Real Health with Dr Taylor Krick

How To Interpret Your GENETICS Show notes | https://www.realhealthresource.com/interpreting-your-genetics Many people today are having their genes tested through companies like 23andme to find out their ancestry or to find out if they have inheritable traits or risk factors for health conditions like heart disease or Alzheimer’s. 23andme is the largest genetic company with the most commercial marketing and easiest access, they advertise that they have 100’s of unique reports, which is true, but I think it leaves many people disappointed with their results. Surely my genes have to tell me more than that, right?!? While 23andme provides some good information, I think their value comes from downloading and interpreting your raw genetic data. When you get the raw data from 23andme you can run it through a variety of interpretation softwares found online. All you do is click on your profile and click “browse raw data” and then “download” and it drops a zip file of raw genetic data that might as well be in Chinese, but you can upload that data onto other sites pretty easily. I consider myself very….tech stupid….and I figured it out just fine. I personally have viewed my reports on 5 different sites and have found them all to be very unique. This podcast is an overview of how to get the best interpretation of your genes to actually impact your health. It’s a review of 5 different genetic analyzing softwares and my opinions on each - cost, pros/cons, value gained, etc. VERY IMPORTANT THINGS: I think it’s incredibly important to understand the importance of epigenetics before diving into genomics. Just because you have a “good” gene or a “bad” gene it does NOT mean that the gene is being expressed in your health. Epigenetics, or “above-genetic” is the study of how genes can be “triggered.” You (meaning your choices today!) can turn “good” or “bad” genes on or off through epigenetic switches, and these switches are influenced toxins, chemicals, diet, stress hormones, deficiencies, even your thoughts will influence your epigenetic expression. I strongly recommend reading Dr. Bruce Lipton’s work, especially The Biology of Belief. It’s also important to understand that you have thousands of genes, and just because a report says you “may not convert vitamin A very well” or that you “have a slightly higher risk for late onset Alzheimer’s disease” does not mean very much.  Many times you can find two conflicting genes, one that says don’t take a particular vitamin or supplement and another that says you need it, or you find one SNP that says you are high risk for a disease while 3 others say you have a low risk. It can be confusing and confounding! This science is relatively new and they have BY NO MEANS determined everything about your genes, these are all simply associations, and they are often very loose associations. You have to zoom out and not pay too much attention to each specific SNP. That’s similar to trying to figure out the picture on a 1000 piece puzzle by looking at one puzzle piece! Glossary (courtesy of https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Glossary) Chromosome: The physical units of heredity; long linear strands of DNA. Humans normally have 46 chromosomes (23 inherited from Dad, 23 from Mom). Gene: An area along a chromosome typically encompassing the information necessary to encode one protein. Genomics: The study of all the genetic material in a species taken as a whole (well, to the extent possible anyway). Genome: All of the genetic material in a species. The human genome is approximately 3,300,000,000 base pairs in length and is distributed amongst 23 types of chromosomes (chromosome 1 through 22, in order of size, plus the X and Y chromosome that determine gender.) Genotype: The two alleles inherited at a given SNP position, one inherited from Dad, one inherited from Mom. Example: rs16260(A;C) is how we indicate someone with a (A;C) genotype at SNP rs16260. Heterozygote: As opposed to a homozygote for a given SNP or allele, a heterozygote is a person who inherited different forms from Mom and Dad. Example: at the SNP position known as rs16260, a person who inherits a (C) and an (A) is a rs16260(A;C) heterozygote. Homozygote: As opposed to a heterozygote for a given SNP or allele, a homozygote is a person who inherits the same form from Mom and Dad. Example: at the SNP position known as rs16260, a person who inherits a (C) from both parents is a rs16260(C;C) homozygote. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP; pronounced snip): A precise position along a chromosome where the DNA of different people may vary. Generally two alternate alleles are found at a particular SNP. The 1000 Genomes Project reported 84.7 million SNPs in the human genome (Nature, October 2015). The SNPs that have medical or health consequences for you and your loved ones are the focus of SNPedia. Polymorphism: A sequence difference at a particular position. The alternative forms are called alleles. 23andme www.23andme.com I think 23andme alone is pretty worthless, but it is where you can get the raw data. Their analysis will tell you certain things like “less likely to have a unibrow” and “more likely to be able to smell asparagus” and “slightly increased risk of macular degeneration”, but it’s very very simple. It can tell you about your ancestry, but that’s not the purpose of this podcast. The health information from 23andme is very simple and for the intended purpose of this podcast, 23and me is lacking. Unfortunately that is where most people stop! Promethease www.promethease.com  - $12 - This one gave me the least amount of information and was the hardest to navigate. May be great for researchers or clinicians who look into this stuff more than I do, but I did not find it useful. I don’t have much to say on this service. NutraHacker www.nutrahacker.com Free Detox and Methylation Report, detects 58 SNPs. Mine found 13 SNPs, 5 were homozygous and 8 were heterozygous. Nutrahacker does a great job of giving you functional genes with functional recommendations. Detox and methylation genes can affect your body’s ability to do basically everything, and they can be supported (or slowed) by certain lifestyle factors. Nutrahacker does a great job of providing a simple report with easy-to-implement action steps, and is great for the price. FoundMyFitness www.foundmyfitness.com/genetics - $10 - I found this one VERY useful! It’s a vastly extensive report linking evidence-based research to your SNPs, so it’s the most detailed report and of course includes all the popular genes like MTHFR, but also none of the other reports gave clear answers on incredibly important genes which I really cared about knowing such as SIRT genes, FOXO genes, APOE genes, and more - all of which are associated with longevity and disease risk. In the podcast I talk extensively about this option, I would say it’s my favorite one for the general public. StrateGene http://go.strategene.org/genetic-analysis - $45 - This one is really cool, they did a really good job so I don’t think the higher price is a rip-off by any means, I just don’t know if everyone will get the same value. I also really REALLY enjoy seeing the metabolic pathways these genes are involved with, and the report gives very specific drawings of the pathways with a key to indicate exactly where you you SNPs in each pathway. This one is great for the nerds like me. Strategene is the brainchild of Dr. Ben Lynch, so this test pairs great with his book Dirty Genes. If you haven’t read Dirty Genes, don’t do this test. If you have read the book, do this test. Overall I found a tremendous amount of value from combining all of these. I certainly don’t regret purcashing any of them, and I still may do something more like DNAfit.com in the future. Here is my opinion on what everyone should do to learn more about their genetics, in this order: Purchase a 23andme.com test for $199 if you haven’t yet Read Dr. Ben Lynch’s book Dirty Genes to understand genetics and more importantly epigenetics and what lifestyle factors can make your genes “dirty” or “clean” Look over your 23andme genetic reports in detail first Everyone should do Nutrahacker’s FREE Detox and Methylation Report Everyone should do FoundMyFitness’s report for $10 Donation Those who are really interested should do Strategene for $45 Shownotes | https://www.realhealthresource.com/interpreting-your-genetics Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast | Spotify

12 (Pill-Free) Ways to Improve Your Sleep Shownotes | https://www.realhealthresource.com/12-ways-to-improve-your-sleep Good sleep is foundational, we all know that, and we all know what it feels like to wake up on “the wrong side of the bed”. There are no pills, including natural supplements, that are needed to get your body to do what it was designed to do - which is get good, restorative sleep. There are only good habits, and those good habits begin first by realizing the importance of sleep to your overall health and well-being, and then by understanding the importance of circadian biology and how you can optimize your environment for better sleep. Sleep Basics - During sleep you cycle through various stages, which I refer to in the podcast simply as light sleep, deep sleep, and REM, or Rapid Eye Movement sleep. I briefly discuss some of the very basics of the importance of these cycles in the podcast - deep sleep is restorative, you release a lot of HGH, you clear beta-amyloid plaques from your brain, etc; REM is when you have dreams, it’s equally as important but very different, important for memory formation and learning new skills. As the night progresses you spend more time in REM and less time in deep, so on and so forth. This isn’t a podcast episode on the science of sleep, the point is - IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT! This is a podcast about how to improve your sleep, and I talk about how I was able to take my deep sleep from an average of 15 minutes a night to an average of 60 minutes a night now by following these steps. Your daily and nightly rhythms are called your circadian biorhythms and are largely dictated by the 24 hr cycle of the sun rising and setting, so the light in your environment plays an incredibly important role in setting (or disrupting) your circadian biology. It’s been discovered that around ? of your genome is under circadian controls or influences, so this concept goes well beyond just getting a better night’s sleep, and it’s one of the reasons that things like shift work are associated with poor health outcomes including a higher risk of certain cancers. In the podcast I give several resources for digging deeper into the science of sleep, including the great book Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker PhD, and Dan Pardi PhD’s interviews such as this one with Rhonda Patrick PhD on her Found My Fitness podcast and his personal podcast HumanOS Radio, which I’ve really been enjoying lately. 