The Jesse Chappus Show 218: Dr. Justin Marchegiani - Is Food Allergy Testing Useless? • Common Parasites • Intermittent Fasting Isn't For Everyone
Dr. Justin Marchegiani is a certified functional medicine practitioner that works with a wide variety of patients all the way from athletes trying to increase performance and heal from injuries to the everyday person with chronic health challenges. Using a holistic approach, he addresses core underlying barriers to health which allows his patients to heal faster and feel better.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How did Justin fall into functional medicine?
- Every bite of food either pushes you toward inflammation or anti-inflammation
- How Tom Brady starts his day
- Emphasizing good proteins and fats, in the morning
- Gut issues may NOT cause gut symptoms
- 80% of your immune system is in your gut
- Is there any value in food allergy testing?
- The autoimmune template... not diet
- Vegans and vegetarians going AIP or paleo to heal
- To sustain life, you have to consume life
- How important are supplements?
- Justin's a huge fan of digestive enzymes and HCL
- What really helped Justin's Hashimoto's
- NDT and desiccated thyroid
- What's the deal with H. pylori?
- How are infections "passed around?"
- What are the most common parasites Justin is seeing in practice?
- Ingesting worms on purpose?!?
- Stop kissing your dog on the lips
- Specific herbs to treat microbial infections
- When intermittent fasting isn't a good idea
- Testing for environmental toxins and heavy metals
- SIBO: small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
- With low energy comes poor mood
- Start your day right, with momentum
- What does Justin's breakfast look like?
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Related links:
Dr. Justin Marchegiani's website
Follow Dr. Justin Marchegiani on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Listen to Justin's podcast (Beyond Wellness Radio)
Listen to Evan Brand previously on TUHP (episode #200)
Tom Brady - The TB12 Method (book)
Trace Minerals Research - Endure
Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory - GI-MAP
The Great Plains Laboratory, Inc.
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317: Dr. Will Cole – The Inflammation Spectrum, Managing Anxiety, Homeschooling
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246: Sachin Patel – Stealth Infections • Get Back To Nature • The 2 Types Of Mindset
168: Dr. Sachin Patel – Create Better Eating Habits • Heart Rate Variability • Pursue Happiness
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