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  The 4 Supplements I Use to Lower Cortisol | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #508 06.08.2026 15мин

  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
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  Airway Dentist: The Way You Breathe Is Reshaping Your Face | Heal Thy Self #507 03.08.2026 33мин

  → 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
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  The First Hour After You Wake Decides Your Entire Day’s Energy | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #506 30.07.2026 9мин

  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
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  Emotional Eating Expert: Why Diets Keep Failing You | ft. Amber Romaniuk HTS #505 27.07.2026 1ч 1мин

  → 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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  Swallowing Turmeric (Curcumin) Does Nothing — Take This Instead | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #504 23.07.2026 9мин

  Episode Description: You have been taking turmeric. Your joints are still stiff. Your inflammation is still there. And there is a really good chance the turmeric has been doing almost nothing the entire time. It is not your fault. Every health article, every wellness post, and every label has told you the same thing: add black pepper and you are good to go. That advice is based on a single 1998 study. When researchers went back and tested it properly in a controlled human trial published in 2021, black pepper did not improve curcumin absorption at all. It performed no better than plain turmeric with nothing added. In that same study, a properly formulated version of curcumin was over 20 times more absorbable. Dr. G breaks down exactly what that means and what to look for instead. In this episode, you will learn:  •  Why plain curcumin has less than 1% bioavailability, how your liver tags it for removal almost immediately, and why you can swallow a large dose and end up with almost none of it in your system  • What enhanced delivery forms actually mean on a label, including phospholipid, micellar, phytosome, and nanoparticle curcumin, and why these are not just marketing words  • Who should not be taking curcumin at supplemental doses, including people on blood thinners, those with gallstones or bile duct issues, anyone prone to kidney stones, and people on diabetes medication Turmeric works. The research is strong. You just have to be taking the right form. 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 - Does Turmeric Actually Work? What the Research Shows 3:00 - Why One of the Best Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Is Also One of the Worst Absorbed 4:30 - The Black Pepper Myth: Where It Came From and Why the 2021 Research Changes Everything 6:30 - What Dr. G Actually Gave His Oncology Patients Instead 8:00 - The Forms of Curcumin That Human Studies Show Actually Work 10:00 - The Simple Rule for Taking It With Food 11:00 - Who Should NOT Be Taking Turmeric (Don't Skip This Part) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  How to Feel Younger Without Changing Your Diet | ft. Angelo Keely HTS #503 20.07.2026 1ч 3мин

  → KION| Visit getkion.com/DRG for 20% off Episode Description: Your skincare routine is not going to save you if you are deficient in the nutrients your skin is actually built from. And seven out of ten people in clinical practice are walking around with low omega-3 levels without knowing it. Angelo Keely is the co-founder of Kion and one of the most evidence-based minds in nutrition. This is his third time on Heal Thy Self and the conversation goes deep on fish oil, inflammation, seed oils, and why the supplements most people are taking are either the wrong thing, the wrong dose, or completely ineffective because they have never addressed the foundational nutrient deficiencies underneath. In this episode, you'll discover:  •   Why Gen Z is aging faster despite eating cleaner, and why spending money on skincare without fixing your nutrient deficiencies is like painting over a structural problem in a building  •    How omega-3s work at the red blood cell level, what it means for your cells to go from 4% to 8% omega-3 composition, and why that shift produces a 15% reduction in all cause mortality  •    The truth about seed oils vs saturated fat, including what the human data actually shows, why the influencer narrative is misleading, and what Angelo himself eats despite what the research says Plus what pro-resolving mediators actually do in the body, why ibuprofen sends the workers home while omega-3s fix the pothole, and how to know if your fish oil has already gone rancid before you open it. Find Kion: Website:https://www.getkion.com/drg Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/kion/?hl=en Timestamps:0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Meet Angelo Keely: Third Time on the Show, and the Fish Oil Conversation Changes Everything 6:45 - Rapid Fire: Seed Oils, Butter, and a Question That Might Surprise You 10:00 - What Angelo Was Doing Before Kion (And the Dark Adolescence He Came From) 13:00 - The Business Lesson That Took Ten Years to Learn 16:00 - Why Consistency Beats Everything Else (And How to Give 100% of Whatever You've Got) 21:00 - What Omega-3s Actually Are and Why Most People Are Dangerously Low 27:00 - How These Fatty Acids Literally Change the Structure of Your Blood Cells 30:00 - The Truth About Inflammation and What Omega-3s Are Actually Doing Inside You 33:00 - Fish Burps, Gross Taste and What That's Really Telling You About Your Fish Oil 35:00 - The Back-of-Bottle Math Trick That Reveals If Your Fish Oil Is Worth Taking 44:00 - The EPA vs. DHA Question (And What the Research Actually Recommends) 46:00 - Seed Oils: What the Human Data Actually Shows (vs. What Influencers Say) 52:00 - Tallow vs. Seed Oils for Cooking — What the Research Really Says 55:00 - Why Deep-Fried Food Is the Real Problem (Not Which Oil It's Cooked In) 58:00 - What Makes the Kion Omega Different and Where to Get It Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  How to Eat Carbs and Lose Weight | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #502 16.07.2026 10мин

