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The Feldman Protocol

Dave Feldman hosts the Feldman Protocol, a long form, in-person podcast largely covering science, nutrition, and technology – with a lot of personal stories, interests and pop culture mixed in.

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03:56:26

Why Isn’t Lower LDL Ending Heart Disease? – TFP #025...

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2026/03/20

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can heart disease prevention be asking the wrong question? Dave sits down with Philip Ovadia, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, as the guest makes the case for looking beyond LDL alone. They discuss bypass surgery, why cholesterol-lowering hasn’t erased heart disease, insulin resistance, trial design, statins and PCSK9 drugs, real-food diets, CGMs, and how clinicians think about risk in practice.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs

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01:58:41

What the Movie Reveals About Keto Hearts – TFP #024 |...

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2026/03/09

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what does it take to turn a dense cholesterol debate into a film people can actually follow? Dave talks with Jennifer Isenhart, documentary director and writer, about making *Cholesterol Code*, translating complex science for a lay audience, weaving in personal stories, navigating four years of production twists, and reshaping the film as new data emerged. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs `http://ownyourlabs.com` -- private blood testing

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03:35:02

How One Diet Silenced Bipolar Chaos – TFP #023 |...

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2026/02/20

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what happens when a midlife dietary change collides with decades of diagnosis, stigma, and trial-and-error? Guest Robyn Dobbins (lived-experience advocate, podcast host, health coach, and community coordinator at the nonprofit Metabolic Collective) makes the case for why personal narratives matter in metabolic mental-health advocacy—covering early symptoms, postpartum struggles, routines and relationships, low-carb/keto tradeoffs, community building, and how

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03:49:51

The Blood Test Prep Detail Most People Miss – TFP...

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2026/02/12

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what happens when a personal health experiment turns into a public-facing education project? Guest makes the case for practical, data-minded self-tracking while navigating online narratives and everyday constraints. Dave and Jenny Mitich (nutrition educator and author of *The Complete Carnivore*) discuss glucose monitoring, protein-to-fat adjustments, testing prep, content creation, parenting and culture, and why incentives and data collection methods shape

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03:02:15

The Criticism of Keto-CTA—and What the Data Actually...

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2026/02/02

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Greg Mushen, a longtime technology and product leader turned independent health researcher, makes the case that disciplined thinking from Silicon Valley can meaningfully inform nutrition and metabolic health. The discussion also directly engages with debates raised by the Keto-CTA study, using it as a case example to examine data transparency, scientific criticism, and decision-making under uncertainty—alongside metabolic testing innovation, walking versus

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03:14:20

He Was 52 Before Learning This About Carbs – TFP #020...

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2026/01/19

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, a core question hangs over the conversation: how did so many clinicians and patients miss low-carb interventions for so long? Dave sits down with Doug Reynolds, founder of Low Carb USA and president of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, as the guest makes the case for carbohydrate reduction in chronic disease, practitioner education gaps, cultural food traditions, patient-driven change, conference-based knowledge sharing, and why engineers often

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03:22:17

Cholesterol Debate: What Would Falsify the Lipid...

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2026/01/08

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, a provocative question anchors the conversation: how much of cardiovascular risk is about cholesterol itself versus the context it operates in? Guest **Josh Wageman, DPT, PA-C, PhD**—a clinical lipid specialist and researcher—makes the case for using metaphor, metabolic health, and imaging to think differently about risk. The discussion spans coronary calcium scoring, lipid particles, insulin and inflammation, endurance training extremes, neurodegeneration,

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02:10:37

Less Plants, More Babies? Carnivore Fertility Doc...

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2025/12/31

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

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04:24:32

Exposing Broken Science: How Pharma & Food Industry...

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2025/12/22

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

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03:02:04

Textbook Health, Yet Real World Event – What Went...

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2025/12/17

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

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03:09:52

Why This Cardiologist Left Low-Fat for Keto — Even...

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2025/12/12

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

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03:58:34

Lactic Acidosis, Black Mold & B1: What If It's All...

