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This episode explores the concept of 'incurable' illnesses and the functional medicine approach to recovery.

What if the word uncurable really just means a doctor has run out of ideas? This episode dares you to question that verdict and discover a functional medicine approach built on gut health, trace minerals, and nervous system repair that has helped many people defy impossible odds and rewrite a hopeless diagnosis into a story of hope. Host Jenn Trepeck welcomes Dr. Aaron Hartman to Salad with a Side of Fries, where he shares how chronic illness recovery starts with the basics everyone overlooks, and why patients in remission from conditions like multiple sclerosis prove healing is possible even when doctors say there is nothing more they can do. What You Will Learn in This Episode: ✅ Why the label “incurable” often just means idiopathic (unknown cause) and how functional medicine looks deeper ✅ How gut health, sleep, and stress form the foundation of true chronic illness recovery ✅ The connection between hypermobility, dysautonomia, mast cell activation, and autoimmune disease ✅ Why organ meats, bone broth, and trace minerals support the nervous system and healing The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast, hosted by Jenn Trepeck, explores real-life wellness and weight-loss topics…

People in this episode

Host: Jenn Trepeck

Guest: Dr. Aaron Hartman

Topics covered

• functional medicine
• chronic illness recovery
• gut health
• autoimmune disease
• trace minerals

Keywords

• uncurable
• functional medicine
• chronic illness
• gut health
• autoimmune disease
• nervous system repair
• trace minerals

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