Episode Highlights With Chris
- What biotin is and why it is important in the body
- Important things to understand about supplemental biotin and what to look for
- High dose biotin supplementation- why people are doing this and what is considered a high dose
- Pros and cons of biotin supplementation
- The biotin candida connection
- Big problems connected to biotin deficiency
- How to actually get enough biotin from food and when supplements are a good idea
- Ways to figure out how much biotin you actually need: serum biotin testing and functional marker testing
- What you need to know about sodium
- A tip for diarrhea: salted rice
- Sodium and glucose keep water in the blood and why this is important
- How potassium comes into play here as well
- Dopamine synthesis is dependent on sodium
- When supplementing with salt is helpful
- Only 6% of your average salt intake comes from what was added at the table, and almost all of it comes from processed foods
- The real deal on if exercise and sauna use increase sodium need
- If you eat a whole food diet you might need more salt
- Food sources of potassium and how to get enough (hint: you aren’t getting enough from bananas)
- The real deal on Omega-3s and Omega-6s
- More reasons to incorporate liver, egg yolks and fatty fish into your diet
Resources We Mention
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