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Welcome back to Chasing Eden Rediscovering your Body's devine design.
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I'm your host, Carolyn Thompson, and I'm thrilled that you're
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here today because we're diving into one of the most
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misunderstood and yet most impactful topics in natural health today. Parasites. Yes,
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I'm talking about parasites today. The word alone makes most
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people feel uncomfortable. But what if I told you that
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nearly every human on Earth carries parasites, And what if
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I told you that surprising parasites can even play a
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protective role in the body when digestion goes wrong. We're
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unpacking the truth, the myths, the science, and most importantly,
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the protocols that natural health experts have used for decades
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to help people cleanse, heal, and restore their bodies. And
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we'll be drawing knowledge from people like doctor Holda Clark,
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Doctor Axe, doctor Barbara O'Neil, Biohacker, Dave Asbury, Jordan Rubin,
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and Gary Breca, as well as some insights from doctor Huberman,
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plus some of the latest research linking parasites in cancer, immunity,
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and gut function. So what are they and why do
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so many people have parasites. Human beings have shared their
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bodies with parasites for thousands of years. Parasites are organisms
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that depend on a host, in this case us, to survive.
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They come in all sizes and shapes, microscopic, protozoa, flukes,
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round worms, tapeworms, threadworms, and pinworms. Blood borne parasites like
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babiesia or malaria strains. Doctor as often quotes the CDC
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statistic that over sixty million Americans carry parasitic infections without
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knowing it, and globally that number reaches into the billions.
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But here's where the conversation gets more nuanced. Parasites as
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quote unquote up cruse. Yeah, you wouldn't believe it. But
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many natural health practitioners, including doctor Barbara O'Neill, emphasize that
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parasites often thrive when the environment in the body is
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ideal for them, conditions like undigested food, excess sugar and mucus,
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low stomach acid, slow elimination, gut fermentation, and fungal overgrowth.
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In this sense, parasites sometimes act like the garbage trucks
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of the body when food sits too long in the
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digestive tract or isn't metabolized properly, parasites move into break
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it down. Is that good? Well, not exactly, but it
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reveals something important. Parasites often exist because the terrain of
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the body allows or even invites them to thrive. Jordan Reuben,
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you may remember him as the author of The Maker's Diet,
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and currently he has a new book out called The
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Biblio Diet, which I just purchased and I just started
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reading it and it's really really great. He has stated
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that many times that quote, a toxic digestive tract always
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attracts parasitic organisms, unquote, the body becomes a comfortable airbnb
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for unwelcome guests. So there are some symptoms that people
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tend to ignore, and they are common signs of parasitic
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activity in the body. Some of these symptoms include chronic
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bloating or constipation, itchy skin or anus, teeth grinding at night,
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food cravings, especially sugar, chronic fatigue or brain fog, mood swings,
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skin rashes, trouble gaining or losing weight, as well as allergies. Now,
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human biologist Gary Breca often emphasizes that parasites rob the
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body of nutrients, creating deficiencies that lead to downstream hormonal issues,
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immune problems, and metabolic dysfunction. Compared to ancient populations, today's
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diet and lifestyle create a perfect storm. Well, we have
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things in our lifestyle such as more processed carbohydrates, less fiber,
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more sugar in our foods. We eat less fermented foods.
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Some people don't eat any at all. We have more stress.
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This has weakened our gut flora, and we also have
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environmental toxins as well as travel and global food distribution. Now,
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in the old days, people oftentimes had family farms. They
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would grow their own food. It was a very natural
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thing to do prior to the Industrial Revolution, before people
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started to populate cities in large numbers and work in factories.
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They lived out in the country and they had their
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own cow and they had chickens, and they led a
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very healthy lifestyle just naturally, just a natural part of
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working with the environment around them, and took it for granted.
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I guess that their diets were healthy and they were
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enjoying the fruit of their labor, which was the food
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that they grew in their backyard and the fresh air
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that they breathed in. They spent time out in the sunshine,
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tilling their ground and making things grow without even realizing,
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or maybe so their connection with the earth and the
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outdoors and growing their own healthy food locally. They maybe
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they didn't even realize how lucky they were at the time.
