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Nov 3, 2026 46 min

The Hidden Toxin Load Behind Midlife with Dr. Shivani Gupta

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Your liver, kidneys, and lymphatic system are brilliant filters, built over millions of years to clear whatever the world throws at them. But they were designed for a world without 10,000 synthetic chemicals, microplastics in the rain, and contaminants in our air, water, and everyday products. If you’re dealing with fatigue, brain fog, stubborn weight, or flares that won’t settle, your filter may simply be overloaded.

In this solo episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta explores why a toxic environment directly drives chronic inflammation, and why Ayurveda treated a clean, non-toxic life as a pillar of health thousands of years ago. She walks through a 2025 University of New Mexico study that found microplastics in human brain tissue, explains the Ayurvedic concept of ama, and shares what a 2025 review of 25 preclinical studies suggests turmeric may do to protect a body under toxic load.

This episode is for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the toxin conversation and wants a calm, practical place to start. You’ll walk away with the three swaps Dr. Shivani uses in her own home and a simple framework you can begin this week.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Why microplastics are now showing up in human brain tissue, and what the research does and doesn’t prove
• How toxins keep your immune system switched on, creating a loop of rising inflammation and falling detox capacity
• Why your body’s detox system isn’t broken, just asked to clear far more than it evolved for
• What ama is in Ayurveda, and how this “toxic backlog” describes the same thing modern science calls inflammation
• The two-step framework for a non-toxic life: lower the load and support the clearing
• How curcumin activates the NRF2 pathway, boosts glutathione, and helps bind heavy metals, plus why absorption matters

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Oct 27, 2026 35 min

Feel Better From the Inside Out: Mold, Inflammation & the Toxic Free Way with KB

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What if feeling better isn’t about doing more but about understanding what your body actually needs?

In this episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta sits down with Kate “KB” Middleton, founder of Toxic Free with KB, to talk about mold exposure, mycotoxins, inflammation, nervous-system stress, and the hidden burdens that can leave women feeling tired, foggy, reactive, or simply unlike themselves.

KB opens up about her own health journey, from unexplained irritability, brain fog, swelling, and other symptoms to discovering mold in her environment. She shares why her approach to healing eventually shifted away from constantly adding more supplements, detox protocols, and wellness tools and toward simplifying, slowing down, and learning to listen to her body.

Dr. Shivani and KB also explore why this message is especially important in midlife, when changing hormones, stress, inflammation, and years of putting everyone else first can make it harder to feel your best.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The subtle symptoms that made KB realize something was off
• What mold and mycotoxin exposure can look like
• Why brain fog, fatigue, irritability, and swelling deserve attention
• Why more detox isn’t always better
• How doing too much for your health can become another stressor
• Why addressing your environment matters
• The connection between mold, inflammation, and MCAS
• Simple ways to support lymphatic flow
• Why hydration, movement, sleep, and morning sunlight matter
• How nervous-system regulation can support overall well-being
• Why women need to stop putting themselves last
• How Ayurveda encourages rhythm, moderation, and self-nourishing rituals
• Why sometimes doing less can help you feel better

Most importantly, this conversation challenges the idea that you always need to do more to become healthier.

Sometimes feeling better from the inside out begins with less pressure, more awareness, and finally giving yourself permission to become one of your own priorities.

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Oct 20, 2026 53 min

How Fall Affects Your Body Type

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The light is changing, the air is crisp, and your body has already noticed. Maybe your sleep shifted, your skin dried out, or you feel more anxious, tired, or foggy than you did a month ago. That isn't you falling apart. It's your body responding to the season, exactly as it was designed to.

Dr. Shivani Gupta, author of The Inflammation Code, walks through the Ayurvedic seasonal map: fall as Vata (air), winter as Kapha (earth), and summer as Pitta (fire). She explains why the same season lands so differently on each body, and shares her own seasonal patterns as a Pitta-Kapha woman navigating work, family, and the holidays.

