Integrative Medicine with Dr. Leland Stillman

About Integrative Medicine with Dr. Leland Stillman

Welcome to Dr. Stillman Uncensored, where we talk about the most controversial topics in natural medicine, politics, and religion. If you enjoyed this podcast, book an evaluation with a member of my team at Stillmanmd.com and find out how we can help you to achieve optimal health. Thanks for listening and welcome to today's episode! drstillmanuncensored.com (https://drstillmanuncensored.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Leland Stillman, MD

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jun 2024

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

105 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Why You’re Tired, Anxious, and Your Hormones Aren’t Working

   If you are exhausted, foggy, wired but tired at night, and wondering if you’re “going crazy,” this episode is for you. Today we’re covering a real case from our practice - what we did and how they improved - and a question from a member of our audience. Today’s case: a 36‑year‑old mom of multiple kids who works in her church as a musician and exercise instructor. After a severe neurological illness (Guillain‑Barré) and a stay in the ICU, she fought her way back to walking and breathing on her own… but months later was still stuck at “4 out of 10” energy with brain fog, poor sleep, and allergies that would not settle down. We cover why serious illness and ICU stays strip minerals and nutrients out of the body, why going back to a standard diet almost never rebuilds those reserves, and how targeted mineral repletion, toxin removal (including mercury and aluminum), and hormone support (especially progesterone) can turn the lights back on in someone who feels like they’re running on fumes. I also explain why many popular “biohacks” like hyperbaric oxygen, red light therapy, and vitamin C infusions don’t work when deeper foundations are missing, and how I use blood and hair mineral testing to see what’s really going on under fatigue, anxiety, and hormone chaos. This is the same repair‑deficit framework I lay out in my book The End of Autoimmunity, now available on Amazon (https://a.co/d/00SIWnO4) or here (https://store.stillmanwellness.com/products/the-end-of-autoimmunity-paperback). Do you have a question for me? Submit them here (https://stillmanmd.typeform.com/to/G8tVqauq) and I will answer them as I am able. As always, this is education, not medical advice. See our disclaimers here (https://open.substack.com/pub/stillmanmd/p/disclaimers-disclosures-and-my-position?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web). Until next time, be well, Dr. Stillman Here’s exactly what we cover 00:00 – New format: why Dr. Stillman is shifting from pure Q&A to anonymized case studies from the practice, and how this helps you see the full journey from first visit to follow‑ups 00:26 – Today’s topic: why you’re tired, anxious, and your hormones aren’t working, and how one case can illustrate the bigger pattern 01:27 – Case 1: a 36‑year‑old mom of multiple kids, church staff, musician, and exercise instructor who developed a severe neurological illness (Guillain‑Barré), landed in the ICU, and nearly needed intubation 01:46 – Her starting point: if “0” was in the ICU and “10” was where she wanted to be, she was at “4 out of 10” when she joined the practice, months after leaving the hospital 02:30 – What we did: personalized supplements based on labs, standard Stillman protocols for diet, lifestyle, and exercise, and careful follow‑up 02:30–02:48 – Her progress after a few months: 7/10 energy, 8/10 mental clarity, better sleep, clothes fitting differently, and improving allergies 02:50 – Why she was still so exhausted months