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The Ben Azadi Show — Alternative Health
The Ben Azadi Show

Your body isn’t broken. It’s blocked.Twenty years ago Ben Azadi was obese, exhausted, and convinced something was permanently wrong with him. Nothing was. His cells weren’t getting the signal. Once they did, everything changed — and it’s stayed changed for two decades.

Ben is a 2x New York Times bestselling author (Metabolic Freedom, Keto Flex), international keynote speaker, and a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. But here’s what he’s learned after two decades and thousands of transformations: knowing what to do isn’t what changes your life. Becoming the person who actually does it — that’s what changes your life.

That’s what this show is built for. Three episodes a week, each with a job:

Metabolic Monday — Conversations with world-renowned doctors, researchers, and health experts on the latest breakthroughs in metabolic health and longevity. Fasting, insulin resistance, stubborn belly fat, hormones, mitochondria, blood sugar, gut health, ketosis, carnivore, and biohacking — translated into something you can actually run this week.

Transformation Tuesday — The mindset, habits, and daily practices behind following through. Paradigms, self-image, identity, and the inner work that makes results permanent instead of temporary.

Freedom Friday — Real conversations about freedom in every area of life. Not just metabolic freedom, but freedom with your time, your purpose, your energy, and the way you show up in the world.

If you’re over 40 and doing everything right while the scale won’t move — start here.

Ben’s mission is to educate one billion people. You’re one of them.

New episodes every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.

Latest Episodes:

The Real Reason You Can't Lose Weight (Not Sugar or Calories) | #1363 Aug 14, 2026

Show notes

Get Ben's new book Keto Flex here → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

What if the way you respond to stress is affecting your health more than you realize?

In this Freedom Friday episode, Ben Azadi and Alex dive into the hidden connection between survival mode, stress, relationships, and your health.

They break down why constantly reacting to life can keep you stuck in a state of scarcity, and how learning to pause, respond, and shift your perspective can change the way you experience your day.

What we get into:

- Why your body can get stuck in a cycle of stress and survival mode
- How everyday stressors can compound over time.
- The difference between reacting and responding, and why the space between the two matters.
- How breathing can help you interrupt an automatic stress response.
- Why gratitude and abundance can completely shift the way you approach your day.

One line to remember: You can't always control what happens to you, but you can control how you respond.

Find All The Ben Azadi Show Sponsorship Deals → https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

You Think You’re Healthy… But What Does Your Blood Work Say? | #1362 Aug 11, 2026

Show notes

You felt fine this morning. You went to the gym, ate your usual, told yourself you were healthy. But your blood work is telling a completely different story, and by the time your body starts shouting, the damage has been years in the making.

In this episode, I read Alex's full lab panel live and show him exactly where "normal" was quietly hiding a real problem.

Get Ben's new book Keto Flex here → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

What we get into:

Why "in range" on your labs is not the same as healthy, and how the reference range is built on the average of an unhealthy population

The markerbiohacksasic yearly panel skips: triglyceride-to-HDL ratio, LP(a), homocysteine, fasting insulin, and free testosterone

How Alex felt totally fine while sitting at pre-diabetic blood sugar, a testosterone of 225, and a cardiovascular risk ratio of 8.2

The simple swaps that move the needle: killing seed oils, cutting the sugar hiding in green juices, and mastering the foundations before the fancy biohacks

Remember this: If you treat your health casually, you will end up a casualty.

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Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

This One Number Predicts Chronic Illness 84% Of The Time | Justin Roethlingshoefer #1361 Aug 10, 2026

Show notes

Get Justin's Holy Health book here: http://www.holyhealthbook.com

Get Ben's new book Keto Flex here → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

Two studies say the opposite thing about faith and health. Harvard followed 74,000 women and found the ones who went to church more than once a week were 33% less likely to die. Northwestern followed young adults and found the most religiously involved were 50% more likely to become obese by middle age. Live longer, get sicker. In this episode, Ben Azadi sits down with Justin, former NHL performance coach and author of the new book Holy Health, to unpack how that contradiction is even possible and what to actually do about it.

Justin's new book Holy Health is out now → https://holyhealthbook.com

What we get into:

Why "burnout in the name of God" is not holy, and the "devil's playbook" that quietly takes your health apart (distraction, disconnection, division, discouragement, depletion)

The three things every cell needs to thrive: oxygen, detoxification, and nutrients

Oxygen made simple: VO2 max, and how much zone 2 and zone 5 training you actually need each week

Why sleep quality, not juice cleanses, is the real language of detox, plus the 3-2-1 rule for deeper sleep

Why your "normal" blood work can look fine while your cells are starving, and what homocysteine and methylation reveal

Heart rate variability as the body's language, and Justin's honest take on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic

One line to remember: distraction is focusing on good things instead of God things.

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Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

Gratitude Lowers Your Death Risk by 9% (Harvard) | How Vitamin G Rewires Your Brain and Body | #1360 Aug 07, 2026

Show notes

Get Ben's new book Keto Flex here → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

Out of every superfood, supplement, and biohack Ben has studied in 18 years, one thing beats them all. And it's completely free.

