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Heartburn, Indigestion and Misery On Me

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Heartburn and indigestion are common problems that can make eating difficult. There are several things that could potentially cause these problems, and the solution may depend on the cause. Poor gut health is believed to be one of the root causes of many common health issues, and repairing the gut may be key to heartburn and indigestion relief. In today’s episode – Heartburn, Indigestion and Misery On Me – we’ll discuss some common causes, and what you can do about it.

Common Causes of Heartburn:

  • Laying Down After Eating
  • Low Stomach Acid
  • Obesity
  • Overuse of Ibuprofen
  • Hiatal Hernia
  • Smoking

Heartburn and indigestion can be difficult to get over, and each person is different. If you have low stomach acid, then supplementing with betaine may help. Quitting smoking and maintaining a healthy weight may also help, as well as provide other health benefits. Avoiding large meals, especially at night, and not laying down after eating may also help reduce heartburn and indigestion. A healthy gut is necessary for overall good health, so do your best to keep your gut happy and healthy.

Products Mentioned in Today’s Show

GI Support Vanilla – GI Support includes a high-dose of L-glutamine (4 g), which serves as nutrition for the gut lining. It provides 400 mg of deglycyrrhized licorice root extract (DGL) and 75 mg of aloe vera extract, both of which protect and promote the health of the gut mucosa. N-acetyl glucosamine and zinc may help boost GI integrity.

Acetyl L-Carnitine – The acetyl group can serve as a metabolic source of acetylcholine, a brain neurotransmitter, while the L-carnitine component carries fatty acids into mitochondria of nerve, heart, and muscle cells for use in energy production. Other actions benefit membrane stability, production of nerve growth factor, and cerebral blood flow.

You can also listen to our Heartburn, Indigestion and Misery On Me episode on our YouTube channel here.

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What to Know About Candida

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Candida overgrowth is a hot topic and we often get questions from our patients about whether it could be the cause of their symptoms. While it could be the cause, it is often blamed for many different health issues that it is not always responsible for. There are many potential causes and symptoms, and it shares some of these with other conditions. So, it can be difficult to know if it really is a candida problem. Let’s go over some possible causes, symptoms, and lifestyle changes and help you learn what you need to know about candida.

Possible Causes

Candida overgrowth has many potential causes, and it is not always clear what the cause is. While candida is present in nearly everyone’s gut microbiome, it can become a problem if it multiplies too much, leading to an overgrowth. It is believed that frequent consumption of alcohol, sugar, grains and processed foods may contribute to candida overgrowth. Overuse of antiobiotics is another potential factor, as antibiotics can reduce the “good” bacteria that typically help keep candida under control. Chronic stress and certain medications may also contribute to candida overgrowth.

Possible Symptoms

Candida has been said to cause certain autoimmune diseases, sinus infections, urinary tract infections, chronic fatigue, and many other health conditions. However, candida overgrowth is not always responsible for all of these, and it is often not the sole cause. A candida overgrowth can manifest in many different ways, and symptoms may vary from person to person. Symptoms can include brain fog, fatigue, joint pain, bloating, bad breath, food cravings (especially for breads and sweets), UTI’s, sinus infections, and many others. However, as mentioned above, many health conditions have similar symptoms, so having these symptoms does not necessarily mean you have an overgrowth of candida. If you are having any serious symptoms, see a doctor right away.

What You Can Do

If an overgrowth of candida is suspected, dietary and lifestyle changes may be necessary to help heal it and prevent it from recurring. Greatly reducing or eliminating consumption of processed foods and high-carb, sugary foods is one of the best things to help “starve out” candida. Candida is often said to feed on sugar, so reducing its food supply may help reduce the problem. Having regular bowel movements may also help.

So, eat plenty of organic fruits and vegetables to get the fiber you need to stay regular, and drink plenty of water to flush that fiber out. Taking a supplement like Candida Support may also be beneficial. It contains ingredients like Pau D’arco extract, berberine sulfate and others that work to help restore balance to the intestinal bacteria. Candida overgrowth is believed to be a common condition, and eating a balanced diet low in processed foods and sugar is a great option for overall health. So, if you are not sure if you have it or not, just work on eliminating sugary foods and replacing them with whole foods like organic fruits and vegetables and good-quality meats.

You can listen to our podcast episode Candida – Getting to the Gut of the Matter here. You can also listen on our YouTube channel here.

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Candida – Getting to the Gut of the Matter

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Candida overgrowth is a frequently discussed topic, and we get many questions about it from our patients. It is often blamed for many different health issues like autoimmune diseases, sinus infections, urinary tract infections, chronic fatigue, and many others. However, candida overgrowth is not solely responsible for all of these, and there is a lot of misinformation surrounding its causes and effects. Join us in getting to the gut of the matter of candida.

Possible Symptoms of Candida May Include:

  • Chronic Sinus Issues
  • Allergies
  • Hormone Imbalances
  • Fatigue
  • Bloating and Other Digestive Issues
  • Decreased Sex Drive
  • Bad Breath
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Joint Pain
  • Uncontrolled Food Cravings (Especially for Bread, Pasta, and Sweets)
  • Brain Fog and Difficulty Focusing

If an overgrowth of candida is suspected, dietary and lifestyle changes are often necessary to help heal it and prevent it from recurring. Greatly reducing or eliminating consumption of processed foods and high-carb, sugary foods is one of the best things to help “starve out” candida. Candida is often said to feed on sugar, so reducing its food supply may help reduce the problem. Having regular bowel movements may also help with candida overgrowth. So eat plenty of organic fruits and vegetables to get the fiber you need to stay regular, and drink plenty of water to flush that fiber out.

Product Mentioned in Today’s Show

Candida Support – This powerful phytonutrient complex was designed for restoring and maintaining a healthy, balanced gastrointestinal microbiota. Along with undecylenic acid, this formula also provides berberine and other synergistic factors.

You can also listen to Candida – Getting to the Gut of the Matter on our YouTube channel here.

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Bad Gut Habits

Potato chips as an example of bad gut habits.

Gut health is so important to your overall physical and emotional health. An imbalance in the gut may contribute to the development of issues like allergies, skin conditions, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and even some autoimmune diseases and certain types of cancer. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to help heal your gut and reduce inflammation, but how did the gut get inflamed in the first place? Let’s take a look at some bad habits that might be hurting your gut, and some good habits we can replace them with.

