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The Health Detective

The Health Detective

Written by: Dr. Lauryn
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 The Health Detective podcast is dedicated to Uncovering Health Truths for Your Body, Mind, and Soul. The show is hosted by Dr. Lauryn, a former TV news journalist and ex-chronic illness patient, gone health detective and functional medicine expert, bringing you over 25 years of clinical and personal experience so you can take your health into your own hands. On this show, we’re all about disrupting diet culture and conventional wisdom, and in our episodes, you’ll eavesdrop on “real talk” topics and conversations with both myself and a variety of interesting guests who are all “health detectives” in their own unique way. Ultimately, get ready to quiet the noise in the health, food and wellness world and reach your optimal potential.Copyright 2024 The Health Detective Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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  • Fertility Beyond 35 with Dr. Aumatma Simmons

    Fertility Beyond 35 with Dr. Aumatma Simmons
    Dec 5 2022
    Dr. Aumatma is a double board-certified Naturopathic Doctor & Endocrinologist, in practice for close to 15 years. She specializes in fertility and is the best-selling author of two books: "Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making” and “(In)Fertility: Struggles, Secrets, & Successes.” In this episode, Dr. Aumatma and Dr. Lauryn talk about age, fertility, and helping patients live healthy lifestyles. Stay tuned!-Highlights0:28 - Dr. Aumatma talks about what got her started down her career path in fertility2:58 - The myths around fertility4:00 - Thoughts on “high risk” pregnancies9:14 - Dr. Aumatma shares what it’s like working with her older patients16:13 - The relationship between mindset and fertility21:36 - Optimization tips for helping with wellness and fertility27:48 - How dieting can affect your fertility31:52 - Dr. Aumatma talks about optimizing unique plans for each of her patients33:59 - Seed Cycling40:58 - A lightbulb moment Dr. Aumatma has had in her own health journey42:51 - A wellness hack!44:59 - How to learn more about Dr. Aumatma-About Dr. AumatmaDr. Aumatma is a double board-certified Naturopathic Doctor & Endocrinologist, in practice for close to 15 years. She specializes in fertility and is the best-selling author of two books: "Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making” and “(In)Fertility: Struggles, Secrets, & Successes” Dr. Aumatma was awarded the “Best Naturopathic Medicine Doctor″ award locally in 2015 & 2020 and recognized as a top “Women In Medicine” Doctor in 2020 & 2021. In addition to supporting couples through individualized care in person and long-distance, Dr. Aumatma also trains practitioners who want to specialize in fertility. She has been featured as the holistic fertility expert on ABC, FOX, CBS, KTLA, MindBodyGreen, The Bump, etc., along with being interviewed for countless podcasts on topics of fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum health.-Connect with Dr. AumatmaFacebook | Dr. Aumatma, ND: Holistic Fertility SpecialistWebsite | holisticfertilityinstitute.com-Connect with Dr. LaurynFacebook | Dr. Lauryn LaxTwitter | @drlaurynlaxInstagram | @drlaurynlaxWebsite | drlauryn.com -Transcript (Episode website contains full transcript)Dr. Lauryn (00:02):Well, Dr. Aumatma, I'm so happy to have you in the house, and I, you are absolutely one of my favorite people to talk to about the topics of hormones, but, and also really fertility, which is your specialty. And would love before we tackle the, the problem, so to speak, of age being a factor or maybe not being the only factor in fertility give us a little bit of overview of what got you into doing this work you're doing in the world.Dr. Aumatma (00:28):Yeah. that's a great question. I was in my very, very early thirties kind of married, woke up married to this man, realized that he was starting to talk about kids, and he was like, ready to get into it. And I, I, like everything in my body would just go, like, be screaming no. Every time he said that. And I was like, I married this person, I should really wanna have kids with him. And I tried and tried and I could not get myself to get on board with that. And simultaneously my hormones had gotten out of whack, which I think was like a direct reflection of my body, just screaming, no. Mm-Hmm. like, you're not doing this with this person. But it took, it took me about nine months of research and kind of like diving into the deep end of hormones and fertility to come out with a very clear sense that a lot of the myths that we're often, that we often hear and are taught even in medical school, even in naturopathic medical school around like the fertility cliff at 35, they just weren't true.(01:43):And there's a lot of data around that, but we ignore the data for, for some of these myths that got created in the 1800s, not even through science. So I can, I'm happy to share more about that, but I just feel like that is one of the major things that had me, like, take a step back and say, whoa, if everything that I have been taught is founded on this myth that fertility drops off of a cliff, what else is possible? If that's not true, what else is not true? And then how can I approach this differently? And that's really where I started and why I got so passionate about fertility.Dr. Lauryn (02:27):Yeah. So personal experience, that experience is always the best teacher there, . And I just love the onion layers of of health and functional health too. And just really exploring like, you know, the world is not flat. Huh. And that's something that we've been told. And so yeah. You talk about the myth of fertility dropping off a cliff. Like where, why is that? Or like what are some of the reasonings of that, perhaps conventional thought puts behind that?Dr. Aumatma (02:58):Yeah, so the, the myth actually traced all the way back to the 1800s in France where the Catholic church noted that women over 35 did not...
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    46 mins
  • How Gut and Oral Health are Related with Trina Felber

