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268. Savvy Business and Health & Wellness Tips and Journey to Overcoming Infertility with Laura Jean Bell   1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."   Today's episode includes some thematic material. I want you to be aware before you listen in the presence of little ears.    *Transcription Below*   Laura Jean Bell is a believer, storyteller, writer, wife to her high school sweetheart and mama to three miracle babies.   She is a published author of You Can Always Come Home by Laura Jean Bell, in addition to being a Business and Social Media Coach.    Laura also overcame stage 3 endometriosis by taking the road less traveled and now she spends countless hours helping other women take that road with her!    Connect with Laura on Instagram: @laura_jean_bell   Laura Jean Bell's Website   Questions and Topics We Discuss: What are a handful of practical tips you can offer others, especially as it relates to digital marketing? Will you share your research on Minerals: How do we even determine what minerals we need?  Will you leave us with a few more social media tips?   Thank You to Our Sponsor: Midwest Food Bank   Other Episodes Related to This Topic from The Savvy Sauce: 48 Pursuing Health, Not Vanity Before and After Childbearing with Blogger, Speaker, and Coach, Megan Dahlman 33 Pursuing Health in the New Year with Functional Medicine Specialist, Dr. Jill Carnahan 68 Hormones and Simple Changes to Feel SO Much Better with Functional Medicine Expert, Dr. Jill Carnahan 70 Energy to Spark Success in Your Business with Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Podcaster, Christy Wright 76 Conflict Resolution, Infidelity, and Infertility with Licensed Psychologist and Certified Sex Therapist, Dr. Jessica McCleese 77 How 2 Questions Can Grow Your Business and Change Your Life with Author, Pastor, and Podcaster, Jeff Henderson 132 Pursuing Your God-Given Dream with Francie Hinrichsen 256 Gut Health, Allergies, Inflammation and Proactive Solutions with Emily Macleod-Wolfe 266 Female Sex Hormones, Periods, and Perimenopause with Emily Macleod-Wolfe   Connect with The Savvy Sauce on Facebook, Instagram or Our Website   Gospel Scripture: (all NIV) Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”   Romans 3:24 “and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”   Romans 3:25 (a) “God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.”    Hebrews 9:22 (b) “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”    Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”    Romans 5:11 “Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.”    John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”   Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”    Luke 15:10 says “In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”   Romans 8:1 “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”   Ephesians 1:13–14 “And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession- to the praise of his glory.”   Ephesians 1:15–23 “For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.”   Ephesians 2:8–10 “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God‘s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.“   Ephesians 2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.“   Philippians 1:6 “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”   *Transcription*   Music: (0:00 – 0:10)   Laura Dugger: (0:11 - 1:25) Welcome to The Savvy Sauce, where we have practical chats for intentional living. I'm your host, Laura Dugger, and I'm so glad you're here.    Today's episode includes some thematic material. I want you to be aware before you listen in the presence of little ears.    Thank you to an anonymous donor to Midwest Food Bank who paid the sponsorship fee in hopes of spreading awareness. Learn more about this amazing nonprofit organization at MidwestFoodBank.org.   Laura Jean Bell is my guest today, and she is a Jesus-loving author and also a business and social media coach. So, not only is she going to share some of her best savvy social media and business tips, but also the conversation takes a detour into health and wellness, and she has an abundance of wisdom to share there as well, even including practical tips that we can implement today for our own flourishing in health and well-being. Here's our chat.   Welcome to The Savvy Sauce, Laura.   Laura Jean Bell: (1:26 - 1:27) Hi, thank you for having me.   Laura Dugger: (1:28 - 1:34) I'd love for you just to start us off by giving us a snapshot glimpse of your current life right now.   Laura Jean Bell: (1:35 - 2:27) Oh, my goodness, my chaotic life. Actually, it's a sweet, beautiful thing, but I am a wife to my high school sweetheart. We have been married, this year will be 11 years, and we have three kiddos. Emmylou, who is six. She literally just turned six. My son Oaks, who is three, and my youngest is Lottie, and she just turned nine months. So, my life is very full. I own my business, I am a published author, and I have three very, very needy children, right? I'm in a season of life where I'm very, very, very needed, and that's a beautiful thing, but it can be a very overwhelming thing at times. So, that is a little snapshot about my day-in and day-out life.   Laura Dugger: (2:27 - 2:43) That sums it up well. Gorgeous kid names, by the way. Oh, thank you. But I'd love to hear more about your business, too. Would you mind just explaining the work that you get to do as a digital marketer and online income mentor?   Laura Jean Bell: (2:44 - 4:58) Sure. Okay, so, this has been such a fun journey for me, and just to maybe explain it in like a Reader's Digest version, because I think that there's so much on the internet right now that's like, make $5 million in four minutes. But what I do is actually help business owners.    So, like the average woman who maybe is wanting to build an income or find her place online, that was where I started. That's where I began, like really helping those women be like, “Hey, I can be a business owner, too.” I can actually have like a mark and a place in this space, which I think is often really hard for women to like grasp, because we're so inundated with influencer culture.    But as the business began to expand and grow, I really started to lean into how do I help business owners actually market their business and make it really profitable online? Because a lot of times there's business owners that have these great businesses, but they don't actually have the marketing piece to actually sell the thing that makes their business a business. And some of them have a brick and mortar, and they're brick and mortar as well, but they'd love to increase their income.    How do you do that? You get online; you make sales online. And so, what I do is I teach female business entrepreneurs how to scale their business using Instagram.    I do not focus on any other platforms. My main focus is Instagram and teaching them how to use their messaging to make sales consistently. And so, I help them figure out their messaging and then write it.    Actually, I write content for a lot of my clients. And then I teach them consistency and speed so that their life isn't just consumed by the internet, which is like what all of us feel, right? Like, once you get on, you're like, how do I do this?    And I have to create this, I have to edit this, I have to do that. Like, it becomes very overwhelming. And so, what I do is I just eliminate the overwhelm.    I simplify it and I help entrepreneurs really find their messaging.   Laura Dugger: (4:59 - 5:15) Wow, that's incredible. So, you clearly have a gift for communication and articulating different things. Is there anything you want to just give us a little peek into practical tips if somebody is running their own social media?    Any tips you'd have for business owners?   Laura Jean Bell: (5:17 - 6:59) I think that the biggest, the greatest understatement that's happening right now online is followers and views mean absolutely nothing. They are like the beginning of Instagram, the beginning of social media. It was all about like, how many friends do you have?    And then it was how many followers do you have? And you know, how many views are you getting on your stories? And you get all these interactions on your reels.    And like, while that is the mental game of social media, and that is the thing that everybody is going for, because it actually fuels this like dopamine hit in your brain. But the reality is, is that there are people with thousands upon thousands of followers that are making $0 on the internet. And what they need is the actual messaging that says, “Hey, this is how I serve this pain point, and give you the life you want.”   And so, the biggest thing is, if you have five people in one day that view your stories, and three of them actually buy from you, like, that's over 50%. So, you're looking at, while everybody is freaking out about the number, it really is about your messaging in order to convert to sales, you can have a bunch of eyes on you. But if you're not serving the people that are following you, and serving them towards a sale, it doesn't mean anything.    So, don't focus on the numbers, focus on your messaging, focus on your brand, focus on what it is that you are serving your people with. And you will make money, you just will. It's how it works.    So, I hope that answers your question. Well for you.   Laura Dugger: (6:59 - 7:26) But yeah, I love it, because it's so unexpected, I would have never known. And I've also heard you encourage people to share their stories rather than just stating facts. And you share your own story, both online and in your book, You Can Always Come Home: Following the Breadcrumbs of Your Past to Find the Hope for Your Tomorrow.    So, Laura, how can we all incorporate stories into our own work so that we can better serve others?   Laura Jean Bell: (7:28 - 8:59) That's such a good question. And I think the biggest thing is, what story do you want people to know? What story is it that like, you really think like, you've been pricked, right, by the Holy Spirit, like, this is the story that I need you to tell.    This is why you walked through this experience. This is why you're doing this thing. Because oftentimes, we can negate the things that we've walked through, and act as if like, those things didn't, weren't that big of a deal because you survived it, right?    Like, oh, well, you know, it wasn't anything, it was a big deal, right? And so, what are the things that you actually feel are important, they keep showing up, they keep becoming the things that people are asking you about? And how do you tell that story to where somebody hears the messy middle, and then the beautiful resolve, the beautiful ending to that story, because there is, right, the beginning, the middle, and the end.    And that's what makes stories so impactful. Facts tell, right? Like, anybody can tell you that, like, a carrot is orange.    But like, if somebody tells you the story of how the carrot became orange, or how this, like, what the soil does to all of this, and how it adds these nutrients, doesn't that make you like, appreciate a carrot more, want to eat a carrot more, want to go buy the carrots more, right? And so, the same goes with our story, like, what is it that actually happened to create this specific result?   Laura Dugger: (9:00 - 9:11) That's so good. Well, and speaking of stories, are you willing to walk us through a little bit of your own story with your health journey? Yeah, absolutely.    Ask me anything.   Laura Jean Bell: (9:11 - 9:16) I'm an open book. It might scare some people. I'm an open book about it.   Laura Dugger: (9:17 - 9:33) I appreciate that. Yeah, just, you're clearly a very healthy woman. But I know you've had a whole past that you've walked.    So, has health always been important to you? Or at what point of life did you start to make some changes because it wasn't working?   Laura Jean Bell: (9:35 - 14:24) Yeah, you know, it's so interesting. When I reflect on something like that. Um, you know, I grew up in a home, I always start with this, like, my mother was not a dieter.    Like she didn't diet all the time. She wasn't always like, on some workout trend or not eating carbs or not doing this. Like it was never that.    My mom is naturally like very, very, very thin. And so, like that wasn't a part of the conversation. My mom was always obsessed, though, with, like eating food that's good for you.   Like, and in the 90s, like that was really tricky, right? Because they were so many messages about like, what's good for you? What's not that is bad.    Like there's all these things. And while our household, I say was probably much healthier than the average household in the 1990s and early 2000s. I don't think that I ever like cared about my health.    I still ate the Hot Pockets and the Easy Mac and ramen noodles and every opportunity that my parents actually let us eat out like I was chowing down. So, when I reflect on like my years, like 0 to 18, all I cared about was just consumption. I was like, nobody could stop the amount of food that I could consume.    I'm five foot eleven (5' 11”). I was growing like crazy. You can ask my family like I could out eat anyone.    It was kind of unbelievable. So, that part of my life, like, that was not an unhealthy thing. College is when things began for me.    And when I went to college, I for most of my life, I was a competitive dancer. So, like, I was consuming but I was burning like it was like calories in versus calories out. I had no concept of that.    I did not know how to read a nutrition label on the back of a box until I was like, well into college, like, literally remember learning how to do it in a college health class. So, I go to college. And I noticed that I started gaining weight, right?    Like, I'm eating all the fast-food options that are in our student center. And then the cafeteria food. This isn't my mom's home cooked meals anymore.    This isn't the mostly healthy option anymore. And I start gaining weight. So, when that happened, I started hearing other girls talk about what they were doing.    Like, oh, well, you just eat less than exercise more. And like, I had no concept of like, what, what did that mean? Right?    Like, do you just not eat like I love to eat, right. And so, what I started doing, I didn't know how to like lift weights or do anything. So, I started running, because I thought, okay, I have endurance, I danced forever, like, you have to have that endurance with that.    So, like, I'll run. So, I start running. And I completely gave up meat.    I was like, well, I can just eat. I thought meat somehow made you fat. I don't know.    That was just some weird thing that I had in my head. And I stopped eating meat, and I ate less. So, like, I just kind of narrowed down what I was eating, and then ate less of it kind of thing.    And that was when my health problems began, was when I began doing that. Which is really interesting, right? I was probably eating roughly like 1000 to 1200 calories a day, but I was running four to six miles a day.    So, like, I was not fueling what I was burning. Although I was losing weight. So, like, calories in versus calories out, like the concept of like, just eat less than exercise more, it was working.    I was 19. Like, I was young, I had a like, everything was working right, you know. But all of a sudden, my body was like, you're depriving me.    And I'm not only being deprived of actual calories, I'm being deprived of nutrients. And what began to happen is it started to show up in my hormones, with my cycle, started breaking out in hormonal acne on my chin, I started having very short cycles. So, like, for any woman listening that maybe doesn't have a concept of this language, because oddly enough, so many women don't, and it's like about us.    But like, a woman has a cycle, your period isn't your cycle, it's the full month that's your cycle. And I was instead of 28 days, I was having 18 day cycles. And the pain during my period was excruciating.    It was so painful. And I'd never experienced that before. So, those were the things that began to show up.    But I just kept going with what I was doing. And just thought I just had bad periods. I had family members that had bad periods, this just must be genetic. And I just have to live with it and pop ibuprofen every 18 days, right. So, that was kind of where it where it started.   Laura Dugger: (14:25 - 16:04) Let's take a quick break to hear a message from our sponsor. Midwest Food Bank who exists to provide industry leading food relief to those in need while feeding them spiritually. They are a food charity with a desire to demonstrate God's love by providing help to those in need.    Unlike other parts of the world where there's not enough food, in America the resources actually do exist. That's why food pantries and food banks like Midwest Food Bank are so important. 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Was that the point that led to what you call your year of rebellion? Or did that come later?   Laura Jean Bell: (16:05 - 23:39) No way that that was just the start of basically, roughly eight years of undiagnosed endometriosis. So, what started happening is in college, I would have these what I call episodes where I would be roughly like a day or two before my period would start. And I would have this unbelievable pain that would come over me.    And I could feel it literally my lower abdomen, so much pressure, so much discomfort. Oftentimes, it would involve vomiting, passing out, so painful. To this day, I've had an unmedicated birth.    And I'm here to tell you that the pain of pushing out an almost 10-pound baby, and that were roughly the same thing. It was unbelievable, excruciating pain. I would go to the doctor, they would not give me ultrasounds, they would not check anything, they would not even do my blood work, they did nothing.    They would just say you have really painful periods, and we'll give you birth control. That was every year from 2010 until 2017. This was what was given to me.    And so, in 2017, I was on my way to work, and I had one of those episodes. And I called the doctor, they bring me in, and I said, I want an ultrasound, like I will sit here all day, I need an ultrasound. And so, they did an ultrasound and found two cysts on one ovary, one on the other, and they were six and seven centimeters and six centimeters.    I mean, it was just crazy, these large cysts. And they were like, you more than likely have endometriosis. This is, you know, they started explaining all the things.    And fast forward, I ended up having two laparoscopies, which is the surgery to remove endometriosis in 10 months, the average woman can go 18 months between surgeries, and I had mine in 10 months. That's how reoccurring rapidly it was growing and spreading in my body. And I felt zero relief from the surgeries, which everyone promised, like, you'll feel amazing, you'll, you know, you'll get pregnant. I couldn't get pregnant. I was in so much pain, and I go through another cycle of it.    And it's like, these doctors are like, yeah, you're probably just not going to be able to have children. We recommend you getting on birth control, or getting a hysterectomy, like, these are your options. And so, what I did is I went to see a fertility specialist, like anybody would do like, I'm not going to just stick with my OB. I'm going to see if I can actually have kids. And so, I see a fertility specialist, I go through multiple, multiple, multiple rounds of fertility treatments, and I wind up getting pregnant with my first daughter, Emilu.    So, she is a product of folly stem stimulation and an IUI. And lots of trigger shots and lots of synthetic progesterone. I did all of it.    And after my daughter was born a year postpartum, I got pregnant again, and I miscarried that baby. That baby was miscarried March of 2020, which is when everybody went crazy, right? 2020, like who has their 2020 story, right?   And so, my daughter was little, I mean, she was like 14 months old, when I had this miscarriage. And I remember watching, I watched this video, it was called The Pandemic. And a lot of people like didn't actually see it because it was taken off the internet for misinformation.    And it was a woman that was explaining what was really happening with the pandemic, which is funny, because all of it's true now. But it was taken down like, she's crazy. This is a horrible pandemic, nothing was created in a lab, all of that.    And I was like, I went to watch it again, because I thought this woman must be crazy. Like there's no way that this would actually happen. And I went to watch it again.    And it was taken off the internet for misinformation. And this thought came over me, which is so bizarre now. Like, I know more about Kim and Kanye's divorce, than I know about what's happening with this pandemic.    Yet, Kim and Kanye's divorce information is there for me to see. And they're not letting me look at this. Why?    And it was this very strange thing that came over me. But everything that came out that was like, don't take this medicine to help COVID, don't do this, actually, like saturated fats are bad for you, like all of these different things that were popping up. And people were saying, it's misinformation.    I was like, I'm going to research that. I'm going to research that. I'm going to research that the fertility doctor that did my DNC after I had a miscarriage. They actually said to me, you will never again, have another pregnancy.    But if you do, you will not have a normal child. That is what they discovered and decided about me, according to the results from that DNC, what happened to that baby, why that baby wasn't developing, why I lost that baby. It literally like, and him saying that to me, I was like, why?    And it was almost like he couldn't explain to me the reasons why, but that I just never would. And this is what I needed to do next in order to stay healthy and keep endometriosis away. And so, I went on this journey for one year and I committed to one year where I was like, everything that is misinformation, I'm going to research it.    Everything that I have been told is good for me or is the best choice for me because of my condition. I'm going to actually look at what they're giving to me and like, why? Um, every time somebody told me like endometriosis is incurable.    Okay. But like, what is endometriosis? Nobody actually explained to me what it was.    They just told me I had it and that it caused what it caused, not actually what caused it. And so, when I went on this journey, I began to discover and unfold so many things that absolutely blew my mind, broke my heart, made me very angry because as I began to implement the things that I discovered, I healed and I got better. And all of a sudden I don't have endometriosis anymore.    All of a sudden I'm pregnant with a very healthy baby. All of a sudden, like everything is better. How is it that the things that the providers that were working with me, what they were doing for me was keeping me sick.    And as I branched out and did all the things that they said was absolutely crazy. I had one of them literally looking at me and he was holding topical progesterone and he was like, this stuff, like with all due respect to this functional doctor that talked to you, this stuff doesn't work. And unfortunately they sell things to people like you, young women who are desperate for answers.    They sell this stuff to you to make so much money and it's not going to do anything for you. Guess what? Topical progesterone changed my life.    So, anyways, that is kind of a little bit of like my year of rebellion and what happened. I'm happy to go into details for you, but I feel like I'm getting long winded with it.   Laura Dugger: (23:39 - 24:13) No, that's incredible. I do want to do a deep dive into it because I think it's such a blessing after you've spent over a year researching this and then living this for multiple years. I think it can be such a benefit to each of us.    And I'm recalling this story specifically about toxins where people were saying that means nothing. But in that fertility clinic, somebody told you, there was a sign that said their employees were not allowed to wear certain toxins because quote, it could inhibit the fertility process.   Laura Jean Bell: (24:14 - 24:14) Yes.   Laura Dugger: (24:15 - 24:16) Can you elaborate on that?   Laura Jean Bell: (24:17 - 26:18) Yes. You know, what's really funny is I went to the health department to get some paperwork and stuff for my kids the other day. And, um, there was a sign up that was like any and all women that are getting mammograms, if you're getting a mammogram, do not wear perfume or deodorant for a mammogram because of the radiation mixed with the toxins.    I asked the woman that was sitting there, I was like, why did they say that? And she explained it to me and I was like, oh, okay. So, why aren't you telling us to stop wearing it altogether?    Um, but when I went to the fertility clinic, I was going through fertility. I was like an avid Daisy by Mark Jacobs perfume where I don't know. I still love the way that smells.    It's the yummiest, but I would wear it all the time. And I went in and the woman that was there, she was like, you smell so good. And I was like, it's Daisy by Mark Jacobs.    She was like, I wish I could wear perfume to work. I'm not allowed to. And I was like, why not?   And she was like, oh, because like the people that are working on women who are going through fertility, getting their IU eyes. So, it's like when they're actually inseminating you, like we, it could inhibit the fertility process. She was like, have you ever noticed we don't have any candles?    Like we're not allowed to bring candles here, all of that. And I was like, why aren't you telling me to stop doing that? Is that not interesting to anyone?    Like why is no one paying attention to the fact that like, I'm walking in here with perfume on to get an IU eye that's going to fail because it inhibits the, for the fertility process, like the one that works. Uh, guess what? I wasn't wearing any perfume.    So, it's like, it's one of those things that like, when I heard that, I thought, well, what is it that messes with the fertility process? Like what, what is that? And this was honestly, when I heard this information, this was before my year of rebellion.    So, like, I remember her telling me that and I kind of stopped wearing it to the sessions because I thought, well, I don't want to get this messed up anyways.   Laura Dugger: (26:18 - 26:29) So, yeah, pretty wild. That's incredible. And okay.    So, from that year of rebellion, what other tweaks did you make small and large?   Laura Jean Bell: (26:30 - 29:38) Oh man. Um, some big things like I removed toxins from my home. So, that looked like removing Clorox wipes and, um, detergents that are just like your average detergents that you buy from the store.    Um, I stopped burning candles and started burning, not burning, but diffusing essential oils. Um, from there, what I really started focusing on was my protein intake. Um, I spent so many years vegan, vegetarian, refusing meat, refusing proteins.    And those were the years that things were really bad for me. When I started to reincorporate animal proteins and quality animal fats, my cycles went from 18 days to 29 days. I started having painless periods.    My hair started growing more. Um, my nails wouldn't break. Um, my, even my vision got better.   And so, what was really interesting is I started learning that if you are protein deficient, you will be progesterone deficient and progesterone is the pregnancy hormone. This is the hormone you have to have in order to conceive. I always tell it like this progesterone equals pro gestation.    So, if you don't have enough progesterone, your baby cannot survive the first 12 weeks. That's what the baby lives on before the placenta is formed. You have to have progesterone in order to balance out the estrogen progesterone balance.    If it's imbalanced, that's where you have pain, mood swings, acne, discomfort, the growth of endometriosis and PCOS. These things are really important. Progesterone is so important for your mental health.    If you are mentally low, like think about your progesterone levels. Think about how much you're sleeping. If you're sleeping in complete darkness, that raises your levels.    If you eat at least 80 grams of protein a day, it raises your progesterone levels. These are two really basic things. Like it's really simple.    It's not complicated. So, that was probably the biggest thing for me was learning how to eat because for years we're told, at least all of my life, like fat is bad. They would rather you eat hydrogenated oils and I can't believe it's not better than actually eat grass-fed butter.    Why? Why is it bad for you? When you really uncover the work that was done in the studies that were given for explaining that fat is bad, it was all paid for.    