LLN Episode #234: Dr. David Bilstrom – The Truth & Powerful Solutions to Autoimmune Disorders & Chronic Illnesses

Take this opportunity to grab your free call with Lynne >>HERE About Dr. David Bilstrom: Dr. David Bilstrom is a fellow of the American Academy of Integrative Medicine as well as an advanced fellow in anti-aging, regenerative, and Functional Medicine. He is on a mission to revolutionize how autoimmune and chronic diseases are treated worldwide by teaching the science-based fundamentals of Functional Medicine. He has been practicing for over 30 years, and is quadruple board certified in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Medical Acupuncture. Dr. Bilstrom is the Director of the International Autoimmune Institute — the first medical center in the country associated with a teaching hospital to treat all types of autoimmune disease using Functional Medicine. What We Discuss In This Episode: Dr. David Bilstrom, is a leading functional medicine physician seeking to revolutionize autoimmune treatment through root cause resolution. Our discussion covers gut health, vitamin D sensitivity, and reversing chronic disease. Dr. Bilstrom shares how witnessing patients' medication side effects led him to explore functional medicine. He trained in medical acupuncture, finding success treating complex cases. This opened his mind to integrating non-traditional therapies. Fixing the vitamin D receptor through daily supplements is key to healing the gut and resetting the microbiome, reversing conditions from IBS to diabetes. Epigenetics shows diseases are driven by gene expression, not genetics, allowing holistic reversal. Resistance to vitamin D despite sufficient levels impacts the gut profoundly. Combining vitamin D with prebiotics and butyrate protects the breast tissue microbiome from cancer via this mechanism. Individualized epigenetic optimization is discussed. Certain probiotics like lactobacillus fail to colonize due to stress hormone imbalance. Dr. Bilstrom's protocol resets cortisol, allowing probiotics and lifestyle changes to reshape the microbiome and resolve disease. Dr. Bilstrom makes scientific resources freely available through his website, videos and courses. He wrote a book for nurse practitioners seeking holistic autoimmune treatment education to spread this knowledge worldwide. Early lifestyle intervention is key to prevention. Key Takeaways: Functional medicine approach to these issues How is it that gut disruption is playing a part in just about everything that drives autoimmune and chronic disease? Why hormone imbalance (estrogen dominance) is the most dangerous disease in women. Probiotics and microbiome Reversing chronic disease Why is vitamin D receptor sensitivity in the gut so important to address? Infections and how they drive chronic disease, including chronic pain. Resources from Dr. David Bilstrom: Free 7-day educational email course: http://www.DrDavidBilstrom.com/medicalbilldetox Dr. Bilstrom's book specifically for nurse practitioners on the importance of addressing the root cause of autoimmune and chronic disease: The Nurse Practitioner's Guide to Autoimmune Medicine: Reversing & Preventing All Autoimmunity – Available on Amazon and book stores. https://www.amazon.com/Nurse-Practitioners-Guide-Autoimmune-Medicine/dp/1735792209 Connect With Dr. David Bilstrom: Website: http://www.DrDavidBilstrom.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdavidbilstrom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdavidbilstrom Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/drdavidbilstrom LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdavidbilstrom YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/drdavidbilstrom Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/drdavidbilstrom Connect with Lynne: If you're looking for a community of like-minded women on a journey - just like you are - to improved health and wellness, overall balance, and increased confidence, check out Lynne's private community in The Energized Healthy Women's Club. It's a supportive and collaborative community where the women in this group share tips and solutions for a healthy and holistic lifestyle. (Discussions include things like weight management, eliminating belly bloat, balancing hormones, wrangling sugar gremlins, overcoming fatigue, recipes, strategies, perimenopause & menopause, and much more ... so women can feel energized, healthy, and lighter, with a new sense of purpose. Website: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holistichealthandwellnessllc The Energized Healthy Women's Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/energized.healthy.women Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnewadsworth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewadsworth Free Resources from Lynne Wadsworth: Want to be successful focusing on improved health & wellbeing? Maybe you'd like to increase your energy levels, reduce or maintain a healthy weight, ditch the brain fog & belly bloat. Or maybe you'd love some more strategies to help transform you into a "magnificent midlifer" who's fully energized - charged & ready to start each new day with anticipation and & joy, Or maybe you have some illness you've been facing and it's compounded by all those changes you see & feel in your body. I'd love to chat. Contact me to schedule your FREE HEALTHY YOU Clarity Call. We'll discuss where you're at on your journey and how I can help you successfully navigate your life through this "midlife season" with grace and ease. Schedule >>HERE How to Thrive in Menopause MENOPAUSE Messing Up your life? Maybe you're seeing the number on the scale creep higher and higher and you're noticing your usual efforts to lose weight aren't working. Then there's the hot blazes, night sweats, and sleeping fitfully, not to mention that you're fighting tears one moment, raging the next, and then, the shameful guilt sets in because you've just blasted your partner – for nothing…again! Learn how to successfully and holistically navigate perimenopause and full-blown menopause, and even reconcile all the hormonal changes and challenges that go along with it. You'll be feeling energized, healthier, and more in control so you can take on your day confidently and live life joyfully – even in menopause. I've got this FREE solution tool for you. Download my guide here: https://holistic-healthandwellness.com/thrive-through-menopause/ Did You Enjoy The Podcast? If you enjoyed this episode please let us know! 5-star reviews for the Living Life Naturally podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Pandora are greatly appreciated. This helps us reach more women struggling to live through midlife and beyond. Thank you. Together, we make a difference!