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Jim LaValle, RPh, CCN, is an internationally recognized clinical pharmacist and board-certified clinical nutritionist with more than 40 years of clinical experience. Best known for his metabolic model of health, he is the founder of Metabolic Code Enterprises, a cloud-based platform that turns a person's labs, symptoms, biometrics, and wearable data into a clear roadmap of what is happening inside their body. He is the author of more than 26 books, including Cracking the Metabolic Code and Your Blood Never Lies, along with 20 e-books and 200-plus articles. LaValle taught for 18 years at the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy and serves as adjunct faculty for the Master of Integrative Medicine program at George Washington University. He is the clinical co-chair of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and the chair of the International Peptide Society, where he trains hundreds of physicians each year on responsible peptide use. He was the clinical director for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Performance Health Program, and organizations including the Orlando Magic, Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Golden State Warriors, NASCAR teams, military Special Forces, and first responders have leaned on his work for recovery, readiness, and resilience. Today LaValle serves as Chief Science Officer at Life Time, supporting the science behind the MIORA longevity and performance program and its more than 2.5 million members. Having personally seen roughly 100,000 patients over his career, his throughline is simple: get to the root of why the body is breaking down, and then actually fix it. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

He was told to sit down, be quiet, and stop talking about his case. He spent the next three years on every stage that would have him. In 2021, Dr. Eric Nepute became the first person in the United States ever charged under the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act — a statute signed into law only months earlier, and one that expired along with the public health emergency. He is, almost certainly, the only person who ever will be. In this conversation, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with the St. Louis chiropractor and Bio Limitless founder for his account of what the next six years cost him: frozen accounts, a law firm that had to drop him mid-fight, an ownership vote that removed him from his own company, and a settlement offer he says he turned down three separate times. Nepute walks through the case as he experienced it — the Friday-afternoon phone call, the expert witness his team investigated, the three choices he says he was finally given, and why he kept speaking in public the entire time he was told not to. It is also a conversation about why all three men in the room came out of chiropractic, what the Wilk v. AMA history has to do with any of this, and how a profession that spent a century being told it was quackery produced the people most willing to say something now. This episode is a personal account, not a legal summary. Court records are public and listeners are encouraged to read them. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

Timothy Ruppel lost a friend, lost another to suicide 48 hours after their last conversation, went through a breakup, and got burned on a six-figure deal — all inside 90 days. He hadn't cried in twenty years. Then he spent four hours on a hotel room floor in New York City trying to, and couldn't. What came next was 40 days of water, salt, lemon and lime. He entered it as a five-day promise and finished on day 42. In this episode, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Timothy — business developer for OsteoStrong and partner at Resolve Peptides — for the whole story: the brutal first week, the night he walked seven hours because he was afraid to sleep, day 22 standing in Lake Tahoe when he finally forgave himself, and the nearly 100 people he reached out to before it was over. We also get into proximity as a strategy, why your rolodex should get deeper instead of bigger, bone density as the foundation of human health, and where to actually start if you've never fasted a day in your life. He didn't add anything to get here. He took everything away Use code GETBETTERFASTER for 20% off Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In Episode 49 of the Get Better Faster Podcast, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester (joining live from Rome, Italy) sit down with herbalist and Alternativ co-founder Kim Lauffer for a masterclass on growing medicinal plants at home. This is a hands-in-the-dirt conversation aimed at anyone who has ever wondered whether the plants outside their back door could actually replace what is sitting in their medicine cabinet. Kim's answer, drawn from thirteen years of farming in rural Iowa and a lifetime of practical herbalism, is a confident yes. Kim walks GBF Nation through the exact plants a beginner can start with, no farm and no PhD required: lavender, basil, aloe vera, chamomile, and calendula. She explains what each plant actually does in the body, how to grow them in a pot on a window sill or a raised bed, and how to prepare simple, shelf-stable remedies like elderberry oxymels and chamomile eye compresses. Dr. Jason and Kim compare notes on lavender as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial, the safety profile of botanicals versus pharmaceuticals, and the reality that most Americans are chronically deficient in vitamin