The Health Feast is a podcast about making good health feel joyous, communal, and abundant—like a feast. Hosted by Dr. Rak (short for Rakesh Jotwani), a board-certified internist and Lifestyle Medicine physician, the show dives deep into what truly supports well-being in real life. Each episode, Dr. Rak talks with physicians, chefs, athletes, artists, and changemakers who are redefining what it means to be healthy—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Conversations are rooted in science, but never lose sight of heart, culture, and lived experience. Whether you’re working to reverse chronic disease, reconnect with purpose, or simply show up for your life with more energy, The Health Feast offers practical tools, fresh perspectives, and stories that nourish. New episodes weekly. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Live well and RAK ON.
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Episode #68
Is AI Secretly Sabotaging Your Health? with Dr. Aaron Neinstein
Jul 24, 20261h 6m
There's someone new in your life. They help you write, plan, think through problems. They're available at 2am, when you can't sleep, because they never get tired of listening to you. You know it's not a person. But your brain isn't always so sure. One in four Americans have already used AI for their health. A third of people under 30 use it like a therapist. A Harvard study found daily users are 30% more likely to show signs of depression. That's an association, not proof. But it's the question that's been sitting with me: are these tools making us healthier, or reaching for something that quietly makes us worse? Dr. Aaron Neinstein is an endocrinologist who's spent his career building technology inside healthcare. We trained together in residency almost 20 years ago, taking care of ICU patients side by side, long before either of us could've guessed where this was headed. Aaron tells me about the night he almost brushed off his dog swallowing a thread — until ChatGPT told him, at midnight, that it was an emergency. It probably saved her life. We talk about where AI is closing real gaps: the oncology visit patients walk into with zero prep, the colonoscopy prep calls that never used to happen, the ambient scribe that finally let him look at his patients instead of typing notes. Then we get honest about what it's costing us. Aaron's sleep has slipped 90 minutes a night for four months. His guitar has sat untouched. I told him about my own late nights on Claude Code, and the spirals I've caught myself in that I now recognize as rumination dressed up as productivity. FREE RESOURCES What is a plant-based eater's best friend? A good sauce. Start with the Sauce Library, a free collection of whole-food sauces and dressings that make anything taste incredible. It comes with Health That Flows, a free 5-day email series built around the same approach that helped me lose over 80 pounds and reverse my own chronic diseases. One idea a day. Nothing to overhaul. Get it free at https://rakyourlife.com/experience-life/ CONNECT WITH DR. AARON Website: aaronneinstein.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aaronneinstein CONNECT WITH DR. RAK Website: https://rakyourlife.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rakyourlife Podcast: https://rakyourlife.com/podcast Timestamps 00:03 – Cold open: the tool that never gets tired of listening 02:22 – The stats: 1 in 4 Americans, and a Harvard depression study 04:39 – AI as healthcare's "get out of jail free card" 09:36 – Colonoscopy prep calls and cutting cancellations in half 15:49 – The ChatGPT message that saved Aaron's dog's life 25:09 – Rak and Aaron confess: losing sleep to Claude Code 27:19 – Inside Aaron's AI chief of staff 35:16 – Why there's no universal truth in an AI's answer 39:54 – AI as sophisticated rumination, Rak's honest confession 44:26 – Setting guardrails before your bad moments arrive 55:08 – Sycophancy, and what a good therapist does differently 1:00:41 – Life philosophy: enjoy every sandwich 1:02:18 – How Dr. Aaron makes his own life a health feast
The Plant-Based Backlash and the Rise of Carnivore with Rip Esselstyn
Jul 3, 202657 min
We live in a post-truth world. Anyone can say anything and call it a fact. Strawberries cause cancer. Beans destroy your gut. Beef tallow is the new health food. This is what happens when attention is more profitable than accuracy. When influencers sell confusion and call it health advice. Rip Esselstyn has been watching this happen for decades. He is not an influencer. He is the real thing. What we get into: why the carnivore wave is built on bro science and not evidence. The truth about carbs and why 95 percent of Americans are eating what Rip calls carbage. His father's landmark work reversing heart disease at the Cleveland Clinic. Adam Sud's transformation from 350 pounds and addicted to reversing 15 conditions in eight months on rice, beans, and oatmeal. His 90-year-old mother's Guinness World Record dead hang. And why every nourishing meal is an act of self-love, whether you feel it yet or not. Inappropriate application of a method is no reason for its abandonment. If it did not work before, that does not mean it cannot work now. This is about freedom, not discipline. Once you feel it, you will not want to go back. FREE RESOURCES What is a plant-based eater's best friend? A good sauce. Start with the Sauce Library, a free collection of whole-food sauces and dressings that make anything taste incredible. It comes with Health That Flows, a free 5-day email series built around the same approach that helped me lose over 80 pounds and reverse my own chronic diseases. One idea a day. Nothing to overhaul. Get it free at https://rakyourlife.com/experience-life/ CONNECT WITH RIP ESSELSTYN Website: https://plantstrong.