Welcome to Conversations for Health, the podcast dedicated to engaging discussions with industry experts, exploring evidence-based, cutting-edge research, and practical tips. Our mission is to empower you with knowledge, debunk myths, and provide you with clinical insights.
Join Evelyne weekly for insightful, in-depth interviews and deep dives into evidence-based, emerging research. Immerse yourself in the current landscape of Functional Medicine with an irresistible line-up of industry leaders.
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Understanding Histamine Intolerance and MCAS with Michelle Shapiro
Season 8 · Episode 8
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 • Duration 01:07:01
Michelle Shapiro is an integrative and functional registered dietitian in New York City who has helped over 1,000 clients reverse their anxiety, heal long-standing gut and immune issues, and approach their weight in a loving way. Michelle has a virtual practice of five nutritionists where she and her team work one-on-one towards these goals. She is the host of the Quiet the Diet podcast, where she helps listeners bridge the gap between body positivity and functional nutrition. She's also the creator of the highly sensitive BodyHub and Information Center for MCAS, POTS, Hypermobility and Long Covid. Together, we discuss histamine intolerance and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, or MCAS. Michelle gives real-world strategies for understanding and treating histamine intolerance, shares client stories of diagnosis and treatment, and offers valuable clinical and business pearls.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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46:55 Low histamine diets, blood sugar stability, and menstrual cycles.
53:55 Pearls for building a business and clientele.
59:38 Michelle's favorite supplements, favorite health practices, and the body size and composition view that she has changed her mind about.
Urgent Care Meets Functional Medicine with Victoria and Akash Bhagat
Season 8 · Episode 7
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 • Duration 55:32
Victoria and Dr. Akash Bhagat are the powerhouse duo behind NeuMed Urgent Care and IV Therapy. Dr. Akash is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who has launched several innovative E.R. and urgent care facilities in Houston, bringing tech-enabled and hospitality-inspired care to life. Victoria is a board-certified Family Nurse practitioner with over a decade of experience across cardiology, urgent care and integrative medicine. She's passionate about prevention, hormone health, and bridging traditional care with personalized wellness strategies. Together, they're redefining the urgent care experience. Their clinic model is not only transforming patient outcomes but also setting a new standard for how functional medicine can be delivered in an accessible, scalable way. Together, we discuss running and scaling a new business, how Victoria and Akash have reimagined clinical care, and the lessons they've learned along the way.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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Implementing Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy During Menopause with Dr. Manna Semby
Season 7 · Episode 6
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 • Duration 01:07:11
Dr. Manna Semby is a naturopathic and functional medicine doctor and Menopause Society certified practitioner. She specializes in midlife transformation through hormone optimization, brain health, and systems biology. She is the founder of Aruna Personalized Medicine and creator of the Aruna method, a multimodal model designed to help high achieving women reclaim energy, clarity and resilience during life's most pivotal transition. A ReCODE 2.0 certified practitioner and recent TEDx speaker, Dr. Semby brings together science, wisdom and strategy to help her patients not just feel better, but step fully into the next chapter of their lives as clear, confident leaders.
In this episode of Conversations for Health, we dive into all things peri and post menopause, including brain health, bone health, heart health, and some of the issues that aren't getting enough attention when it comes to supporting women during this exceptional transition. Dr. Semby offers resources for oncology hormone guidelines, highlights situations when hormones are not safe while treating breast cancer, and shares the optimal timing for introducing bioidentical hormones. Dr. Semby's insights are filled with information for practitioners and patients alike, and offer actionable encouragement for supporting women through one of life's greatest changes.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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Supporting Longevity in Fertility with Dr. Kalea Wattles
Season 7 · Episode 5
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 • Duration 01:08:36
Kalea Wattles, ND, IFMCP, is a naturopathic physician and functional medicine practitioner specializing in fertility optimization. Currently serving as the Clinical Special Projects Manager at The Institute for Functional Medicine, where she has been on staff since 2017, she is committed to the advancement of the field through research and education. She is the host of IFM's podcast Pathways to Well-Being. Dr. Wattles earned her doctorate in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University, where she developed a keen interest in functional medicine. She went on to receive additional training from The Institute for Functional Medicine, where she further honed her skills in a root-cause, science-based, body-systems approach to healthcare.
