Maria Hunt; Naturopath, Educator and TV Presenter joins me to discuss the gut. Maria gives one of the best overviews of the digestive I have heard to date, with insight into what your poo says about your health. We then delve deeper into the role that oxalates play in our health and the use of probiotics.

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Maria Hunt website

Unstress episode with Professor Fred Provenza on nutritional wisdom

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Hello and welcome to Unstressed. I'm Dr Ron Ehrlich. Now, a few episodes ago we spoke to Professor Fred Provenza about what animals can teach us about rediscovering our nutritional wisdom. Turns out quite a lot as it, as it turns out. We touched on how clever plants were as well. They communicate with each other, with the microbes in the soil, with the predators. Apart from that communication, there are literally thousands of compounds in plants. One group of those compounds are called oxalates. I must admit, it's not one that I was very familiar with, but it is as you will hear most certainly worth considering and being aware of its possible implications.

My guest today is naturopath, educator, TV presenter and all around wonderful woman Maria Hunt. We start off our discussion with probably the best 10 or 15-minute overview of the digestive system and what your poo says about you that you are likely to get anywhere ... Anytime and anywhere. And then we get into the subject of oxalates. I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Maria Hunt.

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Welcome to the show, Maria.

Maria Hunt:                  Welcome to you, Ron. So good to be here.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Thanks, Maria. Listen, we hear so much about the gut. There's so much we want to talk about today, but I wanted to go just a little bit of basics here. We hear so much about the gut, we hear so much about our microbiome and we want to discuss those. Why is the gut ... Remind us. Why is the gut so important to our overall health?

Maria Hunt:                  Wow. Huge question there, Ron.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             You've got five minutes. No, go on.

Maria Hunt:                  How long have we got?

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             How long is the length of a string? No, no, go on. Let's just chat away.

Maria Hunt:                  So much happens in our gut. It's where we absorb our nutrients from our foods and we fight off bad bacteria, viruses, parasites. What amazes me is we have two kilos of bacteria in our digestive system, and out of that, 85% is good bacteria and 15% bad bacteria, and that's fine. We can survive like that. But when we have stress, poor diet, the pill, antibiotics, environmental chemical pollution, viruses, that can knock the ratio out. So it can be 60% bad bacteria, only 40% good bacteria.

Maria Hunt:                  So why is that important? Is that 95% of our serotonin doesn't come from our brain. It comes from our gut. And 85% of our immune system is manufactured in the lining of our gut wall. So if our gut is out of balance, we're prone to a suppressed immune system, colds, flu, infections, inability to handle stress with the anxiety as resulting. So the gut plays a major important part in supporting the digestive system. It's our immune system and our nervous system. And with that, if we have that ratio out of balance, you've got 60% bad bacteria and only 40% good bacteria, it really sets us up for many imbalances in the future. So our gut is critical to get back into balance.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Yes. Well, I like that. Almost the 80/20 rule really, isn't it? And that's how I try and live my life. If I got up to 85/15 I'd be doing really well, but good and bad keeping that imbalance. You mentioned a few things about how things go wrong. Medications, obviously. Antibiotics.

Maria Hunt:                  Yes. Stress, poor diet, the pill,

Maria Hunt; Naturopath, Educator and TV Presenter joins me to discuss the gut. Maria gives one of the best overviews of the digestive I have heard to date, with insight into what your poo says about your health. We then delve deeper into the role that oxalates play in our health and the use of probiotics.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit yourdigestion.com.au

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Maria Hunt; Naturopath, Educator and TV Presenter joins me to discuss the gut. Maria gives one of the best overviews of the digestive I have heard to date, with insight into what your poo says about your health. We then delve deeper into the role that oxalates play in our health and the use of probiotics.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit yourdigestion.com.au

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Dr Sam Manger joins me to discuss lifestyle medicine, a practice that looks at the individual holistically. Sam covers a lot of territory in our chat, including how practitioners can incorporate lifestyle medicine into their practice. Sam is a medical practitioner, educator, communicator and President of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

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Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine website

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Hello, and welcome to Unstress, I'm Dr Ron Ehrlich. Now the purpose of this podcast, just to remind you, is to explore what the words holistic and stress actually means in our modern world. So today's topic of Lifestyle Medicine covers such a range of those issues and is a phrase, Lifestyle Medicine. My guest today is Dr Sam Manger. Sam is a medical practitioner, an educator, a communicator and also President of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. We cover quite a bit of territory in this episode and it all ties together nicely with several themes we've covered in other episodes. I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Dr Sam Manger.

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Welcome to the show, Sam.

