Are Your UTIs and Yeast Infections Causing Bigger Problems?

hello hello everyone welcome back to our hello hello everyone welcome back to our hello hello everyone welcome back to our second week of our month all about second week of our month all about second week of our month all about hormones so I am multitasking like usual hormones so I am multitasking like usual hormones so I am multitasking like usual on Tuesdays I am on my webinar that I do on Tuesdays I am on my webinar that I do on Tuesdays I am on my webinar that I do weekly and I am also on Instagram live weekly and I am also on Instagram live weekly and I am also on Instagram live for those of you that don't know about for those of you that don't know about for those of you that don't know about the webinar and I have this amazing the webinar and I have this amazing the webinar and I have this amazing filter on Instagram live and I'm like oh filter on Instagram live and I'm like oh filter on Instagram live and I'm like oh my hair is glowing my hair is glowing my hair is glowing I wish webinarjam also had the filter I wish webinarjam also had the filter I wish webinarjam also had the filter but but welcome everyone so as we talk but but welcome everyone so as we talk but but welcome everyone so as we talk about hormones tonight we're really about hormones tonight we're really about hormones tonight we're really going to be uncovering a lot of going to be uncovering a lot of going to be uncovering a lot of information that you potentially have information that you potentially have information that you potentially have not heard before to really help you not heard before to really help you not heard before to really help you understand why you may have so many ups understand why you may have so many ups understand why you may have so many ups and downs with your hormones and why you and downs with your hormones and why you and downs with your hormones and why you are not necessarily getting the answers are not necessarily getting the answers are not necessarily getting the answers that you're looking for but you're also that you're looking for but you're also that you're looking for but you're also potentially not necessarily having potentially not necessarily having potentially not necessarily having someone connect the dots and that's someone connect the dots and that's someone connect the dots and that's really what I specialize in as well as really what I specialize in as well as really what I specialize in as well as my practice is really looking at the my practice is really looking at the my practice is really looking at the body from an integrative perspective so body from an integrative perspective so body from an integrative perspective so today we're talking more about some of today we're talking more about some of today we're talking more about some of the infections that we can actually have the infections that we can actually have the infections that we can actually have that are associated with the that are associated with the that are associated with the reproductive organs that can actually reproductive organs that can actually reproductive organs that can actually throw off our hormones and especially I throw off our hormones and especially I throw off our hormones and especially I feel like sometimes women can make sense feel like sometimes women can make sense feel like sometimes women can make sense of the idea of having a lot of yeast of the idea of having a lot of yeast of the idea of having a lot of yeast infections and a lot of bacterial infections and a lot of bacterial infections and a lot of bacterial vaginosis and how that can potentially vaginosis and how that can potentially vaginosis and how that can potentially play a role in their hormones being off play a role in their hormones being off play a role in their hormones being off considering that as a reproductive organ considering that as a reproductive organ considering that as a reproductive organ but a lot of women suffer from chronic but a lot of women suffer from chronic but a lot of women suffer from chronic urinary tract infections and think that urinary tract infections and think that urinary tract infections and think that that is completely separate entity and that is completely separate entity and that is completely separate entity and that has nothing to do with their that has nothing to do with their that has nothing to do with their thyroid problem or their other hormonal thyroid problem or their other hormonal thyroid problem or their other hormonal imbalance so tonight we're really going imbalance so tonight we're really going imbalance so tonight we're really going to connect the dots to help you to connect the dots to help you to connect the dots to help you understand the bigger picture and I'm understand the bigger picture and I'm understand the bigger picture and I'm not just gonna talk about hormones I'm not just gonna talk about hormones I'm not just gonna talk about hormones I'm also gonna help you understand that also gonna help you understand that also gonna help you understand that maybe your hormones are truly off maybe your hormones are truly off maybe your hormones are truly off because of a thyroid problem or because because of a thyroid problem or because because of a thyroid problem or because of you know reproductive infections but of you know reproductive infections but of you know reproductive infections but we're also going to touch on how your we're also going to touch on how your we're also going to touch on how your neurotransmitters your brain hormones neurotransmitters your brain hormones neurotransmitters your brain hormones like serotonin and dopamine the hormones like serotonin and dopamine the hormones like serotonin and dopamine the hormones that make us feel good can actually play that make us feel good can actually play that make us feel good can actually play a very significant role in your hormones a very significant role in your hormones a very significant role in your hormones and we're also going to talk about just and we're also going to talk about just and we're also going to talk about just the overall functionality of your gut in the overall functionality of your gut in the overall functionality of your gut in your brain and how they can also play a your brain and how they can also play a your brain and how they can also play a role in your role in your role in your so we're gonna cover a lot I'm gonna so we're gonna cover a lot I'm gonna so we're gonna cover a lot I'm gonna keep it super simple I promise you and keep it super simple I promise you and keep it super simple I promise you and be able to allow you guys to walk away be able to allow you guys to walk away be able to allow you guys to walk away really feeling like you understand what really feeling like you understand what really feeling like you understand what might be going on with you as well as might be going on with you as well as might be going on with you as well as what might be the cause to your hormone what might be the cause to your hormone what might be the cause to your hormone problems so for those of you that are problems so for those of you that are problems so for those of you that are joining me on the webinar I am going to joining me on the webinar I am going to joining me on the webinar I am going to use my PowerPoint primarily just because use my PowerPoint primarily just because use my PowerPoint primarily just because I don't want to go off on a tangent and I don't want to go off on a tangent and I don't want to go off on a tangent and those of you that are on Instagram live those of you that are on Instagram live those of you that are on Instagram live at any point if you guys have questions at any point if you guys have questions at any point if you guys have questions pop them into either the chat box or the pop them into either the chat box or the pop them into either the chat box or the comment area because I am going to comment area because I am going to comment area because I am going to answer them as we go in addition to that answer them as we go in addition to that answer them as we go in addition to that for those of you on Instagram live if for those of you on Instagram live if for those of you on Instagram live if you do want full access to the webinar I you do want full access to the webinar I you do want full access to the webinar I can always send you the replay because can always send you the replay because can always send you the replay because Instagram does cut me off in an hour so Instagram does cut me off in an hour so Instagram does cut me off in an hour so again thank you guys for being here like again thank you guys for being here like again thank you guys for being here like I said before we're really going to I said before we're really going to I said before we're really going to touch on how do you understand what you touch on how do you understand what you touch on how do you understand what you might not know about your hormone might not know about your hormone might not know about your hormone imbalance what are the tests that maybe imbalance what are the tests that maybe imbalance what are the tests that maybe you have not accessed just yet and then you have not accessed just yet and then you have not accessed just yet and then what could be some of the root causes as what could be some of the root causes as what could be some of the root causes as to why your hormones are actually off so to why your hormones are actually off so to why your hormones are actually off so just to kind of set the foundation some just to kind of set the foundation some just to kind of set the foundation some of you I know are listening are new some of you I know are listening are new some of you I know are listening are new some of you are not so for those of you that of you are not so for those of you that of you are not so for those of you that are new just to kind of understand the are new just to kind of understand the are new just to kind of understand the premise of I don't want to say premise of I don't want to say premise of I don't want to say integrative medicine I want to say our integrative medicine I want to say our integrative medicine I want to say our foundation of our practice was found on foundation of our practice was found on foundation of our practice was found on always kind of challenging what we were always kind of challenging what we were always kind of challenging what we were taught and what was what the textbook taught and what was what the textbook taught and what was what the textbook told us was correct because what we told us was correct because what we told us was correct because what we found as practitioners as as we got into found as practitioners as as we got into found as practitioners as as we got into clinical practice very rarely did the clinical practice very rarely did the clinical practice very rarely did the person the real-life person actually person the real-life person actually person the real-life person actually matched the textbook and that kind of matched the textbook and that kind of matched the textbook and that kind of throws a whole wrench in your treatment throws a whole wrench in your treatment throws a whole wrench in your treatment protocol as a new doctor so overall it protocol as a new doctor so overall it protocol as a new doctor so overall it kept us learning and growing and kept us learning and growing and kept us learning and growing and evolving and it got us to a place that evolving and it got us to a place that evolving and it got us to a place that we we look at the body in a very we we look at the body in a very we we look at the body in a very different way than we did early on in different way than we did early on in different way than we did early on in practice and we look at it as an practice and we look at it as an practice and we look at it as an integrative integration of systems and integrative integration of systems and integrative integration of systems and then all of our protocols to help you then all of our protocols to help you then all of our protocols to help you heal our integrative as well and this is heal our integrative as well and this is heal our integrative as well and this is why we're able to get better people why we're able to get better people why we're able to get better people better in a short amount of time which better in a short amount of time which better in a short amount of time which is really really is really really is really really so for myself everybody always asks like so for myself everybody always asks like so for myself everybody always asks like what's my specialty what do I do and for what's my specialty what do I do and for what's my specialty what do I do and for myself I call myself an integrative myself I call myself an integrative myself I call myself an integrative medicine physician but overall I deal medicine physician but overall I deal medicine physician but overall I deal with the mystery cases I deal with the with the mystery cases I deal with the with the mystery cases I deal with the people that haven't necessarily been people that haven't necessarily been people that haven't necessarily been able to get answers through their able to get answers through their able to get answers through their conventional methods or conventional conventional methods or conventional conventional methods or conventional testing and I work with an array of testing and I work with an array of testing and I work with an array of different people I work with kids I work different people I work with kids I work different people I work with kids I work with autoimmune conditions I work with with autoimmune conditions I work with with autoimmune conditions I work with hormone conditions I work with hormone conditions I work with hormone conditions I work with neurological conditions and the reason neurological conditions and the reason neurological conditions and the reason why I can work with such an array of why I can work with such an array of why I can work with such an array of people is because it's not about the people is because it's not about the people is because it's not about the diagnosis it's not even really about diagnosis it's not even really about diagnosis it's not even really about your symptoms it's about what is the your symptoms it's about what is the your symptoms it's about what is the root what is the foundation that is root what is the foundation that is root what is the foundation that is causing the snowball of symptoms that causing the snowball of symptoms that causing the snowball of symptoms that you have because when we look at the you have because when we look at the you have because when we look at the laundry list of symptoms associated with laundry list of symptoms associated with laundry list of symptoms associated with like hypothyroidism fatigue temper our like hypothyroidism fatigue temper our like hypothyroidism fatigue temper our temperature is like out of balance or temperature is like out of balance or temperature is like out of balance or cold a lot our hair is thinning our cold a lot our hair is thinning our cold a lot our hair is thinning our nails are brittle a lot of us can relate nails are brittle a lot of us can relate nails are brittle a lot of us can relate to that especially as females and we put to that especially as females and we put to that especially as females and we put the stamp on of thyroid but there are so the stamp on of thyroid but there are so the stamp on of thyroid but there are so many things that can affect your thyroid many things that can affect your thyroid many things that can affect your thyroid and there are so many things that your and there are so many things that your and there are so many things that your thyroid can affect so we need to look at thyroid can affect so we need to look at thyroid can affect so we need to look at the bigger picture here and understand the bigger picture here and understand the bigger picture here and understand that anything can cause anything and that anything can cause anything and that anything can cause anything and that's not to overwhelm you it's just to that's not to overwhelm you it's just to that's not to overwhelm you it's just to know that you might be dealing with know that you might be dealing with know that you might be dealing with rheumatoid arthritis a thyroid condition rheumatoid arthritis a thyroid condition rheumatoid arthritis a thyroid condition and depression and everyone's thinking and depression and everyone's thinking and depression and everyone's thinking that those are separate entities but that those are separate entities but that those are separate entities but actually at the end of the day they're actually at the end of the day they're actually at the end of the day they're all connected so for myself I don't have all connected so for myself I don't have all connected so for myself I don't have the story for you that I was super sick the story for you that I was super sick the story for you that I was super sick and nobody could figure it out and then and nobody could figure it out and then and nobody could figure it out and then I went to an integrative facility or a I went to an integrative facility or a I went to an integrative facility or a functional medicine doctor and they were functional medicine doctor and they were functional medicine doctor and they were able to nurse me back to health my able to nurse me back to health my able to nurse me back to health my stories actually kind of the opposite I stories actually kind of the opposite I stories actually kind of the opposite I thought that I was super healthy I thought that I was super healthy I thought that I was super healthy I thought that I was doing everything thought that I was doing everything thought that I was doing everything right I was conscious of my diet to what right I was conscious of my diet to what right I was conscious of my diet to what I knew I tried to work out all the time I knew I tried to work out all the time I knew I tried to work out all the time I really tried to do the right thing and I really tried to do the right thing and I really tried to do the right thing and what I realized is that there were a lot what I realized is that there were a lot what I realized is that there were a lot of things that became my normal the of things that became my normal the of things that became my normal the fatigue I would blame it on oh and get fatigue I would blame it on oh and get fatigue I would blame it on oh and get good enough sleep oh my stomach Oh ate good enough sleep oh my stomach Oh ate good enough sleep oh my stomach Oh ate out Oh ate too much Oh ate too much out Oh ate too much Oh ate too much out Oh ate too much Oh ate too much you know if I was dealing with brain fog you know if I was dealing with brain fog you know if I was dealing with brain fog in school you know struggling to study in school you know struggling to study in school you know struggling to study it was just like oh maybe I'm not cut it was just like oh maybe I'm not cut it was just like oh maybe I'm not cut out for this this field or maybe I'm not out for this this field or maybe I'm not out for this this field or maybe I'm not good at science so there were a lot of good at science so there were a lot of good at science so there were a lot of things that came to fruition when I did things that came to fruition when I did things that came to fruition when I did my testing and I realized there wasn't my testing and I realized there wasn't my testing and I realized there wasn't very healthy at all and there were a lot very healthy at all and there were a lot very healthy at all and there were a lot of things that I just adapted to that of things that I just adapted to that of things that I just adapted to that became my normal and this is a lot of became my normal and this is a lot of became my normal and this is a lot of people and the problem too is that most people and the problem too is that most people and the problem too is that most of the people around us our friends and of the people around us our friends and of the people around us our friends and our family also feel like crap our family also feel like crap our family also feel like crap everybody's tired everybody's tired everybody's tired everybody has brain fog nobody can't everybody has brain fog nobody can't everybody has brain fog nobody can't remember anything everybody is a key remember anything everybody is a key remember anything everybody is a key everybody has occasional stomachaches everybody has occasional stomachaches everybody has occasional stomachaches and it's just the normal and we think and it's just the normal and we think and it's just the normal and we think that we're healthy if we are in less that we're healthy if we are in less that we're healthy if we are in less pain or less tired than the people we pain or less tired than the people we pain or less tired than the people we know so the point is is that you don't know so the point is is that you don't know so the point is is that you don't know what you don't know until you do know what you don't know until you do know what you don't know until you do the right testing so I know that this is the right testing so I know that this is the right testing so I know that this is a little bit late right now and I know a little bit late right now and I know a little bit late right now and I know there's a lot of things going on around there's a lot of things going on around there's a lot of things going on around us but I want to give you guys the us but I want to give you guys the us but I want to give you guys the opportunity to shut down