Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Wellness Loud

Health and wellness is louder and more confusing than ever. One expert says eat more meat. Another says cut it out completely. One supplement is called life-changing. The next day, someone says it will make you sick.

It’s overwhelming. And that’s exactly why Heal Thy Self exists.

Hosted by Dr. Christian Gonzalez, Heal Thy Self cuts through the noise and delivers clarity in a space flooded with contradictions. This isn’t trend-based wellness or recycled talking points. It’s direct, grounded truth that blends real science with deep spiritual and emotional intelligence.

Each week, get expert conversations with doctors, scientists, shamans, and healers spanning physical health, mental wellness, emotional healing, and spirituality.

Dr. G does the heavy lifting for you, investigating the wellness industry by reviewing third-party testing and breaking down supplements and products to reveal what’s safe, what works, what’s marketing hype, and which companies deserve your trust.

You’ll also get channeled episodes that inspire and elevate beyond the physical. This is a fully integrated approach connecting body, mind, nervous system, trauma, energy, and consciousness.

If you’re tired of conflicting advice and ready for clarity that empowers, relieves, and inspires, this is the podcast you’ve been missing.

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Monday · 33 min
Do This When You Wake Up at 3 AM | Heal Thy Self #528
→ AquaTrush | Unlock your hair & skin’s true potential with 20% Off AquaTru Shower using promo code SHDRG at https://aquatrushower.com. It comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. → LMNT | Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/drg Episode Description:Most people do not have a sleep problem. They have a nervous system problem. And you cannot talk yourself into calm. You have to demonstrate safety. Catherine Nikkel is a 20-year yoga and meditation teacher, the creator of the Nothing Much Happens podcast, and one of the most listened-to voices in sleep. She grew up in Flint, Michigan in the 80s and learned as a three-year-old to build a safe world in her mind to fall asleep in. She has spent the past two decades figuring out how to teach that skill to everyone else. This conversation covers incomplete stress cycles, nervous system dysregulation, why lack of sleep causes depression rather than just correlating with it, and why the stories she tells work in under ten seconds for millions of people. Catherine's health takes — in order: Take 1: "Most people don't have a sleep problem. They have a nervous system problem" Catherine explains why the body cannot be reasoned into rest and why demonstrating safety to the nervous system is fundamentally different from trying to think your way to sleep. This reframe changes everything about how you approach a sleepless night. Take 2: "Sleep is not earned. It is a biological requirement and your body will take it whether you want to or not" Catherine challenges the hustle culture scam that treats sleep as optional and explains why sleep works more like breathing than like eating. You cannot bank it, trade it, or skip it without your body eventually forcing the issue. Take 3: "If you think you can't meditate because your mind is loud, you're doing it right" Twenty years of teaching meditation distilled into one take. Catherine reframes the most common reason people quit before they start and explains what is actually supposed to happen when you sit down and close your eyes. Take 4: "Stress cycles get opened and they don't get closed — that is almost universal" Catherine explains what a complete stress cycle actually looks like, why so many people are carrying years of incomplete ones, and why the things that close a stress cycle are exactly the things you would never do if you were actually in danger. Find Catherine: Website:https://nothingmuchhappens.supportingcast.fm/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkathrynnicolai/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Sleep Is Not Earned — It's a Biological Requirement (And Your Body Will Collect What You Owe) 0:52 - Can You Actually Make Up a Sleep Deficit? The Honest Answer 1:46 - Why We Sacrifice Sleep Before Anything Else (And Why It Says Something Deeper) 2:41 - Growing Up in Flint, Michigan: The Childhood Origin of Everything She Does 3:21 - Good Sleep Is a Modern Superpower — and Most People Don't Know They Can Build It 4:37 - The Magic Recipe Behind Why Her Voice Puts People to Sleep in Under 10 Seconds 6:17 - If You Think You Can't Meditate Because Your Mind Is Loud, You're Doing It Right 7:29 - The Cave Behind the Waterfall: What Meditation Actually Looks and Feels Like 8:27 - You Are Not Your Thoughts — You Are the One Watching Them 9:05 - How Long Should You Actually Meditate Every Day? She Throws Out the Rulebook 9:38 - If Someone Says There's Only One Way to Meditate — You're in a Cult 10:29 - The New York Finance Guy Who Hunts (And Doesn't Know He's Been Meditating for Years) 11:53 - What People Consistently Report After Starting a Practice 13:03 - Why Answers Come in Stillness — Not When You're Looking for Them 17:49 - Why Stories Let You Experience Something Safely That Might Otherwise Break You Open 18:02 - Why Every Culture on Earth Has Stories — and What We Lost When We Forgot That 19:22 - The Childhood Book That Lives in Your Nervous System Forever 21:14 - One Thing You Can Do Right Now: The Breath That Shifts You Out of Fight or Flight 22:15 - The Most Common Driver of Dysregulation in the American Lifestyle 23:29 - Italy, Siesta, and Why She's Less Stressed When She's There (It's Bigger Than the Nap) 24:33 - How to Know If Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated (The Shavasana Test) 25:53 - What a Complete Stress Cycle Actually Looks Like — and How Few of Us Ever Finish One 26:31 - You Cannot Talk Your Body Into Feeling Safe — You Have to Demonstrate It 28:22 - Three Podcasts, One Book and a Vision for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for Adults Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thursday · 11 min
Scientists Found a $4 Root That Melts Fat
→ Shop all my verified, tested and preferred wellness products - includes most up to date brands: https://theswellscore.com/pages/drg Episode Description: The belly fat you can grab with your hand is not the fat that is hurting you. The fat that is actually driving your blood sugar issues, your heart disease risk, and your chronic fatigue is the fat you cannot even pinch. It is wrapped deep around your liver and your organs. And most of what is being sold to address it is doing nothing at all. Visceral fat is not a willpower problem. It is an insulin problem. And there is a cheap ingredient sitting in your grocery store right now with real human evidence showing it goes directly after the cycle that is creating it. Dr. G breaks it down — in order: Take 1: "You don't have a belly fat problem. You have an insulin problem and it's manifesting as a belly" Dr. G reframes the entire visceral fat conversation and explains why the fat burner shelf at your local drugstore is full of stimulants that raise your heart rate and do nothing for the fat around your organs. The real target is insulin resistance. Take 2: "Ginger at two grams a day is one of the most studied natural agents on earth for insulin resistance" Across dozens of solid human trials, standardized ginger extract has been shown to lower insulin resistance, reduce body fat, and shrink waistlines. Dr. G gives the exact dose, the exact duration, and the label trick that separates a real product from a pinch of powder in a proprietary blend. Take 3: "Liquid sugar is the fastest way to build visceral fat" Sodas, juices, and sweet coffee drinks go almost directly to the liver and start packing fat around the organs. Dr. G explains why cutting liquid sugar is the fastest lever you can pull to stop feeding the engine before the ginger can start doing its job. Take 4: "Stress is telling your body to store fat deep in your belly" When you are living in chronic fight or flight, your stress hormones are directing fat storage directly to the visceral region. Dr. G makes the case that unresolved and repressed emotion is a metabolic variable, not just a mental health one. Ask your doctor for a fasting insulin test, not just fasting glucose. Watch that number fall. Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Why Every Fat Burner on the Drugstore Shelf Is Completely Missing the Point 1:45 - Visceral Fat Is Not a Willpower Problem — It's Something Else Entirely 2:30 - The Cheap Ingredient in Your Kitchen That Has Real Human Evidence Behind It 4:00 - What It's Actually Doing Inside Your Cells (This Changes How You Think About It) 5:30 - The Dose, the Form and the Label Trick That Separates Results From Wasted Money 7:00 - The Two Free Things That Make Everything Else Work Better 8:15 - Why Stress Is One of the Fastest Ways to Pack On Visceral Fat 9:15 - The One Number to Ask Your Doctor For That Proves It's Working 10:00 - The Whole Protocol in One Minute Get your free guide from Dr. G: https://page-builder-christiangon110.replit.app/opt-in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 21 · 41 min
Why The Lights in Your House Are Actually Making You Sick | Heal Thy Self