It was all paid for by the medical industry, by big pharma in order to push this agenda. They said that it was bad for our hearts, but get this, in the years after they told everyone that it was horrible for heart health, heart disease skyrocketed as people began to eat less animal protein and less animal fats. So, anyways, just to give like a little, some of the things that I discovered and changed, that's the main thing, which really and truly is like not that complicated.    Wow.   Laura Dugger: (29:39 - 29:45) Yes. Focusing on what you're intaking. What about cortisol? What did you learn about that?   Laura Jean Bell: (29:46 - 32:21) So, cortisol is like your get up and get crap done hormone. Okay. And when you are living in a state of fight or flight, where basically you get up in the morning, I'm going to give you an example of what a lot of women do.    And they end up having issues with cortisol and eventually stop producing it altogether. So, a woman gets up in the morning, she wakes up, she drinks a cup of coffee with no food on her stomach. And she goes and does a 30-minute cardio workout.    And then she comes in and she eats maybe like a protein bar, like a little, like some type of granola bar, another cup of coffee. She goes to work. She works all day or she's home with her kids all day.    And by the time she's got her work done, or she's taking care of her children and fed her children, doing all of these things, you're going all day long. All of a sudden it's three o'clock and you haven't eaten anything and you're in a bad mood and you're really tired. And so, maybe you go get a snack and another cup of coffee.    And then by the time you get to dinner, it's the only meal that you've really sat down and had for the day. Okay. So, what has that done to you?    Your body believes because your body and your brain don't know the difference between a bear chasing you or you running strictly on caffeine and doing too much cardio. And so, all of a sudden she is moody. She's exhausted.    She's running on all this tension. Her hair starts to fall out. She gets acne.    Her skin's doing some weird stuff. Her nails are kind of brittle. All this, you're always moody.   You're always in a bad mood. It's because your cortisol is doing this. It's like, and it's like on, it's like high.    And sometimes when you keep doing this, you actually can get a lot of energy. And then all of a sudden your adrenals, because your adrenals are what produced cortisol. Your adrenals are like, actually we're done.    Like stop running from the bear. Just die. Like literally it like can't do anything for you anymore.   And you go into what a lot of people call, or doctors call adrenal failure, which is where your body doesn't even produce cortisol anymore. And so, that is when you can't get out of bed in the morning. You're so exhausted.    Um, you can't lose weight. You, no matter what you do, you're winded. You're overwhelmed.   Um, but you don't have energy for anything. You have so much brain fog, um, so much bloat and inflammation. It's because your body's not producing cortisol.    So, you don't have the energy to get anything done. Um, does that answer your question?   Laura Dugger: (32:21 - 32:45) Yeah, this is so interesting because I feel like there's a whole health movement right now. So, there's a lot of buzz about all of this and people, I think, especially after 2020 people are waking up. So, love gathering perspectives as you're talking about inflammation then too, with cortisol, have you researched much about grounding, like actually barefoot on the earth?    Yes, girl. Are you kidding me? Absolutely.   Laura Jean Bell: (32:46 - 35:48) Um, so, something that was really interesting, I went to see a specialist, um, when I was really healing my adrenals, because a fun fact for you, like when your adrenals are just in overload, if you are experiencing high cortisol, you're constantly up here. Guess what? Your body's going to throw out the window fertility because what in the world is safe about a body that is running from a bear?    Like, no, your body is preserving you because it's not safe for you to host a life. So, I was seeing a doctor who was really helping me. Um, it's called muscle testing.    So, they test each organ according to how your muscles respond. And, um, I was in adrenal failure. And at this point I'd already had my second child and was experiencing a lot of inflammation.    I couldn't lose weight. I was like so tired. I was irritable.    And, um, I did this long session with him and I was in St. Pete, Florida doing this session. And he said, you have an assignment for the rest of the day. And I was like, okay.    And he was like, you need to go to the beach, like go somewhere and actually lay your entire body down on the sand. He was like, I know, like nobody wants to get sandy, but like lay on the sand. And I was like, tell me why.    And he was like, if you lay on the sand, it's your body touching the earth. And God gave you the earth as a battery pack. And this battery pack literally is going to shoot energy back into your body that your body has been deprived of.    And like, there's, he started going into all the studies for it, but he was like, don't you ever know the difference? Like, and how you feel when you've been cooped up at work all day. And then like, you go on a vacation to the beach and you sit on the beach and you put your feet in moving water.    He was like, it's literal living water. This living water moves and it heals and rejuvenates what happens to water that stagnant. It gets disgusting. Yeah.    It turns to mold, right? It actually goes toxic, but that moving water is healing. It's living.    It's rejuvenating. It's very biblical, right? And then you have the earth that God gave you is this battery pack.    There are people, this is going to sound crazy, but there are who have done LSD, like psychedelic drugs that talk about the vibrations of the earth. When they're on this drug, they are seeing the way. And they talk about there's a magnetic field.    They like, you can read, you can watch videos. You can see studies of people who did LSD, who literally can see the energy that the ground gives you. I mean, it's crazy, but isn't it like the Lord, right?    To give us what we need in nature, like magic.   Laura Dugger: (35:49 - 37:17) Yes. Where we're going back to the way that he designed, whether that's eating whole foods or getting outside in his beautiful nature. There's countless benefits, but I think it's just amazing that taking your shoes off and being on the earth, even for 30 seconds is beneficial.    When was the first time you listened to an episode of The Savvy Sauce?   How did you hear about our podcast? Did a friend share it with you? Will you be willing to be that friend now and text five other friends or post on your socials, anything about The Savvy Sauce that you love?    If you share your favorite episodes, that is how we continue to expand our reach and get the good news of Jesus Christ in more ears across the world. So, we need your help. Another way to help us grow is to leave a five-star review on Apple podcasts.    Each of these suggestions will cost you less than a minute, but it will be a great benefit to us. Thank you so much for being willing to be generous with your time and share. We appreciate you.    You had also talked about previously with your health journey, being deficient in minerals, I think you said as well, or just not getting the nutrients. So, are there any minerals that we all are likely lacking or any that you would recommend from your research and experience?   Laura Jean Bell: (37:18 - 39:36) Yeah, I would, I mean, every mineral. The most underrated mineral right now is potassium. The amount of women who are potassium deficient and need more potassium is unreal.    But magnesium is huge. You have to have magnesium for your body to even naturally produce vitamin D. Like vitamin D is a hormone, but you have to have magnesium for your body to produce vitamin D.    How many have gone to the doctor and they're like, you are very low in vitamin D, right? Well, get in the sunshine more, take the supplement, but like, where's your magnesium, right? And so, magnesium, potassium, potassium is huge, especially for your mental health.    This is really going to help you in like balancing out, like you're removing the brain fog, really. Sodium, which everyone's like, eat less sodium. You need less sodium chloride.    You need less table salt. You don't need less salt. Your body has salt.    Your body needs salt. Think about what your t-shirt looks like when you drenched in sweat. It dries and what does it have?    Salt. It's salty, right? When you're sweaty, it's salty.    And it's because your body actually needs sodium. It has to have it. And so, stop using white table salt, like iodized salt.    Go get some quality Celtic salt, like really simple, but put that in your water. Like first thing in the morning, drink some water with some Celtic salt, like get those electrolytes back in your system. So, potassium, magnesium, sodium, and calcium, like your body needs calcium and you can get calcium in multiple ways, um, multiple ways, but calcium is going to support your bones.    It's going to help support your muscles. Cause if you are working those muscles, your body needs the strength. And so, calcium is going to give you that balance as well.    It's fantastic. So, all of them, but like, I think the make sure you're getting magnesium, just like if you just need to start somewhere, just get a magnesium supplement. I recommend magnesium glycinate because it's kind of the overall magnesium.   Laura Dugger: (39:37 - 39:44) So, it's great. Okay. And you said you can get calcium multiple places.    Do you take that as a supplement or where do you get your calcium?   Laura Jean Bell: (39:45 - 41:04) So, I actually do adrenal cocktails. So, that is, um, coconut water, orange juice and Celtic salt. That's it.    And just do a little adrenal cocktail in the morning. And in the afternoon, make sure that you have had protein before you drink it, because if you're anything like me, it'll spike your blood sugar. Um, if you're not balanced, so, you need to be balanced.    Um, I've always been very sensitive to things like orange juice, apple juice. Like as a kid, I would feel really bad in the mornings and I just thought breakfast made my stomach hurt. And actually it was like, my blood sugar was dysregulated from the cup of orange juice and the cinnamon toast that my mom gave me.    Right. So, like, it's like butter, sugar, white flour, orange juice, like eat this for a nutrient dense breakfast. And I like would feel horrible after because my blood sugar was off.    So, um, make sure you get some protein on your stomach and drink the adrenal cocktail. Like my parents, my parents swear by it. My dad's like, this has changed my life.    I'm your mom's going to make me one of those little cocktail things that you tell, I tell her about all the time. It's hilarious. And I'm like, it's just juice and coconut water, but it's got the minerals.    That's why it makes you feel so good. It's because it's giving your body the nutrients that it needs.   Laura Dugger: (41:05 - 41:17) That's incredible. Are there any other biohacks, health hacks, even the role of light that it plays or movement or anything else that you want to recommend with your extensive research?   Laura Jean Bell: (41:18 - 43:19) Um, I'll give two things. Uh, number one: if you can get up as the sun is rising or a little bit before and actually go outside and stare at the red light. The actual, morning sunrise, and then watch the sunset. If you can get your eyeballs on just like the surroundings where that red light is hitting, that will do wonders for the production of melatonin in your gut.    It's going to help you sleep. It's going to help you sleep really good at night, which is going to help you with your progesterone levels. So, that is great.    Number two is weightlifting. If you can incorporate at least two days a week of heavy weightlifting into your routine, it's going to do wonders. And the reason I say that is that estrogen, toxic estrogen, not the estrogen that's good for you that you need to like make you female, but like the toxic estrogens you're getting from perfumes and food and plastics and all the things it stores itself in fat, in visceral fat.    And so, the best way to burn fat and build muscle is by lifting weights. And so, if you want to keep toxic estrogens out of your body, step number one, get rid of fat, like fight hard for like, I mean, I'm still postpartum. I'm still burning off like weight that I gained in pregnancy.    But the number one thing that motivates me is not like, I want to look better, which of course I want to look better. Of course I want to fit back into my clothes, like all of that. But like Laura toxic estrogens store themselves in this fat.    And so, what, when you are lifting weights, you are burning fat and building muscle to support your family and not be burdened by the imbalance of your hormones. Like right there. That is the reason why.    So, lift weights. It's so good for you. It protects you from so many other diseases, but like that alone, women do not understand the power of that.    It's going to do wonders for you.   Laura Dugger: (43:20 - 43:47) Okay. This is so helpful. And then I'm thinking it's beneficial to have a specific plan.    So, as we think about where you talked about laundry detergents or limiting toxins, will you share a few of your personal favorite products? And then also what are some recommended things we can actually eat? Like when you walk through a healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, what would you share?   Laura Jean Bell: (43:49 - 45:22) Okay. So, some favorite products. I started out using Thieves household concentrate.    Young Living sells it. And it's like $26 for a bottle of the concentrate. That concentrate can be household cleaner.    So, like it can clean any surface in your home. It can be used as dishwasher detergent. So, we use thieves instead of like pods in our, in our dishwasher.    And I'm here to tell you, I think Young Living just came out with dishwasher pods, like Thieves dishwasher pods. We don't use it. We still use the concentrate.    But we use that. You can use it in your laundry so you can wash your clothes in it. And so, we alternate with that.    Sometimes we use that. Sometimes we use Molly's Suds. Those are like little pods.    You can get them on Amazon. It's a non-toxic option. You can also wash your clothes and like baking soda and vinegar, like just be old school.    Your clothes won't smell like vinegar. Don't worry. Like the vinegar gets rid of the odor.    That's like how our grandparents did it. So, those are some really simple hacks. Just because that's inexpensive.    Like you can make 16, I think it's 16 bottles of household concentrate, like spray with the one bottle. So, like you buy the one bottle, it takes a cap full and then you fill the rest of the way up with water and it cleans anything. It's fantastic.    It smells great. You'll love it. What else did you ask me?   Laura Dugger: (45:22 - 45:28) Food? Yes, food. Like a sample menu. Okay.   Laura Jean Bell: (45:28 - 47:02) Something that I love to eat. I love to just really enjoy my food. Like if you're on the go, like I'll give it an example.    If you're on the go, I recommend like boil some eggs. Okay. Take like three boiled eggs.    Get like a chopstick to get your protein and like an RX bar. RX bars are going to have the carbs, but it's also going to have more protein. You'll get six grams of protein per egg and then about 10 grams in your chopstick.    So, it's like 18 grams of the eggs plus 10 is 28 grams plus the RX bar. You're going to get over 30 grams of protein and then you'll have some carbs. I do recommend getting a little bit more carbs, but if you're on the go and you're in a hurry and you need to feel balanced, that's a good start.    If you're home, like I love doing scrambled eggs and air frying sweet potatoes, peppers, and onions. It is delicious. Just trust me and season it with garlic powder and salt.    It's so simple. Some avocado oil and literally just allow, like think about all the carbs, all the protein, everything. The best hack though, that I learned with eggs is do two regular, like the full egg and then do two egg whites and then add cottage cheese to your eggs, blend it in a blender and then cook them and just thank me later.    So, you're getting extra protein, it's creamier, it's so good. And then eat that with sweet potatoes and peppers and it's primo.   Laura Dugger: (47:02 - 47:12) Okay. This sounds amazing. I love it.    And this is my post recording meal, the RX bar. I love it on busy days.   Laura Jean Bell: (47:13 - 48:27) Yes. For lunch, I mean lunch, I honestly, I keep like ground beef patties just ready. And my air fryer stays on. I literally use it for every meal.    Sometimes if I don't have it ready, I just pat it out, put it in the air fryer, it cooks. Do that with a bunch of veggies, get lots of fruit, mainly berries, like berries, apples, and just adding that in is your carb. You can do, if you need a snack, I highly recommend doing Greek yogurt and mixing in your favorite protein powder and mixing that up.    It's so good. The Greek yogurt gives you the carbs, the fats and protein, and then you add the extra protein in it. And so, it's excellent.    For dinner, our favorite meal, we eat a lot of grass-fed beef because we buy cow every year. So, we'll do bowls and we'll do like a bed of rice, sweet potatoes, peppers and onions, and then ground beef. And then we drizzle the Japanese barbecue sauce over it.    And we call it Japanese barbecue bowls. It's literally just like a bunch of vegetables and meat with sauce, but it's really good.    So, there's some meal ideas for you.   Laura Dugger: (48:28 - 48:49) That's incredible. Thank you for just rattling those off. We've got a plan now.    And I love how this conversation took a turn toward health. So, before we leave that section, any other healthy rhythms or best practices or ways you've simplified your life that you would recommend? Just sleep.   Laura Jean Bell: (48:49 - 49:34) I know that sounds ridiculous, but people aren't sleeping and go to bed without your phone. You're going to be okay. You really are.    If your kids can go to bed without their phones, without a phone in their face, you can do it too. It's not the best way to turn your brain off. So, go to bed.    When you lay in a dark room without any blue light, you actually are helping your nervous system reset itself. And it needs a moment to rest and digest. So, get in the bed without a blue light and close your eyes and go to sleep.    You can do it, but it's so simple. And try to get eight to 10 hours of sleep a night. Truly, it's so important.   Laura Dugger: (49:35 - 49:54) That's so good. And you're all about simplifying. You even help people simplify their digital marketing.    So, as we turn it back to business, I know you can't give away all of your secrets, but will you share just a few more business or social media tips with all of us?   Laura Jean Bell: (49:55 - 50:43) Oh, man. I think the number one thing that I would tell anyone who's wanting to do anything in the online space is don't spread yourself across every platform. It's not worth your time.    And the more you hone in on one thing, the more of that thing you will sell, like plain and simple. And you will make way more money. You will spend way less time working on it.    You will enhance the lives of the people that choose to work with you. That is what you will gain.    If you simplify your offers, number one, sell less. Just sell more of one thing and stop spreading yourself thin across all the platforms. It's just too much work.   Laura Dugger: (50:43 - 51:03) That's wise counsel. And will you also tell us, I mean, I'm amazed as I'm thinking of all this research that you've done. You're living a healthy lifestyle.    You're raising young children, consulting with others as their coach. Also, you wrote a book. Can you share a little bit about that?   Laura Jean Bell: (51:03 - 52:50) I wrote my book. I actually have it right next to me because I was like, if somebody is going to ask you what this book is about, it's a book of short stories. And it sounds really simple, but it's a book of short stories that really draws you back to who you are in the Lord and understanding your place, like your identity in Christ, your belonging, fighting against fear and really coming home to who God created you to be.    And so, this book is a compilation of short stories of my own life where these things were very disrupted. My identity, like a total identity crisis, like not just having so much fear, learning how to come back to who God made me to be, but really writing out the moments of when I was living in that season and the people that helped me kind of find my way out and the things that God really showed me in that journey. And so, have it right here.    You Can Always Come Home: Following the Breadcrumbs of Your Past to Find the Hope for Your Tomorrow. It's really what my heart was and I learned a lot when I left my hometown and I moved to small town, North Alabama. And although this is where my dad is from, this was not where I was raised.    And I walked into a total identity crisis when I moved here. And I write a lot about that and about the moments when I was living in that season. How the Lord would reveal to me, like, remember when this happened, or remember when this happened and how you handled it or what that person said to you. And I wrote those stories in here.    And so, the goal of this book is for anybody who reads it to know that God's on your side and everything's going to be okay.   Laura Dugger: (52:51 - 53:06) Thank you for sharing that, Laura. And we'll certainly add a link for that in the show notes for today's episode, but also what links can we give for your social media? And then if somebody wants to reach out and work with you, what would that process look like?   Laura Jean Bell: (53:07 - 53:47) Yeah, so, my Instagram is Laura_Jean_Bell and Jean is J-E-A-N. And if you want to work with me or reach out, you can email me at laurabellwrites@gmail.com, or you can literally go to my Instagram account and click the link in my bio where I explain what I do. And it offers an ability to hop on a call with me where we can talk together and see if we would be a good fit to work together.    So, those are the ways that you can contact me. I have a website, laurabell.co, and you can contact me through that as well.   Laura Dugger: (53:48 - 54:07) Wonderful. Thank you for adding that. We will make sure it's accessible for everyone.    And Laura, you may be familiar with why we're called The Savvy Sauce, which is because savvy is synonymous with practical knowledge. And so, my final question for you today, Laura, what is your Savvy Sauce?   Laura Jean Bell: (54:09 - 56:38) For life in general? You got it. Okay.    Well, I have two of them. And so, one of them is kind of silly and one of them is not. So, I'm going to go with the non-silly one.    Oh, share both. Yes. But I will say like this, there was this line that I heard, and I don't know who like trademarked this line, but it was very simple.    It said, “You are the CEO of your life.” And it was very simple, but it changed everything for me because for so much of my life, like if your knee jerk reaction to things not going your way is to blame someone else, you're not living as the CEO of your life. And I have spent a lot of my life, like when something doesn't go my way, I look for a person to blame instead of looking at myself and my own flaws. Being able to see that, “Hey, sometimes Laura, you're to blame and like, it's okay.”   You're the CEO of your life and you get to see what you did wrong, see how you messed up, see how you needed to shift something and then move on. And I think so many of us, whether we want to believe it or not, we can fall victim to that and live our lives so attached to this idea that somebody else is always to blame. Somebody else did this to me.    Sometimes things do happen to you that are not your fault. Sometimes you are a victim of horrible crimes and horrible things happening to you. But the question is, what are you going to do about it?    Who are you going to talk to about it? Are you going to go to the Lord and ask Him what it's actually supposed to look like for your life moving on from this place? Are you going to stay in a mindset that's small and traumatized, small and victimized?    Or are you going to say, “I'm the CEO of my life and I'm going to link arms with the Holy Spirit and keep moving forward.” And so, that was a huge thing for me to learn. And I feel like it's kind of been my savvy sauce in the last probably year, because 2024 was a year of a lot of things happening to me that weren't my fault.    And finally, one day I thought, you know, Laura, you can sulk in this, but it's not going to change your circumstance. What's going to change your circumstance is you saying, “I'm in charge of my life and I'm going to pick up the pieces of this and I'm going to ask God what to do with it.” And so, anyways, you're the CEO of your life and it's time to take charge of that.    So, yeah.   Laura Dugger: (56:38 - 56:42) I love it. And now you've got to share your silly one as well. You've left us curious.   Laura Jean Bell: (56:43 - 57:01) What is The Savvy Sauce? Let me just tell all of my, all of my geriatric millennials out there, you need to put castor oil on your face. Okay.    Just know that like castor oil, you need to look like a glazed donut when you go to bed and your skin is going to be, your skin will thank you. Just trust me.   Laura Dugger: (57:02 - 57:26) That's incredible. I was so grateful you shared. And Laura, I can see why clients are so drawn to work with you.    It is so delightful to have conversations with you. You are gifted in so many different arenas. And I think what really stands out is your generosity and just your willingness to share all of this with us.    So, thank you so much for being my delightful guest today.   Laura Jean Bell: (57:26 - 57:29) Oh, it's such a gift talking to you. Thank you for having me.   Laura Dugger: (57:30 - 1:01:12) One more thing before you go, have you heard the term gospel before? It simply means good news. And I want to share the best news with you, but it starts with the bad news.    Every single one of us were born sinners, but Christ desires to rescue us from our sin, which is something we cannot do for ourselves. This means there's absolutely no chance we can make it to heaven on our own. So, for you and for me, it means we deserve death and we can never pay back the sacrifice we owe to be saved.    We need a savior, but God loved us so much. He made a way for his only son to willingly die in our place as the perfect substitute. This gives us hope of life forever in right relationship with him.    That is good news. Jesus lived the perfect life. We could never live and died in our place for our sin.    This was God's plan to make a way to reconcile with us so that God can look at us and see Jesus. We can be covered and justified through the work Jesus finished. If we choose to receive what he has done for us, Romans 10:9 says, “that if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”    So, you pray with me now. Heavenly father, thank you for sending Jesus to take our place. I pray someone today right now is touched and chooses to turn their life over to you.    Will you clearly guide them and help them take their next step in faith to declare you as Lord of their life? We trust you to work and change lives now for eternity. In Jesus name we pray.   Amen. If you prayed that prayer, you are declaring him for me. So, me for him, you get the opportunity to live your life for him.    And at this podcast, we're called The Savvy Sauce for a reason. We want to give you practical tools to implement the knowledge you have learned. So, you're ready to get started.    First, tell someone, say it out loud, get a Bible. The first day I made this decision, my parents took me to Barnes and Noble and let me choose my own Bible. I selected the Quest NIV Bible and I love it.    You can start by reading the book of John. Also get connected locally, which just means tell someone who's a part of a church in your community that you made a decision to follow Christ. I'm assuming they will be thrilled to talk with you about further steps such as going to church and getting connected to other believers to encourage you.    We want to celebrate with you too. So, feel free to leave a comment for us here. If you did make a decision to follow Christ, we also have show notes included where you can read scripture that describes this process.    And finally, be encouraged. Luke 15:10 says, “in the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The heavens are praising with you for your decision today.    And if you've already received this good news, I pray you have someone to share it with. You are loved and I look forward to meeting you here next time.

