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186 // Exploring Peptides and Gut Health in Hashimoto’s: What the Research Says · Health with Hashimoto’s - Thyroid or Immune Education for Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

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  If you have an autoimmune condition like Hashimoto's, one of the root causes
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  is a gut condition. We need to work on gut health.
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  And so over the past month or so, I've given you good and better.
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  And today we're going to talk about the best thing you can do for your gut health
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  to help it heal, to help it repair, to help it be as healthy as possible so
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  that you can be as healthy as possible.
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  Welcome to the Health with Hashimoto's podcast. This is where you will find
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  clarity and simple, sustainable strategies to feel better.
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  I want to help you figure out your root causes.
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  My name is Esther Yunkin. I am a registered nurse. I know how exhausting it
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  is to live with fatigue, brain fog, and the ups and downs of Hashimoto's. And that is why I'm here.
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  I'm here to cut through the confusion and to give you practical steps to
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  support your body, calm your immune system so that you can regain your energy,
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  feel like yourself again.
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  So every autoimmune condition comes with root causes. And that is our ultimate
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  goal is to find those root causes.
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  Address them, and then get our body working the way that it's designed to,
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  to feel like ourselves again,
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  to have abundant energy, to have brain and mental clarity, to be the person
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  in our relationships and in our circles that we want to be, that we know we can be.
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  And we don't want our autoimmune conditions to be interfering with that.
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  So we want to find and identify root causes.
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  And that is one thing, the main thing that you're going to do when you enroll
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  in the Hashimoto's Root Cause Reset.
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  We're going to work together one-on-one to identify those and to figure out
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  simple and sustainable things that you can do.
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  Like, I'm not going to give you 20 different things to do. Like,
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  if you're going to read a blog post, you're going to come away with a whole bunch of things to do.
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  But working one-on-one, we're going to figure out, okay, what is going to work
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  for you right now in this season of life so that you can feel like yourself
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  again, so that we can get your body doing what it's supposed to.
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  And we have to address gut health. So over the past couple episodes,
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  we've talked about good and we've talked about better. and today is all about
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  the best thing for your gut health.
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  So as a quick refresher, good is getting probiotics in our diet at least once a day.
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  Personally, I try to get them into every meal. At breakfast,
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  I usually do a liquid breakfast because ever since my first pregnancy,
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  I've had five pregnancies.
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  One of them ended up in miscarriage, which the last episode was so insightful about.
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  But my breakfast is liquid, so I have water kefir and yogurt every day for breakfast.
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  And then, and I mixed them up so that I could just drink it.
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  I like to include sauerkraut or something with a lunch.
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  And I guess now that I'm talking about it, I don't have like a standard probiotic
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  food that I incorporate with my supper.
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  But that's my goal. I used to have zero probiotic foods in my diet.
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  And now I'm working up to one with every meal because that is so good for your gut health.
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  The next step in good, better, best is to incorporate supplemental probiotics
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  and prebiotics if you're not getting enough in your diet.
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  And when you're looking at probiotics, you want to look at ones that are research
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  proven to do good things in your gut.
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  We want your gut to be able to heal, to repair.
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  We want the gut lining to be able to heal, to get tight again.
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  We don't want to deal with leaky gut.
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  And there are strains that are better than others.
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  Also, if you're dealing with SIBO, which is small intestinal bacterial overgrowth,
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  or SIFO, which is a fungal instead of bacterial,
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  then you want to work on specific strains and to work with a different protocol
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  so that you get your gut back in balance.
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  Gut health is so important. If you stretched out your gut, just,
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  you know, side to side, it would be the size of a tennis gut.
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  So today we're talking about the best thing you can do for your gut.
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  And this one I'm going to tell you up front, it is an investment.
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  It is a product, but it is different than anything I've seen.
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  You've probably seen peptides.
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  People are talking about peptides. This is GLP-1.
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  There's also a bunch of other peptides.
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  The thing is, peptides are created by your body. Your gut creates a lot of peptides.
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  Some peptides are good and helpful and some are not helpful. For example, zonulin.
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  Zonulin is a peptide created in your gut and it promotes leaky gut.
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  So we want there to be, you know, tightness in between all of the cells.
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  We want that to be the right amount of space so that things that aren't supposed
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  to get through can't get through.
