The Trusted Pharmacist

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The Trusted Pharmacist Podcast pulls back the curtain on the healthcare industry, exposing the flaws in the system and empowering listeners to take control of their health. Hosted by pharmacist Steve Hoffart, this show delivers science-backed insights, debunks medical myths, and highlights natural and medical solutions that truly work. Through candid solo episodes and expert interviews, Steve provides actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare. Whether you're looking to improve your health, understand your body's needs, or make sense of conflicting medical advice, this podcast is your go-to source for honest, practical information.

  1. 14 hr ago

    Your Pharmacist's Role Is Bigger Than Prescriptions w/ Lauren Castle

    Most people still picture pharmacists as the people behind the counter, filling prescriptions, checking interactions, and putting pills in bottles. But the truth is, a growing number of pharmacists are asking a much bigger question: what if the answer isn't always another drug? For a long time, modern medicine has trained us to treat symptoms in isolation, but sometimes, the symptom is not the problem. It's the body's way of telling us something deeper is out of balance. What's interesting is that pharmacy didn't begin with synthesized drugs pulled off a shelf. Historically, pharmacists worked with plants, herbs, compounds, powders, tinctures, and preparations.  They understood medicine as something closer to the intersection of nature, chemistry, and the body. In many ways, the rise of the functional pharmacist isn't a rejection of pharmacy. It's a return to the deeper roots of it. We're now in an era where functional pharmacists can help bridge traditional herbal approaches, modern science, nutrition, medications, supplements, lifestyle, and root-cause care. Not in a way that dismisses medicine, but in a way that asks: where is medicine needed, and where can we use lifestyle, nutrition, stress reduction, gut support, and targeted natural therapies to help the body heal? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Lauren Castle, PharmD, functional medicine practitioner, founder and CEO of the Functional Medicine Pharmacists Alliance, and board member of the Psychedelic Pharmacists Association. She shares how her husband's health struggles first opened her eyes to functional medicine, how her own hormone and grief journey changed the way she understands healing, and why functional pharmacists may become one of the most important members of a patient's care team in the future.   Things You'll Learn In This Episode  Symptoms aren't the problem… they're the signal We're often trained to lower the number, quiet the symptom, or add the next medication. But what changes when we ask what the body is trying to tell us? Pharmacists belong in functional medicine Pharmacists understand medications, supplements, interactions, biochemistry, and therapeutic decisions. So why aren't they more often treated as part of the root-cause care team? Your body may not be broken; it may be protecting you Hormone issues, burnout, amenorrhea, anxiety, and fatigue can look like dysfunction. But what if the body is responding intelligently to stress, under-fueling, grief, or unsafe conditions? Plant medicine is not "just herbs" From oregano and berberine to psychedelics and pharmaceutical compounds derived from nature, plant medicine sits at the origin of pharmacy. How do we use these tools responsibly without dismissing their power? Psychedelics are not magic pills Psychedelic therapies may hold promise for trauma, PTSD, addiction, and mental health, but they require preparation, supervision, and integration. What does safe, ethical use actually look like?   PS. If you enjoy the show, remember to leave a review on your favorite podcast app! Reviews help the podcast reach a wider audience and help more people. Guest Bio Dr. Lauren Castle is a PharmD, functional medicine practitioner, and founder and CEO of the Functional Medicine Pharmacists Alliance, the first professional organization representing pharmacists in functional medicine, now nearly 5,000 strong. She holds a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, is certified through the School of Applied Functional Medicine, and sits on the board of directors of the Psychedelic Pharmacists Association. To learn more, visit fmpha.org and drlaurencastle.com.     About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

