Mind-Body Solution
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Clearer minds. Healthier bodies. Deeper purpose.
Every consultation, every conversation and every talk comes back to the same three things. They are not a wellness slogan. They are how I decide what to measure, what to treat and what to leave alone.
Clearer minds
Healthier bodies
Deeper purpose
Comprehensive, evidence-based care for people who want to understand their health rather than just manage it.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates, in Plato’s Apology
Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. Mind-Body Solution is an attempt to examine it.
I am a medical doctor and philosopher exploring what makes life worth living.
Medicine came first. I qualified as a Medical Doctor at Stellenbosch University, interned at King Edward VIII Hospital and served as a medical officer in the South African Military Health Services. Treating patients across those settings taught me that health is shaped by more than biology: by thought, relationship, values and choice. That realisation sent me to philosophy, and to a Master’s in the Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health at the University of Pretoria.
Somewhere in between came more than a decade in television presenting and public communication, including two seasons as a castaway on Survivor South Africa. Then the podcast, Mind-Body Solution. Each of those, in its own way, was training in the same skill: taking a complicated idea and making it clear without making it small. What began as separate interests turned out to be one enquiry.
It now shows up in the consulting room: I take your bloods seriously and I take your life seriously, and I do not treat the second as an afterthought. Whether at the bedside, behind a microphone or in front of an audience, the aim has not changed: help people live longer, live better and live with meaning.
I practise general medicine with a special interest in metabolic health and preventive medicine at practices in Cape Town, combining evidence-based medicine with patient-centred, values-based care.
Not only the presenting problem. The parts most appointments never get to, because the answer is usually somewhere in there.
Metabolic markers, body composition and risk assessed together rather than one result at a time, so we know where you actually stand.
The objective is continuity. The plan changes as the data does, so each visit builds on the last rather than starting again.
How long you live.
How long you live well.
How long you live well with purpose.
“Longevity is not about maximising biological survival. It is about maximising the years worth living, and having something worth living them for.”
Dr Tevin Naidu
Each one sits inside the same approach: a full history, proper data and a plan that is reviewed over time.
Nutrition, movement, sleep and stress in one plan, with metabolic health and healthy ageing followed over time.
Comprehensive care and behavioural change to support healthy, sustainable weight management.
Identifying risk early and building a strategy to prevent disease, shaped by what matters to you.
Emotional resilience and behavioural support treated as part of physical health, not separate from it.
Acute illness and chronic disease management, with the same comprehensive approach.
Dr Naidu consults at two practices on Cape Town’s West Coast, in Big Bay and Sunningdale. Appointments, fees and medical records are handled by the practice you book with.
For medical emergencies, call 10177 or 112, or go to your nearest emergency room. Please do not use the email addresses above for medical advice, clinical consultations or urgent care, contact the practice directly for those. Information here is general and does not replace individualised medical advice given during a consultation.
Mind-Body SolutionWith
Mind-Body Solution began as a quest to understand consciousness and the mind-body problem with thinkers including Noam Chomsky and Karl Friston. It has since evolved into a search for something more fundamental:
What makes a life worth living?
Today, Mind-Body Solution brings rigorous science into conversation with philosophical insight, through long-form conversations with clinicians, scientists, philosophers and changemakers.
Together, we explore how to cultivate clearer minds, healthier bodies, and a deeper sense of purpose.
Mind • Matter • Meaning
This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not replace personal medical advice.
The latest episodes, newest first. Each has its own page with the video, chapters and links.
Adam Frank
Is Science Blind to Human Experience? Rethinking Life, Mind, the Universe and Meaning
Length 56 min
Earl Miller
Is The Brain an Analog Computer? Consciousness as Dynamic Brainwave Organization
Length 1 hr 15 min
Anna Ciaunica
Is Your Whole Body Conscious? Biological Idealism: From Cells to Selves
Length 2 hr 5 min
Kevin Mitchell
Does Consciousness Require a Subject? The Self, Agency & AI Limitations
Length 1 hr 35 min
Since 2021, over 100 conversations about the mind, consciousness and existence, with guests including Noam Chomsky, Karl Friston, Donald Hoffman and Michael Levin. Recent guests also include Kevin Mitchell, Anna Ciaunica, Earl Miller, Adam Frank and Robert Chis-Ciure.
A medical doctor, philosopher and two-time Survivor South Africa competitor, combining clinical training, philosophical depth and lived experience under extreme pressure.
Understanding human flourishing through science, philosophy and purpose.
Lessons from medicine, philosophy and extreme environments about human limits.
The role of self-awareness and philosophical insight in leadership.
Connecting the science of living long with the question of living well.
For keynotes, panels, podcast guesting or partnership enquiries, include the event, audience and date. These come to me directly, not through the practices where I consult.
The question behind all of it
Start with a conversation, a consultation or a keynote.
