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In today’s episode, we discuss how the gut microbiome affects the body's hormones and how the health of your entire digestive system relates to the health of your hormones. They dive into: 1. What Is the Microbiome? 2. Good Health Starts in the Gut 3. Improving Your Gut Health Keri is a board-certified Physician Assistant who owns Nebraska Functional Medicine. She has been trained by the Institute of Functional Medicine and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. She's also the Assistant Director of Clinical Education at Biocidin Botanicals, a supplement company, and frequently lectures on functional medicine and gut health. Keri believes treating the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - is how true wellness is achieved. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/

In today's episode with Dr. LaKeischa McMillan, you’ll hear us take a deep dive on: 1. Perimenopause versus menopause 2. Perimenopause symptoms 3. What Can Cause Perimenopause and Menopause Symptoms to Worsen? Dr. LaKeischa McMillan is a well-loved OB-GYN with over 15 years of experience, whose mission is to help women who are struggling with depleting hormones get their hormones balanced, regain mental sharpness, and have energy all day. She's also an educator, speaker, podcaster, and author of the bestselling book, "The Other PMS: Your Survival Guide for Perimenopause & Menopause." Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/

In today's episode with Dr. Dicken Weatherby, we discuss: 1. What Does the Complete Blood Count Measure? 2. What Does a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Test for? 3. Extra Blood Tests 4. Dr. Weatherby’s Advice Dr. Dicken Weatherby is the Founder and CEO of OptimalDX. He has authored six books on functional diagnostics and has lectured to thousands of doctors, teaching techniques to analyze blood test results from a functional, nutritional, and preventive perspective. Order tests through Rupa Health, the BEST place to order functional medicine lab tests from 30+ labs - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide

In today’s episode, we replay one of the insightful episodes with Dr. Paul Hrkal, Naturopathic Doctor and Scientific Advisory Board Member at Complete Concussion Management. They discuss concussions, traumatic brain injuries, and post-concussion syndrome.

In today’s episode, we replay one of the most insightful episodes featuring Cynthia Thurlow, a nurse practitioner, CEO and founder of Everyday Wellness, as she talks about the basics, myths, and misconceptions about fasting and how it can help women reduce insulin resistance, improve inflammation, support weight goals, and improve energy at every stage of life.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at your health and wellbeing. This week we replay one of our most insightful episodes featuring Dr. Eric Balcavage, a Functional Medicine Chiropractic Doctor, Author, and Owner of Rejuvagen Center. In this episode, Dr. Balcavage talks about myths and misconceptions around thyroid and thyroid testing from a functional medicine perspective.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at your health and wellbeing. This week we replay one of our most insightful episodes featuring Dr. Jay Faber, a clinical and forensic psychiatrist at Amen Clinics. In this episode, Dr. Jay Faber, talked about how to improve brain health and ADHD and the impact of addiction and concussions on the brain.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at your health and wellbeing. This week we replay one of our most insightful episodes featuring Dr. Doreen Saltiel, Executive Director of Clinical Education at Precision Analytical, creators of the DUTCH Test. Dr. Doreen talks about heart disease in women, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy.

This week, we replay one of our most popular episodes featuring Dr. Ralph Esposito, a Naturopathic Physician, Acupuncturist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Author, Speaker, and Clinical Advisor. He talks about cholesterol testing, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, Apolipoprotein B, and sterols.

This week, we replay one of our most popular episodes featuring Dr. Rob Silverman, speaker, sports injury specialist, certified nutrition specialist, author, and founder of Westchester Integrative Health Center. In this episode, Dr. Robert G. Silverman shared the root causes behind autoimmune diseases and also dive deeper into the symptoms, tests, and treatments for these conditions.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at your health and wellbeing. This week, we rerun one of our most insightful episodes featuring Dr. Kate Henry, a Naturopathic Doctor and Wellness Speaker. Dr. Kate talks about food as a medicine approach to mental health and the physiology of the vitamins, nutrients, and amino acids that make up the neurotransmitters in our brain.

