"What we don't know CAN really hurt us, " says Florence Comite, M.D. 

Comite is a Yale University School of Medicine and National Institutes of Medicine trained physician-scientist, endocrinologist, and the leading voice in the field of precision medicine and healthy longevity. She was founder of the first global women only health center at Yale three decades ago and is founder of the Comite Center for Precision Medicine & Healthy Longevity in 2005, in New York, with satellite offices in Palo Alto and Miami Beach. Her new book, Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer, was published by Little, Brown Spark in April 2026. 

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00:00 - Aging starts in your thirties

01:55 - The decline of testosterone

07:29 - How genetics dictate aging

10:08 - Increasing testosterone 

12:30 - Hormone therapy

17:59 - A DHEA story

20:37 - Metabolic markers

26:11 - Using a continuous glucose monitor

33:13 - Heart medication & testing

36:06 - Personalized medicine & prevention

39:56 - The Alzheimer's spectrum

42:38 - Genetic variables & testing

49:00 - The trouble with AI in medicine

For more about Comite, visit her website: https://florencecomite.com/ 

Buy her book here: https://a.co/d/0cnOvaH8 

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"I want people to start thinking of walking as a physiological necessity, not simply as a form of exercise,” explains Courtney Conley, D.C.

Conley is a renowned foot and gait specialist, chiropractic physician, and founder of Gait Happens and Total Health Solutions clinic and Total Health Performance gym in Lakewood, She is a founding member of the Healthy Foot Alliance and coauthor of Walk, a new book about the power of walking.

0:00 - Walking is fundamental

03:34 - Debunking 10,000 steps

05:37 - The power of a microwalk

08:15 - Steps vs heart rate

09:46 - Weighted vests & step counters

13:26 - Walking to reset the nervous system

16:07 - The 15-minute post-meal walk

19:53 - How walking unlocks teenagers 

22:41 - Why uneven terrain matters 

26:55 - The mechanics of good walking 

32:15 - Calluses are good for you

34:00 - Conley’s favorite footwear

37:08 - Why you should lift barefoot

Referenced in the episode: 

• Find Conley at her website: ⁠https://www.drcourtneyconley.com/⁠ 

• Buy her book here: ⁠https://a.co/d/0eEvaiGi⁠

• Study on how brisk walking reduces cancer risk (2025): ⁠https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-025-14258-x⁠ 

• Study on how 5,000 steps a day reduces depression (2024): ⁠https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2828073⁠ 

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“The awareness of how lifestyle, diet, and exercise affect us is mind-blowing.”

Dr. Giovanni Campanile and Dr. Sandra Cammarata are the founders of CorAeon, the only functional medicine practice founded and led by a husband-and-wife team. Campanile is a Harvard-trained functional cardiologist, Associate Professor of Medicine at Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, and former cardiologist for the President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. Cammarata is a Tufts-trained functional psychiatrist with 36 years of experience and multiple Castle Connolly Top Doctor honors. Together, they treat cardiovascular health and mental well-being as one inseparable system. They are co-authors of The Sicilian Secret Diet Plan and hosts of the podcast The Rest is Health.

00:00 - The mind-body approach to heart health

03:01 - How relationships predict lifespan

05:18 - The Monday morning heart attack

09:13 - Where healthy people get tripped up

13:02 - Visceral fat & body composition testing

15:28 - Biomarkers beyond cholesterol

23:25 - The problem with a zero CAC score

25:09 - Medications for heart disease risk

28:22 - When stress is the real driver

31:46 - EXO Mind & magnetic brain stimulation

35:34 - The problems with traditional cardiology

41:00 - The benefits of sauna therapy

44:46 - The hidden epidemic: insulin resistance

47:57 - The future of heart health

Referenced in the episode: 

Harvard longevity study: https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/ 

This podcast is sponsored by CorAeon, the only functional medicine practice created by a functional cardiologist and functional psychiatrist team for a true mind-body approach. Learn more at coraeon.com. 

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“Every single lifestyle choice we make can either drive inflammation up or drive it down.”

