Dr. Ruscio Radio: Health, Nutrition and Functional Medicine

This was a great discussion with Heidi Turner. Heidi and I first discuss how to efficiently navigate the sea of available diets. We also detail what I think may be the most important diet to consider after one has tried paleo, autoimmune paleo and low FODMAP – the low sulfur diet. The good news is that you can run this experiment in just a few days. My new book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is finally available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resource

A well performed study has recently provided answers to pressing questions like: What symptoms are associated with gluten sensitivity; How long after ingestion does it take for symptoms to occur; Can lab testing diagnose gluten sensitivity; What is the association to autoimmune conditions; and more. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

Healthy helminths may be an important, and missing, part of our gut microbiota communities. By restoring these to our intestinal tract it may be possible to reduce inflammation, balance the immune system and more. Today we speak with Dr. Nancy O’Hara who has been using helminths in her clinical practice for years. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

Increased diversity of the intestinal microbiota (world of bacteria) generally appears to be a good thing. Can we achieve increased diversity by administering agents that kill bacteria? Can antibiotics or antimicrobial herbs increase diversity? Let’s discuss an important but often overlooked concept. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

Today I will answer more listener questions, including: Tests for Autoimmunity; How to Become a Functional Medicine Practitioner; Thyroid Antibodies; and Eating Worse But Feeling Better. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, how to pick up a copy of my new book, how to sign up for my clinical training newsletter, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

Can a flu vaccine damage your gut health? Let’s discuss this question and the role probiotics have in relation to vaccinations. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, how to pick up a copy of my new book, how to sign up for my clinical training newsletter, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

Biofilms are protective coatings that bacteria and fungus form to protect themselves from antibiotics and herbal treatment. Biofilms may be at the root of infections that won’t go away like Candida, fungus, H. pylori and SIBO. Today I speak with Dr. Paul Anderson on how to identify if biofilms are affecting you and what you can do about it. My new book is finally available. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Visit https://drruscio.com/resources

Let’s discuss two audience questions regarding SIBO tips. Specifically, if a low FODMAP can diagnose SIBO and what to do when you are not responding to SIBO treatments. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, how to pick up a copy of my new book, how to sign up for my clinical training newsletter, and more. https://drruscio.com/resourc

A low FODMAP diet can help with IBS and the gas, bloating, abdominal pain and bowel irregularity that occur in IBS.  We have previously discussed how a low FODMAP diet can heal your intestines by normalizing intestinal cells, like intestinal serotonin cells.  Today we speak with a researcher who has been publishing these findings.  My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Check out our resource page. https://drruscio.com/resources

Today I answer an audience question regarding hives aka urticaria. We’ll discuss what causes urticaria and how it can be treated both naturally and with medications. There is a gut and autoimmune component to urticaria, and the treatments are applicable to many other gut and autoimmune conditions. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out our resource page. https://drruscio.com/resources

Today we follow up on our recent conversation on helminth therapy, aka intestinal worms. We speak with Garin Aglietti, who is a worm farmer and works first-hand in helping people rebalance their gut ecology with worms. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out our resource page: https://drruscio.com/resources

Should you take probiotics while being treated with antibiotics or antimicrobial herbs? Or should you take probiotics after treatment to “re-seed” or “re-populate” the gut? Let’s dispel a few common misconceptions around these two questions. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out our resource page: https://drruscio.com/resources

Dr. Bryan Walsh seriously impressed me in today’s conversation on detoxification. Long story short, you might be wasting your money with detox testing and treatment. Fortunately, you can reduce toxins in your body with a very simple and effective protocol. This is a must-listen episode. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out our resource page at https://drruscio.com/resources

Let’s review an interesting study regarding the ability of black cumin, a medicinal spice, to improve hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity. My new book is finally available: Healthy Gut, Healthy You. Click here to learn more: https://drruscio.com/getgutbook/ Looking for more? Check out our resource page that includes how to become a patient, how to pick up a copy of my new book, how to sign up for my clinical training newsletter, and more. https://drruscio.com/resources

I recently spoke at the International Congress on Natural Medicine in Hunter Valley, Australia. There were lots of questions from the audience on gut and thyroid, which I did not have time to answer. Today, I answer these questions with Nathan Rose, an organizer from the conference. I think you will enjoy these questions, which get to the bottom line regarding what to do for improving gut and thyroid health. Please take this survey, https://www.drruscio.com/survey & visit https://drruscio.com/resour