  Episode Description: You have been cutting carbs to lose weight and your blood sugar still will not move. What if you have been avoiding the one carbohydrate that was actually working in your favor the whole time? Resistant starch is a carbohydrate your body cannot digest. Instead of spiking your blood sugar, it travels to your gut bacteria intact, feeds them, and triggers a chain reaction that improves insulin sensitivity, blunts post-meal glucose spikes, and in human controlled trials is linked to measurable reductions in visceral fat. And here is the part that might surprise you: the same food can have a completely different metabolic effect depending on how you prepare it. Cooking and then cooling a potato or a plate of rice meaningfully increases its resistant starch content. Same food. Different biology. In this episode, you will learn:  • How resistant starch feeds your gut bacteria to produce butyrate, one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory compounds in the body, and how that chain reaction directly improves how your body handles blood sugar and insulin  • What the randomized controlled trial data actually shows for weight loss, visceral fat reduction, and insulin sensitivity, including the dose ranges used in the studies and how long it takes to see results  • The exact foods to start with, why you have to go slow, and what happens to your gut if you jump straight to 40 grams a day This is a free tool. No supplement required. 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 - What Makes Resistant Starch Different From Every Other Carbohydrate 3:30 - The Cooking Trick That Changes How Your Body Responds to Ordinary Food 5:00 - How Your Gut Bacteria Turn This Into One of the Most Powerful Anti-Inflammatory Compounds in the Body 7:00 - The GLP-1 Connection and What the Research Actually Says (vs. What Marketing Says) 9:00 - What Dr. G Has Seen in 12 Years of Clinical Practice With Patients 11:00 - What the Randomized Trials Actually Show on Blood Sugar, Insulin and Visceral Fat1 3:30 - How to Actually Use It: Doses, Best Food Sources and the One Mistake Everyone Makes 16:00 - The Honest Limitations (And Why It's Still Worth Trying) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  You Have the Power to Rewrite Your Love, Money & Health | ft. Danny Morel HTS #501 13.07.2026 58мин

  → 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 → Santa Barbara Chocolate | CocoaDynamics available at https://SantaBarbaraChocolate.com. Use code DRG20 for 20% off. Episode Description: You have been running from yourself for a very long time. The restlessness, the worry, the relationships that keep ending the same way, the money that never feels like enough. None of that is who you actually are. It is what you learned. Danny Morel is back on Heal Thy Self for the second time, and this conversation goes deeper than the first. Danny had the picture perfect life. The money, the business, the house, the marriage, the admiration. And he was completely disconnected from himself. It took an affair, a divorce, the death of his mother, and a moment on a run reading Eckhart Tolle for everything to crack open. What came through that crack changed everything. This is that story, and the wisdom that came out of it. In this episode, you'll discover:  •   The difference between victim consciousness and creator consciousness, why the shift from one to the other is the thing human beings are most afraid of, and why every relationship, money problem, and health struggle you keep recreating is pointing at something inside you  •   How to tell the difference between true soul intuition and fear masquerading as gut feeling, and why the only way to access that distinction is through silence and direct relationship with the divine  •   Why your partner is a mirror, your bank account is a mirror, and why wanting to fix the reflection without doing the inner work is the single most common way people stay stuck This is the work that makes all the other work possible. Find Danny Morel:  Book: Awakened:  https://www.awakenedbook.comWebsite: https://dannymorel.com/Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/DannyMorel/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Rapid Fire: How to Know If You're Living From Old Conditioning (And What to Do) 5:00 - The Picture-Perfect Life That Left Him Completely Empty Inside 9:30 - The Moment a Pastor Said Something That Changed Danny's Life Forever 14:00 - From Victim Consciousness to Creator Consciousness: The Shift Most People Fear 18:30 - Why You Were Born Into Separation (And Why That's Actually Perfect) 23:00 - Masculine and Feminine Energy: The Loop That Either Creates or Destroys Your Relationships 29:00 - She Is Not the Problem — She Is the Mirror 34:00 - What Dr. G Publicly Shares for the First Time Ever 42:00 - Why Stillness Is the Thing We're Most Afraid Of (And What It Reveals) 48:00 - Why Your Purpose Has Nothing to Do With What You Do 53:00 - Forgiving Your Parents Is Not What You Think It Is 57:30 - Why You're Always "Right There" With Money But Can Never Break Through 1:02:00 - The Simplest Practice That Opens Everything 1:06:00 - About the Book and Where to Find Danny Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Scientist Found 5 Things That Boost Testosterone - Here’s What They Are | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #498 09.07.2026 17мин

