You are in store for an excellent interview today as I welcome Dr. Axe to the show! He’s the co-founder of Ancient Nutrition, a true natural health pioneer, and his website is visited by 17 million people every single month (making it #1 in natural health)! In this episode, Dr. Axe and I talk all things diet, of course. Topics include: collagen, probiotics, supplements, bone broth, his new book (Keto Diet), weight gain, hormone imbalance, carbs, animal proteins, plants, spices / herbs, personalized medicine, and so much more!
You’ll find out…
- How probiotics work, the importance of them, and where to find them
- Are we better served by not over cleaning our vegetables?
- The difference between a live probiotic and what we see on the shelves for months and months
- How to know what we need in a probiotic (i.e., what to look for)
- What type of probiotic actually should be refrigerated
- What exactly is a human strain probiotic
- Why Dr. Axe believes that kids today are having so many allergies, food sensitivities, and immune system issues
- Why it is most of us are bankrupt in probiotics
- If we should regularly be on probiotics
- Whether or not it’s essential to phase probiotics
- Is it crucial to do probiotics after a bout of antibiotics?
- Are probiotic supplements enough or should we consume probiotic foods, too?
- The #1 supplement people should be taking
- Why plants today have lost so many of their nutrients
- How the quality of the life and death of the animal you’re eating affects your health
- What you should be looking for in the beef you’re buying
- Where to find quality grade animal proteins
- Everything we need to know about collagen — from the necessity of it in our diets to finding quality options to how many grams a day we should be taking
- How Chalene healed herself without surgery after her devastating hamstring avulsion
- The biggest thing we’re missing in our diet (in the U.S.) today that no one is talking about
- How hormone imbalances occur and may result in Hypothyroidism / Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- Dr. Axe’s top 2 tips to remedy Hypothyroidism / Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
- The key nutrients responsible for helping repair and rejuvenate adrenals and thyroids
- What women are doing wrong in fighting weight gain
- How often you should schedule “me time” to rejuvenate yourself
- The protocol Dr. Axe’s mom followed to fight (and eventually beat) cancer
- What Dr. Axe defines as a healthy diet
- How to eat for YOUR body (e.g., gallbladder issues, IBS, etc.)
- Which foods nourish different parts of the body
- How Chinese medicine looked at health throughout history
- What it means for our bodies to be damp (80% of women are!) and how to combat that
- Why personalized medicine is Dr. Axe’s biggest passion today and how he practices
- How we, as humans, are really meant to do (follow) a Keto diet
- Why the majority of us eat too many carbs even when we think we’re not
Important Links From The Show:
Head to chalenejohnson.com/DrAxe and enter code: CHALENE10 at checkout for 10% off!
Dr. Axe’s 411:
His wife, Chelsea’s, Instagram
We, at the Johnsons, love our monthly subscription to Butcher Box! There’s no other source we trust more for the healthiest protein options on the planet!
Go To www.butcherbox.com/chalene to grab your first box! (ongoing)
Or GRAB YOUR Butcher Box BBQ Bundle — $59 value — when you order by June 10th, 2019
If you liked this episode, check out Episode #309 – Leaky Gut: What You Need to Know
Leave me a message about this episode!
To submit requests for The Chalene Show: thechaleneshow@chalenejohnson.com
To submit requests for Build Your Tribe: buildyourtribe@chalenejohnson.com
