The Truth About Healing, Longevity & Performance Artwork

The Pain and Performance Podcast

Scientifically Hacking: Health, Healing, Pain, Nutrition, and Longevity. We'll dive into all the exact habits, technology and recommendations you can use to optimize health, healing and life! Learn how I use and apply these everyday in my Pain Specialty Practice to improve my patient's lives, speed their healing, and increase longevity. On the podcast, I interview the scientist, doctors, creators and even patients on topics like: -Health Optimization-Supercharge Healing and Recovery-Sleep Enhancements Techniques-Daily Routines and Tactics for the Optimized Life-Research on Technology, Treatments, Supplements and more.-Case Review - We interview and discuss difficulty pain or health cases and how someone improved, healed and got back to living!-Mindset Improvements-Wholistic Living -Much, Much More!

All Episodes

The Pain and Performance Podcast

The Truth About Healing, Longevity & Performance

May 16, 2026 • Derrick Hines

0:00 | 35:13

In this episode of Tea with Dr. D, Dr. Derrick Hines answers listener questions on healing, inflammation, longevity, peptides, recovery, metabolic health, and performance. From AFib and sleep apnea to allulose, fasting, mitochondrial health, and muscle recovery technologies, this episode breaks down practical strategies for improving health, resilience, and long-term function.

In This Episode
- The connection between sleep apnea, inflammation, and AFib
- Why allulose is gaining attention for blood sugar and cravings
- How fasting impacts inflammation and recovery
- The role of mitochondrial health in longevity and performance
- What peptides actually do and how they support healing
- Why mindset and health foundations impact recovery speed