Keesha Ewers

The Functional Medicine Guide to Circadian Health

By Dr. Keesha Ewers, PhD, ARNP, IFMCP

Have you ever wondered why you feel energized some days and exhausted on others—even when you get the same amount of sleep? The answer may lie in your circadian rhythm.

From a functional medicine perspective, circadian health is one of the foundational pillars of wellness. Your body’s internal clock influences nearly every organ system, affecting everything from hormones and metabolism to digestion, immune function, and brain health.

When your circadian rhythm is aligned, your body knows when to wake up, digest food, produce hormones, repair cells, and prepare for sleep. When it’s disrupted, you may notice symptoms that seem unrelated—but often have the same underlying cause.

Do Microplastics Affect Your Health?

By Keesha Ewers

By Dr. Keesha Ewers, PhD, ARNP, IFMCP

One of the biggest hidden health “expenses” I see today? Microplastics. Microplastics may be impact your health hormones, metabolism, and inflammation, daily without you even knowing.

Microplastics, tiny fragments of plastic less than 5mm in size, are now found almost everywhere: in drinking water, food packaging, household dust, and even the air. As exposure has increased, so have questions about what they might be doing inside the human body.

Do microplastics actually affect hormones, metabolism, and inflammation? The short answer: there’s growing evidence they might.

How Does Outdoor Movement Affect Brain and Metabolic Health?

By Keesha Ewers

By Dr. Keesha Ewers, PhD, ARNP, IFMCP

I hike every morning. Why? One of the biggest hidden stressors I see in my autoimmune patients is resistance to self-care. You might be resisting going to bed when you’re tired, resisting stopping work to stand up and stretch your legs, or resisting going outdoors to move at all. Resisting self-care, especially outdoor movement could be affecting your brain and metabolic health.

That’s why I break through resistance everyone day with a hike with my dogs—even when it’s hot, humid, cold, or icy. My daily walk supports my metabolism, resets my circadian rhythm, reduces stress, and improves my mood.

And my dogs? They have no resistance—only joy in movement. They remind me daily to get up and go so I can enjoy all the side benefits of getting outside and moving.

How to keep your sanity and health through death, divorce, and disease.

By Keesha Ewers

By Dr. Keesha Ewers, PhD, ARNP, IFMCP

I am no stranger to life crises. I’ve experienced loss of family, friends, and treasured pets. I’ve been divorced. I’ve had cancer and live with autoimmune diseases. Right now, one of my dearest family members is dealing with a diagnosis no one wants to receive.

Chances are you’ve experienced a lot in your life, too. You might be going through a crisis right now.

These experiences don’t just affect your thoughts and your emotions. They ripple through your entire being—your body, your nervous system, your beliefs, your energy, and your sense of identity.

What is Weight Loss Resistance? Causes, Hormones, and How to Fix It

By Keesha Ewers

By Keesha Ewers, PhD, ARNP, IFMCP

Weight loss resistance is when your body does not lose weight (or gains weight) despite consistent efforts with diet, exercise, and sleep. It is often driven by hormonal imbalances, chronic stress, and metabolic dysfunction.

I coined this term for my patients who told me they were doing everything right in terms of eating, exercising, and sleeping … and yet were either gaining weight or unable to remove excess weight. The truth is, your body is a complex system of hormones that are talking to each other, serving as messenger chemicals between one another and between the glands in your endocrine system. What sets those chemicals in motion? Your own perceptions of you in your life.
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Why am I gaining weight even though I eat healthy?

By Keesha Ewers

By Keesha Ewers, PhD, ARNP, IFMCP

One of the most asked questions I get from my patients is, “Why am I gaining weight even though I eat healthy?”

If your weight gain feels unexplained, it might not be “just aging” or “just your diet.” There are always root causes to address. For some of my clients, weight gain traces back to a fatty liver and the role it plays in detoxification, hormones, and autoimmunity.