Finally with Dr. Raina Patel
finally. is hosted by Dr. Raina Patel, a dual board-certified family medicine and obesity medicine physician. The show is designed to help listeners better understand their bodies. Each episode breaks down the science behind weight, metabolism, and hormones in a practical way! New episodes twice a week: finally, Women's Health on Mondays and finally, obesity medicine on Wednesdays. Instagram: @drrainapatel Youtube channel: @drrainapatel
Episodes
Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Kimberly Bekemeier, a board-certified family physician and founder of Hormone Harmony OC, a membership-based women's primary care practice in Huntington Beach focused on perimenopause, menopause, and hormone therapy. Together they walk through menopause in plain language: what's actually happening in the body, the symptoms that get missed or dismissed, and what real treatment options look like tod...
In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel breaks down how to actually read a nutrition label, in the order that matters. She walks through why serving size changes every other number on the panel, why protein deserves attention before calories, and the real difference between total sugar and added sugar. The episode also covers fiber, sodium, common marketing terms like "reduced sugar" and "multigrain," and specific ingredients worth recogn...
Women's Health Mondays · Episode · Guest appearance
This episode originally aired on The Dr. Francavilla Show. She invited me on, and I'm grateful she did. If you're not already following her show, start here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3qEaWFEYAm7RPE9oXv1Hq5?si=4e0a8baa13894663
Weight gain in midlife is one of the most common things women bring to me, and it is almost always framed as a personal failure. It isn't. Dr. Francavilla...
Dr. Raina Patel breaks down the wellness peptide trend taking over Instagram and TikTok, BPC-157, CJC-1295, Ipamorelin, Tesamorelin, and NAD, separating what’s backed by human evidence from what’s marketing. She covers why this category exploded, the FDA’s ongoing review of whether to widen access to several of these compounds, the regulatory gray zone around “research use only” products, real safety c...
PMOS, formerly known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is one of the most common hormonal conditions affecting women, yet it's also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Shehzein Khan, a board-certified family physician and founder of Solace Primary Care in Newport Beach, to break down what a PMOS diagnosis actually means, why insulin resistance plays such a central role, and what the...
Everyone is wearing a device that tracks their health, but what do the numbers actually mean? Dr. Raina Patel breaks down fitness trackers, continuous glucose monitors, smart rings, and sleep trackers: what each one measures accurately, where the marketing outruns the evidence, and how to use the data for your metabolic health without letting it run your life.
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Most women are told to come back when their periods stop. Dr. Raina Patel explains why that advice costs them years.
In this episode she breaks down what perimenopause actually is, why it starts in the mid-forties and can run close to a decade, and why the biology is not a slow estrogen decline but a period of wide hormonal swings. She covers the two cycle changes that tell you which stage you're in, the symptoms beyond hot flashes ...
Two GLP-1 pills are now approved for weight management in the US, and they solved the same problem two completely different ways. Dr. Raina Patel breaks down oral semaglutide, the Wegovy pill, and orforglipron, or Foundayo: what the trials actually showed, the 30 minute rule that makes or breaks one of them, what they cost right now, and how to figure out which one fits your life.
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Can you actually improve your egg quality? And why is AMH the most misinterpreted test in women's health right now?
This week I'm answering the questions I get asked most about egg freezing, prompted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's announcement that she's freezing her eggs and her comment that there wasn't much good information out there. If that's true for a member of Congress with a staff and full access to care, it's true for the r...
Over years of practicing obesity medicine, Dr. Raina Patel has heard the same myths repeated with total confidence — by patients, family, strangers, even other physicians. In this rapid-fire episode, she takes on eleven of the most common ones and replaces each with what the evidence actually says.
When a tragedy makes headlines, millions of people hear two words they've never had explained: postpartum psychosis. This week, Dr. Raina Patel steps in as your doctor, not your commentator, to explain what it actually is, and just as importantly, what it isn't.
She draws the clear line between the common, treatable struggles of new motherhood, the depression, the anxiety, the intrusive thoughts that terrify good mothers who would ...
Roughly one in three American adults has insulin resistance - and most have no idea. In this episode Dr. Raina Patel explains what insulin resistance actually is (and how it differs from prediabetes), how it develops silently for years before showing up on standard blood work, what it does to your weight and metabolism, and why it is one of the most improvable metabolic conditions we know of - with the right approach and ongoing ef...
For everyone who can't use hormone therapy, or simply doesn't want to, there's a real menu of options, including a brand new class of medication designed specifically for hot flashes, the first of its kind in history. Dr. Raina Patel breaks down how it works, what else is on the menu, which mind body treatments actually have evidence behind them, and the honest truth about that supplement aisle.
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In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel is joined by her friend and colleague, Dr. Ashley Multani (@drashleyaesthetics), to break down hypertension - a condition that doesn't always come with warning signs and is showing up in younger people more than ever. They dive into how it's diagnosed, what medication management actually looks like, and why this 'silent killer' deserves way more attention than it gets.
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In the second episode of Finally Women's Health, Dr. Raina Patel explores menopause hormone therapy including estrogen and progesterone. She discusses who benefits the most, and what you need to make informed decisions about your health during this life transition.
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In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel walks through her own DEXA scan results — the wins, the surprises, and the area she's now working on — to explain what body composition actually is, why it matters far more than weight, how to measure it, and the two interventions that improve it most.
Note: All percentile comparisons in this episode come only from this specific DEXA company's own customer base — a self-select...
The premiere of Finally, Women's Health. Dr. Raina Patel takes on the five biggest myths about menopause and perimenopause, the ones she hears in clinic, online, and sometimes from other clinicians. Why the transition starts years before your period stops. Why it's never just hot flashes. Why "it's natural" was never a reason to suffer. The truth behind the hormone therapy fear you inherited, including the recent FDA move to remove...
Finally is now twice a week!
Mondays: Women's Health. Menopause, contraception, PCOS, breast cancer, and everything in between.
Wednesdays: Obesity Medicine. Weight management, GLP-1s, nutrition, and the science that actually holds up.
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Exercise is one of the most powerful things you can do for your health. It is not, however, a reliable tool for losing weight on its own — and understanding why changes everything. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel explains the science behind why exercise produces less weight loss than expected, what it is genuinely extraordinary for, and how to use it in a way that actually sticks.
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Sleep deprivation disrupts hunger signaling, impairs impulse control, and amplifies the brain's neurological response to high-calorie food. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel explains the full science of sleep and metabolic health — and why sleep might be the single most underrated tool in weight management.
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