The Dr. Joy Kong Podcast

A parasite cleanse gone wrong once left Elizabeth Aylor bleeding seventeen times a day, and it took her thirty years to build the gut healing framework she now teaches thousands of women. The holistic nutritionist, GAPS practitioner, and functional diagnostic nutrition specialist joins me to break down why so many gut protocols make people sicker instead of better. Elizabeth Aylor is a holistic nu...

Stem cell clinics around the world are charging anywhere from $3,000 to $50,000 for a single IV treatment, and the price tag tells you almost nothing about whether it actually works. Dr. Joy Kong, a triple board-certified physician and founder of Chara Health and the American Academy of Integrative Cell Therapy, breaks down the regulatory and clinical reality behind IV stem cell therapy. She cover...

Stem cell therapy is producing patient outcomes that conventional medicine does not yet have a clean framework for, and the gap between what is possible and what most clinicians can explain keeps getting wider. Dr. Joy Kong is a triple board-certified physician specializing in regenerative medicine, anti-aging, and longevity, and the founder of Chara Health in Los Angeles. She explains how mesench...

What if a single peptide could reset thousands of the genes that age you? GHK copper has been quietly running most of your regenerative biology since the day you were born. And by 60, more than half of it is gone. In this deep dive, Dr. Joy Kong, the Stem Cell Queen and a triple board-certified regenerative medicine physician, walks through the science of GHK copper: a naturally occurring three-am...

What if the most talked-about healing peptide in biohacking came from your own stomach — and carried a risk nobody in the space is talking about? BPC-157, nicknamed "the Wolverine Peptide," has taken over fitness forums, longevity podcasts, and regenerative medicine circles. The preclinical data on tissue repair is remarkable. But the same biological mechanism that drives its healing power...

MUSE cells are one of the most exciting breakthroughs in regenerative medicine — and most people have never heard of them. Hidden inside your own tissue is a rare, elite subpopulation of stem cells that can find injury, eat damaged cells, and become them. Discovered in 2010 by Dr. Marie Dezawa at Tohoku University in Japan, they are now one of the most talked-about developments in regenerative med...

Every day starts with the same mind. Most people never stop to ask what shape it's in before the day takes it. Marc Champagne is a mental fitness strategist, bestselling author of Personal Socrates, and host of the Behind the Human podcast. He spent over a decade interviewing high performers, longevity leaders, and world-class thinkers on the practices that keep their minds clear under pressur...

Most psychiatric treatments for autism don't address what's actually happening underneath the diagnosis. They subdue. They don't repair. In this episode, I sit down with Karen Thomas of Naturally Recovering Autism to break down what stem cell therapy can actually do for children on the spectrum. Children with autism show impaired central nervous system circulation, active neuroinflamma...

What if aging isn't about time, but about the cells your body can no longer replace? Dr. Joy Kong, triple board-certified physician and founder of Chara Health in Los Angeles, sits down with Luke Storey to break down what regenerative medicine actually does inside the body. Dr. Joy explains how umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells work through five core pathways: anti-inflammatory eff...

He was an elite marathoner running 150 miles a week. A few years later, his SPECT brain scan looked comparable to 80-year-old patients with dementia. He was 22. Cameron George is the founder of Tru Kava and a member of the Kava Coalition. He has worked with physicians and researchers to modernize kava as a functional beverage category and has spent more than a decade studying plant pharmacology, G...

What if the knee replacement your surgeon insists on isn't actually your only option? A 12-year study followed 30 patients with osteonecrosis in both knees. One knee got replaced, the other got umbilical cord–derived stem cells. By the end, six replacement knees needed revision surgery. Only one stem cell knee ever needed replacement. Dr. Joy Kong is a triple board-certified physician known as...

She wasn't depressed. She was manic. And her doctor put her on antidepressants anyway. Alessandra Torresani — actress (Caprica, The Big Bang Theory, American Horror Story) and NAMI ambassador — spent over a decade misdiagnosed before learning she had Bipolar I Disorder. In this episode, she joins me to unpack what that decade cost her, how she got stable, and what she wishes every patient knew...

