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Influenced to Death

Hannah Wright & Victoria LaFont

Your guide to surviving the wild world of wellness influencing. influencedtodeath.substack.com

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Episode #47: Lean Mass Hyper-Responders

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2025/11/02

In this episode, Victoria & guest co-host Amanda Jones get to speak with John O’Connor, founder of Gene Food, Integrative Health Coach, and all-around excellent thinker.Today’s primary topic is lean mass hyper-responders (LMHR), a subset of lean people who, when they eat a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet (LCHF), experience a massive increase in LDL cholesterol. Even though this group is relatively small, the concepts discussed apply to anyone interested in using a ketogenic or low-carb/high-fat

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Episode #46: Public health vs. functional medicine

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2025/10/26

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit influencedtodeath.substack.comIn this episode, Hannah & Victoria discuss what Hannah’s been learning in her first semester pursuing her Master’s in Public Health. Pretty often, we realize our off-mic conversations should be part of the show, so today we’re making it happen!This is a behind-the-scenes look at Hannah’s experience and her realization that public health and functional m…

105:10

Episode #45: MTHFR

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2025/10/22

In this episode, guest host Amanda Jones and Victoria speak with Sara Russell about the MTHFR gene (the gene that leads to the creation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase enzyme) and the different variants that might (emphasis on MIGHT) impact your health.Be prepared before you dive in…this is a longer discussion that covers many aspects of MTHFR, both hypothetical (primarily what we’ve seen in influence-y spaces like social media) and actual (what we’ve read in research studies and seen in

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Episode #44: Vaccines

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2025/10/01

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria speak with Dr. Heather Zwickey about vaccines.About Dr. Zwickey:Heather Zwickey earned a Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbiology from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center with a focus on infectious disease and vaccine development. Dr. Zwickey went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship and teach at Yale University School of Medicine, where she worked on immunotherapy for cancer.She was then recruited to the National University of Natural Medicine in

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Episode #43: Acetaminophen

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2025/10/01

In this episode, Victoria and guest host Amanda Jones are joined again by Bob Block, PharmD (be sure to watch our episode with him on ivermectin).We asked Bob to come back just a few days after publishing our ivermectin episode to offer a more complete baseline of information on acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol. In this episode, they discuss: * Acetaminophen, N-acetyl-para-aminophenol (APAP) or paracetamol in many countries, a non-opioid analgesic and antipyretic agent utilized for treating

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Episode #42: Ivermectin

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2025/09/20

In this episode, Victoria & Hannah are joined by Bob Block, an acute care pharmacist, to discuss ivermectin.He provides a balanced and highly informed take on an extremely influenced drug.They discuss: * The history of ivermectin, from use for river blindness to roundroom to rosacea* Ivermectin, wonder drug from Japan (the paper Hannah references)* Bob provides an easy-to-understand but expert overview of ivermectin and how it works* Why it’s not a good idea to take ivermectin from the feed store*

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Episode #41: Apeel (paid subscribers)

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2025/09/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit influencedtodeath.substack.comIn this episode, Hannah & Victoria discuss Apeel, a company that creates edible treatments for produce to reduce food waste (and is surrounded by a maelstrom of negative press from the natural health community).This episode is for paid subscribers. If you’d like to support our 2-person mission to bring balance back to highly influenced topics, use the b…

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Episode #40: Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

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2025/08/25

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria are joined by the brilliant Dr. Angie Martinez, owner of Root Cause Medicine in Arvada, Colorado.Dr. Angie has a unique and highly informed approach to BHRT, and we can’t wait for you to hear her take. We discuss: * Victoria’s negative bias against BHRT and Dr. Angie’s response* Viewing BHRT through an evolutionary lens* The difference between healthspan and lifespan, and why it’s a crucial distinction for women* What is the Grandmother Hypothesis?* Why the

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Episode #39: Get to know your hosts, Hannah & Victoria

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2025/08/12

In this episode, Hannah and Victoria discuss their backstories and give a deeper look into who they are and why they started Influenced to Death.They delve into the complexities of wellness influencing, their personal health journeys, and the role of bias in our perceptions.Key Topics:* Fluoride study update (aka fumbling through) from Victoria * Hannah tells us about her badass bicycle-powered juice bar and her journey to nutrition* Hannah taking the juice cart down to the farmers market.* When

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Episode #38: The Primal Diet (paid subscribers)

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2025/08/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit influencedtodeath.substack.comIn this episode, Victoria speaks with guest Jameson Simpson about a (crazy?) raw-food version of Paleo popularized by LA diet “guru” Aajonus Vonderplanitz (yes, that was really his name): The Primal Diet. They cover: * Their shared history of eating Primal and early traveling experiences in Hawai’i* Jameson’s experience of eating Primal and living at a raw-…

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Episode #37: Peanuts

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2025/07/26

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria explore all aspects of the most highly influenced legume…the peanut. Are peanuts as bad as people say?They discuss: * An update on fluoride and big dental companies* The 4 varities of peanuts commercially grown in the United States and some other cool peanut facts (artifact photos here!)* The study Victoria discussed on partial colostrum feeding and increased risk of allergies in kids* How changing when allergenic foods are introduced decreases risk of allergies,

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Episode #36: Do meatheads really need cardio?

