DrTalks Podcast

Dr. Michael Greger explains how diet and lifestyle drive heart disease risk and how plant-based nutrition may help prevent and reverse it. Dr. Michael Greger explains that heart disease is largely driven by lifestyle, not aging, and highlights evidence showing it can be prevented and even reversed through diet. He emphasizes the role of cumulative cholesterol exposure, the limitations of medicatio...

Dr. Russell Jaffe explains how blood sugar, repair deficits, oxidative stress, and key biomarkers may shape atherosclerosis and heart health. Dr. Russell Jaffe shares a root-cause view of heart disease, explaining that atherosclerosis is driven less by cholesterol itself and more by blood sugar imbalance, repair deficits, oxidative stress, and nutrient depletion. He walks through key biomarkers th...

Dr. Ben Stills explains how testosterone supports women’s libido, mood, energy, muscle health, and hormonal balance during menopause. Dr. Ben Stills explains why testosterone is not just a male hormone and how it plays a vital role in women’s energy, libido, mood, muscle health, and metabolism during perimenopause and menopause. He also breaks down common signs of deficiency, the importance of acc...

Michael Karlfeldt, ND, explains how cancer, toxins, and emotional health impact fertility and what to address before pregnancy. Michael Karlfeldt, ND, explores the often-overlooked connection between cancer, environmental toxins, emotional health, and fertility. He explains how underlying drivers of disease, along with cancer treatments, can impact reproductive health and future generations. The d...

Jennifer Roelands, MD, shares how women with PCOS can support ovulation, balance metabolism, and improve fertility naturally. Jennifer Roelands, MD, explains how PCOS contributes to infertility through disrupted ovulation, insulin resistance, high androgens, and inflammation. She shares how personalized testing, nutrition, lifestyle changes, and targeted supplements can help improve fertility outc...

Explore PCOS and women’s hormone health through 30+ years of clinical experience, with practical insights on balance, symptoms, and long-term healing. In this episode, I sit down with an expert who brings over 30 years of clinical experience in women’s hormone health and PCOS. We explore what’s really driving PCOS, from insulin resistance to chronic stress, and why so many conventional approaches...

Dr. David Rosensweet explains hormone testing myths, menopause treatment, and how bioidentical hormones support long-term health. Dr. David Rosensweet breaks down the complexities of hormone health, challenging common misconceptions around testing and treatment during perimenopause and menopause. He explains why symptom-based care is more reliable than early testing, how progesterone and testoster...

Dr. Anna Cabeca shares how hormones, nutrition, and lifestyle strategies can support brain health, mood, and cognitive resilience as we age. Dr. Anna Cabeca explores how hormonal changes during midlife influence brain health, mood, and cognitive function. She explains how nutrition, metabolic flexibility, and ketones can support brain energy while lifestyle factors such as sleep, relationships, st...

Dr. Hokehe Eko explains natural approaches to ADHD, including sleep, nutrition, toxin exposure, and lifestyle strategies that support children’s brain health. Dr. Hokehe Eko explores the growing number of ADHD diagnoses and explains why many children’s symptoms may stem from underlying lifestyle or environmental factors. She discusses how sleep quality, food sensitivities, toxin exposure, trauma,...

Dr. Ken Sharlin explains how lifestyle medicine, toxin reduction, and early intervention may help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Ken Sharlin explores the overlapping causes behind Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and how functional medicine can help uncover their root drivers. He explains how mitochondrial dysfunction, gut health changes, environmental toxins, and life...

Dr. Mohammed Elamir explores how hyperbaric oxygen therapy may improve cognition and brain function in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Mohammed Elamir explores the growing research behind hyperbaric oxygen therapy and its potential role in improving cognitive function in people with Alzheimer’s disease. By increasing oxygen delivery to brain tissue, hyperbaric therapy may stimulate healing me...

Momi Rapozo shares how lifestyle interventions and the Bredesen Protocol helped improve her mother’s dementia symptoms and restore cognitive function. In this episode, Momi Rapozo shares the journey of helping her mother reverse aspects of Alzheimer’s using the Bredesen Protocol and an immersive therapeutic environment. She explains how dietary changes, lifestyle interventions, and supportive care...

Dr. Heather Sandison explains how lifestyle medicine, metabolic health, and root-cause care may help improve outcomes in Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. Dr. Heather Sandison discusses a root-cause approach to Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline. She explains how inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, toxins, and lifestyle factors can contribute to neurodegeneration—and how targeted lifestyl...

