Lila's Herbal Revolution

Lila Swanberg | Clinical Herbalist
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Lila is a clinical herbalist here to make natural healing potent again. And these are the conversations making it happen. Both sides of the fence are failing — and flailing. Conventional medicine has missed the mark, and the alternative health and wellness scene has become a mess of internet health gurus, bloggers regurgitating bad information, wellness marketing machines, and dogmatic opinions. Here we help you find what's been missing in your health journey. The potency needed to move the needle and prove that natural works. Get ready to find the tools, the knowledge, and something about

  1. Jun 30

    Stop Blaming the Spinach: A Clinical Herbalist's Take on Anti-Nutrients

    Stop Blaming the Spinach: A Clinical Herbalist's Take on Anti-Nutrients The carnivore and biohacking internet has decided that plants are trying to kill you. In this episode of Lila's Herbal Revolution, clinical herbalist and Ayurvedic practitioner Lila takes on the anti-nutrient narrative being pushed by figureheads like Dave Asprey and Paul Saladino, and offers a different read entirely: anti-nutrients are not poisons, they are signals. If you cannot tolerate them, that is information about your terrain, not evidence that the food is your enemy. This is the real clinical picture of what is going on with lectins, oxalates, phytates, and the rest of the compounds being demonized online, and why it matters for your health or your practice. What We Cover → Why the term "anti-nutrient" is a framing device, not a medical term, and why fiber technically fits the same definition → The figureheads driving the "plants are trying to kill you" narrative, who they are, what they claim, and where it falls apart → Lila's clinical theory: anti-nutrients regulate mineral balance in plants, and may be signaling mineral and gut imbalances in humans → Lectins, oxalates, phytates, goitrogens, phytoestrogens, and tannins, what each one actually does in the body, the benefits, the risks, and how to mitigate them → The breaking research on phytic acid and gut barrier integrity that the carnivore crowd is not talking about → Why oxalate reactivity may be a signal of mineral insufficiency rather than evidence the plant is toxic → Hormesis, the well-established science of why small doses of plant "stressors" build resilience instead of breaking the body down → The nocebo effect and conditioned food hypersensitivities, how fear of food creates real, measurable physiological reactions → Why long-term elimination diets can deepen the very sensitivities they claim to solve → Traditional food preparation as ancestral wisdom, not a biohack, soaking, sprouting, fermenting, and cooking → The Ayurvedic lens, why the same food is medicine for one person and aggravating for another → Why terrain, not the food itself, determines what a person can tolerate ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ READY TO GO DEEPER? 🪬 Practitioner? This is exactly the kind of clinical nuance we work through inside Path to Practitioner Potency, live trainings, Materia Medicas, case reviews, and a community that holds complexity instead of black-and-white thinking. Join us → https://www.skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445/about 🪷 Health seeker navigating your own complex or chronic symptoms? Let's figure out what your terrain is actually telling you. Book a 1:1 → https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?p=687fe8ff1d74953b01249bcb&step=package 🌿 Don't miss an episode → https://tvnhc.com/listen/ 🧪 Want to understand your own labs instead of guessing? Functional Lab Work Master Class → https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ COMING UP ON LILA'S HERBAL REVOLUTION Taking A LOT of ShilajitThe Crying Herb& More