In this episode:

• The three elemental energies explained simply, and what imbalance looks like for each
• Why "like increases like" explains why your symptoms show up at the same time every year
• Why fall can feel harder during perimenopause and menopause
• Why Vata types unravel in fall and Kapha types slow down in winter
• Why Pitta types often feel great in fall, and the holiday overload they need to watch
• How being out of sync with your season adds to your inflammatory load
• Why balance comes from opposite qualities, applied to your specific design

You can't support a design you haven't identified. Start with the free elemental design quiz, and move through this season with your body instead of against it.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

Free Elemental Design (Dosha) Quiz

The Inflammation Code

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Oct 13, 2026 29 min

You Were Never Meant to Heal Alone

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Perimenopause. An empty nest. A divorce. A health journey no one around you quite understands. Midlife can be quietly isolating, and your body notices.

In this honest solo episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta connects the latest gene research with ancient Ayurvedic wisdom to show why loneliness is a real, measurable driver of inflammation. She also shares her own lonely year of mold recovery, the best friend whose questions made her feel seen, and why she stopped asking "what did I do wrong?"

What This Conversation Reveals:

• Why women so often blame themselves when their health feels unstable
• How loneliness changes the way your immune system reads its own DNA
• Why warmth, trust, and feeling known are anti-inflammatory at the gene level
• How ojas and sattva explain connection as a source of resilience
• Why losing a community (like a favorite gym) can affect more than your mood
• Easy, real-life ways to find your people again
• Why sharing what's working for you gives you both connection and purpose

Take care of yourself, and of the people around you. As Dr. Shivani reminds us, those were never two separate things.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code

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Oct 6, 2026 27 min

ADHD or Perimenopause? Why Your Brain Feels Different in Midlife with Dr. Jolene Brighten

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Can't focus, can't remember, can't follow through, and you're wondering if something is wrong with your brain? For many women in their late 30s and 40s, the answer involves hormones, and sometimes a lifetime of undiagnosed ADHD.

Dr. Jolene Brighten is a board-certified naturopathic endocrinologist, certified menopause specialist, nutrition scientist, and author of the new book ADHD and Women. She joins Dr. Shivani to untangle ADHD from perimenopause and share what actually helps.

What You'll Learn

• Why perimenopause can feel like "ADHD light," and when the brain typically starts to recover
• Why ADHD women may hit perimenopause earlier, with more severe symptoms
• How estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, insulin, and cortisol shape focus and mood
• The 25/25 rule for lowering inflammatory visceral fat
• Gut-brain foods: ghee, cooled potatoes, and a brain-supportive taco plate
• Why thyroid and ferritin should be checked before an ADHD evaluation
• How to advocate for yourself when your doctor dismisses you

You've been working harder than anyone realized. This conversation helps you understand why, and what to do next.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

ADHD and Women by Dr. Jolene Brighten

The Dr. Brighten Show / Website:https://drbrighten.com/

Instagram: @drjolenebrighten

The Inflammation Code

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Sep 29, 2026 52 min

The Second Bloom: Why HRT Isn’t the Whole Answer, with Dr. Jila Senemar

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What if the reason your hormone therapy hasn't worked isn't the medication, it's that no one walked you through the first few months of it? In this episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta talks with Dr. Jila Senemar, a board-certified OB/GYN, certified menopause specialist, and longevity physician, about why HRT gets sold as a quick fix and why that expectation sets so many women up to quit too soon.

Dr. Jila also shares the story of a patient whose sudden, out-of-character anger revealed she was deep in perimenopause and hadn't recognized it, and how a single reassuring text message can be the difference between a woman staying on hormone therapy or abandoning it over a normal side effect.

In this episode:

• Why HRT is not a magic bullet, and what real hand-holding through treatment looks like
• Why women quit hormone therapy over a cramp or breast tenderness that was actually expected
• What biological age testing reveals about inflammation and cellular aging
• Why the mood symptoms of perimenopause are so under-discussed in women in their 30s and 40s
• How chronic inflammation "pre-loads" women before perimenopause even begins
• Why Dr. Jila calls this stage of life a "second bloom" instead of a decline
• What led her to leave a 22-year, insurance-based OBGYN practice

This conversation isn't about whether you should take HRT. It's about understanding what your body actually needs, so whatever you choose works.