Processed Foods and Sugar

When we use the term “processed foods” we are referring to unhealthy pre-packaged foods that contain unnatural and unhealthy ingredients. Things like artificial colors, flavors and preservatives, trans fats, refined vegetable oils, high-fructose corn syrup, and MSG (monosodium glutamate – an excitotoxin) just to name a few. You can read more about artificial sweeteners and excitotoxins here. Trans fats increase LDL “bad” cholesterol and lower HDL “good” cholesterol, while vegetable oils corn and canols oils are high in inflammatory omega-6 fats. High-fructose corn syrup can increase inflammation and may contribute to insulin resistance, obesity, non-acoholic fatty liver disease, and some types of cancer. These are just a few examples of some inflammatory ingredients that can be found in processed foods. This is why it is best to choose natural whole foods, and always read ingredient labels on pre-packaged products.

Many processed foods also contain large amounts of sugar. Consuming too much sugar can increase your risk of developing a number of different health conditions. High sugar consumption has been linked diabetes and heart disease, among others. In addition to its affects on blood sugar levels, sugar can also increase inflammation in the body. It can also “feed” bad bacteria in our guts, allowing them to flourish.

Overuse of Antibiotics

Antibiotics can be a life-saving tool to fight off infections, but they can also kill off good bacteria. We have more bacteria in our bodies than cells, and these bacteria play important roles in our health, so it’s important to keep them balanced. If you frequently take antibiotics, it may be killing off too much of the good bacteria in your gut. These bacteria are still being studied, but researchers have found that some types of bacteria in our gut play important roles in synthezising neurotransmitters like serotonin. This is one reason why gut health is believed to influence emotional health. The bacteria in our guts are also a key part of our immune system. Taking a probiotic each night may help increase your good bacteria.

Good Gut Habits

We need to cut out the bad gut habits and replace them with good habits. You can start by cutting out processed foods and sugars as much as you can. Replace these foods with whole foods like fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meats, and good fats like coconut oil. Eating these foods will help give your body the nutrients it needs to work on reducing inflammation and healing any damage the inflammation may have caused. Consuming the right nutrients can also help boost immune system function.

There are also many supplements you can take to help heal your gut. These include GI Support Vanilla, SBI Support (available in powder or capsules), Saccharomyces Boulardii, and many others. Consuming organic bone broth is another great way to help heal the lining of your gut and reduce inflammation. Bone broth also contains amino acids and collagen that can help improve gut health and digestion.

Eating a diet rich in natural foods and low in processed foods and keeping your immune system healthy can help reduce inflammation which may help reduce your risk of developing many different health conditions. Getting rid of bad gut habits is a great step towards better health. When it comes to nutrition and lifestyle changes, every little bit helps. Healing takes time, but you’ll be glad you did it!

You can listen to our What Gut Type Are You? podcast here. You can also listen to this podcast on our YouTube channel here.

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What Gut Type Are You?

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Good gut health is so important to your overall health. An imbalance in the gut may contribute to the development of issues like allergies, skin conditions, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and even some autoimmune diseases and certain types of cancer. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to help heal your gut and reduce inflammation. Let’s discuss gut health and figure out what gut type you are.

Gut Types

There are specific gut types that create certain environments in your gut. They are as follows:

  • Candida Gut:
  • The bad habit – Ice Cream, Cookies, Cupcakes, etc.
  • Emotional Profile – Worrisome, Anxious, Obsessive.
  • Gastric Gut:
  • The bad habit – Inhaling your food (and large portions of it).
  • Emotional Profile – Fiery, passionate, reactive.
  • Stressed Gut:
  • The bad habit – Overdoing the coffee and booze.
  • Emotional Profile – Type-A workaholics.
  • Immune Gut:
  • The bad habit – Popping antibiotics every time you feel sick.
  • Emotional Profile – Impatient, frequently frustrated, quick to anger.
  • Toxic Gut:
  • The bad habit – Eating processed or fast food.
  • Emotional Profile – Impatient, frequently frustrated, quick to anger.

Try cutting out processed foods and sugars as much as you can, and replace these foods with whole foods like fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meats, and good fats like coconut oil. Eating a diet rich in natural foods and low in processed foods and keeping your immune system healthy may also help reduce inflammation which may help reduce your risk of developing many different health conditions. There are also many supplements you can take to help heal your gut. Consuming organic bone broth is another great way to help heal the lining of your gut and reduce inflammation. Bone broth also contains amino acids and collagen that can help improve gut health and digestion.

Product Mentioned in Today’s Show:

Stress Response – A comprehensive formula of nutrients and botanicals with demonstrated and unique neuro-supportive effects creates a robust and multifactorial approach to support daily brain health and function.

You can also listen to this podcast on our YouTube channel here.

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SIBO Explained

Digestive disorders have become more and more common in the last few years. Diagnoses of conditions like IBS, Crohn’s disease, colitis, leaky gut syndrome, Celiac disease, and many others are increasing every year, but experts aren’t sure why. It could be due to a number of things such as increased environmental toxins, poor diet, low fiber, imbalance of good and bad bacteria, and possibly SIBO. Many doctors are beginning to look at SIBO as a possible root cause of many of these conditions, but what is it and why does it happen?

What and Why

SIBO stands for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and it occurs when bacteria begins to multiply in the small intestine. Our gut is home to trillions of bacteria of many different strains, with some being bad and some being good. An imbalance of good and bad bacteria is believed to contribute to many different health conditions, but SIBO isn’t always due to this. Most of the bacteria in the gut resides in the large intestine, but bacteria can make its way into the small intestine and cause problems. Even bacteria that is usually considered good can cause problems when it’s in the wrong place, as is the case with SIBO. Bacteria that should not be in the small intestine can find a way in and multiply.

So, bacteria can get into the small intestine and cause problems, but how did it manage to get there in the first place? There are a couple of potential reasons for this including low stomach acid, and a sluggish intestinal tract. Many people take medications like antacids that decrease stomach acid, and while some people may actually have too much stomach acid, many more people don’t have enough. Low stomach acid can cause a number of different problems like heartburn, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, gas, bloating, diarrhea, and overall poor digestion. When food is not digested properly it may move into the small intestine without being fully broken down, providing a great meal for any bacteria that shouldn’t be there. When the bacteria have an abundant food source, they can continue to multiply and worsen your symptoms.

