Hi there, and welcome to another episode of the Root Cause Clinic Podcast.
Thank you so much for your patience on this episode.
I was sick last week and lost my voice,
so I had to wait until today to record this.
With the holidays upon us, I wanted to start out this episode by touching
on the importance of self-care and maintaining a healthy routine.
Winter is meant to be a time of rest and self-reflection,
and as much as I love the holidays and connecting with loved ones,
I think it's easy to get so caught up in the hustle and bustle
of it all that you forget this is actually a time to turn inward.
So, over this month, make sure you're taking care of yourself and maintaining healthy
boundaries. Remember, it's okay to say no,
it's okay to turn others down if it means you're prioritizing your own health.
Another important piece of this is remembering it's okay to maintain a healthy diet
during this time. A lot of people, including myself,
get guilt-tripped for choosing a whole foods diet during a time when most people
are eating huge amounts of processed sugars,
gluten, and alcohol and other quote-unquote holiday foods.
But remember, nothing is worth sacrificing your mental or physical health.
It's fine to indulge if you know you'll feel okay afterwards,
but don't push yourself just because you're feeling pressured to or because the people
around you are engaging in something that you know won't feel good for you.
It's actually a great testament to a healthy nervous system to be able to
say no during a time where many people are overdoing it,
saying yes to everything, pushing themselves beyond their limits,
and usually spending the rest of the winter fighting off colds and viruses because
of it. Remember, this time of year is not actually cold season,
it's just a season where people spend less time outside,
stare at screens more, consume more processed foods,
experience increased stress levels,
and spend less time exercising. So take care of yourself during this season,
prioritize self-care, even when other people aren't.
Don't feel like you have to be perfect, definitely keep a healthy balance,
but remember that you don't have to overstep your boundaries or sacrifice your healthy
lifestyle just because it's the holidays.
Okay, with that being said, let's jump into your latest questions and topics.
The first topic suggestion was how to deal with increased anxiety while detoxing.
This is a pretty complex topic and the answer is will look different depending
on the person, but typically anxiety that comes up while detoxing is anxiety
that's always been there. You've just been in a state of numbness or fight
or flight for so long that you've never actually felt it until now.
Detox is about creating more space and capacity in the body,
and that means you're going to start feeling your emotions more,
which is sometimes a really scary experience.
But anxiety is never a mystery. It's always your body asking for something.
So when you feel that anxious feeling,
ask yourself, where do I feel this in my body?
Does it have a color, a shape? Does it move around?
If you really feel into it and ask your body what it needs,
and I mean really, take a second to listen,
what is it asking for? Is it asking for more rest?
Is it asking for a certain conversation to take place,
a boundary that needs to be set? Obviously,
there are physiological root causes of anxiety,
too. Like parasite flare-ups or mold exposures,
but ultimately, that response is driven by emotions,
and the pathogens are just causing it to come more to the surface.
Anxiety was always one of my worst symptoms, too,
so I know how scary it can be. Just remember that your body is
infinitely intelligent, and it's bringing this symptom to the surface for a reason.
So try to create a little bit more space and safety in your life
to tap in and listen to what your body is asking for here.
Okay, the next topic suggestion was the gut after taking antibiotics.
So when it comes to antibiotics, which are drastically overused in the mainstream medical
system, we have to look at it with a nuanced approach.
Antibiotics target harmful bacteria causing an infection,
but they also kill beneficial bacteria that help with digestion,
immunity, nutrient absorption,
and much more. This disruption leads to an imbalance in the gut microbiome
with harmful bacteria or fungi potentially thriving in the absence of that beneficial
bacteria. And dysbiosis can cause digestive issues like bloating,
diarrhea, or constipation. In a very healthy person with a balanced
gut, one round of antibiotics isn't going to do much.
But if you're under chronic stress, or if you already have gut imbalances,
or a compromised immune system, antibiotics create the perfect environment for other
pathogens like C. diff or Candida to overgrow.
When it comes to antibiotic use, a high-quality probiotic is helpful,
as well as maintaining a healthy, balanced paleo diet.
If antibiotics create extreme symptoms for you,
you're going to need to layer in some more support.
My favorites are a high-quality carbon binder,
like Biotoxin Binder from Cellcor, to help bind bacteria and endotoxins,
mimosa pudica supplements like Para-1 to scrub the gut of overgrowing pathogens,
and drainage supports like LymphActive and Drainage Activator, to help make sure your body
is clearing pathogens through the proper drainage pathways.
The most important piece of this is to create a healthy body and terrain
before you have to take antibiotics for any reason,
so you're able to recover quickly and your gut bounces back.
