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Now displaying: September, 2024
Sep 30, 2024

Ajay Tejasvi from Art of Living comes on the podcast today to discuss how powerful breathwork can be for our holistic health.  Not only does it improve our mood, it has also been scientifically proven to drop our cortisol  levels and help our mental health. Listen and gain insight into living your healthiest lifestyle. 

Learn more about Ajay’s work!

www.artofliving.org

https://www.instagram.com/artofliving/


Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

04:24 Ajay’s story

08:20 Our role in creating our best lives

13:26 The mind-body connection

16:34 What is SKY Breath Meditation?

19:20 Intentionally using our focus and attention

23:38 Benefits for stress, sleep & alertness

29:26 Key teachings of the technique

38:35 Solutions for fulfilled living

 

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➡️Signs You Have Inflammation From Stress - And What You Can Do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AvvHDg3KLU

➡️The Gut's Connection to Stress—and How to Improve Both:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0fO4omdViw

➡️2 Proven Steps to Improve Sleep, Reduce Stress & Live Longer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0dO2J8_-yQ&t=201s

➡️How to Improve Cortisol Levels For Those With Gut Issues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_alvFBhTKY

➡️The Key to Healing Injuries & Gut Health | Dr. Josh Axe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYSFUgnX4NU&t=1959s

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➡️ Hiatal Hernia Relief Guide: Non-Surgical Strategies:

https://drruscio.com/how-to-fix-hiatal-hernia-yourself/ 

➡️ When to Worry About Nasal Regurgitation:

https://drruscio.com/nasal-regurgitation/ 

➡️ How to Eat a 30g Protein Breakfast Every Day (with Recipes!)

https://drruscio.com/30g-protein-breakfast/ 

➡️Which Probiotic Is Best for Histamine Intolerance?

https://drruscio.com/which-probiotic-is-best-for-histamine-intolerance/ 

 

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DISCLAIMER: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment or discontinuing an existing treatment.

Music featured in this video: "Modern Technology" by Andrew G, https://audiojungle.net/user/andrew_g 

*Full transcript available on YouTube by clicking the “Show transcript” button on the bottom right of the video.

Sep 23, 2024

If you’re struggling with these gut and other health symptoms, you may be dealing with a vector borne illness  such as lyme disease. What are the warning signs of vector borne illnesses, how do you test for them, and how do you treat them? All of this and more will be answered in this episode. Watch now! 

AcuDart Tick-Borne Disease Test Panel: https://www.acudarthealth.com/collections/individual-tests

 

Timestamps:

00:00  Intro

03:22 What organisms cause chronic infections?

05:51 What are the symptoms?

14:53 Testing

18:17 Treatment

28:21 How &  where do you get these infections?

 

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➡️ You Didn't Know This About Lyme Disease (and How to Heal) | Dr. Tania Dempsey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r_Ud5Cmp9Y&t=4s

➡️ Chronic Infections, Overlooked Cause of Fatigue, Depression, Insomnia & Joint Pain | Dr. Amy Offutt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8_0qMWwQIo&t=4131s

➡️ This New Approach To Functional Medicine Is The Key To Gut Healing:

https://youtu.be/ydnF8L9C3zY

➡️Exciting NEW Treatments For Healing SIBO and Bacterial Infections | Dr. Allison Siebecker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y8Vl6IHNlM&t=3337s



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➡️Do You Have These Unusual Symptoms of Lyme Disease?

https://drruscio.com/unusual-symptoms-of-lyme-disease/ 

➡️The 5 Best Supplements to Reduce Cortisol and Manage Stress

https://drruscio.com/supplements-to-reduce-cortisol/ 

➡️How to Get Rid of Bad Bacteria in the Gut for Good

https://drruscio.com/how-to-get-rid-of-bad-bacteria-in-the-gut/ 

➡️How to Eat a 30g Protein Breakfast Every Day (with Recipes!)

https://drruscio.com/30g-protein-breakfast/ 

 

Featured Studies 

📉Association of Presenting Symptoms With Abnormal Laboratory Values for Vector-Borne Illness:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33511252/

📉Empirical validation of the Horowitz Multiple Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome Questionnaire for suspected Lyme disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28919803/

📉Selective Essential Oils from Spice or Culinary Herbs Have High Activity against Stationary Phase and Biofilm Borrelia burgdorferi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29075628/

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DISCLAIMER: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment or discontinuing an existing treatment.

Music featured in this video: "Modern Technology" by Andrew G, https://audiojungle.net/user/andrew_g 

*Full transcript available on YouTube by clicking the “Show transcript” button on the bottom right of the video.

