Off The Charts

What if IBS isn’t “just in your head” — but it also isn’t just about food, bacteria, or SIBO? In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar sits down with Dr. Rachael Lovink, ND, a naturopathic doctor and gut health strategist, for a deep conversation about IBS, constipation, gut-brain communication, visceral hypersensitivity, SIBO testing, pelvic floor dysfunction, neuromodulators, and why...

What happens when race is treated as a side note in medicine, instead of a central part of how people move through the world?   In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar sits down with Nneka Allen for a deeply personal and necessary conversation about race, medicine, Whiteness, anti-Blackness, and the lived experience of Black patients navigating healthcare systems that were not bui...

Why Women Aren’t Offered Pain Management for IUDs IUD insertion is often described as quick, simple, and routine. But for many patients, “routine” does not mean painless. In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar, ND sits down with Dr. Alex Dragan, ND to ask a question that should feel obvious: Why are so many IUD procedures still done without adequate pain management? Starting with Dr....

Have you ever left a medical appointment feeling unsettled — not because of what was said, but because of how it felt? You understood the recommendations. You answered the questions. And yet, something didn’t quite land. In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar sits down with Dara Parker to examine that gap — the space between how care is delivered, and how it is actually experienced by...

Histamine isn’t just about allergies. In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar sits down with Dr. Krista Moyer, ND to unpack one of the most misunderstood mechanisms in medicine right now: histamine. From brain fog and anxiety… To IBS, GERD and diarrhea… To heavy bleeding, PMS and perimenopause shifts… Histamine can act as a systems-level amplifier — especially in people with Mast Cell...

Fertility testing has become mainstream — but most women still don’t fully understand what those results actually mean. In this episode, Dr. Parmar sits down with Dr. Alana Shaw, ND to unpack what fertility testing actually tells you — and what it doesn’t — in a world flooded with online fertility advice. They break down AMH, antral follicle count, and pelvic/endovaginal ultrasound as screening to...

Many people wonder whether antidepressants are the right choice — but the conversation is often oversimplified, stigmatized, or incomplete.     In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar, ND takes a grounded, compassionate look at antidepressants: how they actually work in the body, why they’re prescribed for more than depression, and how hormones, pain, life stress, and brain c...

In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar, ND and Dr. Paul Maximus, ND sit down with Dr. Jordan Robertson, ND, founder of The Confident Clinician, for a grounded conversation on what leadership actually looks like in modern clinical practice. Using the Confident Clinician framework, the discussion examines why confidence in medicine is built through judgment, systems, and decision-making...

Iron deficiency is one of the most common and most misunderstood medical issues affecting women today. In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar, ND and Dr. Paul Maximus, ND break down why so many patients are told their labs are “normal” while they continue to experience exhaustion, brain fog, hair loss, chronic pain, mood changes, and low libido. The conversation explores how laborator...

Medicine wasn’t built for women — and today, the consequences show up in every corner of healthcare. From misdiagnosed pain to delayed diagnoses, from biased research to outdated medical training, women around the world are still fighting to be heard, believed, and properly treated. In this episode, Dr. Bobby Parmar, ND sits down with activist and storyteller Karen “Kaz” Twomey for a powerful conv...

Understanding how estrogen affects breast cancer risk is one of the most confusing and highly searched topics in women’s health. In this episode of Off the Charts, Dr. Bobby Parmar, ND breaks down the science behind estrogen, breast density, hormone therapy (HRT), IUDs, birth control, IVF, pregnancy timing, breastfeeding, and other factors that shape breast cancer risk throughout a woman’s life. W...

Off the Charts – Episode 001 Why Everyone’s on GLP-1s (But No One Admits It) With Dr. Bobby Parmar and Dr. Paul Maximus Brought to you by Gravity Health “Behind the hype and hashtags, millions of people are quietly reshaping their health with GLP-1s, but the stigma hasn’t caught up to the science.” Ozempic®, Mounjaro™, and other GLP-1 medications are changing how the world thinks about metabolism,...