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- It's once again time to
get gutsy with Liz Hall

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and her expert guests on
the Gutsy Bay Podcast.

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- Meg REI is an integrative
women's health practitioner

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and board certified acupuncturist
with nearly 30 years

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of clinical expertise.

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Meg's unique East meets West
approach has helped thousands

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of women overcome a vast
range of hormonal imbalances,

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including infertility, P-M-S-P-C-O-S,

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thyroid issues, weight loss
resistance, digestive disorders,

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anxiety and depression.

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While Meg sounds like you've
been a lifesaver to many,

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many women for years now Yeah,

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I'd love to hear some background.

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- Yeah. So I decided to mid thirties

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go back to school for acupuncture.

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And what led me down that
path is that in my, uh, teens

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and my twenties, I was struggling
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And I was very fortunate
to have the most amazing,

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holistic, functional md.

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I worked with the nutritionist,
I did really good therapy,

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I addressed parasites, a
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and I learned how to have a
healthy relationship with food.

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I learned how to be able to nurture me

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to be the best mother
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And I felt this calling
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to do something in the field of help.

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So I was seeing an acupuncturist,
he recommended a book.

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I read two sentences
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what I wanna go to school for.

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So going ahead about five
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suddenly getting a lot of
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people in the dance field.

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My partner of five years at the time had,

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was sending all her dance friends.

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people in modern dance

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and, uh, Broadway people, and
also from personal trainers

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and all, you know, these were
various women that were trying

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to get pregnant and they
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So they came to see me.

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And I wasn't doing a lot
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just a little bit, maybe some
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but it was acupuncture.

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And I started seeing a pattern.

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And the pattern that started to emerge is

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that I went, Hmm, this is interesting.

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The women that are trying to have a child

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and having difficulty, I don't
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I believe there were reasons
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difficulty having a child,
and we'll go into that.

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Yeah. But then I started
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that had non fertility issues.

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They were coming to me
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they had gut issues, they had
headaches, they had stress.

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But I noticed that both
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of the same lifestyle markers.

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And what were they sharing? Skipping

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meals, eating on the go.

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Not enough protein, not
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too much coffee, little
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Mm-Hmm. . And I knew that the women

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with the non-related fertility of issues,

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if they didn't start
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'cause they weren't getting enough sleep

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and they were just, stress
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they'd be back in my office
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issues getting pregnant.

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So I realized it five years
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more on nutrition, have
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of hormones from a functional, holistic,

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western perspective.

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So I was able to combine that
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Chinese medicine and
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because both, uh, systems of of medicine,

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they look at root cause.

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And the first time I heard root
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ago when I was in school for acupuncture.

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- Wow.
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And that has been my jam.

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So over the years, I've
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with some amazing
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and really take that deep dive.

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And, um, a lot of the issues that I see

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for women struggling struggl
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with fertility, are the same issues

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that I'm just seeing across
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So if you wanna take a deep dive

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and ask more questions, I'd
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, I don't even know where to begin.

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Uh, but it sounds like
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educated yourself and went really strong

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into that career path.

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And now you're sharing the
wealth of information and,

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and helping women and
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- Well, men are 50% of fertility equation.

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I don't know why we, we, we put this onus,

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we put this burden, oh,
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and more studies are showing,
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my gosh, how many is it?

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It's one out of five couples.

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that are having issues with fertility.

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- It's becoming more and more common.

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And I do believe that
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holistic approach of the
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It's everything. It's everything.

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Your whole body has to work in sync.

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what is unexplained infertility

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and wellbeing of a problem for Well,

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- I mean the, the best
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to, to define that.

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as the inability for a couple to conceive

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after one year of unprotected sex.

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So, or that's, that's,
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to the doctor and see what's
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The, the issue with conventional medicine

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and the conventional
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to the root causes.

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Mm-Hmm.  of why a woman is
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pregnant, doesn't get to the root causes,

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why women are having
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- Typically it's always too late.

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I've ex I've experienced
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Right. It's women don't
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to have start a family.

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Right. And by then, it
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with endometriosis.

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I didn't, I was misdiagnosed
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- Extremely debilitating pain.

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I I mean, it started from, I
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It's, this story has been
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and over again with pains
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and thirties, and finally
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- Got diagnosed properly, ever.

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And let me back up with my
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They all, I always had
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because most of the endometriosis
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the rectal area. Yeah.

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- That caused a lot of severe
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for severe constipation.

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Um, I, you know, was a vegetarian
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I couldn't drink coffee ever, actually.

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a lot of foods I had to
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It, it, it's more common
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to be misdiagnosed.

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you know, on the regular.

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I had my first, uh,
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I mean, that's insane and crazy.

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with my husband, of course
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she was called the doctor
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And I'm like, what's that?
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She's like, you need to
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Naza who lifesaver in
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and how to do, um, the
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And he's out of the Bay Area.
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Well, I, of course, I've had two surgeries

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before to see if that would help.

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to have a full on hysterectomy.

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And I chose to go that route for myself.

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And I chose my life

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and my health instead of
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of pain and issues. Um,

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- Did they also remove your ovaries?

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- Yes. Yeah. So
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- Had How are you now?

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How are you now?

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- It's night and day.

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I've been in full menopause
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And I am, I've been amazing.
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I could drink coffee, I
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'cause I've gone through menopause.

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Estrogen is so essential for women.

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Bone integrity, integrity,
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cognitive function.

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I'm glad that you're, you're doing that.

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um, what you're saying.

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to see me Mm-Hmm. ,

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they've been to six or seven
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and I will say to women, it
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Yeah. Or it'll sound like
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or we need to, um,
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You're, you're constipated. Mm-Hmm.

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and constipation is a
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because when women are constipated, uh,

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they can be recirculating estrogens

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that should be eliminated.

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fertility issues, I, I look at how I,

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I always say your, if your,
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if you don't have optimal gut function,

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your hormones will never be imbalanced.

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and then to another big area
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there are so many studies
that are being done right now

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that, um, in 1922,

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the environmental working
group did analysis of 40 peer

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reviewed scientific studies
published in the last five

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years, found that all 30,000 samples

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of umbilical cord blood
contained PFAS toxins.

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We're finding a lot of those forever

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chemicals. And what that

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- It's in our, it's in our foods.

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- Well, it's in our food.

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It's in, uh, our cook non-stick cookware.

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It's in pizza boxes,
it's in candy wrappers.

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I mean, a lot of times I will see in

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- Everything these days,
- It's in everything.

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Mm-Hmm.  I'm seeing, you
know, a lot of women,

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when they get their thyroid checked,

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when they have fertility issues,

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the doctors are only checking TSH.

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Wow. Well, that's equivalent

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to you looking at the front
door of somebody's house

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and say, Hey, that looks nice.

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I'm gonna buy the house. Right.

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You have to look at free
T three, free T four.

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You have to look for antibodies.

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And a lot of women that have
been through IVF cycles and,

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and failed, or they've had miscarriages

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and, uh, you know, chemical
pregnancies, nobody checked

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for thyroid antibodies.

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So what contributes to thyroid antibodies?

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What contributes to autoimmune issues?

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Environmental chemicals like sate Mm-Hmm.

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pesticides contribute to
autoimmune thyroid issues.

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So I, anytime I am working
with women, I say to them,

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your follicles go on a 90 day journey.

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Mm-Hmm. . So whatever you do

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during those 90 days will
influence the follicles

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or that, that egg that is chosen

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or selected for that cycle
that you wanna get pregnant.

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But in my world, I would
ideally like people

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to start thinking about
preconception 12 months prior.

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Because a lot of times women will come in,

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and I have a few women
recently, they're like,

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I wanna get pregnant right now,

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but I'm like, your labs came back.

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You have a lot of gut issues going on.

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You're depleted in B vitamins.

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You know, you're not digesting.

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Let us get you in a good place. Right.

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Because another big issue,

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and I know I'm jumping
around the microbiome

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- Yes.

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- Of the mother is passed on to her child.

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So every generation passes on,

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thereby microbiome to the next generation.

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We have generations of women right now

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that do not have great microbiomes. That

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- Is key.

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That is key. Because the first,
the, when the baby is born,

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when it's going through the room,

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that is the first time
it touches the microbiome

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to start the baby off to be healthy.

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- Is that correct? Yeah. I
mean, I always say that coming

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through the vaginal
canal is a christening.

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Yes. And, you know, it's, it's, they're,

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they're getting covered with mucus.

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And also that fecal matter is like

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having a, a fecal implant.

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You're supposed to, babies are supposed

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to ingest that stuff.

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Yeah. We sterilize the environment.

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And then obviously, nursing. Nursing.

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So I always wanna make sure
that if moms are nursing,

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sometimes I have women come to me

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with postpartum depression, or

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after the, while nursing,
I'm like, I make sure

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that they're on a probiotic.

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But again, the microbiome is 70%

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of her immune system.

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Then you couple that with the fact are,

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are women having difficulty detoxing?

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I do a lot of testing where
I check for heavy metals.

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I check for environmental
chemicals. I check for parasites.

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I, I look at the gut. I don't wanna guess,

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- Is that your gut
hormone reset? I did see

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- The gut hormone reset.

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I will do, um, I do a gut zoomer

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and that lets me see how
well is somebody digesting.

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Um, it lets me look at the,
you know, various types of, of,

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um, good and bad bacteria.

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It also, lets me see, does
somebody have an elevation

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of an enzyme called beta glucuronidase?

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Mm-Hmm. . If that enzyme is elevated,

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women are not detoxing estrogen.

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- Right.
- So there are a lot of factors

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because I just don't wanna
throw stuff up on the wall

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and guess I wanna test.

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'cause I wanna see, and I
think it's really important

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for women to also be able to see, wow,

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I'm not detoxing plastics.

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I have high levels of, of metals.

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Where are those metals coming from? Water.

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So a Brita filter

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or refrigerated filters
not gonna clear it out.

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This is why I say to people,
in an ideal world Mm-Hmm.