    50 min

  2. 28 May

    The Ultimate Vitamin D Guide: Best Dose, Sun Exposure, and Common Mistakes

    Vitamin D is a hot topic right now. Everyone's talking about it and supplementing with it, and I get countless questions on social media and in the pharmacy. "Am I taking enough?" "Is the specific dose I was told to take on social media better?" "Should I take D2 or D3?" Even though everyone's talking about Vitamin D, it's still so heavily misunderstood, and it starts with what people think it is. It's not just the bone vitamin; it's not really a vitamin at all. It works more like a pro-hormone, influencing immune function, hormones, metabolic health, brain health, inflammation, and thousands of processes across the body. And that's why it's so critical, and easy to get wrong. The first mistake people make: Thinking there's one dose of vitamin D for everyone. The truth is, vitamin D is very individualized; the dose you need is affected by everything from where you live, your skin tone, and how old you are.  So you have to know your number and test your levels to see what your body actually needs. The second mistake is thinking you can take Vitamin D in isolation for it to work.  To work effectively, Vitamin D actually relies on key co-factors like magnesium and vitamin K2, so if you're not also supporting those nutrients, you could be missing out on the full benefit. So how do you supplement your Vitamin D the right way? How do you know what to buy? In this episode, I walk through the truth about Vitamin D: why deficiency is so common, why "normal" levels are not always optimal, and why the safest approach is to test, dose, and retest instead of guessing.   Things You'll Learn In This Episode  Vitamin D is not just about bones Vitamin D acts more like a pro-hormone than a simple vitamin. What are all the crucial functions in our bodies that it supports? What are we missing when we only think of it as a bone-health supplement? Your Vitamin D dose should be based on testing, not guessing The same dose can produce very different blood levels in different people. How do you know whether your supplement is actually working? "Normal" Vitamin D is not always optimal What range of vitamin D should you be aiming for if your goal is optimization? Vitamin D can't work alone Magnesium helps activate vitamin D, while K2 helps direct calcium into the right places instead of soft tissues or arteries. So if you're taking vitamin D but not seeing results, what else might your body be missing?   P.S. Are you looking for a high-quality Vitamin D supplement you can trust?  Get our Vitamin D3 5000IU: https://magnoliapharmacy.com/products/vitamin-d3-5000iu    About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

    32 min

  3. 21 May

    GI Doc Reveals Why Your Gut Test May Be Misleading w/ Dr. Vivian Asamoah

    Gut health is one of the most talked-about areas of wellness…but it's also still one of the most misunderstood.  Right now, it's very easy for someone to order a stool test, get a long report back, see a list of bacteria, parasites, yeast, or "imbalances."  But here's the problem: more data doesn't always mean more clarity. And when we treat gut health the same way conventional medicine often treats symptoms, we end up recreating the exact problem we were trying to solve. Because the gut is not static. It changes with food, stress, sleep, circadian rhythm, trauma, hormones, environment, and even the season of life someone is in.  A single test may give us useful information, but it cannot tell the whole story. And if we're not careful, we can become so focused on fixing the numbers that we miss the person sitting in front of us. So instead of asking, "What does this test say?" we have to ask, "What question are we trying to answer?"  In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Vivian Asamoah, a triple board-certified gastroenterologist trained at Johns Hopkins who went beyond conventional GI care to pursue integrative medicine.  She now leads Houston Gastro Institute and an integrative functional GI practice, where she helps patients look beyond "normal" test results and get to the deeper patterns driving their symptoms. We get into why microbiome testing has limitations, what comprehensive stool testing can actually reveal, how trauma and stress affect the gut, and why PPIs are more complicated than people think.   Things You'll Learn In This Episode  A gut test is only a snapshot, not the whole story Your gut can shift based on what you eat and sleep, your stress levels, and even your circadian rhythm. How does current gut testing miss this? The real question is not "What test should I take?" Testing only matters when it answers a clear clinical question and changes the next step in care. So before ordering another lab, what should patients and practitioners be asking first? Gut symptoms can start outside the gut Trauma, grief, perimenopause, and nervous system dysregulation can all shape digestive health. What happens when we stop treating gut symptoms in isolation and start looking at the full timeline of a patient's life? The truth about PPIs Acid-suppressing medications like Nexium, omeprazole, and pantoprazole have become really popular. How do we know when acid suppression is necessary and when lifestyle, nutrition, and root-cause work should come first?   Guest Bio Dr. Vivian Asamoah is a triple board-certified gastroenterologist who trained at Johns Hopkins and did something that most GI doctors would never do. She went further. She pursued an integrative medicine certification because she realized conventional training alone just wasn't actually enough to fix her patients. She now runs Houston Gastro Institute and has built one of the most unique root-cause GI practices in the country. To learn more, visit https://www.houstongastroinstitute.com/ or follow Dr. Asamoah on Instagram and TikTok.    About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

    44 min

  4. 14 May

    The Real Reason Antidepressants Aren't Fixing Your Brain Fog, Fatigue, and Gut Issues w/ Dr. Sakina Davis

