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Chronic Health Issues
Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Disease
Addressing the Seismic Rise in Chronic Health Issues
Chronic health issues (autoimmune & autoinflammatory) are now the most common medical problems we deal with. How can you protect yourself?
Inflammation
The Underlying Cause of Chronic Disease
Inflammation is a normal response of our body’s immune system … but it can sometimes run amok, leading to all kinds of problems.
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.
Detox | Part 1
Is Toxic Load Causing Your Health Issues?
Our bodies are designed to remove toxins as we’re exposed to them … problems arise as toxins build up over time faster than our bodies can remove them.
Connected Health
9 Lifehacks for a Healthy Gut
Whether you’re experiencing digestive issues or just want to optimize your gut, these practical tips can help you take the next step.
Made for Health
What Really Causes Cardiovascular Disease
& How You Can Beat the Odds...
Discover how advanced screening, smart nutrition, and lifestyle tweaks can safeguard your heart.
Mystery Illnesses | Part 3
CIRS: The Poster Child of “Mystery Illnesses”
When Environmental Illness Hides in Plain Sight
Many chronic illnesses appear mysterious because symptoms cross multiple systems. Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) may explain why.
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Concussions
Your Brain on Fire: What a Concussion Actually Is (and Why the MRI Says You're Fine)
A normal MRI doesn’t mean your brain is fine. A concussion is a secondary inflammatory cascade, a brain on fire, and an old hit you barely remember can be what set up the illness you’re fighting today. Dr. Aaron Hartman on what a concussion actually is.
Long COVID
Why Effective Long COVID Treatments Stay Off-Label for Years
The best tools for long COVID usually aren’t the newest ones. They’re old, repurposed, and stuck in a long gap between “we know this helps” and “you’re allowed to have it.” Here’s why that gap exists, and what to do inside it.
Long COVID
The Problem With Saying “There’s Nothing You Can Do” for Long COVID
Patients keep hearing there’s nothing left to try for long COVID. Meanwhile there’s a long list of repurposed therapies that have worked, sometimes dramatically, in real exam rooms. Here’s what’s actually on it.
Long COVID
Long COVID Isn’t One Disease. It’s Several Overlapping Problems.
Two people catch the same virus and end up with completely different illnesses. That’s the clue most of medicine misses about long COVID: it was never one disease. It’s more like a recipe.
Peptides & Biological Signaling | Part 4
When the Body Forgets How to Heal
What Peptides Are Actually For
Your body doesn’t forget how to heal all at once. It happens slowly: growth hormone pulses less, sleep gets shallower, injuries take longer, connective tissue stops holding. Dr. Aaron Hartman has been treating this pattern for twenty years. Here’s what he’s learned about why it happens and what peptides have to do with it.
Peptides & Biological Signaling | Part 2
Your Body Has Been Making Peptides Since Before You Were Born
The Cultural Story Around Peptides Got the Science Backwards
Everyone’s heard about peptides. Almost nobody has a clear answer to the most basic question: what are they? Dr. Hartman has been working with them clinically for 20 years. Here’s the explanation you’ve been waiting for.
Peptides & Biological Signaling | Part 1
Weight Loss is the Least Interesting Thing GLP-1s Can Do
You’ve Been Fed The Wrong Story About Semaglutide
For patients with MCAS, POTS, and chronic inflammatory illness (patients who have nothing to do with weight loss) something else is happening. Dr. Hartman has been watching it for nearly 20 years.
The REAL Story on Fat
Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Healthy Fats & Seed Oils Misses the Point
Fat is one of the most misunderstood topics in health. Dr. Aaron Hartman explains why the “good fat vs. bad fat” debate misses what actually matters, and how the fats in your body shape every signal your cells send.
Mystery Illnesses | Part 3
CIRS: The Poster Child of “Mystery Illnesses”
When Environmental Illness Hides in Plain Sight
Many chronic illnesses appear mysterious because symptoms cross multiple systems. Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) may explain why.
Functional Dentistry
Oral Health & Inflammation
What Functional Dentists Actually Look For (And Why)
You can sleep through the night and still never recover. Functional dentists are noticing why airway, breathing, and oral inflammation matter more than most people realize.
Functional Dentistry
Functional Dentistry 101
The Mouth–Body Connection We Keep Missing
Bleeding gums, hormones, fatigue, and stalled healing may be connected. Here’s why functional dentistry treats the mouth as part of the whole body.
Low-Dose Naltrexone
The Tiny Dose That Tricks Your Body Into Healing Itself
After 25 years treating chronic conditions, I’ve found one therapy that consistently delivers results where conventional medicine fails. This simple, affordable treatment has helped my patients overcome Long COVID, POTS, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune conditions by teaching their bodies how to heal naturally.
September Strong | Part 1
Fall’s Natural Immune Arsenal
Richmond Foods for Back-to-School Defense
September brings a 200% surge in respiratory infections, but Richmond’s fall harvest delivers precisely what your family’s immune system needs most…
Metabolic Syndrome | Part 2
The One Ring
How Mitochondria Control Your Metabolic Fate
“How can one thing tell me? I don’t believe you. How is this possible?” Dr. Aaron Hartman echoes…
The Connected Life Crisis
The Inflammation Connection
How Social Media Stress Shows Up in Your Body
What if a simple blood test could reveal how much time you spend on social media? Sound…
The Kitchen Oil Investigation
How ‘Heart-Healthy’ Fats Are Damaging Your Brain
This 15-minute kitchen investigation reveals the hidden toxins stealing your family’s mental clarity—and the replacement strategy to restore vibrant brain function.
PCOS (now PMOS) in Young Women
Why the New Name Confirms What Functional Medicine Already Knew
Discover why PCOS cases have increased by 67% in young women and the functional medicine approach that goes beyond birth control pills to restore true hormonal balance.
Calm Your Anxiety With Food
The Functional Medicine Breakthrough
Discover how the gut-brain connection impacts anxiety and learn 5 science-backed dietary strategies to reduce symptoms naturally.
Spring Without Suffering
How Quercetin Blocks 96% of Histamines BEFORE Your First Sneeze (While Big Pharma Buries It)
If you’re sick of being held hostage by spring allergies while medications leave you a zombie, this discovery will make you furious.
Made for Health
Heart for Life
5 Science-Backed Superfoods to Rev Up Your Metabolism AND Fortify Your Heart
Discover 5 science-backed superfoods that both boost your metabolism AND protect heart health, plus get a free guide to maximize their benefits.
Made for Health
What Really Causes Cardiovascular Disease
& How You Can Beat the Odds...
Discover how advanced screening, smart nutrition, and lifestyle tweaks can safeguard your heart.
Coach's Corner
Made to Move
Despite Regular Exercise, Too Much Sitting May Be Holding You Back.
Is sitting too much affecting your health? Discover how simple daily movements can boost your energy and metabolism.
Regenerative Revolution | Part 2
Real vs. Fake Food
What’s Really on Your Plate?
Salatin’s regenerative revolution challenges the food we put on our plates. Is it nourishing our bodies—or just convenient and cheap?
Regenerative Revolution | Part 1
Joel Salatin’s Regenerative Revolution
The Farmer Who Defied the Industrial Food System
What if the very methods designed to make farming easier are actually destroying the land … and our health? Joel Salatin is on a mission to change that.