Live Long and Well with Dr. Bobby

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  Concierge Medicine: Better Care, or Just More Care? 10.09.2026 34min

  Concierge medicine promises something many patients desperately want: more time with their doctor, easier access, and appointments when they actually need them. But as concierge practices rapidly expand—and corporations, non-physicians, and heavily marketed longevity programs enter the field—the concierge label no longer guarantees excellent primary care. In this episode, I’m joined by two board-certified internal medicine physicians with firsthand experience in this changing model. Dr. Spyro...
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  Night Owl or Morning Lark: Are You Living With—or Against—Your Body Clock? 01.09.2026 33min

  Sign up for Dr. Bobby's 1-page action "Prescriptions" We follow the daylight saving time debate into a deeper question: whether your chronotype makes you a night owl or a morning lark, and how that fit with real life changes your sleep, performance, and health. I share what the evidence says about social jet lag, why synchrony matters more than labels, and how to decide whether to change your schedule or try to shift your body clock. • what chronotype means and how it shows up in daily ...
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  When Abnormal Does Not Mean Sick 20.08.2026 37min

  Sign up for my newsletter and 1-page action plans That red number in your lab portal can hit like a verdict. We know the feeling: your mind jumps from one “abnormal” result to the worst-case story, even if you feel the same as you did yesterday. But medicine has changed, and “abnormal” often reflects how much we measure, how we define normal ranges, and how quickly a borderline finding can turn into a lifelong label. We walk through why it’s become so hard to stay “normal” on paper wit...
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  Breakfast—The Most Important Meal, or the Most Marketed? 11.08.2026 32min

  Sign up for my free newsletter/1 page action plans In this episode of Live Long and Well, Dr. Bobby looks at the evidence behind breakfast—not as a slogan, but as a real-life question: what problem is breakfast solving? For some people, breakfast may help with blood sugar, protein intake, morning exercise, or avoiding late-day overeating. For others, skipping breakfast may work perfectly well. And for many adults, “breakfast” may really mean coffee—which can improve alertness and exercise per...
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  No Pain, No Gain...or Time to Maintain? 30.07.2026 25min

  Sign up for my 1-page action steps for this episode (and others) and my Newsletter The hardest part of “no pain, no gain” is not the pain. It’s the moment you think, should I quit, and you realize the rule never told you when to stop pushing. I’m Dr. Bobby Du Bois, and I use a weightlifting moment with my trainer Nina to dig into a problem that shows up everywhere: health habits, fitness plans, weight loss, sleep, career ambition, even the way we talk to ourselves. Every habit charges a tax, ...
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  What I worry about...and what I don't... 21.07.2026 24min

  Sign up for my free newsletter/1 page action plans Health advice doesn’t just inform us, it recruits us into worrying. One week it’s microplastics, the next it’s seed oils, artificial sweeteners, organic food, supplements, or the newest longevity protocol someone wants to sell you. I wanted a calmer, evidence-based way to decide what truly deserves attention, and what can be safely downgraded from daily stress to a simple “noted.” I walk through my own evidence-grounded worry list and explai...
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  My Evidence-Based Health Plan 09.07.2026 23min

  Sign up for my free newsletter and get 1-page action plans (Dr. Bobby's 1-page Prescriptions A birthday can sneak up on you and suddenly you’re asking a blunt question: what am I actually doing for my health, and am I focused on the right things? As I near 70, I share the health plan I actually follow, not as a template for you to copy, but as a clear way to think about your own evidence-based health plan for longevity, energy, and a life you still want to live. I organize my choices into th...
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  You Can Still Change Your Future Starting Today 01.07.2026 24min

  Sign-up for Newsletter (and get 1-page action summary) Episode Summary: In this episode, I explore whether it’s ever “too late” to change your health future—and why the science suggests that earlier is better, but later still matters. Can you still change your future? The answer is hopeful, but nuanced. Younger listeners may assume they have plenty of time, while older listeners may wonder whether the damage has already been done. In both cases, the evidence points to a more useful trut...
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  Die of a broken heart? Scared to death? 23.06.2026 17min

  Get my Newsletter and 1-page action sheets Explore whether emotions like grief, fear, anger, loneliness, and chronic stress can truly affect the heart — and what the evidence suggests we can do to protect ourselves. Can you really die of a broken heart? Rarely, yes. The clearest medical example is Takotsubo syndrome, also known as stress cardiomyopathy or “broken heart syndrome.” It can occur after an intense emotional or physical stressor, causing chest pain, shortness of breath, and a tempo...
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  Good Enough Exercise 11.06.2026 40min

  I’m joined by Dr. Jeffrey Sankoff to talk about three exercise “rules” you may be allowed to break: you don’t always need to spread workouts across the week, intensity doesn’t have to come from a formal interval session, and most short workouts don’t require a complicated hydration or fueling plan. The Exercise Rules You’re Allowed to Break Have you ever skipped a workout because you couldn’t do the “right” one? Maybe you didn’t have time for the gym, a long hike, or a structured bike ride. T...
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  Longevity Summarized: The Compass, the Detour, and the Parking Brake 02.06.2026 24min