This Tuesday, we replay one of our most popular episodes featuring Dr. Russell Jaffe, Chairman and CEO of PERQUE Integrative Health. In this episode, Dr. Russell Jaffe explained the leading causes of heart disease and why doctors need to adopt a proactive and preventive approach that identifies the root cause of their patient's diagnoses.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is created by Rupa Health, the best way to order, track & manage results from 30+ lab companies in one place for free. The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at our health and wellbeing. This week we’re joined by Dr. Jeffrey Bland, aka the “Father of Functional Medicine.” In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Bland talks about immunometabolism, the long-term effects of COVID-19 on our immune system, chronic fatigue syndrome, your cardiovascular health, and much more. Dr. Bland is an internationally recognized leader in the nutritional and functional medicine field. He co-founded The Institute for Functional Medicine in 1991 and is known to many as the “Father of Functional Medicine.” In the early 1980s, Dr. Bland was hand-selected by two-time Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling to serve as Director of Nutritional Research at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. Dr. Bland has authored several best-selling books about nutritional medicine and over 120 peer-reviewed research publications. He is also the CEO KinDex Pharmaceuticals, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Bering Select Seafoods Company, and Founder and President of Big Bold Health and the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institue.. Dr. Bland is a fellow of both the American College of Nutrition, where he is a certified nutrition specialist and the Association for Clinical Biochemistry. Key Takeaways: - Understanding immune rejuvenation About ten percent of individuals who experienced COVID ended up with some form of consequences, otherwise called long COVID, which presents itself with a myriad of different signs and symptoms, including foggy brain, sleep disturbances, behavior changes, depression, respiratory-related issues, fatigue, and others. Some people describe it as the immune system being scarred. However, these scars are, to some extent, reversible, and scientists call the process immune rejuvenation. - Weak immune system and COVID-19 In terms of health outcomes, from the exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the United States did more poorly than any other developed country worldwide due to the population's less resilient immune system, which was set up to be more vulnerable to COVID. As a result, many people still experience COVID-related symptoms two years after getting over the infection. - The chronic fatigue syndrome Dr. Bland states that the HIV/AIDS era, followed by the chronic fatigue syndrome era in the eighties and nineties, had the same presentation of symptoms that we're seeing with long COVID. Today, doctors and scientists recognize chronic fatigue syndrome as an illness that results in injury to the mitochondria in our cells, which lowers our energy-producing capabilities. Generally, our immune system is energetically hungry when active and can use up to fifty percent of our metabolic energy. So, when affected, our body resilience gets low. - Post-COVID cardiac effects Other than the pulmonary effects on respiration, breathing, and energy and cognitive dysfunction like brain fog, there are also various cardiac effects. People with heart diseases have inflammatory conditions in their coronary arteries and vessels that conduct blood and immune system cells throughout the body, and this represents an inflammatory issue of their immune systems. So the immune system connects to metabolism, which then connects to your heart.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is created by Rupa Health, the best way to order, track & manage results from 30+ lab companies in one place for free. The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at our health and well-being. This week we’re joined by Dr. Nathan Goodyear, Medical Director and Physician at Brio-Medical. Dr. Goodyear shares his holistic, natural, and integrative approach to addressing cancer. Dr. Goodyear is the medical director of Brio-Medical, a holistic, integrative cancer healing center in Arizona. He uses the principles and science of holistic, natural, and integrative therapies to treat and target the healing potential in people with cancer. Dr. Goodyear is also the Chairman of the Scientific Medical Advisory Board for the Vitamin C International Consortium Institute, a Fellow in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, and served on the American Functional Medicine Association Board. He has authored two books: Manboob Nation: An Integrative Medicine Approach to Low Testosterone and Total Testosterone Transformation. To learn more about integrative cancer care, check out the key takeaways of this episode or the transcript below. Also, check out Dr. Goodyear’s recommended lab testing: Blood Test, Urine Test, Tumor Markers Testing and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Test. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Test can be ordered through Rupa Health - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide Key Takeaways: The future of treating cancer Dr. Goodyear believes in taking a precision and accuracy-focused approach to treating cancer, which includes looking at multi-omics such as genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and immunomodulomics. The goal is to create a treatment program that targets the tumor and one that heals the body at the same time. Vitamin C as an option for Cancer A European study showed no benefits in adding vitamin C to the patients receiving the chemo in the immunotherapeutics, but only in patients with RAS mutation. So vitamin C directly targets RAS mutations and does help if you target the correct mutations. Vitamin C properties Vitamin C supports the immune system and pro-oxidative cancer stem cells. If you're dealing with bone metastasis, vitamin C works well in penetrating cancer that is growing in bone. Overall, vitamin C is incredibly metabolically active against cancer cells but not in non-cancer cells. Understanding cancer recurrence When looking at cancer treatments today, we have to recognize that chemotherapy, full-dose radiation, and surgery can shrink a primary tumor. But research shows that it can also set up a situation where it spreads cancer cells. The vast majority of issues associated with cancer, including the cause of death, are when it spreads. So you must continue the healing process because the dysfunction might still persist. Lifestyle tips to help reduce cancer risks Living in an active, healthy, balanced, and stress-free environment is foundational to cancer prevention and treatment. So feed your body with good nutrition that will enable it to function correctly, repair broken mechanisms, and reduce inflammation. Also, help your body combat stress, take care of your emotional, psychological, and spiritual environments, and exercise constantly.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is created by Rupa Health, the best way to order, track & manage results from 30+ lab companies in one place for free. The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at our health and well-being. This week we’re joined by Dr. Chip Watkins, President of NCHealthSPAN, Regional Medical Director at Community Care of NC, and Chief Medical Officer at Sanesco International. In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Chip Watkins talks to us about neurotransmitters, what they are, what their functions are, the different types, and potential issues related to neurotransmitters. Dr. Chip Watkins has over twenty years of experience in private practice, teaching, and corporate medicine. He uses mind-body medicine in his practice and nutritional approaches to care and has an understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, and bioenergetics. Dr. Watkins is the President of NCHealthSPAN, Regional Medical Director at Community Care of NC, and Chief Medical Officer at Sanesco International. He is also a Member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a past president and Chairman of the Board of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians. Also, check out Dr. Chip Watkins’ recommended lab testing: Neurotransmitter testing, Neurotransmitter metabolite testing, Blood testing, Spot urine test These labs can both be ordered through Rupa Health - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide Key Takeaways: What is a neurotransmitter? Neurotransmitters are chemical substances released at the end of a nerve fiber. By definition, neurotransmitters are neurohormones because they are signaling molecules secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse, which could be another neuron, a body part, a gland, or a muscle cell. Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that your body really cannot function without. You should have enough chemical messengers, and they have to be in the right balance of release and reuptake for the system to work properly. GABA deficiency symptoms When GABA levels are too low, it's difficult for the body to relax after a stress-induced neurotransmitter release. This might lead to mood disorders, particularly depression, anxiety, panic attacks, sleep problems, memory issues, sexual dysfunction, and even perimenopause and menopause conditions. What are the main neurotransmitters? The human nervous system has about forty neurotransmitters and over 100 neuroactive substances. Some of these are dopamine, GABA, glutamate, serotonin, glycine, and histamine. The scientific community breaks them into inhibitory (serotonin, GABA, and glycine) and excitatory (norepinephrine epinephrine glutamate) neurotransmitters. How does the body make neurotransmitters? Neurotransmitters are synthesized by enzymes, most of which start out as amino acids that we get from our diet. Neurotransmitters can be separated into two groups, the amino acid neurotransmitters (glutamate, glycine, and GABA) and the biogenic amines or the monoamines (dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine). Neurotransmitters and gut health Amino acids come from your diet. So the food you choose to eat and the status of your gut health is crucial to the creation of the neurotransmitters. Many neurotransmitters are made in the gut, like 95% of serotonin and about fifty percent of both GABA and dopamine.