→ SaunaSpace | For the next week, Heal Thy Self loyal listeners can get an exclusive 15% off at sauna.space with code DRG at checkout. This exclusive offer ends September 28 — after that, the discount returns to the standard 10% off. Episode Description: We are losing our humanity to an overstimulating and sterile lifestyle. The human nervous system is designed to spend 90% of its time in a state of being. Right now we have it completely flipped. Brian Richards is the founder of SaunaSpace, the near infrared sauna company built around the idea that light is medicine, grounding is not optional, and stillness is one of the most healing things a human being can experience. This conversation goes far beyond detox and heat. It covers the nervous system crisis of modern life, why depression is simply anxiety taken too far, why your phone is giving your brain more stimulation in two minutes than your ancestors received in a full day, and how near infrared light works at the cellular level to do something that a traditional hot box sauna cannot. Brian Richards' takes — in order: Take 1: "We're losing our humanity to an overstimulating and sterile lifestyle" Brian opens with the nervous system reality most people are living inside without recognizing it. He explains why doing has replaced being almost entirely and why that flip is the root cause behind the anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout epidemic. Take 2: "A few minutes on social media gives you more stimulation than your ancestors got in a day" It is not just the content. It is the volume and speed of incoming data that your nervous system cannot consciously process. Brian explains where all of that unprocessed information actually goes and why it shows up as irritability, restlessness, and disconnection. Take 3: "Near infrared light penetrates your skin and charges your mitochondria directly" This is the science that separates near infrared from conventional saunas. Brian explains how near infrared photons interact with cytochrome c oxidase in the mitochondria to produce ATP, why that process also triggers melatonin production deep inside the cells, and why mitochondrial light is not the same thing as sweating in a hot room. Take 4: "This is not just a sauna. It is an experience of being a human" After 20 minutes inside, Brian describes coming out feeling more centered, more focused, more himself. He makes the case that stillness plus light plus grounding creates something restorative that no gym sauna, no cold plunge, and no supplement can replicate. Find SaunaSpace: Website: https://www.saunaspace.com Use code DRG for 15% off through September 28th, then 10% off after Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saunaspace/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Your Nervous System Is Supposed to Be in a Being State 90% of the Time — Ours Is Inverted 3:16 - Why Stillness Is Not Boredom — It's the Only Time Your Body Can Actually Integrate 4:28 - Two Minutes on TikTok Gives Your Nervous System More Stimulation Than Our Ancestors Got in a Day 6:38 - Why You're Irritable and Don't Even Know Why (The Answer Is the Phone) 7:25 - The Further We Get From Nature, the Further We Get From Health 8:44 - The First Three Things He Does Every Morning to Bring Nature Back Into His Day 10:02 - What Air Conditioning Is Actually Doing to Your Indoor Air (Beyond Temperature) 10:56 - Why He Keeps Night Shift Mode On His Phone All Day Long 11:41 - Why Homes in the UK Feel Warmer and Calmer — and What American Lighting Is Doing to Us 13:30 - The Mall Story: What Happens to Your Body Under Fluorescent Light That You Can't Unsee 17:00 - The Light Your Body Runs On That Nobody Told You About 22:00 - Sunscreen, Sunlight and the Biggest Misunderstanding in Modern Health 27:15 - Why Saunas Are No Longer a Luxury — They're a Necessity in the Toxic World We Live In 28:55 - The Chemicals Acting as Hormones in Your Body Right Now (Xeno Estrogens, Explained) 30:28 - The Only Known Natural Therapy Shown to Reduce Risk of Dying From All Non-Trauma Causes 31:18 - Why You Get Out Feeling Like More of Yourself — Not Just Sweaty and Tired 32:42 - What Makes This Sauna Different: EMF Shielded, No Blue Light, Grounding Mat Built In 34:12 - How He Uses His Own Sauna Every Morning (and Why He Never Skips It) 37:57 - It's Not Just a Sauna — It's a Sacred Time to Be Still and Hear Yourself 38:48 - Where to Find Sauna Space and How to Save on Your First Order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 17 · 11 min
Scientists Found 4 Supplements That Actually Slow Aging in Humans
→ Shop all my verified, tested and preferred wellness products - includes most up to date brands: https://theswellscore.com/pages/drg Episode Description: That recovery that now takes days instead of hours. The strength slipping. The words you stumble on. The energy that used to feel automatic. That is not just your age. That is your biological clock running faster than it needs to. And the anti-aging shelf is not going to fix it. Resveratrol looked great in a petri dish. So did a hundred other supplements. Most of them were never tested on human aging clocks. We can now measure biological aging directly through DNA methylation. Only a handful of supplements have actually moved those clocks in real human trials. Dr. G breaks down the four that have, the label tricks that waste your money, and the one thing at the end that no supplement company will ever sell you. Dr. G breaks it down — in order: Take 1: "If a supplement has never slowed down aging in a living human, you are buying a headline" Dr. G calls out the resveratrol hype and explains why petri dish and mouse study results have been sold to consumers for years without ever being tested on human aging clocks. Find out what DNA methylation testing actually measures and why it changes everything. Take 2: "Omega-3s are the one supplement on earth shown to slow biological aging in real human trials" In a three year randomized controlled trial in older adults, one gram a day measurably slowed several DNA methylation aging clocks. Dr. G gives the exact form, the exact dose, and the label trick that turns a promising fish oil into an expensive bottle of oxidized oil. Take 3: "Urolithin A clears out the dead power plants inside your cells" As you age the cleanup crew that removes broken mitochondria slows down and garbage accumulates. Dr. G explains the mitophagy process, why most people cannot produce urolithin A from food alone, and what the randomized controlled trial showed about muscle strength and endurance after four months. Take 4: "GlyNAC reversed multiple hallmarks of aging at once and it is cheap" The Baylor University trial showed improvements in glutathione, mitochondrial function, insulin resistance, walking speed, strength, and cognition in 16 weeks. Dr. G explains how glycine and NAC work together to rebuild your body's master antioxidant and why this one belongs in almost everyone's stack. Take 5: "Spermadine switches on the process that keeps your brain recycling itself" Found in wheat germ, aged cheese, and mushrooms, spermadine activates autophagy — the cellular trash removal process that dims as we age. Dr. G walks through the memory trial data and explains why the dose on the label matters more than the ingredient name. Nothing ages you faster than a stressful life. No supplement is going to touch that. Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Most Anti-Aging Supplements Were Never Tested on a Single Human 2:00 - There Is One Supplement Proven to Slow Your Biological Clock 3:15 - Supplement #1: The Dose, the Form and the Label Trick That's Costing You 4:30 - Supplement #2: What's Happening Inside Your Cells That You Can't Feel 6:00 - Supplement #3: The Cheapest One — and the Biggest Reset on the List 7:30 - Supplement #4: For the Person Who Feels Like Their Mind Is Slipping 8:45 - The One Thing That Beats All Four (No Company Will Ever Sell You This) 10:00 - Where to Start Get your free guide from Dr. G: https://page-builder-christiangon110.replit.app/opt-in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 14 · 44 min
How Big Food Makes the Problem, So Big Pharma Can Sell You the Band-Aid | Heal Thy Self
