The Joe Rogan Experience with Dr. Kelly Brogan

Kelly Brogan MD explains how inflammation and depression are linked in the field of medicine that is also her speciality: psychoneuroimmunology.

What is functional medicine? Alternative medicine? Holistic medicine? And what does it have to do with our children, their well-being, and their mental health? I discuss this and more during this online braintrust of information vital to the navigation of today’s health climate. Here’s a clip!

Removing these 5 inflammatory foods, which are staples in the Standard American Diet, can help resolve depression.

A decade in to undoing our industrial food-induced fat phobia, we have the first study to correlate low HDL cholesterol with depression during pregnancy.

Dr. Kelly Brogan delves into symptom suppression versus health transformation using holistic medicine, which seeks to honor and integrate the whole person.

What can one person do? If I have to do something…if it becomes that urgent…won’t some authority make a law or at least give me clear directions?!

Dr. Kelly Brogan discusses contraception, especially the physical and mental effects of The Pill, along with what you need to know about its risks.

With most of America experiencing gluten intolerance symptoms, modern processed foods are causing a host of new conditions, including celiac psychosis.

Did your doctor or friendly pharmacist tell you that the flu vaccine could put your mental health at risk?

An amazing interview with Scott Shannon, MD, about a national crisis, as doctors and parents are medicating children at an alarming rate.

Dr. Kelly Brogan explains why these 5 dietary rules will help you eat away your depression, safely, naturally and without medication.

I have been prescribing the Fisher Wallace CES device for many years now, and have come to think of it as meditation in a gadget.

Craving carbs? Wheat flour promotes blood sugar instability that looks a lot like irritability and anxiety.

Curcumin is simultaneously a potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective agent, hormonal and neurochemical modulator.

Dr. Kelly Brogan discusses the effects of Vitamin B12 on cases of depression in her patients.

Here’s what two renegade doctors have to say about what depression is, what it isn’t, and how to reverse it.

Dear Class Moms. These are my top 5 optimal children’s health tips from my professional work that I apply in my home.

Hospital birth, contrary to being safer than homebirth, is likely to introduce changes to the course of labor that will necessitate riskier interventions.

The taper process asks for healing. Physical, emotional, and spiritual…and this healing does more than improve quality of life…it sets you free.

depression coming up empty-handed, many of the 30 million people in the US taking medication still believe that genes play a role in.....

Depression IS the medicine you're seeking. Dr. Kelly Brogan discusses how depression plays a key role in your vital awakening.

Want to defeat depression? Start with your gut.

Dr. Kelly Brogan discusses the research that shows how depression is not all in your head and how lifestyle has a major impact on how you feel.

What if I told you that, in 6 decades of research, the serotonin theory of depression and anxiety has not achieved scientific credibility?

Was depression once an adaptive response to the environment? I'm generally of the opinion that the body doesn't make mistakes.

Depression incidence is nearly double in women with 1/5 of them developing symptoms in their lifetime.

Here are three tips to help you plan for the best possible outcome should you choose to taper off a benzodiazepine or sleep aids.

Sugar may be at the root of your psychiatric symptoms - here's what to do about it.

Dr. Kelly Brogan discusses the cautions and concerns one should exercise before considering taking antidepressant medication.

Dr. Kelly Brogan lists 4 common and toxic ingredients to avoid in your personal care products, and offers safe, easy alternatives you can make at home.

Here are the 5 key things you MUST know before beginning a psychiatric medication taper.

Dr. Kelly Brogan shares 6 Tips for Reclaiming Your Sensuality.

Excerpt from Dr. Kelly Brogan's NYT best-selling book, A Mind of Your Own: 7 key facts about depression that you aren't likely to hear from your doctor.

Sometimes, it just takes one case to bring an entire medical construct to its knees. In this case, it was a gut-induced case of mania that left doctors awed.

The commitment celebrated in this video is to love itself and the many many deaths that are required to allow it to exist in its most expanded form.

Kelly Brogan talks with NYT Best-selling author Mama Gena about her new book, Pussy: A Reclamation, and the need for women to focus on their own pleasure.

Watch Functional Forum fan favorite, Dr. Kelly Brogan, give a talk on what a “Leap Forward in Medicine” looks like from her unique perspective.

While we band together in challenging times, I want to offer tools that help you access greater calm from within. My dear friend and healer, Swaranpal Kaur

To shed some light on the current state of affairs and to help my community adopt a new narrative

Let's take a look at what informed consent might look like for psychiatric drug treatment.

A new perspective on what might underly postpartum depression and what natural treatments to consider.

The following are four principal tenets that may undermine your current understanding of the efficacy and safety of antidepressant medication.

Alyssa shares her experience at a Silent Vipassana retreat, practicing a centuries old technique in meditation.

Have you ever stopped yourself from crying? Why? Because you don’t want to feel out of control, or make someone you’re with uncomfortable?

Supplementing magnesium is important due to its ability to participate in 300 enzymatic body functions, affecting depression, PMS, anxiety, migraines.

Emblematic of symptom-suppression over root-cause resolution, acid blocking medication is sold like an over the counter vitamin. Acid Blocking Gut Sabotage.

Dr. Kelly Brogan asks the question: With 10,000 toddlers medicated for ADHD according to the CDC, why do we still have more questions than answers?

Do antipsychotic drugs predispose our children to the metabolic syndrome just like adults? Or are they somehow protected from these deleterious effects?

Has alcoholism played a role in your life, with family or yourself? This is the time to be self-aware and have self-realization.

A recent metanalysis has demonstrated a 2.5 fold increase in risk of ischemic stroke from the birth control pill.

"hand sanitizers contain mixtures of dermal penetration enhancing chemicals that can increase the dermal absorption of lipophilic compounds such as BPA.”