after ICU: how acute illness and stress deplete minerals, why a normal diet can’t easily rebuild them, and why minerals are the “spark plugs of life” for energy, sleep, and mental clarity 03:35 – Why nutrition still has to be the foundation, but why food alone often isn’t enough to fix months or years of depletion 04:05 – What happens when you introduce the right doses of supplemental nutrients into a depleted system, and why results can sometimes show up in days to weeks 04:54 – Why things like nutrient patches, red light therapy, hyperbaric oxygen, and vitamin C often don’t “work” for people in this situation 05:23 – Stress‑based therapies: how hyperbaric and similar tools are controlled forms of stress, why you need mineral and nutrient reserves to respond to them, and what it means when one session helps and the next makes you worse 06:17 – The pattern we see: patients coming in as the 4th or 5th practice after “trying everything,” and why something more fundamental is usually missing 06:21 – Foundation first: minerals, vitamins, light environment, simple movement (like three 10‑minute walks), then stacking higher‑level therapies on top 07:20 – How fatigue and brain fog show up on blood and hair mineral testing: low zinc, low magnesium, copper high or low, and patterns of minerals high or low in the hair 08:15 – Hair interpretation: what it means when minerals are high (loss of control, “credit card debt” analogy) versus low (no supply or no energy to use them) 09:00 – Heavy metals: aluminum, mercury, and others on hair tests, and how they interfere with the minerals your brain and nerves need to work 09:32 – Fatigue as a nervous‑system problem: why “I’m tired” is often “my brain and nerves are exhausted,” and what that implies for treatment 09:59 – Medications as gas pedals: why stimulants and antidepressants can’t work without “gas in the tank,” and the pattern of rising doses with falling benefit 10:55 – Mercury and fatigue/brain fog: why Dr. Stillman routinely looks for mercury, how common meaningful elevations really are, and why they’re under‑tested 12:16 – Source control: high‑mercury fish, dental amalgams, and basic water and food strategies to reduce incoming metals before deeper detox 13:53 – The hormone women need to calm down and sleep: progesterone, how modern light and lifestyle deplete it, and why mid‑30s is such a vulnerable window 14:44 – The symptom spiral of low progesterone: racing thoughts, anxiety, poor sleep, low productivity, more anxiety, and how bioidentical progesterone can sometimes “reset” the system so deeper work can happen Don’t forget to share this episode with someone who needs to hear it! This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Additional Resources: For Dr. Stillman’s latest article visit here. Want to take your health to the next level? Here are a few ways to deepen your knowledge and take action on your health: Dr. Stillman’s 14 Day Reset (https://open.substack.com/pub/stillmanmd/p/dr-stillmans-14-day-reset?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web). Work with Dr. Stillman – Ready to optimize your health with a functional and integrative approach? Book your evaluation here. (https://pme.stillmanmd.com/) Stay Informed & Inspired – Subscribe to Dr. Stillman’s newsletter (https://stillmanmd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_source=menu&simple=true&next=https%3A%2F%2Fstillmanmd.substack.com%2Fpodcast) for exclusive health insights, podcast updates, and expert guidance on living a vibrant life. This is a public episode. 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2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   When Your Gut Reacts to Everything: How to Think About Healing After You’ve Tried It All

