The Health Feast

We live in a post-truth world. Anyone can say anything and call it a fact. Strawberries cause cancer. Beans destroy your gut. Beef tallow is the new health food. This is what happens when attention is more profitable than accuracy. When influencers sell confusion and call it health advice. Rip Esselstyn has been watching this happen for decades. He is not an influencer. He is the real thing. What...

You're not lazy. So why does your workout keep losing to the snooze button? You set the alarm for 6am. Clothes laid out the night before. The alarm goes off, you hit snooze, and by 6:18 you’ve decided today is a write-off. You’ll start again Monday. That moment is not a willpower problem. It has a name, and once you see it you cannot unsee it. Dr. Michelle Segar is back on the show. Her work inspi...

You’re doing everything right. But how do you actually know any of it is working? You eat well. You move. Maybe you track your cholesterol, your VO2 max, your labs. But here’s the uncomfortable truth. Almost everything we use to measure health is a proxy. An association. A stand-in for the thing we actually care about. And the thing we actually care about is simple. Can your body still do the thin...

Hey there- Dr. Rak (“rock”) here. When it comes to training and working out, I used to think more was always better. More workouts. More intensity. Less rest. Several years ago, I became addicted to Spartan obstacle course races, and it has really fueled my training. Early on, I was aiming to train six days a week, often pushing through pain, and I kept getting hurt. Pulled muscles. Knee pain. Cra...

What if the biggest barrier to healing isn't your body — but the belief that you have to fix everything alone? Want more from The Health Feast? Sign up for my free 5-day email series and learn how to make health habits stick with ease in your life. Visit rakyourlife.com to get started. Nearly half of middle-aged men say they feel lonely. One in five admit to having zero close friends. A couple yea...

If you’ve been paying attention to all the things: the chronic disease epidemic, a food system full of processed food, a planet that is genuinely struggling, then you feel it. The scale of it. The weight of it. And then comes the question that stops so many of us cold. Does anything I do actually matter? My guest today, Dr. Scott Stoll, has spent more than 20 years answering that question. He’s a...

What if the reason you’re still inflamed… isn’t what you think? Hey Health Feasters — You’re bloated. Foggy. Tired. You’ve cut foods. Added supplements. Tried protocols. Some things improve. But you still don’t feel right. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz , or Dr. B, a board-certified gastroenterologist, microbiome expert, and New York Times bestselling author of Fiber Fueled a...

Hey Health Feasters — Have you ever been told your labs are “normal”… and still felt uneasy? Maybe your cholesterol is “a little high.” Your blood pressure is “borderline.” Your doctor says, “Let’s just keep an eye on it.” And at the same time, your social feed is full of people saying cholesterol doesn’t matter. Statins are poison. Carnivore fixes everything. This supplement will solve all your p...

Is getting healthier burning you out? Hey Health Feasters — Ever feel like you’re doing everything for your health… and it’s still not working? You’re meal prepping. Following a complicated workout split. Tracking macros. Taking supplements. Watching reels about cold plunges, red light therapy, and blood sugar spikes. And somehow… you’re exhausted. Burned out. Not even sure what’s working anymore....

Why does getting healthier feel harder than it should? With the new year upon us, a lot of us are thinking more seriously about our health goals. We’re paying attention. We’re putting in effort. And it’s frustrating when that effort doesn’t seem to translate into results. That frustration doesn’t just show up in January. It shows up anytime you decide your health matters. This week on The Health F...

What if the way you’ve been told to get fit… is exactly what’s holding you back? If you’re over 40 and still not where you want to be with your fitness or health, it might not be about willpower. It might be the method. This week on The Health Feast, I’m joined by Maxime Sigouin — founder of FitVegan Coaching — to unpack why so many traditional fitness plans fail us… and what actually works instea...

What if the reason you can’t stop thinking about food… has nothing to do with willpower? For so many of us, food isn’t just fuel — it’s noise. It’s the constant hum in the back of the mind: What should I eat? What shouldn’t I eat? Why did I eat that? Why can’t I stop thinking about food? It’s exhausting. And it’s far more common than most people realize. In this week’s episode, Po and I sit down f...

What if the biggest barrier to healing… is the belief that you’re broken? So many of us are doing everything right — eating better, moving more, trying to fix our health — but deep down, we’re carrying a quiet belief that we’re not enough. That our body is the problem. That healing has to come through restriction, guilt, or perfection. But what if real change begins not with feeling shame — but lo...

