol numbers during extreme leanness1:32:07 – Inside bodybuilding competitions1:40:27 – Calories & energy balance debate in keto1:47:27 – The value of coaching & accountability1:54:07 – What's next: retreats, apparel & fatherhood1:56:27 – How having kids shifted Robert's spirituality2:04:05 – Dave discusses the CLEARLY retraction saga2:10:18 – Integrity, doing the right thing quietly2:17:44 – Heartflow partnership & silver linings2:19:10 – The Cholesterol Code movie launch plans2:20:43 – Where to find Robert & closing thoughts#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #RobertSikes #KetoBrick #KetoSavage #KetogenicDiet #NaturalBodybuilding #LowCarbAthletics #MuscleBuilding #ReverseDialing #BodyFat #LDLCholesterol #FatAdaptation #LeanMassHyperresponder #CholesterolCode #KetoPerformance #MetabolicHealth #BodybuildingNutrition

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can living with an LDL of 700 for seven years actually leave your arteries plaque-free? Nick Norwitz (MD PhD) makes the case that the conventional cholesterol narrative is far more complicated than mainstream medicine admits, while Dave and Nick also cover the paternalistic medical system, statin side effects in women, Nick's surprising decision to take a cholesterol-lowering drug, and the recent Peter Attia rebuttal to lean mass hypersponder research.---🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/30` Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)---🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`---⏱ Chapters3:03 – Who is Nick Norwitz?3:51 – Leaving medicine's conventional path5:52 – The calling Dave never felt8:23 – Science communication as medicine's future10:30 – Empowering patients with information11:24 – Statins lower GLP-1: the hidden data13:10 – Death knell of paternalistic medicine16:19 – Dave's origin: The Feldman Protocol18:31 – Why "we don't know" comforts patients21:43 – Nick's illness, misdiagnosis & obsession24:04 – The podcast origin story & echo disaster28:41 – Cholesterol Code film blowing up31:19 – Balancing science and accessibility in film36:06 – Peter Attia's rebuttal to LMHR research38:18 – Who's willing to have an open conversation?41:01 – Causality vs. importance in lipid science44:17 – Over-medicating metabolically healthy people47:01 – Statins harm women more: the X chromosome mechanism50:45 – The nocebo effect as gaslighting55:03 – Dave's blinded crossover statin experiment57:04 – Plot twist: Nick is taking a cholesterol drug59:05 – Ezetimibe and Alzheimer's disease1:02:01 – Plot twist 2: why Nick chose ezetimibe1:04:00 – Plot twist 3: the 7-year coronary CT angiography1:08:19 – Nick's CAD score at year 2 & family risk1:14:10 – Clinical experience vs. contending with data1:23:33 – Is Nick anti-statin? Dave presses hard1:27:34 – Bempedoic acid & PPAR alpha activation1:32:39 – Peter Attia's article vs. the LMHR team1:36:24 – How to find Nick Norwitz everywhere---#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #NickNorwitz #LDLCholesterol #LeanMassHypersponder #CholesterolCode #StatinSideEffects #Ezetimibe #HeartHealth #LipidResearch #MetabolicHealth #Atherosclerosis #PatientEmpowerment #ScienceCommunication #Bempedoicacid #AlzheimersResearch #CardiovascularHealth #LowCarb #KetogenicDiet

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can nutrition debates be clarified by better language? Amber O’Hearn, independent researcher and writer with a math/computer science background, makes the case across privacy tech, computational linguistics, low-carb history, carnivore nutrition, vitamin C, ketones, LDL, and the tension between anecdotes, mechanisms, and prospective data.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/29 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:00 – Privacy and digital cash10:05 – “Linked” versus caused18:23 – Meat, veganism, and health23:38 – Dave on epidemiology33:58 – Finding low-carb41:15 – Human fat and brain growth49:03 – Immune response and repair57:06 – Autoimmune anecdotes1:04:00 – What is a balanced diet?1:11:48 – Depression and recovery1:18:51 – Amber starts blogging1:27:18 – Vitamin deficiency concerns1:34:53 – Food intolerance questions1:42:30 – Organs and “The Bear”1:50:07 – Ordering carnivore meals1:57:47 – Expensive tissue hypothesis2:05:36 – Vitamin C concerns2:13:00 – Vitamin C context2:20:44 – Carnivore timeline2:28:04 – The conference delay2:35:22 – Naming the carnivore diet2:43:07 – Redefining keto and carnivore2:50:53 – Plants and antioxidants2:58:42 – LDL stress and diet identity3:06:32 – Your results may vary3:07:03 – Salt and electrolytes3:14:22 – Long-term carnivore questions3:21:49 – Illness after vitamin A3:29:26 – Why prospective data matters3:37:28 – Diet tribalism online3:44:54 – Ketones, glucose, and brain fuel3:52:22 – Dave’s fat shake hypothesis4:00:03 – A1C and glucose patterns4:07:48 – Tracer studies and energy models4:23:07 – Debates and Bailey traps#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #AmberOHearn #NutritionScience #Metabolism #LowCarb #Ketosis #CarnivoreDiet #HealthResearch #Podcast #Zcash #PrivacyTech #VitaminC #Ketones #DietDebate

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what happens when a health scare forces a second act? Chris Cornell, writer, marketer, and health coach, makes the case for low-carb living, satiety, resistance training, social support, cancer scares, GLP-1 drugs, and why lifestyle change often requires more than information alone.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/28 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:01 – Chris’s turning point7:54 – Health for family13:02 – Twitter as Q&A18:06 – Helping overwhelmed people23:00 – N=1 experiments28:03 – 10K steps commitment33:01 – Visualizing muscle38:03 – Training later in life43:04 – Running comparisons48:06 – One step at a time53:09 – Dr. Tro’s story spreads58:02 – Group accountability1:03:11 – Social pressure1:08:08 – Keto food concerns1:13:05 – Becoming a coach1:18:09 – The cancer scare1:23:08 – Sarcoidosis diagnosis1:28:06 – Tragic outcomes1:33:06 – Mental health complexity1:38:10 – Calories and control1:43:10 – Defining keto1:48:16 – Dave’s carb margin1:53:08 – Tested by hardship1:58:11 – Bumper sticker science2:03:13 – Critics and correction2:08:07 – Future plaque data2:13:08 – Protein rethink2:18:14 – Portion size patterns2:23:15 – Low insulin nuance2:28:15 – Peanut butter problem2:33:14 – Dopamine and candy2:38:17 – Problem foods2:43:18 – Lifestyle urgency2:48:21 – Medical system bias2:53:13 – Patient choice#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #ChrisCornell #MetabolicHealth #LowCarb #HealthCoach #Satiety #ResistanceTraining #LifestyleChange #Nutrition #WeightLossJourney #Healthspan #InsulinResistance #GLP1 #PersonalHealth #Podcast

