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Peptides, Wellness, and the Fight Against America’s Health Crisis with Shiran Romero (Ep. 92)

Peptides, Wellness, and the Fight Against America’s Health Crisis with Shiran Romero (Ep. 92)

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Ultra-processed foods. 

Skyrocketing obesity rates. 

A growing health crisis. 

It’s time to ask: What can you do to fight back?

This week on Smart. Money. Simplified, Brent Mekosh is joined by wellness professional Shiran Romero, who unveils powerful, science-backed strategies to transform your health. 

Brent also opens up about his remarkable health journey, sharing how cutting-edge peptide therapies like Tirzepatide and Semaglutide helped him regain energy, normalize his bloodwork, and return to his Ironman weight.

If you’re ready to ditch fad diets and discover practical, life-changing solutions, this episode is your ultimate guide to taking charge of your health and thriving!

Key Highlights:

  • A Nation in Crisis: How rising rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are reshaping the conversation around health
  • Peptides to the Rescue: Discover how GLP-1 agonists are empowering patients to lose weight, reduce inflammation, and feel their best
  • The Food Connection: Why America’s processed food culture is at the root of the problem—and how peptides could help you break free
  • A Personal Victory: Brent’s journey back to health, featuring normalized blood sugar, improved cholesterol, and renewed vitality
  • Expert Tips for Quality Care: The importance of choosing trusted compounding pharmacies like Red Rock Pharmacy for affordable, high-quality peptide therapy
  • Wellness Beyond Peptides: Explore innovative treatments like IV therapy, microneedling, and personalized wellness plans with expert Shiran Romero
  • And much more!

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About Our Guest:

Shiran Romero is a wellness expert specializing in anti-aging and metabolic health. With a focus on personalized care, she provides advanced treatments such as peptide therapy, IV nutrient therapy, and radiofrequency microneedling. Shiran is passionate about empowering individuals to achieve optimal health through tailored fitness, dietary guidance, and cutting-edge therapies designed to enhance vitality, reduce inflammation, and support overall well-being.

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Rethinking Medicine: Dr. Lufkin’s Quest for Authentic Health Wisdom (Ep. 53)

Rethinking Medicine: Dr. Lufkin’s Quest for Authentic Health Wisdom (Ep. 53)

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With an unprecedented rise in cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes, health and wellness are on everyone’s minds. 

What has led to the increase of these chronic diseases? How to change our lifestyle to improve our health? 

In this episode, Brent Mekosh is joined by Dr. Robert Lufkin, a physician and medical professor at UCLA and USC, in discussing the role of our metabolism and its connection to chronic diseases, the impact of nutrition on health, and the benefits of a low-carb diet. 

Dr. Lufkin stresses the value of steering clear of junk food, going back to the basics with unprocessed foods, and making those little everyday changes that can really boost our health.

Dr. Lufkin explores:

  • The current health scenario in the United States 
  • The role of our metabolism in the development of chronic diseases
  • Ways our diet influences certain types of diseases 
  • Reasons exercise is crucial for our overall health
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

Dr. Robert Lufkin is a physician/medical school professor (UCLA & USC) focusing on the applied science of health, longevity, and consciousness. Dr. Lufkin helps to reimagine the conventional healthcare model with evidence-based, clinically proven lifestyle modifications and other tools. Through this, we prevent/reverse chronic diseases, cultivate consciousness, and live life to the fullest.

Author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 32 chapters, and 13 books translated into five languages on medical imaging. Dr. Lufkin has been elected President of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology and President of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and awarded the society’s highest honor for his research. 

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