321. Why Intuitive Functional Medicine Works When Protocols Don't with Erin Holt

321. Why Intuitive Functional Medicine Works When Protocols Don't with Erin Holt

April 22, 2026 · 1h 8m · Episode 321

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution of functional medicine and its shift towards protocols and supplements, featuring insights from Erin Holt.

Twenty years ago, functional medicine changed everything for me. My IBS cleared. My skin cleared. My depression lifted. And for the first time, I understood food as medicine instead of just calories. But somewhere in the last five years, functional medicine started looking a lot like what it was railing against. A supplement for every lab marker. A protocol for every person. A business model that profits from making you feel more broken than when you walked in. So I stopped talking about it m...

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