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what happens when AI starts reshaping not just media, but the way people think, create, and connect? Claire Cornetta, co-founder and principal of Carrot Impact, joins Dave for a wide-ranging conversation on impact campaigns, the changing film business, AI and authenticity, social media’s effect on news, health communication, and why long-form storytelling still matters.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/27 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:01 – Movies and digital ads7:23 – How news changed fast11:41 – Dark Waters and impact15:58 – Impact vs advertising20:18 – Can AI replace storytellers?24:40 – Using AI to summarize AI28:53 – Training models on us33:11 – AI, health, and guidelines37:29 – Tokens and context limits41:48 – Claire’s AI workflow46:08 – What counts as authentic?50:28 – AI as a tool, not a boss54:43 – Movie tastes and nostalgia59:10 – Dave’s film school pivot1:03:20 – Dot-com era pressure1:07:38 – Metabolic health basics1:12:03 – Ketosis and real life1:16:20 – Triglycerides and fuel1:20:34 – Cannibalism detour1:25:07 – Food culture and dysfunction1:29:45 – Plant-based debates1:33:29 – B vitamins and limits1:37:48 – Food and community1:42:10 – Hunting and food supply1:46:26 – Pets and responsibility1:50:44 – Valuing animal lives1:55:05 – Ethics of raising animals1:59:22 – Friendship at scale2:03:39 – Why people avoid calls2:07:57 – Overloving your animals2:12:25 – Shepherding stories out2:16:39 – Theatrical screenings grow2:20:53 – Who’s hosting screenings2:25:19 – Why theaters still matter#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #ClaireCornetta #Podcast #Documentary #Storytelling #Filmmaking #ArtificialIntelligence #Media #Journalism #DigitalMedia #HealthCommunication #LongformConversation #ImpactCampaigns #Streaming #CreativeWork

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what happens when a diet change succeeds where years of psychiatric treatment fall short? Matt Baszucki, metabolic mental health advocate and YouTube creator, makes the case from lived experience, discussing bipolar disorder, psychosis, ketogenic therapy, medication tapering, carnivore, and why metabolic approaches still struggle to break into mainstream psychiatry.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/26 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:06 – Charlie Foundation origin9:46 – Memory during psychosis16:49 – Berkeley relapse spiral23:23 – The first real insight30:50 – Dave’s mood crash story37:57 – When keto clicked44:55 – Why tapers take years51:57 – How trials get framed58:43 – Carnivore and withdrawal1:05:43 – Keto as one option1:12:42 – A movement takes shape1:19:39 – Why adoption lags1:26:40 – Can AI fix medicine?1:33:45 – The AGI risk1:40:36 – Panic and moral scares1:47:50 – Power under AGI1:54:29 – A phone-shaped dystopia2:01:33 – What nature restores2:08:28 – Why meditation is hard2:15:25 – Walking into presence2:22:22 – The inbox never stops2:29:33 – Dating apps and the 80/202:36:18 – Marriage then vs now2:43:22 – Modern confusion loops2:50:19 – Fear of approaching women2:57:17 – Victim culture debate3:04:12 – AI and stealth censorship3:11:09 – Crisis and free speech3:18:07 – Why sports hit hard3:25:04 – Tribal identity in sports3:32:07 – Crowd emotion in motion3:39:05 – Teaching resilience early3:46:04 – Books then vs now3:52:56 – Streaming and story decline3:59:59 – Good AI vs bad AI#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #MattBaszucki #MentalHealth #MetabolicHealth #KetogenicDiet #Carnivore #BipolarDisorder #Psychiatry #Nutrition #LongformPodcast #PodcastInterview #Wellness #HealthResearch

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can heart disease prevention be asking the wrong question? Dave sits down with Philip Ovadia, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, as the guest makes the case for looking beyond LDL alone. They discuss bypass surgery, why cholesterol-lowering hasn’t erased heart disease, insulin resistance, trial design, statins and PCSK9 drugs, real-food diets, CGMs, and how clinicians think about risk in practice.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/25 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:04 – Dave sets the frame9:41 – The preacher’s fallacy16:22 – What else is cholesterol for?23:02 – FOURIER stopped early29:41 – When treatment still fails36:22 – Who benefits from treatment?42:59 – The patient mindset49:40 – Building a new practice56:21 – Insulin in the hospital1:02:58 – Cholesterol stays central1:09:39 – LDL vs A1C tradeoffs1:16:20 – Politics and processed food1:22:58 – Plants, meat, and real food1:29:38 – One diet won’t fit all1:36:20 – CGMs and self-testing1:43:01 – Why Ovadia chose surgery1:49:40 – The challenge of bypass1:56:18 – VCAM and atherosclerosis2:02:57 – Surgical feedback loops2:09:37 – Coming out of surgery2:16:17 – Arguments from medicine2:22:56 – Low-carb doctor network2:29:36 – Podcasting in person2:36:18 – The diabetic pandemic2:42:58 – Why disbelief happens2:49:36 – Shift the focus2:56:18 – ApoB takes center stage3:02:58 – Small dense LDL debate3:09:35 – Patients need clarity3:16:16 – What the scans show3:22:58 – Making sense of the paper3:29:36 – Reading vessel segments3:36:18 – What 100 hearts can show3:42:54 – LDL as a distraction3:49:36 – Arguing the phenotype#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #PhilipOvadia #HeartHealth #CardiothoracicSurgery #MetabolicHealth #InsulinResistance #LDL #ApoB #LowCarb #RealFood #CGM #Cardiology #PreventiveHealth #NutritionScience #Podcast

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what does it take to turn a dense cholesterol debate into a film people can actually follow? Dave talks with Jennifer Isenhart, documentary director and writer, about making *Cholesterol Code*, translating complex science for a lay audience, weaving in personal stories, navigating four years of production twists, and reshaping the film as new data emerged. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/24 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:01 – Trailer Reactions6:13 – First Data Arrives9:22 – Cholesterol Fear12:35 – Writing for Laypeople15:46 – Editing Is Massive18:58 – Recutting the Film22:08 – Creative Collaboration25:21 – Building Interview Scenes28:32 – Graphics on a Budget31:44 – Landing Bernstein34:56 – Keto in Epilepsy38:06 – Family Pushback41:18 – Parents Under Fire44:27 – Mammogram of the Heart47:40 – Why Age Matters50:50 – Surprises in the Research54:04 – Questions They Missed57:14 – Interviewing Together1:00:23 – Local TV Origins1:03:38 – Travel Channel Pitch1:06:47 – Betting on Fat Fiction1:09:57 – Costco Takes Off1:13:12 – Streaming Math1:16:20 – Taking on New Topics1:19:33 – Nina Teicholz Tribute1:22:45 – Self-Funding Reality1:25:55 – Global Shoot Plans1:29:07 – Covid Shuts It Down1:32:19 – Low-Carb Conference Boom1:35:31 – Why This Film Came Next1:38:41 – The 10% Rule1:41:52 – Better Experiments1:45:04 – Staying Open-Minded1:48:16 – Final Export Panic1:51:28 – Bernstein’s Lost Viewing#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #JenniferIsenhart #CholesterolCode #DocumentaryFilm #LowCarb #Keto #MetabolicHealth #ScienceCommunication #IndependentFilm #HealthDocumentary #NutritionScience #FilmMaking #CitizenScience

