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All around the country people are getting sick from toxic mold without even realizing it. With the myriad of symptoms that mold exposure can cause, it can be difficult to diagnose. Luckily, there are steps you can take to avoid toxic mold and recover from it.
Dr. Ann Shippy is one of the world’s leading experts in mold toxicity and mold exposure. She is certified in functional medicine and has a doctorate in medicine from the University of Texas. Dr. Shippy approaches illness by looking at the root causes of sickness, not just the symptoms. As such, she helps her patients heal from any combination of environmental, physical, and genetic issues.
Today, Dr. Shippy walks us through the fascinating (and scary) world of mold. She discusses some common as well as less well-known symptoms to keep an eye out for if you’ve been exposed. We talk about why some people have strong reactions to mold as a result of exposure to mold while others don’t.
Dr. Shippy also explains just what the toxins that mold produces are and the damage they can cause us. Once you know there’s mold in your environment, there are actionable steps you can take from repairing water damage to lab testing to detoxifying.
Have you had to deal with toxic mold exposure? What do you do to rid mold from your life? Tell me in the comments on the episode page!
In this episode:
Quotes:
“Mold can actually affect any organ system in the body. There’s so many different types of mold and they make so many different types of chemicals.” [2:02]
“A lot of times just the foods that we eat and some of the supplements that we take can actually help initiate getting the toxins to move out of our bodies.” [12:30]
“The whole point of remediation is to really protect you and the home from getting the toxins and the mold spores spread all over the place. One of the biggest pieces of advice I give people is to not attempt to do remediation themselves because they may get much sicker because you can get a huge exposure by moving those molds around.” [18:07]
“There’s no one set way to diagnose and treat this. We’re all learning from our experiences with our own bodies and from our patients.” [33:00]
Links:
Find Dr. Ann Shippy online
Follow Dr. Shippy on Facebook | Instagram
Mold Toxicity Workbook by Dr. Ann Shippy
Get Dr. Shippy’s free fact sheets and resources
RealTime Laboratories
Great Plains Laboratory
Muse
The Toxic Mold Summit
The Institute for Functional Medicine
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
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Lyme disease is both common and debilitating. I’ve seen the way it has affected some of my own patients. It’s a scary diagnosis that doctors are still working to fully understand. However, there is hope. On today’s episode, I talk with one of the doctors, Dr. Darin Ingels, who is working hard to find natural solutions to living with Lyme.
Dr. Ingels specializes in treating Lyme disease at his practice in Irvine, CA. A clinical microbiologist and a naturopathic doctor by training, Dr. Ingels’ broad background in infectious diseases have given him the insight needed to tackle Lyme. He certainly knows a lot about it having been infected with Lyme himself. He has since written The Lyme Solution and treated patients from all around the country.
Dr. Ingels and I sit down to discuss how Lyme disease can affect your life in many ways. He tells us what the classic and more obscure symptoms are and how to get it properly diagnosed. He also breaks down the typical treatment for this disease and its shortcomings.
We’re always learning more about Lyme disease. It’s more prevalent than many think and can be transmitted in many ways. Throughout our conversation, Dr. Ingels clearly and expertly explains just what we should watch out for and what to do to stay safe from Lyme. As a naturopath, Dr. Ingels explains some great steps you can take to regain control of your health after a Lyme infection.
Do you or someone you know have Lyme? What are some useful solutions that you or they use to manage this disease? Tell me about it in the comments on the episode page!
