Breast Cancer & Functional Medicine: A Survivor’s Clinical Blueprint with Dr. Elizabeth Boham
Host & Guest Details
Host: Dr. Yousef Elyaman, Functional Medicine Primary Care Physician
Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director at the UltraWellness Center, IFM Certified Practitioner, Breast Cancer Survivor, Author
Episode Overview
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Dr. Elizabeth Boham shares her journey from a healthy 30-year-old medical resident to a breast cancer survivor and leading voice in functional medicine. Dr. Boham discusses her diagnosis with triple-negative breast cancer, the functional medicine approach to root cause resolution, and the evolving landscape of breast cancer prevention and treatment.
You’ll gain transformational insights into how lifestyle, toxic exposures, mindset, and clinical strategies can shift outcomes for patients. Dr. Boham blends her lived experience with decades of clinical wisdom.
Key Questions We’re Answering
What root causes contribute to breast cancer, even in healthy individuals?
How can functional medicine reduce cancer risk or recurrence?
What are Dr. Boham’s go-to clinical tests and supplements?
Why is mindset critical in the healing journey?
What is the role of toxins, inflammation, and insulin resistance in cancer?
Why You Can’t Miss This Episode
Breast cancer among younger women is rising sharply. Learn how early-life toxin exposures and stress affect long-term risk. This episode provides a complete framework for prevention and functional care that goes far beyond standard protocols.
What You’ll Learn
Key Insight: "When you're creating a terrain where cancer is less likely to grow, you're also decreasing your risk of heart disease, dementia, and other chronic illnesses." – Dr. Elizabeth Boham
Top Takeaways:
• Functional medicine is crucial for both prevention and post-treatment cancer support.
• Toxin exposure (especially endocrine disruptors like BPA, DDT, phthalates) plays a major role in early-onset breast cancer.
• Mindset and gratitude practices can significantly impact healing outcomes.
• Key clinical markers to assess: insulin resistance (fasting insulin, waist-to-hip ratio), inflammation (CRP, oxidative stress), estrogen metabolism (urine testing), and microbiome health (beta-glucuronidase).
• Diet, stress management, detoxification, and gut health are foundational therapeutic levers.
Bonus Insight:
Using sulforaphane-rich supplements and supporting methylation with nutrients like vitamin D, iodine, and melatonin are powerful adjuncts for terrain-based cancer care.
Shareable Quotes
“Functional medicine gives us a map to bring it all together—wellness, prevention, and medical training.”
“I was angry and scared, but journaling and gratitude changed how I see life.”
“You can have two people with the same cancer—one thrives because of their mindset.”
Disclaimers
Educational Purpose Only – This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice.
No Doctor-Patient Relationship – Listening does not establish a doctor-patient relationship.
Supplement Use Disclaimer – Any supplement recommendations are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. Consult your provider.
Professional Responsibility – Practitioners should use their professional judgment before applying strategies discussed.
Liability Disclaimer – The host, guest, and affiliated organizations assume no liability for the use or misuse of the information shared.
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Connect with Us
Dr. Elizabeth Boham
Website: www.drboham.com
Instagram: @elizabethbohammd
Book: Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer (Available on Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DSG6RQ2W/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cRvco9z6lRdl4yE1_wTS0Q.kh1lE5dstTRXoJ3ukn8rHH0BhRMbaxvBh_xkhJtlRNk&qid=1751984233&sr=8-3
Dr. Yousef Elyaman
Instagram: @drelyaman
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Music Credit: “Heroes Approaching - Extended” by tunes2go
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