Supporting Mental Health with Detoxification, Nutrition and Chiropractic Care
Episode 18 – airs April 21, 2026
How chiropractic care, nutrition support, strategic supplementation and testing can mitigate the affects of toxins on brain, spine, and nervous system health
HOST: Dr. Sarah Clarke, DC, IFMCP
GUEST: Dr. Sarah Kotlerman, BS, DC, NTP
Drs. Sarah Clarke, DC, IFMCP and Sarah Kotlerman, BS, DC, NTP discuss how toxic burden can affect every aspect of health, especially the brain and nervous system. They discuss the most prevalent mental health conditions and clinical strategies to find balance naturally. Dr. Kotlerman shares case studies and clinical experiences that highlight how whole food nutrition, strategic supplementation, testing and chiropractic care can help patients detox to aide in recovery from conditions such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, migraines, and seizures, as well as fertility issues, childhood diseases, and other chronic illnesses.
Through her work at Averio Health Institute, Dr. Kotlerman has specialized in the non-surgical regeneration of spinal ligament instability, advanced toxicity removal through chiropractic care and overall improvement of spinal alignment and motion.
Dr. Kotlerman has published fifteen international case studies on the regenerative outcomes and results of concentrated chiropractic care using Averio Health Institute methods, as well as authored multiple books, co-starred in a documentary: Health For Our Future, spoken on multiple radio shows, podcasts, national TV interviews and regularly teaches and speaks at various conferences annually.
Highlights of the episode include:
- Detoxification and chiropractic care paired with strategic supplementation
- Toxic burden and the connection to ADHD, Depression and other mental health conditions
- Nutrition and whole food supplementation to aid in detoxification
Podcast Summary
- 2:24 Concentrated chiropractic care paired with nutrition support, testing and education
- 7:45 Inspiration for bringing back the concept of the chiropractic hospital
- 10:24 Detoxification and chiropractic care paired with strategic supplementation
- 15:11 The affect of toxins on fertility and childhood diseases – the risk of BPAs, polyester and other plastics
- 19:29 The affects of toxins on the nervous system
- 25:18 Toxic burden and the connection to ADHD, Depression and other mental health conditions – using chiropractic care, detoxification and supplementation to address mental health
- 32:35 Causes of damaged cervical spine – connected to stress and toxins as well as physical injury
- 33:56 Alignment Issues: reduced circumference of arteries in neck create higher risk for Dementia and Alzheimer’s (loss of normal blood flow to the brain)
- 37:01 The Three T’s – Trauma, Thoughts and Toxins
- 37:33 The connection between toxicity and seizures and migraines
- 40:56 Nutrition and whole food supplementation to aid in detoxification
- 44:25 Root causes and protocols for anxiety
Dr. Kotlerman is a speaker at Cultivate Boston April 30-May 2. Register for an in-person or virtual experience.
