Health Trip Podcast | Jill Foos Wellness

Health begins in the gut. If you’re a gardener, then you know that healthy soil is crucial to growing healthy plants. Think of your microbiome as the garden from which your overall health grows. The microbiome is the community of microorganisms, including fungi (the mycobiome), bacteria and viruses, that exist in our digestive tract, skin, mouth, and vagina. These microorganisms change in response to a host of environmental factors, such as stress, exercise, diet, medication, toxins, and other exposures.I would say that over 90% of the people that I work with experience some level of GI distress. Initially, they may come to me for weight loss, hair loss, low energy, or a diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, but, low and behold, it always circles back to their gut health. When our gut is inflamed, due to chronic stress, autoimmune diseases, poor diet, food sensitivities, and taking medications, especially antibiotics, we experience negative health consequences. Health consequences could look like skin disorders, such as acne or psoriasis, chronic fatigue, migraines, brain fog, weight gain, mood disorders, and acid reflux. Some negative health conditions not talked about as much when it comes to gut health are erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and asthma. Think about it, if our gut is inflamed, and we are eating an optimal diet full of bioavailable nutrients, our gut cannot properly digest, break down, and absorb the nutrients. If we don’t absorb and utilize nutrients, we can’t make ATP, our energy currency, inside our cells. How is our body going to perform all of the biochemical functions necessary to sustain optimal life if we don’t have enough energy? Our body’s job is to keep us in a state of homeostasis and when it’s not, certain decisions have to be made. We don’t need hair to survive, and growing hair requires nutrients and energy. A healthy gut is imperative for good health and most people have no idea how to make that happen for themselves. Our microbiome directs how we look, feel and think.Afif Ghannoum is co-founder of the first total microbiome company, BIOHM Health, where he has commercialized consumer probiotics and microbiome testing kits that target the dual role that fungi and bacteria play in the digestive tract. He co-founded BIOHM with his father, Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum, who is one of the world’s leading minds in medical mycology.  A biotechnology attorney by training, Afif has turned his biotechnology innovations into consumer products that have sold in more than 27,000 retail locations in the United States. He has also licensed technology to a global pharmaceutical company that is now sold in more than 100,000 retail locations.Find Biohm Health here:website: https://www.biohmhealth.com/fb: https://www.facebook.com/biohmhealthtwitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/biohmhealthIG: https://www.instagram.com/biohmhealth/Take their online gut quiz: https://www.guttesting.com/ Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having.  This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.  

ADHD looks different in everyone, usually coexisting with other conditions, such as depression, anxiety, OCD, disruptive behavior disorders, learning disabilities, sleep disorders, and substance abuse. There’s a wide spectrum of symptoms.Here are some current stats:It’s estimated that from 2016-2019, kids ages 3-17, 6 million were diagnosed with ADHD.50% of those also had a behavioral disorder30% had anxiety17% had depression77% of these kids received some type of treatmentADHD treatments range from pharmacologic interventions to more holistic approaches, and some combine the two. Most people’s experiences, such as mine when my kids were young, were meeting with your pediatrician or psychiatrist and being sent home with a script for a stimulant, told when to have your child take it, and to check back in 30 days. If that med didn’t work, there were a host of others to try. If that approach didn’t work, then you were sent home with multiple scripts to work together. Meanwhile, your child was zombie-like, not eating or sleeping, not hanging with their friends anymore, BUT they also weren’t bouncing off the wall.What else can we do for our ADHD kids who will become teens, young adults, and older adults someday? I’m not against medication, for some, it’s very helpful. But, we must ask how diet, nutrition, supplements, sleep hygiene, exercise, and stress management all affect these symptoms.My guest today, Dana Kay, a board-certified holistic health and nutrition practitioner, two times International best-selling author, and the CEO and founder of the ADHD Thrive Institute. As a mother of a child with ADHD, she knows firsthand the struggles that come with parenting a neurodiverse child and the freedom that is possible once parents learn to reduce ADHD symptoms. Dana has been featured in Forbes and Authority Magazine and on Medium, Influencive, Thrive Global, and various other online media. She has also been a guest at multiple parenting and ADHD summits and podcasts. Her mission is to help families reduce ADHD symptoms naturally so that children with ADHD can thrive at home, at school, and in life. You can find Dana here:website: https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/ FB: adhdthriveinstitute IG: adhdthriveinstituteYoutube: ADHDThriveInstituteMedical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.

