The Functional Medicine Radio Show With Dr. Carri

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March 16, 2018The Magnesium Miracle with Dr. Carolyn Dean
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Dr. Carolyn Dean explains the many benefits of magnesium.
Dr. Carolyn Dean has been in the forefront of health issues for over 30 years and is the leading expert on magnesium. She is a medical doctor, a naturopath, herbalist, acupuncturist, nutritionist, and inventor who has authored and co-authored over 35 books including The Magnesium Miracle. She is passionate about helping people of all ages achieve optimal health by taking a holistic approach to wellness.
Main Questions Asked about the Magnesium Miracle:
How do people become magnesium deficient, and why isn’t it more well-known?
Should calcium be balanced with magnesium?
What tests do you recommend for accurately measuring magnesium?
What are the different forms of magnesium?
Could you start taking magnesium and vitamin C to help detox instead of gross powders?
How does magnesium deficiency relate to anxiety and depression?
Key Points made by Dr. Carolyn Dean about the Magnesium Miracle:
Magnesium is a cofactor for about 700 to 800 different enzymatic processes in the body.
Genetic mutations can be driven epigenetically by too much or too little of a nutrient.
Soil has become depleted due to industrial farming.
A hundred years ago, we would get 500 milligrams of magnesium in our daily diet – now we barely get 200 milligrams.
A deficiency could result in heart palpitations, leg cramps, migraine headaches, and stomach spasms that feel like heartburn.
65 conditions due to magnesium deficiency could be misdiagnosed as serious diseases for which doctors prescribe strong drugs.
Proper testing for magnesium is not done in modern medicine.
Only 1% of total body levels is found in veins, which is there to protect the heart.
Measuring serum magnesium is not a good test because it gives a false normal.
6 of the 8 steps of the cycle that makes energy require magnesium.
Many medications deplete this important mineral and make the condition worse.
Many drugs have fluoride to make them more powerful, like the statins, Cipro and Prozac that can cause tendon rupture.
Athletes get depleted of minerals and try to replace with Gatorade which is just sugar and salt.
Mineral depletion in athletes weakens them, resulting in infections for which they get antibiotics, which can cause tendon rupture due to deposition of fluoride from drugs.
Fluoride in drugs binds to magnesium to form an insoluble, brittle compound, magnesium fluoride which gets deposited in tendons and bones.
If you must take Cipro, you need to take a lot of magnesium to replace the loss.
People with stress end up with elevated blood pressure and then prescribed diuretics which further deplete them of potassium.
Magnesium is a calcium channel blocker but instead doctors put high blood pressure patients on calcium channel blocking meds, diuretics and ACE inhibitors.
Deficiency also leads to elevated blood sugar and cholesterol, so high blood pressure patients often end up with these conditions as well.
Low magnesium is a risk marker for diabetes.
High blood pressure patients on statins may end up with heart failure due to extreme depletion as a side effect of all the meds they are on.
We should be taking an equal ratio of calcium to magnesium to prevent heart and kidney diseases that result from an imbalance of calcium to magnesium.
It is the safest mineral – too much can just give you a laxative effect.
Tested with magnesium RBC test or better still the ionized magnesium test.
You levels need to be above 6.
It’s best to start supplementing slowly and see how you do.
Magnesium chloride is a good form as it is highly absorbable and avoids the laxative effect.
Magnesium also helps with detox because it helps the liver enzymes, specifically the CYP450 detox enzymes.
Any type of anxiety should first be treated with magnesium, not strong drugs.
It is the best sleep “medication”.
Magnesium gives you energy in the day and calms you down to sleep at night.
It relieves anxiety and depression.
It balances serotonin and works on many levels in the body.
An Epsom salt bath (or footbath) is another great way to get more magnesium.
Resources Mentioned for the Magnesium Miracle:
Book – The Magnesium Miracle
Dr. Carolyn Dean’s website
Dr. Carolyn Dean’s podcast
Dr. Carolyn Dean’s facebook page
Free Chapter of The Magnesium Miracle
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
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38 min
March 02, 2018The Dental Diet with Dr. Steven Lin
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Dr. Steven Lin explains the importance of the dental diet and eating right for maintaining correct dental structure.
