Hello you savages. Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - chriswillx.com/books/ Here's the timestamps: 00:00 Medical Conversations on Social Media 04:07 What’s the Best Treatment for Anxiety? 08:21 Is There an Uptick in ADHD Diagnosis? 14:26 Current State of Prescribing SSRIs 20:14 Issues With the US Healthcare System 34:16 Most Dangerous Cosmetic Trends 39:35 What You Need to Know About Posture 44:46 How Our Mind Impacts Our Sense of Pain 54:17 Have We All Got Microplastics Inside Us? 1:01:21 Are Health Influencers Helpful? 1:05:34 How Harmful Are Scented Candles? 1:09:03 Future Implications of GLP-1 Drugs 1:24:01 Doctor Mike’s Chat With Steven Gundry 1:33:23 Being a Public Figure & a Doctor 1:35:57 Where to Find Doctor Mike
Doctor Mike is one of the most rational thinking minds on the internet. His interview with Dr Mike Isratel was just next level. He refrains from making overconfident claims about things he doesn’t have expertise in, and calls out others indirectly when they do it.
Definitely agree, although I think he was a bit on edge with Dr k. Overall his conversation with Dr k was good but Dr k was definitely the more controlled individual, and Dr mike perhaps without realizing was pushing Dr k into a corner of eastern medicine even though Dr k is very strong and heavily trained in western medicine
The commentary on chronic pain legitimately brought me to tears. People that don't deal with it do not understand. As someone with exactly what was described, (herniation from L2 to S1), the amount of caution necessary to avoid pain becomes like another full time job, and as someone who is a tradesman with a physically demanding job, the pain is unavoidable. On top of this, I refuse opiate pain management for personal reasons and surgery for obvious reasons, and physical therapy can only accomplish so much. I'm curious to try stem cell or peptide treatment, but it's unfortunately rather expensive. It's nice to see more awareness being brought to this issue.
i totally understand. this is the result of wildlife exploitation. its unknown how much animals (and plants) are suffering from forced domestication but we can clearly see it happening in humans. in nature, you are less likely to suffer with chronic pain as you would be dead and naturally selected out.
@@andreavanda5402 and that's the issue. Why do you think humans are unhappier. Humans lack natural selection as a result. As you get more depressed, your desire to live goes down, making you vulnerable to predators.
Isn’t this one of the reasons that trade jobs have higher compensatory rates than those that are less physically demanding? I’m not referring to just having to “stand up all day” but more heavy lifting, spinal flexion/extension, bending, squatting, etc. I can see your point regarding a need to address the issue of treatment but I am inclined to believe that the injury risk can be abated by better allocation of human resources in those fields, i.e. let the pain free folks do the really taxing tasks and let the injured, experienced ones teach and supervise. I’m not trying to deflate your situation, just looking for an alternative that would prevent these job injuries. I worked as a parking valet before 2020 and developed severe overuse injuries in my lower back and knees, which spread to my shoulders due to posture breakdown. It took years of training to reverse the effects, and having no health insurance, it was a crapshoot as to what would work. I just stuck to basic bodybuilding lifts at light weight and now I am finally able to deadlift, squat, dip, and row at almost my former maximums, 4 years later. I definitely am smarter with my training and know when to stop, but sometimes it takes crossing the line to know where it is. Thank you for your dedication to your craft, without tradesmen we would have no infrastructure or conveniences.
"Are there any industries that benefit from people losing weight?" Tourism, window shops, sports/motorsports, outdoor apparel, home improvement. I also believe some food companies (probably mostly novelty foods) will sell more than before.
Doctor Mike's question is asinine. An overweight/obese population raises fuel costs for transportation, so a lower weight population would lessen demand for fuel, thus any industry in which energy is a large input cost (e.g. transportation) would see lower costs and higher profitability. GLP-1s lower appetites, which would decrease demand for food (especially fast food), meaning people would spend less on food, which would free up spending in other areas such as housing and entertainment. A lighter population is generally healthier, and healthy people are more productive, thus we could expect more productivity across the board. A healthier population would also lower healthcare costs, leading to more efficient use of resources in that industry. The better question: aside from junk food and pharma, name an industry that would NOT become more profitable in a healthier society.
27:40 just a note as a software engineer and data science buff, more new does not mean more good. If you just need something to take pictures, sort files and serve them over the network, then you don't need to spend money just so that they're newer. These systems don't need internet often, they just save files to a proper server more secure and centrally accessible. It's a really dumb way to spend money just because Windows xp sparks giggles. Linux systems run fine on 20 year old hardware especially if their use case is just slightly more complex than the first iPad. We should encourage sound budgeting especially in healthcare.
Ask NASA and defence departments and they will say the same. The recent crowdstrike windows upgrade is a great example of instability of constantly updating systems
It is indeed good that science changes with new information. But there really needs to be some fucking humility about all of the recommendations, before and after. The best that you have can still be crap, and until you know for damn sure that it's not crap, say it quietly and respectfully. More than anything, the medical establishment has lost an enormous amount of its credibility because of its hubris. Modern medicine is phenomenal when it comes to acute trauma. But just because one doctor is unbelievable at reattaching a finger which was cut off doesn't mean that another doctor has any business giving more than general, mild advice on a virus he doesn't understand.
The SSRI is scary one because you see he’s not gonna pretend the systems aren’t corrupt but he is still prescribing SSRI so he can’t come out and say they are completely crap. If he decided to stop prescribing them and telling people first workout and change behaviors he will get sued and or lose job immediately even if it’s true ( I believe 100 percent that should be protocol) so he’s bootlicking. He said being obsessed with ur health is bad because it causes stress. He sounds like someone who has never actually had the discipline he’s speaking about.. I’m glad Chris was steering the conversation toward being focused on behavior. But u guarantee If there was no podcasts or internet he would be completely sucking it pharma… u notice on multiple occasions he makes a statement then Chris acts him to give examples and he says he hasn’t gotten into it.. he’s picking sides out of whim ego chosing sides. Without popularity in truth seeking he would be blindly believing he knows everything and proudly prescribing garbage. He says his patients have been debunking and changing the way they do medicine and it’s the truth ten years ago u get in a Time Machine to now ur a blind murderer..
Absolutely correct and well stated. Most doctors, in my experience, are under-educated and overly confident. Yes we have a long ways to go before we can say we figured it out as proven by the inability of the Western medical system to create a healthy population.
That's not scientists doing that. It's the media. They jump on anything that sounds exciting, and while the scientists keeps saying "it doesn't neccessarily mean anything" the media writes a catchy headline suggesting it's proof.
@@darryl0harris yes, in more basic terms. But I think they were talking about the difference between bringing costs down and actually selling more of the product you’re selling, which are 2 very different ways of getting to that same goal
Dr. Mike, as a person who dropped 170lbs about 7 years ago, the industries that I used way more is traveling, Biking, hiking, skiing, running, rock climbing, etc. (Outdoor Adventures type stuff) Once I lost the weight, I WANTED to get outside and do things more that I couldn’t do before. That and all the new clothes I had to buy along the way because I did it slowly over an about 4 years. I wish I had these medicines back then.
It's literally impossible to remove all microplastics out of your system, but making some efforts to reduce it can be helpful. I drink reverse osmosis water (or glass bottles), don't eat with plastic containers or utensils (especially when heating food), and I wear cotton underwear.
I love how this channel delivers conversations, diving deep into topic with balance of lightness and seriousness together.... It makes it so easy to understand and give food for thoughts... Thanks to Chris and Dr Mike in this episode
1:31:30 I would love a convo with Doctor. Mike and Huberman! I've follow both and I've picked up Doctor Mike unease with Dr. Huberman's claims and arguments. A conversation between both of them would exemplify how disagreements in science and outcomes can be had while still being professional and healthy towards each other.
Medlife Crisis did a great episode called "Why do people keep falling for things that don't work" where talks about some of Andrew Huberman's claim. To be clear I am a big fan of AH, but, as I understand it, he does overstate things on occasion.
@@guest_informant I'm a big AH fan too, I'm even a premium subscriber, but I do know that some of his claims work of smaller samples or one or two studies and not strong enough to make big swings on one's health. It's like the analogy Dr. Layne Norton uses: If you are trying to carry the most amount of weight focus on the boulders not the peables.
The mental health/ pain discussion is tricky. I was 28 in peak condition bodybuilding 5-6 days a week when I got unwell. I knew I had a high pain tolerance bc I had twice torn my meniscus and continued to train 6 months before going into surgery. I ended up being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis after demanding blood tests. Even after diagnosis I had a doctor trying to prescribe antidepressants. I was depressed due to debilitating pain. I couldn’t even turn a door knob or tie my shoes. Because my pain was ignored, probably bc I looked healthy, I ended up with permanently deformed fingers and two hand surgeries by the age of 30. I now drive 3 hours every month to get infusions from a rheumatologist that actually listens to me and I can live a better life.
