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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.
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Mystery Illnesses | Part 5
When the Mystery Won’t Resolve
Why You Can Check All the Right Boxes and Still Feel Stuck
You’ve done everything right—treated infections, addressed your environment, improved your labs—and you’re still not fully well. This is where many patients get stuck, and why recovery doesn’t always follow a straight line.
Mystery Illnesses | Part 4
When Everything Feels Like a Trigger
Mast Cells, Chemical Sensitivity, and Why the Body Becomes Reactive
When everything becomes a trigger (foods, chemicals, even medications) it can feel random. It isn’t. Here’s the biology behind it.
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.
Mystery Illnesses | Part 2
The Great Imitators
When Infection Doesn’t Look Like Infection
Some infections hide behind fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, and gut issues. Learn how “great imitator” diseases can mimic other conditions and delay diagnosis.
Mystery Illnesses | Part 1
The Myth of “Mystery Illness”
If your labs are “normal” but you don’t feel well, the mystery may be the model. A conversation on fragmentation, autoimmunity, and systems.
When Perimenopause & Chronic Stress Collide
Why Some Women Struggle Even After Their Hormones Are Balanced
Some women still feel wired, reactive, and sleepless in perimenopause even with “balanced” labs and HRT. Here’s where stress physiology fits in holistic hormone therapy.
What If We Were Wrong About Food?
The Unintended Consequences of Getting Nutrition “Right”
What if some of our biggest nutrition problems didn’t come from eating the wrong foods, but from removing the ones our bodies needed?
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.
When “Healthy Eating” Stops Working
A conversation with Ashley Armstrong on food, energy, and why quality matters more than rules
Dr. Aaron Hartman reflects on a conversation with Ashley Armstrong about real food, Raynaud’s, and why food quality matters more than rules.
Chronic Lyme | Part 2
Beyond Antibiotics
Why Treating Lyme Requires More Than Killing Bacteria
Why antibiotics alone often fail in chronic Lyme. Learn how biofilms, immune dysfunction, and treatment sequencing affect persistent symptoms.
Chronic Lyme
Why the Tick Bite Is Rarely the Whole Story
For many patients, Lyme disease is not resolved by antibiotics alone. Understanding immune load, toxins, and nervous system stress explains why.
The 3 Types of Stress
Why Physical, Emotional, and Biochemical Stress Can Block Healing
Stress isn’t just a feeling. It’s load. Learn the three types of stress that can block healing, and how to identify the one carrying the most weight right now.
UnCURABLE | Part 8
The January Trap
Why Overhauls Fail (And What Actually Works)
January pushes people to fix everything at once. But healing doesn’t respond to intensity. It responds to clarity. A simpler way to reset without burning out.
2025 Highlights
Don’t Miss the Best of 2025
Catch up on articles that inspired conversations, shared breakthroughs, and empowered healthier, more vibrant lives in 2024.
UnCURABLE | Part 7
What Genetics Can (and Can’t) Predict About Your Health
A Functional Medicine Perspective on Epigenetics, Nutrition, and Why DNA Isn’t Destiny
We’ve been taught that genetics are destiny. But modern biology tells a more hopeful story: one where environment, nutrition, and epigenetics shape how genes behave over time.
UnCURABLE | Part 6
The Secret Under Your Feet
How Healthy Soil Builds Healthy Humans
Most people think healing starts in the gut. But long before food reaches your plate, the soil beneath your feet has already shaped your microbiome—and your health.
UnCURABLE | Part 5
When Trauma Blocks Healing
Why Your Nervous System Might Be the Missing Link
When your body is stuck in survival mode, healing becomes impossible. Discover how trauma reshapes the nervous system—and what it takes to finally move forward.
UnCURABLE | Part 4
Why Gratitude Matters More Than Ever
(Especially When Life Feels Uncertain)
A traumatic family moment taught me how gratitude can shift the body from survival to healing. If life feels uncertain right now, this is for you.
UnCURABLE | Part 3
Serious Biohacking
The Hidden Science That Helped My Daughter Heal
In this deep-dive, Dr. Hartman shares how foundational biology—and a handful of evidence-based “biohacks”—helped his daughter achieve progress no one thought possible.