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Episode Description

Is your matcha actually ceremonial grade? Or are you paying premium prices for lead-contaminated powder that's been sitting in a warehouse for years?

Dr. Christian Gonzalez tested 12 popular matcha brands, uncovering which ones deliver real health benefits and which are glorified green food coloring.

The problem: Most "ceremonial grade" matcha on shelves doesn't meet Japanese standards, and some brands contain heavy metals, artificial colors, or oxidized powder with minimal antioxidant activity.

In this episode, Dr. G reveals:

• The single most important factor that determines matcha quality (hint: it's not the price tag)

• Which high-end brands failed testing and which budget options actually passed

• The 3-part freshness test you can do at home before buying

• Why the country of origin matters less than you think

• His top matcha picks that combine purity, potency, and value

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:06 - Why matcha quality matters: benefits vs contamination risks

2:40 - Marketing claims that mean nothing: ceremonial grade, organic, sourced from Japan

3:54 - Investigation results: 51 companies never responded

5:11 - Top matcha brand #1

8:16 - Top matcha brand #2

10:32 - Top matcha brand #3

11:33 - Why EGCG testing matters for actual health benefits

12:34 - Top matcha brand #4

14:22 - Final verdict

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Episode Description

What if the supplements you're taking aren't doing anything because your body can't actually absorb them?

David Roberts and Dr. John Gildea spent years developing Mara Labs after David's wife Mara was diagnosed with breast cancer and they discovered the compound that could help her, sulforaphane from broccoli, didn't exist in stable, absorbable form anywhere. They grew broccoli sprouts for ten families while Dr. Gilday obsessed over stabilizing the molecule. When he finally cracked it, Mara pushed them to share it with the world before she passed away.

This episode reveals why most broccoli supplements are essentially worthless, how microplastics are jamming up your cellular detox systems, and why estrogen itself isn't the enemy, but its metabolism might be. You'll learn why berberine outperformed Valium as a sleep aid in studies, how eating late with low insulin production leaves glucose sitting in your blood all night, and why Ozempic's weight loss can be up to 40% muscle.

Discover:

• The broccoli supplement truth: why 95% of products contain only the precursor molecule that your stomach acid destroys before it can work

• The microplastics mechanism: how plastic particles fill up your cellular "drains," blocking the lysosome from clearing waste and creating hormonal noise

• The estrogen metabolism shift: why estrogen is protective until it converts to quinones that can make DNA breaks in your genome

• The sulforaphane detox pathway: how one compound turns on Nrf2 to activate every cell's built-in detoxification system

• The berberine absorption problem: why standard berberine is nearly impossible to dissolve and ends up disrupting your gut microbiome instead of entering your bloodstream

• The GLP-1 difference: why natural berberine-induced satiety works without slowing gut motility the way Ozempic does

Find Dr. John Gildea & David Roberts:

Website: https://mara-labs.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themaralabs 

Timestamps:

0:00 - Why most hormonal supplements don't work 

1:46 - Hot Seat: Biggest detox mistakes and the NRF2 master switch 

3:20 - Is berberine nature's Ozempic? 

7:18 - Claire's one-month transformation with sulforaphane 

9:21 - How Mara Labs was born from a breast cancer diagnosis 

17:00 - Microplastics: the forest fire in your body 

24:18 - The estrogen truth: it's not the enemy, the metabolism is 

35:04 - Why your matcha works better with sulforaphane 

39:17 - Berberine, Ozempic, and fasting in a pill 

52:12 - The 40% muscle loss problem with Ozempic (and how to prevent it)

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Episode Description

Can eye health supplements actually protect your vision? Or are you wasting money on formulas with zero clinical evidence while your eyesight quietly deteriorates?

Dr. Christian Gonzalez ranked the top 5 evidence-based supplements for vision protection, revealing which ones have real clinical data behind them, and which popular options barely move the needle.

The reality: Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in adults over 50, and vision problems are now showing up in people in their 30s and 40s thanks to screen time and nutrient deficiencies.

