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Some patients don’t fit neatly into a diagnosis.Sarah came to Dr. Tiffany Mullen with fatigue, weight gain, insomnia, mo...
09/18/2026

Some patients don’t fit neatly into a diagnosis.

Sarah came to Dr. Tiffany Mullen with fatigue, weight gain, insomnia, mood changes, and worsening metabolic markers. On the surface, it looked like menopause.

But the deeper picture told a more complicated story.

Her cortisol was profoundly low. Her metabolism was shifting. She had experienced significant grief. And her family history carried generations of trauma and survival.

Could those experiences have left biological echoes? The science around intergenerational epigenetic inheritance is fascinating — and still evolving. What we know for certain is that the body is shaped by far more than a single hormone, symptom, or lab value.

At Vytal Health, we look at the whole picture.

Hormones. Metabolism. Stress physiology. Nutrition. Sleep. Nervous system regulation. Genetics and epigenetics. And, importantly, the story of the person sitting in front of us.

Because treating the symptom without understanding the system underneath it can leave the most important part of the story untold.

Dr. Mullen explores Sarah’s story — and what it taught her about the body as an archive — in her latest Substack, Beneath the Surface.

Read the full story at the link in bio. https://substack.com/

09/14/2026

A message from our CEO, Dr. Tiffany Mullen 🤍

We've been working on something exciting over here at Vytal Health, and we can't wait to show you what's new. Stay tuned...
09/09/2026

We've been working on something exciting over here at Vytal Health, and we can't wait to show you what's new. Stay tuned as we unveil our newest chapter.

"But I’ve started to think the most important question on the intake form is the one that isn’t printed there. Not list ...
08/28/2026

"But I’ve started to think the most important question on the intake form is the one that isn’t printed there. Not list your previous surgeries, with its three tidy lines, but something closer to: What has your body been through? — followed by a blank page." - Dr. Tiffany Mullen, Beneath the Surface

Some stories don't fit into a checkbox.

In her latest Substack, Dr. Tiffany Mullen explores why the most important parts of a patient's health history are often the ones medicine leaves out—and why trauma, symptoms, and healing are more connected than we've been taught.

Read the full essay: https://drtiffanymullen.substack.com/p/the-box-is-too-small

None of these biomarkers are exotic. In fact, most are widely available and often affordable.So why aren't they included...
08/26/2026

None of these biomarkers are exotic. In fact, most are widely available and often affordable.

So why aren't they included in a standard annual physical?

Because conventional care is designed to detect disease once it's already present—not to monitor the subtle shifts that happen years before symptoms appear.

When these markers are tracked together—and followed over time—they tell a much more complete story about your health.

Learn more about inflammaging at the link in bio: https://vytalhealth.com/inflammaging-101-chronic-low-grade-inflammation-as-an-aging-accelerator-what-to-test-what-to-do/

Chronic low-grade inflammation is now understood as a common upstream driver of most age-related diseases. It is not the...
08/24/2026

Chronic low-grade inflammation is now understood as a common upstream driver of most age-related diseases. It is not the only cause of any of these conditions, but it is a shared root system across almost all of them.

The reason this matters, practically, is that if you can measure and lower chronic inflammation, you are addressing a shared driver of multiple age-related conditions at once. Which is exactly the kind of leverage proactive medicine is built around.

Ready to learn more and start combatting inflammaging? Read more: https://vytalhealth.com/inflammaging-101-chronic-low-grade-inflammation-as-an-aging-accelerator-what-to-test-what-to-do/

Genetic testing looks at small variations in your DNA that affect how efficiently certain enzymes, receptors, or pathway...
08/20/2026

Genetic testing looks at small variations in your DNA that affect how efficiently certain enzymes, receptors, or pathways function in your body. In metabolic health specifically, we look at variants that influence how you process nutrients, how efficiently you use vitamins and cofactors, how your hormones are metabolized and cleared, and how susceptible you are to specific chronic conditions.

Are you interested in learning more about how genetic testing can help you understand your metabolic health? Read more: https://vytalhealth.com/metabolic-health-and-genetics-which-genes-actually-matter-and-what-to-do-with-what-you-learn/

Inflammation isn't always the enemy. In fact, acute inflammation is one of your body's most important healing tools.The ...
08/18/2026

Inflammation isn't always the enemy. In fact, acute inflammation is one of your body's most important healing tools.

The problem is when inflammation never fully turns off.

This is called inflammaging: a chronic, low-grade inflammatory state that quietly develops over time. Unlike the inflammation you feel after an injury or illness, inflammaging works in the background for years, often without any obvious symptoms.

You can't feel inflammatory markers slowly rising. You can't feel the gradual damage happening within your tissues. But over time, this persistent inflammation can contribute to many of the chronic conditions we associate with aging, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and autoimmune disorders.

The good news? Chronic inflammation isn't simply an inevitable part of getting older. Understanding what's driving it is the first step toward changing its trajectory.

Read more: https://vytalhealth.com/inflammaging-101-chronic-low-grade-inflammation-as-an-aging-accelerator-what-to-test-what-to-do/

There are millions of variants in the human genome. Most do not have meaningful clinical relevance for day-to-day metabo...
08/14/2026

There are millions of variants in the human genome. Most do not have meaningful clinical relevance for day-to-day metabolic health. The handful that do are worth knowing about because they change how a physician builds your plan.

At Vytal Health, we can help you determine the correct testing to do, and how to translate those results to improve your metabolic health. Learn more, or schedule a discovery call: https://vytalhealth.com/metabolic-health-and-genetics-which-genes-actually-matter-and-what-to-do-with-what-you-learn/

There is real evidence that stress and trauma modulate the immune system and can raise the risk of autoimmune disease. W...
08/12/2026

There is real evidence that stress and trauma modulate the immune system and can raise the risk of autoimmune disease. We also discovered in 2024, that the molecular machinery women’s cells use to silence their second X chromosome — a complex built around a molecule called Xist (X-inactive specific transcript) — itself provokes the immune system, helping to explain the striking female bias in autoimmunity

But it gets even more nuanced than that.

Dr. Tiffany Mullen breaks it down in her substack article "Mistaken Identity"

You won't want to miss this one. Read and subscribe to her substack: https://drtiffanymullen.substack.com/p/mistaken-identity?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=9755740&post_id=208884137&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=8qvqys&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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