Sam Miller Science

S 938: My Health Operating System When Life Gets Harder: 12 Weeks Into Fatherhood

I’m 12 weeks into fatherhood, and the health operating system I’ve relied on for the last 20 years has been stress tested. Life is less predictable, sleep and schedules c

S 937: Battle of the GLP-1s: Semaglutide vs Tirzepatide vs Retatrutide

Semaglutide, Tirzepatide, and Retatrutide are often grouped together as GLP-1 medications, but they are not simply three versions of the same drug. In this episode, I com

S 936: Building Fall Momentum: Why September and October Are the Best Months to Start New Goals

If you are waiting until January to get serious about a health, fitness, personal development, or professional goal, you may already be giving away your biggest advantage

S 935: Inside FNMS: The Coaching Upgrade that creates better client outcomes and stronger businesses

What happens when coaches move beyond basic macros, calories, and training plans and learn how to work through the more complex health cases their clients bring them? In

S 934: What Health and Fitness Gets Wrong About GLP-1s, Reverse Dieting, and Processed Foods

GLP-1 medications, reverse dieting, and ultra-processed foods are some of the most debated topics in health and fitness. The problem is that each conversation is often re

S 933: The AI Medical Diagnosis Problem: Why Accuracy Falls Apart in Real Conversations

AI can score highly on medical exams, identify conditions in written cases, and still perform poorly when real people use it for their health. In this episode, I break do

S 932: Reacting to Sophie Cunningham and Trans-Athletes in Women’s Sports: Hormone Science, Skeletal Structure, and Aerobic Capacity

Sophie Cunningham lit the internet on fire when she said we need to protect the safety of girls and the integrity of women's sports, and the conversation quickly turned i

S 931: The Prevalence of Polypharmacy: Why 25% of Adults Take 5+ Prescriptions and the State of Western Medicine

Roughly 1 in 4 American adults are taking 5 or more prescription medications at the same time, and that number climbs steeply for people over 40, for postpartum women, an

S 930: Why Anger Is a Longevity Risk Factor: The Cellular Aging and Cardiovascular Research

Inside today's episode, I break down the research on how anger affects the body from the inside out including the acute cardiovascular events, the chronic inflammatory pi

S 929: High Blood Sugar and Leaky Gut: New Research on Hyperglycemia and Gut Barrier Dysfunction

nside today's episode, I break down the emerging research on how high blood sugar affects the gut barrier and why hyperglycemia and leaky gut are more connected than most

S 928: Client Retention for Coaches: The System That Gets You Off the Sales Hamster Wheel

The PACE Framework for Keeping Clients Longer. Retention doesn't just keep clients. It turns them into your best marketing material through referrals and social proof, an

S 927: Autoimmune Disease Foundations: The Immune System, Gut Health, Genetics, and Lifestyle

Your immune system is built to hunt invaders, but every so often it turns its weaponry on your own tissues. Over the last 50 years, autoimmune disease has gone from an un

S 926: The 5 Pillars of Metabolism and How to Assess Metabolic Health

Inside today's featured replay interview, I walk through how to assess metabolic health from both the subjective side of energy, sleep, and appetite regulation and the qu

S 925: Peptides & the FDA: What the BPC-157, KPV, TB-500 &MOTS-c Votes Really Means

The FDA advisory committee voted July 23rd and 24th and social media has been running wild with the news, but most of what's circulating about BPC 157 and the other pepti

S 924: Is Obesity a Disease or a Choice? Where Physiology Meets Responsibility

80% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy, which means the obesity conversation isn't about weight for a lot of people... It's about internal health markers that indic

S 923: Do You Need a Multivitamin? Benefits, Risks, and Research

People spend over $36 billion a year on vitamins, and most people probably couldn't tell you what those nutrients are supposed to accomplish. The multivitamin is the most

S 922: How to Start and Grow a Health Coaching Business: Credibility, Certifications, and Building Your Client List

Inside today's featured replay interview, I sit down at the Silverback Summit for a full conversation on what it takes to start and grow a health coaching business that l

S 921: The Root Causes of Hair Loss and How to Tell Which One You Have: Plus the Three Hair Loss Patterns to Watch

Hair loss is one of the most common health concerns out there, and it's one of the most mishandled. It directly impacts someone's confidence and the way they feel when th

S 920: Metabolism, Body Composition and Labs: Why Most People Get Lean the Wrong Way /OR/ Beyond Diet Culture and Cookie-Cutter Plans

Most of the conversation around nutrition in the fitness industry is really diet culture in disguise. There's a cookie-cutter template at the end of every book, a subscri

S 919: The Five Drivers of Adult Acne: Insulin, Androgens, IGF-1, Gut, and Stress Hormones

Most adults dealing with acne have been handed the same three pieces of advice for the last 20 years. Wash your face more, cut out greasy food, try this cream, and if non