→ Timeline| Go to https://timeline.com/healthyself to take the Longevity Quiz and get your free Mitopure gummies. → Parasym | Head to https://nuropod.com/DRG for 5% off. Every order comes with a 30-day risk-free trial. #Nuropod #VagusNerve → AirDoctor |Head to https://AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code DRG and get up to $300 off ANY of their select AirDoctor models, plus you will get a 3-year warranty, absolutely FREE! All AirDoctor air purifiers come with a 30-day money back guarantee. Episode Description: There is a racket going on between big food and big pharma and almost nobody is naming it directly. Seventy percent of Americans are overweight or obese because of what the food industry has done to our food supply. And the solution the medical industry is now selling is a drug that suppresses the appetite for the food that is still being made and sold and eaten. The wound is being bandaged. The source of the wound is untouched. Dr. Josh Levitt is a naturopathic physician with 25 years of clinical experience, the co-founder of UpWellness, and one of the most grounded integrative voices in medicine. This conversation covers the big food and big pharma racket, the Nova food classification system, what real food actually looks like, the emotional roots of physical disease, and why dogma on both sides of medicine is killing people. Dr. Josh Levitt's health takes — in order: Take 1: "There is a racket going on between big food and big pharma" Dr. Levitt lays out the cognitive dissonance at the heart of modern medicine. The drugs that suppress appetite are genuinely effective, and they are also a band-aid placed over a wound created by the same economic system that has no incentive to heal it. Take 2: "Balance is a fallacy" Health is not a static destination. Dr. Levitt uses his background as a surfer to explain why people who are good at balance are actually good at the active management of imbalance, and why that reframe changes everything about how you approach the ups and downs of your own health. Take 3: "I have seen people die on the hill of dogma" This is the take most people on both sides of medicine do not want to hear. Dr. Levitt makes the case that extreme conviction in either direction, whether it is that all natural medicine is quackery or that all conventional medicine is poison, has genuinely cost people their lives. Take 4: "I wish people didn't need the supplements I make" Dr. Levitt closes with the most honest take of the episode. He explains why supplements are a tool that help people earn back a sliver of faith in their body's ability to heal, and why the real goal is a world where most of what he sells becomes unnecessary. We have all the technology. We should be crushing it. We are not. Find Dr. Josh Levitt: Website: https://www.upwellness.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjoshlevitt/reels/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:23 - GLP-1s Are a Band-Aid for a Problem That Started in Our Food Supply 2:25 - The Core Problem With American Food (And Why "Natural" Labels Are Part of It) 3:49 - The Foundational Approach He Uses With Every Patient — No Diet Required 6:38 - Rapid Weight Loss Is a Good Thing — But Nobody Is Warning You About This 7:50 - Where Those Lost Pounds Actually Go (The Answer Will Change How You Think About Your Liver) 8:29 - Brain Fog, Fatigue and Skin Issues During Weight Loss? Here's Why 9:15 - Is Stored Fat Also a Storehouse for Emotional Toxins? 11:12 - Dr. G's Patient Who Couldn't Lose Weight — Until She Did This 14:00 - What Conventional Medicine and Alternative Medicine Both Get Dangerously Wrong 18:00 - The Crisis of Faith: How Chronic Illness Makes People Stop Believing in Their Own Bodies 22:49 - You Can Lose Faith in Your Body Through Supplement Addiction Too 23:54 - What Happens Inside a Person Who Feels Betrayed by Their Own Body 24:43 - Can the Body Recover From Any Disease? A 25-Year Naturopathic Doctor Answers 25:35 - Why "Holistic" Means More Than Mind-Body — It Means You Are Connected to Everything 26:51 - The Little Win That Starts the Cascade Back to Healing 30:11 - The Body Is Talking to Us All the Time — Are You Listening? 31:35 - What He Would Say to Someone With Cancer Who Has Lost All Faith 33:34 - We Have the Best Medical Tools in History — So Why Are We Failing?34:54 - About UpWellness and Where to Find Dr. Josh Levitt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 10 · 15 min
Your Gut Health Supplements Do Nothing - Use These Instead
Episode Description: The bloating after every meal. The gas. The afternoon energy crash. The brain fog. The belly fat that will not move. Almost all of it runs through one place. And it is not a willpower problem. It is your gut. Most people have already spent real money on a probiotic, felt nothing, and concluded that probiotics do not work. The truth is worse. Most of those bacteria are dead before they reach you. The label counts them at manufacturing, not when you swallow them. You may have been paying for a probiotic graveyard for years. Dr. G breaks down four gut supplements with actual human proof behind them, the exact label tricks companies use to take your money, and the one thing that does more for your gut than all four combined. Dr. G breaks it down — in order: Take 1: "A dead probiotic is just an expensive way to feed your toilet" Dr. G exposes the 50 billion CFU scam and explains why most probiotics never survive the journey to your intestines. Find out why the strain on the label matters far more than the number and what to look for instead. Take 2: "Saccharomyces boulardii is the one probiotic that actually arrives alive" It is a yeast, not a bacteria, which means stomach acid and antibiotics cannot touch it. Dr. G breaks down what it does once it gets there, the exact dose used in randomized controlled trials, and the one strain designation that separates the real product from the filler. Take 3: "A probiotic does nothing if you are not feeding the bacteria you already have" Partially hydrolyzed guar gum is one of the most underrated gut supplements in existence and almost nobody is talking about it. Dr. G explains why it feeds your existing microbiome without triggering the gas and bloating that sensitive guts get from other fibers. Take 4: "Enteric coated peppermint oil beats placebo across dozens of randomized controlled trials" If your gut hurts, cramps, or spasms, this is the one. Dr. G explains the exact mechanism, why the enteric coating is non-negotiable, and what happens if you take the version without it. Take 5: "Glutamine is the mortar between the bricks of your gut wall" When the lining goes leaky, food sensitivities, immune reactions, and gut symptoms follow. Dr. G breaks down the randomized controlled trial showing 15 grams a day nearly normalized gut permeability, and why most gut repair blends are burying a useless dose inside an expensive label. Supplements are tools. Your diet and nervous system are the foundation. Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Why That Expensive 50 Billion CFU Probiotic Is Probably Just an Expensive Graveyard 2:00 - The One Probiotic That Actually Survives Your Stomach Acid (It's Not a Bacteria) 3:30 - The Exact Strain and Dose to Look for on the Label 4:30 - The Gut Supplement Almost Nobody Talks About — and Why It Beats Most Probiotics 6:15 - How to Spot the Prebiotic Label Scam Before You Buy 7:00 - For the Person Whose Gut Actually Hurts: The Supplement With Surprisingly Strong Research 8:45 - The Single Most Important Word on the Label (Skip It and You'll Just Have Expensive Heartburn) 9:30 - The Fourth Supplement: What Rebuilds the Gut Wall Itself 11:00 - The Does Most People Miss (And Why a Tiny Amount Does Nothing) 11:45 - The One Thing That Does More for Your Gut Than All Four Supplements Combined 13:30 - Why Stress and Repressed Emotions Are Feeding the Exact Problem You're Trying to Fix 14:00 - The Full Protocol in One Minute Get your free guide from Dr. G: https://page-builder-christiangon110.replit.app/opt-in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 7 · 34 min
Naturopathic Doctor: The 1 Longevity Trend Wasting Your Money | Heal Thy Self #518
→ Puori | Go to https://puori.com/DRG and use the code DRG at checkout to get 32% off your first Puori Creatine+ subscription order. → AquaTru | Go to https://AquaTru.com now for 20% off (your purifier) using promo code DRG. AquaTru even comes with a 30-day best-tasting water guarantee. Episode Description: The longevity industry is booming, the clinics are multiplying, and most of them are doing it wrong. Peptides, NAD IVs, hyperbaric chambers, a la carte menus of expensive therapies chosen by patients who have no framework for choosing. The tools are real. The approach is broken. Dr. Guy is a regenerative medicine physician and the founder of Citron Wellness and Citron Longevity in Los Angeles. He has spent his career at the intersection of functional medicine, peptide therapy, mitochondrial health, and trauma physiology. This conversation goes from the longevity industry's biggest blind spots to NAD delivery methods to stored trauma as a driver of aging and chronic disease. It is one of the most clinically honest conversations about what longevity medicine should actually look like. Dr. Guy's health takes — in order: Take 1: "The whole longevity industry is a waste of money if you're not evaluating what the body is expressing" Dr. Guy calls out the a la carte model dominating high end longevity clinics and explains why jumping between sexy therapies without a whole body assessment is the same mistake conventional medicine has always made, just with a bigger price tag. Take 2: "NAD works — but not the way most people are taking it" Dr. Guy explains why oral NAD and most precursors do not move the needle the way the industry claims, why IVs create a one time spike rather than sustained levels, and why subcutaneous injections have become his go-to delivery method for real mitochondrial support. Take 3: "Mitochondrial dysfunction is really a systemic inflammatory picture" NAD is not the only answer and sometimes not even the first one. Dr. Guy breaks down what is actually driving mitochondrial decline and why addressing inflammation at the root changes everything about how you approach the longevity stack. Take 4: "Emotional drama keeps you locked and can break the body" Trauma is a buzzword right now but almost nobody is talking about the physiology behind it. Dr. Guy explains what happens to cortisol, inflammation, and every aging mechanism in the body when the stress cycle never completes, and why stored trauma may be one of the most underestimated drivers of chronic disease. Sleep. Eat right. Then we talk about peptides. Find Dr. Guy: Website: https://www.doctorguy.