the email opportunity to shut down the email opportunity to shut down the email browser you know tell your kids to be browser you know tell your kids to be browser you know tell your kids to be quiet I girls gonna leave you alone or quiet I girls gonna leave you alone or quiet I girls gonna leave you alone or your wife just to give yourself some your wife just to give yourself some your wife just to give yourself some time to really tune tune in even if you time to really tune tune in even if you time to really tune tune in even if you give me the next 15 to 20 minutes of give me the next 15 to 20 minutes of give me the next 15 to 20 minutes of your time because the things that I'm your time because the things that I'm your time because the things that I'm going to talk about tonight are not your going to talk about tonight are not your going to talk about tonight are not your run-of-the-mill I'm not gonna sit here run-of-the-mill I'm not gonna sit here run-of-the-mill I'm not gonna sit here and tell you to be gluten free because and tell you to be gluten free because and tell you to be gluten free because that's gonna heal your hormones I'm not that's gonna heal your hormones I'm not that's gonna heal your hormones I'm not gonna tell you about the magical gonna tell you about the magical gonna tell you about the magical supplement that heals everybody's supplement that heals everybody's supplement that heals everybody's thyroid I'm actually gonna give you thyroid I'm actually gonna give you thyroid I'm actually gonna give you real-life understanding of why hormonal real-life understanding of why hormonal real-life understanding of why hormonal problems exist but also how you can self problems exist but also how you can self problems exist but also how you can self analyze to understand what is your issue analyze to understand what is your issue analyze to understand what is your issue what are some of the things that what what are some of the things that what what are some of the things that what I'm saying resonate with you so give I'm saying resonate with you so give I'm saying resonate with you so give yourself this opportunity to just stick yourself this opportunity to just stick yourself this opportunity to just stick with me for the next 20 minutes I with me for the next 20 minutes I with me for the next 20 minutes I promise you it will be well worth it so promise you it will be well worth it so promise you it will be well worth it so first and foremost I want you all to first and foremost I want you all to first and foremost I want you all to know the people that are listening that know the people that are listening that know the people that are listening that have tried functional medicine they've have tried functional medicine they've have tried functional medicine they've tried integrative medicine they've tried tried integrative medicine they've tried tried integrative medicine they've tried to change their diet they tried to take to change their diet they tried to take to change their diet they tried to take all the best supplements in the world all the best supplements in the world all the best supplements in the world and you've failed I want you to know and you've failed I want you to know and you've failed I want you to know that it's not your fault and it's not that it's not your fault and it's not that it's not your fault and it's not your fault because it's impossible for your fault because it's impossible for your fault because it's impossible for you to know the intricacies of your body you to know the intricacies of your body you to know the intricacies of your body it's impossible for you to know what's it's impossible for you to know what's it's impossible for you to know what's wrong if you haven't had the right wrong if you haven't had the right wrong if you haven't had the right testing testing testing and it's impossible for you to know and it's impossible for you to know and it's impossible for you to know what's wrong if you're being looked at what's wrong if you're being looked at what's wrong if you're being looked at as a a bunch of separate systems and as a a bunch of separate systems and as a a bunch of separate systems and nobody is looking at you as a whole so nobody is looking at you as a whole so nobody is looking at you as a whole so it's not your fault that you fell flat it's not your fault that you fell flat it's not your fault that you fell flat and it's not your fault that maybe you and it's not your fault that maybe you and it's not your fault that maybe you got overwhelmed with all of the got overwhelmed with all of the got overwhelmed with all of the information out there of the Paleo diet information out there of the Paleo diet information out there of the Paleo diet and the vegan diet and the you know I and the vegan diet and the you know I and the vegan diet and the you know I don't keto diet and you're just like I don't keto diet and you're just like I don't keto diet and you're just like I don't even know what's for me so I'm don't even know what's for me so I'm don't even know what's for me so I'm just gonna I'm gonna give up because just gonna I'm gonna give up because just gonna I'm gonna give up because it's a lot of information to navigate it's a lot of information to navigate it's a lot of information to navigate and there's a lot of good in a lot of and there's a lot of good in a lot of and there's a lot of good in a lot of those diets it's just you need to figure those diets it's just you need to figure those diets it's just you need to figure out what's right for you and what's out what's right for you and what's out what's right for you and what's great about that is there's testing to great about that is there's testing to great about that is there's testing to reveal that it's not just about winging reveal that it's not just about winging reveal that it's not just about winging it essentially so one of the most it essentially so one of the most it essentially so one of the most important slides for you guys to important slides for you guys to important slides for you guys to understand before we talk all about understand before we talk all about understand before we talk all about hormones is just the foundation of the hormones is just the foundation of the hormones is just the foundation of the mindset and foundation of the way mindset and foundation of the way mindset and foundation of the way integrative practitioners look at the integrative practitioners look at the integrative practitioners look at the body and that really starts with the body and that really starts with the body and that really starts with the body is not a bunch of separate systems body is not a bunch of separate systems body is not a bunch of separate systems so when we work with all these so when we work with all these so when we work with all these specialists that are segregating our specialists that are segregating our specialists that are segregating our systems and we're working with our heart systems and we're working with our heart systems and we're working with our heart populations with our cardiologists and populations with our cardiologists and populations with our cardiologists and we're working on our gut issues with our we're working on our gut issues with our we're working on our gut issues with our gastroenterologist and then we're gastroenterologist and then we're gastroenterologist and then we're working on our depression with our working on our depression with our working on our depression with our psychiatrists or psychologists everybody psychiatrists or psychologists everybody psychiatrists or psychologists everybody is assuming that nothing is is assuming that nothing is is assuming that nothing is interconnected and this brings me just interconnected and this brings me just interconnected and this brings me just the the lack of understanding basic the the lack of understanding basic the the lack of understanding basic physiology our basic physiology tells us physiology our basic physiology tells us physiology our basic physiology tells us that 90 to 95 percent of your serotonin that 90 to 95 percent of your serotonin that 90 to 95 percent of your serotonin your feel-good hormone is made in your your feel-good hormone is made in your your feel-good hormone is made in your gut so if you're depressed but you also gut so if you're depressed but you also gut so if you're depressed but you also have irritable bowel we can't just have irritable bowel we can't just have irritable bowel we can't just ignore one or the other and we can't ignore one or the other and we can't ignore one or the other and we can't treat them separately we need to treat treat them separately we need to treat treat them separately we need to treat them together in a really really them together in a really really them together in a really really strategic way and this really goes for strategic way and this really goes for strategic way and this really goes for some of the things we're talking about some of the things we're talking about some of the things we're talking about tonight when it comes to urinary tract tonight when it comes to urinary tract tonight when it comes to urinary tract infections and and vaginal infections so infections and and vaginal infections so infections and and vaginal infections so sometimes I feel like there's a big lack sometimes I feel like there's a big lack sometimes I feel like there's a big lack of just understanding anatomy a lot of of just understanding anatomy a lot of of just understanding anatomy a lot of infections that we can acquire like infections that we can acquire like infections that we can acquire like let's use a really simple example ask let's use a really simple example ask let's use a really simple example ask the thyroid and the I'm sorry the the thyroid and the I'm sorry the the thyroid and the I'm sorry the tonsils because the tonsils being in the tonsils because the tonsils being in the tonsils because the tonsils being in the throat is very very very close proximity throat is very very very close proximity throat is very very very close proximity to the thyroid to the thyroid to the thyroid and your dental your teeth and all those and your dental your teeth and all those and your dental your teeth and all those fillings and those root canals and all fillings and those root canals and all fillings and those root canals and all those things in your mouth that is also those things in your mouth that is also those things in your mouth that is also very close to your thyroid so just based very close to your thyroid so just based very close to your thyroid so just based off of being in a bad location you could off of being in a bad location you could off of being in a bad location you could have certain infections that were in have certain infections that were in have certain infections that were in your tonsils that moved into your lymph your tonsils that moved into your lymph your tonsils that moved into your lymph nodes then which then started to affect nodes then which then started to affect nodes then which then started to affect your thyroid and the same thing goes your thyroid and the same thing goes your thyroid and the same thing goes you're in a retracted vaginal tract are you're in a retracted vaginal tract are you're in a retracted vaginal tract are right next to each other and it is very right next to each other and it is very right next to each other and it is very very common that I see the same very common that I see the same very common that I see the same infections in the vaginal tract that I infections in the vaginal tract that I infections in the vaginal tract that I see in the urinary tract and vice versa see in the urinary tract and vice versa see in the urinary tract and vice versa so we need to consider all factors so we need to consider all factors so we need to consider all factors because if you're constantly getting you because if you're constantly getting you because if you're constantly getting you know being told you have a yeast know being told you have a yeast know being told you have a yeast infection but it keeps coming back it infection but it keeps coming back it infection but it keeps coming back it might be because you haven't resolved might be because you haven't resolved might be because you haven't resolved the urinary tract and that's where it's the urinary tract and that's where it's the urinary tract and that's where it's coming from coming from coming from so we're gonna talk more about this and so we're gonna talk more about this and so we're gonna talk more about this and have a better understanding of it so have a better understanding of it so have a better understanding of it so another common question that I get that another common question that I get that another common question that I get that I want to answer before you guys ask me I want to answer before you guys ask me I want to answer before you guys ask me is everyone always asks why doesn't is everyone always asks why doesn't is everyone always asks why doesn't everybody do what you guys do why everybody do what you guys do why everybody do what you guys do why doesn't everybody think of the about the doesn't everybody think of the about the doesn't everybody think of the about the body of the way you do and the the body of the way you do and the the body of the way you do and the the easiest answer is that most of our easiest answer is that most of our easiest answer is that most of our testing that we do on a monthly or I'm testing that we do on a monthly or I'm testing that we do on a monthly or I'm sorry yearly basis is blood work and sorry yearly basis is blood work and sorry yearly basis is blood work and blood work is a type of testing that is blood work is a type of testing that is blood work is a type of testing that is based on chemistry or biochemistry so if based on chemistry or biochemistry so if based on chemistry or biochemistry so if you have changes in your biochemistry or you have changes in your biochemistry or you have changes in your biochemistry or abnormalities in your biochemistry abnormalities in your biochemistry abnormalities in your biochemistry dictated by your blood results then the dictated by your blood results then the dictated by your blood results then the way that we're going to fix that is by way that we're going to fix that is by way that we're going to fix that is by using chemistry altering substances using chemistry altering substances using chemistry altering substances which is pharmacology it's medicine which is pharmacology it's medicine which is pharmacology it's medicine so medicine is for profit I think most so medicine is for profit I think most so medicine is for profit I think most of us know this at this point but the of us know this at this point but the of us know this at this point but the foundation of the testing is to dictate foundation of the testing is to dictate foundation of the testing is to dictate what medications are appropriate to fix what medications are appropriate to fix what medications are appropriate to fix your abnormal biochemistry there are so your abnormal biochemistry there are so your abnormal biochemistry there are so many other modalities that we classify many other modalities that we classify many other modalities that we classify as alternative I think that they're you as alternative I think that they're you as alternative I think that they're you know they should just be the standard know they should just be the standard know they should just be the standard but that's just my personal opinion but but that's just my personal opinion but but that's just my personal opinion but there's so many other ways to go about there's so many other ways to go about there's so many other ways to go about the body and also even if you want to the body and also even if you want to the body and also even if you want to just rely on fixing the chemistry you just rely on fixing the chemistry you just rely on fixing the chemistry you can still do that through herbs and can still do that through herbs and can still do that through herbs and and supplements and vitamins so it's and supplements and vitamins so it's and supplements and vitamins so it's really just kind of taking all these really just kind of taking all these really just kind of taking all these pieces into consideration to know what pieces into consideration to know what pieces into consideration to know what is best for your system and it's also is best for your system and it's also is best for your system and it's also getting away from the idea that if a getting away from the idea that if a getting away from the idea that if a one-size-fits-all treatment you know one-size-fits-all treatment you know one-size-fits-all treatment you know honestly when I watch TV which is very honestly when I watch TV which is very honestly when I watch TV which is very rarely but I mainly always notice how rarely but I mainly always notice how rarely but I mainly always notice how many Big Pharma commercials I see and many Big Pharma commercials I see and many Big Pharma commercials I see and it's just Lea promoting that there's it's just Lea promoting that there's it's just Lea promoting that there's gonna be this one pill that's gonna fix gonna be this one pill that's gonna fix gonna be this one pill that's gonna fix all of your problems and that's just not all of your problems and that's just not all of your problems and that's just not the reality of the body because the body the reality of the body because the body the reality of the body because the body is so intricate and there's so many is so intricate and there's so many is so intricate and there's so many things communicating with each other and things communicating with each other and things communicating with each other and you know your brain being a control you know your brain being a control you know your brain being a control center and your pituitary gland in your center and your pituitary gland in your center and your pituitary gland in your brain being the control center of your brain being the control center of your brain being the control center of your hormones like if we are just trying to hormones like if we are just trying to hormones like if we are just trying to piece things and and work with these piece things and and work with these piece things and and work with these separate systems we're not necessarily separate systems we're not necessarily separate systems we're not necessarily going to be able to fix the body as a going to be able to fix the body as a going to be able to fix the body as a whole and we're not going to be able to whole and we're not going to be able to whole and we're not going to be able to create any type of sustainability all we create any type of sustainability all we create any type of sustainability all we do is mask the symptoms and create a do is mask the symptoms and create a do is mask the symptoms and create a band-aid effect so I want to tell you band-aid effect so I want to tell you band-aid effect so I want to tell you guys a really interesting story because guys a really interesting story because guys a really interesting story because this was one of my early cases of a this was one of my early cases of a this was one of my early cases of a woman who came to me talking about her woman who came to me talking about her woman who came to me talking about her hormones and she was just like my hormones and she was just like my hormones and she was just like my hormones my hormones they're so off I hormones my hormones they're so off I hormones my hormones they're so off I can't get them in balance I can't lose can't get them in balance I can't lose can't get them in balance I can't lose weight I feel terrible you know I'm weight I feel terrible you know I'm weight I feel terrible you know I'm constantly freezing my hair's falling constantly freezing my hair's falling constantly freezing my hair's falling out and she really did have all of the out and she really did have all of the out and she really did have all of the traditional symptoms of having hormonal traditional symptoms of having hormonal traditional symptoms of having hormonal imbalance in a thyroid condition imbalance in a thyroid condition imbalance in a thyroid condition so we did her lab work and it definitely so we did her lab work and it definitely so we did her lab work and it definitely revealed that her hormones were off but revealed that her hormones were off but revealed that her hormones were off but there was more going on that was being there was more going on that was being there was more going on that was being missed and one of our really unique missed and one of our really unique missed and one of our really unique technologies that we have in the office technologies that we have in the office technologies that we have in the office is called bio resonance the the viral is is called bio resonance the the viral is is called bio resonance the the viral is intense AHA is able to pick up on the intense AHA is able to pick up on the intense AHA is able to pick up on the DNA of the body it also has the ability DNA of the body it also has the ability DNA of the body it also has the ability to pick up on foreign DNA so foreign DNA to pick up on foreign DNA so foreign DNA to pick up on foreign DNA so foreign DNA could come from yeast fungus bacteria could come from yeast fungus bacteria could come from yeast fungus bacteria all different types of infections hi so all different types of infections hi so all different types of infections hi so with that being said she was talking with that being said she was talking with that being said she was talking about how in the past she had