Medical Disruptor™ by Dr. E

Dr. Efrat LaMandre PhD, FNP-C
  • 4.9 (49)
  • Alternative Health
  • Updated Weekly

The Medical Disruptor™ Podcast was made for people who want to take their health to the next level. Dr. E’s mission is to give you reliable, science-based health information through a unique lens, using functional medicine to help you get the answers you’ve been looking for. In our episodes, Dr. E explains the root cause of your symptoms so you can take control, stop suffering and start living. Dr. E wants to empower you to realize your symptoms are NOT in your head while giving you the tools to take control of your health.

  1. 5d ago

    Why You Have Never Felt The Same Since You Had COVID ft. Dr. Robin Rose

    Your fatigue never lifted. Your brain fog never cleared. You had COVID, you technically recovered, and you have not been the same person since. Dr. Robin Rose is double board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. After she left conventional practice she started running much deeper bloodwork on everybody, and the same things kept showing up. White counts in the twos and threes. Ferritin that didn't line up with the iron. Elevated D dimer in people who had no clot anywhere. That last one is what sent her looking. A D dimer is what the ER runs when they think you have a blood clot, so seeing it high in people without one didn't add up. It led her to microclots. Too small to see on a scan, big enough to choke off the circulation where your cells actually pick up oxygen. We get into why she now asks every patient with POTS or mast cell activation when they last had COVID. Why the gut is where a lot of this starts and nobody checks it and why even a mild case isn't nothing, and why so many people feel like they aged five years in one. If you had COVID and never fully bounced back, this conversation is going to explain a lot. The fatigue, the brain fog, the racing heart when you stand up, and the labs that keep coming back normal. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ "Fine" isn't the same as well. Stop waiting to collapse before someone listens. Build your case https://freechapter.lpages.co/how-to-build-a-case-for-yourself/ Check us out on social media: https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandre https://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandre https://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 2:38 - From Conventional GI to Cellular Medicine 16:53 - The Strange Lab Patterns No One Was Talking About 21:19 - Spike Protein, Vaccines, and Her Own Reaction 28:17 - Prophylaxis and Treatment: Nasal Sprays, Melatonin, Ivermectin 36:16 - Rapid Fire: Dysautonomia, POTS, and Why There's Hope Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/drrobinrose IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr.robinrose/ Website:https://terrainhealth.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Sep 1

    What Dairy Is Doing To Your Child's Gut And Skin ft. Dr. Sheila Kilbane

    If your child has eczema that keeps coming back, gets constipated for days at a time, or has had one ear infection after another, this episode is for you. These usually get treated as three separate problems by three different specialists. This week's guest, Dr. Sheila Kilbane says they are often one problem showing up in three places, and dairy is frequently part of it. She is a board certified pediatrician who trained in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona. She did not set out to change how she practiced. She just kept listening to moms who told her their child improved after cutting dairy, and eventually she went looking for why. In this episode she walks through the case that changed everything. She explains the cup of inflammation, which is the simplest way I have heard anyone describe why symptoms cluster. She covers what to do first, why she starts with magnesium, why you should never stop dairy cold turkey, and how to protect your child's bones while you do it. Your child is not a difficult case. Their cup is just full. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! ⁠https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/⁠ Get Dr. E's FREE 5 Red Flag Phrases guide here: ⁠https://freechapter.lpages.co/5-phrases-that-are-red-flags/⁠ Check us out on social media: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandre⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandre⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre⁠ #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Intro 3:15 - From Med School to Listening to Moms 11:06 - The Chronically Unwell Child: What Pediatrics Misses 18:38 - Leaky Gut: One Problem, Three Symptoms 22:15 - Fix the Poop First: Magnesium Over Miralax 35:28 - Answering the AAP Pushback + Rapid Fire Guest Links: IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sheilakilbanemd⁠ YT: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@SheilaKilbaneMD⁩ ⁠ Website: ⁠https://sheilakilbane.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Aug 25

    The Menopause Symptoms Your HRT Is Never Going To Reach ft. Dr. Anna Cabeca

    If you are on hormone therapy and still dealing with dryness, painful sex, or leaking when you laugh, this episode is for you. Estrogen and progesterone do a lot of good work. They protect your bones, your heart, and your brain. But systemic hormones do not reach everything. There is a whole area of your body they mostly skip, and that is where a lot of women are still struggling in silence. Dr. Anna Cabeca is a triple board certified OBGYN who delivered thousands of babies before she started asking why so many of her patients were not getting better. In this episode she explains why vaginal estrogen alone often is not enough either, and what she uses instead. She also explains the vaginal microbiome. Your standard panel looks for infections. It does not check whether your protective bacteria are still there. And as we age, that protection thins out, which raises the risk of recurring infections, bladder problems, and even HPV. We talk about topical DHEA and testosterone, why they reach the deeper tissue that estrogen cannot, and how she watched patients scheduled for incontinence surgery improve enough that they no longer needed it. Menopause is mandatory. Suffering is not. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ "Fine" isn't the same as well. Stop waiting to collapse before someone listens. Build your case: https://freechapter.lpages.co/how-to-build-a-case-for-yourself/ Check us out on social media: https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandre https://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandre https://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 3:13 - From 2-3 Surgeries a Week to 2-3 a Year 11:44 - The Vaginal Microbiome Your Annual Exam Misses 17:36 - A Preventable Stage 4 Cervical Cancer Story 24:27 - Topical Hormones for Dryness and Incontinence 39:14 - Pushback and Rapid Fire Questions Guest Links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/thegirlfrienddoctor YT: https://www.youtube.com/thegirlfrienddoctor Website: https://dranna.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Aug 18