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askdrguy/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Peptides, IVs, Chambers: The A La Carte Problem Nobody Is Talking About 3:24 - Is Most of What Longevity Clinics Offer Actually a Waste of Money? 3:46 - Bryan Johnson: What He Gets Right (And What Puts People Off) 4:21 - Does NAD Actually Work? When Yes, When No, and Why It Depends 5:04 - The Best Way to Take NAD — It's Not IV, Not Oral, Not Precursors 6:48 - What Mitochondrial Dysfunction Actually Is (The Warehouse Analogy) 8:01 - What He Uses Beyond NAD: CoQ10, Hyperbaric Oxygen and Two Specific Peptides 9:17 - Peptides Are the Future — But They're Far More Complex Than Instagram Makes Them Look 10:39 - The Real Danger of Cheap Peptides: What Bottled in China Actually Means 13:05 - How to Do Peptides Safely (And Why Being Cheap Is the Worst Decision You Can Make) 14:01 - Why You Must Track Peptides With Labs — Not Just How You Feel 17:00 - Who Should and Shouldn't Be on Peptides 17:32 - GLP-1s Are Not Your Enemy — But Doctors Are Overdosing Them 18:33 - The Biggest Problem He Sees With GLP-1s Being Done Wrong 19:16 - Why He Always Starts With a Microdose (And What He Looks at First) 21:32 - What Microdosing GLP-1 Can Do Beyond Weight Loss 22:11 - Retatrutide: Why He Thinks It Could Be the First Trillion-Dollar Drug 23:20 - Emotional Drama Keeps You Locked — and Breaks the Body 24:40 - Can Unresolved Trauma Be One of the Leading Causes of Aging? 27:47 - His Non-Negotiables: What to Fix Before You Touch a Single Peptide 28:14 - About Citron Longevity and Where to Find Him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 3 · 11 min
The Magnesium in Your Cabinet Is Doing Nothing — Here's the Right Form
Episode Description: The magnesium sitting in your cabinet right now is probably one your body can barely absorb. Most people buy it for sleep, for anxiety, for leg cramps, or for constipation, feel nothing, and conclude that magnesium does not work. Magnesium works. You just bought the wrong kind, and nobody told you there was a wrong kind. 70% of people are deficient in magnesium. Most of them are taking magnesium oxide, which has about 4% absorption. The other 96% moves through you and loosens your stools. But the bigger problem is that magnesium is not one supplement. It is a family of forms, and the form on the label decides the entire job it does in your body. Dr. G breaks it down — in order: Take 1: "You just bought the wrong kind and nobody told you" Dr. G exposes the magnesium oxide scam hiding in plain sight on every drugstore shelf and in most cheap multivitamins. Find out why the form on the label is more important than anything else and how companies hide what is actually inside the bottle. Take 2: "The form that fixes your sleep is not the same form that fixes your cramps" Magnesium glycinate is the calming form backed by a randomized placebo controlled trial showing measurable sleep improvement. Dr. G gives the exact dose, the exact timing, and the label trick companies use to underdose you while making the number on the front look impressive. Take 3: "This one actually crosses your blood brain barrier" Magnesium L-threonate was specifically designed to raise magnesium levels inside the brain, where it supports the connections between neurons. Dr. G breaks down the randomized controlled trial data on memory and cognition and explains why cheap versions of this form are almost always a waste of money. Take 4: "Stress is burning your magnesium faster than you can replace it" The same fight or flight response keeping you wired at night is draining your mineral reserves all day long. Dr. G explains why chronic stress, sugar, alcohol, and heavy caffeine make you dump magnesium through your urine, and why the supplement only works in its full glory when the nervous system is also being addressed. Glycinate for sleep and anxiety. Malate for muscles and daytime energy. L-threonate for brain fog and memory. Citrate for the gut. Oxide for almost nobody. Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - The Most Common Form Sold in Drugstores — and Why Only 4% Gets Absorbed 1:30 - Magnesium Is Not One Supplement — The Form on the Label Changes Everything 2:00 - Form #1: Magnesium Glycinate — For Sleep, Anxiety and a Wired Nervous System 3:15 - The Exact Dose, Timing and Label Trick That's Quietly Scamming You 4:45 - Form #2: Magnesium Malate — For Muscle Cramps, Tension and Daytime Fatigue 5:30 - Form #3: The Only Form That Actually Crosses the Blood-Brain Barrier 6:45 - Form #4: Magnesium Citrate — For Your Gut (and Why People Buy This for Sleep by Mistake) 7:30 - Why 70% of People Are Depleted — and the Four Things Draining It Every Day 8:30 - The Nervous System Connection Almost No Doctor Is Talking About 9:15 - Who Needs to Talk to Their Doctor Before Taking Any of These 9:45 - The Quick Reference: Which Form for Which Problem Get your free guide from Dr. G: https://page-builder-christiangon110.replit.app/opt-in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 31 · 37 min
Sometimes You Don't Need Prozac, You Need a Divorce: Harvard Doctor | Heal Thy Self
→ Aquatru | Unlock your hair & skin’s true potential with 20% Off AquaTru Shower using promo code SHDRG at https://aquatrushower.com. It comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Episode Description: Your lab work is not your health. Your biography is. Dr. Lucy McBride is a Harvard-trained internal medicine physician with 25 years of clinical practice and the author of Beyond the Prescription, published with Simon and Schuster in August 2026 with a foreword by Mary Claire Haver. She practices medicine the way almost no one does anymore: by treating the whole person, not the panel. This conversation moves through childhood trauma and metabolic disease, weight loss and GLP-1s, SSRIs and the one thing no pill will ever fix. It is one of the most honest conversations about what health actually is that Heal Thy Self has ever had. Dr. Lucy McBride's health takes: Take 1: "The lab work you get done with your doctor rarely shows the most interesting aspects of your health" Dr. McBride makes the case that biographic data is clinical data. Growing up in poverty, in a chaotic household, with an alcoholic parent — none of that appears on a blood panel, and all of it directly shapes how a patient thinks, eats, drinks, relates, and heals. Take 2: "The body is the scorekeeper" Chronic nervous system dysregulation does not stay in the nervous system. Dr. McBride explains how unprocessed emotional stress shows up as high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and autoimmunity, and why prescribing a pill without asking the deeper question is solving the wrong problem entirely. Take 3: "Sometimes you don't need a GLP-1. Sometimes you just need to eat lunch" One of the most counterintuitive takes of the episode. Dr. McBride explains why chronic low-grade restriction sends the metabolism into survival mode, why stubborn weight that will not move is sometimes the body's response to not being fed enough, and why the first question to ask is about your relationship with food — not your caloric intake. Take 4: "Sometimes you don't need Prozac. You need a divorce" Dr. McBride closes with her most powerful take. SSRIs are not the problem — the system that prescribes them in five-minute appointments is. She makes the case that no amount of pharmacology can resolve the social and emotional toll of living in chronic fear or unhappiness, and that agency is the medicine no pill can replicate. Find Dr. Lucy Mcbride: Website: https://www.lucymcbride.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlucymcbride/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:26 - Childhood Trauma as a Data Point That Never Shows Up in Any Test 2:16 - How a Dysregulated Nervous System Becomes High Blood Pressure and High Blood Sugar 5:11 - When Abnormal Labs Are a Downstream Symptom of What's Really Going On in Someone's Life 6:18 - Autoimmunity and Why the Body Is Always the Scorekeeper 7:15 - Does Cancer Have a Life Story Element? A Harvard-Trained Doctor Answers 8:59 - Dr. G Opens Up About Addiction in His 20s — and Why Shame Made It Worse 9:27 - The Most Surprising Discovery From GLP-1 Research (It's Not the Weight Loss) 10:28 - Why Most Patients With Obesity Aren't Lazy — They Just Haven't Had the Right Tool 14:52 - What Menopause Actually Is Beneath the Hot Flashes and Brain Fog 16:00 - Hormone Replacement Therapy: The Standard of Care Most Women Are Still Being Denied 21:07 - Perimenopause: What It Is, When It Starts and What You Can Actually Do About It 23:27 - For Stubborn Weight Gain: Sometimes You Just Need to Eat Lunch 25:32 - Your Body Makes Its Own GLP-1 — Here's What Triggers It 26:30 - Is Excess Weight Sometimes Emotional Protection? She Answers Honestly 27:21 - What to Ask Yourself About Your Relationship With Food (Before You Try Anything Else) 28:44 - "Sometimes You Don't Need Prozac — You Need a Divorce" 30:22 - The Hard Work No Pill, Supplement or GLP-1 Can Do for You 33:18 - The Book, the Foreword and What It's Really a Guide For Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 27 · 15 min
The Coffee I Switched To - Half the Caffeine, 2x Productivity | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #512
