Sanjay: No, That’s Not Me Hawking Cures

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

There’s an ad going around on social media claiming Dr. Sanjay Gupta has discovered a natural cure for Alzheimer’s. Spoiler: it’s a deepfake. Sanjay breaks down how to tell when AI is faking it and answers a listener’s question about spotting signs prostate cancer has spread. Paging Dr Gupta is a production of CNN Podcasts. Our podcast is produced by Eryn Mathewson, Jennifer Lai, Grace Walker, Lori Galaretta, Jesse Remedios, Sofia Sanchez, Kyra Dahring, and Madeleine Thompson. Andrea Kane is our medical writer, our senior producer is Dan Bloom, Amanda Sealy is our showrunner, Dan Dzula is our technical director, and the executive producer of CNN Podcasts is Steve Lickteig. With support from Jamus Andrest, Jon Dianora, Haley Thomas, Alex Manasseri, Robert Mathers, Leni Steinhardt, Nichole Pesaru, and Lisa Namerow. Special thanks to Ben Tinker and Nadia Kounang of CNN Health and Wendy Brundige.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Paging Dr. Gupta.
0:05.2	This is the place I get to answer your health questions.
0:08.1	I love doing it.
0:10.0	So if you've got something on your mind, you've come to the right place.
0:14.5	On this program, we try and take your real-life questions and then do some homework
0:20.4	and try and answer them for you using science and facts.
0:24.9	Kira, who do we have first today?
0:27.4	Hi, Sanjay.
0:29.0	So today's first question is very personal.
0:32.8	It's actually about you.
0:34.9	Here, take a listen.
0:36.5	Hi, my name is Helena, and I'm curious to see whether
0:40.6	you're behind a product called IQ Blast. I saw a video that looks like you were featured in that,
0:51.8	but I'm not sure if that's the real you or someone else. And that really
0:57.3	will make a determination as to whether I purchase this product or not. Thank you.
1:05.6	Okay, thank you very much for this question. This has been something that's been on my mind a lot. So first of all,
1:11.8	the short answer is no. That is not me in the video. But I want to fill you in on what's
1:18.5	really happening here after this. If you haven't tried Abercrombie denim yet, you're missing
1:25.0	out. Denim should fit like this.
1:28.1	It's all about proportions.
1:29.8	Abercrombie has their classic fits and athletic fits for guys who want a little more room in the thigh.
1:35.2	When you find your staple fit, it'll be the pair you reach for day after day for every plan.
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