Dr. David Wiss became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in 2013 and founded Nutrition in Recovery , a group practice of RDNs specializing in treating eating and substance use disorders. He earned his Ph.D. in Public Health with a minor in Health Psychology from UCLA. Dr. Wiss is a scientific author with over 20 peer-reviewed publications , a nutrition and health consultant, functional medicine practitioner, recovery coach, and passionate educator. Learn more about the intersection of nut...
Jan 03, 2024•51 min•Season 4Ep. 1
It’s estimated that maybe 80-90% of houses have some kind of mold issue, which can really damage your health. Mold toxicity is one of the most common root causes that drives autoimmune issues and many other chronic diseases. Here’s 7 steps to take to protect your house against mold issues, which in turn will protect your own health.
Dec 30, 2023•5 min•Season 3Ep. 82
Standard cholesterol and lipid testing does NOT give you any real information about your health. And it definitely doesn’t give you enough data to determine whether you should go on lifelong cholesterol medications. In fact, roughly 50% of people who die from heart attacks either have normal cholesterol levels, or are taking anti-cholesterol medications! In this episode I discuss what an extensive lipid panel needs to include, what the results might mean, and what you should do about it!...
Dec 27, 2023•8 min•Season 3Ep. 81
Is there a “best” diet for preventing or healing from cancer? Or are there different diets that work for different people, genetics, and types of cancer? In this episode I explore all of your burning questions about nutrition and cancer, including what the current research shows!
Dec 13, 2023•7 min•Season 3Ep. 80
1 in 200 kids are estimated to have PANS/PANDAS – but that number is likely lower due to the lack of education surrounding PANS/PANDAS. PANS/PANDAS, which stands for Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, is a condition that affects children's brains and behavior. It can be difficult to see your child experiencing sudden and sometimes severe symptoms that may disrupt their daily life. ⭐In PANS/...
Dec 06, 2023•8 min•Season 3Ep. 79
Most standard Thyroid panels do NOT test enough metrics to help you make the best decisions around your health. If you’ve only tested 1-3 metrics - usually TSH, T3, and T4 - then this isn’t enough information to decide to go on medications. You need a bigger picture, mainly because the vast majority of Thyroid issues are actually being caused by something else underlying anyway. In this episode I discuss the full Thyroid panel that you need tested, and what the results mean....
Nov 29, 2023•8 min•Season 3Ep. 78
I hear you - it’s overwhelming trying to be healthy! It feels like everything can kill you. And things that you thought were healthy are apparently bad for you! It’s so difficult to know what to do and easy just to throw up your hands and say who cares! But I made this video to help you break it all down and give you a game plan to be able to build stronger health over time without the overwhelm and stress!
Nov 25, 2023•8 min•Season 3Ep. 77
In this episode I discuss how the different types of diets can affect your health, and address whether Keto diet is the best diet for preventing and managing cancer or not.
Nov 22, 2023•10 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Eggs truly are nature’s superfood, full of so many important micronutrients that we need to live a healthy life. However, not all eggs are created equal thanks to the living conditions of the laying chicken. When a chicken is able to live it’s natural lifestyle, foraging and scratching for bugs, outside in the sunlight and fresh air, while also not being injected with any hormones or antibiotics then their eggs will be amazing for your health. But a chicken that never sees sunlight and only eats...
Nov 18, 2023•4 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Anyone who is suffering from any kind of chronic health issue - from autoimmune problems to cancer, or just any lingering symptoms - needs to undergo some root cause testing if they really want to heal! What are the most common underlying root causes you should test for? Start with mold, Lyme disease and its coinfections, gut infections including candida, and heavy metals plus environmental toxins. In this episode I share my favorite companies and tests so that you can be your own best doctor an...
Nov 16, 2023•7 min•Season 3Ep. 74
If you’re suffering with IBS then your symptoms are very real. But the diagnosis itself is BS, and here’s why. A diagnosis of IBS says nothing about why you’re suffering, it’s just giving a label to your collection of symptoms. The same thing happens with Fibromyalgia. If you’re suffering with any kind of gut issue, then you need to get to the underlying root cause (or causes) so that you can actually fix the problem and truly heal! If you’ve been diagnosed with IBS then ask your doctor “So what...
