Defiant Health Radio with Dr. William Davis
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176 episodes
Join our upcoming Caribbean Cruise: The New Science Behind Reshaping Your Body
Considering joining us on our Caribbean cruise scheduled for Feb-March, 2027? Here's a conversation between me and JJ Flizanes on what you can expect. We are packing the schedule full of educational presentations and demonstrations...
Thoracic Aortic Dissection: What To Know
Senator Lindsay Graham recently died unexpectedly from a thoracic aortic dissection, taking the world by surprise. Is this something you should be concerned about for your own health? You may actually have already been tested for t...
Bacteriocins: Key to surviving the age of antibiotics?
Normally, you should have numerous species of microbes inhabiting your gastrointestinal tract and other body locations that produce bacteriocins, i.e., natural antibiotics that keep unhealthy microbial species from taking over. Unfortunately, m...
Why is cholesterol testing not dead yet?
Why are we still using 1950s technology to predict and manage risk for heart disease in the form of cholesterol testing? Superior methods have been available for >30 years. Sadly, the key is money. If superior methods to identif...
Why does curing type 2 diabetes remain a secret?
I find it shocking that, as easy as type 2 diabetes is to reverse, backed up by even human clinical trials validating this concept, few doctors inform their diabetic patients of this. Oddly, now that GLP-1 agonist (disastrous...
How can you know when SIBO is gone?
If you have made efforts to reverse small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, SIBO, how can you know whether you have succeeded?Here are a number of indicators you can use to decide. After all, reverse SIBO and the endotoxemia that acc...
"I have a 'cheat' day once per week--Is that okay"
If you are trying to eradicate one of the REAL causes of risk for heart disease, small dense LDL particles, is a once-per-week "cheat" day allowable? Can you get away with it by exercising more the following day, or being extra strict?
Understand the "Universe" of Small Dense LDL Particles
Why does much of the world cling to the outdated notion that cholesterol is the cause of heart disease and that reducing cholesterol is the solution, even after decades of evidence have more than amply demonstrated that this approach is woefull...
Infertility, Miscarriage, Premature delivery: The Crucial Role of Endotoxemia
The evolving science has become overwhelming: Lipopolysaccharide endotoxemia, i.e., the entry of bacterial breakdown products into the bloodstream, is a major driver of multiple problems in female reproductive health. Unfortunately, this crucia...
"Why do I have food intolerances?
Food intolerances are growing and more and more people are unable to eat FODMAPs-containing foods, histamine-containing foods, nightshades, legumes, fructose-containing foods and numerous others, sometimes reduced to consuming only a handful of...
Why Life is Better Without Wheat
If you are given the kindergarten version of a healthy diet, well, you can expect mediocre results at best, disastrous results at worst. Why not graduate to a higher level of dietary understanding? But don't count on obtaining such...
Understanding the Microbiome: Endotoxemia and Translocation
They are somewhat more advanced concepts, but the microbial phenomena of endotoxemia and translocation are proving to be critical processes in initiating or worsening a long list of human health conditions. Because most mainstream doctors have ...
What is gluten and why you should avoid it
Despite my Wheat Belly series of books having been read by millions of people in nearly 40 countries, many people still think that a grain-based diet is healthy. Many also confuse this message with being "gluten-free."Let's think about ...
Why is grain elimination good for oral health?
Scientific insights into the oral microbiome are yielding many new lessons for dental health: mouthwashes are actually dangerous, fluoridated drinking water does not prevent cavities, some toothpastes contain harmful additives. But...
I answer questions posted by listeners/viewers
Here I address frequently-asked questions or important issues raised by listeners/viewers.
Does dementia start in the mouth?
A number of studies in which the brain tissue of people who have died of dementia have revealed the presence of microbial species such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Tannerella forsythia--all oral microbes. This is an...
It's Not Yogurt
We've been fermenting HUMAN-SOURCED microbes to generate very high microbial counts and obtain specific health benefits. The end-result looks and smells sort of like conventional yogurt, but it is NOT yogurt. (I called it "yogurt" for lack of a...
Why You Should NOT Measure Apoprotein B
Apoprotein B provides a virtual count of the lipoprotein particles in the bloodstream that cause coronary heart disease. It is often held up as superior to the widely used LDL cholesterol value. Is this true?It is true, but it does not ...
What's all this about making "yogurt"?
Why has yogurt making gone viral?First of all, it's NOT yogurt. It looks and smells like yogurt. By FDA regulations, something called yogurt must be fermented with traditional yogurt-making microbes Lactobacillus bulgaricus and...
Are microplastics the newest cardiovascular risk factor?
The evidence is growing that suggest that microplastics, or more specifically smaller nanoplastics, are triggers for atherosclerotic disease with increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and death. While your doctor wastes your tim...
Reduce and track abdominal visceral fat for improved health
Abdominal visceral fat, i.e., fat within the abdominal cavity that surrounds abdominal organs, is unique and the source of so many common health problems. While people who are overweight with a protuberant abdomen almost always have an excess o...
The Crime Called Type 2 Diabetes
The crime is not having type 2 diabetes. The crime is that conventional forces in healthcare essentially turn a blind eye to all the ways available to NOT be a type 2 diabetic. Pharmaceutical executives throw lavish parties to cele...
How long to consume SIBO Yogurt?
SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) is now epidemic in the U.S., affecting around 50% of the population. It is responsible for an impressive range of health conditions from obesity, to type 2 diabetes, to irritable bowel syndrome, to f...
Why it's crucial to keep triglycerides at 60 mg/dl or less
There's one truly helpful value on a standard cholesterol panel: triglycerides. Ironically, it's also the value most likely to be ignored or mismanaged because the doctor wastes your time by focusing on the useless total and LDL cholesterol val...