Gut Health Archives

Is Your Blood Sugar Destroying Your Mitochondria?

Dr. Hugh Wegwerth explains how unstable blood sugar, dysglycemia, glucose spikes, and glucose crashes can damage mitochondria, lower ATP production, and affect energy from a functional medicine perspective.

Discover how unstable blood sugar damages your mitochondria, drains your energy, and slows healing and why keeping glucose in the 85–120 mg/dL sweet spot is the first step to feeling better.

Heavy Metals, Mold, And Toxins: Is Your Lymph System Backed Up?

Functional medicine detox image showing toxins stuck in the body with lymphatic drainage, mold toxins, drug residues, and heavy metals.

Your lymphatic system is your body’s cleanup crew, removing toxins, debris, and waste from tissues. Unlike blood, it has no pump it relies on movement to drain. When lymph slows, waste builds up, leaving you feeling heavy, inflamed, and stuck despite doing everything right.

Heavy Metals, Mold, And Toxins: Is Your Lymph System Backed Up?

Your lymphatic system is your body’s cleanup crew, removing toxins, debris, and waste from tissues. Unlike blood, it has no pump it relies on movement to drain. When lymph slows, waste builds up, leaving you feeling heavy, inflamed, and stuck despite doing everything right.

High B12 on Labs But Still Tired? Your Doctor’s Missing This

Dr. Hugh Wegwerth standing beside a graphic about easy vitamin B12 absorption and intrinsic factor.

If you feel sick and you can’t figure out why, this might be the missing piece of your health puzzle. Two common gut germs—Candida (a fungus) and H. pylori (a bacteria)—often team up. Consequently, when they are both present, your health struggles can compound, leading to a downward spiral that affects your whole body.

Warning: Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics & The Leaky Brain Link You Weren’t Told

If you feel sick and you can’t figure out why, this might be the missing piece of your health puzzle. Two common gut germs—Candida (a fungus) and H. pylori (a bacteria)—often team up. Consequently, when they are both present, your health struggles can compound, leading to a downward spiral that affects your whole body.

H. Pylori and Candida: The “Evil Twins” Behind Your Gut Issues

If you feel sick and you can’t figure out why, this might be the missing piece of your health puzzle. Two common gut germs—Candida (a fungus) and H. pylori (a bacteria)—often team up. Consequently, when they are both present, your health struggles can compound, leading to a downward spiral that affects your whole body.