In this episode of Conversations For Health, we explore how Dr. Kalea applies a functional medicine lens to fertility, highlighting the clinical relevance of mitochondrial health, oxidative stress, inflammaging, and more when it comes to female and male fertility. We discuss the narrative of the fertility cliff, how to assess diminished ovarian reserve even in patients in their 20s, and how to interpret AMH values in context. Our conversation is filled with actionable insights into preconception care protocols, fertility focus, lab interpretation, and how to personalize support for patients preparing for IVF or egg freezing.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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An Integrative Approach to Optimizing Bone Health with Dr. Keith McCormick
Season 7 · Episode 4
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 • Duration 52:19
Dr. Keith McCormick is a board certified chiropractic physician, athlete, founder of OsteoNaturals, and author of Great Bones: Taking Control of Your Osteoporosis, which delves deeper into the science of osteoporosis, providing both patients and healthcare professionals with the latest insights and strategies for achieving optimal bone health. He takes a functional and integrative approach to bone health when treating patients.
On this episode of Conversations for Health, Dr. McCormick and I discuss bone density, bone quality, lab tests, scans and markers, medicines, exercise and dietary recommendations for optimal bone health. He highlights power foods and tocotrienol dosing, the connection between the endothelial glycocalyx and bone health, warnings for Vitamin K recommendations for patients on blood thinners, the value of DEXA scans and lab marker recommendations. Whether you are treating patients with osteopenia or osteoporosis or simply looking to expand your protocols and learn more, this conversation is filled with clinical pearls about optimizing bone health.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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The Connection Between Chronic Conditions and Environmental Chemicals with Dr. Aly Cohen
Season 7 · Episode 3
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 • Duration 01:08:14
Doctor Aly Cohen is a triple board-certified physician in rheumatology, internal medicine, and integrative medicine, and one of the country's leading medical and legal experts in environmental health. She's on the faculty of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, Southern California University of Health Sciences, and the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of the new book Detoxify: The Everyday Toxins Harming Your Immune System and How to Defend Against Them, a coauthor of Nontoxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World, co-editor of the textbook Integrative Environmental Medicine, has collaborated with the environmental working group Cancer, Schmancer, and other disease prevention organizations, and has received countless awards for her work in health education. She hosts the Smart Human podcast and sees patients in her medical practice in Princeton, New Jersey.
Aly joins me on Conversations for Health for a discussion about the connection between immune-disrupting chemicals and chronic conditions, including autoimmune disease. She underscores the epidemic of autoimmune disease cases that practitioners are facing today, and offers tactics for supporting patients in making healthier lifestyle choices and managing kidney and liver function and lymphatic systems in a very toxic world.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
Battling Addiction with Functional Genetics and Lab Testing with Dr. Sam Shay
Season 7 · Episode 2
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 • Duration 01:07:04
Dr. Sam Shay is a functional medicine expert who has dedicated his career to understanding addiction, brain health, and personalized recovery strategies. He solves health puzzles for busy, health-conscious parents, entrepreneurs, and professionals, women, and adults on the spectrum so they can exit survival mode and reenter community by improving resilience, energy, and brain health through personalized, data-driven genetics and lab testing. He has an extensive academic and clinical background, including three bachelor's degrees, a Doctorate in Chiropractic, a Post Graduate Diploma in Acupuncture, and eight years as a functional neurologist with the Carrick Institute before switching full-time to virtual practice in functional medicine. He is certified with the Institute for Functional Medicine and studied with Dr. Kailash of the Kailash Institute for 4 years. He has studied nutrition for over 25 years and has an extensive background in mind-body medicine.
