Take Back Your Health®

Take Back Your Health®

By Amy Myers, MDMedicineHealth & Fitness
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  • The Myers Way Episode 35: Disease Delusion with Dr. Jeff Bland

    [Originally published on May 5th, 2014] Jeffrey Bland has been an internationally recognized leader in the nutritional medicine field for over 35 years and is known for his ability to synthesize complex scientific concepts in a manner that is both personable and accessible. A biochemist by training, Dr. Bland earned dual degrees in biology and chemistry from the University of California, Irvine, and completed his PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Oregon. He is a Fellow of the both the American College of Nutrition where he is a Certified Nutrition Specialist and the Association for Clinical Biochemistry.

    With his wife, Susan, Dr. Bland founded The Institute for Functional Medicine in 1991, a nonprofit organization focused on educating healthcare practitioners on effective approaches to treating and preventing chronic disease.

    Dr. Bland has authored five books on nutritional medicine for the healthcare professional and six books on nutrition and health for the general public including the newly released The Disease Delusion: Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life (HarperWave, 2014).


    1. You’re considered the father of functional medicine. How did you actually get into the subject?
    2. I appreciate that you’ve bridged the gap between researcher and doctor. It seems like if you want to ask “why?” you shouldn’t be a doctor, you should be a researcher. That’s how we are trained in medical school. How can you explain that disconnect?
    3. Do you feel that the term “functional medicine” has caught on? Is it where you expected it to be?
    4. In your newest book, The Disease Delusion: Conquering the Cause of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, Happier Life, you discuss the fact that we’ve come so far with medical technology, but there has also been an increase in the number of chronic diseases. How is it possible that we’ve made all these advances, yet we seem to be a sicker population than ever?
    5. You mention in the book seven core physiological processes that affect every organ, and that’s really the heart of what’s making everyone so sick. Can you give us some detail on each of those?
    6. We have 25,000 genes and 3,000,000 SNPs. This seems to be the core of what you’re talking about here: there are these 7 physiological influences, but it’s their influences on these various SNPs, is that correct?
    7. How did we get the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of certain nutrients? Do we really all need the same amount?
    8. How do you think we as a society are going to go forward? How do we mesh the world of functional medicine with that of RDAs and nutritional facts?
    9. How about lab testing? How will conventional lab testing become more functional and individualized in the future?
    10. What are five changes that you would make to our existing healthcare model to ensure that it becomes a more functional and holistic healthcare model?
    11. How does our lifestyle here in the United States contribute to a sick society?
    12. What do you eat in a typical day?


      13. Connect with Dr. Myers:

      Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

      Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

      Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


      Connect with Dr. Jeff Bland

      Website: www.PLMInstitute.org, www.JeffreyBland.com

      Facebook: www.facebook.com/jeffreyblandphd

      1 hr 13 min
    13. The Myers Way Episode 34: Hormones with Dr. Bethany Hays

      [Originally published on April 1st, 2014] Dr. Hays has practiced obstetrics and gynecology, and now Functional Medicine, over a career lasting 32 years. In describing the focus of her career at present – she said: “I went into medicine to help people be healthier, but what I found in medicine was a system that was as sick as the people it was treating. Ultimately I realized that my calling was to heal the system as well as the patients. I have three areas that I feel are important enough to put my time, energy and monetary resources into. They are:

      • creating a model for integrative care that treats illness upstream before it requires drugs and surgery,
      • finding better ways to train physicians, and
      • providing better end of life care, essentially, learning to die better


        • Her practice includes: comprehensive women’s health care, Functional Medicine, non-surgical gynecology and mine-body medicine. Dr. Hays is a founding member of True North.


