Dhru Purohit Show

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Gut Food. These days, we hear a lot about fasting. Intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating, and water fasting are just some of the many terms being thrown around in support of better health. Which one is best? What does it all mean for our longevity, brain health, and overall wellness? On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Dr. Pradip...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AquaTru. If you stopped and asked yourself whether you were living life according to your own core values or were instead trying to live up to someone else’s expectations, would you feel good about your answer? Far too often, we get caught up in all the “shoulds” of life—all the obligations and made-up stories of what qualifies as “success”—only...

This episode is brought to you by Pendulum and InsideTracker. The word “metabolism” gets tossed around quite a bit, usually in the context of weight loss.  It’s important to realize that our metabolic health is so much more than that—it’s the way our 37 trillion cells create energy so that we can do all the things we want to do in life, big and small.  With that in mind, it’s pretty alarming to no...

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and InsideTracker. Many people think optimizing brain function is only for the elderly. But did you know that we can improve and protect our brain function and structure at any age? No matter how old you are, there are multiple ways to uplevel your brain and feel your best.  Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks to Dr. Datis Kharrazian about r...

This episode is brought to you by Birch Living and Vivobarefoot. A calorie is a calorie, right? Wrong. This myth that refuses to die keeps people from getting and staying healthy, as well as losing weight and keeping it off. The current thinking is as long as we burn more calories than we consume, we will lose weight. But thinking that losing weight is all about energy balance or calories in/calor...

This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth and Pendulum. A lot of people have fear around meditation. They don’t want to sit alone with their thoughts, and many times people give up because they feel like they can’t turn off their minds.  But meditation isn’t actually about what happens while you sit with your eyes closed, and it’s not about turning off your mind. It’s about mind-full-ness—the n...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and HigherDOSE. Skeletal muscle is a widely overlooked part of our metabolic health. From how well we control glucose and insulin to how well we age, skeletal muscle regulates many processes. One of the most important factors for how much muscle we create and retain is our protein intake, which has become a divisive topic in the nutrition world and o...

This episode is brought to you by Thrive Market and InsideTracker. Blood sugar is starting to get more of the attention it deserves in terms of optimizing metabolic health, but there’s one issue that often gets left out of the equation—anxiety.  The way our blood sugar, insulin, and other hormones respond to sugar and starch wreaks havoc on our mental and emotional wellness. Yet most people strugg...

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Vivobarefoot. Uric acid is a central player in metabolic mayhem. Despite its long association with gout and kidney stones, it’s involved in so much more—especially our metabolic disease epidemic. There are three things that raise our levels of uric acid: purines, alcohol, and fructose. The latter is the biggest challenge, due to its overwhelming pre...

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and Pendulum. Our food supply is dramatically less nutrient-rich than it has ever been, and it’s taking a toll on our health. A shocking 99 percent of Americans are nutrient deficient, including over 90 percent who are deficient in omega-3 fats and 50 percent who are deficient in magnesium. Add to that chronic stress and a heavily processed diet, and...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and BiOptimizers. ​​Want to know a simple way to improve your insulin sensitivity, fasting insulin, and HbA1c that you can start doing today? Sit for one hour less per day—just one hour less! This is something anyone can do. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but according to a recent study, reducing sedentary time by just one hour per day can have...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Pendulum. Most of us do not recognize the degree to which digestive problems can wreak havoc in the entire body, leading to allergies, arthritis, autoimmune disease, rashes, acne, chronic fatigue, mood disorders, autism, dementia, cancer, and more. So having a healthy gut means more than simply being free of annoyances like bloating or heartburn;...

This episode is brought to you by Vivobarefoot and InsideTracker. Humans and plants co-evolved to help each other survive, and polyphenols were integral for nurturing this relationship. Even though they aren’t considered “essential nutrients,” the latest research is starting to suggest otherwise. Polyphenols help prevent disease by interacting with our DNA and modulating our gut microbiome; they a...

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and Birch Living. Skeletal muscle is a widely overlooked part of our metabolic health.  From how well we control glucose and insulin to how well we age, skeletal muscle regulates many processes. One of the most important factors for how much muscle we create and retain is our protein intake, which has become a divisive topic in the nutrition world and...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Cozy Earth. What if you could have your cake and eat it too? Well, according to the latest research, it turns out that maybe you can! Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru walks us through a super-simple hack that can help you dramatically improve your blood sugar and overall metabolic health. In this episode, we dive into:    -The impact vineg...

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker. We all know that fasting has amazing benefits: reduced inflammation, increased cognitive function, fat loss, decreased risk of metabolic dysfunction, and the list goes on and on.  But is there a correct way to fast? Is fasting for everyone? Should we exercise while we fast? How do we make the most of our fasts and how do we optimize o...

This episode is brought to you by Pendulum and InsideTracker. We all know how amazing meditation is for our overall health, yet so many people struggle to practice it consistently. If that’s you, I have some good news. What if I told you there was a way to unlock the powerful healing benefits of meditation without actually having to meditate? Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru introduces us t...

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and HigherDOSE. Tapping into love and connection is one of our greatest tools for improved health, happiness, and longevity.  This is an area many of us struggled with pre-pandemic, and it has only become more overwhelming and destructive over the last few years. And while our relationships with others are vital to our well-being, our degree of self-l...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Vivobarefoot. Are you a fan of morning routines but have trouble staying consistent with them? If your answer is “YES!” this episode is for you! Here’s the thing about morning routines: how you start your morning often sets the tone for the rest of your day. When we jump straight into our social media feed, the news, or the priorities of others,...

This episode is brought to you by Pendulum and Cozy Earth. If you haven’t heard, me and Dr. Mark Hyman have been teaming up to do weekly podcast episodes called “Masterclasses.” We sit down and have deep conversations about the most important health topics of our time and give you all the answers you’ve been after.  This week on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, I am featuring two of our favorite Mastercl...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Pendulum. We know that eating a variety of plant foods is linked to a more diverse gut microbiome, which is associated with less risk of chronic disease and greater overall health and longevity. But what we don’t talk about enough is the fact that including more spices in our diet is one of the simplest ways to achieve this variety. Today on The...

This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and InsideTracker. Traditionally, advocates of nutrition for health maintain that with the right diet, medicine isn’t necessary—in other words, food is superior to medicine. Traditional advocates of medicine, by contrast, believe nutrition takes a back seat to medicine, which is all-powerful.   A growing body of data says both sides are wrong and that...

This episode is brought to you by Birch Living. Women have an important biological rhythm they experience every month that affects their productivity, weight, sex drive, energy, and mood. It’s essential to stay aware of, but it has been widely ignored by medical, nutritional, and fitness research. Women often diet, deprive themselves, and cram as much as possible into their day, striving to accomp...

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Pendulum. The world of pharmaceuticals is a deceiving one. While it might be easy to trust that any drug on the market today has been rigorously tested for efficacy and safety, that’s not always the case, especially when it comes to psychiatric drugs.  We’ve all heard the term “chemical imbalance,” and many people struggling with depression or other...

This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Pendulum. Walking is absolutely the most underrated form of movement ever. People who walk more live longer and are generally healthier. Studies even show that people who walk more are just all-around happier about life! Everyone knows that walking is a good idea. But ask yourself, how many people do you know who are actually incorporating it int...