D and magnesium. The conversation then widens into the business and philosophy behind Alternative, Kim's partnership with Mindy Skarda and Allivea Travis, and why she deliberately chose to build small, family-first, and referral-based rather than chasing conventional scale. James pushes Kim on brand integrity and the pattern of natural companies being acquired and gutted by big consumer giants, and Dr. Jason takes on the peer-reviewed literature and the pay-to-play problem inside evidence-based medicine. The episode closes on a thyroid-specific conversation and Kim's single homework assignment for the audience: go to a greenhouse, pick one plant you know you will actually use, and start. This is the Get Better Faster message distilled into soil, water, and sunlight. Nobody is coming to save you, but Kim Lauffer just handed you a blueprint for taking your health back one plant at a time. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In Episode 48 of Get Better Faster, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester welcome Dr. Melissa Sell for a conversation that stretches the very foundation of how we understand symptoms, disease, and healing. A chiropractor for 14 years who came up through the maximized living model, Dr. Sell reached a point in her career and personal life where the standard tools of nutrition, detox, and spinal alignment could not fully account for what she was seeing in her patients and in herself. Her search led her to Germanische Heilkunde, and everything changed. Dr. Sell walks the GBF audience through the origin story of German New Medicine, tracing its discovery to Dr. Ryke Geerd Hamer's own testicular cancer following the loss of his son. From there, she unpacks the 5 Biological Laws, the psyche-brain-organ connection, and the language of adaptation that reveals every symptom as a coherent response to a specific conflict shock. Separation conflicts and eczema. Death fright and the lung. Self-devaluation and the connective tissue. Morsel conflicts and the thyroid. Piece by piece, the framework builds. The conversation then opens into women's health, the masculinizing of women, sexual frustration conflicts, and the dysregulation of hormones that Dr. Bradley sees on labs every week. Dr. Sell introduces Awareness School and Imagination School as the tools she and her partner Steve created to help people notice their internal patterns and begin sending different signals to the body. And in the final stretch, she introduces the deepest layer: constellations, maturity stops, and why so many of us are walking through adult life at an emotional age that froze years ago. This is a conversation the GBF Nation will return to more than once. It is dense, it is radical, and it delivers on the show's core promise: solutions exist, and nobody is coming to save you but you. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In Episode 47 of the Get Better Faster Podcast, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Heather Cooan for one of the most unflinching conversations we have ever aired on the state of modern cancer care. Heather walks GBF Nation through the moment she got the phone call. She was standing on a sidewalk outside a work happy hour, still deep in her Google-era digital marketing executive life, when her doctor told her, quote, it looks like there's a little bit of cancer there. What followed was the collision most cancer patients never see coming: a diagnosis, a graphic list of side effects, a surgeon willing to bargain, and a system that only knows three moves. Cut it out, burn it out, poison it out. Heather chose a fourth path. She refused chemo and radiation, leaned into the metabolic approach to cancer under Dr. Nasha Winters, and rebuilt her body from the terrain up. This episode is the story of how she did it and what she has learned about cancer, autoimmunity, trauma, and the industrial forces that keep patients on a rail. Along the way, Heather and Dr. Jason unpack terrain theory (it's not the seed, it's the soil), the Russian nesting dolls model of generational epigenetics, the fact that the entire household calibrates off of mom's nervous system, and the uncomfortable math of a cancer industry that is currently a 400 billion dollar economy and is projected to cross 1 trillion within the decade. James pushes the conversation into affordability, prevention, and the recovery mindset shift, drawing the line between an alcoholic in recovery and a cancer patient in remission: same community principles, same daily choices, same refusal to go back to the bar. This is one of those episodes that will change the way listeners talk to their oncologists, read their labs, and think about their kitchens. As Dr. Jason puts it, if people knew what we know, they'd do what we do. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In Episode 46, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Dr. Aimie Apigian for a conversation that flips the script on everything most people have been taught about trauma, chronic illness, and why the body just will not let them heal. Dr. Aimie is a double board-certified physician, a Certified Functional Medicine doc, the founder of the Mind-Body-Biology Institute, and the national bestselling author of The Biology of Trauma with a foreword by Dr. Gabor Mate. Dr. Aimie opens with the story of Miguel, the little boy she adopted from foster care during medical school. Watching Miguel's nervous system respond to a safe home as if it were still the dangerous one cracked open her understanding of what medicine was ignoring. Years later, her own collapse into chronic fatigue and autoimmunity taught her that trauma is not a memory to be processed, it is a biology to be repaired. The conversation goes deep on why talk therapy alone falls short, why stored stress drives autoimmunity, what the Critical Line of Overwhelm actually is, and why creating a felt sense of safety in the body has to come before any trauma processing. Dr. Aimie walks Jason and James through a live somatic exercise on air, pushing an imaginary boulder, and Jason reports his sinus tension disappearing in real time. James pushes back on staying small to stay safe, and Dr. Aimie clarifies where partnering with the parts of you comes in and where accountability picks up. The trio digs into the trifecta driving the autoimmunity epidemic, the role of mitochondria in trauma recovery, the three T's (traumas, toxins, and thoughts), and Dr. Aimie's strategy of going directly to the people rather than waiting three decades for the medical schools to catch up. If you have done all the therapy, taken all the supplements, tried all the diets, and you are still stuck, this is the episode that finally connects the dots. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In this powerful episode, McKensie Stanton joins Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester to discuss the journey from knowing about health to actually experiencing it. McKensie shares her vulnerable story of overcoming eating disorders at three pivotal moments in her life and how those experiences shaped her inside-out approach to transformation. The conversation dives deep into identity, exploring how the fuel we choose directly impacts our energy, mindset, and sense of self. McKensie explains the difference between the outside-in approach (what most people try) versus the inside-out approach (what actually creates lasting change). Dr. Jason shares his own experience with the World Changers Movement and how it helped him identify his biggest health gap despite 26 years in functional medicine. The team also tackles the systemic issues with the American food industry, the USDA food pyramid, and how ultra-processed foods are engineered to create addiction. This episode delivers actionable insights for anyone whose body isn't keeping up with their ambition. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In this episode, hosts Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with four remarkable brothers who are leading a full-blown health revolution for an entire generation. Most weeks the show brings on doctors and experts. This week, the experts are kids. The Ansari brothers explain how growing up in a family of physicians, combined with their own experience of feeling let down by conventional care, led them to launch The Holistic Kids Show and eventually write The Teen Health Revolution. The conversation moves through mental health and the gut-brain connection, the dangers of ultra-processed Franken food, the quiet damage of screens and social media, and the sugar-soaked rituals built into nearly every American holiday and school day. Along the way the brothers deliver some of the most clear-eyed commentary on the broken incentives of modern medicine you will hear from anyone of any age: doctors get paid for the number of patients they see, not the number they heal. They share their step-by-step philosophy of change, the power of reading ingredient labels, the idea of a vitamin N (nature) deficiency, and why a mindful teen is a powerful teen. They close with their message to RFK Jr. and to doctors everywhere: get this into schools, and remember that the word doctor means one who teaches. It is an inspiring, practical, and genuinely surprising conversation about hope, simplicity, and a generation choosing to save itself. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In this episode of the Get Better Faster Podcast, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Craig Cooper, CEO of CONNEQT Health, to pull back the curtain on what your annual blood pressure check is actually missing and why that gap could be fatal. Craig explains why the standard brachial blood pressure cuff, a technology rooted in 150-year-old science, is only telling half the story of your cardiovascular health. The pressure measured at your arm and the pressure felt at your heart, brain, and kidneys can diverge by up to 40 millimeters of mercury, and that divergence is where silent cardiovascular disease lives. His company’s SphygmoCor technology, used in hospitals and research institutions for 25 years, now gives anyone access to central blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and pulse wave data from their own home for $249. The conversation covers the genetics versus epigenetics debate, with both Craig and Dr. Jason sharing deeply personal family histories with cardiovascular disease. Dr. Jason lost his father and then, just months later, his brother to sudden cardiac death. Craig spent his life managing inflammatory diseases that have touched nearly every major system in his body. Both arrived at the same conclusion: you are not your genes, but you have to be measuring the right things to outrun them. The trio also tackles sleep and arterial health (less than six hours a night increases cardiovascular risk by 40%), the dangerous myth that fitness equals heart health, why the first sign of a heart attack is often death, and what it actually takes to move the lever on longevity rather than just optimizing vanity metrics. James closes with a memorable frame: if you had to wear your heart on your face, you’d take better care of it. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In this episode of the Get Better Faster Podcast, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Dr. Michael Rubenstein — chiropractor, business strategist, and co-founder of The Laser Masters and ReliefNow Laser Methods — for one of the most practical and wide-ranging conversations the show has delivered on chronic pain, regenerative medicine, and the broken state of the American healthcare model. Dr. Mike pulls no punches. From the 40% failure rate of back surgeries to the $80,000 price tag that rarely delivers lasting results, he lays out in clear terms why the conventional pain management system — built on drugs, procedures, and insurance gatekeeping — is failing the very patients it claims to serve. And more importantly, he offers a real alternative. The conversation covers how Class IV Regenerative Medical Laser therapy works through a process called photobiomodulation — stimulating the mitochondria to increase ATP production, accelerate tissue repair, and reduce inflammation without drugs, without surgery, and without any recovery downtime. Dr. Mike walks through real patient stories, including a woman who walked in at a nine out of ten in pain and walked out at a three — and was able to take her kids to Orlando that weekend. He also unpacks the ReliefNow “Un-Franchise” model — a turnkey, cash-pay system that lets chiropractors, physical therapists, and physicians add a laser pain center to their existing practice in as little as 90 days, without insurance dependency and without opening a second location. The episode is a masterclass in what health freedom actually looks like in practice — for patients and providers alike. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In this episode, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Shawn Bean, the Metabolic Detective, for one of the most layered conversations the show has hosted. Shawn opens with his own origin story: a competitive bodybuilder running his nervous system on stimulants around the clock, a post-contest collapse triggered by food poisoning and later compounded by mold exposure, and a nine-month spiral that cost him 100 pounds of lean muscle while doctor after doctor came up empty. From there the conversation moves into the framework Shawn built to recover and now uses with clients. He explains why the words we use shape our nervous system, contrasting the shame loaded into “I'm sorry” with the release found in “I acknowledge.” He unpacks coherence, generational trauma, the concept of the mirror, and why creating a felt sense of safety, especially for women, is biological rather than mystical. Dr. Jason connects it to chiropractic philosophy, innate intelligence, and removing interference, while James ties it together through permission-based change and the three T's: thoughts, traumas, and toxins. Practical takeaways run throughout: the 4-2-6 breath paired with “I'm home” and “I'm safe,” the rule of three for breaking analytical loops, the role of electrolytes and magnesium as the body's scaffold, Redmond salt and sole water for sleep, and the discipline of pausing before reacting to any message or supplement. The throughline is simple and demanding at once: you cannot biohack your way around what the body already knows how to do. You have to give it the right conditions, close your loops, and give yourself permission to get better. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

What happens when every door in the medical system slams in your face? In this powerful Episode 40, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Dr. Cathleen King, founder and CEO of Primal Trust Academy and Community, a healer whose credentials were earned in a dark room, bedridden with chronic Lyme, mold illness, chronic fatigue, and PTSD. Dr. Cat shares the moment that changed everything: the day she gave up trying to fix herself with external solutions and asked a different question entirely. What if this is as good as it gets, and how can I carve out a good life anyway? That surrender unlocked the inner wisdom that became Primal Trust, now one of the most practitioner-recommended nervous system recovery programs in the world. This conversation goes deep on victim consciousness and why taking responsibility for your biology is empowerment, not blame. The trio unpacks polyvagal theory in plain language, the science of the cell danger response, why cortisol does not cause stress but is released by it, and why so many patients are told it is all in their head when the truth is it is in their nervous system. Dr. Jason opens up about his own childhood trauma and the lifelong work of unlearning the fight, and James makes a live on-air declaration about reclaiming his mornings from his phone. It is part interview, part public therapy session, and entirely real. The episode closes with Dr. Cat's simplest prescription: pick one thing, complete it, and spend an hour a day outside with nothing. Or as James puts it, go get lost, and do not be afraid that you cannot find your way home. Remember, nobody is coming to save you, but this episode proves you can save yourself. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