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Welcome to Real Food Recovery, a podcast created by two lifelong processed food addicts with over 100 years of addiction (and recovery) between them. Paige Alexander and Jamie Morgan Reno use their Real Food Recovery podcast and social media channels to share their struggles, lessons learned, tools, tips, and resources that freed them from decades of food addiction, obsession, and loss.   Join us as we dive into the topic of pain, healing and movement with Stacey Roberts PT, RN, MSN. Stacey has over 30 years of experience helping patients live pain-free while achieving their health goals. She is a Holistic Master's Prepared Registered Nurse, a Musculoskeletal Specialist, a Pelvic and Sexual Health Physiotherapist, and a Functional Medicine Specialist. Stacey owns the New You Health and Wellness Practice in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, combining cutting-edge technology, advanced manual therapy, and functional medicine to help patients attain optimal health.  Many of her patients, including herself, have avoided surgery, drugs, and injections. She is the author of the forthcoming book, The Pain Free Formula:  A Holistic Approach to Finally Getting Rid of Joint Pain Without Surgery, Drugs, or Injections (February 2025). Discover more at https://newyouhealthandwellness.com   In every Real Food Recovery episode, Paige and Jamie take time to answer viewer questions about processed food addiction, obsession, and recovery, be sure to submit yours on their YouTube Channel or Facebook Page. You can also follow Real Food Recovery on Instagram (@realfoodrecovery4u), TikTok (@realfoodrecovery) or at www.realfoodrecovery4u.com.  