Cynthia Thurlow, NP, is a perimenopause and menopause expert, nutrition educator, and nurse practitioner with nearly 20 years of experience in the ER and clinical cardiology. Now, she works to help women live vibrant and healthy lives. Her new book, the Menopause Gut, comes out on April 28. 

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00:00 - Why women chronically undereat protein 

03:19 - Fiber: the missing link in gut health

09:00 - Healthy fats & targeted nutrients

13:08 - The importance of healthy blood flow

17:52 - 5 metabolic markers you need to track

21:47 - The Boston Heart test

26:19 - The genetic aspect of cholesterol

28:50 - Advancements in cardio testing

33:25 - AI in medicine

35:17 - Hormones, inflammation, & your diet

39:42 - Discussing her new book

You can find Thurlow at her website: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/ 

And get her new book, The Menopause Gut, here: https://a.co/d/01BKJHc8 

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“It should be possible to maintain stable cognitive function into your eighth and ninth decades. But we don't really internalize that. We expect decline, and because we expect decline, we're less likely to engage in those things.”

Dr. Tommy Wood is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and author of The Stimulated Mind. With degrees from Cambridge and Oxford, he has published more than 100 scientific papers and lectured worldwide on brain health, metabolism, and human performance. He also serves as a performance consultant to world-class athletes, including Olympians and Formula 1 drivers, and co-founded the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine.

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00:00 - What we know about brain biomarkers

03:59 - Dementia risk is modifiable

06:29 - Why you should get your steps in

08:52 - The effect of exercise on the hippocampus

15:05 - Muscle is a brain organ

20:42 - Give your brain the fuel it needs

25:12 - Creatine & brain health

27:22 - The convenience crisis

29:54 - The importance of making mistakes

31:30 - How to stimulate your brain enough

33:31 - Social connection = medicine

35:45 - Tommy’s dream study

38:12 - The optimization trap

Referenced in the episode: 

Buy Tommy’s book here: https://a.co/d/0aUGHI9s 

Find Tommy on his website: https://www.drtommywood.com/ 

The Pointer Study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2837046

The Lancet Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01296-0/abstract 

London Cab Driver Study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.070039597

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In the 1960s, a small Pennsylvania town called Roseto had half the national rate of heart disease — and zero recorded heart attack deaths for men under 55. They smoked, ate pasta and sausages, and drank wine. Scientists were baffled.

What they found changed everything we thought we knew about health.

Link to the study: ⁠https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1636828/⁠ 

Chapters

00:00 Meet Roseto: the town that shouldn't have been healthy
01:49 The shocking discovery: heart disease stats that defied logic
02:11 What scientists found when they investigated
02:33 The real answer: it was culture all along
03:35 When the community unraveled, so did the health advantage
04:05 What the Roseto Effect means for us today

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“When we think about longevity for women, the ovary truly is the key.”

01:07 - A window into women’s health

05:00 - The ovarian lifespan

10:13 - Why puberty is starting earlier

13:29 - Endocrine disruptors & your child’s hormones

20:22 - The drivers behind early menopause

24:44 - Egg quality explained

28:30 - The MTHFR gene

32:32 - Why embryo grading is flawed

36:45 - The psychological aspect of IVF

41:45 - The future of fertility

Referenced in the episode: 

Find Natalie Crawford on her website: https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/

Buy her book here: https://a.co/d/08aGcbT3 
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"Trauma isn't just what happened to us. It's more so about the support we may or may not have had to navigate the emotional fallout of what happened."

Nicole LePera, Ph.D., is the creator of the worldwide @theholisticpsychologist movement, and the author of multiple bestselling books including How to Do the Work and her newest, Reparenting the Inner Child. She was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University and the New School for Social Research and studied at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. Her work has reached tens of millions of people on social media, who are waking up to the idea that healing doesn't happen in a therapist's office alone.

