The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Thursday, 30 May 2024 - 1 hour 51 minutes

He might be known as the ‘Sexiest Doctor Alive’ but his true talent is fighting against the ugly side of medical misinformation. 

Doctor Mike is a family medicine doctor and YouTube’s #1 Doctor. He has over 25 million followers on social media and is also the host of ‘The Checkup with Doctor Mike’ podcast. 

In this conversation, Doctor Mike and Steven discuss topics such as, the errors in the biggest online health trends, which popular diets are destroying your health, the real truth about calorie counting, and the one thing that helped Dr Mike cure his depression. 

00:00 Intro

02:01 Helping People Make Better Health Decisions

05:10 Why Have People Resonated With You And Your Approach True Medical Information

09:54 How Do You Check The Evidence Of The Studies You Share?

11:56 The New Health Trends: Optimisation, Longevity, Anti-Ageing

16:17 Lifestyle Changes Is The First Doctor's Advice

18:14 Do Shortcuts Exist In Medicine?

19:03 What's Your Take On Calories In, Calories Out

21:02 How To Make A Diet Stick

23:16 The False Illusion Of A Good Body Equals Good Health

26:46 Calories In And Calories Out Does Work

28:49 The Benefits Of Exercising

30:21 Where Is The Direction Of Travel With Our Health?

32:51 What Would Happen If There Was A Deadlier Pandemic Than Covid

34:41 Is Vaping Dangerous?

39:27 The Real And Painful Reason Why I Started Boxing

41:32 Losing My Mum

47:07 What's The Best Way To Heal From Grief?

49:49 Your Journey With Mental Health & Social Media Bullying

54:05 The Best Advice I Received From My Therapist

55:55 Are Certain People More Prone To Get Addicted To Social Media?

57:12 Have You Considered Quitting Social Media??

58:25 Are Vitamin Supplements Good For Us?

59:45 Can We Get All Our Nutrients And Vitamins From Foods?

01:03:36 Do Prebiotics And Probiotics Work?

01:05:19 We Should Listen To The Health Advice Our Grandmothers Told Us

01:08:15 Mentioning Experts That Are Wrong

01:10:46 People Are Losing Trust In Doctors Because Of This

01:18:28 Look After Your Children, We Need This Out Of Schools

01:25:09 Are You A Deep Thinker?

01:27:39 How Do You Deal With So Much Loss And Grief?

01:29:01 What Was Your Hardest Day?

01:33:53 How To Save Someone's Life Doing CPR

01:41:23 I Asked The Doctors To Stop Doing CPR On My Mother

01:43:29 Last Guest Question

Here is a link to an article discussing the inefficiency of the anti-depression drug, Paxil: https://bit.ly/3X867q2 

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