to get about how in the past she had to get about how in the past she had to get surgery to remove polyps out of her surgery to remove polyps out of her surgery to remove polyps out of her ughter ughter ughter and that when they went in they actually and that when they went in they actually and that when they went in they actually found that she had over 30 polyps in her found that she had over 30 polyps in her found that she had over 30 polyps in her uterus and she ended up having to do you uterus and she ended up having to do you uterus and she ended up having to do you know a pretty serious surgery and she know a pretty serious surgery and she know a pretty serious surgery and she ended up having to go back because some ended up having to go back because some ended up having to go back because some of the polyps came back about a year of the polyps came back about a year of the polyps came back about a year later so as she was telling me this this later so as she was telling me this this later so as she was telling me this this is kind of a red flag and I was just is kind of a red flag and I was just is kind of a red flag and I was just like okay there's something obviously like okay there's something obviously like okay there's something obviously that's really really stressing this area that's really really stressing this area that's really really stressing this area she did report that she had a lot of she did report that she had a lot of she did report that she had a lot of yeast infections when she was a teen yeast infections when she was a teen yeast infections when she was a teen into her 20s but she didn't really have into her 20s but she didn't really have into her 20s but she didn't really have much as an adult so when we dug in what much as an adult so when we dug in what much as an adult so when we dug in what we found out was that one of her biggest we found out was that one of her biggest we found out was that one of her biggest problems in her system that was problems in her system that was problems in her system that was affecting her thyroid it was also affecting her thyroid it was also affecting her thyroid it was also affecting her joints because she also affecting her joints because she also affecting her joints because she also never Betar arthritis and it was never Betar arthritis and it was never Betar arthritis and it was affecting her uterus was strep and yes affecting her uterus was strep and yes affecting her uterus was strep and yes this is the strep that people get in this is the strep that people get in this is the strep that people get in their throat strep is one of those their throat strep is one of those their throat strep is one of those bacterias that is off people's radar bacterias that is off people's radar bacterias that is off people's radar because they think it's only associated because they think it's only associated because they think it's only associated with a sore throat I find strep in with a sore throat I find strep in with a sore throat I find strep in people's knees people's knees people's knees I find strapping people's sinuses and I I find strapping people's sinuses and I I find strapping people's sinuses and I find strep in people's uterus which can find strep in people's uterus which can find strep in people's uterus which can sometimes cause endometriosis and sometimes cause endometriosis and sometimes cause endometriosis and sometimes it can cause polyps so this sometimes it can cause polyps so this sometimes it can cause polyps so this was a woman that was completely ridden was a woman that was completely ridden was a woman that was completely ridden with strep and you may be thinking well with strep and you may be thinking well with strep and you may be thinking well why couldn't she get rid of it like why couldn't she get rid of it like why couldn't she get rid of it like wiping her immune system get rid of it wiping her immune system get rid of it wiping her immune system get rid of it or why wouldn't antibiotics get rid of or why wouldn't antibiotics get rid of or why wouldn't antibiotics get rid of it so antibiotics you know they can it so antibiotics you know they can it so antibiotics you know they can definitely play their role but if definitely play their role but if definitely play their role but if there's an overuse of antibiotics there's an overuse of antibiotics there's an overuse of antibiotics especially when kids are young with ear especially when kids are young with ear especially when kids are young with ear infections and sore throats you can infections and sore throats you can infections and sore throats you can definitely build a resistance and the definitely build a resistance and the definitely build a resistance and the strep can build a resistance against the strep can build a resistance against the strep can build a resistance against the the antibiotic there are a lot of the antibiotic there are a lot of the antibiotic there are a lot of organisms that have evolved and they organisms that have evolved and they organisms that have evolved and they have evolved past the the defenses that have evolved past the the defenses that have evolved past the the defenses that we use like antibiotics and strep is a we use like antibiotics and strep is a we use like antibiotics and strep is a definitely a big part of that puzzle but definitely a big part of that puzzle but definitely a big part of that puzzle but when it comes to strep it can move when it comes to strep it can move when it comes to strep it can move around via the lymph vessels so I don't around via the lymph vessels so I don't around via the lymph vessels so I don't want to get overly complicated with the want to get overly complicated with the want to get overly complicated with the limbs but when you're sick and all of limbs but when you're sick and all of limbs but when you're sick and all of this hurts in here this hurts in here this hurts in here it's not just your glance those are your it's not just your glance those are your it's not just your glance those are your lymph nodes as well and lymph is in your lymph nodes as well and lymph is in your lymph nodes as well and lymph is in your breasts you have lymph vessels that run breasts you have lymph vessels that run breasts you have lymph vessels that run through the body so you literally have through the body so you literally have through the body so you literally have lymph everywhere so if the strep gets lymph everywhere so if the strep gets lymph everywhere so if the strep gets into the lymphatic system it can move into the lymphatic system it can move into the lymphatic system it can move and travel through the vessels and get and travel through the vessels and get and travel through the vessels and get to other parts of the body and this can to other parts of the body and this can to other parts of the body and this can be a huge culprit behind thyroid be a huge culprit behind thyroid be a huge culprit behind thyroid conditions and different types of conditions and different types of conditions and different types of reproductive issues let alone the fact reproductive issues let alone the fact reproductive issues let alone the fact that this woman also had a lot of fungus that this woman also had a lot of fungus that this woman also had a lot of fungus or yeast so this will be the real kicker or yeast so this will be the real kicker or yeast so this will be the real kicker for you guys so most of us have used for you guys so most of us have used for you guys so most of us have used tampons at some point in our lives or we tampons at some point in our lives or we tampons at some point in our lives or we still use them or we've used them most still use them or we've used them most still use them or we've used them most of our lives so tampons are of our lives so tampons are of our lives so tampons are traditionally cotton and unfortunately a traditionally cotton and unfortunately a traditionally cotton and unfortunately a lot of cotton and even a lot of grains lot of cotton and even a lot of grains lot of cotton and even a lot of grains wheat things like that are grown and wheat things like that are grown and wheat things like that are grown and have mold on them so there are things have mold on them so there are things have mold on them so there are things called Maiko estrogens which I will called Maiko estrogens which I will called Maiko estrogens which I will circle back to but the point is is that circle back to but the point is is that circle back to but the point is is that cotton depending on how and where it has cotton depending on how and where it has cotton depending on how and where it has grown can be moldy and then you are grown can be moldy and then you are grown can be moldy and then you are putting that into one of the most putting that into one of the most putting that into one of the most absorbent parts of your body your absorbent parts of your body your absorbent parts of your body your vaginal tract and then you are pretty vaginal tract and then you are pretty vaginal tract and then you are pretty much creating fungus that is getting much creating fungus that is getting much creating fungus that is getting absorbed into the mucous membranes and absorbed into the mucous membranes and absorbed into the mucous membranes and is going to cause chronic yeast is going to cause chronic yeast is going to cause chronic yeast infections so this is extremely infections so this is extremely infections so this is extremely extremely important for you guys to extremely important for you guys to extremely important for you guys to understand because this happens a lot understand because this happens a lot understand because this happens a lot and the myco estrogens is a compounding and the myco estrogens is a compounding and the myco estrogens is a compounding factor here because my Co is for factor here because my Co is for factor here because my Co is for mycotoxins which is mold and fungus so mycotoxins which is mold and fungus so mycotoxins which is mold and fungus so there are certain types of molds that there are certain types of molds that there are certain types of molds that can mimic estrogen in the body so one of can mimic estrogen in the body so one of can mimic estrogen in the body so one of the other more common things that I see the other more common things that I see the other more common things that I see is that women have very elevated is that women have very elevated is that women have very elevated estrogen levels and yes that can be for estrogen levels and yes that can be for estrogen levels and yes that can be for a lot of reasons birth control is one of a lot of reasons birth control is one of a lot of reasons birth control is one of them but another reason is if you have them but another reason is if you have them but another reason is if you have exposure to Mico estrogens through exposure to Mico estrogens through exposure to Mico estrogens through mycotoxins on your tampon mycotoxins on your tampon mycotoxins on your tampon again mold for those of you that are again mold for those of you that are again mold for those of you that are just hopping on so you could be having just hopping on so you could be having just hopping on so you could be having chronic yeast infections just by using chronic yeast infections just by using chronic yeast infections just by using tampons is the point of what I'm saying tampons is the point of what I'm saying tampons is the point of what I'm saying so this is just something again to take so this is just something again to take so this is just something again to take into consideration and sometimes it's into consideration and sometimes it's into consideration and sometimes it's just about moving into organic tampons just about moving into organic tampons just about moving into organic tampons but otherwise you can also utilize but otherwise you can also utilize but otherwise you can also utilize different us to others types of different us to others types of different us to others types of strategies my personal favorite is the strategies my personal favorite is the strategies my personal favorite is the think's underwear it's th INX the thinks think's underwear it's th INX the thinks think's underwear it's th INX the thinks underwear are literally underwear that underwear are literally underwear that underwear are literally underwear that act as a pad I know that sounds crazy act as a pad I know that sounds crazy act as a pad I know that sounds crazy but I swear they work amazing so check but I swear they work amazing so check but I swear they work amazing so check them out on their website you'll love them out on their website you'll love them out on their website you'll love them ok so as we start diving deeper them ok so as we start diving deeper them ok so as we start diving deeper into the hormone piece here so I want into the hormone piece here so I want into the hormone piece here so I want you to understand that when it comes to you to understand that when it comes to you to understand that when it comes to your hormonal imbalances there are many your hormonal imbalances there are many your hormonal imbalances there are many many factors to consider so I just blew many factors to consider so I just blew many factors to consider so I just blew your guys minds with the whole tampon your guys minds with the whole tampon your guys minds with the whole tampon situation but in addition to that there situation but in addition to that there situation but in addition to that there is tons of estrogens or you know is tons of estrogens or you know is tons of estrogens or you know phytoestrogens that we're getting phytoestrogens that we're getting phytoestrogens that we're getting exposed to through our food which I'm exposed to through our food which I'm exposed to through our food which I'm gonna elaborate more on then there are gonna elaborate more on then there are gonna elaborate more on then there are tons of different chemicals that are tons of different chemicals that are tons of different chemicals that are hormone disruptors that are in our hormone disruptors that are in our hormone disruptors that are in our personal products our shampoos our personal products our shampoos our personal products our shampoos our conditioners our lotions our tampons all conditioners our lotions our tampons all conditioners our lotions our tampons all that stuff and then we have different that stuff and then we have different that stuff and then we have different things that not a lot of people are things that not a lot of people are things that not a lot of people are talking about like blood sugar talking about like blood sugar talking about like blood sugar instability and poor circulation that instability and poor circulation that instability and poor circulation that can play a role in your hormones and I can play a role in your hormones and I can play a role in your hormones and I say this because blood sugar and say this because blood sugar and say this because blood sugar and circulation play a very significant role circulation play a very significant role circulation play a very significant role on your brain and your pituitary gland on your brain and your pituitary gland on your brain and your pituitary gland which is the control center stress which is the control center stress which is the control center stress stress suppresses all of your hormones stress suppresses all of your hormones stress suppresses all of your hormones because stress in your body is because stress in your body is because stress in your body is equivalent to fight or flight fight or equivalent to fight or flight fight or equivalent to fight or flight fight or flight is you're in the woods about to flight is you're in the woods about to flight is you're in the woods about to fight a tiger or run so if you're gonna fight a tiger or run so if you're gonna fight a tiger or run so if you're gonna fight that tiger or run there is fight that tiger or run there is fight that tiger or run there is something your body is not preoccupied something your body is not preoccupied something your body is not preoccupied with and that is having a baby so all of with and that is having a baby so all of with and that is having a baby so all of your hormones get put on the back burner your hormones get put on the back burner your hormones get put on the back burner to funnel adrenaline through your stress to funnel adrenaline through your stress to funnel adrenaline through your stress the crazy thing is is that your body the crazy thing is is that your body the crazy thing is is that your body doesn't know the difference between doesn't know the difference between doesn't know the difference between stress from getting eaten by a tiger stress from getting eaten by a tiger stress from getting eaten by a tiger versus an email you got from your boss versus an email you got from your boss versus an email you got from your boss telling you you stuff at your job telling you you stuff at your job telling you you stuff at your job so as much as our bodies have evolved so as much as our bodies have evolved so as much as our bodies have evolved there are some pieces that are still there are some pieces that are still there are some pieces that are still very based on our ancestors gut issues very based on our ancestors gut issues very based on our ancestors gut issues can play a very significant role on our can play a very significant role on our can play a very significant role on our hormones and that's primarily because hormones and that's primarily because hormones and that's primarily because different toxins that come from the different toxins that come from the different toxins that come from the infections in our gut will shut down our infections in our gut will shut down our infections in our gut will shut down our pituitary function as well so that can pituitary function as well so that can pituitary function as well so that can definitely be a big big part of why definitely be a big big part of why definitely be a big big part of why we're not getting our hormones to we're not getting our hormones to we're not getting our hormones to improve and then what we've already improve and then what we've already improve and then what we've already started talking about is infections and started talking about is infections and started talking about is infections and this is anything from actual vaginal this is anything from actual vaginal this is anything from actual vaginal infections from the yeast infections to infections from the yeast infections to infections from the yeast infections to bacterial vaginosis or even STDs but it bacterial vaginosis or even STDs but it bacterial vaginosis or even STDs but it also can be associated with chronic also can be associated with chronic also can be associated with chronic urinary tract infections as well so urinary tract infections as well so urinary tract infections as well so let's dive into these things so the let's dive into these things so the let's dive into these things so the myths about your hormones is PMS is myths about your hormones is PMS is myths about your hormones is PMS is normal I think all of us at some point normal I think all of us at some point normal I think all of us at some point are just like well this sucks but I are just like well this sucks but I are just like well this sucks but I guess it's just normal and then we get guess it's just normal and then we get guess it's just normal and then we get told that food has nothing to do with told that food has nothing to do with told that food has nothing to do with our hormones usually our endocrinologist our hormones usually our endocrinologist our hormones usually our endocrinologist Oregon if your gyno apologists are Oregon if your gyno apologists are Oregon if your gyno apologists are saying no food has nothing to do with it saying no food has nothing to do with it saying no food has nothing to do with it there's nothing you could do to change there's nothing you could do to change there's nothing you could do to change your diet that will help your hormones your diet that will help your hormones your diet that will help your hormones and then we also get told that you know and then we also get told that you know and then we also get told that you know hormones will mess with our mood but hormones will mess with our mood but hormones will mess with our mood but that's PMS but there's actually not a that's PMS but there's actually not a that's PMS but there's actually not a physiological connection which there is physiological connection which there is physiological connection which there is and I'm gonna show you guys what that and I'm gonna show you guys what that and I'm gonna show you guys what that means and then hormones are not impacted means and then hormones are not impacted means and then hormones are not impacted by infections in your body and I'm not by infections in your body and I'm not by infections in your body and I'm not talking like infections you're aware of talking like infections you're aware of talking like infections you're aware of I'm talking about low-grade infections I'm talking about low-grade infections I'm talking about low-grade infections that make you feel super tired and like that make you feel super tired and like that make you feel super tired and like crap every day that nobody is able to crap every day that nobody is able to crap every day that nobody is able to decipher because they're not doing the decipher because they're not doing the decipher because they're not doing the right testing on you and the last but right testing on you and the last but right testing on you and the last but not