The Dr. Josh Axe Show

After 40, your biology rewrites the rules — and most people are still playing the old game. In this episode, Dr. Josh Axe breaks down the 7 mistakes that accelerate aging, why the scale is an outdated marker, and what a study of 140,000 people across 17 countries says actually predicts how long you'll live.

 

In this episode:

- Why muscle loss after 40 is silent, slow, and almost always preventable — and the two-day-a-week fix that reverses it

- The grip strength finding from 140,000 adults that predicts mortality better than blood pressure or cholesterol

- Why GLP-1s and aggressive dieting without strength training leave you metabolically weaker, not stronger

- The blood markers most doctors skip — fasting insulin, ApoB, and high-sensitivity CRP — and why "normal" isn't the same as optimal

- How poor sleep and social isolation are quietly compounding every other health mistake you're making

- Josh's personal protocol after recovering from a spinal infection at 41 — and what his 76-year-old water-skiing father proves is possible

 

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*Disclaimer: The bloodwork our team runs at mybloodwork.com covers a handful of the biomarkers listed in the guide above — including critical thyroid and metabolic markers — plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor, but does NOT cover all 25. You will want to consult your primary or functional doctor for the entire list.

 

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0:00 Introduction

1:28 What changes in your body after 40

5:35 Josh's recovery story and what it taught him

5:41 The grip strength study (140,000 people, 17 countries)

12:43 Mistake #1 — All cardio, no strength training

17:13 Mistake #3 — Poor sleep and light exposure

21:23 Mistake #4 — Not measuring real fitness

23:53 Mistake #5 — Chasing the scale instead of muscle

25:59 Mistake #6 — Flying blind on your blood work

25:59 Mistake #7 — Missing community and social connection

37:22 The fixes: compound lifts, protein anchoring, and sleep

41:11 Home tests to check your fitness this week

 

DISCLAIMER

This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.

 

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Your clothes, your mattress, your cleaning products — they're all off-gassing chemicals into your body 24 hours a day, and most people have no idea. Alex Clark has spent the last year on the front lines of the MAHA movement, testifying at the White House on glyphosate, exposing what's hiding in cotton tampons, and building one of the most-followed health podcasts in the country — and today she's bringing all of it to this show.

 

**In this episode:**

- Alex's viral $60 morning smoothie — every ingredient, the science behind each one, and whether it's actually setting her up for a blood sugar crash

- Why glyphosate is lurking in places most people never consider: tampons, clothing, and baby products — and what $16 billion in Bayer settlements tell you about the "safe" science

- The problem with polyester blankets, synthetic socks, and fast-fashion baby clothes — and why your skin absorbs what sits on it the same way your gut does

- What really happened when Alex and her coalition were invited to a White House roundtable to confront the current administration's handling of glyphosate policy

- The truth about freshly milled flour, sourdough, and why the last two weeks of ripening are when most of a food's nutrition actually develops

- How to clean your air, replace your bedding, and swap your cleaning products — practical first steps that cost less than you think

 

Uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism— plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor! →  http://mybloodwork.com

 

*Disclaimer: The bloodwork our team runs at mybloodwork.com covers a handful of the biomarkers listed in the guide above — including critical thyroid and metabolic markers — plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor, but does NOT cover all 25. You will want to consult your primary or functional doctor for the entire list.

 

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0:00 The $60 Smoothie That Made Fox News

3:10 Every Ingredient — and Why

6:13 Blood Sugar, Protein Timing & CGM Testing

8:04 Glyphosate: Where It's Actually Hiding

9:04 The Pesticide Liability Shield Nobody Is Talking About

13:24 The White House Roundtable

16:02 The Monsanto Supreme Court Case & Rescinded Science

19:48 Tampons, Clothing & Baby Products Saturated with Chemicals

22:28 Why Wool and Cotton Beat Every Synthetic Fabric

24:19 Sourdough, Freshly Milled Flour & Nutrient Bioavailability

27:11 Nicotine Patches: The Controversial Episode

32:09 Cradle Cap, Kids' Gut Health & Early Nutrition

43:33 Natural Bedding, Air Purifiers & the Mattress Problem

47:53 Branch Basics, Off-Gassing Cleaning Products & Childhood Eczema

 

DISCLAIMER

This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.

