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The journal

Everything we know, written down for you.

Functional medicine explained in plain language by Dr. Nina Ross, ND; Ph.D. Read it, watch it, or listen on your commute.

24 pieces

A woman reading her own thyroid lab results

Read · start here

Why your thyroid panel came back normal when you feel anything but

A standard panel checks one number. Here is the full picture we read, and what it explains about your energy, your hair, and your weight.

Dr. Nina Ross, ND; Ph.D · Read · 8 min · Thyroid

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A woman tracking her cycle at home in a notebook

Read · 7 min

The four hormones we test when your cycle goes sideways

A woman managing PCOS with root-cause functional medicine care

Guide · 12 min read · Six chapters · PCOS

PCOS, and what we do in place of birth control

Dr. Nina Ross explaining insulin resistance on video

Watch · 6 min

Dr. Nina explains insulin resistance in six minutes

Where most people start

Normal labs, real symptoms

All 5 →

A woman working steadily through the middle of her afternoon

Read

The 3pm crash has a cause, and it is findable

Cortisol, blood sugar, and iron all show up in the afternoon. Here is how to tell which is yours.

6 min · Energy

Read

Reading ferritin the way we read it

The number your doctor called fine is often the number behind your hair loss.

5 min · Labs

Protocol

A morning protocol for steady energy

Five things in the first hour that keep your afternoon from falling apart.

4 min · Energy

Watch

Inside a DUTCH test result

Dr. Nina reads a real hormone panel out loud, line by line.

11 min watch · Labs · Labs

Read

Sleep that finally holds through the night

Waking at 3am is a signal. Here is what it usually points to.

6 min · Sleep

Hormones

Cycles, cortisol, and menopause

All 5 →

Read

The four hormones we test when your cycle goes sideways

7 min · Hormones

Guide

PCOS, and what we do in place of birth control

12 min read · Six chapters · PCOS · PCOS

A woman in her forties feeling steady through perimenopause

Guide

Perimenopause, and what changes when you treat it early

11 min read · Six chapters · Menopause · Menopause

A woman finding calm after cortisol testing

Read

Cortisol curves and why your afternoon matters

7 min · Hormones

A patient reviewing her hormone restoration plan

Read

Hormone restoration, titrated to you

8 min · Hormones

Read

The four hormones we test when your cycle goes sideways

Estrogen alone tells you very little. These four, read together, show the pattern.

7 min · Hormones

Guide

PCOS, and what we do in place of birth control

A full walk through the testing, the food, and the plan that moves PCOS at the root.

12 min read · Six chapters · PCOS · PCOS

Guide

Perimenopause, and what changes when you treat it early

The window where small changes hold the most ground, and what we watch during it.

11 min read · Six chapters · Menopause · Menopause

Read

Cortisol curves and why your afternoon matters

One number at 8am hides the whole story. The curve is where the answer lives.

7 min · Hormones

Read

Hormone restoration, titrated to you

Why the dose that works for someone else is rarely the dose that works for you.

8 min · Hormones

Gut

Digestion, bloating, and the gut map

All 3 →

A meal shared at a table without bloating afterward

Listen

What bloating is actually telling you

9 min · Gut

A meal being prepared at home with digestion in mind

Read

The gut work that comes before everything else

8 min · Gut

A GI-MAP stool panel result laid out for review

Guide

Your gut map, one marker at a time

13 min read · Six chapters · Gut · Gut

Listen

What bloating is actually telling you

Four common causes, and how we tell them apart before we treat anything.

9 min · Gut

Read

The gut work that comes before everything else

Hormones and energy both run through your gut. That is where most plans begin.

8 min · Gut

Guide

Your gut map, one marker at a time

A plain-language tour of a stool panel and what each finding changes.

13 min read · Six chapters · Gut · Gut

Weight and metabolism

When effort stops working

All 2 →

A patient walking as part of a weight plan

Read

Weight that will not move, and the six things we check

9 min · Weight

Strength training alongside a GLP-1 program

Read

GLP-1 done with your muscle in mind

7 min · Weight

Read

Weight that will not move, and the six things we check

When effort stops working, one of these six is usually holding the door shut.

9 min · Weight

Read

GLP-1 done with your muscle in mind

How we protect strength while the weight comes down, and why that decides whether it stays off.

7 min · Weight

The treatments

What we might reach for

All 2 →

An IV therapy session at the Atlanta studio

Read

How an IV drip earns its place in your plan

6 min · IV Therapy

Prescription peptide therapy prepared in clinic

Read

Peptides, explained plainly

7 min · Peptides

Read

How an IV drip earns its place in your plan

What your labs have to show before we put anything in a bag.

6 min · IV Therapy

Read

Peptides, explained plainly

What they do in the body, who they suit, and how we dose them off your results.

7 min · Peptides

Inside the program

What being a patient looks like

All 1 →

A virtual consult with the Nina Ross Functional Medicine team

Listen

What a first consult actually sounds like

6 min · The program

Listen

What a first consult actually sounds like

Most of the first half hour is you talking. That is not politeness, it is where the diagnosis usually is.

6 min · The program

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ReadWhy your thyroid panel came back normal when you feel anything but8 min ReadThe four hormones we test when your cycle goes sideways7 min GuidePCOS, and what we do in place of birth control12 min read · Six chapters · PCOS WatchDr. Nina explains insulin resistance in six minutes6 min ListenWhat bloating is actually telling you9 min ReadThe 3pm crash has a cause, and it is findable6 min ReadReading ferritin the way we read it5 min ProtocolA morning protocol for steady energy4 min GuidePerimenopause, and what changes when you treat it early11 min read · Six chapters · Menopause ReadHow an IV drip earns its place in your plan6 min WatchInside a DUTCH test result11 min watch · Labs ReadPeptides, explained plainly7 min ReadThe gut work that comes before everything else8 min ProtocolAnti-inflammatory dinners we actually recommend5 min ListenWhy we retest every 90 days6 min GuideHair shedding, and the labs we run first10 min ReadWeight that will not move, and the six things we check9 min ReadGLP-1 done with your muscle in mind7 min ReadSleep that finally holds through the night6 min ListenWhat a first consult actually sounds like6 min ReadCortisol curves and why your afternoon matters7 min GuideYour gut map, one marker at a time13 min read · Six chapters · Gut ProtocolA batch-cook Sunday for a busy week4 min ReadHormone restoration, titrated to you8 min

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