This is an interesting finding because around 20 million Americans, mostly women, have some type of thyroid problem and are prescribed synthetic thyroid hormones such as Synthroid, a brand of the levothyroxine.

This is an interesting finding because around 20 million Americans, mostly women, have some type of thyroid problem and are prescribed synthetic thyroid hormones such as Synthroid, a brand of the levothyroxine.

This question - "What's the cause of autism?"- belies our attachment to an old model of medicine in which diseases have linear causes and one-drug remedies.

Vegetarianism in pregnancy may put mom and baby at risk due to deficiency in critical nutrients including omega 3 fatty acids, vitamin K2 and vitamin B12.

In this guest post, Dr. Frank Lipman shares the anti-aging tips that he covers in detail in his book, "10 Reasons You Get Old and Feel Fat".

Dr. Stephanie Strozuk discusses her personal journey with Dr. Kelly Brogan of healing depression naturally and the effect this had on her clinical practice.

A discussion of the little known risks of oral contraceptives, particularly for those with anxiety and depression.

17 experts from 11 countries met to discuss the cancer-causing effects of organophosphate pesticides including glyphosate

A new paper supports an age-old midwifery practice of delayed cord clamping after birth. Stem cells are transferred through the cord and confer protection.

DSM V: Bought by Pharma. The DSM is psychiatry's method of labeling patients. How much is the newest version of this book influenced by Pharma?

A few days in nature can change your life. Kelly Brogan discusses dysbiosis, and how primal, natural experiences cure what ails us

Amie Valpone shares this delicious recipe from her outstanding cookbook, Eating Clean. If you like California Rolls, you'll love these! Enjoy! ~Kelly Brogan

Eating for two? No deli meats? Which fish is it that’s toxic? Hold the blue cheese please!

Epic Bars feature a very short list of food-based ingredients and deliver good fats and protein, with some fruit-based carbs to jazz up the jerky flavor.

In wintertime, it's paramount to consider improving indoor air quality, the most prevalent source of environmental contaminants, by using home air filters.

If you have casein sensitivity, grass-fed, organic, cultured ghee is the closest approximation to the taste of butter that I've found.

Dr. Kelly Brogan shares her concerns about EMF shielding during pregnancy. Is this something every mother-to-be should consider? The initial findings say yes.

Three new studies show that adult disease often originates in the fetus and is tied to endocrine disruptors and environmental toxins such as BPA.

Eat naturally, take advantage of the slow food, locavore movements and eliminate processed food to improve your mental health.

It may be time to explore the issues surrounding antidepressants with greater levels of nuance in order help women navigate risks, benefits and alternatives

Meeting Nick was like a thunderclap to my soul, a warm blanket for my heart, and a fireworks display for my brain.

Dr. Kelly Brogan's look into the practice of euthanasia and how it's impacted the world of mental illness and depression.

Kelly Brogan MD talks with Ali about her journey from a bipolar disorder diagnosis to living a vital life, medication-free.

How can we heal our pasts? Dr. Kelly Brogan reveals these 4 important steps toward healing adverse childhood experiences.

Taken together, these four facts make it clear that discrimination against children who are not vaccinated is completely unwarranted.

Wondering about epidemic levels of infertility today? It may have something to do with how the environment is stimulating our immune systems.

After the passing of Michael Stone, Kelly Brogan, MD writes an open letter to those in the spiritual community and the truth about psychiatry.

The Ancestral Health Society is a community who collaborate to understand health challenges from an evolutionary perspective.

Suffering from depression and multiple health issues, Ann Peterson discovers how candidiasis and gut health are at the root of physical and mental health.

Andrew Thibault of Parents Against Pharmaceutical Abuse unmasks the unfortunate circumstances of suicide in Florida's foster care system.

Sudden Infant Death. Even the CDC has been compelled to address the seeming 'coincidence'.

A number of European and two American studies have demonstrated a relationship between celiac disease and infertility.

We have to develop a collective consciousness about the origins of the microbiome. Knowing how something is made helps you to fix it when it’s broken.

Of 3000 supposedly evidence-based medical practices, one third are effective or likely to be, 15% are harmful, and 50% are unknown.

Kelly Brogan MD spotlights the documented risks and prevalence of WORSE OUTCOMES- including death- associated with Benzodiazepine treatment and withdrawal.

What if I told you that Type 1 Diabetes could be reversed with diet and lifestyle changes?

Could the benefits of breastfeeding be masked by weaning to the modern American diet?

Informed consent implies that we research and relay what we can about the risks of a given intervention and potential alternatives.

Municipal water is contaminated with pharmaceutical products, industrial pollutants, and microbes. A study looks at birth defects from contaminated water.

How does a woman get to a place where she can turn her back on a society that teaches birth is a painful nuisance at best and a danger at best?

Instead of inborn genetic problems and even calculable infectious disease susceptibility, might be really looking at reversible nutrient deficiencies?

Breastfeeding in the first three months, postpartum, may prevent depression.

After reading Kimberly Seals Allers' book, The Big Letdown, Kelly Brogan, MD shares her perspective on how women have been lead down the garden path.

Working in-depth with our shadow is a powerfully liberating labor, affecting every area of our life, and furthering our capacity to become intimate with everything that we are.

This is a critical concept to wrap your mind around if you are going to engage conventional medicine and its drugs, surgeries, and procedures.

It's taken 30% of humans entering the world in an operating room for us to begin to examine what might be wrong with this approach.

Patients often ask - do I really need to take a prenatal? I have become fairly discriminating about my recommendations.

Are gluten and dairy causing brain-based changes? Does research support the claim that there is an overlap between the gut and the brain?