least is hormones are have nothing not least is hormones are have nothing not least is hormones are have nothing to do or not are not impacted by to do or not are not impacted by to do or not are not impacted by toxicity which is another lie so we're toxicity which is another lie so we're toxicity which is another lie so we're gonna talk about all of these now okay gonna talk about all of these now okay gonna talk about all of these now okay so let's bust the myth about PMS here so so let's bust the myth about PMS here so so let's bust the myth about PMS here so number one is PMS is not normal and as number one is PMS is not normal and as number one is PMS is not normal and as much as as much of the population that much as as much of the population that much as as much of the population that deals with it it is not normal and one deals with it it is not normal and one deals with it it is not normal and one of the primary reasons that we get PMS of the primary reasons that we get PMS of the primary reasons that we get PMS is because we do not have adequate is because we do not have adequate is because we do not have adequate amounts of serotonin serotonin is made amounts of serotonin serotonin is made amounts of serotonin serotonin is made in the front of your brain in the front of your brain in the front of your brain away so this could be you don't have a away so this could be you don't have a away so this could be you don't have a lot of serotonin because of the head lot of serotonin because of the head lot of serotonin because of the head injury you don't have a lot of us a lot injury you don't have a lot of us a lot injury you don't have a lot of us a lot of serotonin because you've depleted it of serotonin because you've depleted it of serotonin because you've depleted it through a bad diet and having really through a bad diet and having really through a bad diet and having really imbalanced blood sugar in addition to imbalanced blood sugar in addition to imbalanced blood sugar in addition to that you can also have PMS because your that you can also have PMS because your that you can also have PMS because your body is dealing with a low-grade body is dealing with a low-grade body is dealing with a low-grade infection that you are unaware of infection that you are unaware of infection that you are unaware of hormones are made from fat gases that's hormones are made from fat gases that's hormones are made from fat gases that's what we must get from food yes what we must get from food yes what we must get from food yes hershberger so this is one of the more hershberger so this is one of the more hershberger so this is one of the more interesting things that I learned over interesting things that I learned over interesting things that I learned over time is when you are approaching your time is when you are approaching your time is when you are approaching your menstrual cycle your body is kind of menstrual cycle your body is kind of menstrual cycle your body is kind of funneling all of its energy to prepare funneling all of its energy to prepare funneling all of its energy to prepare for your menstrual cycle so what that for your menstrual cycle so what that for your menstrual cycle so what that means is that if your energy was means is that if your energy was means is that if your energy was directed towards something else like directed towards something else like directed towards something else like dealing with a low-grade infection maybe dealing with a low-grade infection maybe dealing with a low-grade infection maybe it's a low-grade urinary tract infection it's a low-grade urinary tract infection it's a low-grade urinary tract infection that you have zero symptoms maybe it's a that you have zero symptoms maybe it's a that you have zero symptoms maybe it's a low-grade yeast infection that you have low-grade yeast infection that you have low-grade yeast infection that you have zero symptoms maybe it's a low-grade zero symptoms maybe it's a low-grade zero symptoms maybe it's a low-grade strep infection in your tonsils or your strep infection in your tonsils or your strep infection in your tonsils or your sinuses that you don't have any symptoms sinuses that you don't have any symptoms sinuses that you don't have any symptoms or maybe you have mild symptoms so then or maybe you have mild symptoms so then or maybe you have mild symptoms so then your immune system is busy busy busy your immune system is busy busy busy your immune system is busy busy busy using up all your energy to take care of using up all your energy to take care of using up all your energy to take care of all of that and then menstrual cycle all of that and then menstrual cycle all of that and then menstrual cycle comes around and goes hey no no I need comes around and goes hey no no I need comes around and goes hey no no I need the energy now I need you to derail the energy now I need you to derail the energy now I need you to derail because I mean all those energy because I mean all those energy because I mean all those energy resources to get ready for the menstrual resources to get ready for the menstrual resources to get ready for the menstrual cycle so this is the reason why pms cycle so this is the reason why pms cycle so this is the reason why pms looks different for every female some looks different for every female some looks different for every female some women get migraines some women get women get migraines some women get women get migraines some women get diarrhea some women get 2t some women diarrhea some women get 2t some women diarrhea some women get 2t some women get irritable it's not the same across get irritable it's not the same across get irritable it's not the same across the board so why does it look different the board so why does it look different the board so why does it look different it looks different because what is going it looks different because what is going it looks different because what is going on in the background that is not being on in the background that is not being on in the background that is not being figured out or not being understood and figured out or not being understood and figured out or not being understood and a lot of this comes back to immune a lot of this comes back to immune a lot of this comes back to immune system stress and for those of you that system stress and for those of you that system stress and for those of you that are sitting here being like that's not are sitting here being like that's not are sitting here being like that's not me that's not possible I will tell you me that's not possible I will tell you me that's not possible I will tell you right now it is impossible for you to be right now it is impossible for you to be right now it is impossible for you to be walking around toxin and infection free walking around toxin and infection free walking around toxin and infection free in this day and age it is completely in this day and age it is completely in this day and age it is completely impossible and I say this impossible and I say this impossible and I say this because there is so much crap we're because there is so much crap we're because there is so much crap we're being exposed to just by food there and being exposed to just by food there and being exposed to just by food there and and even if you're eating as healthy as and even if you're eating as healthy as and even if you're eating as healthy as possible you know for those of you that possible you know for those of you that possible you know for those of you that are listening that are farmers like you are listening that are farmers like you are listening that are farmers like you know food comes from the ground there's know food comes from the ground there's know food comes from the ground there's bugs on it there is bacteria on bugs on it there is bacteria on bugs on it there is bacteria on everything we eat but if your immune everything we eat but if your immune everything we eat but if your immune compromised that bacteria can cause compromised that bacteria can cause compromised that bacteria can cause problems if your immune system is strong problems if your immune system is strong problems if your immune system is strong it doesn't cause problems so it's it doesn't cause problems so it's it doesn't cause problems so it's important to just understand that important to just understand that important to just understand that chances are you are dealing with toxins chances are you are dealing with toxins chances are you are dealing with toxins and infections and if you can work on and infections and if you can work on and infections and if you can work on those or build your immune system back those or build your immune system back those or build your immune system back up you might actually resolve your PMS up you might actually resolve your PMS up you might actually resolve your PMS all together number two kind of already all together number two kind of already all together number two kind of already started to talk about this is food and started to talk about this is food and started to talk about this is food and hormones so food can expose us to a lot hormones so food can expose us to a lot hormones so food can expose us to a lot of toxins but there are many things in of toxins but there are many things in of toxins but there are many things in the food that are disrupting our the food that are disrupting our the food that are disrupting our hormones and the example that I use all hormones and the example that I use all hormones and the example that I use all the time especially with my older the time especially with my older the time especially with my older clientele that do not get the whole clientele that do not get the whole clientele that do not get the whole eating organic thing is I always say to eating organic thing is I always say to eating organic thing is I always say to them I go do you notice how females that them I go do you notice how females that them I go do you notice how females that are you know 8 9 10 11 12 look like are you know 8 9 10 11 12 look like are you know 8 9 10 11 12 look like they're 18 19 20 years old they're they're 18 19 20 years old they're they're 18 19 20 years old they're developed they have brass they they're developed they have brass they they're developed they have brass they they're tall tall tall they look like women and part of this is they look like women and part of this is they look like women and part of this is the massive amounts of hormones that we the massive amounts of hormones that we the massive amounts of hormones that we are being exposed to and we definitely are being exposed to and we definitely are being exposed to and we definitely we're seeing this in boys too we're we're seeing this in boys too we're we're seeing this in boys too we're seeing boys that have bellies but the seeing boys that have bellies but the seeing boys that have bellies but the skinny arms and legs we see boys that skinny arms and legs we see boys that skinny arms and legs we see boys that are developing like tissue around their are developing like tissue around their are developing like tissue around their nipples gynecomastia is what it's called nipples gynecomastia is what it's called nipples gynecomastia is what it's called we're seeing this a lot and a lot of we're seeing this a lot and a lot of we're seeing this a lot and a lot of this has to do with the growth hormone this has to do with the growth hormone this has to do with the growth hormone that is being pumped into the animals that is being pumped into the animals that is being pumped into the animals through industrial farming most of the through industrial farming most of the through industrial farming most of the animals are being fed soy and then in animals are being fed soy and then in animals are being fed soy and then in addition to that we have the moles that addition to that we have the moles that addition to that we have the moles that grow on some of the crops like peanuts grow on some of the crops like peanuts grow on some of the crops like peanuts and wheat and rice and cotton which and wheat and rice and cotton which and wheat and rice and cotton which cotton see under people don't eat cotton cotton see under people don't eat cotton cotton see under people don't eat cotton but cottonseed oil is the most common but cottonseed oil is the most common but cottonseed oil is the most common cheap frying oil when you eat fried food cheap frying oil when you eat fried food cheap frying oil when you eat fried food so all of those foods are grown and so all of those foods are grown and so all of those foods are grown and usually have some level of mold on them usually have some level of mold on them usually have some level of mold on them and some of and some of and some of Molde are my co estrogens and they Molde are my co estrogens and they Molde are my co estrogens and they disrupt your hormones by increasing your disrupt your hormones by increasing your disrupt your hormones by increasing your estrogen levels so one of the most estrogen levels so one of the most estrogen levels so one of the most common micro estrogens is on corn so not common micro estrogens is on corn so not common micro estrogens is on corn so not only are we getting micro estrogens from only are we getting micro estrogens from only are we getting micro estrogens from corn but they're also genetically corn but they're also genetically corn but they're also genetically modifying a corn so we're getting a modifying a corn so we're getting a modifying a corn so we're getting a double whammy here so we really need to double whammy here so we really need to double whammy here so we really need to start paying attention to the things start paying attention to the things start paying attention to the things that we eat because you know honestly I that we eat because you know honestly I that we eat because you know honestly I went through a period of time that I was went through a period of time that I was went through a period of time that I was extremely stressed out about food and I extremely stressed out about food and I extremely stressed out about food and I was extremely stressed out about food was extremely stressed out about food was extremely stressed out about food because when you start learning about because when you start learning about because when you start learning about all the crap that's in your food you're all the crap that's in your food you're all the crap that's in your food you're just like really overwhelmed but one of just like really overwhelmed but one of just like really overwhelmed but one of the things that I took away was that if the things that I took away was that if the things that I took away was that if I can keep my immune system healthy and I can keep my immune system healthy and I can keep my immune system healthy and if I can keep my body's ability to if I can keep my body's ability to if I can keep my body's ability to filter the bad stuff out if I can keep filter the bad stuff out if I can keep filter the bad stuff out if I can keep that working well by keeping my liver that working well by keeping my liver that working well by keeping my liver healthy keeping my gut healthy then healthy keeping my gut healthy then healthy keeping my gut healthy then that's really the best that I can do that's really the best that I can do that's really the best that I can do because the last thing I want to do is because the last thing I want to do is because the last thing I want to do is live in a bubble so I don't want you live in a bubble so I don't want you live in a bubble so I don't want you guys to be overwhelmed by the guys to be overwhelmed by the guys to be overwhelmed by the information I want you to know that it's information I want you to know that it's information I want you to know that it's not necessarily just about navigating not necessarily just about navigating not necessarily just about navigating away from these foods but it's also away from these foods but it's also away from these foods but it's also about making sure your body can actually about making sure your body can actually about making sure your body can actually get rid of this stuff so one of the get rid of this stuff so one of the get rid of this stuff so one of the really interesting things about our really interesting things about our really interesting things about our hormones also connected to our mood is hormones also connected to our mood is hormones also connected to our mood is we kind of think that you know oh I'm we kind of think that you know oh I'm we kind of think that you know oh I'm PMSing so I'm irritable etc but sex PMSing so I'm irritable etc but sex PMSing so I'm irritable etc but sex hormones actually play a significant hormones actually play a significant hormones actually play a significant role on our neurotransmitters and role on our neurotransmitters and role on our neurotransmitters and neurotransmitters play a significant neurotransmitters play a significant neurotransmitters play a significant role in our sex hormones so one of the role in our sex hormones so one of the role in our sex hormones so one of the fascinating things is that you actually fascinating things is that you actually fascinating things is that you actually need adequate amounts of estrogen in need adequate amounts of estrogen in need adequate amounts of estrogen in order to have serotonin be absorbed by order to have serotonin be absorbed by order to have serotonin be absorbed by the receptors so you could be taking an the receptors so you could be taking an the receptors so you could be taking an SSRI or an antidepressant to really try SSRI or an antidepressant to really try SSRI or an antidepressant to really try to amp up your serotonin but if you to amp up your serotonin but if you to amp up your serotonin but if you don't have adequate amounts of estrogen don't have adequate amounts of estrogen don't have adequate amounts of estrogen then you're not going to be able to then you're not going to be able to then you're not going to be able to actually use any of that serotonin so actually use any of that serotonin so actually use any of that serotonin so it's not always about just putting it it's not always about just putting it it's not always about just putting it into the body into the body into the body it's always about absorption and this it's always about absorption and this it's always about absorption and this goes for literally anything this goes goes for literally anything this goes goes for literally anything this goes for any vitamin any b-vitamin any for any vitamin any b-vitamin any for any vitamin any b-vitamin any vitamin d any mineral you have to vitamin d any mineral you have to vitamin d any mineral you have to actually absorb actually absorb actually absorb these things if you're peeing bright these things if you're peeing bright these things if you're peeing bright yellow you're not absorbing it so you yellow you're not absorbing it so you yellow you're not absorbing it so you need to reevaluate so you're not just need to reevaluate so you're not just need to reevaluate so you're not just wasting hundreds of dollars that are wasting hundreds of dollars that are wasting hundreds of dollars that are literally going down the toilet literally going down the toilet literally going down the toilet literally because you're urinating the literally because you're urinating the literally because you're urinating the mouse so it's really important to know mouse so it's really important to know mouse so it's really important to know that there is definitely a synergy when that there is definitely a synergy when that there is definitely a synergy when it comes to these neurotransmitters and it comes to these neurotransmitters and it comes to these neurotransmitters and your sex hormones as well and for those your sex hormones as well and for those your sex hormones as well and for those of them for those of you that are of them for those of you that are of them for those of you that are listening that are men which I doubt listening that are men which I doubt listening that are men which I doubt there's many but you can go and tell there's many but you can go and tell there's many but you can go and tell your husbands or boyfriend's is that one your husbands or boyfriend's is that one your husbands or boyfriend's is that one of the really fascinating things about of the really fascinating things about of the really fascinating things about testosterone is low testosterone is testosterone is low testosterone is testosterone is low testosterone is equivalent to having low dopamine levels equivalent to having low dopamine levels equivalent to having low dopamine levels so dopamine is very much associated with so dopamine is very much associated with so dopamine is very much associated with addictive behaviors so if you have a addictive behaviors so if you have a addictive behaviors so if you have a spouse or a loved one that is struggling spouse or a loved one that is struggling spouse or a loved one that is struggling with addiction struggling you know with with addiction struggling you know with with addiction struggling you know with cigarettes or even just struggling to cigarettes or even just struggling to cigarettes or even just struggling to get off soda then they might actually be get off soda then they might actually be get off soda then they might actually be dealing with low testosterone levels and dealing with low testosterone levels and dealing with low testosterone levels and that might be the reason why they cannot that might be the reason why they cannot that might be the reason why they cannot kick that that habit so there is a huge kick that