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Vitality Unleashed: The Functional Medicine Podcast
Welcome to Vitality Unleashed: The Functional Medicine Podcast, your ultimate guide to achieving holistic health and wellness. Created and vetted, by Dr. Kumar from LifeWell MD a dedicated functional medicine physician, this podcast dives deep into the interconnected realms of physical, emotional, and sexual health. Carefully curated medical insights to expand your options, renew hope, and ignite healing—especially when traditional medicine has no answers.
Each week, we unpack the complexities of the human body-mind, exploring topics like hormone balance, gut health, mental resilience, difficult medical conditions, power performance and intimate relationships.
Join us as we bridge the gap between complex medical science and everyday understanding. We transform the latest research and intricate information from the world of medical academia into simple, actionable insights for everyone. Think of us as your Rosetta Stone for health—making the complicated easy to grasp. Enjoy inspiring and practical advice that empowers you to take charge of your health journey. Whether you're seeking to boost your energy, enhance your emotional well-being, or revitalize your sexual health, this podcast provides the tools and knowledge you need.
Embark on this transformative journey with us, and discover how functional medicine can help you live a vibrant, balanced, and fulfilling life. Subscribe to Vitality Unleashed today, and let's redefine what it means to be truly healthy—mind, body, and soul.
Episodes
205 episodes
Enjoy The Holidays Without Wrecking Your Health
December shouldn’t demand that you choose between joy and health. We unpack a clear, science-backed plan to enjoy the parties, desserts, and late nights while keeping energy steady, mood calm, and immunity strong. Our focus is on three systems ...
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Episode 205
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15:45
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Winter-Proof Your Immune System
Holiday lights are going up, and so are the odds of catching something nasty. We take a clear, science‑first look at medical ozone therapy as a proactive tool for winter wellness, translating complex biochemistry into practical insight you can ...
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Episode 204
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16:06
When Medicine Meets Marijuana: Promise, Peril, And Precision
Cancer care deserves more than myths and half-truths, so we went straight to the data to map where cannabinoids genuinely help—and where they can get in the way. We unpack how THC can push malignant cells toward programmed death and starve tumo...
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Season 1
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Episode 204
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16:36
From “Normal” Labs To Peak Performance: The Executive Metabolism Reset
Your labs say “normal,” but your body keeps tapping the brakes. We pull back the curtain on the hidden drivers that sap elite performers: visceral fat you can’t see, early insulin resistance masked by “fine” glucose, and subclinical inflammatio...
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Season 1
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Episode 201
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18:54
Holiday Burnout, Executive Blueprint
The numbers say you’re winning, but your body says otherwise. We unpack the hidden costs of high performance—why “normal” labs can miss dangerous stress load—and share a stepwise plan to restore resilience without sacrificing results. Drawing o...
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Season 1
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Episode 201
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13:23
From Fixing Symptoms To Rewriting Biological Time
What if your clean annual physical is missing the signals that matter most? We unpack a three-level roadmap to build real health span: stabilize overt issues, uncover hidden drivers of inflammation and decline, and then measure and slow your tr...
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Season 1
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Episode 200
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14:07
The Counterclockwise Effect: Can You Think Yourself Younger?
What if your expectations quietly shape your hormones, your inflammation, and even how fast you heal? We dig into the science of mind-body unity and show how a shift in mindset can trigger measurable changes in weight, blood pressure, cognition...
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Episode 197
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12:38
Optimizing Testosterone Without Sacrificing Future Fatherhood
Want peak energy without sacrificing the chance to become a dad later? We dig into the real physiology behind testosterone therapy and explain how to boost performance while protecting fertility. Starting with the HPG axis, we break down why st...
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Season 1
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Episode 197
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11:56
Stress, Cortisol, And Low T Explained
Burnout doesn’t start at the to-do list; it starts in the brain. We trace how the body’s stress system, the HPA axis, keeps cortisol high and quietly slams the brakes on testosterone production, leaving you tired, irritable, sleepless, and stuc...
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Episode 196
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13:11
Your Belly Is Not Lazy; It’s Sabotaging Your Hormones
The story you’ve heard about men’s weight gain and hormones is incomplete. We unpack the real, two-way loop between low testosterone and obesity, showing how declining T accelerates fat storage, erodes muscle, and fuels inflammation—and how exc...