    50 min

  2. Jun 23

    We've Absolutely Bastardized Modern Wheat

    We've Absolutely Bastardized Modern Wheat The gluten conversation is everywhere, but it's rarely nuanced. In this episode of Lila's Herbal Revolution, clinical herbalist and Ayurvedic practitioner Lila breaks down why all of a sudden nobody seems to be able to handle gluten anymore - and no, people aren't making it up. From the hybridization of modern wheat to weak digestive fire to gluteomorphins binding to opioid receptors in the brain, this is the real clinical picture of what's going on with gluten and why it matters for your health or your practice. What We Cover → What gluten actually is and which grains contain it→ Why modern wheat is not the same grain our ancestors ate - hybridization, higher gluten content, and new problematic constituents→ The chemical gauntlet wheat goes through before it reaches your plate - fungicides, growth regulators, fumigation, irradiation→ Why traditional cultures could handle wheat and we can't - fermentation, soaking, stone grinding, and eating it fresh in small amounts→ The Ayurvedic lens - weak agni, ama, and why modern western lifestyle is dimming our digestive fire→ How gluten is supposed to be digested and exactly where it goes wrong→ Zonulin, leaky gut, and how gluten drives gut permeability→ The difference between a food allergy and a food sensitivity - and why sensitivities are more sinister→ Why allergy testing alone will miss most gluten reactivity and why elimination is still the gold standard→ Celiac disease vs non-celiac gluten sensitivity and the spectrum in between→ The inflammatory cascade - local, systemic, and full body downstream effects→ Gluteomorphins - why gluten peptides cross the blood brain barrier and bind to opioid receptors→ The allergic addict phenomenon in children and why picky eating is rarely just picky eating→ Lila's personal clinical approach to gluten elimination and why she doesn't start there with everyone ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LINKS AND RESOURCES 🪬 Path to Practitioner Potency→ https://www.skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445/about 🪷 work together → https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?s=6824ecf3c407a619c22bcefa&step=date🌿 Subscribe → https://tvnhc.com/listen/🧪 Functional Lab Work Master Class → https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ COMING UP ON LILA'S HERBAL REVOLUTION Taking A LOT of Shilajit The Crying Herb & More

    38 min

  3. Jun 17

    If a Gap Exists, Fill It - Herbal Chaos and the Community I'm Building

    Read to be a Potent Practitioner? The Path to Practitioner Potency is the mentorship community built for herbalists, and natural healing practitioners who want to practice with real clinical confidence. This isn't just more information. This is clinical confidence, community, mentorship, trainings & more. Founding member seats are still open at $33/month, locked in for life. (These will not last much longer) Join now at https://www.skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445/about__________________ This episode is for anyone who has ever felt lost in the noise of the herbal space - overwhelmed by information, underserved by what's out there, or quietly sensing that there's a gap between what you're learning and what actually works. I'm getting honest about what's broken in herbalism, why book learning and clinical reality can be miles apart, and why I stopped waiting for someone else to fill the void and started building it myself. What We Cover The hierarchy of herbalism that used to exist - mom level, grandma level, community herbalist - and why losing it created the chaos we're navigating nowThe difference between community herbalism, hobby herbalism, and clinical practice - and why the lack of delineation is harming peopleHow natural healing has gone soft across almost every modality and what that costs the people who need it mostThe cholesterol guy on LinkedIn - a perfect example of why information without clinical knowledge actively misleads peopleWhy book learning and clinical reality can be miles apart - and the specific book moment that crystallized this for meThe nettle myth - why "diuretic" on a monograph doesn't mean it's your diureticWhy I talked myself out of the content that actually lit me up when I first started - and why I'm done doing thatTincture ratios, loading doses, obscure Ayurvedic formulas - the content I always wanted to makeWhat Path to Practitioner Potency is, who it's for, and why discernment is one of its driving principlesLinks and Resources 🌿 Join Path to Practitioner Potency - founding member seats open at $33/month, locked for life https://www.skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445/about🪬 pattern assessment quiz https://tally.so/r/n05N1y🪷 work together https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?s=6824ecf3c407a619c22bcefa&step=date🌿 Subscribe https://tvnhc.com/listen/🧪 Functional Lab Work Master Class https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL

    31 min

  4. Jun 9

    The Sweet Thing That's Always On My Radar: Blood Sugar Balance and Your Symptoms

    ✨ Before we dive in — the Path to Practitioner Potency mentorship community is live✨ Monthly trainings, live Q&As, case reviews, materia medica, community support, and access to one-on-one mentorship with me. Founding member seats are still available with a lifetime discount:https://www.skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445/about Blood sugar imbalances aren't just a diabetic concern, they are one of the most prevalent and overlooked drivers of chronic, complex symptoms in the modern population. If you've been to the specialists, tried everything, and still can't move through your symptoms, this episode is for you. In this episode, Lila breaks down why blood sugar dysregulation is likely behind more of your symptoms than you realize — from poor sleep, anxiety, and brain fog to hormonal imbalances, PCOS, weight gain, ADHD, and POTS. This isn't about cutting sugar. It's about understanding the swing, what drives it, and what your body is actually asking for. Lila shares her own clinical and personal experience with blood sugar dysregulation, including what she discovered using a continuous glucose monitor, why she dials in blood sugar with nearly every client she works with, and the one thing she always addresses first. We also get into the herbal conversation — and the critical distinction between herbs that lower blood sugar and herbs that stabilize it. Because for most people dealing with swings, those are not the same thing. This episode is a resource. Save it, share it, come back to it. What We Cover Why blood sugar imbalances affect everyone — not just diabeticsThe full symptom list and why each one connects back to blood sugarThe swing — what it is, why it matters, and what drives itThe liver as your built-in blood sugar bufferHow blood sugar dysregulation drives hormonal imbalance, estrogen dominance, and PCOSThe dawn phenomenon and why mornings are so hardThe Allergic/Addictive pattern — Dr. William PhilpottWhat Lila dials in first with clients and why breakfast is everythingFat, fiber, and protein — the foundationStabilizing vs. lowering blood sugar — the herbal distinction nobody is makingHerbs for blood sugar stabilization including licorice, ashwagandha, tulsi, schisandra, astragalus, amlaki, cinnamon, and moreLinks and Resources 🪬 pattern assessment quiz → https://tally.so/r/n05N1y🪷 work together → https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?s=6824ecf3c407a619c22bcefa&step=date🌿 Subscribe → https://tvnhc.com/listen/🧪 Functional Lab Work Master Class → https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL

    57 min

  5. Jun 2

    Mushrooms Changed The Course of My Life | Microdosing Psilocybin

    ✨ Before we dive in - the Path to Practitioner Potency mentorship community is live. Monthly trainings, live Q&As, case reviews, community support, and access to one-on-one mentorship with me. Founding member seats are still available with a lifetime discount: https://www.skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445/about In this episode I'm pulling back the curtain on my personal journey with magic mushrooms - the first time I felt truly present, the trip that made me quit my corporate career, and how microdosing became a thread woven through my path to becoming a clinical herbalist. I also get into where I see this medicine fitting in clinical practice. This is a very requested topics I get from clients and listeners. Why I think the institutionalization of plant medicine is a problem worth paying attention toMy personal history with mushrooms - presence, grief, quitting my career, and what actually changedThe ski slope metaphor for neuroplasticity - what mushrooms actually do in the brainWhere I see psilocybin fitting clinicallyWhy anxiety is a sister emotion to excitement and what that means for microdosingEvery major microdosing protocol broken downMy mom microdosing her microdosesWhen to put the mushrooms downDepression*Anxiety*Getting unstuck*Emotional processing*OCDMigraines and headachesAddiction - alcohol, tobacco, opioidsNeurodegeneration and dementiaLife-threatening illness and end-of-life anxiety*These are the areas where I see the most consistent and meaningful clinical impact. Mushrooms are particularly powerful when stuckness is rooted in trauma or something herbs alone cannot touch - they create conditions where things can shift. A microdose is anywhere from 60-250mg of dried Psilocybe cubensis. It should be subperceptible - meaning no tripping, no hallucinations, walls are not moving. You should be able to drive, work, and go about your day. What you might notice is a shift in mood, slightly sharper perception, or emotions coming closer to the surface. Start low. Work your way up. 125mg is a good starting point for most people. 1. Intuitive Protocol Dose as needed, as calledNo fixed schedule - tune in and ask if it's a yes or a noBest for: people who are already reasonably body-aware and self-directedThis is my personal approach2. Daily Protocol Dose every day like an herb - on until you don't need it anymore, then doneNo days off, no fixed end dateBest for: people dealing with something acute, those coming off SSRIs, anyone who needs consistent support while making a significant shift3. The Fadiman Protocol Dose every third dayBest for: beginners, people who want a conservative approach, those wanting more integration time between dosesExample: dose Monday, off Tuesday and Wednesday, dose Thursday4. The Stamets Protocol 5 days on, 2 days offBest for: people wanting more consistent support with built-in integration days*Some recommend you run your protocol for 8 weeks on, 2 weeks completely off, sometimes incorporating a macrodose periodically to support deeper integration. Worth knowing about as a framework if you respond well to more structure. _______________________________________________________________ 🪬 Take the pattern assessment quiz: https://tally.so/r/n05N1y 🪷 Work with Lila: https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?s=6824ecf3c407a619c22bcefa&step=date 🌿 Subscribe to Lila's Herbal Revolution: https://tvnhc.com/listen/ 🧪 Functional Lab Work Master Class: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL 🌀 Coming Up on Lila's Herbal Revolution 🌀 Blood Sugar Deep Dive A conversation with an herbal convert Experiments with special guests and even more special herbs like Shilajit, Albizzia (happiness bark), Ginseng & some Complex Ayurvedic Formulas!

