View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Howard Elkin and Dr. Ben Weitz defend the Therapeutic Use of Niacin. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]   Podcast Highlights 0:39  Niacin.  The paper, which was published in February 19, 2024 is called A Terminal Metabolite of Niacin Promotes Vascular Inflammation and...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Maggie Ney discusses Bioidentical Hormone Therapy at the Functional Medicine Discussion Group meeting on April 25, 2024 with moderator Dr. Ben Weitz.   Podcast Highlights 5:49  Women go through four basic hormonal stages: 1. Premenopause, 2. Perimenopause, 3. Menopause, and 4. Post-menopause.   7:08  Perimenopause.   Dr. Maggie Ney is a licensed naturopathic doctor and a Menopause Society certified practitioner. She's the director...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Christy Sutton discusses How to Manage High and Low Iron with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 2:40  In part I of this interview with Dr. Christy Sutton, which was episode 347, we discussed the consequences of either high or low iron...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Allison Siebecker discusses Controversies in SIBO Testing and Treatment with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 1:28  Testing for SIBO.   7:37  Three hour SIBO breath test.   11:50  Fructose as the substrate.   17:57  The Food...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Christopher Shade discusses Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]  Podcast Highlights *Use the discount code weitz15 for 15% off Quicksilver products. 2:02  Quicksilver Scientific offers topical estrogens and...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Nalini Chilkov discusses An Integrative Approach to Cancer at the Functional Medicine Discussion Group meeting on March 28, 2024 with moderator Dr. Ben Weitz.   [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 4:08  The relationship between cancer and obesity and...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Ilana Gurevich discusses Constipation with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 2:16  "We are living in a constipated world", according to Dr. Gurevich.   2:44  Dr. Gurevich finds treating constipated patients much more challenging than...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Lani Simpson discusses How to Test for and Manage Osteoporosis with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]  Podcast Highlights 5:01  Osteoporosis.   8:16  Trabecular bone score.                                  Dr. Lani Simpson is a Doctor of...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Andy Barlow discusses How to Break the Code of Chronic Disease with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights  2:18  The difference between traditional medicine and functional medicine is that traditional medicine tends to focus on the symptoms...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Allison Samon discusses A Functional Medicine Approach to Autoimmune Disease with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]  Podcast Highlights 1:33  Allison was suffering with chronic pain in her knees, her back, and her butt and had numbness in one of her feet.  She...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Mark Houston discusses An Integrative Approach to Hypertension with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 3:20  Hypertension.  What causes high blood pressure are three finite vascular responses, which are inflammation of the arteries,...

View the Show Notes For This Episode  Dr. Ben Weitz discusses Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights                                   Dr. Ben Weitz is available for Functional Nutrition consultations specializing in Functional Gastrointestinal...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Ashley Beckman discusses Mold and Mycotoxins with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights                                   Dr. Ashley Beckman is a doctor of Chinese Medicine, a Functional Medicine practitioner, and an Epigenetics...

View the Show Notes For This Episode  Dr. Rand McClain discusses Testosterone Replacement Therapy at the Functional Medicine Discussion Group meeting on February 22, 2024 with moderator Dr. Ben Weitz.   [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights                              Dr. Rand McClain is a...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Mona Morstein discusses Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights                             Dr. Mona Morstein is a naturopathic doctor who is practicing Functional Medicine at Arizona...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Christy Sutton discusses the Iron Curse, part 1 with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights   Dr. Christy Sutton is a doctor of chiropractic who published her first book in 2018 on genomics: Genetic Testing: Defining Your Path to a...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Niraj Naik discusses Soma Breathwork with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights   Niraj Naik is a certified UK pharmacist turned holistic wellness and breathwork expert.  Niraj funs a global breathwork community and trains hundreds of...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Aristo Vojdani discusses the Early Detection and Prevention of Autoimmune Diseases at the Functional Medicine Discussion Group meeting on January 25, 2024 with moderator Dr. Ben Weitz.   [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights   Dr. Aristo Vojdani is the...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Howard Elkin and Dr. Ben Weitz, discuss Rhabdomyolysis with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 2:17  Rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo) is characterized by an acute destruction of muscle tissue and the contents of the destroyed muscle...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Charlotte Blease, PhD, and Cosima Locher, PhD, discuss The Nocebo Effect with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 1:45  The placebo effect is when a patient feels better after taking a sugar pill of some other treatment that is not thought to be...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Valentin Prisecaru and Jeff Ingersoll discuss Genomic Testing with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 5:02  Genetics or the Human Genome refers to the genetic code that is made up of only four letters, A, G, C, and T and this code about 3 billion...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Mark Newman discusses Hormone Metabolism and Testing with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]  Podcast Highlights 1:48  Dried urine testing or DUTCH testing uses a dried sample for convenience, which is a big advantage over the other leading type of urine hormone...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Jessica Hehmeyer discusses Weight Loss Mastery with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 1:37  Some of the biggest challenges that clients have when trying to lose weight include the fact that people were born into a psychological force field...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Dr. Ben Weitz discusses the Implications of a new paper on Centenarians and Biomarkers and in particular whether having higher levels of cholesterol are better for longevity. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights The paper that is discussed in this podcast episode...

View the Show Notes For This Episode Kim Shapira discusses How to Improve Your Health and Lose Weight with Dr. Ben Weitz. [If you enjoy this podcast, please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, so more people will find The Rational Wellness Podcast. Also check out the video version on my WeitzChiro YouTube page.]    Podcast Highlights 1:26  Some of the biggest challenges that clients have when trying to lose weight include that they do not listen to what's going on inside...