Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 8 – Systems Biology

Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 8 – Systems Biology

From Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast by Dr. Chris Magryta, "Dr. M"

April 15, 2026 · 15 min

About this episode

Dr. Jeff Bland discusses the evolution of medicine and the importance of understanding the root causes of disease.

THE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE STORY DR. JEFF BLAND "Change occurs from the outside in" Dr. Bland Medicine has a habit of believing it has arrived. Every generation of physicians looks around the room, surveys the white coats and microscopes and MRI machines, and quietly assumes the puzzle is mostly solved. History laughs at that assumption. The truth is that medicine is always mid-sentence in a very long story. Dr. Jeff Bland has spent decades helping rewrite that sentence. In a recent conversation on The Root Cause Business of Medicine Podcast, Dr. Bland’s life work comes into focus. Not as a rebellion against medicine, but as an expansion of it. His influence on nutrition science, biochemical individuality, and what we now call functional medicine has helped move the field away from the narrow idea that disease is simply something to suppress or worse just name. Instead, he has pushed a more interesting question forward: why did the disease appear in the first place? That sounds obvious. It is so far from obvious that most physicians do not ask the question. Bland’s career sits at the intersection of nutrition, biochemistry, genetics, and what he calls systems biology. Over the…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Jeff Bland

Topics covered

  • functional medicine
  • nutrition science
  • biochemical individuality
  • systems biology

Keywords

  • medicine
  • health
  • disease prevention

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Root Cause Business of Medicine

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