Primal Blueprint Podcast

Host Brad Kearns talks to Doug McGuff about how to save yourself from the beast that is the modern medical care system. Doug is an emergency room physician in South Carolina, so he wages a front-line battle with the daily challenges of emergency care, including challenging regulations, guidelines and the stupidity of the American humans requiring a trip to the ER.  As the co-author of The Primal Prescription, Doug authored the section called "Save Yourself,” where he detailed a comprehensive plan of attack entailing living healthily (so you don't need medical care in the first place), and navigating the system effectively when you do need medical care. A big key to your success is to find a go-to primary care physician with whom to develop a long term relationship—someone whose expertise you can rely on when you are thrust into a medical scene chock full of specialists. Doug covers topics like false positives from elective screenings, how many unhealthy folks develop a mentality of "dependence and helplessnes