        1.  Can you explain perimenopause and menopause for us?
        2. Neither of us is an advocate of synthetic hormones, but what are your thoughts about using biodentical progesterone and testosterone during the perimenopausal phase?
        3. What’s the best delivery system for progesterone – oral, cream, sublingual troche? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each one?
        4. What’s the best way to test for hormone levels? Saliva, blood, urine? What are some of the disadvantages and advantages of each test?
        5. Let’s talk about 2/16 ratio. Can you explain this for us?
        6. What are symptoms of too much estrogen?
        7. Many people, myself included, have a problem with their methylation pathways. Can you tell us a little bit more about what we can do to improve our metabolism of estrogen? Are there those of us who need supplementation, even when we are eating a nutritious diet?
        8. Which tests should someone start with to determine how well they are methylating?
        9. Do you typically perform a urine test on every patient before you adjust their hormones?
        10. What are some of your go-to methods when it comes to treating the adrenals?
        11. Do you use adaptogenic herbs?
        12. Do you use a compounding pharmacy for the bio-identical hormone gels you use for your patients?
        13. Do you continue women on hormones after menopause when they are no longer having hot flash symptoms?
        14. Do you use bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for women with a history of cancer?
        15. Any recommendations for PCOS?
        16. Lab testing we talk about on the podcast can be found on Youtube here. 


          17. Connect with Dr. Myers:

          Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

          Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

          Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

          Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


          Connect with Dr. Hays:

          Website: https://www.truenorthhealthcenter.org/

          59 min
        17. The Myers Way Episode 33: Autoimmunity with Dr. David Brady

          [Originally published on March 3rd, 2014] Dr. David M. Brady has 22-years of experience as an integrative physician and over 18 years in health sciences academia. He is a licensed naturopathic medical physician in CT and VT, a board certified clinical nutritionist and received his original clinical training as a chiropractic physician. He currently serves as the Vice Provost for the Division of Health Sciences, Interim Dean of the College of Naturopathic Medicine, and Director of the Human Nutrition Institute at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He maintains a private practice, Whole Body Medicine, in Trumbull, CT. Dr. Brady is also the Chief Medical Officer for Designs for Health, Inc. He is an internationally sought-after presenter on nutritional, naturopathic and integrative medicine. He has appeared on the plenary speaking panel of some of the largest and most prestigious conferences in the field including; IFM, ACAM, A4M, IHS, and many more. Dr. Brady has published a multitude of peer-reviewed scientific papers and textbooks related to chronic pain, autoimmunity and functional gastroenterology and is a featured contributing author in the medical textbooks;  Advancing Medicine with Food and Nutrients, Integrative Gastroenterology, and Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine.


          1. Dr. Brady, you have emphasized the topic of autoimmune disorders in many of your publications, your professional lectures and your private practice. What developed your interest in this topic so keenly?
          2.  You published a paper in the Open Journal of Rheumatology & Autoimmunity in 2013 which garnered a lot of attention titled: Molecular Mimicry, the Hygiene Hypothesis, Stealth Infections and Other Examples of Disconnect Between Medical Research and the Practice of Clinical Medicine in Autoimmune Disease. That is quite a title. Why did this paper stimulate such a buzz?
          3.  You suggest that autoimmune disease is a “modern epidemic” and that rates of autoimmune disease have quadrupled in the last fifty years. What are some of the reasons for that?
          4. In your publications, including the one mentioned above, you bring up several specific hypotheses related to why autoimmune diseases have become so prevalent in the Western industrialized countries. I would like to ask you specifically about some of them, including:
          5. – Molecular mimicry
          6. – Hygiene Hypothesis
          7. – Stealth Infections
          8. My understanding is that some people are being diagnosed with celiac disease that do not have the genes. Are we seeing a turn in the tide? Are people without some sort of genes toward autoimmunity now becoming autoimmune?
          9. Do you use soil-based probiotics in your autoimmune patients?
          10. On the topic of stealth infections, why aren’t more doctors testing for and picking up on these infections?
          11. Do you empirically put your autoimmune patients on antibiotics for infections you know are associated with these diseases, or do you first treat them with the standard functional medicine approach (an elimination diet, healing the gut, dealing with toxins, and treating any obvious infections)?
          12. A few months ago a paper was circulating that pointed to salt as a stimulant for autoimmune disease. Is sea salt a concern, or is it simply salt from packaged foods that is a problem? Or is the problem caused by an imbalance in sodium and potassium?
          13. Finally, where do you practice? How can people find more information about you and this fascinating topic?