Nov 11, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 73
Obviously we all need to be exercising daily, and 99% of us could be doing more than we already do. But there’s some common mistakes beyond not doing enough exercise that keeps people trapped. If you want to lose weight, cardio is not the best exercise for you. Cardio is great for mental health, as well as lung and cardiovascular health. But it’s really not very useful for weight loss. Instead, you need to be lifting weights to put on muscle if you really want to speed up your weight loss. Anoth...
Nov 08, 2023•7 min•Season 3Ep. 72
While it’s true that the majority of people will have a run-in with some kind of cancer in their lifetime, we need to remember that no 2 cancers are the same, and your overall metabolic health has a huge impact on how your body will manage the cancer and what your survival rates will be, plus which treatment path you should go down. To test your body’s current metabolic health status when dealing with cancer, there’s a number of simple blood tests you can run that will show how well (or poorly) ...
Nov 05, 2023•11 min•Season 3Ep. 71
One of the most common questions I get asked is “what are the best tests for gut health?” My answer usually surprises people… None of them! What do I mean? Well, our gut microbiome literally changes every second in response to our stress levels, our toxic burden, what foods we eat and so on. So GI mapping and similar tests don’t really tell us much about what’s actually happening. Instead, I recommend that people do more “root cause” testing to find out what’s actually causing the gut symptoms i...
Nov 01, 2023•5 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Stephanie Seneff is a senior research scientist at MIT, where she has had continuous affiliation for more than five decades. Currently a Senior Research Scientist (MIT’s highest research rank) at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, she has supervised 21 Master’s and 14 Ph.D. students. For over a decade, since 2008, she has directed her attention towards the role of nutrition and environmental toxicants on human disease, with a special emphasis on the herbicide glyphosate...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 69
There’s no more powerful force in the world than the love a parent has for their child. But mother’s especially develop an unbreakable bond with their child after growing, feeding,a dn nurturing them. This is why when it comes to the health of your child, mother’s should ALWAYS trust their intuition. You know when something doesn’t feel right. It might be that you were dismissed even though you know something more is going on. Or maybe a medical treatment was recommended that just doesn’t feel r...
Oct 21, 2023•8 min•Season 3Ep. 68
I’m sure the body positivity movement started with all of the right intentions. And I certainly agree with some of the premises. Every human should love themselves exactly how they are! But loving yourself doesn't mean the same thing as accepting less for yourself. And allowing your health to get away from you, and become obese, will impact your ability to live your best life. But it also affects your family. It’s not fair for them to lose you younger than they should because of poor health, or ...
Oct 18, 2023•9 min•Season 3Ep. 67
The majority of people watching this video are probably deficient in Boron. But don’t think of it like a supplement that you need to take. Boron is a trace mineral, and it’s very important to have sufficient levels of it. Like all things you want to try and improve the levels through diet, but some people will need to supplement with it if they’re severely deficient. There’s a lot of reported benefits to maintaining adequate levels of Boron, from improved wound healing, to less inflammation and ...
Oct 14, 2023•7 min•Season 3Ep. 66
There’s so many reasons why the overall health of the Western world is going down the toilet! In this episode I talk about 9 of the most important reasons that can be controlled to help all of us turn around our collective health! How do you measure if you’re truly healthy and “metabolically flexible?” Only 12% of American adults are. Why is America ranked dead last out of all of the industrialized nations when it comes to safety for mothers and newborns when going through the birth process? How...
Oct 11, 2023•10 min•Season 3Ep. 65
While I don’t recommend doing testing on your own when suffering with chronic illness, I also know how frustrating it is when you can’t find a doctor who can help you. So, let’s look at some of the most important tests to run, and more importantly, these can all be done at home without needing a blood draw or a doctor to help you! First is the Total Tox Burden by Vibrant Wellness. This urine test looks at mold, environmental toxins, and heavy metals. Get the test here - https://drrodneywhite.wel...