   If your gut has been struggling for years and it feels like everything you try only makes things worse, this episode is for you. In this live Q&A, I answer a question from a young man in Norway whose fatigue and gut problems began more than a decade ago after taking antibiotics for acne. Since then, he has tried antifungals, probiotics, keto, carnivore, mineral balancing, and numerous other approaches, and now reacts to a long list of foods and can tolerate only one supplement. We use his story to explore a bigger question: what do you do when the things that are supposed to help your gut seem to make it worse? I explain why he starts with the fundamentals, why you have to look beyond diet and supplements, how environmental exposures can keep someone sick, and why a normal colonoscopy or biopsy does not necessarily explain away someone's symptoms. We also talk about the effects medications can have on the microbiome and immune system, why he views organ disease as part of a bigger picture, why vitamins and minerals are foundational, and when more advanced approaches such as high-dose vitamin D or off-label medications may enter the conversation. This is the same repair-deficit framework I lay out in The End of Autoimmunity. Do you have a question for me? Submit them here (https://stillmanmd.typeform.com/to/G8tVqauq) and I will answer them as I am able. As always, this is education, not medical advice. See our disclaimers here (https://open.substack.com/pub/stillmanmd/p/disclaimers-disclosures-and-my-position?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web). Until next time, be well, Dr. Stillman Here’s exactly what we cover 00:00 – Opening question: “How do I start healing when my body can’t tolerate the very things that are supposed to help it?” 00:24 – Today’s case: a young man in Norway whose fatigue and gut problems began more than a decade ago after antibiotics for acne 00:40 – The long list of things he has tried: antifungals, probiotics, keto, carnivore, mineral balancing, and more 01:16 – Starting from the beginning: what happened, what has been tried, what worked, what failed, and what made things worse 01:43 – Why Dr. Stillman starts with the fundamentals before moving into more advanced approaches 02:14 – Occupational exposure and hidden environmental hazards: how an overlooked pollutant, poison, irritant, or allergen can keep someone sick 03:15 – When testing reveals a food or food additive someone reacts to and removing it can dramatically change symptoms 03:46 – Why you cannot overlook major exposures, dysfunctional lifestyle patterns, or toxin hazards when someone's physiology is already fragile 04:18 – Why healing has to go beyond diet and supplements and include the person's environment, daily routine, and habits 04:34 – How changing someone's environment can change their light exposure, food, and other signals their body receives 05:00 – Moving beyond the fundamentals and considering more advanced approaches 05:14 – Vitamin D: why Dr. Stillman became an advocate for high-dose vitamin D therapy and how he uses it in practice 06:21 – Why high-dose vitamin D requires physician supervision, laboratory monitoring, and attention to calcium 06:44 – Why “I’ve tried everything” may really mean you’ve tried everything commonly discussed, while other options may require prescription or careful monitoring 07:38 – What antibiotics can do to the gut microbiome and how the microbiome interacts with the immune system 08:23 – The connection between the microbiome, gut health, circadian rhythms, environment, and light 08:45 – How medications can have underreported effects on other organ systems, including the immune system 09:01 – Drug-induced autoimmunity, including drug-induced lupus, arthritis, and autoimmune skin conditions 09:24 – Why Dr. Stillman screens medications to see whether something could be contributing to a patient's illness 09:57 – Why getting out of a medication-related problem can require ongoing changes to diet and lifestyle and serial lab testing 10:02 – Why one event can seem to completely disrupt an already-fragile gut and how allergies or sensitivities may fit into the picture 10:47 – What lasting symptoms after an intervention may tell you about the underlying system 11:16 – How to think about normal colonoscopy and biopsy results when someone still has significant symptoms 11:49 – Why the habits that promote long-term health are also important for maintaining a balanced and stable immune system 12:08 – What to do when testing is normal but symptoms remain: start with the essentials, hazards, and principles 12:38 – The new 90-day plan being piloted for evaluation patients and how it identifies exposures and risk factors 13:06 – When to move beyond the fundamentals and consider more advanced treatments based on the patient's individual case 13:23 – Why Dr. Stillman views disease and symptoms holistically rather than treating individual organs in isolation 14:03 – Why antifungals, probiotics, and special diets may fail to provide lasting relief when something fundamental has been missed 14:38 – How vitamins and minerals can be personalized around someone's labs, biochemical context, history, and sensitivities 15:06 – Why Dr. Stillman generally starts with vitamins and minerals before antifungals, probiotics, or special diets 15:36 – The 14 Day Reset and how Dr. Stillman uses a simple dietary approach alongside minerals to support nutrition and vitality 15:53 – Why treatments can fail when an environmental exposure, sensitivity, allergy, occupational hazard, or other problem has not been addressed 16:19 – Why finding the right treatment may require testing to identify what is actually missing or contributing to the problem 16:28 – How the full framework comes together across the essentials, hazards, principles, and more advanced approaches You can purchase my book available now (http://stillmanmd.link/bookamazon)! Additional resources: For Dr. Stillman’s latest article visit here (https://drstillmanuncensored.com/p/her-knee-pain-had-her-in-tears) Want to take your health to the next level? Here are a few ways to deepen your knowledge and take action on your health: Work with Dr. Stillman – Ready to optimize your health with a functional and integrative approach? Book your evaluation here. (https://pme.stillmanmd.com/) Stay Informed & Inspired – Subscribe to Dr. Stillman’s newsletter (https://stillmanmd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_source=menu&simple=true&next=https%3A%2F%2Fstillmanmd.substack.com%2Fpodcast) for exclusive health insights, podcast updates, and expert guidance on living a vibrant life. Don’t forget to share this episode with someone who needs to hear it! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstillmanuncensored.com/subscribe (https://drstillmanuncensored.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Her Daughter Hasn’t Had a Real Cycle Since High School: How Do You Get It Back Naturally?