    How Gut and Oral Health are Related with Trina Felber
    Nov 28 2022
    Trina Felber is the Founder and Creator of Primal Life Organics, the original “Paleo Skincare” company. In this episode, Trina and Dr. Lauryn discuss the close relationship between oral and gut health. Trina shares the oral health products we should avoid and even recommends a few we should implement into our routine! Stay tuned!-Highlights5:45 - Trina talks about her background and what got her into the work she does13:28 - Trina and Dr. Lauryn talk about ulterior motives that could influence the American Dental Association15:29 - The relationship between our mouth and our gut health. They also discuss what bad breath really means…19:05 - Trina shares her thoughts on “conventional” dental health products29:49 - Dental health products that Trina recommends.31:26 - How to learn more about Trina31:44 - How to get a whiter smile33:29 - A wellness hack Trina is excited about-About Trina FelberFounder and Creator of Primal Life Organics.  Life roles include: wife, mother of three, dental health and natural skincare expert, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Yogi, Paleo advocate, and educator.  By nature, Trina loves creating products that heal, soothe, mend and repair the body and soul.Trina is your Natural Health and Beauty Nurse, and she is improving the way you feed your skin.  She is a 34+ year nurse with a Masters in Nursing Anesthesia.  Trina is the international best-selling author of Beauty’s Dirty Secret, skincare and health related speaker/writer and her food-based skincare products have been featured on TV stations all over the country including ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. She is dedicated to helping others realize the dangers in everyday cosmetics and skincare, and spreading awareness for the importance of using plant-base, nutritional skincare products.-Connect with TrinaWebsite | primallifeorganics.comInstagram | primallifeorgYouTube | Trina FelberFacebook | Primal Life Organics, LLC-Connect with Dr. LaurynFacebook | Dr. Lauryn LaxTwitter | @drlaurynlaxInstagram | @drlaurynlaxWebsite | drlauryn.com -Transcript (Episode website contains full transcript)Dr. Lauryn (00:04):Well, hello, Health Detectives. Just another day here at the office, busy quieting the noise in the health, food, and fitness world and flipping both conventional health and holistic wisdom upside down. I'm your host, Dr. Lauryn, former TV news journalist gone health detective and functional medicine expert by way of my own 26-year-old long battle with different chronic illnesses spent seeing over 50 different doctors and trying countless diets, and Dr. Google searches under the sun that could not help until I figured out how to solve the underlying health mysteries from the inside out with an approach I now help hundreds of clients worldwide use today in my virtual functional medicine practice. Something I've been doing even before the pandemic made Zoom calls and yoga pants wearing a thing. And today, I also love helping you solve your greatest health mysteries and challenges on the show. Talking problems like dental health issues, so things like cavities or if you're like me in my former life, a lot of tartar and build up on your teeth or perhaps even bad breath.(01:11):So much of our own health is based in our mouth, and this is an insight I didn't really fully, quite grasp until my own dental issues improved. And that's when I improved a lot of my own lifestyle issues as well. So for years, as long as I can remember, I had a lot of tartar and buildup on my teeth. Every time I'd go to the dentist, it would just be like caked on there. And for whatever reason, I didn't eat a lot of sugar at all, especially during my adult life and my dieting days. And I thought I lived a pretty healthy lifestyle. Well, come to find out, a lot of our mouth health or oral health is a byproduct of our gut health and vice versa. A lot of our gut health is derived from our oral health. So suffice it to say, I had gut issues for most of my life, and I actually had a lot of recurrent SIBO, candida, and just overgrowth, bacterial overgrowth, and dysbiosis in my twenties adult life.(02:13):And I never really correlated that with my oral health until I began to address my gut help. As my gut improved, I cleared up SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. I even discovered I was living in mold at a time and got out of the mold and just cured some of the systemic fungal issues in my body. My oral health dramatically improved, and today I have very little tartar on my teeth and very rarely feel like, you know, I need to go to the dentist. Meaning like I used to feel like I needed a cleaning like three or four times a year just because it was so bad. And all that to say is like health is really an inside job. Your total body health is very much connected to your oral health, and your oral health is a big window to what's going on in your gut health.(03:03):Today I'm so excited to have Trina Felber in the house, who is a registered ...
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    36 mins
  • Deconstructing EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) with Dr. Kasia Kines

