3488: Low Carb Diet & Lab Testing, Lipoma Removal, Magnesium & H2, High TPO Antibodies, How to Gain Muscle (HouseCall)

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Dr. Stephen Cabral

Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

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🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend!

I'm looking forward to sharing with you some of our community's questions that have come in over the past few weeks…

Anonymous: Hi Dr. Cabral, My OATs test came back with normal markers for bacteria and fungus. I was on an extremely low carb diet when I took the test and was wondering if that could cause a false negative. I have taken herbal Antimicrobials and garlic in the past which sometimes eliminates the bloating and brain fog and does so within a few days but only at double doses and only working temporarily. I have a few mild chronic fungal infections, IBS, cognitive symptoms, and MCAS. Do you think the issue is more likely related to an overgrowth or intestinal permeability caused by MCAS? How should I begin treatment since I am sensitive to many supplements? My food sensitivity test unfortunately showed a false negative to all foods.

Zonia: Hello Dr. Cabral, Thank you for all your insightful information! My husband has lipoma's all over his body ranging from dime size to 1/2 tennis ball. His mom has them too, but very few. He started getting them removed by the dozen and I understand they can regrow. How can we help prevent the regrowth? Also, we have twins (B/G)and are there any labs that can determine if either have the genes or how to minimize the chances they will have any? Thank you in advance!

Chris: Hi Dr Cabral, regarding magnesium intake and supplemental H2: The tablets we have include 80 mg of magnesium for 8ppm H2. If you were going to rely on H2 tablets for your exclusive molecular hydrogen source, how many tablets would you take per day to maximize H2 benefits while maintaining advisable magnesium levels and not too much? Assuming 2 scoops of DNS at breakfast (50mg magnesium) + 2 Full Spectrum Magnesium caps at dinner (250mg). I've been varying from 1-3 H2 tablets/daily throughout the week. I stopped taking a scoop of your very delicious & effective Calming Magnesium before bed (300mg) in order to prioritize the benefits of Molecular Hydrogen, however, would love to add this back in if its not too much Magnesium with everything else. Thank you always.

Anonymous: Hi! I have a couple questions. Might have to submit two for the length. First is about thyroid. My thyroid labs are showing normal TSH .56, low free T4 1.33, low total T3 114, high reverse T3 17.20 & TPO high at 25. Does this indicate Hashimoto hypothyroidism? Is this fixable or will I be on supplements or meds for ever? Is TPO specific to the thyroid or is this indicative of autoimmune issues in general? Im curious what even causes these issues to begin with Thank you so much!

Anonymous: Hi again, 2nd question. I have a hard time gaining muscle & showing tone. I'm a petite person, and have never really shown muscle tone even in high school despite being in sports.After my third baby I lost muscle. I can tell by my body composition changes.I weigh less but look and feel like it's no muscle & more fat. A PT once was shocked at my glute weakness comparing it to the elder. If I ever take a break in exercising, for about two weeks or more I feel much weaker than before I even started, seems like my strength is decreasing rapidly if I get sedentary for even 2 weeks. Could this have an underlying cause or is this just how some of us are? Should I accept the fact that maybe I won't ever build or show much muscle tone? For reference, 33 y/o female, possible hashimotos and lipedema.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cabral Concept, where board certified doctor of naturopathy, Dr. Stephen Cabral,
0:05.8	shares with you exactly how you can reverse aging, take back your health, and live a life
0:10.9	full of energy and passion with new 20-minute episodes every single day to keep you healthy and
0:16.7	engaged. Now, here's your host, Dr. Stephen Cabral.
0:26.2	All right, everyone, back. Second Cabral host call of the weekend. Hopefully you tuned in yesterday, five amazing questions from the community. And today, we want to answer five more.
0:32.7	If you want to get your question answered live on this show, feel free to write in at
0:37.1	Stevencabrawl. at stephen cabral.com
0:38.3	slash ask cabral. You probably heard last week end when I gave you the update. The whole
0:44.8	website is back up working 100%. What we've been doing is taking this massive website that's been
0:50.2	around since around 2002, 2003. And we've been moving it over onto an even faster
0:55.9	server. All of that just kind of takes time. And now fully functional. So if you kind of wanted
1:01.1	to check out previous podcast pages, show notes, search the podcast at stevencabbald.com
1:06.4	slash podcast or ask your question, you are welcome to do that. And if you haven't heard back,
1:11.2	well, average time to get your question answered is about six to eight weeks. We're currently
1:15.3	answering questions from July 14th. Today is August 24th. Yeah, so that's about six weeks.
1:22.6	And we've been maintaining that. So it used to be all the way back up to 13 weeks, but certainly
1:26.9	we've caught up a bit. And as always, if you have a same-day question, ask that at Cabral Support Group.com on your health. And if it's a customer service question on tracking a package, etc., feel free to ask at support at EQUI.L-I-F-E. Support at Eco.Life. All right. Let's dive in. First questions from Anonymous. Anonymous says, hi, Dr. Ball. My organic acid test came back with normal markers for bacteria and fungus. I was on an extremely low-carb diet when I took the test and wondering if that could cause a false negative. So just to answer that question, the answer is yes. Because it shrinks your gut microbiome. That's why some people feel better initially, right? But you're probably not going to be low carb for the rest of your life. And it's also not the answer. It's more of a green medicine-based approach. I've taken herbal antimicrobials and garlic in the past, which sometimes eliminates the bloating and brain fog, and does so within a few days, but only at double doses and only working temporarily. I have a few mild chronic fungal infections, IBS, cognitive symptoms, and MCAS.
2:21.5	Do you think the issue is likely related to an overgrowth or intestinal variability caused
2:25.7	by MCAS?
2:26.7	Should I begin treatment since I'm sensitive to many supplements?
2:29.9	My food sensitivity test unfortunately showed a false negative to all foods.
2:32.7	Okay.
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