Karen Williams is an avid fitness enthusiast from Spokane Washington who struggled with her weight since the age of 9.  Her highest weight was around 238 pounds & currently she is 160.9 pounds.  Her journey started on July 31, 2011 when she left her family, friends, animals, home everything she knew & loved to embrace the challenge of losing weight. She would embark on a journey that would change her life forever when she stayed at The Biggest Loser Resort Malibu.  Originally she scheduled a 16 week stay but ended up extending & stayed 23 weeks. She took all the information she learned & vital workouts she endured with her back home in hopes of continuing along her path in weight loss. Now she's back at The Resort for 3 more weeks & is here to tell her story of triumph. Join hosts Jordan Grahm & Dr. Ray as they talk with Karen about her journey through weight loss.

A Father's Day Special! My father Joseph DiBartolomeo born in New York has been in practice as an Otolaryngologist for the past 45 years in Santa Barbara. Before his practice, he attended Saint John’s University as an undergraduate student then went on to complete his M.D. at Georgetown Medical School graduating first in his class & ended up completing his residency at NYU/Bellevue. He then moved out to Santa Barbara California to start his venture into practice while taken medical initiative on ground breaking concepts in surgeries & medicine year after year. Join host Dr. Ray as Dr. Ray's father Joseph DiBartolomeo M.D. gives an indepth look into a rare physical disorder inside the ear where the Eustachian tube, which is normally closed, instead stays intermittently open.

Skylar Nelson RD is the founder of S3 health design, a nutrition consulting practice based in Los Angeles & San Diego, California & is the dietitian at The Biggest Loser Resort in Malibu. He provides individualized nutrition counseling intended to promote a healthy lifestyle & to treat a variety of nutrition related diseases and conditions. He is interested in helping both regular individuals & athletes with eating right & choosing the best foods for a healthy lifestyle, increased energy, & overall well-being.  Join Hosts Dr. Ray & Jordan Grahm as Skylar Nelson shares his opinions on nutrition, eating & today's well being.

The history of resistance training has made its course through health & fitness in many different ways. Much of the influence was contributed by bodybuilding which has helped revolutionize the industry in its entirety by focusing on the results of training through strength - conditioning - balance - & size. World Famous Bodybuilding Champion & IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Jerome Ferguson joins hosts Jordan Grahm & Dr. Ray to discuss his journey in bodybuilding & its place in fitness since its inception as well as today.

Join hosts Jordan Grahm & Dr. Ray as we discuss injuries and surgeries. These can be some of the most life-changing events and have a great deal of impact. We will be covering a variety of different types of injuries to different systems of the body. We will also be talking about different surgeries such as corrective surgery and elective surgery.

Everyone wants to improve their health in some way or maintain it. Medicine can also play a key role in this important journey. Join hosts Jordan Grahm & Dr. Ray as we explore exactly what it means to be healthy and what role medicine plays in health. We will discuss Western medicine, alternative medicine, prescriptions, energy balance and much more. We will also help our listeners define health and what it means to them.

Today there exists a very wide variety of exercise styles. Join hosts Dr. Ray & Jordan Grahm as we discuss the pros & cons of numerous styles & help listeners choose the right styles for their goals. We will be exploring bodybuilding, powerlifting, crossfit, kettlebells & other popular styles of working out. In the ending of our show we will go over supplements & how their effect can improve or hinder performance.

The epidemic of Obesity has taken over our nation. We haven't truly quite figured out exactly why yet either. What made the US the most obese part of the world? Here, Hosts Dr. Ray & Jordan Grahm explore all that is happening & has happened over the course of our country's obesity time in hopes of finding out the reasons why it has gotten so out of proportion.