Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition

In this episode, Dr. David Jockers sits down with Dr. Richard Horowitz, integrative medicine pioneer, creator of the MSIDS model, and author of the new book Ending Chronic Illness, to talk about solving the toughest chronic illnesses, from Lyme disease and Alzheimer's to autoimmune conditions and chronic fatigue.
 
You will learn about Dr. Horowitz's groundbreaking case study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, where a nine-week oral dapsone combination protocol fully reversed the Alzheimer's biomarker p-tau 217, plus why Lyme is called "the great imitator" and how the three Bs (Borrelia, Babesia, and Bartonella), mold toxins, and POTS are driving so much of today's chronic illness.
 
Dr. Jockers and Dr. Horowitz also cover the six rivers of inflammation and the 16-point MSIDS model, the daily supplements Dr. Horowitz takes to block key inflammatory pathways, how to start with highly sensitive patients, gut healing and H. pylori strategies, and why trauma, limbic retraining, and vagal retraining can be the missing piece in recovery.
 

In This Episode: 
00:00 Overmedicated Lyme Patient
00:18 Meet Dr Richard Horowitz
00:54 Alzheimers Biomarker Breakthrough
11:12 Lyme Mimics Chronic Disease
14:01 MSIDS Six Rivers Explained
16:33 Where To Start Testing
23:51 New Trends Bartonella Mold POTS
34:45 Bioengineered Lyme Debate
36:24 Biofilm Infection Basics
37:43 Dapsone Breakthrough Story
39:18 Root Causes MSIDS Approach
40:14 Lifestyle Foundations
41:49 Anti Inflammation Supplements
46:55 Inflammatory Pathways Explained
51:32 Sensitive Patients Detox First
54:29 Gut Healing And H Pylori
56:52 Trauma Limbic Vagal Reset
01:00:20 Closing Hope And Next Steps
 
Nearly every benefit of turmeric comes down to its ability to encourage a healthy inflammatory response, and research shows whole food turmeric can be even more powerful than isolated curcumin, with nearly 300 beneficial compounds. That's why I love the Turmeric Complex from Paleovalley, which pairs organic turmeric with coconut oil and black pepper to boost absorption by up to 2,000%, plus organic ginger, rosemary, and cloves for added brain, digestive, immune, and blood sugar support. Go to paleovalley.com/jockers for 15% off your order.
 
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Two people can have completely different microbiomes, and completely different needs, even when their symptoms look the same, which is why it pays to test rather than guess. An at-home gut test from Tiny Health uses metagenomic sequencing to analyze your full gut ecosystem, revealing signs of inflammation, leaky gut, and imbalances, then gives you a personalized action plan for diet, lifestyle, and supplements. Go to tinyhealth.com/drjockers for $50 off your first at-home test kit.
 
Inflammaging, the chronic low-grade inflammation that accelerates aging, often shows up first in your skin as puffiness, fine lines, and wrinkles. A simple way to fight back is the Frankincense Castor Oil roll-on from Holistic Goddess, which combines organic castor oil and organic frankincense to deeply moisturize and soften the look of fine lines, with a cooling rose quartz roller that feels great around puffy eyes. It's USDA organic, cold pressed, hexane free, and third-party tested. Go to holisticgoddess.com and use code DRJOCKERS for free shipping.

"Sixty percent of Americans have one chronic illness, twenty-five percent have two or more."
 
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Connect with Dr. Richard Horowitz:
Book: https://a.co/d/03XW4lQs

Website: https://cangetbetter.com/

Substack: https://medicaldetective.substack.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drrichardhorowitz

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richardhorowitz1963


 
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In this episode, Dr. David Jockers takes on the most polarizing diet on the internet and delivers a deliberately balanced, unbiased breakdown of the carnivore diet, separating the myths from what actually holds up, and explaining why the same way of eating transforms one person's health and wrecks another's.
 
