When Food Meets Medicine | The Functional Medicine & Health Podcast
by Dr Remi Olukoya
When Food Meets Medicine is a health podcast hosted by Dr. Remí Olukoya, PharmD. Each episode features medical experts, oncologists, pharmacists, and functional medicine practitioners in evidence-based conversations about how food, supplements, and lifestyle choices affect your medications and health outcomes. From cancer nutrition to diabetes reversal, GLP-1 drugs to food-drug interactions — this is the medical podcast for patients, caregivers, and clinicians who want the full picture.
Episodes
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Your Doctor Knows Your Diagnosis. Do They Know Your Full Story? | Season 2 Finale
Your doctor knows your diagnosis. But do they know what you eat when you're stressed? Do they know the supplement in your kitchen, the tea you take every morning, or the food that connects you to home? That's your health story. And the missing piece of that story might be the very thing your care...
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When Pregnancy Becomes a Crystal Ball: Gestational Diabetes, Medication Safety & the Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore | Dr. Amy Valent
What if a gestational diabetes diagnosis wasn’t something to fear — but the most important health information your body has ever given you? Dr. Amy Valent, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist and co-director of the Diabetes and Pregnancy Program at Oregon Health & Science University, joins Dr.…
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Kidneys, Culture & Corticosteroids — What Your Meds Are Doing to Your Labs
What if the foods your family has eaten for generations are now on your "do not eat" list because of kidney disease — and no one explained why? Areli Gutierrez, RD is a bilingual Latina renal dietitian, founder of Latina Kidney Dietitian, and host of the Food Culture Curious podcast. She joins…
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What Happens When the Mediterranean Diet Meets Ozempic? | Dr. Anna Pleet, MD
Dr. Remí Olukoya, PharmD, speaks with Dr. Anna Pleet, MD, an internal medicine physician and lifestyle medicine specialist, about GLP-1 medicines, Mediterranean-style eating, appetite changes, gastrointestinal tolerability, and medication-safety questions. The discussion explores how food intake,...
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When Your Loved One's Confusion Might Be the Medications: A Geriatric Pharmacist Explains Polypharmacy
Dr. Remí Olukoya, PharmD sits down with Dr. Katie Cozart — board-certified geriatric pharmacist and the Resilient PharmD — to talk about the conversation most families never get to have: what polypharmacy is really doing to the aging brain. This episode covers anticholinergic burden, prescribing...
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PCOS, Metformin & Food: What Your Doctor Never Told You | Jillian Greaves RD
One in ten women of reproductive age has PCOS. Most of them were told the same thing at diagnosis — here is a pill, here is Metformin, and if you can, lose some weight. That is the conversation. And that is the end. In Season 2 Episode 7 of When Food Meets Medicine, pharmacist Dr. Remí Olukoya…
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Antidepressants and Food: Questions for Your Psychiatrist
What happens when your antidepressant stops working? What does grapefruit have to do with your psychiatric medication? And why does a psychiatrist call MAOIs the OGs of antidepressants? In Season 2 Episode 6 of When Food Meets Medicine, pharmacist Dr. Remí Olukoya sits down with Dr. Nicole...
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Your Grandmother's Kitchen Is a Pharmacy | Caribbean Food, Medication & Cultural Health | Dr. Marissa Toussaint
Bitter melon tea lowers blood sugar. Sorrel lowers blood pressure. Moringa thins blood. But your doctor didn't warn you because clinical textbooks were built on Western diets, not Caribbean kitchens. Millions of patients taking lisinopril, metformin, ACE inhibitors, and beta-blockers eat the…
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Your Blood Sugar Is Talking. Are You Listening? | Diabetes, Food & Medication | Sarah Hormachea RD
Your blood sugar number is not a verdict. It is not a death sentence. It is not a measure of how hard you have tried. It is a data point — and it is your body trying to tell you something. In Season 2 Episode 4 of When Food Meets Medicine, pharmacist Dr. Remí Olukoya sits down with Sarah…
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Your Arroz Con Pollo Is Not the Problem: Diabetes, Metformin & Cultural Food Safety | Lorena Drago RD
Your metformin prescription says twice daily — but 50% of monolingual patients only take it once because the label is in English, and no clinician asked if they understood. After three years, their A1C hasn't budged. Healthcare calls it non-compliance. It's actually a system failure. Registered...
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Hot Flashes, Brain Fog & HRT: What Your Doctor Never Told You About Menopause | Dr. Tope Roberts
Eight months without sleep. Night sweats at 3 AM. Brain fog so thick you forget words mid-sentence. Two doctors called it stress. Nobody checked her hormones. And that's the problem we're solving today. In your 40s, estrogen begins to decline — and the symptoms (brain fog, mood swings, irregular...
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Pediatric Drug-Food Interactions: What Every Parent Must Know | Dr. Mariam Yusuf-Oghome
Welcome to Season 2! We're diving deep into the conversations that matter most: pediatric medication safety and what happens when growing bodies meet prescriptions designed for adults. Most pediatric medications were never formally tested on children—most drug data is extrapolated from adult...
