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The Dylan Gemelli Podcast

Episode #107 Featuring Dr. Jeffrey Bland! The FATHER of FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE! The birth and future of Functional Medicine, EPIGENETICS, Immune System and metabolism, BIG BOLD HEALTH and more!

April 2, 2026·1h 10m

Episode #107 Featuring Dr. Jeffrey Bland! The FATHER of FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE! I want to start by saying that this interview was one of the biggest honors and privileges I have yet to encounter with a guest. To be able to share thoughts and ideas with the founder and father of functional medicine was a blessing of blessings. To be able to learn from Dr. Bland and share his message and voice with the world is something I will cherish and value forever! Dr. Bland and I start the discussion with his journey into creating functional medicine. To hear his journey along with the amount of time and energy he spent and CONTINUES to spend is beyond astounding. Dr. Bland's efforts and achievements have had a dramatic and drastic effect on changing lives all over the world. We discuss the type of education and training involved in learning functional medicine and becoming certified in the field. We then shift to how functional medicine not only challenges conventional medicine but offers alternative methods and ways to achieve optimal and full health. By looking for the true root causes and finding better ways of treating, functional medicine looks to achieve health alignment without keeping someone on medications the rest of their lives. Dr. Bland then gives an all out synopsis on EVERYTHING epigenetics to provide insight on what it is and the importance and impact which leads us into FOOD! We discuss EVERYTHING you need to know about food, diet, ultra processed food dangers, misleading marketing, the importance of food quality and MORE! We close out the conversation discussing the interconnection of the immune system and metabolism. We also discuss his amazing product brand, BIG BOLD HEALTH! This interview is one of my most cherished and most informative I have yet to do. I may be the most blessed man on the planet with the people I get to interview, learn from and share. Dr. Bland's impact on all of our lives will go down in history as one who trail blazed true change for the betterment of our health and longevity! DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!! Check out Dr.