How the Food Supply is Affecting Our Microbiome @drlizcruz - Digest This!
by Martha Carlin June 26, 2024
Join Liz Cruz M.D. and Tina Nunziato, Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant, as they welcome their guest Martha Carlin to the show. Martha is a founder of the BioCollective, a business focused toward finding a cure for Parkinsons. She is very passionate about helping her husband John who was diagnosed with Parkins over 20 years ago. You can learn more at her website marthasquest.com. Her research has taught her many things and we plan to have her on the show more in the future to share her insights. This first topic is about how the food supply is affecting our microbiome. Hope you enjoy, and thank you Martha for sharing your journey and knowledge with us!
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A chronic diagnosis is almost always delivered as a final sentence, completely devoid of hope. In the conventional medical model, patients are given a label—whether it’s Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, or chronic fatigue—and told, “There is no cure. This is progressive. Take this pill.”
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