Have you ever felt overwhelmed by how complicated living a life of vibrant health seems? Always another diet fad, another bit of news about how bad fat is, then how good it is, and so on? Well, you’re in the right place! Today’s guest, Dr Gary Shlifer, has simple solutions which will help you to align with your ancestry and up-level your lifestyle.Dr. Shlifer is a board-certified internal medicine physician specialising in preventative care, nutrition/metabolism and anti-aging medicine. He brings his robust experienced with hospital inpatient medicine to his outpatient primary care practice in order to help prevent and cure disease for his patients. He is the founder of Evolve Healthcare in Los Angeles, a multi-specialty integrative medicine clinic focused on disease prevention and lifestyle optimization. He is also cofounder of Sapien, an organization focused on promoting health education and advancing health information technology. Through his companies and community outreach, the doctor works to promote his message of healthy living, eating and lifestyle practices.In this far-ranging conversation, we cover everything from the mistake of asking too many mistakes as a doctor, to how our ancestry is a great place to look for the answers to our health needs, to how important it is that we talk about, face, and embrace death to truly live…and much more.Towards the end, Dr Gary answers the question I ask in every episode about what We Are Already Free means to him in a way I found especially inspiring, hopeful, and empowering.I’m your host, Nathan Maingard, and, as a highly sensitive person in a highly insensitive society, I was very nearly crushed by my efforts to fit a mould our society just calls ‘being a good citizen’. Having navigated my own healing of depression, burnout, suicidal ideation and other lovely things like that, it’s my honour to help others like me to bloom into the unique beauty they came here to bring… through breathwork, empowering songs, stories and poems, inner life skills coaching…and of course, ice baths (sorry, I know I’ve been talking about them a lot recently, but seriously, they’re frickin’ EPIC!).Join The Tribe:You’re invited to become a member of the We Are Already Free tribe to: access bonus conversations with podcast guestsshare questions for upcoming gueststake the 5 Day Morning Practice Challenge to empower your daymeet and chat with other podcast listeners around the worldkeep the podcast AD FREE by supporting it yourself!Join the tribe at https://alreadyfree.me/jointhetribeSupport yourself, the planet, and this podcast:DOWNLOAD A FREE GUIDED BREATHWORK MEDITATION to rediscover the present moment.Heal yourself while supporting the sovereignty of indigenous peoples at https://alreadyfree.me/fourvisionsmarket (use discount code ALREADYFREE for 10% off your first purchase) (affiliate link).Sign up for the 5 Day Morning Practice Challenge to take control of your life!Book a free 1:1 discovery session to overcome self-sabotage, fear, powerlessness, lack of purpose, or anything else holding you back from living your truth.DONATE: give a gift of thanks to support the We Are Already Free message.Join the Tribe, as mentioned above ;)Connect with me and review the podcast:Leave a review to celebrate and support the podcast Send me a voicenote/message on InstagramSend me a voicenote/message on TelegramLinks & Things from this Episode:@drgaryevolve on instagramevolvehealthcare.comsapien.orgThe Sapien PodcastOn being an awake medical professional during the time of lockdownThe message from working in hospitals: "Your job is not to ask questions"Evolve HealthcareFLCC ProtocalWhy science has stalled in many waysGraham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse show on NetflixWhy it's a huge problem that healthcare is dominated by the food and drug industryBOOK - Sickening by John AbramsonType 2 diabetes is a reversible conditionWhy sometimes all you need is the best step you can take nextOne simple thing that can help most people to improve their healthReconnecting with what your biology is asking forThe unexpectedly fun results of ice bathsWhat is the cost of convenience?Why your doctor's knowledge of nutrition is the same as the average person walking down the streetBOOK - The big fat surprise by Nina TeicholzGary on realising that he was trained to be a drug dealer…not to heal peopleWhat is The Sapien DietThe unsung necessity of hospice careWe're so disconnected from the living and dying processes that we can be manipulatedHow to connect more holistically with deathWhy you should go to a farm to be involved in the procurement of your animalsModern Stone Age KitchenHow being a grateful alpha predator is a good way to be"Death is real life"The very private joke told by healthcare providersWill you still listen if we do an episode all about death? (well, will you?)How to naturally balance hormonesBOOK - Sex at Dawn by Christopher RyanLearn the unifying idea of healthThank you for listening, may this remind you that you are already free!LoveNathan