Video summary
The speaker recounts their unique journey from an aerospace engineering background to a career in pharmacy, driven by a desire to understand how medicine truly functions rather than simply suppressing symptoms. After realizing that the conventional medical system is primarily designed to manage problems rather than eliminate them, they dedicated over thirty years to discovering methods that allow the body to heal itself naturally. This philosophy emphasizes that no diagnostic tool or physician can identify every issue within the human body, as the organism possesses an innate capability to resolve its own ailments when given the proper support to remove toxins and infections instead of shutting down the immune system.
Central to this approach is the critical role of glutathione, known as the master antioxidant and the most abundant tripeptide produced by the human body. The speaker explains that their focus on hormones in the mid-1990s led patients to ask about anti-aging solutions, which they clarified was really about increasing longevity rather than reversing aging processes. Recognizing that patients were often unwilling to commit to multiple lifestyle changes like diet and exercise simultaneously, the speaker identified glutathione as the single most impactful variable. By focusing on elevating glutathione levels, one can significantly alter the rate of aging, making it a foundational element in their strategy for systemic health and vitality.
The narrative highlights the importance of thinking systemically to solve complex biological patterns, a skill honed through an engineering mindset. Instead of relying solely on pharmaceutical interventions that merely mask symptoms, the goal is to enable the body's natural transformation by addressing root causes such as overloads in the system. This perspective challenges the status quo where individuals feel stuck taking supplements or medications indefinitely, proposing instead that true health comes from creating an environment where the body can repair itself. The speaker's work with affluent clients who felt limited in their options underscores the necessity of innovative delivery methods and a holistic understanding of bio-identical hormones to achieve lasting results.
Ultimately, the video concludes by illustrating how these early experiences with hormone therapy and patient inquiries about longevity naturally evolved into a deep specialization in glutathione function. Despite starting as a resident in underserved communities where hormone treatments were controversial, the speaker found success with suburban patients seeking better health outcomes. This full-circle journey from engineering to pharmacy to functional medicine demonstrates a consistent commitment to empowering the body's innate healing powers. By shifting the focus from managing problems to resolving them through natural mechanisms, the speaker aims to help people reclaim their health and extend their lives without relying on a system that only treats symptoms.
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But my story began with not being a
pharmacist. I was in aerospace
engineering. I my my my goal in life was
through space travels. Uh and [laughter]
you know one of those things that the
only jobs back 354 years ago was
government jobs. And I said come on this
Elon Musk was not ready for us yet at
that time. So we could could not dive
into those kinds of adventures. So I
chose to do the other side is to go deep
inside your body. Of course, medicine
was one option which was too hard for
me. Thank God you did it. I do I didn't
have the patience to do it myself. So I
said I chose a pharmacy career and I
never looked back. But my goal has
always been to find out how medicine
actually works. After I graduate from
pharmacy school, my goal was to
literally use my knowledge and help
people. very soon within the within the
first year realized that
>> the medical system is designed to take
care of your problems not get rid of the
problems. My goodness,
>> that one distinction changed my whole
career for me because all of a sudden I
realized that
>> when you're buying insurance or when
you're buying medications, when you're
going to anybody to get seek help,
[gasps] the help you're going to get is
to manage your problems, not get rid of
the problems. So
fast forward to 30 years now is that I
have learned how to use medicines other
modalities to actually get rid of the
problems. You may be stuck taking
something something uh as a supplement
but the whole idea is to allow the body
to heal itself. And here's the hard
truth. No physicians, no diagnostic
tools, nobody is out there that can find
all the problems for you. Your human
body is quite capable of doing all the
things for you already. So my goal is to
stay out of the bo out of the way and
allow the body to heal itself. And so
that's what my my focus has been for the
last 30 plus years at this time.
>> Amazing. And so aligned with what I do
in clinical practice too, right? We
realize that the body has this innate
power and instead of just suppressing
immune system or doing those things that
are just shutting it down, when we
actually enable the body take away the
toxins and the infections and all these
overloads into the system, um it really
does transform. Now, I love that you
have this engineering background. I do
too. Bio-engineering background. Um, but
it's so cool because you're a systems
thinker and I think some of the most
fascinating people in this world are
those who have ability to look at
patterns and recognize the similarities
and the things happening and then
looking for systemic solutions that are
systematized so that we can actually
bring this and change the world. Now you
you've developed some things. You've
been an inventor. You've been a
pharmacist. You've been all of these
things. What I want to talk about some
of those things especially like
glutathione. Today our topic is actually
hormones. So guys stay tuned. We will
talk about hormones, but I want to take
a few side trips first because
glutathione, the master antioxidant, is
one of your specialties. Tell us about
that story, how it got started, how you
developed some very unique ways of
delivery for glutathione and why
glutathione is so critical.
>> And you you just nailed it right there.
Right. We'll talk about hormones later
on because guess what? My career started
to deal with hormones first.
>> Yeah. and the hormone replacement
therapy. But back in the mid '90s,
nobody was doing bio identical hormones.
You know, it was like, oh my god, you
are kind of uh on your own in the
corner. Don't don't talk about those
kinds of things until 2005 kicks in and
this WH study comes out and everybody
else the hell breaks loose and now
people are asking for more help.
>> But when I was doing hormones back in
the mid 90s, I started getting questions
from my consumers, my patients saying
that, hey, do you have something for
anti-aging? And I goes, "What do you
mean by anti-aging?" I said, "Do you
have something for for me to live
forever?" So, what they're really asking
is is something to increase longevity,
not to reverse aging processes. But they
don't know what term to use. So, they
were asking about anti-aging. And of
course, my clientele was the who's of
America. There all this money in the
world and there's no solution. And they
and they're in the mid60s now. They're
counting the years. Oh, I only have 10
more years to live before I die and
things like that and I want to live for
a long time. And so,
long story short, they started asking me
questions and I said, "Okay, if it's if
I can do one change, if I tell them to
change your diet, do exercise, uh do
this, do that. There's too many things,
too many variables, they're only willing
to do one thing. What is the one thing
that I can work on that can change their
life?" And the answer to me was
glutathione at that time because
glutathione was the most abundant
molecule produced in human body. It's a
tripeptide but it's the most abundant
trip that body produces. And the
question is why? Why does the body
produce so much of glutathione? And once
I started learning about is a
glutathione and what it does for the
body literally today we still talk about
this today and I wish that more people
can listen to you. I know you got
millions of followers. I want more to
come follow you because they got to
listen to this thing because glutathine
if you can do one thing to impact
glutathine levels in your body you can
change the course of how fast or how
slow you can age and so the molecule was
glutathione that that I first heard but
started because of my customers on
hormones start asking me for these
questions
>> wow it's full circle then isn't it
because
>> it's full circle
>> and I'm the same back in the oh gosh
early 2000s when I started doing
function medicine right out for
residency. It was the hormones that I
started and because these women in the
community, I was a resident in a very
underserved kind of, you know, how
residential um
>> Oh, yeah. Usually it's inner city or
it's like, you know, lower income
population, but I had all the suburban
housewives coming to the clinic to see
me as a resident because I was doing
hormones and it was like this and my
attendees would be like, "Uh, Dr. Jill,
what's going on? What are you doing with
them?" Because they hide precept with
them. But anyway, back in the day of uh
Pam Smith, Elder Tailor and PCCA and
some of those kinds of things were were
um interesting.