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what happens when a midlife dietary change collides with decades of diagnosis, stigma, and trial-and-error? Guest Robyn Dobbins (lived-experience advocate, podcast host, health coach, and community coordinator at the nonprofit Metabolic Collective) makes the case for why personal narratives matter in metabolic mental-health advocacy—covering early symptoms, postpartum struggles, routines and relationships, low-carb/keto tradeoffs, community building, and how cholesterol conversations show up along the way.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/23 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:00 – High school stigma 9:01 – On the spectrum 15:07 – When words hit wrong 21:09 – Sister’s friend group 27:12 – Could you talk about it? 33:16 – Routines break down 39:19 – Hindsight reframes it 45:20 – I don’t know anyone 51:25 – “This sounds like me” 57:26 – The reality of it 1:03:31 – Foreshadowing 1:09:34 – Training goes sideways 1:15:37 – Separate category? 1:21:36 – Why he moved 1:27:44 – Work with a doctor 1:33:43 – Not all sunshine 1:39:48 – Self-diagnosing 1:45:50 – Sweet potato moment 1:51:53 – Who is this for? 1:57:57 – Prioritize mental health 2:04:01 – Trust, at the top 2:10:03 – Careful with labels 2:16:05 – “Did they test that?” 2:22:05 – Costs ballooning 2:28:13 – Why it’s medical 2:34:15 – “So if I just…?” 2:40:15 – How long to feel it? 2:46:20 – Baseline changed 2:52:22 – Fear of outcomes 2:58:27 – LMHR status 3:04:33 – Ask people directly 3:10:34 – Before GLP-1s 3:16:36 – It felt similar 3:22:37 – Cholesterol Code doc 3:28:42 – Scientists & doctors #FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #RobynDobbins #Podcast #PodcastInterview #MentalHealthAdvocacy #MetabolicHealth #LowCarb #KetogenicLifestyle #HealthCoach #Storytelling #Nonprofit #CommunityBuilding #Nutrition #Wellness #CholesterolCode #MetabolicCollective

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what happens when a personal health experiment turns into a public-facing education project? Guest makes the case for practical, data-minded self-tracking while navigating online narratives and everyday constraints. Dave and Jenny Mitich (nutrition educator and author of *The Complete Carnivore*) discuss glucose monitoring, protein-to-fat adjustments, testing prep, content creation, parenting and culture, and why incentives and data collection methods shape what people think they “know.”🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/22 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:02 – Jenny’s pivot year 9:28 – Values & food choices 15:55 – Travel and lifestyle reset 22:24 – Postpartum wake-up call 28:50 – Why health journeys spread 35:22 – Launch logistics and promos 41:48 – What felt different early on 48:15 – Reading glucose patterns 54:44 – Testing prep and timing 1:01:11 – Protein vs fat balance 1:07:37 – Hunger cues and needs 1:14:06 – Online narratives shift 1:20:32 – Community dynamics 1:27:01 – What the film covered 1:33:28 – Red flags to watch for 1:39:57 – Panels, talks, signings 1:46:24 – Future books and plans 1:52:51 – Cooking: love vs duty 1:59:21 – Untangling cause and effect 2:05:48 – Pricing and accessibility 2:12:16 – Reality-checking progress 2:18:42 – Family history context 2:25:09 – Generational framing 2:31:40 – Kids, games, and culture 2:38:06 – Modern dissatisfaction 2:44:32 – Teaching discernment 2:50:59 – Breaking family cycles 2:57:26 – Content creator pressures 3:03:55 – Empathy and lived experience 3:10:22 – Shortcuts people take 3:16:50 – Salt talk and blood pressure 3:23:17 – Food identity and choices 3:29:47 – Nuance and caveats 3:36:16 – Interpreting “bad” markers 3:42:41 – Incentives and better data #FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #JennyMitich #Podcast #LongFormPodcast #Interview #CreatorEconomy #Parenting #Lifestyle #NutritionEducation #GlucoseMonitoring #DataLiteracy #CitizenScience #Research #WellnessConversation

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Greg Mushen, a longtime technology and product leader turned independent health researcher, makes the case that disciplined thinking from Silicon Valley can meaningfully inform nutrition and metabolic health. The discussion also directly engages with debates raised by the Keto-CTA study, using it as a case example to examine data transparency, scientific criticism, and decision-making under uncertainty—alongside metabolic testing innovation, walking versus high-intensity exercise, protein prioritization, and Greg’s own body recomposition—through a skeptical, analytical lens.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/21 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:42 – Data gaps in modern science10:02 – Greg’s tech career origins17:01 – Dot-com crash lessons24:08 – Product management under pressure31:10 – Data vs intuition in products38:12 – Toxic positivity at work45:30 – Internal honesty and feedback52:40 – Health wake-up moment59:55 – Weight, aging, and motivation1:07:10 – Mold exposure and health1:14:21 – Walking as a strategy1:21:30 – Step counts and fat loss1:28:47 – Protein targets explained1:35:50 – Satiety and energy balance1:42:30 – Before-and-after perspective1:49:40 – Training consistency1:56:20 – Hiring a coach2:03:10 – Volume and hypertrophy2:10:30 – Sustainable habits2:17:20 – Aging and strength2:24:30 – Transparency in research2:31:40 – Fraud and oversight2:38:30 – Whistleblowers in science2:55:30 – Where to find Greg3:01:56 – Final reflections and wrap#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #GregMushen #MetabolicHealth #ProductThinking #DataTransparency #ProteinIntake #WalkingForHealth #StrengthTraining #HealthAndTech

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, a core question hangs over the conversation: how did so many clinicians and patients miss low-carb interventions for so long? Dave sits down with Doug Reynolds, founder of Low Carb USA and president of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, as the guest makes the case for carbohydrate reduction in chronic disease, practitioner education gaps, cultural food traditions, patient-driven change, conference-based knowledge sharing, and why engineers often follow data over authority.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/20 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:02 – Fat, food, and first doubts7:05 – Preserving meat traditions11:02 – Cooking as commitment15:03 – Culture vs convenience19:02 – Career detours and Amway24:03 – Discovering ketones29:02 – First ribeye moment34:02 – Engineers and data trust39:05 – Questioning guidelines45:02 – Forums over authority51:21 – Conferences as catalysts57:10 – Practitioner hesitation1:02:28 – Patients leading change1:08:15 – Education gaps in care1:15:40 – Cultural resistance1:21:39 – Scaling conferences1:27:10 – Screening ideas1:33:00 – Community momentum1:39:40 – Measuring success1:45:20 – Clinical anecdotes1:51:21 – Sharing unfinished work1:56:30 – Patient empowerment2:01:39 – Insulin outcomes shift2:02:28 – Lifestyle over mandates2:03:56 – Why the message spreads#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #DougReynolds #LowCarbUSA #MetabolicHealth #PodcastInterview #HealthDiscussion #SciencePodcast #NutritionTalk #PatientCare #MedicalEducation

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, a provocative question anchors the conversation: how much of cardiovascular risk is about cholesterol itself versus the context it operates in? Guest **Josh Wageman, DPT, PA-C, PhD**—a clinical lipid specialist and researcher—makes the case for using metaphor, metabolic health, and imaging to think differently about risk. The discussion spans coronary calcium scoring, lipid particles, insulin and inflammation, endurance training extremes, neurodegeneration, and why communicating science clearly actually matters. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/19 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:00 – Why metaphors matter in medicine9:32 – Josh’s unconventional training path15:48 – Overtraining, illness, and collapse21:56 – Thyroid failure and recovery28:10 – Learning endocrinology the hard way34:42 – From PT to lipid specialist41:05 – Why lipids became the focus47:22 – Humor as a teaching tool53:40 – Writing the “lipid neighborhood”1:00:02 – Four pillars of metabolic health1:06:18 – Insulin and context over numbers1:12:35 – Inflammation isn’t one thing1:18:52 – Drugs as a risk factor1:25:14 – Cholesterol doesn’t live on paper1:31:28 – CAC as a reality check1:37:44 – Zero CAC and residual risk1:43:59 – Genetics vs lifestyle1:50:12 – ApoB’s necessary role1:56:27 – Why plaque still forms2:02:41 – Extreme endurance and CAC2:08:55 – When fitness backfires2:15:10 – Imaging vs biomarkers2:21:26 – Dementia and lipid biology2:27:40 – Neurodegeneration as frontier2:33:55 – Teaching clinicians differently2:40:08 – Credentials vs trust2:46:22 – Patient-first frameworks2:52:36 – Science communication failures2:58:49 – Measuring what matters3:04:55 – Meaning beyond metrics3:11:10 – Legacy and patient impact3:15:42 – Where Josh wants research to go3:18:43 – Closing thoughts and gratitude#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #JoshWageman #Lipids #Cholesterol #MetabolicHealth #ApoB #CACScore #Endocrinology #PreventiveCardiology #HealthCommunication