12 Ways to Improve Your Sleep Buy an Oura Ring I’m hesitant to recommend this right now because they are having a heck of a time with placing orders currently, but having an Oura ring has helped me just to know. My first week with the ring I was at 15, 35, 7, 13, 19, 12, 10 minutes of deep sleep. Now my overall average is 54 minutes and my weekly average is more like 60 minutes because of all the things in this podcast. What can be measured can be improved! To learn more listen to High Intensity Health interview of the Oura Ring CEO Harpreet Rai or a similar interview on Bulletproof Radio. https://ouraring.com/ Daylight Anchoring You need to let your body know that it’s day time, especially in the morning. This sets your daily rhythm for hormones like thyroid, cortisol, and testosterone. No artificial bulb can replace what the sun offers! Whenever you get a chance throughout the day get exposed to daylight. Real sunlight - no glasses, contacts, windows - real light as often as possible, preferably early. In the podcast I give several suggestions how to make this happen throughout the day. Exercise First rule - do it. Second rule - do it regularly. Third rule - do it early in the day for a harder workout, but then keep moving all day to increase your sleep debt. If you aren’t sleeping well the first thing to look at are the basics - are you eating real food, are you moving often. This one isn’t rocket science, but if you aren’t sleeping as well as you would like then exercise more or at a different time of the day. Change your Blue-Lit Devices (and put them AWAY AT NIGHT) Let’s face it, although they may be bad for our sleep our devices aren’t going anywhere, so change them to be the least-damaging they can be. Download F.lux for your computer monitor and implement night-shift on your Apple devices to the warmest settings as low-hanging fruit. You can get things like Zen-Tech covers too. But then even if you have changed the light - TURN THEM OFF AT NIGHT! Change your Light Bulbs Install incandescent bulbs, red bulbs, amber bulbs to use around night. This can be done during the day, but it’s most important at night. You can still buy incandescent bulbs, which give a full-spectrum of light (which is why they are energy inefficient!), you can buy amber bulbs, red lights, red head-lamps even so that your house isn’t pitch dark, it just doesn’t have any blue light. Wear Blue-Blocking Glasses After sunset block all blue light sources by wearing blue-blocking glasses. Pretty straightforward, when the sun goes down the glasses go on. I personally have 4 pairs (it has just evolved this way!) - dorky orange Uvex safety glasses (first pair), a “professional” looking daytime pair, another daytime pair, and a darker orange wayfarer for night. In the podcast I mention how Harpreet Rai, the CEO of Oura Ring has said that the 2 biggest changes they have seen affect deep sleep are wearing blue-blocker glasses and #7, stop eating sooner. Stop Eating Sooner When you realize that your body is working on a 24-hour clock, you start to think about the “triggers” that are setting that clock - what do you do on a regular basis over and over again? Light is a big one, setting the daily 24 hour cycle but you don’t have much control over that one, but what about food? Do you eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at roughly the same time each day? Probably. Could those meal times be sending your body the wrong signals? Possibly! Time-restricted feeding is gaining popularity in the scientific community and now the lay-community because of its ability to impact circadian biology. Try to shift your eating window to earlier in the day and stop eating sooner, so no calories after 5 or 6pm. Practice Meditation/Journaling Meditation can help nearly everything, and especially in today’s over-stimulated environment I feel like it’s a must-do. Meditation can help stimulate your parasympathetic nervous system, which is your “rest-and-digest” nervous system as opposed to your “fight-or-flight” nervous system. Meditating at the end of the day especially can help calm your nerves and slow your heart rate, a key component of a good night's sleep. I threw journaling in here as well because for many people writing in a journal before bed can help them “dump” their thoughts out before bed so they aren’t lying there thinking of everything they have to get done the next day. Take a Hot Bath/Shower Before Bed Raising your body temperature right before bed and then having it drop can help stimulate sleepiness and a good night’s sleep. Take an uncomfortably warm bath or shower as part of your wind-down routine, you can add things like magnesium or lavender oil to help you relax. To kill multiple birds with one stone - take a hot bath, on an empty stomach, with filtered water, add epsom salt and lavender oil, while in a room lit with red lights, and do deep breathing or meditation while in the bath. Keep Your Room Cold If you think about this from an ancestral viewpoint, we never slept where it was warm. Even in the desert - it’s coooooold at night, the ground is cold everywhere. Step out of your comfort zone! Keep your room uncomfortably cold at night for a better night’s sleep. You can open a window, they even make pads to run cold water through. Use Black-out Curtains/Eye-Mask At night you want it dark. Like really really dark. You will often hear the term ‘cave-like darkness’. I’ve heard of people travelling with electric tape for outlet lights! Professional athletes are starting to travel with black-out curtains because it’s that important for their sleep and performance. I’m obsessed with my eye-mask. Mine personally has magnets, which I know you do get better deep sleep while in a higher magnetic flux, but I don’t know how the face magnets work, but I love it. Try a cheap one first. Try a (clean) black sock even. Turn off EMFs Turn your phone off, turn your router off, look at where your router is located, make sure you aren’t sleeping on the other side of the wall to a computer or a smart meter. If you aren’t sleeping well and you are doing all the previous 11 things - especially exercising regularly controlling light exposure by getting plenty of sunlight in the daytime and blocking blue light at night - then there could be something more serious like an EMF exposure that you are missing. It’s something to be aware of! Shownotes | https://www.realhealthresource.com/12-ways-to-improve-your-sleep Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Dr. Taylor introduces the best ways to treat Bloating and SIBO. (Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) Shownotes | https://realhealthresource.com/bloating-and-sibo-solutions Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Dr. Taylor interviews Dr. Cade Copeland about CBD Oil and his new Rooted Apothecary line of CBD products. Shownotes | https://realhealthresource.com/rooted-apothecary-interview-with-dr-cade-copeland Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Dr. Taylor interviews Dr. Pompa and how he came to create the True Cellular Detox system. Show notes | https://www.realhealthresource.com/real-health-interview-with-dr-pompa

Detoxifying on the Cellular Level with True Cellular Detox Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/detoxifying-on-the-cellular-level Many people are aware today of our ubiquitous exposure to toxins. They are everywhere - the air we breathe, the toys our kids play with, the water we drink, the food we eat - toxins are everywhere. Heavy metals, carcinogens, endocrine-disruptors, and more. These toxins enter our body and we are naturally detoxifying all the time, but we are also exposed to so many toxins that we become overburdened and the toxins begin to store in our cells - fat cells, bone cells, and most importantly our brain cells. These toxins damage us on the cellular level by creating oxidative stress and inflammation, which affect our cell membranes and our crucial mitochondria - which leads to disease processes like hormone imbalances like thyroid and adrenal issues, diabetes, weight-loss resistance, even dementia and cancer. These toxins store in our cells, and the most dangerous toxins can store in the brain tissue and affect the hypothalamus and pituitary, which act as the control tower for your hormones - thyroid (energy and metabolism) hormones, adrenal (stress) hormones, and sex hormones. IN TODAY’S WORLD DETOXIFICATION ISN’T A SUGGESTION, IT’S A NECESSITY! I often hate the word “detox” because people associate it with a 10-day cleanse or a daily drink they take to help their body “detox”. While it is absolutely true that your body is detoxifying at all times, and that those things can be supportive, they absolutely do not solve the real problem of toxins storing at the cellular level and wreaking havoc on your health. In order to truly detoxify, it takes a more comprehensive system to get to the cellular level. 3 Necessary Components of Cellular Detox: 5 R’s of Cellular Healing R1 - Remove the Source R2 - Regenerate the Cell Membrane R3 - Restore Cellular Energy R4 - Reduce Cellular Inflammation R5 - Re-Establish Methylation Open and Support Downstream Detox Pathways Lymph Kidneys Liver Gut Use True Binders to Remove Toxins BIND CytoDetox 3 Phases for True Detoxification Prep Phase - Prepare the body. Strengthen and upregulate cellular detox mechanisms and downstream detox pathways to prepare the body to mobilize toxins Body Phase - Remove toxins at the cellular level in the body to set up a concentration gradient Brain Phase - Remove the deepest toxins stored in the brain affecting the hypothalamus and pituitary and impacting downstream hormone regulation. So What Does the Program Include? Supportive Supplements True Cellular Detox is a supplement program that we offer that provides supplements for 90 days to support your body on the cellular level, including cellular membrane support, mitochondrial support, glutathione support, methylation support, and more. Instead of taking 8 separate vitamin pill bottles home and having to keep track of dosage (take 2 of these in the AM, 1 of these in the PM, etc), you get a box that includes all your supplements in an easy-to-take packet for your Prep Phase, Body Phase, Brain Phase. Online Educational Portal Along with the supplements that support your body on the cellular level, you get access to a special online portal that coaches you through cellular detox and healing. This includes a learning curriculum with 6 modules, Advanced Strategies to take your detoxification to the next level, and around 30 articles on various topics like Thyroid and Toxins, Brain Health and Toxins, Glyphosate on our food, and many more. Along with the supporting videos and articles there is also a 90-day Meal Plan following a Cellular Healing Diet including shopping lists and recipes for the whole three months! Videos: Why You Still Don't Feel Well - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvXX03Wturo&t=448s True Cellular Detox - Bryant - Brain fog, body composition, energy improved! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd2w8H0l2E4 Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/detoxifying-on-the-cellular-level Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

How To Do an Elimination Diet (or Autoimmune Paleo Protocol) Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/the-elimination-diet WHAT (IS AN ELIMINATION DIET?): An Elimination Diet is exactly what it sounds like - a diet that eliminates certain foods that could potentially be causing a problem in your body - the most common offenders being gluten, dairy, eggs, corn, and soy, and sometimes nuts or even nightshade vegetables like tomatoes and peppers. These foods are eliminated from the diet for a period of time with hopes that your body “resets” and becomes less reactive. The foods are then re-introduced gradually as you observe for any negative responses, like headaches, brain fog, digestive complaints, and more (discussed below). The foods you choose to eliminate are what differentiate an Elimination Diet from an Autoimmune Paleo Protocol (AIP). An Elimination Diet is more basic - you cut out the MOST inflammatory foods. The Autoimmune Paleo Protocol is more advanced - you cut out ALL of the potentially inflammatory foods, because these foods could be pouring gas on your autoimmune “fire”. WHY (WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS?): Food sensitivities are a frequently overlooked cause of chronic health issues. Certain foods can trigger immune reactions in certain people. You may have known someone with a food allergy, like peanuts for example, which can be life-threatening. Food sensitivities are similar, but different. Allergies are a different immune response than a “sensitivity” reaction. Allergies are often an immediate response (hives, throat swelling shut), whereas a food sensitivity could take days to show up (in the podcast I discuss the difference between an IgE allergic response and an IgA or IgG-mediated delayed response, which are more typically the target of the elimination diet). This means that your pizza and beer on Friday night could be the cause of your brain fog on Monday morning! This inflammatory response from your immune system can create symptoms such as digestive problems, headaches, brain fog, skin issues like acne, eczema, psoriasis, joint pain, mood swings, depression, anxiety, and fuel autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and many more (hence the name of the diet - Autoimmune Paleo Protocol). There are a number of factors that contribute to the cause - genetic predispositions, how often you eat a food (when you eat a food often it’s more likely to be a trigger food), toxic burden throughout life, your microbiome and gut health, immune