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If you’ve never heard Dr. Jill Carnahan tell her personal story, you’re about to hear an inspiring and powerful episode. In the face of recurrent and unexpected illness, Dr. Jill never gave up. She continues to find resilience through functional medicine, science, and faith. With that, Dr. Jill uses all of the knowledge and wisdom she’s gained along the way to help patients all over the world.  

In today’s episode, Dr. Jill Carnahan inspires us all with her story of resilience. She also offers practical clinical advice that has helped her and many patients on their healing journeys.  

Today on The Lab Report:

• 2:40 Meet Dr. Jill Carnahan and hear her journey
• 10:30 Illness as a teacher, vulnerability, and the power of telling the story
• 16:30 Mold toxicity – signs and symptoms
• 19:05 Mold remediation and practical therapeutic steps
• 23:10 Recovery, long-term symptoms, and resilience
• 24:35 Inflammatory Bowel Disease – clinical pearls
• 31:30 Upcoming book and documentary!
• 36:20 The Fireball  

Additional Resources:

JillCarnahan.com

Unexpected: Finding Resilience through Functional Medicine, Science, and Faith

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The Thanksgiving holiday is more than just family, friends, food, and football. It is an opportunity to be reminded of the importance of gratitude. Although being thankful seems like just a nice moral platitude, gratitude interventions are shown to have surprisingly important clinical implications for our health.  

On today’s episode, we talk Thanksgiving ‘fun facts,’ gratitude interventions, and strategies to combat holiday season stress and weight gain.  

Today on The Lab Report: 

• 3:10 Fun facts about Thanksgiving 
• 7:35 Gratitude interventions and health 

• 11:15 Strategies to prevent holiday weight gain 
• 14:30 Keto, Vegan, Carnivore, Omnivore holiday dinner menus 
• 16:45 Kitchen Cook-cophany! 

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Esther Blum is the industry expert when it comes to empowering women during the menopausal transition and beyond. As an integrative dietician, she’s helped thousands of women master menopause through nutrition, hormones, lifestyle, and self-advocacy. Her approach works and her client results speak for themselves.

In today’s episode, Esther Blum offers her “Meno-Laws” - practical tips for peri- and menopausal women. We talk nutrition, hormone replacement, sleep, the right kind of exercise, and how to beat menopausal weight gain.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 4:10 Meet Esther Blum and empowering women for self-advocacy
• 8:35 Meno-laws and nutrition strategies for menopause
• 12:05 Cortisol, carbs, keto, and hot flashes
• 14:25 Insomnia and sleep hygiene
• 16:00 Exercise, weight gain, and the Meno-pot belly
• 20:20 Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy
• 24:00 Herbal supplements for hormone support
• 25:15 The importance of testosterone for women
• 29:30 Gut health and menopause
• 31:00 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

estherblum.com

See Ya Later, Ovulator!

Cave Women Don't Get Fat

The Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous Project

Secrets of Gorgeous

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As a colorectal surgeon, Dr. Brian Jerby has spent years dealing with the end-stages of GI diseases such as Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. He now focuses on getting to the root causes for preventing surgical intervention and mitigating long-term medication use. As a functional medicine certified practitioner, Dr. Jerby employs personalized tools to treat these patients such as nutrition, the microbiome, hormonal balance, lifestyle modification, and more – with excellent results.

In today’s episode, we finally hit the topic of inflammatory bowel disease and the functional approach needed to treat these complex diseases. Dr. Jerby also discusses the critical role of stool testing in his practice and his excitement regarding the clinical implications of new metagenomic sequencing technology.

Today on The Lab Report: 

• 2:45 Meet Dr. Brian Jerby and hear his journey to functional medicine
• 8:10 Where do we start with Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
• 14:00 Is there hope for patients with IBD?
• 16:25 Diet and IBD
• 20:00 Patient success stories using stool profiles
• 24:55 Whole-genome sequencing in clinical practice
• 29:35 The latest on fecal transplants
• 35:55 Work with Dr. Brian Jerby and his practice
• 40:45 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

Legacy Health

The Gut Connection Podcast

GI Effects + Microbiomix

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In functional and precision medicine, we know the importance of a healthy microbiome as it relates to overall health and wellness. Translating this into clinical practice is an art. Rachel Martin, a functional medicine nurse practitioner, specializes in gut health but through a different lens. Her approach to teaching and healing offers a fresh perspective with profound ramifications. What if we focus on stress and mental health first to optimize the microbiome for systemic health?

In today’s episode Rachel Martin discusses her unique program “Go With Your Gut.” She talks about the importance of the gut-brain axis, building community, mitigating stress, and why this should be the first line of treatment for gut health.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:40 Rachel Martin on her journey to functional medicine
• 8:10 Addressing stress and the gut-brain axis first
• 11:40 Systemic effects of the microbiome
• 14:30 Rachel’s “Go With Your Gut” program  
• 17:45 Stress management strategies
• 21:10 Functional medicine testing in practice
• 25:40 Re-framing society’s expectations
• 30:00 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

Root + Ritual Functional Medicine

GI Effects + Microbiomix

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Our bodies contain an inner clock that helps to regulate hormones and biochemistry. This clock is referred to as the circadian rhythm. The fine timing of this biological rhythm requires signaling from light. With the change in seasons, many of us feel the systemic effects of less daylight in various ways, one of which is altered mood. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that correlates with seasonal patterns.

