<![CDATA[Foundational Health]]>There is no one-size-fits-all approach to health. Vitality emerges when the pillars of life align with your physiologic constitution.

Why does one diet work for your friend, but not for you?

Your personal physiology determines the conditions in which you thrive. Traditionally, this has been called temperament.

Your temperament informs the Four Pillars of lifestyle:

1. Activity
2. Consumption
3. Habitat
4. Meaning

When you align the Pillars of life with your Temperament, Vitality emerges.

This is the basis of the Foundational Health approach, and what drives me to have conversations with people that can shed light on the Foundation and the Pillars.

]]>https://www.remnantmd.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:50:05 GMTSat, 07 Mar 2026 08:02:03 GMT60Remnant | MD<p>There is no one-size-fits-all approach to health. Vitality emerges when the pillars of life align with your physiologic constitution.</p><p></p><p>Why does one diet work for your friend, but not for you?<br /><br />Your personal physiology determines the conditions in which you thrive. Traditionally, this has been called temperament.<br /><br />Your temperament informs the Four Pillars of lifestyle:<br /><br />1. Activity<br />2. Consumption<br />3. Habitat<br />4. Meaning<br /><br />When you align the Pillars of life with your Temperament, Vitality emerges.<br /><br />This is the basis of the Foundational Health approach, and what drives me to have conversations with people that can shed light on the Foundation and the Pillars.<br /></p>episodicRemnant | MDrmdllc@proton.meno<![CDATA[the 3 traits you want in your doctor (most have none)]]>Dr. Nathan Riley is a board-certified OB-GYN who trained in conventional hospital medicine before stepping away from institutional practice after recognizing what he describes as an irreconcilable tension between what the system incentivizes and what patients actually need. He now focuses on home birth support, education, and advocacy. Not for home birth as an ideology, but for the sovereignty of each woman to birth in the way that feels right to her.

I invited Dr. Nathan Riley onto the podcast with the initial intent of discussing obstetrics and home birth. As a complement to the conversation I had with Dr. Stuart Fischbein - an Ob/Gyn who practiced hospitalized birth for decades before conducting home births.

But, it quickly became a conversation between two doctors who walked away from institutional medicine after being fired by an industry that doesn’t seem to care about the people it serves, nor the providers which do the serving. Neither of us planned to end up here. But we are both grateful we did.

What follows is a more philosophically rich conversation ranging from Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and what it reveals about who we select into medicine, to the three traits that might actually make someone a good doctor: humility, curiosity, and courage. The conversation ends on a nuanced discussion on the value of giving newborns vitamin K.

Beneath all of it is a shared conviction: that medicine has become a discipline of technicians operating on behalf of administrators, and that recovering the art of medicine requires doctors who are willing to say ‘I don’t know.’

This was my first conversation with Nathan, but certainly will not be the last! We have so much more to discuss…

Topics Covered
-How pregnant women and couples find physicians like Nathan Riley
-The difference between home birth, free birth, and what Nathan actually advocates: listening to what the woman wants
-Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and what it reveals about who gets selected into medicine
-The type of intelligence medicine selects for
-Descartes, Bacon, and the separation of body from soul: how the pendulum swung and never came back
-Newton as alchemist, Paracelsus as philosopher
-The three traits of a good doctor: humility, curiosity, courage
-Paul Farmer, and the physician who brought a dying patient a six-pack of beer
-Saying ‘I don’t know’ in medicine
-Doctors in the home birth space
-COVID as a proof of concept for medicine’s failure of courage
-The physician fired for prioritizing patient autonomy in a vaginal breech birth
-Nathan Riley fired for removing his mask to sit with a dying man who hadn’t seen a face in 18 months
-The physician as partner, guide, and fellow traveler
-Vitamin K for newborns: why we give it, what the actual risk numbers are, and the argument that neonatal blood may be thin for a reason

