The Feldman Protocol

02:53:16

Lauren Kennedy West on Schizoaffective Disorder,...

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2026/10/03

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can what we eat meaningfully influence the course of serious mental illness? Dave sits down with Lauren Kennedy West (mental health advocate and YouTuber living with schizoaffective disorder) to explore her personal journey from multiple hospitalizations and misdiagnoses to adopting therapeutic ketosis. Lauren makes the case for metabolic psychiatry as a complement to traditional care, discusses the identity challenges of sharing her N-of-1 experiment

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02:16:48

Arthur Agatston (Part 3) on Insulin Resistance,...

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2026/09/24

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how does metabolic health shape cardiovascular risk — and does the conventional focus on individual biomarkers miss the bigger picture? Dave Feldman sits down with cardiologist Arthur Agatston (MD), creator of the South Beach Diet and the coronary calcium score, to explore blood pressure guideline debates, insulin resistance and preeclampsia, the origins of the South Beach Diet, LP(a) and plaque progression in lean mass hyper-responders, HDL dysfunction, and

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02:00:44

Dr. Arthur Agatston (Part 2) - Why Did Most Keto...

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2026/09/21

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how does metabolic health shape cardiovascular risk — and what does that mean for interpreting cholesterol markers in lean, low-carb individuals? Arthur Agatston (MD) makes the case for a functional model of atherosclerosis progression, discusses AI-driven advances in cardiac imaging, argues for revisiting how blood pressure is measured and treated, and explores electrolyte management on ketogenic diets — all through a wide-ranging scientific conversation

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01:51:31

The Stent Myth: Why Fixing a Blockage Isn’t a Cure -...

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2026/09/18

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how well do conventional cardiovascular risk metrics actually identify who is truly at risk for a heart attack decades before it happens? Cardiologist Arthur Agatston (MD) makes the case for coronary calcium scoring as an early detection tool, discusses the natural history of atherosclerotic plaque, revisits key moments in lipid science history, explores why stent placement in asymptomatic patients presents a more complex picture than intuition suggests, and

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01:56:58

Isabella Cooper – Part 2 – Ketogenic Diet and Cancer:...

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2026/09/11

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how does insulin influence cancer cell behavior — and what does that mean for metabolic approaches to the disease? Dave sits down with Isabella Cooper (PhD) to explore the glucose-ketone index and its practical limits, the role of glutamine alongside glucose in cancer metabolism, how mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiolipin loss may relate to tumor progression, the case for high-dose intravenous vitamin C, osteocyte biology and the surprising systemic roles

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02:22:20

Isabella Cooper – Part 1 – The Chemical Removed From...

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2026/09/08

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what does beta-hydroxybutyrate between meals actually reveal about a person's insulin state — and why might that matter for understanding chronic disease risk? Dave sits down with Isabella Cooper (PhD), a biochemistry and pathophysiology scientist whose research spans assay quality control, hyperinsulinemia detection, ketone thresholds, mitochondrial function, and the lipid energy model, making the case that personalized insulin thresholds — not

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03:28:12

Dr Scott Murray – Is IVUS Plaque ‘Regression’ Just...

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2026/09/04

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how much does metabolic health shape cardiovascular risk beyond what standard lipid markers can reveal? Dave Feldman sits down with Scott Murray (MD), a UK-based interventional cardiologist, to explore plaque imaging and its limitations, the role of visceral and perivascular fat in heart disease, the lipid energy model and lean mass hyper-responders, cardiac fuel metabolism and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and the challenges of conducting

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02:40:47

Darius Sharp – Pt 2 – What Happens to Your Lipids...

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2026/09/01

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what actually drives cardiovascular disease in a metabolically healthy, lean individual — and is elevated LDL the most important variable to consider? Darius Sharpe (ER nurse and lean mass hypersponder community member) discusses his unexpected CAC score at age 38, his theory on postprandial glucose and vascular damage, a personal episode of atrial fibrillation, the Keto CTA study's Clearly data controversy, and what ER nurses observe firsthand about

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03:35:15

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick – The Country With the Lowest...

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2026/08/31

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how well does the prevailing understanding of LDL and cardiovascular disease hold up under close scrutiny? Dave sits down with Malcolm Kendrick (MD) — author, researcher, and longtime cardiovascular disease skeptic — who challenges key assumptions across trial methodology, observational data, Mendelian randomization, clinical trial blinding, nitric oxide's role in vascular health, and the response-to-injury model of atherosclerosis.🔥 This episode is

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02:41:55

Sugar Is Wiring Kids' Brains for Lifelong Addiction –...

