Sage Workinger co-founded 10X Health Systems alongside Gary Brecka, building a company centered on functional and preventive medicine, and she brought that perspective to her conversation with Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour. The discussion opens with her path from noticing the limits of reactive, symptom-based medicine to building a business around getting ahead of health problems before they take hold.
From there, the conversation moves into the science and philosophy behind her approach — how genetics, diet, and lifestyle interact, and why she believes so many people are living with treatable imbalances they've never had identified.
About Sage Workinger
Sage Workinger is the co-founder of 10X Health Systems, a functional medicine company she built with her partner Gary Brecka. The company, later acquired by Grant Cardone, has said it plans to open roughly a thousand clinics across the United States over the next three years.
Central to her work is a gene and blood test that screens 64 biomarkers, which she uses to help identify vitamin and mineral imbalances tied to mood, energy, and overall health. Workinger has spoken about applying these findings in her own life and family, framing her approach as a shift from reactive medicine toward proactive, personalized care.
What Sage Workinger and Sean Kelly Talked About
- Why she believes preventive, functional medicine can address root causes rather than symptoms
- How 10X Health Systems' gene and blood test screens 64 biomarkers to guide personalized care
- Her perspective on how the MTHFR gene mutation may play a role in anxiety and depression
- The company's approach to nutrition, including her views on keto, paleo, and seed oils
- How personalized supplementation and diet changes shaped her own health and family life
- 10X Health Systems' plans to expand functional medicine clinics across the country
- Her case for shifting from reactive medicine toward prevention and root-cause care
- How genetic testing can help identify specific vitamin and mineral deficiencies
Why This Conversation Matters
Sage Workinger's conversation with Sean Kelly offers a look inside the thinking behind one of the more talked-about names in functional medicine. For listeners curious about preventive health and personalized care, it's a window into her approach and the company she built around it — not a substitute for individual medical advice.
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About Sean Kelly & the Digital Social Hour
Sean Kelly is an entrepreneur and the host of the Digital Social Hour, one of the fastest-growing interview podcasts in the world, where he sits down with entrepreneurs, athletes, creators, and cultural voices for candid, long-form conversations. The show draws over 100 million views a month across platforms. Explore more guest features on SeanKelly.io.
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