A sluggish, poorly functioning intestinal tract may also contribute to the development of SIBO and other conditions. A sluggish intestinal tract has many potential causes including dehydration, not eating enough fiber, poor diet, certain illnesses like food poisoning, damage from past surgeries, and certain health conditions like hypothyroidism. When partially digested food moves through the intestines it typically contains bacteria from your stomach, and it may also attract bacteria that is in your intestinal tract. When this partially digested food and bacteria move too slowly through the intestines, as is the case with constipation (having less than 1-2 bowel movements per day), the bacteria can migrate to other parts of the intestines where it shouldn’t be, and begin to multiply.

Possible Symptoms of SIBO

SIBO can cause a number of different symptoms, including:

  • Diarrhea
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Constipation
  • Bloating
  • Gas
  • Nausea
  • Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Belching
  • Fatigue
  • Headaches
  • Food Allerges/Intolerances

Many other digestive disorders share these same symptoms, and a person may have been experiencing these symptoms for many years without realizing SIBO could be the cause. Doctors often diagnose this as IBS or other conditions, when it may have been SIBO the whole time.

IBS and Leaky Gut Connection

IBS and leaky gut syndrome are two of the most common gastrointestinal disorders, but they may be caused by SIBO in many cases. It is estimated that over 75% of IBS cases are caused by SIBO. IBS generally refers to a collection of symptoms (like gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, food allergies/intolerances, etc.) rather than an actual disorder. IBS is often what doctors will “diagnose” you with if they haven’t found a specific reason for your symptoms. Over-the-counter medications for gas, diarrhea, or constipation may be suggested, but this doesn’t deal with the root cause. Almost all of the symptoms of IBS mentioned above are also symptoms of SIBO as listed earlier in this article.

Leaky gut syndrome, also sometimes referred to as intestinal permeability, is a condition is which the lining of the intestines becomes damaged. Tiny holes can form in the intestinal lining allowing food particles, toxins, and other substances to leak out into the bloodstream. The body recognizes these food particles and other substances as foreign invaders, and mounts an immune response against them. This is also how leaky gut syndrome can lead to food allergies/sensitivities because the body begins to recognize certain foods as foreign invaders, and the immune response can present itself as an allergic reaction. Inflammation is part of the immune response, and as we’ve discussed in other articles, chronic inflammation is believed to be a large contributing factor in the development of certain autoimmune diseases, cancers, and other serious health conditions. When someone has SIBO, the bacteria that have moved into the small intestine can damage the lining of the intestine, leading to intestinal permeability (leaky gut), which can lead to a host of other issues. Leaky gut symptoms can include headaches, constipation, food allergies/intolerances, gas, bloating, fatigue, brain fog, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and many others. Unsurprisingly, SIBO and leaky gut syndrome share many of the same symptoms.

Role of Diet

Diet may also play an important role in the development, treatment, and prevention of SIBO. A diet high in sugar and simple carbohydrates like bread and pasta may provide a food source for bad pathogens in the gut like candida. While experts aren’t sure if SIBO or candida overgrowth occurs first, or if they are directly related, increasing the bad bacteria in your gut is not a good thing. Drinking enough water and eating enough fiber to help keep your bowels moving may help reduce your risk of developing SIBO and other conditions. Certain diets like the SCD (specific carbohydrate diet) have helped provide relief for some people suffering from SIBO.

Possible Treatment

SIBO is a complicated condition to treat, but it is not impossible. It often takes a lot of trial and error to find the treatment that works best for you. For many people with SIBO, it often takes a combination of supplements, diets like SCD or GAPS, intermittent fasting, and other measures to get the best results. Some supplements that may help with some of the conditions mentioned in this article include Candicid Forte, Intestin-ol, and Lauricidin. Candicid Forte and Intestin-ol may help reduce candida overgrowth, and Lauricidin has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-parasitic qualities, and may also help reduce candida overgrowth.

Regardless of whether or not you have any of the symptoms of the conditions discussed throughout this article, we recommend that you drink around 64 ounces of clean, filtered water each day, eat a diet low in grains, sugar, and processed foods, eat plenty of organic produce and healthy fats like coconut oil and olive oil, and eat high-quality meats. Digestive issues can have a serious impact on your everyday life, as well as potentially increasing your risk of developing more serious conditions later in life, so do what you can to help protect your gut!

Listen to our Is It SIBO or IBS? podcast here.

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Joint Pain or Arthritis

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Causes of Arthritis/Osteoarthritis

  • Genetic Susceptibility
  • Weight
  • Injury
  • Overuse
  • Infections
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Gout
  • Uric Acid Buildup

Natural Products that can help with joint pain or arthritis:

Chondro-Flx – Cartilage is composed of collagen fibers that impart tensile strength, and proteoglycan molecules (especially chondroitin) that serve as a cushion for joint impact. Lifestyle factors and age can both contribute to a breakdown of healthy cartilage and lead to discomfort, which can lead to nutrient and fluid deprivation of the affected articular cartilage. While most other therapies simply block the pain of joint discomfort, the ingredients in Chondro-Flx address the root cause of joint discomfort and provide the precursors that enhance cartilage synthesis for healthy joints and connective tissue.

Traumeric – is a synergistic formula of natural ingredients to improve musculoskeletal health and boost joint movement

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Gut Health and Osteoporosis

Around 54 million Americans have osteoporosis or are at risk of developing it, and many other people are dealing with bone and teeth loss due to age, poor nutrition, and even gut health. Most people don’t consider gut health when they think of osteoporosis and other bone issues, but it can actually play a large role. More and more research is confirming that almost everything is connected to the gut, so let’s see how poor gut health can contribute to bone loss and osteoporosis.

Nutrition

Good nutrition is the key to good health, but very few people consistently get enough nutrients. The vitamin and mineral content of produce has been decreasing throughout the last few decades, and some studies have found you must eat six to eight times as much of the same fruit to get the nutrition you would have gotten from one serving just fifty years ago. With most people struggling to eat even one serving of fruits or vegetables a day, you can see how easy it is to get nutritional deficiencies. This is one of the reasons why we believe so strongly in supplements. You can still get some nutrients from fruits and vegetables, and it is still important to eat them, but it’s difficult to get enough vitamins and minerals from food grown today, this is why supplementing with certain vitamins and minerals is often necessary for optimal health.