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But now we look back and we realize what happened
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as we progressed, and we see what progress has done
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to our food chain and to our lifestyles. So our
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inner garden is extremely easy to invade. And that being said,
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also the soil organisms that we naturally would get from
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our foods when we would grow them ourselves or were
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healthy for our gut. And there are probiotics that I
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think they're called hs hsos. They come from the soil
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that helped to populate our gut with healthy organisms and
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keep it healthy. Most people don't get those anymore, and
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they need to supplement with them. And if you were
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a Jordan Reuben fan back in the day when he
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owned the Garden of Life company, he had a supplement
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and they may still have it with the soil organisms
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in them that you could supplement with. So here's the
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good news. You can cleanse, restore, and reset your internal environment.
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And that's where the protocols come in. After the break,
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we dive into doctor HOLDE. Clark's groundbreaking work, the woman
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who transformed parasite cleansing into a global movement. Stay with
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us and prepare to rediscover your body's divine design. Doctor HOLDA.
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Clark was a pioneer, one of the first to boldly
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state that parasites, toxins, and environmental pollutants are at the
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root of most modern diseases, including cancer. Her book, The
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Cure for All Diseases shook the wellness world. Clark believed
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quote all illness comes from two things, parasites and pollutants unquote.
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While not everyone agrees with her fully, her protocols have
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helped countless people restore their health. Now, hold of Clark
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is no longer with us, but she has a cleanse
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that you can still purchase online. And I have done
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this many many times. In fact, I still have some
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of the bottles in the cupboard, and when I decided
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to make this the subject of my podcast, I was
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reminded of it and I started popping some of them.
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Foundational parasite cleans is built on three core herbs. Black
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walnut hole which is actually green green black walnutth hole.
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It's anti parasitic, anti fungal, anti microbial, and its effective
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against adult parasites. The second part of her cleanse, the
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herb is wormwood also known as Artemisia abyssynthium. This targets
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larval stages. Bitter herb. It's a bitter herb that stimulates
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digestion and historically it was used in ancient times. The
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third herb is cloves. Cloves kill parasite eggs. They're a
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powerful anti fungal and cloves prevent reinfestation. Now in her protocol,
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she gives you a It comes with a piece of
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paper like a guide, and it tells you how many
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pills of each herb to take each day, because you
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kind of have to. You have to take it in stages,
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because parasites have stages and they have defenses that kick
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in and the different larva stages that they have, so
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you have to take it. I want to see it's
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Is it like a twelve day cleanse maybe or maybe
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seventeen days, I can't remember. But there's a guide in
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there and it tells you how many to take up
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each one each day. And for me, I would just
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kind of check it when I took it, so that
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I wouldn't lose track because it's a different number of
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capsules for each herb each day. Now, Clark emphasized that
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all three must be used together to break the parasitic
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life cycle, the adults, the larva, the eggs, and the reinfection.
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Most cleanses fail because they kill adults, but they leave
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the eggs intact. So Doctor Axe also supports the use
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of these same herbs in his own parasite protocols, explaining
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that they do things like oxygenate the blood, reduce fungal overgrowth,
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improve stomach acid, and create inhospitable environment for the parasites. Now,
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a lot of people don't realize that because of our
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modern diet and all of the junk that's out there,
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all the fast food, all of the additives, all of
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the processed things going on, most people don't have the
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powerful stomach acid that they're meant to have to aid
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in the digestive process. So you can actually strengthen and
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create a better environment in your stomach through like they have,
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like gut healing protocols and things. But some people need
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to take hydrochloric acid capsules with their meals in order
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to help them break down food. This is really a
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great thing to do if you're a candidate for it,
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and a lot of people are because the environment that
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is unfriendly for parasitic growth is the best environment for
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you to break your food down. And if you have
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the right acid content and pH balance in your stomach,
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then you don't have to worry about these organisms growing
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in your body and wreaking havoc on your gut. So
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the protocols help also to create an inhospitable environment for
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the parasites. Barbara O'Neil often adds that herbs like wormwood
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help restore the bitter taste receptors in the body. These
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receptors are linked to biole production, liver detoxification, and improved elimination.