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  Well, zonulin increases those gaps. It increases leaky gut, and then leaky gut
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  causes a whole lot of other problems, including allergies,
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  sensitivities, and it can cause autoimmune problems because more things are
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  getting out into your bloodstream, and then your body has to mount an attack, and it causes problems.
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  So we do not want a lot of zonulin produced by our gut.
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  And there are peptides that we want our body to create more of,
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  things that we've talked about before, like GLP-1 and GLP-2.
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  We want our bodies to create more of that to get back to healthy levels of production
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  because the GLP-1 and GLP-2, they do specific things with our hunger and with
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  our blood sugar regulation.
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  They help our bodies work better. So our goal is to identify our root causes.
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  One of the next things we need to do is figure out how to address those root causes.
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  Well, we know as somebody with an autoimmune condition, our gut is one of those root causes.
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  So how can we help our gut?
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  Let me tell you about the Healthy Edge Stack.
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  The Healthy Edge Stack is made of two different products. One of them I've talked
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  about a lot on this podcast because of how powerful it is for your body.
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  It helps your body clean up oxidative stress. It reduces oxidative stress by
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  an average of 40% in just 30 days. That is huge.
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  And I've got a bunch of other podcast episodes about protandium NRF2 and how
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  it works in your body, how it helps your body do what it's supposed to do as
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  far as creating antioxidants and helping every single cell clean up and perform at their best.
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  The other part of the healthy edge stack is P84.
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  The number 84 comes from all of the different ways that it helps your body and it helps your gut.
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  It is primarily helping your gut to regulate, repair, and restore.
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  And it does this by activating 14 key peptides that do that.
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  So let me tell you a little bit about those. Let me give you an overview first, actually.
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  So the regulating peptides, they're going to help you support digestion.
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  Nutrient absorption, immunity, help the gut communicate with phytonutrients.
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  Those are the colorful nutrients that you're eating, it activates the necessary
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  peptides to keep your gut functioning properly.
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  P84 also helps with repair. We all need that repair in our gut.
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  So the P84 aids natural gut repair, especially under stress.
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  The activated peptides help calm the responses and keep the good in and the
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  bad out. We definitely want that.
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  The third thing, regulate, repair, and restore. So when you're restoring,
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  you're helping create the right environment for beneficial bacteria to thrive.
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  We want to restore the calm. We want to restore balance. We want to strengthen
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  the things that are supposed to be in our gut so that our gut and our body work together well.
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  That's a quick overview of P84. And now let me get a little nerdy or a little
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  geeky on you and tell you specifically some of these 14 different peptides.
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  So the regulators, and you do not need to remember the names of these.
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  I don't remember the names of these. I look them up every single time I want to talk about them.
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  CCK is one of them. And this was one that's also impacted by the MindBody GLP-1
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  system, which I talked about back in October and I've been using. It is phenomenal.
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  The GLP-1 system, the MindBody GLP-1 system increases CCK.
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  The P84 does even more. So this is like the processor.
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  It makes sure the fats and the proteins are properly processed in your gut. Of course we want that.
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  Another of the regulating peptides is called somatostatin.
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  And I think I'm saying that right. It's abbreviated SST.
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  And that regulates the regulating peptides, which is just like we're doing chicken
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  and egg thing. We're helping everything help.
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  And so there's the regulators. There's more VIP.
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  It's not very important person in this case. It is the vasoactive intestinal
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  peptide. This is like the gut soother.
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  It helps to calm overreactive areas of the gut.
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  And some people absolutely need this more than others.
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  At least they might notice that they need this gut soothing peptide more than others.
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  There's gastrin releasing peptide. This is like the first responder.
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  It sends alerts to fire up digestion. And I think you can start to see that
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  these regulating peptides really help your gut function as it's supposed to.
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  And then there's the peptides that help your gut restore.
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  So one of them is mucin number two. This is like the gardener.
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  It creates a nourishing layer that protects and keeps the gut stable.
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  And then I already mentioned GLP-2. This is like the nutritionist,
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  the garden nutritionist, it's going to foster a well-fed and balanced environment
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  so that your microbes can grow strong.
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  And GLP-2 also helps with blood sugar regulation. It's just,
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  it's in the name, glucagon-like peptide too.
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  Glucagon refers to the whole blood sugar process.
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  There's also the repairs. So remember I said at least 14 different peptides that all come into line.
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  If they're supposed to be higher, your body is going to say,
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  oh, let me make more of that.
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  If they're supposed to be lower, like zonulin, your body's going to say,
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  oh, you know what? We don't really need to make as much zonulin.
