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Tired of gaining 5-10 lbs a year, despite doing your best to eat well? Wishing you could kick sugar cravings hitting hard at 3 PM as you experience a daily crash in energy? Fed up with anxiety and irritability affecting your focus and coping abilities? Longing for peaceful, uninterrupted sleep to wake up feeling refreshed? Want to end the digestive struggles and eat food without feeling like you’re 6 months pregnant? Struggling to make exercise a priority and fitting it into your busy life? ...
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Are you struggling to restore your gut to perfect health? Hear host Lindsey Parsons interview functional and integrative medicine professionals, patients and scientists about the gut microbiome, the current state of research and how they approach treating IBS, IBD, candida, constipation, diarrhea, GERD, gastritis, SIBO and other digestive issues. Hear patients talk about their experiences with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) both in clinics and do-it-yourself and how it impacted their ...
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In this episode, we're diving deep into the buzzworthy topic of hormone balance and its impact on weight loss after 40. If you've ever been frustrated by those extra pounds that won't budge, no matter how little you eat or how much you exercise, this episode is for you. You've probably heard the term "balance your hormones" all over social media. B…
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Are you over 40 and struggling to shed stubborn weight despite trying everything from eating less to exercising more, detoxing, and intermittent fasting? This episode is for you. Learn why weight loss can be more challenging after 40 and discover how boosting your metabolism can turn things around. First, understand that this isn't your fault—your …
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Martha Carlin, CEO of The BioCollective, discusses the link between the gut microbiome and Parkinson's disease. She emphasizes the significance of mannitol-producing bacteria for treating Parkinson's-related constipation and managing blood sugar. Additionally, she touches on the impact of environmental toxins and the necessity of regular bowel move…
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Do you have an on-again, off-again relationship with your healthy habits? You work out consistently for a few weeks, or eat well for a few days, then life gets busy and you find yourself back at square one. If this sounds familiar, you won't want to miss this episode. I'm going to share with you a powerful tip that has helped me and my clients main…
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Do you feel like your anxiety and irritability have become so pervasive that they're impacting your relationships and ability to cope with life, leading you to feel like you may have ADHD? If this sounds like you, then you're going to want to tune into today's episode. We're doing a deep dive into why you feel more anxious after 40 and what you can…
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Does this sound familiar? Every afternoon around 3 PM, you hit a wall. The morning's energy fades, and you find yourself standing in front of the pantry, eyeing that last chocolate bar and contemplating a second cup of coffee. It’s like clockwork – a daily battle against the afternoon slump. But today, something's different. Instead of giving in to…
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If you struggle with healthy eating consistency and often start off with good intentions only to throw in the towel after eating something you 'shouldn't,' then this episode is for you! Welcome back to episode 9! Today, I'm sharing a strategy that changed everything for me. It helped me overcome my perfectionist, all-or-nothing mentality towards fo…
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Dive into the interconnected world of the oral and gut microbiomes. Learn how oral microbiome testing can identify problematic bacteria and how to control them. Understand the connection of the oral microbiome to overall health, including heart disease, brain function and Alzheimer's. Discover natural alternatives for toothpaste and mouthwash for b…
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Do you love your carbs but feel like you need to cut them out of your diet to see weight loss results? If so, this episode is for you! I love this topic because I love my carbs, and I'm not willing to cut them out of my diet. I’ll be sharing some of my favorite strategies to enjoy them while achieving your weight loss goals. Why can carbs be proble…
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Have you ever wondered if your bloodwork could help you understand why you're gaining weight and provide strategies to lose it? If so, you’re in the right place. In today's episode, we’re going to explore several key blood markers that can shed light on the root causes of weight gain, particularly focusing on markers related to insulin resistance a…
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Have you ever been on a diet, lost weight, and felt amazing? You think, "This time is different! I'll maintain the weight loss," and maybe you even get rid of your pre-weight loss clothes. But then, life happens. Fast forward a few months, and not only have you regained the weight, but you've gained even more. If this sounds like you, you have to s…
