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The Energy Blueprint Podcast

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: The Functional Medicine Approach with Kelly McCann, MD

The Energy Blueprint Podcast

Ari Whitten

Chronicfatigue, Energy, Hypothyroidism, Fatigue, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Chronicfatiguesyndrome, Adrenalfatigue, Howtoincreaseenergy, Adrenals, Hashimotos

4.7751 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I’m speaking with Kelly McCann, MD, a functional medicine doctor who has lectured all over the world on commonly overlooked causes of chronic illness, such as mold and mycotoxins, Lyme and associated infections, environmental medicine, and the topic of our podcast, mast cell activation, which, surprisingly, may affect up to 25% of people!

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Ari. Welcome back to the Energy Blueprint Podcast. With me today is Dr. Kelly McCann.

0:13.5

And she is a functional and integrative physician. She lectures regularly all over the world

0:20.0

at professional conferences on the subject of mass cell activation syndrome. She lectures regularly all over the world at professional conferences on the subject of

0:22.1

Mass Cell Activation Syndrome. She is on the board of directors for two professional organizations.

0:27.7

She holds board certifications in integrative medicine and functional medicine. She's also got

0:32.4

a master's degree in spiritual psychology. And she's been the host of many previous iterations of the

0:39.8

mass cell activation syndrome summit, as well as co-host of the allergy and asthma summit.

0:46.3

She's a wonderful expert on this topic of mass cell activation syndrome, which affects,

0:51.6

as you'll hear in the podcast, roughly 20% of people.

0:55.0

So listen closely to the symptoms, see if maybe this helps explain some of what you have going on.

1:03.0

And there's lots of different interesting areas we delve into here and some of the root causes of this condition,

1:09.0

some of the drivers or the mechanisms behind some of the symptoms,

1:13.2

and most importantly, how to get better.

1:16.4

So enjoy this interview with Dr. Kelly McCann.

1:19.6

Hi, Dr. McCann, welcome to the show.

1:23.1

Thank you so much for having me, Ari.

1:25.9

So first of all, not everyone is familiar with this term mass cell activation syndrome.

1:32.3

So can you define exactly what it is and what's going on in the body that causes this?

1:38.3

Absolutely.

1:40.3

Let me give you a little bit of information about what mass cells are first.

1:46.0

Mass cells are a normal part of our immune system.

1:49.3

They are related to our white blood cells and our red blood cells.

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