If you take antibiotics when your gut is already under stress,
it's much harder to recover from then.
Alright, the next question was, when you travel,
is there anything additional you do to support your body and the stress travel
can bring, and to help with not getting sick from travel?
Yes, so for this I like to do a high quality vitamin C.
and zinc. I'll link my favorite supplement for this below in the notes.
Ideally some kind of whole foods vitamin C like acerola powder or camu camu
is good. I also usually bring my desiccated oyster capsules for copper,
B vitamins, and zinc, which I'll also link below.
And I bring my bio-optimizers, magnesium,
which I take every day regardless of travel.
If I'm going somewhere abroad, I'll also bring CellCore's biotoxin binder
and take around three capsules of that per day because you never really know
what you're being exposed to when you are traveling.
But overall I don't do or recommend too much.
The most important piece of this is living a healthy lifestyle overall so your
body can handle occasional stressors like depression. So I travel or toxin exposures.
Okay, next question. What should you focus on when trying to figure out what
type of training is most beneficial for your overall health and body function?
So when it comes to fitness, there are some basic things and goals to
shoot for, and then some higher level goals to work for as well.
First off, you want to aim to walk at least 6,000 steps per day.
A lot of you inside the Root Cause Clinic struggle with chronic fatigue,
as did I for many years, so obviously this isn't achievable for everyone,
but it's something to work up to. If your adrenals are under a critical
quite a bit of stress, you don't want to add in too much high-intensity
exercise. If your adrenals
are under quite a bit of stress, you don't want to add in too
much high-intensity exercise, so gentle exercise like Pilates or yoga
two to three times per week is great.
If you're able to tolerate it, eventually working up to resistance training with weights
is ideal around two to three times per week.
Ultimately, we want to work on building muscle mass to improve the health of
your metabolism and create- Ultimately,
we want to work on building muscle mass to- Oh my gosh.
Ultimately, we want to work on building muscle mass to improve the health of
your metabolism and create a healthy musculoskeletal system for long-term health.
And I'm not talking crazy weight sessions where you're doing a million reps.
I'm talking having your heart rate skyrocket for an hour straight.
I'm talking about three to four exercises per session,
doing three sets of 10-12 reps,
lifting until muscle failure.
I'm talking about three to four exercises per session,
doing three sets of 10 to 12 reps,
lifting until muscle failure, and progressively increasing weight over time.
So that's what I recommend working up to over time,
but if you have questions about what to implement for your situation specifically,
feel free to drop them in the group chat. And we can touch base
on it there as well. Okay, the next question was,
what causes mask cell reactions to things like sunlight,
heat, pressure, urticaria?
So, just for some background, mask cells are immune cells that play a central
role in allergic reactions and inflammatory processes.
is. Thanks. So,
urticaria is an immune response to environmental
stressors. For example, when it comes to the sun,
solar urticaria is a reaction to UV light from the this
can be tracked this can be triggered
by the interaction between sunlight and skin proteins,
which causes mass cells to release histamine and other chemicals.
Ultimately, in order to reduce urticaria responses,
we have to fix the body's histamine overreactions,
which means decreasing toxin load,
purging parasites, bringing safety to the nervous system.
clearing hidden infections like dental infections,
and continuing to open up drainage pathways,
especially the liver. It is possible to heal urticaria reactions,
but it does take time because it is a learned response that the body
is using to protect itself. All right,
the last question was, when doing a parasite cleanse,
what symptoms can get worse before getting better?
I feel like some of my symptoms are much better,
but some I am feeling a lot more this past week.
When it comes to detoxing, especially parasite cleansing,
you should expect your symptoms to be cyclical rather than completely eliminated all
at once. A good way to look at this as a
good way to look at it is say the root cause of your bloating
was a high parasite load. Well,
as those parasites die off, the bloating may get worse temporarily because those parasites
are releasing histamine. Histamines, endotoxins,
and other toxins back into the body as they die off.
So it's not necessarily a bad thing,
it's a necessary part of the process, but it can be uncomfortable and confusing
if you don't have someone walking you through it. And that's the importance of
working with a knowledgeable practitioner who can help you navigate the hard times during
a protocol.
Your body will tell us if these symptoms are something it needs to push
through, or if they're causing too much stress and we need to dial back
the detox herbs. That is the value of muscle testing and energy work.
But ultimately, remember that this is just a part of the process.
Your body heals in layers, and as it hits new layers,
new symptoms will develop. This isn't a bad thing,
it's just a sign that you're progressing in your healing journey.
Alright, that was all of the questions and topics for this episode.
Again, thank you for your patience on the delayed release date.
Let me know your thoughts or questions in the group chat,
and I hope you have a great rest of your day.
