#176 - They Both Walked Away From Traditional Medicine. Here's What They Found.

What if the medical system wasn't designed to make you better — just to manage you?

A firefighter paramedic and a cardiologist both came to that same conclusion. And both walked away to build something better.

In this episode, I sit down with Sam Tejada — founder of Liqui Vita Wellness Centers and author of How to Win in Modern Wellness — and Dr. Christopher Davis, triple board-certified cardiologist and founder of Reveal Vitality and Longevity Institute. Together they share what they witnessed inside conventional medicine, why they left, and what they're doing instead.

We cover the real drivers of chronic disease, why most doctors are practicing 25 years behind the science, and how tools like IV therapy, peptides, mitochondrial support, and environmental toxin testing are changing lives that conventional medicine had given up on.

We also talk about an ALS patient who completely turned around in one week — and why Sam says the single most important thing you can do for your health is start measuring it.

Key Takeaways:

• 00:00 Introduction: Sam Tejada and Dr. Christopher Davis
• 04:00 90% of 911 calls and the broken system
• 07:00 How Sam discovered functional medicine
• 09:26 From interventional cardiology to integrative medicine
• 14:26 Why his colleagues called him crazy
• 18:00 How IV nutrient therapy changed everything
• 22:32 The origin story of Liqui Vita
• 28:48 Why most IV drips contain a known toxin
• 33:00 Building the American IV Association
• 38:04 NAD therapy: the debate and the side effects
• 45:52 The peptide Dr. Davis uses personally
• 46:26 ALS patient turns around in one week on SS-31
• 51:00 VO2 max: the best predictor of longevity
• 54:05 Stem cells and ejection fraction
• 01:01:50 You can't improve what you don't measure

🔗 Additional Resources:

✨ Learn more about Liqui Vita: https://www.liquivida.com/

✨ Learn more about Reveal Vitality: https://revealvitality.com

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Dr. Joy Kong is a regenerative medicine and anti-aging expert. Her podcast is part of her mission to reduce suffering and elevate happiness. Join us every week for the latest holistic health insights that will help you live a long and pain-free life.