Detox to Rid Allergies, Weight, Fatigue with Todd Caldecott
Todd Caldecott is a Medical Herbalist and a Practitioner of Ayurveda. He is also the Director of the Dogwood School of Botanical Medicine. He also wrote Food As Medicine which provides a practical and lucid model of what food is, how it impacts your health, and how to make the best choices in your diet
In this podcast, listen as he gives us tips and important information in order to get rid of Allergies and Fatigue as well as Weight Loss. There's also additional information regarding dairy products and menopause!
Here are the Key Questions answered and highlights:
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01:27 1. What is the purpose of detox according to ayurvedic principles?
- Ayurveda doesn't use the word "detox"
- Detoxification is a natural process we are constantly engaged in
- Every cell participates in detoxification
- In Ayurveda, Shodana means purification from the impure doshas of the body.
04:55 2. What do you recommend for people who want easy and light detox?
- Avoid all components of the Standard American Diet (SAD)
- Since our bodies are always detoxifying, remove all obstructions that would impair the detoxification process.
06:08 3. What would you add to the program?
- Refined Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners
- Dairy with exception of butter or Ghee
- Fried Food, especially deep fried
- Reduce Animal Products -- beef, pork, fatty meat
- Increase your vegetable or plant consumption
- Detoxification can range from a Water Fast to consuming a Simple Diet
- We put our tongue in charge of our diet, instead of the stomach.
12:09 4. Is there anything beyond food that ayurveda recommends in terms of detox?
- The Endiputhory organs: Lungs, Bowels, Liver, Kidney -- 5 Channels of Detoxification.
- The liver is the body's chief organ for detoxification
14:31 5. How about emotional detox, is that something ayurveda talks about?
- Detoxification is the process of letting go
- In Ayurveda, 'sweet' is represented in the concept of love.
- We're using sweet foods as a proxy for love, to get our emotional need.
22:41 6. How do you help your patients find the time and re-prioritize their life?
- It's not the me, it's the 'we'
- 'What do I want to create in my life?'
26:00 7. Any parting tips on detox?
- In Food is Medicine Program, there's a 4-hr lecture on detoxification
- Triphala helps purify the body of waste
- Ayurveda helps someone restore their balance
- You can take triphala all the time. However, don't be reliant on it.
29:09 8. What do you think about dairy? Do you recommend it? If not, what alternatives do you recommend?
- There's 2 species if cow, and they produce different types of milk
- The european species, produces milk which contains an A1 tasting protein.
- A1 produces inflammation in the body
- The milk from the indian species, contains A2 protein.
- People are more able to deal with A2 milk than A1 milk
32:15 9. What do you recommend for someone who's trying to be dairy free in the US?
- Soya is not a milk, Soy milk is a bean
- Goat milk, Sheep Milk, Water Buffalo milk are good alternatives
- Milk has bacteria in it
- You should not consume milk out of the fridge cold, it should be heated up
- As soon as milk is cooled, ayurveda says it should be purified or heat it to sterilize it
35:40 10. Almond milk, cashew milk, etc. What are your thoughts? Are they okay to drink?
- They're starch-rich extract on nuts which are low on protein
- These does not contain much nutrients, but starches
- It doesn't contain protein and fat
36:44 11. What are your thoughts on artificial sweeteners, specifically Stevia and other natural ones?
- There can be no real benefit in consuming artificial sweeteners over choloric sweeteners
- Stevia can be helpful in helping one keeping sugar level down
- Rather than sweeteners, train the body's orientation towards sweet
- Address the unmet emotional needs, then the body's desires will be lessened
40:10 11. Beans, Legumes, Soy, Corn -- What are your thoughts on that? Are those good or bad for us? How should they be prepared?
- For someone with an autoimmune disease, remove grains from your diet slowly
- When you fail to prepare these food traditionally, you have higher risk to disease
42:55 12. What are your top tips for someone who has begun the process of menopause going through all the symptoms? Is there hope? Is there a remedy?
- There is a paradigm shift.
- In menopause, ovaries begin to shut down
- There is a loss of estrogen and progesterone
- The body then starts to store up fat, leading to menopause
- If they're storing up fat in a healthy way, the butt and thighs get bigger than before
- The fat becomes the storage for estrogen
- The body is trying to liberate estrogen which causes a hot flash
- vegetable sprouts such as brocolli sprouts, alfalfa sprouts
- Sage, which is also one of the best remedies for hot flashes
49:05 13. What about the Weight gain in menopause? What do you recommend?
- Don't worry about the hip and butt
- Women should have a waist-hip ratio of less than 8; the circumference of their waist should be 80% or less than the circumference of their hips
- If you maintain that, you will reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes, dementia, risk of suicide, sleep apnea and more.
- This is the best clinical indicator for health
- The fat around the body is mostly due to insulin, not estrogen
54:46 14. What's your response to someone who says 'My kids have allergies', 'I have allergies', 'I have seasonal allergies', 'What can I do to be allergy-free'?
- Support your liver function
- If you have seasonal allergies, Ayurveda's Nasya says that in the morning, take a few drops of sesame oil and put it in nostril. The oil will bring down the mucus out through the mouth.
59:47 15. How quickly can they heal? How quickly can they be relieved?
1:05:55 16. What are your thoughts on Spirulina and Chlorella?
- There isn't a history of people eating blue-green algae or spirulina
- Spirulina contains neurotoxins that chlorella doesn't have
- Overtime, it can cause disease
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