Show #329 – Dr Wendie Trubow on Environmental Toxins Detoxification and Testing

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New music for the show, by LIOR.

We have a new tune for our show to welcome the new year! An old friend of mine from uni happens to be one of Australia’s finest artists, Lior, and as I love supporting local artists and it’s been brilliant having Melanie Horsnell’s music on the show the past couple of years, for 2023/24 it will be Lior. You will hear excerpts from his track “Caught Up” – go check it out on iTunes or Spotify if you want to hear the whole song or album, Scattered Reflections. Co-written with Cameron Deyell, it’s a great song and I love the reflective energy of it – perfect for the show, right? Enjoy. Lior is always touring, so do check out his website. It is wonderful to hear him sing live, trust me.

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And on this week’s show!

My guest this week is Dr Wendie Trubow and she is as passionate about environmental toxin impact to people’s health as I am so it’s an animated deep dive. Wendie is particularly focused on helping women optimize their health and lives as a functional medicine gynaecologist. Through her struggles with mold and metal toxicity, late-diagnosis Celiac disease, and other health issues, Trubow has developed a deep sense of compassion and expertise for what her patients are facing.

She is the co-author of Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great, and Feel Freaking Amazing and has been regularly featured in MindBodyGreen and Huffington Post. She’s also a mother of 4, so if Wendie has figured out a way to make it all work and feel fantastic – then she’s a beacon for what’s possible. I hope you enjoy the show!

Questions I asked Wendie

You and your husband have a functional medical practice, 5 Journeys – your husband was into holistic healing even during med school, for you it came a little later – what were some of the things he was studying on the side that got you thinking and ultimately led to the way you set up your practice and what you offered patients?
I love that you believe we’re supposed to get better with age’ – that’s certainly not what’s happening out there statistically is it?
As a gynecologist, what were you seeing a rise in, that concerned you and got you thinking about the environment/every day products/food and their impact on women’s health?
You were no stranger to the impacts personally, too, right, at one point?
What were some of the key tests you did to see the extent of your toxic load? Metals – hair, blood or both? (so we can go into coeliac/mold experience – I can share a little on my mold experience here too)
How do environmental toxins affect our health and immunity? What are some of the biggest misunderstandings about toxins?
I found your expression “The Body’s holy trinity of sstress” such a good explainer of the spiral so many people don’t realise they’re in, happens and evolves – can you share it?
And what about cortisol and environmelta toxins – often high for prolonged periods of time, but then also often eventually bottoming out?
Let’s talk about plastics – it’s not pretty is it?
Impact on women specifically? (let’s talk lead and osteoporosis/penia link there!)
Impact on Men, given your husband sees many male patients? Can you explain the link between persistent infection, diseases and environmental factors?
When it comes to testing, you’ve talked about what you did in your case – are there other available approaches to assessing and evaluating individual risks and exposures to environmental toxins that you want to mention?
How do you feel genetic testing is starting to support you in supporting patients? It’s come a long way in a short time, right?
Which kind of therapeutic nutrition should you explore for correcting body chemical or nutritional imbalances?
How are certain neurodegenerative diseases links to environmental toxins? How can these diseases evolve and progress if no action is taken?
Where to from now? The entire world needs change – from the way we farm to the way we consume and what we consume – it can be overwhelming but we can’t wait for the govt to do it for us…
If a person has a capacity to make only ONE lifestyle change, which one has the most impact on helping the environment as well as overall health?

More About Wendie Trubow

Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFM certified practitioner, is passionate about helping women optimize their health and lives as a functional medicine gynecologist. Through her struggles with mold and metal toxicity, Celiac disease, and other health issues, Trubow has developed a deep sense of compassion and expertise for what her patients are facing.

She is the co-author of Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great, and Feel Freaking Amazing and has been regularly featured in MindBodyGreen and Huffington Post.

She is an accomplished speaker and previously had her own television show. She is on the faculty at A4M and a speaker for their conferences, along with other national societies. She and her partner will be releasing their next book in mid-2023.

Facebook: @fivejourneys

Instagram: @5journeyshealth

Twitter: @5JourneysHealth

LinkedIn: @wendietrubow

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