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Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 5
Estrogen: The Younger Sister
There are over 400 critical functions in the body involving estrogen! We need estrogen and tend to feel that powerfully when it’s lacking…
Coach’s Corner
The Fiber Fix
Using Fiber to Enhance Weight Loss, Heart Health, Blood Sugar Management, and Brain Function with Real Food
Fiber is finally getting the attention it deserves thanks to what we’ve learned about metabolism, lipid management, the gut microbiome, and even brain health.
Straight Talk About Supplements | Part 1
Supplements & Snake Oil
5 Things You Need to Know About Supplements
We love and hate supplements for good reasons: they offer the best of medicine and the worst of human deception.
Dr. Hartman’s Research Accomplishments
Back Aaron Hartman MD MD, MAR, ABAARM, FAAMFM, FAAFP, DABFM, DABIM,DAIHM, IFMCP Research Accomplishments Publications Jason Haffi zulla, Aaron Hartman, Melanie Hoppers, Harvey Resnick, Steve Samudrala, Christine Ginocchio, Matthew Bardin,…
Cholesterol
There is a very common myth that eating high-cholesterol foods causes elevated cholesterol.This is 100% myth. We’ve had a misunderstanding of the kinds of foods that drive high cholesterol. We…
Coach’s Corner: What’s So Great about Flax Seeds?
If you could take a pill that would help balance your hormones, make you more insulin sensitive, and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease AND breast cancer by 25%, would…
Coach’s Corner
DIY Fasting Mimicking Diet for Powerful Results
In Dr. Hartman’s article on the Fasting, he introduces several different methods of fasting, including the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD). Are you intrigued? Reaping the benefits of fasting while still…
The Cause of the Root Cause of Chronic Disease Part II: Using Fasting to Prevent and Treat Disease
Last week we discussed cell senescence as the underlying cause of chronic disease. How does fasting correct cell senescence and provide such a truly miraculous, metabolically-stimulating effect that can radically…
Cardiovascular Disease | Part 4
Food as Medicine: Preventing Heart Disease with Diet
Food as Medicine: Preventing Heart Disease with Diet Alone Where’s the proof? For those who have been following me for more than a few days, the statistic that 50%…
Cardiovascular Disease | Part 3
Nutrients that Reduce Risk of Heart Disease
What does a personalized approach look like when working with an integrative functional medicine practitioner to prevent or treat cardiovascular disease? With the aim of reducing the risk of heart…
Cardiovascular Disease | Part 2
Screening for Heart Disease
Last week we started our discussion on cardiovascular disease, the number one killer in our country. We talked about many risk factors and the root causes of heart disease: inflammation,…
Hormone SERIES Estrogen 1 of 3
When we think about women’s hormones, we usually think of estrogen first. While men also need estrogen, as it’s required for critical thinking, in this series we will focus on…
Frequently Asked Questions
Does RIFM offer concierge medicine? Expand Our model is different from traditional concierge medicine because we do not provide “on-demand” access to your doctor, but rather your doctor will work…
CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 1
Understanding Our Mold Problem
Part 1 of a series on Mold-Related Biotoxin Illness (or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), Dr. Hartman looks at the history, health problems and illnesses posed by mold toxicity in Water Damaged Buildings (our homes).