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is created by Rupa Health, the best way to order, track & manage results from 30+ lab companies in one place for free. The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at our health and wellbeing. This week we’re joined by Dr. Aumatma Simmons, CEO of Holistic Fertility Institute. In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Aumatma Simmons shares her method of helping women who struggle with fertility, miscarriage, and staying healthy during pregnancy. Dr. Aumatma Simmons, or "Dr. Aum" as her patients refer to her, is board-certified in naturopathic endocrinology. She has been in practice for fifteen years, ten of which have been hyper-focused on fertility. As the Chief Executive Officer of Holistic Fertility Institute, Dr. Aum works with couples who want to start a family through her four-step restorative fertility model. She is a sought speaker, trainer, and best-selling author of two books, Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making and (In)Fertility: Struggles, Secrets, & Successes. To learn more about fertility and pregnancy, check out the key takeaways of this episode or the transcript below. Also, check out Dr. Aumatma Simmons’ recommended lab testing: Cheat Sheet Test, Diva's Detox Guide. These labs can both be ordered through Rupa Health - https://www.rupahealth.com/reference-guide Key Takeaways: Start with testing When it comes to fertility and pregnancy, the first thing to focus on is testing. Start testing things like the follicle-stimulating hormone, the luteinizing hormone, the anti-mullerian hormone, and estradiol, ideally on days two, three, or four of your cycle. Regarding lab testing, there is a big diversion between what's considered normal and optimal. So when looking at your results, if you're outside of that optimal level, you have a good starting point of what to focus on. Lifestyle and fertility In a heterosexual couple, a lot of pressure and fertility problems are put on the woman and her age. However, fertility is not just an age factor but also a lifestyle one. If you are not sleeping well, stressing yourself out, living a toxic lifestyle, drinking alcohol, or smoking cigarettes, your age will play a role in your fertility. But that is relevant for both men and women. So lifestyle has a great impact on your reproduction. Ovulation 101 Ovulation is the process of the ovaries producing anywhere from one to fifteen follicles in any natural cycle. After the development of all these follicles, the body detects the one with the highest quality, which will be released into the fallopian tube. This follicle travels down the fallopian tube, where the sperm should fertilize the egg. But the egg still has a protective layer called the zona pellucida. So when the sperm gets to the egg, the one with the right motility, movement, and morphology will break through that zona pellucida. The problem comes when the sperm doesn't have great quality and cannot do its job. And similarly, if that egg doesn't have all the right features, it may not get fertilized. Or it will get fertilized and then turn into an embryo that maybe doesn't implant, which would be called a chemical pregnancy. Or it implants and ends in a loss, hence a miscarriage.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is created by Rupa Health, the best way to order, track & get results from 30+ lab companies in one place. The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at our health and well-being. This week we’re joined by Dr. Tom O'Bryan, a World Expert on Gluten and Autoimmune Health. In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Tom O'Bryan talks about gluten-related disorders and the benefits of going gluten-free for lowering your inflammation and reducing your autoimmune risk. Dr. Tom O’Bryan is a recognized world expert on gluten and its impact on health. He is an internationally recognized and sought-after speaker and workshop leader specializing in the complications of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity, Celiac Disease, and the development of Autoimmune Diseases. Dr. O'Bryan is on a mission to educate patients and healthcare practitioners across the globe about the many possible manifestations of non-celiac gluten sensitivity and celiac disease and why patients with gluten-related disorders require treatment programs that go beyond just a gluten-free diet. To learn more about gluten-free diets and autoimmune health, check out the key takeaways of this episode or the transcript below. Also, check out Dr. Tom O'Bryan's recommended lab testing: Wheat Zoomer Test, Neural Zoomer Test, and Neural Zoomer Plus Test. Key Takeaways: The five pillars in the development of chronic inflammatory diseases The first one of the five pillars is your genetics. The second is environmental triggers, including food, stress hormones, heavy metals, and the toxic chemicals in your body. Number three is dysbiosis, which means too many bad guys and not enough good guys in your body. When you have environmental triggers that are offensive to the body, they create an inflammatory reaction in the gut. Dysbiosis sets the stage for number four, which is the leaky gut. And number five is systemic inflammation. Gluten sensitivity Gluten activates toll-like receptor 4 and leaky gut and increases inflammation. This occurs in all humans who consume gluten, even if you feel you don't have any problems. One person out of eight gets gut problems related to wheat. The other seven get brain, skin, or hair problems. So anytime you have a health disorder that's just not responding the way it should to your efforts, test to see if you have wheat sensitivity. The wheat problem Wheat damages the intestinal lining and prevents poor absorption of essential nutrients. A person may not get gluten sensitivity, but may experience symptoms like abdominal pain, bloating, fatigue, mood irritability, brain fog, or memory issues. Dr. Tom O'Bryan’s bits of advice Spend at least one hour a week learning more about how you can be healthier. You can learn about plastic storage containers and get glass storage containers instead. Then about organic cosmetic companies that aren't using phthalates. And how house plants absorb over seventy-four percent of the toxins in the air.