  Episode Description: There are over 40 supplements on the market right now promising to raise your testosterone. The vast majority of them are a waste of your money. Some are doing nothing at all. Others may be doing damage. And this episode is not sponsored by a single one of them. After age 35, testosterone drops by 1% every year. For most men that starts to feel like lost recovery, vanishing drive, and stubborn fat around the midsection that will not budge. But low testosterone is not just a gym problem. It travels directly alongside insulin resistance, visceral fat accumulation, cardiovascular risk, depression, and cognitive decline. Out of 40 plus products making claims, only five have actual randomized controlled trial data behind them. Dr. G breaks all five down today, including the exact form and dose used in the research. In this episode, you'll learn:  •  Why KSM-66 ashwagandha is the most clinically validated of the group, how chronic stress is biologically competing with your testosterone production for the same raw materials, and why the form on the label matters more than the brand  •  How Tongkat Ali works by freeing up testosterone that is already in your body but locked away and unavailable, and why it produced a 90% normalization rate in men who were clinically low  •  Why most men with normal testosterone on paper still have low free testosterone, and how magnesium and zinc address the two different sides of that problem Plus where vitamin D actually fits in the stack, the one free intervention that matters more than all five supplements combined, and why deep sleep is where the majority of your testosterone is actually made. 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 - Why Low Testosterone Is Way More Dangerous Than Most Men Realize 3:00 - The Lifestyle Factors Destroying Your Testosterone Before Supplements Even Enter the Picture 4:15 - Supplement #1: The Most Clinically Validated Option in the Group 6:30 - Supplement #2: How This Herb Does Something Rare That Most Men Don't Know Is Possible 9:00 - Supplement #3: The Most Commonly Depleted Mineral for Testosterone (And Why) 11:30 - Supplement #4: Why Your Labs Can Look Normal and You Still Feel Like Garbage 13:30 - Supplement #5: The Foundation That Every Other Supplement Is Standing On 15:30 - Why Dr. G Says Test Before You Guess — And What to Actually Test For 17:00 - The One Free Thing That Matters More Than All Five Supplements Combined 18:00 - How to Stack All of This in the Right Order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The #1 Killer Women Never See Coming — and How to Beat It | ft. Dr. Mary Pardee HTS #499 06.07.2026 1ч 2мин

  → Ora Organic | 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. → Santa Barbara Chocolate | CocoaDynamics available at https://SantaBarbaraChocolate.com. Use code DRG20 for 20% off. Episode Description: Social media has convinced women that they need to lower their cortisol to lose belly fat, sync their workouts to their menstrual cycle, eat differently depending on their cycle phase, avoid heavy lifting to stay lean, and take a stack of longevity supplements to live longer. Dr. Mary Pardee is here to call most of that what it is. Dr. Mary is a naturopathic and functional medicine doctor, one of Dr. G's closest friends, and one of the most evidence-based voices in the wellness space. This is her third time on Heal Thy Self and she is not holding back. From LDL cholesterol to VO2 max to the Mediterranean diet to cold plunge, she is cutting through the noise and giving women the clearest, most direct framework for actually living longer. In this episode, you'll discover:  •  Why LDL cholesterol is causative for heart disease the way smoking is causative for lung cancer, what numbers to actually target at different life stages, and why plaque formation begins in your 20s  •  The truth about cycle syncing workouts and food, why it is a marketing tactic designed to confuse a vulnerable population into buying something, and what the research actually says about training through your cycle  •  How to structure protein intake for muscle building, the exact grams per kilogram targets for different goals, and why women are still chronically under eating protein even in 2026 Plus the labs every woman should be running, what a DEXA scan actually reveals about body composition, and why cold plunge has no longevity evidence behind it while sauna does. Find Dr. Amy Pardee:  Website: https://www.modrnmed.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.marypardee Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Rapid Fire: Cortisol, LDL, Heavy Lifting & Cycle Syncing — Myth or Fact? 5:30 - How Dr. Mary Became the Most Evidence-Based Naturopathic Doctor Dr. G Knows 9:10 - The Vulnerable Populations Being Targeted by Wellness Influencers 11:45 - The Truth About Cortisol and Belly Fat (And Who This Advice Is Actually Hurting) 15:00 - Calories vs. Whole Foods: Why "Just Eat Clean" Is Gaslighting a Lot of People 19:00 - DEXA Scans, Skinny Fat & Why Women Often Need to Add Muscle, Not Lose Weight 22:30 - How Much Protein Women Actually Need and Why Most Are Undereating It 26:00 - Animal Protein vs. Plant Protein: Has Dr. Mary Changed Her Mind? 28:30 - Heart Disease Is Still the #1 Killer — Here's Why That Hasn't Changed 31:00 - LDL Is Causative for Heart Disease, Full Stop (And Why the Nuance Is Misleading People) 35:00 - What LDL Numbers Should Actually Trigger Treatment 37:30 - Should People in Their 30s Be on Statins? Dr. Mary Says Yes 39:00 - How Much Can Diet Actually Lower Your LDL? The 20% Reality 42:00 - The Mediterranean Diet vs. Keto vs. Carnivore: What the Research Actually Supports 45:00 - VO2 Max: What It Measures, Why It Matters & Whether You Need to Test It 49:30 - Cycle Syncing Your Workouts and Diet: Social Media Trash 52:30 - Cold Plunge vs. Sauna for Longevity: What the Evidence Actually Shows 54:30 - The Labs Every Person Should Ask Their Doctor to Run 58:00 - One Thing Dr. Mary Wants Every Woman to Walk Away With Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Most Powerful Peptide You've Never Heard Of (Affects 4,000 Genes) | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #498 02.07.2026 18мин

