Dr. Kent Holtorf is an Integrative Medicine practitioner who was inspired by his own health journey with Lyme disease to provide better medicine to his patients. His practice, located in El Segundo, California is on the cutting edge of advanced integrative medicine. As an MD his experience and perspective ‘sickcare’ vs. ‘Wellcare’ is illuminating.
Key Points, Top Takeaways and Memorable Quotes -
“Everyone is sick now with chronic muliti-system illnesses that our system is not set up to fix.” 1:31
“I also found that fast food, the body acts like it’s an infection.” 6:14
“Even the CDC says that 80% of people have at least one chronic illness due to the involution of the thymus.” 7:44
“A peptide is basically a chain of amino acids, right, and if it’s longer, by arbitrary definition if it’s longer than 40 amino acids, it’s a protein and if it’s less, it’s a peptide.” 9:19
“We’re finding that emotional stress is probably the worst thing for your immune system, for your aging.” 12:44
“An addiction has to do with inflammation of the brain.” 22:45
“The days of just relying on your doctor are gone, you are going to get terrible care.” 27:40
“Everything has its place, but they want to give it to everybody.” 30:45
“Mass cells are the cells that, one of the cells, or main cell that cause inflammation.” 34:34
“If a Doctor says ‘I don’t know,’ stay with them because I’m telling you that means they’re a good doctor.” 39:34
“JAMA said it takes, on average, a proven new concept, let’s just say peptides, it takes on average 17 years to get accepted into mainstream medicine.” 59:14
“One of the best ways to prevent breast cancer, take progesterone. One of the best ways to cause breast cancer, take progestin.” 1:11:50
“The number one thing we can do is stay curious about our own health and keep asking questions and finding the right doctors.” -Wendy @1:13:53
“Kaiser will bonus a Doctor at the end of the year for the least amount of money they spend on a patient.” 1:18:58
“Doctors are miserable, right, in the insurance model, so I mean, they’re not really the problem; and they want to get out, but they don’t know how.” 1:23:50
Guest Bio -
Dr. Holtorf’s desire to help those suffering from undiagnosed health concerns stems from his own personal health journey. In medical school, he suffered from terrible fatigue, barely able to function. He was told by numerous specialists that he was depressed or stressed, and simply needed to get more sleep and exercise more. As he discovered a treatment protocol that helped his symptoms, he knew there were many others suffering the same way he had. As a result, he opened centers treating patients with similar issues, who had seen countless physicians only to be told that nothing was wrong with them, yet they felt horrible.
Show Notes -
0:00 - WIMTS Podcast Intro
0:32 - Introducing Dr. Kent Holtorf
0:47 - Welcome to Dr. Holtorf
1:46 - What’s the Focus of Your Practice?
4:24 - Immune Dysfunction is at the Core of Chronic Illness & Aging
8:38 - What is a Peptide?
10:38 - Dr. Holtorf’s Personal Health Crisis
13:58 - Getting to the Root Cause
17:23 - Testing & Diagnosing the Thyroid & Uses of T3
21:18 - STAR Report on Anti-Depressants & Bipolar Patients
23:37 - Health Care Reform Discussion
29:35 - Guise of ‘Evidence Based Medicine’
30:50 - Contrasting Pharmaceutical Drugs & Peptides
37:01 - Treating Autistic Kids
39:46 - Doctors & How They Use Or Don’t Use Available Research
45:55 - BB Commercial
46:04 - The Keys to Longevity
48:02 - Elite Culture & Peptide Access for the Masses
49:40 - Type of Patients that Peptides Help
59:44 - Practical Ways You Are Informing Other Doctors About Peptides
1:01:50 - What Questions Should Patients Be Asking Their Doctors?
1:04:17 - Recommendations for Finding Doctors Like You & Politics in Medicine
1:07:59 - Hardest Part is Delivering the Peptide
1:10:41 - The Hormone Discussion on Progesterone Vs. Progestin
1:12:52 - Removing the Ego & Money
1:14:38 - How to Connect with Dr. Holtorf
1:19:34 - Treating Vets with PTSD
1:21:09 - Ask Simple Questions, then Go Find Integrative Medicine
1:24:42 - Thank You
1:25:26 - WIMTS Podcast Closing
Links & Where to Find Dr. Kent Holtorf -
IG - @holtorfmedicalgroup