The Architecture of Health

Thermography exposes sensitive breast tissue to 1/1000th the amount of radiation that traditional mammography does. Not only is it safer and cheaper, it identifies inflammation in various parts of the body that are critical for building a systemic and preventative approach to resolving or avoiding chronic diseases like cancer and metabolic diseases. In host Deb Voisin’s case, starting at age 26, doctors always prescribed expensive, frequent, and often false positive mammography scans because her breasts were lumpy and her mom had breast cancer. Fortunately, she eventually discovered thermography and Debby De Martini! This game changing approach showed that her lumpy breasts were FINE but found a cracked tooth and early thyroid issues not yet showing up on traditional medical tests! Debby DeMartini is a licensed thermographer and in our interview shares how thermography can help anyone with a body build a more accurate map towards building lasting health. Debby sees patients in Santa Cruz, California and in Texas. Her websites is [email protected] and you can reach her at [email protected]. If you don’t live in those areas, you can also look up other practitioners at thermologyonline.org.

What if protecting your health also means becoming much more intentional about where your healthcare dollars go?In this episode of The Architecture of Health, I talk with Kevin Decker, RN, who brings 25 years of nursing experience across emergency care, ICU, med-surg, bedside nursing and managed care. He has seen the American healthcare system from both the patient-care side and the insurance side.Our conversation follows the money.Why does the United States spend so much on healthcare while so many families still face enormous premiums, deductibles, denied claims and medical debt? How much of what we spend actually supports better health—and how much feeds administrative complexity, distorted incentives and systemic waste?We explore:• Why healthcare administrative costs have become so enormous• Insurance denials—and why appealing a denial can matter• PBMs, pharmacy pricing and vertical integration• Why paying cash can sometimes cost less than using insurance• How physician-training policies contributed to today’s doctor shortage• The Medicare residency cap created by the 1997 Balanced Budget Act• Rising family health-insurance costs• Health-sharing programs: potential advantages and important limitations• The difference between investing in health and simply consuming more healthcare• Why avoiding the medical system entirely can also be dangerous• Prevention, personal responsibility and healthcare sovereignty• How to preserve more of your resources for the things that actually support your healthThis is not an argument against medicine.Emergency medicine, surgery and other medical interventions can be extraordinary and lifesaving when they are truly needed. I share my own experience of delaying treatment because of cost until an infection became dangerously serious.The question is not:“How do we stop spending money on healthcare?”It is:“How do we make wiser healthcare investments—and stop automatically funding what isn’t working?”Kevin Decker has spent approximately 25 years in nursing, with experience in emergency medicine, ICU, med-surg, bedside care and managed care. His experience on both the clinical and insurance sides of healthcare informs his work helping individuals and businesses examine healthcare spending and make more intentional financial decisions.Website:www.Builtnotgivenrn.com/homeInstagram:@deckeressentialservicesFacebook:Decker Essential ServicesEmail:[email protected] Voisin is the host of The Architecture of Health and founder of Moving As Designed.After more than 25 years working in design research and user experience, Deb became increasingly interested in another kind of design problem: What actually creates a human being who remains capable, adaptable and physically independent over a lifetime?Her work explores movement longevity, prevention, human-centered health, environmental design and the systems that shape our bodies and behavior.Through The Architecture of Health, Deb talks with researchers, clinicians, movement experts, independent thinkers and innovators about how we can build healthier lives before crisis becomes the only option.Moving As Designed:moveasdesigned.comHealthcare-sharing programs are discussed in this episode as one option some people use to reduce traditional insurance costs.Health shares are not health insurance. They do not necessarily carry the same consumer protections as regulated insurance, and payment of eligible medical expenses is not guaranteed in the same way an insurance contract is.Anyone considering one should carefully investigate exclusions, limits, eligibility requirements, pre-existing-condition rules and the organization’s financial history.This podcast is for education and discussion only and is not individual medical, legal, insurance or financial advice. Statements of opinion or interpretation made during the conversation should be distinguished from the research and data referenced above.