The aftermath of the Women's Health Initiative (1990s), left millions of women confused and scared about their risk of developing breast cancer if they used hormone therapy. The science was later debunked due to the study's flaws, but the dark cloud of fear still reigns. Can we undo the damage?October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I am celebrating my mother, a breast cancer survivor, and all the women (and men) who’ve battled this terrible disease. In 1991, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute began the largest clinical trial in the US to better understand how these diseases (breast cancer, heart disease, stroke, blood clots), affected post-menopausal women. More than 160,000 women, ages 50-79 participated in this 15-year-long study. In 2002, results found that post-menopausal women taking estrogen and progestin HRT had an increased risk for all of the diseases I listed before. As a result of these findings, millions of women stopped taking hormones, many doctors stopped prescribing these hormones, and the study was halted prematurely. Years later, it was discovered that the study wasn’t all that kosher. There were flaws.By the time the flaws were discovered, the damage had already been done. Women, who would have been protected against these diseases, were now suffering from menopausal symptoms, a staggering increase in heart disease (the #1 killer for women post-menopause), hip fractures (in one study I read, there were an estimated 43,000 hip fractures reported each year after the study stopped), and those women are now much too old to begin thinking about HRT, like my mother.Millions of women do not take hormones for fear of developing breast cancer. Their fear stems from either being misinformed or misguided by their doctor or they haven’t had the opportunity to talk to their doctor about their options. Meanwhile, they experience night sweats, brain fog, loss of lean muscle mass, increased body fat, low to no libido, hair loss, and don’t sleep. At the end of the day, we all get to make our own choices, but let’s just make that choice based on education, knowledge, and the current medical science.To help break this all down for us, I have invited an exceptional guest to today’s episode. Dr. Jenn Simmons was a breast cancer surgeon and a leader in cancer care in Philadelphia. After spending 17 years as Philly’s top breast surgeon, her own illness led her to discover functional medicine. In 2019, she left her esteemed surgical position for a new life as a functional medicine doctor and founded Real Health MD with the mission to help women with breast cancer truly heal. Dr. Jenn believes that we all have the ability to live healthy and productive lives. Her integrative approach takes into account your physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being.Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.Find Dr. Jenn here:website: www.realhealthmd.comFB: RealHealth MDIG: drjennsimmonstwitter: Dr. Jenn SimmonsRegister now for Beyond The Cancer Summit:https://bit.ly/3HnYp1f

Health coaching dates as far back as the 1960s. Today, there are over 128,000 health coaches in the US certified by hundreds of programs. We can be found in hospital settings, doctors' offices, corporations, health insurance companies, spas, local and state government agencies, and working as independent business owners, like myself. Health coaches write cookbooks, diet & lifestyle books, their personal journey books, and host podcasts, like me again.Health coaches come in all different flavors, most of us specialize in a health & wellness topics, such as autoimmune conditions, menopause, weight loss, trauma, chronic pain, sleep, stress management, ADHD, parents of autistic kids, Lyme disease, hair loss, and just feeling your best during middle age. The list goes on and on.Some health coaches, like myself, go on the become a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, which means that we’ve been trained at the highest level possible, conducted 50 hours of coaching, and studied for and took the Board Exam developed under the wings of The National Board of Medical Examiners.So, what is a health coach anyways?In this 3-part series, I speak with three very different health coaches about what we do, how we’re trained, what skill sets we use, how we differ from nutritionists and dieticians, how we work with our clients, and everything in between. My goal is to make sure that you walk away from this episode truly understanding the ins and outs of health coaching and why so many people, like yourself perhaps, would benefit from working with one.Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.In part 1, I spoke with Michael Krug. Michael is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM-CPT). He has been practicing since 2018 and works with busy professional men to help them build strength and lose weight while increasing their energy and confidence. Though he currently embodies health, Michael has seen both ends of the health spectrum. In 2012 at the age of 20, Michael weighed 275 pounds, his blood pressure was 160/10 (with medication), he had dropped out of college, and was dealing with extreme depression. Through years of trial and learning, Michael developed simple but powerful strategies to reclaim his own health and now coaches others to do the exact same.In part 2, I spoke with Jen Bruno. Jen is a Board-Certified Health Coach (NBC-HWC) and ACE-Certified Personal Trainer who is passionate about health and wellness, behavior change, and inspiring people to live their healthiest and happiest lives. She has been a Certified Personal Trainer since 2008 and a Certified Holistic Health Coach since 2011 and has maintained a private practice for much of this time while also working in corporate wellness. She is certified through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), Wellcoaches, the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches, the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, and the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) as a Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach.In part 3, I spoke with Ashley Honeycutt. Ashlee is the Director of Health Coaching Operations for YourCoach.Health and a Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach who has a passion for behavior change and supporting health coaches. She began her career as an educator, teaching elementary school and eventually moving into school administration, before discovering a zest for empowering healthy humans to achieve their best selves and live a life they love. Find the coaches information below:Michael KrugWebsite: coachkrug.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/michael_krug/FB: https://www.facebook.com/kruger188/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachkrug/Jen BrunoWebsite: www.jbrunofitness.comIG: www.instagram.com/jenbrunofitness/Ashley HoneycuttWebsite: https://yourcoach.health/IG: yourcoachhealth

Photobiomodulation, light therapy, low-level laser therapy, and red light therapy all mean the same thing and act on the mitochondria within all of our cells to create more energy. Healthy cells that produce more ATP, our energy currency, mean healthier everything. Benefits include growing more hair, boosting cell proliferation, repairing tissues, reducing inflammation, gut health, skin health, regulating the circadian rhythm, increasing energy, regulating mood, improving blood flow, and so much more. I bought my first red light therapy device for my hair, which helped me stop my decades-long battle with hair loss due to hormonal imbalances and hypothyroidism. Seeing the positive effects on my hair growth propelled me into the world of purchasing a full-body at-home device. I have experienced improved sleep, an increased libido, glowing skin (I no longer visit my aesthetician more than once a year), exercise performance and recovery, and mental clarity. I use it every day for 20 minutes and look forward to that time when I can relax and focus on my breathing. For those of you who struggle with meditation, like me, I find that sitting in front of my red light therapy box offers me that daily time to just be.My guest today is Kris Sweeting, the founder of EMR-Tek, a Canadian-based red light therapy device company. At 3 years old, Kris developed an autoimmune condition called vitiligo. Vitiligo is a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells (called melanocytes). This results in discolored patches in different areas of the body, including the skin, hair, and mucous membranes. Kris met with many doctors and the advice ranged from staying out of the sun to using an umbrella to shield himself from the sunlight. By 9 years old the disease had spread to all regions of his body. His mother discovered a doctor in Germany who specialized in light medicine and prescribed Narrowband Ultraviolet light therapy. By 14 years old pigment had returned to normal, except for his hands and feet. Kris’s condition is now stable. His life experiences are what led him to believe that all people deserve natural options that are effective and safe to improve their overall health and wellness.Kris breaks down the biochemical mechanism of how red light therapy works, what to look for when shopping for your at-home device, how to start using it, and who may not be a good candidate.Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.Where you can find EMR-TEK products:website: https://emr-tek.com/FB: ElectromagneticRevolutionIG: emrtekincUse code: JFWELLNESS for an additional 20% savings

Today, I am focusing on men’s health, specifically testosterone. About 40-45% of men over 45 years old have low testosterone, or low “T”. Younger men can also experience low T, even when in their 20’s. Low testosterone levels are correlated with poor nutrition, age, sedentary lifestyle, poor sleep, alcohol or drug use, prescription drug use, exposure to toxins, stress, and genetics. There are serious health risks associated with low T, such as an increase in cardiovascular disease, osteopenia, or osteoarthritis, a decrease in lean body mass, our longevity organ, chronic brain fog, and of course, sexual dysfunction. Low T leads to depression, more stress and a feeling of hopelessness and low confidence.One of the first questions I ask my male clients is, “How’s your libido?” because it tells me a lot of information about his health and lifestyle. It’s a fantastic marker to look at for overall health in men. The good news is that there are many options and lifestyle changes available to optimize testosterone levels. My guest today is Dr. Tracy Gapin. Dr. Gapin is board certified by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a leading GAINSWave provider and founded the Gapin Institute for High Performance Medicine in 2017, focused on helping men optimize their health so they can fulfill their highest potential. He offers a personalized path to helping men maximize their physical, cognitive, and sexual health. Dr. Gapin is also the author of the best-selling book Male 2.0: Cracking the Code to Limitless Health and Vitality.To connect with Dr. Gapin:website: www.drtracygapin.comFB: drtracygapinIG: drtracygapinYoutube: Dr. Tracy GapinTwitter: DrGapinText Health26786 for your free guideTo order his free book, Male 2.0, FREE, follow this link:https://tracygapin.clickfunnels.com/optin325483210Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast. 

