Bernadette
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Love how you found studies for all of these. Can you please share the references as well? I’d love to read them too.
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and please share your breakfast meals here too… we can all use some meal planning inspiration/ideas!
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hi – I get the gluten-free plain lamb sausages at Organic Foods & Café. Cleanest one I could find. Not their lamb & herb kind… too many unnecessary ingredients.
Regarding labneh… only my son is dairy-free at home, and we’ve actually started re-introducing it slowly back into his diet again. The types of dairy I recommend are fermented or cultured varieties like yogurt, kefir, and grassfed cheese. We rarely consume milk. Is this what you’re asking about?
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thank you for “taking one for the team” and pricking yourself to help demonstrate how to use a glucose monitor. We all appreciate you Daniel!
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as I previously suggested, please check his blood sugar levels. In the course, Blood Sugar Regulation, I share the different markers that should be checked for a thorough work-up. And the doctors should also check his pancreas.
If all of these come back optimal, then I would point the finger at the autoimmune thyroid dynamic again which is likely contributing to hypochlorhydria (low stomach acid).
If you watched the Gut Health masterclass, you learned that if the chyme coming out of the stomach is not acidic enough, it will not effectively trigger the release of digestive enzymes. So it could be a signaling issue secondary to low stomach acid. Causes of low stomach acid? I share plenty of them in the Gut Health masterclass. I suspect in you son’s case that hypothyroidism, and possibly nutritional deficiencies (zinc? B vitamins?) are possibly at play.
That’s another reason why I suggested testing RBC zinc, serum copper, ceruloplasmin.
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I just re-read your message and noticed you mentioned yeast… for yeast it’s a different protocol than UTI which is bacterial! I will post it today for you!
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you’re so welcome!! Stress and dehydration got me this summer too… hope you feel better and get to kick it swiftly and effectively!
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I can’t recall if I remembered to mention it on the call (time is really limited), but I know that I did include it in the call notes in the All Call Recordings>Live Case Study Calls
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I buy the one from Organic Foods & Cafe
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a little bit of water won’t hurt (250ml)
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schedule an appointment with Dr. Liliana Skorski at Health Bay. She’s my functional gynecologist here in Dubai. I’ve already discussed with her the opportunity to come on as a guest expert and she’s agreed! We’ll be lining something up to discuss perimenopause and the controversy/misconceptions around hormone replacement therapy.
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, – think of it this way. Sole is a therapeutic whole food, and electrolyte products are supplements. So which is better? The answer is, it depends on your needs.
With sole, you’re getting in the full trace mineral profile contained in that salt (something like 84 trace minerals if memory serves me correctly) so there will be a lot of variability in the dosages of these minerals depending the type of salt you use and its source.
With electrolytes, they add in a handful of different minerals (5 to 10) and sometimes a few vitamins, in more concentrated doses.
So the main differences are really the number of minerals in each (sole has many more) and knowing the exact concentrated dosages of minerals in electrolyte products.
I personally don’t feel the need to use electrolyte products since I eat a varied, whole foods nutrient dense diet anyway which will supply me with enough calcium, potassium, and magnesium. I also supplement with magnesium on and off.
When I’m travelling however, I do bring a few packs of Humantra electrolytes with me because of convenience. So again – depends on the situations and your needs.
Hope this helps.
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yes, if progressed enough. Viruses and mold/mycotoxins not necessarily – these can go undetected for years because they can be low-grade simmering infectious dynamics in the background taxing the immune system. His WBC has been suboptimally low in all of his tests since 2019, so something is definitely there. It could also be the dysbiosis and microbial overgrowths in his gut which were detected on the many functional stool tests that were done previously. Supporting gut immunity, overall digestion (see below), and then a parasite cleanse would be my approach.
As I discussed with your wife, I would start low and slow with a B complex for a month, then move to a B complex higher in B6 for another month, and then re-test his liver markers to see if in fact his liver is still struggling. The B vitamins will gently support phase 1 liver detoxification and may also start relieving his nausea if that’s where it’s rooted. In addition, I also suggested that stomach acid, pancreatic and liver/gallbladder support be given at the same time. I had suggested Biotics Betaine Plus HP (dosing challenge) and Digestion GB with meals as examples. If he’s not good with pills, then QuickSilver’s BitterX formula can be helpful taken 10mins before meals as it has properties to make bile and help it flow. And definitely continuing with D-limonene (1,000mg) taken 3/4 way through a meal for at least 30-60 days. All of these products are available in B Better’s Fullscript dispensary.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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I like how you’re thinking! I had the same thought… think of anything that can tax the liver;
• alcohol (ruled out)
• smoking (fortunately, he quit recently which will surely help)
• environmental toxins (mold, heavy metals, pesticides, etc – I didn’t suspect any of these but that doesn’t mean they’re ruled out. Was he living in a moldy dorm room when he studied at Uni perhaps?)
• drugs (he wasn’t on any medications according to health history)
• iron overload/hemochromatosis (but his ferritin was low – full iron panel could be rechecked)
• excess copper absorption (I did recommend to test this along with zinc and ceruloplasmin)
• viruses like hepatitis (focus would be on supporting immune health given his existing autoimmune thyroid dynamic)
• hypothyroid function in the liver could be the first stage of fatty liver disease and progression of insulin resistance (addressing the autoimmune thyroid dynamic should be a priority)
• non-alcoholic fatty liver (this is why I requested to test his blood sugar levels and lipid panel – his diet seemed rather high in simple carbs & his sleep pattern was highly stressful on his body.)
• pancreatitis (again, blood sugar can be at play. Worth investigating since his elastase was low on a previous functional stool test)
• nutrient deficiencies: vitamin A, B vitamins, selenium, zinc (I suggested checking these. If pursuing a DUTCH test, vitamins B12, B6, biotin and glutathione are checked as well)Hope this helps!
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recordings are uploaded within 24 hours, so hopefully it will be up by the end of the day today
