Absolute Health

Absolute Health Absolute Health is committed to providing Ocala families, and those of the surrounding communities. Elyaman, known to his patients as “Dr. E” .

Absolute Health was founded in 2006 through the extraordinary vision of Dr. Yousef A. We specialize in caring for both children and adults, making Absolute Health a convenient healthcare solution for your whole family. We maintain separate waiting areas for children and adults to ensure your comfort and we are committed to keeping wait times to a minimum. Our approach to healthcare is unique. At Absolute Health, we combine both functional medicine and integrative medicine through a systems oriented approach. Rather than simply treating an isolated set of symptoms, our practitioners form a therapeutic partnership with patients to determine the underlying causes for illness. This is accomplished by taking the time necessary to discover our patients' medical histories and examine the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors which can influence long term health and complex chronic disease. Our treatment plans incorporate the latest in Modern Medicine as well as Natural and Alternative treatments that have been found to contribute significantly to overall health and well-being. It is our mission to provide you and your family with the ABSOLUTE best in healthcare.

Teamwork at 35,000 feet.On my flight home from A4M / LongevityFest, the call went out asking if there was a medical prof...
12/14/2025

Teamwork at 35,000 feet.

On my flight home from A4M / LongevityFest, the call went out asking if there was a medical professional on board. I responded — and met Brandy Robertson, NP, right there at the scene. She had also answered the call and, as it turned out, was returning from the conference as well.

No prior connection. No introductions beforehand.
Just two clinicians meeting in the moment, relying on shared training, calm decision-making, and teamwork until we could land.

You make connections in the lecture halls, at the vendor booths, and sometimes — unexpectedly — on the ride home.

It was a reminder that medicine is a shared language, and collaboration often shows up when and where you least expect it.

Grateful to work alongside you, Brandy.

— Dr. Yousef Elyaman

I’m grateful to share that the FMP Essentials Show has reached two meaningful milestones:• 🎧 4,000+ podcast downloads• 🎥...
12/12/2025

I’m grateful to share that the FMP Essentials Show has reached two meaningful milestones:

• 🎧 4,000+ podcast downloads
• 🎥 100,000+ YouTube views

What began as a vision to bring practical, root-cause Functional Medicine into clear, real-world conversations has grown into a resource used by clinicians and functional medicine enthusiasts who want deeper thinking around health, healing, and personalized care.

As the host of the FMP Essentials Show, I’ve had the privilege of exploring topics such as personalized medicine, genetics, food as medicine, hypothyroidism, chronic kidney disease, gut health, autoimmunity, cancer risk, and cardiometabolic health — always with the goal of clarity, clinical relevance, and impact.

Thank you to everyone who has listened, watched, shared episodes, and engaged with these conversations. Your support continues to shape the direction of the show.

We’re just getting started.

— Dr. Yousef Elyaman
Host, The FMP Essentials Show

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✨ Join Our Virtual Lecture: Lowering Blood Pressure the Smart Way! ✨High blood pressure isn’t just a number — it has rea...
12/11/2025

✨ Join Our Virtual Lecture: Lowering Blood Pressure the Smart Way! ✨
High blood pressure isn’t just a number — it has real root causes. Tune in LIVE as Dr. Yousef Elyaman, MD, IFMCP, breaks down the surprising reasons BP rises (stress, sleep, nutrition, hormones & blood vessel health) and shares simple, natural strategies you can start using right away.

💻 Virtual Lecture
📅 December 18th
⏰ 4:00pm–5:00pm
🎟️ Open to everyone — join from anywhere!

Take control of your health from the comfort of home. Save your spot today! 💙🩺
Click Here to sign up: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cQ4fAjGzQaK1P3TMpWfqQA

12/09/2025

Dr. Datis explains that the standard model of “check once a year, adjust your thyroid meds, and repeat” assumes the thyroid gland declines slowly.
But Hashimoto’s doesn’t play by those rules.

🧬 For many patients, the immune system can damage the thyroid in months, not years.
💊 Thyroid replacement alone never addresses the autoimmune fire.
⏳ This leaves people symptomatic, under-treated, and frustrated long before their next lab check.