    1 hr

  6. May 26

    Peptide Talk: New Theories, Personal Experiments & The Double-Edged Side Effect

    Just launched Path to Practitioner Potency, a mentorship community on a mission to make natural healing potent again. If you are a serious herbal student or practitioner in the alternative healing arts, this is for you. Inside you get access to a peer message board, monthly trainings, live case reviews, monthly Q&As, and special pricing on mentorship and masterclasses. Founding members get a discounted rate locked in for life. Spots are limited. Join here: skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445 Questions? hello@tvnhc.com _______________________________________________________________________ The Peptide Conversation You Won't Find Anywhere Else Peptides are everywhere right now - the GLP-1s, the gray market stacks, the bro science YouTube rabbit holes - and almost nobody is having the honest, whole-body conversation about them. In this episode, Lila brings her clinical lens, her personal experience on Retatrutide, and some real talk about what the mainstream peptide conversation is completely missing: eating disorder risk, muscle and bone loss, the Ayurvedic constitutional angle, and why weight loss and health are not the same thing. What We Cover What peptides actually are and how they differ from amino acids (and why your body already makes tens of thousands of them)The difference between FDA-regulated GLP-1s like Ozempic and gray market research chemicals like RetatrutideWhy Lila's judgment of the Ozempic craze softened - and what changed her mindHer personal history with disordered eating and why that context matters for this conversationWhat she's actually experiencing on Retatrutide at 0.5mg - food noise, coffee cravings, dopamine quieting, temperature swingsWhy peptide-driven appetite suppression can re-trigger or reinforce eating disorder patterns - and why almost no one is talking about thisMuscle loss and bone density loss as serious, underreported risksWhy "weight loss" as the only success metric is a failure of the whole-body viewLila's Ayurvedic constitutional theory: why Tikshna Agni (pitta-type fast digestion) may respond very differently than Vishma or Manda AgniThe couple in her practice - one thriving, one constipated - and what that tells usHow to monitor your whole-body health if you are using these toolsWhy there is no bad medicine, only bad application Links and Resources 🪬 pattern assessment quiz - https://tally.so/r/n05N1y 🪷 work together - https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?s=6824ecf3c407a619c22bcefa&step=date 🌿 Subscribe - https://tvnhc.com/listen/ 🧪 Functional Lab Work Master Class - https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL 🌀 Coming Up on Lila's Herbal Revolution 🌀 Mushroom Microdosing, a convert to herbalism & So much more. To shape the conversations email me at Lila@tvnhc.com

