The Feldman Protocol

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave asks: what happens when a fertility specialist-turned-health thinker questions nutrition narrative? Guest Robert Kiltz, MD, makes the case for animal-based diets, metabolic flexibility, mindset, faith and medicine, clinical experience vs. guidelines, and the role of community. The conversation ranges from physiology and lipid metabolism to entrepreneurship, skepticism, and personal practice — always with an eye toward evidence and open inquiry.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs http://ownyourlabs.com -- private blood testing services.🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:00 – Opening themes & big questions6:38 – Robert’s clinical background10:17 – Nutrition beliefs under the microscope13:55 – Defining metabolic health17:34 – Mindset, faith, and medicine21:12 – Carnivore experiences & context24:51 – LDL, risk, and interpretation28:29 – Citizen science in practice32:08 – Physiology vs. guidelines35:46 – The liver’s central role39:25 – Energy substrates explored43:03 – Food, behavior, and culture46:42 – Clinical anecdotes & caution50:20 – Lipids and metabolism debate53:59 – Diet, hormones, and stress57:37 – Weight, appetite, & satiety1:01:16 – Exercise, fitness, longevity1:04:54 – Medical orthodoxy pressures1:08:33 – Risk-benefit & uncertainty1:12:11 – Lab markers & context1:15:50 – Entrepreneurship & medicine1:19:28 – Patient communication style1:23:07 – Spirituality & health lens1:26:45 – Preventive care realities1:30:24 – Evidence vs. experience1:34:02 – Personal responsibility1:37:41 – Critics & open inquiry1:41:19 – Careers, courage, & change1:44:58 – Community & service1:48:36 – Learning from disagreement1:52:15 – Practical takeaways1:55:53 – Health as a journey1:59:32 – Gratitude & perspective2:03:10 – Final reflections2:06:49 – Closing thoughts & thanks#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #RobertKiltz #podcast #nutrition #healthjourney #openinquiry #metabolism #lowcarbcommunity #wellnessdiscussion #citizenscience #medicalethics #mindsetmatters #healthydebate #scienceconversation

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave asks a blunt question: is modern medicine structurally aligned against prevention? Guest **Emily Kaplan**, investigative science journalist and co-founder of the Broken Science Initiative, makes the case that incentives, not evidence, increasingly shape medical practice. They discuss conflicts of interest in research, the reproducibility crisis, metabolic health and lifestyle medicine, GLP-1 drugs, nutrition education gaps, and why outcomes often matter less than headlines.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs `http://ownyourlabs.com` -- private blood testing services.🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:01 – Broken Science explained6:02 – Lifestyle vs polypharmacy9:03 – Medical school nutrition gaps12:13 – Incentives in healthcare15:57 – Sugar and cancer framing18:36 – Trial endpoints questioned21:11 – GLP-1s and tradeoffs24:01 – Weight loss vs health26:21 – Personal choice in diet29:02 – Early insulin signals32:25 – Publishing and paywalls35:10 – Journalism vs academia38:42 – Conflicts of interest42:08 – Peer review problems45:44 – Delays in publication49:12 – Who funds research52:48 – Education as prevention56:19 – Reproducibility crisis59:01 – Replication failures1:02:28 – Meta-analysis limits1:05:30 – Industry influence1:08:54 – What gets taught1:12:40 – Transparency gaps1:16:33 – Accountability in science1:38:20 – Where reform starts1:40:14 – Transparency vs incentives1:52:38 – Publishing power dynamics2:05:11 – Peer review bottlenecks2:17:44 – Conflicts without disclosure2:30:06 – Career risk in dissent2:42:31 – Nutrition sidelined again2:54:57 – Prevention vs treatment3:00:14 – N-of-1 data debate3:12:48 – Prospective study limits3:25:22 – Community-driven research3:37:49 – IRB and self-selection3:50:17 – Data ownership questions4:02:41 – Tech platforms for science4:10:06 – Scaling transparency4:15:32 – Reforming research norms4:18:54 – Public accountability4:20:41 – Communicating uncertainty4:22:53 – Where to find Emily4:23:05 – Final reflections#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #EmilyKaplan #BrokenScience #MedicalResearch #ScienceJournalism #MetabolicHealth #NutritionEducation #HealthcareIncentives #ReproducibilityCrisis #PreventiveMedicine #PublicHealth