You will learn why there is no one-size-fits-all human diet, how your microbiome and your genetics decide where you land on the spectrum, and why the exact same steak can produce healthy postbiotics that fuel your intestinal cells in one person and pro-inflammatory compounds that damage them in another. Dr. Jockers also dismantles the heart disease myth, naming the three dietary drivers that actually inflame your arteries.
 
He also walks through the real pitfalls of long-term carnivore eating, including iron overload and hemochromatosis, the APOE4 genotype, and congested bile, along with the fix for each, plus the nutrient density that makes animal foods so powerful once you know your own fiber threshold.



In This Episode: 
00:00 Heart Disease Myth
00:23 Podcast Welcome
03:06 Personalized Diet Spectrum
04:05 Short Term vs Long Term
06:48 Microbiome and FODMAPs
08:07 Heart Risk Explained
10:00 Plants and Antinutrients
14:52 Carnivore Pitfalls
20:15 Nutrient Density Benefits
22:07 Final Summary and Outro
 
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"Hemochromatosis is a possible problem with long-term carnivore diet."
~ Dr. Jockers
 
 
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YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/djockers

Website – https://drjockers.com/
 
If you are interested in being a guest on the show, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us here! - https://drjockers.com/join-us-dr-jockers-functional-nutrition-podcast/

In this episode, Dr. David Jockers breaks down the hormonal loop behind stubborn belly fat that almost nobody is talking about: the cortisol-insulin death spiral. Visceral fat isn't passive storage, it's a hormone factory with two to three times more cortisol receptor sites than other fat, and the more of it you carry, the more cortisol it pulls in and the more insulin resistant it becomes.
 
You will learn exactly how the loop runs, from a stress response to a liver glucose dump to an insulin spike that shuts fat burning off, and why this keeps happening even when you eat clean, stay low carb, or fast. Dr. Jockers also explains how modern living flips your cortisol rhythm backward, so cortisol runs low in the morning and surges at 9:00 PM, midnight, and 3:00 AM, wrecking melatonin, deep sleep, and overnight fat burning.
 
From there he walks through the four cortisol traps he sees most often and a seven-step fix, including the bedtime snack that stops 3:00 AM wake-ups, why walking beats jogging for fat loss, how to swap chronic cardio for sprint bursts that raise growth hormone by 450%, and the protein target that makes fasting work instead of backfire. He closes with listener questions on testing cortisol properly, spotting visceral fat without a scan, timing your morning coffee, and why thin people can still be dangerously fat on the inside.



In This Episode: 
00:00 Testing Cortisol Right
00:14 Podcast Intro And Coaching
03:38 Visceral Fat Hormone Factory
04:57 Cortisol Insulin Death Spiral
07:15 Cortisol Rhythm Gone Wrong
08:53 Four Cortisol Traps
13:16 Fix Step 1 No Late Eating
14:12 Fix Step 2 Stop 3AM Wakeups
17:44 Fix Steps 3 To 7 Lifestyle
23:56 Q And A Cortisol Visceral Fat
27:41 Final Takeaways And Outro
 
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"One 20-second all-out sprint has been shown to raise growth hormone by 450% for hours afterwards."

~ Dr. Jockers
 
 
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Facebook – https:/www.facebook.com/DrDavidJockers

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/djockers

Website – https://drjockers.com/
 
If you are interested in being a guest on the show, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us here! - https://drjockers.com/join-us-dr-jockers-functional-nutrition-podcast/

In this episode, Dr. David Jockers sits down with Annette Reeder, known as the Biblical Nutritionist, for a conversation about where biblical wisdom meets modern nutritional science and what Scripture actually says about the foods that heal.
 
You will learn the three timeless biblical principles that simplify every food decision you make, and the science behind the foods of Scripture, including fresh-pressed extra virgin olive oil and its polyphenols, freshly milled grain and blood sugar balance, pomegranate and urolithin A, dates as a whole food snack, and barley and its beta-glucans.
 
