Why Cereal Is the Worst Way to Start Your Day (and what to eat instead)
Release Date: 11/03/2025
How To Increase Ferritin Levels Quickly and Effectively
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In this Iron Q+A, I answer the following questions (and more): Are heme iron supplements better than non heme supplements? If my ferritin levels are extremely low, should I also have my copper levels tested? Is it helpful to take enzymes to support iron absorption? *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Ask your lifestyle health questions on social media, tag @drwholeness and use #accumulatehealth. -------- Connect with Dr. Matt online: 📍 📍 📍 📍
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Real, Whole Foods As Medicine
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In todays episode, Im talking about our food routine, and why many patients with conditions like PCOS, diabetes, heart disease, or Parkinson’s are rarely told by doctors to adjust what they eat. I share an example of how a patient with hormone dysfunction was never advised to cut daily Starbucks drinks or replace cereal, lattes, and Lunchables with real food. Food is medication and one meal matters, even if you mess up, you can still show up for the next “play.”
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How Creatine Can Support Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, Insulin Resistance
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In this episode, we're talking about how creatine can help muscles take glucose in more effectively, improve insulin sensitivity, and preserve and build muscle tissue. When muscle tissue is working ideally, it pulls sugar out of your bloodstream and uses it for energy. When muscle is weak, inactive, or shrinking—which happens with age and diabetes—blood sugar doesn’t have a place to go. A lot of people with diabetes tell me the same thing: I know I should exercise more, but I’m exhausted. This is where creatine comes in. 💪🏽 -------- Connect with Dr. Matt online: 🌱...
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Metformin & Statins Aren't Fixing Heart Disease—Here's What Will
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In today's episode, we're talking about cardiovascular health. Heart disease remains the #1 threat to the quality and quantity of life for Americans. And this is not because of a metformin or statin deficiency. We are pumping these drugs out at all time highs, but have yet to make a dent in heart disease. If you are in the traditional medicinal model, you may not be privy to the fact that there are other ways of supporting and invigorating the cardiovascular system and the underlying drivers of heart disease. You can actually improve cholesterol balance, blood sugar, arterial inflammation, and...
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How to Overcome and Iron Deficiency
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In this episode, I'm sharing a recent YouTube Live where I answer questions regarding overcoming an iron deficiency. Fatigue, lethargy, depression, anxiety, lack of motivation, under performing, shortness of breath, palpitations, feeling cold all the time. These can all be symptoms of low iron.* *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Ask your lifestyle health questions on social media, tag @drwholeness and use #accumulatehealth. -------- Connect with Dr. Matt online: 📍...
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If You’re a Woman in One of These 5 Stages, Check Your Iron
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Blaming stress, hormones, or aging, for a lack of energy? It could be low iron. 5 Life Stages that can contribute to low iron levels: Pregnancy and Postpartum Puberty and Adolescence Endurance Training & High Physical Output Heavy or Irregular Menstrual Cycles Chronic Fatigue, Illness, or Inflammation -------- ➡️ Get Dr. Matt's to overcoming iron deficiency Ask your lifestyle health questions on social media, tag @drwholeness and use #accumulatehealth. -------- Connect with Dr. Matt online: 📍 Instagram 📍 Facebook 📍 Website 📍 YouTube
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Am I iron deficient? 7 Signs Your Body is Begging for Iron
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If you are tired no matter how much you sleep, if workouts feel harder than they should, or if your brain just doesn’t feel sharp anymore— it could be iron. Iron deficiency doesn’t usually show up as a dramatic crash. It shows up quietly. Gradually. And millions of people are walking around iron deficient without knowing it. Yes, millions!!!! That is a lot of underperforming in life. So today, we’re answering one of the most common questions we get: “Am I iron deficient?” -------- ➡️ Get Dr. Matt's to overcoming iron deficiency Ask your lifestyle health questions on social...
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Why You Can't Lose Weight: Inflammation Explained
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Trying to de-bloat and de-puff? Inflammation is usually at the root of weight loss woes. You've done the detox. You've tried the drops, the shakes, the 21-day reset. It works—for a minute. Here's what I need you to understand: you didn't fail. The quick fix failed you. Quick fixes only address the periphery. They don’t address the underlying inflammation. They can't. Inflammation isn't a surface-level problem you can starve away or supplement out of existence in three weeks. When inflammation becomes chronic, our body goes into metabolic lockdown. Healing our gut—and therefore reducing...
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Supplement Q+A
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Are you a 40+ woman and confused about what supplements to take? Here are my top recommendations. Products mentioned: Blood Vitality: https://drwholeness.myshopify.com/products/blood-vitality-1 -------- Connect with Dr. Matt online: 🌱 Nutrient Support: 📍 Instagram: 📍 Facebook: 📍 Subscribe to DRW YouTube Channel:
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Your 2026 Whole-Food Reset Plan — 5 Things to Start Today
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If your health plan for 2026 involves detox teas, meal replacements, or white-knuckling your way through hunger—stop. That plan has already failed. January is when motivation is high, the gyms are full, all or nothing is on the plate…So today I want to give you a whole-food reset plan that actually works, not for 7 days, but for the next 12 months. For the next 30 days: 1. No ultra-processed foods 2. No canola, soybean, corn oils 3. Protein (whole food form) at every meal 4. Track your steps daily…a simple $15 pedometer will do. 5. Eat meat, eggs, fruit, vegetables, whole dairy. ...
info_outlineIn today's episode, I'm talking about why standard cereal is not food — and what eat instead. Cereal gives the illusion of health, but it’s empty, addictive, and exhausting. Breaking our fast with a protein-packed breakfast sets us up for a satiated day with a mind that can stay locked in.
➡️Download 6 Protein Packed Recipes https://drwholeness.com/recipes
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