I tried to find the answer. And there was really no specific thing that we could hone in on.

That was an issue. Which is the most frustrating thing, I think, to go into a primary care office with these symptoms and no, you don't feel your best.

But then your labs look normal or there's no, you know, real answer.

Exactly. And that's exactly what happened to me. Everything was within the

quote, normal range. Right. And so what do you do with that information? It's like, oh, God, you know,

and I felt that the pain of that and the frustration of that from a patient's point of view, right,

which you and I have seen enough patients that that's the story. And you're like, okay,

let's figure out what's going on because the labs show me nothing, right?

And so, you know, from an Ayurvedic perspective, really what that came down to was that I was not living in harmony with the world around me.

I had lost touch with the world I was living in.

Okay. me. I had lost touch with the world I was living in. Hello and welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Foucher, family physician and former CrossFit Games athlete.

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Now let's get started with this week's episode. Welcome back to pursuing health. I am very

excited to be here today with Dr. Avanti Kumar Singh. She is an MD who is internationally

recognized in Ayurveda and integrative medicine. She's a certified yoga therapist. She's a former

ER doctor. And I love how her approach brings together Western medicine with the ancient wisdom

of Ayurveda from her South Asian lineage.

Dr. Avanti is an author, a former co-lead facilitator at Northwestern Medicine's Oshar Center for

Integrative Health. She hosts the Healing Catalyst podcast, and she offers courses on integrative

medicine. She's a sought-after speaker and advisor in the wellness community, sharing her

knowledge with Fortune 500 companies, top economic institutions, and leading industry and medical

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