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Vitality Unleashed: The Functional Medicine Podcast

Dr. Kumar from LifeWellMD.com

Welcome to Vitality Unleashed: The Functional Medicine Podcast, your ultimate guide to achieving holistic health and wellness. Created and vetted, by Dr. Kumar from LifeWell MD a dedicated functional medicine physician, this podcast dives deep into the interconnected realms of physical, emotional, and sexual health. Carefully curated medical insights to expand your options, renew hope, and ignite healing—especially when traditional medicine has no answers.Each week, we unpack the complexities of the

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15:45

Enjoy The Holidays Without Wrecking Your Health

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2025/12/19

Send us a text December shouldn’t demand that you choose between joy and health. We unpack a clear, science-backed plan to enjoy the parties, desserts, and late nights while keeping energy steady, mood calm, and immunity strong. Our focus is on three systems that take the hardest hits during the holidays: cortisol regulation, blood sugar control, and gut integrity. We break down why chronic stress is different from the short bursts our bodies evolved to handle, and how elevated cortisol quie...

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16:06

Winter-Proof Your Immune System

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2025/12/18

Send us a text Holiday lights are going up, and so are the odds of catching something nasty. We take a clear, science‑first look at medical ozone therapy as a proactive tool for winter wellness, translating complex biochemistry into practical insight you can use. Rather than pitching magic cures, we focus on how controlled, low‑dose ozone triggers a hormetic response that helps your own systems do the heavy lifting. You’ll hear what ozone is—and isn’t—why the gas itself disappears in millise...

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16:36

When Medicine Meets Marijuana: Promise, Peril, And...

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2025/12/17

Send us a text Cancer care deserves more than myths and half-truths, so we went straight to the data to map where cannabinoids genuinely help—and where they can get in the way. We unpack how THC can push malignant cells toward programmed death and starve tumors by inhibiting angiogenesis, while CBD operates on a different track, reshaping the tumor microenvironment and blocking M2 tumor-associated macrophages that shield cancer from immune attack. Then we connect the lab dots to clinical sign...

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18:54

From “Normal” Labs To Peak Performance: The Executive...

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2025/12/16

Send us a text Your labs say “normal,” but your body keeps tapping the brakes. We pull back the curtain on the hidden drivers that sap elite performers: visceral fat you can’t see, early insulin resistance masked by “fine” glucose, and subclinical inflammation that accelerates every metabolic problem. Drawing on precision practices used in executive medicine, we show how to replace catastrophe-avoidance care with an optimization model built for sustained energy, sharp focus, and real longevit...

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13:23

Holiday Burnout, Executive Blueprint

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2025/12/15

Send us a text The numbers say you’re winning, but your body says otherwise. We unpack the hidden costs of high performance—why “normal” labs can miss dangerous stress load—and share a stepwise plan to restore resilience without sacrificing results. Drawing on WHO-ILO findings linking long hours to higher stroke and heart disease risk, we translate research into a practical Executive Blueprint designed for busy leaders who need sustainable peak output. We start by exposing the blind spots of...

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14:07

From Fixing Symptoms To Rewriting Biological Time

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2025/12/12

Send us a text What if your clean annual physical is missing the signals that matter most? We unpack a three-level roadmap to build real health span: stabilize overt issues, uncover hidden drivers of inflammation and decline, and then measure and slow your true rate of aging with cutting-edge epigenetic tools. Along the way, we share how leading longevity clinics are standardizing care with data you can act on today. We start by challenging the reactive limits of conventional screening and e...

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12:38

The Counterclockwise Effect: Can You Think Yourself...

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2025/12/10

Send us a text What if your expectations quietly shape your hormones, your inflammation, and even how fast you heal? We dig into the science of mind-body unity and show how a shift in mindset can trigger measurable changes in weight, blood pressure, cognition, and recovery—without adding a single new medication. Drawing on Ellen Langer’s pioneering research, we explore why mindlessness—living on autopilot with rigid assumptions—keeps your biology stuck. You’ll hear how the famous countercloc...

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13:25

Treating Sleep Apnea Today Can Protect Your Brain...

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2025/12/09

Send us a text Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your supplement regimen or health routine. Individual needs and reactions vary, so it’s important to make informed decisions with the guidance of your physician. Connect with Us: If you enjoyed today’s episode, be sure to subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with som...

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16:18

Why Your Birthday is a Lie: The Science of Reversing...

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2025/12/08

Send us a text Is aging inevitable, or is it a disease we can treat? In this deep dive, we strip away the dogma surrounding "chronological age" and reveal why the number of candles on your cake is scientifically irrelevant compared to your Biological Age. We explore the cutting-edge science proving that age reversal isn't science fiction—it's measurable biochemistry. From "zombie cells" to genetic time machines, discover how modern medicine is turning back the clock. In this episode, we cover...

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11:56

Optimizing Testosterone Without Sacrificing Future...

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2025/12/05

Send us a text Want peak energy without sacrificing the chance to become a dad later? We dig into the real physiology behind testosterone therapy and explain how to boost performance while protecting fertility. Starting with the HPG axis, we break down why standard TRT often acts like a male contraceptive by suppressing GnRH, LH, and FSH, collapsing the high intratesticular testosterone your testes need to make sperm. Once you see the command chain clearly, the tradeoffs make sense—and so do ...