system balance - but when a food is triggering an immune response it can be like pouring a little bit of gas on your inflammatory fire. HOW (DO I DO THIS?): *This is an overview. Please listen to the podcast for more information, and download the attached PDFs for more detailed instruction on exactly what you CAN and CANNOT eat. A typical Elimination Diet eliminates the most foods that most commonly elicit an immune reaction, including: -Gluten-containing grains -Dairy -Eggs -Corn -Peanuts -Soy -Pork or Beef (sometimes) -Sugar(s) -Processed Foods -Coffee -Alcohol The Autoimmune Paleo Protocol takes it a step further. A “Paleo” diet is already free of processed foods and sugars, and it’s already grain-free, dairy-free, and legume-free, and limits many nightshades like potatoes. The Autoimmune Paleo Protocol ALSO eliminates: -ALL Grains - wheat, rye, barley, corn, rice - that’s bread, crackers, wraps, everything -ALL Nuts -ALL Seeds -Legumes (ALL beans and peas) -Nightshades (peppers - cayenne, bell, et, goji berries, eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes (sweet potatoes are okay), paprika) The goal is eliminating these foods from your diet for a period of time and allowing your body and immune system to “reset”, and then you gradually begin to re-introduce the foods. I typically have clients remove foods for THREE WEEKS, and then begin re-introducing foods one at a time every THREE DAYS. Food Re-Introduction The goal with re-introducing your “eliminated” foods is to go slowly so you can evaluate whether or not you are experiencing any negative response. If you break your Elimination Diet with pizza and you feel horrible the next day you have to ask yourself, “Was it the gluten in the dough, the dairy cheese, the nightshade sauce, the processed pepperoni, or any of the other potential triggers?” It’s impossible to know, so it’s important to re-introduce foods one-at-a-time and slowly, because sensitivities can take several days to show up. I recommend a three-day window - re-introduce a food for three days, wait to see if you notice any negative response, if you DO - stop the food immediately and continue to challenge the other foods, if you DON’T notice any response in three days then re-introduce another food. How Do I Know What Plan To Follow? Any version of an Elimination Diet could potentially be successful. The Whole30 is a tremendously successful Elimination Diet eating plan that cuts out processed foods, sugars, grains, dairy, legumes, alcohol I personally have more experience with the stricter Autoimmune Paleo Protocol because we see a lot of people in our clinic that have autoimmune conditions and they have typically already cleaned their diet up considerably or tried different diet plans (they have often already gone gluten-free, dairy-free, done a Whole30, etc). I mention in the podcast that we recently did a recipe night at our clinic where people brought their homemade AIP-approved meals and we had a big, healthy potluck. I typically recommend EVERYONE eliminate certain foods - sugar and processed foods, gluten and other grains, sometimes dairy, and then I often make custom recommendations based on a client’s history and symptoms. If you are someone listening to this podcast and you are curious, download the attached PDFs from the Institute for Functional Medicine and try the Elimination Diet. If you are someone who KNOWS that you have an autoimmune disease, or you think your health symptoms are related to certain foods - try the AIP protocol. Here are some great AIP resources: Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook - Mickey Trescott The Essential AIP Cookbook - Louise Hendon The Paleo Approach - Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Life - Sarah Ballantyne PhD The Paleo Approach Cookbook Other Potential Triggers: Often people will notice that a particular “group” of foods cause reactions. In this podcast I briefly discuss several of these food groups you can look out for, including: -Histamines -Oxalates -Salicylates -Nightshades -Lectins -FODMAPs These particular groups of foods have been found to be problematic for many people. In the podcast I discuss a newer book called The Plant Paradox by Dr. Stephen Gundry where he discusses the dangers of lectins, which are found in many plants including legumes, nuts, and many vegetables. These food categories are worth looking into further if you aren’t getting the results you had hoped for with the Elimination Diet. ADDITIONAL INFO: This involves A LOT OF TRIAL AND ERROR! It’s not easy to discover your triggers. It takes time. Sometimes you will find one and think “This is my answer I’ve been looking for!” and although it may be an important piece of the puzzle, down the road you could discover other triggers, new symptoms, etc. Don’t be disappointed, just keep moving forward. Your health is a never-ending journey! When it comes to inflammation, anything that pours even a little bit of gas on the fire can flare up your symptoms, so this is a long-term battle - but the great news is that it GETS EASIER. You learn about yourself and your body. You learn new shopping habits, you learn how to cook with different ingredients, and your immune system becomes more balanced and less responsive. If you are working with a practitioner he or she may be providing additional supplement support to balance the immune system, support digestion, or help heal a leaky gut, which can help support the process. If you are not, this can make a huge difference! This isn’t a magic bullet cure. This is PART of your personal inflammation puzzle, and often a big part. If there are other sources of inflammation - toxins, stress, poor gut health, sedentary lifestyle, poor blood sugar control, hormone imbalance - an Elimination Diet is an important foundational step but it’s NOT a magic bullet, but rather a piece of the health puzzle. Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/the-elimination-diet Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Avoiding Alzheimer’s and Dementia Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/avoiding-alzheimers-and-dementia Alzheimer’s and dementia are the #1 biggest fear in today’s aging population, surpassing cancer. This is no surprise, as many people would rather die than lose their memory and their mind and continue to live in a shell of their former self. Although we continue to sink billions of dollars into looking for a “cure”, so far every single drug that has been studied has failed to be effective. Fortunately, science is proving that there are things you can do to prevent and even reverse some of the damage that can contribute to Alzheimer’s. Progressive functional medicine doctors like Dr. Dale Bredesen of UCLA are proving that with the right testing and support - diet, lifestyle, supplementation - you can absolutely decrease your risk of developing this devastating condition. What Causes Dementia? Genetic Predisposition + Brain Inflammation Genetic Predisposition - Specifically the APOE4 mutation has a heavy association with developing dementia. It’s important to remember that epigenetics has taught us that while an APOE4 gene could “load the gun” for dementia, your lifestyle will pull the trigger. There are plenty of people with a (+/+) APOE4 genotype without expressing a dementia phenotype. This isn’t a death sentence. But it is a strong association, and it’s helpful to know your risk. (-/-) = 0% increased risk of dementia (+/-) = 30% increased risk of dementia (+/+) = 50%+ increased risk of dementia; roughly 7 million Americans carry (+/+) What Causes Brain Inflammation? Trauma - The first cause should be the most obvious - a head trauma. Just like if I hit your thumb with a hammer or punch you in the thigh as hard as I can, a trauma is going to create damaged blood vessels and stimulate an inflammatory response. Trauma in the brain is no different, except that sometimes we can’t see or feel the trauma. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can cause a primary injury - bruising, hematoma, shearing. This leads to a breakdown of what’s called the Blood-Brain-Barrier (BBB), which is designed to act as a barrier between the bloodstream and the brain. This breakdown of the BBB leads to inflammatory factors entering the brain and causing damage and degeneration, which is known as the secondary injury. It is these downstream effects which can lead to neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Diet - Dementia has been recently described as “Type 3 Diabetes” because research has shown that the neurons develop insulin resistance which impairs their ability to properly use fuel to create energy. The Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) not only encourages poor blood sugar and insulin control (leading to diabetes and other metabolic diseases), but is loaded with inflammatory foods like rancid vegetable oils, toxic chemicals, and neurotoxins like monosodium glutamate (MSG) and aspartame which kill brain cells. Toxicity - Toxins can store in the brain and create a long-term inflammatory response leading to neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Some toxins that are particularly detrimental to the brain are excitotoxins like MSG and Aspartame and heavy metals such as Mercury, Lead, and Aluminum (in this podcast I go off on a little tangent about injecting Aluminum into our children who we know don’t have fully formed blood-brain-barriers - it’s crazy!). Listen to our past podcast episode too which specifically talks about these three heavy metals and their association with dementia. Sedentary Lifestyle - Sitting is called the new smoking because research is finding that sitting is just as dangerous as smoking, if not more. Moving is mechanically good for the body. It keeps the joints moving, the muscles pumping, the lymph system draining toxins, the CSF flowing through the spinal cord and bathing the brain, the heart and lungs pumping - it keeps the machine moving. It also can help stimulate the release of things like Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) which is important for establishing new neural connections in the brain. But movement does a lot more. Every conscious second of every day your body is sending signals to your brain telling it how it is positioned in relation to gravity. It’s called “proprioception”. You can close your eyes right now and tell if you are standing, sitting, or lying, you can touch your finger to your nose or take a few steps forward or rub your belly and pat your head (maybe…) and that’s because the body is communicating to the brain at all times. According to Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Roger Sperry, movement provides up to 90% of the stimulation to the brain. What Should You Be Doing Right Now? You Should Be: Getting the Right Testing Genetic Testing 23andme, APOE4 Blood Testing - Blood Sugar Control - glucose, HbA1C, Insulin - Inflammation - C-Reactive Protein, Homocysteine - Hormones - thyroid, testosterone, progesterone, cortisol, vitamin D Others - Cyrex - neurological autoimmune reactivity, Blood Brain Barrier integrity - Organic Acids - Kynurenine pathway and Quinolate, 8-(OH)dG - Urine Provoked Heavy Metals - Brain Scans like SPECT scans, NeuroQuant, or fMRI Moving Right ANY movement is good - just keep moving! (sitting is the new smoking) - Resistance Training - Endurance Exercise - walking, running, jogging, cycling, swimming (not too long!) - High-Intensity Exercise - Dancing, skiing, tennis, table tennis, basketball, golf - anything with coordination involved! Thinking Right Minimize Stress - Meditation, prayer, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong - Reading Books and Learning - Stimulating the Brain with Brain Games like Tetris Eating Right Follow the Basics FIRST - Avoid Processed Foods - Avoid Vegetable Oils - Avoid Conventional Meat - Eliminate added Sugars - Avoid High Glycemic Index Foods Advanced Strategies - Measure and Balance Your Blood Sugar - Follow a Ketogenic Diet - Experiment with Fasting Taking the Right Supplements Inflammation Support - Omega 3 Fatty Acids - DHA and EPA - Turmeric - Antioxidants Blood Sugar Control - Chromium - Cinnamon - Berberine Detoxification Support - N-Acetyl-Cysteine - Liposomal Glutathione - Activated Charcoal - CytoDetox Mitochondria Support - CoQ10 - Cardiolipin - PQQ - Carnitine Brain-Specific Support - Ginkgo Biloba - EGCG - Huperzine A - GPC and other phosphatides - Gut-Brain Connection?? (whole other podcast!) Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/avoiding-alzheimers-and-dementia Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Avoiding Alzheimer’s and Dementia Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/avoiding-alzheimers-and-dementia-pt-1 Alzheimer’s and dementia are the #1 biggest fear in today’s aging population, surpassing cancer. This is no surprise, as many people would rather die than lose their memory and their mind and continue to live in a shell of their former self. Although we continue to sink billions of dollars into looking for a “cure”, so far every single drug that has been studied has failed to be effective. Fortunately, science is proving that there are things you can do to prevent and even reverse some of the damage that can contribute to Alzheimer’s. Progressive functional medicine doctors like Dr. Dale Bredesen of UCLA are proving that with the right testing and support - diet, lifestyle, supplementation - you can absolutely decrease your risk of developing this devastating condition. What Causes Dementia? Genetic Predisposition + Brain Inflammation Genetic Predisposition - Specifically the APOE4 mutation has a heavy association with developing dementia. It’s important to remember that epigenetics has taught us that while an APOE4 gene could “load the gun” for dementia, your lifestyle will pull the trigger. There are plenty of people with a (+/+) APOE4 genotype without expressing a dementia phenotype. This isn’t a death sentence. But it is a strong association, and it’s helpful to know your risk. (-/-) = 0% increased risk of dementia (+/-) = 30% increased risk of dementia (+/+) = 50%+ increased risk of dementia; roughly 7 million Americans carry (+/+) What Causes Brain Inflammation? Trauma - The first cause should be the most obvious - a head trauma. Just like if I hit your thumb with a hammer or punch you in the thigh as hard as I can, a trauma is going to create damaged blood vessels and stimulate an inflammatory response. Trauma in the brain is no different, except that sometimes we can’t see or feel the trauma. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can cause a primary injury - bruising, hematoma, shearing. This leads to a breakdown of what’s called the Blood-Brain-Barrier (BBB), which is designed to act as a barrier between the bloodstream and the brain. This breakdown of the BBB leads to inflammatory factors entering the brain and causing damage and degeneration, which is known as the secondary injury. It is these downstream effects which can lead to neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Diet - Dementia has been recently described as “Type 3 Diabetes” because research has shown that the neurons develop insulin resistance which impairs their ability to properly use fuel to create energy. The Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) not only encourages poor blood sugar and insulin control (leading to diabetes and other metabolic diseases), but is loaded with inflammatory foods like rancid vegetable oils, toxic chemicals, and neurotoxins like monosodium glutamate (MSG) and aspartame which kill brain cells. Toxicity - Toxins can store in the brain and create a long-term inflammatory response leading to neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Some toxins that are particularly detrimental to the brain are excitotoxins like MSG and Aspartame and heavy metals such as Mercury, Lead, and Aluminum (in this podcast I go off on a little tangent about injecting Aluminum into our children who we know don’t have fully formed blood-brain-barriers - it’s crazy!). Listen to our past podcast episode too which specifically talks about these three heavy metals and their association with dementia. Sedentary Lifestyle - Sitting is called the new smoking because research is finding that sitting is just as dangerous as smoking, if not more. Moving is mechanically good for the body. It keeps the joints moving, the muscles pumping, the lymph system draining toxins, the CSF flowing through the spinal cord and bathing the brain, the heart and lungs pumping - it keeps the machine moving. It also can help stimulate the release of things like Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) which is important for establishing new neural connections in the brain. But movement does a lot more. Every conscious second of every day your body is sending signals to your brain telling it how it is positioned in relation to gravity. It’s called “proprioception”. You can close your eyes right now and tell if you are standing, sitting, or lying, you can touch your finger to your nose or take a few steps forward or rub your belly and pat your head (maybe…) and that’s because the body is communicating to the brain at all times. According to Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Roger Sperry, movement provides up to 90% of the stimulation to the brain. What Should You Be Doing Right Now? You Should Be: Getting the Right Testing Genetic Testing 23andme, APOE4 Blood Testing - Blood Sugar Control - glucose, HbA1C, Insulin - Inflammation - C-Reactive Protein, Homocysteine - Hormones - thyroid, testosterone, progesterone, cortisol, vitamin D Others - Cyrex - neurological autoimmune reactivity, Blood Brain Barrier integrity - Organic Acids - Kynurenine pathway and Quinolate, 8-(OH)dG - Urine Provoked Heavy Metals - Brain Scans like SPECT scans, NeuroQuant, or fMRI Moving Right ANY movement is good - just keep moving! (sitting is the new smoking) - Resistance Training - Endurance Exercise - walking, running, jogging, cycling, swimming (not too long!) - High-Intensity Exercise - Dancing, skiing, tennis, table tennis, basketball, golf - anything with coordination involved! Thinking Right Minimize Stress - Meditation, prayer, Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong - Reading Books and Learning - Stimulating the Brain with Brain Games like Tetris Eating Right Follow the Basics FIRST - Avoid Processed Foods - Avoid Vegetable Oils - Avoid Conventional Meat - Eliminate added Sugars - Avoid High Glycemic Index Foods Advanced Strategies - Measure and Balance Your Blood Sugar - Follow a Ketogenic Diet - Experiment with Fasting Taking the Right Supplements Inflammation Support - Omega 3 Fatty Acids - DHA and EPA - Turmeric - Antioxidants Blood Sugar Control - Chromium - Cinnamon - Berberine Detoxification Support - N-Acetyl-Cysteine - Liposomal Glutathione - Activated Charcoal - CytoDetox Mitochondria Support - CoQ10 - Cardiolipin - PQQ - Carnitine Brain-Specific Support - Ginkgo Biloba - EGCG - Huperzine A - GPC and other phosphatides - Gut-Brain Connection?? (whole other podcast!) Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/avoiding-alzheimers-and-dementia-pt-1 Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/dr-taylors-5-favorite-health-books-in-2018/ This podcast was inspired when I was looking through some of the books I’ve read or listened to this year and I thought “Wow, I’ve read some REALLY good books this year that can really help a lot of people!” So, this podcast episode is just me talking about each of these five books, the theme of each book, and what value you can gain and what you can learn from each one. 1 - The Hacking of the American Mind by Dr. Robert Lustig Dr. Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist who has studied and written on the effects of sugar in our kids, who turned his research from our addiction to sugar to our addiction to our handheld devices, social media, and the world of addictions. Dr. Lustig goes into detail in the book about seven differences between “Happiness” and “Pleasure”, and how often people think they are getting “happiness” but they are really getting little “hits” of “pleasure hormones” in the same way a junkie gets a “hit” when they need a “fix”, and over time these pathways develop resistance and it leads to mental problems. All of this revolves around our neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, and Dr. Lustig goes into precise detail about each of the different neurotransmitter pathways, how these responses function, and how our addiction to our devices and other “hits” today is directly leading to more anxiety, depression, suicide - - and as an attorney he also discusses how companies know that they are addicting our kids to their products and are doing it deliberately. 2 - HeadStrong by Dave Asprey Dave Asprey is the founder of Bulletproof and the host of Bulletproof Radio, the #1 health podcast on iTunes and I love his content. This book is specifically written to help you maximize your brainpower by maximizing your mitochondrial function. Mitochondria produce all of your body’s energy, and your brain uses a LOT of energy, and when it’s low on energy you get fatigue, brain fog, you don’t think as quick. The book includes hacks (Dave Asprey is known for coining the term biohacking) of how to improve your mitochondria, and goes beyond diet into meditation, light exposure, neurofeedback, and even smart drugs to give your brain more energy. This book is fantastic, but I also suggest checking out our podcast episode Being Healthy on a Cellular Level to learn more about mitochondria and what they do, how they work, and how you can support them. 3 - Dirty Genes by Dr. Ben Lynch Genetics is a very interesting topic. We know that we each have certain genes that give us darker skin, blue eyes, make us taller or shorter, and we also all have genes for things like cancer, Alzheimer's, or heart disease. While the science of epigenetics has taught us that it’s more about the environment than your genetics, it is absolutely true that we all have good genes and bad genes, and some of those good and bad genes can be triggered by your environment - stress, diet, toxins, inflammation, etc. Dr. Ben Lynch is one of the world’s leaders in the study of epigenetics and the process of methylation, which is largely controlled by a gene that is commonly mutated - the MTHFR gene. This book goes into some of the most common Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), or genetic mutations, that people have today, including MTHFR (folate metabolism), COMT (dopamine and epinephrine metabolism), and many others. He does a good job teaching how you can interpret your genetic testing, what the major genes are that you should look out for, what pathways they control, but most importantly he stays focused on the fact that whether you have these genes or don’t, your environment is going to be what triggers those genes, so you have to control your environment as a first priority. 4 - Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker PhD This book is a little scary because it talks about how horrible it is for your health to miss out on any sleep, but it’s great because as you read it you realize that sleep needs to be a high priority. I always talk about how before I had kids I didn’t care as much about sleep, now I treat it like gold. As a doctor, virtually every single patient I have has poor sleep and it’s affecting their health on every level. I mention in the podcast that this book was recommended to me by a patient who is a firefighter because they have been reading the book at his Fire Station and discussing how they can mitigate the harms of working 48 hour shifts. The book gives a very detailed look at each stage of sleep, what happens, why that’s important, what can interfere with sleep, and more. The bottom line takeaway is that sleep is REALLY important, but reading the book is really eye opening about why it’s so important. 5 - The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz This is one of my favorite books ever. Nina Teicholz was a 20+ year vegetarian who began looking into the dietary recommendations we have all adopted for the past 50 years - don’t eat a lot of saturated fat, eat 6-10 servings of grains daily, use margarine instead of butter, etc. These guidelines have been adopted around the world and have led to the removal of animal fats, the introduction of vegetable oils, the subsidization of corn and soy which are now found in everything, and our processed food diet. What she found was shocking - that these dietary recommendations are not (and never were) backed by any good studies or science, and the guidelines that America has established and the World has followed have actually increased our rates of some of our biggest diseases like heart disease and diabetes. This book is so scientifically evidence-based that The Lancet and The British Medical Journal, two of the world’s most prestigious medical journals, have published reviews of the book, and Nina is now working with Washington to change the dietary guidelines and make sure that the recommendations we are giving our country and the world are the best and most scientifically-supported recommendations. Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/dr-taylors-5-favorite-health-books-in-2018/ Support Real Health Resource on the Internet: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/5-worst-health-myths%C2%A0 Fat Makes You Fat The fact that dietary lipids and adipose tissue are both referred to as “fat” has produced one of the biggest misconceptions in health - eating fat must make you fat. This faulty concept has shifted our entire food supply - removing fats from foods, adding new chemicals and sugars to make it taste normal, our dietary recommendations including the old food pyramid, and hence has led to our horrendous health situation in the U.S. This idea was largely popularized by a single influential researcher named Ancel Keys (Read: The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz), who popularized the idea that dietary fat, especially saturated fat from animal products, raised cholesterol, and cholesterol was related to heart disease, but his research never really showed this to be true. This was around the same time that vegetable oils and hydrogenated oils (trans fats) like Crisco and Margarine were popularized and replaced butter and lard in the kitchen. Right around this time our prevalence of heart disease and 20th century diseases was rising, and the seeds for our obesity epidemic were planted, which flourished over the next 50+ years to where we are now. Now you can find vegetable oils like genetically modified (GMO) canola oil and government-subsidized GMO corn and GMO soybean oil in every boxed or packaged product on the market. Although vegetable oils have shown horrible health impacts epidemiologically and in the clinical research, and good healthy fats have shown the opposite, the misconception still exists. Low-fat foods still crowd the shelves, and this is a hard paradigm shift because it has become so deeply rooted in our minds. Reality: What the research really shows is that cholesterol from food does not raise bad cholesterol. So eat your eggs. It’s also shown that lower cholesterol does not correlate to lower risk of heart attack, in fact lower cholesterol is a bigger risk factor than higher cholesterol. What science has also shown now is that fat doesn’t make you fat, but sugar and insulin make you fat and make you unable to burn your own fat (read: Eat Fat, Get Thin; Fat for Fuel; Bulletproof Diet; The Keto Edge; etc). Fat is the building block for all of your cell membranes and cholesterol is the building block for all hormones. Although quality absolutely matters, fat does not make you fat. Genes Determine Health Status The human genome project was completed in 2003. It was expected that humans would have hundreds of thousands of specific genes coding for the specific proteins in our body, but it was found (to the surprise of everyone) that humans contained around 25,000 genes, not much different than some very simple organisms like miniature worms used in research. What was more important than mapping the human genome however was the introduction of the study of Epigenetics. Epi-(above) Genetics is the study of how certain genes can be “turned on” or “turned off” by environment. For example, we all may have certain “bad genes” for cancer or heart disease, but these genes need to be “turned on” by our lifestyle - smoking, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, stress, toxicity. It has been said that genes are like a loaded gun, but environment pulls the trigger. We now know that we each have certain mutations, called Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) that make us more or less predisposed to certain diseases, but the environment can determine whether these genes are “triggered” or not. (Read: The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton PhD) When we live in unhealthy environments we can ‘trigger’ those genes, but if we avoid unhealthy environments, those genes are no more dangerous than a gun with nobody to pull the trigger. Reality: We all have good genes and bad genes, but your environment determines which genes are expressed and hence your health expression. Avoid the Sun I do not believe it is important, let alone healthy in the least bit, to avoid the sun. Dermatologists have won this battle, making us all afraid of skin cancer. It is true that overexposure to sun does cause oxidative damage, and oxidative damage is linked to an increased risk of cancer, but this argument is short-sided and missing the important benefits of sun exposure, including boosting your prohormone vitamin D3. Vitamin D3 has an incredibly array of benefits, not the least of which includes DECREASING the risk of cancer dramatically. In one of the largest epidemiological studies performed on over 20,000 Swedish women, it was found that avoiding the sun actually INCREASED all-cause mortality. In a past podcast episode where I interview veterinarian Dr. Susan McDonald, I found it really interesting that she has seen a dramatic increase in melanoma in dogs in her practice over the past 30 years. Are these dogs not wearing enough sunscreen?!? Or could there perhaps be other causes - toxins, GMOs, etc that are triggering cancer genes (see epigenetics above….) The next time you are driving or walking around, look to see how many people are wearing sunglasses. It will be nearly all of them! Proper sun exposure is even important for the eyes, helping to set the body’s circadian wake/sleep cycle. I encourage my patients to ditch their sunglasses and they often report sleeping better right away. I get lots of sun exposure. I want my kids to get lots of sun exposure. I want my newborn to get a fair amount of sun exposure, but we also keep them covered up after too long. If we are on a boat or at a beach or out exposed in the sun all day and it’s hard to avoid we will use a non-toxic mineral-based sunscreen, but use the EWG’s annual sunscreen guide to find the best options. Please don’t avoid the sun. Reality: Get adequate amounts of sunshine on your skin and in your eyes all year long. Go as long as you can without burning. Use the D-Minder App on your iPhone to measure exposure. Wear a hat if you are worried about wrinkles. Cover up if you are going to burn, or use the EWGs Sunscreen Guide if you have to have a sunscreen. Vaccines are Safe This one is absurd, but it’s unbelievable how many people will believe this myth without questioning it. I’m not going to go into the whole argument of vaccines, but they absolutely contain questionable ingredients, are clearly linked in the literature to autoimmunity and immune reactions, and they are well-known to have certain risks. THIS IS IN THE LITERATURE. In the public eye, on Facebook, on the news, etc vaccines are one of the most controversial and polarizing topics with one side adamant that vaccines are “safe and effective”, and “the science is settled” on vaccine safety. Well unfortunately science is never settled, and new research comes out regularly citing the potential dangers of vaccines. Do they have benefits? Maybe, that’s not the point of this podcast. Do they have potential adverse effects? Unquestionably. In fact, the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has paid out over $3.7 Billion in settlements, despite the fact that the CDC estimates that only 1% of vaccine reactions are reported to the VAERS, or Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. In 2017 alone there were 59,711 reported adverse events. This means, according to the HHS and CDC, there could have been 5.9 million adverse reactions in a single year?!? VERY FEW Americans are aware of these statistical facts, and go along with the rhetoric they hear on the news that “the science is settled, vaccines are safe.” If you believe vaccines have no potential dangers, watch the movie “Vaxxed” and follow their YouTube channel where they interview parents of vaccine-injured children. I also have a past podcast episode where I interviewed a parent of an autistic child, and you can hear his story and decide for yourself.   Reality: Vaccines are very debated because the science is very unclear, and by unclear I mean the science shows vaccines can be harmful but the media presents a different story. Do your own research for your own family, but vaccines are absolutely not 100% safe. Insurance Keeps You Healthy This one really holds people back from seeking true health care. As a chiropractor I have seen it 1000 times - “Does my insurance cover this?” (In fact I’ve written an old blog post ranting about this mindset.)  It’s a logical question of course, if someone is going to help you pay for services of course you want to know! I have insurance. I think everyone should have insurance. It’s great if you need your life saved. The problem is that insurance simply doesn’t pay for health care. According to the Medicare Guidelines, Section 2251.3: “A treatment plan that seeks to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong and enhance the quality of life; or therapy that is performed to maintain or prevent deterioration of a chronic condition is deemed not medically necessary.” I think this one truly holds people back from seeking the help they need to achieve the health goals they have. Health insurance works a lot like car insurance - it’s there when you get in a wreck. If you want to keep your car healthy for a long time you need regular maintenance, oil changes, wheel balancing, etc. Car insurance doesn’t pay for that. If you want to “optimize” your car’s performance maybe you need a new exhaust, intake, tires, or a new look on the outside. Car insurance doesn’t pay for that. We all understand that our car insurance is there for when we get in a wreck, we need to understand that our health insurance is the same thing. If you want to keep your body running for a long time or you want to optimize its performance, don’t look to your health insurance. It doesn’t pay for your organic vegetables, your gym membership, your high-quality supplements, or your alternative therapies like chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage therapy. Reality: If you really want your body to run like a Ferrari and last like a Toyota, you have to pay for the right upkeep, and with medical bills being the #1 cause of bankruptcy, and some 70% of those people had health insurance, you better make sure you aren’t relying on insurance to keep you healthy. Insurance is there for when you get in a wreck. Honorable Mention: Calories In = Calories Out GMOs Are Safe The Food Pyramid?!? (MyPlate) Don’t Eat Meat / Salt Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/5-worst-health-myths%C2%A0 Support Real Health Resource on the Internet:  Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

Dr. Taylor has an in-depth conversation about the benefits of CBD Oil with Dr. Richard K. Madsen and the impact it has had on his personal health.  Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/cbd-oil%C2%A0 Support Real Health Resource on the Internet:  Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest | YouTube | Tumblr | Patreon | Podcast RSS Feed | Apple Podcast

How long should you fast? Why kind of fast should I do? Why should I fast? Dr. Taylor covers everything you need to know about using fasting strategically as well as covering the cultural and religious history of fasting.       Show Notes | http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/how-to-use-fasting-for-healing/ Support Real Health Resource on the Internet:  Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/RealHealthResource/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/RealHealthR Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/realhealthresource/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/RealHealthR YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6JjWzLHNfX9pyfoGqhYfQ Tumblr | https://realhealthresource.tumblr.com/ Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/RealHealth/creators Podcast RSS Feed | https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/1145/rss

