Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the use of GENIE testing in Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker. Ritchie Shoemaker, MD is a recognized leader in patient care, research, and an education pioneer in the field of biotoxin related illness. While illness acquired following exposure to the interior environment of water-damaged buildings (WDB) comprises the bulk of Dr. Shoemaker's daily practice, other i...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 43 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about integrative pediatrics and how to create whole child resilience. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Elisa Song. Elisa Song, MD is a Stanford, NYU, UCSF-trained integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children - and she is on a mission to revolutionize the future of children's health. Dr. Song is the bestselling author of the "Healthy Kids Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatricia...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 48 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of gadolinium in chronic conditions and about the entity of Gadolinium Deposition Disease. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Richard Semelka. Richard Semelka, MD has been in practice as a radiologist for 28 years and is a world authority in body MRI, safety in radiology, and gadolinium toxicity. He is a leading published expert in radiology for body MRI and gadolinium toxicity and has made presentations at major...
Jul 19, 2024•2 hr 12 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about a toolkit to improve cognition and protect brain health from cognitive decline. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Heather Sandison. Heather Sandison, ND is a renowned naturopathic doctor specializing in neurocognitive medicine and the founder of Solcere Health Clinic, San Diego's premier brain optimization clinic, and Marama, the first residential memory care facility to have the goal of memory recovery. She has dedicate...
Jun 28, 2024•2 hr
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about a system called Primal Trust that is used to support the limbic system, vagus nerve, and autonomic nervous system. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Cathleen King. Cathleen King, DPT is a physical therapist who is passionate about teaching neuroscience-based practices targeting the brain and nervous system. She is the founder and CEO of the Primal Trust™ Academy & Community. She weaves together brain retraining, vagu...
May 30, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about a healing guide to support sensitive patients in restoring health. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Neil Nathan. Neil Nathan, MD has been practicing medicine for 50 years. He has written several books including: "Healing is Possible: New Hope for Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Persistent Pain, and Other Chronic Illnesses" and "On Hope and Healing: For Those Who Have Fallen Through the Medical Cracks". He has been workin...
May 02, 2024•2 hr 14 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of mold dogs as a tool used in mold inspection of an indoor environment. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Bill Whitstine. Bill Whitstine, CMT owns and operates the Florida Canine Academy, which trains bomb, drug, money, weapons, termite, mold, and accelerant detection canine teams. Several years ago, Bill identified the growing problem of mold in homes and businesses and worked with researchers to further investiga...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of DNA adducts in chronic health conditions. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Werner Vosloo. Werner Vosloo, ND is a Naturopathic and Homeopathic Physician who focuses on and has a passion for helping people with chronic conditions heal through the use of natural and integrated medicine. In 2010, he started Restorative Health Clinic in Portland, Oregon, which has become a place of healing and hope for patients w...
Mar 19, 2024•2 hr
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn the role of Toxoplasmosis in chronic illness and approaches for addressing it. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Eboni Cornish. Eboni Cornish, MD, a highly regarded physician, provides integrative medicine services to a diverse global patient community. Currently serving as the Functional Medicine Director of the Amen Clinic East Coast Division, she specializes in autoimmune diseases, Lyme disease, environmental toxicity, gut ...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about lipid therapies and the importance of healthy lipid balance in optimizing cellular health. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Justine Stenger. Justine Stenger received her degree from the University of Alberta in Nutrition and Physical education. She proceeded to pursue a Holistic Nutrition/Therapeutic Chef certification from Bauman College. Justine has completed her Functional Medicine training through the Institute for Func...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 51 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about heavy metals, metal allergy, and Type IV delayed hypersensitivity responses. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Shari Guess. Shari Guess almost died from severe allergies due to metal hypersensitivity after a litany of orthopedic surgeries, all performed within a few short years, which implanted a large amount of metal and dental hardware in her body. At the time she got sick, she was working as a full-time realtor and attend...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 42 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about "Sacred Psychiatry" and healing through the integration of heart, mind, body, soul, the biosphere, and the cosmos. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir. Judy Suzanne Reis Tsafrir, MD, is a holistic healer, activist, artist, and gardener with a private practice of holistic psychiatry, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and psychoanalysis located in Newton, Massachusetts. She is a board-certified adult ...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the root causes of CIRS including Actinos and endotoxins. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Eric Dorninger. Eric Dorninger ND, LAc is a Registered Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Acupuncturist. He graduated from Bastyr University, the leading accredited university for science-based natural medicine. Prior to medical school, he received his B.A. in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1997. During this...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 56 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about cutting edge approaches to support children dealing with autism. About My Guests: My guests for this episode are Dr. Christian Bogner and Alex Zaharakis. Christian Bogner, MD, FACOG, CFMNP is a lecturer, educator, and experienced practicing clinician. He has four children, with his oldest affected with autism. He is a certified Functional Medicine physician with additional board certification in OBGYN. He has obtained his certification...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the components of the Ellen Cutler Method including detoxification, enzymes, and desensitization. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Ellen Cutler. Ellen Cutler, DC is a bestselling author and an internationally recognized teacher, public speaker, and media spokesperson. Her books include "MicroMiracles — Discover the Healing Power of Enzymes," coming soon in a revised, expanded edition. She has a chiropractic degree and s...