Dr. Stephen Cabral is a Naturopathic Doctor, the author of the Rain Barrel Effect, and the host of the Cabral Concept Podcast. In today’s episode with Dr. Cabral we are breaking down the science of nutrition, stress, leaky gut, and toxins in our environment in an easy-to-understand way, explains why we’re all so sick, and how we can start to get well. He explains why healing with food is important, but it’ll never be the answer unless we address the root cause of sickness like total body burden and toxin overload, which can cause leaky gut, in addition to stress and inflammation throughout the body.
We’re also doing some myth busting on this episode, like how going low carb or keto and doing high intensity exercise doesn’t actually mean your blood glucose is going to stay low (spoiler alert: it actually spikes after the workout if you were low carb going in). We’re talking about stomach acid, the microbiome, and how perfectionism can contribute to stress and disease, and how to truly create balance.
This is definitely one of the nutrition-science heavier episodes, but put in a totally broken down, easy to understand way that empowers you to go out into the world with more knowledge about what your body is actually doing (instead of listening to media headlines that pick out one random part of research and blow it totally out of proportion to make you afraid of eating coconut oil ever again)!
Topics discussed:
- Total Body Burden & what is the “rain barrel effect”?
- The impact of antibiotics on the microbiome and leaky gut
- Why Dr. Cabral always starts by healing the gut, even for adrenal issues
- The biggest contributors to leaky gut
- Work-life stress, GI-based stress, Toxicity stress, viruses and other physical stressors like exercise – can all ramp up adrenaline and cortisol and be disadvantageous in the long run.
- How even certain self-care practices like sauna, cryotherapy, exercise, or deep tissue massage can actually make you more stressed out
- Low carb diets and crossfit / high intensity exercise and their impact on blood sugar and cortisol.
- Why the carnivore diet and keto can be very harmful for the health of our gut bacteria (because they have nothing to feed off of!)
- How perfectionism can contribute to stress and disease, and how to create balance to heal.
- Chlorine and its effects on your gut and thyroid health (it’s not just important for swimmers!) – and the most dangerous place chlorine is consumed (it’s not the pool!)
- A few practical tips you can do right now to reduce your toxin exposure and total body burden
Resources Mentioned:
- Top 10 reasons the carnivore diet is disastrous for long-term health
- Dr. Cabral’s Website: stephencabral.com
- Podcast: The Cabral Concept
- Dr. Cabral on Instagram: @stephencabral
- Book recommendation: The Power of the Sub-Conscious Mind by Joseph Murphy ; The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
- Dr. Cabral’s Book – The Rain Barrel Effect: How a 6,000 Year Old Answer Holds the Secret to Finally Getting Well & Feeling Alive Again!
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Loved this episode! Really appreciate the nutrition science. Quick question. EMS toxicity (As I heard it) was mentioned in regard to wireless device use. I tried to search this but could not find anything with that abbreviation that seemed related. Can you clarify what was said or meant? Thanks!
Yay, you’re so welcome! I nerd out on the nutrition science too. I think you’re referring to EMF toxicity 🙂