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, we would be doing distilled water

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and adding minerals back to it.

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And that's actually what I drink.

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Because even a lot of, um, spring water

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that we're tested Yeah.

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Health chemicals, it's because it's, it's,

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- And it's missing all the minerals.

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They're bleaching 'em
out, basically. Well,

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- The minerals that people really need

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isn't coming from water.

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It's coming from fruits and veggies.

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So if I can lead into something

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that I think is really important,

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and I feel that we will be hearing more

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and more about is fulvic
and humic acid fulvic

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and humic acid is found in our soil.

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And it's, and we find
it in that really deep,

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rich, dark soil.

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Mm-Hmm. , our soil's depleted.

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So fulvic and IC acid plants absorb it

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so they can absorb nutrients.

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We eat these plants, we absorb the fulvic

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and ic, which also carries minerals.

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Fulvic and IC are really powerful

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because fulvic acid is what helps

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to usher nutrients into the cells,

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usher toxins out of the cells,
and give an electrical charge

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because they also carry,
there's also minerals with that.

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Mm-Hmm. . Mm-Hmm. . And humic is kind

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of like a piece of Velcro.

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It takes those toxins

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and helps to eliminate
them through the bowels.

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So every person I see right
now, I put them on fulvic.

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Humic, they can continue to take that

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during their pregnancy.

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But what it does, it helps to drop

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and helps you detox heavy
metals and chemicals.

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- Yeah. That's amazing.

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- This is, I mean, basic stuff,

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but we are at a point, I mean, when,

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when I was practic started practicing

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around 30 years ago,
it was very different.

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We didn't have the heavy
exposure, you know, we're,

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we're being, um, bombarded
with Scotch guard.

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What a scotch guard.

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It's, it's a, it's like a
water repellent in, in fabric

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and in in rugs and in our cars

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and in, you know, yoga pants,

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people don't even think about it.

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Sometimes I see these
high levels of chemicals

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and it's coming from clothing.

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- Oh my gosh. Yeah.

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- So what I, what i, what I
try to say to women in working

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with them, and,

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and I would say to women
here, at the very least,

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cut out plastics.

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Don't wrap your food in saran wrap.

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Don't, you know, store
things in Tupperware.

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Do not microwave stuff,
particularly in plastic.

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And look at your cosmetics.

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Look at your household cleaners

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and cleansers, you
know, and, and skincare.

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I mean, it's, so I love, um,

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there is, it's called
the Environmental working

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group ewg.org.

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And they will, from a to, from a,

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to like f they will rate a product.

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- Okay. - And they, the
environmental working group was the

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first group to actually do
studies on umbilical cords

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and chemicals back in
2009 or five, and then 11.

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And they found, uh, like,
I dunno, 260 chemicals.

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Well, at that time it's increased.

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And now we're finding, uh,
you know, um, chemicals in,

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in all babies, babies are
born with a toxic burden.

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How do we minimize that burden
by detoxing women and men

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before they try to have children?

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- Wow.
- Because we're up to,

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and the number may even be higher.

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It's almost one out of 30
children will be born with autism.

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Wow. That's not genetic.

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And learning disability and,
and, and a DD and a DH, ADHD

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and all these things with there,

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this toxic burden is an epidemic.

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- You know, it really is. It really is.

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That, that was a lot to take in.

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But it's also necessary
because it's true. Yep.

435
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Um, I, I have a water bottle
that I use that's glass

436
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and, um, I, it's a hydro water where it

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infuses oxygen into the water.

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That's great. It helps.

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- That's wonderful. What
kind of water is in that?

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- Um, it is, that's a
whole other thing. Right?

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It's like spring water. It's not,

442
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- Is it Brita or is it a spring water?

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Is it a distilled water?

444
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- It's the spring water. Okay. That I,

445
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- Yeah. That's wonderful.

446
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- Good. I get it. Sprouts .

447
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- I love Sprouts. SPR is,
sprouts is a, is is a,

448
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I was just there yesterday. .

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I'm trying to think if, um, so

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- What are many fertility experts missing

451
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or even doctors missing
when it comes to diagnosing

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and treating this issue?

453
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- Everything that we're discussing. Yeah.

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- Right. - So another thing
too is checking thyroid,

455
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full thyroid, um, ruling
out autoimmune issues.

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Um, looking at methylation, looking at

457
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for genetic snips.

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I had a, a client that had a miscarriage,

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and I feel that she's having
a clotting factor issue.

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And I want her doctor to check her

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for antiphospholipid, uh, issues.

462
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You know, looking at vitamin
DD is crucial to fertility.

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None of the gynecologists
or very few. Yeah.

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And, and fertility docs
check DD is essential.

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I mean, women run the risk

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of preeclampsia gestational diabetes.

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Mm-Hmm. Postpartum depression.

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If women are low in D

469
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that can actually impact
their baby's teeth.

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And they children, I mean,
we don't think about this.

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So we, we, I mean, it's
very important to make sure

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that women have optimal levels of d

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and an optimal level is
between 60 and 80, not 30.

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Right. And taking vitamin
D with K two. Yeah.

475
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So what, you know,
conventional medicine doesn't.

476
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It's just the training.
It's, um, and hopefully,

477
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- Uh, it, it's the
training I have just read.

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Did you not, did you know

479
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that they didn't start
doing studies on women

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until the nineties?

481
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Yeah. It was Dr. Healy with the NIH.

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They started finally
doing studies on women.

483
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So there's a whole entire
generation of doctors

484
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that don't know these
statistics about like,

485
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even estrogen. Right. How that's like,

486
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- Well, I mean, it's,
what's coming to light is

487
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that when somebody
specializes in gynecology,

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they get a very short period
of time addressing menopause.

489
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- Yes.
- So, So what

490
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is important

491
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and what doctors are missing, again,

492
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is looking for root cause.

493
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If a woman is stressed
out Mm-Hmm.  what happens?

494
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Your cycle is producing estrogen
and progesterone. Mm-Hmm.

495
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When women are stressed,

496
00:23:53,735 --> 00:23:56,825
that progesterone from their
cycle can get shunted down

497
00:23:56,985 --> 00:23:58,105
cortisol pathways.

498
00:23:58,495 --> 00:23:59,905
Yeah. To address stress.

499
00:24:00,235 --> 00:24:03,945
Again, you know, stress
is in unintentional form

500
00:24:03,945 --> 00:24:05,145
of, of birth control.

501
00:24:05,845 --> 00:24:09,825
And when we're in a state of
stress, we don't have proper

502
00:24:10,435 --> 00:24:12,305
blood flow to the uterus.

503
00:24:12,755 --> 00:24:14,865
We're not having proper digestion

504
00:24:14,865 --> 00:24:18,265
because the body's in a,
in a sympathetic response.

505
00:24:18,805 --> 00:24:22,905
So making sure that people
are getting enough sleep,

506
00:24:23,365 --> 00:24:25,585
making sure that when women go to bed,

507
00:24:26,175 --> 00:24:28,785
that they're not on this
scrolling in their bed

508
00:24:29,255 --> 00:24:33,105
because that EMF, this
light your body, it,

509
00:24:33,105 --> 00:24:34,625
it interferes with melatonin.

510
00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:36,865
Your body's looking at this
and maybe 10 o'clock at night.

511
00:24:37,245 --> 00:24:39,065
But if you're seeing
light, your body's thinking

512
00:24:39,065 --> 00:24:40,665
that's like nine o'clock in the morning.

513
00:24:41,245 --> 00:24:42,705
So that's gonna disrupt sleep

514
00:24:43,245 --> 00:24:44,945
and not allow somebody to get

515
00:24:44,945 --> 00:24:47,105
that real deep room sleep that they need.

516
00:24:47,825 --> 00:24:51,195
- Correct. Yeah. No, you're
absolutely correct about that.

517
00:24:53,365 --> 00:24:56,775
It's, it's so frustrating
that I hear this time

518
00:24:56,875 --> 00:25:01,175
and time again that women
are being misdiagnosed.

519
00:25:01,725 --> 00:25:03,175
That they are not getting the kind

520
00:25:03,175 --> 00:25:04,215
of treatment that they need.

521
00:25:04,835 --> 00:25:07,095
Um, and they need to find
someone like you Meg .

522
00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:10,975
- Well, I, I feel that, and
I'm hoping that the, you know,

523
00:25:10,995 --> 00:25:13,455
and I have friends that are
functional medicine MDs.

524
00:25:13,495 --> 00:25:16,255
I mean, they, they,
they've gone down that path

525
00:25:16,255 --> 00:25:17,935
because I knew something was missing.

526
00:25:18,155 --> 00:25:20,935
Mm-Hmm. . But I'm conventional medicine.

527
00:25:22,045 --> 00:25:23,095
It's just, it's,

528
00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:25,495
and I'm not trying to make, you know, the,

529
00:25:25,495 --> 00:25:27,935
the profession wrong, but
they don't look at why

530
00:25:27,935 --> 00:25:29,255
people are having issues.

531
00:25:29,795 --> 00:25:31,855
Why are women having heartburn?

532
00:25:32,565 --> 00:25:35,015
Well, maybe it's low stomach acid.

533
00:25:35,355 --> 00:25:39,855
Why are women constipated?
Low stomach acid can be. Yes.

534
00:25:39,995 --> 00:25:43,375
And if you have low stomach
acid, I always, I had women

535
00:25:44,585 --> 00:25:45,625
terrible constipation.

536
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:49,545
I put them on hydrochloric
acid because I wanna make sure

537
00:25:49,545 --> 00:25:51,785
before any woman's trying to get Kit C

538
00:25:52,095 --> 00:25:54,345
that they're having
regular bowel movements

539
00:25:54,345 --> 00:25:56,905
and regular bowel
movements in my world are

540
00:25:56,905 --> 00:25:58,105
having two to three a day.

541
00:25:58,175 --> 00:26:00,265
Yeah. Not two to three a week. Yeah.