As a woman with adhd and autism I can say that food also plays a huge role. I think all the ultra processed foods we eat are causing more adhd or worsening symptoms. I notice when I cut those foods and sugar out my mental health improves so much
I love this! I have a late-diagnosed adhd and I after the diagnosis I started paying attention to my lifestyle and noticed that when my adhd gets really bad physiological symptoms precede it, most noticeable bad or lack of sleep. Which is often caused by eating UPFs for a longer period, and other factors. It's such a cascade of events and food plays a major role
I am so glad Doctor Mike cares so much about the less fortunate. I wish more doctors would help but some doctors are in a lot of fancy debt. I wish he was my doc.❤
I tried medication for generalized anxiety and got nowhere for years. For severe PTSD caused anxiety trauma processing, release, and healing methods are critical and what worked best for me. CBT works well in combination with those methods. Psychotropic medications typically just mask symptoms and cause side effects. Trauma processing and release gets to root causes.
@@Historyrhymezz I did EMDR for a year, and it didn’t work for me because I had complex (repeated) trauma. It does work well for singular traumatic events. For complex trauma stacking somatic healing methods works well, eg, trauma release exercises (TRE) and network chiro/spinal analysis are great.
Fashion. The industry you were looking for that will profit from general widespread weight loss trends is FASHION. In addition to having to replace our clothing due to size change, there is the overall reactivation of desire to dress cute and fashionably. So many clothing that we want to wear is not purchased because we think to ourselves, "If only I were thinner, smaller, fitter... THEN that would look so cute on me, but as I am now, it will just be disappointing!" Even shoes... with enough weight loss our feet actually fit better into the cute shoes, and with less heft, our feet feel less fatigued and painful and we feel like we can actually stand to make some choices based on fashion rather than comfort. When we are uncomfortable in our skin or with our reflection, we often just hide inside whatever frumpy clothes we can get to fit us, and we rarely want to buy anything new. So, I have to imagine that the Fashion industry would thrive on the weight loss trend! An additional note is that when we drop the extra 50...60...70 pounds we've been carrying around against our will day after day year in year out, we feel so much better from head to toe. We often feel like we have our actual lives back. We experience renewed interests in hobbies and activities we'd forgotten about. That could have unpredictable impacts on a wide variety of industry from craft supplies to the travel industry.
If a lot of people lost weight overall, I think clothing brands would make more money because people would feel more confident about how they look in styles they've always wanted to wear. Environmental impact is another story, but I think fashion would benefit financially.
Austin, TX is the prime example of what happens when life is too easy and you have it too good. You begin to look for dangers that aren't even real dangers.
1:26:42 I am noticing this same phenomna in all sorts of different spheres of life, of particular note and one that could have far reaching consequences is politics. There seems to be a growing trend of people in all kinds of spaces that are incintivesed to not apologize, not take accountability, not walk things back, and ignore facts/reality. To be honest I think most humans just can't handle the internet as it is currently constructed.
People mistrust large corporations so much and have been hurt too much to take anything they say at face value. But the hate any medical professional gets on the internet when “pushing” a mainstream narrative is ridiculous. Science isn’t perfect, but it sure as hell helps and has helped a lot of people.
yay i like those two, i was just thinking of who to watch, i was thinking of chris and then i was thinking of mike and i just typed some topic and i see this vid of them together :)
Men going through leg lengthening surgery to gain a couple of inches in height is the equivalent to women getting a bbl.. both are done for better changes of finding a partner but neither really matter for the right person
Chris, I watch all your shows but on this one, I just can't. I'm a therapist, I work in rehab where CBT is the Bible, and it drives me insane - CBT only targets 1) thoughts and 2) behavior. It's way too superficial. And using medication - omg, please, let's move away from the pill farms. (PS: I have ADHD, and do not use medication. And I'm 47)
One horrible side effect of too many to list. Lack of informed consent should have been touched on. The inability to stop SSRIs (without severe discontinuation syndrome) for about 25% of people is going to be devastating. This needs more attention.
@@kristgo2001 it’s serotonin cessation syndrome. It doesn’t make you anymore right to change the words. For most people it’s mildly annoying nausea with crazy dreams and brain zaps for a few days. And most doctors I’ve met tell people it’s never a good idea to quit cold turkey and they do it anyway
@@Arctivarius I'm not going to argue with you - your information is outdated and provided by research from the people that have the most to gain from downplaying the true risks. I hope you - or someone you love - never has to experience "serotonin cessation syndrome".
@@kristgo2001 I’ve experienced it multiple times coming off different meds. Virtue signal all you want. It’s a spectrum and it’s generally not that bad but some people have an awful time. Benzodiazepines are much worse coming off of for most people
Oh look….. the guy who was yapping about skipping Thanksgiving for Granny yet he was partying in Miami during the height of COVID….. sigh….. people will clap at any hot guy who does the “kind” number
I always see skepticism around the increase in diagnoses for ADHD and can sense a little skepticism on Chris’ end. I grew up in the late 90’s and early 00’s and my parents actively negated the idea of me having ADHD in fear that it was being overdiagnosed like many parents in that time. With all of the stimuli we get in a constantly connected world, I believe the rate at which attention deficit disorders occur is bound to increase over time. This idea of people assuming large increases in diagnoses of nearly any disease or disorder is only explained by over diagnosing is baffling to me.
The skepticism around the rise in ADHD diagnoses often misses the bigger picture. It's easy to jump to conclusions that any increase in diagnoses must mean overdiagnosis, but this perspective is too simplistic. Back in the 90s and early 00s, ADHD wasn’t as well understood as it is today. Many behaviors we now recognize as part of ADHD might have been dismissed as "just being a kid" or even misbehavior. As research has advanced, so has our ability to correctly identify these patterns. This means more accurate diagnoses, not necessarily overdiagnosis. As awareness about ADHD has grown, more parents, teachers, and healthcare providers are noticing behaviors that might have gone unchecked before. Just because more people are being diagnosed now doesn’t mean those diagnoses are incorrect; it could simply mean that we're finally recognizing a problem that was always there. The criteria for diagnosing ADHD have also evolved. The DSM has been refined over the years to better capture the range of symptoms that can manifest in different individuals. What this means is that more people who would have been overlooked in the past are now being accurately diagnosed. Then there's the cultural and environmental factor. We live in a world flooded with stimuli, and for those with a predisposition to ADHD, this environment can exacerbate symptoms. This doesn’t mean that the disorder is being overdiagnosed; it suggests that the challenges of living with ADHD are more visible and perhaps more frequent in today’s connected world. The key issue here is distinguishing between overdiagnosis and simply more accurate or frequent diagnosis. When we see more cases of ADHD being diagnosed, it doesn’t automatically mean doctors are mislabeling people. It could just as well be that we're getting better at understanding and identifying ADHD, especially in a world that makes these symptoms harder to ignore. So, the idea that any increase in diagnoses must be due to overdiagnosis oversimplifies the issue and ignores the progress we've made in understanding and identifying ADHD.
The industries that will most likely benefit most are travel and tourism and clothing in general. When you're fat you often exceed the size and weight limits on activities and touristy things geared toward the general public. Life vests for swimming, horseback riding, sailing or kayaking, etc., oversized option exist, but they're uncommon and often more expensive. Factoring in your size, the tax on your body or your body's ability to do a thing and the possible inconvenience to others eliminates so so many activities or makes them far less enjoyable. As for clothes, size options, cost, comfort and confidence. Plus size options are more common now, but they're often more expensive, more cheaply made or not as cute or stylish. Even if you do have a larger size, if it's not designed for the odd shapes and bulges that make up your body, it'll be uncomfortable and strange looking. Then there's confidence, even if you have cute clothes that are comfortable and affordable, you're not going to buy or wear them if you hate your body and how it looks or how other people look at it. There's definitely more, but those are the first things that popped into my head.
The side effects of stomach paralysis from GLP-1 injections, including the lawsuit regarding that toward a specific brand, is enough of a reason to avoid trying it. Claiming side effects are "rare" only benefits the big pharma company. It is all fine and lovely until it's you that is the one that become part of the data of that "rare" side effect.
Because weight loss drugs are very expensive and also because there are larger profits if people stay sick and dependent. It's sick care not health care!
He seems like a sweet, kind guy. He’s was trained by a broken system and is operating in a broken system, and doesn’t seem fully aware of it. There’s nothing terribly objectionable about him I suppose.
