Episode 154

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16th Nov 2023

154. Stop Toxins At The Source, And Truly Detoxify The Body

Stop Toxins At The Source, And Truly Detoxify The Body

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It's no surprise that as our world becomes more toxic due to the increased amount of man-made toxins being pumped into it, our bodies also become more toxic. We rely on the Earth for all of its resources, and without it we die. Therefore, we have no choice but to consume foods that are heavily sprayed with pesticides, insecticides, rodenticides, and herbicides. We sleep on mattresses that are sprayed with harsh chemicals such as flame retardants, that literally require you to off-gas them before using them. We consume fish that has dangerous levels of heavy metals, and last but not least, we hardly do anything to help our bodies get rid of these harsh toxins.

In today's episode, Evan is joined by Dr. Wendie Trubow. Dr. Wendie is a functional medicine gynecologist and toxin expert. With years of practice and first hand experience dealing with detoxifying the body, Dr. Wendie brings a high degree of knowledge to this episode. In today's episode, Evan and Dr. Wendie cover everything from what toxins we need to watch out for, where these toxins come from, how to help the body detoxify, and the interesting role that stress plays in the bodies detoxification process.

This is a must listen for everyone as we are all exposed to toxins on some level. Be sure as always to stay tuned to the end of the episode for the actionable steps, as well as a free gift from Dr.Wendie.

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This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.


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on everybody.

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Welcome.

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I Come to the elemental oven

And show this is your host evan

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roberts and On this show i break.

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break down health topics From a

holistic Perspective On today's

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episode We are joined By dr wendy

dr wendy He is a functional medicine

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Listen gynecologist And toxin.

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And Expert She's the coauthor Of the book.

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honestly I would love to just dive right

in and ask you what are the major Toxins

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that we should be looking out for that.

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We are most commonly exposed to

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Okay, so this is a huge

conversation, Evan, right?

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So I always think it's easy

to classify it into buckets.

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So there's the toxins that you get exposed

to when you put things in your mouth,

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your food, your alcohol, your water.

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Are you drinking that water from

single use plastic water bottles?

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Are you eating food that's not organic?

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All the things you put into your

body deliberately, that's one bucket.

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One bucket is all the stuff you put

on your body, your hair product, your

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shampoo, do you dye your hair, do

you use something on your face, do

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you use makeup, do you do something

to, to take off hair, uh, all the

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things that are, that are essentially

touching your skin because your skin

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is your largest organ and it absorbs.

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And then that third bucket

is all the other stuff.

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That is, do you drive

a gasoline powered car?

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Do you drive, do you sit in any car?

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Because there's 10, 000 chemicals

in that, including flame retardants,

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uh, endocrine disrupting chemicals.

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Formaldehyde, that's the stuff they

preserve you with when you're dead.

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You know, you don't need

that when you're alive.

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It's things like flame retardants.

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It's things like gasoline fumes.

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Uh, dry cleaning your clothes.

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If you put on makeup or nail

polish, the chemicals in that.

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If you're sitting on the vegan chair

like I am, vegan chairs are plastic.

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Plastic is endocrine disrupting.

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So there's three separate

buckets that you get exposed to.

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And essentially, you want to start

to take a step back and go, Okay,

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well, what can I impact today?

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You can't impact all of it every day.

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What can you impact today?

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right, right?

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Yeah, that's actually Coming

into this conversation.

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I was definitely mainly thinking about

what we're eating and consuming obviously

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But being in a car, that's a really

interesting topic So and something

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that makes a lot of sense now that you

mention it, but it wasn't something

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that originally came to my mind.

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So I know, ignorance is bliss.

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heh heh, it really is, right now

I'm gonna sit in my car and have

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all of it going through my head.

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No, I recommend filtering in the

air, filter the air in your car.

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You can do it.

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Actually, not the air filter that

they change out when you go to

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Jiffy Lube and they show you how

black it is and you're like, Oh my

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God, I mean, do change that out.

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But, uh, you can get the one we

got for my husband and my daughter

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when we got cars, when we got

new cars was the IQ air atom ATM.

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It's like 12 inches in diameter and

it goes on the back of, I put it on

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the passenger side and it'll filter

the air of all those toxic chemicals.

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You're not breathing it in.

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wow, okay, gotcha, that,

you said that was A T T M?

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A T E M, I Q A R, and my boyfriend,

we call him my boyfriend because

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he sends me everything I want.

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I have a, you know, subscription

and it arrives prime shipping.

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So we joke like, oh just

buy it from your boyfriend.

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Um, that's what my kids and my husband

will say, buy it from your boyfriend.

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So anyway, uh, you can get it off Amazon

or you can go, you know, hunting for it.

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But it's not a cheap date,

but when you think about...

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What you're exposing yourself to

and what you're going to have to

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get out of yourself and how much

work you're going to have to do it.

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It's worth doing if you just bought

a car or if you have a new car.

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hmm.

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And, obviously, with time, the toxicity

level would be lower, just due to

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like half life and all that, or?

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it off gasses, yeah, I mean you think

about when you get in the car, I would

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say somewhere between two and three

years it stops smelling like a new car.

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And so, at that point,

it's off gassed enough.

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The challenge, Evan, is I would never

buy a used car if I had a choice,

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because a lot of people will sell

their car after it gets flooded.

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And that's even worse, right?

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Then you get a whole

load of mold exposure.

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So I would say given the choice,

I would go for a car that hasn't

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been pre owned unless you can track

the source of where it came from.

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And you know, it didn't get

buried in a in three feet of

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water and now the car is moldy.

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Yeah, would, uh, would...

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Would opening the windows be an

option for, like, off gassing?

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Yep.

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Definitely helpful.

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I mean, don't leave it open.

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You, you're on the west coast, I think,

and I'm on the east coast, and it's wet.

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So you don't want to leave your

car open if it's wet, but if it's

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dry, absolutely leave it open.

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Or put it in the garage

and keep the windows open.

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So that you can just, anything you

can do to let it off gas is helpful.

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Okay, gotcha.

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And then in terms of food, which is

obviously a huge one, um, I mean,

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clearly we are going to be in contact

with, uh, you know, if unfortunately,

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we're not able to eat purely organic

food, you know, you're going to

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have pesticide usage, insecticide,

all the All the not so good stuff.

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Um, but also, you know, we have uh,

certain fish that does have heavy metals.

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Um, I believe sardines have

even levels of arsenic in them.

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Uh, rice as well, so, uh, what are heh,

what would be the best foods to eat in

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for in terms of us staying away from the

most toxic consuming or containing foods?

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Right, I mean, this is

so challenging, right?

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You're not going to eat just

air, because you have to eat.

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Uh, what I would say is,

pick the big battles.

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So, grains are universally contaminated

with herbicides, particularly glyphosate,

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which is implicated in fatty liver.

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One in every four

Americans has fatty liver.

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So we're, I'm just talking about in

America, so I would say pick big battles.

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If you're going to eat flesh from animals,

make sure that it's grass fed and organic

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so that you're not getting the chemicals,

pesticides, herbicides, endocrine

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disrupting substances in your body.

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And then if you can't eat organic, or

if you're not sure of the value, what I

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would say is use the Environmental Working

Group, EWG, Dirty Dozen, and Clean 15.

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Because ideally you're going to want

to get rid of the ones that are in

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the Dirty Dozen and eat those organic.

