Cancer Proof Living

HOW you eat might be more important than WHAT you eat.My guest this week is Megan Brown, a functional health practitioner and certified health coach who helps women uncover the root causes of fatigue, digestive issues, hormone symptoms, and chronic inflammation when everything looks normal on paper.Megan's story started with a rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis fresh out of college. The real shift in her healing wasn't a protocol. It was releasing the perfectionist, all-or-nothing thinking that so many high-achieving women carry without noticing.Our conversation gets into the energy crisis nobody wants to name. Why so many women aren't hungry in the morning. What happens inside the body when you eat standing up, distracted, or in traffic. How habits like chewing, sitting down, and pausing before a meal shape your digestion, hormones, and energy over years.Megan also shares how eating in a stressed state can drop stomach acid by up to 60%, how hair tissue mineral testing reveals what bloodwork can't, and the electrolyte supplement brands she actually trusts.If you feel wired, tired, and stuck in an on state, this one is worth your full attention. Grab a pen.You’ll learn:[0:00] Introduction[4:29] The gap functional medicine doctors leave behind[11:19] Why so many women feel exhausted right now[15:34] Running on borrowed energy instead of building it[19:16] What chronic stress physically does inside the body[27:13] Practical tips to slow down and chew properly[33:36] Repairing a gut destroyed by cancer treatment[38:07] The biggest mistakes women make chasing energy back[44:55] Why eating every two hours wrecks blood sugar[53:42] Hair mineral testing reveals what blood work misses[58:58] Choosing electrolytes that are higher in potassium[1:04:01] Taking the sunglasses off on your morning walkResources mentioned:Jigsaw Potassium Cocktail | WebsiteBumbleroot Foods Electrolytes | WebsiteSeeking Health Optimal Electrolyte | WebsiteTraditional Medicinals Throat Coat Tea | WebsiteDr. Stephen Cabral | WebsiteFind more from Megan:Megan Brown - No Rules Nourishment | Website | EmailFind more from Michelle:Revival Health & Wellness | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteCancer Proof Living | YouTubeMichelle Patidar | LinkedIn

Most people treat anxiety as a mental problem when it's often a metabolic one. My guest today is Ali Miller, a Registered Dietitian (RD), Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), and Functional Medicine Practitioner who has spent the last two decades connecting nutrition, blood sugar, and nervous system regulation in ways conventional medicine still overlooks.Ali once pulled over on a Seattle highway during a panic attack she couldn't drive through. What she discovered in her own labs from there reframed how she treats anxiety, hormones, and chronic illness in every patient since.Her framework: mismanaged stress is the Achilles' heel to wellness. That includes the toxins in your car, the endotoxins from your gut, the caregiving load you can't put down, and the slow simmer you don't realize you're sitting in.We get into why the sympathetic overload most of us live in isn't caused by one big trauma but by a slow simmer. Ketones and their role in GABA production. Why protein deficiency makes you feel unhinged. The top three products from her supplement line she shouts out most, including Cellular Antiox for a climbing toxin and oxidative stress load. And the somatic tools she uses with clients that cost nothing and work in minutes.Ali argues that chasing calm through mindset alone misses the metabolic driver, and this conversation will change what you reach for next.You’ll learn:[0:00] Introduction[4:50] How mismanaged stress becomes the Achilles heel to wellness[8:09] Why everyday load counts as trauma to the body[15:31] Better progesterone at 41 than a decade ago, without hormones[18:40] Why humans were designed to run on both glucose and ketones[24:07] Protein-sparing modified fasts for perimenopausal women[32:05] Choline and why the anti-anxiety diet is hard to do vegan[38:18] The word safe as a vagus nerve reset[42:44] The human body as an antenna and piezoelectric bone[48:41] Seeking God frequency through grounding and high-frequency fabrics[56:44] Craving wellness once you reach optimal thrive mode[1:00:45] Cellular Antiox as an insurance policy for a dirty worldResources mentioned:Force of Nature Ancestral Blends | WebsiteGet Ali’s FREE 1-Week Keto Reset Meal Plan here. You’ll also want these three supplements for your reset: Cellular Antiox, Calm and Clear, and Relax and Regulate.Find more from Ali:Ali Miller, RD | Website | Instagram | Facebook | EmailNaturally Nourished Supplements | WebsiteNaturally Nourished Podcast | WebsiteThe Anti-Anxiety Diet | BookThe Anti-Anxiety Diet Cookbook | BookNaturally Nourished Kids | BookFind more from Michelle:Revival Health & Wellness | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteCancer Proof Living | YouTubeMichelle Patidar | LinkedIn

