Dr. Clay Moss: On Metabolic Health, Insulin Resistance, Peptides, & Sleep Hygiene
5/5/20261 hr 10 min
The number one side effect of comfort is chronic disease, and we’re more comfortable than any generation in human history. In this episode, Dr. Clay Moss and I unpack the simple, foundational shifts that produced life-changing results in a 7-day in-patient metabolic rehabilitation protocol: full elimination diet, sleep hygiene, intentional movement, stress management, and community connection. No biohacking gadgets required. Just a return to the basics, your biology was built for.
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First 90 secondsClay Moss· Guest0:00
I think a lot of people relate aesthetic health to metabolic health. You can go years and years and have chronic disease even though you look good in the mirror.
Gary Brecka· Host0:06
You talk about how the most dangerous drug right now is comfort.
Clay Moss· Guest0:10
And the number one side effect of comfort is chronic disease. We live in a society where everything is becoming more comfortable to us, and yet we're getting sicker as a society, and I don't think that's coincidence.
Gary Brecka· Host0:19
When we talk about the basics to people about how impactful things like movement, stress management, community connection, and how food is medicine, they almost want to refute that because it seems like it's too easy.
Clay Moss· Guest0:31
There's so many things that we're living with in this unnatural world nowadays that if we just kinda get back to our roots a little bit, we can fix things one by one.
Gary Brecka· Host0:39
Can you talk a little bit about the importance of strength training, muscle, beyond just what we see in the mirror, and why you think muscle is medicine?
Clay Moss· Guest0:47
To me, muscle is the root of- Ultimate Human.
Gary Brecka· Host0:59
Hey, guys. Welcome back to the Ultimate Human podcast. Today I wanna introduce you to someone who is redefining what it means to actually prevent disease. Dr. Clay Moss is a functional medicine physician who looks shredded in the mirror and was metabolically falling apart on the inside. He had strep throat 22 times in four years of college. His labs told a story his reflection never could, and that personal reckoning sent him on a mission to expose a hard truth: what