Then you haven't looked enough. The image he portrays is not aligned with the reality of the situation. He's just another Bro, doing Bro stuff which is totally fine but he poops on people who are just like him
It’s because he discounts health, nutrition, and healing methods that work. He refers to studies funded by large food companies and big pharma that are bullshit and used to keep people fat and unhealthy.
Bureaucracy! Plain and simple. 💔 This is the same with education. I stopped working as a full-time teacher once my children were born because the level of bureaucracy that had impacted the school system was ridiculous. I want to help the child who can't read, yet we have to use a program that isn't helping the student because it was state approved. 🤪 Nowadays, I stay sane by substituting instead of having to deal with all of the modern-day bureaucracy b.s. & the parents who are baffled why their children aren't successful. As teachers, we know how to help their children, but unfortunately, the state ties our hands in doing so. It's a damn shame!!
Chris, the American healthcare system is TOTALLY different than that of the UK and Europe in general, as in this interview, you got a glimpse of. It would have benefited you and your audience to do your research about the American medical system before this interview. You mentioned that your doctor friend got more money from selling a book than for doing a "disimpaction". In the United States, that is not the issue at all. MD's here get PLENTY of money! The issue is that medicine is being treated as a for PROFIT business. Doctors get a lot of money here in the States. They are top earners as far as professionals go. The average general practitioner in a big city makes around $250,000 a year and the average surgeon makes around $500,000. The problem is that they are forced to see a maximum amount of patience a day - as was pointed out in this video, an average of 40 - in order to create more income for the medical industry that they are employed by. However, because of that, a majority of the time, their patients don't get the care that they need. So, when you have a system that is profit centered, which healthcare should NEVER be, there is a direct conflict between money and quality of care. Consequently, as Dr. Mike said, our healthcare system is a "DISASTER". So, you don't want to have that kind of system of health care in the UK. However, paying your doctors a good salary, without going to extremes, would certainly benefit both the doctors and the people. Unfortunately, as simple as this seems, in practice, for multiple reasons, one of them greed, it does not work that way. Therefore, the whole concept of care, regarding the health of the public, needs desperately to be revisited. Also, much less pharmaceuticals need to be prescribed and more lifestyle changes need to be explored with patients. Of course, when doctors have only 20 minutes with a patient that's not realistic and therefore a quick fix pharmaceutical pill becomes the solution of choice. There's a lot of fixing to do for sure in order to give people real QUALITY of care.
I think is great that as a Family medicine doctor, Dr. Mike does know a lot for a variety of things. But I as someone with ADHD I find it very disiengenues for dr. Mike to not enficiec he is not an expert, it often feels like when he speaks he wants to make it seem as he is in fact an expert and I can tel he is not and that is okay. As a profesional (Sustainabel Dvelopment Engineer) myself of course I work with collegues on things I'm not necesarly an expert (let's take programmers as an example) and I do understand the basic and I could share information in an interview, however I fully go out of my way to say I'm not a programmer myself nor an expert and I am limited in my knowledge...
Yes to this comment!! My family doctor trying to treat my chronic migraines, chronic pain and mental health (depression/anxiety/ADHD) needed to refer me to a Nerologist, Psychiatrist, chronic pain clinic, and a physiatrist and with a collaboration of all of these practitioners I am still struggling honestly with all areas. But I will say I have had a massive improvement with my anxiety & depression since being diagnosed age 36 with ADHD. I was able to come off 2 antidepressants. Edit: apparently my TBI exacerbated my adhd symptoms and without that trauma may have never been actually diagnosed. (They say) but again back to your comment, none of this would have came to light had my General Practitioner not refer me to these other specialists!!!
I really, really appreciate Dr. Mike's thoughts about ADHD in the beginning of the episode. There's so much misinformation about ADHD out there. It's both over diagnosed AND under diagnosed. The medication is so effective for people that have ADHD, and it's also a stimulant that can be abused. It's a tough subject. I got diagnosed at 19 (9 years ago now) and went through a 6 week long process of all kinds of tests and having people close to me fill out forms to bring back, etc. My brother also has ADHD but he got diagnosed when he was in 5th grade. The only reason I didn't get diagnosed as a kid is because my dad said that girls don't have ADHD. 🙃 I hope more family practice doctors get on board with Dr. Mike's perspective, there's lots of people struggling with ADHD and a lot of doctors that won't take them seriously.
Australia is a hybrid healthcare system too. If you want healthcare in the reccomended time thats readily and quickly accessible, you better have high tier private health insurance. Emergency public (bar ambulance) is excellent and usually free/low cost for anyone but everyday, chronic treatments and elective surgery takes years on public and is expensive. Note elective surgery covers nearly everything outside Emergency which is joint replacements, reconstructions, fusions etc. Went through this recently with neurosurgery. Supposed to be medically max 60 days due to urgency, ended up 8 months which left me disabled and looking at many more surgeries and chronic pain. Irritates me that people think healthcare is universal and free/low cost here, it's not.
Chris - this might seem a bit odd, but on the topic of scented candles: I am a long time parrot owner, and in the parrot world, you do everything you can to eliminate anything that might interfere with a parrot's delicate respiratory system. A big absolute no-no in our community is scented candles. You also must not use any teflon-coated cookware. If teflon reaches a certain heat level (burning), it releases a toxic fume that can cause even the largest parrot to drop dead instantly. If it's so toxic to a parrot, how can it not be toxic to me? Canary in the coal mine, anyone?
Chris do not forget that the point of view still depends on the point who is sitting where (in short what kind of people are in particular positions ).
Something about Dr. Mike feels "off" to me. Heard him on Waveform, and I didn't make it through the episode. Getting the same feeling here in the first 20 minutes... Maybe it's just a difference in preferred communication style, but he sets off my BS alarm in a way I can't quite nail down
I know what you mean, I like the guy but something about how he presents himself reminds me of the alternative medicine “chiropractic doctors” on UA-cam. He‘s clearly super educated, but like you said something feels off. I think it’s the overconfidence in every topic he discusses.
I'd like to comment that I've followed this Doctor Mike since the pandemic. He used to pander to the status quo, cookie cutter, mainstream crowd that gobbles up everything that mainstream media and mainstream content creators tell them. He'd even preach mainstream narratives. Within the past couple of years, he's been slowly inching his way to what I believe is reality. He did an episode a couple of years ago, carefully criticizing the body positivity movement with his own opinions as a medical professional. I think that was the start. That might be why things feel off. He's still being extremely careful not to say anything that the mainstream would cancel him for.
@@trat1x he often gives disclaimers when he speaks outside of his expertise. In this talk he presses the importance of science changing its opinion based on new evidence. What are yo talking about?
@@Mili-bediliso you're basing how accurate a professional doctor is with how much he agrees with you? Not how accurate you are with his much what you think aligns with evidence?
9:51 The ADHD symptoms Dr. Mike describes here are more typical in males than females. Other symptoms are lack of emotional control, inability to complete tasks, social immaturity and compulsive behavior. One notable symptom in the inattentive ADHD type is variable mental performance. Often people with this type eat high reward foods or engage in risky behavior to trigger dopamine, which they are lacking. Certain medications treat this by releasing dopamine to alleviate symptoms.
Finding a GP (or even an obgyn) that is as fair minded and pushes back on the 15 minutes rule or tries to actually get to know as a human….nearly impossible. I know it’s anecdotal but I went to 3 OBGYNs during my pregnancy and 6 GPs as an adult and have been treated like a number each time… including while giving birth. So it’s the healthcare system that makes individuals want to just get quick care and look outside of the system.
Please get Dr Josef Witt-Doerring on as a guest Chris. He is a psychiatrist that advocates for patients to be much better informed in regards to the use of psychiatric medications and the possible side effects. Also Mark Horowitz, a psychiatrist that very recently co-authored and compiled The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines. Important stuff. Two great guests for you to follow up.
Doctor Mike, you are absolutely 100% correct about chronic pain. When your mind is in a bad place, you feel pain much more intensely. If you can improve your mood, by whatever you can do, your pain may not go completely away, but it definitely fades into the background. Learning, sometimes painfully, what movement you can do that doesn't cause the pain to become worse is going to make life so much better. People, don't say, "I can't." Instead, say, "I can do this, just in a slightly different way." Spoken with experience... Scoliosis Badly broken bones Autoimmune Etc, etc, etc
Remember how when he got more info about COVID he changed his messaging? You know... Like an educated, intelligible, and fully developed adult who is capable of rational and complex thought
@@Beansicus sure, but he acted in total hypocrisy with that Miami boat controversy. It was also before more information about COVID came about. Anyone can easily find this news article
Great info however I encourage you to explore the differences in how biological males and females present ADHD symptoms. We (females) present differently and were historically overlooked . Could this be contributing to increased adult-ADHD onset( at least in part)?
