Longevity Doctor Shares Mind Blowing Science on the Importance of Sleep, Movement, Fiber, and Why Lectins Don’t Matter with Dr. Darshan Shah

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

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We are constantly bombarded with the newest technology or hacks that can increase our longevity. But when it comes to true health and disease prevention, we know that consistently putting effort into our daily habits can have the most effective results. Today’s guest is here to remind us which daily habits matter the most.

Today, on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Darshan Shah to discuss the pillars of the Shah Protocol. Dr. Shah emphasizes the significance of dialing in the basics: sleep, diet, and movement. He also shares the ten blood markers everyone should obtain and truly understand. Dr. Shah also discusses the tools he uses to assess and reduce the risk of chronic disease and increase longevity and shares his journey to becoming healthier.

Darshan Shah, MD, is a health and wellness specialist, board-certified surgeon, published author, entrepreneur, and founder of Next Health, the world's first and largest Health Optimization and Longevity clinic.

In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Shah dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The first step in Dr. Shah’s protocol (0:00:29 / 0:00:29)
One habit that would change energy levels (3:33 / 3:33)
Setting up your ideal sleep routine in the morning (11:53 / 11:53)
What Dr. Shah has doubled down on and what he no longer prioritizes (25:39 / 21:35)
Dr. Shah’s journey to become healthier (31:20 / 25:54)
Eating whole foods and finding what works for you (37:10 / 31:41)
The benefits of fiber for your microbiome (41:30 / 35:48)
Metabolically fit individuals with higher A1C levels (48:45 / 43:35)
Ten blood markers that must be checked (51:12 / 45:27)
The importance of moving each day (1:08:42 / 1:03:00)
Preventing osteoporosis and osteopenia (1:15:57 / 1:11:59)
VO2 Max as a longevity assessment (1:19:45 / 1:14:40)
Heart disease and early cancer detection screenings (1:27:09 / 1:21:30)

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0:00.0	Dr. Shah, welcome to the podcast. Today you're here to talk to us about doubling down on the basics, the basics that if all of us just put a little bit more attention on those, and not as much as attention on the next latest gadget, although we're both fans of those things, we might
0:19.2	actually be able to live, most likely, a healthier and potentially a longer life.
0:24.8	So let's get into some of those basics that are here.
0:27.9	You have a whole protocol that's there.
0:30.5	Give a step one or the first pillar that you talk about in your protocol.
0:35.0	Yeah, so the protocol is basically, you know, I see hundreds of patients every year and it's so funny like you say.
0:40.0	People's like, okay, how many times do I need to get into the
0:43.0	sauna and for how long and how many minutes of cold after and I'm like wait a
0:46.6	minute let's take it a step back and what we really try to do is lay it out for
0:50.5	them you know I feel like there's also a lot of confusion out there about like there's so much
0:55.6	advice on Instagram and on blogs and on podcasts and people don't even know where to start.
1:00.6	So we always try to talk to people about let's start with the basics.
1:03.2	Let's make sure we got your nutrition, your sleep, and your movement correct.
1:08.1	And then we move on to, you know, I come from the traditional Western medical
1:11.5	background.
1:12.4	How do we bring the best of Western medicine into I come from the traditional Western medical background.
1:12.5	How do we bring the best of Western medicine
1:14.7	into your overall routine and protocols
1:18.0	on a yearly basis?
1:19.2	So what can we do things like avoid cancer, metabolic disease, heart
1:23.5	disease, and Alzheimer's.
1:26.1	And then from there we talk about functional medicine,
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