The Precision Health with Mirthe Podcast

Peptides are exploding in popularity, and while still unregulated, and for the majority officially only available for research purposes, suppliers providing peptides are popping up left, right and center. If you have heard the word 'peptides' thrown around in longevity circles and dismissed them as another fad, I'd beg you to differ. Peptides can indeed be powerful tools to add to your health and...

Peptides are exploding in popularity, and while still unregulated, and for the majority officially only available for research purposes, suppliers providing peptides are popping up left, right and center. If you have heard the word 'peptides' thrown around in longevity circles and dismissed them as another fad, I'd beg you to differ. Peptides can indeed be powerful tools to add to your health and...

Peptides are exploding in popularity, and while still unregulated, and for the majority officially only available for research purposes, suppliers providing peptides are popping up left, right and center. If you have heard the word 'peptides' thrown around in longevity circles and dismissed them as another fad, I'd beg you to differ. Peptides can indeed be powerful tools to add to your health and...

Peptides are exploding in popularity, and while still unregulated, and for the majority officially only available for research purposes, suppliers providing peptides are popping up left, right and center. If you have heard the word 'peptides' thrown around in longevity circles and dismissed them as another fad, I'd beg you to differ.   Peptides can indeed be powerful tools to add to your health an...

Peptides are exploding in popularity, and while still unregulated, and for the majority officially only available for research purposes, suppliers providing peptides are popping up left, right and center. If you have heard the word 'peptides' thrown around in longevity circles and dismissed them as another fad, I'd beg you to differ. Peptides can indeed be powerful tools to add to your health and...

Peptides are exploding in popularity, and while still unregulated, and for the majority officially only available for research purposes, suppliers providing peptides are popping up left, right and center. If you have heard the word 'peptides' thrown around in longevity circles and dismissed them as another fad, I'd beg you to differ. Peptides can indeed be powerful tools to add to your health and...

Peptides have become increasingly popular in longevity and health optimisation circles, promising anything from better skin and hair, to reduce joint pains and faster healing from injuries, to weight loss, a more defined and toned body, all the way to living longer. But are they what they promise, and more importantly, are they safe? Let’s explore another peptide in today’s post, and what research...

While you likely have heard of some of the more prominent peptides by now, including Ozempic, wegovy and mounjaro for their weightloss effects, and possibly also copper peptides for its skin benefits and BPC-157 for its purported gut healing, unless you are deep inside the biohacking or peptide world, thymosin alpha 1 might not have made it onto your radar (quite yet).   However, this might just b...

In this episode Mirthe explains what Precision Health and Longevity Optimisation is, who it is for, and what makes a root cause approach fundamentally different from a standard check-up or generic health programme. Whether you have symptoms that have never been properly explained, or you simply want to be proactive about your health and longevity before problems develop — this video is your starti...

Think your hormones are the problem? A functional medicine perspective reveals the 5 deeper root causes driving PCOS, hair loss, perimenopause, low testosterone, and more — and what to do about it.   Get your FREE ebook on 'Why 'Normal' Labs Aren't Good Enough' with the Top 15 Biomarkers to Check for Optimal Health & Longevity, and their optimal ranges here:   https://mailchi.mp/68015db2a08c/w...

You have been to your GP. You have had your bloods done. Or even a bigger private health panel. And you have been told: everything is fine. That’s great..? Or is it not? You are onto something there. ‘Normal’ is often just not quite good enough if optimal health and longevity is your goal. If you want to thrive, rather than survive. – Let me explain. In this video I break down some of the key biom...

Let’s face it. Life is messy, and by simply living and breathing we create a whole range of metabolic byproducts, or ‘rust’.  Add onto that environmental pollutants, inflammation, blood sugar issues and stress, all damaging our cells and creating ‘gunk’ in the cogwheel machinery of health. Luckily the body ‘won’t go rusty’ nor clog up quite that quickly. It in fact has some wonderful built-in mech...

