Brain Body Reset

Unexplained symptoms across multiple body systems, normal labs, and a doctor who says you look fine? Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) may be part of the answer, and most clinicians were never taught to look for it. In this episode I sit down with gastroenterologist and researcher Dr. Leonard Weinstock, co-author of the global Consensus-2 diagnostic criteria for MCAS and the 2026 follow-up paper Progress in Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. We cover why one of the most common immune disorders...

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, while still relatively unknown, is likely massively underdiagnosed. In this episode, I explore: What Mast Cell Activation Syndrome is The diagnostic criteria of Consensus 1 vs 2Natural and pharmaceutical treatment optionsWhat you should consider when the treatment isn't enough. To learn more about our approach to mast cell activation syndrome, visit https://peakbrainandbody.com/conditions/mcas/

What happens when a physician develops long COVID and finds herself struggling to get the medical system to understand what she’s experiencing? In this episode of Brain Body Reset, I’m joined by internal medicine physician Dr. Kim Robinson Shumate for an honest conversation about how long COVID changed her health, career, and daily life. She shares her experience with a stroke, POTS, dysautonomia, and mast cell activation, along with the frustration of being told her cognitive testing looked ...

If you have POTS, you’ve probably heard conflicting explanations for your symptoms, each presented as the answer. How do you sort through the noise and figure out what actually applies to you? In this episode of Brain Body Reset, Dr. Spencer Zimmerman is joined by Dr. Howard Snapper, a respected cardiologist, president-elect of the American Autonomic Society, and autonomic specialist practicing in the Atlanta, Georgia, area. Together, they unpack common POTS myths, misleading claims, and the ...

If you have POTS or another form of dysautonomia, you’ve probably been told to increase salt, push fluids, wear compression, and maybe try a medication or two. That advice isn’t wrong, but it’s compensation, not correction. And for most people, it’s a forever strategy. In this episode, Dr. Spencer Zimmerman, a dual-licensed nurse practitioner and doctor of chiropractic, walks through the research on a system that is almost never evaluated in POTS, Long COVID, ME/CFS, or hypermobile EDS: the v...