that habit so there is a huge kick that that habit so there is a huge interconnection when it comes to interconnection when it comes to interconnection when it comes to neurotransmitters and hormones and neurotransmitters and hormones and neurotransmitters and hormones and another big piece of it too is when another big piece of it too is when another big piece of it too is when you're dealing with low dopamine like I you're dealing with low dopamine like I you're dealing with low dopamine like I said that can kick up your addictive said that can kick up your addictive said that can kick up your addictive behaviors but as a female it can behaviors but as a female it can behaviors but as a female it can actually really lower your progesterone actually really lower your progesterone actually really lower your progesterone levels which will throw off your levels which will throw off your levels which will throw off your menstrual cycle and could potentially menstrual cycle and could potentially menstrual cycle and could potentially even cause you to not get your vegetable even cause you to not get your vegetable even cause you to not get your vegetable cycle at all so so it's it's definitely cycle at all so so it's it's definitely cycle at all so so it's it's definitely extremely intertwined and it's a matter extremely intertwined and it's a matter extremely intertwined and it's a matter of being able to know how to deal with of being able to know how to deal with of being able to know how to deal with these things in a strategic way because these things in a strategic way because these things in a strategic way because it's not that you necessarily need to it's not that you necessarily need to it's not that you necessarily need to address the neurotransmitters and the address the neurotransmitters and the address the neurotransmitters and the hormones you need to figure out which is hormones you need to figure out which is hormones you need to figure out which is the foundational problem is that the the foundational problem is that the the foundational problem is that the [  ] is that the sex hormones or is it [  ] is that the sex hormones or is it [ __ ] is that the sex hormones or is it the brain hormones or is it an immune the brain hormones or is it an immune the brain hormones or is it an immune system problem so it's taking a deeper system problem so it's taking a deeper system problem so it's taking a deeper look at the body and doing the right look at the body and doing the right look at the body and doing the right testing so I've already kind of talks testing so I've already kind of talks testing so I've already kind of talks about this with the hormones and the about this with the hormones and the about this with the hormones and the infections but for those of you that are infections but for those of you that are infections but for those of you that are just hopping on just again when it comes just hopping on just again when it comes just hopping on just again when it comes to infections infections are going to to infections infections are going to to infections infections are going to create stress on the immune system which create stress on the immune system which create stress on the immune system which is going to create a lot of inflammation is going to create a lot of inflammation is going to create a lot of inflammation and it's going and it's going and it's going completely derail our body focusing on completely derail our body focusing on completely derail our body focusing on keeping our hormones balanced but keeping our hormones balanced but keeping our hormones balanced but secondary to that depending on where our secondary to that depending on where our secondary to that depending on where our infections are located can contribute to infections are located can contribute to infections are located can contribute to different organs being stressed so different organs being stressed so different organs being stressed so number one is if you have a lot of sinus number one is if you have a lot of sinus number one is if you have a lot of sinus and throat issues or you had your and throat issues or you had your and throat issues or you had your tonsils removed because you had so many tonsils removed because you had so many tonsils removed because you had so many throat issues then you could easily have throat issues then you could easily have throat issues then you could easily have a thyroid problem that is associated a thyroid problem that is associated a thyroid problem that is associated with inspections that are in your with inspections that are in your with inspections that are in your sinuses in your mouth in your gums sinuses in your mouth in your gums sinuses in your mouth in your gums including cold sores or in your tonsils including cold sores or in your tonsils including cold sores or in your tonsils so it's almost like one of my patients so it's almost like one of my patients so it's almost like one of my patients husband's was was with her when I was husband's was was with her when I was husband's was was with her when I was talking about her thyroid condition and talking about her thyroid condition and talking about her thyroid condition and I loved what he said but he said here so I loved what he said but he said here so I loved what he said but he said here so you're saying her thyroid is in a bad you're saying her thyroid is in a bad you're saying her thyroid is in a bad neighborhood and I was like that's neighborhood and I was like that's neighborhood and I was like that's exactly what I'm saying and I thought exactly what I'm saying and I thought exactly what I'm saying and I thought that was just a really really great that was just a really really great that was just a really really great example of having people understand it example of having people understand it example of having people understand it so your thyroid might not necessarily so your thyroid might not necessarily so your thyroid might not necessarily need to be addressed but the surrounding need to be addressed but the surrounding need to be addressed but the surrounding area needs to be addressed to clean up area needs to be addressed to clean up area needs to be addressed to clean up the infections to get rid of maybe those the infections to get rid of maybe those the infections to get rid of maybe those toxic fillings you have in your teeth or toxic fillings you have in your teeth or toxic fillings you have in your teeth or to help you get rid of your sinus issues to help you get rid of your sinus issues to help you get rid of your sinus issues and that could potentially be the reason and that could potentially be the reason and that could potentially be the reason why your thyroid is off in the first why your thyroid is off in the first why your thyroid is off in the first place place place secondary to that is the reproductive secondary to that is the reproductive secondary to that is the reproductive organs so as much as we always say the organs so as much as we always say the organs so as much as we always say the brain is the control center the brain is the control center the brain is the control center the pituitary gland that talks to the pituitary gland that talks to the pituitary gland that talks to the thyroid and the adrenals and the thyroid and the adrenals and the thyroid and the adrenals and the reproductive but those organs talk back reproductive but those organs talk back reproductive but those organs talk back the reproductive organs talk back to the the reproductive organs talk back to the the reproductive organs talk back to the brain so everything is communicating brain so everything is communicating brain so everything is communicating with each other in a very synchronized with each other in a very synchronized with each other in a very synchronized manner so if you are constantly dealing manner so if you are constantly dealing manner so if you are constantly dealing with reproductive yeast infections with reproductive yeast infections with reproductive yeast infections bacterial vaginosis different types of bacterial vaginosis different types of bacterial vaginosis different types of urinary tract infections you could urinary tract infections you could urinary tract infections you could easily have that create a major major easily have that create a major major easily have that create a major major stress on the neurological system as stress on the neurological system as stress on the neurological system as well which will continue to throw off well which will continue to throw off well which will continue to throw off your hormones so it can work top-down your hormones so it can work top-down your hormones so it can work top-down but it can work bottom-up as well and but it can work bottom-up as well and but it can work bottom-up as well and for those of you that are new that are for those of you that are new that are for those of you that are new that are just hopping on I already talked about just hopping on I already talked about just hopping on I already talked about the role of tampons but tampons going the role of tampons but tampons going the role of tampons but tampons going into the vaginal tract being one of the into the vaginal tract being one of the into the vaginal tract being one of the most absorbent areas is one of the most absorbent areas is one of the most absorbent areas is one of the leading reasons why women get yeast leading reasons why women get yeast leading reasons why women get yeast infections infections infections and it's because cotton that is not and it's because cotton that is not and it's because cotton that is not necessarily organic cotton is typically necessarily organic cotton is typically necessarily organic cotton is typically grown and has been affected by fungus or grown and has been affected by fungus or grown and has been affected by fungus or mold mold fungus yeast it's all the same mold mold fungus yeast it's all the same mold mold fungus yeast it's all the same family so that can be a big culprit as family so that can be a big culprit as family so that can be a big culprit as to why you are dealing with chronic to why you are dealing with chronic to why you are dealing with chronic yeast infections another thing too is yeast infections another thing too is yeast infections another thing too is c-section scars or really any scars for c-section scars or really any scars for c-section scars or really any scars for any type of pelvic surgeries so when you any type of pelvic surgeries so when you any type of pelvic surgeries so when you have a c-section scar you can easily have a c-section scar you can easily have a c-section scar you can easily have an accumulation of scar tissue that have an accumulation of scar tissue that have an accumulation of scar tissue that starts to create a lot of adhesions in starts to create a lot of adhesions in starts to create a lot of adhesions in your reproductive organs this can create your reproductive organs this can create your reproductive organs this can create scar tissue around your collodion tubes scar tissue around your collodion tubes scar tissue around your collodion tubes and cause you to be at risk for and cause you to be at risk for and cause you to be at risk for something called ectopic pregnancies you something called ectopic pregnancies you something called ectopic pregnancies you can develop scar tissue around your can develop scar tissue around your can develop scar tissue around your uterus which is what we call uterus which is what we call uterus which is what we call endometriosis you can develop scar endometriosis you can develop scar endometriosis you can develop scar tissue around your ovaries which can be tissue around your ovaries which can be tissue around your ovaries which can be confused for cysts so it's very confused for cysts so it's very confused for cysts so it's very important to also not ignore the fact important to also not ignore the fact important to also not ignore the fact that you may have had two or three that you may have had two or three that you may have had two or three c-sections and that might be playing a c-sections and that might be playing a c-sections and that might be playing a role in your reproductive stress or your role in your reproductive stress or your role in your reproductive stress or your hormonal hormonal imbalance as a whole hormonal hormonal imbalance as a whole hormonal hormonal imbalance as a whole so really last but not least is toxicity so really last but not least is toxicity so really last but not least is toxicity so when it comes to toxicity there are so when it comes to toxicity there are so when it comes to toxicity there are so so so many toxins in our personal so so so many toxins in our personal so so so many toxins in our personal products and I am talking about specific products and I am talking about specific products and I am talking about specific types of toxins that are classified as types of toxins that are classified as types of toxins that are classified as hormone disruptors and this is hormone disruptors and this is hormone disruptors and this is everything from parabens to everything from parabens to everything from parabens to xenoestrogens BPA phthalate pesticides xenoestrogens BPA phthalate pesticides xenoestrogens BPA phthalate pesticides absent so for you those of you that are absent so for you those of you that are absent so for you those of you that are like I don't know what that is that's like I don't know what that is that's like I don't know what that is that's okay um what I would recommend for you okay um what I would recommend for you okay um what I would recommend for you to do is get an app called think dirty to do is get an app called think dirty to do is get an app called think dirty think dirty is a free app you can think dirty is a free app you can think dirty is a free app you can download onto your phone and you can download onto your phone and you can download onto your phone and you can actually start looking at your personal actually start looking at your personal actually start looking at your personal products and decipher are they super products and decipher are they super products and decipher are they super toxic and do they contain these toxic and do they contain these toxic and do they contain these different chemicals that I have listed different chemicals that I have listed different chemicals that I have listed here so these chemicals are known to here so these chemicals are known to here so these chemicals are known to disrupt our hormones elevate our disrupt our hormones elevate our disrupt our hormones elevate our estrogen levels and completely throw off estrogen levels and completely throw off estrogen levels and completely throw off our hormonal access so it's important our hormonal access so it's important our hormonal access so it's important for us to not for us to not for us to not avoid these but also to potentially help avoid these but also to potentially help avoid these but also to potentially help our bodies detox from what we've already our bodies detox from what we've already our bodies detox from what we've already been exposed to because unfortunately a been exposed to because unfortunately a been exposed to because unfortunately a lot of our personal products were lot of our personal products were lot of our personal products were putting on extremely absorbent areas putting on extremely absorbent areas putting on extremely absorbent areas we're putting lotion on our skin we're putting lotion on our skin we're putting lotion on our skin we're massaging shampoos and we're massaging shampoos and we're massaging shampoos and conditioners into our scalp like our conditioners into our scalp like our conditioners into our scalp like our skin is crazy crazy absorbent and I skin is crazy crazy absorbent and I skin is crazy crazy absorbent and I think a lot of people don't understand think a lot of people don't understand think a lot of people don't understand that but think about it think about that but think about it think about that but think about it think about bioidentical hormones or hormone bioidentical hormones or hormone bioidentical hormones or hormone replacement most of them are creams or replacement most of them are creams or replacement most of them are creams or sometimes they're pellets like that's sometimes they're pellets like that's sometimes they're pellets like that's because the skin is that absorbent so we because the skin is that absorbent so we because the skin is that absorbent so we need to take into consideration like need to take into consideration like need to take into consideration like what are we putting on our skin what are we putting on our skin what are we putting on our skin what are we absorbing every day like what are we absorbing every day like what are we absorbing every day like from our perfumes and all of these from our perfumes and all of these from our perfumes and all of these lovely smelling things that we use we lovely smelling things that we use we lovely smelling things that we use we could easily be throwing off our could easily be throwing off our could easily be throwing off our hormones by using these things okay so hormones by using these things okay so hormones by using these things okay so this is a really really interesting case this is a really really interesting case this is a really really interesting case so one of my patients she came to me a so one of my patients she came to me a so one of my patients she came to me a while back and she had some thyroid while back and she had some thyroid while back and she had some thyroid issues she had some pretty significant issues she had some pretty significant issues she had some pretty significant metabolic issues and her biggest concern metabolic issues and her biggest concern metabolic issues and her biggest concern was I can't lose weight she's like I was I can't lose weight she's like I was I can't lose weight she's like I have a thyroid condition I've been have a thyroid condition I've been have a thyroid condition I've been managing it through synthroid I might managing it through synthroid I might managing it through synthroid I might need you know a different medication or need you know a different medication or need you know a different medication or it might need some adjunct supplements it might need some adjunct supplements it might need some adjunct supplements but I know it's my thyroid that's my but I know it's my thyroid that's my but I know it's my thyroid that's my only problem and I need you to help me only problem and I need you to help me only problem and I need you to help me lose weight and I said okay well let's lose weight and I said okay well let's lose weight and I said okay well let's you know let's talk a little bit more you know let's talk a little bit more you know let's talk a little bit more about other things that are going on and about other things that are going on and about other things that are going on and then we'll obviously do our testing and then we'll obviously do our testing and then we'll obviously do our testing and figure out the big picture and she kind figure out the big picture and she kind figure out the big picture and she kind of didn't want to hear it she's just of didn't want to hear it she's just of didn't want to hear it she's just like it's my thyroid I know that it is like it's my thyroid I know that it is like it's my thyroid I know that it is like I've been to a million doctors I like I've been to a million doctors I like I've been to a million doctors I just need you two to help me with my just need you two to help me with my just need you two to help me with my thyroid and I was like okay well I still thyroid and I was like okay well I still thyroid and I was like okay well I still I'm gonna do my testing and we'll go I'm gonna do my testing and we'll go I'm gonna do my testing and we'll go from there so as we dug in we started to from there so as we dug in we started to from there so as we dug in we started to talk a little bit more she was talking talk a little bit more she was talking talk a little bit more she was talking about pretty significant mood swings about pretty significant mood swings about pretty significant mood swings not necessarily around her menstrual not necessarily around her menstrual not necessarily around her menstrual cycle like she was just having mood cycle like she was just having mood cycle like she was just having mood swings randomly in the middle of the day swings randomly in the middle of the day swings randomly in the middle of the day she was pretty fatigued but she was like she was pretty fatigued but she was like she was pretty fatigued but she was like a high achiever she was still powering a high achiever she was still powering a high achiever she was still powering through and running on adrenaline as through and running on adrenaline as through and running on adrenaline as much as she could she also owns her own much as she could she also owns her own much as she could she also owns her own company I think she had a pretty company I think she had a pretty company I think she had a pretty successful company and she said that her successful company and she said that her successful company and she said that her memory loss was so bad that she had to memory loss was so bad that she had to memory loss was so bad that she had to have her assistant follow her around all have her assistant follow her around all have her assistant follow her around all and write everything down that she said and write everything down that she said and write everything down that she said so in addition to that she said she had so in