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Episode 195
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14:29
Ozone Vs. Superbugs
Superbugs are rewriting the rules of medicine, but what if smarter immunity—not stronger drugs alone—could tilt the fight? We unpack a bold, data-driven idea: using precisely dosed ozone as an adjunct to antibiotics to help the immune system cl...
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Season 1
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Episode 194
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12:58
What Separates Good From Elite In Men’s Longevity
Want a health plan built like a race car—fast, precise, and reliable under pressure? We lay out a data-driven blueprint for elite male vitality that treats performance like an engineering problem, not a guessing game. The framework centers on t...
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Season 1
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Episode 193
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13:57
Rethinking Menopause: Is Testosterone The Missing Link In Women’s Cognitive Health
Brain fog, low drive, and that heavy feeling of “I can’t get going” don’t have to be the new normal. We take a close look at why so many midlife women still struggle with mood and cognition even on standard estrogen therapy, and we unpack compe...
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Episode 192
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13:38
Zinc, Testosterone, And Real Balance
A small mineral can move a big needle. We dig into how zinc quietly powers the entire testosterone story—building it from cholesterol, converting it to more active forms, and even letting cells “read” the hormone’s message through zinc finger m...
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Episode 191
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18:11
What If A Small Stressor Could Turn The Tide Against Cancer?
What if the same molecule we blame for smog could, under strict clinical control, help patients fight cancer and feel better during treatment? We dive into medical ozone as an adjunct to standard oncology, focusing on how controlled oxidative s...
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Season 1
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Episode 188
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15:32
Nature’s Ozempic? What The Science Actually Says About Berberine, Weight Loss, And Metabolic Health
The headlines made a promise the data can’t keep: berberine is not “nature’s Ozempic,” and that’s actually good news. We zoom past the hype to explain what berberine really does—activate AMPK, improve insulin sensitivity, reshape the gut microb...
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Season 1
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Episode 189
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14:41
Ozone Therapy Vs. Surgery For Lumbar Disc Disease: Science Explains It Now
Too many people with sciatica and herniated discs feel trapped between living with pain and going under the knife. We bring a different path into focus: intradiscal ozone therapy, a precisely dosed, outpatient procedure that shrinks bulging dis...
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Season 1
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Episode 188
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12:46
From Fingertips To Cortex: Measuring Mental Fitness With Brain Gauge
What if tiny vibrations on your fingertips could reveal how well your brain really works? We dive into the science and practice of touch-based cognitive testing, showing how Brain Gauge translates sensory precision into actionable insights on r...
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Season 1
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Episode 187
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13:36
Oxygen’s Hidden Power
What if training your body with a little less oxygen could mean a sharper mind, stronger cells, and a longer healthspan? We unpack the oxygen paradox: why severe hypoxia harms but carefully dosed, intermittent low oxygen can remodel biology in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 177
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14:01
From Inflammation To Immunity: How Low-Dose Naltrexone Works
What if one small dose could shift big systems—calming neuroinflammation, easing chronic pain, and nudging an overactive immune response back toward balance? We take a clear-eyed look at low-dose naltrexone (LDN) and map the two mechanisms that...
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Episode 185
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13:07
How Laughter Lowers Cortisol, Lifts Hope, And Protects Long-Term Health
A growing stack of clinical evidence says the body doesn’t just enjoy a good laugh—it transforms because of it. We break down how spontaneous laughs and laughter yoga can lower cortisol by double digits within minutes, restore homeostasis, and ...
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Episode 184
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13:10
Your Brain On Meditation: Now With More CEO And Less Noise
What if a few minutes of daily practice could measurably preserve your brain’s structure and sharpen your mind’s control systems? We dive into the data tying meditation to neuroplastic gains across gray matter, white matter, and the networks th...
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Episode 183
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14:08
Ozone And Cancer
A reactive gas that might make tumors less resistant, treatments more effective, and recovery more manageable sounds risky at first blush—but the science tells a more nuanced story. We unpack how medical ozone doesn’t attack tumors directly; in...
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Season 1
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Episode 182
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11:20
Precision Exercise For A Longer Health Span
The old slogan of eat right and exercise doesn’t cut it anymore. We break down a modern, evidence-based blueprint for extending health span by treating exercise like a prescribed therapy—precise in dose, targeted in modality, and sequenced for ...
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Season 1
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Episode 180
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17:28