]]>e38e317c-cca5-4143-9639-2352100ea6c2Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:01:26 GMT<p>Dr. Nathan Riley is a board-certified OB-GYN who trained in conventional hospital medicine before stepping away from institutional practice after recognizing what he describes as an irreconcilable tension between what the system incentivizes and what patients actually need. He now focuses on home birth support, education, and advocacy. Not for home birth as an ideology, but for the sovereignty of each woman to birth in the way that feels right to her.<br /><br />I invited Dr. Nathan Riley onto the podcast with the initial intent of discussing obstetrics and home birth. As a complement to the conversation I had with Dr. Stuart Fischbein - an Ob/Gyn who practiced hospitalized birth for decades before conducting home births.<br /><br />But, it quickly became a conversation between two doctors who walked away from institutional medicine after being fired by an industry that doesn’t seem to care about the people it serves, nor the providers which do the serving. Neither of us planned to end up here. But we are both grateful we did.<br /><br />What follows is a more philosophically rich conversation ranging from Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and what it reveals about who we select into medicine, to the three traits that might actually make someone a good doctor: humility, curiosity, and courage. The conversation ends on a nuanced discussion on the value of giving newborns vitamin K.<br /><br />Beneath all of it is a shared conviction: that medicine has become a discipline of technicians operating on behalf of administrators, and that recovering the art of medicine requires doctors who are willing to say ‘I don’t know.’<br /><br />This was my first conversation with Nathan, but certainly will not be the last! We have so much more to discuss…<br /><br />Topics Covered<br />-How pregnant women and couples find physicians like Nathan Riley<br />-The difference between home birth, free birth, and what Nathan actually advocates: listening to what the woman wants<br />-Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and what it reveals about who gets selected into medicine<br />-The type of intelligence medicine selects for<br />-Descartes, Bacon, and the separation of body from soul: how the pendulum swung and never came back<br />-Newton as alchemist, Paracelsus as philosopher<br />-The three traits of a good doctor: humility, curiosity, courage<br />-Paul Farmer, and the physician who brought a dying patient a six-pack of beer<br />-Saying ‘I don’t know’ in medicine<br />-Doctors in the home birth space<br />-COVID as a proof of concept for medicine’s failure of courage<br />-The physician fired for prioritizing patient autonomy in a vaginal breech birth<br />-Nathan Riley fired for removing his mask to sit with a dying man who hadn’t seen a face in 18 months<br />-The physician as partner, guide, and fellow traveler<br />-Vitamin K for newborns: why we give it, what the actual risk numbers are, and the argument that neonatal blood may be thin for a reason</p>no01:10:3918the 3 traits you want in your doctor (most have none)full<![CDATA[the role of fear and belief in health]]>Liev Dalton is an independent health educator known online as BeyondTerrain.

We open the conversation with Liev's hypothesis that disease is distance from creation and the creator. What followed was over an hour of one of the most philosophically rich and practically grounded conversations Foundational Health has produced.

We cover the terrain of human illness from its most axiomatic roots: why refinement is the mechanism through which the natural world becomes toxic, why every symptom is the body achieving balance rather than breaking down, how suppressing acute illness creates the chronic conditions that modern medicine then treats forever, and why the nocebo effect — the documented capacity of belief alone to generate disease — may be the most important and most ignored fact in all of medicine.

We also share deeply parallel personal stories: Liev losing his therapy practice while his wife was pregnant and discovering the loss was a gift. RemnantMD being fired from his hospital position for refusing a mandate two weeks before his son was born — and finding his calling in the aftermath.

This is a conversation about what health actually is. Not a protocol. Not a lab result. Not a supplement stack. Coherence — between every dimension of a human being and the spirit that animates them.

Liev on Instagram: @beyondterrain
Liev on YouTube: BeyondTerrain
Liev's website & Academy: Search: BeyondTerrain

