The Dr Kumar Discovery Newsletter
Each issue dives deep into a single health topic — blending modern science with practical wisdom you can actually use.
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March 18, 2026
Creatine, Cannabis, and the Clock Change That's Costing Us
This week: why most people dose creatine wrong, cannabis fails for mental health, psilocybin beats the patch for quitting smoking, and the real health …
Read issue →March 10, 2026
Ketamine, Creatine, and the Sleep Number That Protects Your Metabolism
This week: ketamine rewires the depressed brain, creatine does far more than build muscle, a blood test catches liver disease early, glyphosate harms …
Read issue →March 3, 2026
Adderall Hearts, Oats, and the Diet That Protects Your Brain
This week: Adderall's hidden heart risks, a sleep combo that nearly quadruples heart disease risk, oats and gut bacteria, the best diet for your …
Read issue →February 24, 2026
Your Blood Cells Are Doing More Than You Think
This week: red blood cells that fight diabetes, coffee that protects your brain, ultra-processed foods and heart risk, kefir that beats omega-3, and …
Read issue →February 17, 2026
Meal Timing, Brain Training, and the Vitamin You're Probably Low On
This week: fasting that helps Crohn's disease, a cholesterol pill that could replace injections, brain training that protects against dementia, and …
Read issue →February 12, 2026
The Untold Power of Diet and Lifestyle
Heart health isn’t just about pills, it’s about lifestyle. Diets rich in whole, minimally processed foods and daily walking outperform medications in …
Read issue →February 5, 2026
Should You Take a Statin?
Statins have become a cornerstone of cardiovascular prevention, largely based on the assumption that lowering LDL cholesterol directly reduces heart …
Read issue →January 27, 2026
Is High LDL Really the Culprit?
LDL cholesterol has long been framed as the primary cause of heart disease. But when we examine evolutionary biology, epidemiology, imaging, and …
Read issue →January 20, 2026
The Seed Oil Problem - How Linoleic Acid Fuels Heart Disease (Cardiovascular Disease Part 2)
What if saturated fat was never the villain? This episode reveals how seed oils, extracted using a petroleum-based neurotoxin, flooded our food supply …
Read issue →January 9, 2026
A major reset in U.S. dietary guidelines (and Dr. Kumar’s take)
Stay curious. Stay skeptical. And stay healthy.
Read issue →January 5, 2026
Discovery vs Destruction: Penicillin, Pandora, and the Next Antibiotic Era
A war, a moldy cantaloupe, a movie that hit too close to home, and what I justsaw on call during flu season.
Read issue →January 2, 2026
Is Saturated Fat Really the Villain? (Cardiovascular Disease Part 1)
In this episode of The Dr. Kumar Discovery Podcast, we revisit the origins of the diet-heart hypothesis and the studies that shaped nutrition policy …
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