Metabolic Typing with Functional Medicine: with Martin Pytela

Chronic illness and fatigue are on the rise, but the root causes are often overlooked. In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast, Cate interviews Martin Pytela—functional medicine expert, systems analyst, and founder of Life Enthusiast—to uncover how metabolic typing, environmental toxicity, and functional medicine can restore vitality.

Martin shares his personal story of mercury poisoning and immune collapse, and how he rebuilt his health through detox, ancestral nutrition, and identifying his metabolic individuality. Together, Cate and Martin reveal why healing doesn’t need to be expensive or complicated—just rooted in the right foods, minerals, and daily choices.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Mercury & toxins: How hidden exposures like dental amalgams and EMFs disrupt long-term health.
• The five refined food culprits: Refined flour, sugar, salt, seed oils, and pasteurized dairy—and why they fuel chronic inflammation.
• Metabolic typing explained: Fast oxidizers vs. autonomic types, and why eating for your type matters.
• Simple detox strategies: Natural, affordable methods to support the body’s healing pathways.
• Food as medicine: How wild foods, organ meats, and ancestral diets repair metabolic imbalances.
• Healing mindset: Why self-responsibility and daily habits often work better than expensive tests or protocols.

Why This Matters

If you’ve been struggling with chronic fatigue, weight gain, or unexplained inflammation, understanding your metabolic type and making small shifts in diet and lifestyle can be life-changing. Functional medicine gives you the tools to take agency over your health—without relying solely on broken systems.

Resources & Links

🌐 Explore Martin’s work → Life Enthusiast
📅 Free consult with Martin → Book here
📘 Uninflamed by Cate Stillman → Get the book
🌿 Join Club Thrive → Learn more
🧘 Yogahealer Website → Yogahealer.com

About the Host – Cate Stillman

Cate Stillman is an Ayurvedic practitioner, behavior change expert, and founder of Yogahealer and Club Thrive. With over 20 years of experience, she helps wellness pros and conscious seekers unlock body intelligence, reverse inflammation, and align with regenerative living. Cate is the author of Uninflamed, Body Thrive, Master of You, and Primal Habits.