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2025/07/20

In this episode, Victoria is joined by all-time favorite guest Dr. Mike T Nelson to discuss the deep physiology of meathead cardio…don’t resistance exercises like kettlebell swings and front squats get our heart rate high enough?You might remember Dr. Mike from episode #6: KETO-MANIA!We broke the traditional Influenced to Death format in this episode and had an open-format nerd-fest conversation with Dr. Mike (Hannah was on vacation, so no one was here to make Victoria follow the rules 😬).They

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Episode #35: Is AI your new health guru? (paid...

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2025/06/30

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit influencedtodeath.substack.comIn this episode, Hannah & Victoria discuss AI as the most powerful up-and-coming health influencer and some surprising use cases.They cover: * “Psychosis Fueled by Generative AI Are Tearing Families Apart As Some Claim Chatbots Represent Spiritual Higher Consciousness,” an article on Substack by Azadeh Joon * Some history of AI and our relationship to it, a…

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Episode #34: Fluoride

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2025/06/18

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria delve into the highly controversial topic of fluoride, especially its use in public drinking water.This is the most complex and multifaceted topic yet, and lots of ground gets covered in this slightly lengthy but super interesting episode. They discuss: * Some basic fluoride facts—what it is and why it’s currently up in public discourse* Symptoms of fluorosis, aka excess fluoride exposure* The history of fluoride in drinking water (it’s been controversial from the

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Bonus episode #33: Can we trust science?

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2025/06/09

In this bonus episode, Hannah & Victoria hang out with Geoff Futch, a science-loving stats nerd (we say that with love!) who has a remarkably balanced take on research, science, and how we should approach an admittedly faulty process that supplies a huge chunk of the information we use in health sciences and our day-to-day lives.They cover: * Geoff’s bio and our long-term relationship and trust in his thought processes* Why people trust the sources they do * Does “good science” even exist due to

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Episode #32: MAHA

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2025/06/04

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria talk with Kelsey Keener about MAHA’s (Make America Healthy Again) impact in the first 100 days of the Trump administration.Kelsey is a 3rd-generation farmer in Southeast Tennessee at Sequatchie Cove Farm (you can read his blog at this link or follow him on Instagram @sequatchiecovefarm). His grandparents started the farm 25 years ago, and he learned from his parents and continues to teach his children about regenerative farming, as well as the community and other

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Episode #31: Dirt, germs, & worms (paid subscribers)

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2025/06/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit influencedtodeath.substack.comIn this episode, Hannah & Victoria explore whether dirt, germs, & worms might actually be good for us, and discuss the growing popularity of parasite cleanses.They cover: * The Old Friends Hypothesis, developed by Graham Rook—more from Graham here.* Graham’s latest publication: Evolution and the critical role of the microbiota in the reduced mental and phys…

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Episode #30: Gluten, part 2

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2025/05/20

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria finish discussing the most delicious the highly controversial topic of gluten. They cover: * Some updates on continuous glucose monitors and colostrum—you can find those studies here and here (CGM) and here (colostrum).* If wheat is really different in Europe. Check out resources on that here and here.* The curious workings of the immune system and why you might react to scrambled but not hard-boiled eggs, for example. More info here and here.* The accuracy of

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Episode #29: More on blood work in pregnancy &...

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2025/05/15

In this episode, Hannah & Victoria welcome back Sara Russell, Ph.D., to finish our discussion on research-based blood test analysis in pregnancy and postpartum, plus an exploration of the general brilliance that is speaking with Sara.We cover:* General review of the blood markers that have special postpartum ranges* 6 blood markers that can detect an early risk of preeclampsia * The incredible medicinal qualities of plain old white button mushrooms* Why you shouldn’t be afraid of soy* The brand of

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Episode #28: Apple Cider Vinegar & the Case of Belle...

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2025/05/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit influencedtodeath.substack.comIn this episode, Hannah & Victoria discuss the now-internationally famous story of Belle Gibson, an Australian influencer who rose to fame in the mid-2000s for her social media accounts of battling and winning against brain cancer.But her Instagram account was hiding a massive secret that may have hurt her followers.We cover: * The details of the Belle Gi…

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