List of functional Medicine POdcasts

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In this podcast we explore some of the root causes  of PCOS as well as the symptoms, signs, diagnostic criteria, and repercussions of PCOS.  We also get into some of the conventional and integrative/ functional therapies for PCOS. 

Breast cancer is the number one cancer in women.   However, women should not feel like helpless victims in this fight against this dreaded disease.  Dr. McMinn and Coach Lindsay share with you evidence-based information adn strategies to empower you in the fight against breast cancer.  

This episode features Rachel Olsen, MS, RD, who is an IFM certified functional nutritionist. Dr. McMinn and Coach Lindsey delve into the topic of functional nutrition with Rachel and try to articulate just how important nutrition is for our health, wellness, and many other aspects of life.

In this episode, Dr. McMinn and Coach Lindsay discuss the Top Ten Concerns of Women in a Johnny Carson type countdown, and offer a functional medicine perspective on these concerns.

Vaginal dryness is a common and often under-treated condition in women. It is not always a benign condition, since it can lead to vaginal atrophy, urine leakage, increased frequency of urinary tract infections, pain with intercourse, and other problems. Vaginal dryness needs to be routinely screened for and adequately treated. In this episode of the Functional Medicine Podcast we explore the causes of vaginal dryness and offer up some therapeutic options for women with this condition.

Vaginal health is an important part of overall health. Unfortunately women are too often left to suffer unnecessarily with common problems like dryness, pain with intercourse, yeast infections, and vaginitis. In this episode we will break down the functional causes of these problems by looking at the overall vaginal ecosystem, and we will offer simple solutions to improve over all vaginal wellness.

Dr. McMinn describes "Grumpy Ol' Man Syndrome," and describes testosterone as the "get off the couch hormone." Dr. McMinn and Coach Lindsy lay out the signs, symptoms, of low T, and also decribe a process for evaluation and treatment of Low T.

We discuss the scientific evidence and our own clinical experience as it pertains to this important hormone in connection to women's overall health.   We review the risks, and some of the potential benefits of testosterone so that the listener can make an informed decision about her own relationship with this important hormone, and how testosterone therapy might help her,  as a part of an overall hormone optimization program to improve her health status.

Our goal in this podcast is to give you the tools you need to help you reach your own optimal health potential in mind, body, and spirit. We go beyond treating disease and prevntion to empower you with the information you need in order to become the very best version of yourself, no matter where your starting point is.

On this show we are blessed to have with us Erica Young, MD,   She is one of the rare doctors that takes the time to connect the dots.   She is an integrative physician, who practices top down medicine. She feels that the mind and the body are not separate, but instead they act as one. She takes the time to listen, and and she works with her expanded therapeutic toolbox  to help the patinet achieve his or her health care goals by optimizing mind, body, and spirit as one. 

Dr. McMinn and Coach Lindsay tackle the difficult subject of chronic systemic inflammation,  and they break it down for you in simple terms. They explain what it is, why it is important, what causes it, how to know if you have it, and how to prevent and treat inflammation.