Stacey Roberts, PT, RN, MSN will be back on the podcast, this time to discuss pelvic pain, sexual health, and intimacy. Stacey has over 30 years of experience helping patients live pain-free while achieving their health goals. She is a Holistic Master's Prepared Registered Nurse, a Musculoskeletal Specialist, a Pelvic and Sexual Health Physiotherapist, and a Functional Medicine Specialist. Stacey owns the New You Health and Wellness Practice in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, combining cutting-edge technology, advanced manual therapy, and functional medicine to help patients attain optimal health. Many of her patients, including herself, have avoided surgery, drugs, and injections. She is the author of the book, The Pain Free Formula: A Holistic Approach to Finally Getting Rid of Joint Pain Without Surgery, Drugs, or Injections. Stacey Roberts Website | https://newyouhealthandwellness.com Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/newyouhealthandwellness Health Solutions Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/HealthSolutionsPodcast Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/health_solutions_shawn_needham/ Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy Website | http://mlrx.com.com/ Shawn Needham X | https://x.com/ShawnNeedham2 Shawn's Book | http://mybook.to/Sickened_The_Book Additional Links https://linktr.ee/mlrx

Dr. Jarred Mait is a functional medicine specialist who takes a deeply personal approach to modern healthcare. With roots in anesthesiology, he made the switch to functional and concierge care to better understand the full picture of a patient's health, not just their symptoms.Through house calls and extended visits, Dr. Mait identifies lifestyle and environmental factors that impact well-being. From sleep and hydration to air quality and daily habits, he believes health starts with the details others often overlook.His concierge practice offers advanced treatments like stem cells and PRP for pain and tissue repair, along with a dedicated IV therapy suite. Custom infusions, including NAD, support immune health, energy, and even recovery from depression or addiction.Helping both men and women manage age-related changes, Dr. Mait also specializes in hormone optimization. From boosting energy and mood to improving libido and skin, his approach targets the root causes of imbalance.To learn more about Miami Beach functional medicine specialist Dr. Jarred Mait and his concierge practiceLearn more about Stems Health Regenerative MedicineFollow Dr. Mait on Instagram @docmaitFollow Stems Health Instagram @stemshealthABOUT MEET THE DOCTOR The purpose of the Meet the Doctor podcast is simple.  We want you to get to know your doctor before meeting them in person because you're making a life changing decision and time is scarce. The more you can learn about who your doctor is before you meet them, the better that first meeting will be. When you head into an important appointment more informed and better educated, you are able to have a richer, more specific conversation about the procedures and treatments you're interested in. There's no substitute for an in-person appointment, but we hope this comes close.Meet The Doctor is a production of The Axis. Made with love in Austin, Texas.Are you a doctor or do you know a doctor who'd like to be on the Meet the Doctor podcast?  Book a free 30 minute recording session at meetthedoctorpodcast.com.Host: Eva Sheie Assistant Producers: Mary Ellen Clarkson & Hannah BurkhartEngineering: Ian PowellTheme music: A Grace Sufficient by JOYSPRING

