EP 033: Dr. Bastidas on Enzymes, Inflammation, and the Hidden Root of Chronic Illness



In This Episode

It starts as something small—a little bloat, stiffness in the joints, maybe some brain fog. But for millions of people, it escalates into chronic pain, autoimmune disease, digestive issues, or even cancer.


And we’ve all been taught to chase symptoms with supplements, pills, and protocols… but what if the real fix was one foundational tool the body actually wants?


Dr. Milton Bastidas says the answer is enzymes.


In this episode, Dr. Bastidas—Director of Research & Development at Transformation Enzymes and a certified functional medicine expert—unpacks the truth about proteolytic enzymes and how they quietly regulate everything from immune overdrive and digestion to systemic inflammation and tissue repair.


We dig into the data behind enzymes and prostate cancer reversal, how chronic stress depletes your gut’s natural defenses, and why most people are walking around enzyme-deficient without even knowing it.


This one is dense in the best way—real protocols, real mechanisms, real hope for healing.


 

"No matter if we're speaking about metabolic syndrome, hypertension, autoimmune conditions, or cancer—they all have one common denominator, and that's inflammation." — Dr. Bastidas

 

Time Stamps

01:32 - Dr. Bastidas’ background in functional medicine

03:50 - Why enzymes are the desert island supplement

08:06 - The immune system, stress, and why inflammation lingers

11:25 - How proteolytic enzymes work in your bloodstream

19:31 - Biofilms, chronic illness, and how enzymes dismantle them

22:00 - Enzyme production decline and supplementation

27:31 - Protocols and dosages for enzyme therapy

37:08 - Introduction to enzyme formulations

42:15 - Enzymes for prostate health

47:24 - Dr. Bastidas' protocol for chronic indigestion

51:12 - The digestive foundation protocol (digestive, gastro, protease, probiotic)

56:35 - Animal-based vs plant-based enzymes

1:02:30 - Should you supplement lipase?

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