  Ebook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AUsxg05dXkKFeAa64kC0u16XynnSx68o/view?usp=drive_link Episode Description: Every peptide conversation right now is about GLP-1 drugs, BPC-157, and TB-500. Nobody is talking about the one with 50 years of published research that your body is already making and losing as you age. GHK-Cu is a naturally occurring tripeptide that declines by 60% between the ages of 20 and 60. That decline tracks directly with the loss of skin elasticity, slower wound healing, thinning hair, reduced collagen production, and rising inflammation. In randomized controlled trials it has outperformed Rogaine for hair growth, shown a 55% reduction in visible wrinkles, and been documented to positively affect the expression of over 4,000 human genes. Dr. G calls it his favorite peptide, and his partner uses it on her face every day. In this episode, you will learn:  • How GHK-Cu works as a copper delivery vehicle at the cellular level, why it modulates gene expression across 31% of the human genome, and what that means for tissue repair, inflammation, and biological aging  • The head to head randomized controlled trial where GHK-Cu outperformed minoxidil for hair count, follicle size, and the active growth phase of the hair cycle  • Exactly what to look for when buying GHK-Cu cream, why the peptide is chemically fragile, what packaging and pH range to require, and the red flags that tell you to walk away from a product Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - What GHK-CU Actually Is and How It Was First Discovered in 1973 3:10 - Why a 60% Decline in GHK-CU Between Ages 20 and 60 Tracks Directly With Aging 4:40 - What Makes GHK-CU Different From Every Other Popular Peptide 6:00 - How It Stimulates Collagen, Elastin & the Extracellular Matrix 7:15 - The Human Trial Showing a 51% Increase in Collagen Density From Topical Application 8:00 - The 4,000 Genes GHK-CU Affects (And What the Broad Institute Found) 9:30 - Anti-Inflammatory Effects: Why This Matters for Biological Aging 10:30 - Wound Healing, Angiogenesis & Tissue Repair Across Skin, Bone, Gut and Liver 11:30 - The 2022 RCT: 55.7% Reduction in Visible Wrinkles After 12 Weeks 12:30 - Hair Growth: Outperforming Minoxidil in a Head-to-Head Randomized Trial 14:30 - Why the Lower Dose (50mg/ml) Outperformed the Higher Dose 15:30 - Safety Profile, Contraindications & the "Copper Uglies" Explained 17:00 - How to Buy GHK-CU: Concentration, Packaging, pH & What to Avoid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  100,000 Studies Prove This Works — So Why Has Nobody Told You | ft. Dr. Catharine Arnston HTS #497 29.06.2026 55мин

  → ENERGYbits: Use code DRG for 20% off your order.  https://energybits.com/discount/DRG?rfsn=7969418.1fab15&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=7969418.1fab15 Episode Description There is a food that has been on Earth for 4 billion years, is backed by over 100,000 scientific studies, is used by NASA, endorsed by the United Nations, and fuels Olympic and NFL athletes. And almost nobody is talking about it. Catharine Arnston is the founder of Energy Bits, a PhD holder, and the world's leading voice on spirulina and chlorella — the two algae she calls your nutritional and health insurance. She found this world trying to help her sister recover from breast cancer, spent 17 years going deeper into science than anyone else has, and is now nearly 70 years old with more energy, clarity, and vitality than most people half her age. The proof is in everything she says. In this episode, you'll discover:  • Why spirulina's amino acid profile is almost identical to mother's breast milk — and how it protects the mitochondria, clears brain fog, and rebuilds energy at a cellular level without stimulants or crashes  • What chlorella actually does inside the body: pulling out heavy metals, toxins, and excess iron while triggering serotonin production, improving mood, and getting your gut moving  • Why most algae on the market has had its most critical nutrients deactivated — and what to look for to make sure you're getting the real thing Aging is natural. Declining is not. Find Catharine:  Website: https://energybits.com Personal Website: https://catharinearnston.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/energybits  Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catharinearnston Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Meet Catherine Arnson: Nearly 70, More Energy Than Most 30-Year-Olds 3:50 - Rapid Fire: Exhaustion, Coffee Dependency & Why Algae Is a Food Not a Supplement 7:12 - Catherine's Origin Story: How a Sister's Breast Cancer Led to 100,000 Studies 10:18 - Why the Science on Spirulina and Chlorella Has Been Sitting in a Vault for Decades 12:40 - The Blue Pigment in Spirulina That Has Been Shown to Kill Cancer Cells 15:20 - Real Results: The 85-Year-Old Who Cleaned Her Garage After Starting Algae 18:00 - Why Women Over 40 Feel Like They Fell Off a Cliff (And What's Actually Happening) 22:10 - Chlorella's Highest Tryptophan Content in the World and What It Does for Mood 25:30 - Why Not All Algae Is Created Equal (And Why Most Brands Are Destroying the Nutrients) 29:45 - Spirulina vs. Chlorella: What Each One Does and Why You Need Both 34:00 - Spirulina Is the Second Most Nutritionally Complete Food After Breast Milk 37:10 - Skin, Hair, Nails & Brain Fog: What Spirulina Does Specifically for Women 42:00 - The Golf Umbrella Analogy: How SOD Protects Your Mitochondria 45:30 - Telomeres, Fertility & Heart Health: More of What These Algae Protect 50:15 - Why Men Die Earlier (The Iron Oxidation Connection) 54:20 - How to Take It, How Much, and When You'll Start Feeling a Difference 58:00 - Working With NHL, NFL & Olympic Athletes for Over a Decade 1:02:00 - Where to Find Energy Bits and What Sets Theirs Apart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Nature’s Ozempic Showed Metformin-Like Results in a Real Clinical Trial | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #496 25.06.2026 13мин

