The Dr. K Show

Why does losing sexual function make so many men ask themselves the same question: am I enough?
In this episode of The Dr. K Show, Dr. K sits down with Jeff Nuziard, founder of RegenMax and a specialist in hormone optimization and erectile dysfunction reversal, about the moment his own body stopped working the way he expected it to. At 40, Jeff's testosterone had dropped from 1185 to 305 with no real change in his lifestyle, and the erectile dysfunction that followed sent him into a research process that has now spanned more than twenty years and treated over 3,200 patients.
They talk about what actually happens inside the body during an erection, why the corpus cavernosum breaks down the same way a kitchen sponge does over time, and how RegenMax combines hormone optimization, collagen remodeling and a placenta-derived biologic to reverse erectile dysfunction in a reported 97 percent of cases, without relying on pills alone. Jeff also shares a statistic that stopped Dr. K cold: erectile dysfunction is now the third leading cause of suicide among men. If you or someone you love has quietly wondered whether this is just something to live with, this conversation says otherwise.
Key Takeaways:
Why erectile dysfunction is tied to a man's sense of identity, and its link to being the third leading cause of suicide among men
The real cause of erectile dysfunction: how the corpus cavernosum and a "venous leak" explain why men can get erect but can't maintain it
Why testosterone loss, not aging itself, is what activates the aging process, and how levels can fall from 1185 to 305 in about a decade
Inside RegenMax: how collagen remodeling, angiogenesis and a placenta-derived biologic reverse erectile dysfunction in a reported 97 percent of cases
Why pelleted testosterone replacement, not injectable, is the more consistent way to keep hormone levels stable long term
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Resources:

RegenMax - https://regenmax.com 

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What do you do when your five-year-old is already on three medications, and the doctor wants to add a fourth? In this episode of The Dr. K Show, Dr. K sits down with Dana Kay, founder of the ADHD Thrive Institute and author of Thriving with ADHD, about the medication spiral that sent her from accounting into functional medicine, and the moment in a doctor's office that changed her family's course.
Dana Kay walks through her theory that most ADHD symptoms trace back to an overloaded body rather than a fixed brain disorder, covering gluten, gut health, and the testing she uses to find what's really driving a child's symptoms. If your child's diagnosis has felt like the end of the conversation instead of the start of one, this episode gives you somewhere else to look.
Key Takeaways:
Why ADHD diagnoses in children keep climbing, and why Dana Kay believes more than 70 percent of the kids she works with do not have true ADHD
Inside the medication spiral: how her son ended up on four ADHD medications by age five, and what the stimulant and SSRI side effects actually looked like
The "trash can" theory of ADHD: how chronic inflammation, toxin overload and gut dysfunction drive ADHD symptoms in children
Gluten, glutamorphin and ADHD: how a gluten peptide that acts like morphine in the brain fuels meltdowns, anxiety and mood swings
Why girls get diagnosed with ADHD later than boys, and how inattentive ADHD symptoms get missed at school and at home

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Resources:

ADHD Thrive Institute - https://adhdthriveinstitute.com 
Thriving with ADHD - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61281966-thriving-with-adhd

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What does it mean when a woman in her fifties says her life force has just leaked out?
In this episode of The Dr. K Show, Dr. K sits down with Dr. Julie Merriman, a licensed professional counselor supervisor, yoga therapist, and university professor whose new book carries a title that turns heads: Are We Gonna Have Sex or What? Dr. Merriman has watched her clients age alongside her over the years, and around fifty she started hearing the same thing over and over from the women in her practice: something felt gone, and they assumed they were broken. Her research pointed her toward the nervous system, and toward a pattern she believes gets missed in most conversations about hormones and menopause: a woman can be on hormone replacement and still not feel desire come back online if her body has spent thirty years bracing for the next item on the to-do list.
They talk about why so many women hit fifty with a nervous system that has been running on fight or flight for decades, why hormone replacement alone often is not the full answer, and why Dr. Merriman believes an earth shattering orgasm might be one of the best resets available for a body that has forgotten how to soften. She also shares how she and her husband have kept their own forty-year marriage playful, and why respect, communication, and a little novelty matter as much as anything that happens in the bedroom. If you have ever felt like you have been carrying everyone else's needs for so long that you forgot where your own body finds pleasure, this conversation is for you.
Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction 
0:27 The story behind "Are We Gonna Have Sex or What?" 
0:59 Why the women in her practice felt their life force draining 
6:59 Thirty years in fight or flight, and why the nervous system goes numb by fifty 
15:02 Unlearning that heavy emotions were never okay to feel 
19:26 Why hormone replacement alone does not bring desire back online 
24:11 Sex as the best reset for a dysregulated nervous system 
29:32 Respect, communication and keeping a forty-year marriage alive 