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave asks: what happens when a fertility specialist-turned-health thinker questions nutrition narrative? Guest Robert Kiltz, MD, makes the case for animal-based diets, metabolic flexibility, mindset, faith and medicine, clinical experience vs. guidelines, and the role of community. The conversation ranges from physiology and lipid metabolism to entrepreneurship, skepticism, and personal practice — always with an eye toward evidence and open inquiry.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/18 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:00 – Opening themes & big questions6:38 – Robert’s clinical background10:17 – Nutrition beliefs under the microscope13:55 – Defining metabolic health17:34 – Mindset, faith, and medicine21:12 – Carnivore experiences & context24:51 – LDL, risk, and interpretation28:29 – Citizen science in practice32:08 – Physiology vs. guidelines35:46 – The liver’s central role39:25 – Energy substrates explored43:03 – Food, behavior, and culture46:42 – Clinical anecdotes & caution50:20 – Lipids and metabolism debate53:59 – Diet, hormones, and stress57:37 – Weight, appetite, & satiety1:01:16 – Exercise, fitness, longevity1:04:54 – Medical orthodoxy pressures1:08:33 – Risk-benefit & uncertainty1:12:11 – Lab markers & context1:15:50 – Entrepreneurship & medicine1:19:28 – Patient communication style1:23:07 – Spirituality & health lens1:26:45 – Preventive care realities1:30:24 – Evidence vs. experience1:34:02 – Personal responsibility1:37:41 – Critics & open inquiry1:41:19 – Careers, courage, & change1:44:58 – Community & service1:48:36 – Learning from disagreement1:52:15 – Practical takeaways1:55:53 – Health as a journey1:59:32 – Gratitude & perspective2:03:10 – Final reflections2:06:49 – Closing thoughts & thanks#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #RobertKiltz #podcast #nutrition #healthjourney #openinquiry #metabolism #lowcarbcommunity #wellnessdiscussion #citizenscience #medicalethics #mindsetmatters #healthydebate #scienceconversation

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave asks a blunt question: is modern medicine structurally aligned against prevention? Guest **Emily Kaplan**, investigative science journalist and co-founder of the Broken Science Initiative, makes the case that incentives, not evidence, increasingly shape medical practice. They discuss conflicts of interest in research, the reproducibility crisis, metabolic health and lifestyle medicine, GLP-1 drugs, nutrition education gaps, and why outcomes often matter less than headlines.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/17 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:01 – Broken Science explained6:02 – Lifestyle vs polypharmacy9:03 – Medical school nutrition gaps12:13 – Incentives in healthcare15:57 – Sugar and cancer framing18:36 – Trial endpoints questioned21:11 – GLP-1s and tradeoffs24:01 – Weight loss vs health26:21 – Personal choice in diet29:02 – Early insulin signals32:25 – Publishing and paywalls35:10 – Journalism vs academia38:42 – Conflicts of interest42:08 – Peer review problems45:44 – Delays in publication49:12 – Who funds research52:48 – Education as prevention56:19 – Reproducibility crisis59:01 – Replication failures1:02:28 – Meta-analysis limits1:05:30 – Industry influence1:08:54 – What gets taught1:12:40 – Transparency gaps1:16:33 – Accountability in science1:38:20 – Where reform starts1:40:14 – Transparency vs incentives1:52:38 – Publishing power dynamics2:05:11 – Peer review bottlenecks2:17:44 – Conflicts without disclosure2:30:06 – Career risk in dissent2:42:31 – Nutrition sidelined again2:54:57 – Prevention vs treatment3:00:14 – N-of-1 data debate3:12:48 – Prospective study limits3:25:22 – Community-driven research3:37:49 – IRB and self-selection3:50:17 – Data ownership questions4:02:41 – Tech platforms for science4:10:06 – Scaling transparency4:15:32 – Reforming research norms4:18:54 – Public accountability4:20:41 – Communicating uncertainty4:22:53 – Where to find Emily4:23:05 – Final reflections#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #EmilyKaplan #BrokenScience #MedicalResearch #ScienceJournalism #MetabolicHealth #NutritionEducation #HealthcareIncentives #ReproducibilityCrisis #PreventiveMedicine #PublicHealth

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, a central question hangs over the conversation: what actually causes a heart attack when standard risk markers look “normal”? Guest Dr. Stephen Hussey, DC (functional medicine practitioner focused on cardiovascular disease), makes the case for re-examining core assumptions about heart disease. Topics include plaque vs. risk, LDL cholesterol, CAC scoring, stress physiology, hydration, type 1 diabetes, endurance exercise, and alternative mechanisms behind myocardial infarction. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/16 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:06 – Why heart cells don’t regenerate8:12 – Marathon runners & plaque paradox13:48 – Introducing Dr. Stephen Hussey18:37 – Type 1 diabetes & heart risk23:54 – Diet changes and inflammation29:35 – Low-carb, keto, and carnivore paths35:10 – Insulin, carbs, and standard care40:52 – Fear of ketosis vs ketoacidosis46:18 – Discovering lipid anomalies51:40 – Rejecting statins early on57:12 – Elevated LDL in context1:02:44 – Writing a heart disease book1:08:30 – Widowmaker heart attack story1:14:06 – CAC score of zero explained1:19:42 – Stress, dehydration, and triggers1:25:18 – The moment symptoms began1:30:54 – Cath lab and LAD blockage1:36:20 – Stent placement and relief1:41:58 – Was it plaque or clot?1:47:30 – Alternative MI mechanisms1:53:12 – Parasympathetic nervous system1:58:54 – Vasa vasorum hypothesis2:04:36 – Transcytosis and ApoB2:10:18 – Endothelial injury models2:15:44 – Exercise-linked occlusions2:21:06 – Post-MI medical advice2:26:30 – Five lifelong medications?2:31:48 – Blood pressure overshoot2:37:22 – Blood thinners and stents2:42:54 – Re-evaluating cholesterol blame2:48:10 – What medicine gets wrong2:53:36 – Prevention beyond LDL2:58:52 – How Stephen works with clients#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #StephenHussey #HeartHealth #Cardiology #MetabolicHealth #Cholesterol #LDL #Atherosclerosis #CACScore #Type1Diabetes #ExerciseScience