  Episode Description: Everyone is calling it nature's Ozempic. That is marketing. And it is doing a total disservice to what berberine actually does. Berberine is not a GLP-1 drug. It does not work the same way. The weight loss outcomes are not comparable. And if you are taking it expecting to drop 15% of your body weight, you are going to be disappointed. But here is what the research actually shows, and why Dr. G takes berberine every single day. The clinical evidence on berberine for blood sugar, cholesterol, insulin resistance, and gut health is genuinely compelling. A three month randomized controlled trial in newly diagnosed type two diabetics showed reductions in HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, and post-meal blood glucose that were comparable to metformin. A 2022 meta analysis confirmed it hits triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL, blood pressure, and insulin resistance markers simultaneously. And the gut microbiome research is a piece almost nobody is talking about.In this episode, you will learn:  •  What berberine actually does in the body through the AMPK pathway, why it is not a GLP-1, and what to realistically expect from it  • Why standard berberine has a major absorption problem, what dihydroberberine is and why it may deliver 2 to 4 times more into circulation at a fraction of the dose  • Exactly how to buy berberine intelligently, what standardization means on a label, which forms to choose, and what to avoid. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - How Berberine Works in the Body (And Why It's Not a GLP-1 Drug) 3:24 - The Weight Loss Reality: What Berberine Can and Can't Do 4:48 - Blood Sugar and Insulin Resistance: Where the Evidence Is Strongest 6:30 - Comparable to Metformin in Some Trials — What That Actually Means 7:42 - Cholesterol, Triglycerides & Cardiovascular Risk: Berberine's Strongest Evidence Base 9:44 - How Dr. G Uses Berberine in His Own Daily Routine 10:38 - Berberine's Underrated Effect on the Gut Microbiome 12:30 - The Big Absorption Problem With Standard Berberine (And the Solution) 14:22 - Dihydroberberine: 2-4x More Bioavailable in Human Trials 15:18 - How to Buy Berberine Intelligently: Standardization, Form & Third-Party Testing 17:00 - Who Should Take Berberine (And Who Shouldn't) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Why Am I Here? Finally An Answer to the Question Everyone Asks | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #495 22.06.2026 13мин

  → Santa Barbara Chocolate | CocoaDynamics available at https://SantaBarbaraChocolate.com. Use code DRG20 for 20% off. → Ora Organics | 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 You have been looking for yourself everywhere but inside yourself. In this fully channeled episode, Dr. G goes inward and lets the voice within speak directly to you. Not about supplements. Not about protocols. About the thing underneath all of it. The parts of you that have been buried underground since childhood. The parts you decided were too much, too painful, too unlovable to let be seen. The parts that are still waiting. This episode is about what healing actually is. Not a process you earn through the right habits, but a remembrance of who you already are. In this episode, you will hear:  • Why the love you have been seeking from everyone around you has always existed inside of you, and what it actually takes to come back to it  • The truth about healing as a return to your natural state, and why no disease can survive a human organism that is fully in alignment  • Your soul contract: why you came here, what your purpose actually is, and how embodying who you are changes the people around you without saying a single word Take a deep breath. Open your heart. Let this one move something.   Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - The Hidden World Inside You That You've Been Running From 3:20 - Healing Is Not a Process — It's a Remembrance of Your Natural State 5:00 - The Parts of You Buried Underground That Are Dying to Be Seen 8:45 - When Your Soul Celebrates, Your Nervous System Follows 9:30 - There Is No Disease That Cannot Be Reversed With a Body in Alignment 11:00 - The Soul Contract: Why You're Here and How You Change the World 13:15 - A Message for Everyone: You Have Never Not Been Loved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The FASTEST Way to Lose Dangerous Belly Fat (5 Clinically Tested Supplement ) | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #494 18.06.2026 10мин