]]>de38e464-baaf-4b38-91d7-a4887b213f42Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:59:24 GMT<p>Liev Dalton is an independent health educator known online as BeyondTerrain.<br /><br />We open the conversation with Liev's hypothesis that disease is distance from creation and the creator. What followed was over an hour of one of the most philosophically rich and practically grounded conversations Foundational Health has produced.<br /><br />We cover the terrain of human illness from its most axiomatic roots: why refinement is the mechanism through which the natural world becomes toxic, why every symptom is the body achieving balance rather than breaking down, how suppressing acute illness creates the chronic conditions that modern medicine then treats forever, and why the nocebo effect — the documented capacity of belief alone to generate disease — may be the most important and most ignored fact in all of medicine.<br /><br />We also share deeply parallel personal stories: Liev losing his therapy practice while his wife was pregnant and discovering the loss was a gift. RemnantMD being fired from his hospital position for refusing a mandate two weeks before his son was born — and finding his calling in the aftermath.<br /><br />This is a conversation about what health actually is. Not a protocol. Not a lab result. Not a supplement stack. Coherence — between every dimension of a human being and the spirit that animates them.<br /><br />Liev on Instagram: @beyondterrain<br />Liev on YouTube: BeyondTerrain<br />Liev's website &amp; Academy: Search: BeyondTerrain</p>no01:08:5317the role of fear and belief in healthfull<![CDATA[the Ob/Gyn who started doing home births after 24 years in the hospital]]>Dr. Stuart Fischbein trained as an Ob/Gyn at Cedars-Sinai and spent the first part of his career doing exactly what the system taught him to do. Then midwives started bringing him their home birth transfers, and everything began to change. After 24 years of backing midwives from within the hospital, he left entirely. Today he teaches breech and twin delivery skills to practitioners around the world, and has delivered babies at home that the system had long since written off as impossible or dangerous.

In this conversation, Remnant and Dr. Stu trace the full anatomy of a system that has turned a normal biological function into a medical event - and in doing so, has made outcomes worse, not better. They cover the cowardice and economic incentives that drive obstetric decision-making, the use of fear as a management tool, the difference between relative risk and actual risk, and the specific claims made about breech delivery, twin birth, VBAC, and routine hospital interventions that do not survive scrutiny.

RemnantMD also shares his own experience: his first child born in a hospital, his wife depleted and hollowed out after; his next two born at home, the midwife arriving too late, his wife radiant immediately after. And what that contrast taught him about what birth is supposed to be — and what medicine has taken from it.

Topics Covered:
-First do no harm: and the paradox that the medical license exists to cover.
-How cowardice is manufactured in medicine.
-The C-section rate: from 5% in 1970 to 35% today
-Why hospitals cannot afford to let normal births be normal.
-How fear is weaponized against pregnant women.
-Fetal growth restriction: the definition changed and generated more business
-Breech delivery: the actual risk numbers
-How to correctly perform a breech birth
-Twin birth: actual stillbirth statistics by week
-Pregnancy as preparatory medicine: the system programs fear before conception and monetizes it through delivery

Stuart's website: birthinginstincts.com
Stuart on Instagram: @birthinginstincts
Stuart's podcast: Birthing Instincts with Stuart Fischbein and Bliss Young

]]>f901587d-de13-4281-b665-c4ffbeb9f7eeSun, 26 Jul 2026 20:57:53 GMT<p>Dr. Stuart Fischbein trained as an Ob/Gyn at Cedars-Sinai and spent the first part of his career doing exactly what the system taught him to do. Then midwives started bringing him their home birth transfers, and everything began to change. After 24 years of backing midwives from within the hospital, he left entirely. Today he teaches breech and twin delivery skills to practitioners around the world, and has delivered babies at home that the system had long since written off as impossible or dangerous.<br /><br />In this conversation, Remnant and Dr. Stu trace the full anatomy of a system that has turned a normal biological function into a medical event - and in doing so, has made outcomes worse, not better. They cover the cowardice and economic incentives that drive obstetric decision-making, the use of fear as a management tool, the difference between relative risk and actual risk, and the specific claims made about breech delivery, twin birth, VBAC, and routine hospital interventions that do not survive scrutiny.<br /><br />RemnantMD also shares his own experience: his first child born in a hospital, his wife depleted and hollowed out after; his next two born at home, the midwife arriving too late, his wife radiant immediately after. And what that contrast taught him about what birth is supposed to be — and what medicine has taken from it.<br /><br />Topics Covered:<br />-First do no harm: and the paradox that the medical license exists to cover.<br />-How cowardice is manufactured in medicine.<br />-The C-section rate: from 5% in 1970 to 35% today<br />-Why hospitals cannot afford to let normal births be normal.<br />-How fear is weaponized against pregnant women.<br />-Fetal growth restriction: the definition changed and generated more business<br />-Breech delivery: the actual risk numbers<br />-How to correctly perform a breech birth<br />-Twin birth: actual stillbirth statistics by week<br />-Pregnancy as preparatory medicine: the system programs fear before conception and monetizes it through delivery<br /><br />Stuart's website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://birthinginstincts.com" target="_blank">birthinginstincts.com</a><br />Stuart on Instagram: @birthinginstincts<br />Stuart's podcast: Birthing Instincts with Stuart Fischbein and Bliss Young</p>no01:35:2216the Ob/Gyn who started doing home births after 24 years in the hospitalfull<![CDATA[Supplements, Methylation & Mineral Depletion: What Your Body Actually Needs]]>Bryce Hanna is an independent nutrition researcher and educational consultant currently studying biochemistry, with a long-term goal of entering physician assistant training. For the past decade, he has been researching nutrition and biochemistry as both a personal obsession and a professional discipline — beginning with pharmacology and consciousness, and expanding into the fundamental role of nutrients in mental health, cellular biology, and chronic disease.

