You know, we've all done it. We're human. We're going to make mistakes a million times today.

And you know, whatever it is that you consider a bad habit or a bad way to respond to things,

like, you know, it's all right. It's a learning process.

That was Heather Loundsbury, and this is episode 125 of the Rich Roll Podcast.

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Alright, so I want to open this week's podcast with a quote. It's a quote by the inventor, Thomas Edison, and it goes like this.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame in a proper diet and in the cause and prevention of the disease.

That's right, Mr. Edison, you prophetic inventor, genius guy, you indeed the future really needs to move. And I'm seeing that increasingly is moving towards this holistic approach to healing medicine that is functional medicine that is all encompassing that is less reductive, less diagnosome prescribed and more preventive.

And I really think that as we enter into 2015, it's time that we all start thinking about how our personal approach to our own healing and health in general can be less reactive, less reductive, less diagnosed prescribed, less pharmaceutical based.

And instead more forward thinking, more holistic, more functional, more preventive.

So I thought it would be cool and fun to kickstart that conversation with today's guest, Heather Loundsbury.

She's cool and she is my first diet and nutrition oriented guest of 2015. So who is she?

Well, Heather is an expert and someone with higher degrees in Chinese medicine.

She is a plant-based nutritionist. She's an acupuncturist and herbalist, a raky master.

She's the author of a recently published book called Fix Your Mood with Food. And she deals with digestive disorders, pain management, mental health, addiction issues.

And we have a really cool, really comprehensive conversation that touches on all of Heather's aforementioned specialties, as well as things like the priority of progress over perfection.

And the role and function of certain herbs, unphysiological functions, which is really cool and fascinating.

We talk about food allergies, we talk about GMOs, omega-3s, supplementation, social barriers to healthy eating, acupuncture, and its relationship to addiction.

And also, Ayurvedic Medicine. Basically tons of good stuff. So let's go talk to her.

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