  You could be eating well, working out, and doing everything right and still carry stubborn fat around your midsection that will not move. That is not a willpower problem. Visceral fat is the fat that wraps around your organs deep inside your abdomen, and it behaves completely differently than the fat under your skin. It is metabolically active, releasing inflammatory signals into your bloodstream around the clock and driving insulin resistance, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome. Most people have no idea that specific supplements have actual clinical data showing they target visceral fat directly. In this episode, Dr. G breaks down five supplements with real research behind them, what the studies actually measured, and the exact doses used. In this episode, you'll learn:  • Why berberine has to be taken three times a day with meals to work, and the meta analysis showing real reductions in visceral fat and waist circumference  • The randomized controlled trial where resistant starch led to over 6 pounds of measured visceral fat loss in 8 weeks, and how to dose it without destroying your gut  • Why EPA dose matters more than total fish oil, the 1800 milligram number from the research, and why 45% of fish oil on shelves has already gone rancid Plus the role of magnesium in insulin resistance and visceral fat storage, why EGCG only works alongside exercise, and Dr. G's week by week protocol for building all of this into your routine. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Supplement #1: Berberine — What the Research Actually Shows (And the Right Dose) 3:40 - Supplement #2: Resistant Starch — The Most Underrated Tool for Visceral Fat 6:07 - Supplement #3: EPA Omega-3s — Why Dose and Oxidation Both Matter 8:28 - Supplement #4: Magnesium — The Foundational Fix Most People Are Missing 10:14 - Supplement #5: EGCG — The Green Tea Extract That Amplifies What You're Already Doing 11:33 - How to Build a Visceral Fat Protocol Week by Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  50% of the World Will Be Nearsighted by 2050 | ft. Dr. Bryce Appelbaum HTS #493 15.06.2026 1ч 2мин

  → Timeline | Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $79, when you go to https://timeline.com/DRG → Aqua Tru | Go to https://AquaTru.com now for 20% off using promo code DRG. AquaTru even comes with a 30-day best-tasting water guarantee. → ScreenFit | Use code DRG for $200 off available at⁠ https://www.screenfit.com/ Episode Description Heal Thy Self has never done a show on eye health. Until now. And this conversation goes a lot deeper than seeing clearly. Dr. Bryce Applebaum is a functional neuro optometrist who rewires the connection between the eyes and the brain. Vision is not the same as eyesight. Eyesight is how you focus light. Vision is how your brain tells your eyes to move, converge, track, and make sense of the world. And in 2026, with the average adult spending over seven hours a day on screens, that system is under more stress than it has ever been. In this episode, you'll discover:  • Why your prescription should not get stronger every year as an adult, and why a worsening prescription is a sign your brain is adapting to stress, not a normal part of aging  • The connection between functional vision problems and ADHD, including why convergence insufficiency and eye turns are diagnosed far more often in kids labeled with ADHD, and how vision training has gotten patients off medication entirely  • Why blue light blocking glasses are not enough, what is actually causing your brain fog and eye fatigue after hours on a screen, and the overnight contact lenses that reshape your cornea while you sleep Plus the foods that protect your eyes, the foods that accelerate macular degeneration, and why vision belongs at the top of your list if you are dealing with brain fog. Find Dr. Bryce Applebaum: • Website: https://myvisionfirst.com • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drbryceappelbaum/?hl=en • Online program: https://www.screenfit.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:51 - Rapid Fire: Reversing Vision, Best/Worst Foods for Eyes & the "20/Happy" Standard 6:14 - What Makes Functional Optometry Different From a Standard Eye Exam 8:32 - Why Your Prescription Shouldn't Get Worse Every Year (But Does) 10:49 - The Myopia Epidemic: From 25% to 44% of America in One Lifetime 13:00 - How Screens Are Rewiring the Way Our Eyes and Brains Work Together 17:25 - Why Smaller, More Frequent Screens Are Making This Worse 21:16 - Dr. Apple's Own -10.50 Prescription and How He Stabilized It 23:05 - How Eyestrain From Screens Actually Makes Your Eyesight Get Worse 26:49 - Brain Fog, Blur, and Why It Builds Throughout the Day 28:26 - Do Blue Light Blockers Actually Work? The Truth 30:38 - Digital Performance Lenses: A Different Kind of Prescription for Near Work 33:34 - The Flicker Rate: Why Certain Lighting Causes Sensory Overload 38:06 - Can You Actually Reverse Your Eye Prescription? What's Real and What's Hype 42:02 - Is LASIK a Good Idea? An Eye Doctor's Honest Answer 45:22 - Orthokeratology: The Contacts You Wear at Night to Reshape Your Cornea 49:02 - Why Podcast Lighting Leaves You Mentally Exhausted 54:34 - Is It ADHD, or Is It a Vision Problem? The Overlap Is Massive 58:25 - The Best Foods and Supplements for Eye Health (And Why Seed Oils Are the Enemy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  I Take NAD+ Daily at 41 — Here Is the Form and Dose That Actually Works | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #492 11.06.2026 13мин

