Functional Medicine Doc Talk

In this podcast, Dr. Woeller interview Nicole Bell, CEO of Galaxy Diagnostics and author of “What Lurks in the Woods.” This memoir is about her husband’s harrowing regression into a neurodegenerative illness, and her experience in trying to find answers to help him.

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In this episode, Dr. Woeller interviews Julie Matthews, MS, the author of “The Personalized Autism Nutrition Plan”, about her knowledge, experience, and recommendations with regards to diet and nutritional intervention for autism. From the gluten and casein-free to GAPS to low salicylate/phenol diets, and everything in between, the importance of dietary therapy is emphasized, along with practical information that every caregiver of a loved one with autism needs to hear.

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In this part-2 interview, Dr. Woeller speaks with Pejman Kitiraei, DO about the importance of home mold testing and strategies to reduce a child’s allergy and inflammation reactions secondary to mold exposure. The two doctors also discuss the use of various antifungal medications, including Itraconazole (Sporanox), and the pulsing method Dr. Kitiraei uses in his practice for this important antifungal.

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In this interview, Dr. Woeller speaks with Pejman Kitiraei, DO about the problems associated with mold and mycotoxin exposure seen in special needs children, including those with autism. Dr. Kitiraei is an integrative medicine pediatrician with years of experience working with individuals on the autism-spectrum. He provides a different viewpoint of the mold and mycotoxin exposure problem and introduces a concept of “dampness” as it relates to these environmental exposure hazards and the often-seen microbial volatile organic compounds that drive inflammation and immune dysfunction.

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In this podcast, Dr. Woeller interviews naturopathic physician Tracy Tranchitella, ND about her approach to health and wellness, including her own story with an autoimmune disease and advice for others seeking to improve their condition through lifestyle and natural medicine. 

Tracy Tranchitella is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine integrating the scientific principles of Functional Medicine with the sensibility and holistic view of traditional naturopathy. She provides naturopathic consultations for general health issues including digestive disorders, blood sugar management, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, chronic fatigue, hormone and menstrual issues and general dietary and nutritional consultations. With each patient, Dr. Tranchitella emphasizes a balanced whole food diet coupled with important lifestyle strategies for stress management, quality sleep, regular exercise, and making time for the things that bring joy to our lives.

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In this podcast, Dr. Woeller interviews Mark Su, MD regarding a concept in health care called the exposome. What is it, what does it mean, and what you as an individual seeking to improve your health and wellness should know about the exposome. 

Mark Su is a board-certified family physician of 21 years. He founded Personal Care Physicians as a functional medicine practice north of Boston in 2014, and a national virtual consulting practice, Functional Medicine Consulting Group, in 2021. He is currently serving as president of ISEAI, and also a member of the IFM, ILADS, and the AAFP.  Mark is driven to educate patients and empower them with choices in treatment planning.  He's now equally driven to scale root cause medicine to help "more patients get better, faster", collaborating with like-mission minded colleagues, health coaches, and other allied health professionals. 

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In this podcast, Dr. Kurt Woeller interviews Doug Stephey, OD. Dr. Doug is an optometrist who specializes in evaluating and assisting with complex visual system problems through the implementation of vision therapy, including color and prism lenses. Correcting for these visual system imbalances, individuals with other health conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, anxiety/panic, headaches, fatigue, etc. are often improved. 

Doug Stephey, OD is an optometrist with a master's degree in education. Dr. Stephey practices wholistic eye care. If you want to understand the whole person, you must understand their visual system. If you want to understand their visual system, you must understand the whole person. Regardless of one's diagnosis: autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, panic / anxiety, migraine, tension headache, TMJ, bipolar, schizophrenia, clumsiness, motion sickness, dizziness, vertigo, OCD, ODD, and more there's likely a role being played by the visual system. Moreover, there's a good chance you've never heard of this before too.

http://www.stepheyoptometry.com 

http://www.covd.org

http://www.oepf.org 

http://www.interactivemtronome.com

http://www.advancedbrain.com

https://integratedlistening.com/

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In this episode of Functional Medicine Doc Talk, Dr. Woeller interviews holistic nutritionist Josh Dech who is a gastrointestinal health and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) specialist. Their conversation is comprehensive discussing the importance of lifestyle, exercise, healthy eating, the microbiome, and more when it comes to Chron's and Colitis. There is hope and help for IBD and people can recover and move forward in their lives without evidence of disease. Josh discusses how this can happen.

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In this podcast Dr. Woeller interviews internationally recognized Lyme disease expert and naturopathic physician Nicola Ducharme, ND. Dr. Nicola, as she likes to be called, has years of experience in helping individuals with tick-borne illnesses through a combination of naturopathic medicine therapies, along with the conventional use of antibiotics for tick-borne infections. Laboratory testing, co-infections such as Babesia and Bartonella, and other complicating factors such as mold and mycotoxin exposure are discussed in this important interview.

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In this podcast, Dr. Woeller interviews naturopathic physician Snowy Tan, ND regarding common practices in dentistry, including the use of toxic metals that can have negative effects on health and contribute to chronic illness. They also discuss the role of ozone used in biological dentistry for microbe elimination, and the necessity to acknowledge and address hidden emotional burdens which keep a person stuck in a place of chronic stress and inflammation.

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