The Cabral Concept

Dr. Stephen Cabral

The Cabral Concept by Dr. Cabral was created for you, the health conscious individual looking to discover the little known factors to ideal wellness, weight loss, and anti-aging. We uncover the root causes of why you're feeling stuck and unable to attain your goals and the action steps needed to live the life you always dreamed of. Plus, every day I answer your natural health wellness, weight loss, mindset, product review, and longevity questions. By following the Cabral Concept of "Change Your Body - Change Your Life," our community believes that by first rebalancing your body and mind, you will then be motivated to conquer any goals you set for yourself in life. I look forward to sharing these real world, proven, holistic strategies with you straight from my Boston Naturopathic, Ayurvedic, and Functional Medicine practice!

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Jan 23, 2023 • 19min

2544: Why You Haven't Manifested Your Desires Yet (MM)

Can you truly manifest anything you want in this life? I believe you can achieve all that you desire by asking for what you want, visualizing that it has been done, and being grateful for the outcome. But there is one key component to manifesting that most people overlook, and I want to share that with you today. Join me on today's #CabralConcept 2544 where I go over the missing secret to manifesting all that you want in life so you can reach the goals and dreams you set for yourself - Enjoy the show and let me know what you thought! - - - For Everything Mentioned In Today's Show: StephenCabral.com/2544 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!

Jan 22, 2023 • 23min

2543: Cow's Milk, Decaf Coffee, Artichoke Extract, Collagen & Bone Broth, COA (HouseCall)

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend! I'm looking forward to sharing with you some of our community's questions that have come in over the past few weeks… Megan: Hi, I've been wrestling with the way we eat now with how people have eaten for years. Why do we now survive on milked nuts and oats instead of regular milk? Why do we use powders and substitutions instead of homemade cheese and bread and butter? I just don't understand how for so many years that was a staple food and now all of a sudden we're all allergic and we're all avoiding it (including my 5 year old son whose allergic to diary) As a family we're reading little house on the prairie where they talk about having milk and cheese and butter and it seems like our eating now is so different and complicated … I guess that's a long winded question for why? Why is it so different now even if I get raw milk from a good farm my son gets sick or homemade sourdough bread. Kristen: I drink Purity brand coffee per your recommendation. I see they have a decaf option that is "decaffeinated with a chemical-free natural water process that removes 99.9% of caffeine and retains high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Do you recommend this decaf option? Thanks! Rebecca: Hi Dr. Cabral! I have been hearing a lot about artichoke extract for estrogen dominance recently. I have been taking DIM for quite a while and the one time I tried to go off of it I started breaking out again (breakouts = my main symptom). After over 10 years of trial and error, DIM seems to be the thing that has the most positive effect on my symptoms. I know i'm still missing a piece of the puzzle and I plan to do more lab testing when i'm able, but I live in New York. I was wondering if you could compare/contrast a bit about the differences between DIM & Artichoke extract and when you would recommend/avoid either of them. Also since my body is so reliant on DIM I was wondering what this tells me/what I can do? I eat well, exercise, get 8 hours of sleep, & don't drink or smoke.Thank you! Josh: Is it ok to mix collagen and bone broth with daily nutritional support. Thanks Natasha: Hi Dr Cabral, thanks so much for doing all that you do! As an IHP, I tell all my clients to beware of any products that won't disclose their COAs. Unfortunately I'm in a tough spot with wanting to recommend the DNS, Vit C, etc, but not being able to see the COAs. If you test for all of this, why can it not be disclosed and any plans to do so in the near future? Thanks so much! Thank you for tuning into this weekend's Cabral HouseCalls and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Mindset & Motivation Monday show to get your week started off right! - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/2543 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!

Jan 21, 2023 • 25min

2542: Cholesterol & Pregnancy, Kidney Stones, CADASIL, Fasting & HRV, Egg Freezing (HouseCall)