00:00 — How to recognize your inner child

04:05 — Redefining childhood trauma

06:09 — How parenting has shifted over time

10:00 — Safety as a foundation

14:30 — Why children internalize a parent’s anger 

18:10 — How ownership & awareness can lead to reparenting

20:21 — Epigenetics: when the trauma didn’t start with you

22:55 — Why insight alone doesn’t create change

24:19 — Embracing discomfort & developing resilience

26:01 — Navigating difficult relationships

29:53 — What acceptance actually looks like

37:03 –– Emotional dysregulation & numbness

40:16 — What you can do to start healing right now

Find Nicole LePera on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/the.holistic.psychologist/ 

Buy her book here: https://a.co/d/04SVp4tW 
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“Sweating is our superpower," explains Bill Gifford.

Gifford, a veteran science journalist and author of Spring Chicken, a New York Times bestseller on longevity. His latest book, Hotwired: How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger, dives deep into the emerging science of heat, sweating, and what happens when we stop running from discomfort.

• ​​00:00 — Sweating as an evolutionary superpower

• 03:00 — The science of ancient heat rituals

• 05:45 — How long & how hot?

• 07:55 — The dehydration trap

• 09:52 — All about Finnish sauna culture

• 12:50 — Heat acclimation training

• 16:41 — Elite athletes & what they can teach us

• 18:50 — The science on hot-cold contrast

• 21:49 — The case against cold plunging

• 29:08 — Sauna as a social ritual

• 33:20 — Heat as a mental health tool

• 36:34 — A beginner's guide to safe heat exposure

Referenced in the episode: 

• Find Bill Gifford on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billgifford/ 
• Get his book here: https://a.co/d/01osyyRH 
• Learn more about The Culture of Bathing here: https://www.instagram.com/thehighlineguy/?hl=en
• Mayo Clinic review of the effects of Finnish sauna bathing (2018): https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)30275-1/fulltext 
• Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness study on the effects of hot yoga (2011): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1728869X12600033 

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"Emotional flexibility is literally the skill that we all should be sharpening like a muscle," explained Deepika Chopra, Ph.D.

Chopra (widely known as The Optimism Doctor) is a clinical health psychologist, visual imagery expert, and author of the upcoming book The Power of Real Optimism. But here's what makes Deepika's work so different: she's not selling you positivity. In this episode, we get into the real science of optimism—and why it has far more to do with resilience and curiosity than with good vibes. 

• Optimism vs. positivity: what we're getting wrong (0:00)

• Why affirmations don't always work (6:58)

• The seven-tenths rule for effective affirmations (10:00)

• Manifestation and getting what you expect (10:50)

• Emotional flexibility: the skill to sharpen like a muscle (17:46)

• Why the nervous system has to feel safe before growth can happen (23:11)

• Deepika's son's rare diagnosis (23:40)

• A Holocaust survivor with real optimism in practice (36:58)

• Letting go of control vs. reclaiming agency (40:52)

• Healthy hope vs. delusion—the dark room metaphor (42:45)

Referenced in the episode: 

Find Deepika Chopra on her website: https://www.drdeepikachopra.com

Get her book here: https://a.co/d/0dG1VFwX

Find her viral article from 2018 here: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/what-to-do-if-positive-affirmations-dont-work-for-you

Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index (2026): https://news.gallup.com/poll/702125/american-optimism-slumps-record-low.aspx

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"Your body heals better when it feels safe, when your nervous system is quiet,’ explains Victoria Maizes, M.D.

Maizes is the Executive Director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and co-host of the Body of Wonder podcast. She's a leading voice in integrative medicine and author of the new book Heal Faster, which makes the case that modern medicine has been so focused on treating disease that it's largely overlooked the body's most powerful asset: its innate capacity to heal.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What is the recovery reflex? (1:10)

• Why two people can have completely different health outcomes (3:26)

• Protein, the catabolic state, & tests to run before major surgery (6:11)

• The difference between managing disease & actually healing (18:21)

• The power of language (19:00)

• Trauma & how to activate your vagus nerve (29:00)

• Mindset, guided imagery, & letting go of outcomes (35:42)

• The mystery of long COVID (41:46)

• Circadian medicine & red light therapy (48:50)

Referenced in the episode: 

• You can find Dr. Maizes website here: www.drvictoriamaizes.com
• And her latest book, Heal Faster, here: https://a.co/d/0i0OT4KJ

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