542
00:26:00,265 --> 00:26:03,545
Which is considered normal,
but two to three a day.

543
00:26:04,055 --> 00:26:06,785
- Yeah. No, I,
- And so one

544
00:26:06,785 --> 00:26:09,505
- Of those severe constipation
where I used to only,

545
00:26:10,345 --> 00:26:12,585
I was lucky to go once
a week for a time. Yeah.

546
00:26:12,585 --> 00:26:14,985
- Well, you had all that
obstruction with the, you know,

547
00:26:15,015 --> 00:26:17,465
with the endometriosis
you had a lot going on.

548
00:26:18,285 --> 00:26:21,665
But there are basic things
when, when women come in

549
00:26:22,885 --> 00:26:27,025
and they've been diagnosed
with PCOS Mm-Hmm.

550
00:26:27,115 --> 00:26:29,465
Polycystic ovarian syndrome,
which is a big issue.

551
00:26:29,465 --> 00:26:31,425
These are women that are not ovulating.

552
00:26:31,425 --> 00:26:33,465
They have elevated androgens.

553
00:26:34,325 --> 00:26:37,025
And, um, the only option
that they are given

554
00:26:37,565 --> 00:26:40,225
is either injectables or IVF and

555
00:26:40,605 --> 00:26:43,845
or if they too address, uh, PCOS,

556
00:26:43,875 --> 00:26:45,845
they will put women on birth control.

557
00:26:45,845 --> 00:26:47,285
So they get a period every month.

558
00:26:47,305 --> 00:26:48,605
And I try to explain to women,

559
00:26:49,575 --> 00:26:52,965
birth control pill is keeping
you from getting pregnant.

560
00:26:52,985 --> 00:26:56,005
You're having a withdrawal
bleed, you're not ovulating,

561
00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:57,525
let's get you off the pill.

562
00:26:57,835 --> 00:26:59,765
Yeah. To regulate your cycle.

563
00:26:59,905 --> 00:27:03,725
So you do ovulate, let's
reduce those androgens

564
00:27:03,745 --> 00:27:06,365
so your baby's not exposed to androgens

565
00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:11,365
during utero development, which
can contribute to children

566
00:27:11,395 --> 00:27:12,725
with cognitive issues.

567
00:27:13,585 --> 00:27:17,605
So there again, I wanna
clear the playing field so

568
00:27:17,605 --> 00:27:20,885
that when women, when couples go,

569
00:27:20,945 --> 00:27:23,805
or women on their own go into pregnancy,

570
00:27:25,135 --> 00:27:27,305
they're in at the best optimal health

571
00:27:27,405 --> 00:27:29,385
and doing things during pregnancy

572
00:27:29,385 --> 00:27:31,265
that will keep them in an optimal way.

573
00:27:31,285 --> 00:27:32,385
So they have healthy babies.

574
00:27:33,495 --> 00:27:35,105
- Yeah. That's beautiful.

575
00:27:36,945 --> 00:27:38,625
I do like that you focus on the gut.

576
00:27:38,865 --> 00:27:41,865
I mean, they do say it's the
second brain. You have to That

577
00:27:41,865 --> 00:27:43,825
- Is, but the gut is the,
it starts everything.

578
00:27:44,085 --> 00:27:46,905
It starts in the mouth
and it works its way down.

579
00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:51,315
You have to start because how,
what what allows the things

580
00:27:51,315 --> 00:27:54,035
that I, I focus on is I look at digestion,

581
00:27:54,475 --> 00:27:56,755
I look at bowel movement, I look at

582
00:27:57,015 --> 00:27:59,515
how well someone is detoxing,

583
00:27:59,515 --> 00:28:01,915
opening up drainage, what is drainage?

584
00:28:01,975 --> 00:28:05,035
Making sure that the lymphatic
system is working well.

585
00:28:05,175 --> 00:28:07,435
Mm-Hmm.  making sure that
the kidneys are doing

586
00:28:07,435 --> 00:28:08,475
what they're supposed to do.

587
00:28:08,785 --> 00:28:11,155
That a woman has healthy bile flow,

588
00:28:11,505 --> 00:28:13,475
that the liver duct is open.

589
00:28:13,775 --> 00:28:17,555
All these areas, I call them,
the filters in the pool, have

590
00:28:17,555 --> 00:28:21,755
to be open for proper
drainage so people can detox.

591
00:28:22,175 --> 00:28:23,475
And that's what I look at first.

592
00:28:23,475 --> 00:28:26,115
That's why fulvic and humic
acid, amongst other things,

593
00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:28,315
I wanna open up the drains.

594
00:28:28,695 --> 00:28:32,155
So whatever they're de detoxing gets out

595
00:28:32,935 --> 00:28:36,755
and they're not going into a toxic crisis.

596
00:28:37,535 --> 00:28:39,555
Um, 'cause sometimes people try to detox

597
00:28:39,615 --> 00:28:43,035
and I, I've said to people,
you can't detox like in a week.

598
00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:46,155
It takes a while to, to detox.

599
00:28:46,905 --> 00:28:48,115
- Yeah. And it's a process.

600
00:28:48,855 --> 00:28:51,835
Um, let's go back to acid reflux. Right.

601
00:28:51,985 --> 00:28:53,475
It's very common in women.

602
00:28:53,895 --> 00:28:55,075
And you're saying it's

603
00:28:55,075 --> 00:28:57,715
because of low acid
majority of the time. Well,

604
00:28:58,065 --> 00:29:01,755
- This is what's interesting
about acid reflux.

605
00:29:01,785 --> 00:29:04,355
Yeah. And this is one of
the reasons I had, um,

606
00:29:04,755 --> 00:29:07,195
I was living in Charleston
for seven years.

607
00:29:07,425 --> 00:29:09,475
Yeah. Moved to Atlanta three years ago.

608
00:29:09,735 --> 00:29:11,435
And I thought I was gonna kind

609
00:29:11,435 --> 00:29:15,395
of put acupuncture on a
shelf, kind of retire from it,

610
00:29:15,615 --> 00:29:17,675
and just do completely do telehealth.

611
00:29:18,455 --> 00:29:19,755
But I realized something

612
00:29:20,225 --> 00:29:23,035
that there were people here
in Atlanta that I was working

613
00:29:23,035 --> 00:29:24,875
with that had acid reflux.

614
00:29:24,875 --> 00:29:26,195
They were having gerd. Mm-Hmm. .

615
00:29:26,335 --> 00:29:28,635
But part of the issue with GERD is

616
00:29:28,635 --> 00:29:30,075
that the diaphragm is jammed.

617
00:29:31,465 --> 00:29:34,075
It's a stress response. It's a sympathetic

618
00:29:34,435 --> 00:29:35,435
- Response.

619
00:29:35,435 --> 00:29:36,315
That's the first time I've
ever heard that about the diet.

620
00:29:36,655 --> 00:29:39,995
- And so I, I mean, I
could, I I had a kid,

621
00:29:40,235 --> 00:29:43,525
a young gal when I was in
Charleston, I used to treat a lot

622
00:29:43,525 --> 00:29:45,245
of, worked with a lot of young gals.

623
00:29:45,285 --> 00:29:47,605
I love them from the
College of Charleston. Yeah.

624
00:29:47,605 --> 00:29:48,845
And this mom called me

625
00:29:48,845 --> 00:29:51,725
and said, my daughter is regurgitating,

626
00:29:52,395 --> 00:29:54,605
burping up food 20 times a day.

627
00:29:54,705 --> 00:29:56,045
She had jaw surgery. And

628
00:29:56,045 --> 00:29:58,045
after that, just, uh, she,

629
00:29:59,085 --> 00:30:01,125
I mean she had vomited in her mouth.

630
00:30:01,185 --> 00:30:04,365
And I think it just, for
her, it's a long story,

631
00:30:04,545 --> 00:30:07,885
but her diaphragm, part of it
was her diaphragm was jammed.

632
00:30:08,025 --> 00:30:10,725
So they were putting her
on proton pump inhibitors

633
00:30:10,945 --> 00:30:12,885
to inhibit the production of acid.

634
00:30:12,985 --> 00:30:15,125
And it was getting worse.
And she lost a lot of weight.

635
00:30:15,665 --> 00:30:17,085
So she came into my office

636
00:30:17,825 --> 00:30:20,365
and I said to her, I want
you to take a deep breath.

637
00:30:20,745 --> 00:30:24,345
And I noticed that she
couldn't take a deep breath.

638
00:30:24,365 --> 00:30:26,705
And I said, sweetie,
your diaphragm's jammed.

639
00:30:27,085 --> 00:30:30,265
So I did one treatment. Guess
what? Her diaphragm opened up.

640
00:30:30,285 --> 00:30:32,145
She could eat. She stopped throwing up.

641
00:30:32,725 --> 00:30:35,625
- Oh my God. - I had somebody
else here. Same exact thing.

642
00:30:36,205 --> 00:30:38,265
20 years. So I thought, you know,

643
00:30:38,385 --> 00:30:39,905
I wanna get back into acupuncture.

644
00:30:39,905 --> 00:30:41,825
So I'm doing acupuncture. Yeah.

645
00:30:41,925 --> 00:30:44,185
In, in Atlanta, which I'm really happy.

646
00:30:44,305 --> 00:30:45,345
I was glad I took the break,

647
00:30:45,885 --> 00:30:47,825
but I see a lot of people

648
00:30:49,245 --> 00:30:51,275
aside from stomach acid.

649
00:30:51,535 --> 00:30:54,875
So here's, here's a way of looking at it.

650
00:30:54,895 --> 00:30:55,955
Here's your stomach.

651
00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:58,355
Mm-Hmm.
- . It's a cup

652
00:30:58,355 --> 00:30:59,355
- Of wax.

653
00:30:59,355 --> 00:31:00,715
Oh, I'm seeing my name.
So here's your stomach.

654
00:31:01,345 --> 00:31:02,835
Food drops into your stomach.

