1863: Catabolic Foods, Perianal Abscess, Hormonal Imbalances, Social Pressure, Supplementing Your Diet, Wild vs. Organic Blueberries (HouseCall)
The Cabral Concept
Dr. Stephen Cabral
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to our weekend Cabral HouseCall shows!
This is where we answer our community's wellness, weight loss, and anti-aging questions to help people get back on track!
Check out today's questions:
Erica: Hi Dr. Cabral! Quick question — you always mention how on a vegan based diet, some people become too catabolic. What exactly does that mean? And how would someone know when that is that case? And lastly, is that unhealthy? Thank you!
Shruti: My son is suffering from Crohn's with perianal abscess. It triggered after food poisoning during our visit to India . I want to know which tests to order and what can he do to improve his gut health and being his flare in remission.
Anonymous: Dr Cabral - thank you for helping us take control of our health. Just want to understand something - I am a 51 year old woman (Australian). in 2016 I did labs and recorded a high testosterone (288.0* H pmol/l) again in 2020 I recorded a high measure for testosterone (51 pg/ml). Due to other medical issues taking priority it has never really be disclosed to me why I record such high testosterone. Ive googled - which suggests PCOS - however I don't have any of the systems of PCOS. My voice is huskier, get possibly 5 chin hairs, and I do think my face structure is more masculine. I experienced early menopause 42 (y.o). Prior to that I had off the charts high libido, now I have very low. I eat a good diet, exercise frequently, practise mindfulness, but did go through a period with high stress, fatigue, smoked and abused Ventolin (2015-2019). Just want to understand. 1. why I record high testosterone, is it of concern? 2. do I need to rebalance hormones? 3. how do I get my libido back? Equilibrium Labs 2020 hormones- Estrodial 0.6pg/ml - Progestrone 21pg/ml- PG/E2 35L - DHEAS 5.5 ng/ml
Leyla: Hi Dr Cabral! How would you go about navigating social situations and maintaining friendships while on your health journey? It can be so hard to change what you eat when you still want to be social so it would be interesting to see your perspective.
Deborah: Hi Stephen I am new to listening to you this January 2021 and you are amazing. I feel I am pretty heathy. I eat eat heathy foods mostly veggies and some fish and chicken sometimes red meat I also take some supplement however I feel if I listen to enough podcasts I would be taking a a ton of supplements what do you recommend to do.
Ryan: If you had to choose between conventional wild blueberries, and non-wild organic blueberries, which would you choose?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Cabral Concept, where board certified naturopath and integrative health |
| 0:07.6 | practitioner Dr. Stephen Cabral shares how he was diagnosed at the age of 17 with a life |
| 0:12.7 | altering illness and given no hope for recovery. |
| 0:15.6 | He was only after studying and traveling all over the world if he discovered how to combine |
| 0:19.9 | ancient Ayurvedic healing practices with state-of-the-art naturopathic and functional medicine |
| 0:24.9 | to fully rebalance the body and re-energize it with life. |
| 0:28.5 | It's time to discover how to get well, lose weight, and finally feel alive again. |
| 0:33.4 | And now here's your host, Dr. Stephen Cabral. |
| 0:37.4 | Hi everyone and welcome back to the Cabral House Calls, the weekend edition of the Cabral |
| 0:42.3 | Concept, where we answer our community's questions each and every weekend. |
| 0:46.3 | I've got my iPad here, going to be able to check out all the questions that have come |
| 0:50.6 | in. |
| 0:51.6 | Of course, they are answered in the order that they come in, no special favors done here. |
| 0:56.8 | And again, we've been doing this each and every year now for five years, answered well |
| 1:01.6 | over 5,000 of our community's questions, really love being able to connect with so many |
| 1:06.9 | of you. |
| 1:07.9 | And one thing I wanted to share with you is that above once a month now we're also doing |
| 1:12.2 | office hours, which means I carve out about somewhere around 30 to 40 minutes. |
| 1:17.8 | And we do that again once to maybe twice a month on Facebook and on Instagram. |
| 1:23.7 | So if you're following along there, we'll probably do it on YouTube as well. |
| 1:27.2 | Do follow along at Instagram, make sure you hit the notifications for Instagram inside |
| 1:32.2 | of our Facebook group at cabralsupportgroup.com. |
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