Episode #7: Functional Medicine – Getting To The Root Cause with Dr. Seth Gerlach

Cold and Flu season is upon us!

In my newest video blog, I discuss how to fight off the virus naturally.

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This week I'm recommending UltraFlora Spectrum.

It is very common for levels of healthy, beneficial bacteria in both the upper and lower intestines to become compromised due to poor dietary choices, the use of antibiotics, and chronic stress. This supplement is an ideal choice for helping to restore a healthy balance of microbacteria that ultimately affects immune system function to prevent infection and disease. By incorporating UltraFlora Spectrum, you can receive a number of valuable health benefits:

• Supports healthy functioning of the gastrointestinal system.
• Promotes healthy functioning of the immune system to prevent bacterial and viral infections.
• Reduces the risk of digestive disorders and bowel irregularity.
• It helps restore a balance of healthy microflora in the gut.

Although previously dismissed by conventional medicine- Leaky Gut or Intestinal permeability is now being recognized by the most prestigious journals and institutions. 

https://www.jwatch.org/na46413/2018/03/29/leaky-gut-real-and-might-contribute-disease

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/leaky-gut-what-is-it-and-what-does-it-mean-for-you-2017092212451

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326117.php

https://www.happygutlife.com/2015/10/14/leaky-gut-what-is-it/

The center for most functions in your body can be found in your gut. Your metabolic rate, your immune cells (up to 80% of them), your neurotransmitter factory, inflammatory regulation, and digestion are just a few of the countless jobs of the gut. 

In reality- your gut is really just 1 long tube from your mouth to your…other end. This means that whatever is inside your gut could be considered exterior! Mind blown!!!! 

Your gut has many jobs – and one job is to take in foods, break them down and assimilate them, all...

Is Getting Healthy Expensive?

One of the phrases I hear from time to time is “Getting healthy is expensive”. Everything in life is about perspective. You’ve heard “the grass is always greener on the other side” or that “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” Well, health is most definitely one of those things that some don’t appreciate until it’s gone. Let’s take a look at the “health is expensive” claim:

Typical Costs

When analyzing the price of health, it sometimes helps to get a little perspective from the price of other items in our everyday lives. Did you know that the average American spends over $1,000 per year on alcohol. That same American will spend double that on coffee. What about fast food? Almost $1,200 per year. Continuing on, the Average American family will spend almost $2,000 per year on clothes and almost $3,000 a year on entertainment. If you were to combine all of these and add them up for, let’s say for 15 years- you would get a grand total of over $1...

Why Food Sensitivity Tests May Not Be Necessary??  

The foods we eat can literally build us up to be healthy, kick-ass humans, OR they can break us down and be our biggest downfall. More people are waking up to this reality every single day, and now we see the emergence of many food sensitivity testing companies. These companies are mostly using blood analysis to determine WHICH foods you are sensitive to. But how accurate and necessary are the tests? Before we get into that, what the heck is a food sensitivity anyway? 

Because we eat multiple times a day, food can be the number 1 source of inflammation in our bodies. WHAT? Crazy, isn’t it?! It all comes down to the immune system and the gut. Your immune system’s job is to protect your body from the outside world, whether it be heavy metals in water or air, parasites on food, viruses you inhale, mold on your carpet, etc. The immune system had a unique way of tagging and neutralizing ‘would-be’ offenders. Through an intricate system o...