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The Art of Being Well

Dear Media, Will Cole

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Art of Being Well, Dr. Will Cole is joined by Ben Azadi - author of Keto Flex, founder of Keto Kamp, and host of The Metabolic Freedom Podcast. After overcoming obesity and suicidal ideation, Ben transformed his life and health through ancient healing tools like fasting and the ketogenic diet. He opens up about the mental and metabolic shifts that changed everything, the dangers of relying solely on GLP-1s like Ozempic, and why understanding insulin resistance is key to preventing disease. Plus, Ben shares what happened to his gut health and labs after 90 days on carnivore, and why gratitude might be the most powerful tool for healing. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.0	Hi, it's Dr. Will Cole.
0:08.7	This podcast is the manifesto for a new breed of health seekers.
0:14.7	This is the art of being well.
0:27.7	What's up and welcome to the art of being well.
0:35.7	Basic labs miss so much when it comes to understanding how you can feel your best and thrive,
0:41.0	how you can find vibrant wellness. Issues like hormonal imbalances, chronic infections like bacteria, virus, mold issues, environmental toxins like PIFs,
0:48.4	forever chemicals, microplastics, heavy metals, so many other variables. They're just largely not looked at comprehensively
0:56.3	or at all in mainstream medicine. Functional medicine attempts to fill in the gaps of what science is
1:03.8	showing, what's driving people not thriving. Why do people have this epidemic rise of inflammatory
1:10.3	problems, chronic health problems,
1:11.8	are just not feeling their best, things like fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, depression, digestive
1:17.3	problems. It's so bleak when you look at the statistics, but people don't have to be
1:22.6	largely dealing with these problems. These are largely overcomable and healable. You have agency over your
1:29.1	health, but you have to do something different to see something different. Over 15 years ago,
1:33.8	I started the first functional medicine telehealth clinic in the world, and it's my passion.
1:38.3	It's my day job. I love the podcast, but this is my day job is helping people around the world
1:43.7	thrive and feel their best and figure
1:47.1	out what's keeping them back from getting there.
1:50.0	So if you want to learn more about functional medicine, our approach within functional medicine,
1:54.9	check it all out at Dr.willcold.com.
1:57.7	That's D-R-W-I-L-C-O-L-E.com. Head on over to the Become a Patient page.
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