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Sep 22, 2026 57 min

Inflammopause: The Hidden Fire Behind Your Menopause Symptoms | Dr. Shivani Gupta

Show notes

You haven't stopped taking care of yourself. You may still be exercising, eating well, taking your supplements, and doing many of the same things that worked for years.

So why does your body suddenly seem more inflamed?

In Part 2 of Dr. Shivani Gupta's Vata Season of Menopause series, she explores what she calls inflammopause—the inflammatory shift that can accompany declining estrogen during perimenopause and menopause.

Part 1 introduced the “wind”: rising Vata and the dryness, instability, anxiety, poor sleep, joint changes, and unpredictability that can come with this transition.

Now comes the “fire.”

What This Conversation Reveals:

• How estrogen helps regulate inflammatory signaling and what changes when estrogen declines

• Why joint stiffness, metabolic changes, hot flashes, brain fog, and cardiovascular changes can appear during the same life stage

• Why Dr. Shivani describes menopause as a collision between rising Vata and rising inflammation

• What current research suggests about curcumin and inflammatory pathways

• Why Ayurvedic formulations combine turmeric with Boswellia, ginger, amla, Guduchi, and black pepper

• How poor sleep can drive inflammation higher while inflammation itself makes restorative sleep harder

• Why supporting sleep, nervous system rhythm, and inflammation can become increasingly important in midlife

The goal isn't to fear menopause. It's to understand what your body is navigating so you can respond with better tools.

When you stop seeing every symptom as an isolated problem, the whole transition begins to make more sense.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code

Fusionary Formulas (Inflammation Relief, Turmeric Gold, Deep Sleep Tea)

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Elemental Design Quiz (find your Vata/fire balance)

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Sep 15, 2026 30 min

The Vata Syndrome of Menopause: The Root Cause No One Named| Dr. Shivani Gupta

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What if your joint pain, your sleepless nights, your stubborn belly weight, and your 3am anxiety were never ten separate problems? In this solo episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta names the root condition underneath nearly all of it: the Vata Syndrome of Menopause.

Drawing on 5,000-year-old Ayurvedic texts alongside modern menopause research, she explains why estrogen functions as your body's "anti-vata" hormone, why hot flashes are actually a wind problem rather than a fire problem, and why some women glide through this transition while others crash.

In this episode:

• Why Western medicine has named a syndrome for the pelvis, the bones, and the brain in menopause, but never for the root connecting them
• The real mechanism behind unpredictable hot flashes
• Why progesterone often disappears before estrogen, and what that means for early anxiety and sleep disruption
• How thyroid, adrenal, and gut health form a "team" that determines the severity of your transition
• What ojas (vital reserve) means, and why it decides whether you crash or glide
• Free, practical Ayurvedic practices that directly ground this shift, starting today

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code

Fusionary Formulas Supplements

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7-Day Inflammation Detox Challenge

Work with Dr. Shivani / Free Discovery Call

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Sep 8, 2026 49 min

Healing, Mental Inflammation & the Power of Relationships with Shawn Stevenson

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What if the diagnosis you were given isn't the end of your health story?

Shawn Stevenson was only 20 when he was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, two herniated discs, and told he had the spine of an 80-year-old. After two years of worsening pain and declining health, one question changed the direction of his life:

“What can I do to feel better?”

In this deeply personal conversation, Dr. Shivani Gupta and Shawn explore what happened next and why healing involves much more than nutrition and exercise. They dig into the nocebo effect, mental inflammation, sleep, brain health, loneliness, social connection, family meals, and the powerful role relationships play in long-term health.