655
00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:05,035
You have something called the LES.

656
00:31:05,535 --> 00:31:09,675
And think of it like a lid on
the washer. So you eat food.

657
00:31:09,735 --> 00:31:12,355
The little, this, this little valve shuts

658
00:31:13,065 --> 00:31:14,435
like, just like the washer.

659
00:31:14,635 --> 00:31:16,395
'cause you don't want
all that soap spewing up.

660
00:31:16,895 --> 00:31:18,835
Why does it shut? Because it registers,

661
00:31:18,835 --> 00:31:21,515
there's enough hydrochloric
acid in the stomach.

662
00:31:22,065 --> 00:31:23,795
- Yeah.
- This is one of the,

663
00:31:23,795 --> 00:31:25,835
there are various reasons
why the valve doesn't close.

664
00:31:25,895 --> 00:31:27,515
And also it can be restricted

665
00:31:27,515 --> 00:31:29,875
because a diaphragm's jammed pushing off.

666
00:31:30,215 --> 00:31:33,995
Mm-Hmm. . So a lot of
times I start giving,

667
00:31:34,275 --> 00:31:35,355
I release the diaphragm.

668
00:31:35,735 --> 00:31:37,675
Um, and a lot of these people have been on

669
00:31:37,695 --> 00:31:38,835
proton pump inhibitors.

670
00:31:38,985 --> 00:31:42,915
Well, when you, when you actually, um,

671
00:31:43,385 --> 00:31:45,075
interfere or you obstruct

672
00:31:45,075 --> 00:31:46,315
or you reduce stomach acid,

673
00:31:46,315 --> 00:31:48,195
you're not digesting your food. Yeah.

674
00:31:48,255 --> 00:31:49,275
- Its also confusing.

675
00:31:49,445 --> 00:31:51,075
Sorry to interrupt you because like

676
00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:52,515
doctors will put you in it.

677
00:31:52,875 --> 00:31:56,715
Antiacid. Right. Antiacid.
And it's confusing to people.

678
00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:00,355
- So let me, so what happens
if I can explain Yeah.

679
00:32:00,355 --> 00:32:03,795
So if that valve doesn't shut Yeah.

680
00:32:04,175 --> 00:32:06,435
Any acid in the stomach is gonna spew up,

681
00:32:06,525 --> 00:32:08,315
which is gonna give you heart burns.

682
00:32:08,375 --> 00:32:13,115
So what we need to figure
out, why is this person having

683
00:32:13,545 --> 00:32:14,835
that acid spew up?

684
00:32:14,855 --> 00:32:17,955
Mm-Hmm. , a lot of women, I
put them, I start at a low dose

685
00:32:17,975 --> 00:32:20,755
and I titrate them up
on hydrochloric acid.

686
00:32:20,935 --> 00:32:21,935
Mm-Hmm.
- .

687
00:32:22,255 --> 00:32:24,115
- And if they're here, I will treat them

688
00:32:24,135 --> 00:32:25,315
and release the diaphragm.

689
00:32:25,315 --> 00:32:26,755
And if they're somewhere
else in the country,

690
00:32:27,035 --> 00:32:28,075
I may also say, I want you

691
00:32:28,355 --> 00:32:30,475
to get some chiropractic adjustments

692
00:32:30,495 --> 00:32:33,235
or work with a, uh, acupuncturist
that can release it.

693
00:32:33,415 --> 00:32:36,675
Mm-Hmm. . But hydrochloric
acid is very cool

694
00:32:36,675 --> 00:32:38,075
because it does a couple of things.

695
00:32:38,495 --> 00:32:40,525
If you eat something that's a little funky

696
00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:45,165
that has bacteria, HCL kills
bacteria before that, food

697
00:32:45,425 --> 00:32:47,245
before that can travel,

698
00:32:47,315 --> 00:32:51,365
that bacteria can travel any
further down the GI tract,

699
00:32:52,055 --> 00:32:53,165
which can contribute

700
00:32:53,385 --> 00:32:56,325
to small intestinal bacterial
overgrowth contribute

701
00:32:56,345 --> 00:32:57,565
to parasites.

702
00:32:58,385 --> 00:33:02,085
And it also breaks down meat protein.

703
00:33:02,545 --> 00:33:04,765
So a lot of times when
I have vegetarians say,

704
00:33:04,845 --> 00:33:06,685
I don't eat meat, I can't digest it.

705
00:33:07,025 --> 00:33:08,565
I'm meant to be on a plant-based diet.

706
00:33:08,725 --> 00:33:10,645
I said, no, you have low stomach acid.

707
00:33:10,945 --> 00:33:12,685
- Yep. That's exactly it. That's key.

708
00:33:13,305 --> 00:33:15,725
So the acid is not breaking
down the food properly.

709
00:33:15,825 --> 00:33:18,285
So then the food is going up into your

710
00:33:18,835 --> 00:33:19,835
- Yeah.

711
00:33:19,835 --> 00:33:20,565
- Rope. Yeah.
- Yeah.

712
00:33:20,675 --> 00:33:22,245
It's kind of like, you know, as I said,

713
00:33:22,245 --> 00:33:23,525
the washer, the lids open.

714
00:33:24,035 --> 00:33:28,415
Yeah. And, and also, so
what is causing that stress?

715
00:33:28,835 --> 00:33:32,095
Mm-Hmm.  Eating at your desk
when you're on a phone call.

716
00:33:32,565 --> 00:33:34,255
Yeah. When you should.

717
00:33:34,695 --> 00:33:39,135
I mean, we are meant to eat
our food in a very calm state

718
00:33:39,135 --> 00:33:40,855
and a parasympathetic response.

719
00:33:40,915 --> 00:33:43,655
So I say to women, get
away from your desk.

720
00:33:44,235 --> 00:33:48,295
Go sit outside, have
lunch, chew your food.

721
00:33:48,695 --> 00:33:50,255
I can't even see . And,

722
00:33:50,275 --> 00:33:53,015
and when I get, uh, you know, the gut zoom

723
00:33:53,175 --> 00:33:54,975
or stool test back, it'll show

724
00:33:55,525 --> 00:33:59,815
this person's not chewing
their food and take the time.

725
00:33:59,915 --> 00:34:01,495
And here's something very cool too.

726
00:34:01,515 --> 00:34:03,455
Taking a 15 minute walk

727
00:34:03,505 --> 00:34:07,335
after every meal can actually have,

728
00:34:07,365 --> 00:34:12,095
your body will have a more
efficient response to insulin.

729
00:34:13,575 --> 00:34:15,185
Yeah. And your blood sugar and your

730
00:34:15,365 --> 00:34:17,385
and insulin will be more balanced.

731
00:34:17,805 --> 00:34:19,065
We need to digest food

732
00:34:19,085 --> 00:34:21,465
and then just move a
little and go back to work.

733
00:34:22,255 --> 00:34:23,265
- Yeah. Slow it down. .

734
00:34:24,255 --> 00:34:27,225
- Slow it down. But we don't,
and that's part of the issue.

735
00:34:28,105 --> 00:34:31,585
I, I find, um, the challenge
sometimes with women

736
00:34:31,585 --> 00:34:35,225
that I work with is that their
lives are incredibly busy.

737
00:34:35,855 --> 00:34:39,455
- Yeah. - And having a child
is another thing on the plate,

738
00:34:40,115 --> 00:34:42,255
as opposed to what can
you take off the plate?

739
00:34:43,195 --> 00:34:46,495
How do you right now become
the best mother you can

740
00:34:46,495 --> 00:34:47,735
be to yourself?

741
00:34:49,115 --> 00:34:52,415
How do you get into that
nurturing mode to prepare you?

742
00:34:53,405 --> 00:34:57,215
It's preconception to
have a healthy pregnancy.

743
00:34:58,355 --> 00:34:59,445
Something's gotta give,

744
00:34:59,445 --> 00:35:01,485
something's gotta be taken off the plate.

745
00:35:01,835 --> 00:35:05,165
Getting good sleep,
making sure that an hour

746
00:35:05,165 --> 00:35:08,165
and a half to two hours
you are off of your phone.

747
00:35:08,615 --> 00:35:11,325
Right. Or any, which, any device hard,

748
00:35:11,395 --> 00:35:12,395
- Hard to do.

749
00:35:12,395 --> 00:35:13,525
People are so addicted to their phones

750
00:35:13,585 --> 00:35:14,885
and technology these days.

751
00:35:15,155 --> 00:35:19,805
- Well, that's, and I, and
I, you know, we've got it.

752
00:35:19,825 --> 00:35:21,845
We have a lot of addiction.
We can go through this.

753
00:35:21,845 --> 00:35:23,245
There's a lot of Yeah. We're addicted

754
00:35:23,245 --> 00:35:24,605
because we think we're gonna miss out.

755
00:35:25,785 --> 00:35:29,005
And I feel that what is important

756
00:35:30,595 --> 00:35:32,035
is breath,

757
00:35:33,065 --> 00:35:34,065
- Breath work.

758
00:35:34,505 --> 00:35:37,605
- The most intimate
relationship that we will have

759
00:35:37,675 --> 00:35:39,605
with anything or anyone, is our breath.

760
00:35:39,705 --> 00:35:41,725
Mm-Hmm. It's the first thing we take in.

761
00:35:42,705 --> 00:35:44,725
And it's the last thing we let go of.

762
00:35:46,215 --> 00:35:48,155
So when we focus on the breath,

763
00:35:48,305 --> 00:35:51,915
even just taking five
breaths through the nose,

764
00:35:53,405 --> 00:35:57,045
exhaling through the mouth, you
can actually lower cortisol.

765
00:35:57,425 --> 00:36:00,605
You can actually drop into
a parasympathetic response.

766
00:36:00,865 --> 00:36:03,125
Mm-Hmm. . So I work with women

767
00:36:03,225 --> 00:36:05,805
and I'm like, let's
just bring breathing in.