If you’re experiencing hair loss, this episode is for you. I have suffered for over 20 years with on-again, off-again, female pattern hair loss, or Androgenic Alopecia. This type of hair loss in men and women is generally caused by hormonal changes, aging, and genetics. Hormonal changes in women could be triggered by using birth control, going through menopause, and taking Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), or Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT). In fact, most women experience hair loss during their menopausal years. The main difference between men and women with pattern hair loss, is just that, the pattern in which hair is lost. For women, it results in a wider part down the middle, thinning around the crown and temples. For men, hair loss is more focused on a receding hair line that moves towards the back until bald. Either way, it’s devastating. While some men rock a bald head and it’s more socially acceptable, women want full, lush, thick, and shiny hair all over their heads. There are other forms of hair loss, including Telogen Effluvium, when significantly more hairs move from the growing phase to the shedding phase and can occur after a traumatic or stressful experience, such as going through a divorce, death of a loved one, massive weight loss from dieting, surgery, and childbirth. When my hair loss started over 27 years ago, it was during the decade I birthed 5 of my kids. If you’re living with an autoimmune condition, you may also experience hair loss. If you’re malnourished, undereating, or lacking to consume enough protein, you may also experience hair loss. As you can see, there are many biological pathways that can lead to hair loss.My hair loss to hair growth journey has led me down a long path trying different protocols. Through my own experience and research, I've learned that there’s no one size fits all approach and that stacking multiple protocols is essential for healthy hair growth. I started a new, stacked protocol about 9 months ago and have completely reversed my hair loss and now have my lush curls back, with increased hair volume. Today, I have invited one of the country’s top hair restoration experts to share with us the current science around hair loss and hair growth. Dr. Alan Bauman is a full-time board-certified hair restoration physician. He has treated over 33,000 patients, and has performed over 10,000 hair transplant procedures and over 10,000 PRPs since starting his medical hair loss practice, Bauman Medical in 1997, a 12,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art “Hair Hospital” in downtown Boca Raton, FL.Dr. Bauman is one of approximately only 200 physicians worldwide to achieve certification from the esteemed American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS). He is known for pioneering numerous technologies in the field of hair restoration including minimally-invasive FUE Follicular Unit Extraction, VIP|FUE™ No-Shave Hair Transplant, Low-Level Laser Therapy, PRP Platelet Rich Plasma, PDOgro™, Eyelash Transplants, and others. He is a frequently invited faculty member and guest expert at numerous international scientific meetings and live surgery workshops and has been featured in hundreds of news stories in the media. You may have seen him on NBC Today, CBS Early Show, ABC Good Morning America, CNN, The Doctors, Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth, Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey, or featured in Men’s Health, GQ, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, Oprah Magazine and many more. Dr. Bauman was voted “#1 Top Hair Restoration Surgeon” in North America by Aesthetic Everything for the 6th consecutive year, “Top Hair Restoration Surgeon of the Decade”, and received the 2022 “Lifetime Achievement Award in Hair Restoration”. Forbes also recognized him as one of “10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America.”In this podcast, Dr. Bauman explains how the hair follicle functions, what triggers hair loss, the landscape of hair supplements and their efficacy, how nutrition plays a large role in hair growth, and the various hair growth modalities available to help reverse hair loss. We also talk about stacking a variety of protocols together for best results, red light therapy caps, and different tests available to personalize your hair growth journey.To contact Dr. Bauman, or Bauman Medical:website: https://www.baumanmedical.com/FB: https://www.facebook.com/baumanmedicalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/baumanmedicalTo hear my personal hair loss journey from hair loss to hair growth, check out episode #29:https://www.jillfooswellness.com/podcast/my-personal-hair-loss-to-hair-regrowth-journeyBy listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.