Calcium and Vitamin K

When you think of bone health you probably think of calcium, but calcium is not as important to bone health as many people think. Calcium is only one of several things you need to build and maintain strong bones, and getting too much calcium without the other necessary vitamins and minerals can actually be harmful. Having too much calcium in your blood may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis by hardening areas of plaque in your arteries, which also leads to an increased risk of heart attacks. High calcium levels may also weaken your bones, and increase your risk of developing kidney stones. However, getting enough vitamin K in your diet through food and/or supplements may help prevent calcium from damaging your arteries by keeping calcium in your bones, and keeping it out of blood vessel, but it’s difficult to get enough vitamin K through diet alone, and elevated calcium levels are a fairly common issue. This is why it’s important to get blood work done every six months to a year to ensure your calcium levels are staying within a healthy range.

Calcium and Magnesium

Magnesium also plays an important role in bone health (osteoporosis is a listed side effect of magnesium deficiency) by helping calcium get absorbed, this is why calcium-magnesium supplements are recommended more often than supplements containing just calcium. Without enough magnesium, calcium can end up not getting absorbed into the bones properly, which can cause it to accumulate in joints and certain areas of soft tissue, potentially leading to a type of arthritis. Magnesium deficiency is fairly common (deficiencies in general quite common today), and may cause symptoms like irregular heartbeat, muscle cramps, fatigue, muscle twitches, weakness, high blood pressure, etc. Magnesium is also essential for heart health, and many people have reported better sleep, less heart palpitations, less anxiety and depression, and fewer muscle cramps after supplementing with magnesium.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D is another vitamin that’s necessary for bone health, among many other things. Almost every patient we see has a vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiencies can be caused by little time spent in the sun, poor diet, and poor nutrient absorption. Vitamin D is necessary for the proper absorption of calcium and for maintaining healthy levels of calcium and phosphate. Supplementing with Vitamin D may help improve bone and tooth health, immune system function, and thyroid function.

What About Gut Health?

After all this talk of the nutrients you need for bone health, you may be wondering what your gut has to do with it, but it’s also very important. Your stomach and intestines are responsible for digestion, nutrient absorption, and waste elimination, but if one or more of these processes are not optimal, you can end up suffering from bone loss and other issues. Here’s why: Your stomach must be able to break down foods into nutrients, but most people don’t have enough digestive enzymes, or enough stomach acid to properly break down their food. If food isn’t broken down correctly, your body cannot absorb all of the nutrients. So, you could be eating tons of organic fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meat, and good fats, but still be suffering from deficiencies. This is why we stress the importance of taking digestive enzymes with each meal, so your body can break the food down and actually absorb what it needs to. You can increase stomach ac

Low stomach acid is another common cause of poor nutrient absorption. Without enough stomach acid, your body cannot properly break down food. Symptoms of low stomach acid can include heartburn, bloating, gas, diarrhea, dry skin, hair loss, skin rashes, leaky gut syndrome, and several others. Many people think that their heartburn/acid reflux is caused by too much stomach acid, but it is often found to be caused by too little stomach acid. Low stomach acid can be a complicated problem to explain and treat, but supplementing with betaine and pepsin is a great way to combat it.

Supplements

We have several supplements for bone health, osteoporosis, and digestion. These include:

  • K-Force – contains vitamin D and vitamin K that work together to ensure calcium is absorbed properly.
  • Calcium-Magnesium – Contains calcium and magnesium which work together to ensure the calcium is absorbed into the bones.
  • Strontium – Contains strontium which may work together with calcium to increase bone density, and may help slow bone loss.
  • OsteoBase – Essentially a multivitamin for your bones; contains vitamin D, vitamin K, calcium, phoshporus, and magnesium.https://www.greenwisdomhealth.com/product/strontium-60ct/
  • Ortho Digestzyme – Digestive enzymes containing betaine, pepsin, bromelain and several other things that may aid in the breakdown of foods, and may help increase stomach acid.
  • Innate 50-14 – Probiotic containing 14 different strains of bacteria, and 50 billion total bacteria in each capsule that may help improve overall gut health and immune system function.

Fortunately, many of the things that contribute to bone loss and osteoporosis can be lessened through diet and lifestyle changes, and supplementing with the correct nutrients. So, eat a well-rounded diet, exercise often, and take your supplements!

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Leaky Gut

Autoimmune diseases, allergies, depression, anxiety, cancer, and so many other health issues are much more common today than they were just fifty years ago, but why? There are several causes for the rise in chronic illness, but poor diet and exposure to environmental toxins are arguably the main reasons. Poor nutrition, continuous exposure to toxins in our food, air and water, and overuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications all contribute to a condition known as leaky gut syndrome. This is the name given to a condition in which the lining of the gut becomes permeable, allowing food particles and toxins to pass into the bloodstream which causes the body to mount an immune response. So many people struggle with this condition, but most have no idea.

Leaky Gut

An immune response might not sound like a bad thing, but leaky gut can cause a continuous immune response. Food particles, toxins, and other substances that you consume are meant to stay in your gut. Your body has a digestive lining that is supposed to only allow certain things to pass through, but this lining can become “stretched out”, allowing things to pass through into your bloodstream that were meant to stay in your gut. Your body recognizes these substances as invaders that it must get rid of, causing it to attack. When your immune system is constantly attacking something it can get end up getting “tired”, or it could lose its ability to differentiate between bad and good cells. This can lead to autoimmune problems as your body can no longer tell what is healthy tissue, so it may begin attacking healthy tissue like the thyroid gland, joints, etc.

Food particles that manage to get through the gut lining are also recognized as invaders, and the immune response can come in the form of allergies to certain foods. This is how leaky gut is linked to allergies, and it may help explain the sharp increase in food allergies/sensitivities in recent years. Leaky gut can also lead to poor nutrient absorption, making it difficult for your body to break down and absorb vitamins, minerals, and other vital nutrients.

Symptoms

Leaky gut can cause many different symptoms, and they may mimic the symptoms of other illnesses. Often times, people are diagnosed and treated for an issue that leaky gut actually caused. Leaky gut is often mistaken for IBS or other digestive problems due to the overlapping symptoms, and IBS often does not get better until leaky gut is addressed. This is why it is necessary to identify the root cause of your issues so you can truly heal them, instead of just managing the symptoms.

