Live Long and Well with Dr. Bobby

We love chocolate—and we would probably love it even more if we could call it a health food. In fact, 65% of North Americans in one survey said they would rather give up social media for a month than give up chocolate. But does chocolate actually deserve its healthy reputation? In this episode, I dig into what the human evidence really shows. Cocoa flavanols do appear to improve blood-vessel function and modestly lower blood pressure. But when researchers moved beyond these surrogate measures...

Sign up for my Newsletter and 1 page action list You unpack your bag, drop onto the couch, and wonder why you feel worse than when you left. That “vacation after the vacation” crash is not just bad luck or a weak willpower problem. We walk through a more useful explanation: travel quietly rewires your daily inputs all at once, from sleep timing and bedroom temperature to meal schedules, movement, quiet time, and even bathroom routines. We dig into what the evidence says about travel and heal...

📥 Tap to join my free newsletter & get the 1-page episode checklists: drbobbylivelongandwell.com Every day brings another health headline: Coffee may prevent dementia. Alcohol raises cancer risk. A Mediterranean diet reduces diabetes. A supplement lowers heart disease. A new treatment cuts risk by 30%. But should any of those headlines actually change what you do? In this episode of Live Long and Well, I share five questions I use when reading a new medical study. They can help you separ...

Concierge medicine promises something many patients desperately want: more time with their doctor, easier access, and appointments when they actually need them. But as concierge practices rapidly expand—and corporations, non-physicians, and heavily marketed longevity programs enter the field—the concierge label no longer guarantees excellent primary care. In this episode, I’m joined by two board-certified internal medicine physicians with firsthand experience in this changing model. Dr. Spyro...

Sign up for Dr. Bobby's 1-page action "Prescriptions" We follow the daylight saving time debate into a deeper question: whether your chronotype makes you a night owl or a morning lark, and how that fit with real life changes your sleep, performance, and health. I share what the evidence says about social jet lag, why synchrony matters more than labels, and how to decide whether to change your schedule or try to shift your body clock. • what chronotype means and how it shows up in daily ...