            14. Connect with Dr. Myers:

            Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

            Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

            Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

            Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


            Connect with Dr. Brady:

            Website: https://drdavidbrady.com/

            48 min
          14. The Myers Way Episode 32: Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis with Dr. Izabella Wentz

            [Originally published on January 27, 2014] Dr. Izabella Wentz, PharmD, FASCP is a passionate, innovative, solution focused pharmacist with an exceptional blend of creativity, empathy and clinical experience. After being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in 2009, Dr. Wentz was surprised at the lack of conventional medical knowledge about lifestyle interventions for Hashimoto’s, hypothyroidism, and autoimmune conditions. She decided to take on lifestyle interventions as a personal mission in an effort to help herself and others with Hashimoto’s. Dr. Wentz is the author of the best-selling patient guide “Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis” Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause” and is dedicated to educating the public and healthcare professionals about improved the impact of appropriate diagnosis, medication management, lifestyle interventions and functional medicine treatments on patient outcomes.


            1. How did you become interested in Hashimoto’s?

            2. Why did you decide to do your own research instead of following your endocrinologist’s advice?

            3. Some people say that Hashimoto’s is a genetic condition. Is it just destiny?

            4. What is your experience with thyroid medications?

            5. You have an interesting approach you call DIG-AT-IT… can you explain what that means?

            6. What are some of the main issues you see in people with HT?

            7. So many things to think about, what’s a good starting point?

            8. What are the best dietary approaches?

            9. What about stomach acid and acid reflux?

            10. What about supplements? Do you recommend them, and if so, which ones?

            11. What about people who don’t have any digestive issues?

            12. What are some things listeners can do to help themselves?


            Connect with Dr. Myers:

            Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

            Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

            Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

            Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


            Connect with Dr. Wentz:

            Website: https://www.thyroidpharmacist.com/

            Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThyroidLifestyle

            58 min
          15. The Myers Way Episode 31: Your Primal Body with Mikki Reilly

            [Originally published on January 27, 2014] Professional certified fitness trainer Mikki Reilly has been teaching people about fitness for twenty years. A one-time competing bodybuilder, she brings her wealth of experience to helping people of all ages lose weight and become fit. Mikki graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with degrees in both exercise and health science, and communication. She earned the highly esteemed certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) credential from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the master of fitness sciences (MFS) from the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA).


            1. Tell us a little bit about your background. How did you get involved in the Paleo approach to health and fitness?
            2. How did you see your body transform by doing this?
            3. What is functional training?
            4. Can you explain the 5-step primal body program that you discuss in your book?
            5. Tell us about high intensity exercises.
            6. Are there things you can do at home?
            7. What are your 3 favorite exercises that people can do at home?
            8. You mentioned self-myofascial release with the foam roller. Can you explain how that works?
            9. In your book, you say that aerobic training can cause some people to gain weight. Can you explain how that happens?
            10. Is there an interval time that works best?
            11. Can you tell our listeners where they can find you?


              12. Connect with Dr. Myers:

              Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

              Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

              Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

              Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


              Connect with Mikki Reilly:

              Website: https://fitnesstransform.com/

              X (formerly Twitter): @MikkiReilly

              31 min
            12. The Myers Way Episode 30: Your Personal Paleo Code with Chris Kresser

              [Originally published on January 1st, 2014] Chris Kresser, LAc, is a licensed acupuncturist and functional medicine practitioner. Greatist.com has named Chris one of the 50 most influential people in health and fitness, along with Mehmet Oz, Andrew Weil, and Deepak Chopra; and the popular LivingLavidaLowCarb.com and best-selling Paleo-nutrition authors such as Robb Wolf have ranked Chris as one of the top 10 trusted authorities in the Paleo-nutrition world. Chris is the author of the forthcoming book, Personal Paleo Code: Your Individual Prescription for Feeling Better Fast, Living Better Longer, and Preventing and Reversing Disease Naturally.