The mold making people sick right now isn't hiding behind the drywall; it's sitting in the coffee, grains, and peanuts they eat every day.Dr. Torrie Thompson is a functional wellness practitioner and founder of Meraki Wellness Center. She works with clients whose chronic symptoms don't add up on standard testing. She got into this work the hard way: A decade of doctors, exploratory surgery suggestions, a bottomed-out immune system flagged by accident, and eventually a mycotoxin test that came back thousands of times over the limit.Her whole framework rests on one idea: most chronic symptoms aren't one thing. They're five or six things stacked on top of each other.Mycotoxins pulling down the immune system. Parasites stealing minerals. Heavy metals and environmental toxins overloading the liver. Candida and SIBO showing up as symptoms of something deeper.Sushi lovers, this episode is going to sting a little. So is the section on why most online parasite cleanses backfire, and what the long, stringy stuff people post on the internet really is.Learn about testing, timing, order of operations, the two non-negotiables before any cleanse, and the foundational supplements Dr. Torrie uses across almost every client. It's the conversation I wish I'd had before my own mold diagnosis.You’ll learn:[0:00] Introduction[3:09] A decade of doctors who could not name what was wrong in a 12-year-old athlete[16:13] Sequencing a mold detox, and why it can take two years to clear[25:31] Why urine mycotoxin testing beats a blood allergy panel[33:45] What Dr. Torrie packs to protect her detox pathways when traveling[39:37] Common ways nearly everyone picks up parasites[44:27] Restless legs and teeth grinding as parasite warning signs[50:59] How often Americans should actually run a parasite cleanse[58:42] Biofilm marketing behind those viral worm photos[1:03:24] Foundational supplements Dr. Torrie reaches for over and overResources mentioned:CellCore | WebsiteDesigns for Health | WebsiteQuicksilver Scientific | WebsiteFunction Health | WebsiteDr. Mark Hyman | WebsiteFind more from Dr. Torrie:Dr. Torrie Thompson | Website | InstagramAligned Wellness Podcast | Spotify or AppleFind more from Michelle:Revival Health & Wellness | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteCancer Proof Living | YouTubeMichelle Patidar | LinkedIn

Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss the next episode.Garlic was ranked the strongest anti-cancer vegetable out of the 34 tested, and most people destroy its benefits before it ever hits the pan.As a certified integrative nutrition health coach and a nine-year cancer survivor, this is the kind of research that changed how I cook, shop, and think about every meal.The interesting part is that a whole garlic clove doesn't actually contain much allicin, the compound everyone talks about. Allicin only forms when garlic is chopped, crushed, or minced. And there's a specific window of time involved that almost nobody respects.In this episode, I want to walk through what the research actually says about garlic, immune function, inflammation, and detoxification pathways. I also want to clear up the raw-versus-cooked debate, because that question comes up constantly.This isn't about eating 20 cloves a day or treating one food as a cure. It's about understanding food as information for your cells.You’ll learn:[0:00] Introduction[2:00] How allicin actually forms, and why whole cloves barely contain it[4:24] The biggest mistake people make while chopping garlic before cooking[6:07] Raw versus cooked garlic; which one is better for you?[7:38] Why cancer prevention is never one superfood, it's the patternResources mentioned:Antiproliferative and antioxidant activities of common vegetables: A comparative study by Boivin, D. et al. | ArticleFind more from Michelle:Revival Health & Wellness | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteCancer Proof Living | YouTubeMichelle Patidar | LinkedIn

Subscribe to my YouTube channel so you don't miss the next episode.There are four places I stopped eating at after my cancer diagnosis, and one of them might surprise you.I'm a Certified Integrated Nutrition Health Coach who works with people on cancer prevention and recovery, and I'm a nine-year survivor myself, so I've spent years studying what's actually in our food supply.This isn't about fear. One meal won't cause cancer. But what we eat consistently affects inflammation, blood sugar, detoxification, gut health, and the environment inside the body.I name each of the four spots I personally avoid, what's actually in the food there, and why processed meats are classified the way they are by the World Health Organization. I also share what I do when one of these is the only option, the swaps I make for travel days, and why awareness changes your choices more than restriction ever will.If you're rethinking what you eat after a diagnosis, or you want to lower your risk before one, this one is for you.You’ll learn:[0:00] Introduction[0:41] The first thing I eliminated after my cancer diagnosis[1:59] What the BMJ study shows about ultra-processed foods and cancer risk[2:49] Processed deli meats are classified as a Group 1 carcinogen[4:14] Even the "healthy" snacks at gas stations aren't really healthy[5:17] Airplane and airport food: what I skip and what I bring instead[6:16] Making different decisions from empowerment, not restrictionResources mentioned:Moms Across America | WebsiteConsumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk by BMJ | ArticleCancer: Carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat by WHO | ArticleFind more from Michelle:Revival Health & Wellness | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteCancer Proof Living | YouTubeMichelle Patidar | LinkedIn