# Health's Big Secret w. Susan Downs and Alex Voss (Ep 20)

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- **Content type:** podcast
- **Reported benefits:** Cognitive Decline, Dopamine, Focus, Motivation, Rest, Stress
- **Published:** 2020-08-21
- **Episode:** 20
- **Video:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOg6w9tZgp8
- **Audio:** https://holisticnootropics.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/audio/EP020_audio.mp3
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Join us for an eye-opening conversation with award-winning filmmakers **Dr. Susan Downs** and **Alex Voss**, co-producers of "The Big Secret" documentary, as they explore the intricate connections between healthcare, economics, and public health.

## About Our Guests

**Dr. Susan Downs** combines expertise in Integrative Medicine and Psychiatry with advanced degrees from MIT, Stanford, and Loma Linda Medical Center. As president of the Silicon Valley Health Institute (SVHI) and host of "Occupy Health," she brings a unique perspective bridging engineering, public health, and medicine.

**Alex Voss**, a five-time Emmy Award-winning producer, shares insights from both his professional work and personal health journey investigating healthcare systems and medical decision-making.

## Key Topics Explored

### Healthcare System Dynamics

- Financial influences on medical care decisions

- Prescription guidelines and physician constraints

- Overlooked root causes in modern medicine

- Medical board practices and opiate prescription controversies

### Nutrition and Disease Connections

- Sugar's role versus traditional cholesterol focus

- Environmental toxins and diabetes development

- Oxidative stress in disease progression

- Alzheimer's disease relationship to metabolism

- Brain health impacts of processed oils

### Food System Issues

- Agricultural subsidies' influence on food production

- GMO research and the Monsanto Papers

- Processed food health implications

- Benefits of local food systems

### Environmental Health Factors

- Water quality and fluoridation practices

- Declining nutritional value in modern foods

- The paradox of modern malnutrition

## Learn More

Connect with our guests and explore their work:

- [The Big Secret Documentary](http://thebigsecretmovie.com)

- [Silicon Valley Health Institute](http://svhi.com)

- [Occupy Health Podcast](https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2630/occupy-health)

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