Dr Sam Manger:            Hello Ron, thanks for having me.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Sam, you are wearing many hats I know. One of those is the President of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, I know you're a practitioner, a teacher. I wondered if you, just actually give us a bit of a background about how your week unfolds and the sort of things that you're involved with?

Dr Sam Manger:            Yeah, as you say many hats. Two days a week I work in private [inaudible 00:01:24] practice two to three days, and then one day a week I work for Queensland Health running Lifestyle Medicine clinics in the mental health inpatient and outpatient. So we have about 1,500 people on our books.

And we're trying to develop Lifestyle Medicine clinics to look after people holistically because the evidence is becoming pretty clear that you look after their body, then you also look after their mind, and we can talk about that a little bit later. It's quite interesting research going on there and evidence.

And then, I spend roughly two days a week teaching for James Cook University, lecturing GP Registrars and in my region or around Queensland, and then that takes me around the place. So I'm going to Fiji, in a month to do a workshop with them on Behavior Change and Health Coaching for their GP training program, and that takes me around.

And then I also have my podcast as well, the TV show, which keeps me pretty busy. And then a few other little endeavours which I'm building as time goes on.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Yeah, well and there are only seven days in the week. Sam, I'm just trying to add all those, ones up. You've, have a very busy program there. Listen, lets, you know, the word Lifestyle Medicine. Can you explain what that means to our listener?

Dr Sam Manger:            Yeah, sure. So Lifestyle Medicine basically means any lifestyle intervention that can be used as therapy. So, it's anything that is not supplements, medications or surgery. And not that those don't have their place, but it's just not what Lifestyle Medicine is. And that includes nutrition, movement, mind, body interventions, sleep, connection with each other, connection with nature and behaviour change and health coaching techniques.

And then often we couple that with Apps and technology that's coming up these days, that could be used, I.e in health coaching, so that's the clinical aspect of Lifestyle Medicine. And then you've got the advocacy and public health aspect where we work with many universities and research institutions to start developing a very decent base of evidence for these interventions.

Nutrition and heart disease or mental health, for example, sleep therapy and Dementia.

Dr Sam Manger joins me to discuss lifestyle medicine, a practice that looks at the individual holistically. Sam covers a lot of territory in our chat, including how practitioners can incorporate lifestyle medicine into their practice. Sam is a medical practitioner, educator, communicator and President of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

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Dr Sam Manger joins me to discuss lifestyle medicine, a practice that looks at the individual holistically. Sam covers a lot of territory in our chat, including how practitioners can incorporate lifestyle medicine into their practice. Sam is a medical practitioner, educator, communicator and President of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit The Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

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Brittany Darling, nutritionist and herbalist joins me today to discuss healthy eating habits for children. Brittany's mission is to help adults and children clearly understand what to eat to better their health on every level. In this episode, Brittany provides some great insights into introducing solids in a nutritious and fuss-free way for babies. Brittany offers some great practical tips to help ensure a smooth transition into solids.

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Brittany Darling website

Unstress episode with Elizabeth Mucci on fertility

Unstress episode with Annalies Corse on the 4th trimester

Unstress episode with Deb Levy on children's health

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Hello and welcome to Unstress. I'm Dr Ron Ehrlich. Setting up healthy eating habits starts from, well, the womb, actually. And there are some opportunities and challenges in introducing healthy foods to children. Particularly before they actually get a chance to have a choice, or voice any opposition. If you got onto the web for advice, there's an endless stream of information that can be overwhelming. Well, my guest today is nutritionist and herbalist Brittany Darling. And her mission is to help you get really clear on what to eat to better your health on every level and guide you to which nutritional and herbal medicines can support you so you can live your best life. A life with less pain, less inflammation, where you feel calmer and less stressed. That's a familiar term. And where you have healthier digestion and a stronger immune system. And what better place to begin that journey than at the beginning of life. The early years. And especially when it comes to introducing solids. Now, whether you have children or not, if you are a fussy eater, or know children or people that are, this will give you some insight into how that may have come about. And if you do have children, also some great insights into ensuring it's a good start. I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Brittany Darling.

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Welcome to the show, Brittany.

Brittany Darling:           Thanks for having me, Ron. I'm excited to be on your show.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Thank you. We're excited to have you. Now listen, I've got two young grandchildren, and if I've been through this before when my kids were growing up. They're now in their 30s, or 29 and 32. But watching my grandchildren and three and six months, you know, the starting of solids is quite a big deal. And you've written this great book, Starting Solids. How do we know when our kids are ready for solids?

