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Holistic Health Heroes — 122 episodes

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122: Midlife Isn’t a Crisis — It’s a Cellular Wake-Up Call! Plus, Nutrients and Habits that are Non-Negotiables

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121: Maria Maroney, National Educator for Natural Factors: Cellular Health Is the New Anti-Aging

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120: The Virus That Waits 50 Years: Why Shingles Strikes When You’re Exhausted, Plus Natural Tips to Support Your Body

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119: The Silent Workhorse in Your Body for Detox, Energy & Longevity: Your Kidneys!

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118: Burnout? Hear the Pancreas Whisper: The Organ Behind Energy, Blood Sugar and Burnout

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117: Natropathic Dr. Mark Stengler: Gut Health is Whole-Body Health, Science-Backed Supplements, Key Nutrients and Hope for Healing

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116: Your Brain's Nightly Pressure Washer: The Glymphatic System, What Supplements Help Detox and Repair

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115: Are You Inflam-Aging? The Critical Lymph System: Your Body’s Drainage, Detox and Immune Highway

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114: Signs Your Liver is Damaged! Recognize Phases and Learn How to Love on Your Liver

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113: Sluggish Gallbladder: The Hidden Root of Anxiety, Fatigue and Hormone Imbalance

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112: Nick Stern, Founder SunNutrition & Creator of Vascular Defense: A Key Cardiovascular Support for Optimal Health, Longevity and Performance

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111: Busting 5 Myths on Endometriosis, Why Surgery is Not Enough and How a Root Cause Approach is the Best Path to True Healing

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110: What is Burning Mouth Syndrome? Important Vitamin Deficiencies to Consider, Plus 6 Must-Know Root Causes

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109: Vertigo is NOT a Disease, But a Cluster of Symptoms. Find out the 3 Main Types, Causes, Likely Missing Nutrients, and Necessary Lifestyle Habits to Ward it Off

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108: Got a Cancer Plan? Rising rates make me want to consider a What-If Plan! Discussing Root Causes, Unconventional Paths, Diet and Sheer Will

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107: Types of Arthritis and a Common Denominator Root Cause, Plus Pain Relieving Food, Herbs and Supplements

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106: Clearing Up Confusion on Creatine - A Most Misunderstood (and Safe) Supplement

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105: Olive Leaf, A Holistic Guide to Benefits, History and Smart Use

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104: Melatonin Means More than Good Sleep: Explore the High-Dose Melatonin Findings Impacting Mitochondrial, Neurological, Immune Health and More!

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103: Overcoming Crohn’s and Healing the Gut with a Functional Medicine Perspective

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102: Intro to Shilajit: Ancient Mineral Resin for Energy, Hormone Balance and Cellular Health

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101: Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: What are they? What's the Difference? What other conditions are related to them? Highlighting the work of Dr. Rodger Murphree

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100: Top 5 Holistic Health Topics, Hot Issues on my List for Future Episodes, PLUS Your Questions Answered!

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99: Bust the Blues: St. Johns Wort and other Herbs, Supplements and Therapies for a Brighter Mood

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98: The Dangers of Blood Sugar Dysregulation and Hypoglycemia: Signs and Symptoms to look out for and supplements to consider

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97: Understanding Neuropathy: Lesser-Known Symptoms, Causes, Treatmentsand Holistic Approaches

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96: Red, Blotchy Skin Issues? Types of Dermatitis and How to Help Eczema Holistically

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95: An Essential Mineral for Immunity and Healing: Zinc, the Micro Nutrient with Macro Impact!

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94: Overwhelm and Stress are Messing Everything Up! Nutrient deficiencies you likely have when you are under prolonged stress plus behaviors to help overcome overwhelm

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93: Post-Traumatic Growth with Kimberly Hand, Leveling Up Through Life’s Struggles and The Importance of Finding Joy

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92: The Recovery Cycle of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Coach Onelly Hernandez: Testing, Nutrition, Stress and Emotional Coping Strategies

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91: The Good-For-You Seed Oils: The Healing Powers of Black Cumin Seed Oil and Others

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90: Adult Acne, Rosacea and the All-Important Gut-Skin Axis: What's missing from modern dermatology and how to address the root case of skin issues

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89: Lavender for Nervous System Nutrition: How this historic herb can be used, why the olfactory system is real and how it impacts our mood, brain, digestion and more!

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88: What Cults Teach us About Fear, Diet and Decision Making. Plus, how Chronic Anxiety and Nutrient Deficiencies Create a Vicious Cycle

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87: What's the Difference Between NAC and NAD+? From Detoxification, Respiratory Health, Cellular Health and Energy Production. Breaking Down Differences and Noticing Similarities

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86: Does Photobiomodulation (or Red Light Therapy) Really have Health Benefits? Clinically Documented Benefits, Tips on Use and My Own Experience with RLT so far

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85: Sharik Peck, Founder/CEO of Rezzimax on Empowering Your Great Protector, the Vagus Nerve and Nervous System for Optimal Health, Better Sleep, Enhanced Stress Response and much more to support the body's natural healing function

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84: What to know on Vitamin D and a Key Collaborator K2. Plus, Optimal Levels, Who's Most at Risk, Potential Toxicity and more!