What This Conversation Reveals:

• How Shawn went from being told his condition was “incurable” to seeing documented changes on a follow-up scan
• Why the question “What can I do to feel better?” became a turning point in his healing journey
• How the nocebo effect can shape the way the body responds to a diagnosis
• Why thoughts, stress, and mental inflammation can influence physical health
• What research on loneliness and social connection reveals about longevity
• Why the quality of your relationships may shape your sleep, food, movement, and stress more than you realize
• How family meals can become a simple but powerful health practice
• Why Shawn believes creating a healthy “microculture” at home can make better habits easier and more sustainable

Wherever you are in your own healing journey, this episode is a reminder that health does not always have to become more complicated. Sometimes it starts with asking a different question, creating a more supportive environment, and giving your body the conditions it needs to heal.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code

Fusionary Formulas Supplements

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7-Day Inflammation Detox Challenge

Work with Dr. Shivani / Free Discovery Call

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Eat Smarter Family Cookbook by Shawn Stevenson

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Sep 1, 2026 1 hr 4 min

Could Parasites and Mold Be Behind Your Symptoms? with Kim Rogers, The Worm Queen

Show notes

You're eating clean, sleeping (or trying to), doing everything you know to do, and your labs still come back low across the board. Dr. Shivani sits down with Kim Rogers, "The Worm Queen," to talk about a root cause that's rarely discussed in Western wellness circles: the hidden trifecta of parasites, mold, and Lyme.

Kim spent over 20 years working inside Western medicine before her own health crisis, stage four endometriosis, 13 surgeries, and years of undiagnosed chronic Lyme, forced her to find her own answers. Her story went viral in 2021, and she's since built a following of over 1.5 million people teaching women how to advocate for their own health.

In this episode:

• Why parasites, mold, and Lyme often live together in one "biofilm"
• Everyday symptoms (teeth grinding, bloating, sugar cravings, insomnia) that can point to parasites
• Why standard stool testing can miss parasites entirely
• The surprising history of hookworm and early Western medicine
• How hookworm can directly cause iron deficiency and anemia
• What to expect physically and emotionally during a detox
• Why moving into a new home can trigger unexpected health decline

If your body has been telling you something your labs haven't confirmed yet, this conversation gives you language for it.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code (book)

Fusionary Formulas Supplements (use code CODE15 for a discount)

7-Day Inflammation Detox Challenge

Work with Dr. Shivani — Free Discovery Call

CONNECT WITH KIM ROGERS

RogersHood Apothecary

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Kim Rogers: Instagram @mrsrogers.hood

Kim's podcast, "What's Eating You"

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Aug 25, 2026 45 min

The Conscious Parenting Shift Every Midlife Mother Needs with Dr. Shefali

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What if the way we're raising our children is quietly teaching them to perform instead of connect? In this episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta talks with Dr. Shefali, Clinical Psychologist, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Founder of the Conscious Parenting Movement, about the difference between raising a "human doing" and a "human being."

They dig into why girls today feel crushing pressure to be everything, why boys are quietly withdrawing into loneliness and overstimulation, and why a scrolling, checked-out teenager isn't lazy, they're disconnected. Dr. Shefali also shares the story of a mother whose 13-year-old son kept sneaking out at night, and the surprising shift that turned the standoff into connection.

In this episode:

• Why raising a "human being" instead of a "human doing" changes how you respond to your child
• Why girls carry pressure and boys carry overstimulation, and what each actually needs
• The Urban Explorer story, and what one mother did differently to reach her son
• Why boys often bond side by side through activity, not face to face through talking
• How a silent 15-minute walk rebuilt trust between a mother and her teenage daughter
• Why reclaiming your own authentic identity is the real starting point of conscious parenting
• What it means to stop measuring your parenting by your child's outward achievements

This conversation isn't about parenting perfectly. It's about seeing your child, and yourself, more clearly.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code

Fusionary Formulas Supplements

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7-Day Inflammation Detox Challenge

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Podcast: Parenting & You with Dr. Shefali

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Aug 18, 2026 43 min

Why Pain Is the Last Signal Your Body Sends, Not the First | Dr. Shivani Gupta

Show notes

Most of us treat pain as the beginning of a problem. It isn't. By the time you feel it, whether it's a stiff knee, an aching lower back, or hands that hurt in the morning, inflammation has usually been quietly active for months, sometimes years.

