Episode Summary

Dr. Gary Kaplan has spent his career looking for integrative medical solutions to some of medicine’s most difficult problems. As a clinical associate professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, founder and medical director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine and author of Why You Are Still Sick: How Infections Can Break Your Immune System and How You Can Recover, Dr. Kaplan shares important information about the missing link for so many people wanting to feel their best. Kaplan is one of only 19 physicians in the country to be board-certified in both Family Medicine and Pain Medicine.

Key Takeaways To Tune In For

• [1:42] Over 20 million people struggle with chronic illness
• [2:47] What is inflammation
• [4:04] Understanding the underlying cause to determine the treatment
• [5:06] How to reduce the inflammation in the body
• [7:20] Anti-inflammatory diet
• [9:12] Genetics and inflammation
• [11:56] The concept of epigenetics 
• [13:19] 15% of the population is intolerant to gluten
• [15:56] What can we do about inflammation in our body
• [19:54] Vitamine D levels and your immune system
• [21:35] Infections and the disturbances they can cause
• [22:33] The different sides of the immune system
• [29:31] New developments in understanding chronic illness

Resources talked about in this episode

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Foundation for Total Recovery

Kaplan Clinic

Epworth Sleepiness Scale