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03/10/2026

RFK Jr. says medical schools should teach more nutrition.

Sounds great… until you ask a few questions.

Which nutrition will they teach?
The Food Pyramid?
Eat Lancet?
The next version that replaces the last version?

And even if doctors learn it…

Will insurance reimburse nutrition conversations?
Will primary care providers have time to discuss it in a 12-minute visit?

Or will it become another lecture that gets memorized for an exam and forgotten in practice?

Here’s the bigger reality:

Healthcare rarely changes because of policy.

It changes because patients start asking better questions.

Consumers shape practice far more than policy ever will.

I broke down the three questions everyone should be asking about this proposal in my newest Substack.

🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/kurtperkins/p/will-teaching-nutrition-in-medical

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently made headlines by proposing that medical schools should teach more nutrition.

03/06/2026

Autoimmune Disease Might Not Be What You Think | Colorado Springs & Monument Free Workshop

Autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s, celiac disease, lupus, and type 1 diabetes are often described as the immune system attacking the body. But what if the immune system isn’t malfunctioning — what if it’s responding to something it believes is dangerous?

In this workshop, Dr. Kurt discusses six commonly overlooked drivers of autoimmune conditions and how identifying underlying triggers can change the way we approach immune health.

📍 March 26 - Natural Grocers N. Colorado Springs
📍 April 2 - Natural Grocers Monument
⏰ 5:45 PM
💰 FREE

03/05/2026

Most of modern “healthcare” lives in the top half of this image.

Disease names.

Diabetes
Autoimmune
Depression
Chronic fatigue
Infertility
ADHD
Alzheimer’s

They argue about which medication manages them best.

But what if those conditions are not the starting point?

What if they’re simply the visible branches of deeper problems?

Down in the roots, you’ll usually find things like:
• Gut imbalance
• Toxins
•Nutrient deficiencies
• Insulin resistance
• Mitochondrial dysfunction
• Chronic inflammation
• Lifestyle overload

Pruning the branches won’t help your situation when there’s no life coming from the roots.

Most manage symptoms.
We build systems.

03/03/2026

After 21 years, I may be outgrowing the clinic model.

Not healthcare.
Not physiology.
Not the work.

Just the walls.

For years I’ve told people:
Track it. Test it. Adjust it.

So now I’m applying that to my own business.

Over the next few months I’ll be testing the following:
• Shifting to a telehealth/virtual model
• Reducing dependency on physical space
• Building systems that travel with you

Because the future isn’t about being a patient.
It’s about becoming an operator.

Get the details on my latest Substack:
🔗https://kurtperkins.substack.com/p/outgrowing-the-clinic-model-becoming

03/02/2026

Autoimmunity isn’t your body “turning on itself.”

That’s the story we were told.

It’s incomplete.

From Hashimoto’s and celiac disease to lupus and type 1 diabetes — the immune system doesn’t malfunction without a reason.

It responds.
It adapts.
It over-protects.

So the real question becomes:

What is it protecting you from?

I’ll be teaching The 6 Overlooked Causes of Autoimmunity on two different evenings:

📍 March 26 – Natural Grocers (N. Academy)
📍 April 2 – Natural Grocers (Monument)
⏰ 5:45 PM
🎟 Free to attend

If you’re tired of managing symptoms and ready to understand mechanisms — join us.

More Health. Less Healthcare.
Be The Research.

02/23/2026

Thank you so much for all that you have done for me and helped me to accomplish in the last 6ish months.

It is really amazing what we can get used to and just assume is normal. My eyes have been opened to just how not okay I was before I started working with you. I really had no idea that I was so energy drained because of other things going on in my body. I really thought that it was just because of job stress. Just having more energy has been a total life changer for me, my family, and my job.

I have worked with a lot of people on trying to figure out how to improve my heath: traditional doctors, weight loss programs, personal trainers, coaches, chiropractors, etc. I have read books, talked to friends, talked to experts. I have learned a lot from it all.

However, I have learned the most real, tangible, sustaining information from you, and I am very grateful. One of the things I have learned and received from you that I haven’t really felt before is compassion for my body.

I remember in one of our first meetings, I came in and told you that the food stuff was working out for the most part, but in the week before my period started, it was really hard to manage sugar and carb cravings and I ate an entire bag of candy in a sitting.