              1. Tell us about your personal story
              2.  What are the disadvantages of a vegetarian/vegan diet?
              3. What about the argument that agriculture has increased average human life spans?
              4. What is your opinion about The China Study?
              5. See Denise Minger’s rebuttal to The China Study
              6. What about increased cholesterol and heart disease with red meat consumption?
              7. Is sitting the new smoking?
              8. Can you tell us more about the intangible (play, touch, human connection) aspects of health?


                9. Connect with Dr. Myers:

                Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

                Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

                Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


                Connect with Chris Kresser:

                Website: https://chriskresser.com/

                Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chriskresserlac

                X (formerly Twitter): @ChrisKresser


                43 min
              10. The Myers Way Episode 28: Wellness Trends in 2014 with Jason Wachob (Refresh)

                [Originally published on December 16, 2013] As CEO and Founder of MindBodyGreen, Jason Wachob’s goal is to inspire people around the world to live their healthiest lives, by making informed choices about food, movement, and spirituality. After being told that he required back surgery, Jason opted for yoga and is now completely healed. Jason has been featured in The New York Times and Vogue Australia, and has a BA in History from Columbia University, where he played Varsity Basketball for four years. You can read about some of his favorite life lessons here.


                1. Can you tell us a little bit about your personal health journey?
                2. What was the inspiration to start MindBodyGreen?
                3. What are the most popular topics?
                4. Who or what is your biggest wellness inspiration?
                5. What are some of the biggest lessons you have learned as an entrepreneur?
                6. Do you have a favorite article or post on MindBodyGreen? A post that you learned something from?
                7. What are some interesting things or people you have met because of MBG?
                8. You recently started offering eCourses – Tell us about those and do you have more topics coming?
                9. What’s your vision for MBG? What does the future hold?
                10. What are wellness trends you see coming for 2014?
                11. What advice can you give to someone wanting to start a blog or business?
                12. I always ask my guest what you typically eat in a day?


                  13. Connect with Dr. Myers:

                  Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

                  Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

                  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

                  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


                  Connect with Jason Wachob:

                  Website: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/wc/jason-wachob

                  X (formerly Twitter: @JasonWachob
                  44 min
                13. The Myers Way Episode 27: Eat Right for Your Blood Type with Dr. Peter D’Adamo

                  [Originally published on December 2nd, 2013] Peter D’Adamo is a naturopathic physician who is also an author, researcher-educator, Ivesian, amateur horologist, budding software developer, and air-cooled enthusiast. He is considered a world expert in glycobiology, principally the ABO (ABH) blood groups and the secretor (FUT2) polymorphisms. In 1996 Dr. D’Adamo wrote the NY Times Bestseller Eat Right For Your Type. Now, Dr. D’Adamo teaches Generative Medicine I-II and Introduction to Biochemical Individuality at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine and supervises a specialized clinic shift in personalized medicine. He is the Director of the new University of Bridgeport Center of Excellence in Generative Medicine.


                  1. Tell us about how you came up with the “Eat Right For Your Blood Type”?What is the theory based on?
                  2. Can you tell us briefly about each type?
                  3. Do you notice more specific disease with certain types such as cancer or autoimmune? Your website says B have more autoimmune – clinically I see O have more Autoimmune.
                  4. O seem to do better on Paleo diet but notice many of things like eggs, Avocado and coconut not good for O – can you explain that a bit more? 
                  5. O don’t do well with wheat and gluten but says Ezekiel is ok. Can you tell us about that?
                  6. What types of patients do you see in your clinic?
                  7. Can you tell us some real life examples of some success stories?  
                  8. Do you use diet alone or are you using functional lab testing like stool testing?
                  9. Can you explain about secretors?
                  10. Tell us more about your book Change Your Genetic Destiny
                  11. Where should someone start?


