This episode is brought to you by Birch Mattress by Helix and InsideTracker . Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with holistic health expert, and one of the world’s leading experts on fasting, Dr. Mindy Pelz to talk about the benefits of fasting and how women, in particular, can cultivate a fasting routine in a way that honors their hormones. Dr. Mindy is the author of three bestselling books— The Menopause Reset , The Reset Factor , and The Reset Kitchen —and her members-only Fa...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 169
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Birch mattress by Helix . Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Dr. Elissa Epel to discuss how we can break free from the bonds of chronic stress. They share practical strategies for coping with stress when things go wrong, the importance of social support, spending time in nature, and cultivating true, restorative practices. Dr. Epel is an internationally renowned health psychologist who focuses on how to live well and thrive ...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 168
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor . Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru welcomes Dr. Omid and Alexis Naim to discuss how we can begin to create a culture based on connection and a shared human understanding. They share the core issues going on in society today, like unresolved family trauma and how it plays into separation, resentment, labeling, and black-or-white thinking. Dr. Omid Naim is a Western-trained psychiatrist who came to see the need for more holistic...
Dec 26, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 167
This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and Cozy Earth . Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with international key speaker and philanthropist Shelly Lefkoe to talk about the top ways our belief systems hold us back from living our most fulfilling lives. Dhru and Shelly share their personal stories about overcoming their limiting beliefs and how understanding where they come from and the meaning we assigned to them is key to letting go. Shelly Lefkoe is the co-founder of th...
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 166
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor . Today on the Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru welcomes his Man Morning group back on the podcast to talk about goal-setting, gratitude, and what’s possible when we surround ourselves with people who lift us up and help get us closer to achieving our goals and dreams. This time around, Antonio Neves, Mohit Jain, and Rikin Vasani join Dhru for an inspiring conversation. Antonio Neves is an entrepreneur, award-winning journalist, and world-r...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 2Ep. 165
This episode is brought to you by WHOOP and Inside Tracker . Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with Dr. Terry Wahls to discuss the top foods and lifestyle factors that support and damage our mitochondria. Dr. Wahls shares how she healed herself from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis using the principles of Functional Medicine. Dr. Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine certified practitioner and clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa Carver Colleg...
Dec 15, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 164
This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Big Bold Health . On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Dr. Gabor Maté to talk about detangling our traumatic life experiences to live more aware lives. They also talk about what is happening in the addict’s brain and how to unravel awareness to promote healing. In his famously insightful way, Dr. Maté discusses the true meaning of recovery and how we can all work through trauma to find our truest selves. Dr. Maté is a renowned speaker and ...
Dec 12, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 163
This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers , InsideTracker , and Big Bold Health . Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with the cofounders of the Gottman Institute, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, to discuss the “Gottman Method.” Their award-winning evidence-based approach sets out to disarm conflict and increase intimacy, respect, and empathy for happy, lasting relationships. Dr. John Gottman is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington, where he founded...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 162
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Big Bold Health . A woman’s hormonal landscape changes dramatically throughout her life. Because of this unique biology, understanding her menstrual cycle and its rhythm can be incredibly useful for optimizing productivity, weight, sex drive, energy, and mood. On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Dr. Stephanie Estima to talk about how to eat and work out in a way that honors a woman’s natural cycle in her reproductive years. They also t...
Dec 05, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 161
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and WHOOP . Today on the Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with Dr. Nicole LePera to discuss how both her personal and clinical experiences taught her the importance of cultivating emotional awareness and how to use tools like breathwork to step out of our thinking brains and into our bodies. Dr. Nicole LePera was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University, The New School for Social Research, and the Philadelphia School of Psychoanaly...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 160
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AirDoctor . Depression and anxiety disorders are rising, affecting more than 58 million people in the United States alone. Many rely on therapy and medications to alleviate symptoms, but often this is not enough. The latest scientific advances in neuroscience and nutrition, along with our understanding of the mind-gut connection, have proven that how and what we eat greatly affects how we feel physically, cognitively, and emotionally. On today’...
Nov 28, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 159
This episode is brought to you by Bioptimizers and InsideTracker . Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with Dr. Jeff Bland to discuss the importance of immune resilience and the many different factors that impact it. They talk about the gut-brain connection and how dysbiosis and leaky gut drive diseases of inflammaging. They also discuss how we can slow, and in many cases reverse, the aging process through the use of powerful superfoods, hormetic stressors, and diet and lifestyle ...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 158
This episode is brought to you by Birch Living and InsideTracker . Blood sugar is starting to get more of the attention it deserves in terms of optimizing metabolic health, but there’s one issue that often gets left out of the equation—anxiety. The way our blood sugar, insulin, and other hormones respond to sugar and starch wreaks havoc on our mental and emotional wellness. Yet most people struggling with anxiety and depression are given medications without any consideration of their diet and li...
Nov 21, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 157
This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox , InsideTracker , and Colima Salt . We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis, and mental illnesses are on the rise. But what causes mental illness? And why are mental health problems so hard to treat? Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with Dr. Chris Palmer to discuss a revolutionary new way of understanding and treating mental illness, specifically with a ketogenic diet and mitochondrial repair. Dr. Palmer shares some trul...
Nov 17, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 156
This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth and InsideTracker . In an ideal world where soils are rich and the air and water are pure, we would be able to get the vitamins and nutrients we need to optimally support and sustain a disease-free life through diet alone. However, that’s just not practical for most of us in our toxic, modern world. On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Chris Kresser to talk about the increasing issue of nutritional deficiencies, how we got here, and how to add...
