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By Dr. Matt Altman, MD | Rooted Health Clinic, Salado, Texas About a quarter of the patients I see end up on low dose naltrexone. And almost every one of them had never heard of it before walking into my office. They'd seen specialists, tried steroids, biologics, antidepressants, pain medications — and nobody mentioned a $30-a-month compounded medication that's been studied for decades. To understand why I use LDN so often, you have to understand how I think about patients in

You've tried sleep hygiene. You've tried the pills. Here's why you're still not sleeping — and what to actually do about it.

Why Your Gut Is Making You Anxious: The Gut-Brain Connection Nobody's Talking About By Dr. Matt Altman, MD | Rooted Health Clinic, Central Texas Here's a pattern I see almost every day. Someone walks in for anxiety. They've already been to their primary care doctor, already tried an SSRI — maybe two or three. They're still anxious. The next move is usually a benzo or a psychiatry referral for yet another medication adjustment. And nobody along the way has asked about their di

By Dr. Matt Altman, MD | Rooted Health Clinic, Central Texas Here's how I explain ADHD medications to my patients: "So Ritalin literally takes like 30 minutes to turn on, lasts about four hours and then comes right off. That's why kids have to go to the nurse's office for their second dose. Vyvanse is different — your body has to cleave off a lysine molecule to activate it, so it ramps up slowly, lasts 10-12 hours, and comes down gently. The cool part about Vyvanse: if I give

Most weight loss advice is wrong. The problem isn't willpower — it's metabolic. Here's what's actually going on and how to fix it at the root.

So here’s something I deal with almost every single day in my clinic. Someone sits down across from me — usually a woman, mid-forties, sometimes younger — and before I even pull up their chart, I already know what they’re going to tell me.

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) for men and women in Salado, TX. Pellet therapy, comprehensive hormone testing, and root-cause treatment. No insurance hassles.

Functional medicine membership practice in Salado, TX. Root-cause care, longer appointments, comprehensive testing. Pediatric, adult, and senior pricing.

You Shouldn't Have to Feel Like This You're exhausted by 2 PM. Your brain feels like it's running through mud. You've lost interest in things you used to enjoy — maybe even in people you love. Your joints ache, your sleep is wrecked, and you can't figure out why you're gaining weight when nothing in your life has changed. And every doctor you've seen has told you the same thing: your labs are "normal." Maybe they checked a total testosterone or a TSH and said you're fine. Ma

Chronic bloating, IBS, SIBO, reflux? We find the root cause — bacterial imbalance, leaky gut, food reactions — and fix it. Functional medicine in Salado, TX.

Post-viral fatigue, Long COVID, chronic EBV, ME/CFS treatment in Central Texas. Root-cause functional medicine approach. Salado, TX.

Medical-grade IV therapy in Salado, TX. Customized nutrient infusions based on your labs and symptoms — not a spa menu. Physician-directed at Rooted Health Clinic.

Functional medicine lab testing in Central Texas. Hormone panels, metabolic markers, gut testing, food sensitivities, nutrient analysis. Salado, TX.

Medical weight loss that goes beyond calories and willpower. We find why your metabolism is broken — insulin resistance, thyroid, gut, hormones — and fix it. Salado, TX.

Specialized PANS and PANDAS treatment for children in Salado, TX. Root-cause approach addressing infection, inflammation, and immune dysfunction. One of few providers in Central Texas.

Tired of being told your thyroid is "normal"? We start with a real thyroid panel and dig until we find answers. Root-cause thyroid care in Salado, TX.

Meta Description: GLP-1 weight loss care in Salado, TX combining semaglutide/tirzepatide with functional medicine. Dr. Matt Altman addresses metabolic root causes, not just prescribing. Serving Central Texas (Temple, Killeen, Belton). The Problem With Weight Loss in 2026 If you've been looking for a GLP-1 medication (Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound) and found yourself caught in the telehealth chaos of early 2026, you're not alone. The FDA just shut down most of the compounding ope

If you've spent any time in the functional medicine world, you've probably heard of the pregnenolone steal. The idea is clean and elegant: pregnenolone is the "mother hormone" — the first thing your body makes from cholesterol, and the precursor to everything else. Cortisol, DHEA, testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, aldosterone. They all start as pregnenolone. The theory says that when you're chronically stressed, your body "steals" pregnenolone away from making sex hormone

Functional medicine has a chaos problem. Not a science problem. Not an effectiveness problem. A chaos problem. A version of this walks into my office every couple of weeks — often patients who've driven from Temple, Killeen, Georgetown, and across Central Texas looking for answers. They've seen multiple practitioners. They've done elimination diets, detox protocols, hormone panels, food sensitivity tests. They've spent thousands of dollars and months of their life trying ever