SJ Show Notes:Connect With Dr. Williams HERE: https://beingfunctional.comPlease support Shannon's independent network with your donation HERE: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=MHSMPXEBSLVTSupport Our Sponsors:You can get 20% off your first order of Blackout Coffee! Just head to http://blackoutcoffee.com/joy and use code joy at checkout.The Satellite Phone Store has everything you need when the POWER goes OUT. Use the promo code JOY for 10% off your entire order TODAY! www.SAT123.com/JoyGet 45% OFF Native Path HYDRATE today! Special exclusive deal for the Joy audience only! Check it out HERE: www.nativepathhydrate.com/joyColonial Metals Group is the company Shannon trusts for all her metals purchases! Set up a SAFE & Secure IRA or 401k with a company who shares your values! Learn more HERE: https://colonialmetalsgroup.com/joyPlease consider Dom Pullano of PCM & Associates! He has been Shannon's advisor for over a decade and would love to help you grow! Call his toll free number today: 1-800-536-1368 Or visit his website at https://www.pcmpullano.comShannon's Top Headlines May 27, 2025:STOP THE SHOTS - Dr. Peter McCullough - Full Senate Testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY_zrJGgWJgDr. William Makis - Scott Adams and the Betrayal of Modern Medicine: https://x.com/MakisMD/status/1926556809063473215What the MAHA Report Got Right—and What It Refused to Say: https://substack.com/home/post/p-164259265I hope you all had a peaceful holiday with friends and family as we honored the men and women who gave their their lives in protection of this country and our Constitution. In remembrance of their service and sacrifice, I ask you to consider the tens of thousands who have died in the past 5 years as a result of the COVID lockdowns, kill protocols and subsequent mRNA injury and death.They too, in many ways are casualties of war.I joined Ed Dowd in a special remembrance yesterday …“Please join me in a moment of silent prayer this Sunday, May 25, at 12 PM EST, for those still suffering from harms caused by the Covid vaccine. Let's pray for their healing and strength together. #SilentPrayer #Healing” ~ Edward DowdThe COVID military operation has set in motion many terrible things, the worst being what appears to be a health crisis impacting both the vaccinate and unvaccinated. From turbo cancers to heart disease, neurological and autoimmune diseases, it is clear than everyone is impacted and everyone is looking for answers.The problem is that the same people who who poisoned America and now in charge of curing America and once again all their solutions involve massive governmental intervention and are primarily geared towards PHARMA-TECH intervention and an explosion of new mRNA shots on the market.How can we survive? Who to trust? How can filter through ALL of the noise and actually live in harmony with our bodies? Today we will talk to Dr. Basima Williams, a functional medicine expert who will join me regularly as an expert guest to tackle this issue using faith, knowledge and common sense.Join the Rumble LIVE chat and follow my Rumble Page HERE so you never miss an episode: https://rumble.com/c/TheShannonJoyShowSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After tons of messages, I'm breaking down our detox journey—why we're doing it, what we tested, and the shocking histamine link we discovered. This goes beyond gut health—it's about how your genes, hormones, and mood are all connected. I break down histamine intolerance, key symptoms, and how you might be unknowingly sabotaging your health. I TALK ABOUT:  06:40 – The functional medicine testing we did (Tiny Health code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY, DUTCH Test, The DNA Company) 10:00 – Symptoms of gut issues and the genetic links to high histamine, estrogen dominance, and chronic symptoms 20:55 – Histamine-producing gut bacteria and symptoms of histamine intolerance 27:20 – Biomarkers to look for in your blood test (Siphox code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY) 34:00 – What a low-histamine diet looks like (and what foods to avoid) 36:00 – The exact 6-week protocol we're using 38:00 - Phase 1: Pathogen Elimination (Designs for Health G.I. Microb-X, Progressive Labs GastroPro) 40:50 – Phase 2: Detox Support (GI Detox+, SH Stress Nutrients + SH Riboflavin, Xymogen OptiMag Neuro, BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY, WeNatal code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY) 43:08 – Phase 3: Microbiome Rebuilding (Designs for Health Floromyces, Seed Probiotic, BiOptimizers Probiotic code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY) 44:30 – Phase 4: Hormone & Nutrient Optimization (BiOptimizers MassZymes code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY, WeNatal & Men's Multi code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY, Baja Gold Salt code: BIOHACKINGBRITTANY) 49:40 – What happens after the protocol ends and how to reintroduce foods SPONSORS: Most protein goes to waste—Masszymes by BiOptimizers helps you absorb it and actually build muscle. Use the code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY to get 10% OFF. RESOURCES: Optimize your preconception health by joining my Baby Steps Course today! Optimize your preconception health and fertility through my free hormone balancing, fertility boosting chocolate recipe! Download it now! Check out my upcoming luxury retreats and wellness events My Amazon storefront Dr. John Thomas, Functional Medicine Specialist   LET'S CONNECT: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music

Shawn & Janet Needham R.Ph. have Stacey Roberts PT, RN, MSN, on discuss joint pain and menopause. Stacey has over 30 years of experience helping patients live pain-free while achieving their health goals. She is a Holistic Master's Prepared Registered Nurse, a Musculoskeletal Specialist, a Pelvic and Sexual Health Physiotherapist, and a Functional Medicine Specialist. Stacey owns the New You Health and Wellness Practice in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, combining cutting-edge technology, advanced manual therapy, and functional medicine to help patients attain optimal health. Many of her patients, including herself, have avoided surgery, drugs, and injections. She is the author of the book, The Pain Free Formula: A Holistic Approach to Finally Getting Rid of Joint Pain Without Surgery, Drugs, or Injections. Stacey Roberts Website | https://newyouhealthandwellness.com Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/newyouhealthandwellness Health Solutions Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/HealthSolutionsPodcast Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/health_solutions_shawn_needham/ Moses Lake Professional Pharmacy Website | http://mlrx.com.com/ Shawn Needham X | https://x.com/ShawnNeedham2 Shawn's Book | http://mybook.to/Sickened_The_Book Additional Links https://linktr.ee/mlrx

Are you ready to reclaim your energy, balance, and vitality without sacrificing success? Welcome This Week's Guest Cortney Cortney Katz is a board-certified Physician Assistant and Functional Medicine Specialist with over 15 years of experience in healthcare and nearly a decade as a medical provider, including over six years in functional medicine. Drawing from her… The post High Achievers, Take a Breath with Cortney Katz |252 appeared first on Melissa Vogel.

HealthThymes and Shelly Bergeron    Join us as we explore the world of health and wellness with HealthThymes, a leading resource for all things related to a healthy lifestyle. In this episode, we'll dive into the latest health trends, wellness practices, and tips to help you live your best life, all while getting to know Shelly Bergeron, the founder and a certified Health Coach and Functional Medicine Specialist. About Shelly Bergeron: Shelly is a passionate advocate for holistic health and wellness. After years of research in multiple areas of health for herself and her family, she became a certified Health Coach and a trained specialist in functional medicine. Shelly empowers others to get to the root of their health issues using a holistic, root-cause approach2. She specializes in addressing digestive issues, fatigue, detoxification, and hormone health through personalized lifestyle changes. What to Expect: Insightful discussions on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Tips and tricks for improving your overall well-being. Information on upcoming events and how you can get involved. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the experts and get inspired to take charge of your health! Please feel free to email Phil at philgeorge@charter.net with any health/nutrition/exercise questions. https://www.wellnesswave.net/

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“But if you look at the diseases and what people are suffering with today, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, autoimmune conditions, the health system hasn't been designed to deal with them,” Dr. Nas Al Jafari, Medical Director of DNA Health Clinic and Functional Medicine Specialist, told me on this episode of HYPERSCALE. Dr. Nas is a vocal advocate helping bring about a new revolution within the healthcare space, breaking away from outdated traditional practices and pushing for a more holistic approach to health, which puts the spotlight on preventative medicine and care, expanded testing procedures and measures, and the true pillars of longevity. Join us as we explore the many flaws in today's sickcare system, how current healthcare is still not equipped to provide preventative medicine, and the role individuals will have to play to bring about change to this broken system to safeguard a better future and allow us to live longer. FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://bit.ly/briarig  LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/linkedin  TikTok: https://bit.ly/briartiktok  Website: https://briarprestidgeofficial.com

Send us a Text Message.In this episode we embark on a journey towards holistic wellness with insights from a renowned Functional Medicine Specialist and Hormone Expert. In this captivating podcast episode, we debunk toxic trends while exploring hormone health, gut wellness, detox strategies, and nervous system harmony. Tune in and revolutionize your approach to well-beingCONNECT WITH OUR GUEST Lera MikhailovaA Holistic Board certified OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner, Functional Medicine Specialist with a background in Neuroscience and a Feminine Alchemy Hormone Specialist and Nervous System Coach, Functional Root Cause Medicine/ Feminine Alchemy/ Hormone Specialist, hormones & fertility, gut health, drainage & detox, & nervous system dysregulationhttp://www.wholewomanhood.com/hormonealchemywww.wholewomanhood.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/wholewomanhood/ facebook.com/wholewomanhoodInstagram.com/@wholewomanhoodWelcome to Beyond Diagnosis, a podcast that will raise your awareness, decisions, and voice for Alternative practices, so you can take back control of your health. By subscribing, you will gain access to content for people who have long-term health issues, and connect with functional, wellbeing and mindset professionals. Get INSTANT ACCESS TO YOUR FREE EBOOK: ALTERNATIVE WISDOM: Take back control of your health at http://life-onus.com WAYS YOU CAN WORK WITH ME: Rita De Michele is a Health Advocate. Mindset and Empowerment Coach & Founder of ONUS.ONUS is a platform that facilitates a connection between your health condition and a holistic practitionerCOACHING: Coaching | Onus ONUS APP: Onus | OnusSAY HI ON SOCIALS: Website: ONUS | life and mindset coaching Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ritademichele LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-de-michele-health-advocate-74a408109/ Instagram; https://www.instagram.com/onus_app/?hl=en

In this episode, I had a transformative conversation with Kathleen Harmeston, a seasoned business advisor who overcame pancreatic atrophy through holistic healing practices.  We explored her journey, the pivotal role of stress in health challenges, her proactive approach to menopause, and her experience with Reiki and microdosing for healing and resilience.  Kathleen's wisdom and insights will inspire you to embrace a holistic approach to health and wellness.   We talk about: 09:00 - Kathleen's journey with pancreatic atrophy 12:00 - Getting help from a Functional Medicine Specialist 14:00 - Managing stress 19:00 - Focusing on your mind and body connection 22:00 - Being proactive in taking care of yourself 26:00 - Reiki for Kathleen's healing journey 32:00 - Kathleen's experience with microdosing 35:00 - Caring for someone else   Sponsors: My Ebb and Flow Cycle Guide solves your hormone problems in one simple place. Get 34% off for March only! Save big on BiOptimizers supplements, including my favorites—digestive enzymes, probiotics, and magnesium. Use code BIOHACKINGBRITTANY for an exclusive discount!   Resources: Get $100 off(!) my new preconception health course by joining my waitlist today. Only those on the waitlist will have access to this limited-time offer.   Try my Hormone Balancing Chocolate recipe! It's delicious and your body and hormones will thank you. My Amazon storefront Kathleen Harmeston's website and LinkedIn Let's Connect: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Shop my favorite health products Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts  

Stephanie Karzon Abrams is a clinical pharmacologist by education, a researcher, educator, and consultant, guiding start up brands and organizations in the wellness and psychedelic space. Steph is also the Co-Founder of Mt. Mushmore and the Co-Founder of the music label Public Secret. During this ep, we discuss: - How psilocybin can potentially help with chronic headaches - Legal psychoactive plants and flowers like Blue Lotus - Chinese herbs and flower blends for regulating women's hormones - Psychedelic Communities - Ancient Egypt  ***Take 15% off your MudWtr order with coupon code "TRIPONTHIS" at http://mudwtr.com Enjoying Trip On This? Donate on Venmo, CashApp or PayPal! https://linktr.ee/triponthis Check out the new items in the TRIP ON THIS Shop!   https://www.etsy.com/shop/TripOnThisPod Stephanie Karzon Abrams Info: IG: http://www.instagram.com/steph__k LinkedIn: Stephanie Karzon Abrams Mt Mushmore Info: http://www.instagram.com/mtmushmore http://www.mountmushmore.com Grow@mountmushmore.com Mycelium Effect - Wellness & Psychedelic Company Consulting: https://myceliumeffect.com/ s@myceliumeffect.com Public Secret Music Label: http://www.instagram.com/public.secret www.publicsecretmusic.com Supplements / Herbs discussed: https://www.craneherb.com/shared/products/product.aspx?id=9354 *please consult a specialist before using Steph's Functional Medicine Specialist: https://www.mariavillella.com/ Numinus: https://numinus.com/ The Microdosing Collective: https://www.microdosingcollective.org/ Trip On This Socials & Links: IG: http://www.instagram.com/lifewithkatwalsh TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@triponthispod FB: http://www.facebook.com/triponthispod TW: http://www.twitter.com/triponthis_pod Website: http://www.triponthispodcast.com  

Dr. Boman is joined today by, Nick Fransen, Licensed acupuncturist, Functional Medicine Specialist and owner of Privia Naturals, www.privianaturals.com! Together they discuss Nick's journey toward acupuncture and homeopathy.For over a decade he has helped people overcome their negative subconscious blocks,  improve their relationships and overcome past trauma.  Connect & learn more about the Nick Fransen:https://www.privianaturals.com/

How to unlock wellness?In this episode, Dr. Lara May shares her personal health struggles with IBS and chronic migraines, and how functional medicine and Reiki helped her find a lasting pathway to unlock wellness by considering both physical and energetic causes. She explains how stress and chemicals can cause inflammation in the body, leading to diseases, and shares her own experience of high-stress levels while working as a shift worker and studying pharmacy.Dr. May also talks about the relationship between our energetic world and physical body, and how they can impact our overall health. She discusses the importance of food in our health, the impact of genetically modified and chemically sprayed grains, and the importance of reducing carbohydrate intake for those with diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Dr. May also highlights the importance of awareness and willingness to change, and recommends seeking help from a practitioner to find tools that work for individual needs. In this episode discover: Functional medicine considers both physical and energetic causes of illness, while Western medicine often only treats symptoms. Our thoughts and beliefs create energetic vibrations that can affect the body, leading to illness, and being aware and willing to change can help reduce inflammation. the importance of food in our health and encourages sensitivity testing, mindfulness, and moderation in food choices for better overall well-being. About Dr. Lara MayDr. Lara May is an Advanced Practice Clinical Pharmacist that specializes in functional medicine and energy medicine. She has worked in emergency rooms and adult acute care for a decade, counseling nurses, doctors, patients & families about medication regimens and maximizing treatment outcomes. Due to her struggle with her own health, Lara started studying & practicing reiki & energy medicine in 2014. Her passion has since grown from “band-aid medicine” into empowering women to truly heal themselves on the physical, mental & spiritual levels. Now, as a Functional Medicine Specialist, Lara has expanded her coaching practice to encompass intuitive healing & functional medicine together. With the intention of empowering the healing of her clients on multiple levels to restore their health & happiness. Lara moved to Lake Tahoe after completing her residency in Clinical Pharmacotherapy in 2009, and in her spare time is an avid back-country athlete enjoying snowboarding, snowmobiling, hiking & trail running with her two hound dogs. https://drlaramay.com @drlaramay on all socials I really hope to connect with you personally so please send me a message here or join me in my Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/connectednesswithrevkaren. And in the meantime, enjoy the show!

