Most people think they understand what's happening at a doctor's office. Most people are at least a little wrong. Dr. Lara and David work through the ten things physicians wish their patients actually knew — not about diagnoses, but about how medicine works, what doctors are thinking, and where expectations and reality tend to diverge.

Some of the foods marketed hardest as healthy are doing a lot less than you think — and a few of them are quietly working against you. David and Dr. Lara build their honest top 10 list, with personal confessions included. One of them hurt David enough that he warned you about it at the start of the episode.

David's transformation took 14 years. Social media wants to show it in six months. In this episode of Vitals & Values, he and Dr. Lara push back on the overnight success myth — from weight loss to cardiovascular disease to the identity shift that makes the difference between lasting change and the same cycle on repeat.

When a TikTok clip about doctor kickbacks went semi-viral, the comment section had opinions. In this episode, Dr. Lara and Dr. Jana respond with something better than opinions — their actual experience. What pharma reps do, what they don't do, and where the line actually is.

A zinc blood test costs six dollars cash. The same test through insurance, after a denial, costs $230. Nobody — not the patient, not the physician — can explain why. In this episode of Vitals & Values, Dr. Lara and David stop being polite about the American healthcare system and start being specific.

Every other health influencer wants to fix your inflammation. But what if the version of inflammation they're selling you doesn't exist the way they say it does? Dr. Lara went to TikTok so you don't have to — and what she found is worth understanding before you spend another dollar on supplements.

Something has shifted. Anxiety and depression aren't just more talked about — they're genuinely more common, and the reasons are more layered than any single headline suggests. Dr. Lara and David examine what's actually driving the rise, and what's still within our control.

A calorie is a calorie — except when it isn't. The science behind how your body actually processes food is more nuanced than most diet advice accounts for, and the food industry has a vested interest in keeping it that way. Dr. Lara and David sort through the research so you don't have to.

For decades, the medical establishment got menopause wrong — and women paid for it. Dr. Lisa Larkin has spent her career helping correct the record. In this conversation, she breaks down how the science evolved, what social media is getting right and wrong, and why personalized care changes everything for women navigating midlife health.

The research on social media and mental health is more sobering than most people expect — and most of us are still scrolling anyway. In this episode of Vitals & Values, Dr. Lara and David get into what the science actually says, what it means for your kids, and what a realistic digital detox looks like.

Lipedema is widely misunderstood, frequently missed, and life-altering for the women living with it. In this episode of Vitals & Values, Cara shares the full arc — from years of misdiagnosis to seven surgeries and a body that finally works with her instead of against her. This one is worth listening to twice.