What happens when the institutions we trust to determine what is true also have the power to silence people who challenge them?Independent journalist, researcher and author Jeremy R. Hammond joins me for a provocative conversation about censorship, public-health messaging, informed consent—and how difficult it has become to distinguish legitimate disagreement from “misinformation.”We dig into examples from COVID-era censorship, natural immunity, vaccine research, observational studies, healthy-user bias, lockdowns, the lab-origin debate and the relationship between government agencies, media and industry.But the larger question is bigger than COVID:How do we learn to think for ourselves when information is overwhelming, institutions disagree, algorithms reward outrage, and every one of us has confirmation bias?Jeremy makes the case for going back to primary sources, examining how studies are actually designed, looking for conflicting evidence and learning to reconcile it rather than simply choosing the narrative we already prefer.We also talk about the importance of resisting rage bait, questioning our own echo chambers and becoming active—not passive—consumers of information.In this episodeHow “misinformation” gets definedJeremy’s experience being censored on LinkedInNatural immunity and COVID-era public-health messagingThe difference between randomized trials and observational studiesHealthy-user bias and why correlation can misleadLockdowns, masks and comparing outcomes across populationsThe Proximal Origin paper and the COVID lab-origin debateGovernment, industry and conflicts of interestConfirmation bias—even when we think we’re the ones questioning authorityHow to investigate claims using primary sourcesUsing AI without simply outsourcing your thinkingBuilding communities where disagreement and critical thinking are allowedConnect with JeremyJeremy R. HammondJeremyRHammond.comJeremy’s Truth Action Network and free newsletter are available through his website.Primary SourcesLeón TM, et al. “COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis — California and New York, May–November 2021.” CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 2022;71:125–131.CDC. “New CDC Study: Vaccination Offers Higher Protection than Previous COVID-19 Infection.” August 6, 2021.Jamison AM, et al. “Vaccine-related advertising in the Facebook Ad Archive.” Vaccine. 2020;38(3):512–520.Ferguson NM, et al. “Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand.” Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team, Report 9. March 16, 2020.Seow J, et al. “Longitudinal observation and decline of neutralizing antibody responses in the three months following SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans.” Nature Microbiology. 2020;5:1598–1607.Benn CS, Schaltz-Buchholzer F, Nielsen S, Netea MG, Aaby P. “Randomized clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines: Do adenovirus-vector vaccines have beneficial non-specific effects?” iScience. 2023;26(5):106733.Thomas SJ, et al. “Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine through 6 Months.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2021;385:1761–1773.El Sahly HM, et al. “Efficacy of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine at Completion of Blinded Phase.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2021;385:1774–1785.Simonsen L, et al. “Impact of Influenza Vaccination on Seasonal Mortality in the US Elderly Population.” Archives of Internal Medicine. 2005;165(3):265–272.Jackson LA, et al. “Evidence of bias in estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in seniors.” International Journal of Epidemiology. 2006;35(2):337–344.Andersen KG, Rambaut A, Lipkin WI, Holmes EC, Garry RF. “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2.” Nature Medicine. 2020;26:450–452.Calisher C, et al. “Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19.” The Lancet. 2020;395(10226)–e43

Are more supplements actually making us healthier—or are we sometimes giving the body more than it knows what to do with?In this episode of The Architecture of Health, I talk with Dr. Luke Bucci, biomedical scientist, clinical nutritionist, and Chief Science Officer at Juvenon, about how to think more intelligently about supplementation, energy, circulation, and healthy aging.Dr. Bucci’s central message is simple: more isn’t necessarily better. The right thing, in the right form and amount, matters more.We explore why blood flow and nitric oxide become increasingly important as we age, why some nutrients can behave very differently depending on their form and dose, and why supporting the body’s own regulatory systems may make more sense than simply flooding it with more ingredients.KEY TOPICS:- Why “more is better” can be a bad assumption with supplements- Dr. Bucci’s “big three”: vitamin D3, omega-3s, and magnesium- Why the form of a nutrient matters- Fish oil vs. krill oil and oxidation- Why antioxidants aren’t always as simple as “more = healthier”- Nitric oxide, circulation, and aging- Movement, blood flow, and cellular energy- Stress and inflammation- NAD and healthy aging- My own experience accidentally stacking ingredients across multiple supplements- Why simplifying your supplement routine may sometimes be smarterABOUT DR. LUKE BUCCI:Dr. Luke Bucci, PhD, is a biomedical scientist and clinical nutritionist with more than 40 years of experience in nutritional biochemistry. He serves as Chief Science Officer at Juvenon, where his work focuses on nutrition, cellular energy, circulation, and healthy aging.TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JUVENON AND BUY AT A 30% DISCOUNT:bloodflow7.com/DEBDiscount code: DEB30The Architecture of Health explores the underlying conditions that allow health to emerge—from movement and breathing to nutrition, environment, and the ways our bodies are designed to adapt.This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consider your individual needs, medications, health conditions, and appropriate professional guidance before changing your supplement routine.

Fitness was never supposed to become a second job.In this conversation, Deb Voisin speaks with Pawel Sendyka, an anthropologist, fitness contrarian and creator of Sendyka Fit Over 40, about escaping the modern fitness industry and returning to movement that supports an ordinary human life.Ancient Greek culture distinguished between exercise for everyday health, military preparation and athletic glory. Modern fitness often mixes all three together—then sells intense, competitive training as basic wellness.Deb and Pawel discuss:Why exercise should leave you energized instead of exhaustedThe danger of continually pushing for more improvementSlow jogging and the delightfully unglamorous “grandma shuffle”Why Radio Taiso is Pawel’s number-one daily movement practiceSimple movement that does not require a gym or expensive equipmentThe hidden time, restriction and sacrifice behind highly sculpted bodiesWhy softness and a little roundness are not failuresFitness culture, influencer transparency and the pressure to copy extremesRebuilding natural abilities slowly after decades of modern lifeWhy true fitness can feel like regaining the physical freedom of childhoodPawel recommends beginning with something almost impossibly small: try three minutes of Radio Taiso for one week. Do not attack your body. Give it time.Real fitness is not just how you look on camera. It is being able to get down on the floor, stand back up, crawl under the sink, walk, dance, carry things and meet everyday life with confidence.Pawel Sendyka / Sendyka Fit Over 40sendykafitover40.comDeb Voisin / Moving As Designedmovingasdesigned.comSubscribe for more conversations about movement longevity, natural health and building a body that remains capable for life.