# 118. Why Isn't Everyone Getting a Functional Medicine Doctor? with Dr. Robin Berzin

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Podcast: [Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? with Emily Fletcher](https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708)
Published: 2026-04-07T07:00:00+00:00
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Why Isn't Everyone Getting a Functional Medicine Doctor? with Dr. Robin Berzin What if your body already knows how to heal — and the missing ingredient is a doctor who actually takes the time to find out why? In this episode of Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?, Emily sits down with Dr. Robin Berzin, founder of Parsley Health and one of the most trusted voices in functional and longevity medicine, for a conversation that covers everything from hormones and DEXA scans to spiritual practice and the quantum field. Dr. Robin explains what functional medicine actually is — and why it works when conventional medicine plateaus. She breaks down the updated science on hormone replacement therapy (and why the study that scared women off HRT for 25 years was fundamentally misinterpreted), makes a compelling case for body composition testing over weight, and delivers one of the clearest explanations of what chronic stress does to the body that you'll ever hear. But the conversation doesn't stay on the physical. Robin and Emily explore how meditation gave Robin the clarity to build Parsley and raise over $100 million as a solo female founder — and why she believes reaching into the unmanifest is what makes visionary creation possible at all. In this episode, they explore: • What functional medicine is and why it gets to root causes conventional medicine skips • Why the 2002 HRT study was misinterpreted — and what the science actually shows now • How HRT protects against breast cancer, dementia, and osteoporosis for most women • Why Robin prescribes one non-negotiable hour a day in parasympathetic mode to every patient • The DEXA scan case: why body composition matters more than weight ever will • How chronic stress creates cascading hormonal, digestive, immune, and metabolic dysfuncti…

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