The Proof Podcast is a space for science-based conversation. Together with his guests, Simon Hill, a qualified physiotherapist and nutritionist, explores the health and longevity benefits that come with mastering physical exercise, nutrition, mindfulness, recovery, sleep, and alignment. Facts, nuance and trustworthy recommendations minus the hyperbole. All the proof you need to live better for longer.
Latest episodes
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1 h 08
What Bone Density Scans Can't Tell You About Fracture Risk | A Masterclass on Bone Health
In this masterclass, I bring together six experts to untangle bone health, from fracture risk and DEXA scans to strength training, joint pain, and surgery. Dr Lora Giangregorio, Pr…
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49 min
The Keto Study That Wasn't About Keto | Dr Nicola Guess
Practising registered dietitian and senior research fellow at the University of Oxford, Dr Nicola Guess, returns to the show to discuss a new study whose findings were interpreted…
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1 h 55
30 Years of Diet Trials: What a Stanford Scientist Is Most (and Least) Sure About | Dr Christopher Gardner
This is Christopher Gardner's eighth appearance on the show. Christopher is a nutrition scientist at Stanford, director of the Stanford Nutrition Studies Research Group, and the au…
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57 min
My Plaque Protocol, and Why I Started a PCSK9 Inhibitor | Simon Hill, MSc
A few weeks ago I published my own heart scans, and one number travelled further than the rest: a 48% drop in plaque over 16 and a half months. The question underneath that video w…
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1 h 26
Why Your MRI Doesn't Mean You Need Surgery | Dr Howard Luks
Howard Luks is an orthopaedic surgeon with almost 30 years of experience, and a good deal of his week is spent telling people they do not need an operation. We work through the joi…
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1 h 22
Birth, Breastfeeding, and the Truth About Baby Food | Dr Federica Amati
This is part two of my conversation with Dr Federica Amati, Head Nutritionist at ZOE and author of the Sunday Times bestseller Every Body Should Know This. In part one we covered p…
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1 h 20
The Liver Disease 30% of Us Have and Never Feel | Prof Aleksander Krag
Around 30% of the world's population has too much fat in their liver, and almost none of them know it. Liver disease stays silent until it is very advanced, which is exactly why so…
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1 h 42
The Case for Treating Cholesterol Before Plaque Appears | Dr Thomas Dayspring and Dr Dan Soffer
Almost all of us have atherosclerosis, and almost none of us are told so, because "normal" cholesterol is a population average rather than a physiological target. Dr Thomas Dayspri…
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1 h 35
Bone Health, Falls, Medications & Healthy Longevity | Dr Deborah Kado
Everyone wants to talk about longevity. Almost no one wants to talk about gerontology, the field that has been studying how to age well for a century. Dr Deborah Kado, Stanford pro…
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1 h 24
Type 2 Diabetes Remission in the GLP-1 Era | Prof Roy Taylor
Professor Roy Taylor returns, three years after his first appearance, with the five-year DiRECT trial results and a clear-eyed assessment of where diet-driven type 2 diabetes remis…
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1 h 08
Lowering Blood Sugar Without Weight Loss | Dr Nicola Guess
Can you meaningfully improve type 2 diabetes without losing weight? Dr Nicola Guess, registered dietitian and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, says the evidence…
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2 h 03
The Fertility Test Most Men Are Never Offered | Dr Michael Eisenberg and Dr Natalie Crawford
About one in seven couples are unable to conceive after a year of trying, and roughly half of those cases involve a male contribution. Yet in a quarter to a third of them, the man…
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1 h 53
Superagers, statins, the latest cholesterol pill and the truth about heart disease risk | Dr Terry Simpson
Dr Terry Simpson is back, and we go deep on the science of protecting your heart and brain for the long run. He is a surgeon and one of the clearest voices online for separating so…
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2 h 20
The Science of Metabolic Flexibility, Zone 2, and Reversing Diabetes | A Masterclass
Metabolic dysfunction rarely announces itself. We tend to think of metabolic health as a line you cross the day you are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but the decay usually begins…
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1 h 54
New Science of Weight Loss | A Masterclass
GLP-1 medications are transforming obesity treatment, but they're only one piece of the puzzle. In this masterclass, I bring together insights from Dr Terry Simpson, Dr Federica Am…
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1 h 23
Fertility, Sperm Health, and Nutrition Before and During Pregnancy | Dr Federica Amati
We tend to treat pregnancy as the starting line for a child's health. In this episode, Dr Federica Amati, Head Nutritionist at ZOE, makes the evidence-based case that the window op…
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1 h 15
Can You Reverse Heart Disease? What My Plaque Scans Showed | Dr Campbell Rogers
In late 2024 a CT scan revealed a small amount of soft plaque in my arteries. Sixteen months later I scanned again, and my plaque volume had dropped by around forty percent. In thi…
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1 h 01
Reversing Artery Plaque: 8 Supplements Ranked by the Evidence | Simon Hill, MSc
Can a supplement actually reverse the plaque in your arteries, or only slow it down? It is the question I am asked most, and after a 2024 scan revealed early plaque in my own left…
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1 h 29
How to Lose Weight and Fix Your Metabolism in 2026 | Dr Mauricio Gonzalez
For decades we have treated the number on the scale as the goal of metabolic health. Dr Mauricio Gonzalez, a triple board-certified physician and endocrinology fellow practising in…
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1 h 33
Evidence-Based Exercise in Pregnancy and Postpartum | Dr Margie Davenport
In this episode, exercise physiologist Dr Margie Davenport walks me through what the evidence actually shows about exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Margie chair…