Snake Oil or Science: The Truth About Wellness Trends with Dr. Joshua Levitt

Real Talk, Whole Life

Cloud10

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We’re back with science-based naturopathic doctor, Dr. Josh Levitt. No, it doesn’t have to be an oxymoron - he’s a myth-buster extraordinaire and this conversation is all about finding the truth in the mess of modern wellness. From essential oils and detoxes to gallbladder flushes and ear candles, we get into what’s actually helpful, what’s hype, and why so many people get caught in the middle. Dr. Josh and I talk about the nuance that often gets lost in clickbait culture — how real healing usually lives in the gray space between conventional and natural medicine. He shares how his own journey (which involves a blister, a Swiss pharmacy, and a serious wake-up call) shaped his approach to integrative care. And we dig into why people fall for bad health advice, how to spot the red flags, and what you can do instead. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by conflicting health info or frustrated by medical systems that leave out the whole picture, this episode is for you. 00:00 | Meet Dr. Josh Levitt (Again) 02:30 | Medicine as a Bridge, Not a Binary 05:50 | The Problem with Extremes in Wellness 08:50 | Snake Oil: The Origin Story 12:05 | Essential Oils: Helpful or Hype? 17:15 | Buyer Beware: Scams, Grifters & the Gray Area 21:15 | Ear Candles: A Hot Mess (Literally) 26:00 | Gallbladder Flushes & Detox Culture 33:30 | Life After Gallbladder Surgery: What No One Tells You 39:15 | Why We’re Still So Sick Find Dr. Josh: upwellness.com instagram.com/drjoshlevitt tiktok.com/@drjoshlevitt Find Stacy: ⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠ ⁠⁠missionmakersart.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of Real Talk Whole Life, you're going to meet a naturopathic physician, Dr. Joshua
0:15.8	Levitt, who has been on my podcast previously as The Whole View, Season 3, Episode 75, Busting Natural Medical Miss.
0:26.7	He is incredible at talking about natural medicine from a place of what actually works versus
0:34.1	which pseudoscience, how we can think about natural versus conventional medicine to
0:39.5	work together and why listening and learning is going to help us all improve the health of our
0:46.5	bodies. I'm excited for you to meet him. If you didn't listen to the prior show, also highly
0:51.4	recommend that you go check that out. We'll put a link in the show notes for you.
0:55.2	And we were just chatting before we got started. And I'm I'm jazzed to have this different
1:01.7	kind of platform to have conversation with you because I really enjoyed our first conversation
1:06.9	doing a little more in-depth myth busting. And as we were trying to figure out a topic,
1:14.7	you sent like a list this long of things we could myth bust. And it's, it is fascinating to me
1:23.8	to sit in this wellness space where I think we both sit and maybe you could talk a little
1:29.4	bit about your background for people who didn't listen to the prior show of acknowledging
1:35.7	that there are things in the world that affect our health more than just what the medical
1:41.4	community talks about. But then there's also this like bridge
1:45.4	to the other side that takes it too far into what, you know, we're going to talk about in terms
1:50.3	of pseudoscience. And no, like the algorithm does not love this balanced, nuanced perspective,
1:59.7	right? It's like it wants bold one or the other. And I love that
2:04.9	you have this approach to wellness where you also try to fit in that space that isn't click-beaty and
2:13.9	popular, but is where I am and my journey definitely aligning to what health and
2:21.2	wellness really is, this balanced state. Could you talk a little more about just kind of your
2:25.8	background to give people an introduction to who you are?
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