Anita Stechschulte DNP, FNP Functional Medicine

02/14/2026

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Your health. Your healing. Your choice.
Dr Anita DNP, APRN, IFMCP

02/11/2026

April Masterclass Registration Open! Must register to join
https://udemandhealth.com/masterclasses

First masterclass 4/4/26 @ 10AM
Fasting Window 4/19-4/25
Next Steps masterclass 5/2/26

Let me help you get started off on the right foot with some real health goals based on science and nutrition! This is a great way to work on METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY (a marker of longevity).

This will be a guided, supportive group fast using ProLon’s Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD)—a science-backed nutrition program designed to help reset metabolism, support healthy weight, reduce inflammation, and promote overall well being. This is not a water fast, but a structured, clinically tested program that makes fasting safer and more approachable.

Why join the group?
🔸A safe, research-supported 5-day nutrition reset
🔸Guidance and accountability from us throughout the week
🔸A private group chat for daily encouragement, motivation, and practical tips
🔸A live group coaching session to answer questions and help you get the most out of the experience

How it works:
🔸You’ll order your 5-Day Fast directly through me (I’ll send all the details)
🔸Access to health coaching/registered dieticians during the fast
🔸Exclusive class >$50.00 discount on the Prolon 5 day fasting kit!!

This is a wonderful way to experience the benefits of fasting without doing it alone—with structure, education, and a like-minded community alongside you.

👉 If you’d like to join, simply follow this to the MASTERCLASS!
https://udemandhealth.com/masterclasses
IN HEALTH
Dr. Anita Stechschulte DNP, FNP Functional Medicine

02/09/2026

Attention Ohio APRNs &/or Alternative Health Providers! 🎯
Looking to grow your patient panel or start your own practice without the overhead?

The Integrative Care Collective – Ottawa, OH offers turnkey, HIPAA-compliant workspaces designed exclusively for healthcare and wellness professionals.

Our flexible medical co-working environment supports providers who want to practice confidently in a professional, fully furnished space—without long-term leases or costly buildouts.
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Room Options:
1️⃣ Fully Equipped Exam Room
• Exam table, sink, basic medical equipment, storage cabinets
• Ready for immediate use
2️⃣ Blank-Canvas Exam Room
• Exam table, sink, cabinets
• Bring your own supplies and create your own space
• Ready for immediate use

What We Offer:
✅ Fully furnished exam rooms, therapy offices, and treatment suites
✅ Flexible hourly, daily, weekly, or full-time rentals
✅ HIPAA-compliant, professional, and secure environment
✅ Shared reception area and waiting room
✅ Utilities & Wi-Fi included
✅ Opportunities for referrals, collaboration, and comradery
✅ Perfect for providers who want to own their own practice
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Who Can Benefit:
• Integrative women’s & men’s health
• Integrative pediatrics & primary care
• IV therapy, aesthetics, lymphatic massage, Reiki
• Holistic nutrition and other alternative services
Why Providers Love It:
• Low-risk way to grow your patient panel
• Affordable access to high-quality, professional rooms
• Focus on patients, not leases or overhead
• Expand access to care in a rural, welcoming community
• Build connections and collaborations with like-minded providers

📍 Location: Ottawa, Ohio in with a thriving integrative and functional medicine practice
Spots are limited! Message us today to schedule a tour and secure your spot.

02/06/2026

Probably dating myself here, but I often think of The IT Crowd and the famous line: “Did you turn it off and on again?”

It always gives me a chuckle… but I also know there’s real truth in it.

Because all electrical systems sometimes just need a reboot to work again — and your nervous system is no exception.

When stress, overwhelm, and constant stimulation build up, your body stops functioning the way it was designed to. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is pause… breathe… step away… and reset.

✨ Our February focus: Resetting your autonomic nervous system response — strengthening the parasympathetic (“rest and restore”) system while calming the sympathetic (“fight or flight”) response, guided by heart rate variability (HRV) monitoring. When we train this balance, we support resilience, recovery, and even better cardiovascular health.

"Almost everything works again if you unplug it for a few minutes — including you." Dr Anita DNP, APRN, IFMCP

02/06/2026

February is Heart Health Month — my intention is resilience so let’s Talk HRV (heart rate variability)!

We’re kicking off February with continued intention by focusing on resilience and its connection to heart health. Setting intention helps us prioritize our energy and protect our most vital organ — the heart.