Dr. Steven Lin is a board-registered dentist, writer, and speaker. He is a passionate whole-health advocate, focusing on the link between nutrition and dental health. His mission is to prevent dental diseases instead of treating them. His new book “The Dental Diet” is a journey of ancestral medicine, the human microbiome, and epigenetics. It explains the foods for healthy teeth based on the Weston A. Price Diet – which is the inspiration for Dr. Lin’s work.
Main Questions Asked about the Dental Diet:
Why do so many people now have crooked teeth?
What were the shocking things you learned about nutrition for dental health?
Do we have immune cells in our teeth?
Is your diet only for children or is it good for adults too?
What exactly is the dental diet?
How is the dental diet different from the modern diet?
How can people find a functional dentist?
Key Points made by Dr. Lin about the Dental Diet:
Lin learned about the work of Dr. Weston Price that showed how traditional diet could intercept the effects of modern diet on oral health.
He discovered that crooked teeth in kids can be reversed if we can affect the diet early enough which will also correct breathing.
“The Dental Diet” was written to show that with the right food we can grow straight dental arches and correct all the problems related to crooked teeth that have been caused by the modern diet.
Since jaws make up our airways, malformed jaws and dental arches are leading to sleep problems in children, including apnea.
Cranial facial growth is a holistic process.
Fat soluble vitamins control cranial facial growth and also the immune system inside our teeth which prevent the teeth from dental decay.
Our teeth have immune cells that come from our bone marrow and sit right at the junction of the dental pulp and dentin. These protect our teeth from decay.
The immune cells in the dentin keep monitoring what’s happening and in case of a problem, release immune factors to repair the dentin.
Vitamins A, D and K2 are the keys to get your odontoblasts, your inner tooth immune cells, working properly.
It is known that sufficient levels of Vitamins A, D and K2 dictate accurate jaw growth and dental health.
Vitamin D absorbs and directs calcium and K2 activates the proteins.
Without K2, calcium cannot be carried into your bones and teeth. As a result you cannot activate immune cells inside your teeth.
K2 also directs hormones and sex hormones that direct jaw growth as well.
Price stressed eating traditional whole foods and bone broth were essential to grow healthy jaws and teeth.
The low fat diet and the modern diet have led us to an orthodontic epidemic.
Every chronic disease can be traced back to the mouth and eating in some way, including bad breath or oral thrush, shows signs for imbalance in the gut.
It is shocking that out of 125 medical specialties in America, none deal with the mouth or nutrition.
Scoliosis can be corrected by growing the dental jaw and setting the cranial facial system properly.
When we breathe through the mouth because of jaw distortions, we miss nitric oxide, which is a very strong vasodilator and has implications for the autonomic nervous system.
People who are not breathing through their nose while sleeping get sleep apnea.
Most women who mouth breath end up with digestive problems, cold hands and feet, anxiety and depression due to nitric oxide imbalance.
Kids who are not breathing through their nose while sleeping are starving their brain of oxygen and ending up with ADHD as well as distorted facial structures.
Eating the right foods can help grow and reprogram nasal sinuses, nasal airway and upper teeth alignment.
With the right foods, hormones will balance for correct bone growth to get the normal human face structure.
The main principles of the Dental Diet include: breathing properly; chewing food; and eating fermented, fibrous and gelatinous foods rich in fat soluble vitamins, like organ meats, eggs, cheese, butters, sauerkraut and other fermented foods.
Eating the right foods creates a balanced microbiome which sends the right epigenetic messages to our body and includes proper chewing and breathing.
Functional medicine and functional dentistry go hand in hand.
Functional dentistry goes right back to breastfeeding.