In today’s episode, we discuss the biochemistry of how light regulates the circadian rhythm, the etiologies of seasonal affective disorder, and various treatment strategies which have been used to improve symptoms.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 2:15 The circadian rhythm and chronobiology – defining terms
• 5:00 Light signals and hormonal regulation of the biological clock
• 7:25 Health implications of seasonal change
• 9:30 Seasonal Affective Disorder
• 13:45 Vitamin D – What does it do?
• 18:10 Therapeutics and interventions
• 21:00 Question of the Day:
  • Can seasonal affective disorder happen in the summer?

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With the advent of the Human Microbiome Project and advancing technologies in whole-genome sequencing, the critical role of the gastrointestinal microbiome becomes clearer and clearer. We know the microbiome helps extract nutrients from the diet, creates important systemic metabolites, communicates with our skin and brain, and so much more. That being said, one such bacteria continues to stand out in the crowd– Akkermansia muciniphila. This bacterium, or lack thereof, may be a key player in obesity, metabolic disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and ‘leaky gut’.

In today’s episode, we explain the vital role of Akkermansia muciniphila. We discuss dietary strategies to boost levels and the new Akkermansia probiotic supplement!

Today on The Lab Report:

• 2:30 The mucus layer of the GI tract 
• 6:00 Mucin vs. mucus and altering the mucus layer
• 7:35 Akkermansia muciniphila
• 11:55 Logical Speculation – High levels good or bad?  
• 14:10 Clinical implications of low levels of Akkermansia
• 16:40 Strategies to boost Akkermansia
• 18:05 Finally! A new Akkermansia probiotic!
• 19:05 Berberine is kinda awesome
• 20:00 Question of the Day
  • How does Genova evaluate Akkermansia and mucin?

Additional Resources:

GI Effects + Microbiomix

Pendulum Life  (Use Promo Code GENOVA for 20% off your first month of a Pendulum membership!)

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Bacteria are everywhere in the environment. Although we understand there is a delicate balance of bacteria in our bodies which keep us healthy, many don’t grasp the complexity of how bacterial populations interact, adapt, and survive. They form structures called ‘biofilms’ which have become a hot topic in functional medicine as it relates to treating resistant or recurrent infections.

In today’s episode, we dive into the topic of bacterial biofilms- when to suspect them and ways to treat them.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 4:00 What are biofilms?
• 6:05 EPS, persister cells, and quorum sensing
• 8:40 Clinical importance and redeeming qualities?
• 11:35 Treating biofilms
• 13:20 Antimicrobial lipids
• 14:55 “What is it?”
• 18:50 Biofilm take-home points

Additional Resources:

GI Effects with Microbiomix

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If you’ve seen the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma,” you’ll recognize today’s guest. Dr. Anna Lembke is an addiction specialist from Stanford University, a New York Times best-selling author, and was featured on that Netflix special. Addiction takes many forms – not only alcohol and illicit drugs, but also social media, exercise, shopping, and workaholism. But, where’s the line between habit and addiction? What can we do to reset our brain chemistry?

In this episode, Dr. Lembke explains dopamine’s role in our brain’s reward system. We discuss addiction in its many forms, social media, and strategies to rewire dopamine pathways.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:00 Anna Lembke explains dopamine and the reward system  
• 6:05 Dopamine hits in today’s society
• 10:40 Moderation vs. Abstinence
• 13:30 Social media and children
• 15:00 Does society award addictive behavior?
• 18:45 Long term dopamine dysfunction and Parkinson’s disease
• 22:00 Parenting in the digital age
• 27:20 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

annalembke.com

Dopamine Nation

Drug Dealer, MD

The Social Dilemma

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The commensal bacteria in the gut microbiome are responsible for so many important functions. Their influence is far-reaching as it relates to overall health. Research shows us that the more diverse that community of bacteria is, the more beneficial it is to systemic health. But what does diversity mean and how do we measure it? There are many calculations used when it comes to diversity of the microbiome, and they can sometimes give differing information. It’s important to understand what’s being measured in order to clinically correlate the result.

In today’s episode, we discuss the industry standard Shannon Diversity Index as measured on Genova’s brand new Microbiomix profile.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:15 Better Know a Biomarker: Shannon Diversity Index
• 6:00 Evenness and Richness
• 7:30 Alpha vs. beta diversity
• 10:05 Who’s Claude Shannon?
• 13:00 Get Outta Here!
• 15:50 Simpson vs. Shannon Index
• 17:40 The numerical score
• 19:45 Improving the diversity score

Additional Resources:

GI Effects with Microbiomix

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