In January, we focused on autophagy by learning how to fast in order to repair and fuel our bodies. Now, as our daylight slowly lengthens, it’s the perfect time to anchor our sleep patterns so we don’t get “lost at sea” during the long winter months.

If you’re in peri- or menopause, this is the ideal moment to ensure a healthy transition. Intentional habits that reset your stress axis aren’t just good for longevity — they’re vital for heart health.

I’ll be using my Oura Ring to monitor sleep and HRV, a key indicator of cardiovascular health and resilience. Along with HIIT and BIG movements for lymphatic flow and energy drainage, this month is all about strengthening the heart and nervous system together.
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💡 Join me this month to prioritize sleep, HRV, and heart health, so we can thrive with energy, vitality, and resilience!

Learn more about HRV and longevity here: https://ouraring.com/blog/how-accurate-is-oura/

IN HEALTH!
Dr Anita DNP, APRN, IFMCP

UDemand Health

01/28/2026

01/24/2026

Through the lens of longevity…

Longevity isn’t just about adding years to life—it’s about protecting function, resilience, and connection along the way. The markers of longevity are clear: stable metabolism, low inflammation, strong cellular repair, quality sleep, and a body that can adapt instead of react.

That’s why this year at UDemand Health, longevity is our focus.

We’re grounding our approach in real, sustainable strategies—what I call DRESS rehearsal—because healing isn’t a single intervention, it’s a way of living: Diet. Relationships. Exercise. Stress resilience. Sleep. This involves connection with our bodies, our environment, and the world around us.

📍 January focus: Diet (and Sleep)
Diet and sleep are foundational for repair and restoration. Without them, nothing else sticks.

We’ll also be unlocking the benefits found only through intermittent fasting and prolonged fasting—well-researched tools shown to improve:
KEY 1: Metabolic flexibility
KEY 2: Gut microbiome balance
KEY 3: Cellular repair and longevity pathways

Start with data. Know your baseline.
These 5 blood markers give a powerful point of reference for your longevity journey:
1. Hemoglobin A1c – long-term blood sugar control
2. Fasting Insulin – early metabolic dysfunction (often missed)
3. hs-CRP – systemic inflammation
4. Homocysteine – methylation, vascular & cognitive risk
5. Ferritin – iron balance, oxidative stress, energy reserve

Longevity is the long path—the one that connects science, daily choices, and our relationship with the world around us. Start your longevity journey in 2026 by learning what fasting is and what it is not. Learn how to go into a state of autophagy to bring about real cellular healing through fasting. This isn't just any fasting, this is science based, longevity driven, fasting.

This year, I'm walking it intentionally. 🌿
IN HEALTH
Dr. Anita DNP, APRN, IFMCP
UDemand Health

01/23/2026

Where the Power of Healing Truly Lies

The power of healing does not live in the hands of medical providers. That was never the focus or the design—though it’s what the healthcare system has come to revolve around.

The power of healing has always been, and will always be, YOURS.

That said, healing doesn’t happen by accident. There is a force that governs our body’s ability to self-heal—and accessing it requires connection.

• Connection with yourself, to listen and uncover where dysfunction truly lives
• Connection with someone who can help put the pieces together
• And connection with our ultimate Healer, the source of all restoration

The role of a true HEALTH provider isn’t to “fix” you.
It’s to walk alongside you—helping identify your healing barriers, remove what your body no longer needs, and replace what it’s missing so your body can do what it was designed to do.

But healing doesn’t happen in an office.
It happens in your everyday choices—what you eat, how you rest, how you move, how you manage stress, and how you show up for yourself daily. This is what I call my DRESS rehearsal--getting ready daily to take the stage in your life--to be amazing!

We don’t create healing.
We simply help you reconnect to the power that’s already within you. 🌱

IN HEALTH
Dr. Anita DNP, APRN, IFMCP
UDemand Health
PRINCIPLES OF UDEMAND HEALTH
1. The individual is not a disease but a person
2. Health is more than the absence of disease
3. THE HUMAN BODY IS SELF-HEALING
4. Functional medicine is current evidence-based practice

01/22/2026

🤯

SIBO: If you know-you know what I am talking about!
What if everything we think we know about SIBO… isn’t the full story?

We can test for SIBO.
We can give it a diagnosis.
We can treat the overgrowth or “infection.”

