Dr. David Perlmutter started his journey from mainstream neurology to integrative medicine, holistic medicine, and ultimately functional medicine, after being dissatisfied with the mainstream approach of focusing on reactive, instead of proactive medicine, or as he calls it, “treating the smoke while ignoring the fire”.

His “aha moment” came after seeing how things like our gut bacteria, inflammation, oxidative stress, genetic predisposition, relate to neurodegenerative conditions. 

He decided to pursue a more integrative approach to treating neurological problems after seeing the success in treating patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions like MS, by preemptively improving their immune function. 

In today’s episode, we look into how we can view our genetic profile from a different perspective, and how we can use it to gain significant control over our cognitive destiny.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• How David started writing books and giving them out as teaching tools, with the goal of empowering people and giving them the tools to rewrite their health destiny