The Perfect Diet Shownotes: http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/the-perfect-diet What is the perfect diet? This is the billion dollar question today that everyone is googling, and everyone has their own (often strong) opinion. Is it ketogenic? Is it vegetarian? Is it paleo? Is it low carb? Is it six small meals/day? Should I fast? What if the the answer is - YES! I don’t subscribe to any one dietary “camp”, I think many different diets have great benefits, and I think that dietary variety is incredibly important. Our ancestors didn’t eat the same things every day, or every season, and they certainly didn’t eat bananas in the winter! This podcast episode talks about the pros and cons of all of these dietary shifts and how you can combine them to create what I consider - The Perfect Diet. Three Necessary Steps Towards a Perfect Diet I talk about these 3 steps in further detail in the podcast, but here is an overview: Step #1 - Eat Real Food I talk about this all the time, for most people it does not matter which diet plan you intend on following, JUST EAT REAL FOOD FIRST. This means no: - Processed Foods - nothing from a box or bag - Additives - Real Food often doesn’t have an ingredients list (what goes into a tomato?) - Food Dyes - Trans fats (vegetable oils) - Added sugar, salt, etc. Read your food labels closely, or buy food with no labels! Step #2 - Make your Real Food Diet ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Some “real foods” aren’t that great, so that is just step #1. Next you need to avoid the real foods that can be inflaming your body and creating a leaky gut. This includes: - Gluten / Grains (corn, etc) - Dairy (esp. Conventional dairy) - Soy - Vegetable Oils (Canola, corn, cottonseed, soybean, safflower) - Conventional Meat or Animal Products (feedlot cattle beef, caged chickens) Step #3 - Eat the Highest Quality Available Quality matters. This food is going to become you! In the podcast I mention how this is often the hardest step - buying the more expensive option. Our brains fight against this very hard, but I do recommend buying the highest quality, which often means it costs more. A COUPLE DOLLARS MORE. Look up the cost of chronic disease and it’s in the 6-figure range, that could buy a heck of a lot of organic produce and grass-fed meat! - Organic is Best (Check www.ewg.org to see the 2018 Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen) - Canned is good (cans do have BPA linings!), frozen is better, fresh is best - Local food will have a higher nutrient density than food that traveled 100s of miles - Wild-caught Fish (cold-water is best, salmon, anchovies, sardines are best options) - Grass-fed Beef - Free-Range or Pastured Chicken or Eggs WHAT TO EAT: So, what does that leave me to eat? Tons of options! No matter the season or your health goals you always want a high variety for a broad spectrum of antioxidants, phytonutrients, and prebiotics. Try to eat every color of the rainbow every day, and focus on bright colors and strong flavors (garlic, ginger, onion, cinnamon, cayenne, curcumin, etc). High Fiber Vegetables - I give a more extensive list on the podcast episode, but below are some examples. This part of the diet should have a robust amount and variety of dark, green, leafy veggies. - Arugula - Asparagus - Bell Peppers (if nightshades aren’t an issue) - Broccoli - Brussels Sprouts - Cabbage - Collard Greens - Cucumber - Eggplant (if nightshades aren’t an issue) - Garlic - Ginger Root - Jicama - Kale - Lettuces - Mushrooms - Onions - Parsley - Radishes - Snow Peas - Spinach - Spaghetti Squash Healthy Fats - This is where the majority of your calories should come from. Fat is the most energy dense food, and good healthy fats are essential for healthy hormones, healthy cells, healthy blood sugar, and a healthy life. - Nuts (almonds, macadamia, pecans, walnuts, cashews - raw, unsalted, soaked is best!) - Seeds (flax, hemp, chia, sunflower, sesame) - Avocados/avocado oil - Olives/olive oil - Coconut Products (oil, flakes, MCT oil) - Grass-fed butter or ghee - High-Quality Meat (grass-fed beef, free-range eggs, wild-caught fish) Proteins - General Rule: 20g/meal for men, 15g/meal for women, can vary depending on size and exercise level but most people. This rule is very general. Someone lean and exercising hard would require a whole lot more than that for daily intake, this is for the general American. - You are what you eat, and what it has eaten! Only buy high quality protein. Low quality protein is one of the most inflammatory foods, high quality protein is a superfood. Higher Carb Foods in Moderation - Squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, beans - Low glycemic fruits like berries (raspberry, strawberry, blueberry) and Granny Smith apples WHEN TO EAT: Variation is incredibly important with diet. Daily, weekly, and seasonal variations are very important! Think about the way your food grows and what would be available to your ancestors. For example, they wouldn’t eat a banana in the winter time. Our ancestors varied their diet with the seasons based on what was growing. This means that during periods of time they followed more a low-carb diet (winter, when the light cycles are shorter and carbs don’t grow as much) and they would be in ketosis. WHEN TO NOT EAT: I’m a huge fan of fasting, and I think it’s an incredibly important part of The Perfect Diet. The most common method which I discuss in the podcast is intermittent fasting, which essentially means going longer in between meals. Most people do this by skipping breakfast and keeping their food intake within a 8-10 hour window, which means the remainder of the day they are fasting (14-16 hours). There are many ways to do intermittent fasting which I discuss in the podcast. Periodically I think it’s a great idea to fast for longer. We often encourage going 4 days, sometimes we encourage bone broth fasting for gut healing, sometimes we encourage strict fasting for blood sugar healing, but fasting heals. Our ancestors would periodically fast too in between meals or when food wasn’t available. I have a past podcast episode interviewing a patient who has done two 28-day water only fasts, check it out! Show notes: http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/the-perfect-diet

Shownotes: http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/hashimotos-thyroiditis Autoimmune disease diagnoses have increased dramatically over the past several decades, and no autoimmune disease is more prevalent than Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Over 35 million Americans suffer from Hashimoto’s, it is 5-8x more prevalent in women than men, and it is commonly worse around puberty, pregnancy, and perimenopause. Autoimmune disease is when your immune system begins to attack a particular tissue in your body and create inflammation and eventual tissue damage and destruction. When the immune system attacks the gut we call it Crohn’s Disease, when it attacks the joints we call it Rheumatoid Arthritis, when it attacks the nervous system we call it Multiple Sclerosis, and when it attacks the thyroid gland we call it Hashimoto’s (or Graves’) Disease. If the attack on the thyroid persists the thyroid will suffer tissue damage and will begin to function suboptimally, leading to hypothyroidism (see stages of Hashimoto’s below). It is estimated that 90% of hypothyroidism is Hashimoto’s. This immune system attack will also lead to an increased risk for developing other autoimmune conditions. The symptoms of Hashimoto’s can vary from minor to debilitating, including but not limited to: -fatigue -weight gain -brain fog -constipation -poor sleep -low energy -hair loss -dry skin -chronic cough -Irritable Bowel Syndrome -sensitivity to cold -infertility -depression -anxiety A great book that I reference several times in this podcast episode is called The Hashimoto’s Protocol by Dr. Izabella Wentz, and her previous book is also a great resource Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause. Hashimoto’s is diagnosed by the presence of antibodies (immune cells) against certain parts of the thyroid, specifically Anti-Thyroglobulin Antibody (TG) and Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody (TPO), with TPO being the most prevalent. I mention in the podcast that TPO antibodies are the most reliable marker and I discuss the values - below is a chart showing what values I discuss in the podcast episode. TPO Antibodies 0 - 10 = desired number of antibodies 0-35 = normal on laboratory reference range < 300 = often “sub-clinical” but still very relevant - will still cause damage but more slowly 300 = this will quickly lead to thyroid damage and clinical symptoms Numbers can be as high as 10,000!!!! Sample Thyroid Panel #1 and Panel #2 can be found at http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/hashimotos-thyroiditis Hashimoto’s progresses in 5 stages which I have borrowed and adapted slightly from Dr. Wentz. Stage 1 - Leaky Gut - Intestinal permeability is the gateway to autoimmune disease. In this stage someone may have a genetic predisposition to Hashimoto’s but their immune system has not begun creating any antibodies. Perhaps in this stage a person’s immune system will begin attacking gluten, which can often lead to an attack on the thyroid later. Stage 2 - Breakdown of Immune Tolerance - This is when the body begins to have trouble distinguishing “self” from “non-self”, meaning it begins attacking the own body’s tissues instead of foreign invaders. This is when antibodies begin to show up. This stage can last for years before a person moves on to stage 3. Stage 3 - Subclinical Hypothyroidism - The antibodies will still be present and the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) will be elevated (Listen to our last podcast episode “Could It Be Your Thyroid?”) but the T4 from the thyroid will still be normal. This is often when symptoms show up or begin to progress rapidly. Stage 4 - Overt Hypothyroidism - By this point the thyroid has suffered enough inflammation and damage that it is functioning sub-optimally. TSH will be elevated and T4 and T3 will be low, indicating a need for thyroid hormone replacement in the medical system. Stage 5 - Other Autoimmune Diseases - When you have one autoimmune disease your risk of developing others goes up dramatically, so if Hashimoto’s continues to progress unchecked it can absolutely lead to other autoimmune diagnoses. At the end of the podcast I briefly discuss a THEA score, which is outlined on our website's show notes, which can be found here. Basically, it gives you an indication of your Hashimoto’s Risk Category

Could It Be Your Thyroid? - http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/could-it-be-your-thyroid Understanding your thyroid function can turn you from a passive patient in the medical system to an active health detective looking for root cause of your symptoms. PODCAST METAPHOR: Placing an Amazon Order You are the cell, Amazon is the thyroid, and you need to place an order to burn fat and produce energy. You need your package delivered, which is active thyroid hormone (T3). The purchase is considered successful when your package gets into your door and into your hands, but there are many steps necessary to make this process successful. NECESSARY STEPS: - You place an order, which is TSH (“Hey, Amazon, I need some energy hormones!”). - Amazon ships your package as inactive thyroid hormone (T4). - This package (T4) needs to be picked up by a delivery driver to become “active” (T3). - Delivery driver delivers “active” (T3) package to your door. - Package needs to get inside the house (T3 uptake). - Reverse T3 is a thief who steals packages off doorsteps. POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: - Amazon could mess your order up - wrong package, wrong address, etc - The Delivery Driver could mess up - pick up the wrong package, wrong address, etc - You could be gone for a long time and the package doesn’t get into your house - Thieves could steal your package off your doorstep If your package doesn’t make it to you successfully, you have to look at each step to find out where the mistake happened!