In this episode, Dr. G reveals:

• The #1 gold-standard formula proven to reduce advanced macular degeneration risk by 25% backed by government-funded trials with 4,000+ participants

• Why omega-3s won't save your macula (but will help something else)

• The carotenoid duo that acts as internal sunglasses, filtering blue light directly in the retina

• Two emerging supplements with exciting 2024 research, including one spice showing real improvements in retinal function

• Exact dosages, forms that actually absorb, and brands worth your money

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:58 - What's Actually Destroying Your Eyes

3:35 - Supplement #5

7:09 - Supplement #4

10:22 - Supplement #3 

13:57 - Supplement #2

17:41 - Honorable Mention

19:09 - Supplement #1

23:20 - Final Thoughts: Protect Your Vision
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Episode Description

What if the reason you can't lose weight, feel exhausted, or struggle with brain fog has nothing to do with effort, and has everything to do with chronic inflammation silently destroying your body from the inside out?

Dr. Josh Redd runs one of the largest autoimmune clinics in the country and has spent 16 years helping patients conventional medicine gave up on. His core insight: inflammation in short bouts is life-saving, but when chronic, it becomes the key driver of nearly all disease.

This is the mechanism behind why diets keep failing, gut supplements don't work, and you might feel like you're going crazy when it's actually your brain that's inflamed. Dr. Redd explains why eating less and exercising more can make things worse, how your brain controls your gut (not the reverse), and why "healthy" foods might be fueling your autoimmune fire.

Discover:

• The $25 inflammation test that reveals whether chronic inflammation is sabotaging your metabolism, brain, and immune system

• Why supplements can't outrun a bad diet, and the enzyme inflammation shuts down that makes fat loss nearly impossible

• The cortisol steal, and how stress converts reproductive hormones into cortisol, explaining skyrocketing infertility

• The brain gut connection doctors miss, and why trauma keeps your gut from working properly

• The autoimmune reversal truth, and why Dr. Redd says autoimmune disease is reversible when you address triggers instead of suppressing symptoms

• The blue light crisis, and how phone use after 5pm destroys cortisol rhythm, wrecks sleep, and flares autoimmune conditions

Find Dr. Josh Redd: 

Website - https://redriver.health/ 

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drjoshredd/ 

Book - The Inflammatory Reset 

Timestamps:

0:00 - Why inflammation is destroying your health

2:10 - The hidden reason you can't lose weight despite eating less

3:22 - The #1 overlooked trigger for autoimmune disease

7:18 - How Dr. Josh Redd discovered his path to treating autoimmune patients

13:41 - Why 90% of autoimmune disease starts in the gut and liver

15:43 - The brain-gut connection most doctors miss

23:02 - How unresolved trauma keeps your body inflamed

29:32 - Simple $25 blood tests to check your inflammation levels

43:01 - Blue light and phone use: the autoimmune connection

49:19 - Inflammation's role in infertility51:26 - Why kids' mental health is under assault from diet

58:16 - The Inflammatory Reset: Dr. Redd's new book
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Episode Description

Can fat burners, probiotics, detox kits, and trendy supplements actually prove they work—or are you wasting money on proprietary blends with zero human outcome data while your health stays the same?

Dr. Christian Gonzalez investigated the supplement industry with one critical framework: three non-negotiable questions every supplement must pass before it belongs in your cabinet—not just marketing claims and influencer endorsements.

The shocking reality? Most supplements fail because they rely on acute stimulation or theoretical mechanisms instead of reproducible human evidence showing measurable improvements in the outcomes you actually care about.

The hidden failures in popular supplements:

• Fat burner blends that only work through nervous system stress—increasing cortisol, disrupting sleep, and working against sustainable fat loss long-term

• Generic probiotics with a few strains marketed as "gut health solutions" when the microbiome • contains hundreds of thousands of species

• Expensive detox and liver cleanse kits that rely on laxatives and diuretics instead of supporting the enzyme systems actually doing the work

• Probiotics that don't survive gastric acid, don't colonize, and may worsen symptoms in people with histamine sensitivity or SIBO

In this episode, Dr. Christian Gonzalez reveals:

• The 3-question framework that instantly filters out supplements wasting space in your cabinet

• The "try" tier supplements with emerging human data that could be game-changers for the right person

• Which supplements scored 8+ out of 10 on evidence—and why most people are buying the wrong forms

• The absorption problem no one talks about that makes one popular anti-inflammatory basically useless in standard form

• A post-biotic compound most people can't produce enough of naturally—and why it matters after 30

• The amino acid that smooths out caffeine jitters without making you drowsy

• Exact doses, timing, and what separates quality brands from contaminated, underdosed products

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:51 - Three questions to ask before buying any supplement

2:52 - Supplements to skip

11:07 - Supplements worth trying

16:25 - Supplements worth buying

21:43 - How to spend your supplement money smarter
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