The Art of Being Well

It's another Ask Me Anything with Dr. Will Cole. This episode: what your "ghost wipe" says about your gut health, a full breakdown of every sugar substitute from stevia to aspartame (and the 2022 study that changed how we think about them), and whether pork is actually safe - or something to avoid on biblical or health grounds. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit http://www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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Max Lugavere - New York Times bestselling author of Genius Foods and host of The Genius Life - joins Dr. Will Cole to talk about the diagnosis that changed his life, his mother's battle with Lewy body dementia, and why he made the documentary Little Empty Boxes. They dig into why the amyloid plaque model of Alzheimer's is being challenged, what the science actually says about protein, seed oils, and saturated fat, and what Max saw firsthand inside a White House meeting on the MAHA movement. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit http://www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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Dr. Will Cole goes solo to dig into the science behind cellular confusion, why your cells forget what they're created to do, and what to do about it. In this deep dive, he breaks down the "Inflammatory Core Four" (sugar, seed oils, grains, and dairy), the concept of xenohormesis, and how fasting and food timing activate autophagy, mitophagy, and your body's own cellular repair pathways. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit http://www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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Hunter Stoler - the creator behind @healthwithhunter, known for his viral healthy grocery store swaps - joins Dr. Will Cole to talk health food trends, why you don't need to be wealthy to eat well, his favorite budget-friendly swaps, and the Thanksgiving dinner moment that kicked off his 50-pound weight loss. They also dig into GLP-1s, next-gen peptides, and why Hunter dialed his own supplement stack way down after a scary lab result. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit http://www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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Tara Hopkins, who leads policy work for Instagram at Meta, joins Dr. Will Cole for a candid conversation about raising teenagers in the social media era. They cover Instagram's Teen Accounts feature — the default restrictions on contact, content, and time — the AI tools Meta uses to detect teens who lie about their age, and the supervision tools available to parents. Tara shares her honest take on outright social media bans, why she believes a parent-guided gradual approach works better than a hard cutoff, and practical parenting wisdom from raising her own two teenagers, including why it's okay to tighten boundaries later and how to use the algorithm reset tool. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

This episode was recorded prior to Meta's agreement with a bipartisan group of 52 attorneys general across US states, territories, and the District of Columbia, building on their longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens. Learn more at https://about.fb.com/news/2026/08/agreement-with-state-attorneys-general-supporting-teens/

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