He works at a health food store where his reputation is built not on selling supplements but on helping people understand whether they need them — and more often than not, steering them away from expensive products toward cheaper, more effective, and better-understood alternatives. His online work under the handle @photobiogenesis covers methylation, minerals, soil depletion, fat biochemistry, and the evolutionary context of human nutrition.

]]>dca6087e-9142-404d-a431-965f4afafd64Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:59:49 GMT<p><b>Bryce Hanna is an independent nutrition researcher and educational consultant currently studying biochemistry, with a long-term goal of entering physician assistant training. For the past decade, he has been researching nutrition and biochemistry as both a personal obsession and a professional discipline — beginning with pharmacology and consciousness, and expanding into the fundamental role of nutrients in mental health, cellular biology, and chronic disease.</b></p><p></p><p><b>He works at a health food store where his reputation is built not on selling supplements but on helping people understand whether they need them — and more often than not, steering them away from expensive products toward cheaper, more effective, and better-understood alternatives. His online work under the handle @photobiogenesis covers methylation, minerals, soil depletion, fat biochemistry, and the evolutionary context of human nutrition.</b></p>no01:36:5915Supplements, Methylation & Mineral Depletion: What Your Body Actually Needsfull<![CDATA[Does Virology Stand Up to Scrutiny? Jamie Andrews on Contagion, PCR Fraud & Terrain Theory]]>What if the foundational claim of modern infectious disease medicine — that viruses spread between people and cause illness — has never been conclusively demonstrated? That is not a fringe question. It is the question this episode explores in full.

Remnant | MD sits down with Jamie Andrews, an independent researcher who has spent years methodically examining the evidentiary basis of virology — from the controlled human infection studies of the early 20th century, to John Enders' 1954 isolation claim, to the PCR testing infrastructure deployed in 2020. His process: ask the childlike questions that industry insiders are too institutionally embedded to ask. Then follow the evidence.

More specifically, Remnant | MD pushes back on the assertion that viruses do not exist. Jamie's answer was quite surprising.