768
00:36:06,055 --> 00:36:07,445
Let's take a little stickum

769
00:36:08,545 --> 00:36:13,125
and have it on your desk that
you take every few hours,

770
00:36:13,345 --> 00:36:15,805
sit at your desk, close your eyes,

771
00:36:16,935 --> 00:36:20,115
do 10 simple inhalations
in through the nose

772
00:36:21,055 --> 00:36:23,075
and 10 exhalations through the mouth.

773
00:36:23,865 --> 00:36:25,805
And that, I've done that

774
00:36:25,805 --> 00:36:27,405
during sessions when people are like,

775
00:36:28,785 --> 00:36:30,205
and it makes a big difference

776
00:36:30,205 --> 00:36:32,805
because we live in a
world of constant doing.

777
00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:37,445
And having a child is, is a time of yin.

778
00:36:37,475 --> 00:36:40,405
It's a time of nurturing.
It's a time of going within.

779
00:36:41,275 --> 00:36:44,565
It's restorative time.
Sleep is time of yin.

780
00:36:45,265 --> 00:36:47,725
And when we're on this,
we're in young mode.

781
00:36:48,365 --> 00:36:50,045
Y is, you know, this, it's

782
00:36:50,075 --> 00:36:51,285
what are we putting out in the world?

783
00:36:51,515 --> 00:36:54,845
What, what am I gonna do today?
What have I accomplished?

784
00:36:55,185 --> 00:36:58,725
- Mm-Hmm.
- skin is that time of I chew my food,

785
00:36:59,045 --> 00:37:00,725
I get the nutrients that I need.

786
00:37:01,465 --> 00:37:04,045
I'm gonna go for a little walk.
I'm gonna go back to work.

787
00:37:04,605 --> 00:37:05,925
Actually, people will be way more

788
00:37:05,925 --> 00:37:07,965
productive if they do that. Yeah.

789
00:37:08,805 --> 00:37:10,335
- That, that makes sense.

790
00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:12,535
The whole mind, body

791
00:37:12,535 --> 00:37:15,095
and spirit that you
connect with as a whole.

792
00:37:15,595 --> 00:37:17,015
And your practice is beautiful.

793
00:37:17,875 --> 00:37:20,885
- Well, here's something I
think you may appreciate, Liz,

794
00:37:21,975 --> 00:37:23,075
in Chinese medicine.

795
00:37:23,255 --> 00:37:26,935
Mm-Hmm. . We have the big heart.

796
00:37:27,075 --> 00:37:30,615
Our heart, and the small
heart is the uterus.

797
00:37:32,875 --> 00:37:36,135
So how is the heart connecting
with the small heart?

798
00:37:36,395 --> 00:37:39,015
And it's, if you look at the
fallopian tubes in the uterus,

799
00:37:39,015 --> 00:37:40,615
it looks like, it looks like a heart.

800
00:37:41,045 --> 00:37:45,015
Because all healing, all healing has

801
00:37:45,015 --> 00:37:46,135
to take place through the heart.

802
00:37:47,805 --> 00:37:51,925
All healing has to take place.

803
00:37:51,925 --> 00:37:53,925
You know, I can give
somebody all the supplements

804
00:37:54,025 --> 00:37:55,485
and I can tell them what to do,

805
00:37:55,745 --> 00:37:58,365
but it's really going within Mm-Hmm.

806
00:37:58,425 --> 00:37:59,685
And honoring what they need

807
00:38:00,585 --> 00:38:03,045
and taking, taking it down a few notches.

808
00:38:04,505 --> 00:38:05,905
- I,
- Or a lot of notches.

809
00:38:06,215 --> 00:38:10,425
- Yeah. I had to heal my, um,

810
00:38:11,265 --> 00:38:12,865
I guess my, my body.

811
00:38:13,565 --> 00:38:17,755
Um, I know that after my hysterectomy,

812
00:38:18,435 --> 00:38:19,795
I know we're talking about fertility,

813
00:38:19,975 --> 00:38:21,515
but, um, it's all related.

814
00:38:22,315 --> 00:38:26,015
I, I had to go through, um,

815
00:38:26,335 --> 00:38:29,655
I guess years I recall
I had a, an experience

816
00:38:29,655 --> 00:38:31,735
where I was playing a sport

817
00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:33,455
and I already had my hysterectomy years.

818
00:38:33,875 --> 00:38:38,365
Um, and I tripped, actually, it was,

819
00:38:38,675 --> 00:38:40,445
well, should not have
been playing the game,

820
00:38:40,445 --> 00:38:43,665
but we were playing kick
kickball with some friends.

821
00:38:43,665 --> 00:38:47,185
Mm-Hmm. I'm like, okay, we're
way too old for this game.

822
00:38:47,245 --> 00:38:50,145
But I tripped, I fell right on my stomach.

823
00:38:51,645 --> 00:38:56,615
And, um, I held it in because
I was like embarrassed.

824
00:38:56,615 --> 00:39:00,135
But then I, you know, was
fried by myself afterwards.

825
00:39:00,675 --> 00:39:04,415
And, uh, I ended up going to a, um,

826
00:39:05,055 --> 00:39:08,735
reiki doctor and afterwards
to get some healing.

827
00:39:10,225 --> 00:39:15,125
And I experienced the most, um, amazing,

828
00:39:15,565 --> 00:39:20,065
I guess experience where my stomach,

829
00:39:20,175 --> 00:39:21,985
your muscle has muscle memory, right?

830
00:39:22,165 --> 00:39:25,905
Mm-Hmm. . And I experienced the old cramps

831
00:39:25,925 --> 00:39:30,065
and pains that I had
experienced for forever

832
00:39:30,365 --> 00:39:33,105
and years ago from my endometriosis.

833
00:39:33,105 --> 00:39:35,345
Yeah. And it brought it all back.

834
00:39:35,605 --> 00:39:39,345
And I had to forgive my body, um, of

835
00:39:39,495 --> 00:39:41,865
what it gave me, what I went through,

836
00:39:42,375 --> 00:39:44,305
what I experienced for so long.

837
00:39:45,085 --> 00:39:46,825
And I released all of it.

838
00:39:47,125 --> 00:39:51,815
And it was just so cathartic.
It was so beautiful.

839
00:39:52,035 --> 00:39:56,695
But it was so crazy that I
had all of those old cramps

840
00:39:56,695 --> 00:40:00,895
and pains and that my, I just
started bawling that it just,

841
00:40:01,115 --> 00:40:02,895
the muscles remembered all of that.

842
00:40:03,115 --> 00:40:06,255
And that I had to release
it and forgive my body.

843
00:40:06,875 --> 00:40:08,855
And that was a beautiful
experience for me.

844
00:40:09,755 --> 00:40:11,205
- Good for you.
- Yeah.

845
00:40:11,385 --> 00:40:14,605
Um, and I'm so, so I guess

846
00:40:17,225 --> 00:40:20,085
having to, that experience
of falling on my stomach,

847
00:40:20,285 --> 00:40:23,085
I guess also helped me go and
try to heal and focus on that.

848
00:40:23,285 --> 00:40:27,145
'cause I never gave it any
time to just say, okay,

849
00:40:27,465 --> 00:40:30,025
I understand I'm better now. And

850
00:40:30,875 --> 00:40:34,055
- So what do you do that's like that,

851
00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:35,695
that you are taking care of you?

852
00:40:36,555 --> 00:40:39,245
What do you do that brings
you joy and, and peace?

853
00:40:40,525 --> 00:40:42,625
- You know, I do a variety of things.

854
00:40:42,905 --> 00:40:46,745
I have shifted my lifestyle

855
00:40:47,255 --> 00:40:48,945
into eating healthier.

856
00:40:49,045 --> 00:40:52,585
Now I did, you know,
that eating, you have,

857
00:40:52,865 --> 00:40:54,025
apparently you're supposed to eat 20

858
00:40:54,045 --> 00:40:56,825
to 30 vegetables a week,
A variety of vegetables.

859
00:40:57,245 --> 00:40:59,705
And I never did that in the past. Right.

860
00:41:00,065 --> 00:41:02,945
I now make sure that I
eat my vegetables first.

861
00:41:03,505 --> 00:41:06,265
I never used to eat protein.

862
00:41:07,205 --> 00:41:08,545
Uh, yeah.

863
00:41:08,625 --> 00:41:10,465
I ate tofu and, uh, that,

864
00:41:10,525 --> 00:41:13,185
but now I've incorporated eating meat

865
00:41:13,325 --> 00:41:16,305
and I've noticed for my
body it needed that. Um,

866
00:41:16,455 --> 00:41:18,185
- Well, I think we, we all benefit.

867
00:41:18,785 --> 00:41:22,945
I mean, I, with my clients,
I aim for protein in terms of

868
00:41:24,065 --> 00:41:26,425
grams, in terms of what
is their ideal ways.

869
00:41:26,665 --> 00:41:27,945
I, I try to say

870
00:41:27,945 --> 00:41:30,265
to women no less than
30 grams with each meal.

871
00:41:30,645 --> 00:41:32,185
So I do 30, 40 grams.

872
00:41:32,535 --> 00:41:35,405
- Yeah. That's a big
deal. That's a big deal.

873
00:41:35,795 --> 00:41:37,565
I've noticed a huge difference in my body,

874
00:41:37,865 --> 00:41:39,485
the way I feel energy wise.

875
00:41:39,785 --> 00:41:43,405
Mm-Hmm. , uh, I've been
incorporating drinking way more

876
00:41:43,405 --> 00:41:47,845
water, but like a, a good water,
like my hydro water that I,

877
00:41:48,785 --> 00:41:50,925
my mind, it brings me a
little bit of happiness.

878
00:41:51,665 --> 00:41:53,525
Uh, I go on daily walks.

879
00:41:54,265 --> 00:41:58,525
Um, it's really hard to
incorporate exercise for,

880
00:41:58,625 --> 00:42:00,365
for me it was anyway, Mm-Hmm. .