                    12. Connect with Dr. Myers:

                    Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

                    Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

                    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

                    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


                    Connect with Dr. D’Adamo:

                    Website: https://www.dadamo.com/

                    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drpeterdadamo

                    1 hr 9 min
                  12. The Myers Way Episode 26: Grain Brain with Dr. David Perlmutter

                    [Originally published on November 18, 2013] Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition who received his M.D. degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine where he was awarded the Leonard G. Rowntree Research Award. After completing residency training in Neurology, also at the University of Miami, Dr. Perlmutter entered private practice in Naples, Florida.

                    Dr. Perlmutter is a frequent lecturer at symposia sponsored by such medical institutions as Columbia University, the University of Arizona, Scripps Institute, New York University, and Harvard University. He has contributed extensively to the world medical literature with publications appearing in The Journal of Neurosurgery, The Southern Medical Journal, Journal of Applied Nutrition, and Archives of Neurology. He is the author of: The Better Brain Book, Raise a Smarter Child By Kindergarten, and Power Up Your Brain, and is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of nutritional influences in neurological disorders. Dr. Perlmutter has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated radio and television programs including 20/20, Larry King Live, CNN, Fox News, Fox and Friends, The Today Show, Oprah, Dr. Oz, Montel Across America, and The CBS Early Show. In 2002, Dr. Perlmutter was the recipient of the Linus Pauling Award for his innovative approaches to neurological disorders and in addition was awarded the Denham Harmon Award for his pioneering work in the application of free radical science to clinical medicine. He is the recipient of the 2006 National Nutritional Foods Association Clinician of the Year Award and was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year award from the American College of Nutrition in, 2010.

                    Dr. Perlmutter currently serves as Medical Advisor for the Dr. Oz Show. His new book, Grain Brain, The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers is now a New York Times Bestseller.


                    1) Doctor, Grain Brain is now the number one book in America in the area of brain health. Why the interest?

                    2) We are all told that the best thing we can do is cut back on fat, and yet your new book tells us just the opposite. Why do you say we should actually be eating more fat?

                    3) Doctors are telling everyone to lower their cholesterols, and your new book states that cholesterol is good for the brain. That seems a bit confusing.

                    4) People have been eating grains for thousands of years and now suddenly we are hearing that grains are a problem. How can that be?

                    5) In your new book you talk a lot about how sugars and carbs are actually “toxic” for the brain, can you explain?

                    6) How did you come up with these theories? Is there much science that supports what you’re saying?

                    7) How can a person know if they are at risk for a brain problem?


                    Connect with Dr. Myers:

                    Website: https://www.amymyersmd.com/

                    Newsletter: https://www.amymyersmd.com/ec/guide-to-leaky-gut

                    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMyersMD

                    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amymyersmd/


                    Connect with Dr. Perlmutter:

                    Website: https://drperlmutter.com/

                    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidPerlmutterMd


                    56 min

                  About Take Back Your Health®

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                  Are you on the path to optimal health and looking for the latest breakthroughs in longevity and functional medicine? After her own struggle with an autoimmune thyroid condition, Dr. Amy Myers has made it her life’s mission to expose the flaws of conventional medicine and help others avoid the pain that she endured. More than a Functional Medicine doctor, Dr. Amy Myers is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, wife, mother, and visionary founder and CEO behind the influential e-commerce wellness brand, Amy Myers MD®. Through this brand, and with a clear vision of creating a path to optimal health and wellness for all, Dr. Amy Myers is here to change the future of medicine and empower others to Take Back Their Health. This show will be a mix of solo episodes and conversations with world renowned leading experts on the topics of functional medicine, autoimmunity, gut health and empowering people to get to the root of their issues and offer solutions so they can thrive.

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