On this episode we are joined by Dr. Kristina Telhami who is a Doctor of Pharmacy, Functional Medicine Specialist, and an Integrative Health Practitioner. She walks us through what her journey looked like to get where she is today, her battle with health conditions, supplementations versus pharmaceuticals and more!She chose a path less traveled in the holistic health space by becoming a Doctor of Pharmacy, but this has set her aside from many practitioners as she has extensive knowledge on pharmaceuticals and how to help clients come off them in a safe, effective way.

If you're a woman, especially if you're a mother, I want you to listen to this episode again because Dr. Jennifer Bourgeois will pour her heart and soul into you. There will be a lot of parallels between her story and yours. And at the conclusion of this episode, I want each of you to do something. So, functional medicine expert Dr. Jennifer Bourgeois is from STORRIE Institute™. She practices integrative medicine. She has more than 15 years of expertise in the health and wellness sector as a clinical pharmacist. She has two children. And this is so amazing, she has recently joined the American Institute of Stress as a fellow. Again, she realized the power of what is possible since she was a clinician going through her own health transformation with functional medicine. She also wanted to study more and obtain this further training in order to become a clinician and practitioner in this functional medicine arena.   Listen to this episode to find out why it's crucial!   “You are worthy to invest in yourself, you are worthy, and you're also capable of changing your life again.”    Keynotes You cannot correct an emotional wound. To get to the root of what's actually happening. Impact clients in this holistic approach. Step forward to learn how to become the best version of yourself. Allow yourself to learn. Dr. Jennifer Bourgeois is a Functional Medicine Specialist™ from  STORRIE™ Institute, Integrative Health Practitioner, Bestselling Author (Creating The Functional Medicine Revolution) and Clinical Pharmacist with over 15 years of experience in the health and wellness industry. She is a Fellow at American Institute of Stress. After experiencing her own health transformation using functional medicine, she decided to gain additional training to become a certified practitioner herself.    Dr. Jennifer is the Founder and CEO of Well & Free, LLC and the founder of the STRESSED MOM™ Transformation. Through her practice and programs, she is able to help women restore health and discover balance with a science meets soul approach.   SingleCare recognized Dr. Jennifer as the Best Pharmacist of 2021 for her commitment to service and excellence in the profession. She has been featured in Pharmacy Times, Drug Topics, Pharmacist Moms Blog, and numerous podcasts.   In addition to her professional roles, Dr. Jennifer is the founder of a non-profit, A New View, that recycles and repurposes used eyeglasses. She founded her non-profit in honor of her oldest daughter, who was diagnosed with strabismus and other vision impairments at the age of one. A New View has given over 3,000 eyeglasses to people in need.   Dr. Jennifer is a devoted wife and mother who is passionate about wellness and her faith. She loves traveling, volunteering, and the freedom that comes along with entrepreneurship.    As a high-achieving working mom herself, she knows first-hand how essential emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing are for living a vibrant life. Dr. Jennifer is on a mission to serve busy and over-scheduled moms to help create balance through a body, mind, and soul care approach.   Connect with Dr. Jennifer Bourgeois    https://www.drjenbourgeois.com/  Email: drjenbourgeois@gmail.com  IG: https://www.instagram.com/drjenbourgeois/  LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjenbourgeois/  FB: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.bourgeois.35    Connect with Dr. Christine Manukyan  www.drchristinemanukyan.com  Email: drchristine@storrie.co  LI https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-christine-manukyan/ IG https://www.instagram.com/dr.christine.manukyan/ FB https://www.facebook.com/drchristinemanukyan   Connect with STORRIE Institute™  www.storrieinstitute.com  Email: info@storrieinstitute.com  IG: https://www.instagram.com/storrie.institute/  FB: https://www.facebook.com/Storrie-Institute-104893301977544  Join our Facebook community  https://www.facebook.com/groups/functionalmedicinebusinesscoaching 

I've been intrigued by functional medicine for years but never knew exactly what it was. Learn from a functional medicine expert what this more holistic approach to understanding and solving pain is and how it might be just what you're looking for. Dr. Lara May, PharmD is an Advanced Practice Clinical Pharmacist that specialized in functional medicine and energy medicine. She has worked in emergency rooms and adult acute care for a decade, counseling nurses, doctors, patients & families about medication regimens and maximizing treatment outcomes. Lara started studying & practicing reiki & energy medicine in 2014. Her passion has since grown from “band-aid medicine” into empowering women to truly heal themselves on the physical, mental & spiritual levels. Now, as a Functional Medicine Specialist, Lara has expanded her coaching practice to encompass intuitive healing & functional medicine together. With the intention of empowering the healing of her clients on multiple levels to restore their health & happiness. Find Dr. Lara May here: drlaramay.com drlaramay.com/sessions drlaramay.com/program

Dr. Lisette Alba is a Functional Medicine Specialist, Mindset Coach, Essential Oils Educator and best-selling author. She is a dedicated wife and mother of two girls.  Dr. Lisette earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Nova Southeastern University, May of 2008, in sunny South Florida where she was born and raised. Prior to entering the world of Functional Medicine and launching her own practice, Holistic Simple Living, she spent 13 years working as a Community and Clinical Pharmacist with various leadership roles.  Dr. Lisette is currently working on becoming a Certified Yoga Teacher. During her battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis, she discovered the healing benefits that yoga and meditation provide for the body and mind.  She wishes to share her knowledge and the therapeutic effects of yoga with her clients. In addition to yoga, she enjoys walking, dancing, going on vacations with her family to explore different cities, and going to the beach.  After struggling with her own health challenges with autoimmune disease and reclaiming control of her health without medications, she found her calling to empower other women to regain control of their life and health by using a simple holistic approach. Dr. Lisette specializes in educating stressed out women to change their mindset, manage stress and achieve optimal health by implementing holistic lifestyle changes which help them create their ideal life. The Episode Rundown:  ✨ NAVIGATING UNKNOWN HEALTH CHALLENGES ✨ SUPPORTING YOURSELF THROUGH HARD SEASONS ✨ HEALING FROM WITHIN ✨ LISTENING TO YOUR BODY ✨ MAKING THE CHOICE TO SEEK HELP & HEALING + SO MUCH MORE! ➡️ FOLLOW THE NEW CREATED WORTHY INSTAGRAM + FACEBOOK PAGES ⬅️ Creative Processing Defined: Activating your creative mind to process a certain intention. If anything we talked about in this episode connected with you, I would love to hear about it! Please leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review so I can see it! ALSO, share it with someone else! Sharing is caring, you know…  CONNECT WITH DR. LISETTE: Dr. Lisette's IG: @dr.lisettealba  90 Day Transformation Program Dr. Lisette's Website CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Direct Website: www.damrellcreativeco.com Danielle's Personal Instagram: @danielledamrell Creative Collective Instagram: @DamrellCreativeCollective Creative Collective Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/damrellcreativeco Join the Created Worthy Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/createdworthycommunity/ To inquire about becoming a leader and admin to help build and strengthen this community, please email me at:  Danielle@damrellcreativeco.com If you feel called to help support the mission of this show, there are a few easy ways that you can help!

Welcome back to the Becoming Ageless podcast where we have conversations about WHOLE HEALTH for naturally increasing healthspan and decreasing biological age. I'm your host, Robynn Lin Fredericks and I believe in living and BEING Ageless! When talking Healthspan, we are talking about individuals being able to age in good health without chronic diseases or disability. And If you follow this podcast, you know that I strongly believe that achieving a long healthspan is like putting together a complicated jigsaw puzzle! There are many pieces, with various shapes and colors. Some of the those pieces are obvious to the final picture, while others are not so obvious, but nonetheless, still important to the overall image. It's my goal that we uncover them all to help YOU put together the beautiful masterpiece of a long healthy, vibrant, and passionate life! Today, we are talking about SLEEP. The National Institute of Medicine cites, that “Healthy sleep quality was associated with a reduced risk of premature end of healthspan, suggesting healthy sleep behavior may extend healthspan.” And according to the Institute of Medicine, 50-70 million US adults have a sleeping disorder, with 40% of people aged 40 to 59, which is our main listener group, reporting that they are getting less than recommended amounts of sleep, which is 7-9 hours. 75-90% of insomnia sufferers have an increased risk of medical disorders including heart disease, stroke, asthma, COPD, cancer, arthritis, depression, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and even premature skin aging. 9 million Americans take prescription drugs to help them fall asleep, with China being the most sleep medicated country in the world. The frequency of sleep med use is associated with higher mortality rate and a 35% higher chance of developing cancer. Sleep deprivation is a chronic issue in our world, perhaps more now than ever before, and obviously, from the statistics I just mentioned, it affects our health and wellbeing. So my hope today is that we can delve into this subject and talk about things that we can do. My guest today is Dr. Nirusa Kumaran. She is the Founder and Medical Director of the Elemental Health Clinic in London, she is a practicing NHS and Private GP, Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician and Functional Medicine Specialist. She's passionate about holistic, integrative and patient centered care with specialties in Gut health, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Bio-energetics. Dr. Kumaran faced both her own challenges of burnout and digestive issues as well as her own daughter, at just 5 weeks old, suffering from severe eczema and multiple food allergies, which took her down the road of searching for root causes, which ultimately led her to Functional Medicine. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/becoming-ageless/message

On today's episode I sit down with Dr. Lisette Alba and we discuss all things: ·      What is a HTMA test ·      Why is it beneficial to get one done Dr. Lisette M. Alba is a Pharmacist, a certified Functional Medicine Specialist, Mindset coach, and Essential oils educator. She is a wife and a mother of two daughters. Prior to starting her own practice, she spent 13 years working as a Community and Clinical Pharmacist with various leadership roles.  After coping with her own health challenges with autoimmune disease, she found her calling to empower other women to change their mindset and regain control of their life and health by using a holistic approach. With this episode, Dr. Lisette talks about her journey with essential oils and how it creates a big impact towards her life. If you want to know more about Dr. Lisette Alba, just check the links below! Website Link: www.drlisettealba.com  Instagram: www.Instagram.com/dr.lisettealba Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dr.lisettealba LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlisettealba

Our guest, Joya Van Der Laan is a Family Nurse Practitioner, a Functional Medicine Specialist, and an autism mom.  She is joining us this week to discuss helping parents of autistic children.  She discusses three main areas that all parents can focus on: 1. Food as medicine (can be helpful or hurtful) 2. Targeted, individualized, and Intentional supplementation  3. Knowledge and curiosity is key  She also points parents toward many free resources!

In episode 35, I sit down with Dr. Stephanie Canestraro, chiropractor and owner of the Vagus Clinic, which specializes in the Vagus Nerve and the gut-brain connection. In this episode Dr. Stephanie Canestraro explains what Lyme Disease is, signs and symptoms to look for and how to manage symptoms. She also discuss the lymphatic system, how to support the immune system (and not overly “boost” it) and of course she breaks down understanding the Vagus Nerve, vagal tone and how it impacts your overall health. You can watch the video version here on my Youtube Channel! You can follow Dr. Stephanie Canestraro on IG here! Be sure to follow my Instagram @briannadiorio for all the Brianna Approved educational content! You can visit my website www.briannadiorio.com for more information on services. Production Manager and Graphics @kylediorio

My next Turquoise Talks guest is Kasey Bordas. She is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Functional Medicine Specialist, as well as a Certified Master Clinical Herbalist. In this episode, we discuss what holistic living is and a few simple steps you can take today to incorporate small changes into your routine that could make a big difference in your life.   You can learn more about Kasey and her practice by visiting her website www.HolisticFamilyWellness.net and following her on Facebook @HolisticFamilyWellness and Instagram @KaseyBordas.   Books and apps mentioned in this episode: Fit for Life by Harvey & Marilyn Diamond Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud & John Townsend Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist Headspace: Mindful Meditation app MyFitnessPal app EWG's Healthy Living app   Connect with me on your favorite social media platform Instagram: www.instagram.com/martine31williams Facebook: facebook.com/martinenwilliams   Join the Mompreneur Life Remixed FB Community: HERE   Book your Burnout to Breakthrough call with Martine: HERE   Be sure to follow this podcast to automatically receive your episodes!!!   Hey!! Send me a DM on IG and tell me what you think about the show!   Believing in YOU always! Martine