addition to that she said she had so in addition to that she said she had headaches but she's like I've had headaches but she's like I've had headaches but she's like I've had headaches forever they're really little headaches forever they're really little headaches forever they're really little grade I can power through I can manage I grade I can power through I can manage I grade I can power through I can manage I was like okay so we started to talk a was like okay so we started to talk a was like okay so we started to talk a little bit about her stress level little bit about her stress level little bit about her stress level because I always like to you know make because I always like to you know make because I always like to you know make sure that I take that miss consideration sure that I take that miss consideration sure that I take that miss consideration then she you know I figure she has two then she you know I figure she has two then she you know I figure she has two high stress level she's an entrepreneur high stress level she's an entrepreneur high stress level she's an entrepreneur as am i I get it so uh so we started as am i I get it so uh so we started as am i I get it so uh so we started talking about that she's like well my talking about that she's like well my talking about that she's like well my stress is not really from my job my stress is not really from my job my stress is not really from my job my stress is actually because I'm the stress is actually because I'm the stress is actually because I'm the caretaker for my mom and I was like oh caretaker for my mom and I was like oh caretaker for my mom and I was like oh I'm sorry and she's like yeah she has I'm sorry and she's like yeah she has I'm sorry and she's like yeah she has vascular dementia and that was a huge vascular dementia and that was a huge vascular dementia and that was a huge red flag for me so vascular dementia is red flag for me so vascular dementia is red flag for me so vascular dementia is dementia that sets in because of poor dementia that sets in because of poor dementia that sets in because of poor circulation to the brain that doesn't circulation to the brain that doesn't circulation to the brain that doesn't allow for the brain to get proper oxygen allow for the brain to get proper oxygen allow for the brain to get proper oxygen so if your brain does not get oxygen it so if your brain does not get oxygen it so if your brain does not get oxygen it cannot properly fire it cannot produce cannot properly fire it cannot produce cannot properly fire it cannot produce neurotransmitters it cannot the neuron neurotransmitters it cannot the neuron neurotransmitters it cannot the neuron or pathways do not work you're pretty or pathways do not work you're pretty or pathways do not work you're pretty much suppressing your brain's ability to much suppressing your brain's ability to much suppressing your brain's ability to function if you don't have proper oxygen function if you don't have proper oxygen function if you don't have proper oxygen so when she said this I was like okay so when she said this I was like okay so when she said this I was like okay memory loss is a huge part of the puzzle memory loss is a huge part of the puzzle memory loss is a huge part of the puzzle when you're talking about back vascular when you're talking about back vascular when you're talking about back vascular dementia headaches is another culprit dementia headaches is another culprit dementia headaches is another culprit behind vascular dementia also she also behind vascular dementia also she also behind vascular dementia also she also was talking about Oh cold hands and feet was talking about Oh cold hands and feet was talking about Oh cold hands and feet so she was pretty much saying that her so she was pretty much saying that her so she was pretty much saying that her hands and feet were freezing all the hands and feet were freezing all the hands and feet were freezing all the time so pretty much what happened is her time so pretty much what happened is her time so pretty much what happened is her her time line she had her tonsils her time line she had her tonsils her time line she had her tonsils removed at two years old because she had removed at two years old because she had removed at two years old because she had chronic sore throats so she had a lot of chronic sore throats so she had a lot of chronic sore throats so she had a lot of antibiotic use leading up to the tonsils antibiotic use leading up to the tonsils antibiotic use leading up to the tonsils being removed because of her sore being removed because of her sore being removed because of her sore throats and the ear infections the other throats and the ear infections the other throats and the ear infections the other thing she said to me which was another thing she said to me which was another thing she said to me which was another red flag was that when she was a kid she red flag was that when she was a kid she red flag was that when she was a kid she was always small for her age and then was always small for her age and then was always small for her age and then she said she had cold hands and feet and she said she had cold hands and feet and she said she had cold hands and feet and she was eventually diagnosed with she was eventually diagnosed with she was eventually diagnosed with Raynaud's phenomenon okay so let me Raynaud's phenomenon okay so let me Raynaud's phenomenon okay so let me piece this together for you guys so you piece this together for you guys so you piece this together for you guys so you understand so what happens is is that understand so what happens is is that understand so what happens is is that she primarily was dealing with cold she primarily was dealing with cold she primarily was dealing with cold hands and feet so if you think about it hands and feet so if you think about it hands and feet so if you think about it the heart in your chest your hands and the heart in your chest your hands and the heart in your chest your hands and feet are the farthest from your heart feet are the farthest from your heart feet are the farthest from your heart they're technically they're technically they're technically remedies but so is your head your head remedies but so is your head your head remedies but so is your head your head is an extremity so when you think about is an extremity so when you think about is an extremity so when you think about it to pump the blood up it has to go it to pump the blood up it has to go it to pump the blood up it has to go against gravity which is actually harder against gravity which is actually harder against gravity which is actually harder to get that to blood to the head opposed to get that to blood to the head opposed to get that to blood to the head opposed to the hands and feet so if you have to the hands and feet so if you have to the hands and feet so if you have cold hands and feet chances are you are cold hands and feet chances are you are cold hands and feet chances are you are probably not getting proper circulation probably not getting proper circulation probably not getting proper circulation to your brain that will be a culprit to your brain that will be a culprit to your brain that will be a culprit behind memory loss it's also a culprit behind memory loss it's also a culprit behind memory loss it's also a culprit behind the pituitary gland in the brain behind the pituitary gland in the brain behind the pituitary gland in the brain not getting proper oxygenation which not getting proper oxygenation which not getting proper oxygenation which would cause the pituitary gland to be would cause the pituitary gland to be would cause the pituitary gland to be small which would cause issues with small which would cause issues with small which would cause issues with development as a child so the point is development as a child so the point is development as a child so the point is is that she has improper circulation to is that she has improper circulation to is that she has improper circulation to her brain since she was a kid and her brain since she was a kid and her brain since she was a kid and because of other components that came to because of other components that came to because of other components that came to the surface it started to become more the surface it started to become more the surface it started to become more and more problematic later in life and and more problematic later in life and and more problematic later in life and the reason why the tousle situation was the reason why the tousle situation was the reason why the tousle situation was significant is because she then got her significant is because she then got her significant is because she then got her tonsils removed which her tonsils are a tonsils removed which her tonsils are a tonsils removed which her tonsils are a filter to keep things out of your lymph filter to keep things out of your lymph filter to keep things out of your lymph nodes as well as your digestive system nodes as well as your digestive system nodes as well as your digestive system so if the tonsils are gone and that so if the tonsils are gone and that so if the tonsils are gone and that filter is not there then things like filter is not there then things like filter is not there then things like strep or dental infections or gingivalis strep or dental infections or gingivalis strep or dental infections or gingivalis or whatever it is can get into these or whatever it is can get into these or whatever it is can get into these lymph nodes and start to cause a lot of lymph nodes and start to cause a lot of lymph nodes and start to cause a lot of issues with circulation to the head issues with circulation to the head issues with circulation to the head because if these lymph nodes are clogged because if these lymph nodes are clogged because if these lymph nodes are clogged that means somebody put their foot on that means somebody put their foot on that means somebody put their foot on the hose and circulation in and out is the hose and circulation in and out is the hose and circulation in and out is not working properly not working properly not working properly so then when we started talking more we so then when we started talking more we so then when we started talking more we realized that the lymphatic system in realized that the lymphatic system in realized that the lymphatic system in her head and neck based on our testing her head and neck based on our testing her head and neck based on our testing was very congested and it was a big big was very congested and it was a big big was very congested and it was a big big part of her circulatory issues and her part of her circulatory issues and her part of her circulatory issues and her lab tests revealed she was dealing with lab tests revealed she was dealing with lab tests revealed she was dealing with something called CCSVI which is a something called CCSVI which is a something called CCSVI which is a chronic cerebral venous insufficiency so chronic cerebral venous insufficiency so chronic cerebral venous insufficiency so what that means if the blood was getting what that means if the blood was getting what that means if the blood was getting in but it was having trouble draining in but it was having trouble draining in but it was having trouble draining out because the congestion in the neck out because the congestion in the neck out because the congestion in the neck was not allowing the veins to drain was not allowing the veins to drain was not allowing the veins to drain properly so this in turn was not giving properly so this in turn was not giving properly so this in turn was not giving her pituitary gland the proper her pituitary gland the proper her pituitary gland the proper oxygenation that it needed which was the oxygenation that it needed which was the oxygenation that it needed which was the reason why she had imbalanced hormones reason why she had imbalanced hormones reason why she had imbalanced hormones and also why she had a thyroid condition and also why she had a thyroid condition and also why she had a thyroid condition so if you think about it when you get so if you think about it when you get so if you think about it when you get your thyroid tested what do they test your thyroid tested what do they test your thyroid tested what do they test they test TSH thyroid stimulating they test TSH thyroid stimulating they test TSH thyroid stimulating hormone thyroid stimulating hormone hormone thyroid stimulating hormone hormone thyroid stimulating hormone comes from your pituitary gland so we're comes from your pituitary gland so we're comes from your pituitary gland so we're constantly looking at pituitary function constantly looking at pituitary function constantly looking at pituitary function but if your TSH is off we're just like but if your TSH is off we're just like but if your TSH is off we're just like oh no it's just your thyroid it's not oh no it's just your thyroid it's not oh no it's just your thyroid it's not the pituitary gland which is not quality the pituitary gland which is not quality the pituitary gland which is not quality information because it can easily be information because it can easily be information because it can easily be that the pituitary gland mm-hmm is part that the pituitary gland mm-hmm is part that the pituitary gland mm-hmm is part of the dysfunction so the point of all of the dysfunction so the point of all of the dysfunction so the point of all of this and the point of this story is of this and the point of this story is of this and the point of this story is that you don't know you don't know that you don't know you don't know that you don't know you don't know there's no way for you to know these there's no way for you to know these there's no way for you to know these things if you haven't done the right things if you haven't done the right things if you haven't done the right testing if nobody has asked better testing if nobody has asked better testing if nobody has asked better questions if nobody has dug deeper into questions if nobody has dug deeper into questions if nobody has dug deeper into your history it is impossible to know your history it is impossible to know your history it is impossible to know though what got you to the place that though what got you to the place that though what got you to the place that you are and how are you gonna reverse you are and how are you gonna reverse you are and how are you gonna reverse engineer it so you get better you have engineer it so you get better you have engineer it so you get better you have to dig deeper and understand that to dig deeper and understand that to dig deeper and understand that everything is connected and that there everything is connected and that there everything is connected and that there are so many variables when it comes to are so many variables when it comes to are so many variables when it comes to your hormones and I know some of you your hormones and I know some of you your hormones and I know some of you guys are just hopping on the webinar I guys are just hopping on the webinar I guys are just hopping on the webinar I definitely would have you listen to some definitely would have you listen to some definitely would have you listen to some of the earlier parts of the webinar when of the earlier parts of the webinar when of the earlier parts of the webinar when you get the replay because it's helping you get the replay because it's helping you get the replay because it's helping you to understand that everything from you to understand that everything from you to understand that everything from toxins to the food that you eat to the toxins to the food that you eat to the toxins to the food that you eat to the personal products that you use to your personal products that you use to your personal products that you use to your neurotransmitters and all of those neurotransmitters and all of those neurotransmitters and all of those things are contributing factors to things are contributing factors to things are contributing factors to your hormones and your hormonal balance your hormones and your hormonal balance your hormones and your hormonal balance so it's very very important to so it's very very important to so it's very very important to understand the bigger picture behind us understand the bigger picture behind us understand the bigger picture behind us so I do this because I want people to so I do this because I want people to so I do this because I want people to stop accepting their their new normal stop accepting their their new normal stop accepting their their new normal and adapting to this and just adapt that and adapting to this and just adapt that and adapting to this and just adapt that you're gonna have to live with this you're gonna have to live with this you're gonna have to live with this terrible PMS for the rest of your life terrible PMS for the rest of your life terrible PMS for the rest of your life and just adapt that you're gonna have to and just adapt that you're gonna have to and just adapt that you're gonna have to rely on a medication for the rest of rely on a medication for the rest of rely on a medication for the rest of your life to fix your thyroid this is your life to fix your thyroid this is your life to fix your thyroid this is not necessarily the reality of it it's not necessarily the reality of it it's not necessarily the reality of it it's really a matter of being able to really a matter of being able to really a matter of being able to understand what the root cause is and understand what the root cause is and understand what the root cause is and fix it did she end up getting well she fix it did she end up getting well she fix it did she end up getting well she did she fought me tooth and nail I'll did she fought me tooth and nail I'll did she fought me tooth and nail I'll tell you that because she didn't really tell you that because she didn't really tell you that because she didn't really I think it was a scary thing for her I think it was a scary thing for her I think it was a scary thing for her because her mom was dealing with the because her mom was dealing with the because her mom was dealing with the vascular dementia so um I you know when vascular dementia so um I you know when vascular dementia so um I you know when I had to have that hard conversation I had to have that hard conversation I had to have that hard conversation with her I think it was really scary and with her I think it was really scary and with her I think it was really scary and she almost didn't want to entertain the she almost didn't want to entertain the she almost didn't want to entertain the idea because she wanted it to just be idea because she wanted it to just be idea because she wanted it to just be her thyroid but when she finally you her thyroid but when she finally you her thyroid but when she finally you know let that guard down she we work know let that guard down she we work know let that guard down she we work together and she did amazing together and she did amazing together and she did amazing so and her thyroid condition was so and her thyroid condition was so and her thyroid condition was resolved without ever actually resolved without ever actually resolved without ever actually addressing her thyroid which is pretty addressing her thyroid which is pretty addressing her thyroid which is pretty cool so when it comes to you the biggest cool so when it comes to you the biggest cool so when it comes to you the biggest myth of all is that you have no control myth of all is that you have no control myth of all is that you have no control over your hormones I don't know why that over your hormones I don't know why that over your hormones I don't know why that says pain sorry webinar people but um says pain sorry webinar people but um says pain sorry webinar people but um we're kind of led to believe that things we're kind of led to believe that things we're kind of led to believe that things are just gonna dysfunction in our bodies are just gonna dysfunction in our bodies are just gonna dysfunction in our bodies I'm not we are just gonna have to deal I'm not we are just gonna have to deal I'm not we are just gonna have to deal with it and really at the end of the day with it and really at the end of the day with it and really at the end of the day when you understand the root cause when you understand the root cause when you understand the root cause anything is possible from a healing anything is possible from a healing anything is possible from a healing perspective and as long as you can perspective and as long as you can perspective and as long as you can figure that out anything is possible but figure that out anything is possible but figure that out anything is possible but if you haven't learned it so far very if you haven't learned it so far very if you haven't learned it so far very rarely does anything look like a rarely does anything look like a rarely does anything look like a textbook very rarely is it just oh you textbook very rarely is it just oh you textbook very rarely is it just oh you have a hypothyroid and if we keep have a hypothyroid and if we keep have a hypothyroid and if we keep tweaking your medication we're just tweaking your medication we're just tweaking your medication we're just gonna balance your TSH and all of your gonna balance your TSH and all of your gonna balance your TSH and all of your problems are gonna go away unfortunately problems are gonna go away unfortunately problems are gonna go away unfortunately those are the women that I work with I those are the women that I work with I those are the women that I work with I work with a women that are fed up and work with a