Leaky gut can cause many symptoms like fatigue, headaches, eczema, acne, weight gain, digestive problems, bloating, food allergies, and many others. If leaky gut is left untreated it can worsen and contribute to more severe problems like autoimmune diseases, IBS and many others.

Treatment

Leaky gut is treatable, but you have to be dedicated and consistent. The first step is to eliminate foods and drinks from your diet that contribute to leaky gut and inflammation. This includes grains (especially the gluten-containing grains wheat, barley, triticale, some oats, and rye), conventional dairy products as in dairy products you find in a typical grocery store, sugar, GMO products, non-organic produce, and processed food. You should drink mostly water and unsweet tea (no soda), but you should consider the quality of your water. Tap water typically contains heavy metals, chlorine, fluoride, and even antibiotics and other medications that were unable to be filtered out. These and other harmful substances found in tap water should be eliminated, so investing in a high-quality water filter or finding a source of clean water is important.

After eliminating these foods and drinks, you should replace them with nutrient-rich and easy-to-digest foods and liquids like organic fruit, cooked organic vegetables (raw vegetables are usually harder to digest), bone broth, fermented vegetables, good fats like olive oil and coconut oil, grass-fed meats, and wild-caught fish. These foods are an important of a healthy diet, but they are essential when trying to heal leaky gut.

Recovering from leaky gut is possible, so try eliminating these foods and adding in the good ones. Give these supplements a try, and see how much better you feel!

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Allergies or Intolerance?

 

Janet Lewis: Hello and welcome to this week’s show. I’m Janet Lewis

 

Dr. Lewis: And I’m Dr. Lewis.

 

Janet Lewis: And we are here to help you with allergies today. So if you’re suffering from them, or know someone who is, or can’t hear us because you can’t get the clog out of your head, this show is for you. We are going to educate you a little bit about where they come from, what to do about them, and what might stop them from happening to start with.

 

  So we are Green Wisdom Health, home of the Low Cost Lab work, and Dr. Lewis is going to tell you all about allergies today. Take it away.

 

Dr. Lewis: Yep, as soon as I get through sneezing, I will be right with you. There’s a lot to be said about this. Usually an allergy is an inappropriate or maybe an exaggerated response to your body’s immune system, or by the body’s immune system to different substances.

 

  And there are some references, that say that allergies once you have them as an adult, will never go away, while children will generally outgrow them. And I kind of disagree with that, I’ve seen major allergic responses get much better if not go away completely over the years, and it’s about fixing the GI Tract, the Microbiome, and your body’s Detoxification Pathways.

 

  And I was just talking to a sweet lady, in West Virginia, I would just like to say this, the BRAC-1, the BRAC-2, which is the breast cancer genes, they’re tumor suppressors, and when you have a mutation in those, then you have a much higher likelihood of getting breast cancer. But most of that’s actually more influenced by the environment and your diet. Which means toxins, and that kind of, believe it or not, does have a lot to do with our allergies too.

 

  How your body responds to it. Sometimes you have food allergies, and sometimes it’s just you’re allergic versus you’re sensitive to different foods. And that has to do with mobilizing your body’s white blood cells to fight them. Sometimes the white blood cells overreact and actually can create more damage to the body, than the invader itself.

 

  But then the allergic response becomes a disease, before I get into that I’ll tell you this, I used to go and bush hog on the tractor at the deer lease through ragweed, and goatweed, and golden rod, and I would feel like somebody nailed me to the cross, right there in my bronchi. And you all can tell that’s a weak area, because I will have to clear my throat if I’ve eaten anything in kind of cause a problem, which for me mostly is dairy.

 

  But the nail that I fixed my gut and microbiome, or greatly improved it, I can bush hog through all sorts of goatweed, and clog up the tractor’s filter system, golden rod, and ragweed, and I’m really pretty good the next day, it’s at least a 90% reduction in my body’s allergic response, and again that gets tied back to the GI Tract. Some of the allergic responses are nasal congestion, and we’ve got a really, really good product for that. Kind of a new product, you can have coughing, wheezing, itching, shortness of breath, headaches, fatigue, hives, and other skin rashes.

 

  Or you can just have a mucous come through, and there’s this man up in Michigan, he’s done everything I’ve told him to do, for I’m guessing about three -four years, and he says I love what you do Doc, but you fixed everything except the original thing that I came to you, and that was a constant mucous production.

 

  And he’s gone to see the Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctors, which I think he should. That’s a good thing, he’s done that, most of the time that’s a fungal infection, but it’s also in response to an allergic reaction to something. Usually in the diet, or possibly an airborne allergy.

 

  And so I sent him a bottle of one thing, and didn’t work. I didn’t hear from him. Then I sent him a sample pack of another thing, and he wrote the most inspiring email about he couldn’t believe how much I would do for him, and we finally got to the, I guess to the root cause. Maybe not the root cause, but to deal with it. And that’s the D-hist is a natural histamine product. Or it deals with the histamine reaction.

 

Janet Lewis: Well that’s got Quercetin in it. Which is the big one that they say is for allergies?

 

Dr. Lewis: Right.

 

Janet Lewis: And I think the thing that makes this work so well, it’s something you actually have to load up on, you have a loading dose, where you do two capsules three times per day for 7-10 days, and then as it’s in your system, you don’t have to take so much of it because, I guess you start building up an immunity toward the allergens using it.

 

Dr. Lewis: Yeah, you know, and some people do a loading dose of five right of the bat, and then for congestion, you know you’ve got the Sinatrol, which we’ve had some incredible results with my favorite gun dealer, because he always has nasal congestion, because of prior broken nose, I’m sure that was … he wasn’t in a bad place I’m sure, but he got a broken nose, so he has massive congestion. And he gets incredible, incredible results from the Sinatrol.

 

  So depending on what’s going on, whether the D-hist would work, or the Sinatrol, and there’s other things that will work, folks I want to tell you that if you’re not an established patient with lab and all that, we have a lot of different products that cannot see on the website.

 

  So it might behoove you from time to time to give us a call, so we can hook you up with better products, we’ve got this … some incredible things. We’ve got some massive, massive probiotics, and you know you’ve got to fix the gut, and here’s something that’s missing. You hear a lot about prebiotics, one of the best things I’ve ever seen is called Opti-Fiber Lean, and it’s natural and soluble propolomanin, and fiber. That is a really good prebiotic, to let the probiotics begin to work.