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And then the Clean 15 are the things

that if budget is a concern or you're

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not sure, these are things that

if they're not organic, it's okay.

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Um, So, I would say, pick your

battles, I don't personally eat

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the high mercury fish, ever.

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And I have to tell you my favorite food,

my parents are from Michigan, and we would

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go and visit and they have these amazing

delis that have sable, that smoked sable.

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Growing up I never knew what that, I

just never knew what that was, right?

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Those are high mercury fish, all the big

predatory fish that eat all the other

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fish, they can't detox it any easier

than we can, and it sits in the fat.

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Like it's it's in our fat.

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So when you eat the ahi tuna or the toro

tuna and it's the nice fatty piece of

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fish You're eating a big dose of mercury.

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So I personally stopped eating that

I would say Unfortunately, the amount

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that you get in any one serving is

usually enough for like three months of

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exposure if you have typical detox So

one serving is good for three months,

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but most people will eat it every week.

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So you just get this massive body burden.

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So I stopped eating it because

it's been such a challenge to get

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rid of mercury from my system.

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I don't want to add any more.

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Obviously my choice isn't

everyone's, but I would say

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don't eat it more than quarterly.

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Check impactful.

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And, uh, try to rotate your diet around

and get a big broad variety of everything

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so that you're not pounding the same thing

every day because that's where you get in

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a rut and then you end up getting exposed

when you don't mean to because you're

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just eating the same thing every day.

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Try not to do that.

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yeah, and so would our body like let's

say for example for taking mercury if

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we were to stop consuming like heavily

You know, containing mercury foods, uh,

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would our bodies just naturally detoxify

that, or is there work that we need to

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do, like, you know, sweating it out in a

sauna, or exercising to move the lymphatic

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system, like, what would be, you know,

would it move on, on its own, or would

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we need to put in work to get it out?

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it kind of moves it.

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So this depends on how

good of a detox you are.

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I stink at detoxing.

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So I'm on the it's really

not going anywhere.

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It's part of the spectrum, but

then some people are better

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detoxers and they will move it.

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You can put about 1 percent of

your body burden or body stores of

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mercury into your gut every day.

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The challenge is that often because we

don't have the proper mechanism to poop

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it out, we recycle like 99 percent of it.

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So you're really only getting

rid of 1 percent of 1%.

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Which is a tiny amount, so it'll take

you a really long time assuming no other

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exposure, but you're on the west coast

when, uh, what's really cool is the pine

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needle trees sequester, take mercury out

of the environment, but the challenge

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is when they burn, they give it back.

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And so mercury lands on us,

on the ground, in our crops.

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And so we do get exposed to

mercury in a lot of different ways.

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Not just from eating the high mercury

fish, but, uh, logging also has mercury.

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If you eat high fructose corn

syrup, that uses mercury to

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take it from corn to syrup.

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And you're getting a big

fat dose of glyphosate too.

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By the way, stop me at any point

because I'm never the good news bear.

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I'm never like, Oh, cool.

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Everything she says is so inspiring.

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No, it's horrifying.

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So stop me at any point if you've

reached your limit of tips.

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But I would say avoid

high fructose corn syrup.

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If there's a wildfire,

avoid it like the plague.

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Don't hang out.

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You know, don't hang out in wildfires.

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And don't eat the high market fish.

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Yeah, it's, it, uh, you made me laugh

there when you said that you're the bearer

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of bad news because, um, actually, when

I first started getting into health and

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wellness, so I dealt with a lot of, uh,

gut issues growing up, specifically like

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irritable bowel syndrome, and, uh, my,

funny enough, my Spanish teacher, he's

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the one who completely led me on this

path, and, uh, one of the first books

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he ever gave me, yeah, very random,

um, but he gave me a book called, I

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think it's like the Hundred Year Lie.

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And it just, first chapter is just

talking about a ton of environmental

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toxins, you know, that's, uh, different

things that are in, like, our furniture,

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and, and yeah, all of that, and so

I remember for, like, two weeks, I

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ended up, uh, just eating salads, and,

uh, basically kind of, like, doing

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intermittent fasting without even knowing

it, I just, I was like so freaked out.

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So, um, yeah, it's I think

there's a balance here, right?

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Like we need to know this

information, um, and then find like

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a happy medium of where, you know,

where we can take action and all.

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So, uh, to that point, what would

be the best ways to detox and also

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I've heard a lot about chlorophyll

being a potential way of detoxifying

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our blood of heavy metals.

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Is there truth in that?

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Have you heard anything on it?

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Um, and then what are other methods

that you personally use to detox?

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I think we need to back up a step.

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Because Everybody, I will say

detox is very sexy, right?

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Detox is a very sexy conversation

about how do I get it out of me?

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Nobody wants it in them.

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However, if you are eating lots of

packaged food, if you are a total

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stress ball, if you don't move your

body regularly, if you pride yourself

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on getting five hours of sleep or less

every night, if you spend hours in

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front of the screen playing video games,

Those are the foundational behaviors.

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If you don't poop, if you have toxic

relationship with others, those are

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foundational things that will absolutely

make it impossible to detoxify your body.

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So it's sexy and interesting and cool

and fun to do detox, but you cannot

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run before you walk and you have

to first deal with the foundations.

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So eat, sleep, poop, move,

think, have good relationships.

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Basics, just literally basics.

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Now, assume you're doing all that.

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Now we can do the good stuff.

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Okay, so yes, there is a basis and

benefit to spirulina, chlorella,

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all of these algae based treatments.

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They do actually help pull out metals.

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They also help pull out mold.

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So those are great.

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Fiber, particularly the propylmannan

fiber derived from the konjac fruit,

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konjac, konjac root, is extremely

valuable for, uh, helping to bind.

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It supports gut function.

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You know, think of it, if you're

not pooping, you're not detoxifying.

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So you have, so fiber can help

people be regular, and when you're

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regular, you move everything out

that doesn't need to be in your body.

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And it helps bind.

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So, There's absolutely truth to that.

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The thing I do a ton of

different rando stuff.

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So, um, because I don't

forget I had metals.

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We didn't even talk about what are the

toxins you can get the heavy metals, the

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micro toxins, which are the mold that puts

that Mold, sorry, mycotoxins are what mold

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strains put out when they're in your body.

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And then there's the other category

of flame retardants, nail polish,

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endocrine disruptors, PFAS, that's that

whole other category, everything else.

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So I personally do chlorella.

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I do that fiber I mentioned.

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I do pectisol, which I'm

actually drinking in my water.

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I throw it in my water every day and I

drink three cups of water in that format.

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Uh, I do collagen.

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So I get my protein, I eat grass

fed beef, and I know there's

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a lot of ways people can eat.

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So I'm not here to argue with people,

but what I will say is, if you eat flesh

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from animals, it does give you what the

liver needs to work properly in phase two.

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So, before, so I guess we have to talk

about what does that matter, right?

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So, most toxins are fat soluble.

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And in order, once they get into

your body, until you make them water

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soluble, you can't get rid of them.

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And if you can't get rid of them, when

they're fat soluble, they go to your fat.

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So that's why men get man boobs, that's

why women get, and men get big bellies.

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It goes to your butt, your inner thighs,

you know, the wings that wave when you do.

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You don't want those waving

on the back of your arms.

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Like, all that fat that we

deposit is full of toxins.

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So, the liver is responsible for taking

your fat soluble toxin that you couldn't

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get rid of and actually making it in two

steps, first into a free radical, that's

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phase one, and second, binding it and

making it water soluble and, and inert.