Eliminate Stress, Burnout & Drama: Get your energy & your life back Guest, Heather Clark with Janet M. Reynolds, Host of Insight with Blue Feather on WGSN-DB Going Solo Network, Radio, TV & Podcasts - #1 Internet Singles Talk Network (www.goingsolomedia.com)A bit about Heather Clark...Founder, Functional Medicine Specialist of Vibrant Again! Heather is from Kansas City, Missouri Area and at Vibrant she has developed a specialized adrenal-based program that treats the root of chronic health issues and helps restore balance within the body. She evaluates the four core body systems—hormonal, digestive, detoxification and neurotransmitters—to identify the effects of chronic stress that impact daily quality of life. Their patient-focused approach is based on the proven practice of functional medicine. This integrates nutrition, lifestyle and restorative therapies to safely create lasting wellness in the shortest amount of time.About...When was the last time you felt alive? I don't mean able to get out of bed alive...I mean bursting with energy and can't wait to start the day ALIVE?I know what it's like to feel badly, and I've spent too much time feeling tired, unhealthy and 'blah'. Unfortunately, my experiences with traditional medicine and treatment suggestions did precious little to change my reality. It wasn't until I learned about adrenal-based recovery programs that I was able to re-balance my system and reclaim my life.I started Vibrant because I am passionate about developing programs that foster health and vitality. I work cooperatively with clients to create a strategic plan that is specific to their circumstance, comfort level and goals. A certified Functional Medical Specialist and a pharmacist by training, I have 15 years of clinical experience in acute care, long-term care, and retail pharmacy. I bring the best of both worlds to my clients; I am an expert in traditional medicine and the only certified provider in the Kansas City/Overland Park area of an adrenal-based treatment program .I work best with clients who know they want to feel better but are not sure of their next step. They are willing to invest in their own health, trust my guidance and will take proactive steps toward their established goal. They understand that recovering their life takes more than the promise of a magic pill, and they are ready for change.I encourage anyone who longs for a vibrant, energized and healthy life to contact me to get started.SPECIALTIES:Adrenal fatigue, weight loss, fatigue, corporate health, holistic care, functional medicine, holistic medicine, work life balance, stress relief, expert speaker, presenter, educational speaker, workshop facilitator, nutrition expert, supplements, healthy lifestyle, workplace wellness programs, health and wellness, wellness coaching, natural wellness, dietary plans, weight management, wellness support, dietary coach, holistic health care. Contact Heather Clark...drclark@vibrantagain.com913.608.4325www.VibrantAgain.com

Dr. Juanita Bukenya graduated from the University of Florida in Florida with a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) degree and a Master of Science in Medication Therapy Management (MTM). She is also an Integrative Health Practitioner and Functional Medicine Health Coach. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor: Career Coach at the University of Florida where she provides career development guidance to individual students as they progress through the Pharm.D program.As an MTM pharmacist, she conducts private consultations with her clientele to help them better understand the purpose of their medications. To appropriately use them to curb adverse drug reactions, reduce medication risks, and identify ways to decrease medications costs. As an Integrative Health Practitioner and Functional Medicine Specialist, she is committed to helping women on the menopause journey naturally balance their hormones and find relief from the significant menopause symptoms, thereby optimizing their true potential.Using healthy lifestyle habits that are scientific-based and unique to their lifestyle, she works to improve women's health and wellbeing with a personalized plan through education, encouragement, accountability, and support. Email: juanita@drjuanitabukenyarx.com Instagram: @drjuanitabukenyaSource: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/dr-juanita-bukenya-functional-medicine-health-coach-mark-stephen-pooler

Today, Dr. Gandhi welcomes Integrative and Functional Medicine Specialist, as well as, Allergy and Immunologist, Dr. Heather Moday. She is also the owner and Medical Director of The Moday Center for Functional Medicine in Philadelphia. Her focus is on empowering people through education, and offering comprehensive lifestyle programs through her center, which focuses on reversing chronic disease, as well as creating optimum wellness. https://modaycenter.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theimmunitymd/ https://www.facebook.com/modaycenter215/

This is a fascinating discussion with Naturopath Dr. Stephen Cabral. We touch on many interesting subjects, and some fascinating products too, several I had never heard of.-How to get super clean drinking water in your house without spending a fortune-Detoxifying your environment-Great tips on personal health testingAnd lots more. Dr. Cabral is knowledgable and interesting to talk to, you'll pick up a bunch of great health tips in this interview!Dr. of Naturopathy, Ayurvedic and Functional Medicine Specialist, Author of the International Best-Selling Book, The Rain Barrel Effect Dr. Stephen Cabral developed his passion for health & wellness after going through severe health complications at the age of 17. He saw over 50 different doctors, tried over 100 different treatment protocols, but still saw no hope of recovery. It wasn't until he met an “alternative” health doctor, who explained where his health complications came from and how he could become well again, that he began his recovery process. He went on to become a board certified doctor of Naturopathy.See all show notes and links at https://blog.dirobi.comThis show is for informational purposes only. None of the information in this podcast should be construed as dispensing medical advice. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Cortney Goodstadt spent over 20 years as a doctor in physical therapy. When she started having health issues of her own, she followed the traditional medicine route of running to specialist and specialist to treat her symptoms. Unable to get results and frustrated by not have a medical professional being able to take a holistic view of her condition, she started a different path and almost immediately saw results for herself and then her clients.  Cortney studied to become a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, and with the increased success of being able to help her patients, she is continuing her studies to be a Functional Medicine Specialist.  In our conversation, we discuss the broken traditional medicine model that needs to be fixed. Other highlights include: ·        Taking care of the immune system is the whole-body approach. ·        Stress weakens the immune system. ·        Approaches to building your immune system. ·        Accept that we can be uncomfortable with being still and quiet. ·        Vaccinated or not, one still needs to build their immune system. Enjoy the show!  Connect with Cortney:  Website: https://www.cgoodwellness.com/  Instagram: CGoodwellness  Facebook: CGoodwellness   Connect with Brian: Website: thebeardedphilosopher.com and biohackyour.life Facebook: @Nutregenomicnation Instagram: @therealbeardedphilosopher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Kyrin Dunston is a Board Certified OBGYN and Functional Medicine Specialist, host of Stop the Menopause Madness Summit and author of Cracking the Bikini Code: 6 Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss Success. In this interview she discusses her all-natural journey to losing 100 pounds and healing from anxiety, depression, chronic exhaustion, IBS and fibromyalgia. She outlines how to sustainably recover from poor mental health and reveals the most common causes of mental health symptoms, with a focus on hormonal imbalances. She explains that by treating mental and physical health simultaneously, we can not only heal, but truly thrive.

Dr. Lisette M. Alba is a Pharmacist, a certified Functional Medicine Specialist, Mindset coach, and Essential oils educator. She is a wife and a mother of two daughters. Prior to starting her own practice, she spent 13 years working as a Community and Clinical Pharmacist with various leadership roles. After coping with her own health challenges with autoimmune disease, she found her calling to empower other women to change their mindset and regain control of their life and health by using a holistic approach. In this episode, Dr. Lisette talks about her journey with essential oils and how it creates a big impact on her life.   If you want to know more about Dr. Lisette Alba, just check the links below!   Website Link: www.drlisettealba.com  Instagram: www.Instagram.com/dr.lisettealba Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dr.lisettealba LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlisettealba   “A little drop goes a long way” Dr. Lisette Alba's journey with essential oils Incorporating essential oils in daily routine  Taking control of your life 

Hi,I’ve decided to launch a Webworm podcast, and I wanted you to be the first to know about it.God, how many times that phrase been uttered: “I’ve decided to launch a podcast.” Good Lord.Okay — so let me explain the “Episode 5” thing. When Webworm started, I experimented with four podcast episodes last year. I’ll list those at the end, as they’re all available along with today’s episode.But as of today I formally, officially and excitedly launch the audio component to Webworm! I’m going to use it to complement the written content here when it feels appropriate. When it feels exciting. When it feels — not to get too pretentious — worthy.And so I did a long read of Jez Brown’s heartfelt, horrifying and somehow hilarious essay on having Long Covid. I wanted to see how it would be in audio form. I want Jez’s story to have fresh legs, so people can listen in their cars or while they clean the house. It’s an experiment, and I want to see how you feel about it. You can listen to this episode in this email — it’s embedded in this newsletter — or you should be able to find it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.I’ve been enjoying Armchaired and Dangerous so much with Dax and Monica (see below for details of our upcoming live show), so I figure Webworm can have a little podcast life, too. As a subscriber you will always get it in your inbox first.An extra thanks to paying subscribers (seriously, dear God, thank you!) who give me the resources and time to build this thing.I’d love to take your feedback in the comments below. Webworm will always be a written thing — I want you to be able to read it on your phone while you’re in bed or on the bus or at the beach — but I figure audio will be fun to play with. Some stories and interviews may even work better in audio form.Here are the previous episodes from last year:Episode #1: a week of conspiratorial madnessEpisode #2: The Sloppy Nonsense of conspiracy theoriesEpisode #3: “Make up something fucking new, so that I can actually give a shit!”Episode #4: I love The Boys because it features a psychopath with strong hints of TrumpSo welcome to the Webworm podcast. Big thanks to Aaron Short for doing the theme music. You’re great and your love of dogs is eternal and awesome.Armchaired and Dangerous: LiveWhile we’re talking podcasts — we’re doing a live Armchaired and Dangerous in Salt Lake City on Thursday September 16th. Tickets go on sale tomorrow. You’ll be able to get them here.Dax, Monica and I will see you then, Utah!And if you’re in LA on Sunday August 22nd, I’ll be making a brief appearance on stage with Chuck Tingle at his show. You can find details here. It’s sort of a secret that I am popping up, but I am telling you because I want to. If you’re in LA come say hi! Keep it a secret, okay!An update on Dr Dan - and some some reader feedbackEarlier this week I wrote about Dr Dan, a medical professional who since January has been talking a lot about hydrogen peroxide, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as potential Covid treatments on his Facebook and Instagram pages.He also looked nearly identical to Jason Schwartzman which is kinda cool.After that piece — his Facebook account already disabled — he shut down his Instagram account as well:As I mentioned in my piece, I wrote to the New Zealand Medical Council enquiring about the statements and studies he’d posted on his social media.They sent back this comment, attributed to Dr Curtis Walker, Chair, Medical Council of New Zealand:Council takes it very seriously when it becomes aware of any doctor who spreads medical misinformation, which includes anti-vaccination messages. Council notes that the information is no longer publicly available on Dr Quistorff’s social media platforms.The Medical Council recognises that the expert medical advice and scientific evidence strongly support that the COVID-19 vaccination is safe, effective, and necessary to overcome the global pandemic.Our role is to protect public safety and for that reason we have released a joint statement alongside the Dental and Paramedic Councils expectations of doctors, dentists and paramedics. As regulators we respect an individual’s right to have their own opinions, but it is our view that there is no place for anti-vaccination messages in professional health practice, nor any promotion of anti-vaccination claims including on social media and advertising by health practitioners: Expectations for COVID-19 vaccination released for doctors and dentists.I’d note that at no time did I observe this doctor spreading specific anti-vaccination messages. For all I know, he’s very pro-vaxx in person— and some of his patients wrote to me telling me as much. I choose to trust them.I would note however that talking at length about alternate Covid treatments on social media can act as muddying the water in regards to the very clear message to “get vaccinated”. In simply sharing “fresh research” (that’s a favourable take) of alternative Covid treatments willy nilly, Dr Dan may well have been unwittingly aiding the anti-vaxx movement:And reading comments online about my piece, you can sort of see the ripple effect Dr Dan’s posts can have:I’d argue “looking outside the square of vaccines” isn’t a great train of thought during a pandemic, when we are trying to get people vaccinated. The square is a very good place to be. Insults kept flying in on my social media. Some of my favourites:This “expose” is a cheap shot smear piecePerhaps you should stick to actingWhat are your credentials in investigative reporting anyway?With that in mind, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz has just written a really great piece summing up the issues with ivermectin. Gideon’s an epidemiologist working in chronic disease in Sydney, Australia — and he talks about ivermectin at length on his Twitter. Ivermectin was the latest alternate Covid treatment Dr Dan was posting about, before he took his accounts offline. After I mentioned it in my newsletter, and on social media, I got plenty of comments endlessly going on about how it’s a valid treatment and to leave the poor doctor alone.Which is why I wanted to share Gideon’s piece: Ivermectin for Covid-19 — An UpdateIvermectin is a horse dewormer and anti-parasitic medication that has been promoted across the world for the treatment of Covid-19. It has been in the news a lot recently, because a large portion of the evidence-base for the drug appears to have been based on fraudulent research, which as scientific rigor goes is usually considered to be a bit of an issue.But we’ve held out hope that the drug works for Covid-19, because despite the foundations of the research being cracked, there were still a number of positive trials and some of them were really well-done. Yes, fraud is bad, but we can’t throw the baby out with the bathwater just because one study may never have happened at all.Until today. The results from a very large new study were just released, showing absolutely no benefit for ivermectin when compared to a placebo pill. It now seems depressingly likely that ivermectin is probably not useful for treating Covid-19.You can read his whole piece here, but basically:This trial has already demonstrated that hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir are unlikely to be beneficial treatments for people with Covid-19 in outpatient settings, and because of the hype around ivermectin had included the drug in a treatment arm to see if it worked. The results from this part of the trial, including over 1,300 patients, were released in summary form late this afternoon.They showed no benefit for ivermectin in the treatment of Covid-19. None whatsoever.It’s a bit like when Dr Dan posted about hydroxychloroquine in June. Despite clinical trials confirming hydroxychloroquine didn’t prevent illness or death from Covid 19 — his post remained up. As did his posts about hydrogen peroxide and ivermectin.Until he took all his accounts offline this week after my piece. And that, in my opinion, is a good thing. Because people trust doctors, and some of those visiting his page would trust the (not defunct) information he’d posted.Some reader feedback: Thanks to all of you for reading the piece, and thanks for the doctor and medical student who also got in touch. They agreed to let me publish their emails as long as I didn’t identify them. For that reason, I’ve changed their names.E-mail #1: Dr. “Sarah”“I am a doctor. I just started my specialist training in palliative care, but up until now have spent a lot of time rotating around various medical specialties in the hospital.Reading your newsletter made me say “oh no no no no no no”. The ivermectin thing has been bizarre. I suggest you look into Brett Weinstein — a smart but flawed guy who is using a big podcast platform to promote very inaccurate and skewed statistics around the same topic. He is very vaccine hesitant.I just want to say after listening to the Armchaired and Dangerous episode about medicine and reading this, that I feel a bit sad about your distrust of our profession. I can understand it though — your experiences have been bizarre. But just know that the Dr Dans are such a small proportion of us. Actually there are so many thousands or millions of us just constantly trying to make an assessment of recent data and interpret its value while balancing it against the patients’ expectations, and everyone I know in this job is just motivated to help people. This guy is definitely misrepresenting his profession, but being an “Integrative and Functional Medicine Specialist” is already a red flag.It’s worth also noting that everyone I know who is a doctor is anxiety-ridden.Ultimately, we are just a bunch of humans so we get things wrong a lot, and sometimes when I don’t think things through properly or carefully enough, my patients can have bad things happen to them or can die. That’s an insane amount of pressure. But everyone I’ve met has just been a good person trying their best to get their patients to feel better while the healthcare system falls apart around us.Absolutely love your work. For whatever reason just felt compelled today to add my thoughts. It would be great if this guy could face some consequences of his idiotic views.”“It’s worth also noting that everyone I know who is a doctor is anxiety-ridden.”E-mail #2: Medical student “Adam”“I’m a medical student and over the past few years I’ve been placed in various medical specialities to learn about them. Unfortunately, I’m not surprised to learn about Dr Dan because there are lots of Dr Dans around. Most of them are just aren’t on social media. On one of my placements I had two separate doctors tell me and the other students that we should take ivermectin instead of getting the vaccine. One of them would regularly bring alternative articles/guidelines into the hospital to try and convince us.He actually had one of the other students really worried about the vaccine for a while, but once she learned more she did get the jab. I was also warned off getting the vaccine by both a surgeon and an oncologist. Both for alternative conspiracy type reasons. The number of conspiracy believing, anti-vaxx doctors is pretty scary. If the average member of the public was warned by multiple doctors not to get vaccinated I don’t think they would. And these were just the ones bold enough to push their views on the med students.To be clear — I’ve met a huge number of doctors and these ones are still a small minority among them. But enough that it’s concerning. It just goes to show that doctors aren’t immune to misinformation. We have the same mental circuitry as everyone else and we fall prey to the same tricks and mental traps.That said — I never heard any of them express these views to their patients, it’s just been talk among the other medical professionals and students. The fact that Dr Dan is publicly putting all of this out there on social media makes it a different situation. He’s not only influencing the people around him, but also anyone who stumbles across his instagram.”“It just goes to show that doctors aren’t immune to misinformation. We have the same mental circuitry as everyone else and we fall prey to the same tricks and mental traps.”Okay, David here again.I really appreciated hearing from those two — and hearing from all of you, too. A lot of you came forward with other stories and tips about this story, and others. Please know I have them all on file and hope to follow them up. You can always reach me in the comments, or if it’s something more confidential you can get me at davidfarrier@protonmail.com. You can contact me there with any information you have about any story, for that matter. A bunch of non-Webworm readers also found my social media and wrote to tell me off for “cancelling” a doctor. To those people: I haven’t cancelled a doctor. A doctor very publicly posted a bunch of stuff, and I wrote some context around that stuff. I’m okay with that.And with all that in mind — let me know what you think of the podcast and what sorts of things you’d like to hear in the comments below. I’ll most likely just chase my gut, but I’d really like your input.Yours, David. Get full access to Webworm with David Farrier at www.webworm.co/subscribe