Sep 30, 2023•7 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Extra virgin olive oil can be a really healthy addition to your diet. But, there’s a dark side to it… Any time humans can make more money while exploiting customers, they always seem to find a way! Good quality extra virgin olive oil costs more to make than the cheap, nasty oils like vegetable or canola oil. So there’s a lot of money to be made by selling extra virgin olive oil at a regular price but mixing half the bottle with inferior oil to save costs, unbeknown to the consumer! I recommend o...
Sep 27, 2023•5 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Low back pain is the number one cause for disability in America. And for many of those people, spinal surgery feels like their only option. However, only a very small number of people with spinal problems should ever get surgery. This goes for disc issues, or stenosis, or most other causes of back pain. So, if you’re considering spinal surgery, please do your due diligence and ask all of these questions at a minimum before considering any surgery whatsoever. In general spinal surgery does NOT co...
Sep 23, 2023•9 min•Season 3Ep. 62
I hear way too many stories of people trying to detox from things like parasites, mold, heavy metals, and all the other things, and they make themselves more sick than they started. Why? Because their body wasn’t draining properly in the first place and that’s why it got locked up with biotoxins to begin with! So how do you open your drainage pathways? Stop adding more toxins - so eat a healthy diet and clean up your environment; drink lots of clean water; get lymphatic drainage regularly; and s...
Sep 20, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 61
When you’re dealing with chronic illness and you feel inflamed, then you need to do the right testing to see how bad the inflammation is. The level of inflammation gives you a good idea of how your body is handling whatever illness is going on - from cancer to autoimmune disease. So the best panel I recommend is the fatty acid panel, and make sure it includes the AA/EPA ratio. Here’s a link to a really good quality test that you can do at home with a simple blood spot - https://www.zinzino.com/s...
Sep 16, 2023•5 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Before you waste time and money on expensive skin treatments or medications to clear up skin breakouts, make sure your gut is functioning properly! We have 4 detox pathways - our poop, pee, breath, and skin. If the first 2 pathways aren’t working properly, then the skin is where our body will try to force out toxins. If it can’t get out the gut, it will come out in the skin! Start with eating a diet that helps seal the gut instead of creating more leaky gut. Also work on opening your drainage pa...
Sep 13, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Out of the millions of women around the world who are prescribed birth control every year, how many are told about the serious long term risks associated with taking birth control? Taking birth control can lead to imbalance hormones, increased inflammation, destroy the gut, and even increase the chance of strokes and heart conditions. They can also cause long term fertility issues. So, taking birth control for any other reason than contraceptive reasons is never the right move in my opinion. You...
Sep 09, 2023•5 min•Season 3Ep. 58
This was one of the most fascinating interviews I've ever been a part of! Tom Paladino is changing the world by tapping into something that Tesla himself was researching - scalar enrgy. On the surface, it might sound very "airy fairy" when we talk about using a technology that can tap into the energy source of the universe - the light and energy emitted by the sun and all of the other stars. But, when you hear Tom break this down in a simple way, it makes so much sense. He can use his machine to...
Sep 06, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 57
DIGESTION DOESN'T START IN YOUR GUT. DIGESTION STARTS IN YOUR BRAIN – before food even enters your mouth! When you anticipate or smell food, your brain sends signals to stimulate the release of digestive enzymes and gastric juices in the stomach. This is why stress can cause digestive issues! During the fight-or-flight response, triggered by stress, the body directs resources away from internal systems like reproduction, immunity, and digestion to deal with the threat our body thinks is there. T...
Sep 02, 2023•6 min•Season 3Ep. 56
I had such a great interview with Dr. Cori last time that we decided to connect again on her show ( https://www.youtube.com/@dr.coristern) . This time we discussed parasites and the fact that nearly every human is dealing with them. We talked about why they're so damaging to our health, and our favorite methods for managing and eliminating them. We will be teaming up to do more episodes together on a range of different health topics so stay tuned for those! If you want to listen to my original i...
Aug 30, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Hearing the word “cancer” come out of your doctor’s mouth can be one of the most scary things you’ll ever hear. So, you somehow have to pull yourself out of the emotions of fear to be able to make the best decision regarding treatment and how you’ll move forward. There’s a very long list of questions that you need to ask any cancer doctor (integrative or oncological) before you commit to any kind of treatment. In this video I try to cover the most important ones, but there’s many more you can ad...
Aug 26, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 54
