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Something a little different this week.
Most of what we talk about on AskDrGil lives in the psychological and the somatic — patterns, nervous systems, the deeper architecture of why we do what we do.
This conversation goes to the biological foundation underneath all of that.
New Episode: Primal Health and the Science of Biological AgeA conversation with Dr. Kavin Mistry
Dr. Kavin Mistry is a board-certified neuroradiologist with 25 years of clinical experience. He is also someone who spent formative years living with the Hadza tribe in Tanzania — one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer populations on earth.
That combination of modern medicine and ancestral immersion led him to a framework that challenges almost everything conventional healthcare assumes about aging, vitality, and what health actually requires.
His book, Primal Health Design: 7 Key Paradigms to Reverse Biological Age, maps seven dimensions of health that the Hadza — and the Blue Zones populations — get right without trying.
We got most of them wrong without noticing.
In this conversation, we cover:
— What the Blue Zones research actually tells us — and what most people miss when they talk about it
— The seven paradigms of Primal Health: Earth, Body, Food, Mind, Purpose, Tribe, and Cosmos — and how each one connects to how fast or slowly you age
— Why purpose and belonging are not soft wellness concepts but measurable biological variables that affect inflammation, immune function, and longevity
— The difference between lifespan and healthspan — and why extending one without the other is not the goal
— What Dr. Mistry changed in his own life after living with the Hadza — and what he couldn’t unsee afterward
This conversation sits differently than most of what we do on the show.
It is practical in a way that is rare. Not another protocol. Not another optimization framework. A genuine rethinking of the conditions human biology was actually built for — and what it costs us when those conditions are absent.
If you’ve been working on the psychological and somatic layers and wondering what the biological ground underneath needs — this episode is for that.
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About Dr. Kavin Mistry
Dr. Mistry is a board-certified neuroradiologist, health speaker, and author. His work bridges ancestral wisdom with modern neuroscience to reframe what health and longevity actually require. You can find his book and his work at https://kavinmistrymd.com/.
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— Dr. Gil