Are you struggling with fatigue, brain fog, or joint pain that your doctor dismisses as "normal aging"? Your labs come back "fine," but you still don't feel right? The problem might not be what you think. Nutrient deficiencies—or on the flip side, nutrient excess—could be the hidden root cause silently degrading your health. In today's episode, I'll show you which nutrient imbalances might be cont...

If you're like so many of the people that come to see me in my practice, you have tried everything. You've tried all the different diets, tools, and gadgets—all the wonderful health optimization tools out there—but you're still feeling not quite right. Then it gets to that stage where you must be thinking: where is this actually coming from? That's where functional medicine always has such a huge...

You have optimized your diet. You exercise regularly. You take supplements. But there is one root cause of accelerated aging that’s far more insidious—and far harder to address—than inflammation or blood sugar dysregulation. Stress. Unlike the tangible interventions you can make with nutrition or movement, stress often feels elusive, uncontrollable, and deeply embedded in the fabric of high-perfor...

Health optimisation, hormones and longevity are ‘trending’, with content related to what to eat and how to live to feel better for longer, reduce hormone issues and prevent illness flooding the media. Home health testing and tracking devices are everywhere, empowering you to take care of your own health. You likely know that you should be eating your greens, getting more sleep, reduce stress and e...

You are into health optimisation and longevity - but how to know if you are doing it right? In this episode Functional Medicine practitioner Mirthe dives into how to use simple blood test results you likely already had done at your annual check, and how to use them to get gauge on whether you are on the right track when it comes to health optimisation, or could do with making some adjustments!  Sh...

Are you feeling tired, your hair is falling out, and metabolism is sluggish? Chances are, if you are female and menstruating (ie not on a contraceptive that suppresses your period, or past menopause), your iron stores might be below optimal. Or, on the other hand, and in particular if you are male or female with no period, perhaps have achy joints, a larger belly circumference than you’d like, or...

Why you want to make sure your thyroid levels are OPTIMAL, and not just NORMAL. Do you have symptoms that you think could be related to your thyroid, but you’ve had your thyroid checked on your latest blood panel, and all was ‘fine’? Common symptoms related to a sluggish thyroid include: 👉🏻 Weight gain 👉🏻 Low energy 👉🏻 Hair loss 👉🏻 Low mood 👉🏻 Cholesterol levels that are creeping up 👉🏻...

The breakfast debate – better to skip and fast, or is breakfast still the most important meal of the day?   With some influencers touting the benefits of fasting for health and longevity, with others promoting that one has to eat right after waking, in order to keep the metabolism and hormones healthy, it is easy to get confused.   But what is the truth? The answer sadly is not quite that clear cu...

Do you struggle with hormonal issues, such as PMS, PCOS, acne, painful periods, endometriosis, fibroids or other, and have been told that the only solution is to go on the pill? But you’d like to naturally support your cycle with dietary and lifestyle choices? In this episode I will dive into some of the most important underlying dietary and lifestyle trigger for hormone imbalances.   In the next...

In this first part of a Masterclass on Female Health and Hormones, Functional Medicine practitioner Mirthe Eckl addresses common female issues like PMS, painful periods, PCOS, recurring vaginal infections, anxiety, endometriosis, cysts and fibroids, bloating, a sluggish metabolism and perimenopause chaos like hot flashes and weight gain around the middle - that many of us have been told to ‘just l...

In this episode I dive into how stress can mess with our hormones and cycle. Stress, and being in constant fight-or-flight, also called 'The Rushing Woman Syndrome' often is the missing link to why hormones are in chaos despite trying to eat well, exercising, etc. Learn how stress is linked to estrogen, progesterone, ovulation, fertility, having purpose, and what to do about it.   Join me for an 8...

Why you may not be getting enough even if you are supplementing, why it matters, and how to fix it.

To drink Diet Coke or real coke - or should there be a third option? Aspartame, the zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweetened Diet Coke, but also many other ‘diet’ and ‘sugar free’ products on the market, has just been classified as a type 2B carcinogen (=possibly contributing to the development of cancer) by the @who I have done a dive into the research on how aspartame (and at what dose!)...