Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Episode Description:

Wired and exhausted at the same time. Weight around your midsection that will not move no matter what you do. Mind racing the moment your head hits the pillow. That is not too much cortisol. That is a cortisol curve that has lost its shape. And there is a very real difference between those two things.

Before Dr. G gets into the four supplements that have actual human research behind them, he is going to expose the cortisol detox teas and adrenal fatigue narrative for what they are. You cannot detox a steroid hormone. And the concept of adrenal fatigue was examined across 58 studies and has no scientific basis. What you actually have is a dysregulated HPA axis, and that is something you can actually fix.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why ashwagandha is the most proven cortisol lowering supplement on earth by a wide margin, the exact label trick companies use to sell you an underdosed product, and who should never take it regardless of stress levels

• The difference between the person who spikes easily under pressure and the person who crashes after sustained stress, why these require completely different supplements, and what phosphatidylserine and rhodiola each do that the other cannot

• Why 45% of fish oil on shelves is already rancid, how to read the label to find out if your EPA and DHA numbers are actually therapeutic, and how omega-3s physically blunt both resting cortisol and cortisol spikes under stress

Plus the one warning sign that means your cortisol issue is not everyday stress and you need to see a doctor immediately.Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication.

We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:45 - Cortisol Detox Teas Are a Scam — Here's Why in 30 Seconds

1:30 - What the Cortisol Curve Actually Is (And What Chronic Stress Does to It)

2:45 - The Belly Fat, Sleep and Energy Connection Nobody Explains Correctly

3:45 - Supplement #1: The Most Proven Cortisol-Lowering Herb on Earth

5:30 - The Label Tricks Companies Use to Quietly Drain Your Wallet

6:15 - Who Should Never Touch This Supplement (Especially Thyroid Conditions)

6:45 - Supplement #2: The One for People Who Spike Hard Under Pressure

8:15 - Why the Lower Dose Does Absolutely Nothing (The Research Is Precise)

8:45 - Supplement #3: The Adaptogen for People Who Can't Get Out of Bed in the Morning

10:30 - The Most Manipulated Supplement in This Category and How to Spot a Fake

11:15 - Supplement #4: The Foundation Sitting Beneath All Three

12:30 - The Fish Oil Label Scam That's Making People Pay for Rancid Oil

13:30 - The One Thing That Beats All Four Supplements Combined

14:30 - When Your Cortisol Problem Is Actually Something More Serious
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Episode Description:

The way that you breathe actually shapes the way that your face grows. And if your child is sleeping with their mouth open, that is not cute. That is a warning sign.

Dr. Nora Zaghi is an airway focused biological pediatric dentist and one of the leading practitioners in sleep disordered breathing. This conversation connects dots that most people have never had connected for them. Mouth breathing, tongue ties, crowded jaws, ADHD, anxiety, dark circles under the eyes, restless sleep, and even the way a child walks. It is all coming from the same root. And for adults who have been living with this their entire lives without knowing it, there are still solutions.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why where your tongue rests in your mouth determines how your jaw and face develop, and why children who mouth breathe grow downward and backward instead of forward and wide

• How a tongue tie creates tension through the entire deep front line of the body from the base of the tongue all the way to the toes, and why releasing it has caused patients to cry, stand straighter, speak more confidently, and walk normally for the first time

• The root cause connection between a restrictive tongue, jaw clenching and grinding, and chronic anxiety, and the simple at home test you can do right now to check your own tongue mobility

This episode is for every parent, every adult who was told they had ADHD or anxiety, and everyone who has been mouth breathing their whole life without knowing there was a name for it.

Nora Zaghi:

Website: hhttps://www.breathekidsdental.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.norazaghi/?hl=en

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:05 - What Causes a Child's Tongue to Rest on the Floor of the Mouth Instead of the Roof

4:03 - Why a Sleeping Baby With Their Mouth Open Is Concerning, Not Cute

5:17 - Signs as an Adult That Your Jaw Never Fully Developed (And What You Can Do Now)

7:15 - How to Self-Check at Home Right Now

9:07 - The Connection Between Mouth Breathing and Chronic Fatigue

10:02 - 44% of People With ADHD Also Have a Breathing Problem — Here's Why

12:58 - Can ADHD Be Misdiagnosed When Sleep Apnea Is the Real Issue?

15:53 - How Breastfeeding Is Actually the First Orthodontic Intervention

17:07 - Why You WANT Gaps Between Your Baby's Teeth (And Why "Perfect Alignment" Is a Red Flag)

18:21 - Tongue Ties, Breastfeeding Pain and What Most Hospitals Get Wrong

22:23 - A Root Cause of Anxiety That Can Actually Be Found in Your Mouth

25:36 - How Releasing a Tongue Tie Can Trigger a Full-Body Emotional Release

26:24 - How to Find a Provider and Where to Learn More
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Episode Description:

You are not tired because you slept badly. You are tired because of what you are doing in the first five minutes after you wake up.