When you treat the thyroid like it’s simply “low hormone levels,” you miss the entire root cause:
the immune system attacking the gland.

Functional Medicine looks at WHY the thyroid is failing — not just how to replace the hormones.

🎙️ Full conversation with Dr. Yousef Elyaman & Dr. Datis Kharrazian on the FMP Essentials Show.

👇 Like this? Comment “podcast” and we’ll send you the full episode.

12/09/2025

The FMP Essentials Show has officially crossed two major milestones:
🎧 4,000+ podcast downloads
🎥 100,000+ YouTube views

What began as a passion project to give clinicians and functional medicine enthusiasts practical, real-world Functional Medicine education has grown into a global community of people who want deeper answers, better tools, and a clearer way to think about root-cause medicine.

On the FMP Essentials Show, we explore:
• Personalized medicine & genetic testing
• Using food as medicine in clinical practice
• Root-cause approaches to hypothyroidism
• Functional perspectives on chronic kidney disease (CKD)
• Ulcerative colitis, autoimmunity & inflammation
• Breast cancer risk & prevention
• Cardiometabolic health & metabolic repair
• And so much more

As the host of the FMP Essentials Show, I’m truly grateful for every clinician, student, and functional medicine enthusiast who listens, watches, and shares these conversations.
Your support means more than you know. 🙏

We’re just getting started.

💬 Comment “Podcast” and I’ll send you the link to watch or listen to the full show.

— Dr. Yousef Elyaman
Host, The FMP Essentials Show

We filled the truck! 🙌And it’s all thanks to our incredible Absolute Health family.From staff members who brought in arm...
12/09/2025

We filled the truck! 🙌
And it’s all thanks to our incredible Absolute Health family.

From staff members who brought in armfuls of supplies…
to patients who walked in with bags of food, toiletries, and baby items…
every single donation added up to something big.

This truckload you see here is Absolute Health’s contribution to the
Marion County Medical Society Pay It Forward Food & Toiletry Drive —
and together with the full outreach effort, these items will help support 150 families in our community.

I want to personally thank:
✨ Our staff, who led the way with generosity and heart
✨ Our patients, whose kindness never stops inspiring me
✨ Marion County Medical Society, for spearheading this important outreach and giving us the chance to take part

Moments like this remind me what community really means —
and how powerful it is when people come together to take care of one another.

Thank you for giving.
Thank you for caring.
Thank you for paying it forward.

— Dr. Yousef Elyaman

12/03/2025

Welcome to another moment in our Around the Clinic Series 💛

Inside Absolute Health, clinical conversations happen everywhere — in the hallways, at desks, between charts — and they’re always rooted in curiosity and good medicine.
In this moment, I asked our Functional Medicine PA, Sally Bang, about a lab that often gets overlooked when people are evaluated for low testosterone.

It’s a reminder that thoughtful medicine isn’t about rushing to interventions…
It’s about slowing down, asking deeper questions, and understanding the full story behind someone’s physiology.

Community. Curiosity. Connection.
This is what our clinic culture is built on.

12/03/2025

Could this antioxidant supplement be hurting you? 👀

I just taught a masterclass inside my practitioner mastermind on oxidative stress — basically the body’s version of rusting — and one of the physicians asked me a great question:

“What about using MitoQ for mitochondrial antioxidant support?”

Here’s the honest breakdown ⬇️

MitoQ is not regular CoQ10.
It’s a chemically modified version with a triphenylphosphonium “tail” that helps it rush into the mitochondria… but that tail does not occur naturally in the human body.

That doesn’t make it “bad.”
But it does make it a synthetic analog — and we do not have long-term human safety data.

Most human studies on MitoQ are short (weeks to a few months) and involve small groups.

There is an in-vitro study (a dish, not a person) showing mitochondrial swelling at very high concentrations.
Does that translate to humans?
No — in-vitro signals aren’t human outcomes.
But they’re still worth paying attention to when long-term human data is missing.

On the other hand…

Ubiquinol

– the natural form of CoQ10 your body already makes
– has decades of use
– long-term studies up to 5 years
– and a strong safety profile

So here’s my clinical reasoning:
If I want to support mitochondrial antioxidant function, I usually begin with ubiquinol, the molecule the body already recognizes — before moving to something synthetically modified.