In this Freedom Friday episode, Ben Azadi and Alex break down "Vitamin G," gratitude, and why it might be the most underrated tool for your brain, your body, and your metabolism. This isn't woo woo. They get into the actual science of how gratitude rewires your brain, lowers cortisol, strengthens your immune system, and even shows up in your mitochondria.

What we get into:

Why gratitude is a feeling, not a checklist, and the small shift that changes everything

The Harvard study on 49,275 nurses that tied gratitude to a 9% drop in all-cause mortality

How gratitude lowers cortisol through oxytocin, and why that matters for belly fat and sleep

The reticular activating system and the "red Audi" effect that trains your brain to see more good

A simple 3-minute morning and night practice you can start tonight

The Vitamin G movement, and the one text that could transform your relationships

One line to remember: Gratitude is strength training for your soul. The more you take, the more you produce.

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Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

Why You Keep Going Back to the Same Unhealthy Habits (Break Free Today) | #1359 Aug 04, 2026

Show notes

Get Ben's new book Keto Flex here → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

Why do we keep sabotaging the exact health, body, and life we say we want?

In this Transformation Tuesday episode, Ben Azadi and Alex go deep on the real reason you keep going back to the same unhealthy habits, even when part of you knows better. It comes down to the software that was installed in you before you were seven years old, and a set of invisible chains you have never questioned. They break down how to actually rewrite that programming so the change finally sticks.

What we get into:

The "paradigm" running your life on autopilot, and why it was set before you turned seven

The chained elephant story that explains why you stay stuck when you could easily break free

How food and pharma companies engineered your cravings on purpose

Why being wired for addiction is secretly a superpower once you learn to channel it

The number one regret of the dying, and how to make sure it never becomes yours

Why you can't outperform your own self-image, and the simple index card practice Ben used to rewire his

How to stop reacting to your past and start creating from your future

One line to remember: You can't escape a prison if you don't know you're in one.

Find All The Ben Azadi Show Sponsorship Deals → https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

40 Years in Addiction Medicine: Why Sugar Is the Gateway Drug, How Cravings Rewire the Reward Center, and the Truth About Food Addiction with Bitten Jonsson | #1358 Aug 03, 2026

Show notes

Get Ben's new book Keto Flex here → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

Grab Bitten's book Sugar Bomb in Your Brain here → https://amzn.to/4wrHXpD

What if the reason you can't stop at one cookie has nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with your brain chemistry?

In this episode, Ben Azadi sits down with addiction specialist Bitten Jonsson, who has spent nearly 40 years treating sugar and carb addiction. She breaks down how sugar acts like a psychoactive drug that hijacks your reward center, why some people are wired to be far more susceptible than others, and how three forces inside the body quietly drive the cycle of craving, bingeing, and shame.

This might be the most eye-opening conversation we've had on why "just eat less" almost never works.

What we get into:

Why sugar, flour, and starches all act as psychoactive substances, not just the white powder

The three types of eaters, and how to tell an addict from a harmful user

The three forces driving overeating: the reward center, the reptilian brain, and the pancreas

Why sensitivity to sugar is actually a survival superpower, not a weakness

How real addiction hides behind labels like anorexia and binge eating disorder

Why keto and carnivore can heal the system when moderation keeps failing

The role of purpose, energy, and gratitude (vitamin G) in lasting recovery

One line to remember: You are not addicted to food. You are addicted to the psychoactive substances hiding inside so many foods.

Learn more about Bitten's work at https://bittensaddiction.com

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Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

What’s the Point of Success If You Lose Your Health & Happiness? | #1357 Jul 31, 2026

Show notes

Get Ben's brand new book Keto Flex here → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

What's the point of hitting every goal if you're too burned out, sick, or exhausted to actually enjoy it?

In this episode, Ben Azadi and his business partner Alex Montalente get real about the true cost of "sleep when I'm dead" hustle culture, and why grinding harder is quietly wrecking your health, your relationships, and even the success you're chasing. Alex opens up about the night he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his car into a cemetery, and Ben shares the panic attack that hit him right before a major launch after doing 65 podcast interviews in 60 days. Then they flip it and show you how to actually have it all: the health, the happiness, and the success.

What we get into:

A new definition of success that finally takes the pressure off

The quiet warning signs your body sends before a full burnout

How to work smarter, not harder, with the 3-day schedule high performers live by (performance, buffer, and free days)

Why you actually get more done by doing less

The Bob Proctor idea that rewires your whole relationship with work: you work for satisfaction, you provide services for money

How to stop moving the goalpost so you finally feel like you're winning

One line to remember: You get more done by doing less, and you earn more by chasing purpose instead of the paycheck.

