{"podcast":{"title":"Take Back Your Health®","slug":"take-back-your-health-6863527","podcast_index_feed_id":6863527,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/UYIIU7691408603","website_url":"https://www.amymyersmd.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2fbc49f8-f1fe-11ee-b729-fbe441da865a/image/225660b67471f91188b7ee2741f4fddf.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Dr. Amy Myers","episode_count":84,"summary":"Are you on the path to optimal health and looking for the latest breakthroughs in longevity and functional medicine? After her own struggle with an autoimmune thyroid condition, Dr. Amy Myers has made it her life’s mission to expose the flaws of conventional medicine and help others avoid the pain that she endured. More than a Functional Medicine doctor, Dr. Amy Myers is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, wife, mother, and visionary founder and CEO behind the influential e-commerce wellness brand, Amy Myers MD®. Through this brand, and with a clear vision of creating a path to optimal health and wellness for all, Dr. Amy Myers is here to change the future of medicine and empower others to Take Back Their Health. This show will be a mix of solo episodes and conversations with world renowned leading experts on the topics of functional medicine, autoimmunity, gut health and empowering people to get to the root of their issues and offer solutions so they can thrive. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T12:20:55.816376+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-back-your-health-6863527"},"episode":{"title":"48. Could Your Airway Be the Root Cause of Your Child's ADHD, Your Exhaustion, and Your Sleep Apnea? with Dr. Hilary Fritsch, DMD","slug":"48-could-your-airway-be-the-root-cause-of-your-child-s-adhd-your-exhaustion-and-your-sleep-apnea-with-dr-hilary-fritsch-dmd","published_at":"2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-back-your-health-6863527/48-could-your-airway-be-the-root-cause-of-your-child-s-adhd-your-exhaustion-and-your-sleep-apnea-with-dr-hilary-fritsch-dmd","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-back-your-health-6863527","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BICBB3721446762.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BICBB3721446762.mp3","summary":"In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Hilary Fritsch, DMD, an airway and biological dentist specializing in jaw development and non-surgical treatment of sleep and breathing disorders. We cover three audiences I care deeply about: parents of children showing signs of airway dysfunction, women in perimenopause who are exhausted and being missed by standard sleep testing, and adults who have been managing symptoms with a CPAP and want to know if there is a better path. Dr. Fritsch explains how mouth breathing, tongue ties, and underdeveloped palates are silently driving ADHD, anxiety, autoimmune disease, and chronic fatigue. She also shares the recent Harvard research on CPAP risks for low-risk patients that genuinely surprised me and why myofunctional therapy alone can cut apnea in half. I share my own journey and my daughter Elle's experience with palate expansion. This episode is packed with actionable information you will not want to miss. What You Will Learn: Why underdeveloped jaws and mouth breathing are a root cause of ADHD, anxiety, and chronic fatigue in children and adults The specific signs of early airway dysfunction in infants and children — and why acting early changes everything Why women are systematically underdiagnosed with sleep apnea and how perimenopause dramatically increases airway collapse risk How non-surgical palate expansion works for adults — no jaw surgery required Why myofunctional therapy is essential for lasting results and can reduce apnea severity by up to 50% What recent Harvard research reveals about CPAP risks for low-risk patients and what to do instead About Dr. Hilary Fritsch Dr. Hilary Fritsch, DMD, is an airway and biological dentist with nearly two decades of clinical experience specializing in jaw development, tongue-tied infan…","meta_description":"In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Hilary Fritsch, DMD, an airway and biological dentist specializing in jaw development and non-surgical treatment of s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3212,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/take-back-your-health-6863527/episodes/48-could-your-airway-be-the-root-cause-of-your-child-s-adhd-your-exhaustion-and-your-sleep-apnea-with-dr-hilary-fritsch-dmd/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/take-back-your-health-6863527/48-could-your-airway-be-the-root-cause-of-your-child-s-adhd-your-exhaustion-and-your-sleep-apnea-with-dr-hilary-fritsch-dmd.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}