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And then you pee, poop, or sweat it out.

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Okay.

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So, if you don't have what you need.

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to make your meal, you can't cook.

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So the food is actually the ingredient

for the liver to do its job.

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So protein helps the liver do its job.

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And if you don't eat protein,

then you're going to need to get

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some type of phase two support.

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Uh, there are some medical grade

foods that will help support it, but

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it is harder to do detox if you're

on the vegan spectrum because you're

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not getting what you need to do it.

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Let me pause there because that's

like a lot to unpack and I kind

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of went back and forth and there's

more that I do, but there's,

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there's also a lot to keep in mind.

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Yeah, well, , first off, I think something

that would be important for the listeners

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to know is the importance of what you're

mentioning here with the liver, right?

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The liver in detoxifying.

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It's literally detoxifies

our blood, right?

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So, um, would you mind kind of like

breaking that down a little bit

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and also saying like, what would be

beneficial for our liver to be consuming?

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Like, um, I've heard you mentioned

as well, like glutathione.

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Does that play a role

with the liver as well?

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Yeah.

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Yep.

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Okay.

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So let's talk about the liver.

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So, uh, when you say, talk a little

more about it, do you want me to.

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say more about what's happening

in each step or what, where, where

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do you want me to go with that?

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Just so I make sure I

answer your question.

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Let's keep it, um, just pretty,

like, surface level in terms

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of , what role is it playing in,

in the detoxification process.

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Okay.

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If your liver's not working

properly, you will dive.

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It can help you thrive or dive.

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There's only two options.

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So if it's working properly,

you're going to thrive.

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You won't be depositing fat

where you don't want it.

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You won't have man boobs.

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You won't have a big belly.

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You will be pooping regularly.

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Just as a little aside, I

call this the holy triad.

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So your adrenals, which are these

little glands in the right above your

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kidneys, they're part of your endocrine

system, and they give you energy to

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move, but they also respond to threats.

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You know, the fight, flight, or

freeze, that's your adrenals.

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Then there's your liver, which is

responsible for detoxifying, but

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it also gives you sugar stores

if your blood sugar is low.

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And it stores vitamins A, D, E, and

K, hanging out in case you need it.

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And then there's your gut.

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So those three organs work in this

beautiful symphony, and any one of them

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can throw any of the other ones off.

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So, back to your liver.

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Your liver is presented with

this fat soluble, Toxin.

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It could be even a hormone because

hormones are also fat soluble.

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Your liver is responsible

for dealing with it.

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And in phase one, five

different things happen.

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Largely, it relies on B vitamins,

B12 and folate are critical here,

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but it also relies on things like

glutathione, like you mentioned.

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And glutathione is made from

N acetylcysteine and alpha

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lipoic acid, magnesium.

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So you can use the substrates to make the

cake or you can just take the glutathione.

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Either way is fine.

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After phase one, that, that, that

toxic thing actually is more toxic,

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so it becomes a free radical.

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And then, in phase two, you

use the B vitamins, the whole

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range of B vitamins, magnesium,

glutathione, and acetylcysteine.

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You, you use all of these items to

convert it, then bind it, make it water

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soluble, make it inert, and once it's

water soluble, it can either go into

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your urine, your poop, or your sweat.

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Those are your three key, your

breath is also a detox mechanism,

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but it's not the major one.

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Major is poop, pee, or sweat.

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Big ones.

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And it can't go in there if it's

not water soluble, because it's like

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oil and water, you can't mix them.

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yeah, no, that's beautifully

put, and yeah, speaks largely

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to the importance of the liver.

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I knew it was important, but

that was a great, uh, course

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for me as well, honestly.

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And in terms of foods that

are good for the liver,

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wait, Evan, before we can go past that,

I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I think

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this is a really good point to just

drive home that, Your liver is going to

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deal with the most pressing issue first.

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So if you get a massive toxic

exposure, you're not going to deal

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with your hormones, because that's

a, that's like a lesser evil.

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And whenever you drink alcohol,

alcohol is the most toxic issue

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that your liver gets presented with.

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So when you drink alcohol, all the

things that it was doing, stop.

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You don't do any of the detox

processes except deal with alcohol

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when you're dealing with, when

you're dealing with alcohol.

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Meaning alcohol, clear and present

danger, stops the presses, all you

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deal with is alcohol and you don't

deal with those other, you know,

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hundred thousand chemicals that you

just got dumped with from, I don't

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know, touring a power plant or getting

a new car or whatever it is, right?

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You don't deal with any of that if you're

dealing with alcohol and it's important

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to remember because people think like,

oh, it's just a couple of drinks.

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Yes.

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But it's really, really nasty for your

detox, especially if you're a high

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performing athlete or you're someone

who is trying to sculpt your body.

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You can't get rid of your hormones

properly and then they build

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up where you don't want them.

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Same thing, different day, right?

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So I'm sorry for interrupting

you, but it's, it's really

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important to talk about that.

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It's not popular at all.

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pause me at any time, Wendy, this is,

honestly, this is your show today, um,

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so, no, and that was such a key point,

because, like, what you're essentially

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saying is, when you do even consume,

like, let's just say one beverage of

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alcohol, that's essentially, like, kind

of halting your normal detoxification,

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and then now focusing on detoxifying

you from this alcohol that is present.

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Um, that's huge.

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Yeah, and I would argue that

we're so toxic and getting exposed

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to so many things every day.

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We literally can't afford

to pause, stop the presses.

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We cannot afford it because

we're getting deluged.

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Yes, no that and that's so important

and thank you for bringing that up

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Um in terms of what's good for the

liver in terms of food I've heard of

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this theory that like supports like do

you know if there's any truth in that

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in terms of eating liver for liver?

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Health, um, is there any benefit in that?

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Yes, and it sounds so creepy, right?

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And I have to say, I love chopped

liver, and I ate it on my birthday.

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Um, we made duck, and duck always

comes with the stuff inside.

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And my mother in law was like,

oh, I'll make chopped liver.

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I'm like, okay.

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And it was delicious.

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So, uh, yes, like supports like.

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And to me, it's always counterintuitive

that eating the organ that filters

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the body is good for filtering

the body, but it really is.

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I don't know why, but it

really is, you're right.

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So eating organ meats,

don't eat the brain.

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There's some concerns around,

um, uh, prions and, and

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things that cause dementia.

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Don't eat the brain.

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But, yeah, eating, eating it, eating

organ meats is very supportive for detox.

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And in fact, a friend of ours has come

up with, uh, seasonings that are based

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in organ, dehydrated organ meats,

and then seasonings are layered on

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top, and it's like your taco package.

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Your taco seasoning

package, except it's...

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Medicinal organ meats with flavor

that you use to flavor things.

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It's pretty cool.

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It's called pluck.

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Pluck, okay.

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No, I knew there was a there was a

reason I liked you Wendy the second

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you said duck I was like, okay and then

also Chopped liver on your birthday.

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No, you're you're in the club already.

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Um, yeah I, I also, um, I love to

actually buy liver and chop it up and

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add it into, like, my ground beef.

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I find that's a pretty good

way of, uh, masking the flavor.

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Um, I, I'll admit, I didn't grow

up really eating a ton of liver,

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and it is something I've had to,

like, develop that flavor for.

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So, uh, that's been a great way to do it.

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Liver and onions, man.

