White Coat Black Sheep

Hosted by Dr. Val Civelli, White Coat Black Sheep explores physiology, functional medicine, and the medical questions most people are told not to ask. This is where evidence meets curiosity, where dogma gets uncomfortable, and where real world medicine takes priority over headlines. From understanding your lab work to debunking hormone myths, medication misconceptions, and optimization strategies, this podcast helps you understand what is actually happening inside your body. If you care about health and think there might be a better way to practice medicine, you’re in the right place.

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  Episode #33

  From NBA Chef to Healing Hormones | Cindy, The Nourishing Cocina

  Sep 30, 20261h 11m

  Intro Dr. Civelli sits down with private chef Cindy, founder of The Nourishing Cocina, for a conversation that goes way beyond the kitchen. Cindy spent a decade cooking professionally, including a stint as the private chef for pro basketball players living in China, before turning her own struggle with hormonal acne into a line of gut-healing wellness mocktails, sauces, and detox drinks. She and Dr. Civelli dig into meal planning without the overwhelm, the real relationship between stress and digestion, and why the wellness industry's fear-based messaging around PCOS and hormones does more harm than good. Topics Covered Cindy's path from PR/marketing and teaching English in China to becoming a private chef for professional athletes Building custom menus and working alongside her then-boyfriend, the team's athletic trainer, as her business manager Why grocery shopping triggers so much stress — and how to simplify meal planning around seasonal produce Letting go of food guilt: canned vs. scratch-made, "clean" labels, and doing your best instead of being perfect The case for slowing down in the kitchen instead of chasing speed and efficiency Wellness retreats in Bali and Thailand, including a 3-day silent meditation retreat Confidence, imposter syndrome, and growing into a professional identity Managing difficult clients and personalities as a private chef Designing multi-day menus and mocktail bars for wellness retreat properties The stress-digestion-inflammation cycle, and how elimination diets can backfire Getting real about PCOS, hormone symptoms, and wellness fearmongering Lessons on longevity from "The Blue Zones" How Cindy's own hormonal acne led her to develop Coma La Flor (hibiscus, lemon balm, passionflower) and a chlorophyll-dandelion liver detox drink Testosterone, PCOS, and hair loss Mentioned in Episode The Blue Zones (book) Coma La Flor — hibiscus, lemon balm & passionflower drink Chlorophyll dandelion detox drink Connect Cindy | The Nourishing Cocina Instagram & TikTok: The Nourishing Cocina Email: thenourishingcocina@gmail.com Dr. Civelli | Trifecta Medical 9000 Ming Ave, Bldg 1LA, Ste. 29, 31, 33, Bakersfield CA (661) 677-2623 info@trifectamedical.org trifectamedical.org www.houseofval.com @drcivelli

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  Episode #32

  Dr. Sabine Hazan on the Microbiome Research Nobody's Funding

  Sep 23, 20261h 2m

  SHOW NOTES Dr. Sabine Hazan is a gastroenterologist and microbiome researcher, founder of ProgenaBiome and the Microbiome Research Foundation, with practices in both Florida and California. Her background includes three decades of clinical trial work, including trials that brought vaccines and C. difficile treatments to market, before shifting her focus to microbiome research. In this conversation, she and Dr. Civelli cover: Why Dr. Hazan's lab doesn't hand patients a standard report on their microbiome results, describing the science as still at a research level rather than a validated clinical guideline Her published research, "The Lost Microbes of COVID-19," documenting bifidobacteria loss in severe COVID-19 patients, and her account of presenting that data directly to CDC scientists Her approach to fecal microbiota transplant, including how she evaluates donor compatibility and why she also tests family members and household pets as part of a full case workup The cost and current limitations of fecal transplant as a research-level treatment Her ongoing, open-ended research questions connecting gut microbiome balance to autism, described in the interview as her personal clinical hypotheses and research direction rather than an established causal claim. This includes her stated views on vaccine timing, which are presented as open questions she is actively researching, not medical guidance. Her work on C. difficile research and engraftment testing after fecal transplant Personal health tracking, including how her wearable ring data (HRV) reflected the stress of frequently flying between her two practices, and her own biological age testing How to reach her practice at ProgenaBiome.com and support her research through the Microbiome Research Foundation The claims and hypotheses described above reflect Dr. Hazan's personal research perspective and clinical experience. Several, particularly those connecting vaccination and autism, are actively contested in mainstream medical and public health guidance and should not be treated as established medical fact or advice.

