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[Originally published on June 10, 2013] Nell is one of the collaborators of The Paleo Diet Cookbook with Dr. Loren Cordain, PhD and Lorrie Cordain, and the author of Paleoista, Gain Energy, Get Lean, and Feel Fabulous with the Diet You Were Born to Eat. Tell us your personal story about going gluten free and then Paleo? Tell us about following a Paleo diet and racing in IronMan competitions? What...

[Originally published on June 2nd, 2013] How do you define the gut? Why do you call the gut the Achilles heel of your body? What causes gut dysfunction? Disease as survival mechanism (major diseases, discussed, depression, heart disease, allergies, autoimmune diseases), – What is the mechanism for depression? – What is the mechanism for autoimmune? Tell us about Biofilms. What are they and why are...

[Originally published on May 27, 2013] The Basics What is Gluten? Why is there so much talk about Gluten today? Tell us a little about how the spectrum of intensity of gluten. What differences have you seen with your patients? What is leaky gut? Symptoms of Celiac and Gluten Intolerance What are some of the major symptoms you have seen? What are the symptoms where it is essential to remove gluten?...

[Originally published on May 19, 2013] In this podcast episode, Dr. Myers will discuss everything she knows about mold and mycotoxin.  The Story What are mycotoxins? You just came back from a conference on mycotoxins, any new interesting research you found? How did you get interested in this area? Are more people being affected by mycotoxins then before? Patients Cases / Stories What are some pati...

[Originally published on May 13, 2013] Intro What on earth is Candida? Candida is a fungus, which is a form of yeast, a very small amount of which lives in your mouth and intestines. Its job is to aid with digestion and nutrient absorption, but when it is overproduced it breaks down the wall of the intestine and penetrates the bloodstream, releasing toxic byproducts into your body and causing leak...

[Originally published on May 6, 2013] Big Picture “Chris Kresser notes that one in eight women have Hashimoto’s disease as well as up to 10% of women over 60 have clinical or subclinical hypothyroidism.” 1. How common are thyroid issues today? 2. What are the most common Thyroid issues? Mini Med School 1. What is the thyroid and what does it do? 2. What is A brief explanation of the TSH, T4, T3, T...

[Originally published on April 28, 2013] In this podcast, John Rosania, VP of Clean, interviews Dr. Amy Myers about her program The Myers Way and what it can do for our health. Setting the Stage *Dr. Myers’ response to recent NY Times’ article “The Boy With a Thorn in His Joints” The Myers Way Program (Comprehensive Elimination Diet) *What is it and how does it work? *How it helps to find the sour...

[Originally published on April 22nd, 2013] Before Med School Dr Myers’ first interest in medicine How you can be eating “health” food but they may be the wrong foods for you. What she learned during in the Peace Corps in Paraguay? The Med school years Why she went to medical school instead of a naturopathic school What medical school is actually like How medical school does not focus on nutrition...