In this episode of Keeping Your Breast, Dr. Jenn Simmons talks with Loren Lockman, a longtime health coach and water-only fasting expert who has supervised fasts since 1996. Loren shares how fasting helped him recover from years of chronic illness and explains what the body is doing during a properly supported water fast - especially autophagy, fasting ketosis, and deep cellular repair.

They also dig into why Loren believes most people are chronically dehydrated, why he does not recommend juicing (even at home), how fasting can support healing across many conditions (including breast cancer support), and why the real key is not doing more - it is getting out of the body’s way with rest, simplicity, and a structured refeed.

What You’ll Learn

• What water-only fasting is, how it works, and why proper supervision matters
• How fasting activates autophagy and supports deep cellular cleanup
• The difference between fasting ketosis and the ketogenic diet
• How detoxification and immune function are connected to chronic disease
• The influence of the pharmaceutical industry on modern nutrition and health narratives
• Natural diet and lifestyle strategies that support longevity
• Plant-based nutrition, protein myths, and whole-food sourcing
• Why hydration, electrolyte balance, and water intake are critical during fasting
• Who should not fast (and who typically can)

Episode Timeline:

01:03 Meet Loren Lockman: 38-Year Vegan & Water-Only Fasting Expert
03:13 From Chronic Illness to Radical Healing
09:22 Why Conventional Medicine Failed Him
16:00 Healing Is a Biological Process (Not a Prescription)
21:30 What Happens in the Body During a Water Fast
26:30 Fasting & Cancer: Autophagy, Immunity, and Detox
31:00 Processed Foods, Pharma Influence & Modern Disease
33:45 Protein Myths, Juicing, and Nutritional Controversy
46:45 The Science of Autophagy & Fasting Ketosis
55:45 Chronic Dehydration, Intestinal Health & Aging
58:45 Can Everyone Fast? Who Should (and Shouldn’t)
01:04:30 Supplements: Helpful or Harmful?
01:08:00 Real Client Transformations (Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Cancer)
01:11:00 What It’s Like to Work with Loren (Structure, Data, Refeeding)
01:14:30 Why Rest Is Essential During Fasting
01:23:30 Final Takeaways: Doing Less to Heal More

To talk to a member of Dr. Jenn's team and learn more about working privately with Dr. Jenn visit: https://calendly.com/stephanie-1031/clarity-call

To get your copy of Dr. Jenn's book, The Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer, visit: https://tinyurl.com/SmartWomansBreastCancerGuide

To purchase the auria breast cancer screening test go here https://auria.care/ and use the code DRJENN20 for 20% Off.

Connect with Dr. Jenn:
Website: https://www.jennsimmonsmd.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJennSimmons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjennsimmons/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jennsimmons

In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons sits down with Dr. Vassily Eliopoulous, MD a former ER physician turned regenerative and longevity medicine expert for a bold conversation about what is broken in modern healthcare and what is quietly replacing it.

After years inside emergency medicine, Dr. Vass hit a moment that forced him to confront a hard truth: the system is built to manage crises, not create health. From hospital incentive structures to medical education shaped by patentable therapies, they expose why prevention, metabolic health, peptides, stem cells, and bioidentical hormones remain on the margins.

This episode dives into regenerative medicine, stem cell therapy, GLP-1s beyond weight loss, immune resilience, the energetic drivers of disease, and why AI may amplify the need for true human connection in medicine.

If you have ever felt like “standard of care” is missing something, this conversation explains why and what comes next.