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So a lot of people also don't realize that as
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far as detoxing your liver, it's the bitter herbs. The
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bitter herbs help detox your liver, so if you are
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familiar with that. A lot of health advocates will recommend
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drinking lemon water the juice of a lemon during the
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day with some water, and sometimes they'll throw some salt
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in there to you know, or stevia maybe to make
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it not you be so sour. But the just simply
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drinking lemon water can help with liver detoxification. So there
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are some other herbs now with modern cleanses that people
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will use, and there's been some updated protocols today which
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combine the Clark Protocol the three foundational herbs with other
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herbs like nim something called powdarko oregana oil which is
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Dave Asbury's favorite antimicrobial garlic berberine. If you've ever heard
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of that. I'm going planning on doing a podcast on
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it because it helps with insulin. It helps you to
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reduce the insulin production when you go eat. It keeps
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you from craving sugar. So that is a really good one.
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And it's also known as a strong antioxidant. There's just
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so many benefits. This is kind of an interesting one.
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Another one is all of leaf, which people wouldn't realize
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or think of, but it's a great thing to have
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in your cabinet time. Pumpkin seeds. You may have heard
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Doctor Ax talk about these pumpkin seeds are great for
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killing parasites. Great fruit seed extract. People will purchase that
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and they will put some drops into water and drink
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that a couple times a day, Quasia golden seal, and
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something called mimosa pudica, which becoming extremely popular for the
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rope room rope worm cleansing. People are starting to become
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more familiar with the different types of parasite protocols as
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they're waking up and realizing that, hey, we've all got parasites,
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and it used to be considered a one of those
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things that was a conspiracy theory, and they're starting to
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find out, hey, this actually isn't. Other cultures have been
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cleansing for parasites for many, many years and was the
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normal thing in their culture, and it's now becoming something
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that's more mainstream now in the American culture. So as
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people become more aware and they do their research, they're
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starting to share with each other the different things that
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they use. Now. The mimosa pudica, discussed by many functional
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doctors today, becomes a sticky gel in the intestines and
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it traps parasites and their biofilm and debris and moves
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it through the gut. So you might consider some lifestyle
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changes because parasites can cause so many problems in your life,
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so many issues. They can keep you from sleeping. They
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can cause mood problems, they can cause you to crave things.
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They can really cause so many issues, so making a
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changes in your lifestyle. Herbal cleanses work best when they're
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paired with zero sugar, limited carbs. People will say no dairy,
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but that can be arguable. Low fruit except green apples
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or berries, no alcohol, increased hydration, definitely magnesium for bowel motility.
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Magnesium isn't just to help for regularity, it's also fantastic
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to help is There's actually a product called Calm, and
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it's also really great for stress. You also would want
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to maybe perhaps start incorporating digestive enzymes along with your meals,
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start taking a reputable probiotic, and put yourself on a clean,
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whole food diet. I was listening to Jordan Ruben's free
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course he has right now with the Biblio Diet, and
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he was explaining that if there's more than one ingredient,
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it's it's probably better to pass over the food, like
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for instance, apple just has apple, and a steak is
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just beef and so on, and he was saying, you know,
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the more you stick to that, that's the health the
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healthier the diet you're going to have. Doctor Huberman frequently
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mentions that gut motility and the vagus nerve play a
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massive role in cleansing pathogens. Naturally, movement, breath work, and
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stress reduction accelerate your detox. When we return, we'll explore fasting,
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which is one of the most powerful, ancient and scientifically
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supported ways to starve parasites and le set your body's
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inner terrain. Fasting isn't just spiritual, its biological warfare against parasites.
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Dave Asprey, Gary Breca, and countless metabolic doctors agree that
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fasting drops glucose levels to levels parasites cannot thrive on,
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increases atophogy, which is your cell cleanup, enhances immune activity,
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reduces gut inflammation, starves fungal overgrowth, and improves digestion and
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stomach acid. Barbara O'Neil has spoken for years about how
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parasites feed on sugar, fermented carbohydrates, undigested food, and mucus.
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When you stop feeding parasites, something remarkable happens. Parasites detach, weaken,
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and release their grip on the intestines. Types of fasts
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that might help are the intermittent fasting, the sixteen eight
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or eighteen six where you fast for sixteen hours and
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then you have your meals during an eight hour pocket,
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or you fast for eighteen hours and you only eat
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your meals during a six hour pocket. Also if you
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are if you think you can handle it, a twenty
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four hour water fast, a green juice fast, a bone