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The Health Detective

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The Health Detective podcast is dedicated to Uncovering Health Truths for Your Body, Mind, and Soul. The show is hosted by Dr. Lauryn, a former TV news journalist and ex-chronic illness patient, gone health detective and functional medicine expert, bringing you over 25 years of clinical and personal experience so you can take your health into your own hands. On this show, we’re all about disrupting diet culture and conventional wisdom, and in our episodes, you’ll eavesdrop on “real talk” topics and conversations with both myself and a variety of interesting guests who are all “health detectives” in their own unique way. Ultimately, get ready to quiet the noise in the health, food and wellness world and reach your optimal potential.
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Episodes

Fertility Beyond 35 with Dr. Aumatma Simmons

Dr. Aumatma is a double board-certified Naturopathic Doctor & Endocrinologist, in practice for close to 15 years. She specializes in fertility and is the best-selling author of two books: "Fertility Secrets: What Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About Baby-Making” and “(In)Fertility: Struggles, Secrets, & Successes.” In this episode, Dr. Aumatma and Dr. Lauryn talk about age, fertility, and helping patients live healthy lifestyles. Stay tuned! - Highlights 0:28 - Dr. Aumatma talks about what ...

Dec 05, 202246 min

How Gut and Oral Health are Related with Trina Felber

Trina Felber is the Founder and Creator of Primal Life Organics, the original “Paleo Skincare” company. In this episode, Trina and Dr. Lauryn discuss the close relationship between oral and gut health. Trina shares the oral health products we should avoid and even recommends a few we should implement into our routine! Stay tuned! - Highlights 5:45 - Trina talks about her background and what got her into the work she does 13:28 - Trina and Dr. Lauryn talk about ulterior motives that could influen...

Nov 28, 202236 min

Deconstructing EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) with Dr. Kasia Kines

​​Dr. Kines is the CEO and Founder of Global Epstein-Barr Virus Institute. She is a leader in recovery therapy for chronic EBV, author, wellness expert, and a highly respected doctor of clinical nutrition, a graduate of the prestigious Bastyr University. In this episode, Dr. Kasia and Dr. Lauryn talk about all things EBV, what it is, what the symptoms are, how to live with it, and much much more! - Highlights 4:04 - Dr. Kasia talks about her background and what inspired her to pursue the world o...

Nov 21, 202242 min

Replenishing the Nutrients your Medication Depletes with Sarah Morgan

Sarah Morgan is an author, inventor with several patents, and founder and CEO of Even. In this episode, Sarah helps us better understand SSRIs, medical foods, and how nutrition can help support our mental health. Stay tuned! - Highlights 3:20 - Sarah talks about her background and what inspired her to help people. She also talks about the “pesky” side effects of medicine. 6:51 - How many women are on birth control? 7:33 - The usage of SSRIs in light of COVID. 9:30 - What exactly do SSRIs do to o...

Nov 14, 202235 min

Understanding Genetic Testing with Kashif Khan

Kashif Khan is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of The DNA Company where personalized medicine is being pioneered through unique insights into the human genome. In this episode, Kashif shares his approach to genetic testing and how, with the proper information, we can learn more about our bodies and get ahead of illnesses! - Highlights 3:03 - Kashif talks about his background and what got him interested in Genetics 5:22 - Information that Kashif learned about his genes that changed his life 7...

Nov 07, 202240 min

Picky Eating Solutions with Jess Sherman

Jess Sherman is an international speaker and author, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner and award winning Registered Holistic Nutritionist™, board certified in Practical Holistic Nutrition. In this episode, she talks about the roots of picky eating, her approach to helping patients, and much more! - Highlights 3:17 - Jess talks about her background and what got her into helping resilient kids 8:04 - Jess talks about the granular approach she takes to analyzing a picky eater’s diet 10:...

Oct 31, 202236 min

Parenting Do-Over with Dr. Marny Turvill - The Health Detective Podcast

Dr. Marny is a former Pediatrician who invented the Parenting Do-Over by living it. In this episode, Dr. Marny talks about the experiences that led her to develop the Parenting Do-Over and shares what a Do-Over looks like in practicality. She even goes over the 7 Key areas of transformation that she covers with her clients, so be sure to stick around! - Highlights 0:37 - What inspired Marny to start parenting do-over 5:32 - What becoming a better parent looks like in practice 17:41 - Advice for ...

Oct 24, 202229 min

The Wild West of the Thyroid with Tiffany Flaten - The Health Detective Podcast

Tiffany Flaten, M.Ed., MSN, CNS, and wellness coach and is a thyroid expert in nutrition. In this episode of the Health Detective Podcast, Tiffany and Dr. Lauryn explore the Wild West of the thyroid, discussing symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of this widespread epidemic. - Highlights 4:08 - Tiffany talks about how her own thyroid conditions led her to her to study nutrition and help others 8:47 - Some hallmarks symptoms of thyroid conditions. 11:45 - The importance of the thyroid 14:21 - The ...