→ Everyday Dose | This episode is brought to you by Everyday Dose — instant mushroom coffee for focus and immunity, without the jitters or crash of regular coffee. Use code DRG10 at checkout for a discount, at https://www.everydaydose.com/discount/DRG10?redirect=/products/influencer&utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=instagram&utm_campaign=DrGReviewsProducts Episode Description: The cup you reach for every single morning before you do anything else could be quietly delivering mold toxins, heavy metals, and pesticide residues into your body. And you will never taste a thing. Because nobody is checking. Not the brands. Not the grocery store. Not the FDA, which sets no limit at all for heavy metals in coffee. In 2025, an independent lab ran 7,000 tests on 57 of the bestselling coffee brands in America and found acrylamide, glyphosate breakdown products, and heavy metals in every single sample. Dr. G investigated over 50 coffee companies looking for one that could actually hand him a lab report on the finished product. This is the one that passed. Dr. G breaks it down — in order: Take 1: "The mold can die in the roaster but the toxins survive" Ochratoxin A is the main mold toxin found in coffee and the World Health Organization has officially flagged it as potentially cancer-causing. Dr. G explains why your body holds mycotoxins for over a month and what that means if you are drinking poor quality coffee every single morning. Take 2: "There is no safe level of lead" Heavy metals like lead, cadmium, and arsenic accumulate in your bones, kidneys, and brain for decades with almost no way for your body to eliminate them. Dr. G uses the bathtub analogy to explain exactly what is happening over years of daily exposure. Take 3: "Even organic coffee tested positive for glyphosate residue" The weed killer sprayed on coffee crops does not just affect your cells. It targets the bacteria living in your gut, disrupting the microbiome that governs your immune system, mood, and hormonal health. Dr. G explains why even the organic label does not guarantee you are safe. Take 4: "Bulletproof says their process is proprietary and won't share testing data" The brands that market themselves as clean and mold-free are not always showing their work. Dr. G names names and explains exactly what a trustworthy coffee company has to be willing to show you before it earns a place in your kitchen. Take 5: "Everyday Dose ran three independent randomized controlled trials on their own product" Almost no coffee company has ever done this. Dr. G breaks down what those trials actually found, including measurable improvements in sleep confirmed by Oura ring data, and explains why this is his number one coffee of 2026. In this episode, you will learn: • What ochratoxin A, heavy metals, and glyphosate are each doing inside your body with daily long term exposure, and why the damage is invisible until it is not • Why pairing l-theanine with caffeine produces focused calm instead of jitters and crashes, and what the research on alpha brain wave states actually shows • What lion's mane, chaga, and grass-fed collagen each contribute to the cup and why putting evidence-based ingredients into a daily ritual you are already doing is one of the most efficient health upgrades available Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Mold Toxins in Coffee: What Ochratoxin A Does to Your Kidneys and Immune System 2:30 - Heavy Metals (Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic): No Safe Level — and the FDA Sets Zero Limits 4:30 - Glyphosate in Coffee: Why Even Organic Brands Tested Positive 6:30 - The 2025 Lab Study That Tested 57 Best-Selling Brands — and What They Found in All of Them 8:00 - Why Starbucks, Folgers and Dunkin Won't Hand You a Lab Report 8:45 - Even Bulletproof Says Their Process Is "Proprietary" — Here's What That Actually Means 9:30 - Dr. G's #1 Coffee Pick for 2026 (The Only One He'll Touch) 10:15 - Why L-Theanine Changes the Entire Coffee Experience 11:15 - Lion's Mane: The Brain Ingredient With a Double-Blind Trial Behind It 12:00 - Chaga: The Antioxidant Workhorse You Feel Three Months In 12:45 - Grass-Fed Collagen: The Ingredient Almost No Coffee Brand Includes 13:30 - The Only Coffee Company That Has Run Three Independent Clinical Trials 14:15 - Where to Find It and Why He's Never Going Back Get your free guide from Dr. G: https://page-builder-christiangon110.replit.app/opt-in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 25 · 48 min
21 Million Women Have This—And Suffer in Silence | ft. Happy V HTS #514
Episode Description: Over 21 million women in the United States are dealing with bacterial vaginosis right now. Most of them have never told a single person. Not their doctor, not their closest friend, not their partner. Because somewhere along the way we decided this was not something we talk about. Today we will talk about it. Danielle spent five years cycling through antibiotics, specialists, Reddit rabbit holes, and remedies that did not work. When she finally told her then new boyfriend Hans, he did not run. He asked how he could help. Hans happened to come from a family that had been manufacturing dietary supplements for 30 years. What came out of that conversation became Happy V, a vaginal probiotic that does not just feed the good bacteria but hunts down the bad ones. Danielle and Hans break it down — in order: Take 1: "Antibiotics eliminate all the bacteria — and then it comes right back" Danielle explains why the standard treatment for BV sets women up for a revolving cycle of reinfection. She breaks down what is actually happening in the vaginal microbiome and why the conventional approach keeps missing the root cause. Take 2: "The shame around BV is destroying relationships" From new couples to long marriages, BV is ending intimacy and keeping women isolated in embarrassment. Hans and Danielle share what that conversation looked like for them and why having it honestly changed everything. Take 3: "Not all probiotics are the same and most gummies are basically useless" Hans pulls back the curtain on how the supplement industry actually works and why most probiotic products on the shelf cannot deliver what they promise. He explains what three things a label has to show before a probiotic is worth buying. Take 4: "Probiotics hate water, acid, and heat — which is everything a gummy is made of" This one will make you look at your cabinet differently. Hans explains exactly why the gummy format destroys the very bacteria you are trying to consume and what format actually protects them. Take 5: "Give it time — anyone telling you this works overnight is lying to you" Dietary supplements are not magic and the marketing around vaginal health is especially aggressive. Danielle and Hans give the honest timeline and explain what patience actually looks like when you have the right product. In this episode, you'll discover: • Why recurring BV is not a hygiene problem, what is actually driving the imbalance, and why the antibiotic cycle keeps women stuck instead of healed • How to read a probiotic label and what three things the International Probiotic Association says must be present for a product to actually be legitimate • Why the vaginal microbiome is one of the most undertreated areas of women's health and how an imbalanced pH affects everything from intimacy to confidence to daily comfort This one is for every woman who has suffered in silence and every partner who wants to understand. Find Happy V: Website: https://www.happyv.com Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - Danielle's Story: 5 Years of BV, Antibiotics That Kept Failing, and Reddit Rabbit Holes 7:00 - The Conversation Every Woman Dreads Having With a New Partner (And How Hans Responded) 11:00 - Why Antibiotics Make You More Vulnerable to BV the Next Time Around 15:00 - What BV Actually Is: The Vaginal Microbiome Explained Simply 19:00 - Why This Is a Couples Issue, Not Just a Women's Issue 23:00 - The Garlic, Yogurt Tampon and Hydrogen Peroxide Remedies — Do Any of Them Work? 27:00 - What Makes Happy V Different: Hunting Bad Bacteria, Not Just Feeding Good Ones 31:00 - The Strain, Dose and CFU Conversation Most Probiotic Brands Don't Want You to Have 35:00 - Why Probiotic Gummies Are Basically Useless (The Science Behind It) 38:00 - How to Read a Probiotic Label and Know If You're Getting Scammed 41:00 - How Long It Actually Takes to Work (And Why Anyone Saying "Overnight" Is Lying) 43:30 - They've Helped Over a Million Women — Here's What the Reviews Say 45:30 - Where to Find Happy V and How Every Purchase Gives Back Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 24 · 40 min
Walk With a Former T-Mobile VP: 4 Takes on 5G and EMFS | Heal Thy Self
