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Natural Hacks to Improve Sleep | Podcast #303 Everyone experiences occasional sleeping problems, so how can you tell whether your difficulty is just a minor, passing annoyance or a sign of a more serious sleep disorder or underlying medical condition? As humans transition from the waking state to... Read More
Using Nutrition and Functional Medicine To Enhance Energy and Mood | Podcast #302 It’s summertime! Summer is the hottest of the four seasons. With the summer heat, this affects our body, activities and our energy level. For today’s podcast, Dr. J and Evan Brand share tips on how we keep our energy up... Read More
Can Functional Medicine Manage Headaches? | Podcast #301 In this podcast, together with Evan Brand, we're going to be talking about functional solutions to headaches. We'll be looking deeper into what we can do to headache issues.  Our diet can be the first one to consider and ergonomics... Read More
Hack Your Alcohol Consumption and Avoid Hangovers | Podcast #300 Whether it's a few glasses of wine with friends, beer over sports, or a fun night out, there's ways you can enjoy drinking yet mitigate the health consequences and skip the hangover. What are some of the consequences of drinking... Read More
Natural Solutions to Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and PMS | Podcast #299 Dr. J is tackling menstrual irregularities and heavy menstrual flow, symptoms, what your cycle should look like, looking at hormones, when to best test, triggers of irregular cycles, and some tips for helping regulate menstruation. Most women cope with their... Read More
Immunity Boost Tips to Help You Stay Healthy Over the Holidays | Podcast #298 Your immune system likely needs a holiday boost, and you are the only one who can do it. (Things like stress, foods high in saturated fat, alcohol, and skipping exercise can all weaken this key part of the body that... Read More
The Top 5 Causes of Chronic Headaches Today we are going to be talking about the top underlying reasons why you may be having a chronic headache. I had a patient come in today who had headaches for 25 years, monthly and chronically, and we were able... Read More
Conventional GI Workup vs Functional Gut Health Program | Podcast #297 If you've ever wondered how functional medicine differs from everyday conventional medicine, this is the podcast for you. Dr. J sets out to explore conventional medicine GI workup vs. functional medicine gut-health workup. It's a compare and contrast while looking... Read More
Summer Time Parasite Infections & Lyme | Podcast #296 This episode talks about parasite infections that people get during summertime, like ticks, lyme, and other types of infections. Dr. Justin and Evan Brand give a talk on how we deal with these infections, the root cause of it, myths,... Read More
Chronic and Acute Nausea Root Causes | Podcast #295 For this episode, Dr J talks about Chronic and Acute Nausea causes. Dr. J with Evan Brand share their experience with nausea, and how they treat it for themselves as well as to their thousands of patients around the world.... Read More
Oils That Cause Gut Inflammation There are various top-causes for gut inflammation but a big one is an oil. The oil you use to cook or bake into foods could be a major culprit to your very uncomfortable gut inflammation. Let's look at the good... Read More
4 Herbs That Give You The Upper Hand Against Viral Infections Let's talk about four herbs with antiviral properties.  Click here for a consultation with a functional medicine doctor before taking herbal supplements! Olive Leaf As part of a Candida protocol, we’ll have a couple of herb combinations that will have... Read More