Functionally Autoimmune

Brandi Muilenburg

Living Your Best Life with Autoimmunity and Chronic Illness

  1. Jun 5

    Personalized Level Dosing GLP-1 W/ Dr. Ian Justl-Ellis

    Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ian Justl Ellis is the Founder, CEO, and Lead Physician at Voafit. He specializes in helping individuals achieve their optimal physique while maintaining balance in their family, work, and social lives. His approach focuses on creating sustainable, real-world nutrition and exercise habits that can be maintained long-term without obsessive or unhealthy behaviors. Dr. Ellis has spent much of his life addressing what he describes as the "appetite problem." As a teenager determined not to follow the path of out-of-shape adults around him, he immersed himself in athletics, amateur bodybuilding, professional dance, and became a certified personal trainer. Despite achieving the desired outward appearance, he found himself caught in cycles of restriction, bingeing, and frustration. During medical school, marriage, and raising children simultaneously, he experienced significant personal weight gain and burnout, finishing residency sixty pounds overweight. In 2022, he was introduced to GLP-1 weight management medications, which helped address persistent hunger for the first time. However, using them in standard recommended dosing approaches resulted in muscle loss, weakness, and poor nourishment. In response, Dr. Ellis developed a precision-based approach to GLP-1 therapy that combines strength training, protein-first nutrition, hydration, and individualized dosing strategies. He also incorporated advanced peptide therapies to support hormonal optimization, muscle retention, and recovery. Website: Voafit.com Use code FA FOR 40% OFF  Athletic greens is a non-negotiable part of my daily routine. With 75 absorbable vitamins and minerals in just one scoop a day, I have increased my energy, improved my immune function and so much more. To get your own AG at 20% off go to www.athleticgreens.com/functionallyautoimmune Order now for a free vitamin D3/K2 supplement and 5 free travel packs! Support the show

    43 min
  2. Feb 27

    Technological Advances in Healthcare W/ Haresh Patel

    Send us Fan Mail Haresh Patel is a Silicon Valley CEO turned HealthTech innovator who has spent his career solving complex systems across technology, finance, and human health. Born in India and raised in New Hampshire, Haresh earned his electrical engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame before beginning a 25 year journey in Silicon Valley. His leadership spanned semiconductor and technology companies including Texas Instruments, PMC Sierra, Agilent, and WJ Communications, before culminating in the founding of Mercatus. What began as a kitchen table startup grew into the global standard for private market investment technology, supporting over $1.5 trillion in assets under management before being acquired by State Street. Haresh's most profound breakthrough did not happen in a boardroom but in a healing room. For 55 years, he lived with unexplained health symptoms that twelve specialists could not diagnose. Refusing to accept that there were no answers, Haresh applied the same systems thinking and pattern recognition that powered his business success to his own body. By connecting the dots conventional medicine had missed, he uncovered the root causes behind his condition, an experience that fundamentally reshaped his life and purpose. Today, he is the founder of Diagnostic MD AI and a leading advocate for integrating conventional medicine with proven alternative approaches through patient-centric, AI-driven diagnostics. He believes the future of healthcare lies not in choosing between Eastern and Western medicine, but in intelligently combining their strengths to understand the whole system. His forthcoming book, The Ghost in My Body, chronicles this journey from medical dead ends to healing breakthroughs, offering both a deeply personal story and a vision for how healthcare can evolve. https://hareshpatel.ai/ Use code FA FOR 40% OFF  Athletic greens is a non-negotiable part of my daily routine. With 75 absorbable vitamins and minerals in just one scoop a day, I have increased my energy, improved my immune function and so much more. To get your own AG at 20% off go to www.athleticgreens.com/functionallyautoimmune Order now for a free vitamin D3/K2 supplement and 5 free travel packs! Support the show

    34 min
  3. Jan 2

    Breast Implant Illness W/ Rachel Smith

    Send us Fan Mail Rachel Smith is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, breathwork facilitator, speaker, podcast host, and founder of Natural Health Rising, an online functional medicine practice serving clients worldwide. After putting her own autoimmune disease into remission, Rachel has helped hundreds of others naturally reverse symptoms of autoimmune disease, mold illness, and other chronic health challenges. Rachel’s unique RISE approach combines functional medicine lab testing, nutrition, lifestyle changes, nervous system work, healing hidden infections, and detoxing from environmental toxins in order to help clients heal and thrive. Her mission is to bring functional medicine and holistic health practices to the world, and help as many people as possible rise to their healthiest, happiest, most empowered selves. Find her at  W: https://naturalhealthrising.com/ E: Rachel@naturalhealthrising.com Natural Health Rising Membership: https://www.skool.com/natural-health-rising-6209/about?ref=77c29ce69cbf4fb2be0865f18fea6bcc  Book a free health consult: https://www.naturalhealthrising.net/health-consultation instagram @naturalhealthrising Use code FA FOR 40% OFF  Athletic greens is a non-negotiable part of my daily routine. With 75 absorbable vitamins and minerals in just one scoop a day, I have increased my energy, improved my immune function and so much more. To get your own AG at 20% off go to www.athleticgreens.com/functionallyautoimmune Order now for a free vitamin D3/K2 supplement and 5 free travel packs! Support the show

    30 min
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