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Why Does Iron Make Me Feel Worse, Not Better?

Low ferritin with a normal blood count is one of the most common findings in people with unexplained fatigue, and iron is the obvious answer. When it makes someone feel…

Elizma LambertOctober 27, 2026

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Why Do My Histamine Symptoms Follow My Cycle?

If your headaches, hives, anxiety, bloating or insomnia arrive at the same two points every month, that timing is the most useful diagnostic information you have. It points at histamine,…

Elizma LambertOctober 27, 2026

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Why Does High Homocysteine Make Everything Worse?

Homocysteine is usually reported as a cardiovascular risk marker and then ignored if it's only mildly raised. That's a mistake, because a high homocysteine tells you something considerably more immediate:…

Elizma LambertOctober 24, 2026

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How Gut Bacteria Interfere With Your Brain Chemistry

Your gut bacteria make neurotransmitters. Not compounds that vaguely resemble them — the actual molecules, produced by bacterial enzymes doing the same chemistry your own cells do. That matters because…

Elizma LambertOctober 18, 2026

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Why Amino Acid Supplements Can Backfire

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and supplementing them is usually helpful. But some people feel distinctly worse on an amino acid supplement — foggy, wired, irritable, headachy,…

Elizma LambertOctober 7, 2026

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PANDAS, the Basal Ganglia, and Look-Alike Symptoms

PANDAS — a sudden onset of tics, obsessive-compulsive behaviours and other neuropsychiatric symptoms in children after a streptococcal infection — is thought to involve the immune system affecting a specific…

Elizma LambertSeptember 29, 2026

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Can Thyroid, Adrenal or Hormone Problems Cause Depression and Anxiety?

Yes — several physical conditions produce symptoms that are difficult to distinguish from depression and anxiety, including low thyroid function, depleted adrenal output, androgen-dominant hormone patterns, and ongoing inflammation. This…

Elizma LambertSeptember 4, 2026

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What Is an Organic Acid Test and What Can It Actually Tell You?

An Organic Acid Test (OAT) measures metabolic byproducts in urine — compounds left over from energy production, neurotransmitter turnover, detoxification, and the activity of bacteria and yeast in the gut.…

Elizma LambertAugust 10, 2026

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Are We Built to Be Well in a World Without Work?

An opinion piece. Elon Musk recently predicted that within about five years, artificial intelligence and robotics will be able to do essentially all work. In the world he describes, jobs…

Elizma LambertJuly 27, 2026

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Regenerus Labs 2023 Your Gut Instincts: A Functional Approach

Elizma Lambert presented two one-hour seminars for practitioners on behalf of Regenerus Labs in Ireland, as part of their Gut Conference. She had the privilege of joining Dr. Joseph Lamb…

Elizma LambertNovember 8, 2023

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Can Gut Bacteria and Food Preservatives Affect Autism?

Propionic acid is a short-chain fatty acid that comes from two places: it's produced by bacteria fermenting undigested carbohydrate in the gut, and it's added to processed food as a…

Elizma LambertJuly 26, 2021

Mood Disorders The Brain

Does One Setback Flatten You for Days?

A plan falls through, a message goes unanswered, or something you were looking forward to doesn't happen. On paper it's a small thing. But the air goes out of you,…

Elizma LambertNovember 11, 2019

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ATP Science Your Personalized Health Summit 2019

Elizma Lambert will be presenting at the ATP Health Summit on November 2nd and 3rd 2019 along with many other great speakers such as Sofie Van Kempen, Matthew Legge, Dr.…

Elizma LambertSeptember 4, 2019

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ATP Project #214 – What Drives Our Addictions

Many of us struggle with addictions which can take many shapes and forms such as alcohol, food, sugar, gambling, shopping, drugs, and even 'good' things like exercise. These addictions, even…

Elizma LambertJuly 19, 2019

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Paul Burgess Episode 132: Dr. Jess Armine in ‘Leaky Gut, Leaky Cells, Leaky Brain’

Dr. Jess Armine (USA) speaks to Paul Burgess in the UK about the book that Elizma Lambert and Dr. Jess Armine co-wrote together, called 'Leaky Gut, Leaky Cells, Leaky Brain'.…

Elizma LambertJuly 7, 2019

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Soil Bacteria and Stress Connection

Fat Containing Soil-Bacteria Found to Reduce Stress A great article on the 'hygiene hypothesis' and why bacteria are so important for our health and well being. Most of us…

Elizma LambertJune 7, 2019

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Why Does Candida Die-Off Feel Like a Hangover?

When people start treating a yeast overgrowth, many feel worse before they feel better: headache, brain fog, nausea, fatigue, irritability, and a general sense of being hungover without having had…

Elizma LambertMay 21, 2019

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Phenol Sensitivity: Symptoms, Foods and What Causes It

If colourful fruit, spices, herbal medicines or brightly coloured drinks reliably make you or your child worse, the problem is usually not the food. It is the pathway that clears…

Elizma LambertMay 21, 2019

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Elizma Lambert – Organic Acid Testing Episode 97

World authority on Organic Acid Testing, Elizma Lambert joins me today and we talk about the value of Organic Acid Testing and what you can learn from having yours done.…

ELApril 29, 2019

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fx Medicine – Is Addiction in our Genes? with Elizma Lambert

Why are some people more prone to addictions than others? Why do some crave the "hit of the high", where others can enjoy a substance or an experience and leave…

ELApril 29, 2019

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Functional DX Conference 2018 London, UK

Elizma Lambert presented in London, UK over a two day conference along with Dr. Jess Armine (USA) on complex clinical presentations and how to make them simple. A complete 8…

ELJuly 18, 2018

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OAT Training for parents, Poland, EU 2018

Elizma Lambert ND, aka “The OAT Whisperer” presented a whole day workshop on interpreting organic acids to around 150 parents of autistic children in Poland. We discussed how the markers…

ELMarch 18, 2018

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Health Masters LIVE 2018 Functional Diagnostics Masterclass – Organic Acids and Neurotransmitters

Elizma Lambert ND, aka “The OAT Whisperer” and Dr. Jess Armine, aka “The Neurotransmitter Whisperer” teaming up to present this 8 module masterclass on interpreting organic acids and neurotransmitters. We…

ELMarch 18, 2018