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at our health and well-being. This week we’re joined by Dr. Perry Nickelston, a Chiropractic Physician, and Owner of Stop Chasing Pain. In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Perry Nickelston shares his expertise on the lymphatic system, specifically what it does and how to improve it. Dr. Perry Nickelston, aka The Lymph Doc, is a Chiropractic Physician with a primary focus on treating chronic pain and inflammation via the lymphatic and vascular systems. He is the owner of Stop Chasing Pain and an international speaker and educator of the self-care MOJO series. Dr. Perry Nickelston is the author of the upcoming book Stop Chasing Pain: A vital guide to healing your body, moving well, and gaining control of your life. He specializes in Performance Enhancement, Corrective Exercise, and Metabolic Fitness Nutrition. Key Takeaways: What are some symptoms of lymphatic disorders? A lymphatic system disorder might cause multiple body symptoms. Some of the most common ones are brain fog, neuroinflammation, puffiness, swelling, and edema. Some people struggle to lose body fat or get a lot of mucus symptoms, like leaky eyes, nose, or sinus infections. What is the lymphatic system? The lymphatic system is a network of tubes throughout the body that manage your fluid levels. It is part of two systems, primarily your immune system, which gets rid of waste products. And your body, and then it's also part of your circulatory system. Another great role of the lymphatic system is killing cancer cells every day. Moving and breathing Two things move the lymphatics primarily. These are movement and breathing. To keep the lymphatic system in good condition, you have to constantly move all your body parts, do various exercises, and breathe through your diaphragm. The big six routines for lymph flow To improve the lymph flow, use the big six routines. Start massaging above and below the collarbone, which is point number one. Go in every direction you want as long as you don't cause pain. Spot number two is at the top of the neck on the left and the right, behind the jaw angle and below the lobe of your ear. Next, go to the shoulder joint, the axilla, and the armpit region. Spot four is where you have most of your lymphatics, and that's your abdomen. Number five is the crease of the groin at the hip, and number six is the spot behind the knees.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at our health and well-being. This week we’re joined by Dr. Christian Gonzalez, aka Dr. G, Co-Founder of The Swell Score and Host of Heal Thy Self. In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Christian Gonzalez answers all your questions about Neo Emotional Release Therapy. Dr. Christian Gonzalez, aka Dr. G, is the Co-Founder of The Swell Score and Host of Heal Thy Self, a top 100 health and wellness podcast worldwide. He completed his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2014. Upon graduation, he completed his residency at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he found a passion for helping people optimize their health in preventing chronic disease. Dr. G has been featured in countless media outlets, including MSN, the LA Times, Shape, and more. Key Takeaways: Understanding emotional release Suppressing emotions like fear, shame, and anger can have a huge impact on overall body health. So many rely on talk therapy, which is a good way of dealing with the problem, but it won't get to the root of releasing the emotion. Emotional release is about authentically facing the parts of you that had been hidden by you at a certain age, reconciling that relationship, and reconnecting with who you are. It is literally shifting the paradigm of how you are in your body and authentically expressing yourself in a balanced version of who you are. Connecting to your body and emotions During Dr. Gonzalez's sessions, eight out of ten people get into their bodies and feel their emotions. In practical terms, he takes about fifteen minutes to bring people deep into their bodies so they literally feel every part of it. When Dr. Gonzalez knows patients are in their bodies, he starts the process of feeling their emotions. Bodily maps of emotions There is a direct correlation between feelings and emotions and body pain. Practicians like Dr. Gonzalez check out people's bodies, how they are standing, and their posture and hips to understand their feelings. For example, anytime someone feels anger, nine out of ten times they have discomfort in the stomach. When it comes to the lower body, the hips, the womb, the pelvis, and the genitals, that's all usually sexual shame. Dr. Christian Gonzalez’s pieces of advice You can't be healthy if you don't have a relationship with your body. Connect with your body and take ten minutes daily to do a body scan and mindfulness meditation of feeling every part of it. Notice what your body's asking for and honor it. Start expanding and honoring your voice and find out practices that would make you connect with your sexual energy.

