This episode features a fascinating conversation with Dr. Kendall Stewart, a pioneer in integrating functional medicine, genetics, and neurology. Dr. Stewart shares his journey from traditional ear, nose, and throat surgery to championing holistic patient care, where nutrition, preparation, and cellular health take center stage in both surgical outcomes and chronic disease management.

Key Topics:

• Functional Medicine Before It Was Trendy:
• Dr. Stewart reveals his early adoption of biochemistry, nutrition, and immune system support—long before "functional medicine" became a buzzword.
• Surgery, Preparation, and Recovery:
• Discover why how you prepare for surgery (and your post-op care) radically affects recovery—and how insurance companies once overlooked the impact of nutrition.
• Biochemistry, Virology, and Immune System Health:
• Learn how Dr. Stewart’s research background at MD Anderson led him to understand the critical role of boosting the body’s immune system, especially in viral illnesses.
• Integrative Patient Care:
• From autism to Alzheimer's and chronic sinus issues, Dr. Stewart explains why a whole-body, systems-based approach is crucial for true healing.
• Nutrigenomics & Genetics in Health:
• Practical, easy-to-understand insights into nutrigenomics, pharmacogenetics, and how single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) shape our nutritional and medication needs.
• Inflammation and Chronic Illness:
• Explore how inflammation connects the immune and nervous systems—and why controlling it can be the KEY to managing everything from anxiety and POTS to migraines and long COVID.
• Peptides, Mitochondria, and Advanced Recovery:
• Real-world clinical examples of peptides, exosomes, and nutritional strategies used for surgical recovery, chronic neurological conditions, and inflammation—plus Dr. Stewart’s personal recovery journey after knee replacement.
• What Mainstream Medicine Misses:
• Why compartmentalizing organ systems fails patients, and how personalized, genetics-driven approaches are reshaping the future of medicine.
• Prevention and Longevity:
• The importance of early genetic screening, metabolic testing, and how functional medicine is paving the way for healthier, longer lives.

Notable Quotes:

• "People come to get well—they don’t care what you call it, they care how you’re going to help them get out of this."
• "You can’t separate the immune system from the nervous system. Inflammation can change you in 10 minutes, chemicals cannot."
• "Functional medicine is just understanding biochemistry and physiology down to the details—most doctors just forgot."

Resources & Links:

• Follow Dr. Kendall Stewart on Instagram: @coffeewithdrstewart
• Dr. Stewart’s Podcast: Coffee with Dr. Stewart
• Neurobiologics Supplements: neurobiologics.com

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If you want to dive deeper into functional medicine, nutrigenomics, or recovery strategies, this episode is a must-listen.

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Yours in Health,

The Health, Wealth and Ultimate Self Team!

This episode jumps into the world of our chemical environment and touches on the most invasive intruders to our health. In part 1 of a 2 part discussion, we dive deep into the world of Microplastics and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (we will keep it PFAS) for short since it is a mouthful.

In this episode we go into how microplastics and PFAS are becoming more and more of a growing issue within our body and yet it seems like our health and environmental overwatch is asleep at the wheel. Or even worse, are then be paid to look the other way. Given the extent of data and research that continues to be published showing the health concerns associated with these chemicals it is hard to believe there is an intelligent decision to let these products still be in parts of our foods, cosmetics, water, clothing, cookware, and many other hold hold products.

There have been more and more damning science coming out showing that these plastics are making their way into our vascular system and potentially driving cardiovascular risk. Even more recently, there was a study from this year showing that micro plastics were in all the brains of those examined and were 10 fold higher in those brains found to have dementia. The more we look at the data we are being poisoned from the inside and outside. If diet and the horrific food pyramid outlined for us a couple decades ago has not already done enough damage, let's just layer in a chemical insult like no other. It is about time we start taking control of our own bodies and the chemicals we are exposed to and slowly making finely calculated changes to help prevent exposure in the first place.

If we start moving away from these products and towards healthier options, the companies doing it right and providing products clean of the chemicals slowing making us sick, tired, low energy, fat, metabolically compromised, have hormone issues will be the leaders for us going forward while the others who have turned a blind eye at the health issues will be force to fold or adapt and be better.

The sad reality these chemical are slowly making us sick and tired. They are destroying our hormones and endocrine system. They are bombarding our immune system and are associated with various cancers. They are impacting our mood and mind and we are seeing an increased risk of heart health and dementia issues as a consequence and it is about time we start spreading the message loud and clear.

So please, give a listen, share with friends and family and your community so we can make a massive impact and start to move this issue towards better solutions.