Oct 14, 2026
In this episode of the Health Optimization Medicine Podcast, Dr. Allen Bookatz and Jodi Duval explore safety as a biological state and examine what happens when a threat has ended but the body's response has not yet fully resolved.
The conversation looks at safety from two interconnected perspectives: the cell and the...
Oct 7, 2026
In this special episode of the Health Optimization Medicine Podcast, Dr. Jup Kuipers, Dr. Ted Achacoso, Dr. Allen Bookatz, and Dr. Scott Sherr discuss how toxicities can build up over time, affect cellular energy production, and eventually show up as problems across different organ systems.
The team looks at two...
Sep 30, 2026
In this episode of the Health Optimization Medicine Podcast, Dr. Scott Sherr sits down with Dr. Bryce Appelbaum to discuss the connection between vision, screen time, brain function, and nervous system regulation.
Most people think of vision as eyesight, or how clearly they can see an eye chart. Dr. Appelbaum explains...
Sep 23, 2026
In this episode of the Health Optimization Medicine Podcast, Dr. Scott Sherr, Dr. Allen Bookatz, and Jodi Duval explore the glymphatic system and the role sleep plays in clearing metabolic waste from the brain.
Getting eight hours of sleep does not necessarily mean getting eight hours of effective brain clearance. The...
Sep 16, 2026
In this episode of the Health Optimization Medicine Podcast, Dr. Scott Sherr, Jodi Duval, and Dr. Allen Bookatz explore what happens inside the cell when the body perceives stress or danger.
The discussion focuses on Dr. Robert Naviaux's Cell Danger Response and how mitochondria can alter energy production and signaling...