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Is oatmeal healthy? I have a higher-than-normal carotid artery intima-media thickness and no appreciable plaque. Should I be concerned? Should my husband and I take the hepatitis B vaccine?

What is your protocol for 9-11 first responders for addressing toxic burden and immune support? Where do you stand on GLP-1 weight loss drugs? Help vs harm? I have a high ferritin, but cannot donate blood. Other options?

Indoor Epidemic: Prescribing Nature, Light, Air, and Movement with Dr. John La Puma, internist, chef, and regenerative farmer. His book, " Indoor Epidemic ," argues that spending about 93% of life indoors undermines health through poor light timing, air quality, limited movement, and reduced nature exposure. La Puma cites data that outdoor morning light helps set circadian rhythms, while nighttime...

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. John La Puma , internist, chef, and regenerative farmer.

New Study Links Aged Garlic Extract to Better Cognition: Holistic practitioner Jane Jansen from the Tree of Life Wellness Center in Massachusetts reveals a newly published double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA involving 72 participants with pre-hypertension or hypertension. Over 12 weeks, one group took 2,400 mg/day of Ky...

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with holistic practitioner Jane Jansen from the Tree of Life Wellness Center in Massachusetts.

Pump up the volume on your exercise with HIIT to optimize disease-prevention; Natural ways to lower your LDL; Choline’s impact on the menopausal brain; How targeted supplementation can boost your nitric oxide for better health, an interview with Dr. Nathan Bryan, creator of N1O1.

When GLP-1 drugs supercharge eating disorders; Vitamin C’s brain-protective role; Can your fast-fashion clothing give you cancer? As an experiment, scientists invented a fake disease—then AI started reporting it as real; Zeaxanthin could charge cancer treatment; How long is Kyolic aged garlic extract aged?

Nutritionist Leyla Muedin discusses joint inflammation—its symptoms (swelling, pain, redness, warmth, morning stiffness, reduced range of motion) and why it is usually a sign of an underlying condition rather than a disease itself. She reviews common causes including osteoarthritis (cartilage wear and tear), rheumatoid arthritis (autoimmune synovium attack with prolonged morning stiffness and fati...

I'm confused by information presented on diets containing meat as being dangerous. Could you shed some light? Assisted living models that would be of benefit to older adults

A comment on Medicare coverage of the hs-CRP blood test Are butyrate supplements beneficial to take? Is iron overload a risk factor for heart attack? Nattokinase lowered my blood pressure! Is there a danger of clot relocation when taking systemic enzymes?

Integrative rheumatologist Dr. Aly Cohen combines conventional rheumatology medications with lifestyle and environmental health approaches to manage autoimmune disease, emphasizing nutrition, sleep, exercise, the gut microbiome, and reducing exposure to synthetic chemicals, pesticides, and contaminated water. They discuss how immunosuppressive drugs can be lifesaving but carry infection risks, and...

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Integrative rheumatologist Dr. Aly Cohen . 

Bioethicist and psychiatrist Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, author of “ Making the Cut: How to Heal Modern Medicine ,” discusses declining public trust in healthcare. Kheriaty describes his medical training and argues medicine has become an industrial, bureaucratic “turnstile” system that dehumanizes care, turns physicians into data-entry clerks, and relies on reimbursement-driven “guidelines” and narrow evi...

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with bioethicist and psychiatrist Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, author of “ Making the Cut: How to Heal Modern Medicine .” 

Expect a renewed push to take a statin at your next doctor’s visit; PREVENT online calculator skews decisions to prescribe cholesterol reduction as early as 30; American Heart Association discourages at-risk patients from taking fish oil and garlic supplements—REALLY? Renewed interest in muscle as promoter of overall health and metabolism; The key role of urolithin A (Mitopure®️) for supporting mu...

CEO of large hospital system makes controversial call to replace radiologists with AI; Inclusion Body Myositis—is it curable? New worries over flame retardants in recycled black plastic utensils; Scientists discover link to toxic microbiome byproducts in causation of ALS, frontotemporal dementia; When depression-sufferers lose all interest in food; Eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables incu...

Nutritionist Leyla Muedin discusses news from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Take Back Your Health” tour, highlighting hospital commitments to nutrition-driven care, including connecting Florida farms directly to hospital food systems. She reports that CMS issued a quality and safety special alert directing hospitals to align meals with the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, emphasizi...

The benefits of sauna The Take Back Your Health Tour A follow-up on milk thistle interactions with drugs What are your thoughts on low-dose saw palmetto for hair growth? Is monk fruit a safe sweetener to use?

Would strontium help in the healing of lumbar fractures?  How about as a preventive? How valuable is the hs-CRP test?   Are there any drawbacks to eating canned fish? What are your thoughts on Arterosil for cardiovascular health?

Dr. Jeffrey Bland, Founder and President of the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute and President of Big Bold Health , is described as the “godfather of functional medicine.” He details the origins of functional medicine as a systems-biology, root-cause approach emphasizing diet, lifestyle, and supplements alongside conventional allopathic care, especially for chronic disease. Bland contrast...

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Bland, Founder and President of the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute and President of Big Bold Health .

Dr. Sina McCullough, author of “ Hands Off My Food! How to Defend Your Food, Health, and Freedom ,” argues that bureaucrats, multinational biotech corporations, and regulatory loopholes have helped adulterate the U.S. food supply. McCullough describes nearly dying from rheumatoid arthritis after years of worsening symptoms despite a “clean” organic, paleo-style diet, then recovering through functi...

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Sina McCullough, author of “ Hands Off My Food! How to Defend Your Food, Health, and Freedom .”

Social media and AI—the digital equivalents of ultra-processed junk food--are undermining our brain power; Are natural non-caloric sweeteners—erythritol, xylitol and stevia—safe? A pig’s brain has been flash frozen, and reanimated, signaling new prospects for cryopreservation after death; Dr. Jeffrey Bland weighs in on a new, enhanced form of fish oil from Big Bold Health .