    Your High Cholesterol Could Actually Be A Thyroid Problem ft. McCall McPherson

    High cholesterol does not always start in your diet. When your thyroid is slow, everything in your body slows down with it, including how you clear cholesterol. So you can eat well, move your body, do everything right, and still watch that number climb. If you were handed a statin prescription and never had your thyroid checked, this episode is for you. McCall McPherson is a PA and the founder of Modern Thyroid Clinic. At 27 she was spending 16 hours a day in bed, losing her hair, gaining weight, and struggling to think clearly. Her doctor ran one lab and offered her medication for her cholesterol. That was the whole visit. In this episode she explains why running only a TSH misses the real picture, and which labs actually tell you what is happening. She explains free T3 and why a large number of people cannot turn their thyroid medication into the form their body can use. We talk about Hashimoto's and how she has kept her own antibodies in remission for over 12 years. She breaks down the word subclinical and the single flawed study that taught a generation of clinicians to wait until patients get much worse. And she explains why so many people end up on medications for cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure that trace back to a thyroid nobody treated properly. When you know what to ask for and what the lab results actually mean, you can get your life back. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ Get Dr. E's FREE 5 Red Flag Phrases guide here: 5 PHRASES THAT ARE RED FLAGS Check us out on social media: https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandrehttps://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandrehttps://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 1:45 - Bedridden and Dismissed: McCall's Thyroid Story 5:02 - What the Standard TSH Test Gets Wrong 8:45 - Hashimoto's and How to Lower Your Antibodies 15:58 - Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Flawed Study Behind the Guidelines 28:53 - The Optimal Thyroid Numbers and What to Ask Your Doctor Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/modernthyroidclinic IG: https://www.instagram.com/mccallmcphersonpa YT: https://www.youtube.com/@McCallMcPherson Website: https://www.modernthyroidclinic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Aug 11

    Why Your Sleep Never Went Back To Normal ft. Dr. Daniella Marchetti

    If you have not slept properly in years this episode is for you. You lie down exhausted and your brain goes a million miles an hour. You wake at 3am for no reason and you are running on empty. This week's guest on the Medical Disruptor, Dr. Daniella Marchetti, holds the highest credential in behavioral sleep medicine. She works with veterans at the VA and with women in private practice, and she noticed something that changed how she treats insomnia. The gold standard treatment for getting a good night’s rest was built on men's sleep. Women's sleep is different. The hormone shifts are different. The daily load is different. And when treatment does not account for that, women drop out of it. In this episode she explains why being wide awake and wired at night is usually not anxiety. It is your nervous system doing exactly what it was trained to do. We talk about how your sleep tracker may be making things worse by turning rest into a score you keep losing. She explains what melatonin actually does, why the doses most people take are far too high, and what she recommends instead. She also shares the one question to ask a provider before you trust them with your sleep. It’s time to get a good night’s sleep. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ Still second guessing yourself in the exam room? Click here! https://freechapter.lpages.co/self-gaslighting-habits-to-watch-for/ Check us out on social media: https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandre https://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandre https://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 5:02 - Why Women Need a Different Sleep Treatment 9:13 - Are Wearables Making Your Sleep Worse? 16:47 - "Mom-somnia": Why a Mother's Sleep Changes 28:56 - Ambien, Lunesta and the Truth About Sleep Meds 32:30 - The Truth About Melatonin Guest Links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/drdaniellamarchetti Website: https://daniellamarchetti.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Aug 4

    What Your Mitochondria Have To Do With Brain Fog And Chronic Fatigue ft. Dr. Benjamin Busch

    Have you been exhausted, carrying weight you cannot lose, losing your words mid sentence, feeling older than you are? Those are not four separate problems. They are energy problems, and your body makes energy in one place. We all learned that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Then we closed the book and never thought about it again. Which is pretty rude, when you think about it. That little thing has been working double shifts for you since the day you were born. It got you through tenth grade biology and you paid it back with four hours of sleep, a drive thru coffee, and a vitamin you bought in 2022. Dr. Benjamin Busch worked in the emergency room for twenty years. Then he left and built a practice that measures your energy instead of guessing at it. In this episode of the Medical Disruptor, he explains what VO2 testing shows, why a normal lab result only means you look like most other sick people, and how food, toxins, and hormones break the way your cells make energy. We also talk about brain injury treatment, why fibromyalgia was never a mental health diagnosis, and the money reasons the system is set up to manage you instead of fix you. This show gives you the conversation you did not get in your fifteen minute visit. Nothing is for sale here. Just real, board certified clinicians who trained inside the system and will tell you where it falls short. You are not lazy. You are not aging badly. You are running low on power. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ "Fine" isn't the same as well. Stop waiting to collapse before someone listens. Build your case https://freechapter.lpages.co/how-to-build-a-case-for-yourself/ Check us out on social media: https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandre https://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandre https://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 3:05 - Why He Walked Away From the ER 11:44 - Inside a Mitochondria-Focused Practice 16:11 - Why the System Profits From Sickness 22:16 - How Modern Life Damages Your Mitochondria 27:34 - Intranasal Biologics for Brain Healing Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/ViveWell.Health/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/vivewell.health/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ViveWell.Health Website: https://vivewell.health/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Jul 28