I was expecting a response something like “Well, you know that’s not a good idea. Do better next time and have more self-control.” But, instead your response was not judgmental and you said that makes sense and suggested that I plan ahead and try to add healthier carbs to my diet the next month during that week.

We both knew that eating a bag of candy in a sitting was not a good idea, and rather than focus on that part, you looked to what could be causing that response and looked for the root. That interaction triggered a whole new way of how I viewed myself.

Instead, it has allowed me to view my body as precious and something that I need to protect for my entire life. It isn’t a short-term project. It’s a long-term gift. 🎁

02/19/2026

Two clients.
Two very different autoimmune starting points.
Same principle:

👉 Stop chasing the thyroid
👉 Start calming the immune system

Client 1:
• TPO: 540 → 74
• Thyroglobulin: 4.2 → non-detectable

Client 2:
• Hashimoto’s antibodies resolved
• ANA 1:160 speckled pattern (lupus/Sjogren risk pattern)

This is where most care stops:
“Your thyroid antibodies are high.”

But the real question is:
Why is the immune system activated in the first place?

When we addressed:
• nutrient deficiencies
• inflammatory load
• gut + stress inputs
• immune signaling

…the thyroid stopped being the battleground.

Autoimmunity is rarely isolated.
It’s usually systemic.

Treat the system → the markers follow.

02/16/2026

Apparently, half the kids have been out of school the last two weeks… must be that sneaky seasonal virus striking again right on schedule. 🤧

Definitely couldn’t have anything to do with:
🏫 Outdoor play → sitting inside all day�
😴 Sleep schedules getting wrecked�
🍬 Sugar becoming a food group�
📉 Movement down, stress up�
🍻 Months of holidays built around excess

But yes… the immune system just randomly “stops working” every winter. Total mystery. 🙃

But hey, at least the pharmacy has free shots. 💉

👉 Full sarcastic and cynical thoughts at substack: https://kurtperkins.substack.com/p/the-flu-doesnt-know-what-season-it

02/03/2026

What if autoimmune disease isn’t self-attack—but overprotection?

We’ve been taught that the immune system “turns on itself.”

That it’s confused.
Broken.
Out of control.

But antibodies don’t just appear. They respond to something.

Sharks don’t show up unless there’s blood in the water.

In autoimmunity, the real question isn’t
👉 “How do we suppress the immune system?”

It’s👉 “Why are tissues breaking down and leaking antigens into the bloodstream?”

When tissues are deficient or chronically exposed to stressors—nutritional, chemical, emotional, mechanical—the immune system does what it’s designed to do: protect.

Functional medicine doesn’t focus on killing sharks. It focuses on reducing the blood in the water.

Stronger tissues.
Less overprotection.
Quieter immune signals.

Full breakdown + real client examples in today’s Substack.

🔗 https://kurtperkins.substack.com/p/autoimmune-disease

01/30/2026

Statins, CAC Scores, and an Inconvenient Finding…

You’re told your cholesterol is high.�You’re told you need a statin. 💊

Then your CAC score comes back zero.

Now what?

What if you DO have some plaque? 🫀Does that automatically mean you’re on a statin for the rest of your life?

What rarely gets mentioned:�statins have been shown to increase coronary calcium scores,�which complicates how we interpret “risk.”

Fear comes from isolated numbers.�Strategy comes from context.

If your labs and imaging don’t align,�that’s not failure — that’s information.

This is where the conversation gets interesting.

Full piece over on my Substack.

🔗https://kurtperkins.substack.com/p/statins-cac-scores-and-an-inconvenient

01/15/2026

The clients weren’t going to let us put up a Bills helmet quietly. Enter the Broncos mini helmet. It’s autographed by Jake Plummer no less.

01/14/2026

OMG guys…I can’t believe I’m a week late in wishing this little stud a happy birthday and happy gotcha day. January 7, 2013. 🎉🥳

You came into our lives 13 YEARS ago. You’re a teenager now. I can’t even believe it. Where has the time gone?

You’ve been steadfast, loyal, and faithful in your commitment to just sit on my shelf and not rot away, stink up the clinic, or attract critters.

We love you little Wilber. Here’s to countless more years to come.