  Andrew Huberman takes it. Peter Attia has been talking about it for years. Every serious longevity researcher has an opinion on it. And by age 40 to 60, your levels have already dropped by 50%. NAD+ is one of the most important molecules in your body. It powers energy production in every cell, repairs DNA damage every single day, and activates the cellular pathways that regulate aging, inflammation, and metabolic function. The biology is not hype. But the way most people are taking it right now almost guarantees it is doing nothing. And Dr. G is done watching people waste their money on the wrong molecule in the wrong form at the wrong dose. In this episode, you will learn:  • Why you cannot raise your cellular NAD+ levels by swallowing NAD+ directly, what happens to the molecule in your digestive tract, and the precursors that actually work  • The clinical research on NR vs NMN, which one has more published human trial data, which one the longevity research community is most excited about, and why sublingual delivery changes everything  • Why the serving sizes on most NAD+ labels are set to make the price look reasonable rather than match the research, and what a therapeutic dose actually looks like Plus the specific brands Dr. G uses and trusts, and how to test your own intracellular NAD+ levels before and after to see if your stack is actually working. Timestamps: 0:00 - NAD+ Drops 50% Between Ages 40 and 60 — Here's Why That Matters  1:37 - What NAD+ Actually Does in Every Cell of Your Body  2:15 - The Fatigue, DNA Damage & Accelerated Aging Tied to NAD+ Decline  3:39 - The Real Question: Is What You're Buying Actually Doing Anything?  4:09 - Why You Cannot Raise NAD+ by Swallowing NAD+ Directly  4:59 - The Three Precursors That Actually Work: Niacin, NR & NMN Explained  6:49 - NR vs. NMN: What the Latest 2026 Research Actually Says  7:34 - Why Most NAD+ Products on the Market Are Dangerously Underdosed  9:06 - Who Should Actually Be Taking NAD+ Precursors (And Who Can Wait)  10:14 - Dr. G's Clinical Recommendation: Sublingual NMN, Proper Dosing & Resveratrol Stacking 11:28 - How to Test Your NAD+ Levels Before and After Supplementing  11:42 - The Brands Dr. G Recommends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Sleep Less and Feel Better — The Sleep Fix Nobody Told You | ft. Dr. Michael Breus HTS #491 08.06.2026 1ч 13мин

  → Santa Barbara Chocolate | CocoaDynamics available at https://SantaBarbaraChocolate.com. Use code DRG20 for 20% off. → Air Doctor | Head to https://AirDoctorPro.com and use promo code DRG to get $250 off select AirDoctor air purifiers, including the 3500, 4000, and 5500 models. Plus, you’ll receive a free 3 year warranty, an $84 value, and AirDoctor’s 30-day money back guarantee. → 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 You might be sleeping the right number of hours and still waking up exhausted. The problem isn't how much you sleep. It's when. Dr. Michael Breus is a clinical psychologist, board certified sleep specialist, and the world's leading authority on chronotypes — your genetic sleep schedule that governs not just when you sleep, but when you should eat, exercise, have sex, drink coffee, ask your boss for a raise, and do your best creative work. Over 3.5 million people have taken his chronotype quiz. The results have changed lives, saved jobs, and transformed relationships. This is his second time on Heal Thy Self and Dr. G says it was worth the wait. In this episode, you'll discover:  • Why the 5am club and mouth taping are two of the worst ideas in sleep, and what the research actually says about both  • The thermoregulation secret behind why you wake up at 3am, why you sweat in bed, and the frozen water bottle hack that works better than most expensive sleep gadgets  • Why dreams are emotional metabolism, how recurrent nightmares are linked to a 100% increase in suicidality, and the daytime therapy Dr. Breus is developing to help veterans process trauma through their dreams Take the chronotype quiz and find out if you're a lion, bear, wolf, or dolphin before you listen. Find Dr. Breus: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesleepdoctor/ Website: https://www.thesleepdoctor.com  Chronotype Quiz: https://www.chronoquiz.com  Book: Sleep. Drink. Breathe. Wellness is Too Complicated — https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Drink-Breathe-Profound-Long-Term/dp/0316576417 Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:18 - Why mouth taping is dangerous and has caused deaths 5:37 - What a chronotype actually is and why it is a cheat code for life 9:38 - The patient on the verge of being fired who changed everything 18:15 - Why entrepreneurs wake up at 2am and what to do about it 24:48 - The best time to have sex based on your chronotype and hormones 38:41 - The Napa latte: Dr. Breus's emergency sleep hack 44:46 - Dreams are emotional metabolism 46:09 - Nightmares and the 100% increase in suicidality 1:04:22 - Why women's sleep apnea is chronically underdiagnosed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  I Tested My Fish Oil at Home (45% Chance Yours Is Already Rancid) | Heal Thy Self w/ Dr. G #490 04.06.2026 9мин