On this episode of Conversations for Health, Dr. Shay and I explore the neurobiology of addiction, the role of functional genetics, and how lab testing can provide deeper insights. We discuss Sam's 5-phase model of addiction and the power of looking at this through a functional medicine lens. Our conversation is filled with valuable tips on clinical applications, testing, and treatment strategies for patients with any level of addiction.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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Harnessing Circadian Nutrients for Rhythmic Balance with Dr. Deanna Minich
Season 7 · Episode 1
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 • Duration 01:04:11
Dr. Deanna Minich is a nutrition scientist, lecturer, educator, and author. She has over 20 years of experience in academia and the food and dietary supplement industries. She has been active as a functional medicine clinician in clinical trials and her own practice. She's the author of seven books on wellness topics for book chapters and over 50 scientific publications.
On this episode of Conversations for Health, Dr. Minich and I explore the possibilities of phytochemicals, chronobiotic agents, circadian nutrients, and food supplements. She highlights the importance of honoring circadian rhythms and whole-health healing with rainbows and rhythms. She offers a variety of tips for practitioners who want to encourage patients and clients to eat more seasonally, to slow down and honor circadian rhythms, and to customize their diet template based on an evening or morning chronotype to foster a better gut milieu and functionally, biochemically and physiologically better biomarkers of health.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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Combating Sarcopenia with Peptides with Dr. Andy Franklyn-Miller
Season 6 · Episode 8
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 • Duration 49:15
Dr.Andy Franklyn-Miller is a world-leading specialist in sport and exercise medicine and the Chief Medical Officer at Nuritas. He is a highly accomplished physician with expertise in physiology, clinical design, and science communication, has a Ph.D. in Biomechanics, and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for 16 years. Dr. Franklyn-Miller has extensive experience in working with high-profile sports teams and elite performers, has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers, is an editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine, and has authored a textbook and an IOC Handbook. With his expertise in machine learning, clinical trials, and end-user analysis, he oversees several departments at Nuritas, including software engineering, data curation, data science, proteomics, lab, and regulatory departments. Together, Dr. Franklyn-Miller and I explore the science behind PeptiStrong, a groundbreaking peptide developed by Nuritas, and discuss its clinical applications and research. If you have patients who are concerned with muscle retention as they age, who aren't recovering as quickly as they would like after exercise, or who are on GLP-1 medications and need to retain lean muscle mass, this conversation will be particularly engaging to you. Together, we cover the latest peptides data and studies and what it all means for healthcare practitioners.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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The Intersection of Aesthetic Medicine and Wellness with Dr. Anthony Youn
Season 6 · Episode 7
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 • Duration 59:13
Dr. Anthony Youn is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, anti-aging expert, and the award-winning author of The Age Fix, In Stitches, and Playing God. Known as 'America's Holistic Plastic Surgeon', Dr. Youn is recognized as a leader in his field. He is the host of the public television special "The Age Fix", and also hosts the podcast The Dr. Youn Show, He is the most followed plastic surgeon on social media with close to 15 million followers, and his new book Younger For Life is a bestseller and holistic guide to turning back the clock using the process of auto-juvenation. Dr. Youn is also the founder of The Youn beauty product line. Dr. Youn and I discuss the intersection of aesthetic medicine and wellness, nutrition for beauty, and his experience with business and social media. He shares supplement protocol recommendations to limit post-surgery complications, recommendations for nutrition integration in plastic surgery practices, and key lifestyle factors that affect accelerated skin aging. Dr. Youn also underscores the importance of helping patients avoid surgery and find self-acceptance in the face of aging.
I'm your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.
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The Designs for Health Podcast is produced in partnership with Podfly Productions.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro.
01:47 Dr. McCormick views the skeletal system as the core of our entire existence.
3:09 12 fractured bones led Dr. McCormick to study osteoporosis.