In this episode:
Quotes:
“Once you get this organism in your body it can really trigger a myriad of symptoms. There’s upward of one hundred different symptoms associated with Lyme. I think one of the biggest problems we see with Lyme is that people often get misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed because their symptoms look like something else.” [4:10]
“Those of us who treat a lot of Lyme realize that 21 days is just not adequate for people to treat the infection. It’s usually a minimum of six weeks if not longer. A lot of us really will base it on your symptoms. We treat you until you start to feel better.” [11:06]
“Aside from the physical things that happen with Lyme, it’s really important for people to understand that their a huge neuro-psychiatric thing that happens with Lyme as well.” [16:39]
“Ticks like to go to the dark moist areas of the body. So they like behind the knees, under the armpit, in the groin and the hairline, behind the ears. So look at all the nooks and crannies of the body that we don’t typically think about because that’s where the ticks like to go.” [28:10]
Links:
Find Dr. Darin Ingels online
Follow Dr. Ingels on Facebook | Twitter | Linkedin | Pinterest | Instagram | YouTube
The Lyme Solution by Dr. Darin Ingels
International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)
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Good health begins in the mouth. It’s the gateway to our insides, but most of us are not doing what’s best for our oral health. Today’s guest is helping to revolutionize the way we support our oral biome by deconstructing commonly accepted practices that most of us do every single day.
In addition to being a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Trina Felber is the founder and creator of Primal Life Organics where she has an amazing product line that is changing our typical habits and traditions surrounding oral health. She is on a mission to help reframe the way we understand how the outside world affects us internally, starting with the mouth. Trina has an amazing ability to explain complicated medical issues in an approachable way that can help us all lead healthier lives.
I sit down with Trina to discuss her findings of how we can better take care of our oral health. Many of us might not realize how the toxicity of our environment can our upset the biome in our mouths. Trina shares many ways that our environment can weaken our teeth and what we can do to help prevent this.
Trina also explains how an unhealthy mouth can lead to many other types of health problems and what you can do to prevent them. Even fluoride can damage your oral biome. She explains the role that saliva plays in keeping our mouths in balance and how her revolutionary line of oral health products can play a role too.
Have you stopped using traditional kinds of toothpaste? What changes did you see? Tell me in the comments on the episode page!
In this episode:
Quotes:
“What I found is that clay has the minerals in it that your teeth need to replace the ones that you’re losing.” [3:08]
“Bad breath is a signal to you that you have an imbalance in your microbiome which means that your bad bacteria is more than your good bacteria.” [15:06]
“You absorb everything that you put on. That’s why I want everyone to start thinking about your whole digestive system as the outside world trying to get in. You have a whole pathway to protect and it all starts with the oral biome. ” [21:09]
“Heavy metals can be in your gum tissue; toxins can be in your gum tissue. You really want to cleanse with something that’s really going to cleanse it. Clay does that.” [32:07]
Links:
Get 50% off Primal Life Teeth Whitener here
Follow Trina Felber on Facebook | Instagram
Primal Life Organics
Follow Primal Life on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
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We all want the energy needed to go do the things that we love. But sometimes it's our hormones that are standing in the way. If you’re chronically tired, stressed out, or just feeling out of it all the time, you might have a hormone imbalance. The great news is that there are simple and effective ways to help get you back on track!
To call Dr. Mariza Snyder a chiropractor would be an understatement. She is also a functional practitioner, author of seven books, and a true advocate for the benefits of essential oils. Dr. Mariza has dedicated herself to elevating women’s health, particularly their hormones. As such, she has integrated nutrition, hormones, and essential oils into helping countless other women reclaim control of their health and wellbeing.
We sit down and talk about the role that essential oils can play in helping you stay healthy. Dr. Mariza breaks down the science and chemistry behind these natural oils so that you can better understand just how and why to make them part of your health practices.
We continue our conversation to talk about hormone imbalances and healthy ways that you can retake control of your hormones. As Dr. Mariza explains, hormones and metabolism are integrally connected so getting your hormones balanced is key to getting weight under control. She also drops some truths about the dangers of so many of the synthetic products in most households today and how they can disrupt a healthy hormonal system.
Have you used essential oils to help with stress or hormonal issues? Let me know how it went in the comments on the episode page!
