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#84 Optimizing Your Diet for the Microbiome with Dr. Lauryn Lax | Nutrition for Your Gut


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Dr. Lauryn helps people who have done it all to get to the root cause and finally work with their body so they can reach their highest potential. As a former TV news journalist gone health detective and functional medicine expert, Dr. Lauryn brings over 25 years of clinical and personal experience to the table. Her death to life story on overcoming chronic eating disorders and complex illness has been featured on CBS, ABC, Good Morning America, and USA Today. And today as a gut health, mindset transformation, and food freedom specialist, Dr. Lauryn empowers clients worldwide to upgrade how they look, move, feel, and think. You can find out more about her work by reading one of her 8 books, tuning into the Health Detective podcast, or checking out her Total Gut Reset program.

About her health journey 2:07
The mindset change 9:50
The microbiome and total gut reset 11:00
What is causing the imbalance in the microbiome? 16:13
What types of food we should focus on 18:33
Prioritizing fiber and what foods to go for 26:17
Some other things to do to improve the microbiome 34:22
Lifestyle plays a huge role 39:54

“If you have a local farmer’s market, a fun way to just once a month, once a week, I love to go weekly, just try one or two things there and there is a different energy that comes from eating as local and as seasonal as possible in the foods and just the nutrients that you can get from your foods that way.” 28:57

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Discover with Dr. Dan | Proactive HealthBy Dr. Dan Gubler