Welcome back to our weekend Cabral HouseCall shows! This is where we answer our community's wellness, weight loss, and anti-aging questions to help people get back on track! Check out today's questions: Jessica: When I don't understand something I turn to Dr. Cabral! Thank you for being a trusting person to learn and seek information. My question is.. Is there a correlation to a rise in cholesterol and pregnancy? I haven't seen this asked before on the ask Cabral episodes… I recently got a lipid panel done and was completely shocked to see that my cholesterol went from 172 in April to 283 in October. I am 26 weeks pregnant with my third baby. Brianna: Hi! I've been listening to your podcast for months now and I've learned so many helpful things not only for myself but for my family as well. I'm so incredibly grateful for the work you and your team do. A little background, I'm 25 and have had large kidney stones made up of calcium that have required surgery twice in the past 6 years and I just found out I have stones again. (Yay me) This time around, I was told I have medullary sponge kidneys which I've done some research about and the most I can find to help prevent the stones is to lower sodium intake. I already don't eat meat or dairy, drink 80-100oz of water a day and tend to stay away from processed foods as much as possible. Is there anything else that would be helpful? Maybe a calcium supplement? Thank you so much! Heather: Hi Dr. Cabral! Can you please tell me what you know about CADASIL? I've looked in your podcast archives and couldn't find anything about it. It runs in my best friend's family (her mom, aunt, and uncle all had it and passed away from it), and now my friend started experiencing stroke-like symptoms and was admitted to the hospital where they said she had a stroke in her sleep. She's only 26 years old. Appreciate any insight/advise you can give me on this. Thanks so much for all you do. -Heather Stephanie: Hi doctor Cabral, I absolutely love your podcast and had a quick question: they say that fasting can be stressful for your body- especially if you're a pre-menopausal woman. However, I've noticed that during a longer fast (20-24 hrs), my night-time HRV and deep sleep both double, which I thing means that I'm recovering and not stressing my body. Do you agree, or am I looking at this the wrong way? Thanks so much for your answer! Whitney: Hello! I am a 35 y/o female and having a hard time making the decision to have a child/children or not. Fertility is likely not an issue for me but I have yet to get lab work to confirm. As my age is getting closer to the cutoff for child bearing my anxiety over this continues to increase, so I wanted to freeze my eggs to stop the clock on the decision. So my question to you is: 1) Is it better to freeze my eggs asap because of my age, or do you think I can hold off still and improve the quality of my eggs by diet/lifestyle inventions to freeze better quality eggs in the future ? And 2) What are your thoughts on egg freezing and IVF in general / might I be undervaluing the importance of getting pregnant naturally? I understand this is a nuanced convo & appreciate your thoughts! Thank you for tuning into today's Cabral HouseCall and be sure to check back tomorrow where we answer more of our community's questions! - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/2542 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!

Jan 20, 2023 • 28min

2541: New Fitness Smart Watch Review, Kids Journaling Book, Vitamin D & Bacterial Vaginosis Research (FR)

Welcome back to this week's #FridayReview where I can't wait to share with you the best of the week! I'm looking forward to reviewing: 30% off EquiLife Immunity Products Garmin Fenix 7 Watch (product review) My 2023 Mindset Growth Journal (book review) Vitamin D & Bacterial Vaginosis (research) For all the details tune into this week's #CabralConcept 2541 – Enjoy the show and let me know what you thought! - - - For Everything Mentioned In Today's Show: StephenCabral.com/2541 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!

Jan 19, 2023 • 18min

2536: Sauna & Breast Implants, Meningococcal Meningitis, Adenomyosis, Acne & Staphylococcus, Chronic Headaches (HouseCall)