Not fear.
Not hype.
Just thoughtful caution.

💬 What about you?

Have you used MitoQ or ubiquinol — personally or in your practice?
What did you notice?

👇 Share your experience in the comments.

🔥 HASHTAGS

11/28/2025

🕵️‍♂️ Functional Farm Edition

Wife’s out of town.
The mission? Keep the kids alive… and the animals fed.

Milk the cow. Soak the hay.
Measure magnesium, scoop cool calories, track electrolytes like it’s a lab order.

As a Functional Medicine doctor, I design personalized protocols all the time.
But this? This was next-level lifestyle medicine… with hooves.

It’s one thing to customize health plans for patients.
It’s another to execute a full nutritional protocol… on a farm.

Watch till the end — and tell me:

What’s your honey-do list look like?
Mine included bran ratios and goat-proofing a calf feeder.

— Dr. Elyaman





11/27/2025

🧬 Did you know your sense of smell might detect genetic compatibility?

In research like the famous “sweaty T-shirt study,” women preferred the scent of men with different MHC genes — linked to stronger immune systems and healthier offspring.

But here’s the twist: when women were on hormonal birth control, that preference often disappeared or even reversed.

💡 Your biology is talking all the time — sometimes through your nose.

⚠️ Educational only. Not medical advice.

11/27/2025

If you’ve breastfed and felt like your bones or joints “weren’t the same”… there’s a real physiological reason behind it.

During breastfeeding, the body makes a hormone called PTHrP (parathyroid hormone–related protein).
Its job?
To gently pull calcium from the mother’s bones so the baby gets the high levels they need for growth.

This creates temporary bone loss — and it’s completely normal.
Research shows this bone density reverses within 18–24 months after breastfeeding stops.

But here’s the part most women never hear:

🍼 Back-to-back pregnancies + nursing cycles
🦴 Without time for bone regeneration
👉 Can lead to earlier osteopenia

The good news?
With adequate nutrient intake and recovery time, bone density can fully rebuild — even after multiple pregnancies.

Your body is designed to protect your baby and recover — it just needs the space and nutrients to do it.

🎙️ Full conversation with Dr. Yousef Elyaman & Dr. Davis on the FMP Essentials Show.

👇 Like this? Comment “podcast” and we’ll send you the full show.

11/26/2025

If you felt like you “crashed” after giving birth… there’s a real cortisol reason behind it.

During pregnancy, your cortisol rises each trimester — not because you’re “too stressed,” but because your body is supporting fetal development, immune adaptation, and massive mitochondrial energy demands.

But right after delivery?
Cortisol drops fast.
And many women feel the impact:

😮 Exhaustion
🔥 Inflammation
😔 Mood shifts
💭 Feeling overwhelmed or “not like yourself”

This isn’t weakness.
It’s physiology — and it deserves understanding, not shame.

When we look at postpartum health through the cortisol curve, everything finally makes sense.

🎙️ Full conversation with Dr. Yousef Elyaman & Dr. Davis on the FMP Essentials Show.

👇 Like this? Comment “podcast” and we’ll send you the full show.

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Absolute Health was founded in 2006 through the extraordinary vision of Dr. Yousef A. Elyaman, known to his patients as “Dr. E” . We specialize in caring for both children and adults, making Absolute Health a convenient healthcare solution for your whole family. We maintain separate waiting areas for children and adults to ensure your comfort and we are committed to keeping wait times to a minimum. Our approach to healthcare is unique. At Absolute Health, we combine both functional medicine and integrative medicine through a systems oriented approach. Rather than simply treating an isolated set of symptoms, our practitioners form a therapeutic partnership with patients to determine the underlying causes for illness. This is accomplished by taking the time necessary to discover our patients' medical histories and examine the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors which can influence long term health and complex chronic disease. Our treatment plans incorporate the latest in Modern Medicine as well as Natural and Alternative treatments that have been found to contribute significantly to overall health and well-being. It is our mission to provide you and your family with the ABSOLUTE best in healthcare.