Medical Disruptor™ by Dr. E

Dr. Efrat LaMandre PhD, FNP-C
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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.

  1. 1D AGO

    What a Gastroenterologist Wants You to Know About Gut Health ft. Dr. Supriya Rao

    If you have ever felt like something is off in your gut and nobody has been able to explain why, this episode is for you. On this episode of the Medical Disruptor, I sit down with Dr. Supriya Rao, a quadruple board certified gastroenterologist, to talk about what chronic gut symptoms are actually telling you, why the gut-brain connection is one of the most undertreated areas in medicine today, and what it looks like when a doctor goes beyond the standard workup to find real answers. We cover the truth about IBS, how hormones affect gut health in ways most people never get told, where GLP-1s actually fit into the picture, and the one question Dr. Rao says almost no patient ever thinks to ask. Your gut has been trying to tell you something. It's time to listen. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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:00:00 - Intro00:51 - Why Quadruple Board Certified04:42 - What Is IBS Really?08:39 - Her Motility Program Explained11:55 - Women's Gut Health & Hormones16:11 - Advice for Women Who Feel Dismissed17:33 - Her Take on GLP-1s19:14 - Who Should NOT Use GLP-1s24:49 - The Supplement Myth27:50 - Final Thoughts Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/gutsygirlMD IG: www.instagram.com/gutsygirlMD YT: https://www.youtube.com/@UC9kajE017PYU9eew6ijVLuA Website: www.gutsygirlmd.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    33 min

  2. 6D AGO

    You Had COVID and Never Got Better Here Is the Reason Why

    You had COVID. You recovered. Except you didn't. The fatigue is still there. The brain fog. The shortness of breath. The feeling that your body just isn't yours anymore. And when you brought it up, you were told to give it time.  That's not an answer. That's medical gaslighting. In this episode I'm breaking down the real biology behind why so many people never fully bounce back after COVID, and why the standard workup misses it almost every time. We cover what Long COVID actually is, why the severity of your infection has nothing to do with whether you get it, and how it can hit your brain, gut, heart, and nervous system all at once. I'll walk you through the ACE2 pathway, what happens when it gets disrupted, and why that single mechanism explains so many of the seemingly unrelated symptoms people are living with. We'll also get into mitochondrial dysfunction, why it's the reason you crash after any exertion, and the six recovery pillars that address the actual mechanism instead of just managing what's loud. If you have been dismissed, told to be patient, or made to feel like you're overreacting, this episode is for you. Your experience is real. The biology backs it up. And now you have the language to prove it. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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 00:00 - Introduction 01:30 - What Is Long COVID 02:30 - Symptoms by System 05:00 - Why Long COVID Happens 06:00 - Immune Dysregulation 07:00 - The ACE2 Problem 08:00 - Nervous System Disruption 09:00 - Mitochondrial Damage 10:30 - Recovery Framework 12:00 - Supplements & Inflammation 15:00 - Brain Fog Explained 18:00 - Gut & Microbiome Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    24 min

  3. MAY 12

    Why Your Anxiety in Your 40s Might Not Actually Be Anxiety ft Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly

    If you've hit your 40s and suddenly feel like you're losing it, waking up at 3 a.m., feeling on edge for no reason, exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix, I want you to hear this: it might not be anxiety. It might be perimenopause. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Bojana Jankovic Weatherly, a double board-certified physician in internal and integrative medicine, to talk about the symptoms most of us are normalizing and most doctors are missing. We get into why progesterone decline shows up as anxiety, insomnia, and those 3 a.m. wake-ups long before any hot flash ever does, and why so many women in this stage of life are sent home with an antidepressant or an Ambien instead of an honest conversation about their hormones.  That's medical gaslighting, and it's stealing years of quality of life from women in their 40s. We talk about why hormone testing isn't the answer, what to track instead, and when to ask your doctor about progesterone even if you're still getting a regular period.  If you've been told to lose some weight, try meditation, or just push through, this one is for you. You're not crazy. You're not weak. You're hormonal, and there is so much we can actually do about it. Self Gaslighting yourself in the exam room? Get this FREE guide to avoid it!   https://freechapter.lpages.co/self-gaslighting-habits-to-watch-for/ Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter!  https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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 00:00 - Intro 07:59 - What Is Perimenopause? 11:40 - Anxiety & Insomnia 13:10 - The 3AM Wake-Up 15:38 - What Labs to Get 18:35 - Should You Start HRT Early? 27:49 - Patch vs. Oral Estrogen 30:25 - How Long on Hormones? 32:55 - Weight Gain on HRT Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/drbojana/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/dr_bojana/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.bojana-mindfulhealingan8584 Website: https://drbojana.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    38 min