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83: New Food Pyramid Coming Soon! Live Call with Nina Teicholz on Failing Dietary Guidelines and Creating 2025 Upgrades

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82: Dr. Abbey Jo Shulkin DAOM, L.Ac. on Traditional Chinese Medicine Getting to the Root Cause. Plus, Her Program to Solve Emotional Eating for Weight Wellness

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81: Cheryl Myers on the Most Clinically Studied Curcumin in the World. Different Formulations for Acute Pain Relief vs Longevity and the many problems from Inflammation

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80: The 3 Stages of Frozen Shoulder. Who's at Most Risk and Why? Plus, Holistic Approaches For Resolving it

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79: Brooke McPoyle: Fascinating Fascia and its connection to the Nervous System, Plus Breathwork, Sound and Movement for Pain and Much More!

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78: NSAIDs: Overlooked Risks of Common over-the-counter Pain Relievers. Plus, Holistic and Natural Alternatives to Reduce Pain

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77: Nurse Nicole of Nurses Out Loud talks Medical Freedom, Informed Consent, Patient Advocacy and Legislative Changes regarding our Health

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76: Food Labels, What's best? Organic vs. Local and Pastured vs. Grass-Fed... what's the healthiest option to choose and good resources to reference

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75: Mercury Toxicity: Symptoms, Avoiding Exposure, True Cellular Detox and the Trick on Testing

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74: Cloves: Spice with Medicinal Might

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73: Meeting Barbara O'Neill and Learning her Philosophy on liver detoxification and hormone balance

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72: Nora Gedgaudas on Living with Wolves and going beyond Paleo and Keto to The Primalgenic® Diet and Lifestyle

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71: Need-to-know info on Uterine Fibroids and Estrogen Dominance including: diet, conventional vs holistic treatments, supplements to consider and more

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70: Denise Skinner at Vibrant Mobile Health on Detoxification with the multi-modality technology of the HOCATT

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69: The Pain of Kidney Stones: Overcoming and Preventing Kidney Stones, a Holistic Approach

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68: Lance Schuttler, CEO of Ascent Nutrition: From Trauma to Nutraceuticals Including Pine Needle Extract, Agarikon Mushrooms, DHA and More!

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67: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Symptoms, Controversy, Holistic Approaches and Why I say Ditch Your Fragrances! (BONUS episode)

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66: The Impact of Dentistry on Your Overall Health with Dr. John Light, Biological, Holistic Dentist

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65: Breast Health and What An Integrative Oncologist Says to Do Instead of Mammography

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64: Allison Waguespack on Being Mindful of Your Mindset, Pain vs. Suffering and Setting Yourself Up for Success

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63: Preparing to Become the BEST Version of Yourself in the New Year? Yeah, me too! Let's Set Goals and Crush them together! (BONUS episode)

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62: Signs of Insulin Resistance and a Holistic Approach to Help Reverse it

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61: Reed Davis, Testing for Discovery and Disfunction Identification, Not Another Diagnosis. The Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Method.

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60: Jen Donovan: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome is on the rise! Learn what it is and how to heal

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59: Deanna Hansen, Founder of Block Therapy: Reverse chronic structural and emotional issues with fascia-release techniques

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58: Chef James Barry, Founder of PLUCK: A Long-Forgotten and Highly Nutrient Dense Food that will have them asking for seconds!

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57: Ben Azadi: The Code to Sustainable Weight Loss with the Biological Process, Ketosis

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56: Why do you get sick? Germ Theory vs. Terrain Theory - is it a matter of right and wrong?

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55: Weight Loss: Is Berberine really Nature's Ozempic?

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54: Decentralizing our Fragile Food Systems with AJ Richards of FromtheFarm.org

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53: Chocolate: Health Benefits of Raw Cacao, Lead in Commercial Chocolate Brands and My favorite Nutrient-Rich, Guilt-Free Chocolate Candy Recipe

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52: Courage and Health, Historic Times and the book: Good Energy by Casey Means MD and Calley Means

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51: Kava that Tastes Great! Reduce Anxiety, Calm the Nervous System, Improve Sleep and More with Kava PLUS Updated Research on so-called Side Effects

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50: My feet ache! Plantar Fasciitis: What is it? Symptoms, Causes and What to do to find relief!

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49: Chris Muneio: Investor, Restauranteur of Fern, Rancher at Ranchers Reserve: Regenerative Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Why sourcing Your Meat Locally is Best

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48: Susan Winograd, P.T. on Pelvic Health, Frequent Urination, Bladder Health, the interconnected nature of overall wellness for pelvic health and much more!