Tongue ties to get kids swallowing and breathing properly through myofunctional orthodontics in formative years
Resources Mentioned for the Dental Diet:
Weston A. Price Foundation
Podcast – Effects of Sleep Disorders in Children with Dr. Mark Burhenne
Book – The Dental Diet: The Surprising Link between Your Teeth, Real Food, and Life-Changing Natural Health
Dr. Lin’s website
Dr. Lin’s facebook page
Dr. Lin on instagram
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
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37 min
February 16, 2018Medical Cannabis – Part 2 with Morgan Toombs
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Morgan Toombs, Registered Nurse shares even more information on medical cannabis.
Morgan is the Nurse Manager of Canada’s first Nurse Practitioner led Medical Marijuana Clinic “O Cannabis Clinic”.
She is a multi-published author, Humanitarian Award winner for exceptional nursing care, as well as an award winning Adult Educator. Morgan is passionate about helping Canadians navigate the confusing medical marijuana landscape and believes that Canadians should have affordable and timely access to medical marijuana – even if they live in the Yukon!
Main Questions Asked about Medical Cannabis:
What happens when your licensed producer runs out of your prescription or specific strain of medical cannabis?
Can you be fired for using medical cannabis?
What are some side effects of medical cannabis?
What do you mean by micro-dosing?
Do patients need to be referred to your clinic?
Key Points Made by Morgan about Medical Cannabis:
In the situation of a producer running out of a specific strain, the patient may have to wait up to three months to be able to purchase medicine again. Alternatively, they can be transferred to another producer that has the strain they are looking for but it can still take a long time. It’s a major bottleneck in the industry right now.
Using cannabis for medical purposes is not something you can be fired for but you need to have a conversation with your boss before you use it at work. There are also plenty of cannabis products that don’t have psychoactive effects that won’t affect your work performance.
There is a lot of work to be done in the professions that use drug tests. Having a frank conversation with your employer is a good first step.
One of the side effects of medical cannabis is joy and increased well being.
There hasn’t has been a single lethal dose of marijuana ever so it’s been proven to be extremely safe compared to traditional medicines.
Practitioners encourage patients to take it low and slow when starting out with medical cannabis.
Micro-dosing is usually done with a vaporizer. The effects typically last for a few hours and occur very quickly after being exposed.
Edibles are better for experienced users since you can’t be certain how much of a dose you are getting, which is why they aren’t sold legally in Canada.
There are a lot of pathways to getting medical cannabis, you have to do your research into the different producers and make sure you using the right process to register your prescription.
Best practices include realizing that just because something is covered by OHIP, that doesn’t mean there aren’t other fees.
Even if you have been self medicating with cannabis for years, there is still a lot of information you need to know before you can use it medically.
Patients do not need to be referred to the O Cannabis Clinic, but they do need to be screened to make sure they have a valid medical reason to come work with them.
Resources Mentioned for Medical Cannabis:
Interview – Medical Cannabis – Part 1 with Morgan Toombs, RN
O Cannibis Clinic website
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review on iTunes!

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40 min
February 02, 2018Medical Cannabis – Part 1 with Morgan Toombs, RN
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Morgan Toombs, Registered Nurse shares information on medical cannabis.
Morgan is the Nurse Manager of Canada’s first Nurse Practitioner led Medical Marijuana Clinic “O Cannabis Clinic”.
She is a multi-published author, Humanitarian Award winner for exceptional nursing care, as well as an award winning Adult Educator. Morgan is passionate about helping Canadians navigate the confusing medical marijuana landscape and believes that Canadians should have affordable and timely access to medical marijuana – even if they live in the Yukon!
Main Questions Asked about Medical Cannabis:
What got you into the medical marijuana arena?
What are some of the most common ailments people seek medical cannabis for?
Will medical cannabis make you high?
What does O Cannabis Clinic do?
What is the difference between a dispensary and street dealers?
Key Points Made by Morgan about Medical Cannabis:
Morgan’s experience with using cannabis to treat chronic pain was how she was initially exposed to the world of medical cannabis.
The top three ailments that most people seek out cannabis for are: chronic pain, insomnia/sleep disturbances, and anxiety. It also has been applied to other issues like childhood epilepsy.