Oct 17, 202241 min

Holistic Parenting with Dr. Madiha Saeed - The Health Detective Podcast

Madiha Saeed, MD, also known as HolisticMom, MD on social media, is a practicing board-certified family physician in the USA, an international speaker, and a best-selling author. In this episode, Dr. Saeed shares the methods and benefits of holistic parenting. If you’re a parent or you know a parent, you don’t want to miss this one! - Highlights 6:02 - Madiha talks about how a horrific incident with one of her children led her to the path of integrative holistic functional medicine. 12:15 - The ...

Oct 10, 202253 min

Harnessing the Power of Anxiety with Dr. Chloe Carmichael - The Health Detective Podcast

Dr. Chloe Carmichael, Ph.D, is a licensed clinical psychologist, author, consultant, and much more! She has been featured as an expert on VH1, Inside Edition, ABC Nightline, and other television; and has been quoted in the New York Times, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, and other print media. Today, Dr. Chloe shares ways in which we can benefit from our anxiety and not just see it in a negative light. She also shares a few techniques from her book on how to harness the p...

Oct 03, 202241 min

Understanding Epigenetics with Dr. Erika Gray - The Health Detective Podcast

Dr. Erika Gray is a UCSF trained pharmacist, educator, national speaker, and co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of ToolBox Genomics and MyToolBox Genomics. Today we’re talking all about epigenetics. Dr. Gray discusses ways in which understanding our epigenetics can help us more effectively fight signs of aging, fine-tune our diet, and lead happier and healthier lives. Dr. Gray also shares the immediate steps we can take to optimize our epigenetics! - Highlights 5:32 Dr. Gray talks about how a ...

Sep 26, 202242 min

Bringing Awareness to Estrogen Dominance with Kate Vasquez – The Health Detective Podcast

Kate is a Functional Medicine Physician Assistant, Estrogen Dominance Expert, founder of Radiant Health, and the author of “Estrogen Is A B*tch,” - a book bringing awareness to estrogen dominance. We talk about lifestyle factors impacting our hormones, birth control’s effect on estrogen, symptoms of PMS that we don’t have to accept, and much more! Kate also shares five telltale signs of estrogen dominance!

Sep 14, 202244 min

How to Cure SIBO | Diet & Supplement Strategies That Work – The Health Detective Podcast

“Healing is possible if you follow the right strategy in a clean diet.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will remind you to rebuild your gut with probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics both found in the supplementa...

Aug 29, 202215 minEp. 37

Low Energy with Dr. Farah Sultan – The Health Detective Podcast

“I do what I do because I see those changes so impactful in making a positive change in someone's.” Dr. Farah Sultan earned her medical degree from Christian Medical College in Vellore, India. After graduation, she trained in Internal Medicine at the Royal London Hospital, and she completed six months of residency training in General Surgery at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She completed her Family Medicine residency at Baylor University in Houston, Texas, and then received her B...

Aug 22, 202226 minEp. 38

SIBO 101 | Do You Have It? – The Health Detective Podcast

“Bacterial overgrowth is just the simple overgrowth of bacteria up top in our small intestine.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will enlighten you about what SIBO is, and its signs or symptoms of it. She will also ...

Aug 15, 202214 minEp. 37

Annmarie Skincare with Rachel Pachivas – The Health Detective Podcast

“You don't know what you don't know until you know it, or you don't know how good you can feel until you feel it.” Rachel is the COO of Annmarie Skin Care, a skincare line that creates clean and effective products utilizing organic and wildcrafted ingredients. Her favorite parts about her job include research on ingredients, formulation, sustainability efforts, and working to increase education on organics, chemicals, and the skincare industry as a whole. She believes we should all have a say in...

Aug 08, 202230 minEp. 36

How I Learned Intuitive Eating (After 20 Years of Dieting) – The Health Detective Podcast

“My philosophy with food is a little dirt never hurt, I eat no perfection.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will enlighten you on how she learned intuitive eating and will help you become the best version of yourse...

Aug 01, 202210 minEp. 35

Weight Loss Resistance / Leptin with Dr. Bindiya Gandhi – The Health Detective Podcast

“Health is an inside job, a lot of our society and diet culture, focus, fitness culture and has greatly been on fixing the outside.” Dr. Bindiya Gandhi is double-boarded by the American Board of Family Medicine as well as the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Physicians. Her interests include integrative, holistic, and functional medicine, women’s health, preventative medicine, international medicine, and health care reform. She is also a certified yoga instructor and reiki master. She ...

Jul 27, 202225 minEp. 34

10 Eating Disorder Recovery Tips (No One Will Tell You About) – The Health Detective Podcast

“If it didn't grow in the ground, swim in the sea, or roam the earth, then it's not real food.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will introduce the 10 tips that no one will tell you about to help you recover from yo...