  4. MAY 5

    The Fuel Source Your Body Is Missing and How to Get It ft. Dr. Latt Mansor

    Ketones may be the most underrated fuel source in human metabolism, and most people only hear about them in the context of intermittent fasting or the ketogenic diet. When your body burns fat, it produces ketones- molecules that have been shown to support brain health, heart health, cognitive function, and longevity. The problem is that fasting and strict keto aren't realistic for most people, so the question is: Is there actually a way to get the benefits of ketones without giving up food? That's exactly what my guest this week on the Medical Disruptor set out to answer. Dr. Latt Mansor earned his PhD in metabolism from Oxford and is the lead scientist behind Ketone-IQ, a ketone-based drink that gives the body the same fuel source you'd typically only access through fasting. In this episode of The Medical Disruptor, we're going deep on how ketones work, why your metabolism may be the missing piece in your health story, and how to use ketosis to take your energy, focus, and longevity to the next level. I cover what ketones really are and why your brain and heart love them, the science behind intermittent fasting, paleo, and ketogenic diets, and why so many women are told their fatigue and brain fog are "normal" when their metabolism is actually the root cause. We get into how exogenous ketones work, who they're for, and practical ways to use them without overhauling your entire life. If you've been medically gaslit about your energy, your weight, or your metabolic health and told everything looks "fine," this conversation is going to give you a completely different lens. You don't have to fast to feel better. You just need the right information, and that's what we're here for. Get your ketones here → https://ketone.com/disruptor Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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 00:00 - Introduction 03:49 - The $6M Military Study 05:23 - Latt's Personal Transformation 13:30 - What Is Ketosis 15:13 - Why the Brain Loves Ketones 20:47 - What Are Exogenous Ketones 25:17 - Ketones & Heart Failure 29:13 - Ketones & Alzheimer's 33:46 - Exogenous Ketones vs Keto Diet 36:17 - Ketones & Insulin Resistance 39:33 - What Medicine Needs to Change Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/latt.shahril.mansor IG: https://www.instagram.com/lattmansor/ Website:www.ketone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    41 min

  5. APR 30

    How to Boost Your Metabolism: Your Body Isn't Broken (Here's What's Actually Happening)

    Metabolism gets oversimplified all the time. Eat less, move more. That's the whole conversation. For a lot of people, that's where medical gaslighting begins. In this solo episode, I wanted to slow down and actually explain what metabolism is: your body's system for managing energy. Not a measure of effort or discipline, actually a biological process influenced by multiple factors at once. I walk through four of the most important ones: food quality, insulin signaling, the microbiome, and mitochondrial function. I also get into why the "calories in, calories out" model doesn't account for how differently your body processes various foods, and why nutrigenomics, the study of how food communicates with your genes, changes the way we should be thinking about nutrition entirely. We also talk about Akkermansia, a gut bacterium that's showing up more and more in metabolism research, and the role of polyphenol-rich foods in supporting it. The episode closes with a practical checklist you can actually use: healthy fats, eating a wide variety of colorful plants, reducing refined sugar and flour, incorporating intentional movement, targeted nutrients, and consistent sleep. The goal of this conversation is less blame, more clarity. Fewer generalizations that leave people feeling stuck or at fault for something that has a real biological explanation. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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 00:00 Introduction 01:30 What Metabolism Actually Is 03:30 Why Calories In/Out Doesn't Work 05:30 Food Quality as Information 08:00 Insulin, Microbiome & Mitochondria 12:00 What To Actually Do 14:30 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    17 min

  6. APR 28

    Why Chronic Inflammation Starts in the Mouth and What to Do About It ft Dr. Ellie Campbell

