The Feldman Protocol

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, can a for-profit assisted living home actually send residents back home healthier than when they arrived? Hal Cranmer (assisted living owner and metabolic health advocate) makes the case that ketogenic and carnivore nutrition, resistance training, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and disciplined deprescribing can reverse diabetes, restore cognition, and rebuild independence — even in residents in their 80s and 90s. Dave and Hal also cover dementia and sugar addiction, the business model of senior care, and the future of AI in medicine.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/38` Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters3:06 – The assisted living industry spectrum4:41 – "End of the line" vs. recovery mindset7:27 – How crisis moments force placement decisions10:41 – From real estate to assisted living15:42 – Running the first home: Blue Sky Manor22:11 – Competing on service, not price25:04 – Moving the whole family to Arizona36:39 – Why referrals are nothing like renting44:12 – Owner presence builds family trust47:37 – The Berlin airlift resident who went home51:05 – Dave on the pay-it-forward feeling54:19 – Finding a unique selling proposition56:05 – The vegan nutrition experiment1:03:55 – Hal tries carnivore himself1:07:42 – Two-year digestive problem gone in two weeks1:10:11 – Sarcopenia: the underrated elderly crisis1:17:07 – Dr. Dale Bredesen and the Alzheimer's protocol1:23:01 – Why steak gets judged but cake doesn't1:30:17 – Rolling out keto in the homes1:34:17 – Maria Emmerich cookbooks change everything1:40:45 – Audience questions: most surprising therapy1:43:21 – How hyperbaric oxygen therapy works1:53:14 – What residents actually eat each day1:57:01 – Total carbs, not net carbs — and 65 names for sugar2:01:36 – Adherence after leaving the home2:11:44 – Diabetes reversal and dementia as type 3 diabetes2:19:42 – Working with doctors to reduce medications2:25:57 – The Dr. Tro Kalagian research study begins2:33:32 – Dave raises the cholesterol question2:39:37 – Polypharmacy, drug interactions, and deprescribing2:47:51 – AI, objectivity, and open-source health data3:00:01 – Engineering culture vs. medical hierarchy3:09:54 – Mental attitude and fighting dementia diagnosis3:15:03 – Carnivore diet and dramatically fewer illnesses3:18:17 – Fewer UTIs and infections on keto diet3:18:49 – Where to find Hal Cranmer#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #HalCranmer #AssistedLiving #KetoDiet #CarnivoreDiet #MetabolicHealth #Dementia #Alzheimer's #DiabetesReversal #Sarcopenia #HyperbaricOxygen #LowCarb #ElderCare #BrainHealth #ProteinIntake #Deprescribing #HealthSpan #LongevityWellness

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, what does a physician's journey through rural medicine, corporate bureaucracy, and scientific controversy reveal about how the healthcare system handles innovation? Dave Feldman sits down with Annette Bosworth (MD), an internal medicine physician and author, who discusses her origin story in small-town South Dakota, the role of lifestyle factors in patient outcomes, her early adoption of lower-carbohydrate approaches, and the challenges she faced practicing outside conventional medical structures. Dave also shares an extended, candid update on the LMHR study retraction and the competing AI plaque analyses.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us --Own Your Labs 👉 `https://ownyourlabs.com/tfp/36` Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: `https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldman`X/Twitter: `https://x.com/realDaveFeldman`Instagram: `https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldman`Website: `https://thefeldmanprotocol.com`⏱ Chapters0:00 – Cold open & intro7:41 – Decision to pursue medicine14:23 – Early nursing home experience28:01 – Choosing internal medicine41:02 – Residency: Salt Lake City & shock trauma51:39 – First outpatient practice challenges1:00:45 – Discovering lower-carb approaches1:05:20 – Lab letters & patient engagement1:09:47 – The Feldman Protocol origin1:24:30 – LMHR study: competing analyses1:30:05 – Power of zero CAC & Heartflow data1:39:34 – The retraction process explained1:49:26 – Annette's removal from corporate medicine1:55:00 – Serving Native American youth in shelters2:00:49 – Iron deficiency, pica, and IV iron2:06:34 – Medicaid investigation & financial toll2:11:18 – Living in an RV & running for U.S. Senate#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #AnnetteBosworth #LeanMassHyperResponder #InternalMedicine #LowCarb #HeartHealth #PlaqueStudy #MedicalResearch #PatientAdvocacy #KetoDiet #BloodWork #CholesterolDebate #PhysicianBurnout #NutritionScience #CardiovascularHealth #CitizenScience

