Metabolic OS with Dr. Chad Larson
You're doing everything right — eating better, moving more, trying every diet — and your body still won't respond. If that's you, this show is built for you.
Metabolic OS is a health and metabolic-performance podcast hosted by Dr. Chad Larson, NMD, a naturopathic medical doctor with 20+ years of clinical experience in metabolic and hormonal health. Each week he breaks down the root systems that control your energy, fat storage, hormones, and long-term health — the operating system running underneath the symptoms.
No diet trends, no quick fixes. Just the science of why your metabolism stalls and how to get it running again. In each episode you'll learn how to:
— Restore insulin sensitivity and metabolic flexibility
— Understand why weight loss stalls and energy crashes happen
— Reset the circadian and hormonal timing that drives hunger and fatigue
— Lower your metabolic age and reduce disease risk
— Apply simple, science-based steps that hold up in real life
This is for adults who feel metabolically stuck and want clarity, control, and results that last — not another plan that fails. You're not broken. Your metabolism is just out of sync. Metabolic OS shows you how to get it back online.
Metabolic OS with Dr. Chad Larson
Latest Episodes
Why we add fat to a fish that doesn't have any
This episode covers oven-baked tilapia served over a Mediterranean salad — and organizes the argument around a practical fish hierarchy: good is tilapia, better is salmon, best is wild Alaskan sockeye. The framing is a more clinically useful wa...
Why we still eat pancakes
In this episode, Dr. Chad Larson and Nicole demonstrate a metabolically aligned pancake recipe filmed in their home kitchen. The conversation covers the carbohydrate math behind traditional pancakes — roughly 50 to 70 grams of net carbs per sta...
Four ingredients. One Skillet. Every benefit we want.
Dr. Chad and his wife Nicole walk through a four-ingredient skillet meal they fall back on most weeks — rotisserie chicken, mushrooms, onions, and arugula, cooked in a single cast-iron pan in about twelve minutes. The...
Why we dump butter on our chicken
Most people didn't stop eating butter because they wanted to. They stopped because a generation of nutrition advice told them they had to.In this episode, Nicole and I walk you through a real Sunday dinner at our house — bone-in, skin-on...
What a Metabolic Doctor's Kitchen Actually Looks Like at Dinner Time
Most people don't struggle with knowing what to eat. They struggle with actually building a metabolically healthy meal when life is moving fast and the fridge is full of leftovers.In this episode, Nicole and I walk you through a real wee...