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
Inflammation, Gut Health, and Why Your Metabolism Feels “Stuck”
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If you’re eating clean, exercising, and still feeling exhausted, inflamed, or stuck — this episode is for you.
In this conversation, we explore why metabolism often stalls even when people “do everything right.” The missing piece is usually chronic, low-grade inflammation — especially when it begins in the gut.
You’ll learn:
- How inflammation acts as a metabolic brake
- Why the body shifts into survival mode when it senses threat
- What “leaky gut” really means in practical terms
- How bacterial fragments like LPS disrupt insulin signaling
- Why most food reactions aren’t allergies
- Why exercise can backfire when the body is inflamed
- How to reframe plateaus without blame
Your metabolism isn’t broken.
It’s protecting you.
And once you remove the threat — it remembers how to work.