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, Dave asks: what happens when a fertility specialist-turned-health thinker questions nutrition narrative? Guest Robert Kiltz, MD, makes the case for animal-based diets, metabolic flexibility, mindset, faith and medicine, clinical experience vs. guidelines, and the role of community. The conversation ranges from physiology and lipid metabolism to entrepreneurship, skepticism, and personal practice — always with an eye toward evidence and open inquiry.🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/18 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:00 – Opening themes & big questions6:38 – Robert’s clinical background10:17 – Nutrition beliefs under the microscope13:55 – Defining metabolic health17:34 – Mindset, faith, and medicine21:12 – Carnivore experiences & context24:51 – LDL, risk, and interpretation28:29 – Citizen science in practice32:08 – Physiology vs. guidelines35:46 – The liver’s central role39:25 – Energy substrates explored43:03 – Food, behavior, and culture46:42 – Clinical anecdotes & caution50:20 – Lipids and metabolism debate53:59 – Diet, hormones, and stress57:37 – Weight, appetite, & satiety1:01:16 – Exercise, fitness, longevity1:04:54 – Medical orthodoxy pressures1:08:33 – Risk-benefit & uncertainty1:12:11 – Lab markers & context1:15:50 – Entrepreneurship & medicine1:19:28 – Patient communication style1:23:07 – Spirituality & health lens1:26:45 – Preventive care realities1:30:24 – Evidence vs. experience1:34:02 – Personal responsibility1:37:41 – Critics & open inquiry1:41:19 – Careers, courage, & change1:44:58 – Community & service1:48:36 – Learning from disagreement1:52:15 – Practical takeaways1:55:53 – Health as a journey1:59:32 – Gratitude & perspective2:03:10 – Final reflections2:06:49 – Closing thoughts & thanks#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #RobertKiltz #podcast #nutrition #healthjourney #openinquiry #metabolism #lowcarbcommunity #wellnessdiscussion #citizenscience #medicalethics #mindsetmatters #healthydebate #scienceconversation

In this episode of The Feldman Protocol, a central question hangs over the conversation: what actually causes a heart attack when standard risk markers look “normal”? Guest Dr. Stephen Hussey, DC (functional medicine practitioner focused on cardiovascular disease), makes the case for re-examining core assumptions about heart disease. Topics include plaque vs. risk, LDL cholesterol, CAC scoring, stress physiology, hydration, type 1 diabetes, endurance exercise, and alternative mechanisms behind myocardial infarction. 🔥 This episode is sponsored by us -- Own Your Labs 👉 https://ownyourlabs.com/sp/16 Private blood testing services🩸Over 300 blood tests💰 Extremely affordable❤️ We love our customers(Yes, we are literally funding the entire podcast from our own company -- so if you want to show your support, keep getting your private blood testing through our service. Thank you! 🙏)🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVE FELDMAN:Main Channel: https://youtube.com/@realDaveFeldmanX/Twitter: https://x.com/realDaveFeldmanInstagram: https://instagram.com/realDaveFeldmanWebsite: https://thefeldmanprotocol.com⏱ Chapters3:06 – Why heart cells don’t regenerate8:12 – Marathon runners & plaque paradox13:48 – Introducing Dr. Stephen Hussey18:37 – Type 1 diabetes & heart risk23:54 – Diet changes and inflammation29:35 – Low-carb, keto, and carnivore paths35:10 – Insulin, carbs, and standard care40:52 – Fear of ketosis vs ketoacidosis46:18 – Discovering lipid anomalies51:40 – Rejecting statins early on57:12 – Elevated LDL in context1:02:44 – Writing a heart disease book1:08:30 – Widowmaker heart attack story1:14:06 – CAC score of zero explained1:19:42 – Stress, dehydration, and triggers1:25:18 – The moment symptoms began1:30:54 – Cath lab and LAD blockage1:36:20 – Stent placement and relief1:41:58 – Was it plaque or clot?1:47:30 – Alternative MI mechanisms1:53:12 – Parasympathetic nervous system1:58:54 – Vasa vasorum hypothesis2:04:36 – Transcytosis and ApoB2:10:18 – Endothelial injury models2:15:44 – Exercise-linked occlusions2:21:06 – Post-MI medical advice2:26:30 – Five lifelong medications?2:31:48 – Blood pressure overshoot2:37:22 – Blood thinners and stents2:42:54 – Re-evaluating cholesterol blame2:48:10 – What medicine gets wrong2:53:36 – Prevention beyond LDL2:58:52 – How Stephen works with clients#FeldmanProtocol #DaveFeldman #StephenHussey #HeartHealth #Cardiology #MetabolicHealth #Cholesterol #LDL #Atherosclerosis #CACScore #Type1Diabetes #ExerciseScience