Research is also showing that cannabis also has positive benefits for autoimmune disease and more.
A lot of the research on medical cannabis comes out of Canada, Europe, and Israel but even one patient that benefits from it is research evidence.
Patient experience and patient preference make up 50% of good clinical evidence. All studies of groups of people are composed of individual accounts.
Medical marijuana can make you high but it doesn’t have to. The medicinal ingredients may not have that side effect because you can isolate the cannabinoids that have healing benefits without inhibiting you.
People look at cannabis through the old lens of recreational drug use. It can be addictive but it has been proven to be less addictive than coffee, sugar, or caffeine.
Our bodies are designed to receive cannabinoids.
O Cannabis clinic is a newer clinic that is helping Canadians get medical cannabis without paying extremely high fees. Medical marijuana can be very difficult to acquire even if you have a prescription.
Medical cannabis encourages patients to really understand how it makes them feel. Patients learn the process of taking the right dosage and understanding the different effects.
A licensed producer is an organization that is legally allowed to sell medicine to medical cannabis patients. Dispensaries tend to pop up and close their doors quickly, since they are considered illegal. There are a lot of safeguards with licensed producers and none with dispensaries.
Licensed producers are visited regularly by Health Canada to ensure that the medicine is sound and safe to sell.
A licensed producer can’t physically sell you medical cannabis. There is a mailing process that you have to register for and have the cannabis shipped to you.
Resources Mentioned for Medical Cannabis:
Interview – Medical Cannabis – Part 2 with Morgan Toombs
O Cannibis Clinic website
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
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35 min
January 19, 2018How to Choose Quality Supplements with Dr. Andrew Krause
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Dr. Andrew Krause explains how to choose quality supplements.
After an undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Krause studied at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. Since graduating, he has been a licensed Naturopathic Doctor in private practice in Kitchener and Mississauga, Ontario. In addition to his education in Naturopathic Medicine, Dr. Krause is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Certified Sports Nutritionist, and yoga instructor.
In his practice, Dr. Krause works with individuals and teams to improve their health and performance, and lectures across Eastern Canada on the topic of natural health product regulation, sports nutrition, and behavioural psychology. Dr. Krause is also a Senior Account Manager for the Ottawa-based health tech company, Fullscript.
Main Questions Asked about Choosing Quality Supplements:
How did you get interested in supplements and natural health products?
What makes Canadian supplement regulations different from the US?
How do supplements get approved for sale to the general public in Canada?
Do the differences in professional grade quality supplements and pharmaceutical grade quality supplements mean anything?
How do you choose quality supplements for yourself and your patients?
Key Points Made by Dr. Krause about Choosing Quality Supplements:
Krause first learned about the natural health industry from the sports side. He worked for a natural health manufacturer for three years which is where he began his deep dive into the industry and what makes it different in Canada and the United States.
Supplements are called Natural Health Products in Canada to emphasize the health aspect – the term supplement is pretty vague.
Every supplement sold in Canada will have a Natural Product Number or an NPN and getting the NPN is a difficult process that involves verification.
In the States, some dietary supplements have no premarket validation before getting on the shelf. Label accuracy in Canada means that the incidence of a product not containing the ingredients on the label is extremely low.
The term proprietary blend can disguise the exact dosages on a particular product.
Canada also requires the manufacturer to list all non-medicinal ingredients which helps you make informed choices.
Canada requires manufacturers to have good manufacturing practices that make sure there is no viral or bacterial contamination, which is not required in the States.
If a supplement you are considering doesn’t have any third-party verification, that’s a sign you should probably avoid that supplement.
Natural health claims are allowed in Canada as long as there is proof that has been provided that the claim is true. The level of proof differs based on the claim being made. Specifically, the government is trying to limit the number of people who avoid taking a medication in favor of a supplement.
Manufacturing a quality supplement in Canada requires a site license and referencing the work that the government has already learned. For new health claims, you have to provide more research. Once the claims have been proved, you get the NPN and can sell the product on the market.