 

  But if you’re not an established patient, you’re not going to see that on the website, so if you’re interested in that, and a holy cow, incredibly big probiotic, you gotta call us.

 

Janet Lewis: Well they can also just send me an email to janet@greenwisdomhealth.com, and just tell me that you heard the show, so that we know you’re listening out there, and make an account on our website, at greenwisdomhealth.com, and I can upgrade you where you can actually see those products Dr. Lewis is talking about. Because we do want to make sure that some of these things, are really potent, and we don’t want them being sold to people that don’t know how to use them.

 

Dr. Lewis: That’s true.

 

Janet Lewis: But the natural D-hist, if you put it in the search bar, just put in D-hist, and that’s the one for the runny nose. And the Sinatrol is the one for congestion in the chest, so we have different people with different things.

 

Dr. Lewis: Oh yeah, absolutely. And there’s different, you know I’ve always said you can read research, that says so many conflicting things, but some of the more common allergens are pollen, dust, certain metals, cosmetics, yeah well we’re getting into that one too. Dust mites, animal hair, animal dander, insect venom, the last time I got stung by a bee, it’s like holy cow. I thought I was going to die. And sometimes drugs, and food additives are a big one, and that’s where people trouble figuring that out, I promise you there’s something very, very exciting coming in the near future about figuring that out.

 

  Many of the chemicals that are found in different soaps, cleaning supplies, you want to avoid a lot of that, and I’ve seen a lot of people have allergies to mold, but it can be airborne, or it can be food. Some of the things, I wanted to go over some of the common allergies, that things that cause allergies, in certain conditions, the most common.

 

  Just for example, if you have migraines, and I hear all over Facebook, oh I wish there was a cure for migraines. Well you can pretty much control it, but if it’s an allergy, wheat is 78% the culprit in migraines. Nobody should eat wheat. For a lot of different reasons. Oranges, I hate that, but it’s 65% of the time, then eggs, I hate that too. Tea and Coffee, man that really hurts, and chocolate and milk. That really hurts too.

 

  Sometimes beef, but you wonder is it really this particular food that you’re allergic to, or is it the toxic chemicals and antibiotics, and hormones that may be in some of these? So those are just some of the few. For those that have Colitis, or IBS, some of the bad diseases like that. That’s the one that need to call us, to get onto this really, really huge probiotic, and then there’s something called SBI protect, and it’s immunoglobulins, and these immunoglobulins go in and take these loosened junctions because of poor digestion, poor gut health, and tighten the junctions.

 

  So if you’ve ever heard of Leaky Gut Syndrome, and we have people buying SBI, and SBI protect like crazy, but really and truly you should do the massive probiotics with the SBI protect. So thank you for your orders of the SBI protect, thank you for the feedback, because there’s several people that have said, oh my god, it’s working miracles, put the Pro-Bio Max with it. And that’s something you got to call us to get.

 

  So the Colitis, and IBS, it’s almost always dairy or wheat. It’s number one or number two. Then chocolate, god I hate that, because I love chocolate, and coffee’s a big thing, barley and hops, well if you’re beer drinkers, that’s tough to take. But you want to think about that. The gallbladder, people have gallbladder problems, it’s almost always refined sugars, and what that does to your metabolic syndrome, and how that messes with cholesterol, you form cholesterol stones, and then you have gall bladder problems.

 

  But it can be something as uncommon, as beets, or spinach, or eggs, or pork, or onions. Oh I hate that too. Now for the people, and I talked to a lady this morning about this, about ADD, ADHD. Well if you looked at what they eat in Europe versus what we eat here, you would wonder why our kids do, they could do a lot better. But you wonder, actually mental health has a lot to do with what you put in your GI Tract, and that’s one of the problems we’re having in America today, that’s manifesting in some horrible ways.

 

  But for ADD the worst thing you can put in your child’s mouth, or yours is anything with artificial colors, preservatives, dye, corn, sorbitol, refined sugars, and that includes high fructose corn syrup, wheat caffeine, and soy. But dairy’s also a big one there. So if you want some young person feel better, take that out of their diet, add these probiotics, and they’re easy to slip in to a young child’s diet, fish oil also helps too because it’s very, very, very anti-inflammatory.

 

  So there’s, I could go on and on, but I think I’ll get out of that. And just go more into the allergies.

 

Janet Lewis: Well and I also wanted to mention, your parents are out there struggling, trying to find something healthy to feed their kids.

 

Dr. Lewis: Or grandparents because a lot of times, they get stuck with the kids, because … anyway.

 

Janet Lewis: That’s another story.

 

Dr. Lewis: You know I’m sorry folks, I’m trying to stay off the soap box.

 

Janet Lewis: But you they go and they buy them the gummy type multi-vitamins at the Big Box stores.

 

Dr. Lewis: That has cancer causing dyes in it.

 

Janet Lewis: Right, right. And they taste awesome because they’re so full of dyes, and sugars.

 

Dr. Lewis: High fructose corn syrup.

 

Janet Lewis: Yes. And honestly a natural product that is a good quality is very, very hard to come by for a multi-vitamin. And believe me we have gone through a bunch of them, trying to figure out one that’s good.

 

Dr. Lewis: It may be a good one, but it’s not palatable, if you can’t get the kid to chew it up and take it, what good is it?

 

Janet Lewis: And I’m pretty excited to tell you that we just go a new one in, and I had to open the bottle to try it, and if you mind a sample of it, I’ll send you one in a package.

 

Dr. Lewis: See if you’re kid will take it. I took it and I felt four years old all over again. It actually tasted pretty good.

 

Janet Lewis: It was really, really good. And it’s called Super-Nutes, I have no idea how they come up with that.

 

Dr. Lewis: We’re going to try it on our grandkids too.

 

Janet Lewis: It’s Super and then Nutes, N-U-T-E-S. So I do have that in stock now, so for you that are looking for a good vitamin, that don’t have all the dyes and chemicals in it, I think your kids will actually like it. It’s doesn’t taste like the nasty little B vitamins that always follow them a lot of times. And like I said, I’ll be happy to send you a sample of it you just ask me about it, because I think that’s a big part of what’s missing with kids, and if you can’t feed them something good. At least give them a great multi-vitamin. And this particular company, that’s making that is Ortho Molecular who is the same one that’s making a lot of these wonderful other products we have, including that SBI Protect.