Govindh Jayaraman is the founder of Paper Napkin Wisdom, a bestselling author of 11 books, an executive coach, and a behavior change expert who has interviewed over a thousand of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and leaders. Dubbed 'A Modern Day Napoleon Hill,' Govindh has spent more than a decade distilling the wisdom of top performers into simple, actionable insights that anyone can apply immediately. His personal story is his most powerful credential. Once weighing nearly 400 pounds with over $6 million in debt and his business in freefall, Govindh used his own Focus-Align-Act framework to lose over 160 pounds, eliminate his debt, and rebuild his company to more than $100 million in revenue. He also built IMBA Medical, a digital health platform that supported diabetes prevention programs through behavior change. A portfolio entrepreneur who started his first company at 18, Govindh has built businesses spanning real estate, importing/exporting, medical technology, and executive coaching. Born in Ottawa, Canada, to a family of entrepreneurs, he founded The Entrepreneurs Club at the University of Ottawa in 1989, which remains one of Canada's most influential student entrepreneur organizations. He lives in Ottawa with his wife Stacey and their three children Janesh, Shreya, and Ajay. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In this powerhouse episode of the Get Better Faster Podcast, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with nutrigenomics pioneer Val Prisecaru for a wide-ranging conversation that pulls back the curtain on why conventional medicine keeps getting chronic illness wrong and what your DNA can reveal about the path to real healing. Val's journey from aerospace engineering at UCLA to becoming one of the most experienced genetic analysts in the country (with over 16,700 individual analyses to date) sets the stage for a conversation that is equal parts personal and paradigm-shifting. From the history of human survival genetics and why obesity genes were once an advantage, to the dangers of glyphosate in the modern food supply and the revolutionary Opus 23 platform he helped build with Dr. Peter D'Adamo, Val breaks down complex science into real, actionable solutions. The conversation takes powerful turns as Dr. Jason shares his own family's battle with cardiometabolic disease and how understanding his COMT genetics transformed his approach to stress, anxiety, and even parenting. James Chester anchors the episode with his signature directness, challenging listeners to stop rewarding systems that profit from keeping people sick and start investing in solutions that actually work. Together, the three make the case that genetic testing should be the starting point of healthcare, not a last resort, and that the era of personalized, precision wellness is not a future dream but a present-day reality. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

What if the foods you think are healthy are actually driving the inflammation behind your worst symptoms? In this episode of the Get Better Faster Podcast, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with James White, CEO and Owner of KBMO Diagnostics, the company behind the only patented food sensitivity test on the market. James breaks down the critical difference between food allergies and food sensitivities, explains why traditional IgG-only testing gives patients incomplete and often misleading answers, and reveals how the Food Inflammation Test (FIT) measures both halves of the immune system to pinpoint the five to ten foods actually causing your inflammatory response. The conversation goes deep. From the broken food pyramid created to sell agriculture rather than promote health, to the glyphosate crisis polluting our food and water supply, to the revolving door between the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry. James White brings over 20 years of global diagnostics experience and a no-nonsense approach to personalized medicine that challenges the standard of care at every turn. The hosts and guest also tackle the insurance question head on, discuss why the best providers have moved to cash-based models, and preview the cardiovascular inflammation test that could reveal what the standard lipid panel completely misses, including the LP(a) marker that 99% of Americans have never been tested for. If you are tired of guessing and ready to start testing, this episode is your roadmap. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

In this powerful episode, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Angie Mariānanda, a functional and integrative nutrition practitioner, shamanic practitioner, and sacred thresholds guide who helps people navigate life’s most profound transitions. From grief and illness to divorce and spiritual deconstruction, Angie specializes in supporting those moving through dark night experiences when old identities dissolve and new ways of being have not yet formed. The conversation takes a deep dive into why top-notch protocols fail without emotional and spiritual integration, the trauma-autoimmune connection that conventional medicine misses, and why nervous system regulation is the foundation all healing is built upon. Dr. Jason shares his own evolution over two and a half decades of practice, revealing why “unlearning” has become his new job. The trio explores why women disproportionately seek this kind of integrated care, the cultural programming that keeps us disconnected from our bodies, and the simple, free tools available to everyone for shifting into a healing state. Whether you are battling chronic illness, navigating a major life transition, or simply feeling disconnected from your body and spirit, this episode offers a roadmap for reclaiming your health through presence, breath, and the courage to question everything you have been told about healing. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ thyroidauthority.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented.