There is a specific window, the first 60 minutes after you open your eyes, where your body runs a hormonal program that quietly determines your energy, your focus, and your stress resilience for the entire day. Cortisol rises by more than 50% in the first 30 to 40 minutes. It is called the cortisol awakening response and it is your body's built in ignition. The problem is not the cortisol. The problem is what most people are stacking on top of it before they even get out of bed.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why reaching for your phone in the first few minutes of the day is pouring stress into a nervous system that is already at its peak, and why doing that every morning for years builds a body that lives in low grade fight or flight

• Why the 90 minute coffee rule is not backed by good studies, what the actual problem with morning coffee is, and the simple fix that will make your mornings more productive without any timing rules

• Who the cortisol awakening response matters for most: if you have afternoon energy crashes, anxiety, blood sugar issues, or you cannot fall asleep at night no matter how tired you are, the first hour is the lever you have not pulled yet

None of this costs a dollar. All of it starts tomorrow morning.

Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication.

We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro1:30 - What the Cortisol Awakening Response Actually Is (And Why It's Not a Bad Thing)

2:30 - The Most Important Thing to Do in That Window That Costs Nothing

4:00 - The First Mistake Almost Everyone Makes Within Minutes of Waking Up

6:00 - What Happens to Your Nervous System When You Do This Every Morning for Years

7:30 - Why Your First Meal Is Setting Your Energy, Focus and Cravings for the Day

9:00 - The Truth About the 90-Minute Coffee Rule (And Why the Internet Gets It Wrong)

11:00 - Who This First Hour Matters for More Than Anyone Else

12:30 - The Simple Morning Protocol That Changes Everything
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Episode Description:

You eat perfectly all day. You are disciplined, productive, hitting every goal. And then night hits, the phone goes down, the day is over, and something takes over. You are not broken. You are wired.

Amber Romaniuk is an emotional eating, hormone, and digestive health expert who has been doing this work for over a decade. She knows what it is to eat tables full of food in one sitting. To throw food away and go back to the dumpster for it. To lose and regain over a thousand pounds across five years. And she knows how that pattern started, what was underneath it, and how it ends. This conversation goes far beneath the behavior into the nervous system, the hormones, the gut, and the childhood wounds that drive the whole cycle.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why high achieving women who are disciplined in every other area of their lives are often the most susceptible to emotional eating, and why no amount of external success can fill the internal void that is driving it

• How people pleasing drives cortisol, suppresses progesterone, tanks thyroid function, and creates the exact hormonal environment that makes nighttime cravings feel impossible to resist

• The three questions to ask yourself the moment a craving hits at night to tell the difference between physical and emotional hunger, and how to start rewiring the neural pathway that has been lighting up every evening

This is not about willpower. It is about what is underneath.

Amber Romaniuk:

Website: https://amberapproved.ca/

Instagram: ​​https://www.instagram.com/amberromaniuk/?hl=en

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:07 - Rapid Fire: The Signs, the Patterns and Why Restriction Always Backfires

7:05 - Amber's Own Story: From Binge Eating to Digging Through a Dumpster

11:05 - The Moment She Realized This Was Never About Food

13:00 - Why the Most Disciplined, High-Achieving Women Often Struggle the Most Behind Closed Doors

19:00 - The Nervous System, Hormones and How They Drive Eating Behavior

28:00 - Why Emotional Hunger Feels Physical (And How to Tell the Difference)

34:00 - How Unresolved Trauma Lives in the Body and Shows Up at the Kitchen

42:00 - The Role of Shame, Self-Loathing and Negative Self-Talk in the Cycle

46:00 - Can Excess Weight Actually Be the Body Protecting Itself From Trauma?

51:00 - People Pleasing, Self-Abandonment and How They Fuel Disordered Eating

56:30 - What to Do Tonight When the Craving Hits — Three Grounding Questions

58:00 - The Two-Minute Body Check-In That Can Change Everything

59:00 - Where to Find Amber and How to Get Support
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Episode Description:

You have been taking turmeric. Your joints are still stiff. Your inflammation is still there. And there is a really good chance the turmeric has been doing almost nothing the entire time.

It is not your fault. Every health article, every wellness post, and every label has told you the same thing: add black pepper and you are good to go. That advice is based on a single 1998 study. When researchers went back and tested it properly in a controlled human trial published in 2021, black pepper did not improve curcumin absorption at all. It performed no better than plain turmeric with nothing added. In that same study, a properly formulated version of curcumin was over 20 times more absorbable. Dr. G breaks down exactly what that means and what to look for instead.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why plain curcumin has less than 1% bioavailability, how your liver tags it for removal almost immediately, and why you can swallow a large dose and end up with almost none of it in your system

• What enhanced delivery forms actually mean on a label, including phospholipid, micellar, phytosome, and nanoparticle curcumin, and why these are not just marketing words

• Who should not be taking curcumin at supplemental doses, including people on blood thinners, those with gallstones or bile duct issues, anyone prone to kidney stones, and people on diabetes medication

Turmeric works. The research is strong. You just have to be taking the right form.

Product reviews assess both brand transparency and product quality. If a company doesn’t respond to our outreach, it doesn’t automatically mean their product is low quality but it does mean they’re failing their customers on transparency and communication.

We reach out multiple times. No response isn’t an oversight, it's a choice. And consumers deserve better.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:30 - Does Turmeric Actually Work? What the Research Shows
3:00 - Why One of the Best Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Is Also One of the Worst Absorbed
4:30 - The Black Pepper Myth: Where It Came From and Why the 2021 Research Changes Everything
6:30 - What Dr. G Actually Gave His Oncology Patients Instead
8:00 - The Forms of Curcumin That Human Studies Show Actually Work
10:00 - The Simple Rule for Taking It With Food
11:00 - Who Should NOT Be Taking Turmeric (Don't Skip This Part)
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