More Plates More Dates | EP 168

The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast

Mikhaila Peterson

Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I spoke with Derek, also known as More Plates More Dates. We discussed hormone levels, testosterone injections, the fat acceptance movement, Marek Health, birth control, and much more.

Derek is the founder of the More Plates More Dates YouTube Channel, where he discusses strategies to optimize your health and nutrition. He is also a co-founder of the preventative medicine company called Marek Health.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MorePlatesMoreDates

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Chapters

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[0:00] Intro

[1:23] Three Main Focuses for Men's Health

[4:15] How to Cure Interrupted Sleep

[6:33] Derek's Educational Background

[7:57] The Marek Health Platform

[9:18] Testosterone Injections

[12:03] Getting Off of Testosterone

[14:01] From More Plates More Dates to Marek Health

[17:36] Immunotherapy

[19:52] Moving a Business from Canada to the U.S.

[24:08] Motivations for Leaving Toronto

[26:45] Plans for Expanding Marek Health

[28:36] Difficulties with Canada's Medical System

[30:24] Inheriting Autoimmune Sensitivities

[34:04] Pregnancy's Effect on Autoimmunity

[36:28] Changes in Hormone Levels

[40:24] SSRIs Not Treating Depression

[42:03] Slow Release Adderall

[45:20] Thoughts on the Fat Acceptance Movement

[50:43] Baseline Markers for Blood Testing

[56:48] My Inspiration for Starting the Carnivore Diet

[1:00:37] Carnivore Diet Niches

[1:07:08] Medication and Autoimmunity

[1:08:29] Effects of Birth Control on Hormones

[1:15:01] Outro

#hormones #autoimmunity #testosterone #carnivorediet #mikhailapeterson

Transcript

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0:00.0	What happens if you're a man with regular levels of testosterone and you give yourself a little boost?
0:05.9	From like an actual testicular health aspect, you're essentially shutting down the signal to them
0:10.7	in order to minorly elevate your levels just for some hopeful improvement.
0:16.9	I know like there's some women who get pregnant and then they're just kind of like calm and happy
0:21.2	and like just like pregnant. Yeah. And I just went like that's it crazy.
0:26.1	If you're not literally dying, good luck getting f***ing anything in Canada.
0:29.6	Like you better show up to the ER like physically having a heart attack.
0:32.8	Yeah, yeah. Or else you're not getting anything.
0:34.8	So. Okay. I think I'm behind that.
0:43.4	Derek, nice to meet you. Thanks for coming on my podcast.
0:46.1	You as well. Thanks for having me.
0:49.6	How did you like what's your background for people who aren't aware or familiar with you?
0:54.5	Can you give a brief background about who you are and what it is you do?
0:58.7	Yeah. So my name is Derek. I started a YouTube channel in 2016 as well as a accompanying website
1:06.3	which I'm probably most well known for. The channel name is more plates more dates.
1:10.7	It's kind of centered around men's self-improvement for the most part.
1:14.5	But it's kind of just like a catchy name. I came up with it at the time that I thought was memorable.
1:18.8	Kind of funny. And since then it's kind of branched out into multiple different areas
1:24.4	and my interests have evolved since then to be more focused around biology,
1:29.5	endocrinology, pharmacology, performance, optimization, longevity, just a bunch of different
1:36.0	areas like that. And I guess secondarily I'm most known for my preventative medicine platform
1:43.8	as well as supplement company. But mainly it's the channel which I produce a bunch of content
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