Derek MPMD
Co-Founder · Marek Health
Marek Health co-founder and MPMD creator who turned hormone, training, and performance education into a telehealth platform
About
Derek (MPMD) is the co-founder of Marek Health and creator of More Plates More Dates, a YouTube channel and podcast with a large audience around hormones, training, supplements, and performance. Marek grew out of his own difficulty finding preventive medical oversight that matched current literature for himself and his family. His work sits at the intersection of media, audience education, and company-building: MPMD explains the questions that drive people toward optimization, while Marek routes interested clients into a coached telehealth model with licensed providers handling medical decisions.
What to Know
Signature approach
Derek's role is audience education and product direction. On More Plates More Dates, he translates hormone panels, performance drugs, supplements, and lab interpretation for a fitness-savvy audience; Marek turns that interest into a structured care pathway with coaches, diagnostics, and partnered providers. His contribution is the bridge between consumer demand and a more organized telehealth experience.
What sets them apart
- Large built-in audience. MPMD reaches 2M+ YouTube subscribers and hundreds of millions of lifetime views, giving Marek direct access to people already researching hormones and performance.
- Recognized media circuit. Derek has appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience, Peter Attia Drive, Jordan Peterson Podcast, Modern Wisdom, and other health/performance shows.
- Operator overlap. His broader portfolio includes Gorilla Mind, tying sports nutrition, fitness education, and Marek's telehealth model into one audience ecosystem.
Before You Book
- Care path. If you came from MPMD content, expect Marek intake to route you to an assigned health coach and partnered licensed provider.
- Separate content from care. Podcast and YouTube material can help frame questions, but protocol decisions happen after labs and provider review inside Marek.
- Direct access. Clients work with the Marek care team; Derek is the founder and media channel behind the brand.
Expertise
Patient types
Affiliations
Co-Founder
Thought Leadership
Media Appearances
- More Plates More Dates Podcast · MPMD (own channel)
- Guest appearance (#1744, #2239, #2421) · Joe Rogan Experience
- Guest appearance · Jordan Peterson Podcast
- Guest appearance · Impact Theory
- Guest appearance · Modern Wisdom
- Guest appearance · Power Project
- #274 — Performance-enhancing drugs and hormones (Oct 2023) · Peter Attia Drive
- #291 — Testosterone, fat loss, supplements (Feb 2024) · Peter Attia Drive
- #106 — How To Increase Your Testosterone Levels Naturally (Sep 2025) · FoundMyFitness (Dr. Rhonda Patrick)
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