881
00:42:00,605 --> 00:42:04,485
I, um, got into it during covid called gy,

882
00:42:04,615 --> 00:42:08,325
which is like a dance
tai chi kind of exercise.

883
00:42:09,205 --> 00:42:11,165
I actually absolutely loved it,

884
00:42:11,625 --> 00:42:14,325
but recently I had to take a break from it

885
00:42:14,325 --> 00:42:18,085
because I've experienced a stitch muscle.

886
00:42:18,295 --> 00:42:21,005
Right. Not a cramp, but
like a stitch muscle.

887
00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:22,925
So I feel like I'm a pulled muscle from a

888
00:42:23,085 --> 00:42:24,165
repetitive movement.

889
00:42:24,825 --> 00:42:25,925
I'm trying to let that heal.

890
00:42:26,905 --> 00:42:30,925
And now I'm just walking a lot more.

891
00:42:31,465 --> 00:42:35,605
So that's what brings me calm
and clarity. That's great.

892
00:42:36,065 --> 00:42:37,965
And listening to podcasts. Right.

893
00:42:38,185 --> 00:42:42,045
To constantly feel like
I'm educating and learning.

894
00:42:42,745 --> 00:42:46,205
Uh, I currently have, I wasn't have able

895
00:42:46,205 --> 00:42:48,325
to have like a real physical baby,

896
00:42:48,505 --> 00:42:53,245
but I have, uh, I birth a
new baby called, uh, travele.

897
00:42:53,675 --> 00:42:56,725
It's a health supplement
that I created for myself.

898
00:42:57,625 --> 00:43:00,765
And that was to help with
constipation. Mm-Hmm. .

899
00:43:01,225 --> 00:43:05,595
And I guess be, it also
gave me peace of mind,

900
00:43:05,595 --> 00:43:09,555
knowing now that I
suffered, my body suffered

901
00:43:09,705 --> 00:43:11,155
with pain for so many years.

902
00:43:11,775 --> 00:43:14,635
But now I know the reason
why I suffered it was

903
00:43:14,635 --> 00:43:19,475
because I had to experience it and birth

904
00:43:19,535 --> 00:43:22,035
and create the supplement that helped me.

905
00:43:22,835 --> 00:43:25,395
I actually made it for myself.

906
00:43:26,015 --> 00:43:29,975
Um, and now I get to share
it with the world, uh,

907
00:43:30,035 --> 00:43:32,975
and women that it are, can I
ask what ingredients are in it?

908
00:43:33,195 --> 00:43:37,055
Yes. Uh, so it is a
powdered supplement that,

909
00:43:37,475 --> 00:43:39,175
um, is in stick packets.

910
00:43:39,275 --> 00:43:41,215
And the ingredients are all pure natural

911
00:43:41,335 --> 00:43:42,375
vitamins and minerals.

912
00:43:42,375 --> 00:43:45,615
It is not a probiotic
or prebiotic. Mm-Hmm.

913
00:43:45,775 --> 00:43:48,295
, I specifically have just vitamins

914
00:43:48,295 --> 00:43:53,135
and minerals, such as vitamin
C, uh, magnesium citrate,

915
00:43:53,625 --> 00:43:56,375
black seed powder, raspberry powder.

916
00:43:56,755 --> 00:43:59,535
Do you know, like a cup of
raspberries has over eight

917
00:43:59,775 --> 00:44:00,855
grams of fiber in it.

918
00:44:01,115 --> 00:44:03,535
Mm-Hmm.  and, um, cascara,

919
00:44:03,665 --> 00:44:06,295
which is an North American bark

920
00:44:06,445 --> 00:44:08,535
that naturally stimulates the bowels.

921
00:44:08,535 --> 00:44:12,695
Yeah. Right. So all natural vitamins

922
00:44:12,695 --> 00:44:15,015
and minerals that your body, uh, it helps

923
00:44:15,565 --> 00:44:17,335
your body flow naturally.

924
00:44:17,425 --> 00:44:18,735
Right? Mm-Hmm. , nothing harsh.

925
00:44:19,355 --> 00:44:23,255
Uh, no side effects, no
cramping, no urgency,

926
00:44:23,595 --> 00:44:24,895
uh, no issues.

927
00:44:25,445 --> 00:44:28,055
Just helps it, you know,
stay regular when you need

928
00:44:28,055 --> 00:44:29,175
that extra push.

929
00:44:29,595 --> 00:44:31,685
Uh, and it's, uh, and it's tasty

930
00:44:31,905 --> 00:44:33,565
and it's a really pretty pink color .

931
00:44:35,265 --> 00:44:38,405
- That's great. Good. No,
that's, that's really wonderful.

932
00:44:38,955 --> 00:44:42,045
Yeah. I think anything that supports, uh,

933
00:44:42,295 --> 00:44:45,445
daily regular bowel movement,
because as I mentioned to you

934
00:44:45,445 --> 00:44:49,965
before, we've recorded like
70% of the women I work

935
00:44:49,965 --> 00:44:52,765
with have some level of constipation,

936
00:44:53,385 --> 00:44:54,685
and they don't even know it.

937
00:44:55,265 --> 00:44:59,805
Yes. And, um, so if people are
going once a day, I want them

938
00:44:59,805 --> 00:45:01,085
to get up to twice a day.

939
00:45:01,185 --> 00:45:03,565
And, you know, the diversity of fruits

940
00:45:03,565 --> 00:45:06,725
and vegetables, it's, it acts as, um,

941
00:45:07,775 --> 00:45:10,385
it's like a prebiotic to the probiotics.

942
00:45:10,965 --> 00:45:13,145
Yes. And it's, we need diversity.

943
00:45:13,765 --> 00:45:15,825
We do in, in our, you know, it helps

944
00:45:15,885 --> 00:45:17,185
to support the production

945
00:45:17,185 --> 00:45:19,225
of short chain fatty acids in the gut.

946
00:45:19,225 --> 00:45:22,065
Short chain fatty acids
help reduce inflammation.

947
00:45:22,065 --> 00:45:25,065
They help to keep a very healthy,

948
00:45:25,845 --> 00:45:27,305
um, mucosal lining.

949
00:45:27,565 --> 00:45:28,905
We need that. Mm-Hmm. .

950
00:45:29,085 --> 00:45:32,185
And so I, when, when, when
people go shopping, I always say

951
00:45:32,185 --> 00:45:33,545
to them, think of a rainbow.

952
00:45:34,285 --> 00:45:36,545
Aim for something purple, orange, red.

953
00:45:36,545 --> 00:45:37,585
And that goes for me too,

954
00:45:37,585 --> 00:45:39,785
because, you know, all of
us, we kind of get stuck

955
00:45:40,295 --> 00:45:42,625
into like three different veggies or four.

956
00:45:43,125 --> 00:45:44,745
So to create the diversity

957
00:45:44,965 --> 00:45:47,065
and think, well, let me
get some radishes in there.

958
00:45:47,065 --> 00:45:49,625
Lemme get purple and red radishes.

959
00:45:49,685 --> 00:45:54,265
Let me get some orange peppers
and purple cabbage and,

960
00:45:54,285 --> 00:45:57,345
and just different, you
know, mushrooms or brown.

961
00:45:57,625 --> 00:45:58,785
I mean, it goes on and on.

962
00:45:58,805 --> 00:46:01,065
So mother nature has truly

963
00:46:01,625 --> 00:46:06,145
provided us with an apothecary
that really should, I,

964
00:46:06,665 --> 00:46:07,825
I don't like to use the word should,

965
00:46:08,085 --> 00:46:10,545
but our kitchen is the apothecary.

966
00:46:10,895 --> 00:46:13,745
Yeah. A lot of times people
say, give me supplements.

967
00:46:13,765 --> 00:46:16,145
And I think it's so important
to support co you know,

968
00:46:16,145 --> 00:46:17,825
having regular movement, bowel movement.

969
00:46:17,935 --> 00:46:19,705
Yeah. But it's what we're eating.

970
00:46:21,175 --> 00:46:25,145
It's making sure we digest
the food, staying hydrated,

971
00:46:25,335 --> 00:46:26,465
getting enough sleep.

972
00:46:26,775 --> 00:46:28,225
True. And gratitude.

973
00:46:28,965 --> 00:46:30,735
- Gratitude.
- I wanted to bring that up.

974
00:46:31,365 --> 00:46:35,965
Gratitude to me is what creates joy.

975
00:46:36,765 --> 00:46:40,015
- Yeah. - I'm gonna get choked
up. It creates abundance.

976
00:46:41,515 --> 00:46:43,295
It opens up possibilities.

977
00:46:43,845 --> 00:46:48,015
Even the little things, you
know, you, I mean, your journey

978
00:46:48,015 --> 00:46:50,695
through endometriosis is like,

979
00:46:52,325 --> 00:46:54,745
but the blessing is you,
you finally met a doctor

980
00:46:54,845 --> 00:46:56,305
that's like, this is what you have,

981
00:46:56,765 --> 00:46:59,625
and now you're not living
in that debilitating pain.

982
00:47:00,735 --> 00:47:01,735
I can only imagine.

983
00:47:02,835 --> 00:47:05,975
So all the little things
I, I, you know, a lot

984
00:47:05,975 --> 00:47:07,655
of times when I'm working with clients

985
00:47:07,915 --> 00:47:12,725
and there's no joy, it's very
difficult for them to heal.

986
00:47:12,825 --> 00:47:15,445
You can't heal if there is no joy.

987
00:47:16,035 --> 00:47:17,375
That's where the heart comes in

988
00:47:18,035 --> 00:47:18,935
- And agree with you. Is that,

989
00:47:19,525 --> 00:47:20,895
- Does that make sense?

990
00:47:21,395 --> 00:47:23,775
- It makes total sense. And just

991
00:47:23,875 --> 00:47:26,935
to even get diagnosed
properly is a huge relief

992
00:47:26,995 --> 00:47:28,015
for many women.

