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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 or went through menopause she no longer needed progesterone. It was thought that…
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 3
Insulin Resistance: Our Sticky Problem
...and surprisingly simple solutions
Insulin resistance affects 80% of Americans, raising heart-disease risk by 40%. Discover the nutrient shown to be 4× more effective than the top diabetes drug, plus easy, proven steps to regain metabolic health.
Testosterone and Women’s Health
When we think of testosterone, we often think of it in relation to men’s health, but it is a crucial hormone for women’s health as well. This important hormone is…
How to Do an Oil Change for Your Own Body
The functional-medicine case for fat as medicine
You can stop buying bad oil tomorrow and still be carrying years of it, built into your cells. Dr. Aaron Hartman on how to do an oil change on your own body: the clinical protocol for clearing damaged fat and rebuilding with clean fat.
Concussions | Part 3
The Fire That Won't Go Out
Why You're Still Not Recovering From a Concussion (and the Road Back)
You rested. You waited. And months, even years later, you’re still not yourself. The problem usually isn’t how hard you were hit; it’s that the inflammation never switched off. Here’s why the fire keeps burning, and the root-cause plan that puts it out.
Fasting & Metabolic Health
Education Blog Fasting & Metabolic Health Fasting & Metabolic Health Your blood sugar, your weight, and your energy are the same problem. Weight that won’t move no matter what you…
Concussions | Part 2
The Concussion Symptoms No One Connects to a Head Injury
Your Gut, Heart, Hormones, & Mood
You rested, the scan was clean, and everyone moved on. But your sleep, your gut, your heart, and your mood never came back. Those scattered symptoms may all trace back to one head injury, and to the single nerve that wires your brain to the rest of your body.
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
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
The Peptide Paradox: How Restricting Safe Clinical Access Made the Wild West Bigger
When the system narrows the legitimate path, demand doesn't disappear. It just moves somewhere nobody can track it.
The FDA restricted 19 peptides in September 2023. One month later, tirzepatide was approved for weight loss. Dr. Hartman explains what actually happened.
Peptides & Biological Signaling | Part 3
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.
Hypermobility
The Pentad Supersyndrome: Five Conditions. One Root Cause.
Connective Tissue & Chronic Illness.
If you’ve been told nothing is wrong but you can’t get off the couch — or you have a folder full of specialist notes and no unifying diagnosis — this framework may finally explain why.