    When a woman is dealing with brain fog, gut issues, irritability, and just not feeling like herself… There are usually two paths she ends up taking. The first is the conventional healthcare one. A ten-minute doctor's visit, a quick look at basic labs, and then a prescription (often including an antidepressant) before being sent on her way. But here's the problem: that path never gets to the root cause.   Because when a woman presents with a cluster of symptoms like fatigue, mood changes, gut issues, and low energy, the default diagnosis becomes anxiety or depression.  And for many people we see, that's not what's actually going on, there's a deeper issue that needs to be addressed.  There's an underlying inflammatory or autoimmune issue, immune dysfunction, or there's a breakdown happening in the body that hasn't been identified yet. And what she's experiencing aren't random symptoms; they're signals. Traditional healthcare and 10-minute visits aren't built to uncover complex, multi-system. And you definitely can't solve them by layering prescriptions on top of symptoms without understanding what's driving them in the first place. You need time, context, and someone willing to look at the full picture. And that's where a root-cause approach changes everything. Because instead of asking, "How do we manage this symptom?" It starts with a different question: "What's actually causing this in the first place?" In this episode, Dr. Sakina Davis, a functional medicine practitioner who specializes in root-cause care, returns to the show. We unpack what's really happening beneath symptoms like fatigue, gut issues, and brain fog, and why so many women are being misdiagnosed or dismissed in the process. We get into how autoimmune and inflammatory conditions actually show up, the patterns most doctors miss, and what it looks like to take a more comprehensive approach to testing, diagnosis, and treatment.   Things You'll Learn In This Episode  Labs can look "normal" while your body clearly isn't Most standard testing barely scratches the surface. So if everything comes back "fine," what are doctors not testing for, and what actually reveals inflammation and immune dysfunction? What a deeper diagnostic actually looks like From expanded thyroid panels to inflammatory markers and immune testing, what does comprehensive testing really involve, and how do you know when it's necessary? Your gut might be the problem, even if digestion seems "fine" You can be eating well and still not absorbing nutrients properly. What does it mean if your body isn't breaking down food the way it should—and how would you even know? The test no one wants to do… but can explain everything Stool testing sounds unpleasant, but it reveals things that nothing else can, bacteria balance, inflammation, and digestion issues. So what can it actually uncover about your health that other tests miss?   Guest Bio Dr. Sakina Davis is a Bioidentical Hormone Specialist and fellowship-trained physician with 20+ years of experience. She is recognized as a pioneer in functional and regenerative medicine. As the founder of Woodlands Wellness and Cosmetic Center in The Woodlands, Texas, Dr. Davis offers a comprehensive range of medical and aesthetic services, with a focus on hormone optimization and weight management. Dr. Davis is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging, the Institute for Functional Medicine, and is part of the Longevity Docs group. Her approach combines cutting-edge treatments with a personalized, holistic focus. She is known for her dedication to patient care and for her active involvement in the community, supporting organizations like the Montgomery County Food Bank and CASA Advocates for Children. One patient shared, "Dr. Sakina Davis is very professional and spends enough time with you to treat the 'whole you'; everything is connected, and balancing hormones helps to treat and prevent many conditions." To learn more, visit https://woodlandswellness.com/.    About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

    50 min

  5. 7 May

    Is Going Gluten-Free Enough? The Hidden Problem in "Healthy" Foods w/ Dr Steven Gundry