Being Healthy on a Cellular Level - http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/being-healthy-on-a-cellular-level You are nothing more than a big bag of cells. These approximately 50 trillion cells are what determines every single thing about you - your skin, hair, and eye color from your DNA, but more importantly your every day hormone interactions, inflammation level, toxic burden, and your current and future level of HEALTH and LONGEVITY. Hormone resistance like diabetes or thyroid problems, inflammation, cancer, Alzheimer’s, oxidative stress and antioxidants - those processes all happen on the cellular level. When you go upstream and focus on cellular health you can address downstream symptoms that you are experiencing. As my mentor Dr. Pompa says “You have to heal the cell to get well”. This podcast gives a review of really basic cellular biology, cellular function, what can be damaging your cellular health, and as always and most importantly - what you can do about it. 3 Important Components of the Your Cell 1. Nucleus - this contains your nuclear DNA. What science has discovered is that the human genome is not as large as we originally expected (around 25,000 genes). We used to think that genes determine everything about our health, but we have discovered that we all have good genes and bad genes, maybe genes for cancer, Alzheimer’s, autoimmune disease, etc. But what has been one of the most groundbreaking discoveries of our modern time is discovering that these genes can be turned ON or OFF like light switches by your lifestyle and your environment, called the science of epigenetics. Cellular Membrane - the membrane surrounding your cell is what lets the good in (oxygen, vitamins, minerals) and lets the bad out (waste product, toxins). The membrane is made of fat including PUFAs (omega 6 and omega 3 fats), phospholipids, transport proteins to allow things in and out, and other components. This is also where your hormone receptors lie and how your hormones communicate with your cells. When your cellular membrane is damaged it causes inflammation and hormone resistance and massive health problems. This can happen from bad fats in the diet, toxins, even stress can create inflammation. A great book I recommend is called The Wisdom of Your Cells by Dr. Bruce Lipton PhD (cellular biologist) and he talks about how the cellular membrane, and not the nucleus and DNA as was previously thought, is truly the brain of the cell and dictates your cellular health. Healthy membranes = healthy cells. Mitochondria - Each of your 50-ish trillion cells contains an average of 2,000 mitochondria, with the highest concentrations (up to 4,000/cell) in the brain, heart, liver, and eyes - so not three little mitochondria like in the cartoon cell picture above. That is A LOT of mitochondria! Mitochondria are the powerhouse of all of your cells, creating all of your body’s energy for moving, thinking, healing, and regenerating - living. Without mitochondrial energy you are dead. With less mitochondrial energy you are closer to dead. For example, a 70-year old person has approximately 50% of the mitochondrial function of a 30-year old. You want as many mitochondria as possible (exercise increases mitochondrial biogenesis, for example) and you want them functioning as optimally as possible. Your mitochondria also have an outer and inner membrane which can be easily damaged like the cell membrane discussed above, another reason why membrane health is so important. I talk A LOT about the mitochondria in this episode because it’s the most important component of your health. 3 Modern Day Attacks on Your Cells 1. Diet - the standard American diet is loaded with things like damaged omega-6 fats from vegetable oils, GMOs (genetically modified organisms), toxins and additives galore in processed foods, and high fructose corn syrup that all lead to damage and inflammation on the cellular level. The cellular membrane is made of fats, so if you are eating bad fats (processed foods, restaurant foods) you will have bad cellular membranes and bad cellular health. Vitamins and minerals all act as cofactors for many functions happening intracellularly, so if you aren’t providing the correct nutrients you are damaging your cells. Toxins - Your diet is a big source of toxins but they are ubiquitous in today’s world, found in air pollution, tap water, our kids toys, our furniture, everywhere you look. Some of the worst offenders are toxins like heavy metals and molds that can directly affect your mitochondria and destroy your health. Many toxins are fat-soluble so they can get through the cellular membrane and into the cells, remaining in the cell causing continuous damage. Modern Living - We weren’t designed to be sitting on our butts all day, eating fake food, under artificial lights, around electromagnetic fields like wi-fi and cell phones, and living at 70 degrees Fahrenheit all year long. These modern technologies have improved certain aspects of life, but certainly not cellular health. You are an electric being. Your quadrillion+ mitochondria literally make your energy from electrons (electron transport chain), so anything with electromagnetic radiation can impact your mitochondria - that’s phones in guys’ pockets or women’s bras linked to low sperm count/quality and breast cancer, that’s non-native EMF like blue light from indoor lighting and LED device screens all day, artificial lights at night, smart meters on homes, and soon to be 5G phone service. Your cells also respond differently to different temperatures, so doing things like contrast showers (hot - cold - warm - cold) and cold thermogenesis as well as heat-shock methods like sauna can have a huge impact on your cells. 3 “Hacks” to Improve Your Cellular Function 1. Change Your Environment - Decrease your toxic exposures, change your light sources, minimize EMF exposure, change your sleep. In the episode I talk about several things that I have done like change the light sources in my home, installing F.lux on my computer screens, turning my phone on airplane mode almost all the time, exposing myself to cold, and many more. A fantastic new book that talks about how our typical environment damages the cells and mitochondria and how to strengthen them is called HeadStrong by Dave Asprey. I strongly recommend it if you want to learn more after listening to this podcast. Follow a Ketogenic Diet - The ketogenic diet has gained a lot of popularity for weight-loss reasons but the real benefit comes on the cellular level. Ketones have been shown, amongst other benefits, to decrease damaging oxidative stress and turn OFF bad genes through influencing epigenetic switches (ketones are HDAC inhibitors). Ketones are actually the preferred fuel source for the brain and can be beneficial to Alzheimer’s or dementia, which are being described as Type 3 Diabetes due to insulin resistance. Fat also produces more energy (147 ATP/mol) vs. carbs/sugar (36 ATP/mol) and produces fewer free radicals, producing more energy for your brain and body with less ‘exhaust’, almost like an electric or hybrid car vs. a diesel. I have a webinar on following a Ketogenic Diet safely and effectively where I cite some of the cool cellular research that is out there now, several articles on ketogenic diets, and I have a recent podcast episode about how to start a good ketogenic diet (made from the mistakes I saw people make) that you can find wherever you are listening to this episode, iTunes, Stitcher, www.RealHealthResource.com. Supplement For Cellular Health - Everything you take in affects you on the cellular level, and certain vitamins and minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc affect nearly every cellular function in some way. We use cellular specific supplements often to help people support their cellular function. Some examples include IDS (Intracellular Detoxification System) , liposomal glutathione, liposomal CoQ10, eNRG (quantum cellular ATP energy - mitochondrial support), Vista 1 and 2 (cellular membrane regeneration), CytoDetox, and our True Cellular Detox program which includes 12 different supplements (5-8 per 30-day phase) delivered in a specific order (Prep Phase, Body Phase, Brain Phase) over 90-days to support your cellular membranes, mitochondrial function, methylation pathways, glutathione system, and your downstream detox organs the gut, liver and the kidneys.

