The Hidden Everyday Dangers That May Be Robbing You Of Perfect Health and Vitality

Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFM certified practitioner, is passionate about helping women optimize their health and lives as a functional medicine gynecologist.

Through her struggles with mold and metal toxicity, Celiac disease, and other health issues, Dr Trubow has developed a deep sense of compassion and expertise for what her patients are facing.

She is the co-author of Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great, and Feel Freaking Amazing and has been regularly featured in MindBodyGreen and Huffington Post.

02:20 How Dr Trubow got into health and wellness?

• Got into sales after college
• Went to med school – obgyn
• Had a health crisis – went to functional medical doctor
• Found she had celiac disease and food sensitivities
• Got lead exposure on vacation in France
• Also had mycotoxins prior

10:00 Where do people get environmental toxins?

• Environmental toxins are making everyone sick
• Food: herbicides, pesticides, artificial flavors, preservatives
• Sugar: also a toxin
• Alcohol: also a toxin
• Plastic containers contain BPA and endocrine disruptors
• Beauty products: hair dye, makeup, lotion, shampoos, new clothing, laundry detergent
• EMF’s
• Bedding has flame retardardants. Cars has plastics
• Plastics in food

14:10 How does lead impact humans?

• When pregnant, women get rid of 50% of toxins
• Many are transferred to baby
• Liver can process and excrete: phase 1 and phase 2
• Lead can be stored in bones – it causes bone loss and osteoporosis
• Lead also causes autoimmune, degenerative, cardiovascular, dementias

20:00 How to prevent any more toxins from coming into your body?

• Filter your air
• Filter your water
• Improve food quality, reduce alcohol and sugar
• Look up environmental working group (EWG.org)

23:00 How can individuals use EWG as a resource?

• You can find products on EWG directly
• Or you can look for products for concerns

25:55 Are toxins or heavy metals causing autoimmune diseases?

• It’s not easy to draw a direct conclusions between toxins and autoimmune
• But over time, people don’t feel as well as they used to
• They chalk this to aging, but chronic diseases have become their own epidemics

28:50 How does an individual start to identify and get rid of toxins?

• Dr Trubow starts with learning about your food, any food sensitivities, sleep, gut function, minerals, nutrients, hormones
• The list above has to be optimized first
• Then you get to heavy metals and toxins

32:20 Is there an epidemic of constipation?

• There is a lot of constipation out there
• Can also lead to estrogen dominance

35:45 Dr Wendie Trubow’s book and contact info?

• Find the book on Amazon
• Fivejourneys.com for in person visit in Massachussets
• DrWendie.com for community and coaching
• Podcast – Feel freaking amazing podcast