Your Lab Results Don't Always Reveal the Whole Picture. Dr. Kam Mueller, DO on Root-Cause Medicine

Your labs came back "normal." You still feel off. Now what?Dr. Kam Mueller, DO joins Jessica and Lee to walk through what root-cause medicine actually looks like — and why conventional reference ranges miss so much of what real patients are experiencing.We cover the four osteopathic tenets, why diabetes is rarely just a "high blood sugar" problem, how fasting can give the body room to reset, and the difference between a "normal" and an optimal lab value (the GFR example will make you rethink your last appointment).Then we get into the nutrition piece — shopping the perimeter of the grocery store, how much protein athletes actually need (spoiler: more than the RDA), the female athlete triad, and why hip and knee pain shows up so often in women who train hard.Dr. Mueller breaks down hormone testing (timing matters more than most doctors mention), autoimmune triggers, what really happens to estrogen at menopause, the boron-and-bone-density connection most patients have never heard of, and how direct primary care works — including the new rule that lets you pay your membership with HSA dollars.If you've ever walked out of a 15-minute appointment feeling unheard, this episode is for you.Find PelviCare on the App Store, Google Play, or at pelvicare.com.