 

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1 in 6 couples worldwide is now struggling to conceive — and in most cases, the real root causes never get tested. Dr. Josh Axe walks through the 6 functional and ancient medicine root causes driving the infertility epidemic, the suppressed Fauci texts on COVID vaccines and miscarriage risk, and the exact diet, supplement, and lifestyle plan that can shift your fertility in as little as 90 days. Food is medicine, and your body was designed to heal — this episode shows you how to work with it, not against it.

 

**In this episode:**

- The Fauci texts that went public: what he privately said about mRNA vaccines and miscarriage risk, and what two large-scale studies (200,000+ pregnancies) actually found

- The #1 root cause Josh sees in clinical practice — and why fixing blood sugar alone has helped more women conceive than almost anything else

- Why your TSH can look completely normal while thyroid antibodies are silently blocking ovulation and raising miscarriage risk

- The 10-marker fertility blood panel Josh runs — the specific labs (free T3, ferritin, TPO antibodies, fasting insulin) that standard workups miss

- What Chinese medicine calls "kidney yang deficiency" and "damp phlegm," what those patterns actually mean in functional terms, and the warming foods that address both

- The 90-day fertility window: why eggs take 90 days and sperm 74 to mature, and how today's changes show up in 3 months

 

Download my FREE PDF "Fertility Foundations": https://bit.ly/draxefertilityfoundations

 

Uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism— plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor! →  http://mybloodwork.com

 

*Disclaimer: The bloodwork our team runs at mybloodwork.com covers a handful of the biomarkers listed in the guide above — including critical thyroid and metabolic markers — plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor, but does NOT cover all 25. You will want to consult your primary or functional doctor for the entire list.

 

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Discover practical steps you can take today to start healing your thyroid naturally →   http://DrAxeThyroidClass.com

 

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0:00 Introduction & Luke 8:17

1:26 The Fauci Texts: COVID Vaccines and Miscarriage Risk

5:10 Israeli & Scottish Study Data on Fetal Loss After mRNA Vaccination

8:40 How Cytokine Storms Affect Early Pregnancy

10:30 The Reframe: Fertility as a Downstream Body Signal

13:35 Root Cause #1 — Blood Sugar & Insulin Resistance

17:41 Root Cause #2 — Thyroid Antibodies (The Marker Most Doctors Skip)

18:50 Root Cause #3 — Nutrient Deficiencies (Vitamin D, Iron, B12, Zinc)

20:30 Root Cause #4 — Stress & Safety Signals

22:50 Root Cause #5 — Endocrine Disruptors & Environmental Chemicals

24:56 Root Cause #6 — Male Fertility & Falling Sperm Counts

26:24 The 10-Marker Fertility Blood Panel

28:44 Chinese Medicine Lens: Kidney Yang, Blood Stagnation & Damp Phlegm

35:57 Supplements, Sleep, and the 90-Day Reset Plan

 

 

DISCLAIMER

This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.

 

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Your immune system may not be malfunctioning — it may be doing exactly what it was designed to do. Gary Brecka joins Dr. Josh Axe to reveal why one root cause drives nearly every autoimmune condition, and what you can actually do about it.

 

**In this episode:**

- Why you likely don't have multiple autoimmune diseases — and the single upstream trigger (mold, mycotoxins, parasites, viruses, or heavy metals) that creates the domino effect

- How the blood functions as a living ecosystem, and why "cleaning the tank" is the first step to healing chronic illness

- The breathwork protocol Gary uses daily — no equipment, no cost — and the science behind intermittent hypoxia reversing biological age

- What the X Prize longevity study found: 8.6 years of age reversal using oxygen training, less than halfway through the trial

- Why sleep is the most underprotected lever in your health — and what community and connection do to lifespan that no supplement can replicate

- The free, foundational habits Gary ranks above every biohacking device in his own home

 

Uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism— plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor! →  http://mybloodwork.com

 

*Disclaimer: The bloodwork our team runs at mybloodwork.com covers a handful of the biomarkers listed in the guide above — including critical thyroid and metabolic markers — plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor, but does NOT cover all 25. You will want to consult your primary or functional doctor for the entire list.

