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October 14, 2025 60 mins

Ep 94. On this episode we are grateful to have Dr David Bilstrom. Dr. Bilstrom is quadruple board certified in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Medical Acupuncture. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, and the Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Bilstrom is on a mission to revolutionize the way autoimmune disease is treated worldwide by teaching the fundamentals of functional medicine.

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Other Websites mentioned by Dr Bilstrom:
Book: Reversing and Preventing All Autoimmunity https://a.co/d/98ivJNF
YouTube Success Story https://youtu.be/uBAGxf77Y-k?si=Ak_8WeX3bvAvwfTS

What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

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Segment Notes:

Breakfast: After Fasting, Pickled Herring, Coffee 1:34
Morning Routine: Coffee Outside, Being in Nature, Therapeutic Sunlight 2:36
- 2-3 Minutes of Sunlight within first Three Hours after Sunrise or Mid-Day
- It’s Free and Can Help Prevent and Reverse Chronic Disease
Reversing Chronic Disease: Genetic, Epigenetic 9:20
- Epigenetics – the things that alter Gene Expression – What is On and Off
- When you're not feeling well you're turning off the Good Genes and Turning on the Bad Genes
- Meditation creates Positive Epigenetic changes
- Supplements can Create Positive Epigenetics Changes
- Butyrate is found naturally in the Gut and positively influences your Epigenetics
- Butyrate helps with Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Strokes
- TUDCA – helps to kill cancer cells
- Once You’ve done things to turn on the Goods Genes, You can stop taking supplements
- BUT you need to Continue to Eat, Exercise, Sleep Well and Minimize Stress
Testing 15:32
- If you Test, You Can See Chronic Disease Coming
- Kids in their 20s getting cancer
- Colon Cancer was the 43rd most common now it’s the 2nd most common
- Today it is Hard to Stay Healthy: Athletes are Getting Cancer
- Funtional Medicine: Hard to See if Someone is Dying on the inside by looking at the Outside
- Why Wait to Test Until You are Sick. TEST so You CAN PREVENT.
- There is SO Much Science on Prevention.
- If a Woman Gets her Vitamin D level Above 60, She Reduces the Risk of Breast Cancer by 82%
- Fasting Blood Sugar range 70-99 considered Good.
- But Every Point Above 84 Increases the Risk of Getting Diabetes
- At a 99 Blood Sugar You have a 90% Chance of Getting Diabetes
- Dr Bilstrom can Code so that the RIGHT Testing is Covered by Insurance
- In Some Cases a Co-pay may Be Involved
Why are Chronic Diseases on the Rise 25:00
- The Foods are Different Today – devoid of nutrients, contain toxic ingredients
- Our Grandparents – Ate Local, Ate Organic
- If Moms Have Toxins, then their Newborns have these Toxins at Birth
- Epigenetic Issues Being Passed Down from Generation to Generation, 6-8 Generations
- Negative Affects on Epigenetics: Divorce, Incarceration, Substance or Sexual Abuse, Medications
- Ideally Cleanup Epigenetics by Age 19 or before having Children
Patient Success 31:18
- On YouTube: Celiac and a Two Year Old https://youtu.be/uBAGxf77Y-k?si=Ak_8WeX3bvAvwfTS
- TESTING Showed an Infection of the Gut. Infection Drives All Chronic Disease.
- Found Thyroid Disruption from too Much Copper, Too Little Zinc.
- Another 84 Year Old Patient – Always Had Ringing in the Ears. Cured by Removing the Infection.
- Getting Out of the Way of What was Preventing the Body from Fixing Itself
Longevity 39:16
- Aches & Pains Should Not Start Until You’re 90
- Focus on Healthspan not Lifespan
First Step to Improving Their Epigenetics 42:13
- Know that We Can Diagnose and Reverse – Feel Empowered to Stay Healthy
- The Foundational Triad: Daily Vitamin D, Probiotic, ButyRate
- This Triad Fixes the Gut and Makes Good Bacteria Go Up, Bad Bacteria Down
Why Aren’t More Doctors Prescribing This 47:19
- In 2021, Medical Knowledge was Doubling Every 73 Days. Time is the Issue.
The Recipe: Gluten-Free Lasagna 50:12
- Good food helps the good bacteria, bad food helps the bad bacteria
- Butter is the only Butyrate containing food

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