Eps 8a. Dr. Sharon Surita - Metabolic Typing and Food Sensitivities: Reviewing two of our functional labs

Your host, Dr. Sharon Surita goes over two of the functional labs we use to help direct our food choices, make meal planning simpler and more precise with respect to improving energy and our sense of balance (homeostasis). Metabolic Typing is a method that is unique in that it addresses a person's bioindividual needs, macronutrient ratios and ingredients that work best. The Mediator Release Test is a food sensitivity test that allows us to understand which foods may be triggering immune responses even without having to challenge the ingredients prior to the lab draw. Dr. Surita holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering and has studied environmental toxicants extensively. She has published many peer-reviewed papers that cover topics specific to air, water and soil quality along with more specific papers on compounds found in consumer products, that may contribute to elevated health risks. Where previously, she focused on external stressors impacting health, she is now committed to helping others find optimal health by looking at both internal and external stressors. Show Notes:2:00 - Dietary Protocols tried including Medical Medium, Carnivore, Wahls Protocol, GAPS3:00 - Dysautonomia, POTS, Orthostatic hypotension, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome5:00 - Oxalates, histamine, salicylates and pain 7:45 - Metabolic Typing - ancestry and decision making and cravings to decide if fast, slow or mixed oxidizer10:20 - Improved function after understanding specific macronutrient ratios and protein types needed 11:45 - High quality foods, raw dairy, grassfed, pasture raised, organic12:30 - Fast, Slow and Mixed oxidizers and itemized shopping lists, healthy fats14:00 - Water source15:45 - Adjusting macronutrient ratios 16:45 - PPIs, pepcid and no improvement in GI symptoms17:00 - MRT food sensitivity test and restrictive diets, avoiding triggering foods18:45 - Whole food verses components like caffeine within coffee20:00 - Gut healing protocols and length of time21:20 - Eliminating as many stressors as possible24:20 - Leaky gut and tight junctions25:00 - Readability of the lab results27:30 - Phase III detox and adjusting results as neededFollow us on IG @FunctionallyEnlightened to be notified when new interviews with amazing functional practitioners and chronic illness warriors who have overcome disabling conditions, are published.