Are Toxins Disrupting Your Metabolism? (Michele Scarlet) | Ep 445

Are environmental toxins quietly slowing your body recomp? Or is the wellness industry selling you fear about things that barely matter?

Functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner Michele Scarlet joins me to separate science from hype around metabolism, hormone health, and detox culture. We unpack what the research actually says about pesticides, plastics, cosmetics, and endocrine disruptors, and whether they truly impact weight loss, muscle building, and strength training results.

We challenge extreme clean-eating rules, the fear around fruit and sugar, and the obsession with trendy detox protocols. Instead, we focus on practical, evidence-based nutrition and fitness strategies that support metabolism, liver function, and long-term body recomp.

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Timestamps:

0:01 – Fear-based marketing in wellness
5:43 – Accumulation versus dosage
8:48– Ingestion versus exposure
11:15 – Cosmetics and chronic absorption
13:48 – Endocrine disruption and fat storage
21:35 – Breast implants and immune activation
28:58 – Why fruit is not the enemy
32:39 – When functional lab testing makes sense
35:15 – Detox support through nutrition
40:02 – How liver detox and bile really work
47:48 – When functional lab testing makes sense

Episode resources:

• The 3 Lab Tests That Changed My Life on True Health Podcast
• Instagram: @michelescarlet_ 
• Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/213894783148245 
• YouTube: @michelescarlet_ 

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