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We'll make liver and onions.

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We bought a cow.

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Okay, we're the weird ones.

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I have four kids.

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And do you know how much

food four children eat?

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Like, they like to eat every day.

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So we bought a cow, and we got

the organ meat with the cow.

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And the trick to liver

is not overcooking it.

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Honestly, when it becomes that big

rubbery thing, it's so unappealing.

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So you just sort of, it should be rare.

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Otherwise, it is really unappealing.

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Uh, rare to medium rare, don't cook it

well, Donna, you're gonna be very unhappy.

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But we make it with liver and

onions and salt, and that's it.

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And my kids eat it, which is shocking.

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Wow, no, that's that's awesome.

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And yes, you're you're preaching

to the choir here I'm a I'm

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a pretty big person myself.

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And I mean I shot up

like a weed growing up.

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So yeah, I've I Definitely put a dent on

the income of my parents and just food

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For sure, but so yeah, shout out to you

for for getting a cow for the family.

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That's amazing now one thing I love to

focus on this show as well and I would

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love for you to speak on in terms of

detoxification Um, you know, pooping

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is obviously a massive way in which we

detox, but I know there's a lot of people

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Obviously with just gastrointestinal

issues, like all around, but constipation

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seems to be a massive issue and also seems

to be a massive issue, uh, specifically

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with a lot of the women I come in contact

with, um, you know, and, and I know, or

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at least I've heard that that can also

be an issue for, um, like, uh, recycling

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estrogen that's trying to leave the body,

um, so what can people do for constipation

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and, and what role is that, like, are

we recycling also all those toxins that

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aren't, Exiting our body, essentially.

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Yeah, okay, let's drill into this.

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I mean, I see patients clinically and

they'll say, do you, are you, you can't

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say to someone, are you constipated?

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Cause most people say no.

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So what I say now is,

do you poop every day?

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And if so, is it a nice poop,

a nice pipe, or is it bunny

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poops or something in between?

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You have to really drill into it.

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So, so the standard is at least

one really nice poop every day.

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If not, every time you eat.

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It's called the, I remember learning

about this in med school and being

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like, by, by, by the time, by the

time I learned this in med school, I

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was already way down the celiac path.

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I just didn't know it.

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And so, when I learned this,

I was like, Who does that?

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It's called the oroanal reflex.

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When you eat, you're supposed to poop.

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Babies do it.

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You know, we joke about, you know,

you feed the baby and then they poop.

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That's normal.

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So, it is normal to poop every day.

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It's abnormal not to poop every day.

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And if you poop after

every meal, that's amazing.

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We always joke, you know, my son

disappears halfway through dinner.

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We're like, where'd he go?

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Oh, he's on the toilet.

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Then he comes back and

he finishes his meal.

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It's oro anal reflex.

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So anyway.

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Constipation.

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Yes.

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You, uh, if you don't poop every day

in a nice long pipe, what happens

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is you're technically constipated.

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There's an enzyme in your gut called

the beta glucuronidase enzyme.

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I don't know why they call it that.

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It's a terrible name.

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It's all throughout your body too,

but in the gut it's particularly nasty

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because when you put these, remember

the hormones and the toxins are bound.

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They're bound to a methyl group that

comes usually from the B vitamins.

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That's why if you're going to take a

B vitamin, it's important to take a

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methylated B so it's ready for your body

to use for detox, because like 40 percent

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of us are not good methylators and so

odds are pretty good if you're taking a B.

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You need it to be active and ready to go.

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So anyway, there's the methyl group and

there's your toxin and they're bound.

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I think of them like a barbell.

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So hormone, toxin, whatever you

want to call it, it's bound.

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There's your barbell.

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The beta glucuronidase enzyme,

when this is in the gut,

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comes by and cleaves the two.

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I wish I had more hands

for this part of the demo.

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So here's the two that

beta glucuronidase cleaves.

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Now you have this water soluble binder.

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This is just a methyl group.

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But then you have that

back to a free radical.

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No longer bound, no longer

water soluble, no longer inert.

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It leaves your gut.

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It goes back in your bloodstream.

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Your liver's like, didn't

I deal with you already?

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Well, I can't deal with you right now.

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Cause I'm dealing with alcohol.

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It's Friday.

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I'm dealing with alcohol.

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So you put it in the fat to store.

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And remember it's in its highly

activated free radical form.

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It is a.

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It creates angry fat.

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Angry fat is inflammatory.

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Inflammation leads to difficulty

with weight loss, hormonal

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challenges, brain dysfunction, you

name it, it leads to everything.

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Inflammation is the root of all of

it and toxins cause inflammation.

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So, uh, yes, if you are constipated,

it is really nasty for you because

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this whole downstream effect of Of

cleaving the toxins from their binder,

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recycling them, and then having to

deal with them a second time where they

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go back into your constipated gut and

you start the cycle all over again.

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But wait, you already got deluged with all

the toxins that your body, you know, it's

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not like you don't get toxins just because

you're dealing with your old toxins.

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You're still getting all

of these deluge toxins.

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It's like Lucy and Ethel when

they're trying to wrap the candy

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and the candy juice keeps coming.

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It's like that.

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You know these toxins just keep coming and

we're trying to deal with one toxin But

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again, there's this whole conveyor belt

of things we're getting and it makes us

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sick fat sick and feel like we're dead.

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geez.

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Yeah, um, Not a pretty picture.

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So, trying to be regular is important.

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Now, does that mean for someone who

is irregular, is it a hydration issue?

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Is it not enough fiber?

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Like, what would be the major

things, like, would taking, like,

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psyllium husk help with that?

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Right, I always look at okay, what

do you put in you are what you eat?

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So what are you eating?

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If you're eating, uh, 30 40 percent

of the population has the gene that

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makes them likely to have celiac.

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Celiac is the autoimmune

reaction to gluten.

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So you don't have to have the autoimmune

disease to have a reaction to gluten.

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So if you're eating, if someone says

to me, oh yeah, I eat it, you know,

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what do you have for breakfast?

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Bagel.

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What do you have for lunch?

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Sandwich.

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What do you have for dinner?

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Pasta with chicken.

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Okay, well.

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:

Why don't we just start by taking

out the processed food and the gluten

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and see if that makes a difference.

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It may not be the gluten, it might

be the processing, or it might be the

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gluten and it comes in processed form.

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So we have to get some data.

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So I recommend getting rid of sugar.

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And, uh, dairy and gluten,

because those are the top foods

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that make people constipated.

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I recommend managing your stress.

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I recommend make sure

you get enough liquid.

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I make sure you, you, I

recommend you have movement.

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If you're not moving your

body, it's hard to poop.

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:

So that's why a lot of athletes are like,

oh my god, I go to the gym, I gotta poop.

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:

Right, you're moving the organs around.

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:

Cilia, and then you say, okay, what

are things that help you move your gut?

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:

So, magnesium.

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When you put it in the gut, it'll pull

water into the gut and make it contract.

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:

Okay, we like that.

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:

Psyllium husks, increasing fiber, so

through psyllium husks or you can do, I'm

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blanking, flax, ground flax, chia seeds.

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These are all great ways to get fiber in.

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A lot of nuts have fiber and fat and so

things that will cause the gut to move.

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:

You can also do, if you're really stuck,

like you're just backed up, I'm a huge fan

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of colon hydrotherapy because it retrains

the colon how to actually contract.

