# Ravi Kumar

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The Truth About GERD, Acid Reflux & Proton Pump Inhibitors, Ravi Kumar, MD

Since February 2026, I have been researching acid reflux, GERD, Barrett's esophagus, and hiatal hernias, going down more rabbit holes than I can count. I was hesitant to explore certain avenues because they seemed to lead right back to the PPI rabbit hole (proton pump inhibitors). I wanted to under…

The Truth About GERD, Acid Reflux & Proton Pump Inhibitors, Ravi Kumar, MD

Since February 2026, I have been researching acid reflux, GERD, Barrett’s esophagus, and hiatal hernias, going down more rabbit holes than I can count. I was hesitant to explore certain avenues because they seemed to lead right back to the PPI rabbit hole (proton pump inhibitors). I wanted to under…

A Yoga Expert and a Spine Surgeon Agree on the One Exercise Everyone Needs | Dean Pohlman

If sitting all day has left your back stiff, your glutes asleep, and your shoulders rounding forward, the tool behind this episode, Man Flow Yoga, is built to fix exactly that. Dean Pohlman's app has over 50 structured programs running from five to sixty minutes, and you can grab a discount with co…

The Silent Toxin Buildup That Ages Your Brain | Dr. Anne Marie Fine

Today we're getting into something most of us never stop to think about: the chemicals we're all swimming in every day, and whether they're quietly aging our brains faster than our genes ever could. In a UK Biobank study of blood plasma proteins, people with youthful brains looked like they carried…

Can India Host Cycling's Biggest Event in 2032? | Ravi Kumar, Founder, VIR Bike

Pune has bid to host the UCI Road World Championships in 2032. Can a race like that change how Indian cities think about cycling? Host Ruchi speaks with the founder of VIR Bike, which builds electric cycles for Indian roads, about why our roads are designed around cars rather than people, why cycle…

How to Be as Resilient as Your Dog (Neurosurgeon Explains)

Ravi's border collie Blue tore his soft palate open on a stick mid run. By that evening he was groggy from anesthesia and already trying to fetch. Two weeks later he was fully healed. If a person tore open that same tissue, the story looks nothing like that, and the gap splits into anatomy we can n…

The Driving Force of Alzheimer's & Brain Health – Ravi Kumar, MD

As I get older, I mean bolder, I find myself asking more questions about what it really means to age well. Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline can be frightening. But I don't want to simply accept them as an inevitable part of aging. I want to understand what may be driving these changes and,…

What's Actually Causing Your Migraines (Neurologist Explains) | Dr. Amelia Barrett

Most people treat migraine like a scavenger hunt, chasing the wine, the weather, or the skipped meal that set it off. Dr. Amelia Barrett says that hunt misses the point. The trigger is only the last drop into a bucket that chronic biology has been filling for weeks or years, and every round of tria…

How to Starve Cancer Without Starving Yourself, Sean T. Devlin, DO, HMD

Cancer metabolism is becoming an increasingly important part of the conversation around integrative oncology, nutrition, and whole-body health. We often hear that “sugar feeds cancer.” But the relationship between glucose, insulin, growth signals, metabolism, and cancer is far more complex than a s…

Swimming Upstream

Have you ever wondered how often we simply go with the current? We follow what we’ve been taught, what everyone else is doing, and sometimes even what we know deep down isn’t right for us. But what happens when we decide to swim upstream? For me, it means becoming willing to ask questions, challeng…