In today's episode, we are talking about the benefits of dairy.

1. Look for the A2/A2 variety.
2. If you don’t feel comfortable getting raw milk then look for vat pasteurized milk.
3. Stay away from ultra-pasteurized milk.
4. Look out for homogenized dairy.
5. Consider that raw milk has an enzyme for each mineral to enable us to utilize it.
6. Be sure to check for added sugar.

Let me know your experience with dairy. 

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In this episode, we're talking about bowel habits or more specifically, constipation, yep we're going there. By constipated, I mean not having a bowel movement at least every 48 hours.

I have had so many patients over the years show up and tell me their digestion is great and then when I ask how often they have a bowel movement they say, "once a week, maybe every two weeks".

Beyond digestive discomfort, constipation can affect energy levels, cause brain fog, lower motivation, and lead to skin issues. I even had a patient when I was doing clinical rounds in medical school that would get heart palpations when she got backed up.

Many times you will hear "just increase your water and fiber and this will take care of your constipation" but usually "getting things moving", requires more than this.

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In today's episode, I'm sharing about how to banish the bloat. The first step to getting rid of the bloat is identifying the cause of the bloat. About 100 million Americans complain of bloating on a consistent basis. Today, I'm sharing 9 factors that can contribute to bloating, because once you identify the cause, you can banish the bloat.

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In today's episode, we're talking about B vitamins and how they play a crucial role in energy metabolism, cellular function, and overall health.

Deficiencies in B vitamins can lead to a range of health issues, including fatigue, weakness, anemia, neurological problems, and mood disturbances.

Relying heavily on refined grains and ultra-processed foods while neglecting whole foods can increase the risk of B vitamin deficiencies and the endless list of associated health problems.

Accumulate energy and an improved state of mind with B vitamins.

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In today's episode, we are talking about 8 measures you can take to optimize your sleep - getting to sleep, staying asleep and waking up feeling like you had a great night sleep.

If you are not already implementing these sleep empowering strategies, start adding them into your routine, because medications that put a body to sleep are not permitting regenerative sleep. And as you know, satisfying sleep is a huge ally in our journey of health accumulation.

Let's accumulate health through sleep.

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In today's episode, we're talking about food additives and how they are used to make food taste, smell and look better. Additives make it possible for food to sit on a shelf for years without changing color, or growing mold.

They give crackers, chips, breads that special crunch that you just never can quite recreate at home.

Food additives are everywhere and in everything that is not a real, whole food. Even non-organic meats, fish, fruits, vegetables, may have additives to make these otherwise whole foods, last longer. I am going to go through my "not a chance they are going into my body" food additive list. 

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In today's episode, we are talking about the connection between our emotions and the health of our digestive system. 

How we metabolize our emotions and what we permit to take up residence in our mind can affect our bowels. This can be an amazing supportive cycle of regeneration for the nervous system and optimal nutrient extraction from our digestive system or if our emotions are dark, negative and full of worry, it can be gas, bloating, indigestion, feeling like we react to every food we consume. 

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In today's episode, I'm talking about corn syrup and its link to inflammation. Corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup or corn syrup solids are commonly used as a sugar-based sweetener in ultra processed foods and baby formula.

Countless studies show that corn syrup drives inflammation and the hyper formation of advanced glycation end products. Corn syrup consumption even in the short term can promote neuroinflammation and alter the brain's ability to defuse oxidative stress. 

The beauty of all this, is that nobody has to consume corn syrup. You can choose pure maple syrup, you can bring your own ketchup free of corn syrup to the restaurant (have countless friends who do this), you can pass on the Gatorade, you can drink Zevia or carbonated water instead of Dr. Pepper, you can choose baby formulas without corn syrup solids like the Mt Capra goat milk recipe. 

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In today's episode, we're discussing some of the causes of a toxic gut and what we can to detox our gut. Many of us are walking around with insidious digestive imbalances that we may or may not be aware of.

The imbalance of gut bacteria and the out-of-control gut permeability are causing toxic elements to enter our bloodstream.

We may have made the rash go away with steroids, but the inflammation that is driving the rash is still present and slowly robbing us of our health.

If the wrong bacteria are present, your blood is being exposed to loads of endotoxins known as Lipopolysaccharides or LPS over and over again.

At some point this load becomes overwhelming to your antioxidant and anti-inflammatory defenses and you end up with associated metabolic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, fatty liver not caused by alcohol, and autoimmunity.

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In today's episode we're talking about nutrient dense vs energy dense foods. Nutreint dense foods are going to have the greatest array of naturally occurring essential vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and amino acids.

When we don’t match nutrient density with energy density, we end up needing more and more high energy foods to make up for the lack of nutrients. 

On top of that, energy dense but nutrient lacking foods are stripping nourishment from your body in the process of being digested and assimilated. Whole nutrient dense foods supply the body with their own resources to aid in digestion. 

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