Brittany Darling:           Look, they'll be showing signs that they're ready. They'll be launching themselves toward your food, trying to grab your food. They would have lost their tongue thrust. And mainly they'll be able to sit upright in a highchair and hold their head up. If their head's flopping around all over the place, that's a sign that they're not ready. But if they're able to show some head control, that's definitely a sign they're ready. And when they're showing interest in food.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Hmm. Listen, I mean, you know, one of the things also that has struck me in this whole process, as now an observer, is when our kids were growing up we had one or two books to consult. But gee, when you get online now, it's mind-boggling, isn't it really, what's available out there. And so, this book that you've written has made ... You know, I mean, I know you, Brittany, and I can just imagine this is very, there's a lot of evidence, a lot of research that's gone into this.

Brittany Darling:           Yeah, absolutely. Look, it is evidence-based, and I think that's the most important thing when you're introducing solids, is to stick to that, you know, to the Australian Dietary Guidelines to some degree. Because that's where the evidence is. But there is so much information out there.

Brittany Darling, nutritionist and herbalist from Wholefood Healing, joins me today to discuss healthy eating habits for children. Brittany’s mission is to help adults and children clearly understand what to eat to better their health on every level. In this episode, Brittany provides some great insights into introducing solids in a nutritious and fuss-free way for babies. Brittany offers some great practical tips to help ensure a smooth transition into solids.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit Wholefood Healing.

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Brittany Darling, nutritionist and herbalist from Wholefood Healing, joins me today to discuss healthy eating habits for children. Brittany’s mission is to help adults and children clearly understand what to eat to better their health on every level. In this episode, Brittany provides some great insights into introducing solids in a nutritious and fuss-free way for babies. Brittany offers some great practical tips to help ensure a smooth transition into solids.

You can also watch this episode at www.DrRonEhrlich.com.

For more information visit Wholefood Healing.

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Hilda Gore joins me on today's podcast. Hilda is the host of the Wise Tradition Podcast, which is part of the Weston A. Price Foundation. If you aren't familiar with the foundation, it is based off the research of Dr Weston A. Price, a dentist who studied isolated nonindustrialised people and the impact of nutrition and nutrient-dense foods on their health. In this episode, Hilda gives a history of Dr Price's work and outlines 11 guiding principles.

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Hilda Gore website

Weston A. Price Foundation website

Unstress episode with Cliff Harvey on carbohydrate appropriate diets

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Hello and welcome to Unstress. I'm Dr Ron Ehrlich. I've often referenced the work of Dr Weston A. Price. Many of you will have heard of him. Some of you may not, but I believe he did some of the most important pieces of research that have ever been done in human health. A big statement I know, but I'm putting it out there. It's research that was done in the first half of the 20th century and covered many areas in the world, but it's just as relevant, if not more relevant, to us today than ever. Now, the repository of this work is the Weston A. Price Foundation. My guest, today, is the host of the Wise Tradition Podcast, which is part of that foundation. My guest is Hilda Gore. Hilda gives the history of Dr Price's work and outlines 11 guiding principles. I love them. I hope you do too. I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with Hilda Gore.

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Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Welcome to the show, Hilda.

Hilda Gore:                   Thank you for having me, Ron.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Hilda, you're a podcaster as well and we're going to talk about your connection with the Weston A. Price Foundation, but I always like to hear about your own journey, professionally on your ... and your own health journey and how they relate. I wonder if you might share that with our listener.

Hilda Gore:                   Absolutely. So my story actually begins before I was born. No kidding.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             No, no. That's a good place to start.

Hilda Gore:                   So when my mother was pregnant with me, she got exposed to the German measles and the doctors told her that her child was going to be born with a serious birth defect. And of course, my parents were alarmed and concerned and I was born with a birth defect. It was a hole between the lower two ventricles of my heart. So I had a hole in my heart. The blood was flowing in a direction it's not supposed to flow and the doctor said, "Gosh, if we don't perform surgery, this is not going to correct itself and your daughter will not live very long." So I had open heart surgery, Ron, when I was nine years old. Can you imagine?

Hilda Gore:                   So they performed the surgery and after that, they said, "You can do whatever you want." So what did I want to do? I wanted to take good care of my body and I think it also shaped the direction of my life. I wanted to help other people do the same. So I kind of had a shaky start. I couldn't be super active when I was little because they didn't know if the hole would get larger or whatever. They were always monitoring me at the National Institute for Health. And then after the surgery, they said, "You can do whatever you want." And so then, I took off in the direction of health and wellness as a field and a career.

Dr Ron Ehrlich:             Well, that's ... I mean, I know the work. Weston A. Price, who talks a lot about preconception health and the whole journey from that point on. But nine years is actually quite a long time. I mean, in my own book, I quote a friend of our family's who had a similar experience, mind you, only a few years ago, and had open heart surgery at two weeks old. So nine years was a long time to wait to correct this issue. It must have really affected you.