It’s important to know how a particular brand or product is made in the States because the product quality can vary wildly.
It’s almost always better to buy a natural health product in Canada instead of the States as you’re more likely to get the product you are actually paying for.
There is no consistent definition of professional or pharmaceutical grade products so it’s often used as a marketing term. Since we don’t really know how to evaluate the quality of a product, we use certain terms to help us make decisions about what to buy. This can leave us vulnerable to terms that don’t mean anything but sound legitimate.
Just because a brand creates one product really well doesn’t mean that all their products are the best option. The best product for you depends specifically on your goal and what you need. Do the research on the product and ingredient first and then figure out the delivery method you want.
The guideline for buying quality supplements online is whether or not you can verify the way the product is being stored or shipped. It’s best to go direct to the manufacturer if you can. Having a guarantee about the quality of a product will make a big difference.
Resources Mentioned for Choosing Quality Supplements:
Dr. Krause’s instagram
Fullscript
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review on iTunes!
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40 min
January 05, 2018Natural Treatments for Dementia and Alzheimer’s with Marilyn Glenville
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Marilyn Glenville explains natural treatments for dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Marilyn Glenville is the UK’s leading nutritionist, specializing in women’s health. She is an inspiring public speaker – easy to listen to and very practical in her approach. Marilyn is the former President of the Food and Health Forum at The Royal Society of Medicine.
She is the award winning author of fifteen internationally bestselling books including, “Natural Solutions for Dementia and Alzheimer’s”.
Main Questions Asked about Natural Treatments for Dementia and Alzheimer’s:
What did you learn when doing research for your book?
How do you keep your memory so sharp?
What are your thoughts on a healthy ketogenic diet?
Besides diet and nutrients, what else should we do to keep our brains sharp for the long term?
Can we talk about exercise and brain health?
Are there environmental factors that are putting us at risk for dementia?
Are there any tests we should be doing that you think are important?
Key Points Made by Marilyn about Natural Treatments for Dementia and Alzheimer’s:
There hasn’t been a new pharmaceutical drug for dementia in the last 15 years and it doesn’t look like there will be a silver bullet.
Dementia is like a roof with 36 holes in it, finding one drug that deals with every issue is unrealistic.
Alzheimer’s and dementia are the biggest killers of women, killing three times more than breast cancer.
There is a 20 to 30 year gap between the first plaque that forms in your brain and the onset of dementia. You have the opportunity to put preventive steps in place well before the symptoms show up.
The things we do to keep our body healthy will also keep our brain healthy.
If you are in your 50’s and you find memory slipping or your concentration lacking, those are indications that your brain is degenerating.
As soon as you notice that things are becoming more difficult, that is when you need to take steps to help your brain be more healthy.
There is a gene that increases the risk of dementia but it does not cause it. It does seem like family history has an impact on whether or not you will develop dementia and Alzheimer’s but you have control over that. Genes can be switched on and switched off based off your diet, lifestyle, and environment.
Food and nutrition is the foundation for health. The Mediterranean diet is linked to a reduced incidence of cognitive decline.
Keeping your blood glucose in check has a big impact on overall cognitive health.
Your brain can become insulin resistant. Ketones can be used as fuel for the brain.
Omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA, have been shown to help prevent the plaques from forming and has a positive effect on brain health.
Doing a blood test to check your levels and supplementing for the next three months and retesting is a good strategy.
Besides DHA, being deficient in vitamin D has also been linked to negative cognitive effects. Supplementing vitamin D is a good idea because a large number of people are deficient and it’s easy to correct.
Exercise has been linked to a boost in brain function. The intensity of the exercise isn’t very important, it’s the total amount and the variety of activity involved. Even walking or choosing to take the stairs will make a positive difference.
Your brain is a muscle – any activity that uses your brain will help your brain health. Play games, learn an instrument, learn another language, do something you enjoy and it will help long term.
Some over the counter medicines for colds and flus can possibly be contributing to your odds of dementia. Speak to your doctor if you notice any memory changes and ask about alternative medications.
