Today we are with Michelle Shapiro, a Registered Dietitian, a Certified Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner, and a Patient Advocate born and raised in NYC. She works with 1000s of clients to reverse their anxiety, heal longstanding gut issues, and approach weight loss in a loving way.

In this episode we discuss:

- Can you lose weight, while still living your damn life?

- Why extreme diets just don't work

- The difference between functional nutrition and regular

- The dangers of body positivity

- Mast cell activation syndrome and histamine intolerances

- and so much more

01:27 Michelle’s Background

02:30 The Gut Brain Connection

03:45 Why are Histamine Conditions on the rise?

5:50 Gluten, Dairy, and Seed Oils: What’s causing the chronic inflammation in the US

8:30 How Michelle helps her patients holistically

10:04 What is functional nutrition, is there such thing as root cause?

14:04 Detox and Parasite work, doing it right

17:19 The effect of ultra processed foods

26:40 Healthy stress, when is it needed and when to avoid it

31:04 Protein deficiency, how much protein do we need?

37:05 Food shaming vs. People shaming

40:00 Our The Gut Microbiome and Probiotics

For more from Michelle, you can find her on Instagram at @michelleshapirord or her website, www.michelleshapirord.com. You can find her podcast Quiet The Diet wherever you listen to podcasts.

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