In this episode:
Quotes:
“I realized that although I was taking care of these women and I was developing protocols, there wasn’t a lot out there. Hormones were such a taboo thing, although hormones are what allows women to make the world!” [5:02]
“When it comes to essential oils, it’s literally leveraging plant chemistry which was medicine well before modern medicine was medicine.” [8:54]
“There’s a couple different things we can do to reset our hormones and stress is playing a big role in that. It’s chemical, it’s physical, it’s emotional… What we put into our bodies -- the food, the medicine, all of that -- that’s a chemical stressor. Depending on what we’re eating, we can really stress the system as well.” [18:48]
“Health doesn’t have to be painful. It can be this really joyful experience. It can be punctuated with these moments that we relish.” [27:22]
Links:
Get Dr. Mariza’s cravings worksheet
The Essential Oils Hormone Solution by Dr. Mariza Snyder
Smart Mom’s Guide to Essential Oils by Dr. Mariza Snyder
Find Dr. Mariza Snyder online
Essentially You Podcast
Follow Dr. Mariza on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Pinterest | Twitter
doTERRA Essential Oils
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
Urban Wellness Clinic
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When I see clients, no matter what they are pursuing, it always comes down to building strength. No matter what you want to be able to do, strength is the starting point. The thing is, strength training isn’t about just trying to blow through reps -- it’s a mindful and complex learning practice.
Brett Jones is the director of education for Strongfirst and a lead instructor for FMS. He is also a Certified Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Specialist with over 20 years of experience. He has consulted with a number of professional teams and athletes around the United States and internationally. Brett has taught kettlebell techniques and principles since 2003 and functional movement systems (FMS) since 2006.
In this interview, Brett explains how Strongfirst began and how it is designed to serve the greater purpose of allowing people to accomplish their training goals whatever those may be. He dives deep into the role that building strength plays in allowing us to live our lives. We go on to discuss the importance of resting during a workout and why you don’t have to kill it every time you go to the gym.
We also talk about how to build strength in a mindful way. It’s not about how many reps you can do with how much weight. Given this, Brett explains just how he helps people train mindfully so that they can build strength effectively and safely.
How do you know when it’s time to rest during your workout routine? Tell me in the comments on the episode page!
In this episode:
Quotes:
“We’re intent on pursuing our mission to pursue, promote, and practice strength because we believe that strength has a greater purpose. That’s what’s driving us.” [4:48]
“Big isn’t strong. Strong is strong.” [7:37]
“Keep the sets short. There’s a reason why we love sets of five and ten. It’s between ten and twenty seconds of work. You can usually focus and maintain your form for that amount of time and then you get plenty of rest.” [29:50]
Links:
Find Brett Jones online
Strongfirst
Functional Movement Systems
The Naked Warrior by Pavel Tsatsouline
PUSH Band 2.0
Spices vs. Main Dishes: How to Program a Proper Training Menu by Brett Jones
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
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There is a mountain of misinformation out there surrounding men’s health. What supplements should you take? How much and what kind of exercise should you be getting? What’s a good diet for men? It can be hard to make sense of it all. It’s a good thing I have Dr. Jerry Bailey, a guy’s guy, here to break it all down for us.
Dr. Jerry is a fellow chiropractor who has taken his practice to the next level by combining it with acupuncture and functional medicine. Being a guy’s guy, Dr. Jerry has his own popular and incredibly funny podcast, The Guy Show where he focuses on the topics of health and mindset for men.
In today’s interview, we discuss the role that functional medicine can play in helping people fully recover from injuries and other issues. We also talk about issues that men should particularly be aware of concerning their health as they train or recover from a GI issue.
We also chat about some of Jerry’s favorite books and why you should be reading them instead of watching TV. He even drops some great relationship advice that is wonderful to hear. This was a fantastic interview as Jerry breaks down so many myths surrounding men's health and nutrition that are holding guys back or steering them wrong.
What have you found is the hardest part of addressing men’s health? Leave a comment on the episode page!
In This Episode
Quotes
“The fun thing that a lot of people don’t realize is when we’re adjusting the spinal segments, or any joint for that matter, we’re actually affecting acupuncture points in the body too. We’re greatly affecting not only the nervous system itself and the innate intelligence of the body to heal itself, we’re also stimulating acupuncture points to heal the body too.” [4:45]
“We really can’t fix anybody unless they fix their diet. We can’t out-supplement, out-drug, out-surgery, out-inject, out-anything a bad diet. So eating food, real food, is really essential. Don’t eat things made in a factory.” [12:15]
“Get off the TV, get off the computer. Get back to reading. Get that book in front of you and read it. We’re inundated with blue light all day long, from computers, from overhead light, and everything else that messes with our hormones and our endocrine system. So get off that stuff and get back onto paper reading, let your eyes adjust with that.” [35:38]
“Literally, you could spend your 24 hours biohacking yourself and really be no different than when you started the day.” [42:41]
Links
Top 7 Guy Things!
