Hello, welcome to the podcast. I'm your host Evan Brand. If you're new here, I'm board certified in holistic nutrition. I've been running a functional medicine practice on the internet for over the last decade. I left the brick and mortar many, many years ago back in 2014 and 15 when I just noticed that there were so many people that needed help that were not in my local town. And so I took to the internet before telemedicine really took off. Now it's kind of the norm. But back then, it felt like the Wild West. And I'm just so honored after a decade plus of helping people to still continue to have the energy and the vitality, to not only raise three children and be there for my wife and my family, but to also help thousands of people in the 101 practice per year. And we also, with the addition of our group program, we've been able to help thousands of more people. It's called Better Belly Premium. And we're also going to be having an app very, very soon. So that's going to be exciting. You'll be able to join our group calls, get functional medicine testing. I'll build a custom protocol for you guys. None of this stuff is cookie cutter. It's a great, great time. Today we're going to be chatting about what is your acne reveal about your gut health and what are some of the root causes behind acne and skin conditions in general. We're going to have a lot of fun here with my buddy, Dr. Jay. We've been creating content together for over a decade. And I really just love working with him because he has the same

clinical experience that I do. We're in the trenches every day. We're not just talking theory.

We're not just looking at studies. We do some of that. But ultimately, we learn the most by doing

the one-on-ones. And I see so many practitioners, especially some of the celebrity doctors, the people

who get the most famous,

who then show up in the Epstein files, these people don't really have a clinical background in

functional medicine. They might do some blood work or they might do a little bit of advanced stuff,

but it's not what we're doing. They're not doing oats. They're not doing these GI panels.

So I can confidently say that we're doing some of the most unique stuff out there that your conventional MD has no clue about. They don't teach this stuff in medical school. I have many friends that are doctors. They'll tell you this stuff. They'll tell you they get one to two hours of nutrition. I've had a thousand hours of nutrition and a decade plus of helping people. So I'd love the opportunity to help you. Evanbrand.com. You can join the

group program or reach out for a one-on-one consult with me or my other provider. Look forward to

helping you real soon. Without further ado, let's get into the podcast. And we are live. It's

Dr. In The House of Evan Brand. Today we're going to be talking about what acne, what your acne,

tells you about your gut

health will be diving into the gut skin connection today Evan how we doing man I'm doing good

yeah so skin issues are huge most people have some level of skin issue history whether that's in

their teens even 30s 40s and 50s I mean we do about adult acne, and they're going to the dermatologist for this.

And I've seen, I went to a dermatologist once just to check this random brown spot I got on my face after being out in the sun too much.

And I was fine, but I looked at the stash of all the stuff the dermatology office was selling.

They had this little pretty glass case by the checkout counter.

It's all full of parabens and preservatives and fragrances.

I'm like, really, even in the dermatology office, you're still getting conventional approach.

So today we want to unpack what are the functional solutions.

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