The Root Cause Medicine Podcast

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The Missing Piece in Youth Sports: Building Healthy, High-Performing Teen Athletes

What does it take to help young athletes perform at their best—not just today, but for decades to come?In this episode of Root Cause Medicine, Dr. Kate Kresge sits down with emergency medicine physician and functional medicine practitioner Dr. Erik Peterson to discuss a whole-per ... Show more

. 55min 9sec

How to Build a Thriving Practice Without Burning Out

How to Build a Thriving Practice Without Burning OutOne of my favorite parts of hosting the Root Cause Medicine Podcast is introducing you to practitioners who are making a real difference—not only in the lives of their patients, but in the lives of other clinicians.Today's guest ... Show more

. 47min 7sec

Root, Leaf, Extract: What Matters in Ashwagandha

Dr. Holly Lucille is joined by Ellie Abraham, PhD, to explain why two ashwagandha supplements may not be the same, even when they list the same ingredient. (Thalhamer 2024) This conversation covers differences between root and leaf extracts, withanolide standardization, botanical ... Show more

. 18min 49sec

Food, Mold, Ticks, and the Immune System with Alletess Medical Laboratory

SummaryThis episode explores the role of immune-mediated testing in the evaluation of complex, chronic symptoms that may not respond to conventional approaches. Dr. Jessica Christie is joined by Veronica Kent, CEO of Alletess Medical Laboratory, and Kristen Trainer, Registered Di ... Show more

. 35min 12sec

Perimenopause as a Portal to Power with Dr. Aviva Romm

What if the most powerful shift in how we practice medicine starts with one person deciding to do it differently?Aviva’s story is that kind of shift.Long before she ever sat in a medical classroom, she had already built a life as a midwife, herbalist, and mother of four who was d ... Show more

. 1h 24min