The Checkup with Doctor Mike

I’m a family medicine physician in the Midwest and I appreciate someone in our field advocating for and sharing evidenced-based medical info to the general public while also battling social media misinformation. This is not an easy task and I appreciate your team’s time and dedication. While it may be out of your wheelhouse, I’d love to hear a podcast on the topic of maternal healthcare deserts in our country and how poor insurance reimbursements are worsening women’s healthcare access.

Not just Dr Mike …. but he does it a lot - I keep unfollowing out of frustration. A podcast host has an expert on and then talks over them and asks dumb questions the whole time, even ones that were already covered - like they aren’t even listening but just looking for something to jump on. Listening to Dr Mike argue with an obesity expert about calories and insulin, as a young muscular metabolically healthy man - he has NO clue what it’s like for someone not metabolically healthy. Insulin does matter more than calories for being able, if not able, to burn fat - full stop. It’s just a fact at this point - but Dr Mike with his teenager level hormones and 5% body fat wants to argue against it 🤦🏽‍♀️

Good but listening is Kamala is all hurts my brain

My only criticism is I really disliked the Dr. Israetel episode, it felt like the guest was making up facts based on perspective, like he sat at party, watched a group of people and generalized some behaviors, made some assumptions based on stereotypes and called it a study. I heard no evidence or sources from where he got that information from. I really enjoy Dr. Mike’s content otherwise. From YouTube to Podcast, I truly enjoy the quick medical and informative facts without creating anxiety about health, but mainly a suggestive doctor recommendation, kind of like having a friend who’s a doctor and you can text them at any time.