→ Quantum | Upgrade your energy, harmonize your EMF exposure, and elevate your wellness with Quantum Upgrade and get a 15-day FREE trial, no credit card required at quantumupgrade.io/start when you use code DRG at checkout. Episode Description: You are living in an electromagnetic soup and most people have no idea. Over 4,000 published studies show harmful effects from EMF exposure on the brain, blood, nervous system, fertility, and more. The European Parliament has its own report on the cancer and fertility risks. And with 6G rolling out faster than 5G ever did, it is not getting better. This guest spent years as a VP at T-Mobile before switching sides. Now he studies and develops technology designed to harmonize EMF exposure rather than ignore it. This conversation covers what EMFs are doing inside the brain within seconds of exposure, why the problems accumulate silently until they are hard to trace back, and what anyone can actually do about it right now. Dr. G and his guest break it down — in order: Take 1: "EMFs are detrimental to human health and there are over 4,000 studies that show it" Most people cannot find this research on the first page of a Google search, but it exists and it spans decades. The guest breaks down what the evidence actually shows and where to find it. Take 2: "Within seconds in the brain, everything linked to stress fires up" EMF exposure does not wait weeks or months to affect your nervous system. The guest explains what happens inside the brain almost immediately upon exposure and why that matters for anxiety, brain fog, and chronic stress. Take 3: "You cannot hide from EMFs anymore" From 5G towers to Starlink to electric vehicles, there is nowhere left to escape. The guest explains why the goal cannot be avoidance and what the realistic path forward actually looks like. Take 4: "6G is going to be much worse than 5G" The next wave of wireless technology is already rolling out and the latest generation of mobile phones attacks the lymphatic system faster and deeper than the one before. The guest lays out what is coming and why staying informed matters. Take 5: "You can start becoming more coherent right now, for free" Meditation, sunlight, nature, yoga, and tai chi all support your biofield even before any technology gets involved. The guest gives the honest baseline of what lifestyle alone can do and where its limits are. In this episode, you will learn: • Why EMF exposure causes problems that accumulate silently, why most people attribute their symptoms to something else entirely, and why the brain is especially vulnerable because it is the central steering organ for everything in the body • How gamers, pilots, Uber drivers, and anyone with multiple screens and Bluetooth devices are experiencing compounded EMF exposure at levels the body was never designed to handle • What coherence technology is, how it differs from simply blocking or shielding EMFs, and what the research behind it actually shows Find Quantum Upgrade:Website: https://www.quantumupgrade.io Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:00 - 4,000+ Studies on EMF Health Effects (And Why You Don't Find Them on the First Search) 5:00 - Is There Anywhere Left on Earth to Escape EMFs? 8:00 - Are These Studies Being Suppressed? A Former T-Mobile VP Answers Honestly 10:00 - Why the Brain Is the First and Most Sensitive Organ to Take the Hit 13:00 - How Short-Term Exposure Triggers the Stress Response — And Why It Gets Worse Over Time 17:00 - Kids, Three Screens, Bluetooth Headphones and Why No One Is Connecting the Dots 21:00 - Why We're Not Talking About EMFs the Way We Should Be (It's Because They're Invisible) 25:00 - 5G Was Bad — Here's What 6G and Self-Driving Cars Are Going to Do 29:00 - What You Can Do for Free Right Now to Start Protecting Yourself 33:00 - From VP at T-Mobile to This: Why He Crossed to the Other Side 35:00 - The Technology That Harmonizes EMFs Without Removing Them 38:00 - The 15-Day Free Trial and Where to Find It Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 20 · 14 min
Podpage: Scientists Found 4 Things That Actually Lowers Inflammation | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #512
Episode Description: That stiffness when you wake up. The puffiness in your face. Feeling exhausted after eight hours of sleep. That is inflammation. And chronic inflammation is a low silent fire burning in your body every single day, quietly driving almost every disease you are afraid of. Most people have already spent good money trying to fix it. Most of them felt nothing. And the truth is not that supplements for inflammation are a scam. The truth is that most of what is on the shelf is underdosed, in the wrong form, and targeting the wrong pathway. Dr. G breaks down four supplements with real research behind them, the exact doses used in the trials, and the label tricks companies use to take your money without delivering results. Dr. G breaks down his anti-inflammatory protocol — in order: Take 1: "Ibuprofen does not lower your inflammation" Dr. G exposes why the most common go-to for pain and inflammation is only a temporary mask, not a fix. He reveals the molecule your body already makes to shut inflammation off and how to actually support it. Take 2: "One capsule of fish oil a day is doing close to nothing" The dose that moves inflammatory markers in real bloodwork is dramatically higher than what most people take. Dr. G gives the exact EPA and DHA number to hit and shows how to spot the label trick that makes you think you are getting more than you are. Take 3: "Boswellia hits a branch of inflammation that fish oil cannot reach" This is the one almost nobody is talking about. Dr. G breaks down why Boswellia serrata blocks a completely different inflammatory pathway and what has to appear on the label or the product is essentially useless. Take 4: "Cheap curcumin exits your body before it does anything" The most counterfeited anti-inflammatory supplement on the shelf gets a full breakdown. Dr. G explains what absorption actually requires, why black pepper is not enough, and what form to look for instead. Take 5: "Ginger is criminally underrated" It is dirt cheap, probably already in your spice drawer, and blocks both major inflammatory pathways. Dr. G makes the case for why ginger belongs in every anti-inflammatory protocol and what dose the research actually used. In this episode, you will learn: • Why ibuprofen only presses the alarm button down temporarily while your body already has its own system for switching inflammation off, and how omega-3s at a real dose provide the raw materials for that system to work • Why Boswellia serrata blocks a completely different branch of inflammation than ibuprofen or fish oil, why that matters if you have joint or autoimmune issues, and the one number that has to appear on the label or you have no idea what you are getting • Why cheap curcumin is barely absorbed and exits your body before it does anything, what standardized and phytosome actually mean, and why ginger at one to three grams a day lowered objective inflammatory markers in clinical trials Plus why none of these four supplements will work if chronic stress is keeping your nervous system in low grade fight or flight every day. Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Why Most Inflammation Supplements Have Done Nothing for You (And Who's Responsible) 2:00 - What Ibuprofen Actually Does — And What It Completely Misses 2:45 - Supplement #1: The Molecule That Actually Switches Inflammation Off 4:30 - The Exact Dose That Moves Your Inflammatory Markers in Bloodwork 5:30 - The Fish Oil Label Scam That's Making You Pay for Filler Oil 7:00 - Supplement #2: The One That Hits the Inflammation Pathway Ibuprofen Can't Reach 8:30 - The Label Red Flag That Means You Have No Idea What You're Actually Taking 9:00 - Supplement #3: The Most Bootlegged Anti-Inflammatory Supplement on the Market 10:00 - The Absorption Problem That Makes Most Turmeric Products Useless 11:00 - Supplement #4: The Cheapest and Most Underrated One — Already in Your Spice Drawer 12:00 - Why All Four Supplements Will Barely Work if You Don't Fix This First 13:15 - Who Needs to Be Careful Before Starting Any of These 13:45 - The One Blood Test to Ask Your Doctor for Right Now Get your free guide from Dr. G: https://page-builder-christiangon110.replit.app/opt-in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 17 · 33 min
Frozen Fruit Isn't Harmless, Chinese Medicine Actually Hates It | Heal Thy Self
→ AirDoctor |Head to https://AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code DRG and get up to $300 off ANY of their select AirDoctor models, plus you will get a 3-year warranty, absolutely FREE! All AirDoctor air purifiers come with a 30-day money back guarantee. → Timeline | Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $79, when you subscribe at https://timeline.com/DRG →Puori 7/12 | Go to https://puori.com/DRG and use the code DRG at checkout to get 32% off your first Puori Creatine+ subscription order. Episode Description: Your morning smoothie might be working against you. Your intermittent fasting routine might be dysregulating your hormones. And Botox, from a Chinese medicine perspective, is freezing the very nervous system pathways that keep your skin alive. Dr. Felice Chan is back on Heal Thy Self and this time the conversation happened outside, on a walk, in a rosemary bush. Dr. Felice is a licensed acupuncturist and Chinese medicine practitioner based in Los Angeles, and she connects dots between ancient medicine and modern biology in a way that stops you mid-sentence. This conversation covers breakfast, fasting, facial acupuncture, Botox, aging, and why everything in the body comes back to nervous system regulation and the rest and digest state. In this episode, you'll discover: • Why cold and blended foods create what Chinese medicine calls dampness in the body, how that slows metabolism and digestion, and what Dr. Felice's own smoothie habit led to after two to three months of daily use • Why most fasting research was done on men, what happens to a woman's cortisol and hormones when she skips breakfast, and the Chinese medicine case for a warm morning meal • The difference between what Botox does to the face neurologically versus what cosmetic acupuncture does, and why one freezes while the other reinvigorates Beauty from the inside out. This is what that actually looks like in practice. Find Dr. Felice Chan: Website: https://www.feliceacupuncture.