118. Finding Your Root Cause: What Bloodwork to Order and What to Look For — Renegade Remission: Holistic Healing for Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, Dementia, MS, ALS

If you’ve been treating symptoms but want to understand what may actually be driving your illness, your health history and bloodwork can contain important clues.

In this episode, we’re going beyond the idea of one single “root cause” and building a practical investigation map for chronic illness. You’ll learn how to look for patterns involving nutrition and metabolism, infections, gut health, environmental exposures, medications, hormones, stress, and more.

Then we’ll get extremely practical: I’ll walk you through the bloodwork I’d want to see when investigating chronic illness, including CBC, CMP, glucose, A1C, insulin, iron, vitamin D, thyroid and inflammation markers—and explain what those results can tell you.

You’ll also learn why “normal” doesn’t always tell the whole story, how to spot trends and patterns in your existing labs, and what to bring to your doctor or practitioner so you can ask better questions.

Start by pulling up your latest bloodwork, and listen along as we begin looking for the clues your body may already be giving you.

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DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Blood tests should be interpreted in the context of your medical history, symptoms, medications, and individual circumstances. Always work with a qualified healthcare professional when investigating chronic illness or making changes to your treatment or health regimen.

This podcast explores science and stories related to cancer, MS, ALS, dementia, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, autoimmune conditions, chronic illness, terminal diagnoses, root causes, bloodwork, functional medicine, integrative medicine, holistic health, lifestyle medicine, mind-body healing, and remission, offering grounded hope and practical tools for resilience and renewal.