   If your daughter hasn’t had a real period in years and you do not want the “just go on the Pill” answer, this episode is for you. In this live Q&A, I answer a question from a 62‑year‑old kindergarten aide in New Jersey. She and her husband are Christian, deeply distrustful of the medical system, and worried about their daughter in her mid‑twenties: a former high school and college athlete who didn’t get her first cycle until 20, worked hard to bring it back, and then lost it again. They want to know how to help her restore a normal cycle naturally without compromising her future fertility. We use their story to explore a bigger question: why a missing or irregular period is never “just a hormone problem.” I explain why hormones behave like light switches, what fertility is actually “listening” to in the environment, and how diet, light, stress, and even the news you consume signal either abundance and safety… or scarcity and danger. We talk about female athletes, under‑eating, artificial light at night, beans and folate, and how I think about work‑ups when I see this pattern in practice, especially in women who may also have undiagnosed autoimmunity. This is the same repair‑deficit framework I lay out in my book The End of Autoimmunity, which is now available on Amazon. If you’ve started reading and it’s been helpful, your honest review there makes a real difference in who finds it. Do you have a question for me? Submit them here (https://stillmanmd.typeform.com/to/G8tVqauq) and I will answer them as I am able. As always, this is education, not medical advice. See our disclaimers here (https://open.substack.com/pub/stillmanmd/p/disclaimers-disclosures-and-my-position?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web). Until next time, be well, Dr. Stillman Here’s exactly what we cover 00:00 – Opening question: “Why is a missing or irregular period never just a hormone problem? What is it telling us about the whole body?” 00:03 – Hormones as light switches: estrogen, progesterone, DHEA, testosterone as signals, not root causes, and why fertility is about the signals your body is getting from the environment 00:14 – Welcome to the live public Q&A, how to join Wednesdays at 9 a.m. Central, and where this is streaming (Facebook, YouTube, Rumble, X) 00:55 – Today’s case: a 62‑year‑old aide from New Jersey asks about her daughter in her mid‑twenties, a former high school and college athlete whose first real period was at 20, came back with effort, and is now gone again 01:23 – Christian family, distrustful of doctors, looking for natural answers; why we see this story so often in our practice and how it connects to autoimmunity 01:37 – How irregular, absent, light, or very heavy cycles often ride alongside autoimmune disease, either already diagnosed or quietly missed for years 02:05 – Returning to God’s design: fertility as the ability to conceive and carry offspring to term, and how, in nature, fertility always tracks with abundance of resources 02:41 – When cycles are off (irregular, anovulatory, trouble conceiving or carrying), the first question: what in this woman’s diet, lifestyle, environment, mind, and spirit could be signaling scarcity or danger? 03:20 – Why human reproduction is normally robust and resilient, and how extreme our modern environment must be to shut it down in otherwise healthy young women 03:59 – Thought experiment: imagine you are the glands and organs in a woman’s body trying to decide if it’s safe to have a baby with only the signals you receive (light, food, danger, love, stress) 04:48 – How news, fear, and global crises translate into simple “fear, scarcity, lack” chemistry inside the body, and why the brain cannot distinguish between war on a screen and danger in your own town 05:37 – Artificial light at night as a distorted “endless summer” signal: what chronic bright light at night tells the brain, and why we are not polar bears designed to cycle in and out of obesity and diabetes safely 06:54 – Polar bears, diabetes, and hibernation: what they do right (and reverse) that humans are trying to live in year‑round, and why that breaks metabolism and hormones 07:59 – Perpetual summer in a cubicle: how 16 hours of LED and screen light daily keeps the brain in “work hard or die” mode until the body simply runs out of resources 08:52 – Bringing it back to fertility: why your body wants to see safety, abundance, appropriate light, and enough time to prepare before it will consistently ovulate and bleed 09:47 – Seasonal fertility patterns in Scandinavia, why there’s a slight spring birth peak, and what nine‑month gestation tells us about light, warmth, and resource timing 10:47 – The big question: how do we send consistent signals of safety and abundance to a woman’s body so it’s willing to cycle and conceive? 11:09 – Diet specifics: macronutrient ratios, abundant protein, slow‑release carbs, why I strongly encourage folate‑rich foods, and why I often recommend beans and lentils for women (if their gut tolerates them) 11:54 – Folate and fertility: why most women cannot get enough natural folate from greens alone, and how one cup of lentils compares to “rabbit‑level” greenery 12:29 – Beans, lentils, “lectins,” and context: when I do and do not recommend them, and how they fit into a fertility‑supportive diet in an otherwise healthy gut 13:04 – How the presence of fruits, legumes, greens, and long light periods in nature coincides with times of warmth and food abundance, and how the female body reads those cues 13:40+ – Where labs, autoimmune work‑ups, and deeper testing may fit for women with long‑standing amenorrhea, and how I fold this into the larger repair‑deficit framework from The End of Autoimmunity You can purchase my book available now (http://stillmanmd.link/bookamazon)! Additional resources: For Dr. Stillman’s latest article visit here (https://drstillmanuncensored.com/p/i-just-dropped-off-five-trash-bags) Want to take your health to the next level? Here are a few ways to deepen your knowledge and take action on your health: Work with Dr. Stillman – Ready to optimize your health with a functional and integrative approach? Book your evaluation here. (https://pme.stillmanmd.com/) Stay Informed & Inspired – Subscribe to Dr. Stillman’s newsletter (https://stillmanmd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_source=menu&simple=true&next=https%3A%2F%2Fstillmanmd.substack.com%2Fpodcast) for exclusive health insights, podcast updates, and expert guidance on living a vibrant life. Don’t forget to share this episode with someone who needs to hear it! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drstillmanuncensored.com/subscribe (https://drstillmanuncensored.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

Who has been a guest on Integrative Medicine with Dr. Leland Stillman

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• Sarah Kleiner
• Dr Russell Jaffe
• Patrick Hahn
• Justin Harvey
• Brian Richards

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

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52

Social presence

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YouTube

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Engagement

32

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