Solving Mystery Illnesses: Lyme, Mold & Chronic Symptoms Explained with Dr. Chelsea Azarcon, NMD
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If doctors can’t figure out what’s wrong with you, this episode is your breakthrough. Dr. Chelsea Azarcon shares how she cracked the code on her own chronic illness journey—uncovering missed Lyme diagnoses, mold exposure, and the overlooked trauma-inflammation link. You’ll learn how to test smarter, treat root causes, and finally start healing.
Episode highlights:
- Dr. Azarcon’s personal journey through chronic illness led her to naturopathic medicine.
- Misdiagnosed and overlooked Lyme disease due to poor testing protocols.
- Mold toxicity and its overlooked role in weight gain, blood sugar issues, and chronic symptoms.
- The flaws of traditional Lyme testing (Western Blot) and why Vibrant Labs 2.0 is her go-to.
- Groundbreaking SOT (Specific Oligonucleotide Therapy) for infections like Lyme, Bartonella, and Babesia.
- How trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and vagus nerve dysfunction perpetuate illness.
- The cell danger response: why you can feel sick even after infections are gone.
- Mitochondrial repair strategies and the importance of rebuilding cell membranes.
- Her unique approach to helping patients lose weight while healing from chronic illness.
- Tips on nervous system support tools (like GABA, oxytocin spray, and red light therapy).
- Why she wishes she understood trauma’s connection to illness much earlier.
Connect with guest:
Dr. Chelsea Azarcon, NMD is a naturopathic doctor, who helps women solve the symptoms their doctors can’t, with achievable wellness and whole person healing. From birth, Dr. Chelsea struggled with chronic health issues. After some of the most esteemed medical institutions, including the Mayo Clinic, were unable to help, she turned to integrative medicine to heal herself. Now, she bridges the gap between conventional and traditional medicine, offering research-backed, achievable wellness solutions.
She specializes in complex and difficult-to-treat conditions such as Autoimmune Disease, Lyme Disease, Mold & Environmental Toxicity, Hidden Infections, Metabolic Resistance, and Chronic Illness. She holds a doctorate from Bastyr University and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, where she researched plant-based therapeutics, including an NIH-funded study on minority-health disparity diseases.
Recognized as a top regional Naturopathic Doctor by Style Magazine, Dr. Chelsea is a passionate educator and has been featured in various publications ranging from Time Magazine to Martha Stewart Living. Her personal experiences with toxic relationships and trauma have underscored the profound connection between emotional, relational, and physical health. Inspired to support others on their healing journeys, she authored Losing You, Finding Me and hosts the Women Who Roar podcast, where she explores how inner healing is key to achieving lasting wellness.
Social Media: @naturallydrchelsea
Website: https://www.chelseaazarcon.com
Weight Loss Program: chelsea-azarcon-s-school.teachable.com/p/mastering-metabolism-for-weight-loss
Episode Transcript
Click the link below to read the transcript from today’s episode:
https://healyourbody.org/episode117
All the best,
Dr. Tim Jackson
