Welcome back to the energized with Dr. Marisa podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Marisa, and I'm here to help you rock your hormones, optimize your

metabolic health, and feel energized in your body so that you can age powerfully and wake

up feeling amazing in your body for many years to come.

Let's jump on in. And today, I wanted to start with

the question. Have you ever noticed a dramatic, uncomfortable shift in the way that you look or feel,

even though you feel like you're doing everything right? Now, this was me for two plus years.

I had crazy stubborn weight gain and symptoms that had me stumped.

I simply didn't know what was going on.

I gained 15 plus pounds over six months without any changes to my routine diet or exercise.

If anything, I stepped up my exercise routine and it just made things worse.

I was tired all the time after 12 p.m.

I couldn't get past a brain fog that kept rolling in every single afternoon. I had cravings for sugar and coffee in the afternoon as well

to get me through the day. I was losing the outer part of my eyebrows. My hair wasn't right.

Honestly, my digestive system wasn't working properly. I just felt darn right, miserable.

And I thought I was doing everything right, but something was wrong. I knew I needed to take a step

back and dig into the root cause. And when I did behind all of it was inflammation. It was the root cause

that was struggling with my body. Now, beyond my body, I began to realize how serious inflammation affects thousands of women all the time, from autoimmunity to brain fog, to gut disorders, to hormone imbalances like PMS and irregular menstrual cycles.

Excess inflammation in the body is what is making us sick.

Now, inflammation in moderation is a healthy thing in our body, right?

It's a marker of a healthy immune system that is fighting off invaders such as viruses,

bacteria, mold, and parasites, and brings necessary blood flow and nutrients to the harmed areas

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