Sept. 21, 2025

Making Sense of Metabolic Health - What are our symptoms trying to tell us? - Episode 108

Making Sense of Metabolic Health - What are our symptoms trying to tell us? - Episode 108
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We live in a culture obsessed with treating symptoms, weight gain, fatigue, high blood pressure, brain fog, poor sleep, as if each were an isolated problem. But what if these struggles aren’t the problem at all? What if they’re just the flashing check engine lights on the dashboard of your body, pointing to a deeper issue that’s been hiding in plain sight: Metabolic Disease.

In this episode, Dr. JC Doornick pulls back the curtain on why nearly every chronic health crisis in America today — from obesity and Type 2 diabetes to heart disease, hypertension, and even dementia — can be traced back to metabolic dysfunction. He explains how the healthcare industry profits from keeping us stuck in a never-ending cycle of pills, injections, and quick fixes, rather than empowering us to address the root cause upstream.

You’ll also learn about Metabolic Synchronization — a practical, upstream approach that helps realign the body and mind through five key foundations:

  • Proper diet & nutrition

  • Proper movement & muscle development

  • Proper sleep

  • Proper education & mental detox

  • Proper community & support

This episode is a wake-up call: the lights are flashing, and the choice is yours. Will you keep patching symptoms downstream, or will you finally pop the hood and reclaim control of your health, your mind, and your future?

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Evidence & Resources

  • Habits of Health System: Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen Link

  • Hacker K, Briss PA, Somers SA. The Burden of Chronic Disease in the United States. CDC / Preventing Chronic Disease (2024). Link

  • Pearson-Stuttard J, et al. Real-world costs of obesity-related complications over time in the United States. International Journal of Obesity (2023). Link

  • Liang J, et al. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2018. Postgraduate Medical Journal (2023). Link

  • Mohamed A, et al. Metabolic syndrome: risk factors, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatments. Metabolism Open (2023). Link

  • Lee H, et al. Metabolic syndrome in midlife and risk of young-onset dementia. Neurology (2025). Link
    Chew NWS, et al. The global burden of metabolic disease: data from 2000 to 2019. Annals of Global Health / ScienceDirect (2023). Link

  • Islam T, et al. The interplay of factors in metabolic syndrome: understanding its roots and complexity. Molecular Medicine (2024). Link

Highlights:

0:00 - Intro

4:18 - The Signs and Symptoms of Metabolic Disease

5:49 - Metabolic Dysfunction

9:02 - Supply and Demand of Healthcare

13:42 - How did we miss all this?

15:33 - How is the Business of Healthcare similar to the business ofd war?

19:25 - Is health out of your reach without medical intervention?

21:10 - Metabolic Synchronization

22:57 - 5 Foundations for Synchronization