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WARNING: Stress Is Sabotaging Your Body’s Detox System

(And Your Doctor Has No Idea)

Feeling stuck despite “trying everything”? The missing link might be in your stress response.

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Making Time Health - 2025

Coach’s Corner: Making Time for Health in 2025

Time is often cited as the biggest barrier to prioritizing health, yet making time for well-being can create energy, focus, and even more time in the long run. In this...
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Late Night Snacking: Why We Snack & How to Stop

Walking Powerful Glucose Signal

Made to Move: Despite Regular Exercise, Too Much Sitting May Be Holding You Back

The Power of Beets

Unbeatable Beets: A Functional Food for Wellness

Pre, Pro, & Postbiotics

Pre, Pro, & Postbiotics — Untangling the Prefixes of Gut Health

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Defining Ultra-Processed Food

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8 Ways to Kick Cravings

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Cooking as Self-Care: The Case for Cooking at Home

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Unplug to Upgrade: Smart Ways to Slash Your Screen Time and Unlock a Healthier You

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Reducing Toxic Load to Balance Hormones: Spring Cleaning for Your Hormones

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Creating a Healing Journey

Curating the Patient Experience at RIFM

I recently interviewed my wife and Co-CEO, Becky Hartman. Becky has been instrumental in shaping the patient experience at our clinic, and in our conversation, we delved into the intricacies of what makes our approach unique and effective.

Overcoming IBS

Take Control of GI Issues Like Irritable Bowel Syndrome

If you’re struggling with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or gastrointestinal (GI) issues, please know that you’re not alone. 10 – 15% of the population has IBS, and GI complaints are one of the major reasons people go to their primary care doctor.

Prevent Heart Disease with Food

Proactive Prevention for Our Deadliest Disease

Over the last several years, we seem to have lost sight of the most common killer in…

Mystery Illnesses

Demystifying POTS

This Mystery Illness Sweeping Our Country Doesn’t Need to Mystify You

Understanding POTS can seem overwhelming, but realizing its connection to other conditions offers a pathway to effective treatment.

Medical Misinformation | Part 4

Top 10 Myths About Autoimmune Disease

One in 12 Americans has an autoimmune disease, and twenty percent of the population currently has an auto antibody.

Medical Misinformation | Part 3

Top 10 Myths About Heart Disease

There is so much new research on heart health and how to mitigate our risk for heart disease. Unfortunately, I often hear dated information about heart disease, some of which have even been debunked.

Medical Misinformation | Part 2

Top 10 Myths About Mold

Because I see so many patients affected by mold toxicity, and I hear so much confusion, I’d like to clear the air (literally and metaphorically) by dispelling the top 10 myths I hear surrounding mold-related illness.

Medical Misinformation | Part 1

Top 10 Myths About Cancer

We’re all affected by cancer — directly or indirectly. But why is it so prevalent these days? And what can we do about it?

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Treating Long COVID

Facing a Real Problem and Moving Forward

Long COVID is an inflammatory response to the original infection. That’s important because post-infectious inflammatory complications are not new.

Superpower or Supersyndrome? | Part 2

Hypermobility & Chronic Health Issues

Connecting the Dots between Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Disease, & POTS

If a syndrome is a condition associated with a cluster of symptoms, a supersyndrome is a group of related conditions often seen together.

GLP-1 Probiotic

Revolutionary New Probiotic Promotes Weight-Loss Naturally

Have you ever thought that the secret to weight loss could literally be living inside you? Discover the science behind the solution to metabolism.

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 8

DHEA: The Mentor

Fountain of Youth...or Phony?

DHEA is commonly associated with anti-aging. It is prescribed for reproductive health. Supplements are marketed for aging…

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 7

Testosterone in Women

It’s Undervalued Role in Women’s Health

We often associate testosterone with men’s health, but it’s crucial for women’s health and sometimes overlooked as a therapeutic option in treating women’s hormone issues.

Spring Allergies

How to Ease Your Symptoms Naturally

You might be surprised to learn what the root causes are behind some of your seasonal sniffles!

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 6

Progesterone: The Elder Sister

When I began studying medicine in 1996, I was told that after a woman had a hysterectomy…

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…

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 4

Thyroid: The Conductor of Your Hormone Symphony

For all your hormones to play in harmony, they need to pay attention to the conductor of the symphony. That conductor is your thyroid.

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 2

Cortisol

The King of All Hormones

The monarch of our hormonal hierarchy, cortisol, is an unsung hero when it’s in balance, but when it’s out of whack? It can turn your body into a realm of chaos.

Your Hormones in Harmony | Part 1

The Hormone Hierarchy

Prioritizing Hormone Interventions to Harmonize Your Health

The hormone hierarchy allows us to address the preceding factors first — those that affect other hormones beneath them in the hierarchy.

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Micro Courses | Part 3

The Foundations of Functional Medicine

Build Your Health on Strong Foundations

Our newest micro-course explores the timeless health principles that can transform your life!