Sep 16, 2024

Functional medicine has created great tools to help us test and treat different conditions. However, some methods have been proven to be more effective than others.  In this episode, I sit down with functional nutritionist Andrea Nakayama to discuss the efficacy of functional medicine practices, as well as her unique approaches that have healed her patients.  

 

Learn more about Andrea!

https://www.andreanakayama.com/

https://www.instagram.com/andreanakayama/

 

Timestamps:

00:00  Intro

04:29 Why “Narrative Medicine” is necessary

09:29 Best practices for assessments & recommendations

23:48 Symptom tracking strategies

30:30 Creating an effective diet

38:41 Thyroid testing and treatments

56:17 Tools for symptom tracking

 

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➡️This New Approach To Functional Medicine Is The Key To Gut Healing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydnF8L9C3zY

➡️5 Warning Signs of Autoimmune Disease & How To REVERSE It:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoUI7k9pAmM

➡️3 Ways Your Gut Health Can Improve Your Thyroid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKPj6Rw83o8&t=327s

➡️Escape the Hypothyroidism Trap with Dr. Antonio Bianco:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1jzvyEoLfI

➡️Why the AIP Diet Doesn't Work for Most Autoimmune Cases:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAu7snNfeM



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➡️These 11 Supplements Can Help Strike Hormonal Balance:

https://drruscio.com/how-to-balance-hormones-with-supplements/

➡️Which Probiotic Is Best for Histamine Intolerance?:

https://drruscio.com/which-probiotic-is-best-for-histamine-intolerance/

➡️DIY: How to Do a Castor Oil Pack:

https://drruscio.com/how-to-do-a-castor-oil-pack/

➡️When and How to Use the Autoimmune Protocol Diet for Hashimoto’s, IBD, and More:

https://drruscio.com/aip-diet-for-beginners/

 

Featured Studies 

📉Clinical Outcomes After Discontinuation of Thyroid Hormone Replacement: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33161885/

 

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DISCLAIMER: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment or discontinuing an existing treatment.

Music featured in this video: "Modern Technology" by Andrew G, https://audiojungle.net/user/andrew_g 

*Full transcript available on YouTube by clicking the “Show transcript” button on the bottom right of the video.

Sep 9, 2024

If you’re dealing with candida, you understand the time and effort it takes to get it under control. Luckily, we’ve compiled some key facts, causes and myths about treatment that many don’t know,  which may boost your healing! Listen now!

 

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:13 Key symptoms

04:24 How common is it?

05:28 Treatment difficulties

09:39 Fatigue & brain fog

11:30 Testing

16:46 Treatment options

22:52 Die-off



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➡️Eat These 7 Foods for SIFO & Candida:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIKgNtxC3Mw&t=481s

➡️The Best Natural Treatments for Candida:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnc3ZkLuPzs&t=564s

➡️8 Warning Signs of Candida & SIFO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctEm_H3b2j4&t=2s

 

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➡️What Is Candida? 5 Facts:

https://drruscio.com/what-causes-candida/

➡️The Unexpected Truth About Candida 7 Gut Health:

https://drruscio.com/candida-and-gut-health/

➡️These 11 Supplements Can Help Strike Hormonal Balance:

https://drruscio.com/how-to-balance-hormones-with-supplement



Featured Studies 

📉Effects of oestrogen on vulvovaginal candidosis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34699636/

📉 Dysmotility &  proton pump inhibitor use are independent risk factors for SIBO &/or fungal overgrowth: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23574267/

📉 Characterization of oral candidiasis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31175972/

📉 Oral Candida Species in Patients Undergoing Systemic Glucocorticoid Therapy &  the Antifungal Sensitivity of the Isolates: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32801797/

📉 2011 Epidemiological Survey of Dermatomycoses in Japan:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26617109/

📉 Dermatologists in hospital wards:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19648729/

📉 Onychomycosis in the global population:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24283696/

📉 Onychomycosis in patients:

 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10906646/

📉 Candida Biofilm Heterogeneity: 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29371505/

📉 Candida albicans Biofilms & Human Disease:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26488273/

📉Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome following infection:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37951920/

📉The fecal mycobiome in patients w/ IBS:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33420127/

📉Changes in the gut mycobiome in pediatric patients in relation to Crohn's disease:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37122605/

📉Gut bacterial-fungal interkingdom networks in patients w/ current depressive episode:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32533650/

📉Fungal feelings in IBS:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36723172/

📉Unveiling Candida albicans intestinal carriage in healthy volunteers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38017705/

📉Intestinal candidiasis &  antibiotic usage in children:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29937890/

📉Candida gut colonization, yeast species distribution, & biofilm production in Clostridioides difficile infected patients: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34264501/

📉Candida albicans-associated diarrhea in Buea, South West Cameroon:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17298159/