5:29 Dr. McCormick's definition of osteoporosis.
10:04 Lab tests, scans and markers that accurately asses bone quality.
15:01 Is a combination of medications, nutrition and strength training enough to improve bone quality?
17:48 The role of AI in standardizing bone quality testing.
19:00 Risks and benefits of medications used to treat osteoporosis and osteopenia.
24:48 Diet recommendations for optimal bone health.
28:00 The importance of vitamin K in bone health.
31:10 Power foods and tocotrienol dosing for bone health.
40:07 The connection between the endothelial glycocalyx and bone health.
42:05 Vitamin K recommendations for patients on blood thinners.
42:50 DEXA rescan and lab marker recommendations.
45:42 The exercise component of bone health.
47:40 The role of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy within bone health.
52:29 Additional nutrients for optimal bone health.
53:21 Dr. McCormick's favorite supplements, favorite health practices, and the idea about doctors that he wishes he could change his mind about.
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The Designs for Health Podcast is produced in partnership with Podfly Productions.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro.
02:28 Dr. Franklyn-Miller is feeling lit up by his current data analyses.
3:00 The ability to increase health in millions of people drew Dr. Franklyn-Miller to Nuritas.
4:02 What are peptides, and what are their function and benefits related to athletic performance?
7:33 Does PeptiStrong negatively impact those with a G6-PD deficiency?
8:52 Why don't PeptiStrong peptides break down as amino acids?
11:33 Three human clinical studies and their results and mechanisms of action.
14:09 The importance and controversy of the mTOR 1 and 2 pathways.
17:19 Key findings about muscular energy from the second human study.
20:58 Factors that effectively inhibit pathways that lead to sarcopenia.
22:22 The third study examines the impact of PeptiStrong on both men and women.
24:59 The impact of PeptiStrong on reducing inflammation and the effect on TNF-Alpha and on ATP production.
28:12 Prioritizing creatine, HMB, and leucine benefits with peptides in a synergistic way.
30:27 Creating optimal impact of PeptiStrong on various patient outcomes.
33:04 Studies that will address muscle mass at each stage of a woman's life.
38:52 Clinical guidelines for taking peptides to maximize effectiveness.
40:09 Observations from Dr. Franklyn-Miller's personal experience with taking PeptiStrong.
43:36 Optimal designs for future clinical trials and the role of peptides in shaping the future of healthcare.
55:35 Dr. Franklyn-Miller's personal favorite supplements, favorite health practices, and his evolved perspective on what food and medicine are really about.
The Designs for Health Podcast is produced in partnership with Podfly Productions.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro.
01:24 Dr. Youn lights up when he interacts with foster dogs.
4:04 The decision to become a plastic surgeon didn't come immediately for Dr. Youn.
6:18 Growing a social media following required Dr. Youn to think outside the influencer box.
10:10 Creating high-quality, engaging content is a critical component of a successful social media platform.
13:31 The importance of authenticity for social media success.
15:22 Dr. Youn's weekly schedule reflects his attempt at a healthy work-life balance.
20:15 Forming relationships is a critical component of whole-life success.
23:05 Dr. Youn's trailblazing approach to combining nutrition with procedures.
29:05 Supplement protocol recommendations to limit post-surgery complications.
32:46 Recommendations for nutrition integration in plastic surgery practices.
35:20 Key lifestyle factors that affect accelerated skin aging.
38:10 Supplement recommendations to support collagen.
43:05 Additional key supplements to support healthy aging including Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and zinc.
45:08 Incorporating nutrition supplementation for each patient's post-surgery protocol.
47:05 The hottest trends in aesthetics and plastic surgery and the ones Dr. Youn wishes would disappear.
51:50 The importance of avoiding surgery and finding self-acceptance in the face of aging.
55:35 Dr. Youn's favorite supplements, favorite health practices, and his evolved opinion of chiropractors.
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