Is following a specific diet without making other changes, enough to move the needle and get rid of your symptoms?

It depends.

What is actually happening when you remove certain inflammatory or trigger foods?

It definitely can have a positive effect… but is it enough?

Certain foods can heavily trigger inflammation, leaky gut, brain fog,  acid reflux, bloating, joint pain, sinus issues, and many other symptoms…

There are foods- like gluten- that will never be considered a part of a healthy gut-healing-friendly regimen (regular, non-organic, heavily sprayed wheat….)

We have to get rid of HIGHEST offenders, like gluten, because we have the facts on what they do to the system.

It literally rips holes in the lining of your intestines– yikes!

But what about all the other supposedly inflammatory foods? Dairy? Eggs? Sugar?

If your body is in an inflammatory state, you will likely react to MANY foods, even ones that most of us think of as healthy.

But in my experience, it’s not usually worth spending the money on a food sensitivity test, unless you REALLY want to get into it and spend the money.

We know they’re not always accurate and it totally depends on what you’re currently eating.

Food can move the needle a quite a bit, YES.

But it my question is, WHY are you reacting to food in the first place?

A healthy robust gut should be able to tolerate a wide range of foods.

So removing these foods for a long period of will leaving you feeling stuck, like you have to be restrictive forever. 

And I want more for you than that.

Focusing on removing HIGHLY processed foods with preservatives, chemicals, dyes, seed oils and ingredients you cannot pronounce; while focusing on a whole foods diet- food that is closest to how it grows in nature– can do so much to quell the inflammation.

If we want to achieve deeper healing, we have to address more of the underlying cause and bring in specific healing nutrients so the results arelong lasting.

We talk about these potential root causes in my Gut Rehab Masterclass. 
 
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I’m talking about the crucial nutrients the thyroid needs in order to work at the cellular level: selenium and iodine. Most of these nutrients are seriously lacking in the American diet- even if you are eating a relatively healthy one.

Iodine. The body needs this to make thyroid hormone- a critical building block of T4 and T3 (the numbers actually refer to how many iodine molecules are attached to the thyroid hormone). As of 2007, the World Health Organization estimated that 30% (2 billion) of the population have insufficient iodine intake and I would guess this number is actually higher because many of us are not at optimal levels.

During pregnancy, production of the thyroid hormone T4 doubles, causing an increase in daily iodine intake. Iodine deficient pregnant women cannot produce the thyroid hormones that are needed for proper neurological development of their growing babies, and are at high risk of giving birth to infants with cognitive impairment and learning delay. In studies, even a moderate iodine deficiency in a pregnant woman can lower her infant’s IQ from 8 to 16 points. This is also why so many women become hypothyroid after pregnancy- the body lacks the proper building blocks to even make hormones even more so than before pregnancy.

Iodine rich foods: sea vegetables (seaweed, kelp, dulse, kombu, wakame), cranberries, & navy beans. I recommend cooking grains like quinoa, rice & amaranth with a strip of kombu in it, which will allow the grains to soak up the minerals from the kombu.

Selenium. The thyroid contains more selenium than any other organ. It uses selenium and enzymes to convert the inactive T4 hormone to the cell-active T3 hormone; without selenium this process cannot happen and the thyroid hormone remains inactive (and you continue to not feel well). Selenium is also protective of the thyroid: hydrogen peroxide is generated by thyroid cells when making hormone and selenium protects the gland from oxidative damage cause by these reactions. Without sufficient selenium, destruction can occur to the gland’s cells.

This mineral is especially important if you have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Studies show that antibody levels can decrease just by adding a selenium supplement in 66% of patients, but it is estimated this number is actually higher the more antibodies you have (selenium assists thyroid conversion even more so when antibodies are very high).

Selenium rich foods: brazil nuts, yellowfin tuna, halibut, sardines, & grass-fed beef.

The easiest way to know you are getting enough of both of these nutrients is to supplement. Talk to your healthcare practitioner about the right dose and product for you.

Other helpful herbs for thyroid are: licorice, ashwagandha, lemon balm and motherwort.

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What causes this?

Numerous things cause mineral deficiency but I will highlight a few.

Poor digestion caused by:

– chronic “flight or fight” state of the body and an inability to enter “rest and digest” aka adrenal overdrive

– several months or more of an acid reducer like nexium, omeprazole, pantoprazole etc causing insufficient stomach acid to break down foods properly

– SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) where the bacteria consume nutrients and ferment as a byproduct causing gas & bloating

– Inflammatory foods disrupting the absorption process, this includes alcohol

– Poor gut motility

– Overexercise and/or poor recovery

Parasite Overgrowth which steal the nutrients

Leaky gut and food sensitivities

– aka inflammation

Poor diet/non-organic foods and grown in a nutrient depleted soil

Chronic loose bowel movements

Drinking Reverse Osmosis water without adding minerals back in

And more! How do you know if you’re mineral depleted? It isn’t always obvious- we recommend checking through Live Blood Analysis and further breaking down the specifics through HTMA (hair tissue mineral analysis).

If you only drink RO water I HIGHLY recommend adding back in fulvic or ionic minerals. Shilajit is a great product too- a resin found in Asia abundant in minerals. Fulvic minerals are typically the liquid form taken from Shilajit. This can be found in powder form and added to water and smoothies.

I personally drink RO water as I believe distilled has too much of a detoxifying effect for daily use and spring water is not clean anymore unfortunately (and can be acidic).

Hope this helps you on your health journey!

This is done in a precise order on the slide, in a precise angle from practitioner to patient and from practitioner to microscope & camera. This is crucial for accurate results.

In past decades it was found through thousands of samples that there are specific areas on the slide which represent areas of concern with in the body- for example: lymphatic, liver, colon, kidney, pancreas, overall digestion, nutrients/minerals, heavy metals, sinus/headache, and more.

This picture here tells us several things:

This person is very mineral deficient as

seen by the “spokes” radiating out from the center.

Also this person has a large amount of digestive inflammation as seen by the holes in the digestive center- if this is the 3rd droplet or beyond, it highly suggests the digestive inflammation is emotional in nature

Lastly, we can see that the bacteria balance in the digestive tract is off by the very dark areas, centered. This is most likely overgrowth of microbes (bacteria, yeast, pathogens) and lacking enough beneficial microbes.

The good news is that all of this has a correlating protocol and none of it has to be permanent! The terrain of the blood and the health of the cells are crucial to correct underlying imbalances. By clearing the junk and excess and nurturing the cells and organs, health can once again reign over the body.