📉The dietary modification & treatment of intestinal Candida overgrowth:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30166063/

📉Estrogen promotes innate immune evasion of Candida albicans: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34986357/

📉Estrogen Receptor-Alpha (ESR1) Governs the Lower Female Reproductive Tract Vulnerability to Candida: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29881378/

📉The dietary modification & treatment of intestinal Candida overgrowth:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30166063/

📉Effect of Probiotics on Oral Candidiasis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31615039/

📉Effect of Probiotic & Fluconazole on Treatment &  Recurrence of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36198994/

📉Probiotics as Antifungals in Mucosal Candidiasis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26826375/

📉Keeping Candida commensal: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31413153/

📉Anti- Candida &  Antibiofilm Activity of Selected Lamiaceae Essential Oils: 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36866556/

📉Oral natural phytonutrient in recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22217987/

 

Start healing with us! Learn more about our virtual clinic:  https://drruscio.com/virtual-clinic/

 

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DISCLAIMER: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment or discontinuing an existing treatment.

Music featured in this video: "Modern Technology" by Andrew G, https://audiojungle.net/user/andrew_g 

*Full transcript available on YouTube by clicking the “Show transcript” button on the bottom right of the video.

Sep 2, 2024

This is one of the most effective diets for bloating, abdominal pain, and overall gut health! A study has found that the Low FODMAP diet improved SIBO in 2-4 weeks. What is the Low FODMAP diet and how do you use it to heal? All that and more in this episode - all backed by the latest research! Learn more, watch now!

 

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Timestamps:

00:00  Intro

01:20 What are FODMAPS?

02:15 Bloating & pain improvement

07:27 Benefits for inflammation & leaky gut

09:00 Low FODMAP foods

13:37 How to use the diet

17:09 What if you’re not improving?

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➡️This Leaky Gut Diet Fixes the Root Cause of Poor Gut Health:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wk9GaT2mtw&t=1147s

➡️4 Science-Backed Ways to Reduce Bloating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuowTB5b8eM&t=11s

➡️This Is Why Vegetables Make You Bloated (& How to Fix It!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM3RibxyOag&t=475s

➡️How to Heal Your Gut with the Low FODMAP Diet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvJYvvxOw8&t=27s

➡️Is the Low FODMAP Diet Effective for IBS Long Term? [New Research]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCAfijW83nA&t=45s

➡️The 10 BEST Foods for Leaky Gut:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5yXO71ZDec&t=1105s



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➡️Which Probiotic Is Best for Histamine Intolerance?: https://drruscio.com/which-probiotic-is-best-for-histamine-intolerance

➡️DIY: How to Do a Castor Oil Pack https://drruscio.com/how-to-do-a-castor-oil-pack

➡️Can I Take Quercetin for Histamine Intolerance? https://drruscio.com/quercetin-for-histamine-intolerance

➡️These 11 Supplements Can Help Strike Hormonal Balance: https://drruscio.com/how-to-balance-hormones-with-supplements

 

Featured Studies 

📉Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patient Experience: A Survey of Patient-Reported Symptoms by Irritable Bowel Syndrome Subtype and Impact on Quality of Life: https://academic.oup.com/jcag/article/6/6/219/7286544

📉 A diet low in fermentable oligo-, di-, monosaccharides and polyols improves abdominal and overall symptoms in persons with all subtypes of irritable bowel syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38887150/

📉 Efficacy of a low FODMAP diet in irritable bowel syndrome: systematic review and network meta-analysis:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34376515/

📉 Challenges of the low FODMAP diet for managing irritable bowel syndrome and approaches to their minimisation and mitigation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32468985/

📉 Influence of low FODMAP-gluten free diet on gut microbiota alterations and symptom severity in Iranian patients with irritable bowel syndrome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34261437/

📉 Impact of Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 on Bacterial Overgrowth and Composition of Intestinal Microbiota in Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients: Results of a Randomized Pilot Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36630947/

📉 Psychological and Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome Undergoing a Low-FODMAP Diet: The Role of the Intestinal Barrier: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34371976/

📉 Effect of diet and individual dietary guidance on gastrointestinal endocrine cells in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (Review): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28849091/

📉  Gut Symptoms during FODMAP Restriction and Symptom Response to Food Challenges during FODMAP Reintroduction: A Real-World Evaluation in 21,462 Participants Using a Mobile Application:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37375587/



Start healing with us! Learn more about our virtual clinic:  https://drruscio.com/virtual-clinic/

 

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DISCLAIMER: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment or discontinuing an existing treatment.

Music featured in this video: "Modern Technology" by Andrew G, https://audiojungle.net/user/andrew_g 

*Full transcript available on YouTube by clicking the “Show transcript” button on the bottom right of the video.

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