Sleep is a major factor in brain health. Getting good sleep, especially on your side, allows your spine to flush waste chemicals from your brain.
HbA1C is the simplest test you can ask for to learn about your odds of developing dementia and whether you are deficient in certain nutrients.
Resources Mentioned for Natural Treatments for Dementia and Alzheimer’s:
Book – Natural Solutions for Dementia and Alzheimer?s: The Ultimate Guide To Prevent Short Term Memory Loss
Marilyn’s website
More resources from Marilyn
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review on iTunes!
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41 min
December 22, 2017IBS Alternative Treatment with Suzanne Perazzini
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Suzanne Perazzini explains IBS Alternative Treatment options.
Suzanne Perazzini is a certified nutritional therapist, a qualified teacher, award-winning author (including three low FODMAP books) and has been a teacher and a coach her whole life.
After having her life transformed by the low FODMAP diet and a bunch of changes she made to her lifestyle, she now dedicates her days to coaching others on how to implement the low FODMAP diet and eliminate their IBS symptoms once and for all.
Her greatest moments have been turning a 3-year-old Indian girl from a child curled up in the corner in pain to a happy child playing out in the yard with her friends, and helping an 83-year-old woman, who had suffered horribly all her life, discover that there is peace on earth after all. She lives in New Zealand with her husband in a house overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Main Questions Asked about IBS Alternative Treatment Options:
How common is IBS and how do they test for it?
What has your journey been like as a lifelong IBS sufferer?
What does FODMAP stand for?
What are some resources for learning which foods are high and low FODMAP?
How do people lead a normal social life that have IBS on the low FODMAP diet?
Do your patients have to be on the low FODMAP diet forever?
Key Points Made by Suzanne about IBS Alternative Treatment Options:
IBS is fairly prevalent with somewhere around 25% to 30% of people suffering from it worldwide.
The symptoms typically include irregular bowel movements, bloating, pain, cramping, and difficulty after eating.
IBS is normally diagnosed through exclusion, once other tests have ruled out the other potential causes.
The hydrogen breath test used to be a valid way to test your reaction to certain food types but it’s been found to ineffective in testing a reaction to fructose. The low FODMAP diet is more reliable.
Suzanne’s experience with IBS has varied. Early on it didn’t affect her life very much but made her life more difficult as she got older, especially during times of stress.
Once she started the low FODMAP diet, Suzanne discovered the foods that triggered her IBS and eventually began to feel much better. Writing about her experience online started to attract many others who suffered from the condition.
The term FODMAP is an acronym, derived from “Fermentable, Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides And Polyols”.
It’s not just a list of food to eat and avoid, it’s important to understand what amounts to eat and what the combinations are as well.
Discovering your personal triggers is a part of the process. You start with low FODMAP foods and gradually learn what your tolerance for each food is. It’s difficult to do on your own which is why a good coach is so important. Even one wrong food in an otherwise clean diet can make you feel quite sick.
The foods that you use for your testing are quite important as well.
You have to put strategies in place if you have IBS. If you are going out, do some research beforehand, talk to the chef and ask their advice. Carry a card that describes your food triggers in the local language as you travel.
Don’t ask for gluten free bread, gluten free doesn’t mean low FODMAP compatible. Bring low FODMAP foods and snacks with you.
Start on the elimination diet, then go into the reintroduction phase to learn what your triggers are, then you create a custom diet that’s specific to you that you stay on for life.
The low FODMAP diet is the base for addressing IBS but it’s not the end. You have to look at other gut irritants and learn what you can tolerate while still eating healthy. Your lifestyle becomes a component of the strategy to become symptom free.
Resources Mentioned for IBS Alternative Treatment Options:
Suzanne’s website
Monash University Low FODMAP Diet
Free Gift from Suzanne
More low IBS resources
Even more IBS resources
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review on iTunes!
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34 min
December 08, 2017Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns with Ora Nadrich
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Ora Nadrich focuses on breaking negative thinking patterns.
