Hey love, welcome to the podcast.
I am super excited about this week's episode.
You all have submitted such great topics and questions for me to cover and
I cannot wait to dive into them. Before I get started today,
I do want to share an amazing quote from Simone Biles.
I've been watching her documentary on Netflix,
it's called Rising. It's really good if you're looking for an inspiring documentary
to watch. But the quote from Simone is,
believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside
of you greater than any obstacle. So with that being said,
let's jump right into your questions.
So the first question that I wanted to cover today was,
I would be interested in how dental work can affect my health,
like root canals, etc. So this is a great topic,
it's one that I love to talk about because it's such an overlooked root
cause of so many different chronic health symptoms.
I also have a great Instagram post about this,
I will link it in the podcast notes below if you want to check
it out. But the most common dental infections I usually see are wisdom
teeth cavitations, root canals,
extractions that became infected, and obviously metal fillings which are less of an infection
and more of a metal exposure. What most people don't know is that your
teeth are actually tiny organs that are intricately connected to the rest of your
body. For example, in Chinese medicine,
it's known that your wisdom teeth are connected to your heart,
small intestine, and pituitary gland.
So what happens when they yank these out at a young age and those
cavitation sites become infected? Well,
we're seeing stress in those associated with areas of the body really often.
Another thing to consider with root canals and wisdom teeth cavitations is that these
are essentially creating a warm, wet hole in your mouth.
This creates the perfect environment for bacteria,
fungi, fungus, and molds to overgrow in the oral microbiome.
When I had my own wisdom teeth cavitations fixed,
they sent the tissue in for sampling and it tested positive for Lyme,
Bartonella, and some unsafe levels of other pathogenic bacteria
as well. And that's why in your intake forms and your bioenergetic
scan, your muscle testing, one of the first things I'm doing when I work
with someone is assessing for oral infections because the last thing I want is
for you to run protocol after protocol without eventually addressing one
of the biggest contributors to the stress in your body in the first place
if it's lingering in your mouth. If you're a client with a root canal,
you'll know this because we've likely already talked about it together,
but I do typically recommend about a month or so of comprehensive drainage
support before getting any kind of procedures done.
You always want to make sure your drainage pathways are open and that your
liver is in a good place before we open up any infection sites like
root canals, because inevitably some of that bacteria will leach back into the
rest of the body when you open it up. Granted,
if your immune system is in a good place, if your drainage pathways are
open, you're going to clear that bacteria just fine.
But it's something that we want to play it safe with.
The same thing goes for removing metal fillings.
So if you want to learn more, definitely check out my instagam- excuse me,
Instagram post linked below.
I'll also link the Instagram profile for Blodgett Dental Care.
Who is an excellent resource for root cause dental health.
This is actually the dentist who fixed my own jaw cavitations.
I flew out to Portland, Oregon to see him and it was totally worth
it. They are amazing and Dr.
Blodgett posts a lot of really great information on root cause.
dental care in his Instagram.
Okay next question, so I know tampons can be super toxic and then you
risk TSS as well. What do you recommend using instead?
This is a great question, especially because of the latest testing that came out
where they found high levels of arsenic, lead, and other metals in leading tampon
brands. The best thing you can do is free bleed at the end of
the day, either with an organic cotton pad
or period underwear, or both.
At the end of the day, your body is trying to shed this blood
for a reason, so I recommend I am of the belief that when we
plug it up, your body is not really happy with that.
Um, granted on heavier period days or while traveling,
I do love the Quora brand of tampons as well as their pads.
I'll go ahead and link their products below if you want to check them
out. They are certified organic, they go through pretty rigorous testing.
So I do trust their products.
Um, another question on this topic that I often get is whether period
cups are a good choice. And honestly, I've never used one and I can't
input much here. I will say that most of them are made of some
kind of plastic or silicone, and you never really know what kinds of chemicals
they contain. There's also just not a lot of research out there on whether
they're safe or not, so I would do your own research before using a
period cup. Next question which is also on the topic of menstrual
health. So is it common to pass parasites during your period?
How do they come out and how will I see them?
So when you're doing the systemic drainage and detox work that we're doing,
you're detoxing all organ systems,
not just the gut. So that means the urogenital system and the uterus too,
and with that you will purge a lot of toxins from the uterus.
Some people have a higher toxin load in their uterus I do often find
that for whatever reason the uterus is a sponge for heavy metals and glyphosate
especially, which both of those substances do attract parasites.
While you're on detox supplements, you might notice your period becomes a bit cloddier.
This is typically clumps of toxins, biofilm,
and even broken up parasites. You'll rarely pass a whole parasite in
period blood, but I definitely have seen that happen.
If it does, they will be teeny tiny and pretty hard to spot.
You would have to almost sift through your period blood with like a disposable
fork or something and kind of look around.
Um, but it's definitely something to be quite
often while we're working through these deeper layers of detox.
Your uterus is definitely purging a lot, especially in my clients with PCOS,
endo, um,
symptoms more associated with the urogenital system.
There's definitely going to be a lot of purging happening during this process.
The next topic that came up for you guys here,
so if you can share some of the clean household,
self-care, toiletry makeup products that you use,
I would love to learn more about that side of reducing toxin load.
So inside the Root Cause Clinic online course there is a more information about
this in Module 2, but there's also a whole section towards the end of
the course called Product Recommendations with all of the brands I use and love,
as well as the links. Lately I've been loving Branch Basics for cleaning products
because they make it so easy, you just have the one little bottle of
solution that can be used for a ton of different cleaning purposes.
And I order that online, unfortunately I don't have a discount code,
but if I ever get one I will certainly share it with you all.