Why do we start strong… and still end up stuck? (Watch on YouTube ) To answer that, my guest today, Kwame Terra, did something no one else ever has. He walked over 2 million steps in 30 days — 66,000 steps a day. That’s more than a marathon’s distance daily, with no rest days. At the end of it, Kwame ended up setting a new world record. But this isn’t a story about crushing a record. It’s a conver...

“I’ve done everything right… so why do I still hurt?” If that question feels familiar, this episode is for you. We’re joined by Dr. Sassy Weinstein, an osteopathic physician, sports medicine expert, and board-certified lifestyle medicine doc who has helped thousands of patients finally heal — not by doing more, but by seeing the body as a whole system. In this conversation, we unpack:  •Why pain o...

Healthcare is broken — and everyone feels it. Appointments are rushed. Costs keep rising. Clinicians are burned out. Patients are frustrated. And the system seems to be hurting the very people it’s supposed to help. In this episode of The Health Feast, I’m joined by Dr. Todd Otten — a board-certified family doctor and Navy veteran — who nearly left medicine after seeing how deeply the system was f...

You’ve tried new plans, new diets, new workouts — but you’re still stuck. The truth? The real battle isn’t in your body… it’s in your head. In this episode of The Health Feast, I sit down with strength coach Nick Smoot to explore how mindset and identity drive lasting transformation. Nick shares how he built resilience from a young age, the mental shifts that helped me lose 80 pounds, and why trai...

Long before biohacking and wellness trends, Ayurveda was teaching balance, gut health, and circadian rhythm — over 5,000 years ago. In this episode of The Health Feast (watch on  YouTube ), I’m joined by Dr. Shivani Gupta — an Ayurvedic doctor whose PhD research focused on turmeric — to explore how India’s ancient science of life can help us feel more vibrant and at ease in the modern world. Dr. G...

What if the advice you’ve been following is part of the problem? In this episode of The Health Feast, I’m joined by Dr. Colin Zhu, DO, FACLM, Chef, aka The Chef Doc — a physician, chef, and board member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine — to explore why so many people feel lost, even when they’re trying to do everything “right.” Dr. Zhu’s unique background in both culinary arts and cli...

Dr. Rak here. When I first began to understand the connection between food and health, I was already a doctor. I had written prescriptions, treated chronic conditions, and checked every box our system told me to check. But I couldn’t shake the feeling that something essential was missing—that we were managing disease, not healing people. And then I found doctors like Michael Klaper, who I’m so del...

What if stress didn’t have to control how you feel—and you had simple tools to change it, starting today? If you’ve been enjoying The Health Feast, I’d be so grateful if you left a quick review on Apple Podcasts . It helps others find the show—and keeps this Feast growing. Dr. Robyn Tiger knows this firsthand. Years ago, she was a practicing radiologist with what looked like a perfect life on pape...

What if your best body, clearest mind, and strongest sense of purpose were still ahead of you? That’s the question I explore in this episode with Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA. He’s a board-certified ENT, Director of Guidelines and Quality at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and one of the most published ENT researchers in the world—with nearly 400 peer-reviewed articles to his name....

What if falling off track wasn’t failure—but the way real change actually begins? In this episode of The Health Feast, I sit down with Dean Pohlman, founder of Man Flow Yoga and host of The Better Man Podcast. Dean’s work has helped 1000s of men build mobility, strength, and confidence—but more than that, he’s created space for something deeper: what he calls courageous authenticity. I’ve had a tr...

What if the answer to a healthier future… lay in the humble bean? In this episode of The Health Feast, Po and I sit down with Barbara Gates—a passionate educator, food activist, and founder of Healthy Kids Happy Planet. Barbara has spent the last two decades on a mission to bring joy, culture, and plant-based nutrition into schools across the country. Her journey began with a single act of advocac...

What if the most powerful medicine for your health wasn’t found in a bottle — but under your feet, in the trees above, and in the sky stretching out before you? Dr. Melissa Sundermann is a lifestyle medicine physician, endurance athlete, and passionate advocate for reconnecting with the natural world. In this inspiring episode of The Health Feast, we explore how nature isn’t just a backdrop to our...