My guest on today's podcast is Wild Health CEO and my friend, Dr. Matt Dawson. Wild Health is, in my opinion, the most cutting-edge medical network in America. Dr. Matt Dawson has been obsessed with performance optimization for as long as he can remember. He received scholarships to play two sports in college even with “minimal talent” because of his voracious reading and implementation of any fitness or nutritional techniques that would give him an edge. After continuing that obsession in medical school, as a physician, he has won numerous national awards for education, innovation, and leadership. Matt has lectured in over 20 countries and trained thousands of other physicians through live lectures, online education, two textbooks, and even an educational app. He combines his training in genomics and functional medicine to give personalized, precise medical guidance. Lately, there has been plenty of exciting changes at Wild Health including a genetically-optimized athletic team for maximal and sustained performance and recovery, data treating metabolic and cardiovascular disease with incredible results without the use of prescription medication, a brand-new artificial intelligence program to read labs and interpret bloodwork, a fellowship program for medical students, an entire 2022 conference series available to the general public. During our discussion, you'll discover: - Why Wild Health went into pro sports and their Genetic Optimization Athletic Program...13:19 - What does the Athletic Program do to the average athlete? What are they getting out of it and what are you seeing in terms of results?...16:44 - AI vs Practitioner. Does this put the practitioner out of a job?...28:04 - Affordable access to the program and executive options...31:48 - Full-body MRI, catching heart attacks early, finding early cancer, and more...44:28 - Mental optimization protocols...46:40 - What is the Awake and Aware series?...59:30 SPECIAL AUDIENCE OFFER: If you're interested in Wild Health (which is likely after you listen to this episode), you can get 20% off a membership with code BEN20. Visit https://www.wildhealth.com/ben to learn more. You can check out the full episode page and show notes at: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/podcast/bewild-matt-dawson/ Additional Resources: Ben Greenfield Website: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/ Ben Greenfield Podcast: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/podcast/ Ben Greenfield Books: https://shopbengreenfieldlife.com/collections/books Ben Greenfield Social Media: Twitter https://twitter.com/bengreenfield Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bengreenfieldfitness/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BGFitness TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bengreenfield Youtube handle: @Ben Greenfield Life ​