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In today's episode, we discover the overlap of symptoms between perimenopause and elevated cortisol and help you uncover the steps to take to reverse these pesky symptoms. Common symptoms of both perimenopause and elevated cortisol: Weight Gain (especially in your midsection) Menstrual changes Increased cellulite Changes in gut health Accumulating …
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Learn about the bidirectional interplay between gut health and insomnia, how to recognize insomnia stemming from gut health issues and how addressing digestive issues can improve insomnia, and vice versa. Discover various natural and holistic approaches to improving sleep quality, including nutrition, acupuncture, supplementation and relaxation tec…
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Welcome back to Episode 4 of "Master Your Metabolism After 40"! Today, we're delving into three common mistakes that can significantly impact your journey to optimal health and weight management, especially as you navigate perimenopause and your 40s. At a high level, we'll cover macros, small vs large meals, and late-night eating. By making strateg…
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Hello lovely, Welcome back to another exciting episode of the podcast! Today, I'm thrilled to share with you my absolute favorite strategy for shedding weight and maintaining it effortlessly, especially after hitting the milestone of 40. Throughout this episode, we'll explore a common struggle many of us face when it comes to making healthy choices…
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Hi beautiful! Welcome back to another episode of the podcast! Today, we're tackling a topic that's often overlooked but incredibly crucial: shedding weight after 40 without resorting to drastic diet changes. As we hit our 40s, our bodies undergo significant changes, leaving many of us feeling frustrated and confused. If you've been experiencing sud…
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Hi lovely! Welcome to the very first episode of my podcast! I'm thrilled to kick things off by diving into a topic that hits close to home for many of us: the changes our bodies undergo as we approach or hit our 40s, including perimenopause and menopause. In this episode, I'll take you on a journey through my own experiences and struggles with horm…
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Welcome! On this podcast, you will find practical tools to help you shed weight, regain your energy and feel like yourself again as you navigate your 40s and beyond. My mission is to demystify hormonal, metabolic, and mindset stressors and give you simple nutrition, exercise, stress management and mindset tools to address the root cause of the sudd…
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Learn about the intricate relationship between stress, gut health, and overall well-being. Discover practical strategies to manage stress and support gut health. Learn how to detect signs of loss of vagal tone, exercises for stimulating the vagus nerve and insights into how to balance blood sugar without yoyo dieting, manage cholesterol and optimiz…
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Learn about Serum Bovine Immunoglobulin (SBI) Powder, a game-changer in gut health with Brian Kaufman, RN, Vice President of Global Business Development for Proliant Health & Biologicals. By selectively removing gut pathogens without disturbing commensal bacteria, SBIs help in conditions as diverse as SIBO, IBS, Candida, Crohn's, colitis, malnutrit…
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Explore the transformative journey of Bill Rawls, MD, from conventional medicine to holistic practice, driven by personal health challenges, which he solved with herbs. Learn about the contrast between whole plant therapy and pharmaceuticals, how to select quality herbal supplements, our stealth microbiome in the bloodstream and cells and how it re…
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Delve into the many causes of bloating beyond the usual suspects like SIBO, SIFO and IMO. Explores possible causes such as low stomach acid, enzyme deficiency, bile flow issues, food sensitivities, constipation, hypothyroidism and physical issues, learning about additional symptoms and testing options, plus practical tips for immediate relief. Lind…
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Struggling with bloating during perimenopause? Join nutritionist Lara Frendjian as she shares her journey of battling bloating, weight gain and mood swings in her 40s. Discover Lara's diet and lifestyle focused approach to addressing hormonal imbalances, managing stress, and balancing minerals. Explore her insights on hair tissue mineral analysis (…
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Explore how lifestyle factors like stress, poor sleep and food sensitivities can start the downward spiral of poor gut barrier function and disintegrating health. Learn about the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition method of testing and coaching to restore health, starting with lifestyle, with its founder, Reed Davis, HHP, CNT. Lindsey Parsons, your ho…