Dr. Jockers and Annette also cover how to shop the grocery store with a completely different mindset, how to eat well on a real budget without a scarcity mentality, and how renewing your mind changes not only what lands on your plate but your sleep, stress, and daily habits as well.
 

In This Episode: 
00:00 Pressed Foods Theme
00:22 Show Intro and Guest
01:16 Romans 12 and Modern Habits
02:33 Coaching and Resources
05:55 Annette Origin Story
08:11 Three Biblical Principles
12:00 Olives Bread Wine Symbolism
12:42 Bread Done Right
17:55 Extra Virgin Olive Oil
21:25 Dates and Date Honey
22:48 Fruit Types and Benefits
24:22 Pomegranate Royalty Science
28:13 Barley Benefits Explained
31:02 High Protein Biblical Foods
32:13 Affording Healthy Choices
37:09 Trust God With Food
41:26 Renew Your Mind Habits
44:56 Grocery Store Strategy
50:30 Deuteronomy Grocery Mindset
51:56 Resources And Final Blessing
 
Nearly every benefit of turmeric comes from how powerfully it supports a healthy inflammatory response, which is why Paleovalley's Turmeric Complex uses whole food organic turmeric rather than isolated curcumin, along with nearly 300 other beneficial compounds. They add coconut oil and black pepper to boost absorption by up to 2,000%, plus organic ginger, rosemary, and cloves for brain, immune, digestive, and blood sugar support. Go to paleovalley.com/jockers for 15% off your order.
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"Your gut bacteria convert the ellagic acid in pomegranates into urolithin A, which makes your mitochondria stronger and helps heal the gut."
 
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Visit aquatrushower.com and use promo code SHNUTRITION to get 20% off AquaTru Shower

Visit branchbasics.com and use code DRJOCKERS to get 15% off the Premium Starter Kit

 
Connect with Annette Reeder:
Website: https://thebiblicalnutritionist.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebiblicalnutritionist/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBiblicalNutritionist/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/annettereeder

Podcast: https://thebiblicalnutritionist.com/podcast/

Free: 7 Steps to Amazing Biblical Health from Annette Reeder


 
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Facebook – https:/www.facebook.com/DrDavidJockers

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/djockers

Website – https://drjockers.com/

 

If you are interested in being a guest on the show, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us here! - https://drjockers.com/join-us-dr-jockers-functional-nutrition-podcast/

In this episode, Dr. David Jockers breaks down the single most dangerous medication that millions of people take every day without realizing the risks: proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), commonly prescribed for acid reflux under brand names like Prilosec and Nexium.
 
You will learn how PPIs suppress stomach acid by up to 99%, why that leads to deficiencies in B12, magnesium, calcium, zinc, iron, and fat-soluble vitamins, and what two major studies from the UK and Sweden revealed about long-term use and all-cause mortality, cancer, and heart disease.
 
Dr. Jockers also explains why acid reflux is usually caused by too little stomach acid rather than too much, how H2 blockers compare to PPIs, simple diet and lifestyle fixes to address the root cause, and practical strategies for anyone dealing with a hiatal hernia.
 
In This Episode: 
00:00 PPIs Linked to Mortality
00:14 Podcast Intro and Help
03:03 Most Dangerous Medication
03:54 How PPIs Harm Digestion
06:19 Studies on Long Term Risk
07:15 Nutrient Deficiencies Explained
10:21 Low Acid Causes Reflux
11:54 Safer Meds and Diet Fixes
13:59 Hiatal Hernia Strategies
14:49 Key Takeaway and Wrap Up
 

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"When people have acid reflux, it's not because they have too much acid. It's because they have too little acid." 
~ Dr. Jockers
 
 
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Need help getting off acid-blocking medications? Email our health coaching team at info@drjockers.com

 
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YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/djockers

Website – https://drjockers.com/




If you are interested in being a guest on the show, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us here! - https://drjockers.com/join-us-dr-jockers-functional-nutrition-podcast/