What if most people who say they’re fasting… aren’t actually fasting at all? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with surgeon and longevity physician Dr. Jon Schoeff for a deep dive into fasting, metabolic health, muscle, ketones, exercise, and the fundamentals that often get lost in the noise of modern biohacking. Dr. Schoeff challenges the way intermittent fasting is commonly discussed, distinguishing time-restricted eating from the biological state he consid...

What if better health isn’t about another diet, medication, or lifestyle overhaul — but about changing the habits and environment shaping your health every day? On this episode of A Healthy Point of View Podcast, Sam Tejada sits down with Nicole Aucoin, registered dietitian, founder of Healthy Steps Nutrition, and longtime nutrition and behavior-change expert, for a powerful conversation about taking ownership of your health. Nicole breaks down how ultra-processed foods, poor sleep, low ac...

What does success look like when money is no longer the goal? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with entrepreneur and biotech investor Bob Duggan for a wide-ranging conversation about health, entrepreneurship, happiness, resilience, spirituality, lifelong learning, community, and creating a life worth living. Bob shares lessons from decades of building businesses, investing, and helping advance technologies in healthcare. He takes Sam back to the early experi...

What if the foundation of better health begins at the cellular level? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Jess Kane of BodyBio for a deep conversation about cellular health, healthy fats, environmental exposures, root-cause wellness, motherhood, stress, and why the fundamentals still matter in a world obsessed with the latest health trends. Jess shares how her grandfather founded BodyBio in 1998 and how her own experiences with health challenges shaped her...

What happens when technology designed to make life easier begins disconnecting us from the very things that keep us healthy? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Chervin Jafarieh, founder of Cymbiotika, for a wide-ranging conversation about human health, technology, self-awareness, purpose, and the foundations that often get overlooked in the pursuit of optimization. Chervin explores why health begins with fundamentals such as sleep, hydration, nutrition, m...

What if one of the most accessible sources of your own regenerative biology has been hiding in your hair follicles? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Drew Taylor, a biomedical engineer and regenerative medicine researcher, to explore an emerging approach to personalized regenerative medicine: collecting and banking cells from hair follicles. Dr. Taylor explains how hair follicles contain mesenchymal stem cells and discusses his work using these cells...

What if the future of longevity isn’t about chasing every new treatment, but understanding what’s actually happening inside your body? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Adeel Khan for a wide-ranging conversation on regenerative medicine, the hallmarks of aging, stem cell exhaustion, inflammation, proteomics, precision medicine, AI, and the future of personalized healthcare. Dr. Khan breaks down how mitochondrial dysfunction, chronic inflammation, epi...

What if “unexplained infertility” isn’t the end of the investigation, but the beginning? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with health educator, entrepreneur, and content creator Iliriana Balaj to discuss her deeply personal fertility journey and why she believes women deserve more information, more questions, and more options before making major reproductive health decisions. After years of prioritizing her health, tracking her cycle, completing extensive te...

What if aging isn’t something that simply happens to you, but something you can actively influence? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Sou Orlando, who holds a PhD in the biology of aging, for a deep conversation on healthspan, longevity, metabolism, inflammation, nutrition, exercise, sleep, gut health, biomarkers, and what it really takes to age well. Dr. Sou explains why the goal shouldn’t just be living longer, but staying strong, independent, ment...

What if two of the most talked-about wellness tools, molecular hydrogen and red light therapy, are only effective when the science behind them is actually right? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada welcomes back Dr. Paul Barattiero for a deep dive into molecular hydrogen therapy, gut health, oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial function, ATP production, recovery, and photobiomodulation. In Part One, Dr. Paul breaks down what molecular hydrogen actually is, how H...

What happens when the people who serve our country come home carrying injuries you can’t always see? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Erin Eickhoff and Nikki Selby, two Navy veterans and medical professionals, for a powerful conversation about veterans, first responders, chronic illness, mental health, toxic exposures, metabolic health, and where the traditional medical system may be falling short. Drawing from decades of military and clinical exper...

What if the biggest gap in brain health isn’t treatment, but measurement? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Sat Randhawa, CEO of One Hype Wellness, to explore the future of brain mapping, neurofeedback, cognitive performance, and personalized brain health. Sat shares his journey from Goldman Sachs trader to wellness entrepreneur after a serious leg injury changed the way he viewed medicine, recovery, and data-driven health. That experience eventually led...

