# Austin Baraki

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Menopause, Part 1: What It Actually Is and the 24-Year WHI Correction

In 1889 a French physiologist injected himself with guinea pig and dog testicle extract and published a claim of self-rejuvenation in The Lancet. That announcement kicked off a 200-year medicalization of menopause that ran through leeches and bromides, Premarin, the 2002 Women's Health Initiative, …

Menopause Part 3: Body Composition, Bone, Brain, & the Fitness Changes (The Data vs the Influencers)

Most women in 2026 are told menopause affects everything, the weight, the belly fat, the bones, the heart, the brain, and that the fix is hormones, supplements, and a proprietary protocol. The data tell a different story. Menopause does some of it, but not all of it. In this episode, Dr. Jordan Fe…

Are Peptides the New Snake Oil? What the Actual Science Says With Barbell Medicine

Dr. Spencer Nadolsky and Karl bring on Dr. Austin Baraki and Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum from the Barbell Medicine crew for a conversation that cuts through one of the most hyped and least understood topics in the health and fitness space right now: the research peptides that millions of people are injec…

Menopause Part 4: Training, Protein, Cortisol, Hormone Therapy, & Bone Density

Is there really a “menopause-specific” way to train, eat, and supplement — or is most of it marketing? In the finale of our 4-part menopause series, Drs. Jordan Feigenbaum and Austin Baraki go straight to the evidence on building muscle and bone before, during, and after the transition. We cover w…

Is Obesity a Willpower Problem? The Biology of Weight, Diets, and GLP-1s

Obesity roughly tripled in about 60 years, and the genes didn't change in that time. So if body weight isn't a willpower problem, what is it? Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum and Dr. Austin Baraki walk through what actually sets your weight: the adoption and twin studies behind the genetics, the "defended ran…

#491 Dr. Austin Baraki - Are Testosterone Levels Really in Massive Decline?

Dr. Austin Baraki joins me to challenge the popular narrative that testosterone levels are collapsing across society and to examine what the available evidence actually shows. Austin joins me to discuss: • Whether men’s testosterone levels have declined dramatically in recent decades• Where the tes…

The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Gaining Weight | A Medical Mystery

A previously healthy 21-year-old shows up with seven months of headaches and 30-plus pounds of weight gain he can’t explain. He’s eating the same and training more, and the scale climbs anyway. We hand the case to Dr. Austin Baraki cold and work it in real time: the exam, the labs, the MRI, and two…

#616: More Testing, Better Health? Harms of Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment - Austin Baraki, MD

Medical screening is often framed as an uncomplicated good: if disease is found earlier, treatment can begin earlier and outcomes should improve. This episode examines why that reasoning is incomplete. Screening can produce benefit, but it can also generate false positives, incidental findings, ov…

Juiced Up: Talking Testosterone with Barbell Medicine

MOPs & MOEs is proudly sponsored by Teamworks — the performance operations platform trusted by elite military units and professional sports organizations worldwide. Teamworks brings your scheduling, communications, athlete monitoring, and readiness data into one unified system — so your leaders sta…

Who Needs Testosterone, and Who's Not Getting It I Signal Episode 4

Most men who start testosterone never needed it, and some who genuinely do never get treated. In the final episode of the Signal series, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum and Dr. Austin Baraki work through who actually needs testosterone replacement, who got sold it, and what the evidence says about the risks …