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13:11

Stress, Cortisol, And Low T Explained

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2025/12/04

Send us a text Burnout doesn’t start at the to-do list; it starts in the brain. We trace how the body’s stress system, the HPA axis, keeps cortisol high and quietly slams the brakes on testosterone production, leaving you tired, irritable, sleepless, and stuck in a high-stress, low-T loop. Short spikes of stress can briefly nudge T up, but the long grind reliably suppresses the HPG axis. That matters because testosterone normally dampens stress reactivity—when T drops, your stress response ge...

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14:29

Your Belly Is Not Lazy; It’s Sabotaging Your Hormones

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2025/12/03

Send us a text The story you’ve heard about men’s weight gain and hormones is incomplete. We unpack the real, two-way loop between low testosterone and obesity, showing how declining T accelerates fat storage, erodes muscle, and fuels inflammation—and how excess fat pushes back by suppressing the very system that produces testosterone. Along the way, we translate complex biology into clear actions you can take, from smarter training and nutrition to evidence-based therapy choices. We start b...

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12:58

Ozone Vs. Superbugs

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2025/12/02

Send us a text Superbugs are rewriting the rules of medicine, but what if smarter immunity—not stronger drugs alone—could tilt the fight? We unpack a bold, data-driven idea: using precisely dosed ozone as an adjunct to antibiotics to help the immune system clear MRSA and other multidrug-resistant infections faster. The twist isn’t more force; it’s better signaling. At low, controlled doses, ozone behaves like a hormetic cue that sparks secondary messengers such as 4‑HNE, dialing down destruct...

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14:53

Long COVID, Hidden Damage, Real Solutions

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2025/12/02

Send us a text A lung-focused virus shouldn’t wreck sexual health—yet the biology makes it inevitable once you follow the trail. We pull back the curtain on how SARS-CoV-2 targets ACE2 and TMPRSS2 not only in the respiratory tract but also in the testes, prostate, and vascular endothelium, creating a perfect storm for erectile dysfunction months after the fever fades. By breaking the renin-angiotensin system’s balance, angiotensin II runs hot, vessels constrict, and delicate endothelial tissu...

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Hidden Damage: Long COVID, Hormones, And ED

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2025/12/02

Send us a text A virus that starts in the airways shouldn’t be able to derail sexual health months later—yet the data says otherwise. We pull the thread from viral entry to vascular injury and hormonal disruption to explain how long COVID can trigger erectile dysfunction in men who were once healthy, even after mild illness. We break down the biology in plain language. SARS‑CoV‑2 uses ACE2 and TMPRSS2 to enter cells not just in the lungs, but in the testes, prostate, and endothelium. When AC...

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13:57

What Separates Good From Elite In Men’s Longevity

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2025/12/01

Send us a text Want a health plan built like a race car—fast, precise, and reliable under pressure? We lay out a data-driven blueprint for elite male vitality that treats performance like an engineering problem, not a guessing game. The framework centers on three interlocking pillars: clinically supervised hormone optimization, structured training that targets cardiometabolic health, and uncompromising recovery powered by sleep discipline and stress control. We break down why Testosterone Th...

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Rethinking Menopause: Is Testosterone The Missing...

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2025/11/28

Send us a text Brain fog, low drive, and that heavy feeling of “I can’t get going” don’t have to be the new normal. We take a close look at why so many midlife women still struggle with mood and cognition even on standard estrogen therapy, and we unpack compelling new evidence that targeted testosterone can restore motivation, clarity, and emotional resilience when HRT falls short. Drawing on a large real-world cohort from a UK specialist clinic, we walk through who was treated, how therapy ...

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18:11

Zinc, Testosterone, And Real Balance

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2025/11/26

Send us a text A small mineral can move a big needle. We dig into how zinc quietly powers the entire testosterone story—building it from cholesterol, converting it to more active forms, and even letting cells “read” the hormone’s message through zinc finger motifs. If you care about energy, strength, mood, cognition, or sexual health, this is the missing context that makes the numbers on your lab report make sense. We start by busting the myth that testosterone only matters for men and lay o...

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15:32

What If A Small Stressor Could Turn The Tide Against...

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2025/11/25

Send us a text What if the same molecule we blame for smog could, under strict clinical control, help patients fight cancer and feel better during treatment? We dive into medical ozone as an adjunct to standard oncology, focusing on how controlled oxidative stress (hormesis) can recalibrate immunity, reshape the tumor microenvironment, and potentially enhance chemotherapy’s impact while reducing toxicity. We break down the safety playbook first: no inhalation, ever; precise routes like IV, i...

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14:41

Nature’s Ozempic? What The Science Actually Says...

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2025/11/24

Send us a text The headlines made a promise the data can’t keep: berberine is not “nature’s Ozempic,” and that’s actually good news. We zoom past the hype to explain what berberine really does—activate AMPK, improve insulin sensitivity, reshape the gut microbiome—and how that translates into measurable gains in visceral fat, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, and overall metabolic stability. Along the way, we contrast these effects with metformin’s liver-first, glucose-lowering precision and the...

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