Anytime I'm looking for a non-toxic product that I have never used before,
I go on the EWG Environmental Working Group Skin
Deep Database online. And see what they recommend,
especially if it's a skin or body care product.
They do have a list of all of the certified clean non-toxic
products that they recommend. Often,
if say I'm looking for eye shadow or something,
I'll just go on there and find the one that they recommend and try
that one out. Uhm, so that's always an option if there's a new product
and you aren't really sure what brand to go with. That is a database
that I use and trust myself. I also touch on this in module two,
but I do think we tend to underestimate just how much of our toxin
load comes from everyday personal care products.
Artificial fragrances, dyes,
parabens, I mean they're everywhere at this point.
So, obviously do the best you can with it,
but the more non-toxic you are in terms of cleaning and body care
products, the less stress your body will be under long term.
Okay, next question here. So, I did think that I might shed a
few pounds with all of this parasite cleansing, and opening drainage pathways.
I'm also conflicted between whether I should be keeping up with the same amount
of exercise, or if I should be allowing myself more rest due to the
somewhat slightly increased fatigue.
So, essentially, why am I not losing weight while on a detox and drainage
protocol, which is a question I get a lot.
This is a great question. It's one that I'm happy to touch on because
I think it's something we all go through, and I've definitely been there too.
We see online the word detox correlating with effortless weight
loss and a six pack, and this is honestly just a marketing tactic
at the end of the day in my opinion.
More often than not, what happens is as we start to clean out toxins,
purge pathogens that have been harboring in your body for years,
if not decades in most cases, it will elicit a bit of a stress
response and inevitably some inflammation.
Granted, we implement plenty of drainage support to avoid that.
You can this throughout your protocol, but some inflammation is normal and healthy during
this process. What I usually see is that weight stays about the same while
detoxing, and once we conclude our time together,
that's when you really start to see the shifts and some more ease when
it comes to weight loss. If weight loss is the main goal for one
of my clients, what I usually say is don't expect anything crazy while you're
detoxing. Give yourself plenty of time to rest,
don't push it too hard in the gym, and then once we reduce your
toxin load and your metabolism is functioning better,
add in some more walking,
some more resistance training, higher intensity protein,
and a slight caloric deficit or even maintenance calories,
and that's where you'll really start to see the weight come off.
So think of our work together as really laying the ground work for weight
loss, sowing that seed, and then you harvest the fruit several months later.
down the road. It's definitely playing the long game,
but that's the key to losing weight and really keeping it off.
We want that slow progress and metabolic adaptation over time.
Okay, next up one of you asked,
how do I know if what I'm passing is biofilm or yeast slash
candida? This is a great question.
At the end of the day, biofilm and candida are going to look really
similar. They're going to look almost like a fluffy,
yellow, whitish substance.
If you've never seen that before,
you'll probably see a little bit of it when you start doing coffee enemas.
Granted, it depends on the person. Some people have their biofilm,
a lot of candida. Some people never see it. Um,
biofilm is the quote-unquote nest that parasites,
bacteria, and other pathogens like to hide in.
So oftentimes you'll pass a lot of that during this process.
Usually it's compacted in stool and you won't even see it,
but if you ever do see something kind of fluffy,
almost yellowish, almost gooey-looking,
that's definitely not a parasite,
that is probably either candida or biofilm.
When it comes to things like this, where you're trying to identify something,
you can spend all day trying to decipher what it is,
but what really matters is that you passed it.
You can see from looking at it that it was probably causing stool.
stress hanging out inside your GI tract and colon.
So biofilm and candida are so similar in the body,
and they cause stress in such similar ways that it doesn't really matter which
it is, it just matters that you're clearing it. And all of the supplements
from, uh. CellCore especially, are biofilm busters.
That's another question I get a lot is, don't I need to add in
extra biofilm support? That's something that everybody talks about online.
Know that you definitely have a lot of biofilm support in your protocol,
you just probably don't know it. Um, all of the CellCore supplements are biofilm
support, especially the binder supplements. And they're also really
effective for clearing Candida.
Alright, and the last question coming up this week was,
do coffee enemas kill off beneficial bacteria?
So with coffee enemas, first off,
they're really just a hitting the descending colon.
It's not like a colonic where it's circulating your entire GI tract
and then coming back out. Colonics,
I don't recommend doing too often because I do think they can wipe out
some of your microbiome if you're not careful,
but coffee enemas, you don't have to worry about that.
They're not beneficial. They're not far enough up the GI tract where they're
going to kill off anything. Also, coffee is not a very strong antimicrobial.
It's not really killing off bacteria in the first place.
The reason we use coffee in an enema specifically is because the compounds
in the coffee, when I'm sorry.
It's going to de-congest the liver, it's going to support bile and glutathione production.
Really coffee enemas, the primary benefit is to support the liver.
The second. Secondary benefit is, obviously parasites don't like coffee enemas,
you'll probably pass some parasites with them, they help with constipation,
they help to scrub toxins and pathogens out of the colon,
but the primary focus is to support the liver.
Um, but. to answer this question,
no, you don't have to worry about coffee enemas killing off any beneficial bacteria.
All right, so that was all of the questions and topics that you guys
have submitted over the past couple of weeks.
Great, great topics, I was super excited to cover all of these,
I hope that they're helpful, I hope that you learned something when you listened
to this. And if any questions come up as you listen,
as always, feel free to chat me,
feel free to post in the group chat, email me,
um whatever works best for you. So sending love and
healing energy to you all, I will chat with you soon,
and I hope you have a great rest of your day. Bye bye.