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, a central question hangs over the conversation: what actually causes a heart attack when standard risk markers look “normal”? Guest Dr. Stephen Hussey, DC (functional medicine practitioner focused on cardiovascular disease), makes the case for re-examining core assumptions about heart disease. Topics include plaque vs. risk, LDL cholesterol, CAC scoring, stress physiology, hydration, type 1 diabetes, endurance exercise, and alternative mechanisms behind myocardial infarction. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs [http://ownyourlabs.com](http://ownyourlabs.com) -- private blood testing services.🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:06 – Why heart cells don’t regenerate8:12 – Marathon runners & plaque paradox13:48 – Introducing Dr. Stephen Hussey18:37 – Type 1 diabetes & heart risk23:54 – Diet changes and inflammation29:35 – Low-carb, keto, and carnivore paths35:10 – Insulin, carbs, and standard care40:52 – Fear of ketosis vs ketoacidosis46:18 – Discovering lipid anomalies51:40 – Rejecting statins early on57:12 – Elevated LDL in context1:02:44 – Writing a heart disease book1:08:30 – Widowmaker heart attack story1:14:06 – CAC score of zero explained1:19:42 – Stress, dehydration, and triggers1:25:18 – The moment symptoms began1:30:54 – Cath lab and LAD blockage1:36:20 – Stent placement and relief1:41:58 – Was it plaque or clot?1:47:30 – Alternative MI mechanisms1:53:12 – Parasympathetic nervous system1:58:54 – Vasa vasorum hypothesis2:04:36 – Transcytosis and ApoB2:10:18 – Endothelial injury models2:15:44 – Exercise-linked occlusions2:21:06 – Post-MI medical advice2:26:30 – Five lifelong medications?2:31:48 – Blood pressure overshoot2:37:22 – Blood thinners and stents2:42:54 – Re-evaluating cholesterol blame2:48:10 – What medicine gets wrong2:53:36 – Prevention beyond LDL2:58:52 – How Stephen works with clients#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #StephenHussey #HeartHealth #Cardiology #MetabolicHealth #Cholesterol #LDL #Atherosclerosis #CACScore #Type1Diabetes #ExerciseScience

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, we ask: What happens when clinical guidelines collides with messy real-world outcomes? Guest Bret Scher, MD, makes the case for rethinking metabolic health, evidence hierarchies, clinical incentives, LDL interpretation, ketogenic therapies, guideline rigidity, psychiatric applications of metabolic interventions, and his own evolution from cardiologist to medical director in the metabolic-health space.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs http://ownyourlabs.com -- private blood testing services.🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:00 – How clinicians lose objectivity13:57 – When lifestyle advice keeps failing24:55 – The social cost of challenging LDL norms35:52 – Epidemiology’s limits in nutrition46:50 – Why “healthy user bias” distorts data57:47 – The Diet Doctor era and its impact1:08:45 – Red meat, risk, and uncertain evidence1:19:42 – Predicting outcomes vs. assuming causality1:30:40 – The guidelines problem inside medicine1:41:37 – Why patients succeed outside the system1:52:35 – Multiple dietary paths, not one dogma2:03:32 – How personality shapes dietary fit2:14:30 – From keto diet to medical therapy2:25:27 – The mindset shift toward low carb2:36:25 – How podcasting changed Bret’s trajectory2:47:22 – The origin story of Metabolic Mind2:58:20 – Metabolic psychiatry’s scientific emergence3:09:17 – Coalition for Metabolic Health vision#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #BretScher #MetabolicHealth #Keto #LowCarb #Cardiology #EvidenceBased #NutritionScience #LDL #Epidemiology #CriticalThinking #MetabolicPsychiatry #HealthPolicy #MedicalGuidelines #Wellness #MetabolicMind #Podcast #ScienceDiscussion

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what if a single overlooked nutrient could meaningfully alter how we think about chronic illness? Guest Dr. Darren Schmidt (DC, nutrition-focused clinician) makes the case for the role of B1 deficiency, discusses environmental toxic exposures, explores mitochondrial dysfunction, and examines lactic acidosis as a framework for understanding complex disease patterns. We also discuss metabolic pathways, autonomic issues, and how clinical observations can challenge conventional assumptions.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs http://ownyourlabs.com -- private blood testing services.🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:00 – Early health shifts4:58 – First exposure incident6:56 – Discovering toxicity impacts8:54 – Mold and respiratory effects10:52 – Gas leak symptoms escalate12:50 – ER visit and missed signals14:48 – Autonomic dysfunction clues16:46 – Testing high-dose B118:44 – Rapid symptom relief20:42 – Mechanisms Dave examines22:40 – High-calorie malnutrition idea24:38 – Clinical responses to B126:36 – RCT possibilities28:34 – Origins of lactic acidosis theory30:32 – How toxins affect oxygen use32:30 – Capillary dilation mechanics34:28 – Mitochondrial parallels36:26 – Detox strategies overview38:24 – Dave’s metabolic framework40:22 – Pyruvate and lactate shifts42:20 – Rate limiters in metabolism44:18 – Nervous system involvement46:16 – Expanding symptom categories48:14 – Environmental drivers of illness50:12 – Mold detection and evidence52:10 – Radon and other exposures54:08 – Chronic illness complexity56:06 – Personal learning through crises58:04 – Rediscovering past medical history1:00:02 – Nutrient fortification lessons#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #DarrenSchmidt #metabolism #mitochondria #chronicillness #environmentalhealth #nutritionscience #lactate #thiamine #functionalhealth #biochemistry #healthpodcast #keto #lowcarb #detox #mitochondrialfunction