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First off, it cleans it out and

then it can contract and it was

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like, Oh yeah, I'm a muscle.

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I'm meant to contract.

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So you can retrain the gut to

contract properly, but you essentially

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:

have to pull a lever that's out.

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:

What's, what is not right?

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:

And so we'll go through all

of these different things.

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And there's tons of, of things

to take if you're constipated.

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:

But the goal is really to figure

out like, why are you constipated?

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Let's fix that.

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:

right.

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:

And really quickly, in terms of

magnesium, I know there's multiple

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forms of magnesium and like, I've heard

magnesium 3 and 8 is great for like sleep.

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:

Is there a specific form of magnesium

that's great for uh, digestion?

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:

Yeah.

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So mag three and eight is

great for brain health.

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:

Um, focus word, recall difficulties.

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Memory loss.

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It's great for that.

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It does cross the blood brain

barrier, so it's wonderful for that.

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I'm a huge fan of magnesium citrate

for constipation, largely because

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it does get pulled into the gut

and it causes the gut to contract.

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Sometimes it's a little strong for people,

so you can either take less or you can

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dilute it with taurate or glycinate, which

aren't as focused on the gut but can help.

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So, you can either take

it alone or take a blend.

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:

It just depends.

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You might have to tinker with

it, because your reaction

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isn't someone else's reaction.

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So, go based on what you need,

not what kind of the bottle says.

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:

And people say to me, can I take extra?

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:

I'm like, yeah.

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:

Really, the only downside to

magnesium, it'll relax you.

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So, maybe you don't want to be relaxed.

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:

And then, it'll give you

diarrhea if you take too much.

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:

And so, people who are constipated,

they're like, I would love that.

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I'm like, I know.

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So that's really the only down,

if you get diarrhea when you

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take it, you should take less.

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I mean, you know, you've taken too much.

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:

If you have diarrhea and

we're like, Oh, you take less.

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:

Yeah, um, no, that's, that's excellent

advice and yeah, I know um, too much

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:

magnesium can be, heh heh, it can

be like, definitely overdone and

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you could spend a day on the toilet

but, like you said, might not be

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the worst thing for some people.

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:

Um, And also in terms of stress, I

really love that you brought that up.

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:

Uh, stress is something that I've been

like heavily focused on for the last year.

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:

And um, you know, ways of management.

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:

But, you know, obviously when we're

in a stressed state, when we're

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:

in that sympathetic state, we're

not in a rest and digest state.

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:

So, when you're stressed,

you're essentially, yeah,

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:

you're not digesting your food.

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:

Hence, that could also be, um, a

reason for the constipation or just

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:

kind of upset stomach, correct?

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:

Yeah, I mean, think about it.

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:

So let's even back up if you eat

food and you don't chew it well.

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:

And by the way, my kids are always

like, Oh, mama's chewing her food.

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:

I'm the last one standing

at the dinner table.

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:

It takes me the longest to eat because

like two years ago, I committed to

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:

chewing my food because think about it.

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:

Digestion starts in your mouth and When

it gets to your stomach, you then act on

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:

it with stomach acid and you start the

process of conversion for your calcium,

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:

magnesium, folate, B12, and iron.

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:

So if you, A, don't chew your food

properly, or B, don't have enough

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:

stomach acid, by the time it gets

to your gut, You have not started to

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:

extract from it what you need or even

started the process of conversion.

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:

So it's important to chew your food.

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:

It's important to slow down.

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:

It's important to take some deep

breaths because, like you said, when

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:

you're stressed, you don't digest.

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:

So take some deep breaths to signal

the body, Okay, it's time to,

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:

it's time to, uh, quiet down here.

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:

Because stress can inhibit stomach acid.

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:

So that can make you constipated,

and then stress will inhibit

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:

the pancreatic enzymes.

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:

That can make you constipated.

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:

Large pieces of food

have to be broken down.

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:

That takes longer if what you give

to your gut is this massive chunk.

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:

You know, most people chew 2 to 4 times.

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:

Chew, chew, chew, swallow.

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:

You really need to be

chewing like 15 to 25 times.

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:

It'll be like mush.

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:

You'll swallow it inadvertently

because it's just mushy.

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:

That's when you want to swallow.

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:

Not when it's still chunky.

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:

So you have to slow down.

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:

It will make you constipated.

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:

Yeah, 100%.

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:

I mean, it's very simple.

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:

You're, you're sending, like, half

chewed food down to your stomach, which

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:

is gonna make it work so much harder.

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:

Um, and yeah, and also, too, the benefit

of chewing is so great for the development

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:

of the, of the facial structures and,

and all the muscles within the face and

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:

the throat, The manly jawline, right?

668

:

You get the good, you get the good jaw.

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:

Yeah, I mean, haven't you seen the, uh,

the, like, silicone balls that you can,

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:

like, chew on, essentially, to develop

the, uh, jaw strength , now, I, another

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:

question in terms of detoxing, uh, we

talk about, you know, trying to not put

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:

more bad in, like, trying to stop at

that, you know, first level of intake.

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:

So something that I'm a pretty

big fan of and I've, I feel like

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:

I found a great balance with it

is, uh, is doing occasional fasts

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:

here and there and, you know, when

you're not fasting, you're obviously

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:

not putting anything bad in, but.

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:

Is your body detoxifying

at that moment in time?

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:

Because obviously you're probably

not going to the restroom as much.

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:

You're still obviously peeing.

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:

You could sweat if you're moving and

stuff, but is, would you classify

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:

fasting as a form of a detox or

do you find any benefit in there?

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:

Yes, and, I, I, I mean you have

to, you can't fast indefinitely,

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:

you have to break it, so I'm a

huge fan of intermittent fasting.

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:

I'm a huge fan of resting the gut.

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:

I'm a huge fan of cleanses, but

let's be clear they're cleanses.

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:

It's not really a detox.

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:

It's more like a reset and if you're

gonna do that, I'm a huge fan of

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:

doing it in sync with the earth.

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:

So if I live on the East Coast, it's cold.

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:

This is not the time to do a juice fast.

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:

The earth is cold.

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:

This is the time if you're going to do

a fast, do a bone broth fast and add

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:

some collagen to it and rest the gut.

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:

The um, best time to do a juice

fast would be late spring into the

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:

summer as the earth is warm, it's

in sync with the earth essentially.

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:

But again, it's not necessarily

a detox, it's a reset.

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:

It often will reset your

relationship to food.

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:

Quiet down the cravings.

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:

Have you get focused on?

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:

Oh, yeah, I can do this, right?

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:

I did a five day fast a number of years

ago And it was fascinating because

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:

I should say it was fascinating.

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:

So what I learned was I got really hungry

We we had this like fiber drink for five

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:

days One I got really sick of peppermint

That was the flavor in the fiber juice, A.

705

:

Uh, B, I hate juice, so I flatly

refused to drink apple juice with

706

:

it, so I just drank it in water.

707

:

It was just not that tasty.

708

:

But, what was really cool, and I

still take with me to this day,

709

:

is that I got really hungry.

710

:

But I never, I always thought

that when you got really hungry,

711

:

it would keep escalating.

712

:

And you would continue

getting hungrier and hungrier.

713

:

And that didn't happen.

714

:

I got really hungry, and then it passed.

715

:

And then it would get hungry again, and

it would get really hungry, and it would

716

:

pass, but it gave me the Insight to

understand that it's actually gonna pass.

717

:

I'll be okay here, right?