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  Episode #30

  The $17 Billion Bottled Water Industry, and Why It Might Be Lying to You

  Sep 9, 20261h 2m

  SHOW NOTES Rhonda Vaughn works in a large orthopedic surgery practice and, outside of that role, has become an advocate for Kangen Water, a Japanese water ionization technology that's been in use for roughly 50 years. She was first introduced to it through a personal conversation and has since built it into her daily life, for herself, her Yorkshire Terrier, and her plants. In this conversation, she and Dr. Civelli cover: What ERW (electrolyzed reduced water) is and how a water ionizer separates a water stream into different pH levels, from acidic to alkaline The claim that this technology is classified as a medical device in Japan and used in hospitals there Rhonda's personal experience coming off Gabapentin after 8 to 10 years, the brain fog she says it caused, and what the withdrawal process was like The range of uses she describes across the different water pH levels: drinking water, a toner for skin, a natural hair detangler, a surface disinfectant, and water for houseplants and pets A discussion of microplastics in bottled water, including Dr. Civelli's own experience finding microplastics on a personal specialty lab panel HRV (heart rate variability) and vagal nerve health as it relates to stress tracking and wearable devices A broader conversation about the bottled water industry, food additives, and consumer trust in labeling Several claims in this episode, including specific health outcomes attributed to drinking this water, reflect Rhonda's personal experience and testimonials she's heard from others rather than clinical research findings. Viewers should treat these as personal accounts, not medical guidance.

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  Episode #29

  The Doctor Who Left Medicine for a $60 Million Car Wash Empire

  Sep 2, 202659 min

  SHOW NOTES "Dr. J," who goes by the Car Wash Doc online, is an internal medicine physician and former Kaiser hospitalist who spent eight years working in San Diego after training at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in the Inland Empire. At the peak of running both his medical career and a growing car wash business, he was working roughly 100-hour weeks, night shifts at the hospital combined with hands-on days managing his sites, and experienced significant burnout before leaving Kaiser in December 2025. In this conversation, he and Dr. Civelli cover: How he used SBA loans, starting with a $250,000 minimum, to acquire and turn around underperforming car washes, scaling to 21 locations worth an estimated $60 million with roughly $6 million invested The choice he ultimately had to make between medicine, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle, and why leaving medicine became the easier path His advocacy for subscription-based business models, tax strategy, and replacing earned medical income with scalable business income Why physician skills, empathy, diagnostic thinking, critical thinking, communication, translate directly into running and scaling a business Building wellness centers of his own and the irony of being "unwell in a wellness industry" His wife's parallel career as a nurse anesthetist and YouTube content creator, and how they built their business and family life around each other The burnout culture in medicine: insurance red tape, prior authorizations, and the feeling of being a "paper pusher" rather than a critical thinker His personal health turnaround since leaving Kaiser: consistent gym time, better meals at home, red light therapy, saunas, and cold plunges His own biological age testing through True Diagnostic, which returned a result of 55 shortly after residency during his highest-stress period, and the work since to bring that number down closer to his real age His closing message to physicians: you are not defined by your degree, and it's never too late to start over

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  Episode #28

  Parkinson's, Dementia & the Insurance Fight Nobody Talks About

  Aug 26, 20261h 8m

  SHOW NOTES Dr. Sulagshan "Shaun" Mahendrarajah is a board-certified neurologist practicing in Bakersfield, California, currently opening his own neurology clinic at Doctor's Park (Ming Avenue and New Stine Road). Born in Sri Lanka and raised in Montreal after his family fled the civil war, he trained in the Netherlands Antilles, completed clinicals in Chicago, and did his residency at the University of Iowa before practicing in Oregon, Texas, and now California. In this conversation, he and Dr. Civelli cover: The physical signs that let a trained neurologist diagnose Parkinson's on sight, including decreased blink reflex and masked facial expression Non-motor early warning signs: loss of smell, constipation, REM behavior sleep disorder, and shrinking handwriting How the DaT scan and PET scan have changed diagnostic confirmation for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's The role of exercise in slowing both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's progression, based on his own patient outcomes The frustrating reality of insurance denials, peer-to-peer reviews, and step therapy requirements for dementia and Parkinson's medications ApoE testing and the bleeding risk considerations behind infusion therapies for Alzheimer's Functional medicine and genomic testing as a cash-pay option in his upcoming practice His personal meditation practice, tied to Hindu tradition and a two-week trip to Varanasi, India The concept of svadharma, or true calling, and how it shaped his decision to leave a hospital job and open his own clinic His father's story of being tortured while fleeing the Sri Lankan civil war, and the survivor's guilt that follows his family's story

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