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2026/08/21

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what does it take to recognize and address a compulsive relationship with food — and why does that recognition matter so much? Jen Unwin (clinical and health psychologist) joins Dave to explore the psychology of hope in medical settings, her personal history with carbohydrate-driven food behaviors, the evidence behind ultra-processed food addiction as a proposed clinical category, the WHO/ICD recognition process, GLP-1 medications as one potential tool, and

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04:01:08

Dr. David Unwin: Low Carb, Diabetes & Food Addiction

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2026/08/14

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how does one family doctor's decades-long frustration with a "progressive, incurable" disease lead to a fundamentally different approach to patient care? Dave Feldman and David Unwin (MD) explore the pivotal 2012 patient encounter that reshaped Unwin's practice, the psychology of behavior change and food addiction, real-world data from a 10,000-patient NHS cohort, collaborative medicine versus authoritarian care, GLP-1 drugs as a last

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02:49:16

Darius Sharpe – From Treating Heart Attacks to Almost...

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2026/08/05

Part 1 of 2In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what can a quarter-century of emergency medicine experience reveal about the everyday habits quietly shaping metabolic health outcomes? Darius Sharpe (ER nurse and former paramedic with 24 years in emergency medicine) makes the case that postprandial glucose excursions deserve far more clinical attention, discusses his personal glucose experiments after a low-carb reintroduction of fast food, shares observations on hospital nutrition practices, and

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02:53:01

LIVE with Ken Berry MD – Reversing Diabetes With a...

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2026/07/14

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can a practicing family physician's personal health crisis reshape the dietary advice he gives to thousands of patients? Ken Berry (MD) makes the case for low-carbohydrate approaches in managing metabolic conditions, shares his path from rural Tennessee to family medicine, discusses founding the American Diabetes Society as an alternative institution, explores the debate around long-term ketosis and fasting insulin, and joins Dave and audience members in

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03:06:34

Why Casey Ruff's Clients Lost 732 lbs — And 98% Was Fat

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2026/06/26

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can elite athletes truly thrive on fat alone — with zero carbs? Dave sits down with Casey Ruff (personal trainer, nutrition coach, and host of Boundless Body Radio) to explore his journey from gym kid to keto rebel, high-intensity training principles, a rogue low-carb experiment inside a corporate fitness company that produced 732 lbs of fat loss, the LMHR study saga, carnivore adaptation and anxiety relief, and a surprising email from the American Heart

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03:20:23

The Assisted Living Owner Who Helps Residents Move...

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2026/06/22

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can a for-profit assisted living home actually send residents back home healthier than when they arrived? Hal Cranmer (assisted living owner and metabolic health advocate) makes the case that ketogenic and carnivore nutrition, resistance training, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and disciplined deprescribing can reverse diabetes, restore cognition, and rebuild independence — even in residents in their 80s and 90s. Dave and Hal also cover dementia and sugar

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02:37:44

Dr. Boz Part 2 – The Keto Diet Did Something Her...

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2026/06/21

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how does a physician's personal and professional crucible shape an unconventional approach to metabolic medicine? Annette Bosworth (MD) joins Dave to discuss her legal battles and U.S. Senate campaign, her mother's experience with a ketogenic dietary intervention, the behavioral psychology behind lasting dietary change, her structured 21-day intensive program, observations on combining nutritional ketosis with low-dose GLP-1/GIP therapy, and her

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02:17:08

Dr. Boz – The Doctor Who Became Homeless While...

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2026/06/19

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what does a physician's journey through rural medicine, corporate bureaucracy, and scientific controversy reveal about how the healthcare system handles innovation? Dave Feldman sits down with Annette Bosworth (MD), an internal medicine physician and author, who discusses her origin story in small-town South Dakota, the role of lifestyle factors in patient outcomes, her early adoption of lower-carbohydrate approaches, and the challenges she faced

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03:00:29

Chris Masterjohn PhD – Seed Oils, LDL & Mitochondria...

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2026/06/11

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, how much does mitochondrial energy metabolism shape long-term health outcomes — and what does that mean for how we interpret cardiovascular, immune, and metabolic research? Dave sits down with Chris Masterjohn (PhD) to explore his mitochondrial testing company and what enzyme-complex patterns may reveal about individual nutritional needs, his longstanding model of LDL oxidation and plaque formation, the emerging pressure-based hypothesis in Crohn's

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03:20:35

Animal Protein vs Plant Protein — The Amino Acid...

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2026/06/08

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave Feldman sits down with Peter Ballerstedt (PhD) — forage agronomist and founder of Grass Based Health.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/34` 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

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02:58:58

Tommy Wood MD PhD: Brain Health, CTE & Dementia Risk...

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2026/06/07

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can the environment you go home to matter more than the brain injury itself? Tommy Wood (MD PhD) makes the case that how you use your brain is the primary driver of how it functions — then digs into CTE mechanics, the myth of the brain "sloshing" in the skull, why animal models of concussion may fundamentally miss the point, ketogenic diets and mental health, AI as orthotic vs. prosthetic, and why obsessing over sleep data might hurt you more than

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