In this Ask Me Anything episode, Dr. Will Cole and his clinical team answer three listener questions that each required some real digging. First: a Division I wrestler who was prophylactically given Valtrex by his coach, now graduated and wanting a holistic protocol for herpes gladiatorum. Second: a listener in eating disorder recovery who is fully weight restored, has done BHRT, inositol, and Vitex — and still has no period. Third: an 18-year-old dealing with dizziness, vertigo-like symptoms, and nervous system dysregulation for two years, with chiropractic helping but root cause still unclear. The team covers lysine/arginine food protocols, acetylcarnitine for the HPO axis, sodium and vagal nerve stimulation for dysautonomia, and why the right clinical questions — including how close your Wi-Fi router is to your bedroom — matter more than most people think. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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Stevie and Sazan Hendrix join Dr. Will Cole in their Nashville home for one of the warmest and most wide-ranging conversations the podcast has had. They share the story of dating in secret for three years because Sazan's Kurdish family had made one thing clear: marry within the culture. They talk about the wedding her parents didn't attend, the reconciliation that finally came, and how Stevie became the family favorite. Sazan shares her faith origin story — a simple prayer at 21, a dream that night, and a life that changed completely — and both reflect on why young people are flooding back to the church, what spiritual warfare actually looks like, and why being a stay-at-home mom is holy ground. They also cover Kurdish food as family medicine, raising kids with intentional screen limits, and Sazan's memorable experiences with stem cells and LA's stranger wellness trends. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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Dr. Terry Dubrow — board-certified plastic surgeon, star of Botched, and self-described "preservation longevity" obsessive — joins Dr. Will Cole for one of the most wide-ranging and genuinely entertaining conversations the podcast has had. They cover the accidental origin of Real Housewives of Orange County (Terry signed Heather's name to the contract without asking her), the peptide landscape including Terry's take on retatrutide and the importance of compounding pharmacies being legal again, high-dose creatine and memory testing, AI erasing the price of intelligence, the TIA he had at The Ivy restaurant and the 3-minute PFO repair that followed, why deep plane facelifts are overhyped and overpriced, and what he actually takes every day to preserve what he calls his "meat body." For all links mentioned in this episode, visit http://www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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In the first episode of a new format — Health Hot Take — Dr. Will Cole and Andrea from his clinical team break down the gain-of-function research news cycle following recent declassified documents from the Director of National Intelligence. They cover what gain of function actually is, the COVID lab leak evidence, Fauci's pardon and what the 2014 date may mean, the Lyme disease bioweapons origin theory, and the bioethics article suggesting scientists should intentionally engineer ticks to spread alpha-gal to reduce meat consumption. Then the conversation pivots to what actually matters: what any of this means for your immune system, your epigenetics, and your health — and what you can do about it. Dr. Cole also shares his personal tick bite story, how to send a tick in for free testing, and the three things he's taking proactively. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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Elle Macpherson returns to The Art of Being Well for her most personal conversation yet — recorded the morning after a dinner where she and Dr. Will Cole shared things they'd never discussed on camera before. They cover the Hoffman Process and how it quietly laid the groundwork for sobriety, what getting sober actually changed physically and relationally, the healing power of tears and screaming in the car, and why Elle thinks healing is better understood as rebalancing. They also get into the power of language around illness, the perimenopause reframe she wishes every woman had access to, the WellCo Three Steps Well protocol, and a morning routine built around simplicity and consistency. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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Dr. Barbara Paldus — biotech engineer, founder of Codex Labs Corp, and one of the most rigorous minds in plant-based skin science — joins Dr. Will Cole to break down the full skin-gut-immune axis behind eczema, acne, psoriasis, and rosacea. They cover the five layers of the skin most people don't know exist, the filaggrin protein that eczema patients are missing, and how a combination of 14th-century Irish plants and a Bulgarian resurrection plant was clinically proven to achieve 95–97% eczema clearance in eight weeks with zero topical corticosteroids. Dr. Paldus also walks through the hormonal cascade driving acne, why milk thistle compares favorably to doxycycline, the L-histidine supplement protocol from their pediatric and adult clinical trials, and the launch of Decode Me — the first tele-naturopathy platform integrating functional labs, AI interpretation, and Fullscript. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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Josephine Musco — entrepreneur, biodynamic winemaker, jewelry designer, and founder of Olyxir — joins Dr. Will Cole for a conversation about the silent health crisis hiding in the most mundane places: your tea bag, your paper cup, your K-Cup, your yoga pants. She breaks down the microplastics and nanoplastics data (including the 11.6 billion microplastics released by a single tea bag), why plastic plus heat is the most dangerous combination in most people's daily routine, and how she invented the Tea Strip — a dissolvable strip of ground tea leaves with zero plastic, zero bleach, and zero compromise. They also cover epigenetics, olive leaf's antimicrobial power, selenium as the overlooked anti-aging nutrient, and the story of a father who healed with herbs from a garden and a daughter who turned his wisdom into a product. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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Lucy Goff, founder of LYMA, joins Dr. Will Cole to break down the science behind one of the most talked-about supplement and laser brands in wellness. Lucy shares the story behind LYMA's founding - collapsing at 8 months pregnant, surviving septicemia after six weeks in ICU, and a chance encounter in Geneva with Professor Paul Clayton that led to a patented supplement formulation that changed her life. They cover the 11 peer-reviewed ingredients in the LYMA supplement, why the ID Squared gut powder uses different-length prebiotic fibers that no other gut product has replicated, and the clinical science behind the LYMA laser - including why LED cannot biologically change the dermis, and why the SIRT1 longevity gene was expressed six times in the dermis using the LYMA laser but not at all with LED. Plus: Martha Stewart, Courteney Cox, Joanna Czech, and a 78% wound reduction clinical trial. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.

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