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend! I'm looking forward to sharing with you some of our community's questions that have come in over the past few weeks… Jessica: Thank you for all you do! I have learned so much about healing myself though your podcast and running your tests as well as doing the functional medicine detox and the heavy metal detox! For my question… I know the benefits of infrared sauna. I have also heard that for women with breast implants it can cause those heavy metals to leak out of them. I was hoping that you could shed some light on this and advise if women with implants should in fact use an infrared sauna? Thank you so much! Anonymous: Dr. Cabral, I am curious if you have any experience with long term effects of meningococcal meningitis. I had it when I was an infant and, from what I was told, it was very severe. I am now 28 and struggle with very poor gut motility and overall circulation, causing unbearable constipation/trapped gas and a multitude of of problems in cold weather with my hands and feet. I don't know if there is any connection between these problems and my illness as an infant, but it is really the only major trauma event that could have caused something. I exercise daily, get good sleep, and eat extremely clean. I've tried cutting out nearly every type of food to see if there was a culprit on my plate, but to no avail. I've seen every doctor, ran FM more labs than I can afford, and am still left confused. Danica: Hi Dr. Cabral! I was recently diagnosed with adenomyosis. I can't find much in your past podcasts about it, so I was hoping you could talk a little about ideas for natural remedies. The main treatments are hysterectomy and uterine artery embolization, neither of which I want to do. I appreciate you! Anonymous: Hi Dr Cabral, last 2 years I've had painful cystic acne on my upper back, many UTIs, & earlier this year I got impetigo around my mouth at the same time as I was battling hand food mouth. also get athletes foot in winter. Because of these issues, I've been thinking I maybe have a staphylococcus bacteria problem as this seems to be what many functional medicine drs believe can cause cystic acne. Candida metabolic vitamins test didn't seem to show elevated bacterial markers, but showed my vitamin C level at zero. Other labs showed CRP is at 16. I'm 34 & eat well, but stressed with small kids. In 2021, my cortisol was flatlined low all day. My TSH is borderline hyper. Question: 1) what are your thoughts? 2) what type of lab test can I run to specifically check for a staph infection? Shannon: Hi Dr. Cabral, I appreciate your time and insight and have enjoyed learning so much from you on these podcasts. My twelve year old son has been having chronic headaches for at least 5 months now. In addition, he had alopecia post C in 2020 (his hair has mostly grown back now however his upper eyelashes are still missing), plus allergies to dust, mold, cats, dogs, grass, and some trees. He is congested with very poor sense of smell all the time. I am beginning to think his headaches are due to sinusitis and possibly that his eyelashes aren't growing back because of the constant inflammation in his eyes. I would appreciate any advice as to how to help him. I have him on Quercitin , Vit. C and nettle tea already. Thank you. Thank you for tuning into this weekend's Cabral HouseCalls and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Mindset & Motivation Monday show to get your week started off right! - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/2536 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!

Jan 14, 2023 • 20min

2535: Vertical Heterophoria, Emotional Eating, Collagen & Cartilage, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Severe Acne, Reduce Sweating (HouseCall)

Welcome back to our weekend Cabral HouseCall shows! This is where we answer our community's wellness, weight loss, and anti-aging questions to help people get back on track! Check out today's questions: Tiffany: Good morning Dr. Cabral. Your information and detox have helped me so much over the past year and I am on a mission to do the best for myself and family that I can. I was diagnosed with vertical heterophoria or BVD several years ago. I get terrible anxiety usually while driving and I had a panic attack while going over an extremely high bridge and now I am very anxious whenever I have to drive over bridges. I am usually a very bold person and would not really consider myself anxious, except in these circumstances. Any advice you could give for dealing with this condition? I could not find this topic covered in the podcasts. I do work in front of a computer for 8-10 hours a day but do try to disconnect as soon as I can each evening. Thanks so much for all your great insight. Natalia: Hi Dr. Cabral, could you do a podcast on emotional eating? Thanks a lot Patrick: Hey doc hope all is well. About 6 months ago I tore some cartilage in my elbow ,it only bothers me now if I over do it at the gym doing certain exercise's then it will bother me for a few days. A lot of the things I read said it won't heal itself because there's not enough blood flow there ,what do you think. I just started taking your collagen powder so I will be done it by the time you read this ,how soon does it usually take to see some results thanks so much Michael: Hello Dr.Cabral, I had DVT about 1 1/2 years ago. Went to a hematologist and was told I had APS ( Antiphospholipid Syndrome) a blood clotting disorder. I was told it falls under autoimmune disease. I was told blood thinners (Xarelto 20 mg)would be long term. My question can I reverse this so I don't have to be on blood thinners the rest of my life. 55 years of age eat very healthy exercise 4 to 5 days a week not over wait. Sincerely Michael Rachel: Hello Mr. Cabral. I listen to your podcast on my morning drive and the wealth of information has helped me and my family so much. I've not quite figured this one out yet. My son at 14 started getting severe acne from what seems like an over production of oil. Nothing worked except for Accutane (I didn't know any better) but a year later, it's starting to come back just not severe. He's now 17. My daughter who is 21 started getting the same kind of acne a year and a half ago and nothing is helping her either. What can be causing this? My heart hurts for them. She's in College and it's affecting every aspect of her life. Could this be hereditary? I have not ran any labs because money is an issue. Anything else I could do to help them that's inexpensive? Thanks Janet: Why do i sweat sooo much? Im on medication to help but still haven't noticed any change. I am on antidepressants and anti anxiety medication which is none to increase my sweating but even when i wasnt on them i sweat alot more than normal. Any natural recommendations to help me please!!!! Thank you and huge fan Thank you for tuning into today's Cabral HouseCall and be sure to check back tomorrow where we answer more of our community's questions! - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/2535 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!

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