women that are fed up and work with a women that are fed up and they're like I've been on thyroid they're like I've been on thyroid they're like I've been on thyroid medication for 20 years and I feel medication for 20 years and I feel medication for 20 years and I feel terrible I'm still tired I can't get out terrible I'm still tired I can't get out terrible I'm still tired I can't get out of bed I can't sleep my hair is falling of bed I can't sleep my hair is falling of bed I can't sleep my hair is falling out I want to hurt people when I have my out I want to hurt people when I have my out I want to hurt people when I have my period and they just don't feel better period and they just don't feel better period and they just don't feel better so those are the women that I end up so those are the women that I end up so those are the women that I end up work work work is to help them figure out what is the is to help them figure out what is the is to help them figure out what is the root cause and give them an actual plan root cause and give them an actual plan root cause and give them an actual plan that is usually not textbook because I'm that is usually not textbook because I'm that is usually not textbook because I'm looking beyond that so for those of you looking beyond that so for those of you looking beyond that so for those of you that are new to this world and those of that are new to this world and those of that are new to this world and those of you that have been exposed to this world you that have been exposed to this world you that have been exposed to this world of integrative functional medicine I of integrative functional medicine I of integrative functional medicine I want you to just kind of understand some want you to just kind of understand some want you to just kind of understand some basic understanding so number one is basic understanding so number one is basic understanding so number one is when you're dealing with conventional when you're dealing with conventional when you're dealing with conventional medicine medicine medicine conventional medicine has a lot of conventional medicine has a lot of conventional medicine has a lot of restrictions on what they can do because restrictions on what they can do because restrictions on what they can do because of what insurance tells them they can of what insurance tells them they can of what insurance tells them they can and cannot do and that comes down to the and cannot do and that comes down to the and cannot do and that comes down to the testing and the bloodwork - to the testing and the bloodwork - to the testing and the bloodwork - to the treatment protocols and then when you treatment protocols and then when you treatment protocols and then when you dabble in the functional medicine world dabble in the functional medicine world dabble in the functional medicine world functional medicine is going to do a lot functional medicine is going to do a lot functional medicine is going to do a lot better testing we're gonna dig a lot better testing we're gonna dig a lot better testing we're gonna dig a lot deeper and we're gonna look at your deeper and we're gonna look at your deeper and we're gonna look at your hormones and we're gonna look at your hormones and we're gonna look at your hormones and we're gonna look at your neurotransmitter again we're going to neurotransmitter again we're going to neurotransmitter again we're going to look at all of those things but when it look at all of those things but when it look at all of those things but when it comes to functional medicine because I comes to functional medicine because I comes to functional medicine because I used to do functional medicine and now I used to do functional medicine and now I used to do functional medicine and now I do more integrative when I did do more integrative when I did do more integrative when I did functional medicine I just felt that my functional medicine I just felt that my functional medicine I just felt that my tools were limited the testing was great tools were limited the testing was great tools were limited the testing was great but my tools were limited because a lot but my tools were limited because a lot but my tools were limited because a lot of the tools in social medicine are diet of the tools in social medicine are diet of the tools in social medicine are diet and supplements so there were certain and supplements so there were certain and supplements so there were certain patients that I worked with that did patients that I worked with that did patients that I worked with that did great with that approach and there were great with that approach and there were great with that approach and there were other patients that didn't and they hit other patients that didn't and they hit other patients that didn't and they hit plateaus so one of my personal mentors plateaus so one of my personal mentors plateaus so one of my personal mentors told me he goes don't call yourself told me he goes don't call yourself told me he goes don't call yourself integrative if all you offer is died in integrative if all you offer is died in integrative if all you offer is died in supplements and I was like you know what supplements and I was like you know what supplements and I was like you know what you're a hundred percent right and it you're a hundred percent right and it you're a hundred percent right and it got me thinking outside of the box and got me thinking outside of the box and got me thinking outside of the box and it got me thinking about the big picture it got me thinking about the big picture it got me thinking about the big picture and it started to get me asking better and it started to get me asking better and it started to get me asking better questions in my consultations and asking questions in my consultations and asking questions in my consultations and asking about stress and asking about was there about stress and asking about was there about stress and asking about was there any type of emotional stress at the time any type of emotional stress at the time any type of emotional stress at the time all these symptoms you know kicked in all these symptoms you know kicked in all these symptoms you know kicked in you know are you you know are you you know are you you know are you you know are you you know are you dealing with a lot of burden of other dealing with a lot of burden of other dealing with a lot of burden of other people's energy do people constantly people's energy do people constantly people's energy do people constantly come to you for advice and dump all come to you for advice and dump all come to you for advice and dump all their problems onto you you know do you their problems onto you you know do you their problems onto you you know do you have low-grade infections do you feel have low-grade infections do you feel have low-grade infections do you feel like you're losing your memory I asked like you're losing your memory I asked like you're losing your memory I asked questions about their neurological questions about their neurological questions about their neurological system I asked questions about their system I asked questions about their system I asked questions about their lifestyle their diet their supplements lifestyle their diet their supplements lifestyle their diet their supplements like how they talk to themselves I asked like how they talk to themselves I asked like how they talk to themselves I asked all of those questions all of those questions all of those questions and then from there when we're able to and then from there when we're able to and then from there when we're able to use our testing to decipher what's going use our testing to decipher what's going use our testing to decipher what's going on we don't just rely on an elimination on we don't just rely on an elimination on we don't just rely on an elimination diet and you know a master or supplement diet and you know a master or supplement diet and you know a master or supplement protocol we're looking at do you need to protocol we're looking at do you need to protocol we're looking at do you need to detox do you need to do some type of detox do you need to do some type of detox do you need to do some type of energetic work like acupuncture or do energetic work like acupuncture or do energetic work like acupuncture or do you need some type of physical work do you need some type of physical work do you need some type of physical work do you need neurological work and that's a you need neurological work and that's a you need neurological work and that's a really cool thing when you're able to really cool thing when you're able to really cool thing when you're able to understand exactly what the person needs understand exactly what the person needs understand exactly what the person needs to start their healing journey and to to start their healing journey and to to start their healing journey and to get better in a short amount of time so get better in a short amount of time so get better in a short amount of time so I know a lot of people always want to I know a lot of people always want to I know a lot of people always want to know like how does this all work how do know like how does this all work how do know like how does this all work how do you guys work with insurance like has my you guys work with insurance like has my you guys work with insurance like has my blood work work and all that good stuff blood work work and all that good stuff blood work work and all that good stuff so at the end of the day we serve people so at the end of the day we serve people so at the end of the day we serve people we do not insert serve insurance we do not insert serve insurance we do not insert serve insurance companies and because of that we are out companies and because of that we are out companies and because of that we are out of network that doesn't mean people of network that doesn't mean people of network that doesn't mean people don't get reimbursement a lot of people don't get reimbursement a lot of people don't get reimbursement a lot of people get great reimbursement all of your get great reimbursement all of your get great reimbursement all of your blood work and a lot of those labs are blood work and a lot of those labs are blood work and a lot of those labs are gonna go directly through your network gonna go directly through your network gonna go directly through your network insurance which is amazing and then a insurance which is amazing and then a insurance which is amazing and then a lot of people choose to use things like lot of people choose to use things like lot of people choose to use things like health savings accounts and flex savings health savings accounts and flex savings health savings accounts and flex savings accounts but I will tell you you know accounts but I will tell you you know accounts but I will tell you you know when you make this leap to to get your when you make this leap to to get your when you make this leap to to get your health figured out I don't know if you health figured out I don't know if you health figured out I don't know if you can really put a price on it I can really put a price on it I can really put a price on it I understand every single person situation understand every single person situation understand every single person situation is extremely extremely different is extremely extremely different is extremely extremely different but unfortunately the people that I work but unfortunately the people that I work but unfortunately the people that I work with have been on the merry-go-round of with have been on the merry-go-round of with have been on the merry-go-round of copay copay copay and a lot of lost time copay copay copay and a lot of lost time copay copay copay and a lot of lost time and a lot of loss of their health and a lot of loss of their health and a lot of loss of their health because unfortunately by the time they because unfortunately by the time they because unfortunately by the time they get to me with all the trial and error get to me with all the trial and error get to me with all the trial and error that they did they're sicker than they that they did they're sicker than they that they did they're sicker than they were before they even started to seek were before they even started to seek were before they even started to seek out help so sometimes we have to dabble out help so sometimes we have to dabble out help so sometimes we have to dabble outside of the in-network in order to outside of the in-network in order to outside of the in-network in order to get the care that we deserve because we get the care that we deserve because we get the care that we deserve because we do deserve good care and we deserve to do deserve good care and we deserve to do deserve good care and we deserve to know what's wrong we deserve to know know what's wrong we deserve to know know what's wrong we deserve to know what our body is dealing with and we what our body is dealing with and we what our body is dealing with and we deserve to know what can we do about it deserve to know what can we do about it deserve to know what can we do about it and you know and not that's everything and you know and not that's everything and you know and not that's everything from lifestyle modifications to dietary from lifestyle modifications to dietary from lifestyle modifications to dietary modifications to vitamins and herbs that modifications to vitamins and herbs that modifications to vitamins and herbs that were deficient in like we deserve to were deficient in like we deserve to were deficient in like we deserve to know all of those things and especially know all of those things and especially know all of those things and especially you know if that's what you want so kind you know if that's what you want so kind you know if that's what you want so kind of like what I said health care is about of like what I said health care is about of like what I said health care is about answers and solutions and I think that answers and solutions and I think that answers and solutions and I think that we forget that I think we forget that we forget that I think we forget that we forget that I think we forget that we're supposed to get better we're we're supposed to get better we're we're supposed to get better we're literally supposed to get better that's literally supposed to get better that's literally supposed to get better that's like the point and we've gotten away like the point and we've gotten away like the point and we've gotten away from that we've settled for just oh well from that we've settled for just oh well from that we've settled for just oh well I'll just mask my symptoms or I'll just I'll just mask my symptoms or I'll just I'll just mask my symptoms or I'll just keep taking this steroid for the rest of keep taking this steroid for the rest of keep taking this steroid for the rest of my life because I feel terrible when I'm my life because I feel terrible when I'm my life because I feel terrible when I'm off of it or I'm gonna keep taking this off of it or I'm gonna keep taking this off of it or I'm gonna keep taking this migraine medication because you know I migraine medication because you know I migraine medication because you know I just I just get migraines and this is my just I just get migraines and this is my just I just get migraines and this is my feet and you know nobody can figure out feet and you know nobody can figure out feet and you know nobody can figure out why and I just have to like suppress why and I just have to like suppress why and I just have to like suppress this so there's so much that we've just this so there's so much that we've just this so there's so much that we've just settled for and we've gotten away from settled for and we've gotten away from settled for and we've gotten away from even knowing that there is a solution to even knowing that there is a solution to even knowing that there is a solution to these things so that's the really great these things so that's the really great these things so that's the really great thing about it is being able to know thing about it is being able to know thing about it is being able to know that there are solutions so all of you that there are solutions so all of you that there are solutions so all of you that are on it's here in live I just that are on it's here in live I just that are on it's here in live I just want to say that it is going to kick me want to say that it is going to kick me want to say that it is going to kick me off soon because we are getting close to off soon because we are getting close to off soon because we are getting close to the hour so for those of you that are the hour so for those of you 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about some of the just a little bit more about some of the just a little bit more about some of the Diagnostics I know that for some of you Diagnostics I know that for some of you Diagnostics I know that for some of you that are listening you've been kind of that are listening you've been kind of that are listening you've been kind of probably wondering like okay how do you probably wondering like okay how do you probably wondering like okay how do you guys figure all this stuff out which is guys figure all this stuff out which is guys figure all this stuff out which is a pretty common question and with the a pretty common question and with the a pretty common question and with the way that we do things is we actually do way that we do things is we actually do way that we do things is we actually do a pretty significant onboarding process a pretty significant onboarding process a pretty significant onboarding process and through that process we look at and through that process we look at and through that process we look at everything from your DNA to different everything from your DNA to different everything from your DNA to different types of chemical sensitivities types of chemical sensitivities types of chemical sensitivities environmental allergies food allergies environmental allergies food allergies environmental allergies food allergies we test you for intracellular heavy we test you for intracellular heavy we test you for intracellular heavy metals we look at minerals we also do metals we look at minerals we also do metals we look at minerals we also do very very comprehensive bloodwork we very very comprehensive bloodwork we very very comprehensive bloodwork we look at all different types of look at all different types of look at all different types of infections we look at fibroid markers we infections we look at fibroid markers we infections we look at fibroid markers we do a comprehensive hormone panel we also do a comprehensive hormone panel we also do a comprehensive hormone panel we also look at autumn immune markers look at autumn immune markers look at autumn immune markers inflammatory markers literally we inflammatory markers literally we inflammatory markers literally we customize it to you but it is very very customize it to you but it is very very customize it to you but it is very very very comprehensive and the best part is very comprehensive and the best part is very comprehensive and the best part is is it usually goes through people's is it usually goes through people's is it usually goes through people's insurance insurance insurance and then the other amazing task that we and then the other amazing task that we and then the other amazing task that we do is called autonomic response testing do is called autonomic response testing do is called autonomic response testing and the really cool thing about this is and the really cool thing about this is and the really cool thing about this is that we took the trial and error out of that we took the trial and error out of that we took the trial and error out of your healing protocol and what I mean by your healing protocol and what I mean by your healing protocol and what I mean by that is that we do not guess we test and that is that we do not guess we test and that is that we do not guess we test and this type of test called autonomic this type of test called autonomic this type of test called autonomic response testing is a huge part of that response testing is a huge part of that response testing is a huge part of that so if you come in and we find out that so if you come in and we find out that so if you come in and we find out that you're dealing with you know chronic you're dealing with you know chronic you're dealing with you know chronic yeast infections and that's a big part yeast infections and that's a big part yeast infections and that's a big part of your hormonal imbalance we're gonna of your hormonal imbalance we're gonna of your hormonal imbalance we're gonna test for what types of supplements herbs test for what types of supplements herbs test for what types of supplements herbs remedies that are going to best work remedies that are going to best work remedies that are going to best work with your specific case and whatever with your specific case and whatever with your specific case and whatever strain of fungus that you have so strain of fungus that you have so strain of fungus that you have so everything is customized to the person everything is customized to the person everything is customized to the person down to the supplements the herbs any down to the supplements the herbs any down to the supplements the herbs any types of detox protocols and types of detox protocols and types of detox protocols and neurological protocols emotional neurological protocols emotional neurological protocols emotional protocols these are things that we use protocols these are things that we use protocols these are things that we use this testing to challenge