    Most people have been told to brush, floss, and show up for cleanings. What most people have never been told is that the bacteria living in your mouth can travel directly into your bloodstream and contribute to heart attack, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. That missing information is medical gaslighting in one of its most systemic forms. In this episode of the Medical Disruptor Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Ellie Campbell, a family medicine physician with thirty years of clinical experience and advanced training in oral systemic health.  Together, we trace back a structural gap in medicine that has been in place since 1840, the year dentistry was formally separated from the rest of the body. Two separate schools, two separate licensing boards, two separate clinical vocabularies. The result is a system where your cardiologist and your periodontist may never speak to each other, and where the source of your chronic inflammation can go completely undetected. This is one of the clearest examples of medical gaslighting that does not announce itself. Nobody tells you your symptoms are in your head. The information is simply never connected, bleeding gums get minimized, root canals are cleared without a conversation about downstream effects. The bacteria move and the inflammation builds.  And the standard workup catches none of it. When the system was never designed to look for something, it will never find it. And when it never finds it, it stops asking.  The gap is real, and it is medical gaslighting. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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 1:11 – The patient who changed her career 6:00 – "Heart attacks are optional" 8:10 – Why basic cholesterol panels aren't enough 12:00 – The oral microbiome explained 15:26 – Mouth bacteria travel to the heart & brain 19:54 – Xylitol pregnancy tip 22:11 – The truth about root canals 29:00 – The "Fire Panel" — 3 blood tests for hidden dental inflammation Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/campbellfamilymed IG: @campbellfamilymedicine YT: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=campbell+family+medicine Website: www.campbellfamilymedicine.com Book: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Pressure-BluePrint-Defeating-Hypertension-ebook/dp/B0CKC8347D Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min

  7. APR 23

    Adrenal Burnout Has 4 Stages and Most of Us Are Stuck in One of Them

    You are exhausted and you have been for a while. Feeling exhausted all the time is NOT normal. If you have been told otherwise, that is medical gaslighting. This episode is about what happens in between feeling completely depleted and getting an answer that actually explains it. I am breaking down adrenal fatigue, what it really is, why conventional medicine does not always recognize it, and why that does not mean what you are experiencing is not real. I cover the physiology of cortisol and how your stress response system is supposed to work, what happens when years of chronic pressure start to disrupt that rhythm, and why most standard workups are not designed to catch this pattern. This is not about blaming your lifestyle or telling you to try harder. It is about understanding what is actually happening in your body. What we cover: -The four main stages of adrenal dysregulation and how to identify which one fits your experience -What cortisol testing actually tells you versus what it misses -Why "normal" labs can coexist with very real, very disruptive symptoms -Practical steps to start rebuilding your system with or without a formal diagnosis If you have spent months or years being dismissed while your body keeps telling a different story, this episode gives you the language and the framework to finally make sense of it. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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 0:45 What Is Adrenal Fatigue? 2:00 The Physiology (Cortisol Explained) 4:00 Why Doctors Don't Recognize It 5:15 How to Know If You Have It 7:00 The 4 Stages 11:00 How to Fix It 14:30 Recap & Next Steps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    15 min

  8. APR 21

    Why “Uncurable” Is Just the Beginning of the Real Conversation ft. Dr. Aaron Hartman

    What happens when the system that is supposed to have all the answers reaches the end of its toolbox and you leave believing that is all there is? The Medical Disruptor brings you vetted clinicians who have practiced inside the system long enough to see where it breaks down. This week, Dr. Aaron Hartman, triple board-certified physician and author of Uncurable, sits down with Dr. E to talk about the patients medicine labels hopeless, the diagnoses that function as a dead end instead of a starting point, and the moment his own family became the case conventional medicine had no answer for. His adopted daughter was given a prognosis medicine considered final. Two decades later, she has had zero surgeries. The average child with her diagnosis has had thirteen. In this conversation, Dr. Hartman connects medical gaslighting directly to the blind spots built into clinical training, breaks down why uncurable is often just the system's word for the edge of its toolbox, and walks through the diagnostic territory that root-cause medicine is willing to explore when conventional care has stopped asking questions. From gut dysfunction and environmental toxins to low-dose naltrexone and fatty acid analysis, this episode covers what gets left behind when the algorithm runs out. Want more practical health tips? Join my newsletter! https://freechapter.lpages.co/newsletter-opt-in/ 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 00:00 Introduction 00:37 His Daughter's Impossible Diagnosis 02:34 The Wrong Growth Chart That Changed Everything 05:02 Yeast Overgrowth & Low Dose Naltrexone 09:19 The Book Uncurable 11:17 Why Other Countries Are Ahead in Medicine 14:41 Medicine's Biggest Blind Spots 16:35 The New Food Pyramid 23:15 Your Body Was Made to Self Heal 28:36 50% of Medical Studies Are False 32:53 Final Message - Never Give Up Guest Links: FB: https://www.facebook.com/rvaintegrative IG: https://www.instagram.com/rvaintegrative/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/AaronHartmanMD Website: https://uncurablebook.com/ Website: https://aaronhartmanmd.com/ Website: https://connected-health.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    34 min
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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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