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, we ask: What happens when clinical guidelines collides with messy real-world outcomes? Guest Bret Scher, MD, makes the case for rethinking metabolic health, evidence hierarchies, clinical incentives, LDL interpretation, ketogenic therapies, guideline rigidity, psychiatric applications of metabolic interventions, and his own evolution from cardiologist to medical director in the metabolic-health space.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/15 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:00 – How clinicians lose objectivity13:57 – When lifestyle advice keeps failing24:55 – The social cost of challenging LDL norms35:52 – Epidemiology’s limits in nutrition46:50 – Why “healthy user bias” distorts data57:47 – The Diet Doctor era and its impact1:08:45 – Red meat, risk, and uncertain evidence1:19:42 – Predicting outcomes vs. assuming causality1:30:40 – The guidelines problem inside medicine1:41:37 – Why patients succeed outside the system1:52:35 – Multiple dietary paths, not one dogma2:03:32 – How personality shapes dietary fit2:14:30 – From keto diet to medical therapy2:25:27 – The mindset shift toward low carb2:36:25 – How podcasting changed Bret’s trajectory2:47:22 – The origin story of Metabolic Mind2:58:20 – Metabolic psychiatry’s scientific emergence3:09:17 – Coalition for Metabolic Health vision#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #BretScher #MetabolicHealth #Keto #LowCarb #Cardiology #EvidenceBased #NutritionScience #LDL #Epidemiology #CriticalThinking #MetabolicPsychiatry #HealthPolicy #MedicalGuidelines #Wellness #MetabolicMind #Podcast #ScienceDiscussion

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what if a single overlooked nutrient could meaningfully alter how we think about chronic illness? Guest Dr. Darren Schmidt (DC, nutrition-focused clinician) makes the case for the role of B1 deficiency, discusses environmental toxic exposures, explores mitochondrial dysfunction, and examines lactic acidosis as a framework for understanding complex disease patterns. We also discuss metabolic pathways, autonomic issues, and how clinical observations can challenge conventional assumptions.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/14 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:00 – Early health shifts4:58 – First exposure incident6:56 – Discovering toxicity impacts8:54 – Mold and respiratory effects10:52 – Gas leak symptoms escalate12:50 – ER visit and missed signals14:48 – Autonomic dysfunction clues16:46 – Testing high-dose B118:44 – Rapid symptom relief20:42 – Mechanisms Dave examines22:40 – High-calorie malnutrition idea24:38 – Clinical responses to B126:36 – RCT possibilities28:34 – Origins of lactic acidosis theory30:32 – How toxins affect oxygen use32:30 – Capillary dilation mechanics34:28 – Mitochondrial parallels36:26 – Detox strategies overview38:24 – Dave’s metabolic framework40:22 – Pyruvate and lactate shifts42:20 – Rate limiters in metabolism44:18 – Nervous system involvement46:16 – Expanding symptom categories48:14 – Environmental drivers of illness50:12 – Mold detection and evidence52:10 – Radon and other exposures54:08 – Chronic illness complexity56:06 – Personal learning through crises58:04 – Rediscovering past medical history1:00:02 – Nutrient fortification lessons#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #DarrenSchmidt #metabolism #mitochondria #chronicillness #environmentalhealth #nutritionscience #lactate #thiamine #functionalhealth #biochemistry #healthpodcast #keto #lowcarb #detox #mitochondrialfunction

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can you truly build muscle and maintain health with just 15 minutes of exercise twice a week? Dave chats with Ben Bocchicchio, PhD in Exercise Physiology and Health, who makes the case for slow-motion resistance training as the ultimate efficiency hack. Guest explores mitochondrial optimization through high-intensity exercise, addresses middle-age workout mistakes, discusses low-carb nutrition strategies spanning five decades, and challenges conventional fitness wisdom with his revolutionary "safe emergency" training philosophy.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/13 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:14 – Introduction and athletic background12:37 – Uncle Tony and Charles Atlas connection25:42 – Nautilus machines and slow training origins40:18 – Muscle fiber recruitment and intensity58:23 – Common middle-age exercise mistakes1:15:47 – Metabolic benefits of resistance training1:32:19 – Nutrition philosophy and 50-year approach1:50:33 – Food addiction and behavioral change2:08:56 – AI and personalized health predictions2:22:41 – Energy metabolism and final thoughts#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #BenBocchicchio #SlowTraining #ResistanceTraining #ExercisePhysiology #Mitochondria #LowCarb #Nutrition #MetabolicHealth #HighIntensityTraining #Fitness #Aging #Sarcopenia #HealthSpan #Longevity #BloodTesting #Science

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, special guest Mike Mutzel explores groundbreaking research on the immune system, GLP-1, the gut microbiome and lean mass hyper-responders. They deep dive on the Lipid Energy Model, atherosclerosis mechanisms, immune system interactions, coronary artery imaging data, and conventional cardiovascular risk paradigms in metabolic health.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/12 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:01 – Introduction and Mike's background9:14 – Medicine and nutrition evolution17:44 – Mindful eating and GLP-1 connections25:00 – Dave's cholesterol discovery story31:42 – Understanding lipid trafficking physics40:18 – Endothelial dysfunction and inflammation49:00 – LDL oxidation and modification theories58:23 – Atherosclerosis as immune response1:05:47 – Blood viscosity and cardiovascular risk1:15:19 – Self-censorship in scientific discourse1:25:33 – Continual exposure hypothesis debate1:32:19 – Own Your Labs citizen science project1:40:58 – Cholesterol paradox in aging populations1:50:33 – Metabolic health vs inflammation2:00:12 – Radiation concerns with CT angiograms2:08:56 – Triglycerides and ketogenic metabolism2:18:47 – Study results and mainstream response2:22:41 – Final thoughts and future research#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #DaveFeldmanGuest #LipidEnergyModel #LeanMassHyperResponder #LMHR #CholesterolResearch #MetabolicHealth #LDLCholesterol #CoronaryArteryImaging #ApoB #CardiovascularHealth #KetoResearch #CitizenScience #OwnYourLabs #LipidParticles #Atherosclerosis #EndothelialFunction #BloodViscosity #TriglyceridesTolerance #LPA

