You can stack every supplement, peptide, and biohack out there. It still won't fix the one thing wearing most of us down faster than any of it: unresolved stress and trauma.

Dr. Bhargav Patel has spent his career studying how that wear and tear shows up in the brain, the body, and the lifespan, none of which a standard lab test will flag. He's one of the few doctors who treat the mind as part of the body rather than something separate from it.

He walks us through the framework behind trauma recovery, why SSRIs work for reasons most people get wrong, and how processing trauma can hit 75% recovery rates. AI in healthcare comes up, too, along with why hallucinations are baked into every LLM and just how wide the mental health access gap is in the U.S.

"Supplements aren’t the core of your longevity regimen. They're the last 5 to 10%. The 90% is the core health things we all know we should do: exercise, sleep, and eat well." ~ Dr. Bhargav Patel

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Resources Mentioned

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313183/the-body-keeps-the-score-by-bessel-van-der-kolk-md/

The Hypomanic Edge by John D. Gartner: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Hypomanic-Edge/John-D-Gartner/9780743243452

MyPEAK Supplements: https://www.mypeaksupplements.com/

About Bhargav Patel

Dr. Bhargav Patel is a board-certified psychiatrist and NIMH-funded Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research fellow at Brown University. He's the founder of Sage Psychiatric Professionals and serves as Founding Medical Director and Director of AI Decision Support at Sully.ai. He's also the Co-Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientific Officer of MyPEAK. His upcoming book, Trauma Transformed, looks at how the brain actually heals from trauma, and what most of us get wrong about the process.

Connect with Bhargav Patel

Website: https://www.bhargavpatelmd.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhargav-b-patel

Newsletter: https://bhargavpatelmd.beehiiv.com/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres

Disclaimer

The content shared in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice of any kind, nor does it include any specific claims or guarantees. The views expressed are based on personal experiences, research, and individual perspectives, and are meant to inspire and inform listeners on topics related to wellness, lifestyle, and personal development.

74% of American adults are overweight. 42% are clinically obese. And almost every one of them can list the foods they shouldn't be eating. So, what's actually going on?

That's what started bugging Matty Lansdown when he was working as a cancer researcher and noticed something weird: 80% of the patients walking through the door were overweight, and every one of them already knew their diet was a mess. Knowing clearly wasn't the problem, but something was. That something pulled him out of the lab and into a completely different career.

Today, Matty unpacks why diets keep failing people over and over, how the stuff that happens to us as kids shows up later as the food we can't put down, and why there's a little rebel inside all of us that will burn down anything good unless we give it somewhere to play.

"Food is often used as a distraction or a suppressant, to be able to avoid feeling feelings that are heavy that we don't know what to do with." ~ Matty Lansdown

Support the show and get 50% off MCT oil with free shipping—just leave us a review on iTunes and Spotify and let us know! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-beyond-the-norms/id1714886566

Resources Mentioned

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/313183/the-body-keeps-the-score-by-bessel-van-der-kolk-md/

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361

About Matty Lansdown

Matty Lansdown is a scientist, nutritionist, and emotional and binge eating coach with over 10 years of experience. After working in a nutritional epigenetics lab servicing elite athletes and spending years on cancer research teams, he left corporate science to focus on the real driver behind weight loss: emotional patterns and mindset. He's worked with 200+ clients and hosts The Real Weight Loss Coach podcast.

Connect with Matty Lansdown

Website: https://mattylansdown.com/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-real-weight-loss-coach/id1450212088

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.real.weight.loss.coach/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@therealweightlosscoach

Connect with Chris Burres

Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/

Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres

Disclaimer

The content shared in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice of any kind, nor does it include any specific claims or guarantees. The views expressed are based on personal experiences, research, and individual perspectives, and are meant to inspire and inform listeners on topics related to wellness, lifestyle, and personal development.

You run every test your doctor orders. They all come back fine. But fine compared to who? Compared to the average person, that's anything but healthy.

That's the problem Jeffrey Gaal has spent decades thinking about. Through his work at Genetic LifeSpan, he's leading the charge to move people away from outdated benchmarks and into a new era of testing that shows what's happening inside the cell.

Jeffrey walks us through the AgeCode test, which combines genetic predisposition, methylation epigenetics, and intracellular micronutrient data into a 120-page report covering biological age, pace of aging, and 11 key organ systems.

The conversation digs into why a vitamin D reading of 95 can still mean you're critically low at the cellular level, why most of modern medicine is sick care wearing a healthcare label, and why discernment is the greatest gift any of us has.

"We don't have a healthcare system. We have a sick care system. We are in the disease management business. We are not in getting people well." ~ Jeffrey Gaal

Support the show and get 50% off MCT oil with free shipping—just leave us a review on iTunes and Spotify and let us know! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-beyond-the-norms/id1714886566

Resources Mentioned

AgeCode by Genetic LifeSpan:

https://www.geneticlifespan.com/

About Jeffrey Gaal

Jeffrey Gaal is the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Genetic LifeSpan, a biotechnology company pioneering personalized medicine through epigenetics and genomic science. With 36 years across engineering, wellness, regenerative medicine, and biohacking, Jeffrey is a Quantum Practitioner and international keynote speaker on a mission to empower people to take control of their health and live with higher consciousness.

Connect with Jeffrey Gaal

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffreymgaal/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-gaal-5069996

Email: Jeffrey.gaal@geneticlifespan.com

Website: https://www.geneticlifespan.com/

Connect with Chris Burres

Website: https://www.myvitalc.com/

Website: http://www.livebeyondthenorms.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisburres/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@myvitalc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburres

Disclaimer

The content shared in this podcast is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice of any kind, nor does it include any specific claims or guarantees. The views expressed are based on personal experiences, research, and individual perspectives, and are meant to inspire and inform listeners on topics related to wellness, lifestyle, and personal development.

We strongly encourage all listeners to consult with a qualified professional or licensed expert before making any decisions related to health, finances, or other sensitive areas of life. Thank you for tuning in!