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Most people think of chronic illness as something caused by a specific trigger…an infection, a toxin, or even an autoimmune reaction. And the solution is to find and eliminate that one thing. But what if that’s not how it actually works? Today, I’m excited to have Dr. Eric Gordon back on the podcast. He's built a reputation for doing what most doctors won't, which is looking beyond the diagnosis to find what's actually driving a patient's illness and figuring out the right order to address it. His clinical work spans Lyme disease, ME/CFS, autoimmune conditions, and mitochondrial dysfunction, and many other forms of dysfunction, often all at once in the same patient. In 2016, he co-authored a landmark study with Dr. Robert Naviaux, also a former guest on this podcast and a bit of a personal hero of mine, someone who has done some of the most important work in medicine of the last century, with his work on the cell danger response. In Dr. Gordon’s view, chronic illness happens when the body’s normal healing cycle gets interrupted and stuck in a persistent inflammatory state. From that perspective, the problem isn’t just the original trigger. It’s the state your body has shifted into. And if that’s true, it changes how you approach treatment. That shift in thinking opens the door to very different kinds of interventions. These approaches focus on changing the broader biological environment rather than chasing a single cause. In this episode, Dr. Gordon and I discuss a therapy that filters and replaces part of your blood plasma and may help remove inflammatory factors circulating in the blood that keep the body stuck. In this podcast, Dr. Eric Gordon and I discuss:
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Hi Jimi, When your gut is reactive, every meal feels like a gamble. Even foods you think of as good-for-the-gut can be too much for an inflamed GI tract. For example, organic vegetables or high-fiber smoothies can seem like a healthy choice - yet, still be too stressful to digest well. But the right soup can be different because you don't have to work nearly as hard to digest the nutrients you need. Discover the 20 Best Gut-Healthy Soups to Try Today The right kind of soups are like Nature’s medicine on a spoon. Inside this special gift eBook, you'll enjoy: 1. Better digestion: Your gut will work less while still getting the nutrients needed. 2. Healing nourishment: You'll find out how to use ingredients like squash and sea vegetables to provide the compounds needed to strengthen the intestinal lining. 3. Lower stress with higher benefits: These soup recipes will help you to avoid common irritants like too many raw foods, histamine and aggressive spices. Discover the Top 20 Soup Recipes Today and enjoy a healthier digestive system for better health. Have a great weekend, -Jonathan Landsman |