Nov 14, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 155
This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and WHOOP . Intermittent fasting has become all the rage for weight loss and better health. It is a free tool that activates all the systems in your body to protect and heal itself and help you live longer. Fasting can help reduce inflammation, brain fog, and insulin resistance. It can also increase energy and bone density and activate autophagy, which is the process of cleaning out damaged cells. But intermittent fasting affects men and women diffe...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 154
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Pendulum . Did you know that colon cancer is the second-most common cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women combined in the United States? While traditionally a disease of older adults, it has crept into younger and younger age groups. There are also racial and ethnic groups that see its devastating consequences at a higher rate. On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to talk about why we are seeing an incre...
Nov 07, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 153
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and WHOOP . Surrounding ourselves with people who elevate us not only leads to a more fulfilling life, it leads to a healthier and longer one too. In fact, loneliness poses the same risks as smoking and can even manifest as physical illness, including chronic pain. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru leads us through a fun conversation on practical ways to cultivate your own community with his friends Antonio Neves, Mark Meyuhas, and Junaid Ka...
Nov 03, 2022•2 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 152
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Colima Salt . There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing, yet as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, a fact that comes with serious consequences. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance, rejuvenate internal organs, halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease, and even straighten scoliotic spin...
Oct 31, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 151
This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and InsideTracker . Multiple studies have now confirmed a dramatic link between the health of our microbiome and the strength of our immune system. Low-fiber diets, limited exposure to nature, and overzealous use of pharmaceuticals have messed up our microbiome, making many of us more susceptible to viruses than we naturally should be. But the good news is that, unlike our genes, our microbiome is constantly evolving, offering a pathway back to heal...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 150
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AquaTru . Two out of every three Alzheimer’s patients are women. Today, Alzheimer’s is as real a threat to women’s health as breast cancer is. A 45-year-old woman has a one-in-five chance of developing Alzheimer’s during her remaining life, while a man of the same age only has a one-in-ten chance. What happens to women, and not to men, in midlife that could potentially trigger an Alzheimer’s predisposition, and that could potentially initiate A...
Oct 24, 2022•37 min•Season 2Ep. 149
This episode is brought to you by Birch Living and WHOOP . It’s part of the human condition to run away from pain. Most of us have habits we acquired as a way to cope with painful childhood experiences or traumas, which unfortunately don’t serve us as adults. These habits can manifest as addiction in a wide variety of forms, from substance abuse to overworking. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru talks to Doug Bopst about hitting rock bottom in jail from a felony drug charge, overcoming add...
Oct 20, 2022•2 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 148
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Colima Salt . Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more effective treatments. For the first time ever, the death rate from cancer is showing a steady decline, but the “war on cancer” has hardly been won. On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Dr. Jason Fung to talk about a revolutionary new understanding of cancer—what it is, how it manifests, and why it is so challenging to treat....
Oct 17, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 147
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Cozy Earth . Are you suffering from chronic fatigue, anxiety, or digestive or autoimmune issues? Or are you seeking a simple way to level up your health with a food that is easy to integrate into your everyday routine? Look no further than to adaptogens: nutrient-dense superfoods that have been clinically proven to help support your body's immunity and gut health, boost brain activity and focus, aid with stress and mood, and so much more! Today...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 146
This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker . The number-one reason people visit the doctor is problems with the gut. Not only do gut issues impair gut function, making life miserable, but they also are a contributing factor to many serious conditions such as cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and more. On today’s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with Dr. Mary Pardee to talk about the gut-immune connection, mindful eating, why it’s so important to chew our food p...
Oct 10, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 145
This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and WHOOP . Many of the problems we face today, from climate change to work anxiety, are the result of short-term thinking. We are constantly bombarded by notifications and “breaking news” that overwhelm our central nervous systems, forcing us to react in the moment and ultimately disconnecting us from what truly matters. But there is a solution. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru talks to Ari Wallach about how we face challenges that require ...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 144
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Birch Living . Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most significant global health threats we face today. It is an ailment that, as our population ages, is forecasted to become a worldwide epidemic. Mainstream medicine would have us believe that it can’t be prevented, is untreatable, and is progressive, with most patients not surviving beyond 3–11 years post-diagnosis. But that is all being challenged by the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen. On today’s m...
Oct 03, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 143
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and WHOOP . We’ve all gone through phases where we feel lost or stuck. It might be that you don’t know how to reach a goal you already have in mind, or maybe you don’t even know what your next chapter looks like. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru sits down with his good friend Antonio Neves, and they both share their top five quotes to help anyone who is feeling stuck or needs a perspective shift to finally make progress on the things they c...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 142
This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and AquaTru . How many times have you had a voice in your head telling you to doubt your deepest desires and goals? I know we’ve all been there. That voice is a real drag and can be pretty earth shattering if we let it take hold. Luckily, we can train ourselves to overcome it and instead achieve our deepest dreams and goals to design the life we truly want. Our guest on this week’s mini-episode of The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Marie Forleo, is here to...
Sep 26, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 141
This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and Birch Living . How is it possible that, in a culture so obsessed with wellness, we’re dealing with more chronic disease, mental illness, and addiction than ever before? Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast , Dhru talks to Dr. Gabor Maté about his new book, The Myth of Normal , and our crisis of separation, disconnection, and loneliness. They discuss the link between addiction, our profit-driven culture, and trauma and the first steps we can take to...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 140