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2025/12/05

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

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02:48:23

Yes, 15 Minute Workouts Can Change Your Life – TFP...

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2025/11/18

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can you truly build muscle and maintain health with just 15 minutes of exercise twice a week? Dave chats with Ben Bocchicchio, PhD in Exercise Physiology and Health, who makes the case for slow-motion resistance training as the ultimate efficiency hack. Guest explores mitochondrial optimization through high-intensity exercise, addresses middle-age workout mistakes, discusses low-carb nutrition strategies spanning five decades, and challenges conventional

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02:27:27

Immunity, GLP-1, Cholesterol & Gut Microbiome – TFP...

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2025/11/06

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, special guest Mike Mutzel explores groundbreaking research on the immune system, GLP-1, the gut microbiome and lean mass hyper-responders. They deep dive on the Lipid Energy Model, atherosclerosis mechanisms, immune system interactions, coronary artery imaging data, and conventional cardiovascular risk paradigms in metabolic health.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs http://ownyourlabs.com -- private blood testing services.🩸Over 300 blood

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04:35:43

Deep Dive on LDL, ApoB, and Cardiovascular Disease –...

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2025/10/27

In this episode, Dave sits down with Austin, a metabolic data enthusiast and early adopter of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) who brings a fascinating blend of self-experimentation, performance optimization, and deep curiosity about human physiology. From endurance training to dietary tracking, Austin shares his journey through the data-driven side of health — how he uses CGM, heart rate, and nutrient timing to reveal the body’s hidden patterns. Together, Dave and Austin explore how metrics can

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04:00:36

Could Cows Actually Cool the Planet? – TFP #010 |...

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2025/10/22

In this episode, Dave sits down with Peter Ballerstedt, a retired forage agronomist and ruminant nutritionist known as "Don Pedro the Sod Father of the Ruminati," who brings a unique agricultural perspective to metabolic health discussions. Ballerstedt shares his 2007 transformation after reading Gary Taubes' book and how it led him to bridge agricultural science with the low-carb community. The conversation examines environmental arguments around animal agriculture, presents data on

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03:49:01

Prescribing Bacon and Butter for Weight Loss? – TFP...

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2025/10/14

In this episode, Dave sits down with Dr. Eric Westman, associate professor of medicine at Duke University and founder of the Keto Medicine Clinic, who has built his practice around using dietary interventions to treat patients. Dr. Westman discusses his path from traditional internal medicine to researching low-carb approaches, including his early observations of patients whose cholesterol profiles improved on high-fat diets and his collaboration with Dr. Atkins in the late 1990s to conduct some of

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03:26:07

Is “Ancestral Eating” Just a Modern Myth? – TFP #008...

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2025/10/08

Can we really justify what we eat today by pointing to what our ancestors ate thousands of years ago? In this thought-provoking episode, I sit down with Alex Leaf, a scientific communicator and longtime researcher with Examine.com, to challenge some of the most persistent ideas in nutrition.We dive deep into the ancestral argument, the role of mTOR and protein in longevity, and the personal fat threshold hypothesis that could redefine how we view metabolic health and type 2 diabetes. From

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03:31:37

TFP #007 - Nicholas Verhoeven PhD: Deep Dive on LDL,...

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2025/10/01

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman sits down with Nicholas Verhoeven PhD, the creator of @Physionic and recent molecular medicine graduate who has successfully transitioned from traditional academia to independent science communication. The conversation explores Nic's unique approach to content creation, including his decision to reject thousands of sponsorship offers to maintain editorial independence while building a sustainable business model. Dave and Nic dive deep into

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01:58:41

TFP #006 - Nick Norwitz Pt 3: To LDL and Beyond. Can...

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2025/09/26

In Part 3 of this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman concludes his conversation with Nick Norwitz MD PhD, exploring thought-provoking topics that span from practical health assessments to philosophical questions about consciousness. The discussion covers Nick's analysis of Peter Attia's evolving stance on lipids, Bryan Johnson's controversial decision to avoid CTA scans due to radiation concerns, and a detailed technical breakdown of actual radiation exposure from cardiac imaging. The

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