In this solo episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta breaks down why pain is the last signal your body sends, using her own experience with plantar fasciitis and a round of NSAIDs that damaged her gut without ever solving the original problem.

In this episode:

• The real difference between acute inflammation, which is protective, and chronic inflammation, which is quiet and easy to explain away
• Why Tylenol and Advil work differently, and why neither one addresses the disease process underneath your pain
• What's happening inside an osteoarthritic or rheumatoid joint at the cellular level
• Why curcumin research shows results comparable to ibuprofen and prescription NSAIDs, without the gut damage
• The COX2 and 5-LOX pathway explanation, and why turmeric and boswellia work better paired together
• How your everyday ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fats shapes your body's baseline inflammatory response
• Dr. Shivani's honest, still-unfolding story about her own hip and spine pain

This conversation is an invitation to listen to the whisper before your body has to shout.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code

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7-Day Inflammation Detox Challenge

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Aug 11, 2026 42 min

What Your Cholesterol Test Isn’t Telling You with Dr. Philip Ovadia

Show notes

Most people are taught to focus on cholesterol when they think about heart disease.

But what if cholesterol is only one small part of the story?

In this episode of The Inflammation Code Podcast, Dr. Shivani Gupta sits down with Dr. Philip C. Ovadia, a board-certified heart surgeon, founder of Ovadia Heart Health, host of The Stay Off My Operating Table Podcast, and author of Stay Off My Kitchen Table. After performing thousands of heart surgeries and reversing his own metabolic dysfunction, Dr. Ovadia now focuses on helping people prevent the very conditions that lead them to the operating table.

Together, they discuss what really drives heart disease risk, including insulin resistance, inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, nutrient absorption, gut health, and the importance of imaging like coronary artery calcium scans.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

• Why heart disease can begin decades before symptoms appear

• Why cholesterol alone is not enough to predict heart disease risk

• How insulin resistance and inflammation contribute to cardiovascular disease

• Why women’s heart risk rises rapidly after menopause

• What a coronary artery calcium scan can reveal

• Why nutrient density and bioavailability matter for metabolic health

• How elimination diets may help identify foods that drive inflammation

This episode is for anyone who wants to understand heart disease prevention before it becomes urgent.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

The Inflammation Code

Fusionary Formulas Supplements

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7-Day Inflammation Detox Challenge

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Aug 4, 2026 55 min

"The Turmeric Truth" — What Actually Makes Curcumin Work with Dr. Shivani Gupta

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If you've ever taken turmeric and felt nothing, this episode explains exactly why. Dr. Shivani Gupta, whose PhD dissertation was on turmeric bioavailability, walks through the science of curcumin absorption, the safety issue almost nobody talks about (lead contamination, even in organic turmeric), and what a properly formulated curcumin supplement actually needs to include.

She also shares the story that started it all: her grandmother's nightly turmeric milk ritual, and the years of unexplained health struggles that sent her looking for answers modern medicine couldn't give her.

What This Conversation Reveals:

• The difference between turmeric as food and curcumin as a therapeutic compound
• Why fat (like eggs, avocado, or olive oil) meaningfully improves curcumin absorption
• Why some turmeric has been recalled for lead contamination, and what to look for instead
• Where turmeric fits into the GLP-1 and blood sugar conversation, without overpromising
• How declining estrogen in perimenopause raises inflammatory sensitivity, and why that matters for joint pain, brain fog, and mood
• Why the benefits of curcumin build over months, not days, and why that's actually the point

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Jul 28, 2026 43 min

Why Your Metabolism Needs Flexibility, Not a Diet, with Ben Azadi

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If you've tried keto, fasting, or cutting carbs and felt like your body just won't cooperate the way it used to, you're not broken and you're not doing it wrong. You may just be missing the piece that makes it sustainable: flexibility.