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Season 2 Is Here — Here Is What Is Coming
Season 2 of When Food Meets Medicine launches August 4th. In this solo preview episode, Dr. Remí Olukoya, PharmD — licensed pharmacist and founder of PharmaPlan Systems — walks you through what is coming: 12 episodes, 11 specialist guests, and the most culturally specific food-drug interaction...
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When Food Becomes Medicine: A Metabolic Approach to Cancer | Dr. Nasha Winters
When Food Becomes Medicine: A Metabolic Approach to Cancer | Season 1 Finale | When Food Meets Medicine — a health podcast, functional medicine podcast, and medical podcast series hosted by Dr. Remí Olukoya, PharmD. In this season one finale, host Dr. Remi Olukoya welcomes Dr. Nasha Winters, a...
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Does Your Blood Type Actually Determine Which Foods Are Safe With Your Medication?
Ever wondered if your blood type really determines which foods are safe with your medications? In this eye-opening episode, you'll discover the truth behind the popular blood type diet phenomenon and learn about the food-drug interactions that actually matter for your health. Dr. Ugomma Okorougo…
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Raising Healthy Kids, Childhood Obesity & Medications
One in five children in the United States is obese, and doctors are now prescribing blood pressure and cholesterol medications to kids—medications that used to be reserved for adults over 50. In this episode, you will learn the practical, real-world strategies for preventing childhood obesity...
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Can cannabis really help my cancer symptoms?
Cannabis and chemotherapy — what does the science actually say? In this powerful episode, Dr. Remi Olukoya sits down with Dr. Donald Abrams, integrative oncologist at UCSF, to break down the real evidence behind cannabis use in cancer care. They explore CBD vs. THC, drug–drug interactions, CYP450...
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Can Government Food Policy Be Making Your Medication Less Effective?
Ever wondered if there's more to your medication's effectiveness than just taking it on time? 🤔 This week on 'When Food Meets Medicine,' Dr. Remi Olukoya is joined by the insightful Dr. Tosin Dotun-Olujinmi to explore a fascinating topic: how government food policy might be impacting your meds…
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The Gift of Life: Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Surgery
What does it truly mean to receive a second chance at life? In Episode 7 of "When Food Meets Medicine," I had the profound honor of speaking with Dr. Dolamu Olaitan, a distinguished Transplant Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. We delved into the incredible world…
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GLP-1 Medications: What They Really Do, What to Eat, and What Happens When You Stop
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro… these names are everywhere, but what do they *really* do for your body, and what happens when you decide to stop? 🤔 This week on "When Food Meets Medicine," I had an incredibly honest and empowering conversation with Dr. Olayemi Olubowale, a Harvard obesity medicine...
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Reversing Diabetes: A Holistic Medicine Approach
Are we truly addressing the root causes of chronic diseases, or just managing symptoms? In Episode 5 of 'When Food Meets Medicine,' I sit down with Dr. Raymond Ladele, a Holistic Diabetes Care Specialist, to unravel the complexities of reversing diabetes. We dive deep into why simply treating…
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Is Your Healthy Diet Secretly Interfering with Your Prescription?
If you have been on metformin for more than a year and you have been feeling unusually tired, or you have tingling in your hands or feet, ask your doctor to check your B12 levels. Metformin reduces B12 absorption — and this is one of the most common and most overlooked side effects of a…
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Can a Common Infection Change How Your Body Responds to Food and Medication?
Today, we're diving into a topic that touches so many lives, yet often doesn't get the attention it deserves: the hidden dangers of infection when you're living with a chronic disease.
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The Medication Detective: How Pharmacists Save Lives Behind the Scenes
Today's episode is special because I'm talking to one of my own - a fellow pharmacist. Most people think pharmacists just count pills and put them in bottles. But the truth is, we're the last line of defense in medication safety. We catch errors that could kill you. We fight insurance companies…
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Welcome to When Food Meets Medicine
What if the food on your plate is quietly working against the medication in your body — and nobody told you? Welcome to When Food Meets Medicine, the podcast where clinical pharmacist Dr. Remi Olukoya, PharmD breaks down one of the most overlooked conversations in healthcare: the powerful and...
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Your Food and Your Meds Are Talking — Are You Listening? 🍊💊 | When Food Meets Medicine
Did you know that something as simple as grapefruit can make your blood pressure medication dangerously strong? Or that spinach can reduce the effectiveness of your blood thinner? Every single day, your food and your medications are having a conversation — and most people have no idea what they…
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About this show
When Food Meets Medicine is a health podcast hosted by Dr. Remí Olukoya, PharmD. Each episode features medical experts, oncologists, pharmacists, and functional medicine practitioners in evidence-based conversations about how food, supplements, and lifestyle choices affect your medications and health outcomes. From cancer nutrition to diabetes reversal, GLP-1 drugs to food-drug interactions — this is the medical podcast for patients, caregivers, and clinicians who want the full picture.
Hosted by
Dr Remi Olukoya