    The default rules of "healthy eating" are something we've all heard: eat whole grains, load up on vegetables, and if you really want to make an impact, go gluten-free. But what if the foods you're doubling down on… the ones you believe are fixing your health… are quietly driving inflammation, weight gain, and even chronic disease? When it comes to nutrition, the story isn't just that some foods are good and others are bad. It's that many of the foods we've been taught to trust contain naturally occurring compounds, like lectins, that can actually work against our health.  For some people, that doesn't just show up as digestive issues. It can show up as autoimmune conditions, brain fog, metabolic dysfunction, and even more serious conditions like neurodegeneration and addiction patterns. And here's where it gets even more interesting. Ancient cultures didn't blindly eat these foods. They prepared them in very specific ways, fermenting, peeling, pressure cooking, and processing them to reduce these compounds before consumption.  In other words, they understood that these foods needed to be handled carefully. Modern diets, on the other hand, often skip those steps entirely, exposing us to levels our bodies may not be equipped to deal with. So, could your "healthy plate" be causing inflammation and illness? What foods actually damage our health, and what do we eat instead?  In this episode, former cardiac surgeon, regenerative medicine expert, and bestselling author of "The Plant Paradox," Dr. Steven Gundry,  He shares how compounds like lectins interact with the gut, why so many conditions may trace back to gut dysfunction, and what most people are missing when it comes to food and long-term health.   Things You'll Learn In This Episode  The problem isn't just junk food… It's the stuff you trust It's easy to blame sugar and processed food. It's harder to question the "clean" staples sitting at the center of your diet. What if the issue isn't what you avoid, but what you keep doubling down on? It doesn't start where it shows up Inflammation, autoimmune issues, and even cognitive decline look like separate problems. But what if they're all downstream signals of the same breakdown happening in the gut? Your biology decides what's "healthy," not the label The same food can heal one person and quietly wreck another. If your gut and microbiome aren't functioning properly, are you eating foods… or feeding the problem? Traditional diets were protective Peeling, fermenting, and pressure cooking weren't random habits. Do these safeguards combat the compounds the body struggles to handle?   Guest Bio Dr. Steven Gundry is a former cardiac surgeon, regenerative medicine expert, Director and Founder of the International Heart & Lung Institute, as well as the Center for Restorative Medicine. He is also the author of the bestselling books "The Gut-Brain Paradox" and "The Plant Paradox." He is also the host of the chart-topping Dr. Gundry Podcast. He has worked in medicine for over 40 years, and today his focus is on teaching people how to avoid surgery by using my unique vision of human nutrition. Dr. Gundry's mission is to improve people's health, happiness, and longevity by making simple changes to their diets. To learn more, visit https://drgundry.com/ and follow @drstevengundry on Instagram.   About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

    51 min

  6. 30 Apr

    Mail Order vs. Your Local Pharmacy: The Trade Off No One's Talking About w/ Monique Whitney

    Most people think the reason their prescriptions are expensive is simple: drug companies set the price, insurance helps cover it, and what you pay at the counter is just "how it is." But that story falls apart the second you look a little closer. Because the price you pay for the same medication can swing from $6 to $200+, depending on where and how you get it. And most of that difference has nothing to do with the drug itself. What's actually happening is that there's an entire layer of the system most patients never see. A layer that doesn't just influence pricing, but actively controls which medications you can access, where you're allowed to fill them, and even whether your local pharmacy survives. And here's where the real cost shows up, because this doesn't stop at price. When patients are pushed into systems they don't understand, adherence drops. Medications get delayed, skipped, or abandoned altogether. Care becomes fragmented. And the one place that consistently acts as a frontline healthcare touchpoint, the local pharmacy, gets replaced with centralized, mail-order systems that were never designed to deliver personalized care. Because when a $6 medication turns into $211… when pharmacies close despite being essential healthcare access points… when patients are steered, restricted, or overcharged without realizing it… That's not just inefficiency; that's a system that quietly trades outcomes for margins. So the real question becomes: if the system patients trust is actually working against them, what's really driving drug prices, and what is it costing us beyond the prescription itself? In this episode, I'm joined by Monique Whitney, Executive Director of Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency, who has spent over a decade exposing what's actually happening behind the scenes. She shares what's really behind expensive prescriptions, pharmacy closures, and the rise of mail-order pharmacies.    Things You'll Learn In This Episode  Drug prices aren't driven by the drug itself The same medication can cost a few dollars or hundreds. If pricing isn't tied to the product, what is it tied to, and who controls that difference? Access to medication is being controlled, not just priced The system can dictate where you fill prescriptions, what drugs you're allowed to take, and even push you away from your local pharmacy. Why is pharmacy access being engineered? "Convenience" platforms often come at a hidden cost From discount cards to mail-order pharmacies, many tools marketed as savings solutions are actually extracting value through fees, data, or steering. If it looks like you're saving money, where is that money being made back? A patient problem, not a business problem When pharmacies shut down, patients lose access, delay care, or end up in emergency systems that cost far more. If the most accessible healthcare provider disappears, what does that do to the entire system upstream?   Guest Bio Monique Whitney is the Executive Director at Pharmacists United for Truth & Transparency. As the Executive Director of PUTT, she works to advance the role of pharmacists as trusted healthcare providers and advocates for patient safety. PUTT is a 501(c)3 organization committed to promoting transparency, integrity, and accountability in pharmacy care. In Monique's role, she leads a team of dedicated professionals (who are also volunteers) in developing and implementing strategic initiatives to ensure patient access and end pharmacy deserts. She collaborates with key stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, policymakers, and industry leaders, to drive positive change and ensure patients can access safe, effective, and affordable medications at their local pharmacy. With a deep understanding of the complex healthcare landscape and regulatory environment, Monique brings a wealth of experience in advocacy, public policy, and organizational leadership. She is committed to fostering a culture of transparency and accountability in the U.S. healthcare system that works to the benefit of everyone. To learn more, go to https://www.truthrx.org/, and to look up drug cost disparities in your state, go to https://www.audittricare.org/.     About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