In this episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta sits down with returning guest Ben Azadi, FDN-P, New York Times bestselling author of Metabolic Freedom, to talk about his newly revised book, Keto Flex. Ben explains why keto isn't a diet at all, but a metabolic process nearly all of us are born knowing how to use, and why most people, especially in midlife, have simply forgotten how to access it. They dig into why the real question isn't "how do I lose weight," but "how do I lower inflammation and insulin," and why that shift changes everything.

This conversation is for anyone who has felt like a walking science experiment with their own body: trying a plan, watching it work for a while, then hitting a wall with no clear reason why. Ben and Dr. Shivani talk through what makes this approach different for women, especially in the perimenopausal and postmenopausal years, and how to build metabolic flexibility gently instead of forcing it.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Why keto is a metabolic process your body already knows, not a diet you have to force

The real question to ask instead of "how do I lose weight": how to lower inflammation and insulin first

The four-pillar framework (adapt, fast, phase, flex) and why the last pillar is where true customization begins

Why fasting is a stress on the body, and how to tell if you're adapting to it or being harmed by it

How anti-nutrients like oxalates, tannins, and phytates can quietly block progress, even in "healthy" keto foods

Why women in perimenopause and postmenopause need a different approach than men, and what to track along the way

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ABOUT BEN AZADI
Ben Azadi is a leading authority on metabolic health and the New York Times bestselling author of Metabolic Freedom. His revised book, Keto Flex, releases July 21, 2026. Learn more and access free bonuses at ketoflexbook.com.

CONNECT WITH BEN AZADI
Website: benazadi.com
Instagram: instagram.com/thebenazadi
YouTube: youtube.com/@KetoKamp

CONNECT WITH DR. SHIVANI
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Website: https://www.shivanigupta.com/

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Jul 21, 2026 27 min

Running on Fumes: Why Your Body Is Shutting Down and How to Refill Your Tank

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You know that feeling when you're at the end of your rope, but you push a little further anyway because you assume there's more fuel left in the tank? In this solo episode, Dr. Shivani breaks down why that instinct, so common in women, is quietly setting the stage for burnout, hair loss, and even autoimmune disease.

Using the story of her friend Rima, whose autoimmune diagnosis showed up right after a devastating divorce, and her client Amy, who lost half her hair with no dermatology treatment able to reverse it, Dr. Shivani explains the Ayurvedic concept of ojas, your body's vital reserve, and why running on empty for years eventually forces the body to shut down non essential systems one by one.

This episode also gets personal. Dr. Shivani shares what happened to her own body after a mold exposure, a book launch, and a TEDx talk collided in the same season, and what her acupuncturist told her that changed how she thinks about resilience.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Why women wait until they hit empty to refuel, while men stop at a quarter tank, and what that pattern costs the body over decades
• What happens physiologically when you run on fumes for too long, using the exact mechanics of a car's fuel pump as the analogy
• Why the body deprioritizes hair, skin, gut function, hormones, and libido when it senses depletion, and why that is not random
• The real story behind Rima's autoimmune diagnosis and why it appeared exactly when it did
• Why Amy's hair loss could not be solved with dermatology treatments alone, and what actually needed to happen instead
• What ojas, rasa, and agni mean in Ayurveda, and why they matter more than any supplement or treatment
• Why vata season in midlife requires you to slow down right as your body is asking for more support, not less
• The moment Dr. Shivani's own acupuncturist reframed what resilience actually looks like
• Why rhythm, not more effort, is what rebuilds a depleted system
• The simple, low cost daily practices that begin restoring your reserves without adding anything to your to do list

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Jul 14, 2026 36 min

The New Rules of Women’s Health with Meghan Rabbitt

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Most women have felt it.

You bring your symptoms to a doctor, you leave without real answers, and somewhere between the waiting room and your car, you start wondering if you are the problem.

You are not.

In this episode of The Inflammation Code Podcast, Dr. Shivani Gupta sits down with Meghan Rabbitt, award-winning health journalist and author of The New Rules of Women's Health, written for Maria Shriver's imprint after 100+ interviews with all-female medical experts.