    58 min

  7. May 19

    We Took 30 Grams of Turmeric Every Day for a Week

    Just launched Path to Practitioner Potency, a mentorship community on a mission to make natural healing potent again. If you are a serious herbal student or practitioner in the alternative healing arts, this is for you. Inside you get access to a peer message board, monthly trainings, live case reviews, monthly Q&As, and special pricing on mentorship and masterclasses. Founding members get a discounted rate locked in for life. Spots are limited. Join here: skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445 Questions? ⁠hello@tvnhc.com⁠ _______________________________________________________________________ Let's cut the internet noise and have some real conversation about turmeric! Today I'm joined by specialist guest, personal trainer and nutrition coach Nick Medlock to discuss our week of taking 30 grams of turmeric per day! I know plenty of people in the herbal community just fell out of their chairs at a dose like that - but THIS is how I practice and get results with clients. Effective dosing. (Under the guidance of a practitioner of course) p.s. The information provided by Lila's Herbal Revolution is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always consult your physician or qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health regimen. Now some quick turmeric myths you need to know about: Piperine making turmeric 2,000 times more bioavailable - B.S. Based on a misinterpreted study.Turmeric does NOT extract well as tea. Don't do it. I don't recommend tincturing it either.Curcumin does not give you all the benefits of turmeric (astringent, tissue building, bone healing, blood fat lowering benefits GONE). Doesn't mean it's not a great anti-inflammatory, it just doesn't perform like the WHOLE ROOT.Lastly, turmeric is a jack of all trades, master of none. It does A LOT for one single herb but it's not the best herb in town for any one thing. So know that just because an herb does something, how potently it does something needs to be considered.Enjoy. -Lila 🪬 pattern assessment quiz - https://tally.so/r/n05N1y 🪷 work together - https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?s=6824ecf3c407a619c22bcefa&step=date 🌿 Subscribe - https://tvnhc.com/listen/ 🧪 Functional Lab Work Master Class - https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL

    35 min

  8. May 12

    How you should be taking your herbs- Teas Vs. Tinctures Vs. Churnas

    Just launched Path to Practitioner Potency, a mentorship community on a mission to make natural healing potent again. If you are a serious herbal student or practitioner in the alternative healing arts, this is for you. Inside you get access to a peer message board, monthly trainings, live case reviews, monthly Q&As, and special pricing on mentorship and masterclasses. Founding members get a discounted rate locked in for life. Spots are limited. Join here: skool.com/path-to-practitioner-potency-3445 Questions? ⁠hello@tvnhc.com⁠ ______________________________________________________________________ Herbal Preparations Matter More Than You Think - Teas, Tinctures & More A Practical Guide to Herbal Preparations Most herbal advice tells you which herb to take. Almost none of it tells you how to take it. In this episode, Lila breaks down the most common herbal preparations — tinctures, teas, infusions, decoctions, powders, and capsules — covering the real pros, cons, and clinical reasoning behind each one. If you've ever wondered why your herbs aren't working, the answer might not be the herb. It might be the form. What We Cover Why the preparation method matters as much as the herb itself — and the common mistakes Lila sees people makeTinctures — the pros, the cons, the dosing math that makes them less economical than most people think, and when they actually make senseTeas, infusions, and decoctions — what the difference is, which parts of the plant call for which method, and why this is the backbone of traditional Chinese medicinePowders — Lila's preferred form in clinical practice, why the digestive system is the best extractor of constituents, and how to work with the tasteCapsules — the convenience trade-off, when they make sense, and why high-dose herbs in capsule form can get complicated fastWhere Ayurveda, TCM, and Western herbalism each land on preparations — and what that tells us about their philosophiesHonorable mentions — medicated ghees, medicated wines, infused oils, poultices, liniments A note on extract quality — why not all tinctures are created equal and what to look for in a supplierLinks and Resources 🪬 pattern assessment quiz -> https://tally.so/r/n05N1y 🪷 work together -> https://my.practicebetter.io/#/668479726434574754765a95/bookings?s=6824ecf3c407a619c22bcefa&step=date 🌿 Subscribe -> https://tvnhc.com/listen/ 🧪 Functional Lab Work Master Class -> https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/ZTMEPD5KBP4YL  🌀 Coming Up on Lila's Herbal (R)evolution 🌀 Next episode Lila is joined by her friend Nick Medlock for a For Science episode — and this time they're going deep on turmeric. Stay tuned. ShareProject contentThe Herbal (R) evolution Created by youAdd PDFs, documents, or other text to reference in this project.

    42 min
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Lila is a clinical herbalist here to make natural healing potent again. And these are the conversations making it happen. Both sides of the fence are failing — and flailing. Conventional medicine has missed the mark, and the alternative health and wellness scene has become a mess of internet health gurus, bloggers regurgitating bad information, wellness marketing machines, and dogmatic opinions. Here we help you find what's been missing in your health journey. The potency needed to move the needle and prove that natural works. Get ready to find the tools, the knowledge, and something about

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