Episode 22 with Dr. Michael Rousho.

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Hey guys and welcome to another episode of Sigma Nutrition Radio.

Today I'm being joined on the line by Dr. Michael Rucho, who is a functional medicine practitioner, specializes in all sorts of stuff, digestive health, autoimmunity, thyroid, and is doing some really, really

great work and I had the pleasure of listening to one of his presentations at PaleoFX in April,

and now we've been able to get him on the show

and dive into a really important issue of digestive health on today's program. So first off,

welcome to the show, Dr. Rousho. Hey, Danny. Thanks for having me. It's my pleasure. First,

maybe you want to dive in and give people a bit more about your

background so those that may not have came across your work before, a bit about what you're

doing and just generally what you do in practice.

Sure, sure. So I'm in practice right now in Northern California, and right now I see patients

about two days a week in my private practice, and then the other three days a week. I'm currently

writing a book on hypothyroidism and digestive disorders and also preparing a half-day training seminar for

physicians and allied healthcare professionals all on diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders,

kind of like a more holistic natural method of diagnosing and treating digestive disorders.

That's a brunt of what I'm doing right now.

And in terms of my background, I started off actually in college I was pre-law before

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