993
00:47:28,855 --> 00:47:32,405
- Absolutely. I mean, if
I can just share a story.

994
00:47:32,825 --> 00:47:37,285
So, um, I went to a biologic dentist

995
00:47:38,025 --> 00:47:40,125
who sent me to a biologic surgeon

996
00:47:40,555 --> 00:47:42,845
because I was having problems.

997
00:47:42,845 --> 00:47:45,725
This is just now and about five weeks ago,

998
00:47:45,745 --> 00:47:49,445
so a biologic dentist, she
sent me to an endodontist.

999
00:47:49,475 --> 00:47:52,045
He's like, and I had old root
canals. These are not new.

1000
00:47:52,195 --> 00:47:53,925
Yeah. And he's like, your
root canals are fine.

1001
00:47:53,925 --> 00:47:55,005
There's something wrong with your teeth.

1002
00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:58,805
And I'm like, but my gum is
swollen and I'm in pain. Yeah.

1003
00:47:58,825 --> 00:48:00,125
So I went back to see her

1004
00:48:00,465 --> 00:48:02,845
and she said, oh, you
probably need it pulled.

1005
00:48:02,865 --> 00:48:04,885
So she sent me to a biologic dentist,

1006
00:48:05,065 --> 00:48:06,845
and they're supposed to be holistic.

1007
00:48:06,985 --> 00:48:10,765
Mm-Hmm. . And he pulled
the tooth and the tooth.

1008
00:48:10,965 --> 00:48:12,205
I had a raging infection,

1009
00:48:12,665 --> 00:48:15,205
and I was, I had all this Novocaine,

1010
00:48:15,205 --> 00:48:16,725
and when he pulled it, I was in pain.

1011
00:48:16,845 --> 00:48:18,005
I went, oh, this is not good.

1012
00:48:18,945 --> 00:48:22,045
So I've been in pain
for close to four weeks.

1013
00:48:22,925 --> 00:48:24,045
Debilitating pain.

1014
00:48:24,045 --> 00:48:25,205
There's a good line to the,

1015
00:48:26,265 --> 00:48:27,765
he was putting me all this stuff.

1016
00:48:27,845 --> 00:48:28,885
I said, I have an infection.

1017
00:48:29,125 --> 00:48:30,925
I have an infection.
And you're just, yeah,

1018
00:48:30,925 --> 00:48:31,925
- You do.

1019
00:48:31,985 --> 00:48:34,885
- And so, and I'm not one for antibiotics,

1020
00:48:34,885 --> 00:48:36,645
but when you need one, you need one.

1021
00:48:36,795 --> 00:48:37,845
Yeah. So I went on that,

1022
00:48:37,985 --> 00:48:40,125
but I called my friend who's a naturopath,

1023
00:48:40,225 --> 00:48:42,365
and I was in tears, it's
just a few days ago.

1024
00:48:42,645 --> 00:48:45,885
I said, I have pain
that is off the charts.

1025
00:48:46,225 --> 00:48:49,085
She put me on three homeopathic formulas,

1026
00:48:49,665 --> 00:48:53,045
and in three days, my
pain has dropped by 80%,

1027
00:48:53,385 --> 00:48:54,645
and I'm gonna see her this week.

1028
00:48:55,515 --> 00:48:58,005
Just went to Sprout, picked up the three.

1029
00:48:58,945 --> 00:49:01,115
He's a holistic surgeon.

1030
00:49:01,415 --> 00:49:03,715
He didn't, he was like, well,
if your pain doesn't go away,

1031
00:49:03,715 --> 00:49:05,155
we're gonna give her gabapentin.

1032
00:49:05,215 --> 00:49:07,235
And I'm like, oh, I'm outta here. Yeah.

1033
00:49:07,365 --> 00:49:09,835
Gabapentin is, is to address your pain

1034
00:49:10,135 --> 00:49:11,435
and can make you feel like a zombie.

1035
00:49:11,535 --> 00:49:13,475
And it's just awful. Yeah. Horrible.

1036
00:49:13,615 --> 00:49:17,955
So, um, it was, I, I hear you.

1037
00:49:18,195 --> 00:49:20,235
I never knew I could ex

1038
00:49:20,655 --> 00:49:23,275
and it impacted my, my work with clients

1039
00:49:23,695 --> 00:49:26,995
and I So you having
endometriosis for years,

1040
00:49:27,315 --> 00:49:31,835
I can only imagine how that
just impacted your life.

1041
00:49:32,885 --> 00:49:36,135
- It's weird how, you know,
your brain blocks out these,

1042
00:49:36,355 --> 00:49:37,575
you know, pain right.

1043
00:49:37,575 --> 00:49:39,015
In your life. Yeah. Um,

1044
00:49:39,035 --> 00:49:43,655
but if I were to actually go
back, it's like I was, uh,

1045
00:49:43,755 --> 00:49:45,535
in the ER so many times about it.

1046
00:49:45,555 --> 00:49:47,495
Oh my God. No one ever
would ever take me serious.

1047
00:49:47,565 --> 00:49:48,695
Like, oh, it's all in your head.

1048
00:49:48,795 --> 00:49:52,415
Or, oh, you need to be on, I was on, uh,

1049
00:49:53,015 --> 00:49:54,095
I guess birth control forever.

1050
00:49:54,125 --> 00:49:56,215
That didn't even help
anything. It was, it was,

1051
00:49:57,235 --> 00:49:58,235
- That's
- Ridiculous.

1052
00:49:58,235 --> 00:49:59,215
It could go over and over and over

1053
00:49:59,215 --> 00:50:00,215
- Again.

1054
00:50:00,215 --> 00:50:01,735
Yeah. You know what,
I'm, I'm sorry that the,

1055
00:50:01,835 --> 00:50:05,535
our healthcare system
failed you so, so terribly.

1056
00:50:06,205 --> 00:50:09,735
Yeah. Because this is, this
is how I look at a doctor,

1057
00:50:09,895 --> 00:50:13,855
a gynecologist would, how
would you feel if you went

1058
00:50:13,855 --> 00:50:17,095
to Joey, the mechanic and you
said, Joey, my car's clunking.

1059
00:50:17,095 --> 00:50:19,375
He's like, you need a new transmission,

1060
00:50:19,595 --> 00:50:21,375
but Joey, you didn't check my car.

1061
00:50:21,715 --> 00:50:23,135
Now we're gonna give you a transmission.

1062
00:50:23,845 --> 00:50:26,935
Well, what does Joey
do? Joey pops the hood.

1063
00:50:27,005 --> 00:50:29,165
He tools it around the,
you know, the parking lot.

1064
00:50:29,185 --> 00:50:31,285
He says, wanna figure out
what's going on with your car?

1065
00:50:31,675 --> 00:50:33,085
Yeah. Surgeons and doctors

1066
00:50:33,225 --> 00:50:35,805
and gynecologists need to
be like, Joey, the mechanic.

1067
00:50:36,025 --> 00:50:38,245
Get to the root cause of
why you're having a problem.

1068
00:50:38,715 --> 00:50:40,845
Because if that surgeon
was an auto mechanic,

1069
00:50:40,875 --> 00:50:42,245
he'd be out of business in a week.

1070
00:50:43,035 --> 00:50:44,885
- Exactly.
- Common sense.

1071
00:50:45,715 --> 00:50:48,365
Look at, figure out why
someone's having pain,

1072
00:50:48,425 --> 00:50:51,045
and stop having it dictated by

1073
00:50:51,045 --> 00:50:54,485
what pharmaceuticals are
available to you as a physician.

1074
00:50:54,705 --> 00:50:57,325
Mm-Hmm. , get off your
butt, open your journals

1075
00:50:57,505 --> 00:50:59,285
and start researching this stuff.

1076
00:50:59,285 --> 00:51:00,965
Because that's how my friends

1077
00:51:01,025 --> 00:51:03,845
who are functional medicine docs got into

1078
00:51:03,845 --> 00:51:04,925
doing what they're doing.

1079
00:51:05,345 --> 00:51:07,805
So I feel a lot of
conventional docs are lazy.

1080
00:51:08,385 --> 00:51:10,285
- 100%. I couldn't agree with you more

1081
00:51:10,455 --> 00:51:12,405
after that entire experience of most

1082
00:51:12,405 --> 00:51:13,565
of my life, or half my life.

1083
00:51:13,755 --> 00:51:16,285
Feel like I became my own advocate. Yes.

1084
00:51:16,585 --> 00:51:19,245
And had to go do my deep dive research

1085
00:51:19,425 --> 00:51:23,165
and find my naturopathic doctor
who has been a lifesaver.

1086
00:51:23,545 --> 00:51:24,925
That's wonderful. The treatment

1087
00:51:25,265 --> 00:51:28,485
and alternative routes
that I needed also at least

1088
00:51:29,095 --> 00:51:32,245
meets west kind of a
method as well for myself.

1089
00:51:32,665 --> 00:51:36,605
Um, in fact, I literally
just had, um, blood work done

1090
00:51:36,945 --> 00:51:40,045
by my primary doctor who, um,

1091
00:51:40,105 --> 00:51:41,805
she was a new doctor and a female.

1092
00:51:42,425 --> 00:51:45,085
And I had given her my history.

1093
00:51:45,565 --> 00:51:48,485
I had told her, uh, my appointment
that, you know, I have,

1094
00:51:48,505 --> 00:51:50,165
you know, I'm in menopause full.

1095
00:51:50,235 --> 00:51:51,925
Yeah. Hysterectomy, everything. Right.

1096
00:51:52,225 --> 00:51:55,245
And then I get a voice message
literally from the other day,

1097
00:51:55,245 --> 00:51:56,965
which still infuriates me.

1098
00:51:57,465 --> 00:52:00,765
She is like, oh, by looking at your, um,

1099
00:52:01,965 --> 00:52:03,545
levels from your blood work,

1100
00:52:03,845 --> 00:52:05,545
it looks like you're in pre menopause.

