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798 - The Truth About Genetic Testing For Your Health Apr 03, 2023

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Can testing your genetics improve your health? In this episode, hear the latest evidence that demonstrates why it's not as helpful as it's made out to be and what is actually effective for improving mental clarity, weight loss outcomes, digestive issues, and more.

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797 - Research-Backed Natural Remedies for Mood, Heart Health, & More Mar 29, 2023

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In this podcast episode, many natural therapies are under analysis. Can vitamin D improve depression? Does mindfulness relieve long COVID symptoms and ulcerative colitis flares? Are coffee and omega-3s good for your heart? The featured findings can help inform you of tools to use to improve your mood, heart health, immunity, gut health, and more.

https://www.drruscio.com/research-backed-health-remedies

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

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796 - How to Know You're Overtraining (And What To Do About It) Mar 27, 2023

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As an endurance athlete, Eric Hinman knows the commitment, drive, and hard work needed for athletic training. But as he and I have experienced, training too much places your body and mind under extreme stress and can interfere with achieving fitness goals. While detailing my own experience with overtraining, Eric shares what foods, supplements, gentle exercises, and other functional health approaches can help improve exercise recovery, prevent exercise burnout and injuries, and get you back on track with your fitness goals. Listen in.

https://www.drruscio.com/how-to-know-overtraining

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

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795 - Gut Health and Diet: What To Eat to Improve Your Gut Bacteria Mar 22, 2023

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While there's a world of bacteria that live in your gut, they have far-reaching effects on your skin, liver, bone, and other organs. Listen in to learn what diets can help you improve your gut bacteria and how to choose which one ultimately works best for you.

https://www.drruscio.com/gut-health-and-diet

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

794 - New Research Shows the Benefits of Probiotics Beyond the Gut Mar 20, 2023

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Probiotics are emerging as one of the most effective gut health supports. And the new research I reveal in this podcast highlights new and exciting research about how they can improve non-digestive symptoms. Listen in to learn their effects on women's health, children's health, body composition, muscle recovery, and more.

https://www.drruscio.com/benefits-of-probiotics-beyond-the-gut

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

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793 - Are Warm Probiotics Still Effective? All You Need to Know Mar 15, 2023

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If your probiotics get warm, does that mean they're less effective? This episode answers this question once and for all and reiterates why probiotics are one of the go-to therapies used in our clinic.

https://www.drruscio.com/warm-probiotics-still-effective

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

792 - Studies Reveal What Does and Doesn't Work for SIBO and IBS Mar 13, 2023

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This episode takes a deeper look at how medications, diets, and behavioral changes impact irritable bowel syndrome and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth symptoms. Hear what research-backed therapies are worth exploring to take control of your own gut health.

https://www.drruscio.com/studies-reveal-sibo-and-ibs

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

791 - The Consequences of Overtesting and Overtreatment Mar 08, 2023

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When overdone or done unnecessarily, functional health tests can impact patients financially and emotionally. Take Jane—a patient at our clinic who spent over $7,000 in total on treatment with a different doctor only to develop an eating disorder and experience worsening symptoms. In this episode, I break down evidence that explains why adrenal, glucose breath, micronutrient, gut dysbiosis, and food allergy tests didn't help her case—and why they aren't always necessary to do for treatment.

https://www.drruscio.com/consequences-overtesting-overtreatment

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

790 - Natural Treatments to Improve Mental Health and Immunity Mar 06, 2023

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Supporting your amygdala—your brain's fear response center—could be the key to reducing anxiety, inflammation, and reactions to foods, environmental triggers, and supplements. Listen in to hear how meditating and spending time in nature can quiet an overactive amygdala.

https://www.drruscio.com/natural-treatments-improve-mental-health-immunity

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

789 - The Wahls Protocol: Treating Autoimmune Diseases With Diet Mar 01, 2023

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Combining her professional experience with clinical and functional medicine and personal experience with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, Dr. Terry Wahls created the Wahls Protocol®. This protocol, which is a modified Paleo diet, personally helped Dr. Wahls go from surviving to thriving with multiple sclerosis. Learn more about how she designed the protocol, what foods are a part of the protocol, and what successful outcomes she's seen from it on healthy aging and chronic health conditions.

https://www.drruscio.com/wahls-protocol-autoimmune-disease-diet

My book Healthy Gut, Healthy You is available at https://drruscio.com/getgutbook

If you're in need of clinical support, please visit https://ruscioinstitute.com

Looking for more? Check out https://drruscio.com/resources

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