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Beyond Replacement: Hormone Optimization | Part 2

Your Gut & Nervous System

The Hidden Hormone Influencers

Why does hormone therapy fail? Your gut and nervous system control how hormones are processed, metabolized, and eliminated—not just your hormone levels.

Beyond Replacement: Hormone Optimization | Part 1

The Hormone Hierarchy

Why Your Adrenals, Thyroid & Insulin Come First

Most practitioners do hormone replacement, not optimization. Learn why addressing cortisol, insulin, and thyroid first changes everything for lasting hormonal health.

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 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.

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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Our Silent Crisis

Men’s Health is in Crisis...& No One’s Talking About It

Dr. Tracy Gapin shares how men are sleepwalking into a health crisis…and no one’s talking about it.

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…

Lifestyle Medicine for Stress | Part 2

Exercise

As we know, unmitigated stress has been linked to various diseases. I see its effects in my clinic every day, so I think that it’s incredibly important to talk about this elephant in the room. Physical exercise is another powerful intervention to help mitigate the effects of stress.

The Connection Between Hypermobility and Autoimmune Disease

The Supersyndrome | Part 4

The Connection Between Hypermobility & Autoimmune Disease

Autoimmune disease is a condition I frequently see in patients with Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder. In this article, I’ll highlight the chain of conditions that lead from hypermobility to autoimmune disease….

CIRS: A New Paradigm for Chronic Disease | Part 3

Understanding the Biotoxin Pathway & Lab Tests for Diagnosis

In part 3 of a series on Mold-Related Biotoxin Illness (or Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome), Dr. Hartman unpacks the biotoxin pathway and reviews laboratory tests necessary to diagnose CIRS.

POTS Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

Unveiling the Mystery of POTS | Part 1

A Mystery Illness Sweeping the Country

What are the Key Things You Need to Know About POTS? Do you Suspect That You or a Loved One are Affected by POTS? Recently I’ve noticed POTS and dysautonomia…