1:31:10 I think that many science type communications also get this wrong. I actually don't think he has gotten a lot of people interested in the topic, I think its excitement for the same thing that flat earther get excited for, being part of a secret club where you have all the answers to the complex world and are better than others because you know it and they don't. Nearly none of it is genuine and engaging with it as if it were is a waste of time, better to mock them and socially attack them at the base of their credibility.
"Diets" or a certain way of eating work if they are based on some sort of a consistent calorie deficit element. That's the foundation of any weight loss program. No one can say that they put themselves in a "true" calorie deficit and it didn't work - is not possible. The problem comes in the "consistent" part to see the weight come off and then "sustainable" to keep it off. Unfortunately, a lot of this mechanism is solely based on the person's own agency, control, self-accountability and will power. Is easier to default to developing a mindset of positivity about the way you look and feel, versus wanting to make the changes necessary to change your life.
Industries related to leisure will be the big winners from the pharmaceutical revolution. If we can be physically healthy at a baseline, and do whatever we want, our leisure time becomes more abundant, and out healthier bodies can do more things, or withstand more of the same. Outdoors related companies can expand their market, since healthier individuals can just do more stuff. Videogames will ever increase, since we could play for longer and still be healthy. Pleasure and sex related industries, since more attractive people could lead to more sexually active people. Starting form a healthy baseline allows to dedicate more to your craft of choice, instead of having to divert time and effort into baseline conditioning. Imagine hobbyist and amateurs dedicating even for more time, both in daily or weekly hours, as in years of healthy lives, into their chosen activity. Leisure, sports, sex, hobbies, travel, all will boom. That could lead to an accelerated change in workplace conditions, since it is overlapping with the AI revolution. That is what I think...
You are still avoiding movements that put you in pain in your own explanation… but then you say you “used to” avoid movements. “Works pretty well… I try not to squat” Bro do you not see this? lol I think that’s worth examining.
It warms my heart to see Dr. Mike being so humble! He could make so much money selling people garbage but he continues to be an open and honest doctor. We need a lot more Dr. Mike's is this world!!!
We don’t have primary physicians in Taiwan and you’re free to go directly to a specialist. We have significantly better healthcare outcomes than the US. I think Mike is a little captured by his own niche to see objectively. I also don’t think it should be the doctor’s job to waste an hour counseling a patient whose mom just died.
@@dahliaherrod4301sorry I was falling asleep on the bus when I wrote my comment. We don’t have mandatory primary physicians. You can still opt to go to one but in general you just ask a friend family member or Google. If it doesn’t work call the hospital and ask. I haven’t used one since I was a kid and I does seem quite pointless in a system designed to function without one.
To save the specialists time. Think of it like an increasingly finer filter. GP in the US do general consultation and can refer you out, if needed. That said, it's a broken system. You have kickbacks, rebates, all form of "strategic partnerships" that disrupt the intent of the Hippocratic Oath.
I totally agree with you. Here in the States you need permission from your insurance company to go to a specialist. And you may not get it from your general practitioner right away because I'm sure it benefits them not to refer you. (I'm talking about kickbacks from the insurance companies if you keep your referrals to a minimum). The purpose is not to keep you healthy but keep you from getting medical care because it cost the insurance company money. Here the system rewards physicians for not doing their job and in Thailand, I'm sure that's not the case from what you just said. As you know, what we have here in the US is a SICK care system, not a health care system. Proof of that is that we are number 28 in the world in the quality of healthcare (sick care), and conversely, number one in the cost of care. Basically, those stats tell you all you need to know which is that it's not patient centered but profit (money) centered. In the system like that, you have inadequate and inept care and a lot of sick people, which we certainly do.
How is it not obvious to these two who benefits from a thinner society? Wouldn't it be the GLP-1 drug companies? They have said over and over that the drugs must be taken for the remainder of one's life or the weight will come right back.
Doctor Mike is the absolute best because he has literally zero time or bandwidth for the UA-camr fear mongering influx. Pretty much every other health/wellness UA-camr, aside from the other Dr. Mike, has succumbed to some if not all of the ridiculous trendy talking points. 🙄
answering to Dr Mike question on which industry will gain if population are healthier: perhaps adventure sports, tourism, more of the fun stuff since the body can cope and have more time & $ (from trying to be healthier).
The NHS is under staffed, funded and over worked, but Labours just announced our taxes are now going to Africa and god knows where. Its painfully clear theres enough money to correct and improve our healthcare. I dont believe anyone should question the dedication of the staff 🙏🏽🏨
44:56 you were able to heal your injury somehow where chronic pain is the receptors in the brain not working properly. I have chronic pain from a muscular injury. I get trigger point injections and it’s helpful. But chronic pain is like he said well rounded. You need to sleep good, work on your mental health, relaxation techniques, diet, physical therapy, exercise etc. Some people heal and go back to life others get a short circuit in the brain and the brain sends signals “pain pain pain” and here we are. Chronic pain. I have Myofacial Pain Syndrome. It’s brutal. Like you said learn the things that trigger more pain avoid them, work around them. Pain fkn sucks 😒
There might be more people who are interested in fitness of all types, because people will probably find out that they have gained more abilities as a result of loosing weight. Any sport then might be more fun, simply because its not as exhausting or straight up painful.
10:33 regarding ADHD, this is generally true but definitely not always. I always related to the symptoms of ADHD but often brushed it off as I had the same impression of the disorder but was never a trouble-maker and not usually 'hyperactive'. Don't let those stereotypes stop you if you think you may have it because that delayed my diagnosis by a few years. Just see someone anyway
Hello you savages. Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - chriswillx.com/books/ Here's the timestamps:
00:00 Medical Conversations on Social Media
04:07 What’s the Best Treatment for Anxiety?
08:21 Is There an Uptick in ADHD Diagnosis?
14:26 Current State of Prescribing SSRIs
20:14 Issues With the US Healthcare System
34:16 Most Dangerous Cosmetic Trends
39:35 What You Need to Know About Posture
44:46 How Our Mind Impacts Our Sense of Pain
54:17 Have We All Got Microplastics Inside Us?
1:01:21 Are Health Influencers Helpful?
1:05:34 How Harmful Are Scented Candles?
1:09:03 Future Implications of GLP-1 Drugs
1:24:01 Doctor Mike’s Chat With Steven Gundry
1:33:23 Being a Public Figure & a Doctor
1:35:57 Where to Find Doctor Mike
1:13:10 clothes!
Damn, Chris got a lot of "Dr Mikes" to choose from. Man must have been collecting them like Pokemon
Who 2?
@@Horrornurse Mike Israetel
@@Beansicus I’m aware, hence why I said “2”. Two is not a lot of Dr Mikes.
There's another Dr Mike from the UK too...👀
@@5ftJulesMikes is a common name. There are a lot of Dr Mikes.
Doctor Mike is one of the most rational thinking minds on the internet. His interview with Dr Mike Isratel was just next level. He refrains from making overconfident claims about things he doesn’t have expertise in, and calls out others indirectly when they do it.
Yeah he is so realistic, he dosent fall into the hypes and buzz words.
Definitely agree, although I think he was a bit on edge with Dr k. Overall his conversation with Dr k was good but Dr k was definitely the more controlled individual, and Dr mike perhaps without realizing was pushing Dr k into a corner of eastern medicine even though Dr k is very strong and heavily trained in western medicine
@@blanchimont5587 agree
The commentary on chronic pain legitimately brought me to tears.
People that don't deal with it do not understand.
As someone with exactly what was described, (herniation from L2 to S1), the amount of caution necessary to avoid pain becomes like another full time job, and as someone who is a tradesman with a physically demanding job, the pain is unavoidable.
On top of this, I refuse opiate pain management for personal reasons and surgery for obvious reasons, and physical therapy can only accomplish so much.
I'm curious to try stem cell or peptide treatment, but it's unfortunately rather expensive.
It's nice to see more awareness being brought to this issue.
i totally understand. this is the result of wildlife exploitation. its unknown how much animals (and plants) are suffering from forced domestication but we can clearly see it happening in humans. in nature, you are less likely to suffer with chronic pain as you would be dead and naturally selected out.
and reincarnated back into a healthy life form.
@@infiniteworfare5089 And, your point is!? Most of us are not living in the wild!🤯
@@andreavanda5402 and that's the issue. Why do you think humans are unhappier. Humans lack natural selection as a result. As you get more depressed, your desire to live goes down, making you vulnerable to predators.
Isn’t this one of the reasons that trade jobs have higher compensatory rates than those that are less physically demanding? I’m not referring to just having to “stand up all day” but more heavy lifting, spinal flexion/extension, bending, squatting, etc. I can see your point regarding a need to address the issue of treatment but I am inclined to believe that the injury risk can be abated by better allocation of human resources in those fields, i.e. let the pain free folks do the really taxing tasks and let the injured, experienced ones teach and supervise. I’m not trying to deflate your situation, just looking for an alternative that would prevent these job injuries. I worked as a parking valet before 2020 and developed severe overuse injuries in my lower back and knees, which spread to my shoulders due to posture breakdown. It took years of training to reverse the effects, and having no health insurance, it was a crapshoot as to what would work. I just stuck to basic bodybuilding lifts at light weight and now I am finally able to deadlift, squat, dip, and row at almost my former maximums, 4 years later. I definitely am smarter with my training and know when to stop, but sometimes it takes crossing the line to know where it is. Thank you for your dedication to your craft, without tradesmen we would have no infrastructure or conveniences.
I’ve been waiting for this episode... Next we need Jeff Nippard on the podcast.
I'll die ... too much class and quality
@@Rowan51 Jeff Nippard is great. Squeaky clean record
yesss
"Are there any industries that benefit from people losing weight?"
Tourism, window shops, sports/motorsports, outdoor apparel, home improvement. I also believe some food companies (probably mostly novelty foods) will sell more than before.
Extreme sports like snowboarding. Fun sports for the sake of sports rather than exercise
Doctor Mike's question is asinine.
An overweight/obese population raises fuel costs for transportation, so a lower weight population would lessen demand for fuel, thus any industry in which energy is a large input cost (e.g. transportation) would see lower costs and higher profitability.
GLP-1s lower appetites, which would decrease demand for food (especially fast food), meaning people would spend less on food, which would free up spending in other areas such as housing and entertainment.
A lighter population is generally healthier, and healthy people are more productive, thus we could expect more productivity across the board.
A healthier population would also lower healthcare costs, leading to more efficient use of resources in that industry.
The better question: aside from junk food and pharma, name an industry that would NOT become more profitable in a healthier society.
The more I watch dr Mike the more I appreciate his measured and balanced approaches/ perspectives
This guy is such an unbelievable breath of fresh air for social media.
27:40 just a note as a software engineer and data science buff, more new does not mean more good. If you just need something to take pictures, sort files and serve them over the network, then you don't need to spend money just so that they're newer. These systems don't need internet often, they just save files to a proper server more secure and centrally accessible. It's a really dumb way to spend money just because Windows xp sparks giggles.
Linux systems run fine on 20 year old hardware especially if their use case is just slightly more complex than the first iPad. We should encourage sound budgeting especially in healthcare.
With billions of dollars to be made, unfortunately that's not gonna happen.
In fact, often usually means WORSE. Because modern software engineering practices lead to worse performance.
Ask NASA and defence departments and they will say the same. The recent crowdstrike windows upgrade is a great example of instability of constantly updating systems
It is indeed good that science changes with new information. But there really needs to be some fucking humility about all of the recommendations, before and after. The best that you have can still be crap, and until you know for damn sure that it's not crap, say it quietly and respectfully. More than anything, the medical establishment has lost an enormous amount of its credibility because of its hubris. Modern medicine is phenomenal when it comes to acute trauma. But just because one doctor is unbelievable at reattaching a finger which was cut off doesn't mean that another doctor has any business giving more than general, mild advice on a virus he doesn't understand.
The SSRI is scary one because you see he’s not gonna pretend the systems aren’t corrupt but he is still prescribing SSRI so he can’t come out and say they are completely crap. If he decided to stop prescribing them and telling people first workout and change behaviors he will get sued and or lose job immediately even if it’s true ( I believe 100 percent that should be protocol) so he’s bootlicking. He said being obsessed with ur health is bad because it causes stress. He sounds like someone who has never actually had the discipline he’s speaking about.. I’m glad Chris was steering the conversation toward being focused on behavior. But u guarantee If there was no podcasts or internet he would be completely sucking it pharma… u notice on multiple occasions he makes a statement then Chris acts him to give examples and he says he hasn’t gotten into it.. he’s picking sides out of whim ego chosing sides. Without popularity in truth seeking he would be blindly believing he knows everything and proudly prescribing garbage. He says his patients have been debunking and changing the way they do medicine and it’s the truth ten years ago u get in a Time Machine to now ur a blind murderer..
Absolutely correct and well stated. Most doctors, in my experience, are under-educated and overly confident. Yes we have a long ways to go before we can say we figured it out as proven by the inability of the Western medical system to create a healthy population.
That's not scientists doing that. It's the media. They jump on anything that sounds exciting, and while the scientists keeps saying "it doesn't neccessarily mean anything" the media writes a catchy headline suggesting it's proof.
That question about which industry will benefit from people not being fat was answered with the point about airlines.
Thankyou. Frustrating hearing them talk about it then instantly forgetting
I think the airline industry will save money, not necessarily profit more with higher sales, I think those are 2 different points
@ZediBaptista Profits = revenue-costs so if either revenue goes up or costs go down it still means more profit 👍
@@darryl0harris yes, in more basic terms. But I think they were talking about the difference between bringing costs down and actually selling more of the product you’re selling, which are 2 very different ways of getting to that same goal
Dr. Mike, as a person who dropped 170lbs about 7 years ago, the industries that I used way more is traveling, Biking, hiking, skiing, running, rock climbing, etc. (Outdoor Adventures type stuff) Once I lost the weight, I WANTED to get outside and do things more that I couldn’t do before. That and all the new clothes I had to buy along the way because I did it slowly over an about 4 years. I wish I had these medicines back then.
It's literally impossible to remove all microplastics out of your system, but making some efforts to reduce it can be helpful. I drink reverse osmosis water (or glass bottles), don't eat with plastic containers or utensils (especially when heating food), and I wear cotton underwear.
I’m a physical therapist and couldn’t agree more with all of this. Great evidence based info. Good job guys!
Love the AG1 ad that popped up right after the doctor schooled Chris on miracle powders. 😂
I love how this channel delivers conversations, diving deep into topic with balance of lightness and seriousness together.... It makes it so easy to understand and give food for thoughts... Thanks to Chris and Dr Mike in this episode
1:31:30 I would love a convo with Doctor. Mike and Huberman! I've follow both and I've picked up Doctor Mike unease with Dr. Huberman's claims and arguments. A conversation between both of them would exemplify how disagreements in science and outcomes can be had while still being professional and healthy towards each other.
Medlife Crisis did a great episode called "Why do people keep falling for things that don't work" where talks about some of Andrew Huberman's claim. To be clear I am a big fan of AH, but, as I understand it, he does overstate things on occasion.
@@guest_informant I'm a big AH fan too, I'm even a premium subscriber, but I do know that some of his claims work of smaller samples or one or two studies and not strong enough to make big swings on one's health. It's like the analogy Dr. Layne Norton uses: If you are trying to carry the most amount of weight focus on the boulders not the peables.
The mental health/ pain discussion is tricky. I was 28 in peak condition bodybuilding 5-6 days a week when I got unwell. I knew I had a high pain tolerance bc I had twice torn my meniscus and continued to train 6 months before going into surgery. I ended up being diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis after demanding blood tests. Even after diagnosis I had a doctor trying to prescribe antidepressants. I was depressed due to debilitating pain. I couldn’t even turn a door knob or tie my shoes. Because my pain was ignored, probably bc I looked healthy, I ended up with permanently deformed fingers and two hand surgeries by the age of 30. I now drive 3 hours every month to get infusions from a rheumatologist that actually listens to me and I can live a better life.
I also now have bulged discs, minor scoliosis and degenerative disc disease. The inadequately treated RA was way worse.
As a woman with adhd and autism I can say that food also plays a huge role. I think all the ultra processed foods we eat are causing more adhd or worsening symptoms. I notice when I cut those foods and sugar out my mental health improves so much
I love this! I have a late-diagnosed adhd and I after the diagnosis I started paying attention to my lifestyle and noticed that when my adhd gets really bad physiological symptoms precede it, most noticeable bad or lack of sleep. Which is often caused by eating UPFs for a longer period, and other factors. It's such a cascade of events and food plays a major role
I am so glad Doctor Mike cares so much about the less fortunate. I wish more doctors would help but some doctors are in a lot of fancy debt. I wish he was my doc.❤
I tried medication for generalized anxiety and got nowhere for years. For severe PTSD caused anxiety trauma processing, release, and healing methods are critical and what worked best for me. CBT works well in combination with those methods. Psychotropic medications typically just mask symptoms and cause side effects. Trauma processing and release gets to root causes.
Highly recommend EMDR and to be patient with it
@@Historyrhymezz I did EMDR for a year, and it didn’t work for me because I had complex (repeated) trauma. It does work well for singular traumatic events. For complex trauma stacking somatic healing methods works well, eg, trauma release exercises (TRE) and network chiro/spinal analysis are great.
Fashion. The industry you were looking for that will profit from general widespread weight loss trends is FASHION. In addition to having to replace our clothing due to size change, there is the overall reactivation of desire to dress cute and fashionably. So many clothing that we want to wear is not purchased because we think to ourselves, "If only I were thinner, smaller, fitter... THEN that would look so cute on me, but as I am now, it will just be disappointing!" Even shoes... with enough weight loss our feet actually fit better into the cute shoes, and with less heft, our feet feel less fatigued and painful and we feel like we can actually stand to make some choices based on fashion rather than comfort. When we are uncomfortable in our skin or with our reflection, we often just hide inside whatever frumpy clothes we can get to fit us, and we rarely want to buy anything new. So, I have to imagine that the Fashion industry would thrive on the weight loss trend! An additional note is that when we drop the extra 50...60...70 pounds we've been carrying around against our will day after day year in year out, we feel so much better from head to toe. We often feel like we have our actual lives back. We experience renewed interests in hobbies and activities we'd forgotten about. That could have unpredictable impacts on a wide variety of industry from craft supplies to the travel industry.
Windows XP is a God amongst most any other OS
If a lot of people lost weight overall, I think clothing brands would make more money because people would feel more confident about how they look in styles they've always wanted to wear. Environmental impact is another story, but I think fashion would benefit financially.
The clothing industry will definitely make more money off us losing weight. Prices don’t typically go up as sizes do, yet they require less materials
Why do I feel so much better after listening to Dr. Mike? Damn I like this guy.
When I start watching someone new, month later you have them on your podcast, crazy. Happened already with dr K and both dr Mike and Doctor Mike
Austin, TX is the prime example of what happens when life is too easy and you have it too good. You begin to look for dangers that aren't even real dangers.
1:26:42 I am noticing this same phenomna in all sorts of different spheres of life, of particular note and one that could have far reaching consequences is politics. There seems to be a growing trend of people in all kinds of spaces that are incintivesed to not apologize, not take accountability, not walk things back, and ignore facts/reality.
To be honest I think most humans just can't handle the internet as it is currently constructed.
People mistrust large corporations so much and have been hurt too much to take anything they say at face value. But the hate any medical professional gets on the internet when “pushing” a mainstream narrative is ridiculous. Science isn’t perfect, but it sure as hell helps and has helped a lot of people.
yay i like those two, i was just thinking of who to watch, i was thinking of chris and then i was thinking of mike and i just typed some topic and i see this vid of them together :)
Men going through leg lengthening surgery to gain a couple of inches in height is the equivalent to women getting a bbl.. both are done for better changes of finding a partner but neither really matter for the right person
39:13
If you don't know what it's like to experience post-concussion syndrome and brain damage, then you do not know the risks of boxing, Dr. Mike.
Zubin's on a big spiritual kick, you should do an episode with him on it
Chris, I watch all your shows but on this one, I just can't.
I'm a therapist, I work in rehab where CBT is the Bible, and it drives me insane - CBT only targets 1) thoughts and 2) behavior. It's way too superficial.
And using medication - omg, please, let's move away from the pill farms. (PS: I have ADHD, and do not use medication. And I'm 47)
Clothing companies. Less fabric same clothes, same sales
Waiting for his take on ssri's effect on the microbiome and how they harm it.
Being depressed hurts the micro biome
One horrible side effect of too many to list. Lack of informed consent should have been touched on. The inability to stop SSRIs (without severe discontinuation syndrome) for about 25% of people is going to be devastating. This needs more attention.
@@kristgo2001 it’s serotonin cessation syndrome. It doesn’t make you anymore right to change the words. For most people it’s mildly annoying nausea with crazy dreams and brain zaps for a few days. And most doctors I’ve met tell people it’s never a good idea to quit cold turkey and they do it anyway
@@Arctivarius I'm not going to argue with you - your information is outdated and provided by research from the people that have the most to gain from downplaying the true risks. I hope you - or someone you love - never has to experience "serotonin cessation syndrome".
@@kristgo2001 I’ve experienced it multiple times coming off different meds. Virtue signal all you want. It’s a spectrum and it’s generally not that bad but some people have an awful time. Benzodiazepines are much worse coming off of for most people
I've been waiting for u to talk with Dr. Mike. This was a great episode! And you were only 2 hours from me in NC!!
Oh look….. the guy who was yapping about skipping Thanksgiving for Granny yet he was partying in Miami during the height of COVID….. sigh….. people will clap at any hot guy who does the “kind” number
Clothing companies in general will make a buck since many people will need new wardrobes.
I always see skepticism around the increase in diagnoses for ADHD and can sense a little skepticism on Chris’ end. I grew up in the late 90’s and early 00’s and my parents actively negated the idea of me having ADHD in fear that it was being overdiagnosed like many parents in that time.
With all of the stimuli we get in a constantly connected world, I believe the rate at which attention deficit disorders occur is bound to increase over time. This idea of people assuming large increases in diagnoses of nearly any disease or disorder is only explained by over diagnosing is baffling to me.
The skepticism around the rise in ADHD diagnoses often misses the bigger picture. It's easy to jump to conclusions that any increase in diagnoses must mean overdiagnosis, but this perspective is too simplistic.
Back in the 90s and early 00s, ADHD wasn’t as well understood as it is today. Many behaviors we now recognize as part of ADHD might have been dismissed as "just being a kid" or even misbehavior. As research has advanced, so has our ability to correctly identify these patterns. This means more accurate diagnoses, not necessarily overdiagnosis.
As awareness about ADHD has grown, more parents, teachers, and healthcare providers are noticing behaviors that might have gone unchecked before. Just because more people are being diagnosed now doesn’t mean those diagnoses are incorrect; it could simply mean that we're finally recognizing a problem that was always there.
The criteria for diagnosing ADHD have also evolved. The DSM has been refined over the years to better capture the range of symptoms that can manifest in different individuals. What this means is that more people who would have been overlooked in the past are now being accurately diagnosed.
Then there's the cultural and environmental factor. We live in a world flooded with stimuli, and for those with a predisposition to ADHD, this environment can exacerbate symptoms. This doesn’t mean that the disorder is being overdiagnosed; it suggests that the challenges of living with ADHD are more visible and perhaps more frequent in today’s connected world.
The key issue here is distinguishing between overdiagnosis and simply more accurate or frequent diagnosis. When we see more cases of ADHD being diagnosed, it doesn’t automatically mean doctors are mislabeling people. It could just as well be that we're getting better at understanding and identifying ADHD, especially in a world that makes these symptoms harder to ignore.
So, the idea that any increase in diagnoses must be due to overdiagnosis oversimplifies the issue and ignores the progress we've made in understanding and identifying ADHD.
The parallels between healthcare and education in the United States is crazy!
Doctor Mike is the real deal!!
01:29:35 Dr.Mike blushing over Chris flirting with him is the cutest thing I’ve seen all day 😂
The industries that will most likely benefit most are travel and tourism and clothing in general. When you're fat you often exceed the size and weight limits on activities and touristy things geared toward the general public. Life vests for swimming, horseback riding, sailing or kayaking, etc., oversized option exist, but they're uncommon and often more expensive. Factoring in your size, the tax on your body or your body's ability to do a thing and the possible inconvenience to others eliminates so so many activities or makes them far less enjoyable.
As for clothes, size options, cost, comfort and confidence. Plus size options are more common now, but they're often more expensive, more cheaply made or not as cute or stylish. Even if you do have a larger size, if it's not designed for the odd shapes and bulges that make up your body, it'll be uncomfortable and strange looking. Then there's confidence, even if you have cute clothes that are comfortable and affordable, you're not going to buy or wear them if you hate your body and how it looks or how other people look at it.
There's definitely more, but those are the first things that popped into my head.
The side effects of stomach paralysis from GLP-1 injections, including the lawsuit regarding that toward a specific brand, is enough of a reason to avoid trying it. Claiming side effects are "rare" only benefits the big pharma company. It is all fine and lovely until it's you that is the one that become part of the data of that "rare" side effect.
Health insurance is the one industry that would profit to a fitter population. I doubt they'll pass those savings on.
Exactly, so why won't they cover weight loss drugs?
@@Kate-rv6kx Why would you take drugs to lose weight? That can't be healthy.
Because weight loss drugs are very expensive and also because there are larger profits if people stay sick and dependent. It's sick care not health care!
@@Kate-rv6kx Why would you take drugs to lose weight?
Can’t understand all the hate Dr.Mike is getting, despite the claims people make about him, his positive influence on the internet is undeniable
He seems like a sweet, kind guy. He’s was trained by a broken system and is operating in a broken system, and doesn’t seem fully aware of it. There’s nothing terribly objectionable about him I suppose.
Then you haven't looked enough. The image he portrays is not aligned with the reality of the situation. He's just another Bro, doing Bro stuff which is totally fine but he poops on people who are just like him
It’s because he discounts health, nutrition, and healing methods that work. He refers to studies funded by large food companies and big pharma that are bullshit and used to keep people fat and unhealthy.
Bureaucracy! Plain and simple. 💔
This is the same with education. I stopped working as a full-time teacher once my children were born because the level of bureaucracy that had impacted the school system was ridiculous. I want to help the child who can't read, yet we have to use a program that isn't helping the student because it was state approved. 🤪
Nowadays, I stay sane by substituting instead of having to deal with all of the modern-day bureaucracy b.s. & the parents who are baffled why their children aren't successful.
As teachers, we know how to help their children, but unfortunately, the state ties our hands in doing so.
It's a damn shame!!
It's called "dumbing down" and it's intentional. The real question is WHY and that's worth exploring.
@@andreavanda5402 Because it's easier to control the population.
@@andreavanda5402 Control. That's why.
Thanks you very much for this episode, loved every bit and learnt a lot !!!
if I had a dime for all the Dr Mike's i've seen on youtube.....lol. great interview. great questions and answers.
Chris, the American healthcare system is TOTALLY different than that of the UK and Europe in general, as in this interview, you got a glimpse of. It would have benefited you and your audience to do your research about the American medical system before this interview. You mentioned that your doctor friend got more money from selling a book than for doing a "disimpaction". In the United States, that is not the issue at all. MD's here get PLENTY of money! The issue is that medicine is being treated as a for PROFIT business. Doctors get a lot of money here in the States. They are top earners as far as professionals go. The average general practitioner in a big city makes around $250,000 a year and the average surgeon makes around $500,000. The problem is that they are forced to see a maximum amount of patience a day - as was pointed out in this video, an average of 40 - in order to create more income for the medical industry that they are employed by. However, because of that, a majority of the time, their patients don't get the care that they need. So, when you have a system that is profit centered, which healthcare should NEVER be, there is a direct conflict between money and quality of care. Consequently, as Dr. Mike said, our healthcare system is a "DISASTER". So, you don't want to have that kind of system of health care in the UK. However, paying your doctors a good salary, without going to extremes, would certainly benefit both the doctors and the people. Unfortunately, as simple as this seems, in practice, for multiple reasons, one of them greed, it does not work that way. Therefore, the whole concept of care, regarding the health of the public, needs desperately to be revisited. Also, much less pharmaceuticals need to be prescribed and more lifestyle changes need to be explored with patients. Of course, when doctors have only 20 minutes with a patient that's not realistic and therefore a quick fix pharmaceutical pill becomes the solution of choice. There's a lot of fixing to do for sure in order to give people real QUALITY of care.
I believe general anxiety (which most people have I’d say) stems from childhood and unmet needs.
I think is great that as a Family medicine doctor, Dr. Mike does know a lot for a variety of things. But I as someone with ADHD I find it very disiengenues for dr. Mike to not enficiec he is not an expert, it often feels like when he speaks he wants to make it seem as he is in fact an expert and I can tel he is not and that is okay. As a profesional (Sustainabel Dvelopment Engineer) myself of course I work with collegues on things I'm not necesarly an expert (let's take programmers as an example) and I do understand the basic and I could share information in an interview, however I fully go out of my way to say I'm not a programmer myself nor an expert and I am limited in my knowledge...
Yes to this comment!! My family doctor trying to treat my chronic migraines, chronic pain and mental health (depression/anxiety/ADHD) needed to refer me to a Nerologist, Psychiatrist, chronic pain clinic, and a physiatrist and with a collaboration of all of these practitioners I am still struggling honestly with all areas. But I will say I have had a massive improvement with my anxiety & depression since being diagnosed age 36 with ADHD. I was able to come off 2 antidepressants.
Edit: apparently my TBI exacerbated my adhd symptoms and without that trauma may have never been actually diagnosed. (They say) but again back to your comment, none of this would have came to light had my General Practitioner not refer me to these other specialists!!!
I really, really appreciate Dr. Mike's thoughts about ADHD in the beginning of the episode. There's so much misinformation about ADHD out there. It's both over diagnosed AND under diagnosed. The medication is so effective for people that have ADHD, and it's also a stimulant that can be abused. It's a tough subject.
I got diagnosed at 19 (9 years ago now) and went through a 6 week long process of all kinds of tests and having people close to me fill out forms to bring back, etc. My brother also has ADHD but he got diagnosed when he was in 5th grade. The only reason I didn't get diagnosed as a kid is because my dad said that girls don't have ADHD. 🙃
I hope more family practice doctors get on board with Dr. Mike's perspective, there's lots of people struggling with ADHD and a lot of doctors that won't take them seriously.
Been waiting for this one!!!
the mix in jobs is totally great
Skin removal plastic surgeons are going to benefit
Australia is a hybrid healthcare system too. If you want healthcare in the reccomended time thats readily and quickly accessible, you better have high tier private health insurance. Emergency public (bar ambulance) is excellent and usually free/low cost for anyone but everyday, chronic treatments and elective surgery takes years on public and is expensive. Note elective surgery covers nearly everything outside Emergency which is joint replacements, reconstructions, fusions etc. Went through this recently with neurosurgery. Supposed to be medically max 60 days due to urgency, ended up 8 months which left me disabled and looking at many more surgeries and chronic pain. Irritates me that people think healthcare is universal and free/low cost here, it's not.
Two of the most handsome men and minds on the Internet 🙏🏻 we need more men bred like this
Chris - this might seem a bit odd, but on the topic of scented candles:
I am a long time parrot owner, and in the parrot world, you do everything you can to eliminate anything that might interfere with a parrot's delicate respiratory system. A big absolute no-no in our community is scented candles. You also must not use any teflon-coated cookware. If teflon reaches a certain heat level (burning), it releases a toxic fume that can cause even the largest parrot to drop dead instantly. If it's so toxic to a parrot, how can it not be toxic to me? Canary in the coal mine, anyone?
Chris do not forget that the point of view still depends on the point
who is sitting where (in short
what kind of people are in particular positions ).
The Matthew Hussey name drop was unexpected. I now need to see him and Dr. Mike in a video together.
What an outstanding collaboration. This was such a great episode!
Something about Dr. Mike feels "off" to me. Heard him on Waveform, and I didn't make it through the episode. Getting the same feeling here in the first 20 minutes... Maybe it's just a difference in preferred communication style, but he sets off my BS alarm in a way I can't quite nail down
I know what you mean, I like the guy but something about how he presents himself reminds me of the alternative medicine “chiropractic doctors” on UA-cam.
He‘s clearly super educated, but like you said something feels off. I think it’s the overconfidence in every topic he discusses.
I'd like to comment that I've followed this Doctor Mike since the pandemic. He used to pander to the status quo, cookie cutter, mainstream crowd that gobbles up everything that mainstream media and mainstream content creators tell them. He'd even preach mainstream narratives. Within the past couple of years, he's been slowly inching his way to what I believe is reality. He did an episode a couple of years ago, carefully criticizing the body positivity movement with his own opinions as a medical professional. I think that was the start. That might be why things feel off. He's still being extremely careful not to say anything that the mainstream would cancel him for.
@@trat1x he often gives disclaimers when he speaks outside of his expertise. In this talk he presses the importance of science changing its opinion based on new evidence. What are yo talking about?
He’s a practicing physician, so has to talk politically which can come off as fake
@@Mili-bediliso you're basing how accurate a professional doctor is with how much he agrees with you? Not how accurate you are with his much what you think aligns with evidence?
9:51 The ADHD symptoms Dr. Mike describes here are more typical in males than females. Other symptoms are lack of emotional control, inability to complete tasks, social immaturity and compulsive behavior. One notable symptom in the inattentive ADHD type is variable mental performance. Often people with this type eat high reward foods or engage in risky behavior to trigger dopamine, which they are lacking. Certain medications treat this by releasing dopamine to alleviate symptoms.
Finding a GP (or even an obgyn) that is as fair minded and pushes back on the 15 minutes rule or tries to actually get to know as a human….nearly impossible. I know it’s anecdotal but I went to 3 OBGYNs during my pregnancy and 6 GPs as an adult and have been treated like a number each time… including while giving birth. So it’s the healthcare system that makes individuals want to just get quick care and look outside of the system.
Please get Dr Josef Witt-Doerring on as a guest Chris. He is a psychiatrist that advocates for patients to be much better informed in regards to the use of psychiatric medications and the possible side effects. Also Mark Horowitz, a psychiatrist that very recently co-authored and compiled The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines. Important stuff. Two great guests for you to follow up.
yes Dr Josef is great
Z-Dogg went down the rabbit hole of 'Awakening', and has pretty much stayed down there. I liked his previous stuff
A lot of beefcake in this episode 😂
Sounds good, however the average PCP has very limited time with each encounter
No thanks
Doctor Mike, you are absolutely 100% correct about chronic pain. When your mind is in a bad place, you feel pain much more intensely. If you can improve your mood, by whatever you can do, your pain may not go completely away, but it definitely fades into the background. Learning, sometimes painfully, what movement you can do that doesn't cause the pain to become worse is going to make life so much better.
People, don't say, "I can't." Instead, say, "I can do this, just in a slightly different way."
Spoken with experience...
Scoliosis
Badly broken bones
Autoimmune
Etc, etc, etc
Remember when Dr. Mike told everyone to mask up & social distance during peak of COVID, but went down to Miami on a boat party??
Remember how when he got more info about COVID he changed his messaging? You know... Like an educated, intelligible, and fully developed adult who is capable of rational and complex thought
@@Beansicus sure, but he acted in total hypocrisy with that Miami boat controversy. It was also before more information about COVID came about. Anyone can easily find this news article
Get over it.
Great info however I encourage you to explore the differences in how biological males and females present ADHD symptoms. We (females) present differently and were historically overlooked . Could this be contributing to increased adult-ADHD onset( at least in part)?
Good rationale Dr.Mike Good show 👍 Chris
1:13:00 Yes. Outdoor recreation.
Oh! My Ghosh my two favourite people. Thank you Chris especially for this one.❤
1:31:10 I think that many science type communications also get this wrong. I actually don't think he has gotten a lot of people interested in the topic, I think its excitement for the same thing that flat earther get excited for, being part of a secret club where you have all the answers to the complex world and are better than others because you know it and they don't. Nearly none of it is genuine and engaging with it as if it were is a waste of time, better to mock them and socially attack them at the base of their credibility.
"Diets" or a certain way of eating work if they are based on some sort of a consistent calorie deficit element. That's the foundation of any weight loss program. No one can say that they put themselves in a "true" calorie deficit and it didn't work - is not possible. The problem comes in the "consistent" part to see the weight come off and then "sustainable" to keep it off. Unfortunately, a lot of this mechanism is solely based on the person's own agency, control, self-accountability and will power. Is easier to default to developing a mindset of positivity about the way you look and feel, versus wanting to make the changes necessary to change your life.
Yay. My favorite Dr. Mike!
Industries related to leisure will be the big winners from the pharmaceutical revolution. If we can be physically healthy at a baseline, and do whatever we want, our leisure time becomes more abundant, and out healthier bodies can do more things, or withstand more of the same. Outdoors related companies can expand their market, since healthier individuals can just do more stuff. Videogames will ever increase, since we could play for longer and still be healthy. Pleasure and sex related industries, since more attractive people could lead to more sexually active people. Starting form a healthy baseline allows to dedicate more to your craft of choice, instead of having to divert time and effort into baseline conditioning. Imagine hobbyist and amateurs dedicating even for more time, both in daily or weekly hours, as in years of healthy lives, into their chosen activity. Leisure, sports, sex, hobbies, travel, all will boom. That could lead to an accelerated change in workplace conditions, since it is overlapping with the AI revolution. That is what I think...
🤦♀️ Yes, clothing for larger people *is* more expensive (with waaaaaaay fewer choices) than for skinny people.
The part you said about chronic pain could not be more wrong.. I would be careful about that message Chris.
You are still avoiding movements that put you in pain in your own explanation… but then you say you “used to” avoid movements.
“Works pretty well… I try not to squat”
Bro do you not see this? lol
I think that’s worth examining.
It warms my heart to see Dr. Mike being so humble! He could make so much money selling people garbage but he continues to be an open and honest doctor. We need a lot more Dr. Mike's is this world!!!
We don’t have primary physicians in Taiwan and you’re free to go directly to a specialist. We have significantly better healthcare outcomes than the US. I think Mike is a little captured by his own niche to see objectively.
I also don’t think it should be the doctor’s job to waste an hour counseling a patient whose mom just died.
How do you know which specialist to go to though if you don't know what's wrong with you?
@@dahliaherrod4301sorry I was falling asleep on the bus when I wrote my comment. We don’t have mandatory primary physicians. You can still opt to go to one but in general you just ask a friend family member or Google. If it doesn’t work call the hospital and ask.
I haven’t used one since I was a kid and I does seem quite pointless in a system designed to function without one.
To save the specialists time.
Think of it like an increasingly finer filter.
GP in the US do general consultation and can refer you out, if needed.
That said, it's a broken system. You have kickbacks, rebates, all form of "strategic partnerships" that disrupt the intent of the Hippocratic Oath.
I totally agree with you. Here in the States you need permission from your insurance company to go to a specialist. And you may not get it from your general practitioner right away because I'm sure it benefits them not to refer you. (I'm talking about kickbacks from the insurance companies if you keep your referrals to a minimum). The purpose is not to keep you healthy but keep you from getting medical care because it cost the insurance company money. Here the system rewards physicians for not doing their job and in Thailand, I'm sure that's not the case from what you just said. As you know, what we have here in the US is a SICK care system, not a health care system. Proof of that is that we are number 28 in the world in the quality of healthcare (sick care), and conversely, number one in the cost of care. Basically, those stats tell you all you need to know which is that it's not patient centered but profit (money) centered. In the system like that, you have inadequate and inept care and a lot of sick people, which we certainly do.
How is it not obvious to these two who benefits from a thinner society? Wouldn't it be the GLP-1 drug companies? They have said over and over that the drugs must be taken for the remainder of one's life or the weight will come right back.
I guess if drugs are considered the solution to being overweight. The solution is to eat less food and healthier meals though
Doctor Mike is the absolute best because he has literally zero time or bandwidth for the UA-camr fear mongering influx. Pretty much every other health/wellness UA-camr, aside from the other Dr. Mike, has succumbed to some if not all of the ridiculous trendy talking points. 🙄
Huh? You missed his talking points during Covid and getting busted of doing THE EXACT OPPOSITE….
What an awesome collaboration
answering to Dr Mike question on which industry will gain if population are healthier: perhaps adventure sports, tourism, more of the fun stuff since the body can cope and have more time & $ (from trying to be healthier).
Glad to see two my fav youtubers ❤
The NHS is under staffed, funded and over worked, but Labours just announced our taxes are now going to Africa and god knows where. Its painfully clear theres enough money to correct and improve our healthcare.
I dont believe anyone should question the dedication of the staff 🙏🏽🏨
44:56 you were able to heal your injury somehow where chronic pain is the receptors in the brain not working properly. I have chronic pain from a muscular injury. I get trigger point injections and it’s helpful. But chronic pain is like he said well rounded. You need to sleep good, work on your mental health, relaxation techniques, diet, physical therapy, exercise etc. Some people heal and go back to life others get a short circuit in the brain and the brain sends signals “pain pain pain” and here we are. Chronic pain. I have Myofacial Pain Syndrome. It’s brutal. Like you said learn the things that trigger more pain avoid them, work around them. Pain fkn sucks 😒
There might be more people who are interested in fitness of all types, because people will probably find out that they have gained more abilities as a result of loosing weight. Any sport then might be more fun, simply because its not as exhausting or straight up painful.
Huuuge shout to Zubin! miss his content
Hey I found this Doctor on youtube years ago and went on a streak of his videos, but then never got another recommendation and forgot about him.
Same. And, in my case, I haven’t looked back, tbh.
Are you trained in CBT? :D god....
There’s so many quack doctors like this guy these days who are desperate for internet fame.
true
10:33 regarding ADHD, this is generally true but definitely not always. I always related to the symptoms of ADHD but often brushed it off as I had the same impression of the disorder but was never a trouble-maker and not usually 'hyperactive'. Don't let those stereotypes stop you if you think you may have it because that delayed my diagnosis by a few years. Just see someone anyway
Then you may have ADD without the H (hyperactivity).
Yes!!! Dr. Mike is the best!!