He's not a doctor. He's not a researcher. And his path to becoming one of the most-watched voices in biohacking on YouTube didn't start in a lab or a gym. Dylan Gemelli, known as the Wellness Revolutionary, spent years rebuilding his life before discovering that the same obsessive drive that once worked against him could be redirected into something extraordinary. Dylan Gemelli is a se...

The rate of autism in the U.S. has gone from 1 in 100 children to 1 in 36 in just 20 years. I was trained as a psychiatrist. I watched these kids not improve for years. Then I discovered stem cell therapy — and everything changed. Autism involves neuroinflammation, immune dysregulation, impaired blood flow to the brain, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Stem cells are uniquely positioned to address a...

What if the medical system wasn't designed to make you better — just to manage you? A firefighter paramedic and a cardiologist both came to that same conclusion. And both walked away to build something better. In this episode, I sit down with Sam Tejada — founder of Liqui Vita Wellness Centers and author of How to Win in Modern Wellness — and Dr. Christopher Davis, triple board-certified cardi...

How to build wealth with blockchain, passive income, and software nodes — without buying or trading crypto. In this episode, serial entrepreneur and blockchain expert Billy Womack reveals the decentralized finance strategy that turned a $11,000 investment into over $50 million. He grew up with nothing. Parents working two to three jobs combined, making $60,000 a year. He joined the Air Force at $1...

What if the therapy your doctor never mentioned is the one that finally moved the needle? Laurent Goldstein had tried everything. High-dose vitamin C. Hyperbaric oxygen. Cryotherapy. IV therapy. And yet his chronic lymphocytic leukemia markers refused to budge for four years. Then he came to Dr. Joy Kong's clinic for stem cell treatment. One week later, his white blood cell and lymphocyte coun...

What if the body already has the intelligence it needs to repair itself? In this conversation, Dr. Joy Kong is joined by Samantha Peters, host of the Light Up Your Life Podcast , to explore the science and promise behind stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine. Dr. Joy shares her personal journey from growing up in China during the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution to becoming a UCLA-traine...

Entrepreneur burnout is far more common than most high achievers admit. You can be passionate about what you do. You can feel deeply called to your mission. You can reach impressive milestones. And still wake up drained. In this episode, I sit down with Cary Jack, founder of The Happy Hustle, who walked away from seven-figure venture funding after realizing he was exhausted, unfulfilled, and livin...

What if biohacking and AI revealed you were aging 18 years faster than you thought? Most high performers assume they’re doing fine. You exercise. You eat well. Your labs come back “normal.”  And yet your biology could be aging faster than your calendar. In this episode, I sit down with Dave Pascoe, the famous biohacker who has one of the slowest measured rates of aging in the world. At the end of...

Healing is not passive. In this episode, I speak with Steve White, founder of Brae 100, about what it actually takes to recover from serious illness, brain injury, and emotional collapse. Steve shares his personal experience with multiple concussions, cognitive decline, seizures, and depression, and how those challenges led him to build a structured, long-term approach to healing. We discuss why q...

In this Q&A episode, I share how I think about healing injuries through a regenerative and whole-body approach. I explain why simply treating the painful area is often not enough, and how inflammation, immune health, nutrient status, and mitochondrial function can determine whether the body truly repairs itself. I also answer questions about stem cells vs exosomes, the role of peptides in musc...

In this episode, I’m exploring a topic that’s very important to me: pet health and nutrition. I’m joined by Dr. Scarlet Magdalene, a regenerative veterinarian with over 15 years of experience in emergency and general veterinary medicine. Together, we discuss why so many pets are struggling with chronic conditions and how modern pet food plays a bigger role than most people realize. Dr. Scarlet sha...

In this keynote-style episode, I break down how stem cell therapy is studied in autoimmune disease and long COVID, and how clinicians think about immune dysregulation, inflammation, and repair. I explain how stem cell therapy evolved from early bone marrow transplants and why mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are being explored for immune modulation rather than suppression. I also share research insig...

In today’s episode, I’m excited to bring to you a topic I’ve never covered before - lymphatic massage drainage. I brought on Julia Karpus, an expert in the field who’s originally from Ukraine, where this type of therapy is part of everyday wellness. She’s now in L.A., helping people detox, reduce inflammation, and reconnect with their bodies in the most incredible ways. We talked about how lymphat...