Iron Direct Primary Care Podcast

About Iron Direct Primary Care Podcast

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Publisher

Stefan Hartmann

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Sept 2025

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Intellectual Humility in Nutrition: An Ex-Carnivore & Reformed Lipid Denialist

   What happens when two people who were deep in the keto and carnivore world change their minds—not because of trends, but because patients started having heart attacks and the data became undeniable? Sarah and Stefan discuss the backlash from the keto/carnivore community after Stefan's viral X post: https://x.com/ironDPC/status/2105632631744266514?s=20 Dr. Sarah Zaldivar left strict carnivore after years of advocacy and saw better recovery, performance, and mood once she strategically reintroduced carbs. Stefan Hartmann went from lipid denialist to advocating aggressive ApoB lowering after watching ‘optimized’ patients still get events. They took the heat from their own communities. This is the raw conversation about dogma, lipids, and what the evidence actually forces you to accept.

2. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Can Millennials Become the Longest-Lived Generation? | Anti-Aging Medicine as Primary Care

   Can millennials become the longest-lived generation in history—and maintain their strength, independence, and vitality along the way? In this lecture for the Chronic Disease Prevention & Management Group, Stefan Hartmann, PA-C, CEO of Iron Direct Primary Care in Melbourne, Florida, presents his approach to anti-aging medicine as comprehensive primary care. The central idea: intervene earlier, reduce decades of exposure to modifiable risk factors, and build physical capacity before disease and functional decline become established. Topics include: • America’s leading causes of death and opportunities for prevention • ApoB below 70 mg/dL as a proposed target for earlier cardiovascular prevention • Intensive lipid lowering, plaque regression, and findings from FOURIER-OLE, PACMAN-AMI, and HUYGENS • Earlier blood pressure management and protection of cardiovascular and kidney health • GLP-1–based therapies and advances in metabolic disease treatment • Resistance training, adequate protein, and preserving muscle throughout life • Proactive hormone assessment and individualized HRT, including care during perimenopause • Brain health, frailty prevention, and maintaining independence • Emerging evidence surrounding sauna, cold exposure, and red light therapy This lecture explores established clinical evidence alongside the rationale—and remaining uncertainties—behind more proactive longevity strategies. Our ambition is more years of health, physical capability, and participation in life. Presented by Stefan Hartmann, PA-C CEO, Iron Direct Primary Care Melbourne, Florida Learn more: https://www.irondpc.com (https://www.irondpc.com/) Instagram: @irondirectprimarycare To learn HRT in primary care check out HRTPCP.com Educational content. Treatment decisions require individualized assessment. #Longevity #AntiAgingMedicine #PrimaryCare #ApoB #HormoneTherapy

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   21 Sept 2026

   The War on Drugs, Marijuana, Methadone & the Medications We Use for Sleep | Dr. Andrea Barthwell

   What happens when addiction medicine, primary care, and national drug policy collide? On this episode of the Iron Direct Primary Care Podcast, Stefan Hartmann, PA-C sits down with Dr. Andrea Barthwell, one of the most experienced voices in American addiction medicine. Dr. Barthwell is a past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and served in the George W. Bush White House as Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). She is the founder of Encounter Medical Group and Two Dreams and was the founding chair of the $100 million Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE). This wasn't a conventional addiction-medicine interview.We discuss how American drug policy has changed—from the Bush-era War on Drugs and demand-reduction strategy to modern approaches emphasizing legalization, decriminalization, and harm reduction—and what decades of experience can teach us about the consequences of those choices. A major part of the conversation focuses on marijuana and the increasing tendency to treat cannabis as medicine or routine self-care. Dr. Barthwell explains her concerns about the medicalization of marijuana, particularly when patients assume that legalization or a medical-marijuana designation automatically means strong evidence of therapeutic benefit or long-term safety. We also go deep into something primary-care clinicians deal with every day:Sleep.Patients frequently arrive already using or requestingmedications such as: Eszopiclone (Lunesta) Trazodone Gabapentin Hydroxyzine Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) Atypical antipsychotics We discuss the tradeoffs of using psychoactive medications simply to make someone sleep, how dependence and substance-use history should change prescribing decisions, and why insomnia deserves more thoughtful evaluation than simply adding another sedating drug. We also discuss the role of primary care in identifying addiction early. Substance-use disorders do not always walk into the office announcing themselves. Alcohol, cannabis, prescription medications, stimulants, and opioids can become part of a patient's routine long before anyone formally identifies a disorder. Finally, Dr. Barthwell explains why she remains strongly supportive of evidence-based medications for opioid use disorder, including methadone and buprenorphine, and why these therapies should be viewed as medical treatment rather than simply substituting one drug for another. If you would like to learn anti aging medicine for primary care check out HRTPCP.COM to take our HRT courseConnect with Dr. Barthwell at https://www.linkedin.com/in/drandreabarthwell/andtwodreams.com

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4.0 / 5

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