How To Change Toxic Thinking and Limiting Beliefs Show Notes: http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/how-to-change-toxic-thinking-and-limiting-beliefs/ In our wellness practice we can always tell who is going to get better results with their health simply based on how they speak and think about their health, and how attached they are to their “Big Why”. That’s what this whole podcast episode is about. Here is a link to a video I did explaining the crucial importance of your “Big Why”. I think it’s the most important video I’ve ever made! The way you think determines your beliefs, your beliefs determine your actions, and your actions will determine your results - so in order to get great results in health, longevity, business, relationships, or in any other area of life you have to change the way that you THINK. “As a man thinketh, so he is.” (or woman obviously, it’s not 1903 anymore) -James Allen 1903 “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” -Buddha Limiting beliefs are a huge roadblock for most people because we actually believe them to be true without evaluating the reality. Even if we have seen other people do it (like lose 80 lbs in 3 months) we tell ourselves that we can’t because we maybe have failed in the past. We “rationalize”, or tell ourselves “rational lies”. “I can’t lose 50 lbs in 2 months.” “I’m too old to do that.” It’s just genetic I just have to live with it.” “I can’t meditate because my mind goes too fast.” “I’m just not any good at that.” Henry Ford summed it really well in the early 1900’s when he said: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right.” I cannot stand the word CAN’T, and you can probably hear in the episode that I literally get worked up thinking about it. It drives me insane. I would rather my kids use much worse 4-letter words. The same is true for sabotaging self-talk! “I hate my nose.” “I hate my body.” “I hate my financial situation.” “Why am I so stupid with relationships?” You would never be friends with someone who spoke to you the way you probably speak to yourself all the time! Like everything in life, it’s your RESPONSIBILITY to change these thought patterns. It may very well not be your FAULT that you have these patterns, maybe you grew up in a negative home, or a fear-based home, or you’ve been lied to and you’ve just developed these patterns over the years, which isn’t necessarily your FAULT, but it’s your RESPONSIBILITY to take action and change these things. I mention in the podcast a short video (3 mins) from Will Smith talking about the difference between FAULT and RESPONSIBILITY that I highly recommend you check out. Will Smith Fault vs. Responsibility ACTION STEPS DISCUSSED IN PODCAST: Catch, Snap, and Replace Catch yourself with negative self-talk or limiting beliefs. Wear a rubber band on your wrist and SNAP yourself when you catch yourself. Replace the limiting belief with an affirmative belief and move on. Speak Life and Power Into Yourself (and Fake it til you Make it) Speak positive affirmations out loud to yourself, even if you don’t believe it. In the episode I discuss several strategies like: -affirmation apps that have 100s of positive affirmations - find the ones that speak to you -laminating affirmations to speak while showering - kill 2 birds with one stone Surround Yourself with Positivity (and replace negative sources) Put epigrams and powerful quotes on your walls, mirrors, fridge, anywhere you see them and read them. Make a vision board with exactly the direction you want to be headed in life and with positive reinforcement. Get rid of toxic sources of negativity like the news and things that lead to toxic comparison like social media. This is becoming a massive problem leading to anxiety and depression in our youth. GET RID OF IT! Practice gratitude regularly This has changed my life more than anything I’ve ever done. Focus on the good in your life. If you are listening to this podcast or reading these show notes then there are certainly millions of people who have life worse off than you, but they are probably still grateful for what they have. Focus on the good and eliminate the bad. Here are a few of the resources I have used and mention in the podcast, but gratitude is FREE. 5-minute Journal Christian Gratitude Journal Look more deeply at your personal beliefs and ask for help You may need to dig further into your past and your belief system. There are many good books I mention (The Emotion Code, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, The Biology of Belief), but often these belief patterns are hard to recognize without help and there is a strong role for help with this - therapists, psychologists, etc. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when trying to dive deep into your own personal belief systems to improve yourself. Don’t be afraid to get out of your comfort zone. Lastly, here is the quote that I read twice in the podcast episode that we have on the wall in our office - it’s above our kids area for a reason. I believe it’s one of the most powerful quotes of all time. Print this off and put it on your wall. Here are the words, and here is a link to a movie scene where a high school student reads the quote. (only 2:00 long, contains one explicit word) “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” -Marianne Williamson How To Change Toxic Thinking and Limiting Beliefs Show Notes: http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/how-to-change-toxic-thinking-and-limiting-beliefs/

Hospital Birth vs. Home Birth: http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/hospital-birth-vs-home-birth/ This podcast tells my personal story about our hospital birth of our twins contrasted to our home birth that we recently had. It begins with discussing hospital birth facts and statistics and then tells our story, then I go in to home birth stats and facts followed by our personal story. I’m not going to re-tell the stories here in the show notes, these are just some of the statistics that I cite in the episode. Please listen to the podcast if you haven’t yet to hear the stories about our tale of two births! -Dr. Taylor Hospital Birth Facts and Statistics Stats: C-section rate: 1970 = 5% 1996 = 20% Now = 33%+ https://www.statnews.com/2015/12/01/cesarean-section-childbirth/ Induction rate = 30% Cost of an American Birth: Vaginal Birth: Billed = approx. $30,000 paid by insurance = $18,329 C-section: Billed = approx. $50,000 paid by insurance = $27,866 Average out of pocket cost (w/ insurance) = $3,400 http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/07/01/having_a_baby_in_the_u_s_costs_a_lot_of_money_especially_if_you_actually.html Infant Mortality Rate Rankings: Compared to other industrialized wealthy countries OECD: 27th out of 27 OECD19: 19th out of 19 -https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/29/our-infant-mortality-rate-is-a-national-embarrassment/?utm_term=.465b239b43d1 -http://time.com/5090112/infant-mortality-rate-usa/ Compared to all other countries in the world World Bank Statistics: 32nd (right behind Slovakia) CIA FactBook Statistics: 57th (1 behind Bosnia, 1 ahead of Serbia, 14 spots behind Cuba) United Nations: 38th (7 spots behind Cuba) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_and_under-five_mortality_rates Home Birth Facts and Statistics (The following are the results of a home birth study which is cited below) Results Among 16,924 women who planned home births at the onset of labor, 89.1% gave birth at home. The majority of intrapartum transfers were for failure to progress, and only 4.5% of the total sample required oxytocin augmentation and/or epidural analgesia. The rates of spontaneous vaginal birth, assisted vaginal birth, and cesarean were 93.6%, 1.2%, and 5.2%, respectively. Of the 1054 women who attempted a vaginal birth after cesarean, 87% were successful. Low Apgar scores (< 7) occurred in 1.5% of newborns. Postpartum maternal (1.5%) and neonatal (0.9%) transfers were infrequent. The majority (86%) of newborns were exclusively breastfeeding at 6 weeks of age. Excluding lethal anomalies, the intrapartum, early neonatal, and late neonatal mortality rates were 1.30, 0.41, and 0.35 per 1000, respectively. Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009 Melissa Cheyney PhD, CPM, LDM, Marit Bovbjerg PhD, MS, Courtney Everson MA, Wendy Gordon MPH, CPM, LM, Darcy Hannibal PhD, Saraswathi Vedam CNM, MSN, RM https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jmwh.12172 Here is some informative literature about labor induction: Quick Facts About Labor Induction The Birth Center Stats: www.utahbirthcenter.com 801-288-BABY Becky (the owner of the Birth Center) - has attended 1000’s of births in her 28 years as a Certified Nurse Midwife and been the primary attending midwife at almost 1000 births. Eve (our midwife from the Birth Center) - has been the primary midwife at over 350 births. 14% of Birth Center patients are transferred to the hospital 5% end up having a C-section 16% are home births 40% are first-time mothers They have never lost a baby at the Birth Center or at a home birth. They have had several babies born with previously undetected congenital issues who have been transferred to the hospital post-birth and they have had one baby who was transferred to the hospital (in 12 minutes) and the NICU cared for him for several weeks and he, unfortunately, passed away. Shownotes: http://www.realhealthresource.com/podcasts/#/hospital-birth-vs-home-birth/

Dr. Taylor’s Favorite Gut Healing Tools Gut health has become mainstream today as science continues to learn about the gut’s connection with inflammation, the brain, the immune system, chronic disease, and general well-being. Gut health is now linked to nearly every disease process, and especially to our 21st century health epidemics like Autism, Asthma, Allergies, Autoimmune Disease, ADHD, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Thyroid Disease, even top killers like Heart Disease and Diabetes. It is now well established that intestinal permeability, or leaky gut, is the gateway to autoimmune disease - including Eczema, Psoriasis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, MS, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Food Sensitivities. There are now more than 80 known autoimmune diagnoses. Leaky gut, or intestinal permeability, is a process where foreign proteins or food particles are able to cross the gut lining and get into the bloodstream. This elicits an inflammatory immune response, as the immune system recognizes the foreign particles as invaders and begins to attack. If this process happens repeatedly over and over and over again (such as with the S.A.D. Standard American Diet), the immune system loses the ability to distinguish self from non-self and begins attacking body tissues, such as the thyroid as an example. This creates an inflammatory cascade, negatively affects the function of the organ or gland involved (thyroid in this case), and the underlying immune response continues to get worse. Leaky gut can be caused by a poor diet, stress, prescription drugs, hidden infections, antibiotics, blood sugar imbalances, and toxins. Glossary - Two Terms I use often in this episode: Microbiome - The human intestinal tract contains 10 times more bacteria than all the cells in the entire human body - over 100 trillion microorganisms. This enormous biomass includes an estimated 1,800 genera and 15,000-36,000 different bacterial species. Each individual plays host to around 160 of these different species at any given time. This incredible assortment of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and yeast is a living community in your digestive tract known as your microbiome. Epithelium - definition: The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body's surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures. Your digestive tract is a very thin-walled tube, and that wall is called an epithelium. The single cell layer that separates your digestive tract from your bloodstream - or keeps your poop out of your blood. With regards to leaky gut, or intestinal permeability, we are specifically referring to the epithelium layer in the intestines, most notably the large intestine. So, WHAT CAN YOU DO?!? This podcast contains an extensive list of the gut healing tools I like to use in clinical practice. Each of our patients is different, and every plan or protocol is customized based on that individual’s health history, symptoms, and lab testing results. This list is also not all-inclusive! Lifestyle Changes -Real Food Diet - Fiber, Polyphenols, good fats -Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free Diet -Autoimmune Paleo Diet -(Grass-Fed) Bone Broth -Fasting -Fermented Foods -Meditation, Stress Management Probiotics (Microbiome Support) -TherBiotic Complete -MBC (MicroBiome Colonizer) -Inner-Eco -BioSpora -Phages Nourishing the Gut Lining -Restore (www.Restore4Life.com) -Glutamine -Zinc -LGUT Digestive Aids -Hydrochloric Acid -Digestive Enzymes Pathogen Purgers -Pathogen Purge Program -Olive Leaf Extract -Oil of Oregano -Monolaurin -Lauric Acid -FungDX -Bactrex -BIND This podcast is created for educational purposes and is not intended as medical advice. This doesn’t replace the advice of your physician. Dr. Taylor does offer 1 on 1 coaching and can help create a personalized health plan tailored for you. http://RealHealthResource.com/Coaching Shownotes: http://RealHealthResource.com/Dr-Taylors-Favorite-Gut-Healing-Tools