Darshan Shah, MD is a board-certified surgeon, published author, and Founder and CEO of Next Health – the first, largest and fastest-growing health optimization and longevity clinic. He earned his medical degree at the age of 21 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, becoming one of the youngest doctors in the United States at the time. He continued his training at the Mayo Clinic and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. As a longevity medicine specialist, he has advised thousands of patients on how to optimize their well-being and extend their healthspan and lifespan.

Today on the show we discuss: steps you can take to add decades to your life, the #1 contributor to disease and how to eat for energy and fat loss, Dr. Shah’s personal rock bottom and how he transformed his health, how to eat to manage your insulin effectively, the connection between mental and metabolic health, habits that increase and decrease your lifespan and much more.

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