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The Nick Bare Podcast

013: Dr. Kyle Gillett - The 6 Pillars for Optimal Health, Hormones, and Vitality

The Nick Bare Podcast

Nick Bare

Health & Fitness

55.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Today on the show, we have Dr. Kyle Gillett, a renowned advocate for holistic individualized care. With his vast expertise spanning preventive medicine, aesthetics, sports medicine, hormone optimization, infertility, precision medicine, and genomics, Dr. Gillett passionately believes in a comprehensive approach to achieving optimal health.



In this conversation, we delve deep into the core principles of his practice, centered around the concept of the 6 pillars of optimal health. Focusing on understanding the intricate balance of hormones, we explore the transformative power of hormone optimization and when it's ideal to begin blood work. Additionally, we tackle the crucial topic of finding the right doctor for hormone replacement therapy, unraveling the importance of shared decision-making and an evidence-based, patient-centered approach.



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Topics:

(00:00) Intro

(1:38) Kyle’s background

(5:17) Comprehensive blood panels

(10:17) Beneficiary of critical thinkers

(11:47) Increase of interest vs. issues

(14:31) Six pillars of optimal health

(22:00) Diet and exercise fix most health conditions

(26:24) Optimal diet for everyone

(27:30) Hormone optimization through diet

(30:08) Individualized diet approach

(31:26) Precision medicine

(33:46) Gut health complexities

(38:55) Increasing gut motility

(42:40) Effective probiotics

(48:03) Diversified diet

(49:41) Exercise protocols

(51:23) Impact of endurance training on hormones

(1:00:25) Sleep cycles and circadian rhythm

(1:03:13) Best time for sunlight

(1:04:27) Red light therapy

(1:05:13) Optimizing sleep and sunlight

(1:09:05) Tips for sleep in a caloric deficit

(1:11:58) Stress management

(1:16:39) Spiritual health

(1:21:43) Male vs. female hormone optimization

(1:25:03) Issues of contraceptive methods

(1:31:51) Issues of tele-doc for HRT

(1:35:19) Optimal male hormone health

(1:38:14) Determining the ability to build muscle

(1:44:13) Factors to consider before taking synthetic hormones

(1:48:17) Accessibility and use of TRT

(1:51:56) Why do most individuals utilize HRT

(1:55:10) Finding the right doctor

(1:57:14) The right age to start blood work

(2:00:27) Age of declining testosterone

Transcript

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0:00.0

What age do hormones start declining?

0:02.0

25 or 30.

0:03.1

And from there, it's just downhill.

0:04.7

Statistically, yes.

0:06.0

You use it or you lose it.

0:07.1

If you use it and you have good diet and good exercise,

0:09.7

you can maintain a lot of your strength

0:11.9

and body composition into older age.

0:14.2

So you have an 80 or 90-year-old male.

0:16.8

What's the highest testosterone you ever seen

0:18.9

and so on, like that old?

0:20.3

900s.

0:21.2

Wow.

0:21.9

Was he just thriving?

0:22.7

Indoginously produced, of course.

0:24.6

Didn't have metabolic syndrome.

0:25.6

He didn't have sleep apnea.

0:26.8

He was very active.

0:27.7

He exercised a lot.

0:28.6

He dieted a lot.

0:29.4

He slept well.

0:30.3

So he had a lot of the pillars of health checked off.

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