But the real question is:
👉 Is that what actually helps the body heal?

In my clinical experience, I often see SIBO show up in times of profound physiological and hormonal change. We also know that flares of IBS and SIBO are strongly linked to stress on the HPA axis (our stress-response system).

So here’s the question no one is really asking:
What if SIBO isn’t the root cause—but the body’s response?

Many people with SIBO experience symptoms like:
• Persistent bloating or abdominal distention (especially after meals)
• Gas, burping, or excessive flatulence
• Constipation, diarrhea, or alternating between the two
• Abdominal pain or cramping
• Food sensitivities and reactions to “healthy” foods
• Brain fog, fatigue, or low energy
• Anxiety or mood changes
• Unexplained weight changes or difficulty losing weight

I frequently see these symptoms improve temporarily with treatment—only to return again and again. Which makes me wonder:
What came first—the microbial overgrowth… or the chronic stress signal telling the body it isn’t safe?

😱 When we look closely at the bacteria and archaea involved in SIBO, research shows something fascinating (and unsettling): these species are also highly proliferative in states of extreme stress and dying, acting as part of a survival mechanism—producing sulfur for detoxification and hydrogen for cellular energy.

🤯 Let that sink in.

What if the body isn’t broken?
What if it’s doing everything it can to survive because your brain truly believes it is dying? 🤯

Instead of “shooting the messengers,” what if we focused on the fire?

And that fire often starts with dis-association—when we become so disconnected from our bodies that the body has to scream just to be heard.

Here at UDemand Health, I deeply understand the nuances of IBS and SIBO. I see smart, health-driven people struggling with what’s labeled a “disease,” when it may actually be the body’s attempt to adapt to chronic stress by self producing more sulfur to detox and more hydrogen for energy.

If you’re experiencing any of the symptoms above, screening can be an important first step—not to label you, but to guide a more root-cause, whole-body approach to healing.

👉 You can order a SIBO screen here: https://udemandhealth.com/trio-sibo-breath-test

Healing doesn’t begin with eradication alone.
It begins with listening.
With restoring safety.
With understanding the why beneath the symptoms.

💛 IN HEALTH
Dr. Anita Stechschulte DNP, FNP Functional Medicine
Reach out today
419-615-7157

This test is for informational purposes only and not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition.

01/22/2026

Small town feels:
Sometimes I see you out in the world—living your life, showing up strong, smiling, being you—and I have this quiet moment of gratitude. I think to myself, look at them… I love that I GET to be part of their healing and growth.

That feeling—the joy of watching someone step back into their life with more energy, clarity, and confidence—is what fills my own cup. It’s what gives me the fuel to keep learning, keep showing up, and keep “keeping on” even on the hard days.

This work is more than a job to me. It’s a privilege. And watching you thrive is the greatest reminder of why I do it. 💛

Dr. Anita DNP, APRN, IFMCP
UDemand Health

01/21/2026

In patients with marked treatment-resistant depression (TRD), adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) demonstrated sustained benefits in symptom, function, and quality of life (QOL) through 24 months, with low relapse rates.

Furthermore, approximately 80% of participants who achieved clinically meaningful improvements at 12 months maintained these benefits at 24 months. https://bit.ly/3LtCvQS

01/21/2026

✨ We’re Hiring: Integrative Medicine: MEDICAL SCRIBE ✨

We’re looking for someone who is outgoing, self-motivated, and detail-oriented to help with:
>Chart preparation and scribing during visits
>Managing patient emails and portal messages
>Supporting patient care and education
>Assisting with provider organization and administrative tasks

As the scribe and organizational support, you’ll ensure smooth documentation, accurate charting, and seamless communication between the provider and patients.

>Previous SOAP note experience is a plus!

This hands-on position offers on-the-job training in integrative workflows, EHR documentation, and patient-centered care—giving you a head start for your future in functional and integrative medicine.

📍 In-office position | Part-time 3-4 days a week
Supportive, educational environment
Exposure to real integrative medicine in action

IDEAL if you are currently enrolled in an APRN program who’s eager to learn more about Integrative and Functional Medicine? This is your unicorn opportunity to work side-by-side with a provider who is passionate about whole-person healing. 🦄 (This is not for clinical hours).

If you’re ready to learn, serve, and grow with a team that’s changing how medicine is practiced—we’d love to meet you!

📨 Send us a message or email your resume to apply today!