Dr. Robin Berzin is the founder and CEO of Parsley Health, which is America’s leading holistic medical practice, specifically designed to help women overcome chronic conditions. And she founded this company to help Americans combat the rising tide of chronic disease through really personalized holistic medicine. She’s also the author of a new book called, “State Change,” which we talk about today.
And in this episode, we go into a lot of different directions and talk about root cause, functional medicine, why mental health struggles can start in our bodies, why she tests thyroid levels in every single patient, why average is not optimal and how to understand your lab results. She also shares what to know about metabolic syndrome in blood sugar, the amazing science of meditation, and so much more. This was a very practical episode and I know you’ll enjoy this as much as I did. So without further ado, let’s join Dr. Berzin.
Episode Highlights With Dr. Robin Berzin
- What led her to become a doctor and start Parsley Health
- How root cause functional medicine can help with mental health
- Why mental health struggles aren’t just in our head, they can start in our bodies
- How to do a self assessment for health to get a baseline
- What bloodwork we should take to start to understand health issues
- Core Actions vs Habits and why the difference is important
- Why she tests thyroid levels in every single patient
- Average is not optimal… how to understand your lab results
- Why women were excluded from medical research until 1993 and why lab ranges aren’t necessarily accurate for women because of this
- What to know about metabolic syndrome and blood sugar
- The foods we eat that make it impossible for our brain to use serotonin and what to avoid
- Amazing science of meditation
- Movement vs exercise and how movement can help process emotions
- Why we are overfed and undernourished
- The truth about supplements and how to know which ones to take as therapeutic tools to get to optimal
- Her best tips for sleep and circadian health
Resources We Mention
- State Change: End Anxiety, Beat Burnout, and Ignite a New Baseline of Energy and Flow by Robin Berzin
- Parsley Health
- The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
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