Medicinal Nutrition Is The Foundation Of Functional and Lifestyle Medicine‪!‬ Dr. Simone

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The sole purpose of these articles and podcast's is to  provide
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 information is not intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, cure
 or prevention of any disease. If you have any serious acute or chronic
 health concern, please consult your personal health professional who
can  fully assess your needs and address them effectively within a
 medical/clinical setting. Check with your doctor practicing any
 nutritional/fitness strategies, especially, before taking any
 supplements, herbs or using essential oils, especially, when pregnant
or  nursing.




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Disclaimer: The sole purpose of these articles and podcast's is to  provide information about health, nutrition, fitness, and wellness. This  information is not intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, cure  or prevention of any disease. If you have any serious acute or chronic  health concern, please consult your personal health professional who can  fully assess your needs and address them effectively within a  medical/clinical setting. Check with your doctor practicing any  nutritional/fitness strategies, especially, before taking any  supplements, herbs or using essential oils, especially, when pregnant or  nursing.


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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! 



Disclaimer: The sole purpose of these articles and podcast's is to  provide information about health, nutrition, fitness, and wellness. This  information is not intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, cure  or prevention of any disease. If you have any serious acute or chronic  health concern, please consult your personal health professional who can  fully assess your needs and address them effectively within a  medical/clinical setting. Check with your doctor practicing any  nutritional/fitness strategies, especially, before taking any  supplements, herbs or using essential oils, especially, when pregnant or  nursing.


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Disclaimer: The sole purpose of these articles and podcast's is to provide information about health, nutrition, fitness, and wellness. This information is not intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, cure or prevention of any disease. If you have any serious acute or chronic health concern, please consult your personal health professional who can fully assess your needs and address them effectively within a medical/clinical setting. Check with your doctor practicing any nutritional/fitness strategies, especially, before taking any supplements, herbs or using essential oils, especially, when pregnant or nursing.



In this episode, nit only do I wish to explain the how powerful a tool meditation is, but also, clarify some common misconceptions. 

If your meditation practice involves trying to silence your thoughts- you are doing it wrong, and this may be why, you either find meditation too hard or don’t feel motivated to continue after a few sessions.

Meditation can help rewire brain signals, stabilize stress hormones, thereby, help with management of stress related issues like stress eating, body aches, and overall boost the immune system.

In this 4 week one on one course, I will share with you the clinical aspects of meditation in simple terms. Each week, I will teach you one new practice and over four weeks, we will together build on your meditation goals.

This is not a one size fits all course, I will spend time understanding your personal needs and then design a course that meets your personal goals and desired outcomes.

Once this course is done, you will know how to meditate, what is the vagus nerve, what is the amygdala, the HPA axis, the cortex, and how these factors lead into stress related health issues. Finally, how with meditation, we can help the brain communicate with the gut, the immune system, and the rest of the body.

These four week sessions are being offered at a 50% discount until the end of the month, so come join me!

To join,send me an email @drsamndllc@gmail.com


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Disclaimer: The sole purpose of these articles is to provide information about health, nutrition, fitness, and wellness. This information is not intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment, cure or prevention of any disease. If you have any serious acute or chronic health concern, please consult your personal health professional who can fully assess your needs and address them effectively within a medical/clinical setting. Check with your doctor practicing any nutritional/fitness strategies, especially, before taking any supplements, herbs or using essential oils, especially, when pregnant or nursing.

In conventional medicine, one of the most important and overlooked phenomenon thus far had been the constant communication between the gut and the brain. We now know that most of the immune system is made within the gut. Studies have now deemed the gut the second brain and we know from peer reviewed data that important mood stabilizing neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin are made in the gut. This may be why your anti-depressants or anxiety meds may be under performing.

Unless the communication between the gut and brain is established with the help of nutrients, probiotics and lifestyle modification, treating gut disorders like depression and mood swings is virtually impossible with medication alone. Note, I called them gut disorders and not cognitive disorders as we were once told. So, why are these mood disorders an extension of gut disorders? We are now understanding from clinical data that the cross-talk between the gut and the brain and vice versa is responsible for both, acute and chronic disorders including but not limited to, gut disorders, auto-immune disorders, cognitive disorders, early onset dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, allergies, reproductive disorders, among many others.

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Clinically sound facts about hair loss and if biotin supplements have any clinical outcome in restoring hair growth: Hair loss can result from a variety of issues, example- stress, underlying health issues, hormonal imbalances, alcohol, smoking, nutritional deficiencies. among others. Therefore, if you think about it from a very clinical perspective, unless the underlying issues are identified and resolved, no amount of external/cosmetic/supplements can help overcome the issue. One of the biggest contributing factor towards hair loss: poor diets, crash diets, restrictive diets. Everything from eliminating good carbs to avoiding fruits, veggies, and solely consuming a processed diet will be the main reason why someone experiences hair loss.  Crash diets and restrictive diets have been known to be the biggest culprit. Here's a fact- juice cleanses, juice diets, and so called detox diets can accelerate hair loss and damage hair growth tremendously. Additionally, over use of meds, especially dependency on pain meds, antibiotics, acid reflux meds, among others will cause issues with your skin, nails, and hair quality. Peak hair growth phases are typically at the mercy of your gut health and gut health inadvertently determines the health of your hormones which are responsible for hair growth and loss. Hair loss or slow/poor growth can happen for many chronic health reasons, however, one place to start with is ensuring you are consuming optimum levels of zinc and iron. Peak hair growth phase also known as the anagen phase is where hair grows approximately at the rate of 1cm per month. Therefore, adding sufficient healthy proteins, zinc, iron, and foods rich in B vitamins is crucial. Now on to biotin supplements: NO- biotin supplements have not shown to do much for hair growth in clinical studies, biotin  is also called vitamin H and to date most studies have shown that the hype on biotin supplements is just that- misleading info to sell products. As long as your diet is rich in B vitamins, you don't need a biotin supplement. Instead ensure you get enough sleep, manage your stress, and consume the recommended amounts of zinc, iron, and proteins. As always, if your hair growth is affected due to chronic health issues, then by all means, addressing the root causes should be the primary goal. In Summary: there  is NO clinical evidence that biotin supplements help with hair, skin,  or nails. Companies simply prey on people's vulnerabilities and  spin  such gimmicks to increase sales. In fact, biotin is made mostly in the  gut and the only way to improve biotin absorption is to heal the gut  and/or consume foods that will support the gut and biotin production.  Clinical data shows that the only people at risk for biotin deficiency  are those who consume high quantities of egg whites, so moral of the  story is that the only way to prevent hair loss is to consume a balanced  diet, manage your stress, heal the underlying issues,  and stop wasting  your money on gimmicky biotin supplements. Disclaimer: Please be sure to check with your health care professional before you make any changes to your diet, lifestyle, medicine, and/or fitness routines. My podcasts are exclusively meant for educational purposes and at no point in time must be used in lieu of advise provided by your health practitioner. Should you use any information shared on my podcast, blogs, or social media platforms, please be sure to do so at your own discretion.  

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