Welcome to the Dr. Gundry podcast. Since the Plant Paradox

came out about two years ago I've been warning people about the seven deadly

disruptors,

those sneaky health hazards found in everyday household items.

Well, today we'll be talking about at least one category

of those deadly disruptors and a whole lot more. In just a minute

I'll be speaking with the author, podcaster, and award-winning blogger Katie Wells. As a mom of six, Katie has developed fast, easy, and affordable

hacks for living a wellness-centered lifestyle. Her popular blog, Wellness Mama

dot com helps take the guesswork out of healthy living providing simple

answers for healthier families through practical tips recipes natural

beauty and cleaning tutorials, and more.

Today we're going to discuss Katie's journey to becoming a bonafide wellness

mama and how to jumpstart the ultimate healthy home makeover without breaking the bank.

Katie, welcome to the program.

So great that we're finally connected.

I was so glad to finally connect with you.

Thank you so much for having me.

It's great to connect.

So you were waiting for your post-Natal doctor's appointment and something happens that changes your entire life.

Can you take us there and tell our audience what happened?

Absolutely. So when my first son was born I was waiting for that follow-up appointment, which is in the US where they tell you that you're supposed to be all good go back to living normal which I now take issue with but the doctor was running late because of another delivery.

So I was sitting there for a couple of hours and had read pretty much every

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