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I am so excited to share this Facebook Live with you. At SAFM we teach our students to be both confident and highly skilled at “puzzle piecing” and finding the interconnectedness between pieces of each patient’s unique case.
In this presentation, I’ll feature some surprising root causes of downstream dysfunction / blockage / impairment in the body.
Check out this video to get some clinical pearls you can use right away. You’ll learn:
- The conventional go-to “solution” for weight loss creates a life-long concern
- Kidney stones begin in the gut
- An everyday choice on the heels of bliss can promote women’s suffering
- The acid/alkaline fad is creating some powerful misconceptions
- Yes, Stress is bad. But it can cause dis-ease in ways that will surprise you.
- and much more…
Thank you very much for joining in the fun and learning!
With warmth, love, and gratitude to you for sharing your gifts with so many –
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162 Questions for “Surprising Interconnectedness: Functional Medicine Insights on Complex Issues”
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Miranda Adani says:
My takeaway pearl is in the first story -the connection between taking synthetic unopposed estrogen and how that affected the gallbladder and the fact that the conventional doctor made absolutely no connection between the two and then when she had the gallbladder removed it caused her insulin to increase and how much questioning it took to find this out which no conventional doctor will do.
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Kymberli Norman says:
Hearing of the interconnectedness of estrogen replacement therapy with gall bladder disease was a BIGGIE for me today. I think this is what’s going on with a current client. I had at least 2 take aways from each of the case studies you mentioned. Learning so much from you… how will I ever learn it all… I’m blown away with every video!
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Xue says:
Wow! Very informative, learned so many new things. What really stood out to me was that bile salt can act like a hormone too, working with insulin to regulate cholesterol, didn’t know removal of gallbladder can cause insulin resistance. Thank you for such a wonderful presentation!
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Lisa Jones Clark says:
Wow! This was jam-packed with new info for me! Unopposed estrogen therapy can cause gall bladder disease by promoting hyper secretion of cholesterol into the bile! And so much more! Thank you! I now have 3 pages of notes!
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Kelly Wilson says:
The more I learn about the digestive process, the more I want to keep learning! Thanks for another informative Facebook live. Every time I listen to you speak I’m more inspired to want to help others learn that there are simple ways to improve their overall health and longevity. As simple as drinking lemon water, as you mentioned. It does taste great, but people don’t realize how much the digestive process is thanking you for drinking it! I knew that the healing and maintenance process after bariatric surgery was complex, but this was my first time really hearing details about how you help people to thrive. Very interesting! Thank you!
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Alicia Craig-Rodriguez says:
Today’s Facebook LIVE video was packed with pearls! The most impactful pearl for me was the connection between bariatric surgery and downstream gut dysregulation. The description of the surgery as a permanent alteration of the body’s control center makes total sense; I had not considered this.
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June Greenman says:
Thank you for sharing so many wonderful pearls of wisdom. Always keep your beginners mind and remember to ask if your client has all of their body parts.
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Debbie says:
Thank you for the talk. As always there was such great information. I always love how you speak abou the basics. It’s so important. Also keeping updated histories on people. So much can change between sessions and also not forgetting that sometimes people don’t think of everything as medical history.
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Jasara Finnegan says:
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Mary Bersagel says:
Hi Tracy,
You are able to connect the dots …to sort out the root causes of dis-ease. I love watching your enthusiasm for knowledge and suspect it comes across to your clients. I believe we need to show that kind of curiosity and knowledge to be effective as functional medicine counselors. As an RN, I have seen both sides of the allopathic world and only by finding a path to functional medicine—I want to run to this almost polar opposite point of view. Let’s not dole out the pills for the symptom—but heal ourselves.
Thanks for the video on Facebook. That personalization and curiosity shows up in the wonderful question “ have you lost any body parts.” Or to show the kindness it takes to find out gently about not peeing after sex and to put that into context of the vaginal microbiome in you teaching of your client and now us. Again Many thanks. Mary -
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Elizabeth says:
This was my first time visiting your page and Facebook live. I quite enjoyed your discussion today.
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Judy Shoobe says:
As always, there are many great pearls to choose from. I love them all. If forced to choose a favorite I’d choose the info. about bile salts and and metabolic regulation.
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Great information today Tracy. Thank you so much. Loved it all! I loved the reminder not to try and be so esoteric but rather master the basics as in nutrition first. And to always present a safe space to our clients to be able to dive deeper into areas that may not be easy to talk about. <3
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Daryl Moss says:
I was not aware of the interconnectedness of estrogen replacement therapy with gall bladder disease.
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Bethany says:
I loved this presentation! I had never heard of the link between bariatric surgery and kidney stones and cannot wait to do some more research on this topic. There was so much information that Tracy provided that I had never learned about prior to today. It is amazing how much our body systems are connected and can create havoc in the body. I am interested in learning more about alkalinity and acidity in the body and the preferred PH levels dependent upon the parts of the body. Very informative, thanks Tracy!
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Krissy says:
There were so many pearls (as usual ;)!! Everything on oxylates was big for me! Also I loved the reminder that a persons sex life is important and certainly impacts wellness!! Thank you for saying something about this!!
After doing a couple short FM lunch and learns, I get a lot of “the what’s” but really need “the why’s”!
That’s what I love so much about SAFM, Tracy’s commitment to continual learning, her infectious enthusiasm and the return to critical thinking!! So grateful for these lives! Thank you so much!! -
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Angela Atkins says:
Tracy – your deep dive into the history of a previous client proves that a health history always need to be updated and thorough! Including removed organs, medications and anything that can possibly affect the human system is so important to remember. It’s not always just the one thing we see on the surface, it’s always important to do that deep dive.
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Lori Lamb says:
I had no idea about the yeast and oxylate connection. I can’t wait for the new semester to start!
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Maureen O'Hare says:
I learned so many important things today regarding how to help someone who has no gallbladder and had bariatric surgery which applies to my sister and sister in-law. I really want to help everyone I can. Thank you Tracey.
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I appreciate the insight on questions on the intake form such as surgeries and removal of body parts along with having the patient fill out the form periodically to catch those items that are relevant, but may not be remembered such as gallbladder surgery.