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What if the most powerful change in your health isn’t a new pill, but a better question? We explore how AI can help you take back agency—clarifying options, translating dense reports, and shaping daily routines—without handing your judgment to a black box.
We start with the trust problem: profit‑driven incentives, reactive care, and examples like statins‑by‑default and the opioid crisis that show how systems drift from prevention to dependency. From there, we shift to what you can control. Sleep, nutrition, and exercise form the base; mental health binds them together. We share simple, realistic ways AI supports those foundations: dimming blue light, building wind‑down routines, estimating protein needs from your actual meals, and crafting week‑friendly plans that you’ll keep rather than quit.
Next, we get practical with data. Large language models can turn genetics, microbiome profiles, and annual labs into readable briefs, highlight relevant markers, and prepare you to use scarce clinical minutes well. We show how to set up a personal health workspace: your goals, your routines, your labs, plus a prompt style that asks the AI to challenge assumptions, cite evidence, and propose mainstream and alternative paths. This is not self‑prescribing; it’s coming to your doctor with sharper questions and clearer trade‑offs.
We also tackle risk. Models can flatter your biases, blur look‑alike nutrients, or be steered by commercial interests. The antidote is discipline: ask for sources, compare options, weigh cost versus benefit, and verify with a clinician. Convenience—like rapid at‑home testing and one‑tap deliveries—shouldn’t become a new gatekeeper. The goal is personalised, preventive care that keeps you in charge of your choices and data.
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Chapters
1. Setting The Stage: Health And AI (00:00:00)
2. Trust, Systems, And Healthcare Failures (00:02:05)
3. From COVID To Skepticism (00:08:45)
4. Prevention Over Reaction: Statins Debate (00:15:30)
5. Taking Ownership: The Three Pillars (00:22:30)
6. Sleep Quality And Daily Habits (00:28:20)
7. Building A Personal Health AI (00:34:00)
8. Limits, Risks, And Safe Guardrails (00:41:10)
9. Bringing Data To Your Doctor (00:46:05)
10. Practical Nutrition And Protein Goals (00:51:30)
11. Supplements Without The Hype (00:57:30)
12. Convenience Versus Control In Diagnostics (01:03:15)
13. Personalisation, Power, And The Future (01:09:10)
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