Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health
Listen to Dr. Mercola's Weekly Podcast, as the legendary natural health pioneer continues to lead you on your journey towards optimal health.
Episodes
February 4, 2026 • 7 mins
- Fewer than 1 in 4 preschoolers get enough daily movement, which affects how their bodies, brains, and confidence develop during the most important growth window of their lives
- Structured environments, like childcare settings, naturally increase activity through routines and transitions, while unstructured home days often lead to long stretches of sitt...
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February 4, 2026 • 8 mins
- A 2022 meta-analysis of 37 randomized trials found that berberine lowered glycated hemoglobin by 0.63% and fasting glucose by 0.82 mmol/L, with consistent results across diverse patient groups
- Earlier researchers also highlighted how berberine lowers blood sugar and harmful blood fats while also reducing liver fat and markers linked to kidney damage
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February 4, 2026 • 6 mins
- Sleeping fewer than seven hours per night is strongly linked to a shorter lifespan, even when factors like diet, exercise, income, and access to health care are taken into account
- Large-scale U.S. data shows sleep loss predicts reduced life expectancy more reliably than many habits people focus on daily, including physical inactivity and obesity
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February 3, 2026 • 7 mins
- Not all plant-based foods support heart health — ultraprocessed items may actually increase cardiovascular risk despite their "vegan" label
- A large French cohort study of over 63,000 adults found an approximately 40% reduction in cardiovascular disease risk when participants ate minimally processed, nutrient-rich plant foods
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February 3, 2026 • 8 mins
- A study of over 10,800 Australians age 70 and older found that people who always listened to music had a 39% lower risk of dementia, while those who often played an instrument had about a 35% lower risk
- Those who engaged in both listening and playing music had a 33% lower risk of dementia and a 22% lower risk of cognitive impairment
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February 3, 2026 • 6 mins
- Relearning basic movements like rolling, crawling, and squatting restores smoother coordination and reduces the fear-driven stiffness that worsens chronic low back pain
- A 12-week movement retraining program improved balance, daily function, and confidence by teaching participants how to move without triggering pain
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February 2, 2026 • 7 mins
- Adolescent obesity is rapidly turning into a worldwide health emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 160 million children and teenagers ages 5 to 19 are now overweight or obese
- A new study from the University of Gothenburg collected data from nearly one million Swedish men and found that obese teenagers are more likely to exp...
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February 2, 2026 • 8 mins
- Vitamin D and magnesium work together to regulate muscle contraction, energy production, bone strength, and recovery, forming a nutrient pairing that determines how effectively your body responds to training
- Research consisting of professional and Olympic sports shows widespread vitamin D and magnesium deficiency, which raises injury risk, slows recov...
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January 31, 2026 • 6 mins
- Nearly 90% of U.S. health care spending now goes toward chronic disease, much of it driven by dietary guidance that favored processed foods over real, nourishing meals
- The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans reverse decades of low-fat advice and no longer treat saturated fats from whole foods as dietary threats
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January 30, 2026 • 6 mins
- What you eat before and after hard workouts shapes how much internal stress your body experiences and how quickly you recover
- Eating carbohydrates before high-intensity training helps limit excessive stress during the workout and protects your ability to train consistently
- Whole foods rich in natural antioxida...
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January 30, 2026 • 8 mins
- A McGill University study found that childhood adversity combined with altered brain insulin signaling increases metabolic disease risk in women, even before clinical signs like diabetes or heart disease appear
- Early stress reprograms brain regions that govern reward, impulse control, and energy balance, raising visceral fat storage and disrupting ins...
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January 30, 2026 • 8 mins
- SSRI antidepressants are one of the most harmful medications on the market, and because of just how many people they are given to (often for no good reason as only a minority of patients benefit from SSRIs) they have had a profound effect on the consciousness of our entire society
- This article will review some of the more common side effects of SSRIs ...
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January 29, 2026 • 7 mins
- Fear-based learning can intensify pain in people with IBD even when inflammation is no longer active, showing that emotional processing plays a major role in chronic symptoms
- IBD patients in remission reported significantly higher pain intensity and unpleasantness compared to healthy individuals, despite experiencing the exact same heat stimulus
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January 29, 2026 • 8 mins
- Birth defects affect one in 33 babies, making them the top cause of infant death
- A study published in Environmental Research found that real-world PFAS mixtures can disrupt placental functions during the first trimester of pregnancy
- Other studies have also associated PFAS exposure with preeclampsia, changes in...
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January 29, 2026 • 8 mins
- New research shows that restoring glucose oxidation through the PDH enzyme — not burning more fat — is the key driver of meaningful and sustainable fat loss
- Obese animals lost fat while preserving muscle once PDH activity was restored, revealing a metabolic repair pathway that supports long-term weight control and higher energy
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January 28, 2026 • 8 mins
- About 13.4% of U.S. women of reproductive age struggle with infertility, leading many to pursue assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) like in vitro fertilization
- ARTs help initiate pregnancy but raise concerns such as multiple births, high financial costs, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, elevated stress, and emerging evidence linking them to lo...
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January 28, 2026 • 7 mins
- Regular energy drink use pushes your heart and blood vessels into a constant stress state that medications and fitness can't override while stimulants remain in your system
- Severe blood pressure spikes and dangerous heart rhythm events have occurred in people drinking energy drinks who appeared healthy and had no prior heart disease
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January 28, 2026 • 7 mins
- Modern diets hide excessive phosphate additives in ultraprocessed foods, which are absorbed rapidly and efficiently, disrupting natural mineral balance and overwhelming organs far more severely than refined sugar
- Industrial phosphate additives enhance texture, flavor, and shelf life, increasing total intake by 40% or more compared to natural sources, ...
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January 27, 2026 • 7 mins
- Sleeping fewer than seven hours a night shortens lifespan more than poor diet, lack of exercise, or weak social ties, making sleep one of the strongest predictors of long-term survival
- Short sleep accelerates aging by disrupting cellular repair, hormone balance, and energy production, even in people who eat well and stay physically active
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January 27, 2026 • 6 mins
- Plastic cutting boards shed microplastics during routine food prep, contributing to increased plastic ingestion that accumulates in organs like the brain and reproductive tissues over time
- Research shows knife pressure releases hundreds of plastic fragments per cut, many embedding into food tissue and remaining even after rinsing or cooking
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