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Explore the often overlooked diagnosis of hydrogen sulfide SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth) and its diverse array of symptoms, including food intolerances, inflammation, diarrhea and abdominal pain, shedding light on its association with conditions like IBD, colorectal cancer and Parkinson's Disease. Gain invaluable insights into testing…
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Learn again from Michael Harrop, founder of humanmicrobes.org, who we last heard from in episode 5. Hear about Michael’s health challenges with chronic fatigue and IBS, his attempts to recover his health with DIY fecal transplants from 14-15 different donors and his positive results with his irritable bowel syndrome. Learn more about Human Microbes…
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Imagine an intervention that only takes 5 days a month and has been shown in human clinical trials to reduce the need for medication in type 2 diabetes and favorably impact risk factors for aging, cancer, and cardiovascular disease, and has been shown in animal models to reverse autoimmunity, including remission of an animal model of inflammatory b…
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Explore the connection between the microbiome, gut health and weight management, challenging conventional weight loss methods. Learn about the role of lipopolysaccride, butyrate-producing bacteria, Candida overgrowth, low stomach acid and gluten sensitivity in weight loss resistance. Delve into solutions from supplements to FMT to microbiome-alteri…
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Unlock the secrets of your DNA with Bryce Wylde of the DNA Company, a DNA analysis expert, who reveals how your genes influence your gut health, methylation, detoxification, hormone pathways, and Alzheimer's risk. Gain insights and actionable recommendations on how your DNA should influence the supplements you choose. Lindsey Parsons, your host, he…
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Hear one man's personal journey of healing from ulcerative colitis, and accidentally depression, anxiety and hair loss, and his successful approach to reversing his conditions using holistic methods, including an elimination diet and removing toxins from his home and diet. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and reverse autoi…
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Discover the truth about gut health as Lindsey demystifies prevalent myths and misconceptions surrounding gut health. Hear Lindsey dissect myths related to detoxes, gluten-free diets, drinking liquids during meals, diet and gut health, fiber and probiotics. Learn about important nuances in these gut health issues to make the best decision for your …
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Explore the causes of bloating and other gut health issues, from imbalanced gut bacteria and yeast to low stomach acid and digestive enzymes. Discover the connections between a dysbiotic gut microbiome and skin problems, such as eczema, and get some concrete steps to turn around your gut health with Loredana Shapson, PharmD, FNTP. Lindsey Parsons, …
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Discover the transformative power of fermentation, which harnesses naturally occurring bacteria in ordinary vegetables to unlock their digestion-boosting, nutrient-rich properties. Learn about the benefits of consuming fermented foods for your gut health and gain some culinary tips for seamlessly integrating these versatile, flavorful foods into yo…
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Explore the critical role of the gut microbiome in shaping allergy susceptibility and two related conditions: histamine dysregulation and histamine intolerance. Learn about the connection between allergies and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and the role of Klebsiella aerogenes in exacerbating these issues. Uncover some practical advic…
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Learn about hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA), the crucial role of minerals in digestion, and how the "big four" macro minerals - calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium - impact various bodily functions. Uncover the effects of excessive calcium, the importance of magnesium for stress management, sodium's role in digestion and the roles of zinc,…
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Learn about Andrea McBeth, ND’s journey from wanting to offer fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) to developing Thaenabiotic, a unique dietary supplement derived from healthy human stool. Andrea explains how Thaenabiotic captures a range of beneficial postbiotics that contribute to overall health and wellness. The conversation explores Thaenabiotic'…
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In your forties or suffering from new gut health issues and wondering if you need a colonoscopy or endoscopy? Learn more about increasing colon cancer diagnoses, when to get a colonoscopy or endoscopy, hereditary and lifestyle risk factors, dietary changes for colon cancer prevention, as well as integrative interventions for colon cancer. Lindsey P…
