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Hi!
Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video about ‘Often Overlooked Disease Dynamics: Practitioner Ah-ha’s.‘ You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away.
Here are some of the things we covered:
- Crossroads of metabolic and gastrointestinal distress: the pancreatic dysfunction that is often unrecognized.
- Devil-in-the-detail caution about these “healthiest” foods! Crucifers, garlic, and more. Nuances you need to know.
- Perhaps the most often overlooked disease dynamic? Endogenous synthesis plus exogenous intake may simply overload our capacity. And so many healthy foods may be part of the problem!
- Spinach smoothies, turmeric curries, candida overgrowth, and cholecystecomy? Watch out for these unintended consequences in vulnerable patients.
- When it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck? Yes, your patients can be hypothyroid with seemingly perfect labs.
- The HPATG axis and common “adrenal look-a-like” missteps. Are you making them too?
- It’s great you found it, but don’t stop there! What is the Hypercholesterolemia telling you about what’s happening upstream?
- Often considered peripheral to mainstream medical care, this body part is frequently a gateway to disease. Any guesses?
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15 Questions for “Often Overlooked Disease Dynamics: Practitioner Ah-ha’s”
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Heather Walker says:
I hadn’t thought about the sulfur-containing vegetables causing more GI distress if not introduced slowly or educated on good ways to prepare the food. Learning that molybdenum can help during the transition is wonderful! I love learning pearls about helping patients to maintain lifestyle changes to help promote a happier and healthier life!
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Ann says:
You spoke about histamine , but I didn’t catch how to improve DAO levels. Pls advise. Blessings
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Diamine Oxidase (DAO) is an enzyme that is made in the gut and helps with histamine breakdown. In order to ensure proper levels and function of DAO we need primarily copper, vitamin C and B6 and also good levels of phosphorus, zinc, magnesium, iron, and vitamin B12. One can also choose to supplement DAO straight in a supplement form as well. You may appreciate these articles:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6859183/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28606572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8945898/
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Umara Shahid says:
I learnt molybdenum deficiency can lead to sensitivity to sulphur containing foods.
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Marsue May says:
The mouth is so important to consider in overall health, but often overlooked. The immune function in the mouth is in a rich moist mucosal lining. Poor saliva functions (dry mouth) can make one more prone to dental caries. Toxins can enter through lipstick and lip balm. Would love to see a list of cosmetics that are high in toxic materials!
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Lorie Tesch says:
It is always interesting to revisit the connection between thyroid dysfunction and LDL. A great reminder to always be looking upstream for root causes!
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Monique Hawkins says:
Molybdenum to support detoxification of people who have trouble with sulphur containing foods. I often recommend it, but this is a great application/ why.
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Tamara Trinder says:
The interconnectedness between elevated LDL and hypothyroid function for women and stress for men and the mouth contributing to disease dynamics are great pearls.
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Kimberley Quirk says:
I loved the pearl with the connection between oxalates, B6 and hormonal birth control. I see the oxalate issue often
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I find it confusing sometimes to hear “use mouthwash” “don’t use mouthwash because it reduces nitric oxide formation and also may contribute to hypertension”.
Yes, maintain the mucous membrane health of the mouth and keep in mind that this is beginning of the digestive tract. Make this a priority. -
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Lisa Zielbauer says:
So many great pearls from Tracy as usual. For me, it was a great reminder that hypothyroidism & hyperinsulinemia can increase LDL levels. I have a client right now that fits this profile who has extreme fatigue and her “conventional” practitioner didn’t even talk to her about her CLINICALLY low FT3 =(
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As a nurse practitioner, we are not taught to look very far beyond hemoglobin A1C, but I appreciate in the beginning of this LIVE where we learned to even look beyond fasting glucose and also look at fasting insulin, especially c peptide. Excellent lecture today!
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Molybdenum needed to digest sulfur food. So if GI distress with sulfur can supplement moth multi mineral with molybdenum
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I learn something new everytime I listen to Tracy! the key pearl was having enough molybdenum to help with sulfation in the body and that is what could be missing for someone who have trouble with sulforaphane.