    52 min

  7. 23 Apr

    The Real Reason High-Performing Women Hit a Wall in Midlife (It's Not Willpower) w/ Cynthia Thurlow

    For most of their lives, high-performing women rely on their drive, willpower, and discipline to accomplish their goals, build their careers, and manage their busy lives. And then they get to midlife, and suddenly it feels like the wheels have fallen off. The same discipline, strategies, and mindset that once drove results suddenly stop working. The workouts don't hit the same; your metabolism slows down, and you can't push through things the way you could before. What if this isn't a failure of effort, but a fundamental shift in biology? Because what's happening in perimenopause isn't subtle. Hormones are fluctuating unpredictably, the gut microbiome is changing, stress tolerance drops, sleep architecture shifts, and systems that once buffered pressure start to lose that capacity. And for many, it goes deeper than physiology. Emotional stress that was once manageable suddenly isn't, and old emotional traumas start to resurface. What's actually happening in perimenopause and menopause to cause these changes? Cynthia Thurlow knows this from experience. As a clinician working in high-pressure cardiology, she hit a wall, dealing with weight loss resistance, poor sleep, anxiety, and burnout at a time when no one had prepared her for what perimenopause actually looks like.  Ultimately, it led to a complete re-evaluation of how she approached her health and a shift away from traditional clinical practice toward educating and advocating for women navigating midlife.  In this episode, speaker, midlife health advocate, menopause expert, and author of the new book The Menopause Gut, Cynthia shares what's actually changing in midlife, and why the answer isn't more effort, but a completely different way of working with your body.   Things You'll Learn In This Episode  You don't have a willpower problem When discipline, restriction, and pushing through stop producing results, what does that reveal about the limits of willpower in a changing body? Perimenopause is a systems shift, not a single hormone problem If hormones, gut health, stress response, and sleep are all changing at once, are we oversimplifying what's actually happening? Why symptoms feel sudden (even though the process isn't) If these changes build over the years beneath the surface, why does it feel like everything falls apart all at once? You can't override biology; you have to realign with it When your body is asking for different inputs, more recovery, more nourishment, better boundaries, what happens if you keep responding the old way?   PS. If you enjoy the show, remember to leave a review on your favorite podcast app! Reviews help the podcast reach a wider audience and help more people. Guest Bio Cynthia Thurlow is a speaker, podcast host, midlife health advocate, menopause, nutrition, intermittent fasting expert, and author of the new book, The Menopause Gut. She's a nurse practitioner, CEO, and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project. She has over 9.6 million views on her second TEDx talk (Intermittent Fasting: Transformational Technique). With over 20 years of experience in health and wellness, Cynthia has been featured on ABC, FOX5, KTLA, CW, Medium, Entrepreneur, and The Megyn Kelly Show. To learn more, visit https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/, follow Cynthia on Instagram, and buy her book on Amazon or your bookstore of choice.     About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

