Episode 497: Q&A Grab Bag

Grab your wired non-EMF headphones and go for a walk during this fun listen with Ali Miller RD. In this Grab Bag Q&A she covers the health benefits of copper, if sunglasses can cause more sunburn, and best ways to prevent sunburn and clean sunscreen. She also discusses non-toxic cookware and storage with up-to-date research on dangers of using aluminum foil as well as preferred cooking and storage materials. Ali unpacks more on her Protein Sparing Modified Fast approach and how you can cycle in sprints to accelerate body fat burn without the side effects of injectable weight loss drugs.

Episode 496: Mold Toxicity with the Tox Doc

Is mold the hidden toxin that is making you chronically ill? Racing heart, chronic congestion, anxiety, chronic fatigue, migraines, and even autoimmune conditions can be tied to mold exposure and issues with detoxification. In this guest episode, Ali Miller RD interviews Dr. Diana Stafford “The Detox Doc” about mold-related illness, remediation, and detoxification. Dr. Stafford shares her personal story on mold impacting her household and how she shifted her career from conventional to functional medicine. Ali and Diana nerd out on various supplements and compounds to support liver, gut, and binders to trap toxins.

Dr. Stafford shares where to look for mold in the home, ways to offset exposure at work or outside of home environments, and the importance of keeping humidity limited. Learn about why the nervous system is so impacted by mold as well as the connection between mold and candida. .

Episode 495: Essential Blood Markers for Wellness

What do your annual lab markers mean and are you getting a thorough assessment of your health? In this podcast, Ali Miller RD, walks through 47 essential biomarkers in the Naturally Nourished Comprehensive Wellness Panel. You will learn about the status of your white blood cells and red blood cells, markers of chronic infection, anemia, and even indicators of parasite activity. Ali will unpack in detail a comprehensive metabolic panel so you understand the fasting glucose and dawn phenomenon connection, markers of liver and kidney health, and how to support detoxification as well as further assess function with GGT and uric acid.

Beyond typical cholesterol markers and the ideal range, learn about the importance of ratios and other added markers such as homocysteine, ApoB, and CRP. Understand the blood sugar story connecting the dots of fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HgbA1C% and other ways to bring blood sugar levels into ideal range to support body fat burn. Learn about functional ranges of thyroid markers and food-as-medicine for iodine, selenium, and zinc.