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drfelicechan/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Why Smoothies Are One of the Worst Breakfast Choices (Chinese Medicine Explains Why) 2:20 - What Actually Happens in Your Body When You Drink a Smoothie and Drive to Work 4:00 - How Her Morning Smoothie Habit Sent Her to the ER and Changed Everything 5:30 - What to Eat for Breakfast Instead (Her Actual Morning Meal) 6:44 - Why Intermittent Fasting Is Doing More Harm Than Good for Most Women 8:00 - What Skipping Breakfast Does to Your Hormones, Metabolism and Energy Over Time 10:14 - The Symptoms She Sees in Every Woman Who Skips Breakfast 12:05 - Why Most People Think Their Nervous System Is Fine — And Why It Isn't 12:45 - The Signs of a Dysregulated Nervous System You're Probably Overlooking 15:13 - The #1 Mental and Emotional Effect of Living in Chronic Fight or Flight 15:52 - When Gut Problems Have Nothing to Do With Food 16:55 - The Five Organs, the Five Emotions and Where They Live in Your Body 18:36 - Is a Dysregulated Nervous System One of the Top Drivers of Disease? 19:04 - Botox vs. Cosmetic Acupuncture: What's Actually Happening Beneath the Skin 21:54 - What Chinese Medicine Says Is Really Causing Your Fine Lines and Wrinkles 23:06 - Why Cosmetic Acupuncture Results Last Longer Than Botox (And What It Takes) 24:30 - Graceful Aging Is an Energy — And You Can Feel It on Someone 25:27 - The One Thing She Wants Every Listener to Walk Away With Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 13 · 10 min
Why I Would Never Take Melatonin to Fall Asleep | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #510
Episode Description: You are probably taking melatonin wrong and it is almost certainly not your fault. Most people take it like a sleeping pill every night, wake up groggy, and eventually need more and more to get the same effect. That is not a melatonin deficiency. That is melatonin being used for something it was never designed to do at a dose your body would never produce on its own. The amount of melatonin your brain actually releases at night is about 3 tenths of 1 milligram. Your gummy says 10. The research is humbling and the label may not even be accurate. Researchers tested 30 melatonin products off store shelves and found the real content ranged from 83% below the label to nearly five times above it. In roughly one out of four products they found serotonin, a compound that was not listed on the label at all. In this episode, you will learn: • Why melatonin is a timing hormone and not a sedative, what it is actually designed to do in the body, and why taking a giant dose expecting to be knocked unconscious was never how it works • Whether long term melatonin use shuts down your body's own production, why the answer is no, and what the real risks actually are • Why Dr. G never raises the dose when a patient says melatonin has stopped working, what he does instead, and the specific scenarios where melatonin is genuinely the right tool Plus the warning every parent needs to hear before giving melatonin to a child. Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps:0:00 - Intro 1:30 - The One Thing About Melatonin That Changes Everything 2:30 - Mistake #1: The Dose Most People Take Is 10 to 30 Times Too High 4:00 - Will Melatonin Shut Down Your Body's Own Production? The Real Answer 5:30 - Mistake #2: Using It Like a Sleeping Pill When It Was Never Designed for That 7:00 - Mistake #3: The Study That Shows You Can't Trust the Number on the Label 8:30 - How Dr. G Actually Has His Patients Use Melatonin 9:30 - The Warning Every Parent Needs to Hear Before Giving This to Their Kids 10:00 - The Whole Truth in One Line Get your free guide from Dr. G: https://page-builder-christiangon110.replit.app/opt-in/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 10 · 45 min
The Real Reason You Wake Up Anxious for No Reason | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #509
→ Puori 7/12 | Go to https://puori.com/DRG and use the code DRG at checkout to get 32% off your first Puori Creatine+ subscription order. → Timeline | Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $79, when you subscribe at https://timeline.com/DRG → Ora Oganic | Real ingredients, planet-friendly packaging, easy to love. Head to https://ora.organic/pages/drg and use my code HEALTHYSELF30 to enjoy 30% off your first Ora order today. Episode Description: Every person comes into this world with a spiritual container. If your container can only hold 60 watts of energy, that is all you are getting. No strategy, no opportunity, no amount of hustle changes that. What changes it is expanding the vessel itself. David Ghiyam is a Kabbalah teacher and spiritual coach who has spent 25 years working with people at the intersection of consciousness, abundance, and transformation. This is one of the most expansive conversations Heal Thy Self has ever had. It moves from money ceilings and competing belief systems to anxiety as a message from your highest destiny, to darkness as excess light, to the energetic pipes of mother and father that govern healing and abundance. It goes places most podcasts never go and it earns every minute of it. In this episode, you'll discover: • Why the ceiling you keep hitting with money, love, or opportunity has nothing to do with the outside world, and why fixing your circumstances without expanding your spiritual vessel is fighting a shadow instead of the seed • What competing belief systems are and how a hidden belief you are completely unaware of can quietly sabotage every goal your conscious mind is working toward • Why anxiety is not a problem to solve but a signal that your higher destiny is trying to come in and cannot, and what it actually takes to open the channel This one will stay with you. Find David Ghiyam: Website: https://davidghiyam.com/yis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidghiyam/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Your Spiritual Container: The Real Reason Wealth, Love and Opportunity Stop at a Certain Point 2:30 - The Two Belief Systems That Are Quietly Blocking Everything You Want 4:00 - The Hidden Desire That Was Costing David Millions Without Him Knowing It 6:00 - Why Moving Cities, Changing Jobs or Finding New People Won't Fix the Problem 8:30 - 100% Aligned Desires = Instant Manifestation — Here's What That Means 11:55 - Anxiety Is Not a Disorder — It's Your Higher Destiny Trying to Come In 13:00 - Darkness Is Not the Absence of Light — It's the Excess of It 13:35 - The Single Biggest Block for High-Achieving, High-Anxiety People 14:00 - Why Every Best Idea You've Ever Had Came When You Were Alone 15:00 - The Real Reason People Fear Public Speaking (It Has Nothing to Do With Confidence) 17:50 - Why Staying in Something That's Not Working Is Hurting Everyone Around You 19:00 - Giving From the Left Column vs. the Right Column (And Why Most Leaders Only Do One) 23:00 - The Energy of One Disengaged Employee Is Quietly Killing Your Company 25:00 - The Amazon $5,000 Quit Check — And Why David Uses the Same Principle 26:00 - Why You Can't Attract a Partner Who Has What You're Not Willing to Build in Yourself 29:00 - The Real Estate Broker, the $50M Listing, and the Lesson About Her Mom 31:50 - What Blaming Your Parents Is Actually Blocking in Every Area of Your Life 32:00 - Father Energy and Mother Energy: The Two Pipes That Govern Abundance and Love 34:30 - Prayer Is Not Woo Woo — It's a Technology That Expands the Vessel 35:30 - How to Call In the Healing (Even If You Don't Want to Want It Yet) 37:00 - Where to Find David and How to Go Deeper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 6 · 15 min
The 4 Supplements I Use to Lower Cortisol | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #508
Episode Description: Wired and exhausted at the same time. Weight around your midsection that will not move no matter what you do. Mind racing the moment your head hits the pillow. That is not too much cortisol. That is a cortisol curve that has lost its shape. And there is a very real difference between those two things. Before Dr. G gets into the four supplements that have actual human research behind them, he is going to expose the cortisol detox teas and adrenal fatigue narrative for what they are. You cannot detox a steroid hormone. And the concept of adrenal fatigue was examined across 58 studies and has no scientific basis. What you actually have is a dysregulated HPA axis, and that is something you can actually fix. In this episode, you will learn: • Why ashwagandha is the most proven cortisol lowering supplement on earth by a wide margin, the exact label trick companies use to sell you an underdosed product, and who should never take it regardless of stress levels • The difference between the person who spikes easily under pressure and the person who crashes after sustained stress, why these require completely different supplements, and what phosphatidylserine and rhodiola each do that the other cannot • Why 45% of fish oil on shelves is already rancid, how to read the label to find out if your EPA and DHA numbers are actually therapeutic, and how omega-3s physically blunt both resting cortisol and cortisol spikes under stress Plus the one warning sign that means your cortisol issue is not everyday stress and you need to see a doctor immediately.Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Cortisol Detox Teas Are a Scam — Here's Why in 30 Seconds 1:30 - What the Cortisol Curve Actually Is (And What Chronic Stress Does to It) 2:45 - The Belly Fat, Sleep and Energy Connection Nobody Explains Correctly 3:45 - Supplement #1: The Most Proven Cortisol-Lowering Herb on Earth 5:30 - The Label Tricks Companies Use to Quietly Drain Your Wallet 6:15 - Who Should Never Touch This Supplement (Especially Thyroid Conditions) 6:45 - Supplement #2: The One for People Who Spike Hard Under Pressure 8:15 - Why the Lower Dose Does Absolutely Nothing (The Research Is Precise) 8:45 - Supplement #3: The Adaptogen for People Who Can't Get Out of Bed in the Morning 10:30 - The Most Manipulated Supplement in This Category and How to Spot a Fake 11:15 - Supplement #4: The Foundation Sitting Beneath All Three 12:30 - The Fish Oil Label Scam That's Making People Pay for Rancid Oil 13:30 - The One Thing That Beats All Four Supplements Combined 14:30 - When Your Cortisol Problem Is Actually Something More Serious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 3 · 32 min
