Women's Health | Integrative Medicine | Functional Medicine | Cycle Syncing | Hormone Therapy | Nervous System | Midlife Women — Dr. Amy Tiffany sits down with family and functional medicine physician Dr. Sweta Shah to expose how women have been treated like "men with uteruses" and what it actually takes to practice medicine that sees the whole person.What happens when a physician takes over her father's family practice and realizes the entire medical system was built on research that never included women? In this episode of The Authentic Physician, Dr. Amy Tiffany sits down with Dr. Sweta Shah, a family and functional medicine physician based at the Jersey Shore and the voice behind The Functional Chick on Instagram. Dr. Shah is a self-described justice warrior who has built her practice on the belief that medicine has been fundamentally unfair to women — and she has the clinical perspective to back it up.This conversation moves across integrative medicine, cycle syncing, nervous system dysregulation, trauma-driven inflammation, bioidentical hormones, and the strange realities of practicing medicine in the age of Dr. ChatGPT. If you've ever felt like your body doesn't follow the textbook, this one is for you.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 — What is The Authentic Physician podcast about?00:47 — Who is Dr. Sweta Shah and why did she become a functional medicine physician?04:59 — Why have women been treated like "men with uteruses" in medical research?06:04 — How do men's and women's hormone cycles actually differ?06:56 — Why are birth control pills traditionally started on a Sunday?08:04 — Should women get bone density scans before age 65?09:10 — How does unresolved trauma drive chronic inflammation?11:05 — What is nervous system dysregulation?11:55 — What is the difference between integrative, functional, holistic, and lifestyle medicine?13:14 — How does late-night eating affect the gut microbiome?16:25 — Why isn't the gut microbiome taught in medical school?19:18 — What does it mean to be your own n-of-1 experiment?23:07 — How are patients using ChatGPT in medical appointments?24:48 — Why don't patients tell their doctors about supplements?28:08 — What are the warning signs of chronic stress overload?30:07 — What practical reframing questions help high-achieving women slow down?32:39 — Do women experience productivity dips during menopause and perimenopause?33:10 — What is cycle syncing and how does it apply to fasting and strength training?35:12 — How does cycle syncing apply to food and sleep?38:41 — Where does functional medicine fall on bioidentical hormones and testosterone?40:21 — Where can you find Dr. Sweta Shah online?🎙️ ABOUT DR. SWETA SHAHDr. Sweta Shah is a family medicine and functional medicine physician practicing at the Jersey Shore, where she took over her father's clinic after four years as an employed physician. She focuses on integrative approaches to women's health, bringing lifestyle medicine, supplementation, and nervous system regulation into traditional primary care. She has appeared twice as a medical expert on TLC's My Strange Addiction and shares her practice perspective on Instagram as The Functional Chic.🎙️ ABOUT DR. AMY LODEN TIFFANYDr. Amy Loden Tiffany is a triple board-certified physician (Internal Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, Obesity Medicine) and the founder of Vitality Medical and Wellness Consulting in St. Louis. She hosts The Authentic Physician for high-achieving women navigating perimenopause, metabolic health, and the health transitions they were never prepared for.🔗 CONNECT WITH DR. AMYWebsite: https://vitalitymwc.orgInstagram: @dramytiffany🔗 CONNECT WITH DR. SWETA SHAHInstagram: @thefunctionalchic📩 SUBSCRIBE for more honest conversations about medicine, midlife, and what it actually takes to feel like yourself again.