Hey there, welcome to the root cause medicine podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Carrie Jones. On this podcast,

we go in depth with leading experts from all walks of life to understand and improve your health and

well-being. Today, I'm talking with Dr. Robert Silverman all about how the food you eat and your gut

health relates to men's health and their testosterone levels.

Dr. Silverman is a chiropractic doctor, clinical nutritionist, national and international speaker and author of the Amazon number one bestseller Inside Out Health.

He's the founder and CEO of Westchester Integrative Health Center and is on the

advisory board for the Functional Medicine University. He is a seasoned health and wellness expert

on both the speaking circuits and media and has frequently been a published author in peer-reviewed

journals and other mainstream publications. It was an absolute pleasure talking with him today

as he really explained how the health of your gut

has a massive influence on hormones,

your brain function, joint health, and more.

There really is more to it than just doing a testosterone injection.

Here's a clip from today's conversation.

As we all know, inflammation or hidden inflammation is the reason for many of our chronic diseases.

Most of our American health care dollars is spent on chronic disease.

So we want to really be able to put out the fire without a fire alarm going off.

It's amazing.

So I believe that food sensitivities are that sauce, are one of those main sources of hidden inflammation. Now, why is the

food sensitivity so interesting versus food allergy? Well, a food allergy really easy in that,

you'll know it. I mean, you'll go red, you'll itch, you'll swell, and you'll say,

I'm not going to eat that shrimp, I'm not going to eat that peanut. You know it. But if you were

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