Airway Dentist: The Way You Breathe Is Reshaping Your Face | Heal Thy Self #507
→ Ora Oganic | Real ingredients, planet-friendly packaging, easy to love. Head to https://ora.organic/pages/drg and use my code HEALTHYSELF30 to enjoy 30% off your first Ora order today. → Puori | Go to https://puori.com/DRG and use the code DRG at checkout to get 32% off your first Puori Creatine+ subscription order. Episode Description: The way that you breathe actually shapes the way that your face grows. And if your child is sleeping with their mouth open, that is not cute. That is a warning sign. Dr. Nora Zaghi is an airway focused biological pediatric dentist and one of the leading practitioners in sleep disordered breathing. This conversation connects dots that most people have never had connected for them. Mouth breathing, tongue ties, crowded jaws, ADHD, anxiety, dark circles under the eyes, restless sleep, and even the way a child walks. It is all coming from the same root. And for adults who have been living with this their entire lives without knowing it, there are still solutions. In this episode, you'll discover: • Why where your tongue rests in your mouth determines how your jaw and face develop, and why children who mouth breathe grow downward and backward instead of forward and wide • How a tongue tie creates tension through the entire deep front line of the body from the base of the tongue all the way to the toes, and why releasing it has caused patients to cry, stand straighter, speak more confidently, and walk normally for the first time • The root cause connection between a restrictive tongue, jaw clenching and grinding, and chronic anxiety, and the simple at home test you can do right now to check your own tongue mobility This episode is for every parent, every adult who was told they had ADHD or anxiety, and everyone who has been mouth breathing their whole life without knowing there was a name for it. Nora Zaghi: Website: hhttps://www.breathekidsdental.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.norazaghi/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - What Causes a Child's Tongue to Rest on the Floor of the Mouth Instead of the Roof 4:03 - Why a Sleeping Baby With Their Mouth Open Is Concerning, Not Cute 5:17 - Signs as an Adult That Your Jaw Never Fully Developed (And What You Can Do Now) 7:15 - How to Self-Check at Home Right Now 9:07 - The Connection Between Mouth Breathing and Chronic Fatigue 10:02 - 44% of People With ADHD Also Have a Breathing Problem — Here's Why 12:58 - Can ADHD Be Misdiagnosed When Sleep Apnea Is the Real Issue? 15:53 - How Breastfeeding Is Actually the First Orthodontic Intervention 17:07 - Why You WANT Gaps Between Your Baby's Teeth (And Why "Perfect Alignment" Is a Red Flag) 18:21 - Tongue Ties, Breastfeeding Pain and What Most Hospitals Get Wrong 22:23 - A Root Cause of Anxiety That Can Actually Be Found in Your Mouth 25:36 - How Releasing a Tongue Tie Can Trigger a Full-Body Emotional Release 26:24 - How to Find a Provider and Where to Learn More Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 30 · 8 min
The First Hour After You Wake Decides Your Entire Day’s Energy | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #506
Episode Description: You are not tired because you slept badly. You are tired because of what you are doing in the first five minutes after you wake up. There is a specific window, the first 60 minutes after you open your eyes, where your body runs a hormonal program that quietly determines your energy, your focus, and your stress resilience for the entire day. Cortisol rises by more than 50% in the first 30 to 40 minutes. It is called the cortisol awakening response and it is your body's built in ignition. The problem is not the cortisol. The problem is what most people are stacking on top of it before they even get out of bed. In this episode, you will learn: • Why reaching for your phone in the first few minutes of the day is pouring stress into a nervous system that is already at its peak, and why doing that every morning for years builds a body that lives in low grade fight or flight • Why the 90 minute coffee rule is not backed by good studies, what the actual problem with morning coffee is, and the simple fix that will make your mornings more productive without any timing rules • Who the cortisol awakening response matters for most: if you have afternoon energy crashes, anxiety, blood sugar issues, or you cannot fall asleep at night no matter how tired you are, the first hour is the lever you have not pulled yet None of this costs a dollar. All of it starts tomorrow morning. Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication. We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro1:30 - What the Cortisol Awakening Response Actually Is (And Why It's Not a Bad Thing) 2:30 - The Most Important Thing to Do in That Window That Costs Nothing 4:00 - The First Mistake Almost Everyone Makes Within Minutes of Waking Up 6:00 - What Happens to Your Nervous System When You Do This Every Morning for Years 7:30 - Why Your First Meal Is Setting Your Energy, Focus and Cravings for the Day 9:00 - The Truth About the 90-Minute Coffee Rule (And Why the Internet Gets It Wrong) 11:00 - Who This First Hour Matters for More Than Anyone Else 12:30 - The Simple Morning Protocol That Changes Everything Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 27 · 1 hr
Emotional Eating Expert: Why Diets Keep Failing You | ft. Amber Romaniuk HTS #505
→ Aqua Tru | Go to https://AquaTru.com now for 20% off (your purifier) using promo code DRG. AquaTru even comes with a 30-day best-tasting water guarantee. Episode Description: You eat perfectly all day. You are disciplined, productive, hitting every goal. And then night hits, the phone goes down, the day is over, and something takes over. You are not broken. You are wired. Amber Romaniuk is an emotional eating, hormone, and digestive health expert who has been doing this work for over a decade. She knows what it is to eat tables full of food in one sitting. To throw food away and go back to the dumpster for it. To lose and regain over a thousand pounds across five years. And she knows how that pattern started, what was underneath it, and how it ends. This conversation goes far beneath the behavior into the nervous system, the hormones, the gut, and the childhood wounds that drive the whole cycle. In this episode, you'll discover: • Why high achieving women who are disciplined in every other area of their lives are often the most susceptible to emotional eating, and why no amount of external success can fill the internal void that is driving it • How people pleasing drives cortisol, suppresses progesterone, tanks thyroid function, and creates the exact hormonal environment that makes nighttime cravings feel impossible to resist • The three questions to ask yourself the moment a craving hits at night to tell the difference between physical and emotional hunger, and how to start rewiring the neural pathway that has been lighting up every evening This is not about willpower. It is about what is underneath. Amber Romaniuk: Website: https://amberapproved.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amberromaniuk/?hl=en Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Rapid Fire: The Signs, the Patterns and Why Restriction Always Backfires 7:05 - Amber's Own Story: From Binge Eating to Digging Through a Dumpster 11:05 - The Moment She Realized This Was Never About Food 13:00 - Why the Most Disciplined, High-Achieving Women Often Struggle the Most Behind Closed Doors 19:00 - The Nervous System, Hormones and How They Drive Eating Behavior 28:00 - Why Emotional Hunger Feels Physical (And How to Tell the Difference) 34:00 - How Unresolved Trauma Lives in the Body and Shows Up at the Kitchen 42:00 - The Role of Shame, Self-Loathing and Negative Self-Talk in the Cycle 46:00 - Can Excess Weight Actually Be the Body Protecting Itself From Trauma? 51:00 - People Pleasing, Self-Abandonment and How They Fuel Disordered Eating 56:30 - What to Do Tonight When the Craving Hits — Three Grounding Questions 58:00 - The Two-Minute Body Check-In That Can Change Everything 59:00 - Where to Find Amber and How to Get Support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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