What if the fountain of youth was never some far-off fantasy, but something you were literally born with? In this episode, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Dr. InJun Chong, a Doctor of Chiropractic turned regenerative medicine pioneer who made a bold decision after 24 years of practice: stop treating symptoms and start restoring the body's innate ability to heal. After a devastating boating accident fractured his wrist and nearly ended his career, Dr. Chong experienced firsthand how stem cell therapy could accelerate healing. When his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, he realized he'd been missing the bigger picture. Now, through Reveal Wellness, he helps patients avoid surgery and reclaim their lives using Human Cellular Tissue Products (stem cells), shockwave therapy, PRP injections, and personalized DNA-based nutrition. In this conversation, Dr. Chong breaks down the real science behind "messenger signaling cells," why hydration and inflammation are at the root of all disease, and what separates patients who get lasting results from those who don't. He shares why "prepping the terrain" before treatment is the secret sauce most regenerative clinics miss, and why the future of healthcare isn't about living longer. It's about living younger, longer. If you're tired of doctors who only offer pills or surgery, this episode will show you there's another way. Your body already knows how to heal. You just have to give it permission. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ radiantlife-radianthealth.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health

What if everything you've been told about breathing is wrong? "Take a deep breath" might actually be making your anxiety WORSE. And that fancy breathing technique you learned? It could be lowering your CO2 levels and triggering the exact symptoms you're trying to escape. Angie Saunders knows this firsthand. She had a full-blown panic attack on stage as a semifinalist on the Pussycat Dolls TV show. That moment changed everything. She left Hollywood, moved to Australia, and spent over a decade studying with legends like Wim Hof, Dan Brulé, and Dr. Peter Litchfield to crack the code on why most breathing techniques fail. In this mind-blowing episode, Angie reveals: Why taking a deep breath when stressed throws your body chemistry off even more The truth about CO2 and why "more breathing" makes things worse How stress literally rewires your breathing patterns (and keeps them locked in) Why CPAP machines might be causing more problems than they solve The simple shift from controlling breath to allowing breath that changes everything Her Russian witch potion for clearing out your respiratory system Plus, Dr. Jason shares his personal story of how Shane and Angie helped him feel peace in his body for the first time in decades, and James dives deep into solutions for sleep, snoring, altitude training, and yes, even orgasms. This isn't about adding another technique. It's about understanding why you breathe the way you do and trusting your body to regulate itself. Your body knows how to breathe better than you. It's time to let it. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ radiantlife-radianthealth.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health

Have you ever felt broken? Ever wondered why you can't just be different? In this transformational episode of Get Better Faster, Dr. Jason Bradley and James Chester sit down with Dr. Denim Slade , one of the few Ph.D.-level relationship coaches in the world and creator of the C.O.R.E. Temperament Assessment. After nearly 30 years working with individuals and couples, Dr. Slade discovered a truth that challenges everything mainstream self-help tells you: certain elements about each of us simply do not change because they are NOT changeable. But here's the twist: understanding what CAN'T change is the key to transforming what CAN. In this deep-dive conversation, you'll discover: The 4 C.O.R.E. temperament types (Comfort/Connection, Optimism, Resolution, Exactness) and what drives each one. Why 80-90% of your brain was wired before you have any conscious memory. The four attachment styles and why most people never change theirs (even though they can). How the Reticular Activating System acts as a "bouncer" for your beliefs, and how to direct it. Why the same things that attracted you to your partner are the same things that will drive you crazy forever. The difference between healthy and unhealthy manifestations of every temperament type. Dr. Slade breaks down his Healthy+Happy 7-Step Coaching Program, explains why traditional self-help keeps failing people, and reveals why you're not a good fit for everyone, and that's actually a good thing. This episode will change how you see yourself, your relationships, and the people around you. Take the FREE C.O.R.E. Assessment at GetBetterFasterPodcast.com and finally decode your emotional blueprint. Remember: Nobody is coming to save you, but understanding your C.O.R.E. proves you can save yourself. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health ➝ radiantlife-radianthealth.com The content of this podcast and any related materials is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition and it should not be used as a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare provider. Always consult a licensed Medical Professional before making decisions about your health. By listening to this podcast, you agree to use the information at your own risk. The host, guests, and producers disclaim any liability for actions taken based on the content presented. Work directly with Dr. J and his team to reclaim radiant health