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Still looking for the right probiotic to balance your gut microbiome? Learn how FitBiomics is revolutionizing the probiotics industry with new products like Veillonella, which is derived from the gut microbiomes of elite athletes. Explore the scientific basis for the effectiveness of FitBiomics’ probiotics with Jonathan Scheiman, PhD, CEO of FitBio…
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Have you been struggling with chronic gut health conditions like IBS, SIBO or IMO? If so, the elemental diet may be for you. Explore the ways in which elemental diets provide the gut rest, reduce inflammation and reset the gut microbiome in order to eliminate symptoms of IBS, SIBO, IMO and many other related conditions. Learn how to effectively exe…
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Learn about the primary stool tests I use (the GI Map and the Genova GI Effects), their features, pros and cons, when and which SIBO/IMO breath tests I use, as well as other functional medicine tests like the Organic Acids Test, NutrEval, and Doctor's Data Hair Elements test, when and why I select them and what is included in each test. Lindsey Par…
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Struggling with Celiac Disease, leaky gut, food sensitivities or bodywide complaints that you think may originate in your gut? Explore strategies to individualize your diet to attain a healthy and diverse gut microbiome. Also, learn about critical food preparation steps for legumes to minimize gut damage with Vincent Pedre, MD. Lindsey Parsons, you…
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Struggling with a fatty liver diagnosis, metabolic syndrome or concern over the potential? Discover the signs and symptoms of liver disease, the causes, risk factors, the stages of liver disease, when reversal is possible and actionable steps to reverse fatty liver. Also learn about gallbladder issues, gallstones, how to spot insufficient bile prod…
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Learn how dietary and supplemental fiber can help maintain regular bowel movements, promote a healthy gut microbiome, and reduce the risk of chronic diseases. Plus, find out how fiber different supplements can help with constipation, reduce cholesterol levels, and restore butyrate producers in the colon, as well as when and what kinds of fiber are …
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Unexplained sharp pains, pale, floating stool or diarrhea? You could have a gallbladder/bile issue. Learn about the role of bile in digesting fats, digestive support after gallbladder removal, the possible benefits of TUDCA, supplements that can help with bile issues and how the interaction between the microbiome and bile contributes to inflammatio…
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Rich Maurer went on an experimental journey to improve his health with Human Milk Oligosaccharides or HMOs, a prebiotic found in human breastmilk that feeds beneficial bacteria. Through tracking his microbiome using 16s RNA testing, Rich was able to see a significant increase in his and family members’ Bifidobacteria and Akkermansia muciniphila, an…
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If you're struggling with inflammation, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, obesity, autoimmunity, constipation, SIBO, memory loss, depression, anxiety, atherosclerosis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, you likely have some amount of metabolic endotoxemia going on. Learn more about this dysregulation of gut health that causes bodywide problems…
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After a one-week course of antibiotics, pre-med student Nita Jain spent 6 years incapacitated with chronic fatigue (ME/CFS), neuropathy and seizures and used fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) from 25-30 donors to recover, while simultaneously acquiring new problems from less favorable donors, including inflammatory bowel disease, cystitis, ecz…
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Research suggests that low FODMAP diets reduce IBS symptoms in 85% of people. Learn how to implement a low FODMAP diet for IBS or SIBO, low FODMAP product options, and conventional and alterative treatments for IBS on this podcast sponsored by Casa de Sante with Onikepe Adegbola, MD. Lindsey Parsons, your host, helps clients solve gut issues and re…
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Supplemental butyrate in the form of tributyrin can be helpful for slowing motility and firming up loose stool, which is useful for people with SIBO-D/IBS-D and some types of gut dysbiosis. It also has metabolic, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer benefits. Learn about the benefits and potential drawbacks of butyrate supplementation. Lindsey Parsons…
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Tocotrienols, the superior forms of Vitamin E, provide powerful benefits that include lowering cholesterol, reducing inflammation, improving fatty liver and type 2 diabetes, and promoting bone health. Research has also suggested that tocotrienols may help fight against Crohn's Disease and multiple forms of cancer. Learn more about tocotrienols and …
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