  There is a 45% chance the fish oil sitting in your cabinet right now is already oxidized. And rancid omega-3s do not just fail to help you. Research shows they generate pro-inflammatory byproducts that work against everything you are taking fish oil for. Dr. G breaks down exactly how this happens, how to test what is in your cabinet tonight with zero equipment, and what to actually look for before you buy another bottle. In this episode, you will learn:  • The two oxidation markers most brands count on you never knowing about, the peroxide value and the anisidin value, and the total oxidation score that tells you whether your fish oil is actually fresh  • Why the number on the front of your fish oil bottle is not the amount of omega-3s you are getting, and the simple math that reveals whether you have been underdosing for years  • The at-home test you can do right now with one capsule, a pin, and 30 seconds that will tell you immediately whether to keep your fish oil or throw it away Plus the specific brands that passed Dr. G's independent investigation for certificate of analysis standards, packaging, storage, meaningful EPA and DHA doses, and proper oxidation scores. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - The George Washington University Study That Exposed What's on Shelves  1:46 - Peroxide Value, Anisidine Value & the TOTOX Score Explained  2:18 - Why Fish Oil Is One of the Most Chemically Fragile Supplements You Can Buy  3:10 - What Legitimate Brands Do to Protect Their Oil (And What to Look For)  3:39 - The Label Scam: 1,000mg of Fish Oil Is Not 1,000mg of Omega-3s  4:24 - What a Clinically Meaningful Dose of EPA and DHA Actually Looks Like  5:09 - Three Questions to Ask Any Fish Oil Brand Before You Buy  7:00 - How to Test the Fish Oil in Your Cabinet Right Now  8:08 - The Brands That Passed Dr. G's Investigation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  I Ditched Neosporin for This — Here Is What Happened | ft. Justin Gardner HTS w/ Dr. G #489 01.06.2026 36мин

  → Active Skin Repair | Head to https://activeskinrepair.com and use code DRG at checkout for 25% off all Active Skin Repair products. (Discount returns to standard rate after June 8th) Episode Description You've been using alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and Neosporin your whole life. And none of them are actually helping you heal faster. In fact, they may be slowing you down. Justin Gardner is the founder of Active Skin Repair, a medical grade hypochlorous acid product that was originally developed for hospital use in burn units, wound care centers, and neonatal ICUs before he licensed it and brought it to the public. Dr. G has been using it since 2019, including once when he cut his finger open deep in the mountains of Tanga and used it instead of stitches. Eight days later it was nearly sealed. Three weeks later, no scar. In this episode, you'll discover:  • What hypochlorous acid actually is, why your white blood cells already produce it, and why it kills 99.9% of bacteria, fungi, and viruses within 15 seconds with the same safety profile as saline solution  • Why alcohol and hydrogen peroxide kill the healthy growth factors your body produces to heal itself, and how hypochlorous acid cleans the wound without impairing the repair process  • How parents, kids, pets, athletes, and anyone dealing with acne, eczema, sunburns, diaper rash, or chronic wounds can use one bottle for almost everything This is the Windex of skin care. In the best possible way. Find Active Skin Repair:  • Website: https://activeskinrepair.com  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeskinrepair Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Dr. G's Story: A Deep Finger Cut, No Stitches, No Scar  1:37 - Why People Still Reach for Alcohol and Hydrogen Peroxide (And Why They Shouldn't) 2:43 - The Problem With Neosporin (Especially for Kids)  3:42 - How the Technology Was Discovered in Hospital Wound Care  5:57 - Same Medical-Grade Formula as What's Used in Hospitals and ICUs  8:08 - How Active Skin Repair Got to Market (Starting With Surfers and Pro Athletes)  10:32 - Does It Reduce Inflammation Too, or Just Kill Bacteria?  11:06 - Using It on Your Kids from Day One: Diaper Rash, Hand-Foot-Mouth & More  14:41 - Spray vs. Gel: Which One to Use and When  16:32 - Does It Help Rebuild Tissue and Speed Up Healing?  19:00 - Safe for Pets (and If They Lick It — Still Fine)  22:25 - Acne, Eczema, Aesthetics & the Growing Cosmetic Use Case  23:33 - Does It Target Bad Bacteria Without Disrupting the Skin Microbiome?  27:17 - Bacteria, Fungus, and Viral Infections: What the Research Shows  29:02 - Why Moms Are the Biggest Customers  34:14 - Where to Get It and How to Save 25% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices