Dr. Ban Health Podcast
This podcast covers a broad range of health topics from an integrative medicine perspective that combines conventional medicine and complementary therapies to promote health and wellness. Most physicians are specialized now, so health can be approached too narrowly, and many factors that contribute to poor health are ignored or overlooked. Rather than chasing symptoms with drugs, Dr. Ban gets to the root of health problems and offers suggestions for achieving optimal health through the least invasive approach possible.
In each episode, Dr. Ban discusses health comprehensively based on the interplay of his "5 Pillars of Health." Pillar #1 focuses on how health is affected by Nutrition and Physical Activity. Pillar #2 is about the connection of stress (and namely the stress hormone, cortisol) to a broad range of chronic health conditions and diseases. Pillar #3 addresses the importance of Gut Health and reducing Inflammation. Pillar #4 explains how you can slow aging and reduce the risk of disease through balancing sex Hormones and reducing Environmental Toxins. Finally, Pillar #5 covers how we can improve quality of life through improving our Brain Health.
Because of the limited time available for Dr. Ban to educate his patients about these topics in the medical setting, he launched this podcast to share important up-to-date health information in an ever-changing world. The information provided is NOT medical advice and should not be treated as such. Rather, it is intended for educational purposes only to spur more research and analysis on the listener's part. HIs ultimate goal is to empower listeners to take back control of their health.
Episodes
35 episodes
Episode #35: The Midlife Mystery: Why Women Over 45 Often Gain Abdominal Fat, Feel Constantly Tired, and Struggle with Brain Fog.
Topics:1. A 47-year-old woman has begun gaining weight around the abdomen, feels tired in the mid-afternoon, and is experiencing increased pain.2. Explain what happens in a woman’s body around age 45 that triggers...
Episode #34: What is "GLP3" (Retatrutide)? Is it a new miracle medication that will help me to lose weight?
Topics:1. What is "GLP3"? It has become popular online slang for a new generation of triple-agonist medications that target three key hormone receptors involved in metabolism and appetite control.2. What's the different? Sem...
Episode #33: Is Seasonal Allergies Driving You Crazy? You can't breathe out of your nose, you're constantly coughing and sneezing, your eyes are watery, and these symptoms are affecting your sleep.
Topics:1. Traditional Medical Approaches: intranasal steroid spray and antihistamines.2. Intramuscular injection of "steroid" to help suppress these symptoms3. Alternative Approaches: Xlear and wild oregano
Episode #32: How do I Approach Winter "cold, flu months" with Supplements, Essential Oils, Nebulizer? Can it help to Prevent and/or Treat Infections, and Decrease Symptoms?
Topics:1. Supplements that help improve immunity, and decrease inflammation can help us during winter months (N-acetylcysteine NAC, Vitamin D3/K2, Vitamin C, Essential Amino Acids, Zinc, Selenium, Iron, Magnesium, Tumeric, Probiotics, Om...
Episode #31: New Year Resolution: What do I do to lose Weight? Ozempic/Wegovy, Mounjaro/Zepbound, Carnivore Diet, Fasting, Exercise, etc...
Topics:1. 62 y/o male who wants to lose weight bc he has indigestion, and not feeling well. What type of diet and exercise?2. 44 y/o female who is very active during her work but has a lot anxiety and depression, and doesn...
Episode #30: Does Having Low Magnesium Affect my Metabolic Health?
TOPICS:1. An example of a patient going through magnesium and other macro and micronutrients deficit, and how magnesium supplementation was able to help correct some of the metabolic and brain health issues.2. Why magnesium is s...
Episode #29: Does having Low Thyroid Function Affect my Blood Sugar Level, thus increasing Risks for potential Metabolic Problems like Weight Gain, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver, Pre/Diabetes?
Topics:1. Example of patient with low thyroid function struggling with fatigue, elevated blood sugar, poor kidney functions, and fatty liver. 2. What are things that will cause thyroid dysfunction? Higher blood sugar/insuli...
Episode #28: Counting Calories and Exercising More Will NOT help you Lose Belly Fat When you Reach your 40's. Here's why and what can you do about it?
Topics:1. Why can't we lose belly fat when we get into our 40's? It's the stress hormone (cortisol) and more.2. An example of a mid 40 woman who overcame this issue, and regained her youth body and lost the premenstrual weight
Episode #27: Are we being Overmedicated in the name of Health? How many people are on Statin, Blood Pressure, Diabetic, Sleeping, and/or Anti-Anxiety/Depression Mediations?
Topics1. 7 examples of patients on medications that resulted in adverse effects.2. Recent Study on JAMA Internal Medicine shows that intensive blood pressure treatment in elderly patients linked to cognitive decline.
Episode #26: How Much Do I have to Exercise to Lose Weight? You need to Train like a World Champion Ashley "Whiplash" Thiner!!!
Topics:1. Unrealistic expectation: people think by exercising, they will lose weight. Yet, most people will not lose weight especially fat with their exercise regiment. 2. You will lose weight specifically fat if you train ...
Episode #25: What Diet is Right for Me? Carnivore, Keto/Low Carb, Plant-based/Vegetarian? A New Study on Insulin Effect on Macronutrients
Topics:1. A success story of a diabetic patient who reverse his medical conditions and more in 2 months using one of these diets.2. A Cell Metabolism study that shows insulin response can vary quite a bit in some individuals to ...
Episode #24: Why Do They Want to Eliminate Vitamin D Supplementation? Is it a Good Idea or Bad Mistake?
Topics:1. History of Vitamin D discovery, level of toxicity, and conversion from mg to International Units (IU).2. New Guideline by Endocrine Society for Vitamin D3. The Important Functions of Vitamin D in regulating, Sk...
Episode #23: Why Women need BOTH Ozempic/Wegovy (Semaglutide)/Mounjaro/Zepbound (Tirzepatide) and Hormone Replacement Therapy (Bio-Identical Hormones) to have the BEST results in weight loss and overall wellness?
Topics:1. Case example of a menopausal woman and use of Bio-Identical Hormones and Semaglutide.2. Why hormone replacement therapy with Bio-Identical Hormones are so important for women as they age?3. A study of hormone r...
Episode #22: Does Eating Too Much Animal Fat lead to Elevated Cholesterol and Increase Incident of Coronary Heart Disease?
Topics:1. The History Behind the "Lipid Hypothesis" that start in Russian in the early 20th Century that lead to the discovery of HDL (good cholesterol) and LDL (bad cholesterol) and eventually statin medication.2. The Diet-Hear...
Episode #21: Does MultiVitamin-Minerals Supplement Increase Mortality Risk? JAMA article suggests higher mortality risk.
Topics:1. A New JAMA Prospective cohort study said there is no association between multivitamin supplementation and decrease mortality in adults. Multivitamin is linked to higher mortality risk (4%).2. Demographics of who uses s...
Episode #20: Why do Women NOT feel "NORMAL" when they get into their Early 40's? Yet their doctors said this is all "NORMAL".
Topics:1. The normal menstrual cycle that women know since their teenage years. What happen when that menstrual cycle changes as they age?2. The change in menstrual cycle and the interaction among different hormones. Estrogen do...
Episode #19: Does Ozempic/Wegovy or Mounjaro/Zepbound causes Muscle Mass Loss? How to Maintain Muscle Mass with Weight Loss?
Topics:1. An article was talking about lean muscle mass loss with Ozempic/Wegovy (semaglutide) or Mounjaro/Zepbound (Tirzepatide) even though you lose about 30-50% body weight. Using Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) to maint...
Episode #18: Dining Out: How to enjoy yourself without destroying your goals?
Topics:1. Commit to your goals by having a game plan before going out to eat.2. Be aware of the Don'ts and Do's when you're dining out.3. Strategies when dining at Fast foods, Brewing eateries, Restaurants.
Episode #17 Carnivore Diet: Can I survive on this Diet?
Topics:1. History of the Carnivore Diet2. What are benefits to Carnivore Diet?3. What are some pitfalls to Carnivore Diet?
Episode #16: Fast - Is it the Answer or just a 4 Letter Word?
Topics:1. Benefits - Weight loss, Cancer Prevention, Improve Non-alcoholic liver disease, Prediabetes/Diabetes and other health illnesses?2. Cautions - be care of Medications like Diabetes and Blood Pressure Medications, Keto Flu, S...
Episode #15 Testosterone: Is it a Fountain of Youth? Men: better listen to this one!
Topics:1. How about prostate cancer?2. How about diabetes and heart issue?3. What issues to consider when starting testosterone?
Episode #14: Daylight Saving: How does it affect my Weight and Mood?
Topics:1. What are some benefits to having more sunlight?2. What does sunlight do to improve Insulin Sensitivity?3. How does Sunlight, Insulin Sensitivity help with Weight Management?
Episode #13: Brain Health: Everyone needs a Boost including Dr Ban.
Topics:1. Different brain areas affect different behavior, do you know your brain type?2. Can different nutrients like Essential Amino Acids, S-adenosylmethionine (SAME), GABA, magnesium supplementation enhance brain function as we ...