 

Dr. Lewis: We’re selling it all over the country. Because people have the IBS, and Crone’s Disease, and the Leaky Gut, and the symptoms from that. But if you do SBI Protect, for god’s sake talk to us about a probiotic, because you can get things, that’s one of those if one plus one it doesn’t equal two. It equals three in the way that it actually helps you. It’s faster.

 

Janet Lewis: And if you’re too shy to talk to us, you can always get the Ortho Biotic a hundred billion, you just have to take three of them. You know Dr. Lewis is telling you there’s a 350 here, you need three of those to equal that. So either way.

 

Dr. Lewis: Yeah, more’s better.

 

Janet Lewis: I wanted you to talk a little bit, because I think it’s kind of interesting about things that help your allergies. Like the increase of animal based Omega-3 fats, but to reduce your intake of Omega-6 fats, and I think a lot of people may not know what the difference is between the different kinds of Omegas. So they think they’re taking that as a fish oil, Omega-3, and sixes, and I hear them come in and go, Can I have Omega 6’s. I don’t think people really know the difference, so can you explain why they should take Omega 3’s and not Omega-6 for allergies?

 

Dr. Lewis: You know I think it’s wonder how good a salesman I am, that Janet actually thinks I know all this because I don’t. The Omega-3. The inflammatory Omega-6’s are the vegetable oils, for example, if it’s hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated, stay the heck away from it. Soy bean oil, stay away from it. Cottonseed, no. Corn oil, heck no. But if you take enough of the Omega-3’s and the easiest, quickest way to get Omega-3’s is fish oil, you’ve already let the liver of the fish do the work for you. And all fish oils are not alike. Because now we’re dealing in fish oils that are three to four times more absorbable, so you get to take less of them, which means it costs less for the output, the outcome.

 

  But stay away from vegetable fats. Now, Avocado’s good, Coconut oil is awesome, I like Grape seed, I like Walnut oil, Peanut oil is questionable, but I like Pecan oil. So just kind of stay away from … I’m not afraid of animal fats, if that fat comes off a rib eye steak that is really, really, good for you, if that cow was raised … is pasture fed, grass raised. Not the ones in a feed lot. Fed genetically modified corn, that’s not a good thing, but grass fed, pasture raised, yeah that’s much more important. So stay away from the vegetable oil, corn and soy mostly.

 

Janet Lewis: And then you want to optimize your vitamin D levels, you need to make sure that they’re higher because that actually does help with allergies.

 

Dr. Lewis: Yep.

 

Janet Lewis: And then hot peppers. Eat hot peppers.

 

Dr. Lewis: That’s good, but I’ve got something to say about that. Yes pepper’s good, but you hear people they get on internet, and they get a little bit of information, and not a lot of understanding. And they say, I’m taking my curcumin tumeric with black pepper.

 

Janet Lewis: Yeah, that’s a good point.

 

Dr. Lewis: Folks, just because they say it’s true, you’ve heard of smoke mirrors, fluff, and bull. What happens, if you put curcumin tumeric with black pepper, it actually binds with your globulin, and generally will end up with an allergy to pepper, to tumeric, and curcumin. And it does not enhance absorption, it makes it almost bio-unavailable. So don’t fall for that, put pepper with it, for increased blood flow.

 

Janet Lewis: That’s why I like our Curcuplex-95, because they do not have black pepper in it.

 

Dr. Lewis: So don’t fall for some of these smoke and mirror, oh well they were a good advertiser, therefore this is a good product. Not necessarily.

 

Janet Lewis: Yeah, and the other thing, Curcuplex-95, you got to sign in, you have to have a special account upgrade, to see that product because, again-

 

Dr. Lewis: Good health is available, you just kind of have to side-step a couple of the rules to get the really good stuff. But it’s worth it, I’ve seen people have miracles, it’s like even I was, Holy Cow that really happened?!

 

Janet Lewis: Yeah.

 

Dr. Lewis: People were persistent.

 

Janet Lewis: And then I’ve noticed in people when their allergies seem to quote, flair up, of course in East Texas, we have the green mist that comes across East Texas.

 

Dr. Lewis: We don’t get snow, we get pollened.

 

Janet Lewis: Yes, we get pollened. And our cars are all green, it doesn’t matter what kind of color you have, they’re all green. And so it does make it worse, but it does seem to be a correlation between how bad it is, and when you’re eating grains, and sugars.

 

  So it seems like, and maybe I’m wrong, but it seems like when you’ve had like a steak and vegetables and that kind of thing, your allergies don’t seem to bother you nearly as bad as when you might have had –

 

Dr. Lewis: Ice cream for supper.

 

Janet Lewis: Well some people are telling on themselves.

 

Dr. Lewis: I didn’t say anything about you doing that. She doesn’t eat ice cream folks. She doesn’t.

 

Janet Lewis: Like enchilada’s or-

 

Dr. Lewis: Corn.

 

Janet Lewis: Corn. Yes, any kind of a grain product, it just seems like it makes it really worse the allergies, so is that a correlation, or a causation?

 

Dr. Lewis: Causation. Not just a correlation. Yeah that’s true, and sometimes it’s hard to figure out where these things come from, I mean just smoking one cigarette takes up about 50 milligrams of Vitamin C. Which is the recommended daily allowance, that’s why folks don’t pay attention to recommended daily allowance. That’s very, very minimal. And it’s a matter of oxidation and inflammation in the lungs and the bronchi. And the GI Tract.

 

  One of the biggest problems in America, one of the most toxic things in America is heavy metals. And lead is a big one, you hear about it in Flint, Michigan, but we all have it because, back when I was plumbing in the 70’s, we were soldering copper pipe with lead solder. So lead is in most people’s drinking water.

 

  And do you know what? The only thing that I know of that crosses the blood brain barrier to bind with lead, are those with high iron to protect the brain, is something called Magnesium Threonate. And that’s pretty good, Janet gives it to me, so I can think a little more clearly. One of the most toxic things that you can do, is cleaning your house. It’s like, well how can it be toxic if you’re cleaning your house?

 

Janet Lewis: That’s one of our questions actually from a Amanda, she lives here locally, and so Amanda R., or Amanda C., whichever name she’s been both names.

 

Dr. Lewis: I bet she got married.