Dr. Emily Saparito is a clinical pharmacist, Functional Medicine Specialist, wife, and mother of three. Before becoming an entrepreneur, she spent 8 years working as a Community Pharmacist in various leadership roles. During her professional career, she discovered her empathy for sufferers of eczema, allergies, and asthma as she was an overwhelmed mom trying to take care of her daughter's eczema. In today's episode, she will share her journey towards finding her true calling and being the voice for other community pharmacists who might be feeling stuck in their own space. To connect with her, visit her website at dremilysaparito.com and Instagram @dr.emilysaparito   “When we know better, we do better”   Our story becomes our super power There's always a better way to do something, don't ever feel like you're stuck Helping children suffering with eczema, allergies, and asthma    

Nancy Guberti, M.S., C.N., detects critical health conditions before they strike & for people who have critical health conditions then she guides them on a path to reach wellness. She is a Functional Medicine Specialist, Nutritionist, Motivational Speaker, and passionate to empower others to become their health advocate. * She is the founder of Total Wellness Empowerment Monthly Membership, Total Wellness Empowerment Podcast, Look and Feel Great Method: 9 Steps to a Healthier You, and Raising Achievers & Givers: Positively Powerful Parent program. Recognized as a thought leader, Nancy shares her expertise on numerous media outlets, through her corporate wellness programs, her private practice and teaching practitioners for Deseret Biologicals, a leader in the field of Integrative Medicine, as she believes awareness will empower others to take charge of their health! * * You can find Nancy Here: * Website: https://nancy@nancyguberti.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancyguberti/ * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyGubertiNG/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaS5U0wRI7YJoubZYxlq6w * Pintrest:

Nancy Guberti, M.S., C.N., detects critical health conditions before they strike & for people who have critical health conditions then she guides them on a path to reach wellness. She is a Functional Medicine Specialist, Nutritionist, Motivational Speaker, and passionate to empower others to become their health advocate. * She is the founder of Total Wellness Empowerment Monthly Membership, Total Wellness Empowerment Podcast, Look and Feel Great Method: 9 Steps to a Healthier You, and Raising Achievers & Givers: Positively Powerful Parent program. Recognized as a thought leader, Nancy shares her expertise on numerous media outlets, through her corporate wellness programs, her private practice and teaching practitioners for Deseret Biologicals, a leader in the field of Integrative Medicine, as she believes awareness will empower others to take charge of their health! * * You can find Nancy Here: * Website: https://nancy@nancyguberti.com/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancyguberti/ * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyGubertiNG/ * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOaS5U0wRI7YJoubZYxlq6w * Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/nancyguberti/_created/ * * Book Suggestion: * Positive Thinking Everyday - https://amzn.to/3vgtfkH * Podcast Suggestions: * Breakthrough Success * * You can buy me a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pozapoze * * If you like the streaming platform that I am using called StreamYard use the link below to sign up with and receive a $10 credit when you spend your first $25 on an upgraded account. I will get a credit as well and that of course will help the show. * StreamYard Affiliate Link: https://streamyard.com?pal=5045291231739904 * * Live-Stream Replay Locations: * Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/608082120110238/videos/792976421620806 * YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/DG3Ki6FbC3A * Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ynJOBAnAmzGR * * Here is where you can find Sean Dustin: * Website: https://nowheretogobutuppod.com/ * Linktree: * https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup * CLUBHOUSE: @seandustin * To support the show through Patreon: * https://www.patreon.com/user?u=19859993 * You can also tip me through PayPal: * www.paypal.com * recipient: nowheretogobutupnow@gmail.com * The Cash App: * https://cash.app/ * Recipient: $nwtgbupod * Show Notes Writer: Sean Dustin * *  

"What do I do about having no sex drive?" asked Jessica from Facebook. Here with our answer is Dr. Kyrin Dunston, Board Certified OBGYN and Functional Medicine Specialist. This is a question Dr. Kryin hears ALL the time. Tune in to hear her definitive answer where she breaks down WHY this is happening and WHAT you can do about it. For more from Dr. Kryin Dunston, check out her FREE Diet Deceptive Dozen report at bit.ly/DietDozen.

"I'm 40, why does my body feel so broken?" asks Leigh during a consultation. Here to answer is Dr. Kyrin Dunston, Board Certified OBGYN and Functional Medicine Specialist. In her answer, Dr. Kyrin explains the biology of what is happening as we age into our 40s. Listen to the full answer where she breaks down the hormonal details of why this is happening, and the action you can take to get your body back to where you want it. For more from Dr. Kryin Dunston, check out her FREE Diet Deceptive Dozen report at bit.ly/DietDozen.

"My OB told me that bioidentical hormones don't work. Is that true?" asks Brenda from Instagram. Here with our answer is Dr. Kyrin Dunston, Board Certified OBGYN and Functional Medicine Specialist. According to Dr. Kyrin, this is a common and dangerous misconception. Tune in to hear the full answer where she breaks down the importance and utility of bioidentical hormones. For more from Dr. Kryin Dunston, check out her FREE Diet Deceptive Dozen report at bit.ly/DietDozen.

"Can I have a healthy menopause without hormone replacements?" asks Michelle from Facebook. Here to answer is Dr. Kyrin Dunston, Board Certified OBGYN and Functional Medicine Specialist. Great question! In Dr. Kryin's answer, she tells us the story of her clinical experience with hormone replacements. Tune in to hear her deconstruct some of the myths behind hormone replacements, and get to the truth of the issue. For more from Dr. Kryin Dunston, check out her FREE Diet Deceptive Dozen report at bit.ly/DietDozen.

"I am so confused about what to do for my health in menopause. Why is it so hard to know the right thing to do?" asks Tabatha from Instagram. Here with our answer is Dr. Kyrin Dunston, Board Certified OBGYN and Functional Medicine Specialist. According to Dr. Kyrin, this confusion is very common. In her answer, she shares with us her expertise and personal experience with menopause and lays out some clear advice on how to take control of your health in this transition. For more from Dr. Kryin Dunston, check out her FREE Diet Deceptive Dozen report at bit.ly/DietDozen.

If you have been following along the You Winning Life Podcast journey, you know that I'm a huge fan & advocate of Functional Medicine.  Functional medicine determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual. Whether you have a diagnosis attached to your name or not, you can discover the root cause of your symptoms and learn how you can start changing your story today.Dr. Kylie Burton, Doctorate of Chiropractic, Functional Medicine Specialist and host of the Beyond The Diagnosis Podcast,  joins me this week to discuss:Integrative nutrition TraumaWomen's health, pregnancy, and postpartum careand more..https://drkylieburton.comJason Wasser Therapist/CoachOnline Tele-Therapy & Coaching

Livehealthy editor Ann Marie McQueen interviews Dr Nasr Al Jafari, a functional medical specialist, about all things immunity, including looking past Covid-19, preparing for a Covid-19 vaccine, and why he's advising patients to take a supplement called NAD.

Have you ever thought of Essential Oils as plant medicine? Do you want to incorporate them into your Ayurvedic protocol? Good! In this episode, Dr. Satyavani interviews Dr. Heather Lowe, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Functional Medicine Specialist and Aromatherapy Practitioner, who shares with us great ways to incorporate these earth medicinals into our lives and how they can assist with a lot of common states of dis-ease.

Have you ever thought of Essential Oils as plant medicine? Do you want to incorporate them into your Ayurvedic protocol? Good! In this episode, Dr. Satyavani interviews Dr. Heather Lowe, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Functional Medicine Specialist and Aromatherapy Practitioner, who shares with us great ways to incorporate these earth medicinals into our lives and how they can assist with a lot of common states of dis-ease.

Are you worried about how to stay healthy and stay sexy during these uncertain times? Are you so stressed that you can't get your mind around having great sex, when you know it's one of the best stress relievers out there. Join us with Dr Julia Ward, Functional Medicine Specialist who has some great recommendations on staying healthy and sexy, to boost the immune system.

This week, Rabbi Rami speaks with Dr. Will Cole, a functional medicine practitioner based in Pittsburgh. He is the author of The Inflammation Spectrum: Find Your Food Triggers and Reset Your System. Despite how much Americans spend on health care, we don't rate high in health, happiness or longevity. Functional medicine, a newer approach that can complement traditional Western medicine, may be able to boost those ratings. In addition to spending a lot more time with patients than traditional doctors, functional medicine practitioners also aim to quantifying health with lab tests and optimize nutrition with lifestyle changes. “There is a difference between health span and life span,” Dr. Cole notes. The goal with functional medicine isn't just to increase life span but also to stretch that health span out, so our bodies do not give out long before the rest of us does. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Kimberly King joins Dr. Daniel Roney to discuss Diabetes. Dr. Roney is a Chiropractor and Functional Medicine Specialist at the Center for New Medicine in Irvine. Over 30 million people over the age of 18 in the United States have Diabetes- and 25% of those people don't know they have it! But there's good news- nowadays there are better treatment plans that can reverse it. Tune in to learn more!