718

:

so, um Very interesting.

719

:

So I'm a huge fan of them, but

not for detox per se Right?

720

:

Because it's more of a rejuvenatory,

a rejuvenation behavior and a,

721

:

and a, it's kind to rest the gut,

but it's again, not detoxing you.

722

:

It's resetting.

723

:

gotcha.

724

:

No.

725

:

And that, that makes absolute sense.

726

:

I know a lot of people ask me

about the health benefits of

727

:

fasting, which of course there

are health benefits to it, but.

728

:

The greatest benefits that I always find

every time I do a fast is the mental

729

:

portion of it, where you just, you have

a greater appreciation for food, you,

730

:

you know, take time with it, and yeah,

and also you learn the, that your body

731

:

is very resilient, which is, uh, a neat

thing to experience, you know, um, which

732

:

we don't usually experience in today's

world, and then, uh, I also wanted to

733

:

ask what would, what would be a great way,

because obviously, Yeah, If we want to

734

:

know what toxins we have, and really where

we're at, the best way is to test it.

735

:

I mean, that's with anything.

736

:

If you want to know how deficient

you are in vitamin D or whatever,

737

:

maybe, like, you have to test.

738

:

So, uh, what would be, like, do you

have a test that you use, or one

739

:

that you would say would be the best

one, and how would we go about that?

740

:

Yeah.

741

:

So if you're going to test, you're going

to need to work with a senior functional

742

:

medicine provider who can actually.

743

:

Do the testing.

744

:

I mean, I didn't do this testing

for the first, I would say,

745

:

eight years of my practice.

746

:

I just was not comfortable.

747

:

Now, I'm a late bloomer, so a lot of

providers don't take eight years to get

748

:

there, but I took, let's think about this.

749

:

Yeah, it took me about eight years

to get into it, and then I got into

750

:

it because it was personal, right?

751

:

I had all these issues,

so I tested myself.

752

:

So I'm a huge fan of testosterone tests.

753

:

So for the metals, I like the urine test.

754

:

Now, it's not the Holy Grail.

755

:

Meaning, when you get your

result and you go, Oh, you

756

:

know, we use a cutoff of eight.

757

:

Oh, the level is 17.

758

:

It doesn't tell you you have exactly 17,

you know, parts per whatever, parts per

759

:

million, whatever the, the measurement is.

760

:

It tells you that you have

a moderate body burden.

761

:

If your level is super high, it

tells you you have a high body

762

:

burden or you're getting an exposure.

763

:

So it's not the holy grail and

we, but we do test to understand,

764

:

is it low, medium or high.

765

:

Do we need to intervene?

766

:

And I use the urine testing from, uh,

doctor's data and we do a baseline test

767

:

to make sure that you're not being exposed

in some weird way that we've missed.

768

:

And then we do a provoked test.

769

:

You can do it on the same day.

770

:

Usually I only see adults, so I will

test using as long as your normal weight,

771

:

I will use 1500 milligrams of DMSA.

772

:

And if, if you happen to be, you know,

400 pounds, I'd probably increase

773

:

that, but there's a pretty wide

range that I'll use that dosing for.

774

:

And it's provoked.

775

:

Now you can, you can test using your hair,

and I'm not a fan of it, and here's why.

776

:

The hair shows what you're

voluntarily getting rid of.

777

:

But it doesn't show what you

actually store in your body.

778

:

It's not telling your body burden.

779

:

It's similar to the

unprovoked baseline test.

780

:

It just shows you whether you're

getting rid of something voluntarily.

781

:

And because these are stored, these

are not things in your bloodstream.

782

:

These metals are stored in your bones,

your organs, your fat, your brain.

783

:

You have to pull them

out in order to see them.

784

:

So that's the metals.

785

:

The mycotoxins, we use

Mosaic and it's a urine test.

786

:

It's all urine.

787

:

It's a urine test.

788

:

And then the other category

is either Mosaic, which is

789

:

my favorite one, or also U.

790

:

S.

791

:

Biotech.

792

:

Both are urine tests.

793

:

We just use them depending.

794

:

Mosaic had some challenges

getting the reagent, and so they

795

:

stopped running the test for a

while, so then we switched to U.

796

:

S.

797

:

Biotech, but I would prefer that test over

anything because it's just such cool data.

798

:

And that tells you flame retardants,

and phthalates, and, and nail polish,

799

:

and gasoline fumes, and, uh, styrenes.

800

:

It tells you everything.

801

:

It's a really cool test.

802

:

Wow.

803

:

Yeah, and, I mean, the average person,

I'm guessing, has a pretty high level of

804

:

most of these, uh, toxins, would you say?

805

:

Yeah.

806

:

It's shocking, actually.

807

:

Here's the thing, Evan.

808

:

Like, I'm always surprised when I get

someone in their 20s who has heavy metals

809

:

because there's no lead in the gasoline.

810

:

There's no mercury in

the fillings any longer.

811

:

But they get it.

812

:

And you get it because your mom Gives

you 50 percent of what she had and your

813

:

mom was probably born before 1978 Or

r grandmother was born before:

814

:

Why is 1978 pertinent?

815

:

It's because in 1978 they stopped

allowing lead into the paint.

816

:

So any construction of homes

after:

817

:

If you live in an old home that has

not been gut renovated you get a lead

818

:

exposure As the house settles, it

turns to dust, you breathe it, you

819

:

eat it, you touch it, you absorb it.

820

:

So, uh, I, I see a surprisingly high

amount of mercury and lead in people

821

:

who I, I just had a 32 year old who

had nasty, aggressive breast cancer.

822

:

I mean, that should not be something

that comes out of my mouth, right?

823

:

A 32 year old with nasty,

recurrent, aggressive breast cancer.

824

:

But she had one of the highest lead

levels I've seen in a while and I

825

:

was like, where did you get that?

826

:

She grew up in another country

and it's not as regulated.

827

:

So she had all of these toxins

in her and I was like, well,

828

:

toxins are super inflammatory.

829

:

And when you over, overdo what your body

can handle, you're going to get symptoms.

830

:

And for her, the symptom

was breast cancer.

831

:

So, uh, it is present.

832

:

It is interesting and it

definitely deserves testing.

833

:

No question.

834

:

also the, uh, the mycotoxins,

like the back, uh, sorry,

835

:

the mold, uh, that's growing.

836

:

I know that's pretty common

issue, especially if you

837

:

live in a very humid area.

838

:

Um, and it's really the best, well,

the best option obviously is having

839

:

a house that's either gutted or

renovated or new and doesn't have those.

840

:

But with the second best thing be an

air filter, like a HEPA air filter

841

:

or something along those lines.

842

:

Yeah, very much so.

843

:

It's interesting.

844

:

One in every two buildings

has had water damage.

845

:

So there's literally no way that

you, and I have a friend who lives

846

:

in Arizona and every time it rains,

which is not that often, but every

847

:

time it rains, her house floods.

848

:

I was like, that's not okay.

849

:

Like that is not okay.

850

:

So one out of every two

buildings has had water damage.

851

:

So it's literally impossible

for you to grow up.

852

:

Without being exposed to mycotoxins

because Think of it the schools

853

:

schools are notoriously moldy

dorms are notoriously moldy.

854

:

So you go to college.

855

:

Maybe you went to Boarding school or

you lived in your house, or maybe you

856

:

move but then you go to work you work

somewhere I go to work out at the Y

857

:

and the ceiling leaks one in every two

buildings has had water damage So it's

858

:

pretty pretty pretty Prevalent for people.

