{"podcast":{"title":"The Adversity Advantage with Doug Bopst","slug":"the-adversity-advantage-with-doug-bopst-1209565","podcast_index_feed_id":1209565,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD6800025034","website_url":"http://theadversityadvantage.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5438f09a-4413-11ee-8d7a-23246612e332/image/1bf60ff268600cd577796bf4fe5c9ff1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Doug Bopst","episode_count":725,"summary":"The Adversity Advantage is where life’s hardest struggles become your greatest strengths. Each week, host Doug Bopst — a former felon and addict who used fitness to save his life — brings you raw, powerful conversations with world-class experts and thought leaders. From Andrew Huberman to Mel Robbins, Gabby Bernstein, Gabor Maté, Robert Greene, Rich Roll, Kevin O’Leary, and more - you’ll hear the untold stories of how they turned setbacks into comebacks. You’ll also walk away with practical, everyday tools to help you: build resilience in the face of adversity, rewire your brain and body for growth, strengthen relationships and mental health, transform your health, recover from addiction and unlock the discipline to create the life you want.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T04:21:06.391309+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adversity-advantage-with-doug-bopst-1209565"},"episode":{"title":"Longevity Doctor: The Real Reason You’re Aging Faster Than You Should | Darshan Shah","slug":"longevity-doctor-the-real-reason-you-re-aging-faster-than-you-should-darshan-shah","published_at":"2026-05-21T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adversity-advantage-with-doug-bopst-1209565/longevity-doctor-the-real-reason-you-re-aging-faster-than-you-should-darshan-shah","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adversity-advantage-with-doug-bopst-1209565","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/47G541/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/BTGDG2580674481.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/47G541/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/BTGDG2580674481.mp3","summary":"Darshan Shah, MD is a board-certified surgeon, published author, and Founder and CEO of Next Health – the first, largest and fastest-growing health optimization and longevity clinic. He earned his medical degree at the age of 21 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, becoming one of the youngest doctors in the United States at the time. He continued his training at the Mayo Clinic and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. As a longevity medicine specialist, he has advised thousands of patients on how to optimize their well-being and extend their healthspan and lifespan. Today on the show we discuss why living longer means nothing if your health span is broken, the biggest mistakes people make when chasing longevity, why most people should focus on metabolic health before biohacking, the blood markers Dr. Shah believes everyone should track, how strength training, walking, sleep, and nutrition protect your future, why ultra-processed foods are quietly wrecking your health, the truth about alcohol, weed, caffeine, fasting, sauna, cold plunge, red light therapy, wearables, supplements, NAD, and how toxins, stress, relationships, and circadian rhythm all impact how well you age. And much more. Today’s sponsor: Fatty15: Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to fatty15.com/DOUG and using code DOUG at checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Darshan Shah, MD is a board-certified surgeon, published author, and Founder and CEO of Next Health – the first, largest and fastest-growing health optimi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3203,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-adversity-advantage-with-doug-bopst-1209565/episodes/longevity-doctor-the-real-reason-you-re-aging-faster-than-you-should-darshan-shah/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adversity-advantage-with-doug-bopst-1209565/longevity-doctor-the-real-reason-you-re-aging-faster-than-you-should-darshan-shah.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}