What You’ll Learn:

• The ER moment that made Dr. Vass walk away from conventional medicine
• Why hospitals are financially rewarded for procedures, not prevention
• The hidden reason non-patentable therapies rarely get taught
• What peptides (BPC-157, thymosin, GHK-Cu) actually do in the body
• How stem cells heal tissue and whether they increase cancer risk
• Why metabolic dysfunction drives cancer and chronic disease
• The overlooked role of stress and immune suppression in illness

Episode Timeline:

01:00 Meet Dr. Vass: From ER Physician to Regenerative Medicine Pioneer
02:00 Risk, flow state, and longevity
07:30 The dark truth about ER medicine
10:26 Dr. Jenn’s “this system is broken” moment
14:07 Dr. Vass’ breaking point (and why he left)
20:21 Why doctors are not trained in prevention
23:13 Patentable medicine and the education pipeline
42:15 Patients are forcing the shift
47:56 AI, the future of doctors, and the art of medicine
57:40 Stress, immunity, and the energetic side of disease
01:00:36 Peptides, explained simply
01:17:38 Stem cells: what they do and what the data suggests
01:29:04 Where to find Dr. Vass + closing

Where to find Dr. Vassily Eliopoulous, MD:

• Website: longevityhealth.clinic/
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/dr.vassily/

To talk to a member of Dr. Jenn's team and learn more about working privately with Dr. Jenn visit: https://calendly.com/stephanie-1031/clarity-call

To get your copy of Dr. Jenn's book, The Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer, visit: https://tinyurl.com/SmartWomansBreastCancerGuide

To purchase the auria breast cancer screening test go here https://auria.care/ and use the code DRJENN20 for 20% Off.

Connect with Dr. Jenn:
Website: https://www.jennsimmonsmd.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJennSimmons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjennsimmons/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jennsimmons

In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons sits down with Reed Davis, founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN), for a no-comfort conversation about why so many women are told they’re “fine” while they feel anything but.

Together, they unpack the lie hiding inside “normal labs,” why diagnosis-chasing keeps you stuck in symptom management, and what Reed calls metabolic chaos - the slow breakdown that happens when chronic stress, inflammation, hormone disruption, digestion issues, and toxic burden stack up for years… until the body finally crashes. They also break down epigenetics (and why family history is not a life sentence), plus what it really means to “change the environment your breasts are living in.”

This is a conversation about root cause, medical sovereignty, and the hard truth that health doesn’t happen in a doctor’s office, it happens at home.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why “normal labs” can still mean deep dysfunction
• The difference between treating a diagnosis and treating the person
• What “metabolic chaos” is and how it shows up as totally different symptoms in different people
• How epigenetics works (and how to use it to break family patterns)
• The FDN framework: HIDDEN stressors + DRESS (Diet, Rest, Exercise, Stress reduction, Supplementation)
• Why exercise and nutrition have to be individualized (and how the wrong plan backfires)
• Dr. Jenn’s perspective on prophylactic mastectomy and the underestimated cost of breast removal trauma

Episode Timeline:

00:00 Why “Normal Lab Results” Don’t Mean You’re Healthy
02:24 Reed Davis’ Journey Into Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN)
10:12 Root Cause Healing vs Diagnosis-Based Medicine
15:39 Why Conventional Medicine Stops at Symptom Management
19:06 Metabolic Chaos: How Chronic Stress Disrupts Hormones and Health
20:58 Epigenetics Explained: How Environment Overrides Genetics
28:01 Prophylactic Mastectomy, Breast Health, and Medical Trauma
32:48 The DRESS Protocol: Diet, Stress, and Lifestyle-Based Healing
45:48 Medical Freedom, Screening Pressure, and Patient Autonomy
54:13 The Future of Healthcare: Prevention, Wellness, and Self-Responsibility
1:01:04 What Is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN)?

Learn more about Functional Diagnostic Nutrition (FDN): www.functionaldiagnosticnutrition.com

To talk to a member of Dr. Jenn's team and learn more about working privately with Dr. Jenn visit: https://calendly.com/stephanie-1031/clarity-call

To get your copy of Dr. Jenn's book, The Smart Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer, visit: https://tinyurl.com/SmartWomansBreastCancerGuide

To purchase the auria breast cancer screening test go here https://auria.care/ and use the code DRJENN20 for 20% Off.

Connect with Dr. Jenn:
Website: https://www.jennsimmonsmd.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJennSimmons
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjennsimmons/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.jennsimmons