859

:

So a high quality air filter is

really, it's, it's important to

860

:

get rid of the source, right?

861

:

So if you look up and you're

like, The ceilings got mold on it.

862

:

You should remediate that, you know,

you don't want to live in that.

863

:

But once you've remediated it,

yes, get a high quality air filter.

864

:

And when you do the construction,

don't use paint with VOCs,

865

:

volatile organic compounds.

866

:

These are endocrine disrupting.

867

:

These are cancer promoting.

868

:

You don't want to use them.

869

:

You want to do clean construction that

doesn't basically, you know, it's clean

870

:

if you open it and there's no smell.

871

:

If you open it, you're like, Oh, man, I

bought the, I bought the purple bed and I

872

:

had to put it in another room to off gas.

873

:

And then I was like, I'm

not sleeping on that.

874

:

This is years ago before I

even got into the toxins game.

875

:

And I thought to myself, I'm not,

I'm not sleeping on a bed that needs

876

:

to off gas because even if I can't

smell it, it's still off gassing.

877

:

So we just got rid of the bed.

878

:

Uh, we called them.

879

:

We were like, no, not happening.

880

:

So if it smells, it's off gassing.

881

:

Don't use it.

882

:

yeah, no, and that's, that's an excellent

way to look at that as well, um, I

883

:

would have never put those two and

two together, but that makes sense,

884

:

yeah, paint, paint can have a pretty,

uh, strong smell, um, especially if

885

:

you've been in a room that's not well

ventilated and you've been painting

886

:

it, um, you will know that for sure.

887

:

Yeah, terrible idea,

888

:

Don't do that.

889

:

Yeah, whenever we do construction, no,

we say to the contractors, we don't

890

:

want you to expose to it and we don't

want to live with it when it's done.

891

:

So paint is the most commonly, common

use thing that I would say, do not,

892

:

get no VOC paint if you are painting.

893

:

Cause it off gases for months.

894

:

You don't need that in your body.

895

:

Yeah, um, well, I would love to kind

of, uh, finish off this conversation on

896

:

a little bit of a more empowering note,

I guess, , I would love to leave our

897

:

listeners with maybe a little protocol,

maybe something that you do in terms

898

:

of, like, just ways in which we can

help detoxify our bodies on the daily,

899

:

uh, if possible, as well as, , maybe

like what foods to avoid and what

900

:

foods would be, uh, something you would

recommend in terms of like having low

901

:

toxicity, uh, maybe even detoxifying.

902

:

Okay, let's start with food, cause you

are what you eat and you do it every day.

903

:

So it's, it's a low hanging

fruit as far as I'm concerned.

904

:

I would avoid, To the best of your

ability, avoid food from a package.

905

:

If you have to read the label, right there

it indicates it's already been processed.

906

:

It has things in it that you

probably don't want to eat.

907

:

I would avoid artificial

colors, artificial flavors.

908

:

I would avoid alcohol.

909

:

We've talked about it.

910

:

It's just a clear and

present danger for detox.

911

:

So I would avoid that to

the best of your ability.

912

:

And sugar.

913

:

Those are the things not to do.

914

:

And then the things to do.

915

:

Eat the rainbow, like Deanna Minnick says.

916

:

Eat the rainbow.

917

:

And the, I really think the RDA

people screwed it up, because they

918

:

say, eat five to seven servings of

fruits and vegetables every day.

919

:

Well, guess what?

920

:

People stop listening after fruits.

921

:

And they go, oh, I've eaten...

922

:

I've eaten my five servings of fruits, and

I'm like, you know what, you really need

923

:

to be eating like two servings of fruits

because two servings of fruits will get

924

:

you, even, even that will get you over

the RDA for sugar, which is 40 grams.

925

:

Uh, so two pieces of fruit or less and

five or seven pieces of vegetables.

926

:

So go for vegetables, the green leafy,

the cruciferous, the brassica family,

927

:

because these directly support detox.

928

:

Hands down, every day, eat

something in the brassica family.

929

:

No question.

930

:

Alright, that's food and

Then what else do I do?

931

:

I do Epsom salt soaks.

932

:

Some people don't have a bathtub Put your

feet in the sink turn it on hot and put

933

:

the put the Epsom salt in It'll do it.

934

:

You can do dry brushing.

935

:

It's great because the dry brush is

like, I don't know three bucks Get

936

:

a dry brush, ten bucks, it's cheap.

937

:

And what it does is it opens up the pores.

938

:

I do the dry brushing and then I go in the

sauna so that I can get a good sweat on.

939

:

But you can get a good

sweat on just by exercising.

940

:

So go move your body.

941

:

Make sure you get enough sleep.

942

:

Every day.

943

:

Most people need eight hours in

bed at least in order to get...

944

:

Seven hours of sleep.

945

:

I personally need like nine hours in

bed to get eight and change, but we're

946

:

all chronically underslept and Then did

I miss any component of your question

947

:

because there was a lot packed in there

So we talked about food and behaviors I

948

:

think it's important to remember that if

you have toxic people in your life get

949

:

rid of them Because they'll shut down

remember they'll make you stressed stress

950

:

will shut down detox the liver doesn't

care where the stress came from You won't

951

:

detox if every time you walk in your

house, your roommate is stressing you out?

952

:

Not good.

953

:

Get rid of them.

954

:

I mean, don't off them, but

just stop living with them.

955

:

Yeah.

956

:

Yeah.

957

:

Absolutely.

958

:

I know as well, I've heard you mention,

um, and this is maybe a little bit less

959

:

accessible to people, but, uh, like a

sauna as well would be a great method.

960

:

Correct.

961

:

Yeah.

962

:

Yeah.

963

:

I mean, I, I'm a huge fan of

sunlight and sauna, which I

964

:

consider to be best in class.

965

:

But there is another brand that I've seen

them in a whole bunch of conferences and

966

:

I've really drilled into it with them.

967

:

It's called Therasage.

968

:

They don't use PVCs in their portable

sauna, and it's a fraction of the cost.

969

:

For the sunlight compared to the

Sunlighten and it's not installed and it's

970

:

portable and you can break it down and

it doesn't off gas So that's a much more

971

:

affordable option, but then there's a lot

of gyms that will have a sauna So I would

972

:

if you're gonna belong to a gym I would

try to belong to a gym that has either

973

:

a steam or sauna and go in that use it

974

:

That and then, uh, and then moving right.

975

:

Like getting movement in.

976

:

Um, because once again, our

lymphatic system doesn't really

977

:

have a way to move itself.

978

:

We have to move our bodies to move it.

979

:

Correct.

980

:

Mm hmm.

981

:

You have to move it.

982

:

So definitely move your body.

983

:

Get a good sweat on and move your

body to the best of your ability.

984

:

Do what you can do.

985

:

Yeah, and like you were saying too,

a lot of the times just moving our

986

:

body will also help to move our

digestive system which is another

987

:

great way of detoxing so okay, cool.

988

:

I know I love those and and Yeah, those

are some awesome tips, but unfortunately

989

:

We're getting towards the end of the

episode here I say unfortunately

990

:

because this has been incredible for me.

991

:

I was looking forward to this

Episode for a really long time.

992

:

Uh, so thank you so much,

Wendy, for coming on.