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47: Diane Marie of Bloom Citrus, an online farmers market and apothecary focused on Florida finds

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46: Sally Fallon Morell on Butter, Real Milk, Fermented Foods, Regenerative Agriculture and the Weston A. Price Foundation

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45: When Cold and Flu symptoms hit... What do you do? Here is my holistic approach.

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44: Casey Thompson ARPN of Zen Medicine on Ketamine and Medical Marijuana

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43: Jeni Hall: Creator of The RESTART® Program--a powerful 5-week REAL FOOD sugar detox program

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42: Holistic Solutions for Bugs and Bug Bites. What makes you more likely to get bit, homemade bug repellant and more!

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41: Anxiety Disorders are on the rise and there is an Unexpected Herb Proven to Help You Feel Calm

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40: My 30-Day Fasting Update and the book Fast This Way by Dave Asprey

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39: Trigger Finger: Understanding Causes and Finding Holistic Solutions

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38: Bloating after eating? It could be SIBO! Note the Symptoms, Tests and Eating Styles to Combat Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

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37: Tracy McDonough of Healing Moments: Addressing Nervous System Dysregulation as Foundational for Health and Healing

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36: To Fast or Not to Fast, that's the question! Six Types of Fasting, How to get started and the book: Fast Like a Girl

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35: The Nervous System, Sympathetic Dominance and Somatic Therapies: Key Missing Ingredients to Healing and Optimal Health

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34: Mood, Mental Health & Nutrition with Julia Ross: Nutrient Therapy Pioneer, 3-time Author & Director at JuliaRossCures.com

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33: Green Drinks and Liver Support with Spirulina, Moringa and Chlorella: Powerful Nutrition for Energy, Detox, Weight, Skin and more

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32: Which Diet (or Eating Style) Do You Follow? Summer Weight Loss Goals and Clearing Up Confusion on ALL the many diets

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31: Mandy Blume: Clinical Nutritionist and Biodynamic Builder Renovating Bodies and Buildings!

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30: Sickening Seed Oils aka PUFAs - creating short-term and long-term negative impacts on health

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29: Addictions and Amino Acid Therapy: The work of Julia Ross and her book The Diet Cure

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28: Lisa Harrington, Anxiety and Trauma Specialist discusses EMDR therapy and a Holistic Mental Health Approach

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27: Alcohol, the anti-nutrient. It is natural to seek an altered state but it's really messing with our health!

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26: Oregano Oil is in my Toolkit: As an Alternative to the Too Strong and Too Broadly used Antibiotics of today

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25: Sleep: How we got it wrong and how that's leading to Alzheimers! Plus, 10 tips to improve your sleep

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24: Master Herbalist Sara-Chana Silverstein on Herbs for Mood, Weight, Hormones and More!

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23: Theo Rallis of Rallis Co. on Ice Pressed® Olive Oil, His Transplant Story + Questions from the Audience!

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22: Holy Basil: Ancient adaptogen for the stress of our modern world

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21: Wheat: 3 Reasons Why Gluten-Free is so prevalent. Plus, the must-read Wheat Belly book

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20: Barbara Filokostas, ND & Botani Skincare Founder: Healing Acne & olive oil's magic ingredient for skin health

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19: Candida: Sounding the alarm on fungal infections as a root cause for severe illness, including cancer.

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18: Kris McNeal: Clean Beauty with Crunchi Makeup and Skincare + Conscious Living Community

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17: Robin Gargano: Resiliency Strategist, Emotion Code Practitioner. Is emotional trauma keeping you stuck?

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16: Brenda Watson, founder of Vital Planet and known as the "Digestive Diva" : Talking Weight Loss, the Gut Microbiome, Hydrotherapy and MORE!

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15: The Detox Tool Every Household Needs: Activated Charcoal

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14: Busting Salt Myths: Good Salt, Bad Salt and the book, The Salt Fix

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13: Magnesium, More Uses than Just Sleep and Constipation

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12: Castor Oil, Constipation and the benefits of Topical Use

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11: Indoor Air Quality, VOCs, Health Impacts and Vollara® Air Filtration

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10: Coffee - the upside, some drawbacks and an alternative coffee drink

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9: Red Light, Blue Light and Colorful Supplements for Energy and Immune Health

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8: The Dangers of Tap Water, Hydration for Health and Clean Water at Home

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7: Birch Boys Founder Garrett Kopp: Functional Fungi, Forest Foes and Family Business

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6: Mitzi Wilkinson Champion, Keto & the Proper Human Diet

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5: Immune Support and Allergy Relief with Sinus and Lung (#1 Best-selling Product!)

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4: Fat Facts - Saturated Fat is Healthy!

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3: Heather Holmes: The Power of Environmental Probiotics

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2: The Chemical Sisters (Perfume + Detergents) are making us sick!

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