In this episode, Dave sits down with Austin, a metabolic data enthusiast and early adopter of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) who brings a fascinating blend of self-experimentation, performance optimization, and deep curiosity about human physiology. From endurance training to dietary tracking, Austin shares his journey through the data-driven side of health — how he uses CGM, heart rate, and nutrient timing to reveal the body’s hidden patterns. Together, Dave and Austin explore how metrics can empower individuals to take ownership of their health, the tension between conventional guidelines and personal experimentation, and what the future of open-source health data could look like.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/11 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN PROTOCOLMain Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters 0:00 – Introduction & Setting the Stage5:45 – Opening Reflections on Austin’s Energy and Setting10:30 – Early Experiences That Sparked Curiosity15:15 – First Encounters with Data, Health, and Experimentation20:00 – The Origins of a Systems Approach to Nutrition25:00 – Breaking Down the Lipid Energy Model Concept30:15 – What Early Self-Experiments Revealed35:20 – Exploring LDL and APOB from a New Perspective40:10 – Why Traditional Cholesterol Framing Falls Short45:00 – Digging Into Lipoprotein Transport Mechanisms50:05 – Triglycerides, Remnants, and Particle Flow55:15 – When Energy Demand Shapes Lipid Behavior1:00:10 – The Lean Mass Hyper-Responder Pattern1:05:00 – Genetics, Metabolism, and Individual Variation1:10:30 – LPL and LDL Receptor Pathways in Context1:15:20 – Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Diverse Risk Profiles1:20:15 – How Population Data Can Mislead Individual Cases1:25:10 – Mendelian Randomization and Its Hidden Assumptions1:30:00 – Study Design: What We Miss When We Aggregate1:35:00 – The Duration vs. Magnitude of LDL Exposure1:40:10 – Interpreting Meta-Analyses with Caution1:45:15 – Revisiting the PESA Trial and Imaging Insights1:50:05 – Understanding the “Three-Line Graph” Debate1:55:00 – Statistical Power, Noise, and Over-Interpretation2:00:10 – Regression Models and Data-Slicing Pitfalls2:05:20 – Plaque Progression and Clinical Translation2:10:00 – PCSK9 Insights and Unexpected Outcomes2:15:00 – Beyond LDL: Inflammation and Contextual Risk2:20:05 – Revisiting the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causality2:25:10 – Consistency, Dose Response, and Biological Plausibility2:30:00 – The Changing Landscape of Trial Reporting2:35:05 – How 2004 Altered Medical Transparency Rules2:40:00 – Scientific Discourse, Debate, and Misinterpretation2:45:15 – The Role of Skepticism in Evidence Review2:50:10 – The Value of Epistemic Humility in Science2:55:00 – Open Data, Collaboration, and Collective Learning3:00:10 – Case Studies and Self-Experimentation Insights3:05:00 – Reflections on N=1 Studies and Public Data Sharing3:15:00 – Designing Smarter Studies for the Future3:20:05 – Lessons Learned from Real-World Observation3:25:00 – Future of Lipid Research and Citizen Science3:30:00 – Revisiting Key Misconceptions About Cholesterol3:35:10 – Bridging Gaps Between Clinicians and Researchers3:40:00 – Empowering Individuals Through Accessible Data3:50:00 – Community, Collaboration, and Scientific Openness3:55:10 – Final Thoughts on Evidence, Curiosity, and Persistence4:00:00 – Closing Reflections & Gratitude#FeldmanProtocol #LDL #HDL #Cholesterol #ASCVD #ContinuousGlucoseMonitoring #CGM #MetabolicHealth #DataDrivenHealth #CitizenScience #OwnYourLabs #QuantifiedSelf #HealthData #PerformanceOptimization #DaveFeldman #HumanPerformance #MetabolicFlexibility #OpenSourceScience

In this episode, Dave sits down with Peter Ballerstedt, a retired forage agronomist and ruminant nutritionist known as "Don Pedro the Sod Father of the Ruminati," who brings a unique agricultural perspective to metabolic health discussions. Ballerstedt shares his 2007 transformation after reading Gary Taubes' book and how it led him to bridge agricultural science with the low-carb community. The conversation examines environmental arguments around animal agriculture, presents data on greenhouse gas emissions (12% animal vs 10% plant agriculture), explores the limitations of converting grassland to cropland, discusses the evolution of dietary guidelines since the 1970s, and examines Ballerstedt's concept of a "ruminant revolution" to address both human malnutrition and environmental concerns.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/10 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN PROTOCOL:Main Channel: @realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters0:00 – Introduction1:05 – Who is Peter Ballerstedt: The Sod Father of the Ruminati5:11 – Personal Journey: Pre-Diabetic to Low-Carb in 20076:16 – Gary Taubes' "Good Calories, Bad Calories"7:00 – First Low-Carb Conference10:34 – Lipophobia and the Anti-Red Meat Message11:23 – The 1977 Dietary Goals and McGovern Committee14:01 – Personal Transformation and Reversing Pre-Diabetes21:09 – Malnutrition vs. "Overnutrition"23:22 – Climate Change and Animal Agriculture24:14 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 22% Agriculture, 12% Animal29:06 – Land Use: Why We Can't Convert Grassland to Cropland30:31 – The Football Field Analogy: Class 1 Soils37:00 – Ruminants Converting Inedible Biomass to Human Food52:00 – Obesity Associated with Poverty1:07:00 – Animal Source Food and Economic Prosperity1:15:05 – The Grassroots Low-Carb Movement and 10% Tipping Point1:30:00 – Personal Stories: Reversing Diabetes Through Diet1:43:05 – Using AI and Large Language Models for Research1:52:11 – Obesity and Poverty: Gary Taubes' Key Insight1:55:42 – Ecosystem Services: Fire Management and Wildlife2:00:01 – Agricultural Biomass is Not Human Edible2:05:51 – Animal Source Food Demand by 20502:30:00 – Historical Medical Views on Meat3:01:14 – Malnutrition: 30-35 Million Deaths, $6.5 Trillion Cost3:02:03 – Red Meat and Cancer: Epidemiological Evidence3:04:40 – Hyperinsulinemia and Insulin Resistance3:07:53 – The Ruminant Revolution: Energy Transition Fund Redirection3:12:55 – Personal Story: A1C Over 11 to Diabetes Removed3:15:35 – The 10% Rule and Paradigm Shifts3:41:00 – Grass-Fed vs. Grain-Fed Beef3:42:20 – Avoiding Unnecessary Barriers to Adoption3:45:05 – The Greenland Paradox3:51:23 – Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare3:53:23 – Separating Suffering from Mortality4:00:00 – Where to Find Peter#FeldmanProtocol #PeterBallerstedt #AnimalAgriculture #RegenerativeAgriculture #RuminantNutrition #LowCarb #KetoMedicine #Agronomy #ClimateChange #SustainableAgriculture #GrasslandEcosystems #MetabolicHealth #AnimalWelfare #GaryTaubes #DietaryGuidelines #FoodSystems #Malnutrition #SoilHealth #GrassFed #DaveFeldman

In this episode, Dave sits down with Dr. Eric Westman, associate professor of medicine at Duke University and founder of the Keto Medicine Clinic, who has built his practice around using dietary interventions to treat patients. Dr. Westman discusses his path from traditional internal medicine to researching low-carb approaches, including his early observations of patients whose cholesterol profiles improved on high-fat diets and his collaboration with Dr. Atkins in the late 1990s to conduct some of the first clinical studies on the Atkins diet. The conversation covers the current medical environment where GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have become prominent weight loss treatments, the historical use of low-carb medicine dating back over a century, and Dr. Westman's perspective on why nutrition education has become less emphasized in medical training. From his YouTube channel that reaches millions of viewers monthly to his clinical work helping patients reverse diabetes through dietary changes, Dr. Westman shares his experience at the intersection of medical research, clinical practice, and the evolving approaches to treating metabolic conditions.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/9 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN PROTOCOL:Main Channel: @realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Key Chapters0:00 – Introduction & Opening Thoughts1:04 – Who is Dr. Eric Westman & the Keto Medicine Clinic7:06 – Dr. Westman as the Original Keto Pioneer9:02 – The First Atkins Diet Patients: Unexpected Results12:17 – The 2004 Studies & Dr. Atkins' Tragic Death15:16 – Duke's Historical Connection to Dietary Medicine25:15 – GLP-1 Drugs vs. Dietary Interventions: The Current Divide32:20 – The Muscle Loss Problem with Weight Loss Drugs38:15 – The American Diabetes Association's Forgotten Origins47:10 – Addiction Models: Food vs. Tobacco & Alcohol1:05:15 – Glucose Metabolism & Keto Adaptation in Long-Term Practitioners1:15:00 – Animal Models vs. Human Studies: The Research Problem1:25:00 – Metabolic Status Impact on Lipid Profiles1:30:00 – Lean Mass Hyper-Responder Study Results & Heterogeneity1:40:00 – Brown & Goldstein's Work & Homozygous FH Cases1:55:00 – The Cholesterol Code Documentary Journey2:00:00 – Citizen Science Foundation & Crowdfunded Research2:10:00 – Heart Failure, Ketones & SGLT2 Inhibitors2:20:00 – Serial Killers Films & Athletic Performance on Keto2:35:00 – Eric's Bookshelf: Essential Low-Carb Literature2:45:00 – Hospital Food Systems & Institutional Change2:55:00 – Drug Development vs. Dietary Solutions3:00:00 – Polypharmacy & Deprescribing in Clinical Practice3:15:00 – Adapt Your Life Academy & Online Education3:30:00 – The Feldman Protocol & Cholesterol Manipulation3:45:00 – Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Dr. Westman#FeldmanProtocol #EricWestman #KetoMedicine #DietaryIntervention #AtkinsDiet #Duke #MedicalResearch #GLP1 #Ozempic #DiabetesReversal #LowCarb #FoodAsMedicine #CholesterolResearch #DaveFeldman #MedicalHistory