    The Real Driver Behind Most Heart Attacks Is Not Cholesterol ft. Dr. Philip Ovadia

    Half of the people who show up with a heart attack have completely normal cholesterol. That statistic is exactly why I brought back Dr. Philip Ovadia, a board certified cardiac surgeon who spent years operating on hearts while morbidly obese and pre-diabetic himself. In 2016, before Ozempic or any of the GLP-1 medications existed, he lost 100 pounds and reversed his own prediabetes, and it changed what he believed about the disease he had spent his whole career treating. We get into why insulin resistance carries six times the heart disease risk that elevated LDL cholesterol does, based on the Women's Health Initiative data, and why nearly 90 percent of adults are walking around metabolically unhealthy without knowing it. Dr. Ovadia walks through fasting insulin, a simple and inexpensive blood test that can flag this risk years before a cholesterol panel ever would, and explains why imaging that actually looks at your arteries tells you more than blood work alone ever can. We also talk honestly about statins, what the real numbers behind their benefit show once the marketing is stripped away, and why he now tells patients that meat, not cholesterol, belongs back on the table. It is a conversation that reframes what actually predicts a heart attack and gives you real questions to bring into your next cardiology appointment. Normal cholesterol does not mean a healthy heart. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ Get Dr. E's FREE 5 Red Flag Phrases guide here: https://freechapter.lpages.co/5-phrases-that-are-red-flags/ Check us out on social media: https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandre https://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandre https://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 2:15 - From obese surgeon to carnivore & "meat is medicine" 8:18 - Insulin Resistance vs. Cholesterol & the $15 Test 19:36 - Why Doctors Miss It: Fasting Insulin, CRP & GLP-1s 23:45 - Gut Health, Fiber, Fermented Foods & ApoE4 31:25 - Fixing the Cardiology Visit & What to Ask Your Doctor Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/ovadiahearthealth IG: https://www.instagram.com/ifixhearts/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@IFixHearts⁩ Dr. Philip Ovadia New Book: https://stayoffmykitchentable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Jul 21

    The Thyroid Hormone Behind Your Metabolism ft. Dr. Amie Hornaman

    Your thyroid does not make one hormone. It makes five. Your last panel probably only tested one. That gap is exactly why I brought Dr. Amie Hornaman onto the show. In this episode of theMedical Disruptor, she shares her own thyroid story, including the 25 pounds that showed up in a matter of weeks and the seven different doctors she saw before anyone gave her an answer. From there we get into why testing TSH and T4 alone misses so much, what a full thyroid panel should actually include, and why she believes most people need more than T4 only medication like Synthroid to feel like themselves again. We break down reverse T3 and what it means when it is elevated, then go into T2, a thyroid hormone that is not T3 or T4, has decades of research behind it, and may play a real role in metabolism and fat burning. We close with what to actually ask for at your next appointment so a normal result is not the end of the conversation. As always, this is a free conversation with a vetted, board certified clinician, no products and no upsells, just information you can take straight into your next appointment. This is how we address medical gaslighting directly, by giving you the language and the data to advocate for your own thyroid health. You are not fine. You are just not sick enough yet. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ "Fine" isn't the same as well. Stop waiting to collapse before someone listens. Build your case https://freechapter.lpages.co/how-to-build-a-case-for-yourself/ Check us out on social media: https://www.instagram.com/drefratlamandre https://www.facebook.com/drefratlamandre https://www.tiktok.com/@drefratlamandre #functionalmedicine #drefratlamandre #medicaldisruptor #NPwithaPHD #nursepractitioner #medicalgaslighting Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 3:22 - Amie's 25-Pound Mystery & 7 Doctors 7:27 - Why TSH & T4 Alone Aren't Enough 19:55 - T2: The Forgotten Thyroid Hormone 28:08 - How to Stop Getting Dismissed 33:21 - "You're Just a DC, Not an MD" Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dramie IG: https://www.instagram.com/dramiehornaman/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/dramiehornaman Website: dramiehornaman.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Medical Disruptor™ Podcast was made for people who want to take their health to the next level. Dr. E’s mission is to give you reliable, science-based health information through a unique lens, using functional medicine to help you get the answers you’ve been looking for. In our episodes, Dr. E explains the root cause of your symptoms so you can take control, stop suffering and start living. Dr. E wants to empower you to realize your symptoms are NOT in your head while giving you the tools to take control of your health.

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