993

:

I'm going to give you this opportunity

to share any last minute tips or

994

:

anything with the, uh, the listeners,

as well as please provide all of the

995

:

incredible work that you do, uh, from your

podcast to the book that you've written

996

:

to just all of the incredible work.

997

:

So, uh, please take the

floor and share all of it.

998

:

Okay.

999

:

Thank you.

:

00:54:15,375 --> 00:54:18,943

I think the most important thing to

remember is that Rome wasn't built in

:

00:54:18,943 --> 00:54:21,045

a day and you will not detox in a day.

:

00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:25,650

And so it can feel sort of

daunting or intimidating.

:

00:54:26,060 --> 00:54:30,660

Just pick one thing that's the lowest

hanging fruit so you can have a win.

:

00:54:31,460 --> 00:54:35,130

And then once you have a win, have

another win and have another win.

:

00:54:35,140 --> 00:54:38,740

So don't, the only way you lose

this game is by not playing it.

:

00:54:39,205 --> 00:54:40,285

So be in the game.

:

00:54:40,665 --> 00:54:41,305

That's my tip.

:

00:54:42,125 --> 00:54:46,095

And then, uh, we have a bricks and

mortar in two locations in Massachusetts.

:

00:54:46,095 --> 00:54:47,685

We literally just opened up this week.

:

00:54:47,685 --> 00:54:49,615

So we have two locations in Massachusetts.

:

00:54:49,855 --> 00:54:50,835

That's fivejourneys.

:

00:54:50,835 --> 00:54:51,205

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:

00:54:51,445 --> 00:54:54,475

That's for people who say, Oh, I really

need a functional medicine consult.

:

00:54:54,865 --> 00:54:57,190

That's an insurance based

practice with a membership.

:

00:54:58,110 --> 00:55:00,740

And then we have our online

brand called DrWendy.

:

00:55:00,740 --> 00:55:04,720

com and that's for people who

don't necessarily need to see

:

00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:07,740

the doctor but also want to be

in the game, want to be involved.

:

00:55:07,750 --> 00:55:11,370

We have classes, coaching,

programs, supplements, testing.

:

00:55:11,610 --> 00:55:15,180

We do some limited testing there, so

we have, we have opportunities there.

:

00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:16,350

To participate.

:

00:55:16,740 --> 00:55:20,400

And then, yeah, we have our Feel Freaking

Amazing podcast because our goal is

:

00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:24,260

that you feel freaking amazing and every

decade gets better than the one before.

:

00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:26,470

So you're either on

that path or you're not.

:

00:55:26,490 --> 00:55:28,660

And so in our podcast we explore that.

:

00:55:28,870 --> 00:55:31,730

And then we have the book, which is

called Dirty Girl, Ditch the Toxins,

:

00:55:31,730 --> 00:55:33,210

look great and feel freaking amazing.

:

00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:35,080

That's where we got the

name of the podcast from.

:

00:55:35,570 --> 00:55:41,470

And that is all about a road map

for how do you go from A to Z in

:

00:55:41,470 --> 00:55:44,430

terms of cleaning up your life, your

environment, your relationships.

:

00:55:44,660 --> 00:55:50,040

How do you level up so that you can live

a life you love and feel amazing doing it?

:

00:55:50,542 --> 00:55:51,052

Love it.

:

00:55:51,142 --> 00:55:51,592

Yeah.

:

00:55:51,722 --> 00:55:52,612

You have incredible work.

:

00:55:52,632 --> 00:55:57,092

I'm excited to, uh, get your book

and dive into that personally.

:

00:55:57,362 --> 00:55:59,372

Um, your podcast is awesome.

:

00:55:59,372 --> 00:56:01,332

I've, I've listened to

a few episodes already.

:

00:56:01,432 --> 00:56:04,882

Uh, you have on some great guests

and just excellent knowledge.

:

00:56:04,882 --> 00:56:08,882

So, um, truly it's, it's a pleasure and an

honor to have had you on this show, Wendy.

:

00:56:08,902 --> 00:56:11,912

And, , yeah, thank you so much for,

for sharing with the listeners.

:

00:56:12,460 --> 00:56:12,810

My pleasure.

:

00:56:12,810 --> 00:56:13,640

Thanks for having me on.

:

00:56:14,060 --> 00:56:14,570

Absolutely.

:

00:56:14,620 --> 00:56:15,330

All right, everybody.

:

00:56:15,350 --> 00:56:16,200

You know the motto of the show.

:

00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:17,700

It's do everything with good intentions.

:

00:56:17,700 --> 00:56:18,770

Connect to your elements.

:

00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:19,660

We'll see on the next one.

:

00:56:19,690 --> 00:56:20,140

Peace.

:

00:56:20,419 --> 00:56:22,969

Well, that is going to do

it for today's episode.

:

00:56:22,969 --> 00:56:26,719

I hope you received a ton of value

from this episode because that's the

:

00:56:26,719 --> 00:56:30,109

whole purpose behind this podcast

is to empower you with the knowledge

:

00:56:30,109 --> 00:56:31,699

to take control of your health.

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As always, I find that.

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It's Bennett.

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Beneficial for me to leave you with a few

actionable steps so that you can walk away

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from today's episode with a clear idea.

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Of how you can take the knowledge

contained in today's episode and

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actually apply it to your life.

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So let's start off with number.

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One, which is.

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To avoid the toxins to

the best of your ability.

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So a few simple ways to do this

is to avoid eating large amounts

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of fish that contain heavy metals.

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Uh, such as tuna, we can opt for organic

produce as much as possible to avoid

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pesticides, insecticides, herbicides,

and all the other sides out there.

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Uh, filter your water.

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That's a huge one that I speak

a lot about on this show.

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Uh, you want to also.

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So avoid furniture and

other household appliances.

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Or paint, even for that matter.

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That require off gassing,

open your windows.

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If your car is new or get

an air filter for your car.

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Also get an air filter for

your house and avoid alcohol,

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especially in excessive amounts.

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We also want to avoid things.

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Like sugar.

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And according to Dr.

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And even a lot of the grains, uh, which.

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Which can also.

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Impact.

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Our health in terms of toxicity load.

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Now number two is going to be.

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To help your body detoxify you can

do this by As Simply exercising.

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If you have I Have access to a sauna.

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sauna than absolute.

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Absolutely hop in A sauna Take

chlorella Or spirulina because

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Because they are super high in In

chlorophyll And according Dr wendy

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they can also help to detox the body of

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The Elemental Evan Show, takes an easy and fun approach to health and wellness, making in-depth health topics easy to digest. Focusing on health from an integrative perspective, this show incorporates all areas of health from diets, to relationships, to healthy mentalities. Certified Universal Yoga practitioner and IIN Health Coach, Evan combines holistic health practices with scientific data to bring you fun and interesting episodes. You'll finish each episode feeling empowered to make changes in your life that can both add years to your life and life to your years. Follow along as we cover every health topic you can think of as Evan shows just how connected everything is, both inside your body and in your external environment.

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Welcome to the Elemental Evan show. My name is Evan Roberts and I'm a certified IIN Health Coach and Yoga Teacher. I love taking a whole approach to health as everything is connected. When you treat one issue in the body, you'll inevitably treat other issues in the body which is why I try to look at things from a big picture perspective. Through this show I'll be bringing you information packed episodes on tangible ways to improve your overall health and wellness. I hope you walk away from each episode feeling empowered and renewed to take on the day and take control of your health!

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