Uncommonly Remarkable

Artis L Beatty, OD, MS
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  • HEALTH & FITNESS

Uncommonly Remarkable is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. The show is published in two formats: authored monologues that explore core ideas around health, resilience, and human biology, and In Conversation episodes featuring long-form discussions with clinicians, scientists, and founders. Rather than chasing trends, the show focuses on systems, signals, and long-term trajectory. Hosted by Artis Beatty.

  1. Vision Is Infrastructure

    6D AGO

    Vision Is Infrastructure

    Send a text I have intentionally avoided talking about eyes on this show — even though I am an optometrist — because I never wanted the conversation to narrow into prescriptions and lenses. But vision is larger than refractive error. Vision determines autonomy. It affects how safely you drive, how steadily you move, and how independently you age. It also provides one of the only direct windows into living neural tissue and blood vessels anywhere in the body. In this episode, I explain why clarity alone does not define visual health, how contrast sensitivity and color discrimination can change before acuity does, how systemic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia reveal themselves in ocular tissue before symptoms appear, and why routine eye exams function as both performance evaluation and systemic insight.  The hope is to reframe eye care as infrastructure maintenance — not cosmetic correction. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    14 min
  2. You’re Asking the Wrong First Question

    MAR 2

    You’re Asking the Wrong First Question

    Send a text We recently talked about protein as infrastructure — an ongoing expense tied to what we expect our bodies to maintain. That framing still stands. But there’s a broader mistake that often shows up before we even get to the accounting. When we want to improve muscle, recovery, or long-term health, we usually start by asking how much protein we should eat. The question isn’t wrong. It’s just rarely the first one that matters. In this episode, I explore why hierarchy matters more than detail — why mechanical stress and recovery come before macronutrient precision, why sleep shapes adaptation more than we admit, and why optimization layered onto instability rarely produces resilience. Muscle is built through stress, repair, and time. Protein supports that system. It does not initiate it. If we’re serious about strength and healthspan, the first question isn’t how much. It’s what comes first. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    10 min

  3. FEB 23

    Protein Isn’t the First Question

    Send a text Protein dominates health conversations — but are we focusing on the wrong lever? In this conversation, Carson and I unpack muscle preservation, hormones, fiber, and where peptides actually fit into long-term health. Protein is one of the most talked-about nutrients in modern health culture. But true protein deficiency in the United States is rare — while other foundational elements of health are often overlooked. In this conversation with Carson, we step back from the macro-counting mindset and look at the bigger physiological picture. We discuss: • Why protein deficiency is uncommon — and why fiber deficiency is not • The real drivers of muscle preservation as we age • Resistance training vs. macronutrient obsession • Sleep, endocrine balance, and recovery • The difference between exogenous hormones and peptide stimulation • Growth hormone modulation and long-term risk • Short-term performance vs. long-term healthspan This episode is less about how many grams you’re eating — and more about which levers actually move the needle. If you care about strength, recovery, metabolic health, and longevity, this conversation reframes where your attention might belong. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    39 min
  4. Sleep Loss Changes Your Mind Before You Notice

    FEB 16

    Sleep Loss Changes Your Mind Before You Notice

    Send a text Most people who say they function fine on six hours of sleep are not lying. They are describing how it feels. The problem is that sleep loss alters perception before it causes obvious collapse. I explore how sleep architecture recalibrates emotional regulation, decision-making, and cognitive bandwidth; why subjective performance stabilizes while objective performance declines; how REM and deep sleep shape perception; and how modern habits fragment complete sleep cycles. Rather than focusing on muscle recovery or performance optimization, this episode examines the psychological cost of incomplete sleep and the mechanism-based steps that restore full cycles. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    11 min
  5. Protein Is an Ongoing Cost

    FEB 9

    Protein Is an Ongoing Cost

    Send a text The body doesn’t follow nutrition rules. It keeps accounts. You can also checkout the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/ClVdbSaG_8Q Protein is one of the places where that accounting becomes visible. Muscle tissue is constantly being built and broken down, and when intake doesn’t consistently exceed the cost of what the body is being asked to maintain, the system adjusts quietly. Not through breakdown, but through reduced margin. In this episode, I explain why protein functions less like advice and more like infrastructure—why moderation only works when total intake clears demand, why aging raises the cost without announcing it, and why inefficiency often appears long before obvious loss. This is not about chasing targets or extremes. It’s about funding the assets you expect your body to keep. This is Uncommonly Remarkable. Thanks for listening. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    5 min
  6. Why Supplements Don’t Work the Way People Expect

    FEB 2

    Why Supplements Don’t Work the Way People Expect

    Send a text Most people take supplements expecting clear, predictable results. In practice, supplements rarely work that way — not because they’re useless, but because expectations are misaligned with how the body actually adapts. In this episode, I explain: Why supplements feel inconsistent even when people “do everything right”The difference between support and substitutionWhy context matters more than the product itselfHow expectations, physiology, and behavior quietly shape outcomesThis isn’t a takedown of supplements. It’s a clearer way to think about what they can — and can’t — reasonably do. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    6 min
  7. Pillars Break. Pyramids Endure.

    JAN 26

    Pillars Break. Pyramids Endure.

    Send a text This is an authored monologue from Uncommonly Remarkable℠. Burnout doesn’t usually come from a lack of motivation. It shows up in people who are capable, disciplined, and consistent—often the ones holding the most responsibility. In this episode, I explore why burnout is often caused by structure rather than effort, how identity load becomes concentrated over time, and why relying on a single pillar for meaning and stability makes even strong systems fragile. I introduce an alternative model—one that distributes load, restores margin, and allows ambition to continue without collapse. This is a conversation about design, not disengagement; architecture, not grit. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    7 min
  8. Why Most Fitness Plans Fail (It’s Not Discipline)

    JAN 19

    Why Most Fitness Plans Fail (It’s Not Discipline)

    Send a text This is an authored monologue from Uncommonly Remarkable℠. Most people don’t fail at fitness because they lack discipline — they fail because they’re running a system that was never designed for real human lives. In this episode, Artis explains why motivation-based fitness plans break down, how time and complexity sabotage consistency, and why better design beats willpower every time. Drawing from a recent conversation with PJ Glassey, this monologue reframes fitness as an engineering problem rather than a character test. If fitness has always felt harder than it should, this episode offers a simpler, more sustainable way to think about progress — one built around routine, fit, and realistic behavior instead of hype. Uncommonly Remarkable℠ is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. I’m Artis Beatty, a doctor of optometry and Chief Medical Officer at MyEyeDr. While my professional background informs how I think, the perspectives shared here are my own.

    4 min
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Uncommonly Remarkable is a health and wellness show focused on understanding how the body works and how everyday choices shape long-term health. The show is published in two formats: authored monologues that explore core ideas around health, resilience, and human biology, and In Conversation episodes featuring long-form discussions with clinicians, scientists, and founders. Rather than chasing trends, the show focuses on systems, signals, and long-term trajectory. Hosted by Artis Beatty.

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  • Creator
    Artis L Beatty, OD, MS
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    81
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Uncommonly Remarkable
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