# Can Functional Medicine Help With ALS, MND? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/evolution-of-medicine-podcast-391904/can-functional-medicine-help-with-als-mnd Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/evolution-of-medicine-podcast-391904/can-functional-medicine-help-with-als-mnd.md Podcast: [Evolution of Medicine Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/evolution-of-medicine-podcast-391904) Published: 2025-12-09T22:17:00+00:00 Episode link: https://goevomed.com/podcasts/can-functional-medicine-help-with-als-mnd Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/goevomed/James_Maskell_FF_S2E8_AUDIO_ONLY.mp3?dest-id=234756 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/evolution-of-medicine-podcast-391904/episodes/can-functional-medicine-help-with-als-mnd Duration seconds: 2727 ## Resource This week on the podcast we feature Dr. Kirstie Lawton, Founder of Food for the Brain Foundation and a virtual brain health clinic in the UK focused on ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) which in the UK is called "Motor Neurone Disease" (MND) This is a hot topic in the UK as there has been a flurry of cases and concern about MND in the professional rugby players community. In this podcast you will learn: Is there hope for MND / ALS and what role for nutrition? Lessons from delivering a completely virtual brain clinic How science and survival of MND / ALS is evolving Listen wherever you listen to your podcast or watch the full interview on our YouTube channel. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/evolution-of-medicine-podcast-391904/episodes/can-functional-medicine-help-with-als-mnd/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/evolution-of-medicine-podcast-391904/can-functional-medicine-help-with-als-mnd.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.