Overview
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Alex Zubkov, a board-certified neurologist with over 25 years of experience who has made it his mission to find and treat the root causes of neurological disease rather than just managing symptoms. After years of watching younger and younger patients come in with strokes, he realized that lifestyle and diet were driving the crisis, not aging. Now he combines conventional neurology with a deeply integrative, personalized approach to help patients age gracefully instead of ending up in a nursing home. This conversation will completely change the way you think about your brain, your cholesterol, and what it actually means to take care of your health.
You’ll learn:
- Why Dr. Zubkov starts every patient on a combined Paleo and autoimmune diet for four months before personalizing their nutrition based on functional lab testing
- The truth about cholesterol that most doctors are missing, including the specific NMR lipoprofile test that reveals what a standard cholesterol panel never will
- How thyroid function directly controls your LDL levels, and why doctors have known this since 1897 but stopped using it once statins arrived
- Why your gut bacteria are now clearly linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease, and what that means for how we treat neurological conditions
- The hidden danger of eating too much wild-caught salmon and why mercury toxicity may be quietly undermining your brain health
- How something as simple as blue light blocking glasses eliminated migraines for patients who were spending 18 hours a day on a screen
- Why fixing your sleep and melatonin production is the single most important upstream step before tackling hormones, detox, or any supplement protocol
Your brain does not break down in isolation. Fix the body, and the brain will follow.
Resources:
- Dr. Zubkov’s website: zubkovmd.com
- Free Stroke Diet Guide: https://zubkovmd.com/stroke-diet/
Read to uncover your root causes and heal?
If you’re struggling with an autoimmune disease, thyroid issues, gut problems, or mystery health issues that conventional medicine can’t explain, I can help. Through functional medicine lab testing, we will uncover what’s really going on in your body and create customized protocols to help you heal. If you’re ready to reverse your health issues naturally, you can book a health consultation with myself or someone on my team below.
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