Can we really justify what we eat today by pointing to what our ancestors ate thousands of years ago? In this thought-provoking episode, I sit down with Alex Leaf, a scientific communicator and longtime researcher with Examine.com, to challenge some of the most persistent ideas in nutrition.We dive deep into the ancestral argument, the role of mTOR and protein in longevity, and the personal fat threshold hypothesis that could redefine how we view metabolic health and type 2 diabetes. From wrestling-induced bulimia to modern agriculture’s double-edged legacy, Alex brings a refreshingly perspective to some of the most polarizing conversations in nutrition.🔗 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/8 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customersCONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: YouTube.com/realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters1:07 – Who is Alex Leaf and how he started in nutrition3:59 – Wrestling, eating disorders & body image8:27 – Protein, mTOR & the longevity paradox11:15 – The importance of amino acid composition13:22 – Fasting, feeding cycles & “cell closing hours”15:46 – Do ancestral eating patterns actually make sense?18:00 – Food scarcity, evolution & modern adaptation20:10 – Agriculture: humanity’s double-edged sword22:45 – Are we engineering our own metabolic collapse?26:00 – Animal vs plant protein quality31:10 – Why “ancestral diet” arguments fall apart36:45 – Modern food, ultraprocessed diets & disease40:13 – The Standard American Diet as the control group44:04 – The personal fat threshold explained47:40 – How body fat triggers insulin resistance52:10 – Can weight loss reverse type 2 diabetes?58:30 – Does fasting insulin predict fat loss?1:03:00 – Linking triglycerides, HDL & metabolic health1:05:45 – ApoB, risk factors & what studies miss1:12:10 – The limits of adjustment in nutrition science1:17:30 – What makes lean mass hyper-responders unique

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman sits down with Nicholas Verhoeven PhD, the creator of @Physionic and recent molecular medicine graduate who has successfully transitioned from traditional academia to independent science communication. The conversation explores Nic's unique approach to content creation, including his decision to reject thousands of sponsorship offers to maintain editorial independence while building a sustainable business model. Dave and Nic dive deep into the methodology and findings of Dave's groundbreaking longitudinal keto study, examining how 100 lean mass hyperresponders with an average LDL of 272 mg/dL compared to matched controls from the Miami Heart study with an average LDL of 123 mg/dL. The discussion reveals fascinating insights about plaque progression, the challenges of proving causation in nutrition science, and the problematic certainty often displayed in epidemiological research. They tackle the nuanced differences between correlation and causation, critique the WHO's red meat classification, and explore why the nutrition field tends toward binary thinking rather than acknowledging the spectrum of evidence strength that should inform our understanding of health risks.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/7 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: youtube.com/realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: thefeldmanprotocol.com#NicVerhoeven #Physionic #KetoStudy #LeanMassHyperresponder #LDL #CardiovascularHealth #PlaqueProgression #ScienceCommunication #IndependentResearch #NutritionScience #EpidemiologyDebate #CausationVsCorrelation #RedMeatDebate #WHO #BradfordHillCriteria #ContentCreation #PhD #MolecularMedicine #HealthPodcast

In Part 3 of this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman concludes his conversation with Nick Norwitz MD PhD, exploring thought-provoking topics that span from practical health assessments to philosophical questions about consciousness. The discussion covers Nick's analysis of Peter Attia's evolving stance on lipids, Bryan Johnson's controversial decision to avoid CTA scans due to radiation concerns, and a detailed technical breakdown of actual radiation exposure from cardiac imaging. The conversation takes fascinating philosophical turns as they debate the teleporter problem and what defines human consciousness, before shifting to predictions about carnivore diet mainstream adoption and the future of scientific communication through social media, with Nick sharing insights about his rapid YouTube growth and plans for expanding his educational impact.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/6 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: youtube.com/realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: thefeldmanprotocol.com#NickNorwitz #PeterAttia #BryanJohnson #CTAScan #RadiationExposure #TeleporterProblem #Consciousness #Philosophy #Carnivorediet #SocialMedia #ScientificCommunication #YouTubeGrowth #HealthInfluencer #CardiacImaging #Longevity #MetabolicHealth #HealthPodcast

In Part 2 of this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman continues his conversation with Nick Norwitz, focusing on controversial topics that showcase Nick's scientific rigor. The discussion begins with Nick's methodical critique of Bryan Johnson's longevity claims, questioning his scientific methodology and the lack of transparency in his $2 million annual protocol. Nick explores the healthy user bias problem in red meat epidemiology, shares insights about choosing research over medical residency, discusses his famous Oreo vs. Statin experiment, and provides a detailed explanation of the carbohydrate-insulin model of obesity, demonstrating how it complements rather than contradicts thermodynamics while offering a more mechanistic understanding of weight regulation than traditional energy balance models. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/tfp/5 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN: Main Channel: YouTube.com/realDaveFeldman X/Twitter: x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: instagram.com/realDav…Website: thefeldmanprotocol.comEnergy Balance vs. Hormonal Models #NickNorwitz #BryanJohnson #Longevity #HealthInfluencer #ScientificRigor #RedMeat #HealthyUserBias #CarbohydrateInsulinModel #OreoVsStatin #InsulinResistance #MetabolicHealth #HealthResearch #PublicationBias #NutritionScience #EnergyBalance #HealthPodcast

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman sits down with Nick Norwitz, a PhD researcher focusing on metabolism who earned his doctorate from Oxford and graduated recently from Harvard Medical School. Nick shares his remarkable journey from elite distance runner at age 17 - capable of 2:45 marathons and 3,000-mile training years - to facing a cascade of health crises that would reshape his understanding of medicine. Nick recounts how his health deteriorated further with severe GI symptoms beginning at Dartmouth in 2017, eventually landing him in intensive care and palliative care with dangerously low weight levels. The discussion explores Nick's medical detective work, including his discovery of a cholesterol paradox: following a "heart-healthy" LDL-lowering diet that actually caused his LDL to jump from 95 to 321, while paradoxically improving his small dense LDL profile. Nick demonstrates scientific humility by acknowledging how his early lipid research perspectives have evolved, while discussing the institutional challenges he faces in publishing controversial research that might upset even his allies in the metabolic health field.🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN PROTOCOL:Main Channel: @realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: @realDaveFeldman Instagram: @realDaveFeldmanWebsite: thefeldmanprotocol.com⏰ CHAPTERS:1:16 - Introduction: Nick Norwitz, PhD Researcher & Harvard Medical Student1:43 - Life Mission: Making Metabolic Health Mainstream4:37 - Health Crisis Begins: GI Symptoms at Dartmouth (2017)5:11 - Athletic Background: Distance Running Success6:39 - Pattern of Fractures: From 90-Mile Weeks to Breaking Down7:24 - The Foot Fracture: X-Ray Misses, MRI Reveals Break8:26 - Osteoporosis Diagnosis: Bone Density of 70-80 Year Old14:51 - Fear and Urgency: The Deep Drive to Solve Health Problems26:37 - Life-Threatening Turn: Intensive Care & Palliative Care32:15 - The Cholesterol Paradox: Heart-Healthy Diet, LDL Jumps to 32132:50 - Early Lipid Analysis: Scientific Evolution and Humility34:00 - Medical Mystery: Low-Fat Diet Raises LDL36:06 - Research Partnership: Finding Collaborators55:53 - Controversial Research: Risk of Upsetting Allies1:06:53 - Publication Challenges: IRB Obstacles for Case Series1:07:28 - Meta-Analysis Struggles: Editor Ghosting on Positive Reviews#NickNorwitz #MetabolicHealth #HealthCrisis #Cholesterol #LDL #BoneDensity #GIHealth #HealthResearch #ScientificMethod #PersonalHealth #HealthPodcast🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/4 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers

In Part 2 of this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman continues his conversation with renowned science journalist Gary Taubes, diving deeper into the institutional forces that perpetuate flawed nutritional science. This second part examines Gary's perspective on why paradigm shifts face such fierce resistance, exploring the career consequences researchers face when challenging established theories. The conversation addresses the famous "are we all idiots?" question from Gary's Pennington lecture, revealing how scientists inherit paradigms without questioning their foundations. Dave and Gary discuss the peer review process as both protector and barrier to innovation, the politics of academic publishing, and why researchers become emotionally invested in defending their work. Gary argues that the scientific establishment has abandoned true hypothesis testing in favor of confirmation bias, while exploring controversial topics like carnivore diets, GLP-1 drugs, and the sustainability myth. The discussion reveals how institutional pressures, career incentives, and cognitive biases create a system where scientists function more as advocates than investigators, potentially causing decades of harm through misguided dietary recommendations.🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: @realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: x.com/realDaveFeldman Instagram: instagram.com/realDaveFeldman🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/3 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers#GaryTaubes #ParadigmShift #PeerReview #ScientificMethod #Publication #CareerStakes #Carnivore #GLP1 #Diabetes #InsulinResistance #HealthPodcast #MetabolicScience

In Part 1 of this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman sits down with renowned science journalist Gary Taubes, author of groundbreaking books including "Good Calories, Bad Calories" and "The Case Against Sugar." This first part explores Gary's four-decade journey from physics journalism to becoming one of the most influential critics of nutritional research. The conversation delves deep into the philosophy of science itself, examining why he believes nutrition research has failed so spectacularly. Gary shares his evolution from covering physics breakthroughs at CERN to exposing the fundamental flaws in epidemiological studies that have shaped dietary guidelines for generations. Dave and Gary discuss the challenges of falsifiability in nutrition science, the dangers of emotional investment in hypotheses, and why the field attracts researchers more interested in confirmation than discovery. Gary provides a case for scientific skepticism, and how institutional biases, funding pressures, and cognitive blind spots have led to decades of misguided public health advice that may have caused more harm than good.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/2 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: @realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: @realDaveFeldman Instagram: @realDaveFeldman#GaryTaubes #NutritionScience #ScientificMethod #BadScience #Journalism #Epidemiology #LowCarb #Ketogenic #Obesity #Diabetes #HealthPodcast #MetabolicHealth

In this inaugural episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman sits down with renowned nurse practitioner and intermittent fasting expert Cynthia Thurlow, whose viral TED talk has garnered over 15 million views. The conversation explores the controversial world of intermittent fasting, metabolic health, and why dietary flexibility matters more than rigid dogma. Cynthia shares her evolution from traditional cardiology practice to functional medicine, revealing how she challenged conventional wisdom about cholesterol and statins before leaving traditional medicine in 2016. Dave and Cynthia dive deep into topics ranging from the cellular impact of seed oils to the psychology of sustainable weight loss, emphasizing the importance of personal experimentation and vulnerability in health discussions. This episode serves as a masterclass in critical thinking about nutrition, encouraging listeners to become "citizen scientists" of their own bodies while navigating the complex landscape of modern wellness advice.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/1 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers🔗 CONNECT WITH THE FELDMAN PROTOCOL:YouTube: @realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: @realDaveFeldman Instagram: @realDaveFeldman⏰ CHAPTERS:0:00 - Introduction & Opening Thoughts0:46 - Who is Cynthia Thurlow? Nurse Practitioner & Fasting Expert1:23 - Why Intermittent Fasting is So Controversial2:35 - Eating Disorders & Fasting: Important Distinctions3:44 - The Challenge of Diet Tribalism & Finding What Works5:21 - Ancestral Eating Patterns & Food Scarcity7:38 - Breaking Free from Nutritional Dogma8:37 - Personal Experimentation & Individual Responses10:15 - The Power of Vulnerability in Health Discussions12:30 - Dave's Personal Health Journey & Family Challenges16:45 - Moving Beyond Traditional Medicine Paradigms20:20 - The Importance of Face-to-Face Conversations24:15 - Cynthia's Evolution: From Fasting Advocate to Flexible Approach26:02 - Why Dietary Flexibility Matters More Than Perfection28:30 - The Reality of Long-Term Diet Adherence30:45 - Dave's Diet Soda Confession & Health Trade-offs35:20 - Cholesterol, Statins & Clinical Practice Evolution40:15 - The Problem with Primary Prevention Guidelines45:30 - Cynthia's Father & the Statin Controversy50:15 - Inherited Lipid Disorders & Family History52:35 - The Fear of Malpractice in Modern Medicine55:14 - Pediatric Cholesterol Screening: A Concerning Trend59:49 - Dynamic Nature of Lipid Measurements1:05:30 - Hormone Replacement Therapy & Women's Health1:12:15 - The Complexity of Menopause & Metabolic Changes1:18:45 - Strength Training & Muscle Building After 501:25:20 - The Role of Protein in Aging & Health1:32:10 - Sleep, Stress & Recovery in Modern Life1:38:30 - The Carnivore Diet Phenomenon & Elimination Protocols1:44:45 - Understanding Food Sensitivities & Inflammatory Responses1:50:20 - The Business of Nutrition & Supplement Industry1:56:15 - Evidence-Based Practice vs. Clinical Experience2:02:30 - The Future of Personalized Medicine2:08:45 - Biomarker Interpretation & Individual Variation2:15:20 - The Role of Continuous Glucose Monitors2:21:30 - Meal Timing & Circadian Rhythm Considerations2:27:15 - Exercise Timing & Metabolic Optimization2:33:46 - Seed Oils: Inflammation & Cellular Membrane Impact2:39:15 - The Cell Membrane & Fatty Acid Incorporation2:45:30 - Mitochondrial Health & Cellular Energy Production2:51:45 - Weight Loss Plateaus & Adipocyte Remodeling2:57:20 - The Psychology of Sustainable Weight Loss3:03:15 - Celebrating Non-Linear Health Journeys3:09:30 - The Marathon Approach to Metabolic Health3:15:45 - Closing Thoughts & Final Reflections#IntermittentFasting #WomensHealth #Metabolism #HealthPodcast #NutritionalScience #FunctionalMedicine #LipidMetabolism #PersonalizedMedicine