What if Lyme disease in children doesn’t look like Lyme disease at all? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Somer DelSignore for a powerful conversation on pediatric Lyme disease, vector-borne infections, neurocognitive symptoms, immune dysfunction, and why children can present very differently from adults. Dr. Somer explains how Lyme and related infections may show up through symptoms like headaches, fatigue, stomach pain, long-bone pain, cognitive ch...

What if Lyme disease is only one piece of a much bigger immune system puzzle? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Tania Dempsey, a leading expert in complex chronic illness and mast cell activation syndrome, for a deep dive into why so many patients spend years searching for answers while living with unexplained symptoms. Dr. Dempsey explains how Lyme disease, Bartonella, Babesia, mold exposure, chronic stress, trauma, hormonal imbalances, toxins, POTS...

What if some of the chronic diseases we struggle to understand are being driven by infections we have not learned to look for? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View Podcast, Sam Tejada sits down with Nikki Schultek, researcher, patient advocate, and collaboration architect whose own battle with Lyme disease transformed the direction of her life. After experiencing debilitating symptoms across multiple systems and being passed between specialists without answers, Nikki began investigating...

What if brain fog, anxiety, fatigue, or cognitive changes aren’t just symptoms to manage, but clues pointing to something deeper? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Eboni Cornish, functional medicine physician, Lyme disease expert, and President-Elect of ILADS, for a fascinating conversation on neural longevity, brain health, Lyme disease, chronic illness, and the hidden factors that may be affecting how your brain functions. Dr. Cornish explains why ...

What happens when Lyme disease is missed—and the symptoms are mistaken for something else? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Nicole Bell, CEO of Galaxy Diagnostics, engineer, author, and Lyme disease advocate, for a powerful conversation about diagnostic gaps, tick-borne infections, neurological symptoms, and the personal story that transformed her life and career. Nicole shares how her husband was initially diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s after s...

In this powerful episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Dr. Richard Horowitz, one of the world’s leading Lyme disease experts, to uncover what may be missing in the way chronic illness is diagnosed and treated. After treating more than 14,000 patients, Dr. Horowitz explains why Lyme disease is often misunderstood, how it can mimic conditions like chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disease, mental health disorders, long COVID, and even cognitive decline, and why g...

Can functional medicine, hormone optimization, and taking ownership of your health change your life? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with functional medicine practitioner and former U.S. Coast Guard veteran DJ Linders for an honest conversation about resilience, healing, and the future of personalized healthcare. Before helping patients optimize their health, DJ spent more than two decades in the Coast Guard performing search and rescue missions, overcoming ad...

What if the biggest problem with America’s healthcare system is not how much we spend—but what we spend it on? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with world-renowned transplant surgeon, diabetes researcher, and regenerative medicine pioneer Dr. Camillo Ricordi for a powerful conversation about transforming healthcare from reactive sick care into a predictive, preventive, and proactive system. Dr. Ricordi shares his journey from studying neuroscience to develop...

What if the key to better hormonal health, intimacy, and confidence starts with reconnecting to your own body? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Kim Bilyk, women’s health coach, occupational therapist, yoga therapist, and founder known as the Queen of Turn On, for an open and empowering conversation about women’s sexual wellness, perimenopause, menopause, pelvic health, and holistic healing. Kim shares her personal journey after losing her menstrual cycl...

What if your child’s behavior is not defiance, but a stress response? In this powerful episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with child behavior and trauma expert Bryan Post to explore how early experiences, family patterns, stress, and emotional disconnection can shape a child’s behavior for years. Bryan shares his personal adoption story, explains how trauma can begin before birth, and reveals why punishment, yelling, isolation, and excessive consequences often fail to...

What if the biggest breakthrough in your health is not another device, supplement, or data point, but learning how to bring your mind, body, emotions, and spirit back into alignment? In this episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada sits down with Julia Smila, certified functional nutrition practitioner and founder of the Ultimate Wellness Conference, for a powerful conversation about conscious longevity, functional medicine, nervous system regulation, biohacking, and the deeper meaning ...

What happens when you finally decide that your health will count? In this powerful episode of A Healthy Point of View, Sam Tejada is joined by artist, activist, and storyteller Yello Pain, alongside Liquivida partner and Winnergy founder Corey Jacobs, for an honest conversation about health awareness, personal responsibility, community impact, and creating change before life forces you to. Yello Pain shares how losing weight and improving his fitness made him feel healthier than ever, unti...