Find Dr. Jerry Bailey’s practice online
Follow on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Pinterest
Find The Guy Show Online
Follow The Guy Show on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube
GI Map
GI Effects
MyFitnessPal
DUTCH Test
Designs for Health
Vital Nutrients
Baxter Blue
The Metabolism Reset Diet by Alan Christianson
Beyond the Pill by Jolene Brighten
This is Marketing by Seth Godin
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
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Maybe you’ve tried everything when dealing with pain during workout or rehab. In today’s interview, I talk with someone who has a different approach than most. Dr. Meghan Helwig doesn’t just look at the site of pain, she considers the whole body and its history to utilize some breakthrough and deceptively simple technology to get athletes of all levels training at their best.
Meghan is super legit. She doesn’t just train Crossfit and triathlon athletes, she is one herself. Meghan is a doctor of physical therapy in Carlsbad, CA. and is also a RockTape instructor. She makes it her mission not to just help her athletes train, but to get them to understand the science behind their training in very approachable and easy to grasp ways.
Today, we’re diving deep into how to use RockTape. It’s a special fabric tape that doesn’t just change the sensory input that goes to the brain when working out but is changing the way we train altogether. We also get into how to train as part of a group, utilizing helpful warm-up and recovery practices.
Have you used RockTape as part of your training? Tell me how it went in the comments on the episode page!
In This Episode
Quotes
“Does our brain really remember where we started or stopped? Our brain just knows there’s tape on the skin. It’s just putting the tape on the skin is going to bring more awareness and then the brain is going to get to decide what it wants to do with it.” [10:34]
“We try to get away from saying we’re treating muscle. We’re not treating muscles. We’re treating fascia lines. Actually, there’s more receptors in our superficial and deeper fascia than in the muscle counterpart. You don’t have to go as deep.” [13:34]
“You don’t have to go that deep. Why are we beating up our bodies so much trying to do all this deep tissue? And clients still think you have to go super deep to affect something. Actually, you don’t.” [29:09]
Links
Find Meghan Helwig online
Follow Meghan on Instagram | Facebook
Offshore CrossFit
RockTape
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
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Every soon-to-be mom wants to grow a healthy baby. It’s a scary and daunting process and there are so many parts of pregnancy that are just out of your hands. However, you can still get a handle of the parts that are within your control. Perhaps most importantly, this means eating well and getting the nutrients you and your baby need most.
Lily Nichols is a registered dietician and nutritionist specializing in gestational health. She’s a certified diabetes educator, researcher, and author Real Food for Pregnancy (which I’ve read twice!) and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. These books are incredibly well-researched and full of actionable steps for their readers. Lily is an evangelist for a more holistic approach to nutrition which has been helping countless women live more healthfully.
Today, Lily and I sit down and discuss some of the common misconceptions surrounding good gestational nutrition, the types of foods you should be focusing your diet on, and how to take care of yourself and your baby. Lily debunks some a whole slew of myths and explains how you can eat mindfully in order to help your baby be healthy before it’s even born.
Did you make changes to your diet when pregnant? What influenced those changes? Leave a comment on the episode page!
In This Episode
Quotes
“We really have to reverse engineer where we’re going to get most of our nutrients from and try to focus on that. Then we look at what are the foods that traditional cultures tend to really emphasize during pregnancy, what nutrients are found in those.” [9:50]
“Women get pregnant and the first question they ask is, ‘what can’t I eat?’ instead of asking ‘what should I eat more of?’. I think these risks of getting sick from food are way overblown.” [13:57]
“You really have to take a step back mindestwise from trying to be ridiculously in control of everything during this time.” [38:38]
Links
Find Lily Nichols Online
Follow Lily Nichols on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest
Women’s Health Nutrition Academy
Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols
Real Food for Gestational Diabetes by Lily Nichols
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
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One of the hottest topics in the health space right now is your gut and how to create a healthy microbiome. Did you know that you have over 100 trillion bacterias in your microbiome, including a large portion of our serotonin and memory function? This is why it is extra important to really understand what the microbiome is and how you can best protect it.
