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  • My cervical cancer scare

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    Robin

    Does the cure for UTIs, HPV, and BV lie in the microbiome? In my 20s, a routine pap test diagnosed abnormal cells. That led to a biopsy of my cervix called a colposcopy, which revealed I had CIN3, or “severely abnormal” precancerous cells. I was lucky to catch it while…

  • Omega-3 deficiency is as harmful as smoking

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    Robin

    In all the conversations I have with friends, patients, and colleagues about longevity, one nutrient continually comes up: omega-3s.  Omega-3s are polyunsaturated fatty-acids (PUFAs) which are essential for human health. They are a vital part of every cell in your body, acting as a structural component in cell membranes and…

  • Is NAD+ the key to energy and longevity?

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    Robin

    People are talking about NAD+ like it’s the holy grail of longevity. Or at least a no-brainer lever we can pull to increase energy and vitality.  Lately I’m getting lots of DMs and texts from friends as well as questions from patients on which longevity treatments are legit and which…

  • MTHFR mutations can cause anxiety, fatigue and fertility issues. You likely have one.

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    Robin

    How much do genetics really matter? Is nature more important than nurture? Should I do genetic testing or will it just tell me what my bloodwork already shows?  I get these questions a lot. What we know about our genes is like a snowflake on the tip of an iceberg.…

  • Bloating and brain fog? You’re probably low in butyrate. 

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    Robin

    The first functional medicine training I ever took was the gastrointestinal module from the Institute for Functional Medicine. It blew my mind.  As a Columbia-trained doctor, I had been taught in medical school to think about gastrointestinal health as an isolated subspecialty. Conventional medicine looked at GI health in a…

  • Plant medicine can be a tool, but it’s not a cure.

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    Robin

    One of my intentions for 2025 is to use plant medicine work selectively with the help of expert guided facilitators to expand my clarity and consciousness, so that I can achieve my highest purpose and impact. Whenever I share this, I get a lot of questions and a few raised…

  • Your comprehensive preventative health checklist.

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    Robin

    If you’re not testing, you’re not learning.  In college, I lost my grandmother to colon cancer. She’d spent a lifetime eating the Standard American Diet—the SAD—and smoked in her adult life, which are both huge risk factors for cancer. Still, her death was totally preventable. She never got the screening…

  • Functional medicine changed my life.

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    Robin

    I was really lucky to learn about functional medicine early in my career. I met Dr. Mark Hyman before I went to med school at Columbia and I’ll never forget what he told me: “Don’t get brainwashed.” By the time I was a resident in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai…

  • The best “calm tech” to hack your vagus nerve

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    Robin

    I’m obsessed with technology that helps us feel better by hacking the amazing machine we are as humans. Lately I’ve been really fascinated with tech that promotes high “vagal tone,” i.e. stimulates the vagus nerve to help lower heart rate, reduce blood pressure, and improve stress response. I went all…

  • Rich Roll and I get to the root of your “feel like crap”syndrome

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    Robin

    If you’ve ever dipped a toe into the worlds of biohacking, veganism, or ultra-endurance sports, you know Rich Roll—the bestselling author and hugely popular podcaster. I know Rich from way back (before the wellness movement was a movement!) and I was so excited to catch up with him in LA…