Ora Nadrich is a certified Life Coach and certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher as well as the author of the groundbreaking book, “Says Who? How One Simple Question Can Change the Way You Think Forever.” Ora’s rare combination of insight, intuition, compassion and charisma has made her one of the most effective and sought-after life coaches in Los Angeles.
Main Questions Asked about Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns:
What prompted you to write this book?
How do people get started with this method?
Is there anything we haven’t talked about that you think is important?
Key Points Made by Ora about Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns:
Ora’s first Says Who moment was at the age of fifteen when her sister had a mental breakdown. She developed an anxiety that never really went away.
She believed a thought that wasn’t true. Ora discovered this after a deep inquiry into her thinking mind. This is where the ‘Says Who’ method began.
We have 40 to 70 thousand negative thoughts each day. It’s the negative thoughts that hit us most that we give the majority of our attention.
Don’t push away your negative thoughts, analyze them. Your thoughts become beliefs, which become emotion and behavior.
Realizing a thought isn’t true is a way of releasing them. Many of the thoughts we have are not our own.
Think about a negative thought that you have and ask yourself these seven questions:
Says who?
Have I heard someone else say this thought before?
Do I like this thought?
Does this thought make me feel better?
Does this thought work for me?
Am I in control with this thought?
Do I want to keep this thought or let it go?
You are the creator and master of your internal dialogue. Release and replace your negative thoughts with thoughts that serve your well being.
The inner journey is about peeling back the layers and being inquisitive. The Says who method is a way to get to know yourself and come to know what your thoughts are all about.
The first step is acknowledging you need to change and are ready to change. Be the observer versus being the reactor, witness your thoughts.
Begin today to get to know your thinking process better. Make a commitment to the transformation.
Health is more than nutrition and exercise – you need to do some regular mental health cleaning too. Find at least 10 minutes a day to be quiet, still, and with yourself.
Resources Mentioned for Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns:
Book – Says Who?: How One Simple Question Can Change the Way You Think Forever
Ora’s website
Ora’s facebook page
Ora on twitter
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review on iTunes!
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26 min
November 24, 2017Natural Healing for Hyperthyroidism with Andrea Beaman
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Andrea Beaman explains natural healing for hyperthyroidism.
Andrea Beaman is a Natural Foods Chef, health educator, thyroid expert and holistic health coach dedicated to alternative healing, and sustainable eating and living.
Andrea was a featured contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef and was recognized as one of the top 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness from Greatist.com, received the Award For Excellence in Health Supportive Food Education from the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health, as well the Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
Andrea is the author of “Happy Healthy Thyroid – The Essential Steps to Healing Naturally!”
Main Questions Asked about Natural Healing for Hyperthyroidism:
Did you have a thyroid issue?
Why is thyroid disease so much more common at this point in time?
What other types of foods do you recommend to support the endocrine system?
What can people who have irradiated their thyroid do to support their endocrine system?
Are there other types of natural treatments for your thyroid?
Key Points Made by Andrea about Natural Healing for Hyperthyroidism:
Andrea was diagnosed with a hyperthyroid and a goiter at the age of 28 and the doctor recommended that they radiate her thyroid and put her on medication for the rest of her life. She believed that her diet and lifestyle were the root cause and ignored the doctor’s advice.
After correcting her diet and lifestyle, Andrea’s goiter and hyperthyroidism disappeared after 24 months and it turned out that she was suffering from Hashimoto’s disease, which was the real issue.
If it is an autoimmune disease, the symptoms will change from day to day. We are not taught to slow down and observe the effects on our body, but the body works at a slower pace than we would like.
One of the main reasons hyperthyroidism is more common today is that the majority of people were not breastfed as children. The colostrum from the mother’s milk is the installation of the immune system in a child’s body which many people are missing.
Babies that are not breastfed have higher rates of disease. We are also surrounded by manmade non-ionizing and ionizing radiation and the thyroid is very sensitive to radiation. Without enough food grade iodine in our systems, the thyroid becomes more vulnerable.