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  So some of the repairers are OCLN. This is OCLN.
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  I think I'm saying that right. Not sure. This is kind of like the metal worker. It's.
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  Just a couple minutes ago, I was
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  talking about leaky gut and how we do not want a lot of gaps in our gut.
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  We want to stabilize and strengthen and create tight junctions.
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  We want to have new tissue. We want to have a rebuilder. That's another one of the peptides.
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  Epiregulin, E-R-E-G, that's the abbreviation for this one. That is the rebuilder.
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  It's supporting new tissue.
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  So I did mentioned zonulin earlier, this P84 combined with the protandim NRF2,
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  because they work better together and they tell your body to do more things
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  when you're working with both of them than just individual.
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  They are synergistic. When you're taking them both together,
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  the protandim NRF2 and the P84, your zonulin goes down.
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  And that helps keep the good in and the bad out.
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  Claudin number one or CLDN1. This is again working on the leaky gut.
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  We call this one the seal specialist.
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  Not seal as in the Arctic water animal.
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  No, seal as in, you know, we're ensuring the barriers are watertight.
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  We want to patch up all of the holes.
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  We want to make sure that everything is exactly as God designed.
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  We don't want the leaky gut anymore.
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  There are so many different things that your gut does. So many different things.
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  Your gut is responsible for about 70 to 80 percent of your immune function.
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  And if you have an autoimmune condition, that means your immune system is stressed.
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  So working on your gut health in general is very important for your immune system
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  overall. And then also working on the gut lining on the leaky gut is very important.
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  Also, there's so many different layers of this. And that's one reason why the
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  healthy edge stack is so powerful, because it's hitting so many layers.
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  And all you're doing is taking two products once a day.
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  That's all it takes me I incorporate p84 and protanum with my breakfast.
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  And so I you know, I already told you I have water kefir.
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  I get some probiotics there. I put some yogurt in and then I throw in the P84. It's a little powder.
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  The taste is okay.
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  There's two different packets. There's the purples and reds and then there's the greens.
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  You know, a lot of the green powders on the market are nasty.
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  I mean, let's just be honest, nasty.
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  This one is not nasty. I remember I had one green powder and I honestly had
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  to hold my breath when I opened the package because it was so.
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  Potent. This one is no big deal. And when you mix the greens and the purples
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  together, the taste is pretty good.
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  I will say I don't love the aftertaste, but one swallow of water and the aftertaste is gone.
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  Not like other greens that I have tried, which is just a whole experience, right? The P84 is good.
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  I don't have to struggle to get it down. And for myself, I just put the P84
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  right into my yogurt and water kefir.
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  I don't flavor it with other stuff.
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  Some people who are putting more berries and things into their smoothie,
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  they love the taste of the P84 and they said they don't mind the aftertaste at all.
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  So it really depends on how you are customizing it.
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  But I love that it is so simple and it taking just this one thing a day,
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  this healthy edge stack, combining the Protanam NRF2, which I've been taking
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  for multiple years now, and the P84, I'm telling my gut to do what my gut is supposed to do.
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  And I'm helping every single cell in my gut and every single cell in my body
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  do what they're designed to do.
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  And that is the goal.
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  The goal is to get our bodies working how they were designed to work.
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  So if I can take the Healthy Edge stack every day, and in doing so,
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  I'm telling so many different gut peptides to get back online to do what they're designed to do.
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  And then of course, the downstream effects of all of those.
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  Let's just think about GLP-1 and how many people are paying so much money for
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  all the benefits of GLP-1.
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  This product, the Healthy Edge Stack, it is activating 14 different peptides,
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  not just GLP-1, 14 different peptides.
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  And can you imagine all of the downstream effects that are coming from 14 different
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  peptides being at the levels that they're supposed to be or getting towards
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  the levels that they're supposed to be.
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  I am in love. If you are on my email list, then you saw that I am trying gluten again.
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  I did an episode, I think about eight months ago, nine months ago,
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  and I was talking about freshly milled flour and that some people who are gluten
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  sensitive can tolerate gluten if it's freshly milled. Well, I tried that, did not work for me.
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  My body said no, but I've been working on my gut health. I've been doing the
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  good. I've been doing the better.
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  And now I've been doing the best. I have been doing the Healthy Edge stack for,
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  I want to say, two or three months.
