About this episode
Episode Highlights With Morley What my labs say about what’s going on in my body and in my life Why he did a hair test and a blood test and what the results say together What showed up… surprise! I have some stress going on More data about the importance of addressing stress and how it shows up in lab work Oxidative stress in the body and what this means The minerals that drive liver metabolism and why I am low on these Why high magnesium on my hair test doesn’t mean I need less magnesium and actually means I need more The reason women especially tend to get estrogen dominance paired with adrenaline dominance and iron dominance Why progesterone is important but supplemental might not be necessary if we balance copper and magnesium How we lose copper and what to do about it (cortisol depletes copper) Ways to use techniques like EFT, EMDR, Emotion Code, etc to help with stress Why my hemoglobin is low and what this means for my iron recycling Labs that point to my liver being slow because of excess iron and how castor oil packs, quercetin and supplemental copper, retinol and magnesium may help Why it was probably a good thing that I gave blood The two most important proteins for regulating the health of the body in his opinion and how they relate to iron status Good food and supplement sources of retinol, and copper One unusual lab result that means I might have parasites It takes 56 days for blood to rebuild itself and why this means we can make improvements fast Minerals run the body and hormones respond to minerals and not vice versa More reasons to avoid processed food… as if we needed more reasons Resources We Mention The Root Cause Protocol - Morley's site 614: Morley Robbins on Thyroid Health, Retinol, Magnesium, and the Real Story of Aging 596: Morley Robbins on Magnesium, Stress, Mineral Balance and the Root Cause Protocol Essential C from Paleovalley Rosita - Cod Liver Oil Queen of Thrones - Castor Oil Packs Adrenaline Dominance: A Revolutionary Approach to Wellness by Michael E. Platt Thanks to Our Sponsors: LMNT - My go-to electrolyte mix that I use during workouts, while fasting and in the sauna. It's a clean source of all of your electrolyte needs. Wellnesse - My line of clean and non-toxic personal care products such as toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo and much more!