 

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Discover practical steps you can take today to start healing your thyroid naturally →   http://DrAxeThyroidClass.com

 

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0:00 Why AI will disrupt modern medicine

1:40 Introduction — Gary Brecka on healing "irreversible" conditions

3:14 Blood as a living ecosystem: the case for subtractive medicine

8:25 Plasma exchange, apheresis, and blood filtration explained

17:34 The domino theory of autoimmune disease

28:58 How Gary stopped Hashimoto's antibody production naturally

38:32 The 4 longevity levers everyone can control

45:38 Oxygen, breathwork, and intermittent hypoxia

52:02 How mitochondria proliferate under oxygen cycling

57:55 What modern medicine is finally getting back to

1:00:48 Rapid-fire: sauna vs. cold plunge, sleep vs. stress, and more

1:03:18 Why studying the human body deepens faith in God

 

 

DISCLAIMER

This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.

 

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Most people fail at health not because they lack willpower — they start in the wrong order. In this episode, Dr. Josh Axe walks through the exact 7-step sequence he would follow if he had to rebuild his health from zero: the things that make the biggest difference fastest, layered so each one makes the next easier.

 

**In this episode:**

- Why 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy — and the one blood marker most doctors skip that predicts disease a decade early

- The sleep fix that beats duration: why a consistent wake time (not more hours) cuts risk of death by up to 48%

- The ancient after-meal walk that matched a full 45-minute workout for 24-hour blood sugar control

- Why resistance training twice a week is the highest-return investment if you're over 40 — and why body weight and bands count

- The "crowd out, don't cut out" food strategy that helped Josh's patients reverse autoimmune disease and hypothyroidism without giving up the meals they loved

- Why guarding your peace isn't soft advice — church attendance alone was linked to a 33% lower risk of death over 16 years, and the physiology behind it is real

 

 

Uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism— plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor! →  http://mybloodwork.com

 

*Disclaimer: The bloodwork our team runs at mybloodwork.com covers a handful of the biomarkers listed in the guide above — including critical thyroid and metabolic markers — plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor, but does NOT cover all 25. You will want to consult your primary or functional doctor for the entire list.

 

Thank you to our sponsors!

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🎧 Early Access!

Our listeners enjoy every episode before anyone else! Tune in below and join our exclusive group of listeners →

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Pre-order my NEW BOOK, Heal Your Cells → healyourcellsbook.com

 

Watch my free training on how to naturally balance your blood sugar and reverse your symptoms → http://DrAxeDiabetesClass.com

 

Discover practical steps you can take today to start healing your thyroid naturally →   http://DrAxeThyroidClass.com

 

If you’re ready to start feeling like yourself again and balance your hormones, take my free class → http://DrAxeHormoneClass.com

 

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Website →  http://thehealthinstitute.com

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0:00 Introduction — why health is a sequencing problem

4:28 The 88% statistic — what metabolically healthy actually means

5:30 The 5 ordinary habits linked to 12–14 extra years of life

9:04 Step 1 — Know your numbers (the blood markers that matter most)

11:30 Step 2 — Anchor your wake-up time first

13:20 Step 3 — Walk after your meals

16:00 Step 4 — Lift twice a week (especially if you're over 40)

21:07 Step 5 — Crowd out, don't cut out

24:30 Step 6 — Fix your gut with fermented foods and fiber

28:00 Step 7 — Guard your peace and build joy

30:25 Weekly action plan + closing encouragement

30:48 Free resource: Top 25 Blood Markers PDF

 

 

DISCLAIMER

This content is strictly the opinion of Dr. Josh Axe and is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical advice or to take the place of medical advice or treatment from a personal physician. All viewers of this content are advised to consult their doctors or qualified health professionals regarding specific health questions. Neither Dr. Axe nor the publisher of this content takes responsibility for possible health consequences of any person or persons reading or following the information in this educational content. All viewers of this content, especially those taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, should consult their physicians before beginning any nutrition, supplement or lifestyle program.

 

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