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Resources:
Are We Gonna Have Sex or What? - https://www.amazon.com/Are-Gonna-Have-Sex-What-ebook/dp/B0GHZCYSKZ 
Sexy After 50 (Dr. Julie Merriman's podcast) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sexy-after-50-improve-sex-intimacy-by-healing-your/id1865726696

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What if the fastest way to protect your bones has nothing to do with a pill, and everything to do with the way your heel hits the ground?
In this episode of The Dr. K Show, Dr. K sits down with Rush Simonson, a former Medtronic spinal implant distributor who spent eighteen years inside more than a thousand spinal surgeries before turning to molecular medicine, where he co-discovered a novel protein complex behind chronic back and joint pain now in FDA Phase 2 trials. Simonson walks through mechanotransduction, the process by which the simple impact of a footstep signals the skeleton to rebuild itself, and how his company built the microimpact device Juvent around that discovery.
They get into why cushioned running shoes can work against your bones, why a proton pump inhibitor prescribed for heartburn can quietly starve the body of calcium, and why more stimulation isn't always better; Simonson's own protocol is just ten to twenty minutes a day. He also shares what he's seeing in Parkinson's patients using microimpact for lymphatic drainage, and why physician-guided bone density programs are seeing gains of three to six percent a year. If you've ever been told your bone density will only keep declining, this conversation makes the case that it doesn't have to.
Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction 
0:30 From spinal implant surgeries to discovering the protein behind chronic back and joint pain 
11:35 "If you lie, you die": why constant motion drives cellular repair 
17:17 Olympic swimmers with osteopenia, and why osteoporosis often starts in the teen years 
25:11 Unexpected results in Parkinson's patients: microimpact and the brain's lymphatic system 
28:30 The right dose: ten to twenty minutes a day, and why more isn't better 
31:40 Panic attacks, arrhythmias and restless legs: the hidden signs of calcium deficiency 
38:18 Why Juvent alone won't fix osteoporosis, and the physician-guided programs seeing 3 to 6 percent bone density gains a year 

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Resources:

Juvent - https://www.juvent.com/ 
Juvent Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation - https://www.juvent.com/blogs/news/juvent-launches-next-generation-bone-health-supplement-hydroxybmd3-at-the-national-bone-health-amp-osteoporosis-foundation-bhof-symposium-in-washington-dc-2

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.

What happens when your body finally heals, but the rest of you never got the memo?
In this episode of The Dr. K Show, Dr. K sits down with Amy Kurtz, health coach, patient advocate, and author of But You Look Fine, to talk about a stage of recovery almost nobody prepares you for. After decades of misdiagnosis and a late stage neurological Lyme diagnosis, Amy got physically better, and then fell apart in a completely different way. She named it Medical Trauma Brain: the nervous system staying locked in survival mode long after the illness itself is gone.

They talk about why medicine is built to treat parts of the body instead of the whole person, why "you look fine" can feel like the loneliest sentence in the English language, and what actually helps when someone you love is struggling with something you can't see. If you've ever felt like your body healed before your mind did, or you're supporting someone who has, this conversation gives you language for something you may have felt for years without a name for it.

Key Takeaways:

0:00 Introduction
1:46 Why it took 36 doctors to finally name Medical Trauma Brain
6:36 Medical Trauma Brain, when your body heals but your nervous system doesn't get the memo
9:13 Why treating recovery as "sick vs. well" keeps patients stuck
15:40 Feeling fine and still far away, the mask patients wear in public
20:48 The loneliness epidemic hiding inside invisible illness
30:15 What people going through illness actually need, to be seen, heard, and believed
33:49 The best thing to say to someone who's struggling, and a Tig Notaro story that proves it

Schedule a Free 15-Min Cancer/Lyme Consultation at The Karlfeldt Center: 208-338-8902

Resources:

But You Look Fine (Amy Kurtz's book) - https://amykurtz.com/but-you-look-fine/
Amy Kurtz - https://amykurtz.com/

Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or replace professional medical advice. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider regarding any medical condition or treatment decisions.