  After 70 episodes, I've noticed a pattern that keeps showing up in every corner of longevity, wellness, and medicine: people don’t fail because they “don’t care.” They fail because the signal is buried under hype, and because perfectionism makes the basics feel impossible to sustain. So I step back and share a simple framework for living long and well: treat evidence like a compass, treat hype like a detour, and treat perfectionism like a parking brake. I walk through how to read healt...
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  Diet soda, Twinkies, and the Questions that Matter 21.05.2026 28min

  Episode Summary: In this episode, I look at diet soda, artificial sweeteners, and the real-world question that matters most: compared with what, at what dose, for whom, and at what tradeoff? Diet Coke, Twinkies, and the Questions That Matter I start with a memory from medical training: a cardiology professor walking around with a Diet Coke in one hand and a Twinkie in his pocket. Was he making a smart tradeoff, or fooling himself? That image captures the artificial sweetener debate well. A di...
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  What’s Wrong With Me?” What AI Gets Right — And What It Gets Really Wrong 12.05.2026 32min

  In this episode, I explore where AI can genuinely help with health questions, where it can fall dangerously short, and how to use it more wisely before trusting it with decisions that really matter. AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini can be useful for understanding lab results, summarizing a doctor’s visit, preparing questions before an appointment, or making sense of complicated medical language. But when people ask AI, “What’s wrong with me?” or “Should I go to the hospital?” t...
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  #69 Being Happy: Physiology Often Beats Insight 30.04.2026 21min

  In this episode, I explore a difficult but important idea: when it comes to depression, anxiety, fear, and emotional suffering, changing physiology often works better than understanding the story behind the pain. I begin with a simple question: why do we assume insight should heal us? As human beings, we naturally look for patterns and explanations, but explanation is not the same as relief. I share two personal examples—my years of dysthymia that lifted quickly with Wellbutrin, and my ...
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  When Acupuncture and Massage Work—and When They Don’t 21.04.2026 20min

  This episode explores what massage and acupuncture can genuinely help with, where the benefits appear to be mostly short term, and where the evidence simply does not support the bigger claims. Massage and acupuncture are widely used, and many people spend real time, money, and hope on them. I walk through an important distinction: feeling better is not the same as changing the underlying problem or speeding healing. A treatment may reduce pain, soreness, anxiety, or tension without actually f...
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  #67: Why Smart People Fall For Health Headlines 09.04.2026 34min

  “All natural.” “Doctor recommended.” “Used for 5,000 years.” If you’ve ever felt your hand reach for a product before your brain finishes thinking, you’re not alone and you’re not broken. We dig into why health hype works even on people who know better, and how to build a simple mental pause that protects your everyday health decisions. We start with a personal story from the vet’s office that exposes a universal trap: confusing sequence with proof. From there, we separate two forces that dr...
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  #67 Stress Reduction: What Actually Works—and What’s Just Wellness Hype 01.04.2026 32min

  Stress is everywhere and so is the marketing. Nearly half of US adults say they feel stressed often, and the wellness world is ready with a supplement, a lab panel, or a pricey device for every symptom. We wanted a cleaner answer: what is stress, what can we measure at home, and what actually reduces stress in a way that’s grounded in real studies rather than hype. We start by defining stress in a practical way: stress rises when the demands you perceive exceed the resources you think you ha...
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  #66: A big coffee study won't change what I do.... 19.03.2026 18min

  Visit my website Bold claims make great headlines; clear evidence makes better habits. We take a hard look at the widely shared study suggesting two to three cups of coffee cut dementia risk by 20 percent and unpack what those numbers really mean for your brain and your daily routine. First, we break down the Harvard JAMA research: massive cohorts of nurses and physicians, decades of follow-up, and self-reported diet data that carry real strengths and built-in limits. We explore why observ...
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  #65: Can I Eat All the Salt That I Want? 10.03.2026 30min

  You read everywhere that you “should” cut salt—especially if your blood pressure is up. But salt also makes food enjoyable. In this episode, I walk through the human evidence (not animal studies) and frame salt as a risk–benefit tradeoff: when does sodium meaningfully matter, for whom, and how can you test your sensitivity? Big questions we answer If you have high blood pressure: does lowering salt always help?If your BP is normal but you have heart/kidney risk: does salt matter?If you’re bas...
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  #63 The Million Dollar Question: Which Health Predictions Actually Help You Live Longer? 25.02.2026 33min

  Can you predict when “bad things” will happen to your health—and more importantly, can you do anything about it? In this episode, I break down which prediction tools actually help you live long and well (because you can act on them), and which ones are mostly expensive fortune-telling. Joined by cardiologist Dr. Anthony Pearson (author of The Skeptical Cardiologist), we dig into heart-risk calculators, dementia genetics, and why biological age clocks aren’t ready for prime time. Guest: Dr. An...