Conventional medicine and functional medicine approaches butt heads when it comes to optimizing the thyroid gland. The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland situated at the base of the front of your neck, just below your Adam's apple, and controls your metabolism, or how your body converts the food you eat into energy the body can use, such as regulating how fast your heart beats, how deep you breathe, and whether or not you lose or gain weight. The thyroid can also regulate body temperature, cholesterol levels, and women’s menstrual cycles.  Twenty-three years ago I had a partial thyroidectomy, removing ½ of my thyroid, due to nodules and a cancer scare. Luckily, I did not have cancer. However, the removal of my thyroid has led me down a path of health-related issues for many years, including chronic hair shedding and thinning, depression, lack of motivation and focus, insomnia, and losing weight or gaining weight. I continue to struggle with mild insulin resistance.  My libido was affected for years, and I experienced waves of chronic fatigue during the day. My story is not unique. There are many women, and men, suffering from thyroid disease, and getting the equation right is crucial to overall health and wellness.There’s hypothyroidism, which is what I have, hyperthyroidism, Grave’s disease, and Hashimoto’s, as well as goiter’s. Getting your thyroid tested in the conventional healthcare model is incomplete, often not receiving the proper tests to look at the full story of your thyroid health. The results are also skewed, using “normal” lab ranges versus the functional medicine approach, which includes a comprehensive thyroid lab panel, looking at “optimal” ranges. In the world of “normal” ranges, you are being compared to about 90% of the population, which these days, is pretty ill. Do you want to be compared to a 72-year-old, diabetic woman with heart disease? I do not.My guest today is going to share her expertise on all things thyroid related. She’s going to talk about what to do if you suspect your thyroid is not functioning properly, or what to do if you’ve been working with a doctor who may not be serving you and your thyroid any longer. Dr. Amie Hornaman, a.k.a The Thyroid-Fixer, is a woman on a mission to optimize thyroid patients around the world and give them their lives back using her proprietary transformational program: The FIX Method. She is also the founder of the Institute for Thyroid and Hormone Optimization. After her own experience of insufferable symptoms, misdiagnoses, and improper treatment, Dr. Amie set out to help others who she KNEW were going through the same set of frustrations and who were on the same medical roller coaster.  She grabs your hand, gives you answers about your health that no one has told you, and gives you the actual tools and personalized treatment to fix you. What makes her program unique is the extra support and accessibility that you can’t find anywhere else. That’s the transformational journey. With a focus on optimizing thyroid and hormone function, and thus optimizing her patients, Dr. Amie looks at you as a unique individual and not JUST a lab value. She examines all factors that tie into thyroid dysfunction and thyroid symptoms and FIXES you to give you your life back.  Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having.  This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.To contact Dr. Amie Hornaman:website: https://dramiehornaman.com/FB: amiehornamanIG: dramiehornamanYoutube: DrAmieHornaman

Hair loss affects well over 100 million people. For men, it’s more socially acceptable to lose your hair, although I’m sure most men would like to have hair. For women, not so much. Women want a full head of hair. When we start seeing it shed, thin, and lose its volume, and see our hairline moving, it’s terrifying. And, not just because of how it looks and feels, but because we know that something deeper is causing it. And, that loss of control is heart-wrenching. We literally put the future of our hair in the hands of doctors, that may not have a clue as to how to reverse it.My own hair loss started after giving birth to my 5 kids over two decades ago. After having a partial thyroidectomy 23 years ago, I experienced even more hair loss. A stressful divorce and perimenopause 5 years ago only exacerbated it. My hair loss journey is not unique. There are so many women going through similar devastation watching their hair fall out.I started to research red light therapy devices for my