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will explore mold and consider how Pathways testing might be a helpful tool in an environmental exploration. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is John Banta. John Banta, CIH, BA is certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as a Certified Industrial Hygienist with a Bachelors degree in Environmental Health Science and 35 years of experience in Indoor Environmental Quality. For the last 27 years John has specialized in mold and water ...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 46 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about ImmunoLytics and gravity plate testing. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is JW Biava. JW Biava is the Owner and CEO of ImmunoLytics, an environmental laboratory that specializes in assessing indoor environments for mold contamination and provides consultations with clients over how best to reduce any contamination found. JW's interest in environmental mold exposure grew tremendously after determining that high levels of mold i...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the latest insights on Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. About My Guests: My guests for this episode are Dr. Kelly McCann, MD and Beth O'Hara, FN. Both of our guests today are prior podcast guests. You can find their full bios by looking at episode 142 for Dr. Kelly and episodes 101, 109, 122, and 156 for Beth. Dr. Kelly works with patients with complex, chronic illnesses and is also an experts in Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Beth is an...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the various microbiomes in the human body and the impact of the sinubiome and oral biome on the broader microbiome. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Haroldo Magarinos. Haroldo Magarinos, ND, DDS is a Chilean dentist with expertise in Periodontics, Oral Medicine, and Surgical Implantology. After a decade of conventional practice and university teaching, he followed his passion and became a board-certified naturopathic do...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of plasmalogens in cognition and overall health. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Dayan Goodenowe. Dayan Goodenowe, PhD is a neuroscientist and founder and CEO of Prodrome Sciences. His research into the biochemical mechanisms of disease started in 1990. His curiosity about the biochemistry of life is as insatiable today as it was over 30 years ago. In those more than 30 years, Dr. Goodenowe invented and develo...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about unraveling Bartonella. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. B. Robert Mozayeni. B. Robert Mozayeni, MD is an expert in Translational Medicine, the science and art of advancing medical science safely and efficiently. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Galaxy Diagnostics, LLC. He is a co-founder of the Foundation for the Study of Inflammatory Diseases. He serves as an advisor to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical companies and ...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 49 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the Adrenal Transformation Protocol. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Izabella Wentz. Izabella Wentz, PharmD, FASCP is a compassionate, innovative, solution-focused integrative pharmacist dedicated to finding the root causes of chronic health conditions. Her passion stems from her own diagnosis with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2009, following a decade of debilitating symptoms. As an accomplished author, she has written s...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about iron dysregulation and hemochromatosis. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Christy Sutton. Christy Sutton, DC's interests in asking why health problems occur, what the root causes are, and what are the safest and most effective solutions to health problems are the foundation of her writing, teaching, and clinical practice. Her personal health struggles, and her desperation to find answers to her own serious health problem...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of paraprobiotics in immune modulation. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Steven Wright. Steven Wright is a Medical Engineer, Kalish Functional Medicine Institute Graduate, and gut health specialist. He's spent close to $400,000 overcoming his own health challenges using everything from western medicine to shamans. Steven is the founder of HealthyGut.com. He lives in Boulder, CO with his wife Shay and their two dogs...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of oxalates in many chronic health conditions. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Sally K. Norton. Sally K. Norton, MPH holds a nutrition degree from Cornell University and a Master's degree in Public Health. Her path to becoming a leading expert on dietary oxalate includes a prior career working at major medical schools in medical education and public health research. Her personal healing experience inspired years o...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about finding resilience through functional medicine, science, and faith. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Jill Carnahan. Known as 'Your Functional Medicine Expert®' Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD, ABIHM, ABOIM, IFMCP has been featured in People magazine, Shape, Parade, Forbes, MindBodyGreen, First for Women, Townsend Letter, and The Huffington Post; as well as seen on NBC News and health segments with Joan Lunden. She is a prominent ...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 33 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of genomics in complex, chronic conditions. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Sharon Hausman-Cohen. Sharon Hausman-Cohen, MD is the co-founder, Chief Science Officer, and Medical Director of IntellxxDNA™. Dr. Hausman-Choen has been using genomics for over a decade to deliver personalized medicine and help her patients achieve optimal health and wellness. As a researcher and clinician advocate, she recognized tha...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 48 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn how to approach biotoxin illness using a functional medicine model. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Terri Fox. Terri Fox, MD, ABIHM is a holistic, integrative, functional medicine doctor in Boulder, Colorado where she founded Boulder Holistic Medicine. She did her medical training at the University of California San Francisco Medical School. She has practiced functional medicine for nearly 20 years and is board-certified by ...
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about the role of microbes in chronic disease. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Stephen E Fry. Stephen E. Fry, BS, MS, MD has a BS in Microbiology and an MS in Molecular Biology and a Medical Degree all earned at the University of Arizona. He completed his Post graduate training at Banner Health and St Joseph's Medical Center in the Phoenix metropolitan area. He has been in General Practice in the Scottsdale, Arizona since 19...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 56 min
Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about groundbreaking work being done to move the needle in understanding the impact of Borreliosis. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Alan MacDonald. Alan B. MacDonald, MD is a hospital pathologist by trade, and his world is microscopic images. He diagnoses disease daily based on the images from surgically removed tissues, blood smears, and microbiology specimens. In his private research, which he does at night or on weekends,...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 48 min