Andrea recommends seaweed to increase the amount of iodine in your system; the slimy texture of seaweed is what coats the digestive system and allows you to observe the iodine without inflaming your condition.
Natural fats and proteins are also good for supporting your digestive and endocrine system. The human body is a complex system and we can’t isolate a single food type and create a diet around only that. When one system is out of balance, it indicates that the whole body is out of balance because everything is connected.
Without a thyroid, your body still needs to process the hormone which means you have to rely on the liver. One of the most important ways to support the endocrine system is by reducing stress on the whole. A high amount of stress puts pressure on every system in the body.
Allow yourself to wake up but then put your body back into a state of relaxation; stretch and breath before starting your day.
Herbal medicine is another natural option for treating your thyroid. Herbs and foods that are extremely nutritive give the body the energy it needs to support the underlying systems.
Resources Mentioned for Natural Healing for Hyperthyroidism:
Book – Happy Healthy Thyroid – The Essential Steps to Healing Naturally
Book – Health Is Wealth – Make a Delicious Investment in You!
Andrea’s website
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
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November 10, 2017Effects of Sleep Disorders in Children with Dr. Mark Burhenne
In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Dr. Mark Burhenne explains the effects of sleep disorders in children.
Dr. Burhenne is the creator and author of AsktheDentist.com and the bestselling author of “The 8-Hour Sleep Paradox”. He is a family and sleep medicine dentist, member of the American Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM).
Main Questions Asked about the Effects of Sleep Disorders in Children:
Why should parents be concerned with their children’s sleep and the structure of their facial bones?
Would ADD or ADHD be considered a sign of a breathing issue?
Once an issue is seen in a child, what is the parent’s next step?
What are some of things that influence facial development?
Do all dentists know about this?
Key Points Made by Dr. Burhenne about the Effects of Sleep Disorders in Children:
Everyone is susceptible to compromised breathing, including children who seemingly don’t have any reasons to suffer from it.
Sleep disorders and breathing issues develop during our formative years when we are young, potentially prenatally and are directly related to the growth of the shape of the skull.
Look at the lip posture of your children while sleeping. Are they a nose breather or a mouth breather? Sleep disorders in children often manifest as mouth breathing and are an early sign that your child needs help.
The effects of sleep disorders in children can impact behavior. Erratic behavior and the desire for sugar are bad signs. Snoring, which is often seen as cute by many parents, is actually a sign that they are having difficulty sleeping and need to be seen by a professional.
Every person needs to have their sleep verified. You can do everything else perfectly but if you’re not sleeping well, none of it will matter.
Snoring is never normal, it is a partial collapse of the airway but not snoring doesn’t necessarily mean everything is ok. Your airway can be so constricted that you’re unable to snore.
The effects of sleep disorders in children can impact ADD and ADHD and do indicate that there are breathing issues present, but it needs to be dealt with early on. Often times once the child is diagnosed, it is too late to intervene.
Every night a child mouth breathes affects the development of their face. There is a new product on the market that now allows you to run an assessment at home instead of a sleep study in a lab. Dr. Burhenne recommends running the assessment at least once a year until the child is 15.
Speech came at the cost of breathing. All of the structures in the face and neck have evolved for speech and generally moved closer together. A variety of foods, bottle feeding, and many things in our environment create allergies that then make us congested. The muscle development in the face is changing and making it more difficult to breath, but it could be turned around in the course of a generation.
The high number of the population that requires braces is an indicator that we are developing incorrectly as a society.
The information is out there, but there are many dentists who haven’t seen it. You have to bring the information yourself and find a dentist who understands what to do with it.
Resources Mentioned about the Effects of Sleep Disorders in Children:
Podcast – Ways to Help Sleep with Dr. Mark Burhenne
Book – The 8-Hour Sleep Paradox: How We Are Sleeping Our Way to Fatigue, Disease and Unhappiness
Knit Health – At Home Sleep Assessment
Tongue Tie article
Dr. Burhenne’s website
Book – Reclaim Your Energy and Feel Normal Again
Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe and leave a 5 star rating and review on iTunes!
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