After his own struggles with leaky gut and high inflammation, Dr. Vincent Pedre decided it was time to shift the conversation and focus on natural ways to help heal your body from the inside out. Dr. Pedre created a 28 day ‘Happy Gut Cleanse’ focused on the four pillars of gut care, including how to cleanse, activate, restore and enhance your gut health and microbiome so you can rediscover your relationship with food.
Today he is diving into everything from what signs you should be looking for signaling that your immune system has started to break down, why antibiotics could be doing more harm than good for your microbiome, and why you need to get your body to a blank slate to let your immune system communicate your bodies truth.
If you are looking to jump into learning about your gut health for the first time, or for those who have been struggling for a while, Dr. Pedre is here to help equip you with the tools to create a supportive and well functioning gut. Do the symptoms of leaky gut sound familiar to you? Let us know what you are struggling with in the comments.
In This Episode
Quotes
“We are each carrying around our own personal galaxy just within our gut” (1:58)
“You could probably pick people out walking down the street who have probably at some point suffered from leaky gut and are suffering from the consequences of that” (8:21)
“Every time you're on a course of antibiotics, you don't recover to the point that you were before, ever. “ (15:38)
“The idea is to really redefine your relationship with food and go into your future living like you are not on a diet, you are just on a lifestyle” (27:34)
Links
Shop Happy Gut Products
Happy Gut Life Website
Follow Dr. Pedre on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Check out the full show notes for this episode here
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If you suffer from any problem like chronic fatigue, chronic headaches, neck pain, trouble concentrating, GI problems, acid reflux, or IBS, the problem may have its roots in your airway. It’s never good to overlook your airway considering breathing is something you’re doing all the time. In fact, you breathe 20,000 to 25,000 times every day. To help understand this the importance of your airway, I am joined on this episode by someone who is revolutionizing the way practitioners think about and treat breathing issues.
Dr. Michael Gelb is a world-renowned TMJ and sleep specialist with practices in NYC and White Plains. He is the co-inventor of the Airway Centric™ Medical Device and NORAD (nocturnal oral airway dilator appliance) used by thousands to prevent snoring. All you regular listeners know how much importance I place on breathing. That is why Dr. Gelb is near and dear to my heart, as he has focused his career on the airway.
Today we talk about some very important issues related to airway health and breathing. We discuss the common causes of airway issues and recent breakthrough solutions. We talk about how parents can take action starting right at birth to prevent these issues for their children. For grownups with airway issues, there are a number of corrective measures that can be done to drastically improve their physical and mental well-being, all of which we break down for you in this episode.
Do you suspect an airway issue could be the cause of a health problem? Leave a comment on the episode page!
In this episode:
Quotes:
“So I see these neck issues, these postural issues which have been there for 25 or 30 years. What you see as a kid is usually what you get as an adult. But it’s never too late to intervene.” [8:34]
“When you give the body oxygen and deep sleep it heals itself. Now add in some good food and a little bit of exercise and you really see dramatic changes. [14:02]
“I know that airway trumps everything else in dentistry. So I’m going to tell you that if we’re stuck with a case, a lot of functional medicine people say to start with the gut. I really believe that the gut runs the show. The gut runs the brain, the gut runs everything; my emotions, my immune system - everything. But along with that, start with the airway. If you start with breathing, it’s going to clear up so many more issues that you have.” [34:20]
Links:
Find Dr. Michael Gelb online
Follow Dr.Gelb on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube
The Gelb Center
The Foundation for Airway Health
American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry
Gasp!: Airway Health - The Hidden Path To Wellness
My Daddy Snores by Nancy Rothstein
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