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ripesselstyn PLANTSTRONG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goplantstrong Podcast: https://plantstrong.com/podcast CONNECT WITH DR. RAK Website: https://rakyourlife.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rakyourlife Podcast: https://rakyourlife.com/podcast TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:25 The cultural swing back to meat and dairy and why it is not rooted in science 05:38 What went wrong with the plant-based products of 2013 to 2019 09:41 The strawberries claim and the state of nutrition confusion 15:54 His father's journey at the Cleveland Clinic reversing heart disease 18:03 Why Rip started eating whole food plant-based at 19 18:54 From triathlon circuit to firefighter and how the movement grew 24:47 Building a support system and why setbacks are not failure 32:08 Turning intention into routine with the Plant Strong food line 37:19 Building a best-for-you brand in the CPG space 43:11 Vital Signs a new gathering for healthcare providers 46:46 The 2026 monthly health challenges 47:28 His mother's Guinness World Record dead hang 51:10 Reframing health as a celebration not a punishment 55:05 The Plant Strong Podcast and moving beyond fad diets
066 Why Your Exercise Habit Keeps Failing (It's Not Laziness)
Jun 23, 20261h 9m
You're not lazy. So why does your workout keep losing to the snooze button? You set the alarm for 6am. Clothes laid out the night before. The alarm goes off, you hit snooze, and by 6:18 you’ve decided today is a write-off. You’ll start again Monday. That moment is not a willpower problem. It has a name, and once you see it you cannot unsee it. Dr. Michelle Segar is back on the show. Her work inspired the name of The Health Feast. She has spent 30 years at the University of Michigan studying why exercise habits fall apart, and she just published the first study of its kind on all-or-nothing thinking in exercise. Here’s what we get into: Why skipping a workout can feel like relief, and what that relief is quietly costing you The difference between “I can’t do five days, so I won’t start” and “my plan broke, so I did nothing” The perfect workout trap, and how fitness culture trained us to think pass or fail POP in the moment: Pause, Open up your options, Pick the joy choice Building a movement menu so you can flex when life gets in the way The story of what I did within an hour of my wedding, after months of forcing myself to run You do not need a better workout. You need a more flexible, more forgiving relationship with movement. This conversation shows you where it starts. Live well and RAK ON, – Dr. Rak 👊🏽 Timestamps 00:00 – The 6:18 AM scenario 02:28 – What's happening in your brain when you skip 03:27 – The study: how it started and what they found 09:06 – Rigid idealized criteria explained 11:59 – How fitness guidelines backfire 19:38 – The cancer patient who wouldn't walk around the block 22:51 – Why skipping feels like relief 25:56 – Novice vs. expert exercisers 32:51 – The brain's cost-value calculation 38:47 – When failure becomes identity 40:05 – The trap of comparing yourself to your past self 52:49 – The solution: where to start 56:37 – POP: pause, open options, pivot 01:03:04 – Building a new identity through small choices 01:08:10 – Fitness culture as a cult and how to deprogram About Dr. Michelle Segar Dr. Michelle Segar is a motivation scientist at the University of Michigan and one of the leading voices on how people build health behaviors that actually last. Across 30 years of NIH-funded research she has chased one stubborn question: how do we help people stay active inside the unpredictability of real life, instead of quitting the first time the plan breaks? She is the author of The Joy Choice and No Sweat, and her work has informed the World Health Organization and the US National Physical Activity Plan. Her latest research is the first study of its kind on all-or-nothing thinking in exercise. Connect with Michelle Website: michellesegar.com Book: The Joy Choice, No Sweat LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellelsegar/ — Disclaimer: The Health Feast is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or professional services. We recommend you consult your medical doctor or other qualified healthcare professionals before making lifestyle changes. The opinions expressed are our own and do not necessarily reflect the views of our employers.
<h3><b>You’re doing everything right. But how do you actually know any of it is working?</b></h3><p>You eat well. You move. Maybe you track your cholesterol, your VO2 max, your labs.<br /></p><p>But here’s the uncomfortable truth. Almost everything we use to measure health is a proxy. An association. A stand-in for the thing we actually care about.<br /></p><p>And the thing we actually care about is simple. Can your body still do the things you love? Will it keep doing them as you age?<br /></p><p>That question is w...
You Don't Get Stronger When You Work Out (RAK On with Coach Smoot)
Apr 24, 202633 minS0
<p>Hey there- Dr. Rak (“rock”) here. When it comes to training and working out, I used to think more was always better. More workouts. More intensity. Less rest. <br /><br />Several years ago, I became addicted to Spartan obstacle course races, and it has really fueled my training. Early on, I was aiming to train six days a week, often pushing through pain, and I kept getting hurt. Pulled muscles. Knee pain. Cramping in my calves one week before a race I had trained six months for. I thought the answer was to do more. It turns out I had...
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