The Trust Your Gut Podcast

Obviously we all need to be exercising daily, and 99% of us could be doing more than we already do.

But there’s some common mistakes beyond not doing enough exercise that keeps people trapped.

If you want to lose weight, cardio is not the best exercise for you. Cardio is great for mental health, as well as lung and cardiovascular health. But it’s really not very useful for weight loss.

Instead, you need to be lifting weights to put on muscle if you really want to speed up your weight loss.

Another common mistake is doing too much high intensity interval training if your body is stuck in a stress response. Now don’t get me wrong, HIIT is one of the best forms of exercise out there.

But if your body is pumping too much cortisol and other stress hormones every day because of too much emotional stress, or because you’re dealing with chronic illness from underlying biotoxins like mold toxicity, then the HIIT training can be too much of a good stress and will not only prevent you from losing weight, but can actually cause weight gain!

While it’s true that the majority of people will have a run-in with some kind of cancer in their lifetime, we need to remember that no 2 cancers are the same, and your overall metabolic health has a huge impact on how your body will manage the cancer and what your survival rates will be, plus which treatment path you should go down.

To test your body’s current metabolic health status when dealing with cancer, there’s a number of simple blood tests you can run that will show how well (or poorly) your body is handling the tumor load. 

You’ll want to run the following tests:

CBC and specifically look at WBC, Platelets, and the Neutrophil to Lymphocyte ratio Comprehensive Metabolic Panel - Creatinine, Liver enzymes, Alkaline Phosphatase Inflammatory markers - LDH, ESR, hs-CRP

One of the most common questions I get asked is “what are the best tests for gut health?” My answer usually surprises people… None of them!

What do I mean? Well, our gut microbiome literally changes every second in response to our stress levels, our toxic burden, what foods we eat and so on. So GI mapping and similar tests don’t really tell us much about what’s actually happening.

Instead, I recommend that people do more “root cause” testing to find out what’s actually causing the gut symptoms in the first place so we can address that/those.

Stephanie Seneff is a senior research scientist at MIT, where she has had continuous affiliation for more than five decades.

Currently a Senior Research Scientist (MIT’s highest research rank) at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, she has supervised 21 Master’s and 14 Ph.D. students.

For over a decade, since 2008, she has directed her attention towards the role of nutrition and environmental toxicants on human disease, with a special emphasis on the herbicide glyphosate and the mineral sulfur.

In this interview with Dr. Stephanie, she covers the major damage that Glyphosate is playing on both the human body and the planet’s ecosystem as a whole.

If you haven’t yet read her book “Toxic Legacy” then you need to go and buy it asap and read it! The information in there is vital if you want you and your family to remain healthy! https://stephanieseneff.net/book/

You can contact Dr. Stephanie here: https://stephanieseneff.net/

There’s no more powerful force in the world than the love a parent has for their child. But mother’s especially develop an unbreakable bond with their child after growing, feeding,a dn nurturing them.

This is why when it comes to the health of your child, mother’s should ALWAYS trust their intuition.

You know when something doesn’t feel right. It might be that you were dismissed even though you know something more is going on. 

Or maybe a medical treatment was recommended that just doesn’t feel right to you.

So what should you do? Always speak up. Always be the best advocate for your child. Get 2nd and 3rd opinions until you feel like you can be comfortable with the direction you’re going, or the diagnosis you’ve received.

The biggest regret you’ll ever have as a parent is looking back and knowing that you’re feelings were screaming at you to do something different and you ignored them!

I’m sure the body positivity movement started with all of the right intentions. And I certainly agree with some of the premises.

Every human should love themselves exactly how they are! But loving yourself doesn't mean the same thing as accepting less for yourself. And allowing your health to get away from you, and become obese, will impact your ability to live your best life.

But it also affects your family. It’s not fair for them to lose you younger than they should because of poor health, or if you can’t do the things you want to enjoy with your spouse or kids or grandkids because your weight or health is holding you back.

And before you get mad at me - I absolutely understand that many of you reading this are struggling with weight problems even though you eat a healthy diet. But if you find the right health practitioners to help you get to the root cause, you CAN correct the problem and drop all of that weight!

The majority of people watching this video are probably deficient in Boron. But don’t think of it like a supplement that you need to take.

Boron is a trace mineral, and it’s very important to have sufficient levels of it.

Like all things you want to try and improve the levels through diet, but some people will need to supplement with it if they’re severely deficient. 

There’s a lot of reported benefits to maintaining adequate levels of Boron, from improved wound healing, to less inflammation and arthritic pain, to even decreasing the side effects of chemotherapy!

There’s so many reasons why the overall health of the Western world is going down the toilet!

In this episode I talk about 9 of the most important reasons that can be controlled to help all of us turn around our collective health!

How do you measure if you’re truly healthy and “metabolically flexible?” Only 12% of American adults are.

Why is America ranked dead last out of all of the industrialized nations when it comes to safety for mothers and newborns when going through the birth process?

How badly are average testosterone levels dropping in men and what can be done about it?

Why do we change definitions when something is common but not normal, instead of looking at the reasons behind it? This is what is happening with the average onset age of puberty, especially in girls.

How many members on the USDA dietary committee receive payouts from food companies? The number will shock you!

Avoiding the sun is being shown to be as unhealthy as smoking. So is sitting inside all day.

I share the research on how seed oils damage health every time we consume them.

And finish with how effective exercise is for treating depression (hint: it’s better than antidepressant medications).

While I don’t recommend doing testing on your own when suffering with chronic illness, I also know how frustrating it is when you can’t find a doctor who can help you. So, let’s look at some of the most important tests to run, and more importantly, these can all be done at home without needing a blood draw or a doctor to help you!

First is the Total Tox Burden by Vibrant Wellness. This urine test looks at mold, environmental toxins, and heavy metals. Get the test here - https://drrodneywhite.wellproz.com/patient/product/38563

Next is the OATs by Mosaic Diagnostics (formerly Great Plains Laboratory). Message me or comment on this video for help ordering this test.

Then you’ll want to do a Hair & Tissue Analysis test by Trace Elements. Message me for help with this one too!

Last is a Fatty Acid Blood spot test. Here’s the link to do it at home - https://www.zinzino.com/shop/2012993781/US/en-US/products/shop/home-health-tests/309000

Extra virgin olive oil can be a really healthy addition to your diet. But, there’s a dark side to it…

Any time humans can make more money while exploiting customers, they always seem to find a way!

Good quality extra virgin olive oil costs more to make than the cheap, nasty oils like vegetable or canola oil. So there’s a lot of money to be made by selling extra virgin olive oil at a regular price but mixing half the bottle with inferior oil to save costs, unbeknown to the consumer!

I recommend only buying olive oil brands that have been tested by this group - aboutoliveoil.org

One other thing to note - use your olive oil cold as it’s not the best oil to heat and cook with. For cooking, use grass fed butter or ghee, tallow, lard, or coconut oil.