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What if there was ONE area of your body you could focus on, where the tiniest of improvements would radically enhance ALL aspects of your health and wellbeing? Well, you’re in luck, because there is a part of your body where that exact equation is true: your gut! And today’s podcast guest — gut guru and functional medicine extraordinaire, Dr Josh Axe — is here to show us precisely how to upgrade this underrated organ to experience crazy improvements in your health, energy and life.

Dr. Josh Axe is a certified doctor of natural medicine, doctor of chiropractic and clinical nutritionist. The catalyst that sparked his food-fuelled mission was when his mum was diagnosed with cancer… for a second time. Determined to get her healthy again, Dr Axe helped her overhaul her diet and lifestyle to embrace whole foods and gut-friendly bacteria. Witnessing her incredible recovery lit a fire in his belly, and ignited his passion to help people get healthy by using nutrition to reclaim their health. An expert in functional medicine, digestive health and herbal remedies, Dr Axe is also the bestselling author of Eat Dirt and co-author of Essential Oils: Ancient Medicine.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the wellness strategies in this episode could change your life and health forever. So if you want to rewrite your body’s story and reclaim vibrant health for yourself and your family — particularly if you’ve ever had gut issues of any sort — you’re gonna wanna bring a pen and paper for this episode… the nuggets of gold just keep on coming!

In this episode we chat about:

• His incredible journey from watching his mum suffer with cancer (and being unwell himself) to where he is today (03:40)
• The truth about leaky gut that nobody is talking about (07:03)
• The 6 main causes of leaky gut (08:18)
• The sneaky gut symptoms that loads of people miss (08:41)
• Why leaky gut is the root cause of all disease (09:35)
• His crazy-effective protocol to heal your gut (12:54)
• The surprising (and free!) strategies to release stress and improve your overall health (21:14)
• How to identify your gut type for optimal health and energy (27:02)
• How you can completely turn your health around in just 90 days (36:14)
• Plus so much more!

Episode resources:

• Open Wide by Melissa Ambrosini (book)
• Eat Dirt by Josh Axe (Amazon)
• Essential Oils: Ancient Medicine by Josh Axe (Amazon)
• Bone Broth Protein (Amazon)
• Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford (Amazon)
• Dr. Josh Axe on Instagram (Instagram)
• DrAxe.com (website)

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P.S. Please seek advice from a qualified holistic practitioner before starting any new health practice.

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