against your this testing to challenge against your this testing to challenge against your DNA to know what is going to improve DNA to know what is going to improve DNA to know what is going to improve your overall health your overall health your overall health so this is one of the reasons why we're so this is one of the reasons why we're so this is one of the reasons why we're able to see anywhere between a 60 to 90% able to see anywhere between a 60 to 90% able to see anywhere between a 60 to 90% reduction in people's symptoms in 3 reduction in people's symptoms in 3 reduction in people's symptoms in 3 months and we could see that because months and we could see that because months and we could see that because there's no guessing there's no cookie there's no guessing there's no cookie there's no guessing there's no cookie cutter protocol there's no like let's cutter protocol there's no like let's cutter protocol there's no like let's try this I'm winging it it's all try this I'm winging it it's all try this I'm winging it it's all customized to you and we've worked customized to you and we've worked customized to you and we've worked really hard to fine-tune this process really hard to fine-tune this process really hard to fine-tune this process and it really is one of the things that and it really is one of the things that and it really is one of the things that makes us stand out tremendously because makes us stand out tremendously because makes us stand out tremendously because nobody else is really doing this so it's nobody else is really doing this so it's nobody else is really doing this so it's extreme it's of extreme value to our extreme it's of extreme value to our extreme it's of extreme value to our patients and that's kind of funny patients and that's kind of funny patients and that's kind of funny because a lot of people become addicted because a lot of people become addicted because a lot of people become addicted to it because they're like I want to buy to it because they're like I want to buy to it because they're like I want to buy a probiotic but I need to test it so a probiotic but I need to test it so a probiotic but I need to test it so it's a really cool thing because you it's a really cool thing because you it's a really cool thing because you don't waste money on supplements um I don't waste money on supplements um I don't waste money on supplements um I know that before we did this type of know that before we did this type of know that before we did this type of testing I still to this day have testing I still to this day have testing I still to this day have probably about 15,000 dollars in a cat probably about 15,000 dollars in a cat probably about 15,000 dollars in a cat in my cabinet downstairs of supplements in my cabinet downstairs of supplements in my cabinet downstairs of supplements that were trial and error because if that were trial and error because if that were trial and error because if you're buying good supplements we all you're buying good supplements we all you're buying good supplements we all know they're not cheap know they're not cheap know they're not cheap so the last thing you want to do is buy so the last thing you want to do is buy so the last thing you want to do is buy something that is not right for you or something that is not right for you or something that is not right for you or doesn't work okay doesn't work okay doesn't work okay so overall when it comes to the so overall when it comes to the so overall when it comes to the onboarding process um I'm gonna give you onboarding process um I'm gonna give you onboarding process um I'm gonna give you guys a better understanding of how it guys a better understanding of how it guys a better understanding of how it all works but you know I just want you all works but you know I just want you all works but you know I just want you to understand that when you actually to understand that when you actually to understand that when you actually figure out what your body needs I don't figure out what your body needs I don't figure out what your body needs I don't know if you can really put a price on know if you can really put a price on know if you can really put a price on that of course it has a price but it's that of course it has a price but it's that of course it has a price but it's really just a matter of you know if really just a matter of you know if really just a matter of you know if you're the person that has been you're the person that has been you're the person that has been struggling you can't get out of bed and struggling you can't get out of bed and struggling you can't get out of bed and you can't sleep and you find us figure you can't sleep and you find us figure you can't sleep and you find us figure out why and then you finally figure out out why and then you finally figure out out why and then you finally figure out how you can heal that and get that how you can heal that and get that how you can heal that and get that better that's priceless so it's super better that's priceless so it's super better that's priceless so it's super super important to know that you can't super important to know that you can't super important to know that you can't really put a price on health and I just really put a price on health and I just really put a price on health and I just think the thing that you know makes me think the thing that you know makes me think the thing that you know makes me the most upset is that we usually don't the most upset is that we usually don't the most upset is that we usually don't we put a price on health until we're we put a price on health until we're we put a price on health until we're really really really bad shape and then really really really bad shape and then really really really bad shape and then when we're fully broken then we're like when we're fully broken then we're like when we're fully broken then we're like all right now I guess I just got to pay all right now I guess I just got to pay all right now I guess I just got to pay for it it's just really trying to like for it it's just really trying to like for it it's just really trying to like not get yourself to that place so that not get yourself to that place so that not get yourself to that place so that you can be proactive and you can know you can be proactive and you can know you can be proactive and you can know what your body needs because it's gonna what your body needs because it's gonna what your body needs because it's gonna be a lot less to fix you if you're not be a lot less to fix you if you're not be a lot less to fix you if you're not super sick by the time you seek this super sick by the time you seek this super sick by the time you seek this type of care out but for those of you type of care out but for those of you type of care out but for those of you that do want to know how much our that do want to know how much our that do want to know how much our onboarding process costs our onboarding onboarding process costs our onboarding onboarding process costs our onboarding process costs 1425 so for those of you process costs 1425 so for those of you process costs 1425 so for those of you that are listening that are like holy that are listening that are like holy that are listening that are like holy crap that's a lot of money I totally get crap that's a lot of money I totally get crap that's a lot of money I totally get it but that includes all of your tests it but that includes all of your tests it but that includes all of your tests everything that I just mentioned from everything that I just mentioned from everything that I just mentioned from food allergies environmental allergies food allergies environmental allergies food allergies environmental allergies your DNA testing your autonomic response your DNA testing your autonomic response your DNA testing your autonomic response testing heavy metals minerals blood work testing heavy metals minerals blood work testing heavy metals minerals blood work all that jazz so we do have a waiting all that jazz so we do have a waiting all that jazz so we do have a waiting list right now for our practice so you list right now for our practice so you list right now for our practice so you do have to apply and it's not really do have to apply and it's not really do have to apply and it's not really just because of that we also want to just because of that we also want to just because of that we also want to make sure that you are a good fit for us make sure that you are a good fit for us make sure that you are a good fit for us as we are a good fit for you because we as we are a good fit for you because we as we are a good fit for you because we do things in a very specific way and we do things in a very specific way and we do things in a very specific way and we just always want to be super transparent just always want to be super transparent just always want to be super transparent and make sure that it's a really really and make sure that it's a really really and make sure that it's a really really really good fit but for those of you really good fit but for those of you really good fit but for those of you that have been in this world of that have been in this world of that have been in this world of functional Integrative Medicine you functional Integrative Medicine you functional Integrative Medicine you I'd be looking at that price and think I'd be looking at that price and think I'd be looking at that price and think it's cheap and I say this because a lot it's cheap and I say this because a lot it's cheap and I say this because a lot of the lab tests that people do in the of the lab tests that people do in the of the lab tests that people do in the social medicine world rack up to two to social medicine world rack up to two to social medicine world rack up to two to four thousand dollars and that was four thousand dollars and that was four thousand dollars and that was something that I just personally didn't something that I just personally didn't something that I just personally didn't really enjoy because you were already really enjoy because you were already really enjoy because you were already invested a couple thousand dollars and invested a couple thousand dollars and invested a couple thousand dollars and we didn't even know what was wrong with we didn't even know what was wrong with we didn't even know what was wrong with you yet and I really want to focus on you yet and I really want to focus on you yet and I really want to focus on helping people to spend their money on helping people to spend their money on helping people to spend their money on their healing process opposed to their healing process opposed to their healing process opposed to spending tons of money on just figuring spending tons of money on just figuring spending tons of money on just figuring out what's wrong and then not having the out what's wrong and then not having the out what's wrong and then not having the resources to be able to actually get resources to be able to actually get resources to be able to actually get better for those of you that are better for those of you that are better for those of you that are long-distance you can work with us from long-distance you can work with us from long-distance you can work with us from a distance which is really really cool a distance which is really really cool a distance which is really really cool one of the things I mentioned was how we one of the things I mentioned was how we one of the things I mentioned was how we do DNA based testing you have DNA in do DNA based testing you have DNA in do DNA based testing you have DNA in your hair so by simply sending us a hair your hair so by simply sending us a hair your hair so by simply sending us a hair sample you can actually you can actually sample you can actually you can actually sample you can actually you can actually get all of your testing done and then get all of your testing done and then get all of your testing done and then blood work is outsourced blood work is outsourced blood work is outsourced close to where you live so everything close to where you live so everything close to where you live so everything that we do we could do it via zoo face that we do we could do it via zoo face that we do we could do it via zoo face to face and we can also get you set up to face and we can also get you set up to face and we can also get you set up that your blood work is done at a local that your blood work is done at a local that your blood work is done at a local lab and then you send us your hair lab and then you send us your hair lab and then you send us your hair sample and we do all the rest of the sample and we do all the rest of the sample and we do all the rest of the tests so I want to take some questions tests so I want to take some questions tests so I want to take some questions and see if anybody threw anything in and see if anybody threw anything in and see if anybody threw anything in here I didn't have too many questions here I didn't have too many questions here I didn't have too many questions already have any questions so so I'm already have any questions so so I'm already have any questions so so I'm just gonna keep rolling with the the just gonna keep rolling with the the just gonna keep rolling with the the webinar but for those of you that webinar but for those of you that webinar but for those of you that actually do want to take a look at our actually do want to take a look at our actually do want to take a look at our application process I'm actually gonna application process I'm actually gonna application process I'm actually gonna post it here because I always forget to post it here because I always forget to post it here because I always forget to do this so overall I just want to thank do this so overall I just want to thank do this so overall I just want to thank you guys for being here this was my you guys for being here this was my you guys for being here this was my fastest webinar I can't believe I did it fastest webinar I can't believe I did it fastest webinar I can't believe I did it in an hour but we are talking about in an hour but we are talking about in an hour but we are talking about hormones all excuse me month long so we hormones all excuse me month long so we hormones all excuse me month long so we are going to dig deeper and talk about are going to dig deeper and talk about are going to dig deeper and talk about different topics in relation to hormones different topics in relation to hormones different topics in relation to hormones for the rest of the month and then we for the rest of the month and then we for the rest of the month and then we are actually moving into some other are actually moving into some other are actually moving into some other topics we're going to be talking about topics we're going to be talking about topics we're going to be talking about autoimmunity and then lines disease but autoimmunity and then lines disease but autoimmunity and then lines disease but for those of you that have been here I for those of you that have been here I for those of you that have been here I really hope that you've gained a lot really hope that you've gained a lot really hope that you've gained a lot from this and I really hope that you're from this and I really hope that you're from this and I really hope that you're able to walk away having a better able to walk away having a better able to walk away having a better understanding as to why you might have understanding as to why you might have understanding as to why you might have not been able to see success with not been able to see success with not been able to see success with getting your hormones on track and this getting your hormones on track and this getting your hormones on track and this really is such an educational experience really is such an educational experience really is such an educational experience but when you get your own testing done but when you get your own testing done but when you get your own testing done and you figure out exactly what is going and you figure out exactly what is going and you figure out exactly what is going on your body on your body on your body that's really when this becomes such a that's really when this becomes such a that's really when this becomes such a breakthrough experience and it's so breakthrough experience and it's so breakthrough experience and it's so empowering because you walk away and empowering because you walk away and empowering because you walk away and you're able to know not necessarily just you're able to know not necessarily just you're able to know not necessarily just how to get better in that moment but you how to get better in that moment but you how to get better in that moment but you know how to sustain it moving forward know how to sustain it moving forward know how to sustain it moving forward and I think that's a really important and I think that's a really important and I think that's a really important thing to drive home is that none of our thing to drive home is that none of our thing to drive home is that none of our protocols are geared towards let me just protocols are geared towards let me just protocols are geared towards let me just make you feel better in the moment our make you feel better in the moment our make you feel better in the moment our protocols are geared towards let's nip protocols are geared towards let's nip protocols are geared towards let's nip this in the butt and be able to get you this in the butt and be able to get you this in the butt and be able to get you better in a short amount of time and better in a short amount of time and better in a short amount of time and let's give you the tools to sustain it let's give you the tools to sustain it let's give you the tools to sustain it because that is my biggest issue with because that is my biggest issue with because that is my biggest issue with medicine is that nothing creates medicine is that nothing creates medicine is that nothing creates sustainability you know you take a sustainability you know you take a sustainability you know you take a medication but when you come off that medication but when you come off that medication but when you come off that medication you you feel like crap again medication you you feel like crap again medication you you feel like crap again so the goal is for us at least to create so the goal is for us at least to create so the goal is for us at least to create sustainability with the healing process sustainability with the healing process sustainability with the healing process and for you to really know what your and for you to really know what your and for you to really know what your body needs from a maintenance body needs from a maintenance body needs from a maintenance perspective you know I know for myself I perspective you know I know for myself I perspective you know I know for myself I learned that you know everybody takes learned that you know everybody takes learned that you know everybody takes like a multivitamin they take a like a multivitamin they take a like a multivitamin they take a multivitamin and a vitamin D and a multivitamin and a vitamin D and a multivitamin and a vitamin D and a probiotic and that's like one of the probiotic and that's like one of the probiotic and that's like one of the ways that a lot of us maintain our ways that a lot of us maintain our ways that a lot of us maintain our health and for me I used to do that and health and for me I used to do that and health and for me I used to do that and then I realized that my most vulnerable then I realized that my most vulnerable then I realized that my most vulnerable system was my lymphatic system my lymph system was my lymphatic system my lymph system was my lymphatic system my lymph nodes and what I needed to do was I nodes and what I needed to do was I nodes and what I needed to do was I needed to sweat so now I make sure I do needed to sweat so now I make sure I do needed to sweat so now I make sure I do an infrared sauna anywhere between one an infrared sauna anywhere between one an infrared sauna anywhere between one to two times a week and I I do it that to two times a week and I I do it that to two times a week and I I do it that often because I have one but I do that often because I have one but I do that often because I have one but I do that and that is my best maintenance opposed and that is my best maintenance opposed and that is my best maintenance opposed to thinking that I just need to take all to thinking that I just need to take all to thinking that I just need to take all these vitamins and minerals all the time these vitamins and minerals all the time these vitamins and minerals all the time so I think that that was like just very so I think that that was like just very so I think that that was like just very eye-opening to me knowing that okay the eye-opening to me knowing that okay the eye-opening to me knowing that okay the way that I maintain my body is very way that I maintain my body is very way that I maintain my body is very different than somebody else so it's different than somebody else so it's different than somebody else so it's really fascinating when you learn these really fascinating when you learn these really fascinating when you learn these things and you're able to apply it things and you're able to apply it things and you're able to apply it because it really is just you know you because it really is just you know you because it really is just you know you feel really empowered and you feel feel really empowered and you feel feel really empowered and you feel really in control so I thank you guys really in control so I thank you guys 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