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  And so I was like, oh, I wonder if my gut is healed enough, if it's healthy
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  enough that I can tolerate gluten.
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  If you want updates on that story, you're going to get on my email list.
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  Just go to my website, healthwithashimoto's.com. I send an email every Saturday.
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  I did kind of lose my Instagram access. If you've been wondering why I am less
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  active on there, it's because I got a new phone about a month ago. Really long story.
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  And really, really long story. And I still don't have Instagram on my phone.
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  I do have it on my computer. So I can pre-schedule posts and I can do things
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  through Meta's suite, through the business suite.
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  But I can't get on with my phone, which means I can't like just post a story.
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  And it's a lot harder to make a reel. So I would have been doing those,
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  giving my gluten, my ancient grain gluten journey, but it's been difficult.
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  So I will maybe try on that.
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  Quite honestly, it's been relaxing not having Instagram on my phone.
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  I kind of like it. I don't know. Let me know if you miss me on Instagram and
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  what I should do about that.
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  Right now, I'm just going to honestly say I quit trying on my phone because
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  I don't miss Instagram on my phone.
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  In fact, I enjoy the lack of Instagram on my phone.
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  So anyway, all of that to say, I've been trying gluten again because of how
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  I've been working on my gut. And I want you to have that too.
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  I want you to be able to expand and give back to the old normal.
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  Not the old normal of being sick.
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  Not the old normal of being fatigued. Not the old normal of falling asleep while
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  you're reading your kid's story.
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  Not the old normal of being unable to think of the words that you're trying
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  to get out. No, we're going to go past that.
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  Go back to when you were healthy, when you were vibrant, when you had a lot of energy,
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  when you could show up in the world and in your family and at work and in your
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  social settings with the personality and with the energy and with everything that made you you.
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  Hashimoto's does not have to steal from you. There is hope.
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  You can get your life back. You can get your energy back. You can get your brain
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  back. You can get your mood back.
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  I want you to know that there is hope. And working on your gut health is a key part of that process.
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  So we've talked about good, we've talked about better, and now we've talked about the best.
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  And of course, there is links in the show notes because I want you to experience
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  such an improvement in your gut health.
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  And I know the Healthy Edge Stack is a fantastic way to do it.
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  Are there more ways that you can do that? Are there other bests? There probably are.
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  The thing about the microbiome, so you know your gut health, is.
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  It's such an expanding topic. There are more and more research studies and products
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  coming out all of the time.
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  And when I first found Seed, which I talked about in the good and better,
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  I talked about it in the better.
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  When I first found Seed, I was so impressed and I made a commitment.
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  I said, if I ever found something better, I would let you know.
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  And I've said that specifically to a couple people.
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  Like this is the best I have found on the market. If something better comes
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  along, because this field is always expanding, I will let you know.
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  And I am happy to say that the Healthy Edge Stack, I finally found it.
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  I have finally found something has been finally released that is better.
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  If you are working on your gut health, the Healthy Edge Stack is a tool that
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  you are going to want to look at, you're going to want to use.
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  So click the link down in the show notes. It's always cheaper on subscription, of course.
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  And the company that it's from, LifeVantage, is a network marketing company.
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  So if you want to be part of my team, send me a message. Not on Instagram.
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  Come over to the Health with Hashimoto's community on school.
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  The link is down in the show notes. And send me a message over there because
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  I would love to help you get started.
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  So whether you choose to be a customer on subscription and save 10% or whether
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  you choose to be a consultant and join my team, the Healthy Edge Stack is so
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  powerful for your gut health.
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  And your gut health matters for your autoimmune health, for everything.
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  Gut health is, it's life. We have to address gut health.
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  And I am so thankful to be able to bring you good,
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  better, and best options so that you can figure out what fits with your life,
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  what fits with the time that you have, with the budget that you have,
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  with the goals that you have, how you want to pursue it is completely up to
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  you. I'm here to give you the options.
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  I'm here to educate you and help you make the best decisions.
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  And of course, you can go down to the show notes and you can book a Hashimoto's
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  root cause reset where we can work one-on-one to help you figure out exactly
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  what you need to do for the best decisions.
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  Possible. This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
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  Please discuss any changes with your trusted healthcare provider.
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  To take your next step, join our school community and explore the courses available there.
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  You do not have to figure your health out alone.
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  So that is school, S-K-O-O-L.com, and it is the Health with Hashimoto's community.
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  I'll see you next time on the Health with Hashimoto's.