Melissa Talwar shares how patient advocacy, lifestyle changes, and community support can empower people with fibromyalgia to reclaim their quality of life. Melissa Talwar shares her personal journey from developing fibromyalgia as a teenager to becoming a patient advocate and health coach. In conversation with Dr. Rodger Murphree, she discusses the challenges patients face when seeking diagnosis a...

Dr. David Jockers explains how chronic inflammation drives disease—and the diet, lifestyle, and metabolic strategies that help reverse it. Dr. David Jockers explores the underlying causes of chronic inflammation and how it contributes to many of today’s most common diseases. In this discussion, he explains how metabolic dysfunction, gut health imbalances, environmental toxins, and lifestyle stress...

Dr. Dale Bredesen explains how inflammation, toxins, and metabolic dysfunction drive Alzheimer’s—and how a systems approach may help reverse cognitive decline. Dr. Dale Bredesen discusses a new systems-based understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, explaining how cognitive decline emerges from a network imbalance in the brain. In conversation with Dr. Richard Horowitz, he explores how mitochondrial d...

Dr. Terry Wahls shares how diet, lifestyle, and the Wahls Protocol may help reduce neuroinflammation and support recovery from autoimmune conditions. Dr. Terry Wahls shares her personal journey from relying on a wheelchair for years due to multiple sclerosis to regaining mobility through targeted diet and lifestyle changes. In this conversation with Dr. Darin Ingels, she explains the Wahls Protoco...

Dr. Anshul Gupta explains the Hashimoto’s–MS connection, root causes, testing strategies, and lifestyle steps to reduce autoimmune inflammation. Dr. Anshul Gupta explores the powerful connection between Hashimoto’s thyroid disease and multiple sclerosis. He explains how thyroid hormone affects remyelination, why comprehensive thyroid testing is essential, and how autoimmune diseases often cluster...

Megan Weigel, DNP, explains how lifestyle medicine, sleep, stress, and energy healing complement disease-modifying therapies for MS. Megan Weigel, DNP, ARNP-c, MSCN, discusses how integrative lifestyle medicine supports patients with multiple sclerosis alongside disease-modifying therapies. She shares real-world success stories of patients who embraced nutrition changes, stress reduction, better s...

Dr. Elisa Song explains why childhood autoimmunity is rising and how gut health, mitochondria, and mindset shape kids’ immune resilience. Dr. Elisa Song discusses the alarming rise in childhood autoimmunity and explains how the microbiome, mitochondrial health, and mindset shape immune development. She breaks down the impact of antibiotics, processed foods, emulsifiers, screen time, stress, and me...

Dr. Cassie Smith shares her personal journey from Graves’ disease to Hashimoto’s and how she reversed her condition by focusing on gut health, inflammation, sleep, stress reduction, and whole-food nutrition. She explains the gut-thyroid connection, microbiome imbalances like SIBO, and why consistency—not extremes—is key to healing. This episode offers practical tools to restore balance and take ow...

Dr. Miles Nichols reveals how hidden infections, B12 antibodies, and chronic inflammation drive thyroid fatigue—and how to address root causes. Dr. Miles Nichols shares his personal journey through chronic fatigue and subclinical thyroid dysfunction, explaining how hidden infections, stomach autoimmunity, B12 issues, mold exposure, and cumulative stress load can drive thyroid symptoms. He breaks d...

Dr. Todd Watts explains how parasites, toxins, and terrain imbalance drive chronic gut issues—and how to address the true root cause. Dr. Todd Watts shares his personal journey through Lyme, chronic fatigue, and parasite-related illness, and explains how terrain imbalance—not just infections—drives persistent gut dysfunction. He breaks down the role of toxins, parasites, immune suppression, and dr...

Dr. Peter Kan explains the brain-immune-gut connection and how to reverse chronic illness using a root-cause roadmap. Dr. Peter Kan introduces the brain-immune-gut framework as a new way to understand chronic illness. He explains how dysfunction in any one of these systems—brain, immune, or gut—can spread to the others, driving inflammation, autoimmunity, and neurological symptoms. He outlines how...

Ashok Gupta explains how limbic retraining calms mast cell activation, rewires stress responses, and restores nervous system balance. Ashok Gupta shares his personal recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome and explains how limbic system dysfunction can drive mast cell activation and chronic illness. He outlines how the brain’s threat detection system becomes overactivated, leading to exaggerated im...