Jul 25, 202224 minEp. 33

The Thyroid Fixer with Dr. Amie Hornaman – The Health Detective Podcast

“Testosterone in women is the forgotten hormone.” Dr. Amie Hornaman, a.k.a The Thyroid-Fixer, is a woman on a mission to optimize thyroid around the world and give them their lives back using her proprietary transformational program: The FIX Method. Dr. Amie is also the founder of the Institute for Thyroid and Hormone Optimization. Dr. Lauryn and Dr. Amie will enlighten you about the toxicity of both food sources and environmental aspects that triggers hypothyroidism, as well as just hormone imb...

Jul 20, 202230 minEp. 32

Eating Healthy is Killing You – The Health Detective

“The perfect human diet, we should really just eat what I claim and then you'll feel amazing.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will help you clear out the good foods and bad foods in your diet to attain a healthy m...

Jul 18, 20226 min

Healing Your Hormones with Dr. Brooke Kalanick - The Health Detective

“Not putting too much on your plate, on the to-do list, but it also means looking at all of the things that you ask of yourself every day.” Dr. Brooke Kalanick is a licensed Naturopathic (ND) and Functional Medicine doctor, Dr. Brooke attended Seattle, Washington’s Bastyr University, where she earned a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and Masters in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. She also has a partially completed Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from Washington State University. She help...

Jul 13, 202241 min

Become a Millionaire by Having Golden Poo – The Health Detective

“The golden poo is your golden ticket to achieving good health and great health equals great wealth in your life and how you feel to get it.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will elaborate on the different hacks fo...

Jul 11, 202215 min

Heart Hunger with Dr. Anita Johnston - The Health Detective

“We don’t restrict because we're stressed, we restrict or we eat because we don’t want to feel our emotions.” Dr. Anita Johnston is a clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist and supervisor, working in the field of women’s issues and eating disorders for over 35 years. She is the author of the best-selling book, Eating in the Light of the Moon, and co-creator of the Light of the Moon Cafe, a series of online interactive courses and women’s support circles, and Soul Hunger w...

Jul 06, 202234 minEp. 26

2 Food Intolerance Tests To Do At Home - The Health Detective

“Food tolerances can be expanded and food intolerances can be overcome when we heal and seal the gut.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will teach you the 2 simple ways to test your food intolerance at home. She wil...

Jul 04, 202213 min

Health Is An Inside Job with Dr. Cathy Eason - The Health Detective

“A whole food is something that grounded in the ground fell off, walk the earth or swim in the sea.” Dr. Cathy Eason is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Licensed Massage Therapist in private practice in Portland, Oregon. A writer, public lecturer, and holistic health practitioner mentor. She has been a Senior NTP Lead Instructor for the NTA for over 12 years and loves witnessing the many successes and incredible works of NTA graduates far and wide. Dr. Cathy Eason will enlighten ...

Jun 29, 202249 minEp. 25

Where it started - The Health Detective

“Something inside me found hope, something inside me whispered you're going to be okay.” Dr. Lauryn Lax is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner, author, and speaker, with over 20 years of clinical and personal experience specializing in gut health, intuitive eating, disordered eating, anxiety, hormone balance, and women's health. Dr. Lauryn will help you uncover truths for your body, mind, and soul. So you can live your best life Ep...

Jun 27, 20226 min

The Power of Meditation with Dr. Ashok Gupta - The Health Detective

“Neurons that fire together, wire together.” Dr. Ashok Gupta, is an internationally renowned Speaker, Filmmaker & Health Practitioner who has dedicated his life to supporting people through chronic illness, and achieving their potential. He then set up a clinic to treat others, and then published the well-known recovery program known as the Gupta Program in 2007. He has published several medical papers and is continually researching these conditions. You will be enlightened by Dr. Ashok Gupt...

Jun 22, 202238 minEp. 24

Probiotics with Dr. Joe Mather - The Health Detective

“Don’t be afraid to make a change.” Dr. Joe Mather is a board-certified physician and the Medical Director of the Ruscio Institute for Functional Medicine. Dr. Joe is passionate about delivering cost-effective and practical medical care that focuses on GI health and environmental toxicity. He uses a lot of his time treating patients suffering from complex and chronic diseases. You will learn more about probiotics and how it helps our body to be in a healthy and functional state. Dr. Joe will pro...

Jun 15, 202231 minEp. 23

Let’s Fight It Together with Dr. Paul Anderson - The Health Detective

“Your health is your valuable asset.” Dr. Paul Anderson is a successful clinician and educator in integrative and naturopathic medicine that focuses on complex infectious, chronic, and oncologic illnesses. Dr. Paul founded Advanced Medical Therapies in Seattle, Washington, a clinic focusing on cancer and chronic diseases. He is also a co-author of the Hay House book “Outside the Box Cancer Therapies” with Dr. Mark Stengler. You will learn more about cancer and other complications caused by cance...

Jun 08, 202242 minEp. 22
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