DrTalks Podcast

Repair, Regulate, Restore: A Roadmap for Inflammation Control Through Peptides

James LaValle explains how peptides may help regulate inflammation, repair the gut, support mitochondria, and restore metabolic balance. James LaValle explores how chronic inflammation disrupts hormones, mitochondria, gut integrity, metabolism, and brain health over time. He explains how peptides such as BPC-157, KPV, GHK-Cu, thymic peptides, and growth hormone secretagogues may help restore homeostasis, regulate inflammatory signaling, repair tissue damage, and support healthier aging. The conversation also covers GLP-1s, mitochondrial resilience, stress physiology, and why personalized healing strategies matter. James LaValle, RPh, CCN, MT, DHM, DHPh (trad) is an internationally recognized clinical pharmacist, author, and board-certified clinical nutritionist, with over 40 years of clinical experience in natural products, lifestyle, drug/nutrient depletion, compounding pharmacy, and peptides. LaValle is best known for his expertise in performance health and integrative care. He has served thousands of patients, using his metabolic model for health, at his clinics in Orange County, CA, Austin, TX, and formerly at LaValle Metabolic Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. His focus both in clinic and enterprise platforms is to uncover the underlying metabolic issues that keep people from their peak health and resiliency. He is the founder of Metabolic Code Enterprises. This cloud-based health technology helps practitioners and individuals pinpoint the metabolic roadblocks to health based on a symptom survey, lab markers, biometrics, and wearable data. This groundbreaking assessment tool incorporates some 40,000 decisions, prioritizing networks of metabolism that are the most out of balance, and provides suggestions for dietary supplements, diet, and other targeted interventions and lifestyle suggestions with the goal of building metabolic reserve, resiliency, and vitality.

The Hidden Culprit of Aging: What You Didn't Know About Oxidative Stress

Dr. Jason Barker explains how oxidative stress, inflammation, hormones, and mitochondrial damage may accelerate aging and chronic disease. Dr. Jason Barker explores the connection between oxidative stress, inflammation, hormones, and healthy aging. He explains how free radical damage may impact mitochondria, DNA, cardiovascular health, and cognitive function, while discussing advanced testing that evaluates antioxidant genes and oxidative damage markers. The conversation also covers hormone optimization, longevity medicine, and how personalized strategies may help reduce biological aging. Dr. Jason Barker, ND, graduated from Sonoran University of Health Sciences. He earned his B.S in Exercise and Sport Science with a Minor in Anatomy and Neurobiology from Colorado State University.  After obtaining his Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine, he completed a 2-year residency at National University of Natural Medicine and earned a Certificate in Clinical Research at Oregon Health & Sciences University.  In addition to 22 years in private practice, he’s served as a clinical consultant to the nutraceutical and sports medicine industry, has authored numerous articles for the journals Alternative and Complementary Therapies, Natural Pharmacy, and The Townsend Letter, and is the co-author of the book “Herbs and Nutrients for the Mind: A Guide to Natural Brain Enhancers“.  Currently, he is a Clinical Lab Educator at Vibrant Wellness. In his spare time, he’s a recreationally competitive trail runner, mountain biker, and triathlete, and enjoys spending time with his 3 children outside in beautiful Colorado.

Your Journey With Oxygen Therapy To Unlock Longevity

Dr. Amir Hadanny explains how hyperbaric oxygen therapy may improve brain healing, neuroplasticity, aging, stroke recovery, and cognitive function. Dr. Amir Hadanny explores the science behind hyperbaric oxygen therapy and how oxygen delivered under pressure may support healing in the brain and body. He discusses research involving traumatic brain injury, stroke, PTSD, fibromyalgia, radiation injury, and healthy aging, while explaining how hyperbaric therapy may improve neuroplasticity, cognition, physical performance, and overall quality of life. Dr. Amir Hadanny is a certified neurosurgeon, hyperbaric physician, and Chief Medical Research Officer at Aviv Clinics. Working alongside Professor Shai Efrati, he has published more than 25 research papers focused on hyperbaric oxygen therapy, neuroplasticity, brain rehabilitation, and healthy aging. His work explores how oxygen under pressure may help support recovery from neurological injuries and age-related cognitive decline.

How Bio-Identical Hormones Regenerate Your Life

Dr. Sharon Stills explains how bio-identical hormones may support healthy aging, vitality, libido, sleep, and long-term regenerative health. Dr. Sharon Stills explores how bio-identical hormones, detoxification, nervous system healing, and lifestyle medicine may help women navigate menopause with greater vitality and resilience. She explains why symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, mood swings, weight gain, and brain fog are signals of imbalance—not inevitable decline—and shares how personalized hormone support and emotional healing can help women age with strength, confidence, and purpose. Dr. Sharon Stills, a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor with over two decades of dedicated service in transforming women’s health, has been a guiding light for perimenopausal and menopausal women, empowering them to reinvent, explore, and rediscover their vitality and zest for life. Her pioneering RED Hot Sexy Meno(pause) Program encapsulates her philosophy: to Reinvent your Health, Explore your Spirit, and Discover YOUR Sexy. This unique approach has revolutionized the way women experience their transformative years, making her a sought-after expert in the field.

Metabolic Freedom is the Key to Longevity and Reducing Inflammation

Ben Azadi explains how metabolic freedom, fasting, fat burning, and seed oil avoidance may help reduce chronic inflammation. Ben Azadi explores metabolic freedom as a path toward better energy, fat burning, and inflammation control. He explains how sugar burning, insulin resistance, snacking, processed carbohydrates, and seed oils may contribute to metabolic dysfunction, while fasting, autophagy, strength training, and feast-famine cycling can support healthier metabolic flexibility. In 2008, Ben Azadi went through a personal health transformation by shedding 80 pounds of pure fat. Ever since, Ben Azadi, FDN-P, has been on a mission to help 1 billion people live a healthier lifestyle.  Ben is the author of four best-selling books, including his latest, Keto Flex. Ben has been the go-to source for intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet since 2013. He is known as ‘The Health Detective’ because he investigates dysfunction, and he educates, not medicates, to bring the body back to normal function. Ben is the founder of Keto Kamp, a global brand bringing awareness to ancient healing strategies such as the keto diet and fasting.  Ben is the host of a top 15 podcast,  The Keto Kamp Podcast, which won Keto Podcast of the Year (2022) by The Metabolic Health Summit. Ben has the fast-growing Keto Kamp YouTube channel with over 150,000 subscribers and a TikTok channel with over 325,000 subscribers and over 46 million video downloads. Ben is a keynote speaker who delivered a keynote lecture for Ketocon 2022 and 2023, and he’s been featured in Forbes, LA Weekly, Disrupt Magazine, NY Times Mag, LA Entertainment Weekly, and other publications.