Topics Covered

  • The epistemological problem with modern medicine: a tower of unexamined assumptions
  • Why virology may be the most pseudoscientific field in medicine
  • The controlled human infection studies — and why a century of attempts to transmit disease failed
  • John Enders 1954: the moment virology changed, and what the control experiment actually showed
  • The PCR test: what it measures, where it failed, and what 'positive' actually means
  • Terrain theory, Avicenna, and the Unani medicine framework for infectious disease
  • John Snow, cholera, and what the Broad Street pump study actually proved
  • Psychological transmission of disease: if fear makes you sick, that is contagion
  • The 'simplex' model of cellular biology — on/off, charge/discharge, alive/dead
  • What was lost when the family doctor was replaced by a pharmaceutical pathway
  • The physician as partner — and why patients who feel unseen don't comply
]]>39edfa34-49d5-4497-8561-aa389f36aca9Mon, 11 May 2026 11:37:07 GMT<p><b>What if the foundational claim of modern infectious disease medicine — that viruses spread between people and cause illness — has never been conclusively demonstrated? That is not a fringe question. It is the question this episode explores in full.</b></p><p></p><p><b>Remnant | MD sits down with Jamie Andrews, an independent researcher who has spent years methodically examining the evidentiary basis of virology — from the controlled human infection studies of the early 20th century, to John Enders' 1954 isolation claim, to the PCR testing infrastructure deployed in 2020. His process: ask the childlike questions that industry insiders are too institutionally embedded to ask. Then follow the evidence.</b></p><p></p><p><b>More specifically, Remnant | MD pushes back on the assertion that viruses do not exist. Jamie's answer was quite surprising.</b></p><p></p><p><b>Topics Covered</b></p><ul><li>The epistemological problem with modern medicine: a tower of unexamined assumptions</li><li>Why virology may be the most pseudoscientific field in medicine</li><li>The controlled human infection studies — and why a century of attempts to transmit disease failed</li><li>John Enders 1954: the moment virology changed, and what the control experiment actually showed</li><li>The PCR test: what it measures, where it failed, and what 'positive' actually means</li><li>Terrain theory, Avicenna, and the Unani medicine framework for infectious disease</li><li>John Snow, cholera, and what the Broad Street pump study actually proved</li><li>Psychological transmission of disease: if fear makes you sick, that is contagion</li><li>The 'simplex' model of cellular biology — on/off, charge/discharge, alive/dead</li><li>What was lost when the family doctor was replaced by a pharmaceutical pathway</li><li>The physician as partner — and why patients who feel unseen don't comply</li></ul>no01:56:5514Does Virology Stand Up to Scrutiny? Jamie Andrews on Contagion, PCR Fraud & Terrain Theoryfull<![CDATA[A Medical Practice That Serves Patients and Doctors]]>This conversation delves into the challenges of healthcare, the impact on physicians and patients, and the need for autonomy and purpose in medical practice.

It also explores the role of technology in scaling healthcare innovation and addressing burnout.

Finally, we explore the challenges of physician-patient communication, the importance of empowering patients through logistics, mindset coaching, and readiness for lifestyle changes.

Takeaways

  • The need for physician autonomy and purpose in medical practice
  • The role of technology in scaling healthcare innovation and addressing burnout Effective communication is crucial for empowering patients.
  • Empowering patients through logistics and mindset coaching is essential for lasting lifestyle changes.

Chapters

  • 00:00 The Healthcare Dilemma
  • 06:31 Challenges in Healthcare Entrepreneurship
  • 11:53 Physician Autonomy and Purpose
  • 20:54 Scaling Healthcare Innovation
  • 33:03 Physician-Patient Communication
  • 40:01 Challenges in Lifestyle Modification
  • 45:45 Shift in Healthcare Paradigm
  • 51:24 Patient Selection and Autonomy
  • 01:03:05 Future of Medicine
]]>dc36d93f-4bb3-450e-a965-742ea7192766Fri, 01 May 2026 12:04:26 GMT<p>This conversation delves into the challenges of healthcare, the impact on physicians and patients, and the need for autonomy and purpose in medical practice.</p><p>It also explores the role of technology in scaling healthcare innovation and addressing burnout.</p><p>Finally, we explore the challenges of physician-patient communication, the importance of empowering patients through logistics, mindset coaching, and readiness for lifestyle changes.</p><p></p><p>Takeaways</p><ul><li>The need for physician autonomy and purpose in medical practice</li><li>The role of technology in scaling healthcare innovation and addressing burnout Effective communication is crucial for empowering patients.</li><li>Empowering patients through logistics and mindset coaching is essential for lasting lifestyle changes.</li></ul><p></p><p>Chapters</p><ul><li>00:00 The Healthcare Dilemma</li><li>06:31 Challenges in Healthcare Entrepreneurship</li><li>11:53 Physician Autonomy and Purpose</li><li>20:54 Scaling Healthcare Innovation</li><li>33:03 Physician-Patient Communication</li><li>40:01 Challenges in Lifestyle Modification</li><li>45:45 Shift in Healthcare Paradigm</li><li>51:24 Patient Selection and Autonomy</li><li>01:03:05 Future of Medicine</li></ul>no01:00:0513A Medical Practice That Serves Patients and Doctorsfull<![CDATA[Why Medicine is Failing Patients]]>In this episode, Dr. Kaveh Kavoosi and I explore the profound challenges and opportunities faced by healthcare professionals, especially in emergency settings. Our discussion emphasizes maintaining humanity amid high-stress environments and integrating spiritual hygiene into medical practice for personal and patient well-being.