    Deconstructing EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) with Dr. Kasia Kines
    Nov 21 2022
    ​​Dr. Kines is the CEO and Founder of Global Epstein-Barr Virus Institute. She is a leader in recovery therapy for chronic EBV, author, wellness expert, and a highly respected doctor of clinical nutrition, a graduate of the prestigious Bastyr University. In this episode, Dr. Kasia and Dr. Lauryn talk about all things EBV, what it is, what the symptoms are, how to live with it, and much much more!-Highlights4:04 - Dr. Kasia talks about her background and what inspired her to pursue the world of the Epstein-Barr virus.9:30 - What is EBV?11:11 - How do you get EBV?12:03 - Studies that are correlating COVID and EBV14:29 - Symptoms of EBV16:48 - How to distinguish symptoms as EBV symptoms18:45 - How accurate are EBV tests?20:12 - How Dr. Kasia interprets EBV tests22:01 - What causes EBV to be reactivated23:56 - What to do if you have EBV28:47 - The role of binders and detoxification30:34 - Common misunderstandings34:58 - How to learn more about Dr. Kasia35:55 - A health hack that Dr. Kasia has recently learned-About Dr. Kasia Kines​​Dr. Kines is the CEO and Founder of Global Epstein-Barr Virus Institute. She is a leader in recovery therapy for chronic EBV, author, wellness expert, and a highly respected doctor of clinical nutrition, a graduate of the prestigious Bastyr University. Since 2005, Dr. Kines has built an international reputation as a functional nutritionist, from being sought after by Johns Hopkins University to her ground-breaking Amazon best-seller book The Epstein-Barr Virus Solution.Dr. Kines has developed an effective proprietary evidence-based methodology to EBV recovery and successful EBV Recovery Program for those suffering from EBV and also trains other practitioners in her methodology in Clinician EBV Training and Certification Program and EBV Practitioner Workshop.Dr. Kines is a passionate advocate for debunking common misinformation about EBV in medical community and lectures on this topic extensively.  She is on a mission to bring the truth about EBV and solution to the world globally, so no one needs to suffer needlessly from this misunderstood virus and its complications. She lives with her husband and their companion animals on San Juan Island, WA.-Connect with Dr. KinesWebsite | ebvhelp.com-Connect with Dr. LaurynFacebook | Dr. Lauryn LaxTwitter | @drlaurynlaxInstagram | @drlaurynlaxWebsite | drlauryn.com -Transcript (Episode website contains full transcript)Dr. Lauryn (00:05):Welcome to the Health Detective Podcast, a show dedicated to quieting the noise in the health, food, and fitness world. I'm your host, Dr. Lauryn, a former TV news journalist and chronic illness patient gone health detective with a master's in Functional Medicine, Nutrition, and my doctorate in occupational therapy, bringing you over 20 years of clinical and personal experience helping patients radically take their health back into their own hands. On this show, we have real conversations with a variety of interesting guests who are all a little bit of a health detective in their own way. Like today's guest, Dr. Kasia Kines, an EBV or Epstein-Barr virus expert and founder of the Global Epstein-Barr Virus Institute. She's the leader in recovery therapy for chronic EBV, an author, a wellness expert, and a highly respected doctor of clinical nutrition from the prestigious Bastyr University. Since 2005, Dr. Kines has built an international reputation as a functional nutritionist, from being sought after by Johns Hopkins University to her groundbreaking Amazon bestseller book, the Epstein-Barr Bar Virus Solution. Dr. Kines has developed an effective proprietary evidence-based methodology for EBV recovery, and this episode is power packed and full of juicy information on understanding all things EBV, which is something that at least 90% of the population has been exposed to at some time, believe it or not. So if you're ever familiar with the mono virus, maybe during college or high school, even the kissing disease is what it may be known as. You have been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus. And while most many folks will recover from this virus and have antibodies for life, meaning like they have remnants of the virus in their body, but it's no longer an active infection, an unprecedented amount of people actually will have chronic EBV because the virus was never fully resolved, or it's been dormant, and it becomes reactivated when exposed to stressors, especially stressors in our environment.(02:16):Things like mold to our diet can definitely impact our flares, so to speak. And EBV, as we discussed today on the episode. So if you've ever wondered about what this EBV thing is about, or you may have even heard, uh, that some people have things like viruses, what is a virus? Um, how can it become reactivated, et cetera? How does it impact things like your energy to, your metabolism, to your brain function? Then you're not gonna wanna miss today's episode. Now, before we dive in if you're liking the show, ...
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    42 mins
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