The Root Cause Medicine Podcast is a weekly one-on-one conversation with renowned medical experts, specialists, and pioneers who are influencing the way we look at your health and wellbeing. This week we’re joined by Dr. Jill Carnahan, a Functional Medicine Expert and Founder and Medical Director of Flatiron Functional Medicine. In this episode of The Root Cause Medicine Podcast, Dr. Jill Carnahan shares her health journey through breast cancer, mold, toxicity, and trauma, while giving you guidance on where to start on your own journey. Key Takeaways: 1. Why does a disease start in the soil? Over the years, poor soil management, environmental changes, and chemicals are leading to the depletion of nutrients in the soil and human body. For example, the magnesium in an apple today is about one-fifth of what it was 50 or 100 years ago. We might be eating good organic produce, but it's depleted in nutrients that come from the soil. Those depletions and chemical applications like glyphosate pull out minerals that we need to live in a healthy manner. The corn and soy survive, but all the weeds and growths around them die because they're minerally depleted. Glyphosate kills minerals our microbiome can't survive without, as well as bifidobacteria and lactobacillus, allowing things like clostridia to cause various disorders. So we have this imbalance of microbiome based on the stuff that's applied to our soils, affects the gut, and the immune system gets the wrong signal and starts to attack our bodies. 2. Your liver can't do everything by itself - you have to help it. Our liver was designed to detox. We were created that way, and we have everything we need in our bodies to detoxify. However, the environmentally toxic load is increasing exponentially every year with chemicals that we have no idea how they work or how much toxicity we're taking on. And as this toxicity increases, we are losing our margin. If you think of it as a bucket analogy of how we detoxify, we all are born with a bucket that fills up with chemicals. As the toxic load increases, your bucket fills up, and your liver can do the job to a certain point. But when your bucket is full, the water level starts to spill over, your toxic load increases, and your liver gets behind it and can't keep up anymore. So your liver needs more nutrients like B vitamins, glutathione, and alpha-lipoic acid. 3. Breast cancer causes When it comes to breast cancer development, the hormone estradiol is often blamed but we know gut health, infections, inflammation, and toxicities from chemicals like pesticides and herbicides absolutely play a role. Toxic emotions, trauma, and stress can also trigger a bodily response and affect your hormones and metabolic health. Dr. Jill is a well-known Functional Medicine Expert who uses functional medicine to help you find the answers to the cause of your illness and the nutritional and biochemical imbalances that may be making you feel ill. She is the Founder and Medical Director of Flatiron Functional Medicine and Chief Executive Officer of Queen of Grace Productions. Her new book, Unexpected: Finding Resilience through Functional Medicine, Science, and Faith, will come out soon. She is also an international speaker, author, blogger, IFM Educator at the Institute of Functional Medicine, and Director of Functional Medicine at Resilience Code.