Key Topics:
-The dichotomy in healthcare: short appointments vs. emergency demands
-Managing nervous system dysregulation after intense shifts
-Practices for recovery and maintaining emotional resilience, including breathwork and boundaries
-The importance of spiritual hygiene to metabolize stress
-The role of purpose and meaning in sustaining healthcare providers
-How to set effective personal boundaries to preserve vitality
-The impact of societal and systemic influences on medical practice and ego
-The dangers of over-reliance on pharmaceuticals and peptides as shortcuts
-The importance of understanding oneself to foster health and happiness
-The cultural shift needed for medicine to serve with compassion and humility

]]>08a15238-0e15-46ef-9e59-ab9984291b32Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:48:54 GMT<p>In this episode, Dr. Kaveh Kavoosi and I explore the profound challenges and opportunities faced by healthcare professionals, especially in emergency settings. Our discussion emphasizes maintaining humanity amid high-stress environments and integrating spiritual hygiene into medical practice for personal and patient well-being.<br /><br />Key Topics:<br />-The dichotomy in healthcare: short appointments vs. emergency demands<br />-Managing nervous system dysregulation after intense shifts<br />-Practices for recovery and maintaining emotional resilience, including breathwork and boundaries<br />-The importance of spiritual hygiene to metabolize stress<br />-The role of purpose and meaning in sustaining healthcare providers<br />-How to set effective personal boundaries to preserve vitality<br />-The impact of societal and systemic influences on medical practice and ego<br />-The dangers of over-reliance on pharmaceuticals and peptides as shortcuts<br />-The importance of understanding oneself to foster health and happiness<br />-The cultural shift needed for medicine to serve with compassion and humility<br /></p>no01:20:0712Why Medicine is Failing Patientsfull<![CDATA[Young Doctors Abandon Modern Medicine]]>Dr. Ahmad Ammous is an internal medicine physician based in Boston, who is trying to escape his hospitalist job by taking his interests, discoveries, and non-mainstream treatment approaches to those who seek to truly improve their health without the use of prescription drugs.

I’ve known him for quite a number of years, and am grateful that he wanted to be the first guest on the new podcast.

Primarily, we focused on Dr. Ammous’ journey through diet, quantum biology, and spirituality.

We also discussed:

  • Dietary considerations aligning with physiology
  • Flaws in Medical Education
  • Limitations of Conventional Treatments
  • Understanding Disease Beyond Symptoms
  • Impact of Expectations on Healthcare
  • Role of the Internet on Health Education
  • Learning from Patients
  • Value of Individual Care
  • Leveraging AI for Research

Dr. Ammous can be found on X (@AmmousMD) and Instagram (@Ammous_MD), as well as on his website https://ammousmd.com/

]]>073088bc-13f4-4a76-89f9-53d3fd6e89f6Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:35:22 GMT<p>Dr. Ahmad Ammous is an internal medicine physician based in Boston, who is trying to escape his hospitalist job by taking his interests, discoveries, and non-mainstream treatment approaches to those who seek to truly improve their health without the use of prescription drugs.</p><p></p><p>I’ve known him for quite a number of years, and am grateful that he wanted to be the first guest on the new podcast.</p><p></p><p>Primarily, we focused on Dr. Ammous’ journey through diet, quantum biology, and spirituality. </p><p></p><p>We also discussed:</p><p></p><ul><li>Dietary considerations aligning with physiology</li><li>Flaws in Medical Education</li><li>Limitations of Conventional Treatments</li><li>Understanding Disease Beyond Symptoms</li><li>Impact of Expectations on Healthcare</li><li>Role of the Internet on Health Education</li><li>Learning from Patients</li><li>Value of Individual Care</li><li>Leveraging AI for Research</li></ul><p></p><p>Dr. Ammous can be found on X (@AmmousMD) and Instagram (@Ammous_MD), as well as on his website <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ammousmd.com/" target="_blank">https://ammousmd.com/</a></p>no01:31:0411Young Doctors Abandon Modern Medicinefull