    49 min

  8. 16 Apr

    Big Pharma Can't Customize Your HRT, But This Can w/ Dr. Pam Smith

    Most commercially available hormones are designed for population-level dosing - one-size-fits-all, and no room for personalization.  But hormones don't behave at the population level. Human bodies are uniquely shaped by metabolism, liver function, toxin exposure, and how each person absorbs and processes hormones.  And yet, the commercial market still tries to solve for all of that complexity with a limited set of fixed doses. Take something as common as an estradiol patch. It only comes in a handful of options. So what happens if your body needs something in between?  That gap is where a lot of people get stuck. They're technically "on hormones," but they don't feel right, they don't respond the way they should, or they're dealing with side effects that don't make sense. At the same time, we're seeing a new wave of messaging that says hormones are now "safe," and therefore easy to prescribe. But that creates a second problem. Because hormones aren't inherently safe or unsafe; they're precise.  And when you remove the precision, the testing, and the individualization, you don't get better outcomes. You just get more people on a one-size-fits-all approach that was never designed to fit them in the first place. So the real question becomes: if standardized options fall short, what does it actually take to get hormones that actually match what your body needs? In this episode, speaker, author, educator, and Anti-Aging and Precision Medicine expert, Dr. Pamela Smith, returns. Today, we're breaking down why compounding isn't an alternative approach; it's often the only way to truly match treatment to the patient.   Things You'll Learn In This Episode  Hormones don't follow averages Most medications are designed for population-level outcomes, but hormones are influenced by metabolism, weight, liver function, toxins, and more. What happens when we treat something highly individualized with standardized protocols? Convenience is replacing clinical rigor From telehealth checklists to "no-testing" approaches, hormone therapy is becoming easier to access, but less precise. Are we improving care, or just scaling shortcuts? Why "normal dosing" often fails patients Small changes like weight fluctuations or absorption differences can shift hormone needs significantly. If dosing isn't adjusted at a micro level, how many patients are being under- or over-treated without realizing it? Hormones aren't the starting point; they're the amplifier When upstream issues like toxins, gut health, or metabolic dysfunction aren't addressed, hormone therapy often fails. Are we blaming hormones when the real issue is everything around them?   PS. If you enjoy the show, remember to leave a review on your favorite podcast app! Reviews help the podcast reach a wider audience and help more people. Guest Bio Pamela Smith, M.D., MPH, MS, is an internationally known speaker and author on the subject of Anti-Aging and Precision Medicine. She spent her first twenty years of practice as an emergency room physician with the Detroit Medical Center in a level 1 trauma center and then 28 years as an Anti-Aging/Functional Medicine specialist. She is a diplomat of the Board of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Physicians and is. Dr. Smith also holds a master's degree in public health and a master's degree in metabolic and nutritional medicine. She is in private practice and is the senior partner for The Center for Precision Medicine, with offices in Michigan and Florida. She has been featured on CNN, PBS, and many other television networks, has been interviewed in numerous consumer magazines, and has hosted two of her own radio shows. Dr. Smith was one of the featured physicians on the PBS series "The Embrace of Aging" as well as the online medical series "Awakening from Alzheimer's" and "Regain Your Brain". She is the author of fourteen best-selling books, including How to Prevent Breast Cancer- Before & After: A Guide to Taking Back Control of Your Life. To learn more about Dr. Smith and to get her books, visit https://mdpamelasmith.com/.    About Your Host Steve Hoffart is an award-winning pharmacist, entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster. As the visionary founder of Magnolia Pharmacy, Steve saw a need for a more personal pharmacy that could make a bigger impact. Today, Steve and his team of experts deliver on that promise, working with patients and their physicians to solve medication problems and offer personalized solutions to achieve better health and wellness. As host of The Trusted Pharmacist podcast and through his combined reach of over 1M on social media, Steve shares actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare.   Stay Ahead with Steve the Pharmacist! Loving the show? Want more insights into how your body works? Head over to TheTrustedPharmacist.com and sign up with your email! You'll get the latest episodes, plus exclusive health tips to help you take charge of your wellness. Don't miss out – join me today!

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The Trusted Pharmacist Podcast pulls back the curtain on the healthcare industry, exposing the flaws in the system and empowering listeners to take control of their health. Hosted by pharmacist Steve Hoffart, this show delivers science-backed insights, debunks medical myths, and highlights natural and medical solutions that truly work. Through candid solo episodes and expert interviews, Steve provides actionable advice on nutrition, supplements, and wellness strategies while advocating for meaningful change in healthcare. Whether you're looking to improve your health, understand your body's needs, or make sense of conflicting medical advice, this podcast is your go-to source for honest, practical information.

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    Steve Hoffart
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    65
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    © 2026
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    The Trusted Pharmacist
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