1101
00:52:06,225 --> 00:52:08,425
I was so upset. You didn't

1102
00:52:09,765 --> 00:52:11,105
- she didn't hear anything you said.

1103
00:52:11,525 --> 00:52:13,305
- She didn't hear anything. Or I,

1104
00:52:13,845 --> 00:52:14,585
- Oh my gosh. Not

1105
00:52:14,585 --> 00:52:15,585
- Even, not even that.

1106
00:52:15,585 --> 00:52:17,625
She didn't hear. It's like,
okay, I understand you, you

1107
00:52:17,625 --> 00:52:18,625
- Had a hysterectomy.

1108
00:52:18,795 --> 00:52:21,465
- Other doctors, I mean,
it's tell other patients

1109
00:52:21,485 --> 00:52:24,105
and you forget, but at least
go back into your notes.

1110
00:52:24,195 --> 00:52:25,825
Right. Go back in your notes

1111
00:52:25,825 --> 00:52:27,585
before you make that call of

1112
00:52:28,535 --> 00:52:30,785
what you know the patient's history is.

1113
00:52:30,935 --> 00:52:32,345
Instead of saying that and the,

1114
00:52:32,345 --> 00:52:34,545
and left that in a
voicemail, I was just like,

1115
00:52:35,015 --> 00:52:36,945
there's another doctor that failed me.

1116
00:52:37,425 --> 00:52:38,585
I was so furious.

1117
00:52:39,885 --> 00:52:41,485
- I know. I mean, I'm sorry.

1118
00:52:41,745 --> 00:52:46,565
But it's true today that what
I find in this generation,

1119
00:52:46,915 --> 00:52:49,645
that the kids in their, in
their twenties Mm-Hmm. ,

1120
00:52:49,835 --> 00:52:53,005
they are more informed.
Yes. They wanna make health.

1121
00:52:53,325 --> 00:52:56,565
I love, I love this
generation of kids. Yes.

1122
00:52:56,825 --> 00:53:00,445
I'm working with the most
wonderful women in their twenties

1123
00:53:00,555 --> 00:53:03,565
that really wanna make changes
in their lifestyle and diet.

1124
00:53:03,825 --> 00:53:06,725
Do not wanna go on the pill
for birth control. Yeah.

1125
00:53:06,845 --> 00:53:08,685
I could go into that birth control

1126
00:53:08,685 --> 00:53:09,845
pill if we have a couple of minutes.

1127
00:53:10,265 --> 00:53:13,765
The issue I have with the
birth control pill, it can con,

1128
00:53:13,905 --> 00:53:15,725
it just, it flattens people

1129
00:53:15,725 --> 00:53:18,805
because it impacts their testosterone.

1130
00:53:18,955 --> 00:53:21,245
Yeah. A lot of women lose libido. Yeah.

1131
00:53:21,245 --> 00:53:24,645
They get vaginal dryness,
depression, and anxiety.

1132
00:53:25,935 --> 00:53:29,835
And it depletes the body
of B vitamins and magnesium

1133
00:53:29,835 --> 00:53:31,075
and zinc and minerals.

1134
00:53:31,455 --> 00:53:33,955
And it contributes to
trashing your microbiome.

1135
00:53:34,705 --> 00:53:39,275
- Yeah. Mm-Hmm. , it's
just saying It's so true.

1136
00:53:39,545 --> 00:53:41,875
Yeah. I mean, I know, I, I do know now

1137
00:53:41,875 --> 00:53:46,635
that my microbiome was trashed
forever and I had to go

1138
00:53:46,635 --> 00:53:48,115
and heal it on my own.

1139
00:53:48,775 --> 00:53:51,835
And, and now I could
proudly say that I'm going

1140
00:53:52,055 --> 00:53:53,915
and having bowel movements on the regular.

1141
00:53:54,535 --> 00:53:55,755
And I also know

1142
00:53:55,755 --> 00:53:57,595
that travel ease has been a contributing

1143
00:53:57,595 --> 00:53:58,915
factor as well. Good for you.

1144
00:53:59,705 --> 00:54:01,035
- Good for you. Good for you.

1145
00:54:02,635 --> 00:54:04,485
- Well, Meg, we could go on and on.

1146
00:54:04,515 --> 00:54:07,965
This has just been so beautiful.
Is there? Well, thank you.

1147
00:54:08,065 --> 00:54:09,565
Any last notes you'd like to share?

1148
00:54:10,315 --> 00:54:13,515
- Well, um, I say to women,

1149
00:54:14,135 --> 00:54:16,715
and if I can, I'll include
my contact information.

1150
00:54:17,015 --> 00:54:20,515
Of course. If you do not feel
as if you are being heard,

1151
00:54:21,815 --> 00:54:23,945
find a doctor that will hear you.

1152
00:54:24,905 --> 00:54:28,265
I would encourage women,
work with somebody

1153
00:54:28,445 --> 00:54:30,225
who has a holistic approach.

1154
00:54:30,485 --> 00:54:33,025
If you're not getting the
results that you need,

1155
00:54:33,085 --> 00:54:34,865
if you're trying to get pregnant

1156
00:54:35,205 --> 00:54:39,225
and you're having difficulty
work with someone like myself

1157
00:54:39,285 --> 00:54:41,185
or work with me, um,

1158
00:54:41,485 --> 00:54:43,745
I'm sure you'll put my contact
information in the notes,

1159
00:54:43,845 --> 00:54:48,505
but you can reach me@megicci.com.

1160
00:54:49,365 --> 00:54:53,665
You can do an, you can get my,
uh, email information there.

1161
00:54:53,665 --> 00:54:54,865
You can find out about my podcast.

1162
00:54:55,085 --> 00:54:58,505
But just go to meg
reichi.com, click on a link.

1163
00:54:58,505 --> 00:55:00,065
You'll be able to send me an email

1164
00:55:01,285 --> 00:55:05,145
and, um, would love to, if
you have questions, reach out.

1165
00:55:05,365 --> 00:55:06,465
But, you know,

1166
00:55:06,585 --> 00:55:09,465
I wanna help women bring the
healthiest children into this

1167
00:55:09,465 --> 00:55:12,785
world because they are,
this is the generation

1168
00:55:13,055 --> 00:55:14,705
that is part of the change too.

1169
00:55:15,165 --> 00:55:19,745
And I want to have healthy,
young, beautiful babies,

1170
00:55:20,215 --> 00:55:23,305
boys and girls, and just vibrant lives

1171
00:55:23,405 --> 00:55:25,465
and not little kids that
are having, you know,

1172
00:55:25,795 --> 00:55:27,345
tubes put in their ears and,

1173
00:55:27,365 --> 00:55:31,065
and having a lot of, uh, you
know, respiratory sinus issues

1174
00:55:31,325 --> 00:55:33,945
and, and cognitive and
learning disabilities

1175
00:55:33,945 --> 00:55:35,065
and those challenges.

1176
00:55:35,725 --> 00:55:38,665
So that is always my focus
when I work with women

1177
00:55:38,805 --> 00:55:41,545
and I wanna celebrate them in having a

1178
00:55:41,545 --> 00:55:42,825
beautiful, happy pregnancy.

1179
00:55:43,285 --> 00:55:45,745
- That's beautiful. I also know

1180
00:55:45,745 --> 00:55:47,425
that you have a podcast
called The Hormone.

1181
00:55:48,125 --> 00:55:49,585
- Oh, I forgot about that. Yes. Which

1182
00:55:49,985 --> 00:55:51,425
- I love, I love the title .

1183
00:55:51,975 --> 00:55:53,065
- Yeah. I have, um,

1184
00:55:53,425 --> 00:55:56,385
I have a podcast called
The Hormone Lifestyle Zone,

1185
00:55:57,205 --> 00:56:01,185
and you can, um, go to Spotify or iTunes

1186
00:56:01,205 --> 00:56:03,545
and it's about helping
women demystify their

1187
00:56:03,825 --> 00:56:05,105
hormonal issues and struggles.

1188
00:56:05,125 --> 00:56:07,665
And I also say, and all
the little dust balls

1189
00:56:07,665 --> 00:56:08,705
that dance in between.

1190
00:56:09,445 --> 00:56:13,345
So, um, I really enjoy providing
women with that information

1191
00:56:13,605 --> 00:56:15,545
so they can make better
choices in their lives.

1192
00:56:15,605 --> 00:56:17,265
And choose the right practitioners.

1193
00:56:17,975 --> 00:56:21,425
- Exactly. Well, if anyone
wants to book a service

1194
00:56:21,885 --> 00:56:25,725
or an appointment with you,
you, that is meg ricci.com.

1195
00:56:25,725 --> 00:56:26,125
That's

1196
00:56:26,445 --> 00:56:31,445
M-E-G-R-I-C-H-I-C-H i.com.

1197
00:56:32,835 --> 00:56:34,385
Thank you again, Meg. It was such

1198
00:56:34,425 --> 00:56:35,625
a pleasure. I loved convers.

1199
00:56:35,625 --> 00:56:36,705
- Oh, thank you, Liz.
- Conversation.

1200
00:56:36,945 --> 00:56:38,145
I truly loved our conversation.

1201
00:56:38,365 --> 00:56:41,145
It was, it was raw, it was organic,

1202
00:56:41,645 --> 00:56:44,625
and it was a wealth of
information. For sure.

1203
00:56:44,855 --> 00:56:46,905
- It's real.
- It was the real talk .

1204
00:56:47,535 --> 00:56:50,305
- It's the real. It's the real.
It's the real girl. Talk .

1205
00:56:51,315 --> 00:56:52,385
Thank you so much, Liz.

1206
00:56:52,465 --> 00:56:54,065
I really appreciate being here today.

1207
00:56:54,595 --> 00:56:56,905
- Thank you. Well, thanks
for tuning in Gutsy Babes.

1208
00:56:56,905 --> 00:57:00,465
And tell next time, move
with Lebanese and stay bold.

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