What they unpack together is both sobering and genuinely useful: the systemic research gaps that have left women without answers, and the practical tools to close that gap for yourself right now.

In this episode:

• Why women were not included in NIH-funded clinical trials until 1993 and how that research gap still affects your care today
• Why the 40 to 60 window is the most critical period for preventive health and why most women fall off during exactly this time
• How hot flashes work in the body and why they matter for long-term heart health
• Why two thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women and what brain researchers are uncovering about estrogen and cognitive health
• How pregnancy complications like preeclampsia may be early warning signs for heart disease risk decades later
• The "don't bury the lead" advice that could change how your doctor appointments go
• How to use a lifetime breast cancer risk calculator to advocate for the testing you actually need
• Why getting the care you deserve is, as Meghan puts it, a radical act of self-love

If you've ever been told your symptoms are fine when you knew something was not right, this conversation is for you.

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Jul 7, 2026 59 min

Why Summer Quietly Increases Your Inflammation with Dr. Shivani Gupta

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Summer can quietly dismantle the health routine you worked so hard to build. Travel, heat, later nights, celebrations, and disrupted rhythms all ask more of your body than regular life does.

In this solo episode, Dr. Shivani Gupta explains why summer can increase inflammation through the Ayurvedic lens of Pitta season and Vata disruption from travel. She shares the three priorities that help protect your practice through the season: cooling, grounding, and protection.

You’ll also learn Dr. Shivani’s “minimum viable practice,” a simple morning and evening rhythm that keeps your anti-inflammatory routine intact even when your full ritual falls apart.

This episode is not about perfection. It is about protecting what you have been building and investing in the woman you are becoming.

What You’ll Learn

• Why summer is Pitta season and what that means for inflammation, digestion, skin, sleep, and mood
• How travel activates Vata and disrupts your nervous system, gut health, and circadian rhythm
• Why summer can make skin flares, redness, heat rash, and eczema feel worse
• The three Ayurvedic priorities for summer: cooling, grounding, and protection
• The simple cooling foods, herbs, and habits that help balance summer heat
• Why your anti-inflammatory practice matters more in summer, not less
• The minimum viable practice Dr. Shivani uses to stay consistent through travel and disruption
• Why protecting your summer practice is an investment in your future self

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Jun 30, 2026 20 min

Is Hashimoto's the Missing Root Cause? Inna Topiler on Thyroid Symptoms and Immune Confusion

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Could Hashimoto’s be the missing root cause behind your thyroid symptoms?

If you have been told your thyroid labs are “fine,” or you are taking thyroid medication but still feel exhausted, foggy, inflamed, or not like yourself, this conversation will help you understand what may be happening underneath the surface. Hashimoto’s is not just a thyroid problem. It is an immune system condition that can keep attacking the thyroid when the deeper triggers are never addressed.

Inna Topiler, CNS, MS, is a Certified Nutrition Specialist who has navigated her own Hashimoto’s journey for over 25 years. She is the host of Thyroid Mystery Solved: Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism Revealed, and the creator of Thyroid Love, a 26-nutrient supplement formulated specifically for thyroid autoimmunity.

In this conversation with Dr. Shivani Gupta, Inna explains the immune confusion behind Hashimoto’s, why thyroid medication alone does not calm the immune attack, and what it really takes to support thyroid health at the root.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why levothyroxine supports the thyroid but does not address the immune attack causing the damage?
• How to ask for a real full thyroid panel, and why TPO and TG antibodies matter
• The four root cause buckets behind immune confusion: food, infections, toxins, and stress
• Why gluten can trigger an immune attack on the thyroid through molecular mimicry
• The truth about iodine supplementation with Hashimoto's, and why it often makes things worse
• How selenium and inositol support thyroid hormone balance and immune regulation
• Why zinc deficiency can be generational and how high copper compounds the problem
• What a thyroid supplement designed for autoimmunity should and should not include

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