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The Proof with Simon Hill
by Live better for longer · English
The Proof Podcast is a space for science-based conversation. Together with his guests, Simon Hill, a qualified physiotherapist and nutritionist, explores the health and longevity benefits that come with mastering physical exercise, nutrition, mindfulness, recovery, sleep, and alignment. Facts, nuance and trustworthy recommendations minus the hyperbole. All the proof you need to live better for longer.
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How Much Muscle Can You Build Naturally? | Dr Eric Helms
Whether natural lifters can reach their “genetic limit,” how much muscle/strength can be built naturally over time, and why progress slows.
9 Nov 2026 · 2h 1m · 38 chapters
Treating Obesity Is Treating the Brain | Dr Elizabeth Kazarian
Dr. Elizabeth Kazarian discusses obesity as a brain/behavior condition, challenges myths about diet soda and artificial sweeteners, and argues for evidence-based, stigma-free obesity care—including…
3 Nov 2026 · 2h 12m · 52 chapters
Most 'Probiotic' Foods Aren't Actually Probiotic | Dr Maria Marco
Food microbiologist Dr. Maria Marco explains “gut health” and why most “probiotic” claims are misleading.
29 Oct 2026 · 1h 2m · 35 chapters
What Bone Density Scans Can't Tell You About Fracture Risk | A Masterclass on Bone Health
Bone health and fracture risk beyond DEXA scans; how aging, falls, bone material properties, and bone geometry affect risk; exercise (strength, balance, power) and when medications matter; also…
26 Oct 2026 · 1h 8m · 21 chapters
The Keto Study That Wasn't About Keto | Dr Nicola Guess
A discussion of a Washington University study (Sam Klein’s group) comparing three controlled weight-loss diets in people with prediabetes and fatty liver, focusing on liver fat reduction and…
19 Oct 2026 · 49m · 15 chapters
30 Years of Diet Trials: What a Stanford Scientist Is Most (and Least) Sure About | Dr Christopher Gardner
Dr. Christopher Gardner (Stanford) reflects on 30 years of diet trials, explaining how he balances scientific rigor with real-world generalizability.
12 Oct 2026 · 1h 55m · 37 chapters
My Plaque Protocol, and Why I Started a PCSK9 Inhibitor | Simon Hill, MSc
Simon Hill explains his serial coronary CT angiogram results (baseline Dec 2024 vs follow-up Apr 2026) and why he started a PCSK9 inhibitor after seeing possible plaque regression.
5 Oct 2026 · 57m · 23 chapters
Why Your MRI Doesn't Mean You Need Surgery | Dr Howard Luks
Why MRI findings often don’t determine whether surgery is needed; how to match imaging with history and exam, consider metabolic health, and use evidence (including sham-controlled trials) to guide…
28 Sep 2026 · 1h 27m · 28 chapters
Birth, Breastfeeding, and the Truth About Baby Food | Dr Federica Amati
Life-course health and the “golden window” of the first 1,000 days, then practical pregnancy nutrition (choline, iodine, omega-3s), birth (vaginal vs C-section) and how delivery mode and…
21 Sep 2026 · 1h 23m · 28 chapters
The Liver Disease 30% of Us Have and Never Feel | Prof Aleksander Krag
Steatotic liver disease (fat in the liver) affects ~30% of the global population but is often symptomless until advanced.
14 Sep 2026 · 1h 21m · 27 chapters
The Case for Treating Cholesterol Before Plaque Appears | Dr Thomas Dayspring and Dr Dan Soffer
Primary prevention of atherosclerosis—why clinicians should lower ApoB/LDL early (before plaque causes events), how atherosclerosis starts, and how to assess risk using biomarkers, genetics, and…
7 Sep 2026 · 1h 42m · 36 chapters
Bone Health, Falls, Medications & Healthy Longevity | Dr Deborah Kado
Longevity and healthy aging through a geriatric lens—how attitudes, purpose, socioeconomic factors, falls prevention, bone health, medication risk/benefit, and exercise (especially power/balance)…
31 Aug 2026 · 1h 35m · 33 chapters
Type 2 Diabetes Remission in the GLP-1 Era | Prof Roy Taylor
Prof Roy Taylor argues that type 2 diabetes can be reversed into durable remission by targeting liver fat and restoring beta-cell glucose responsiveness, framed by his “twin cycle” model (vicious…
25 Aug 2026 · 1h 25m · 24 chapters
Lowering Blood Sugar Without Weight Loss | Dr Nicola Guess
How to lower blood sugar and improve/achieve type 2 diabetes remission without requiring large weight loss, using calorie-independent dietary strategies (especially high-protein, low-carbohydrate),…
17 Aug 2026 · 1h 9m · 25 chapters
The Fertility Test Most Men Are Never Offered | Dr Michael Eisenberg and Dr Natalie Crawford
Male fertility evaluation and preconception health, arguing that semen analysis (and sometimes additional sperm tests) should be done earlier and more comprehensively than current “try for a year…
10 Aug 2026 · 2h 4m · 36 chapters
Superagers, statins, the latest cholesterol pill and the truth about heart disease risk | Dr Terry Simpson
Superagers and genetics; the MIND diet and dementia risk; modern cholesterol lowering with statins and PCSK9 inhibitors (including a new oral PCSK9); how heart disease risk relates to ApoB and plaque…
4 Aug 2026 · 1h 53m · 37 chapters
The Science of Metabolic Flexibility, Zone 2, and Reversing Diabetes | A Masterclass
Metabolic flexibility and “metabolic health” as mitochondrial function, fuel partitioning, and glucose/fat oxidation capacity; how Zone 2 training and lactate reflect mitochondrial performance; and…
27 Jul 2026 · 2h 20m · 41 chapters
New Science of Weight Loss | A Masterclass
A bariatric surgeon and obesity physician explains the “new science of weight loss,” arguing obesity is a neuroendocrine/central nervous system disease driven by brain “food noise,” biological hunger…
20 Jul 2026 · 1h 55m · 38 chapters
Fertility, Sperm Health, and Nutrition Before and During Pregnancy | Dr Federica Amati
The “golden window” for nutrition and health from conception through a child’s second birthday (first thousand days), with emphasis on the 90 days preconception and how maternal and paternal factors…
13 Jul 2026 · 1h 24m · 30 chapters
Can You Reverse Heart Disease? What My Plaque Scans Showed | Dr Campbell Rogers
Whether heart disease can be reversed by detecting coronary plaque early and tracking it over time using AI-derived plaque analysis from routine coronary CT angiography, instead of relying only on…
6 Jul 2026 · 1h 15m · 25 chapters
Reversing Artery Plaque: 8 Supplements Ranked by the Evidence | Simon Hill, MSc
Whether supplements can truly reverse or regress existing atherosclerotic plaque (not just lower biomarkers), focusing on human imaging and outcomes evidence; episode is part 2 of a 3-part series…
29 Jun 2026 · 1h 2m · 17 chaptersWe use cookies.They keep VO running smoothly and help us improve it. Privacy policy