 

Janet Lewis: Yes, she’s from Texas, and she wondered, because she always hears us talking about not using Clorox and that kind of thing, and walking through the chemicals, and it creates problems, but what you’re talking about there, natural deodorants, and natural cleaners, are there any recommendations for such things? Is there a natural deodorant that will work?

 

Dr. Lewis: Primal Pit Paste is the only natural one I’ve seen that seems to work real well on me. I’m not seeing anybody turn up their nose.

 

Janet Lewis: And then we use in our house, I use a lot of the Zum cleaners, Z-U-M, because I think they smell good, they’ve got different things, they got laundry detergent.

 

Dr. Lewis: The essential oil based different ones, I think Melaleuca’s probably a good one also.

 

Janet Lewis: Our cleaning lady actually comes in and uses Melaleuca products, because believe it or not Clorox burned her nose so bad, she can no longer smell. So it’s not just us making this up about the chemicals. She said I can’t use that anymore, I said, that’s awesome because I don’t want that.

 

  So there are natural things. As far as shampoos, I’m a big fan of the Monet Hair Products, because I really think they’re great.

 

Dr. Lewis: She had no intention of selling it, be we’ve got a lot of patients that says, oh my god your hair looks really good, it’s thicker than it used to be. She selling it here locally, and selling it 500 miles away to different people too. So you know, if you want to try it, let us know.

 

Janet Lewis: And then I always tell people to use a natural soap, you need to try to stay away from the soap’s that are so full of chemicals, even though they’re supposed to be clean.

 

Dr. Lewis: And moisturizing.

 

Janet Lewis: Yes, and moisturizing. Many times we will find that those people have Urinary Tract Infections on their lab, because of the soap that they’re using.

 

Dr. Lewis: Constant irritation, that’s not a good thing to have irritation on your yee-haw.

 

Janet Lewis: Yes on they’re taking baths in the tub and using this special deodorized soaps, and they wind up with Urinary Tract Infections. So just get some natural, natural soaps. I use some called, I think they’re called Giovanni, their body wash thing, they’re really great. But you can pick them up at any kind of health food store, whatever. I just try to stay away from the harsh chemicals as much as you can, because you’re getting inundated with them every day anyway in other ways.

 

  Hair color, I don’t want to talk about. I have hair color, my hair color is brown.

 

Dr. Lewis: Very beautiful brunette.

 

Janet Lewis: Somebody said, well what do you put on your hair? I’m like Monet Shampoo. Anyway, the labs that we’re recommending in case you’ve got these allergies, and don’t know what’s going on in your gut. Is our comprehensive lab panel, and for you people out there that don’t know what we do, we do very low cost lab across the United States. There’s generally a quest lab location close to you that we send you to, we do 12 panels of lab, with what we’re talking about today that would the GWH-3. If you’re on our website, the featured lab panels it’s $298, and that does include speaking with Dr. Lewis, and a functional medicine report, and 12 lab panels.

 

  So you’re not guessing at what’s going on. So if you’re having these allergies, and can’t get rid of them, you know many times on the lab on a CBC we will see something in there called Eos. Which means when they’re high, you’ve got allergies in the gut. So there are specific products that we use to help fight those, and get that back down to a good level.

 

Dr. Lewis: And that’s the white blood cell immune response I was talking about.

 

Janet Lewis: Okay without the lab it’s really kind of hard to know, where to start.

 

Dr. Lewis: Stop guessing.

 

Janet Lewis: Yeah so basically the things we’re telling you about to help with the runny nose, and the congestion help, but to get to the root cause of why it’s doing it, you might want to consider doing lab work.

 

Dr. Lewis: And you know, one of the things that I want to stress here. Some of these studies that I’ve read, and I do read a massive amount of research, some of them are done on kids, but it’s still very appropriate in the adults. Intestinal flora is incredibly important, that’s why we do a lot of the Opti-fiber Lean. The prebiotic that helps the probiotics kind of hang around and flourish better. But an imbalance in your intestinal flora, causes allergies, and that’s from Journal of Annals of Medicine, Treatment with Probiotics for Allergies. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

 

  Asthma’s associated with Colitis, which links the allergies in Asthma to the Colon which I think it’s pretty good. That’s Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine. Probiotics for the treatment of allergies, helps to reverse intestinal permeability. And that’s why we sell so much of that SBI Protect, and those that do with the probiotics get a synergistic effect. One plus one equals three. So that’s intestinal permeability, and anybody that’s heard of Leaky Gut understands what I mean.

 

  And there’s a study that said that children with allergies have increased intestinal permeability. And folks, within the next month or so we’re going to have some new tests that are coming out, that can test that, can test allergies to intestinal permeability, and-

 

Janet Lewis: You talk about children with allergies, you know milk and dairy are an allergy, but a lot of people don’t think about cheese. Cheese is a big allergen, and our granddaughter would eat these little pretty cheeses, that are in little red round packages, I don’t want to say their name-

 

Dr. Lewis: Smart, we don’t need a lawsuit.

 

Janet Lewis: But she would eat them like crazy, and low and behold the allergies would start with a runny nose, so consider that when we’re telling you dairy, and sugar and that kind of thing. Cheese is dairy.

 

Dr. Lewis: Yeah some people don’t make that connection. But milk’s the worst source of food allergies, and that’s coming from Journal of Respiratory Disease, and Journal of Allergies and Clinical Immunology.

 

  So Janet knows what she’s talking about. I talk about how much research I read, sometimes she gets on and reads research, and it’s like holy cow, I’m impressed. I’ve got to have that product.

 

  So there’s so many different things you can do, if you’re exposed to mold, that’s a bad thing, but one I’d increase your body’s ability to fight that. So folks we have so many answers and all you need is intestinal fortitude or courage to get on there and give us a call or write us.

 

Janet Lewis: And better yet, go on our website, to greenwisdomhealth.com, fill out the health survey, and that way we can assess what way to best guide you to get started to having a life worth living.

 

  We very much enjoy that the time out of your day to listen to our show, we will be here next week, with another show.

 

Dr. Lewis: And you the people that say, Oh my god you did this, you did that. People that say nice things to us, encourage us to do more of it. So thank you, you make our life much worth. Better and life worth living, just because you give us good feedback. So thank you. We appreciate it.

 

Janet Lewis: Amen. And we’ll talk to you here next time.