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Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

The Most Important Daily Habits to Keep Your Brain Young & Add Years to Your Life | #1356 Jul 28, 2026

Show notes

📘 Ben's book Keto Flex is out now. Grab it and claim your free bonuses → https://ketoflexbook.com

Most people are aging their brain every single night without knowing it. In this Transformation Tuesday episode, Ben Azadi and Alex Montalenti break down the simple daily habits that keep your brain young, sharpen your focus, and add years to your life, starting with what you do in the hours before bed.

What we get into:

Why adults shouldn't snack and graze, and how constant eating speeds up cellular aging and pushes your cells toward becoming inflammatory "zombie" cells.

The number one non negotiable habit: closing the kitchen at least 3 hours before bed. And what late night eating really does, from spiking the only hormone that stores fat, to raising your heart rate and body temperature, to wrecking your deep and REM sleep.

Your brain's overnight dishwasher. How your brain physically flushes out toxins and plaques while you sleep through the glymphatic system, and how eating too late shuts that process down, a pattern linked to dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

The protein target that kills nighttime cravings: one gram per pound of your ideal body weight.

Ben's full morning routine: waking without a jarring alarm, no phone first thing, red light instead of white light, and gratitude done as a feeling, not a checklist.

Why sleep is the Swiss army knife of health and the single biggest needle mover for your brain and longevity. One decision to protect your sleep gives you 6 to 7 hours of healing you could never get from a workout.

The compound effect of habits, why motivation fades but inspiration lasts, and how to stack one small change a week into a full transformation.

One line to remember: if you treat your health casually, you will end up a casualty.

Find All The Ben Azadi Show Sponsorship Deals → https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

This Heart Surgeon Has Performed Over 5,000 Heart Surgeries. THIS Is The ONLY Cause of Heart Disease with Dr Philip Ovadia | #1355 Jul 27, 2026

Show notes

📘 Dr. Philip Ovadia's new book "Stay Off My Kitchen Table" is out now. Grab it and claim your free bonuses → https://stayoffmykitchentable.com

Order Keto Flex Revised and get free bonuses at → https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM

A heart surgeon who has performed over 5,000 surgeries says the vast majority of them never needed to happen, and that almost everything we have been told about cholesterol is wrong. In this episode Ben Azadi sits down with Dr. Philip Ovadia to break down what is really driving the number one killer in the world, and how to protect your heart starting today.

What we get into:

Why cholesterol is NOT the root cause of heart disease, and the 50 year myth that sent medicine down the wrong path. Cholesterol is the fireman at the scene, not the arsonist.

The real root cause: insulin resistance and inflammation. And why about 93% of Americans already have some form of it, often hidden for 6 to 14 years.

The truth about statins. Why their small benefit likely comes from lowering inflammation, and how they can actually worsen insulin resistance and raise your risk of type 2 diabetes.

Meat is medicine. Why this heart surgeon calls red meat the most nutrient dense food on earth and essential for heart health.

The under $20 blood test almost no doctor runs, the number you actually want to see, and the simple tests (fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, LP-IR) that reveal your real risk years before a heart attack.

How Ben's 90 day carnivore labs showed total cholesterol over 450, yet a LOWER risk of heart disease, and why the full picture beats obsessing over one number.

Dr. Ovadia's own story: a morbidly obese, pre diabetic heart surgeon headed for his own operating table, and the moment that changed everything.

One line to remember: cholesterol is the fireman at the scene, not the arsonist. The fire is insulin resistance and inflammation.

Find All The Ben Azadi Show Sponsorship Deals → https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

The Ugly Truth About Alcohol — And How to Break Free | #1354 Jul 24, 2026

Show notes

📘 Keto Flex is here. Get Ben's new book and claim your free bonuses → https://ketoflexbook.com

Alcohol is the one toxin we celebrate. Weddings, happy hours, "mommy wine culture," it's everywhere, and almost nobody talks about what it's actually doing inside your body. In this Freedom Friday episode, Ben Azadi and Alex Montalenti get honest about giving up alcohol for good and exactly what changed when they did.

What we get into:

Why alcohol is a toxin your liver has to drop everything to clear, and how that stalls fat burning for hours every single time you drink.

The stress bucket. Why the same drink barely touches a healthy person but overflows into hangovers, inflammation and weight gain for someone already maxed out on stress.

Why it hits so much harder after 40. Bigger hangovers, slower recovery, and why a fuller stress bucket makes every drink cost more.

The worst offenders vs the better options. Why beer and most US wine are the biggest problems, what to choose instead if you do drink, and how to have it.

Simple ways to protect your liver if you choose to drink, from what to eat with it to what to take beforehand.

What alcohol really does to your sleep, even when you swear it helps you fall asleep faster.

What changed when they quit. Better blood work, less inflammation, a slimmer waist, more energy, better relationships, and more money and focus for their goals.

The one question that made the decision easy: does this serve the future you are building?

One line to remember: your body isn't handling alcohol well, it's just handling it, and it does that by storing the stress until one day it can't.

Find All The Ben Azadi Show Sponsorship Deals → https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

Ben's website → http://www.benazadi.com

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