own hair loss, knowing that time was of the essence. I was totally confused about what to look for and ended up watching a ton of videos, researching how red light therapy worked on hair follicles and looking at the devices the top hair growth doctors offered to their clients on their websites.My guest today is Dr. Michael Rabin, MD, MBA, an entrepreneur and innovator in the hair restoration industry. He is the founder of LaserCap Company and the inventor of the LaserCap, the original laser therapy cap, FDA cleared for hair regrowth in men and women. LaserCap uses a treatment known as low-level light therapy in which skin is exposed to low amounts of light that will penetrate through the scalp's surface and stimulate the hair follicle beneath.Dr. Rabin received both his MD and MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.Dr. Rabin walks us through the many nuances of red light therapy and hair growth, including how it works, how often to use it, what’s important to look for when purchasing an at-home device and how red light therapy caps are best used as part of a stacked hair growth protocol, which may include topicals and supplementation. We talk about building a healthy lifestyle to support red light therapy use, including eating a nutrient-dense diet with optimal amounts of animal-based proteins, working on managing one’s stress, getting restorative sleep, and exercising.Medical Disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having. This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.To contact Dr. Rabin and LaserCap:website: https://lasercap.com/IG: lasercapFB: https://www.facebook.com/LasercapCompanyUSAYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFskkTWWb-Zii8dn_YC4HgTo purchase a LaserCap, please use code JFWELLNESS for a 10% savings on their website. To hear more podcasts on hair loss, including my personal story, please visit https://www.jillfooswellness.com/health-trip-podcast

Emotional stress is a major contributing factor to the six leading causes of death in the United States: cancer, coronary heart disease, accidental injuries, respiratory disorders, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide.The top five most stressful life events include:Death of a loved oneDivorceMovingMajor illness or injuryJob lossStress affects the way in which our genes are expressed through epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of what turns our genes on or off, like a light switch. When we are chronically stressed about a work deadline, a bad relationship, emotional eating, and so on, our genes will negatively change. Stress causes you to gain weight, lose hair, feel anxious/depressed, lower your cognitive functioning, affect your sleep, change the way you breathe, lowers your motivation to take care of yourself and much more. Women who are on birth control or who are transitioning through menopause experience stress. Certain medications can induce stress. Going on a severe diet can induce stress.Stress is the foundation of creating those stories in our head that hold us back.My guest today is going to share with us what exactly is going on biochemically and emotionally when stress hits us and how to help ourselves improve our skillsets to handle stress differently.Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo is the authority on how to crush your inner critic so that you can live a life of purpose, fulfillment and True Success. Dr. E is a licensed practicing psychologist, with a Ph. D.She’s America’s most trusted celebrity psychologist with over 100 national media interviews including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz, Forbes, and countless others. She’s also Shaquille O’Neal’s “Head Coach for Happiness” Dr. E is on a mission to help you recognize your REAL self-worth, manage your stress, and kick-ass in life.Find Dr. E here:facebook: https://www.elizabethlombardo.com/twitter: https://twitter.com/DrELombardoyoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/erlombardoinstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drelombardo/Interested in working with Dr. E: https://www.elizabethlombardo.com/contactDr. E’s books: https://www.elizabethlombardo.com/programsMedical disclaimer:By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or for making any lifestyle changes to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others. Consult your own physician for any medical issues that you may be having.  This entire disclaimer also applies to any of my guests on my podcast.