The Integrative Health Podcast with Dr. Jen
The Integrative Health Podcast is hosted by Dr. Jen Pfleghaar. Dr. Jen is a double board certified physician (Emergency Medicine and Integrative Medicine). This podcast is meant to educate and empower about important health topics. Dr.Jen's passion is to get to the root cause of disease and prevent illness. Dr. Jen will feature guests who are experts in their fields and experiences in all things related to Integrative Medicine. From Hashimoto's to Breast Implant Illness, Dr. Jen and her guests will cover it all!
Dr. Jen's special interests include thyroid, hashimotos, PCOS, hormones, estrogen dominance, gut health, peptides, supplements, mold illness, CIRS, Lyme disease, and all Invisible illnesses.
Dr. Jen Pfleghaar is a double board certified physician in Integrative Medicine and Emergency Medicine. She attended medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then went on to residency at St Vincent’s Mercy Medical Center for Emergency Medicine and spent one year flying with Life Flight as a flight physician. Dr. Jen now works at local emergency rooms in the community and virtually practicing Integrative Medicine. She is a graduate from The University of Arizona: Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine's fellowship program. Dr. Jen loves speaking and lectures to physicians at conferences including the AOA (American Osteopathic Association). She hosts the podcast The Integrative Health Podcast with Dr. Jen. Her own health history of Hashimoto’s (which is now in remission) sparked her interest in Integrative Medicine. She is very passionate about helping patients with chronic disease and teaching them now to let the body heal itself. She is a published author of the book- Eat. Sleep. Move. Breathe: A Beginner's Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle. She is a board member for IDA- Invisible Disabilities Association. Her hobbies include spending time with her husband and four children, being in nature, weightlifting, caring for her chickens on her minifarm in Tennessee and reading the Bible.
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The Integrative Health Podcast with Dr. Jen
How Mercury, Mold, and Metabolic Typing Can Change Your Health Journey — Martin Pytela’s Recovery Story
Martin Pytela joins Dr. Jen to reveal how mercury toxicity, metabolic typing, and deep detoxification can unlock true healing. Discover the four major healing blockers and how to reclaim your health naturally.
In this episode of The Integrative Health Podcast, Dr. Jen sits down with Martin Pytela, health coach and founder of Life Enthusiast, to uncover the deep-rooted health challenges that conventional medicine often overlooks. After receiving 12 mercury amalgam fillings in his twenties, Martin’s health spiraled, leading to chronic pain, fatigue, infections, and years of searching for answers outside the standard system.
Martin shares how toxicity, trauma, malnutrition, and stagnation disrupt the body's healing potential—and why true health comes from rebuilding homeostasis, not just suppressing symptoms. From the history of pharma-driven medicine to the power of metabolic typing and zeolite detox, this episode is packed with insight for anyone on a healing path.
You’ll also learn how to identify your metabolic type, why certain diets work for some and not others, and how heavy metal toxicity, EMFs, and nutrient imbalances might be silently holding your body in survival mode.
If you’ve ever felt dismissed, misdiagnosed, or just “off” despite being told you're fine, this one’s for you.
Martin Pytela is a health coach and founder of Life Enthusiast, a company dedicated to restoring wellness through detox, nutrition, and personalized protocols. After a personal journey of overcoming severe mercury toxicity and chronic illness, he now educates others on how to identify and resolve hidden health stressors using ancestral nutrition, targeted supplementation, and deep detox. He is also the host of the Overcoming Chronic Illness Podcast.
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