Fix the Money, Fix the Medicine: Dr. Ahmad Ammous on Taking Health Back

How Bitcoin Is Helping Us Take Back Our Health

Lessons from Dr. Ahmad Ammous on Decentralized Medicine

The current medical system is broken — and more people are starting to realize it. In a recent episode of The Bitcoin Podcast, host Walker sat down with Dr. Ahmad Ammous, a medical doctor and Bitcoiner who is challenging the fiat health system from the inside out.

Dr. Ammous, brother of economist and author Saifedean Ammous, believes that true healing starts with personal responsibility, natural living, and freedom from corporate medicine. His message is simple: you don’t fix a sick system by giving it more pills — you fix it by taking back control.

 
The Problem with Fiat Medicine

Modern healthcare has drifted far from its original mission. Instead of serving patients, it now serves bureaucracy, insurers, and pharmaceutical giants. Hospitals are run like corporations, and independent clinics are being swallowed by large healthcare networks seeking efficiency and cheap credit — both products of fiat inflation.

Dr. Ammous explains that when money is broken, everything downstream — including healthcare — gets distorted. Doctors are pressured to see more patients in less time. Pharmaceutical incentives override nutrition, sunlight, and lifestyle. And the result? A population that’s over-medicated and under-healed.

 
Bitcoin and the Return of Honest Medicine

Bitcoin changes this dynamic. It restores honesty, sovereignty, and independence — the same values that make good doctors good in the first place. By enabling peer-to-peer payments, Bitcoin allows doctors and patients to transact directly, without middlemen or corporate interference. Clinics can stay small, independent, and focused on care rather than compliance. And without inflation-driven pressure to grow or borrow, health professionals can once again operate from purpose, not survival.

As Dr. Ammous puts it:

“Bitcoin gives medicine back to the people — just like it gives money back to the people.”
 

Healing Beyond Pills

The conversation went far beyond economics.
Dr. Ammous offered actionable advice for taking control of your health naturally — the kind of wisdom you won’t hear in most clinics:

Get real sunlight daily. Vitamin D from the sun is critical for hormonal balance and immune function. Avoid seed oils. Industrial oils cause chronic inflammation; cook with butter, ghee, or olive oil instead. Embrace cold exposure. Cold showers and nature exposure activate brown fat, boost circulation, and improve resilience.
Limit blue light at night. It disrupts sleep and circadian rhythm; use warm lighting after sunset.
Question default prescriptions. Especially statins and chronic-use drugs — many mask symptoms instead of addressing root causes.
Explore natural compounds. Ivermectin, methylene blue, niacin, and even nicotine (in small, clean doses) show promise for cellular health and metabolism.
Try mouth taping. It improves nasal breathing, oxygenation, and sleep quality.
Each point circles back to one core principle: self-sovereignty — in money and in medicine.

 
A New Paradigm: Decentralized Health

What if healthcare worked like Bitcoin?
Peer-to-peer, open, permissionless, and free from centralized control.

This vision aligns closely with what we’re building at TheraMatch

a borderless platform where therapists, doctors, and patients connect directly — verified through trust layers, transacting in Bitcoin, and communicating privately via decentralized protocols.

Dr. Ammous’s philosophy echoes this:
A world where people understand their bodies, make informed choices, and use technology to regain freedom — not lose it.

 
The Path Forward

The future of healthcare isn’t about more apps or AI diagnostics — it’s about restoring human agency.

Bitcoin is the bridge: sound money for a sound body and mind.

By removing the distortions of fiat incentives, we create space for truth, transparency, and trust.

As Dr. Ammous said throughout the interview,

“It’s time to stop outsourcing your health — and start owning it.”
 

Dr. Ahmad Ammous: @AmmousMD on X | ammousmd.com
Listen to the full episode: The Bitcoin Podcast – Ep. with Dr. Ahmad Ammous
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Serena 

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