How functional medicine can help diabetes and thyroid disease with Dr. Stephen Wander

Today’s show is about functional medicine with the talented and dedicated Dr. Stephen Wander. He has a multifaceted approach to solving your chronic issues, such as diabetes and thyroid disease, that most conventional medicine practitioners can’t treat without plying you with numerous prescriptions often leaving you feeling worse than when you started.

As Dr. Stephen was growing up, he watched his grandmother suffer and die of diabetes and thyroid issues. He watched her being fed more and more medications, making matters worse, not better. As he watched conventional treatments fail, he was inspired to study nutrition and chiropractic, then functional medicine to solve chronic problems that Western medicine does not do well with.

His work is well-known nationally and has been featured in popular magazines and television shows and is the author of "Reverse Your Diabetes, Change Your Life" and "Secrets to Weight Loss Success."

He runs a successful clinic in Rockville MD where people are waiting in line to get treatment. I was lucky enough to procure an interview with him.

You can find out more about him and functional medicine at dcfunctionalhealth.com. Be sure to read his blog to learn more about how powerful functional medicine and whether it can be an option for you.

Topics you’ll hear covered include:

• The four different types of diabetes and how they must be treated differently.
• How autoimmune disease often disguises itself as something else.
• A clear explanation of epigenetics so you don’t really have to suffer the problems that you were born with.
• How many medications are counterproductive to your getting healthy

Standout Quotes:

• “The path in your life is exactly laid out for you to learn to be the best person you can be. Everything is laid out in the perfect sequence for you to become the magnificent person that you were meant to be.” – [Dr. Anastasia]
• “Every challenge is actually an opportunity to expand your consciousness and to learn.” – [Dr. Anastasia]
• “Not everyone is going to be a good fit for your practice, and you have to be okay in not accepting that patient.” – [Dr. Stephen]
• “Once I take your case on, I’m going to go through whatever means necessary it is to find out what’s causing your issues and help you.” – [Dr. Stephen]
• “If one thing doesn’t work, you’ll do something else. And if that doesn’t work, you’ll do something else, and you keep working on it until you figure it out.” [Dr. Anastasia]
• “While you may be there to help anyone and everyone get better, anyone and everyone are not necessarily ready to get better. And you need to be able to spot that.” – [Dr. Stephen]

Key Takeaways:

• Stephen doesn’t work with clients right away. He puts them in the process of qualifying them to his practice to know whether, if or if not, the patient is someone who can follow his instructions and has the proper motivation.
• Blood sugar goes up for any stressful reason. Some people can regulate it, and some people can’t.
• Genes can be turned on and turned off. If you have an auto-immune disease, a genetic disease, your genes can be turned off by changing your behavior.
• When finding a practitioner, Dr. Stephen says that you should find someone willing and can look at your case. They should be someone who can also speak to you and does everything that needs to be done.
• Everyone has a unique biochemistry and unique physiology. So there could never be one thing that works for everyone.

Episode Timeline:

[4:47] How Dr. Stephen got started in Endocrinology

[5:59] Functional Medicine

[7:20] Studying Functional Medicine

[8:01] Dr. Stephen’s Patients

[9:04] Working with Patients

 [11:34] Dealing with Type 2 Diabetes Patients

[13:55] Episode Break

[18:59] Dealing with a tough case

[23:28] The 4 Types of Diabetes

[24:00] Reversing Autoimmune Disease

[25:29] What makes Dr. Stephen different

[29:46] Dr. Stephen’s Advice

[32:21] Dr. Stephen’s Biggest Lesson

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